Group Members

Rana Saad Iqbal (E10-064)

Muhammad Ather Shehzad (E10-045)

Ather Abdul Jabbar (E10-013)

Qazi Muhammad Ubaid (E10-078)

Social Problems in Pakistan

Social Issues Of Pakistan

CorruptionSmugglingHealth Care ConditionsEducational ProblemsTerrorismFood CrisisPoverty

Corruption

Corruption in widespread.Pakistan

is ranked as a 42nd corrupted country of the world according to Transparency International Corruption Perception Index.

The expert sources indicate that the following sectors are among the most affected by corruption.

• Police and law enforcement.• Judiciary and legal professions.• Power sector.• Tax and customs.• Land administration.• Health and education.

Smuggling

To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties.

Smuggling severly harms the economy of Pakistan in multidimensional ways.

Smuggling undermines the local industry, discourages the legal imports and reduces the volume of revenues collected from duties.Unfortunately a parallel underground economy has taken roots in Pakistan.

Health Care Conditions

Even after decades of existence there is no equal distribution of wealth and resources.

Many Pakistanis suffer from physical and emotional problems but there is no proper health care system in place.

Mental illness is still surrounded by visible stigma.

Children still suffer from malnutrition because of pervasive poverty.

Many patients with emergency only see a doctor when they get violent and have a nervous breakdown.

Educational Problems

Pakistan illiteracy rate is decreasing continuously as the schools have not kept up

with the population explosion.

Most people in villages cannot read or write.

There is no standardized educational system.

There is also a problem of different medium of instructions in private and public sector.

In Pakistan there is also a lack of technical education.

Terrorism

Pakistan play a key and highly conflicted role in the global war on terror.

Today terrorism is threatening the very roots and fabric of Pakistan’s nationhood.

The major causes of terrorism in Pakistan are

Political crisis.Economic conditions.Standard of living.Religious extremism.

Food Crisis

The world financial experts have placed Pakistan on a list of 36 countries that face a serious food crises.

It has two aspects

Unavailability of edibles.

Soaring prices due to gap in demand and supply of

edibles.

Child Labor

The full-time employment of children who are under a minimum legal age.

The last survey in 1996 figured out 3.3 millionchild labourers in Pakistan, out of which 2.4million were boys and 0.9 were girls.

Most of the child laborers are working in ruler areas as compare to urban areas.

In Pakistan child labor is related to

Craft and related trade activities.

Brick making.

Stone crushing.

Carpet making.

Agriculture sector.

Factories and industries.

Poverty In Pakistan

Poverty is the main issue of Pakistan.

According to 2007-08 analysis,17.2 % of the total population lived below the poverty line

which is the lowest figures in history of Pakistan.

Main factors of poverty in Pakistan are:-

Inequality. Natural disasters. Feudalism. Lack of adequate governance. Poor industrial standards.

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How To Overcome!!!

Suggestions To Overcome Corruption!

Parliaments can and should adopt appro-

priate legislation, take an active role in the ratification of relevant international instru- ments and incorporate their provisions in national legislation.

They should also make maximum use of the constitutional, parliamentary and other legal mechanisms available to ensure full accountability and transparency in government.

In recognition of the important role Supreme

Audit Institutions, as well as other bodies such as Ombudsman, play in combating corruption, parliaments should lay down the appropriate legal framework for the establishment and functioning of such institutions including through the provision of adequate resources and proper follow-up to the work and reports of such bodies.

Suggestions To Overcome Smuggling

A law was set that the vehicles will be checked with help of fixed and mobile laboratories.

Suggestions To Overcome Health Care Conditions

Reducing widespread prevalence of

communicable diseases.

Addressing inadequacies in

primary/secondary health care services.

Removing professional/managerial

deficiencies in the district health system.

Promoting greater gender equity.

Bridging basic nutrition gaps in the target-

population.

Correcting urban bias in health sector.

Introducing required regulation in private

medical sector.

Creating Mass Awareness in Public Health.

Effecting Improvements in the Drug Sector.

Capacity-building for Health Policy Monitoring.

Suggestions To Overcome Educational Problems

Government should take following measures.

Increase education budget

Establish more schools and appoint qualified

and trained teachers

Technical education must be given to all the

classes.

Promote primary education

Suggestions To Overcome TerrorismThe real solution is to kill the root of

Terrorism and systematically change the attitude of those people’s who are involved in terrorism

Military operations against terrorists are also very necessary.

Education, Justice, Pour politics can stop the Terrorism.

Preventing and resolving conflicts with

Taliban and other religious groups.

Strengthening the protection of weak

targets.

A fully demarcated border with Afghanistan

which will prevent the foreign intrusion in the

country.

Suggestions To Overcome Food Crisis

Stop smuggling.

Removing differences between provinces.

Follow proper way of import and export

utilities.

To reduce unemployment.

Suggestions To Overcome Poverty

Poverty arouse due to lack of discipline with

money:

Live as close as you can to a budget and

resist the urge to spend frivolously.

Stop discrimination of sex.

By maintaining system of Zakat.

Law of Pakistan about Child Labor

 Article 11 of the Constitution prohibits all

forms of slavery, forced labor and child labor; 

Article 17 provides for a fundamental right

to exercise the freedom of association and the

right to form unions.

 Article 37(e) makes provision for securing

just and humane conditions of work, ensuring

that children and women are not employed in

vocations unsuited to their age or sex, and for

maternity benefits for women in employment.

Law of Pakistan about Education

The Constitution of Pakistan framed in 1973 promised to

its citizens in Article 37 (b) & (c) that

“The State shall remove illiteracy and provide free and

compulsory secondary education within the minimum

possible period; make technical and professional

education generally available and higher education

equally accessible to all on the basis of merit”.

The Constitution also corresponds with Article 26 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which says that

"Everyone has the right to education”.

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