According to recently released reports the world’s population has reached eight billion. Many people around the world are concerned about the growing population, unnecessary demands and dwindling resources.
The impact of these growing numbers of citizens, especially in developing countries means growing inequality in almost all areas of life, with the rich getting richer while the poor getting poorer.
Apart from that, there is also an alarming situation regarding climate crisis and displacement. Which people have to face due to factors like conflicts and obstacles in employment opportunities? However some experts say that there is still some hope but for this purpose all countries must work together to face seemingly insurmountable problems.
In developing countries like Pakistan whose population is growing rapidly some problems can be countered if we work together to prevent it, for example inequality or unfair distribution of resources. This is not a natural problem. Its man-made causes can be solved by spacing the births of child.
While population control is advised in many countries including Pakistan, it is practical to create more resources for millions of people very year and a Plan also need to be made. The same applies to the climate crisis which is mostly created by rich countries but the poor are bearing the brunt.
The international community should think that instead of waiting for the next crisis, now is the time to make changes besides take steps to prevent climate change and environmental degradation. Industrialized and rich economies should loosen their pockets to help developing countries like Pakistan, which are at high risk of recurring disasters.
A growing population may be a serious problem for our future but many people around the world are also facing present-day conflicts that distract from planning for a resource-poor future. Most of these conflicts are avoidable and if the western military-industrial complexes are reined in, these bad conditions can still be turned in the right direction.
Children, elderly and women are the most affected by such situations while the situation in Pakistan is more complicated. Population growth rates that have fallen below one percent worldwide are still hovering around two percent here in a country that can already afford to overpopulate with a population of 230 million.
As the pace of global climate change accelerates Pakistan’s water crisis will become even more acute than it is now. It is already believed that around 90% of the population does not have access to clean drinking water due to which its citizens are suffering from various diseases.
As arable land decreases, food shortage will also become a problem. If we do not take immediate steps we are going to face another disaster. One reason for not checking population growth is cultural factors. In principle, there are no barriers to state provision of reproductive health services but access to antenatal health services as well as contraceptives is unevenly distributed where the poor have little access.
Changing this will require state intervention through better access to health services, compulsory quality education and better distribution of contraceptives. In the coming era an unsustainable population will be born that will not be able to feed itself and will not have access to enough water.
Therefore we have to build a bridge to this unsustainable population as soon as possible, otherwise our The problems will increase due to which the country may become completely economically and financially bankrupt while due to this social problems may also increase.
So it is the need of the time to make a long lasting program for controlling the fast growing population of the country. So it is hoped that the upcoming government will take practical steps for the betterment of the country to overcome on all its problems.
