Poverty in Pakistan affects about 24% of the population and is higher in rural areas. There are different types of poverty including absolute poverty, relative poverty, situational poverty, and generational poverty. Poverty is caused by factors like failed government policies, corruption, unemployment, lack of investment, and environmental issues. Measures to reduce poverty include controlling inflation, improving agriculture and industry, providing more education funds, and increasing capital formation. Unemployment is also a major problem leading to financial issues and increased burden of debt. Overpopulation puts pressure on resources and contributes to rising poverty levels.

1. POVERTY IN PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN ECONOMICS

2. GROUP MEMBERS:
• Abuzar Ghaffari
• Aman George
• Mohsan Mughal
• Junaid Tariq
• Iram Latif
Submitted to :
Sir Faisal Akram

3. POVERTY:
“Condition where people's basic needs for food, clothing, and
shelter are not being met. ’’
The Economic Survey 2018 revealed Pakistan’s percentage of
people living below the poverty line has fallen to 24.3 percent.
Our beloved Prophet
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
also prayed to Allah to save
him (PBUH) from Poverty.

4. TYPES OF POVERTY:
• Absolute Poverty:
It is the extreme kind of poverty involving the chronic lack of
basic food, clean water, health and housing.
• Relative Poverty :
occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of
living standards as determined by a government(and enjoyed
by the bulk of the population) that vary from country to
country, sometimes within the same country.

5. TYPES OF POVERTY:
• Situational Poverty:
People or families can be poor because of some adversities
like earthquakes, floods or a serious illness.
• Generational Poverty:
This is when poverty is handed over to individuals and
families from generations before them.

6. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF
POVERTY
In 1947, Pakistan inherited the most backward parts of South
Asia with only one university, one Textile Mill and one Jute
Factory. The country has made tremendous progress and its
GDP remains the highest in South Asia.
Poverty in Pakistan has historically been higher in rural areas
and lower in the cities. Out of the total 40 million living below
the poverty line, 30 million live in rural areas.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa of Pakistan was one of the most
backward regions of the South Asia.

7. POVERTY AND GENDER :
Consequently, the society invests far less in women than men.
Women in Pakistan suffer from poverty of opportunities
throughout their lives. Pakistan’s overall literacy rate remains
static at 58 percent with literacy rate of males 70 percent and
48 percent of females in 2018.
• Environmental issues
Environmental problems in Pakistan, such as use of agro-
chemicals, deforestation etc. contributes to rising poverty in
Pakistan.
Increasing pollution contributes to increasing risk of toxicity,
and poor industrial standards in the country contribute to
rising pollution.

8. CAUSES OF POVERTY :
• Failed Government Policies
• Corruption
• Unemployment
• Lack of Foreign Investment
• Low National Income
• Use of Backward Technology
• Increase in Utility Charges
• Low National Income
• Use of Backward Technology

9. CAUSES OF POVERTY :
• Increase in Utility Charges
• Backward Agricultural Sector
• Absence of Credit Facilities
• Improper Income Distribution
• Low level of Productivity
• Low level of Saving
• Inflation
• Imposition of Taxes
• Non-Productive Expenditures
• Low Rate of Capital Formation

10. MEASURES TO REMOVE POVERTY:
• Control on inflation.
• Use of modern techniques of production.
• Government should provide more facilities to investors.
• Development of agriculture and industrial sector.
• Proper maintenance of law and order in necessary to remove the
poverty.
• We should save more to reduce the poverty.
• Govt. should reduce the rate of tax and increase the rate of capital
formation.
• Govt. should allocate more funds for education.

11. UNEMPLOYMENT IN PAKISTAN:
Unemployment leads to financial crisis and reduces the overall
purchasing capacity of a nation. This in turn results in poverty
followed by increasing burden of debt.
The foremost problem world is facing today is unemployment.
The ratio of unemployment is increasing rapidly due to lack of
sources and when unemployment takes place so many crimes
are automatically created.

12. PAKISTAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CHART
The unemployment rate in Pakistan for the year 2010-2016 is 6
percent. Currently the unemployment rate in Pakistan as per the report
of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics is 6.0 percent.

13. MAJOR CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
IN PAKISTAN:
• Growth of Population:
• Poor Education System:
• Violence and Terror Activities:
• Energy Crisis:
• High Age of Retirement:

14. SOLUTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN
PAKISTAN
• The education system of Pakistan should be equal and well
managed.
• Well recognized training and technical institutions are need to be
established where skills programs are offered.
• The age of retirement should be at least 55 years.
• Remove energy crisis so that investor comes to Pakistan thus job
placement will automatically be created.
• There should be peace across the country so foreigners will not
hesitate to invest in Pakistan.
• The agriculture sector should be developed.
• Jobs should be given purely on merits.
• Encourage multinational companies to business in Pakistan.
• Family planning centers should be opened to control the flow of
over population.

15. OVER POPULATION IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. Current
population of Pakistan is two hundred million eight lacs thirteen
thousand, eight hundred eighteen.
• Over population leads to an increasing rate of poverty and hunger.
Earth resources are getting limited day by day. Overpopulation poses
a great risk
• Although Pakistan is an agricultural land yet the 25 percent land of
Pakistan is uncultivable. Huge population is consuming the sources
and the future is becoming more alarming.

16. 10 WORST NATURAL DISASTERS IN
HISTORY OF PAKISTAN
• Pakistan Floods 2010
• 2010 Hunza Lake Disaster
• 2007 Cyclone Yemyin
• 2005 Kashmir Quake
• 2000 Drought
• 1974 Hunza Earthquake
• 1970 East Pakistan Cyclone
• 1950 Floods
• 1945 Balochistan Earthquake
• 1935 Quetta Earthquake

17. GLOBAL EXPERIENCE :
The most important of these is investment in human development –
education, training, literacy, health, drinking water, nutrition, population
planning. Countries which have neglected human development may
achieve some spurt in growth and poverty reduction for a short period of
time.
• Growth together with investment in human development offers a much
better chance for alleviating poverty
• Country is able to put together these four factors – Accelerated growth,
investment in human development, targeted poverty interventions and
social protection – the probability of achieving reduction in the incidence
of poverty becomes quite high.

18. SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF PAKISTAN:

19. CONCLUSIONS:
• Poverty has been widely recognized a matter of deprivation in
multiple dimensions.
• Poverty has been visualized in a wider angle by highlighting
the Groups of population having higher share in the overall
incidence of poverty in Pakistan.
• On an overall basis, incidence of multidimensional poverty was
estimated at 43.34 Percent in 1998-99. With minor fluctuation,
the value for 2007-08 was 38.31 percent.
• The regional situation exposes that the poverty index was
higher in the rural area.
• This report is the first attempt to mapping and measuring the
extent of multidimensional poverty in Pakistan.