The Real Evil

syeda mahnoor ali (bs-6th)  

Karachi being the biggest city of Pakistan is over populated. The population of “the city of lights” was about 14.91 million in 2017. Pakistan being a developing country, has a better urban system than rural. Explaining the reason why most of the rural population comes to urban cities to find employment and better social facilities to attain better standards of living. Many of the institutions of society are lacking in rural areas of Pakistan such as educational, medicinal, employment and recreational etc. The population growth is affecting the city of Karachi more than any part of Pakistan.  However, there are many other factors affecting population growth other than migration from rural to urban.  High birth rate and low death rate play an important role in population growth as well, ultimately affecting the economy of Pakistan. The excessive amount of resources in accordance with the population is what makes a country developed, stable and advanced however Pakistan has a way larger population than its resources.

We have seen many contradictions in society about population and economy/resources over time. Let’s take china for example Chinese leader Mao Xi Dong quotes that “it’s the people not the things that are decisive”. Mao believed that if each and every person works hard and roots out selfishness from his heart to work for his country then the economy will improve itself.

One the other hand we see that china itself implemented a one child policy which resulted in preventing 400 million births and a drastic increase in economy. So we come to a conclusion that over population or population expansion is an enormous issue all over the world and not only in Pakistan.

 If Pakistan wants to improve its economy and enter the privilege of being a developed and powerful country, it will have to control its population. There are many ways by which population can be controlled, the best way is education. not only in Pakistan but in all the third world countries, we come across this disturbing fact that the rich and affluent have lesser amount of children than the poor and lacking.

The condition of Karachi is being destroyed due to over population. All sorts of evils and crimes are being committed due to anonymity and the standard of living of people is declining day by day. If the situation stays the same or worsens, it is not far away when the poor will rage a war against the rich.