USAMA BIN KHALID

FA16-BEE-113
C SECTION
 Topic
Poverty in Pakistan
 Agenda

• Definition
• Causes and stats
• Solution
• Short Documentary
 Definition

According to Wikipedia;
Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a
person's needs. Poverty may include social, economic, and political
elements.
 Definition

Absolute poverty is the complete lack of the means necessary to

meet basic personal needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter. The
threshold at which absolute poverty is defined is always about the
same, independent of the person's permanent location or era
 Causes and Stats
• Pakistan is a poor and underdeveloped country. Most of its population lives in entirely adverse circumstances. 
Some reports reveal that more than forty percent population of Pakistan lives below the line of poverty. Four out of
10 Pakistanis are living in acute poverty with the population of Balochistan faring the worst among the provinces,
according to Pakistan’s first-ever official report on multidimensional poverty

• A STUDY on poverty has brought Pakistan face to face with a reality that it will find hard to accept: every third
Pakistani is caught in the ‘poor’ bracket i.e. some 58.7 million out of a total population of 180 million subsist
below the poverty line.
 Causes and Stats
1. Population explosion.

2. Pakistan are uneducated

3. Economic system is based on feudalism

4. No justice

5. Scarcity of jobs
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Causes and Stats
Solutions
Short Documentary