3. Beggingas a business
Oldest profession
Lucrative business
Beggars don’t want to do odd jobs or hard
labor work
Very professional activity – own working
hours, dress code, working places
Mastery in art of begging
4. Types of beggars in society
Children beggars
Physically handicapped beggars
Diseased beggars
Mentally handicapped beggars
Transgender beggars
Old age beggars
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8. Effectsof beggary
Beggars largely depend on what they get from
the people and this is infect a big problem
because they start to depend totally on this and
stop finding any other source of income.
Now, they have become burden to the society
and they infect forcefully made their children to do
the same.
The cruelest part of beggary is that they
sometimes allow doing anything to their own body
9. Effectsof beggary
Its leads to prostitutions & drug
addictions
They are disturbing economic system as
there is unequal distribution of wealth
They are disturbing health system by
spreading communicable diseases
10. Pakistani Lawand RehabilitationforBeggary
According to contemporary estimates, there are
between two and twenty-five million beggars in
Pakistan
According to Pakistan law, begging can take you
to jail for three years and also, parents whose
children are begging can be arrested and jailed
for three years.
11. Pakistani Lawand RehabilitationforBeggary
In 2011, the Lahore High Court ruled that the
government should strictly enforce laws to
discourage “professional beggary,” set up homes
for the destitute, and improve charity
disbursements for the poorest.
The Sindh cabinet has imposed a ban on child
beggary and directed the social welfare
department to pick up children begging at traffic
intersections and in streets and rehabilitate them
at welfare centers.
13. ADMISSION PROCEDURE IN BEGGARS REHABILITION
CENTERS IN PAKISTAN
Beggars halted by police and brought to the Beggar’s
Home
All particulars of each beggar are recorded in a
register and later interviewed by Social Welfare
Officer who prepares the case history of each beggar
Most of the beggars probably do not have identity
cards therefore, NADRA is taken on board for special
provision and preparation of the identity cards of
these beggars. To extract authentic information from
them, their families is contacted
In case of a child beggar, he/ she is referred to Child
Protection Bureau. However, in case of a child
accompanying a female beggar (mother) and those
14. Facilities for beggars IN BEGGARS REHABILITION
CENTERS IN PAKISTAN
Boarding and lodging
Medical treatment
Vocational trainings
Religious education
Rehabilitation
Legal support
Follow up
Security agency