PRSENTED BY

AMBER NAEEM (80)

AREESHA MUNIR (85)
SADDAT ULLAH (57)

EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON THE
ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
WHO ARE POOR.
MEANING OF POVERTY.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POOR &
POOREST.
POVERTY LINE.
TYPES OF POVERTY.

CONTENTS
SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
CAUSES
EFFECTS
MEASURES
CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
In Islam, poverty is a great curse and
unfortunate.
Poverty is one of the most brutal and
threatening curse .
Pakistan is also feeling the heat from this
curse and poverty .

MEANING OF POVERTY
WHO ARE POOR
Difference between Poor &
Poorest
The term poor mean
those living in poverty
above $1 per day .
The poorest refers to
people living on less than
$1 per day .
POVERTY LINE
TYPES OF POVERTY
Absolute poverty.
Relative poverty.
Cyclical poverty.
Concentrated collective poverty.
Case poverty.

SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan is one of the developing
countries facing the extreme level of
poverty.
Almost 40 percent of 107 developing
countries are highly exposed to the
poverty.
CAUSES OF POVERTY
Vicious circle of poverty.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
Government policies.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
Government extra expenditures.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
Corruption.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
INFLATION

CAUSES OF POVERTY
SMUGGLING

CAUSES OF POVERTY
POPULATION
CAUSES OF POVERTY
UNEMPLOYEMENT
EFFECTS OF POVERTY
Poverty cause suicides in society
Health problem
Lack of education
Child labor
Crime and violence
Sub-standard life
Poverty breeds poverty

MEASURES
Government should improve their policies.
Government should make their policies in
favor of Pakistan and Pakistani people.
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.


MEASURES
The guarantee of shelter, healthcare,
education, food and drinking water as
basic human rights that must be provided
free to all.
Corruption should put to an end and
Judiciary should take some action against
corrupt people.

MEASURES
Population rate should be controlled.
Government should make policies to
provide employment to the labor force.
Smuggling should be stopped by enforcing
law and order.
Law and order must be improved to bring
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

MEASURES
Government should first think about the
healthcare, education, energy crisis
instead of defense and armory.
We should rely on ourselves instead of
IMF.

CONCLUSION
The review of the above literature shows
that poverty is still in Pakistan. Which is
really a worrying situation for Pakistan
for future progress. We still need to
overcome it as soon as possible.