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Sustainable PakistanOpportunities Vs Vulnerabilities

By

Saeed-ur-Rehman


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Pakistan: An Introduction

Total Area 796095

sq km Agriculture-based

economy

Population -168Million


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Demographics

60 % below age 29

45 % live in ruralareas

95 % Muslims

Conservative rural

and tribal areas Liberal metropolitan

settings


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Poverty and Vulnerability

Economic vulnerability -Material deprivation (income& consumption)

Social vulnerability- Low education and healthopportunities

Political vulnerability- Feudal system, powerlessness Ecological Vulnerability- environmental hazards Marginalized groups are more vulnerable (i.e.

women and children)

World Bank (2001)


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Economic Vulnerability

Per capita income -652US $

66 % population liveunder US $ 2 / day

Lack ofproductiveassets (technical,infrastructural andhuman)

Lack ofaccess toinformation ,technologyand markets


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Economic Vulnerability

Low agriculturalproductivity (80 % of landis arid / semi-arid)

Low-wage labour ( evenbelow1 US $ / day)

Unequal distribution ofwealth

Growing urban population(30 % (1980)- 57 % (2008)


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Political Vulnerability

Feudalistic , conservative

society Spiritual clans

Inhuman customarypractices

Fragile democratic system 37 / 63 years of

Dictatorship (70 % ofGDPgoes to military budget)


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Social Vulnerability

Literacy rate 45.7 %

TFR-4C

hildren /Women

Youth Demographic -97.8 Million (60 %)between the age 14-29

Gender Inequality,women at adisadvantage


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Social Vulnerability

MMR -1 woman dies

in every 20 minutes public health

budget-1.7 % ofGDP

Education budget 2% oftotal GDP


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Ecological Vulnerability

Forest area only 2.47

% of land area Rising Water and air

pollution (in majorcities , 20 % higherthan WHO S

tandards)

Salinity and Waterlogging (14 millionhac)


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Ecological Vulnerability

Lack ofbiodiversityconservation

Drought anddesertification (13 % watershortage)

Noproper mechanism for

waste management Water shortages

(5300 cub m / capita -1953

1100 cub m/ capita- 2007


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Opportunities


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Pakistan: Heaven on Earth


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Heaven on Earth


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Heaven on Earth


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Rich in Art


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World records


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World Records

Worlds highest

Polo ground atShandur, Northern

Pakistan. (12500ft)

Karakoram Highway

: EighthWonder oftheWorld


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World Records

Worlds Largest Deep Sea Port : Gwader Khewra Mines : Second Largest Salt Mine in the

World Haleji Lake : Asias largest Bird Sanctuary 5th largest army ofthe world Champion ofCricketworld cup-1992

3 times Hockey champion in Olympic games 7th Worlds nuclearpower


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World Records

Pakistan the land of

grand mountainranges, a land that

holds 4 out of 14 most

highest peaks in the

world

K2 the second highestmountain in the world


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Worlds Oldest Civilization


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Status of Young Peoples Human

Rights


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Recommendations

Building institutional capacity Trained community-based human resource for

sustainable development Community-based managementofvulnerable

natural resources Improved and diversified incomes for vulnerable

rural and marginalized people Increased local and national conservation of

biological and cultural heritage. Greater voice, influence, social security, and

equitability forwomen.


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References

The World Bank; http://www.worldbank.org/

Food and Agriculture Organization;http://www.fao.org/

International Food Policy Research Institutehttp://www.ifpri.org/

2009 Global Hunger Index Pakistan Federal Bureau ofStatistics;

http://www.statpak.gov.pk/


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