5.5 million children are born in Pakistan [every year]

[HAIDER]

Population planning never talked about in Pakistan, laments Miftah​

Dawn.com Published March 4, 2023 Updated about 17 hours ago




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Miftah Ismail speaking at an event in Karachi on Saturday.—DawnNewsTV screengrab
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Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday termed the lack of population planning in Pakistan as one of the reasons for the country’s current socio-economic situation, saying “one way to get out of the current maelstrom” was to pay attention to population planning.
Addressing an event in Karachi, he said, “We are stuck here now so, how will we get out of this maelstrom? One way is … we have a record […] that 5.5 million children are born in Pakistan [every year].
“If there are 5.5m kids being born [in Pakistan every year], tell me when will you pay attention to population planning in Pakistan?” Ismail asked, adding that the discussion comes under criticism from particular groups whenever talked about.
Listing Bangladesh, Tunisia and Egypt as countries that are also “Muslim societies” like Pakistan, he said, “Everyone has done population planning but we have not.”
The former finance minister further said if we had matched the fertility rate to Bangladesh’s for the past 10 years, the country’s Gross Domestic Product per capita would have been higher than 15 per cent.
He said other South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, had progressed significantly because of “proper planning”.
Talking about the country’s economic situation and the lack of accountability, Ismail said the expenses of provinces had increased by 6pc since 2010 “but there is no one to ask them about reasons for the rise in expenses”.
The ex-minister said provinces had been given autonomy under the 18th constitutional amendment but the authority was not devolved at the grassroots level.
Calling for reforms in the education sector, the PML-N leader said the nation must question if only one school was churning out students who make it to the top positions in judiciary and bureaucracy.
“I give you such statistics to make you feel uncomfortable and think about ways to fix these issues,” he told the gathering.
Ismail further said Pakistan was mired in problems because of “wrong policies” in the last 75 years.
“When we built Pakistan, we changed seven prime ministers in the first 11 years since our inception. Then there was the judiciary run by Justice Munir that would approve of martial laws imposed by Ayub Khan, Iskander Mirza and other rulers.”
The former minister recalled that India established five institutes of technology at a time Pakistan was in the process of removing its premiers.
“They reached this stage after thorough research and education.”



The PML-N leader’s talk comes as Pakistan stares into the abyss of default, and Ismail’s successor as finance minister, Ishaq Dar, insists a deal with the IMF is forthcoming.
Since his removal in October as the finance minister, Ismail has been highlighting the limitation of resources only to the elite and the country’s low literacy rate.
The PML-N leader has been holding numerous conferences and participating in panel discussions, along with other renowned political ‘mavericks’ — such as former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar — on the current economic and political issues in the country.
Naming the discussions “Reimagining Pakistan”, the leaders have blamed all stakeholders — including political parties, the military establishment and the judiciary — for the problems the masses were facing and have urged them to find a way out of the prevalent political and economic impasse in light of the Constitution instead of focusing on a power struggle.

 

[Skimming]

They need them to fight a giant country.

 

[HAIDER]

They need them to fight a giant country.

China is friendly nation ...

 

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Population planning never talked about in Pakistan, laments Miftah​

