PRESENTATION ONUNEMPLOYMENTIN PAKISTAN

MEMBERS MUHAMMAD ADIL SHEIKH MUHAMMAD HASNAIN SHEIKH

SUBMITTED TO MUHAMMAD SHAFIQUE

Unemployment in Pakistan

Content Introduction Unemployment in Pakistan Causes of unemployment Steps for decreasing unemployment: Conclusion

Unemployment

Unemployment is a worldwide and global issue. Unemployment is the state in which a person is without work, available to work, and is currently looking for work. Workless people are always dangerous to country. They are burden of country.

Unemployment in Pakistan

Like other developed and developing country Pakistan is also a victim of unemployment. The unemployment rate in Pakistan for the year 2014-2015 is 6 percent.

The above graph shows the unemployment rate of Pakistan from the year 2004 to 2014. According to this graph in 2004 and 2005 the unemployment rate was above 7% which was higher as compared to 2006 i.e. 6.1%. The average rate of unemployment from the year 2007 to 2014 was 5.1%, which shows that the unemployment rate has decreased in the last decade.

ROOT CAUSES

Faulty education and lack of educational institutes. About 5.5 million children are out of school. More than 70% industrial units have been closed due to energy

crisis. Shrinking economy has weakened the government credibility

amongst the people. Unemployment makes society weak and stops its productive

power. Unemployed young people cannot see the future and may be

subject to the influence drugs and may become robbers, thieves or terrorist

Childhood labour have become common because of unemployment.

When people are unemployed they consume the resources but are unable to contribute in overall economy which results in poverty.

poverty is a mother of all problems. People are turning towards crimes and violence.

Steps for decreasing unemployment

Education should be up to the mark. Educational Institutes should be opened not only in cities but also in villages.

We should take full benefit from science and technology to solve this problem.

Government should play its important role to address unemployment.

New industries, hospitals and universities should be opened to increase availability of jobs.

Proper planning regarding population. We should make proper planning programs to develop awareness in family.

Same facilities should be given to cities and villages to stop migration of people towards cities.

Infrastructure of cities should be corrected. Corrupt people should be punished. There should be equal law and order for poor and rich people.

To address unemployment and run industries properly, Energy crisis can be solved by making dams and promoting nuclear plants.

Pakistan has the 10th largest labour force in the world. According to the Labour Force Survey 2013-14, the total labour force in the country is 60.09 million. Out of this, 3.58 million people are unemployed and 56.52 million people are employed. Pakistan being the 6th most populous country in the world, with population growth rate of around 1.92 percent per annum, is adding a large number of people to the labour force.

Youth employment has remained one of the major concerns of the government. Youth in Pakistan face various disadvantages including limited job search expertise, a mismatch between education, aspirations and employers’ requirements and a lack of mobility, among other factors. The government envisions long-term investment in human capital through formal and informal education as well as strategically strengthening the links between education and the labor market. The government is fully committed to improve the employment level in the country. For this purpose many programs and projects for youth’s employment has been introduced. As a result, the unemployment rate has decreased from 6.24 percent in 2012-13 to 6.0 percent in 2013-14. The detail of labour force and unemployment status is presented in the above tables.

SELF-EMPLOYMENT & ENTREPRENEUR SHIP IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan has increased its self-employment rate from 33.3% to 39.9% between 2009 and 2012. Pakistani have been using the famous website “Freelancer.com” which helped in decreasing unemployment rate and increase the self-employment rate. Pakistan is the 3rd largest user of “freelancer.com” following America & India.

We consider entrepreneurs as the engine of economic growth. When entrepreneurs set up new businesses numerous job opportunities are available for people on small as well as big scale.

Conclusion

Unemployment is a problem that leads to some other problems like poverty and crimes. Therefore we should care about it and find a way to solve this problem.

JAZAK ALLAH