Unemployment!

Pakistan is facing a severe problem of unemployment. There are many factors leading to this issue in the country. One of them is the lack of skilled workforce in the agriculture sector.

Small scale industries are not working efficiently due to worse economic conditions. The biggest reason of unemployment in Pakistan is concerned with the backwardness of agriculture sector. It is the biggest sector of our economy.

Poverty is another factor which adds to unemployment. Poverty has put many of our talented graduates directionless and jobless. Millions of people in our country are poor and their savings are very low. For the reasonable growth of economy saving rate should be at least 25% but in Pakistan it is only 13 to 14%.

There is lack of every kind of planning. There is a huge difference between demand and supply for labour. There is absence of such kind of planning to produce doctors, engineers, technical experts, scientists etc, according to the need of different sectors of the economy.

Political instability, bad law and order situation, bomb blasts, terrorism, inconsistent economic policies, etc are the factors which are disturbing domestic and foreign investment. Things are not being handled in appropriate manner. There should be efforts to push economic growth process with proper economic planning, consistent policies of government, better law and order situation, supply of energy, and more technical and vocational training facilities. In this way unemployed people will get the chance to enhance their skills and become able to earn reasonable income. With a view to reduce unemployment, self-employment schemes should be encouraged.

SADIA ZAHEER

Lahore