Current Crisis in Pakistan - Possible solutions

Pakistan is the world’s first Muslim nuclear-armed “failed state”. The country’s current situation is as terrorist bombings, uprising of Islamic fundamentalists, a weakened democracy and a faltering economy. Every day that passes things get even worse and economy is in down spin. Relations with India were recently on the road to reestablishment after years of conflict over Kashmir issue but received a quick setback after the recent attacks on Mumbai. Before that Pakistan was facing the consequences of the 9/11 accident whose blame is also on the shoulders of Muslims. The situation in Pakistan is very bad or one can say on the edge. Said by one US official “No money, No energy and now No government”.
Pakistan is facing now-a-days existential crisis on its streets, its courts, and its parliaments. Most democracy experts say that the system needs informed and educated masses. Fortunately no one Pakistani political leader denies with this fact but unfortunately these same politicians don’t even help a little to make Pakistanis to read and write.
Pakistan necessitates a lead which has determination, optimistic, and act as a catalyst for it. Basically it is a time of showing new ideas and creativity in building the ruined relationship with whom who are the true friends of Pakistan. With other vital problems Pakistan is facing the high inflation rate along with unemployment & lack of investment.
The most unfortunate aspect of the Pakistan’s crisis is that the judiciary was always kept under restrain by all successive governments. The doctrine of dichotomy of powers is the essence of our Constitution. In reality, this system could not be developed because of regular military invasions. For more than 32 years, i.e. more than half of its life, Pakistan had remained under the rule of different military generals. This one man rule has extended the authority and powers of executive more than the system of dichotomy required. It is very painful to note that the judiciary in Pakistan has extended authority to military rulers to legislate and even to amend the Constitution. 

Inflation remains the biggest threat to the economy, jumping to more than 9% in 2005 before easing to 7.9% in 2006. In 2008, following the surge in global petrol prices inflation in Pakistan has reached as high as 25.0%. In 2009 it jumped to 30%.The central bank is pursuing tighter monetary policy while trying to preserve growth.
While Pakistan has some social and political problems, it has also been stated as being the tourism industry's big thing. Pakistan has diverse cultures, people and landscapes. The country's attraction range from the ruin of civilization such as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Taxila, to the Himalayan hill stations, which attract those interested in winter sports.
The romances of the North West Frontier Province is timeless and legend. Punjab province has the site of Alexander's battle on the Jhelum River and the historic city Lahore, Pakistan's cultural capital, with many examples of Mughal architecture such as Badshahi Masjid, Shalimar Gardens, Tomb of Jahangir and the Lahore Fort. Before the Global economic crisis Pakistan received more than 500,000 tourists.
In 2009, The World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report ranks Pakistan as one of the top 25% tourist destinations for its World Heritage sites. Ranging from mangroves in the South, to the 5,000-year-old cities of the Indus Valley Civilization —Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
Pakistan receives economic aid from several sources as loans and grants. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), etc provides long term loans to Pakistan. Pakistan also receives bilateral aid from developed and oil-rich countries. In November 2008, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan of 7.6 Billion to Pakistan, to help Stabilize and rebuild the country's economy. More recently the govt. of Pakistan received an economic aid of US $5bn dollars out of which the US pledge of $1bn was described as a down-payment on the previously announced $1.5bn already promised to Pakistan for each of the next five years.

The European Union promised $640m over four years, while reports said Saudi Arabia had pledged $700m over two years. Overall Friends of Pakistan had pledged $1.6 billion in aid, which would help Pakistan, move forward on its way to self-reliance. In my opinion, Pakistan should focus on the self-blessing providing to it by Allah such as its major crops, minerals and the other hidden powers present within its human capital.

Scenario of unemployment in Pakistan!

Unemployment is if a person has ability to do work and is willing to do work but is unable to get job opportunity. There are so many reasons of unemployment but here are a few in this discussion like one reason is in Pakistan education system is defective. There is no educational planning. This system is producing the stuff, which is useless in technical fields of the country. There is lack of technical and vocational institutions. Public attitude towards education is wrong, they want to get their degrees in general and arts subjects. Nobody can set up his own business without technical education.

