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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Forgiveness was granted (even) to a prostitute! (Because) She came upon a dog at the mouth of well, who was panting and was about to die of thirst. She took off her leather sock, tied it with her headscarf, and drew some water from the well for the dog. It was for this act of kindness that she was forgiven her sins. When asked, “Are we rewarded even for good we do to animals?” he replied, “Reward is given for good to any living creature.” [Bukhari & Muslim]
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Stats on Pakistan Poverty and Unemployment
According to the Human Development Report on South Asia, 2003:
- While less than one-third of Pakistan’s people are income poor, nearly
one half suffer from serious deprivation of several opportunities of life.
- Nearly two-third of the total adult population (and as much as three-fourths
of the adult female population) can’t read or write.
- Access to basic services like primary health care and safe drinking water
is denied to nearly half of the population. About 38 % of the children under
five are malnourished.
- The poverty in Pakistan has increased from 21% in 1990-91 to 35% in 1998-99.
- The number of poor as per government criteria, increasing at the rate of
nearly 6 million per year now touches almost 58 million.
- Pakistan’s economy used to derive great benefit from expatriate labour
abroad, especially the Gulf countries. This was traditionally unskilled labour
engaged in the construction boom of the post-1973 oil price hike shock. However,
the opportunities for unskilled labour in Arab countries have been reducing
due to the economic changes taking place there.
- The number of Pakistani expatriates in the Gulf countries now hovers around
one million (compared to nearly 3.8 million Indians). The result has been
reducing remittances declining from over $2.5 billion in early 1980s to around
$800 million by the end of the ’90s.
- Pakistan’s labour force is growing at the rate of 2.4%, and the unemployment
rate is growing at an alarming rate of 6% per annum in the last five years.
- Coupled with the decline in jobs abroad, the economy’s capacity to
generate employment opportunities has been decreasing, which can be figured
out from the low growth rates. With the high rate of population growth, the
figure for unemployed Pakistanis are likely to go up further.
- There is a mismatch in Pakistan in the supply and demand for skills. It’s
basically education levels in a country that creates employment skills; studies
indicate that Pakistan’s literacy rate is one of the lowest in the world
and is worse the countries which have per capita GNP equal to or close to
Pakistan.
- Less than three-quarters of its school-age population attends primary school.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of GNP has been less than 3 % in
the last decade.
Sources:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/regional/situation.html
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0702/154.html
Date Created: 10/11/05
Date/Time Last Modified: 10/11/2005 12:50:01 PM
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