LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN

 

 

LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN    

By: Khadeeja

 
Pakistan nowadays is facing many major economical and social problems, among which unemployment has gained all our sight and why it shouldn't, almost every other Pakistani is facing this problem which is leading to further drastic outcomes.  But whom should we question.... the government? The education system? Or ourselves? WHO IS AT THE FAULT? Because obviously we all understand that at some extent everyone is responsible for this.  

Now the question arises that what things lead to the unemployment? The first thing that we are going to talk about is outdated curriculum.

 

The world has gone so far but we are still in the past .Yes, we should learn from our past mistakes as a country but if we stick o the past all the times and we don’t live in the present we can’t work for the future then! We need to step ahead and have a proper curriculum and plans for the wellbeing of the country and the people living in the country.

Another most important factor would be population growth.

 

 As we know that Pakistan has about 240 million of population according to 2023 updates. More the population lesser the opportunities. As there is more population more people want to have a good lifestyle and hence they work hard to get a specific job. As there is a strong competition a lot of people are having hard time to find a good job or even find a job.

 The third factor would be economic instability.

Instable Economy!!

 It would not be wrong if we say that not only the government but the people of the country have destroyed the economical stability, which we never had… because we never got a government and the subjects who work for the country and that is why we are at the stage where people are dying just to feed their families .Lets talk about more factors that lead the unemployment.

One of the most important factor is flawed education system.

 

 The youth of our country is the future of our country. In the future, some of them would be working under someone and some of them would be the leaders. If the base of a person is not strong he/she cannot stand for a long time. If the educational base of a person is not strong he/ she will stagger. Proper education is required for a proper management system.

 Last factor that we will be talking about is no merit based inductions.

     

 Honestly speaking Pakistan is famous for bribes. What struggle? What interview? What CV? If you got money, congratulations you are appointed! If there are people who work on merit only one out of 10,000 I guess?

Our country is highly effected by unemployment. There is a term which is called brain drain

This word means that many capable people of our country leave the country because they think by staying, they will be wasting their talent and capabilities as there are very less opportunities for them. Trust me, they do wonders when they go to other countries because they get opportunities there and they get a chance to prove themselves.

When people don’t get the job in their respective fields they leave the fields and work in any other field which is offering them a job because at the end they are bread earners and they have to earn to survive as life is nothing but a survival show in Pakistan! Now if someone has a very high level of education but they struggle to get a job and a person who cannot even match his level gets the job, just because of contacts and bribes, then what message the youth gets? The education is useless. They take a message that they don’t have to study to get a job. People who have money and contacts depend on them and people who don’t have these, are demotivated and they think higher education is of no use. Why do you think most of the population of our country is frustrated?

 As it is mentioned above that, to survive we have to earn and to earn we have to work and to work we have to get the opportunity and if we don’t work we cannot survive. Obviously this effects the bread earner’s mental health. Which can be women and men both.  

 
There are some proper measures that should be taken to solve this problem that our country is facing.

Government should create more job opportunities

 .By supporting small businesses.
. By providing quality education.  
. Teaching people about investments and savings. 
. Improve skills/ human capital to make people more flexible in work environment.
. Change in industrial techniques and policies.
. Population control  

Not only government but the people of country should also take some responsibility and work on the ideas mentioned above.

 
CONCLUSION:
Unemployment is a wide spread socio-economic issue in Pakistan. In conclusion, we can see that the main causes of it are a lack of education, low wages, poor working conditions, an absence of qualified labour, and a dearth of jobs. The effects this has had on the country are alarming, ranging from increasing poverty and inequality to greater crime rates and mental health issues. It is clear that if these root causes continue to be addressed ineffectively, or even ignored altogether, the problem will only get worse. 
 
 
This situation needs systematic solutions which should address both short- and long-term issues like providing more vocational training for those who cannot go to college or take advantage of other educational opportunities, introducing better labour laws and practices so that workers feel more secure in their positions and gain higher wages, offering employability-boosting incentives and tax breaks to small businesses so that they can create more workplaces—the list goes on. If we really want to make a positive change across Pakistan’s society—especially for its youth—we need to work on it and we should focus on that, blaming government cannot give you any advantage people need to wake up and work for themselves and make a progress.