Similarly, In Pakistan there is lack of every kind of planning. There is a huge difference between the demand and supply for labor. 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. Load shedding of electricity is disturbing economy, especially the industrial sector. Due to less availability and high rates of basic inputs like electricity, gas and oil etc, many industries have been closed and job vanished.

In Pakistan, tax system is not satisfactory. Ratio of direct taxes is more than indirect taxes. Tax dodging is common. Due to less income from the taxes, government cannot start developmental projects. If there is no investment, then from where public would find jobs. On the other side if government takes step to increase indirect taxes, it would also affect investment and ultimately employment level.

Political instability, bad law and order situation, army’s interference, bomb blasts, terrorism, inconsistent economic policies etc are the factors which are disturbing domestic and foreign investment. Due to 9/11 incident, Gulf war and the baseless allegations of terrorism the image of Pakistan has been affected very badly at international level. So in the current scenario Pakistan has limited job opportunities in other countries of the world too. Craziness for work only in government sector, instead of private sector and seasonal firms, industries are also responsible for unemployment.

The negative impact of unemployment is as during a long period of unemployment, workers can lose their skills, causing a loss of human capital. Being unemployed can also reduce the life expectancy of workers by about 7 years. High unemployment can encourage racism as workers fear that outsiders are stealing their jobs. Unemployment also encourages use of drugs by individuals. Proper economic planning, consistent policies of government, better law and order situation, abolishing energy crisis, sincerity with Pakistan and by adopting the Islamic economic system we can not only tackle the issue of unemployment but every economic problem of our country as well.

The future of Pakistan is very bright

Pakistan is now changing......people become more aware about Pakistan day by day....they love to Pakistan more as ever. Media plays a big role in awaking Pakistanis.

The quality of education provided in the institutes both private and government in Pakistan in upgrading now and seems to be good enough to meet the world. We have top quality medical institutions where students from all over the world seek medical knowledge. However still there is a need to improve infrastructure in education section - as focus on improving campus life; sports activities must be there and equally opportunities provided to both boys and girls. The biggest issue that now a days is unemployment that can be solved by developing sources of earning for students. This is done by starting medium sized projects (local level) in every industry the Government will be wholly responsible for these projects, by practicing human resource management properly in government institutions in order to make efficient strategies about retirement and succession planning too.

Government of Pakistan needs to put little effort only in order to get maximum results. They must provide opportunities or create opportunities for local entrepreneurs - funds and other financial assistance should be provided by Government in order to utilize their talent best.

Youth of any country matters a lot in her success. Pakistan enriched with youngers. Youth of Pakistan plays important role in the prosperity of Pakistan and they will. There are about 50 -60 % youth in Pakistan. Unfortunately, due to lack of resources or we can say due to poor or bad strategies implemented by the Government, lot of youngsters now moving to other countries that will be bad for Pakistan. But Government has no time to think about this.......they only think about theirselves. However the situation is changed now, Pakistanis become frustrated with the current government and want real patriotic now. Media and courts done well and stands in front of Government currupt policies. This is a positive move for Pakistan.

Pakistan now faces the War on terror that raises other problems as no foreign direct investment, tourism and travel industry also damaged from this war. Terrorism is neither actually born in Pakistan nor Pakistani scholars responsible for it. However, this spreads by anti Muslims and anti-Pakistan forces that try their best to make Pakistan unstable. They don't know that we have best army in the world and Pakistanis have trust on their security forces. Inshallah we will win this war against terrorism soon. Muslim or especially Pakistani scholars now need to unite the Muslims and teach them the real Islamic laws. Islam is the symbol of peace and love.....must think. 

The shortage of water and electric supply are the issues generated by ourselves. We have resources and number of alternatives we find to produce electricity....the only need or demand is the sincere people or Government that we miss. We have great reservoirs of Cole that must be used as source of energy. Kalabag dam must be constructed and other lower and medium sized projects will be planned quickly. 

We have all .............except good government. We ourselves put effort now and lead Pakistan - little effort in our own field leads to the success of Pakistan. And now things are changing. 

May Allah prosper our country and save Pakistan. (Ameen!)