Dawn.com Published March 4, 2023 Updated about 17 hours ago




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Miftah Ismail speaking at an event in Karachi on Saturday.—DawnNewsTV screengrab
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Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday termed the lack of population planning in Pakistan as one of the reasons for the country’s current socio-economic situation, saying “one way to get out of the current maelstrom” was to pay attention to population planning.
Addressing an event in Karachi, he said, “We are stuck here now so, how will we get out of this maelstrom? One way is … we have a record […] that 5.5 million children are born in Pakistan [every year].
“If there are 5.5m kids being born [in Pakistan every year], tell me when will you pay attention to population planning in Pakistan?” Ismail asked, adding that the discussion comes under criticism from particular groups whenever talked about.
Listing Bangladesh, Tunisia and Egypt as countries that are also “Muslim societies” like Pakistan, he said, “Everyone has done population planning but we have not.”
The former finance minister further said if we had matched the fertility rate to Bangladesh’s for the past 10 years, the country’s Gross Domestic Product per capita would have been higher than 15 per cent.
He said other South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, had progressed significantly because of “proper planning”.
Talking about the country’s economic situation and the lack of accountability, Ismail said the expenses of provinces had increased by 6pc since 2010 “but there is no one to ask them about reasons for the rise in expenses”.
The ex-minister said provinces had been given autonomy under the 18th constitutional amendment but the authority was not devolved at the grassroots level.
Calling for reforms in the education sector, the PML-N leader said the nation must question if only one school was churning out students who make it to the top positions in judiciary and bureaucracy.
“I give you such statistics to make you feel uncomfortable and think about ways to fix these issues,” he told the gathering.
Ismail further said Pakistan was mired in problems because of “wrong policies” in the last 75 years.
“When we built Pakistan, we changed seven prime ministers in the first 11 years since our inception. Then there was the judiciary run by Justice Munir that would approve of martial laws imposed by Ayub Khan, Iskander Mirza and other rulers.”
The former minister recalled that India established five institutes of technology at a time Pakistan was in the process of removing its premiers.
“They reached this stage after thorough research and education.”



The PML-N leader’s talk comes as Pakistan stares into the abyss of default, and Ismail’s successor as finance minister, Ishaq Dar, insists a deal with the IMF is forthcoming.
Since his removal in October as the finance minister, Ismail has been highlighting the limitation of resources only to the elite and the country’s low literacy rate.
The PML-N leader has been holding numerous conferences and participating in panel discussions, along with other renowned political ‘mavericks’ — such as former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar — on the current economic and political issues in the country.
Naming the discussions “Reimagining Pakistan”, the leaders have blamed all stakeholders — including political parties, the military establishment and the judiciary — for the problems the masses were facing and have urged them to find a way out of the prevalent political and economic impasse in light of the Constitution instead of focusing on a power struggle.

It appears as though he is the only man with a functioning brain in Pakistani politics today.

 

[Imran Khan]

This is real issue .water food jobs kidher se ayee gi

 

[iamnobody]

In West, Eastern Europe, East Asia, India population is below replacement.

So this is a good thing.

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[Olympus81]

What was he doing when he was FM? Doing Ganja’s bidding.

Population growth, as he rightly said, is a ticking time bomb. You wonder why Pakistan has become a net importer in agricultural products from a net exporter. You have your reason.

I fear for Miftah. The TLP, TTP, JUI types might well slap blasphemy charges on him for saying this.

Current rate of 3% growth should be reduced to 0.5%.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

Population planning never talked about in Pakistan, laments Miftah​

Dawn.com Published March 4, 2023 Updated about 17 hours ago




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Miftah Ismail speaking at an event in Karachi on Saturday.—DawnNewsTV screengrab
LISTEN TO ARTICLE1x1.2x1.5x
Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday termed the lack of population planning in Pakistan as one of the reasons for the country’s current socio-economic situation, saying “one way to get out of the current maelstrom” was to pay attention to population planning.
Addressing an event in Karachi, he said, “We are stuck here now so, how will we get out of this maelstrom? One way is … we have a record […] that 5.5 million children are born in Pakistan [every year].
“If there are 5.5m kids being born [in Pakistan every year], tell me when will you pay attention to population planning in Pakistan?” Ismail asked, adding that the discussion comes under criticism from particular groups whenever talked about.
Listing Bangladesh, Tunisia and Egypt as countries that are also “Muslim societies” like Pakistan, he said, “Everyone has done population planning but we have not.”
The former finance minister further said if we had matched the fertility rate to Bangladesh’s for the past 10 years, the country’s Gross Domestic Product per capita would have been higher than 15 per cent.
He said other South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, had progressed significantly because of “proper planning”.
Talking about the country’s economic situation and the lack of accountability, Ismail said the expenses of provinces had increased by 6pc since 2010 “but there is no one to ask them about reasons for the rise in expenses”.
The ex-minister said provinces had been given autonomy under the 18th constitutional amendment but the authority was not devolved at the grassroots level.
Calling for reforms in the education sector, the PML-N leader said the nation must question if only one school was churning out students who make it to the top positions in judiciary and bureaucracy.
“I give you such statistics to make you feel uncomfortable and think about ways to fix these issues,” he told the gathering.
Ismail further said Pakistan was mired in problems because of “wrong policies” in the last 75 years.
“When we built Pakistan, we changed seven prime ministers in the first 11 years since our inception. Then there was the judiciary run by Justice Munir that would approve of martial laws imposed by Ayub Khan, Iskander Mirza and other rulers.”
The former minister recalled that India established five institutes of technology at a time Pakistan was in the process of removing its premiers.
“They reached this stage after thorough research and education.”



