Pakistan's population explosion may become a threat to the very existence of the nation

[Sine Nomine]

Its HARAM in Islam to do population control, said the street Mullah

Why Mullah's are always giving you nightmares and sleepless nights....

 

[faisal6309]

We need to educate our citizens. Or maybe we can export them to west.

 

[SrNair]

Pakistan,India,Bangladesh, have a whole lot of mouths to feed. Pry climate change isn't real.

India is also diversified in that case two.Except some North Indian states rest of them are stabilised their demography.Within 1 decade except UP and Bihar rest of them will stabilised entirely and SI states will begin to contract.

 

[Solomon2]

So far I have not seen any nation vanishing due to population explosion.

see The Maya Collapse.

 

[definitelynotIndian]

Pakistan,India,Bangladesh, have a whole lot of mouths to feed. Pry climate change isn't real.

Fortunately India & Bangladesh are on their way to control their population but Pakistan NOPE

 

[Menace2Society]

The Pakistanis of Meluhha died of famine because there were too many. The wealthy emigrated towards the west.

This issue is serious. Pakistan should not let itself go the same way as India.

 

[SQ8]

Oh no please dont stop procreating. It is your divine order to procreate, or maybe you just want to have sex without the problem of having to answer to the Mullah about using contraceptives.

The problem has never been the increase of population, neither the scarcity of resources but rather how resources are made available to the larger number.

Let me see, what you are saying is that because there is not enough water therefore the increasing number of showers at the pool cannot be all fed.. However that should not stop us from building more showers right?

 

[Butchcassidy]

Well... for me.... it's bachay chay (6) hee achay!

Full stop laga do ab sir ji. Just to even it out @Armstrong has decided not to sire any heir

 

[halupridol]

Kuch nahi hona,,,,bacche toh uparwale ki den hae.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

One possible solution would be if we expanded our borders to match our population figure

A logical thing to do , we were always given too little land for large group of people

 

[my2cents]

Remove stigma in using contraceptives and family planning. Educate your people and your population will stabilize by itself.

 

[Judge]

Pakistan,India,Bangladesh, have a whole lot of mouths to feed. Pry climate change isn't real.

We have been well aware of this problem. You won't have to worry about India.

Currently our food production is enough to feed our population and export a little.
And our current food yield per acre/hectare is roughly half that of the developed world.

Even with existing level of technology present in the world (Israel/West), we have the potential to double our food production just by absorbing those practices....while our population growth has slowed down and will peak at 50% more in 2060 before it starts declining - ie 1.7 billion people from the current 1.2 billion.

So even if the food production technology remains stagnant, India will become a major food surplus nation/exorter in the coming decades...and the technology is only getting better.

Not only is India going to be food sufficient, we will in all likelihood be the third largest food exporter across all major categories in just a couple of decades.

Unfortunately praying will not demolish the reality of climate change...or the scarcity of resources. All I can pray for is probably common sense and a little bit of self respect.

 

[thepakistani]

Time falls in favour of high population countries and against lower population countries. China the most populated one is leading all development parameters astonishing west and their priorities.

When ever the dearest country Pakistan is discussed every thing is presented and brought forward with worst and darkest scenarios. In spite of all Pakistan moved forwarded and always proved all such assumptions false.

Please may not believe but Pakistani future is so bright that it will engulf indian future whole and would be super power. Now such evidences are erupting gowader, silk routes, a lot of underground deposited wealth in various forms and Pakistani genius scientists developing modern weapons suspending enemies thought. That's why they utter stupidities about Pakistan.

 

[Yousafzai_M]

Best way to control population is to increase cost of living as we did in Norway. It actually worked. Currently we have only 5 million people in Norway, most of them very healthy, wealthy and wise

5 million healthy, wealthy and educated - that is perhaps something to do with the 700 Billion dollars oil fund they have at their disposal.

 

[pursuit of happiness]

It's out, even the Pope has said it that there's no need to "breed like rabbits". He was, of course, addressing the Catholics, but he could well have been talking to Pakistanis.

Pakistan's population explosion may become a threat to the very existence of the nation
The fact that there will be 342 million people in Pakistan by 2050 is giving many people sleepless nights. For years now, demographers have been trying to get the attention of the policy makers, showing them that Pakistan needs to slow population growth.

Today, the signs are all over — perpetual power outages, current petrol imbroglio, 25 million out of school kids, and polio cases through the roof.

Dr Farid Midhet, a demographer heading Jhpiego, who sees a clear link between poverty, inequality and population, is worried that unless the government invests in the young Pakistani population (approximately 56 per cent of the population in 2014) the latter may become a threat to the very existence of the nation.

"If young people are unable to achieve their dreams, their energies may be directed towards undesirable activities," he warned.

Demographic Dividend


Pakistan's population is growing by around two per cent a year but the economy has failed to keep pace with the population growth.

Demographic dividend is defined as a one-time window of opportunity of accelerated economic growth; it begins with changes in the age structure of a country's population as it transitions from high-to-low birth and death rates, which are called the demographic dividend.

Many see this population explosion quite differently
They say Pakistan is well-placed as it has a young and rapidly urbanised population in an ageing world.

"Pakistan is going through a youth bulge in its demographic transition. Data shows that the youth (aged 15-24) is better educated than the older generations and have lower fertility rates and are increasingly urban," said acclaimed economist, Asad Sayeed, director and senior researcher at the Collective of Social Science Research, a Karachi based research and consulting organisation.

However, he said, the setback to harnessing these factors is the "significant inequality, not so much across income levels but across genders and across urban and rural areas."

But accelerated economic gains are not around the corner, at least not yet. And with over half the population living on less than two dollars a day, something is not quite right.

"While investment in human capital is necessary, it is more important that this investment is geared towards women and towards the rural areas," said Sayeed.

Having a large population of young employable people will not automatically translate into economic prosperity.

While the changing population structure is the necessary first step, investment in health, education, sound economic policies, and good governance will result in accelerated economic growth.

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