SOCIAL EVILS IN PAKISTAN:

Anything detrimental to a society or its citizens,or its citizens,as alcoholism,organized crime etc.The social evils are the most brutal and biggest curses to any nation which plays the vital role in the destruction of the society in any state or country.Pakistan is amongst one of those countries which are facing various disparaging social evils which have affected the law and order,national harmony and the peace of the country.

CAUSES OF SOCIAL EVILS:

The main causes of social problems are:

1. Unemployment.

2. Poverty.

3. Rapid population growth.

4. Urbanization.

5. Lack of education.

6. Superstitious beliefs.

7. Gender discrimination.

8. Caste discrimination.

Top Social Evils In Pakistan:

1.ILLITERACY:

Unfortunately, Pakistan is included in those countries where the illiteracy rate is very high. Only 59 percent of people are literate with less than 47 percent of women and more than 71 percent of men and according to some estimates, only 20-30 percent of them are highly educated.The result is shocking as there are five resources that affect the illiteracy of Pakistan in only resources of education system in Pakistan. These facts are Curriculum, learning materials, instructional time, instructing strategies and students' learning capacity.

Financial Weakness:

Financial Weakness is main cause of Pakistan illiteracy. According to a survey more than 64% people of Pakistan living in poverty. Its means that, less than 36% people are stable economically in Pakistan. Most of the people of Pakistan lives hand to mouth. So, most of the children sent to earn money for live hood instead of study. These children lose their most of time in earning. They could not attain the class or not bear the expenses the educations. Till they give dominance earning to free of cost education.

Lack of educational Facilities:

Most of the villages of Pakistan do not have the facilities and faculties of educational institutes. Children of these villages learnt the basic studies like knowledge of Holy Quran and basic Islamic Knowledge. However, for higher education’s they would to go for other city routine wise. It is default for the less developed areas to travelling for study daily wise or weekend wise. They also face the lack of transport system. In this way, they avoid study and learnt the earning profession. They give priority to agriculture then study.

Unemployment:

Unemployment is another cause of illiteracy in Pakistan. 5% to 6% people are unemployed in Pakistan. They make up their mind literacy could not give a jobs. They thought that, people who learn some passion in time would able to earn for live hood. Most of the educated people are Unemployed and living hardly in society. Unemployment makes them disappointed. They lose their hope and could not be able to guide, to motivate other people in favor of education. Unemployment is critical issue of Pakistan. It is big problem in the way of progress of Pakistan. We are facing this problem and not sure how to resolve it.

2.POVERTY:

Poverty is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs.Pakistan is highly suffering from poverty.The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: “Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter.Poverty can have diverse social,political and economic causes and effects.Using the lower-middle-income poverty rate, the WB estimated that the poverty ratio in Pakistan stood at 39.3 per cent in 2020-21 and is projected to remain at 39.2 per cent in 2021-22 and might come down to 37.9 per cent by 2022-23, reported The News International.The World Bank has projected Pakistan's poverty rate to ease from 4.8pc to 4.4pc in FY 2021-22 and 4pc in the next FY (2022-23).

The following are the three main causes of poverty in Pakistan.

• Population growth. At 1.86%, Pakistan has the highest population growth rate in the world. ...
• Largely uneducated populace. About half of Pakistan's population is illiterate, and 7.26 million children are out of school due to poverty. ...

• Imbalanced Taxes3. DOWRY SYSTEM:

The dowry system is a great evil that still exists in Pakistan. It is an act of discrimination against unmarried girls, whose values are defined based on the prices of their respective dowries.The side effects of dowry system in society are domestic violence, honour killing, rape, abduction. Dowry is the root of all evils, and people can get rid of hundred of other social evils and poverty over time, if we give up the dowry system.Dowry system has affected our society very badly and seriously. Death of women due to dowry is increasing; many daughters-in-law and wives are physically and mentally tortured due to the lack of dowry. The bridegroom's side openly demands the dowry before marriage.

