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Firdaus sees interlinkage of Economic achievement with population control
ISLAMABAD, Sep 18 (APP): Federal Minister for Population Welfare Firdaus Ashiq Awan on Friday, said economic achievement is interlinked with population development because the goals of a successful economy can not be achieved until there is a balance between economic resources and population.Talking to a private news channel she said that the dilemma of Pakistan with reference to population is that the world has achieved economic development by interlinking it with population control.“In Pakistan we neglected this issue by making it a socio-economic problem and by watching it by the so-called cannons of religion and ethics”, she added.Firdaus maintained that the negligence of the issue population growth resulted in a crisis due to which the country is facing a worst population explosion presently.
She said that food scarcity, unemployment, energy crisis and all other major issues are consequences of population explosion.
Firdaus maintained that for a strong economy the overall economic indicator should match the population growth rate. “In Pakistan there is a large gap between the two sectors unfortunately”, she added.
In an answer she said that the greatest stake holder to oppose population policies is the religious clout of the country, without taking religious sector on board, policies regarding population control can not be implemented.
“The population policies are to be interlinked with religious philosophies to implement a practically acceptable roadmap”, she said
She said that she not only convinced the religious leaders to accept population explosion as a national issue but also accepted their logical reasoning based on Islamic philosophies to change certain slogans of population control.
In answer she said that the main paradigm shift of the population plan is that the population ministry is focusing rural areas and providing them awareness about the dire need of population control.
Courtesy www.app.com.pk