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Interview about Poverty in Pakistan

I sent home a sheet of 6 questions to Iman's dad ( sorry I do not know the name). He is a man who has lived in Pakistan for most of his life and obviously knows a lot about it so I thought it would be kind of neat to see what his perspective of poverty in Pakistan is like. Below is the questions I asked him in yellow and the answers he gave in blue. I'm going to write his answers exactly like he did.



1. Did you live below the poverty line ever in your life?

   Not me ever but one of my friend did.   

2. Were you educated as a kid and were most of the people you knew educated?

 yes one of my friend lived in a situation, where it was hard for him and his family to make their ends meet. It was very painful situation for me as I was young too but group of friends collected the exam fees couple of time.

3. Did you ever have any health concerns for you or your family, if so what were they and why? 

Since I've never ever lived below the poverty line, I did not have any health concerns for myself as well as for my family.

4. What do you think the major cause of poverty in Pakistan is?

Corruption is one of the major cause, social injustice. Lack of education, improper use of available resources, unfair distribution of wealth.  

5. Do you think poverty is a big problem, and do you think the government doesn't notice or is it that they just don't do anything about it?

Of course poverty is a big problem no matter where ever you live in the world. People should struggle hard especially to get them educated and get awareness about their basic rights.... Government should take actions to against corruptions and should make sure that peoples basic needs are being fulfilled.  

6. If you could would you change anything about your country and what would it be?

I would love to, by making sure that whoever needs to go to school get them educated. Make more people knowledgeable about their rights. I will motivate uneducated families and give them the benefit of education so that they can enjoy their share of happy prosperous life.

Many of these questions are more about himself then actual poverty in Pakistan but you can see that he thinks that it is a problem, and in the last question about what he would do to change it I think it is inspiring. Maybe he can not make that happen but there is some people in charge who can so why don't they???

I'm not sure why they don't but I think that every one should re consider the laws and the rights and make them fair so that every one has a chance to live a happy life :)

PS. I will possibly if I have time before school is over give even more detailed questions to a different person from Pakistan this time I'm going to give it to a woman to see her perspective on things. I would of given them to him but i already bothered him enough and he is a busy man. Also sorry about the yellow but black wouldn't show on black background!

Poverty in Pakistan

     Poverty in Pakistan is a huge problem.  In the years 2001-2005 Pakistan`s poverty rate increased from 23.9%-37.5%. That is nearly one quarter of Pakistan considered poor.. The amount has not changed since 2005. Recent earthquakes, floods and prices raising may have some impact on this dramatic number of people in danger.  In the last few years approximately 17 million people have gone from a normal family to barely being able to eat or not eating at all.  Now their is about 60 million people with lack of food!
     As you know from my last post that is alot more people than there are in Canada. This is not right, why should Pakistan people have to live that sort of life? Why do we have it so easy? Here are the answers to those questions. 
     Poverty in Pakistan consists of many reasons. One is that the government is not well aware of what is happening so they are not doing anything to stop it. Heavy taxes and unemployment forces the people to live below the poverty line. Corruption is another reason, there is two types of corruption. There is no

decency and everyone is trying to earn more and more by using fair and unfair means. Poverty is an agricultural country. Most people make a living from farming. Most people have land, which fulfills the needs of families, but they have to divide land among their children. But once the land is divided it no longer meets the standards and makes families suffer and live below the poverty line. The literacy rate in Pakistan is very low. Most people don't have a clue about the modern earning sources. Many people can not afford the technology needed to attend school, others just can't afford the fees and most commonly the children or at least girls need to help out at home so they have no time for school. I found the top 7 causes online and here they are.
1. Government Policy's.

2. Government extra expenses and corruption.

3. Population, Unemployment, and lack of education.

4.Inflation, Smuggling, and large scale imports.

5. Law and Order situation and decline in foreign investments.
6. Increasing defense expenditure& race of weapons in the region.
7. Role of west and IMF.

     Poverty can cause other problems such as theft, bribery, adultery, fights, lawlessness, and injustice. Poverty is not just about providing food, clothing and shelter. There is alot more to it like education, stable employment, decent wages, health care, security, minimum housing standards, and decent recreational opportunity's.  
     I've come to the conclusion that Canada needs to realize that we are lucky and not all countries have it as easy off as we do. So do something about it. By 2015 lets make the numbers I mentioned before change dramatically, and in a good way. 

Here are some pictures of what life is like for some people who live in Pakistan. And what each letter doesn't stand for but how people living in poverty feel and we should change all those words to positive.

P- powerless
    

   
    

    
 O- offbeat

 


 V-voiceless

 E- endless hunger

R- rejected

T-  threatened

Y- young and old

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