The reason for the Problems, the Growing Population or Government Mismanagement?

Ishraq Ahmed Hashmi 

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed to prepare an effective strategy with the cooperation of the provinces to deal with the growing population of the country and its problems, saying that a national-level policy in this regard is the need of the hour. He said that the annual population growth rate in Pakistan is 2.55 percent, there is a need to plan for the development of the rapidly growing population and make it an active part of the economy. 

A large part of the country's population consists of youth, who are a very important and valuable asset of our country, the government is taking several steps to provide opportunities for the youth to play a role in the development of the country's economy. Women are a huge part of our workforce. He directed that steps be taken to provide maximum employment opportunities to women. A national-level policy regarding population is the need of the hour. The Prime Minister also directed to form a committee to formulate effective policies and strategies.  

Looking beyond what the Prime Minister is saying, the large population, which many people consider a nuisance, can also be a blessing with good planning. It is worth noting that every person is born with one mouth to eat and two hands to work. 

A big problem in our country is that there is no work available for the countless hands to do, so the number of mouths to eat has increased, which is giving rise to various problems. If the number of working hands is increased, the problems will start to disappear. In many countries, when the population increases, new areas are settled and a separate system is set up there to avoid population problems. In our country, an attempt is made to run the system by settling in the form of small colonies under the management of a single administration, which may increase the problems but cannot solve them.  

Another important issue is that the elite that has taken the entire country and system hostage is running this country as a colonial colony. If these people are sincere with this country, instead of focusing on citizenship and assets abroad, they should solve the problems of this country and use the young majority of the population as an effective weapon to solve problems under a good strategy.