The PML-N leader’s talk comes as Pakistan stares into the abyss of default, and Ismail’s successor as finance minister, Ishaq Dar, insists a deal with the IMF is forthcoming.
Since his removal in October as the finance minister, Ismail has been highlighting the limitation of resources only to the elite and the country’s low literacy rate.
The PML-N leader has been holding numerous conferences and participating in panel discussions, along with other renowned political ‘mavericks’ — such as former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar — on the current economic and political issues in the country.
Naming the discussions “Reimagining Pakistan”, the leaders have blamed all stakeholders — including political parties, the military establishment and the judiciary — for the problems the masses were facing and have urged them to find a way out of the prevalent political and economic impasse in light of the Constitution instead of focusing on a power struggle.

Pakistan should never talk about it.

Since if we want 2 kids policy in India, than people of Pakistan usually oppose by saying that it is against the Muslim religious.

No restrictions, please

 

[Babaasif]

I read some where if we keep growing at the current rate then by 2050 we could have a population of 350 million.Will we be able to take care of all of them with all our problems.

 

[313ghazi]

It appears as though he is the only man with a functioning brain in Pakistani politics today.

He's really not. He was Finance Minister a few months ago and drove the economy full speed towards the ground. Anyone and everyone can point out the problems - nobody fixes them.

Why didn't he do the right thing when he was Finance Minister? Because he was a stooge who's only job was to get on his knees and hold aloft the testicles of the Sharif family. He did that happily until they removed him. Only now that the ISI political wing is paying him to talk against them, he has decided to express opinions again. This man is a part of the problem, not the solution.

 

[ThunderCat]

Bangladesh is collapsing on itself with such high density. It's not because of any proven planning. Egypt's coastal areas are inhabited while the rest of the country is sparsely populated. Our agricultural policies have been left unchecked since the British Raj:

 

[Zhukov]

He is spot on..In agricultural cities in central Punjab. Agricultural economy have hit rock bottom
Why?
Every land owner of 50s had 6 to 10 children. Then those children had 4 5 of there own. Now what land our generation have is peanuts. You cannot start commercial agricultural project on those small land holdings everyone have. So most people are just lending the land to poor farmers in return of yearly rent called "Theka". Prices of lands are soo high that buying and consolidating is impossible compared to outcome of investment. Also renting from soo much owners is not possible.
Outcome? Poor farmers earn just bare minimum to feed their families remaining below poverty. The small land owners are getting small amount adding marginally to their existing pathetic middle income jobs or businesses making bare minimum to be lower middle class. Grand Fathers of this generation had lots of land and resources. Now very small number of people hold sizeable lands.
Reason?
Overpopulation.
Point it out? You are a Kaffir non muslim foreign agenda bla bla bla.
RIP Logic

 

[SD 10]

It appears as though he is the only man with a functioning brain in Pakistani politics today.

they all are, once they are out of govt!

 

[fisher1]

It’s a good thing

Muslims need to outnumber filthy kaffirs

 

[Baburfromsarmarkand]

Interesting thing is that Arabs never have over population issues. They need to import labor. I guess they are very different from us in terms of thinking.