Rising inflation, poverty and unemployment across the country have given rise to numerous problems that are affecting the poor and the middle class as well as the rich class.
No society in the world can develop without identifying and tackling its real problems and economy is fundamental to all problems as it relates to basic human rights and needs.
If a person is facing hunger, then no teacher can teach ethics in this situation. Addressing a session on land acquisition and political economy during the Asma Jahangir Conference recently, economist Dr. Qaiser Bengali said that there is a lot of economic inequalities in Pakistan, with few having millions and millions having few.
Consider how difficult it is to get bread, clothes and houses across the country. The bread earner’s body is not fully clothed and the one who is fully clothed looks deprived of a roof. Qaiser Bengali said that the state seems to be trying hard to acquire land and its own citizens are being oppressed.
What Qaiser Bengali said, for one thing, shows that land acquisition is extremely difficult in the present era. Lands are expensive, buying your own house is a far cry, renting a house and living in it is no less than art because 30 to 50 percent of a person’s monthly income is spent on monthly rent and electricity bills.
Many people have become homeless and continue to live with no hope while this year’s flood has doubled the disaster and the aid that came from foreign countries has failed to reach the people. The question remains: how and can this economic inequality be addressed?
