Poverty is a major issue in Pakistan, with over 58 million people living below the poverty line. The highest rates are in Baluchistan where 16% of the population is in poverty, followed by 33% in Sindh and 32% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Key drivers of poverty include government policies, corruption, smuggling, overpopulation, unemployment, lack of education, inflation, and lack of foreign investment. Some efforts to reduce poverty include increasing access to basic needs like food and healthcare, raising personal incomes, and government programs that provide income support, relief packages, and financial services.

2. Presented by:
Sayyida Tabinda Kokab (08)
Presented To:
Madam shehla

3.  Poverty is the deprivation of food, shelter,
money and clothing when people can’t
satisfy their basic needs.

4. Poverty also means not having
enough to feed and clothe a family,
not having a school or clinic to go
to, not having the land on which to
grow one’s food or a job to earn
one’s living, not having access to
credit.

16.  Every third Pakistani is caught in the ‘Poor’
bracket.
 Some 58.7 million out of a total population
of 180 million subsist below the poverty line.
 This includes more than half the population
in the forever remote Baluchistan , 33 per
cent in Sindh, 32 per cent in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and 19 per cent in Punjab.

17. 32%
19%16%
33%
Percentage by Population
KPK 32%
Punjab 19%
Baluchistan 16%
Sindh 33%

19.  Government Bad Policies
 Corruption
 Smuggling
 Overpopulation
 Unemployment
 Lack of education
 Foreign Investment
 Inflation

20. It is estimated that around 5 Crore per month is spent on
the security of Prime Minister and the President.
Monthly expense of 1 minister = 30 Lac, Monthly expense
of 96 minister = 28 Crore80 Lac

21. CORRUPTION
 Only one relationship that is exists in society is money.
One has to pay a heavy cost to get his right.
 Institutions have failed to provide justice to common
Citizens

22.  Pakistan was recently facing the shortage
of sugar and wheat due to the smuggling
these items to neighbouring countries.
 Pakistan is the 7th largest wheat producing
country, it’s consumption was 20 Million
ton and produced 23 million ton recently.
 Similarly Pakistan is the 4th largest
sugarcane producing country.

23.  International Labor Organization defines,
poverty occurs when people are without jobs.
 Unemployment rate in 2009 was 7.40 which is
doubled in 2010, the current rate is 15.20%.
 When people are unemployed they consume
the resources but are unable to
contribute in overall economy,
which results in poverty.

24.  Poverty in Pakistan is increasing because of
general rise in prices of all products in
Pakistan
 Hence, it decreases purchasing power of
people earning low earnings/Wages/Salaries

25. Poverty Reduction

26.  Increasing the supply of basic needs.
 Increasing personal income.

27. Food and other goods
Health care and education
Removing constraints on
Govt.services
Controlling over
population

28. Income grants
Economic freedoms
Financial services

30.  Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).
 Emergency Relief Packages
 Health Insurance.
 Peoples’ Works Program (PWP) ‐I & II.
 Pakistan Bait‐ul‐ Mal (PBM).
 Employees’ Old Age Benefits Institution
(EOBI).
 Zakat.