Poverty Distribution in Islamic Republic Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan's poverty rate decreased from 64.3% in 2001 to 24.3% in 2015, according to the World Bank. Additionally, Pakistan's newborn mortality rate (88 per 1000) is higher than the regional average for South Asia (83 per 1000). Pakistan's current administration has stated that it is committed to reforms in this sector. Feudal System (Feudalism) A significant portion of Pakistan's property is held by feudal landowner families, who together manage thousands of acres of land with little personal labour. Since land is one of the primary sources of livelihood in Pakistan's rural agricultural areas and feudalism is prevalent there, people are unable to obtain and hold land. Distribution of Wealth in Pakistan has a moderately unequal distribution of wealth, with the wealthiest 10% of the population earning 27.6% of the national income and the bottom 10% only receiving 4.1 percent. A further estimate places the number of street children in Pakistan's major cities and urban areas at 1.2 million. Unequal Opportunities and Disasters The disparities between Pakistan's rich and poor were highlighted by the floods that occurred there in 2010. Geographic Distribution of Poverty in Pakistan Many of the impoverished were assisted in participating and rising up throughout the previous ten years by efforts to eradicate poverty. One of South Asia's most underdeveloped regions was Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Growth and social development are well-balanced by the government's development goal. In the 1990s, rural poverty increased significantly, and the income disparity between rural and urban sections of the nation widened. Pakistan now has the second-lowest headcount poverty rate in South Asia because to significant reductions in poverty. In Pakistan, historically speaking, poverty has been higher in rural areas and lower in urban ones. The stark disparities between the rich and the poor in Pakistan have been highlighted by the floods.

Keywords: Poverty, Wealth, Pakistan, Distribution