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Rights Scenario in
Pakistan
By: Baqir Agha
National Situation:
The human rights situation remained poor,
with security and intelligence officials often
complicit in violations. The authorities were
frequently unwilling or unable to protect
women, children, ethnic and religious
minorities, journalists and other vulnerable
groups from abuses, and bring perpetrators
to justice. Promises by federal and provincial
authorities aimed at improving the rule of law
in violence-wracked.
Information
Poverty is the lack of basic human
needs, such as clean water ,
nutrition, health care, education,
clothing and shelter, because of the
inability to afford. This is also
referred to as absolute poverty or
destitution. Relative poverty is the
condition of having fewer resources
or less income than others within a
society or compared to worldwide
averages. Poverty in Pakistan is a
growing concern, as it is a
developing country. Although the
middle-class has grown in Pakistan
to 35 million, nearly one-quarter of
the population is classified poor as
of October 2006. As of 2008,
17.2% of the total population lives
below the poverty line, which is the
lowest figure in the history of
Pakistan.
Main Causes
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, thats why business do not
meet international standards and results as decrease in revenue which lead
the society to poor financial conditions.
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 lost his trust on others which effect our social and economic
system and it is another cause of poverty.
Criterion of Poor:
The criterion of poor is that if a person is not earning US $367.00
per year is considered poor but this was repeated later on the
criterion is changed and now its US $ 2.00 per day.
Effects
Solutions
Poverty will never end unless there are real solutions to end it; solutions
based on economic justice and political changes.
1. The full equality between men and women in public as well as private
areas of life, a worldwide minimum wage of $20 per day and the end of
child labor under the age of 16 with the creation of a subsidy for
scholarship.
2. The guarantee of shelter, healthcare, education, food and drinking
water as basic human rights that must be provided free to all.
3. A total redistribution of idle lands to landless farmers and the
imposition of a 50% cap on arable land devoted to products for export
per country, with the creation of a worldwide subsidy for organic
agriculture.
4. An end to private monopoly ownership over natural resources, with a
minimum of 51% local communal ownership in corporations, which control
such resources as well as the termination of intellectual property rights
on pharmaceutical drugs.
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