Macro Economic

Problems of Pakistan

Presented By:
v Sana Rahat
v Ayesha Rasheed

Major Factors

Poverty
High Population Rate

Energy Crisis
Inflation
Illiteracy
Terrorism
Unemployment

Poverty

Poverty Rate

Per Capita
Income

9.3% of GDP

Saving Rate

14.5% of GDP

Below
Poverty Line

58.7 million

Rank

146th

Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund

Benazir Income Support Program
Pakistan Bait-ul Maal
USAID
United Nation Development
Program


Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Benazir Income Support
Program
Pakistan Bait-ul Maal
USAID
United Nation
Development Program

Interest Free Loans

Nakauri ya karobar
Sindh Coastal Area Development Program
First International Conference on Research and Learning
Livelihoods and Community Infrastructure Project


Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund

Benazir Income Support

Program
Pakistan Bait-ul Maal
USAID
United Nation
Development Program


Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Benazir Income Support
Program

Pakistan Bait-ul Maal

USAID
United Nation
Development Program


Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Benazir Income Support
Program
Pakistan Bait-ul Maal
USAID
United Nation

Development Program

Scheme For Farmers

Green Tractor Scheme
Tube well scheme
Kissan Package

Over Population

Population Scenario in Pakistan

Population
Growth

191.71 Million
3.51%

31 births /1,000
population
Death Rate 8 deaths /1,000
population
Rank of Pak
6
Birth Rate


Pakistans population is expected to exceed
to 400 million in 20 years.
The country will grow to be the third most
populous country in the world by 2050.

Effects

Poverty
Illiteracy
Unemployment
Suicide Attempts
Consumption
Child Labor
Beggary

Measures

Pakistans rapidly growing population rate and number of

births every year can only be controlled by the efficient and
quick implementations of family planning schemes in the
overpopulated country.
These views were expressed by Population Welfare Punjab
Minister Begum Zakia Shahnawaz in an event held in
recognition of the World Population Year 2015.

ENERGY CRISIS

The power
requirement
of country
Actual
Production is
Down to

1650 Mega watt

170MegaWatt

Poor Governance
Corrupt Heads
Unused Energy Resources
Poorly Utilized Thar Coal Reserves
Wind and Solar Energy
1046km long coastal line gives
potential of 40000MW of
electricity
Hydropower potential
33% of 20,000MW generation
capacity is produced from this
resource
Monopoly of WAPDA
Electricity Theft
Burden of Debt

Government Measures

Qauid-e-Azam Solar Energy Park

Revival of three redundant power plants
that will add 500MW electricity to the
national grid next year.
Approximately $35 billion allocated
to energy projects. These include
coal-fired power plants,
a dam,
a solar power park, and
a gas pipeline to Iran

 In April 2015, China did something

extraordinary: it gifted a $46 billion
investment package to Pakistan.
China is helping Pakistan build worlds
largest solar farm


A number of medium-sized hydropower
projects is ready to be launched on the
Jhelum, Kunar and Swat rivers, as well as in
Dir and Chitral.

PM inaugurates 102MW Gulpur

hydropower project in AJK

Pakistan to Add 3.5 GW Wind Energy Capacity By

2018

INFLATION

Inflation
Rate

4.8%

Decline

3.89%

Per Capita
Income

9.3% of GDP

Saving
Rate

14.5% of GDP

Effects of Inflation

Poverty
Low living Standard
Low Saving
Declining Investment
Increase In Tax
Decrease in Value of Money

Government
Measures

According to Ministry of Finance Ishaq Dar

Decrease in the additional duties of luxury
items.
Alternatives of imported items
Tax imposed on only 350 items used by rich.
Less in fiscal deficit due to tax
Revenue collection increased from 22% to
28% from Oct 2015 to Nov 2015.
Decline in petroleum prices
Rejected the reforms in taxation by IMF.

Illiteracy

Illiteracy in Pakistan
Literacy
Rate
Decline
In Rural
Areas
In Urban
Areas
Children out
of School

58%
2%
49%
74%

28 Million

The Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15


Pakistan also has the highest number of
illiterate adults in the world, after India and
China.

Measures

Government of Pakistan is currently spending 2.1 percent of

its GDP on education sector and is fully committed to
enhance education spending from 2.1 percent of GDP to 4.0
percent of GDP by 2018.

Government Measures

Parha Likha Punjab Programme

Students Loan Scheme(SLS)
Punjab government releases Rs.20 Crore
for meritorious schools
Pakistan Scottish scholarships 2015-16 ,
17-18
Education Voucher Scheme
Fee Reimbursement Scheme
Helpline for poor children

Role of Media

Terrorism
Rank
Total
Terrorist
Attacks in
2015
Some
Terrorist
Groups in
Pakistan

3rd
298 Attacks in Past 8 Months

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Lashkar-e-Omar (LeO)
Sipah -e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)
Tehreek-e- Jaferia Pakistan (TJP)
Tehreek-e- Nafaz -e- Shariat -eMohammadi (TNSM)
Lashkar-e- Jhangvi (LeJ)

Anti Terrorism
Measures

One of the first steps by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was

the uplift of the moratorium on death penalty, which
was introduced in 2006 during the rule of President
Pervez Musharraf.
Operation Zarb-e- Azb
Operation Rah-e- Raast
Operation Rah-e- Nijat
Helplines by National Counter Terrorism Authority
Cost $ 1.9 billion and killing 4,000 terrorists

Measures

Over the past nine months, government statistics

show, major terrorist attacks have declined 70% and
Pakistanis are flocking back to shopping malls,
resorts and restaurants.
.

Unemployment

Current Scenario

Unemployment
Rate

6%

Unemployed
Persons

4.6 million

Population Rate

191,71 million

Rank

133

Effects

Psychological Effects
Depression
Hopelessness
Suicide Attempts
Social Effects

Poverty

Illiteracy

Beggary

Violence

Robbery & Theft

Measures
The
PM's
Youth Skills
Development
Programme
Aim-Provision of Vocational Training
Hunar se Rozgar Scheme
Yellow Cab Scheme
Naukri Ya Karobaar
Apna Rozgaar Scheme

 PM's Interest Free Loans

Scheme
Youth Training Programme
PM's Youth Skills
Development Programme


Contribution of
NGOs
Microfinance Banks
Celebrities

List of NGOs Working in Pakistan

Human Rights NGOs

Child Rights and Welfare NGOs
Consumer Rights Protection NGOs
Labor Rights NGOs
Drug Abuse Prevention NGOs
Stopping Violence against Women NGOs
Rural Development NGOs in Pakistan
Education NGOs in Pakistan

Major Microfinance Banks

National Bank of Pakistan

First Microfinance Bank
Khushhali Bank
First Women Bank
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
National Rural Support Program
Provincial RSPs

These banks play an important role in augmenting governments

strive for poverty alleviation.

Contribution of
Celebrities

Imran Khan-Shaukat Khanam

Abrar-ul-Haq-Sahara Trust
Shezad Roy-Zindagi Trust
Amir Liaqat-Mehmooda Sultana Foundation
Musarrat Misbah-Smile Again Foundation
Sameena peer zada-Rehai by Kashf Foundation
Malik Riaz -Mali Riaz Foundation