National Officers Academy, Karachi Essay & Current Affairs

Socio-Economic & Political Problems of Pakistan

 Introduction
Pakistan is resources rich country but due to incompetent Politicians, strong Generals, weak
Judiciary, conservative Ullemas & controlled media. It is facing numerous socio-economic and
political problems. Resultantly, 170 million masses are suffering active poverty, social
restlessness, political chaos and suicidal extremism.

 Present Scenario of Social, Political and Economic Chaos

 Societal Predicament
 Chronic illiteracy
 Infectious corruption
 Swelling population
 Domestic violence
 Force dowry
 Women victimization
 Child labor
 Problems of the youth
 Generation gap
 Social deadlock
 Begging
 Semi-developed civic sense
 Fast Urbanization
 Feudalistic mindset
 Conservative thinking
 Age long caste system
 Blind materialism
 Sinking moral values due to foreign culture
 Media invasion

 Political Anarchy
 Instable democracy
 Incompetent political leaders
 Frequent military interventions
 Recurring judiciary
 Absence of accountability
 Lack of political education
 Media curb
 Religious warlords
 Year jumped bureaucracy
 Egoistical feudal lords
 Prophet oriented Industrialist
 War hysteria
 Distress between centre and provinces
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 Ethnicity ‘Baloch Crisis’

 Personalization of politics
 Patch works of constitution
 Jeopardized sovereignty of the state
 Crisis of good governance
 Distress among politician

 Economic Deprivation
 Increased crime rate Huge defense budget
 Budget deficit
 Low agricultural and Industrial production
 High cost of production
 Energy crisis
 Foreign loans
 Discontinuity of reforms
 Inflation
 Unemployment
 Poverty
 Trade deficit
 Low FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
 Brian Drain
 Misappropriation of funds
 Economic disparity
 Consumer market instead of productive market
 Negative effect of global business
 Global business
 China factor
 Poor foreign investment
 Tax invasion
 Absence of micro financing
 Corruption in the state institutions
 Misappropriation of foreign aid

 Social causes
 No existence of domestic culture
 Outdated education system
 Uneducated elders
 Modernized youth
 Absence of true religious knowledge
 Lawlessness
 No rule of law
 Avoidance of true Islamic teachings
 Enchanting western culture
 Dying of simplicity
 Women victimization
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 Political causes
 Colonial mind set of ruling elite
 leadership crisis
 Army in politics
 Weak performance of judiciary
 Repressed provinces
 Foreign investment
 Wasted interest of political leaders
 Religious intolerance
 Poor accountability
 Media censorship
 Economic imperialism
 Poor participation of women in state affairs
 Us influence
 Role of agencies

 Economic causes
 Inconsistent economic policies
 Lack of political will
 Corruption
 Unfriendly environment for local & foreign investment
 Energy crisis
 Ignorance of business ethics
 Illiterate entrepreneurs
 Poor tax collection
 Outdated education
 Non-merit appointments
 Underutilization
 Terrorist activities
 Poor Industrial & Agricultural production

 Depressing effect of these fatal ailments

 Furnished national image
 Political & religious violence
 Weak state institutions
 Frustration among masses
 Death of values
 Sense of insecurity
 Uncertainty about future
 Depressed women
 Suicidal tendencies
 Stagnant national development
 People’s disinterest in politics
 Easy access to foreign conspirator
 Wide gap between rural and Urban life
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 Alienation between classes

 Diminishing positive impression of state institutions – Army, Bureaucracy & Judiciary
 Pessimistic youth

 Pragmatic solution to check this menace

 Social cures
 Awareness by media
 Financial security
 Social Justice
 Fulfillment of basic needs – Food, Cloth, Shelter & Education etc.
 Reforming schools as well as Madressah education
 Role of NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations)
 Positive role of scholars & educationalists
 Flourishing literacy
 Women development programs
 Economic cures
 Business friendly tax culture
 Consistency of economic policies

 Economic Cures
 Business friendly tax programs
 Consistency of economic policies
 Maximum possible incentives to local & foreign investors
 Construction of dams
 Exploring natural resources
 Equal distribution of Income
 Strict accountability on fun utilization
 Technical and research based education, more budget for education
 Search for new markets
 Seeking peace to lower down defense budget

 Conclusion
“Pakistan is surrounded by internal & external threats of gigantic magnitudes need is for
restoring the confidence of people who have potential to achieve all the colors of rainbow”

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