Pakistan faces many problems including illiteracy, energy crisis, health issues, economic crisis, overpopulation, terrorism, international interference, corruption, political instability, and poverty. Over half of Pakistan's population is illiterate and lacks access to education. The country struggles with poor power generation and rising energy demands. There is a shortage of doctors and healthcare facilities for Pakistan's large population. Corruption is widespread and terrorism has become a major issue, negatively impacting Pakistan's economy, security, and international relations. Poverty is extensive with over 40% of the population living below the poverty line.

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M U H A M M A D A F Z A L
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Problems of Pakistan

3. Introduction
 Today Pakistan is facing a lot of problems but some are
very common in our society which are destroying our
society.

4. Some major problems are following
 Illiteracy
 Energy Crisis
 Health Issues
 Economy Crisis
 Over Population
 Terrorism
 International Interference
 Corruption
 Political Instability
 Poverty

5. Illiteracy
 Education is the right of every men and women.
 But in Pakistan half of its population is illiterate.
 Even for those who are termed as “Literate” are only
able to read and write, which in today’s technology
oriented world is still considered as illiteracy.

6. Energy Crisis
 Electricity is the major Problem Pakistan facing
today.
 The main problem with Pakistan’s poor power
generation is the rising demands for power and lack
of efficiency.

7. Health Issues
 According to Ministry of Health, there are 127,859
doctors and 12,804 health facilities in the country to
accommodate for over 170 million people.
 Many Pakistani doctors and medical professionals
migrate to other countries, Pakistan is the fourth
highest source of International medical graduate
doctors in the United States of America.
 There are good government hospitals which are low-
cost but offer only basic medical treatment, and
private hospitals provide expensive medical
facilities.

8. Economy Crisis
 Due to internal political disputes and low levels of foreign
investment have led to slow growth and underdevelopment
in Pakistan.
 The economic condition of Pakistan is going down and
down.

9. Over Population
 The total population in Pakistan was last recorded at
188.2 million people in 2014 from 45.9 million in
1960, changing 310 percent during the last 50 years
which is very alarming.

10.  Terrorism in Pakistan has
become a main and greatly
harsh phenomenon in recent
years. The whole world looks at
Pakistan as a land of terrorists.
 Pakistan has suffered losses of
80 billion dollars, 50,000 lives
and more than 28,561 people
sustained injuries in several
blasts in the war on terrorism
over the last 10 years.
Terrorism

11. International Influence
The use of
unmanned drones to
carry out missile
attacks against
suspected terrorists
is a clear violation of
international law
and directly violates
the sovereignty of
Pakistan.
With every strike
made estimates are
that 50 innocent
civilians are also
either killed or
injured, including
women and children.

12. Corruption
 Pakistan has been ranked as 126 out of 175 countries
in Transparency International’s (TI) yearly
assessment of corruption Perception Index (CPI) .
 Pakistan is 50th most corrupt country in the world.

13. Poverty
 According to an analysis conducted by the
government of Pakistan the poverty has increased
roughly from 30% to 40% during the past decade.
 Consider 40%of a country’s population is earning
their life below the poverty-line.

14. Every third Pakistani is
living his life below the
poverty line.
Baluchistan which is
considered as the land of
mineral is facing a serious
issue of poverty, 52 % of
total population in
Baluchistan living below the
poverty line, 33 % of Sindh
population are living below
the poverty line followed by
KPK having 32 % ratio.
Punjab which is considered
as the urban area also
having 19 % population
which are living below the
poverty line.

15. Reasons
Following are the major reasons of creating the
problems in Pakistan:
 Dishonesty
 Lack of leadership
 Defective government policies
 Diverting from Islamic instructions
 Priority to VIPs
 No authorities to local government
 No usage of our own resources
 Non availability of basic rights
 No check and balance
 Greed of money and power

16. Solutions
 Justice
 Qualified and talented leaders
 Honesty
 Regular check and balance
 Say “No” to VIP culture
 No corruption
 Sovereignty
 By keeping a loved eye on public
 By transferring rights to lower level
 Changing the minds and thinking of public by
starting from ourselves

17. References
 Ministry of health
 Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
 Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
 The DAWN newspaper
 www.studysols.com
 defence.pk
 www.arynews.com
 The daily express Tribune