Unemployment
Unemployment is one of the worst
misfortunes that the world of today is facing even developed countries like America
Britain and France are also crumbling under its sinister sway in Pakistan the
situation is most alarming. According to the 1991 census 1.27 million people
are Unemployed. Each year there are about 8 lakh new entrants into the labour
force in Pakistan.
To generate employment for these new entrants into labour force is a grave
problem.
The most important of these
causes is a non-stop increasing population.
Deteriorating law and other
situation has slowed down the tempo of economic activity. Karachi is the biggest industrial base of our
country. But investors are reluctant to invest there because of continuous
unrest and violence.
Our education system is also
responsible for the high Unemployment rate among the educated youth.
The attitude of our youth towards
the choice of a career is also unrealistic and unproductive. They want to get
only some white collar job. In many developed countries people take pride in
working as a butcher tailor hairdresser or a mechanic. But our education youth
considers these jobs reserved only for the illiterate and for those who belong
to the lower class of society.
Rapid mechanization and computer
technology are also causing Unemployment. Unnecessary and frequent strikes in factories
have compelled the owners to go for automation and such technology as requires
less manpower.
Lack of infrastructure facilities
especially in the field of energy telecommunication and transportation also
prevent the industrialist from setting up new industries.
Large scale smuggling which has
flooded the market with cheaper goods poses a serious threat to the development
of local industry.
Tight bureaucratic control on the
economy inadequate credit facilities and complex tax system are also some
important factors that are creating hurdles in the way of private sector
investment in industrial projects.
The flight of the rural Unemployed
youth to the urban areas is further accentuating the problem. Unemployment in
rural areas is due to population pressure sub-division of holdings loss of
productive land as a result of water logging and salinity.
In order to combat Unemployment we
must speed up the pace of industrial development. This can be done by improving
the law and order situation protecting local industries reshaping the education
system to produce more specialized and technically qualified man-power
introducing self-employment schemes establishing the small industries in rural and under developed areas and by changing the small industries in rural and under developed areas and by changing the outlook of the youth so that they do not hesitate to accept event a blue-collar job.
introducing self-employment schemes establishing the small industries in rural and under developed areas and by changing the small industries in rural and under developed areas and by changing the outlook of the youth so that they do not hesitate to accept event a blue-collar job.
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