Corrupt Rulers have ruined to Peoples of Pakistan by Poverty,Homeless,Unemployment

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Shoaib Habib Memon <shoaibhmemon@gmail.com> wrote:

Corrupt Rulers have ruined to Peoples of Pakistan by
Poverty,Homeless,Unemployment.

By Shoaib Habib Memon


Pakistani could proudly say, while drawing a comparison with India
where millions slept hungry at night, that no-one in his country went
to bed with an empty stomach. No more, alas! The spiraling rise in the
prices of goods of daily use, on the one hand, and the static incomes
on the other have combined to spread hunger, which now affects a large
segment of our society. And if one were to add the growing incidence
of unemployment caused by inflationary pressures, the picture would
become starker. According to some reports, as many as 58 percent of
the population lives below the poverty line. The economic realities
are driving even the middle classes into cutting corners.

Prolonged and unpredictable load shedding of gas and electricity is
resulting in the closure of factories or at least reduced working
hours. The industrialists are left with no choice but to make drastic
cuts in their workforce that is making for large-scale unemployment.
The end result is that the section of the population that was at least
living from hand to mouth has to suffer the pangs of hunger and
privation.

The notion that Pakistan is a poor country is highly misleading. The
pity is that it resource-rich, but these resources are either being
plundered by the powerful and the influential, or not being properly
exploited. A democratic order, on the contrary, stipulates that the
resources of the country are used for the benefit of the people. Most
governments failed to live up to their commitments of serving the
people, even though they functioned under the tile of democratic
governments.

Corruption seems to have become a by-word for the country. If somehow
corruption could be rooted out from society and we have the privilege
of having people-friendly rulers, it would surprise many how quickly
Pakistan would scale the heights of development.
Poverty does not come in drizzles. It brings with it a downpour of
ills; for, after all money matters. The hordes of beggars on the roads
and roaming the streets and asking for alms testify that they are
short of money to make both ends meet. It is a pathetic sight and a
disgrace to the fair name of the country.

The lack of funds also leads to ill health since Pakistan is not a
welfare state where health services are free for the poor. It is a sad
reality that the country was envisioned by Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah to become a welfare state. However, the rulers that followed
him had the aim of self-enrichment in mind when they stepped into the
seat of power; yes, there were some notable exceptions but they were
too few to make a difference.

Another vital input to realizing the dream of a progressing and
prosperous land is high-quality education available at all levels and
to all and sundry. The conditions of state-run educational
institutions, with exceptions few and far between, beggar description.
Unfortunately, the poor have no other choice  but to send their
children to these schools because they cannot afford the exorbitant
fees private educational institutions charge. Thus, the quality of
product of government schools hardly needs to be described. The
graduates of these colleges have nothing to look up to. They are ill
equipped to find a job with a decent salary. Not only lack of proper
education causes the population to increase at phenomenal rates,
adding more to the lot of the poor, uneducated and untrained. And in
the present knowledge economy they simply would not fit in.

Pakistan is home to a large feudal landholding system where
landholding families hold thousands of acres and do little work on the
agriculture themselves. They enlist the services of their serfs to
perform the labor of the land. 51% of poor tenants owe money to the
landlords. The landlords' position of power allows them to exploit the
only resource the poor can possibly provide: their own labour.

Pakistan due to lack of institutional support and proper mechanism to
deal with the issue
homelessness there are no emergency shelters in urban areas. Financial
assistance to
unemployed or homeless labor class can play a significant role in
minimizing this issue. In
private sector again there are few organizations working on this
issue. There is a lack of
trained professional staff which can provide assistance to
thesehomeless people. Through
formal social control system police and other law enforcing agencies
can identify criminals
and drug addicts from this population. Through this strategy the
incidents of theft and other
criminal activities can be controlled.

Different categories have been identified of homeless people  in
Pakistan.  it was observed that Many famous shrines of great sufi
saint Hazrats . Free food is
available there as a system of Lungeror free meals. In front of the
shrine there are so many
footpaths and a small park. Food and shelter are basic human
needs.This place can easily provide these two facilities so homeless
people prefer to stay over there. The Mosque attached .with the shrine
provides facilities to take bath and use toilets. This place is also
near to mainbus terminals . These areas are the hub of homeless
vagrant. Some mobile sex workers ,also utilize this place especially
in different Chowks and main terminal to sell sex facilities to labour
class.

 It was observed that of homeless people according to their earning
capacity. Some homeless people can afford to purchase food items and
other necessary items from some hotels and nearby shops.They are not
totally dependent on free food distributed at shrines. However, some
well-off people distribute free food at these place.

Food and shelter are basic human needs. At public places homeless
population has no rent or charges to pay.Another major reason to sleep
there was availability of free food. As
mentioned earlier that famous  shrine of great sufi saints Free food
is available there in shape of Lunger(some sort of free distribution
of meal by some well-off people). In front of the shrine there are so
many footpaths and a small park. This place can easily provide free
food and shelter, so, homeless  people prefer to stay over there. Some
wee off people distribute free food at some otherplaces where homeless
population lives .


Same We Observed that Almost half of the Pakistani workforce is
unemployed employment to population ratio has registered a nominal
rise to 50.4% from 46.8% over the past ten years. However at the same
time, anxiety is still relatively high as the employment rate is
almost 80% for men.  the country's unemployment rate had risen to 6%
percent this year. Pakistan has seen very low labour productivity over
the last decade and low growth in labour productivity has not gone
hand in hand with the rising labour force and employment growth,  due
to government's failure to focus on growth-oriented policy;
unemployment has witnessed an upward trend in the country.

Writer ,Shoaib Habib Memon is Freelance observer From Thatta Sindh
Pakistan,You can Contact by Email Shoaibhmemon@yahoo.com,   Cell. 0314
2090252

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