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Economic problems of Pakistan
Dear fellows, i want latest material on economic problems of Pakistan. Participation would be appreciated.
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Impacts of Afghan war on terror on Pakistan
1. Human costs of terrorism for Pakistan 2002 to 2013—18634 attacks,52671 killings, 57344 injured 2. Economic cost of terrorism 3. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows (FDI 4. Internally Displaced People (IDPs) 5. Educational problems 6. Tourism 7. Sports 8. Increased criminal activity 9. Political fallout of terrorism in Pakistan 10. Increase in sectarian violence 11. Pakistan’s national image crisis 12. Drone attacks and targeted killings 13. Target killings 14. The psychological impact of terrorism 15. Ties with international world 16. Present scenario 17. Conclusion 1. Human costs of terrorism for Pakistan 2. Economic cost of terrorism Though in a news conference at the Ministry of Finance on June 11, 2013, he Minister for Commerce, Mr.Ishaq Dar gave a figure of $125 billion as the economic cost of war for Pakistan. Dar said: ―In his personal opinion, the country had already faced a financial loss of $180 billion in this war. 3. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows (FDI According to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report on FDI in Pakistan, Pakistan has gone from number 74 in 2008 to 100 in 2009 to 110 in 2010 in international ranking to attract FDI. 4. Internally Displaced People (IDPs) A report published in June 2013 by the International Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), claims that around 5 million people have become internally displaced as a result of conflict in the North West of Pakistan since 2004. There are more than 1.1 million IDPs registered as displaced by conflict in the North West and millions are unregistered. 5. Social implications Loss of infrastructure Law and order situation Social unrest Poverty Unemployment Escalating crime rates 6. Educational problems According to the law enforcement agencies report to the Supreme Court, the militants had destroyed almost 1,030 schools, mostly girls‘ schools, in FATA and KPK but documentary proof suggests that almost 799 schools were destroyed from 2003-2013. 7. Tourism Pakistan earns around 300 million USD from tourism annually and receives approximately 1 million tourists in Pakistan every year. The World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2013 ranks Pakistan at 122 out of 140 countries based on travel and tourism sector trailing behind Ethopia and Cameroon while it was at 125 in 2011. 8. Sports Due to increasing militancy, no international cricket team has visited Pakistan since 2009 & Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is constrained to host all its home series at neutral venues in United Arab Emirates, which not only entails reduction in income but also causes increase in expenses. Since the attack, cricket teams of India & Bangladesh have cancelled their scheduled visits to Pakistan which resulted in overall loss of about USD 97 Million to PCB. Loss is sustained in the heads of sale of: Television Rights, Sponsorships & In-stadia rights, Radio broadcasting, SMS and Audio Streaming Rights, Gate Money etc. As a result of hosting its homes series at neutral venue, PCB is incurring additional expenditure of about USD 1.4 Million per series. 9. Increased criminal activity 10. Political fallout of terrorism in Pakistan To give an insight into the increasing level of political violence, one can see that during January-May 2013, about 298 political leaders/political activists and workers were killed 11. Increase in sectarian violence 12. Pakistan’s national image crisis In the survey, terrorism and crime topped the list of problems facing Pakistan today with more than nine-in-ten Pakistanis rating them as very big problems 13. Drone attacks and targeted killings 14. Target killings 15. The psychological impact of terrorism Psychological problems among next generations War trodden area No hope for settled area More terrorist activities, more the terrorists would become Conclusion Generally, one of the worst impacts of the war on terror on the Pakistani society has been that religious intolerance has become rampant; people have taken the law in their hands, weaponization is common, people have turned against anti-state and law enforcement agencies, including the military for wreaking this tyranny on the people. Military operations and drone strikes are highly unpopular. Also, the fact that most of the security forces, including police and rangers are diverted to provide security and are on protocol duty with politicians and government institutions and are unavailable to the public makes the situation worse. The list of public grievances runs long. The issue of missing persons --- those who were suspected detainees, and many of them still missing have not returned to their homes, still lingers on. This is the unpleasant baggage that the present government is saddled with and needs to resolve. Pakistan has faced and will face the effects of terrorism in the future internally and in its foreign policy. With the probable withdrawal of the international forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Pakistan needs to weigh the impacts of terrorism in the last decade and devise a policy to tackle terrorism and factors exacerbating it. Though most of the impacts of terrorism on Pakistan are negative but there are positive effects that could accrue from the war against terrorism. These include the basic realization for greater self sufficiency, Reform in and integration of FATA, strengthening democratic institutions, de-weaponisation of the society, revamping of foreign policy, regional cooperation by trading and energy pipelines, normalization with India and greater cooperation with Iran and managing relations with US. After all, politics and war against terrorism are correlated and nations earn some lessons from economic and political stressful times. In short, terrorism is surely the biggest menace and curse that Pakistan faces today. The sooner we realize the gravity of this problem and develop a national and public consensus on defeating terrorism and identifying the enemies in this regard, the better. Otherwise the snowball of terrorism will destroy us. |
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Growth and Investment
For the fiscal year 2014-15, the GDP growth target was set at 5.1 percent. 3.3 percent from agriculture, 6.8 percent from industry 5.2 percent from services sector. GDP growth during 2014-15 remained at 4.24 percent as compared to last year 4.03 percent revised estimates. The Agriculture posted growth of 2.9, industry 3.6 services 5.0 percent as compared to 2.7, 4.5 and 4.4 percent) Agriculture Agriculture accounts for 20.88 percent of GDP and 43.5 percent of employment Compare it to previous year? Problems faced by this sector? Manufacturing and Mining Fiscal development Money and Credit Capital Market Inflation Trade and Payments Public Debt Education Health & Nutrition Population, Labour force and Employment Transport and Communications Energy Pakistan Energy Sources Natural Gas Coal Electricity Alternative Energy Sources Wind Solar Biomass / Waste-to-energy Social Safety Nets Environment Salient Features of Budget Comparison of 2014 and 2015 budget |
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@prince93
Can ou kindly tell me the method or approach as how collect all this data ? Sent from my ALE-L21 using Tapatalk
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I think, the main problem of Pakistan economy is tax burden. People cannot pay high taxes on their business and these should be reduced to increase investment in the country.
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