"Population bomb" in pakistan

[Baby Leone]

pakistan 46% population are illiterate.

it was 46% when india had 55%, get out of indian media delusion & see the reality, the literacy rate is now 58% google help is also good..

 

[ALOK31]

^^ Im telling you the right figures. cause I know them from relevant documents

mere bhai wo "population growth" hai na ki "fertility rate".pakistan population growth is 1.6 and india is 1.3.

 

[Hello_10]

this problem has been a focus- especially in 90s- thought it was in consideration since 60s.

the problem is when local clergy says its haram and you will burn in hell if you used protection and other means to stop the process-

although I agree there should be a strong check- even at the cost of interference into personal lives of citizens.

the population at this rate would cross 250 million by the end of 2030.

look, population of South Asian nations is already so high that we would first stop its, make these 70% non-middle class people little more credible and then again we may move on with having more population? right now, its very very hard to feed them all, give then a resonably good life, then whats meaning of having more to the current level until we may improve the living standard of the existing ones???????

population of India, Pakistan, bangladesh was 341mil, 34mil and 40mil respectively in 1947 and now their population is 1.2bil, 190mil and 160mil respectively? while even the number of middle class of India and Pakistan is 350mil and 30mil which is same as at the time of freedom in 1947? if we reduce the population to the half then its obvious that almost all will then fall among the middle class as your 70% population is just a burden who dont pay taxes and also consume subsidies/welfare which may be used for productive/constructive works? and if their population may stop on its current level also, its true that the number of middle class of India and Pakistan will get double by next 10 years and people living in poverty will also be reduced to half till then

 

[ALOK31]

it was 46% when india had 55%, get out of indian media delusion & see the reality, the literacy rate is not 58% google help is also good..

sorry bro pakistan literacy rate is 58% and india is 75% .

List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Zarvan]

KARACHI:
World Population Day has been celebrated every year on July 11 for over two decades, with a pledge to reduce the rapidly growing population.
Today, the event is being celebrated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with big fanfare and a summit in London.
Pakistan is confronted with one of the highest population growth rates in Asia, with the exception of Afghanistan. Our planners have yet to realise that widespread poverty in the country, deteriorating civic amenities, poor health conditions, increasing crimes in cities, pollution or water shortages for farming as well as for household consumption, all have their roots in rapid population growth.
Can Pakistan overcome its multiple problems, where the average number of children born per woman exceeds five in rural areas and the urban slums?
The comparative rates per woman is 1.9 in Iran, two in Turkey, 2.2 in Indonesia and 2.5 in Bangladesh, which all had similar fertility levels in the 1970s.
Rapid population growth in Pakistan
Pakistan’s population growth rate is one of the highest among most Muslim-majority countries largely due to our government’s policy, till the mid-90s, of not having an aggressive family planning programme.
According to the 1998 census, Pakistan’s population growth rate during the decade was about 2.6% per annum. Since then, the rate has declined; however still, with a 2% growth rate per annum, Pakistan’s population in the next 20 years will exceed that of Indonesia, making it the largest Muslim country in the world.
Family planning
In Pakistan, modern methods of contraceptives are only being used by about 22% of married women, which compares with about 55% in Bangladesh and Indonesia and over 70% in Iran.
Very few people are aware that exactly 50 years ago, Pakistan was the second country in the world that launched an official family planning programme, with an encouraging first few years. However, later, its name was changed to Population Welfare Programme and was put into the hands of bureaucracy, ignoring the professionals.
With the charge of planning and executing the programme handed over to provinces, it is high time we not only make a pledge to reduce the high population growth rate but do something more aggressive to reduce the high fertility rate of women.
How to meet the challenge?
The immediate task ahead is to decrease the population growth rate to 1% by reducing the average number of children per woman to about two, within the next five years, as was done by Iran.
It is no more a question of motivating couples to have fewer children, as studies have shown that over 30% of women want to use family planning methods but are unable to do so due to lack of facilities.
If one adds those who are using modern methods of contraceptives (22% of married women) and those who want to use them, a contraceptive use rate of over 50% could be easily achieved.
Strategies
At the government level, provinces should make and implement their own policy. Secondly, population planning is a subject, where all the stakeholders should be involved in formulating a sound policy as well as in its execution. In this respect, the role of the Department of Health is the most crucial.
Each Basic Health Unit, Rural Health Centre as well as district hospitals should be fully equipped to provide family planning and reproductive health services.
A mechanism needs to be developed, whereby various stakeholders can work under one umbrella, to promote family planning activities, provide services and monitor the programme’s activities.
This could be achieved by establishing a Foundation for Population Activities (FPA), which should be modeled along the lines of non-profit organisations. It could be headed by a professional who would be guided by a governing body consisting of key professionals from the population and reproductive health fields, public figures and representatives of civil society.
It is expected that the FPA will greatly enhance family planning activities and thus, reduce Pakistan’s population growth rate.
The author is Senior Advisor on South Asia at Population Institute, Washington DC and Affiliated Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA USA. He co-authored a book “Islam, the State and Population” (Oxford University Press).


Analysis: Defusing the

Pakistan main problem is not growth of population but Pakistan main problem is growth in corruption and bad governance these problems need to be solved than doing an un Islamic thing of trying to control growth of population

 

[RuheTag]

More than needed population is absolutely a bomb. Especially in developing country where alot of people have no access to health care and proper sanitation facilities.

I read somewhere Pakistan has highest population growth (IIRC 3.5%) in South Asia after Afghanistan. But Afghanistan has a higher mortality rate so Pakistanis are currently bent on producing more Pakistanis at a higher speed than rest of South Asia's growth rate.

This is alarming. The cities are exploding with population, the sizes of city have multiplied in last decades and is contineuing to grow.

To stop this higher growth rate, the goverment has a role (btw, honestly i think the Goverments in Pakistan in last 2 decades have done quite a lot to control the population growth but it can do more),,, then Religious Mullahs can play a role in convincing people to produce only those number of childs which they properly feed. Mullahs can convince people that God will not feed and educate their large number of childs,, they have to do themselves with their own resources, as God helps only those who help themselves. Also, the TV and Electronic media can play a bigger role.

Even bigger problem is, the majority who has higher number of childs, is not rich or educated,, it is usually poor lower class, who cant even feed themselves and then they produce alot of childs and throw in to the motor workshops, textile factories, etc where the children are emotionally, sexually, physically abused. Thats a fact that very few people will admit.

I think the Chinese did well in enforcing one child policy. Somebody needs to do something about it in Pakistan, if it wants a brighter future for the youth of the country, and the country itself.

 

[Leader]

mere bhai wo "population growth" hai na ki "fertility rate".pakistan population growth is 1.6 and india is 1.3.

is say bhara jhoot bhi or koe nahi...

 

[ALOK31]

is say bhara jhoot bhi or koe nahi...

oh really.
List of countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ALOK31]

is say bhara jhoot bhi or koe nahi...

and also pakistan infant mortality rate is way higher than india.
26.pakistan=61
50.india=46

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html