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COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

ISLAMABAD CAMPUS

Research Report (Social Issues in Pakistan)

Intro to Psychology

Bachelors in Business Administration

Department of Management Sciences

November 2021

Submitted to
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(Ma'am Rehana Batool Niazi) Comsats University Islamabad (CUI)

Program Representative Team

1) Atif Sajjad (FA20-BBA-038)

2) Eshan Ali (FA20-BBA-050)

3) Ali Husnain (FA20-BBA-020)

4) Asim Naeem (FA20-BBA-037)

5) Manzar Khan (FA20-BBA-077)

6) Ali Sher Khan (FA20-BBA-022)

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….1

Introduction ……………………………………………………..................……………..2

Explanation of Issues………………………………………………………………….3

Poverty………………………………………………………………………….

Nepotism…………………………………………………………………………..

Corruption ……………………………………………………………………

Unemployment……………………………………………………………………

Literature Review………………………………………………………………………….4

Methods………………………………………………………………………………………….5

References……………………………………………………………………………………….…….6
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Chapter I

Summary

This document describes the entirely of the social issues of Pakistan in a few pages.

This will likely to be the only document a perceptive minded people reads initially ,and hence

brevity conciseness and clarity are of the upmost importance. This document is designed to guide

you about the social issues of Pakistan ,and provide complete explanation for each section. These

social issues are very paramount in Pakistan

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Chapter II

[Introduction]

Pakistan is developing country and people of Pakistan are facing social issues which are

disturbing the social life and peace of mind of the people. People are too confused to solve these

problems by themselves as it is the duty of the government to solve it and too costly to be solved

by any individual. Everybody is affected by these issues. Most of the population of Pakistan is

from middle and lower middle class. The social issues which are discussed in the Dawn and the

News International are Corruption, Power Crisis, Education, Justice & Law, Population, Target

Killing, Security, Inflation, Poverty, Traffic, Pollution, Religion/Sectarian, Child Rights,

Senior Citizens, Gender, Agricultural facilities, Kidnappings, Health, Employment, Holidays,

Forest, Water, CNG, Land Mafia, Terrorism, Decease, Natural Disaster, Medicines, Recreation,

Sanitation, Crimes, Smoking, Futile Traditions, Morality, Road Block, Holiday, Diminishing
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Chapter III

Cultures. Some of the major issues were discussed below:-

[Poverty]

The declining trend in poverty in Pakistan during the 1970s and 1980s was reversed in

the 1990s. The incidence of poverty increased from 26.6 percent in FY1993 to 32.2 percent in

FY1999 and the number of poor increased by over 12 million people during this period. Since

FY1999, economic growth has slowed further, development spending has continued to decline,

and the country has experienced a severe drought. It is therefore highly

likely that the incidence of poverty in Pakistan today is significantly higher

than in FY1999. Poverty in Pakistan has historically been higher in rural than

urban areas. Poverty rose more sharply in the rural areas in the 1990s, and in FY1999 the

incidence of rural poverty (36.3 percent) was significantly higher than urban

poverty (22.6 percent). Inequality also increased in Pakistan during the 1990s, in both urban and

rural areas, which enhanced the negative impact on poverty of the slowdown in growth during
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this period. While agriculture is the predominant activity in rural society, a substantial proportion

of the rural labor force, estimated at more than 40 percent, depends entirely on non-farm

activities. The growth of non-farm activities appears to have been severely affected by low

economic growth, decline in public sector development spending, and lower worker remittances

during the 1990s.

Nepotism

It is said that nepotism is the paralyzed part of our system that has been destroying the country’s

progress rapidly since the independence. Its acutely, the wrong use of power by giving best

positions and jobs to their family or their close contacts even though they some people do not

deserve. Irony is this that it takes place at the cost of other talented ones. Nepotism is an ax that

cuts the roots of merits leaving the deserving people pass the the miserable life. I Nepotism is

nuisance for nation it is not only destroying it by providing opportunities to skill less and inapt

person but also badly infringe the rights of skilled people if we talk about Pakistan so we can

find all around such things that the members of same family work at the same field and every

place in Pakistan while Pakistan is said to be a sacred land that came in to being in the name of

Islamic republic of Pakistan. Despite of it, we are not treated as equal as taught by Islam. Since

the independence of Pakistan, people have always been a victim of nepotism and favoritism
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where the powerful figures are also busy in promoting their kith and kin rather than country’s

boon and development our leaders. Its slap on the face of our society that we have received

happily without recording any protest . Stakeholders must stop the practice of nepotism in

country so that the rights of talented people can be protected.

Corruption

Corruption remains a substantial obstacle for Pakistan where it is still perceived to be

widespread and systemic. Petty corruption in the form of bribery is prevalent in law

enforcement, procurement and the provision of public services. The judiciary is not seen as

independent and considered to be shielding corrupt political practices from prosecution.

Various efforts over the past years have tried to develop institutional mechanisms to address

these problems. A National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which was developed in 2002, offers a

comprehensive plan for tackling corruption. The executing agency, the National

Accountability Bureau (NAB), is endowed with comprehensive powers to investigate and

prosecute cases. However, a lack of political will, coupled with the perceived co-option of

the judiciary and the arbitrariness of many anti-corruption proceedings, are major obstacles.
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Unemployment

Unemployment is a major problem for any country , the position of Pakistan will be seen.we will

also look at the urban and rural areas of Pakistan and look at the unemployment rate there. The

table below shows the total population of Pakistan. It can be clearly seen the Pakistan is suffering

from over population and the being an underdeveloped country it is very difficult to control this.

This also effect the employment rate of Pakistan. The population is increasing as we can see in

the table. Although the growth rate is decreasing by the actual figure of population has increased

from 90.10 million in 2004 to 149.03 in 2009. This shows the rapid rate of increase in force is

defined as all persons of ten years of age and more who worked at least one hour during the

reference period and were either paid employees or self employed.

This defined by the government of Pakistan. The table below shows the amount of people

employed in Pakistan. Of the labor force of 42.75 million 39.4 are employed. 27.6 of them
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working in the rural areas and 11.8 in the urban areas. We can see the same aspect of the higher

population rate in the rural area has caused a higher employment rate in the rural areas. the

government has neglected the unregistered people who are actively participating in the labor

force but are not employed because there are no jobs available to them. .
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References

Last Name, F. M. (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Pages From - To.

Last Name, F. M. (Year). Book Title. City Name: Publisher Name.

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