Social Problems of Pakistan

By M.Nauman Sher

Social Problems of Pakistan

Leaving the path of Islam

Lack of leadership

Illiteracy

Terrorism

Food and water crisis

Population growth

Democracy in shape of dictatorship ETC.

Leaving the Path of Islam:

This has been the utmost problem of

Pakistani Nation.

Leaving the TRUE path & following

western teachings and culture.

Instead of Depending on ALLAH,

depending on humans.

Instead of following HOLY

PROPHET (P.B.U.H), following the

imperfects.

Reasons:

Failure of Government.

Lack of education.

Lack of moral thinking.

Lack of consciousness in society.

Lack of Leadership:

The base problem of Pakistan is the Lack of leadership.

Good leaders make even bad nations Great, but bad leaders even make Great nations Worst.

Good Leadership makes nations and Bad Leadership destroys nations.

Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) the greatest leader till day of Judgment.

Present examples of Quaid-e-Azam, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Solution:

Make ourselves morally right.

Elect good people for leading.

Investigate before electing a person.

Must follow Islamic teachings and

Islamic way of Democracy.

Illiteracy

Introduction of the

problem: Education is

considered as the cheapest

defense of a Nation. The

Constitution of Islamic

Republic of Pakistan says:

“The state of Pakistan shall

remove illiteracy and provide

free and compulsory

secondary education within

minimum possible period.”

Cont…Literacy rate: 49.9% educated populace (

Human development Report

Pakistan) placed at 136th position for

having just this much literacy rate.

The primary completion rate in Pakistan,

given by Date Center of 

UNESCO(United Nation Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization),

is 33.8% in females and 47.18% in males,

which shows that people in the 6th

largest country of the world are unable to

get even the basic education.

Reason:

Unequal education system

Different medium of instruction in Public and private sector

Regional disparity (standard of education varies in different

provinces of Pakistan)

In FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas), the

literacy rate is negligible constituting 29.5% in males and

3% in females

Reason:

Gender discrimination: primary school ratio of boys & girls

which is 10:4 respectively. Lack of technical education.

The allocation of funds for education are very low. It is only

1.5 to 2.0 percent of the total GDP (Gross Domestic

Product) & according to latest reports, it’s only 1.8% and

the government is planning to decrease it even more.

Solution:

Govt. should take following measures:

Increase education budget.

Establish more schools, Colleges & Universities.

Provide them with scholarships and opportunities to

get the best possible education from the top

universities of the world.

Technical education must be given to all the classes.

Promote primary education.

Terrorism:

Pakistan plays 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.

Reason:

The major causes of Terrorism in Pakistan are:

1- Political Instability2- Economic Conditions3- Standard of Living4- Religious Extremism

Solution:

The 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..

Cont…

Preventing and resolving conflicts with

so-called Talibans 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.

Cont…

The government should enter into serious

negotiations with Washington on the issues of

drone attacks so that our sovereignty should be

preserved as we reserve the right to undertake

actions on our own land.

A concrete time-table of withdrawal from

Afghanistan needs to be announced by the U.S

led forces.

That’s all for the presentation.