There is no denying the fact
that joblessness has wrecked the nerves of the Pakistani youth who, despite
being qualifies and having degrees, are unable to find a job. Almost every day
we see young graduate boys and girls, many of whom with master degrees, roaming
about on roads desperately attempting to get hold of a job. But whatever they go
and whichever door they knock at, they get one response----No vacancy.
This scarcity of employment opportunities is one reason behind the
ever-increasing crime rate as, finding no other way out, the jobless feel forced
to break the lockers of safes stuffed with cash and jewellery, or snatch away
cars and other vehicles at gunpoint. And for obvious reasons, there is no limit
to crime. Once the helpless and the jobless enters the arena of crime, he is
bound to go a step forward every day. Each day, he commits a new crime bigger
than the previous one.
The story does not end here as many of the unemployed try to seek refuge and
mental peace in drugs and the drug addiction too has no level of degradation.
Once again the addict, feels attracted to the domain of crime and plunges into
the abyss off degradation, hopeless to find any help from any concerned quarter.
With the ever- increasing population, the government is finding it hard to
provide jobs to all youth, educated or otherwise. As the growth rate is much
higher as compared to the resource generation rate, it engulfs all the generated
resources. Accordingly , to overcome this grim situation which the country is
facing , the people must join hands with the government and the sincerest
efforts must be made at all levels to kill the menace of unemployment.
Another very obvious reason behind the joblessness is the ban the government has
imposed on jobs which seems sterna with no end. It is not likely to be lifted
soon as the government lacks resources and funds no account of political
instability the country has been confronting. The analysts and intellectuals say
that the rate of unemployment would go uncontrollable in case concrete measures
are not taken today.
A stable government is all the more important if the country is to push the
spectre of unemployment away from its boundaries. The political stability in a
country encourages the foreign as well as the local investors to set up new
industries or launch new enterprises and ventures in the country which, in turn,
open up a lot of opportunities for new jobs. Further, with the stability
girdling the country, the government itself feels encouraged to set up new
industries where a good number of the jobless can be accommodated. But It seems
as if the stability in the political arena is a far-fetched dream.
Not only that, the government officials, the bureaucracy and above all the
elected representatives, who get elected with the promise of serving the nation
and opening new doors of progress for the poor , misappropriating a major
portion of funds and the foreign aid and loan which Pakistan procures for its
development.
Consequently, no new roads are constructed, no new industries are being set up
and no new educational institutions are established. The development rate is
very low. How can the youth find the job in such conditions?
The country needs scrupulous and conscientious leadership which could have a
control over all these malpractices. It is only and only then the country would
be able to stand on its own feet and the youth would not be left unemployed any
longer.
The country , as a matter of fact, must not rely on foreign aid. Pakistani
nation should itself do something to generate maximum resources to solve its
problems rather than asking the foreign donor agencies and countries for help.
This is against the traditions of the Muslims who ruled the world and that too
for a considerably long time.
Both government and private sectors are opening up new educational institutions
without any planning thus adding to the list of the unemployed. And of course,
the authorities in the Education Department are not formulating policies to
check the growing trends of use of unfair means in the examinations because of
which the undeserving get the degrees and stand in the queue of the job seekers.
Such people in a way diminish the chances of getting a job of the deserving
unemployed youth.
This is one reason why the talented and capable genius leaves the country as
soon as he or she gets an offer from abroad.