Social problems of Pakistan and their Solutions
(Muhammad Shaheryar, Islamabad)
Pakistan is a developing state
which is going through various problems and issues. These issues are from
various origins having long lasting impact on the stability of the economy and
the goodwill of country. The problems are being divided in to several heads
amongst which one of the very important head is the Social problems of Pakistan.
Social Problems of Pakistan and their Solutions Education which is considered as
the cheapest way of defense is not being promoted in our country which has made
the literacy rate of our country decline to a major extent. The people will not
have the education so they will not be able to put any impact on the country.
The literacy rate of Pakistan is 49.9% which makes them fall on the rating of
136th in the world that shows that the world's 6th largest populated country is
being kept away form education. According to a survey the primary education
completing rate in Pakistan is 33.8% in females and 47.18% in males. The
solution to this problem is that the education at least till the secondary part
should be made compulsory and free for the students so that they can get full
advantage form this blessing.
The gender discrimination is another very much important factor in the decline
of Pakistan as males are being given priority over females in a country where
females are more in number. This is a big shame as in FATA the conditions are
even worse where the literacy rate of males is 29.1% and in females it is less
than 3%. That is where we are going wrong. Equal opportunity should be given to
both male and females although the rules and regulation of Islam should not be
over ruled but weightage should be given to both the genders.
Terrorism is another social issue which has got in to the roots of the country
and is damaging it. The main cause for the terrorism is political instability,
economic conditions, standard or living and the most important one is the
religious extremism. For this purpose the religious scholars should poke their
head up and should come forward and should demonstrate the real Islam and its
ideology so that such extremist acts should be avoided and human lives and
property could be saved.
Other social problems which include child labor, sexual harassment, inflations,
injustice, smuggling and drug abuse are also getting more and more common in the
country which is causing harm to the youth of the country as well as to the law
and order situation of the state. So to get rid of this problem the government
had to take strong and strict actions in preventing such activities to prevail
in the premises of the country and not only federal government but the
provincial government should also play its vital role in eliminating all such
social problems from the country, otherwise they will keep eating Pakistan like
pesticide.