Pakistan cannot afford a rapidly growing population: Senator Samina
QUETTA (6 AM Report): Pakistan cannot afford a rapidly growing population. Revolutionary measures are needed to prevent population growth. These views were expressed by Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri while speaking at an event organized under the title of increasing population and its impact on the future and society. In the event, personalities belonging to different schools of thought also expressed their views. Senator Samina Mumtaz Zahri expressed concern in her address and said that the population in Pakistan is increasing rapidly and Pakistan can afford this rapid increase. In terms of the current population, there is a severe shortage of resources in Pakistan and all the citizens of Pakistan are not able to use these resources properly. The rapidly increasing population is also a big challenge for the government, which has to take special measures to deal with it. She said that the resources in the country are less and the government needs to use all the options to educate the people about the continuous increase in population and there are negative effects on social life, which affects the whole family.
Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri said in her statement that the world’s population has exceeded 8 billion in her message. Countries around the world are prioritizing the respective populations according to their available resources. According to the data, Pakistan is the 33rd largest country in the world in terms of area, while Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world in terms of population, which causes major problems because the problems are more than the resources, which is the reason for the continuously growing population. She said that increasing population is a big threat to health, employment, education, climate change and depleting water reserves and national security.
She further said that people should be informed about the importance of reducing the population growth rate and there is a need to create awareness and for this all schools of thought have to play their role in which our religious leaders and media can play a very important role. A stable economy and a sustainable social life can be ensured. She expressed concern and said that if we do not control the population, the chances of Pakistan’s population doubling in the next 30 years are very high, which is a very high number. It can lead to great financial risk. According to statistics, the ratio of maternal mortality in Pakistan is 186 out of every 100,000. Raising awareness in every class for family planning in Pakistan is the need of the hour. There are other challenges such as rampant population growth, lack of trained health workers and communication gap, including low-level misunderstandings, which each member of the society has to play their part to overcome.
