Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Some more Causes of Poverty
Large Scale Import
The import of Pakistan is greater than export. Big revenue is consumed in importing good every year, even raw material has to import for industry. If we decrease import and establish own supply chains from our country natural resources the people will have better opportunities to earn.
Law and Order
There are lot of problems regarding law and order. Terrorist attacks create uncertainty in stock markets and people earning from stock are getting loss due to which the whole country faces uncertain increase in commodity prices.
Fluctuated Foreign investment
Foreign investor comes to local markets. They invest millions of dollars in stock markets and stock market gets rise in index. Then the investor withdraws his money with profit and market suddenly collapses. The after math always be faced by poor people.
Privatization
Government is unable to manage the departments and country has low reserve assets. So the meet the requirements some companies run by government are sold to foreign investors. The commodities or services provided by the companies are becoming costly. For example if government sold a gas plant then prices for gas in country rises.
Moral Culture
The main reason for poverty is the social dishonesty and irresponsible behavior of people. Every one is trying to get rich by using unfair means. A shop keeper is ready to get whole money from the pocket of customer. People doing jobs are not performing their duties well. In society the man considered brave or respectful who do not pay taxes or continuously violate the laws. This irresponsible behavior continuously increases and produces loss for county.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
More Causes of Poverty
Division of Agricultural Land
Pakistan is an agricultural country. Most of people are farmers by profession. One has land which is fulfilling the needs of his family but he has to divide the land into his children when they got young. After division the land is not sufficient to support a family. Now the families of his children are suffering and spending their lives below poverty line.
Materialism
In our society social bonding are gradually becomes thinner and thinner. A race of material object has been started even no one tried to understand the problems of others. Every one is gradually changing from human to a bioman which only know about his needs and have no concept about the limitations of others. People are not ready to help each other. At last every one has lose his trust on others which effect our social and economic system and it is another cause of poverty.
Lack of Education
The literacy rate of Pakistan is very low. Most of people do not have any concept about the modern earning sources. Most people are unable to adopt technology for their business needs, that’s why business do not meet international standards and results as decrease in revenue which lead the society to poor financial conditions.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Causes of Poverty
Government Policies:
Government is not well aware of present conditions of country. The policies of government are base on the suggestions of officials which do not have awareness about the problems of a common man. After implementation the policies do not get effective result. After the failure of one policy, government does not consider its failure and announces another policy without studying the aftermaths of last one. Heavy taxes and unemployment crushes the people and they are forced to live below poverty line. The suitable medical facilities are not provided to people and they are forced to get treatment for private clinics which are too costly.
Corruption:
Another cause of poverty is corruption. There are two types of corruption. There is not morality and every one is trying to earn more and more by using fair and unfair means. Officials waste their time has low efficiency. Only one relationship that is exists in society is money. One has to pay a heavy cost to get his right. Law and order conditions are out of control and institutions are failed to provide justice to a common man. Justice can be bought by money only. But government is unable to control such type of things. In this whole scenario some corrupt people has been occupying the resources and common man is living in miserable conditions.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Poverty in Pakistan


Monday, April 12, 2010
Child Labor in Pakistan


Coming toward Pakistan we see from the population survey that there are above 40 million children from the age group of 5 to 15 in which 3.8 million are affected by child labor. Now let me show you what these innocent children do which we call it labor work.
• Work inside underground mines, including blasting and assisting in blasting
• Work with power driven cutting machinery like saws, shears, and guillotines, ( Thrashers, fodder cutting machines, also marbles)
• Work with live electrical wires over 50V.
• Operation related to leather tanning process e.g. soaking, dehairing, liming chrome tanning, deliming, pickling defleshing, and ink application.
• Mixing or application or pesticides insecticide/fumigation.
• Sandblasting and other work involving exposure to free silica.
• Work with exposure to all toxic, explosive and carcinogenic chemicals
• Work with exposure to cement dust (cement industry)
• Work with exposure to coal dust
• Manufacture and sale of fireworks explosives
• Work at the sites where Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) are filled in cylinders.
• Work on glass and metal furnaces
• Work in the clothe printing, dyeing and finishing sections
• Work inside sewer pipelines, pits, storage tanks
• Stone crushing
• Lifting and carrying of heavy weight specially in transport industry ( 15b kg and above)
• Work between 10 pm to 8 am ( Hotel Industry)
• Carpet waving
• Working 2 meter above the floor
• Scavenging work including hospital waste
• tobacco process ( including Niswar) and Manufacturing
• Commercial fishing/ sea food and fish processing
• Sheep casing and wool industry
• Surgical instrument manufacturing specially in vendors workshop
After seeing this questions arises in our minds
What are these children learning?
What is there future?
Is this is what they have thought for?
Is there is no one for their help?
Now let us see what have given growth to child labor
• Poverty (Income of 65.5% people of Pakistan is below 2 U.S. dollars a day and 47 million people in Pakistan are leading lines below the line of poverty)
• Lack of opportunities
• High rate of population growth
• Unemployment
• Uneven distribution of wealth and resources
• Outdated social customs and norms
As we all know that today children are the future of our country so as an individual and group we should overcome the increase in child labor and especially government should put restriction on child labor and on the other hand give opportunity to their families to earn income.
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