                                                                                                                                    In October 2020, Pakistan became the first Muslim country to make it illegal to receive dowry as per the tenets of Islamic sunnah. According to the bill, the maximum amount to be given to the bride as her dowry may be no more than four caret  gold, which may include clothes that belong to the bride, and bedsheets only.

4. CORRUPTION:

Another grave challenge for Pakistan, today, is a fiscal deficit and it is also a product of corruption. It is caused when the revenue collected through taxes and other forms is low and the expenditure is high. Low revenue is because of corrupt tax institutions that cooperate with the evaders for personal benefits. The expenditure is higher because more money is allocated to certain projects than it should be. Hence, low revenue and high expenditure are because of corruption.

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain.

CAUSES OF CORRUPTION:

1. Political And Economic Environment:

The phenomenon of corruption is strongly influenced by the political and economic environment. The more is the economic activity in the country regulated and limited, the higher the authority and the power of officials in decision making and the greater the possibility of corruption, since individuals are willing to pay or offer payment in order to avoid restrictions. A great potential for corruption is especially there where the officials are under the regulation given the opportunity to decide on the basis of discretion.

2. Professional ethics and legislation:

Lack of professional ethics and deficient laws regulating corruption as a criminal offense, and the prosecution and sanctioning of it are also an important cause for the emergence and spread of corruption. A great influence comes also from the ineffective sanctioning of corruption, which only increases the possibility of continuing the corrupted actions of those involved, creating at the same time a strong likelihood that others will join in the corruption due to this inefficient sanctioning.

3. Habits, customs, tradition and demography:

Different countries have different attitudes to corruption. In Europe alone, we can find two extremes; from completely corruption intolerant North to the warm South, where corruption is an almost normal, socially acceptable phenomenon. Or the difference between countries with a democratic past, which traditionally prosecute corruption, and former socialist countries, where the corruption in the state apparatus was a part of folklore tradition. Then, there are also different customs; in some cases, a “thank you” in the form of a gift for a service (for which this person has already been paid with a salary) is an expression of courtesy, and elsewhere it is considered corruption. Everything is only a matter of ethics and morality; however, they can be very different in different areas and different countries.

5. RAPE CASES:

n Pakistan, at least 11 rape cases are reported daily with over 22,000 rape cases reported to police in the last six years from the country, as per the data obtained from various bodies including the Police, Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Lahore, Feb 8 (PTI) A total of 2,439 women were raped and 90 killed in the name of “family honour” during the last six months in the Punjab province of Pakistan, according to the data provided by the Punjab Information Commission..

Rape is a criminal offence in Pakistan. Punishment for rape in Pakistan under the Pakistani laws is either death penalty or imprisonment of between ten and twenty-five years. For cases related to gang rape, the punishment is either death penalty or life imprisonment.DNA test and other scientific evidence are used in prosecuting rape cases in Pakistan.

There are many types of rape cases in Pakistan such as:

1.Rape by family members.

2. Marital Rape.

3.Child sexual Rape.

4. Revenge Rape.

5.Rape of Minorities.

Though most of the social evils such as child marriage, dowry system etc. are termed as illegal they are still practiced and many are still killed for disobeying them. Children at a young age are married off.

Isn't this word "SOCIAL EVILS"  seems strange to you.Because we are the ones who can make a peaceful and loving society where there should be zero crime rate,where there is no violence,where there is no poverty,where there is no illiterate persons,where every girl should feel safe without the fear of getting raped.

YES!!!! We are the silent creepers!!!!

We are the  sleeping souls with cutted tongues who can't speak truth nor we could stand up for truth.If there is something wrong going on in the society it is our responsibility to take care of that.It's our duty being a citizen to control the crime rates increasing in our society.We should speak for our rights,for the truth without being feared from anyone.First we should look at ourselves,we should built ourselves then we should judge others....