Poverty: A Major Issue
POVERTY A MAJOR ISSUE
Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health, education, clean water, nutrition etc. It is a condition where people's basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own.
Poverty is generally of two types:
(1) Absolute poverty occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health.
2) Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards.
In Pakistan it is not a new issue. Historically it began just with its independence because of lack of proper resources at that time and till now it is rising with alarming proportion.
Currently about 35% of Pakistan population lives below the line of poverty. Currently poverty is the cause of many critical problems in Pakistan on one hand but it is also the outcome of many other problems.
There are a lot of reasons behind poverty. Mostly people blame politicians as one of the reasons for prevailing poverty. Bad governance, corruption, illiteracy, poor law and order situation in the country, terrorism, political instability and inconsistent economic and development policies are the main reasons of this menace. Poor foreign investment due to bad law and order is also increasing poverty level in Pakistan. Poverty is obviously not a good thing it’s a sin. It is the root cause of many problems like diseases, frustration, hatred, intolerance, street crimes, bad law and order, illiteracy and many more.
Shortly it can be concluded that poverty has totally engulfed Pakistan. The route to eradicate poverty is difficult but not impossible. Leadership has got central importance here; with proper planning and good government policies the problem can be solved. A country economy is the backbone of its country. People need to cooperate fully with government and should be sincere with their own country and put all their energies for eradication of
Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health, education, clean water, nutrition etc. It is a condition where people's basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met. It is curse and something like nobody would want to own.
Poverty is generally of two types:
(1) Absolute poverty occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health.
2) Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards.
In Pakistan it is not a new issue. Historically it began just with its independence because of lack of proper resources at that time and till now it is rising with alarming proportion.
Currently about 35% of Pakistan population lives below the line of poverty. Currently poverty is the cause of many critical problems in Pakistan on one hand but it is also the outcome of many other problems.
There are a lot of reasons behind poverty. Mostly people blame politicians as one of the reasons for prevailing poverty. Bad governance, corruption, illiteracy, poor law and order situation in the country, terrorism, political instability and inconsistent economic and development policies are the main reasons of this menace. Poor foreign investment due to bad law and order is also increasing poverty level in Pakistan. Poverty is obviously not a good thing it’s a sin. It is the root cause of many problems like diseases, frustration, hatred, intolerance, street crimes, bad law and order, illiteracy and many more.
Shortly it can be concluded that poverty has totally engulfed Pakistan. The route to eradicate poverty is difficult but not impossible. Leadership has got central importance here; with proper planning and good government policies the problem can be solved. A country economy is the backbone of its country. People need to cooperate fully with government and should be sincere with their own country and put all their energies for eradication of