ISLAMABAD: Former Deputy Minister of Finance Dr. Ayesha Pasha has said that Pakistan is one of the countries that are lagging behind in human development and now that the country is getting stuck in the trap of debt, as a result of which more human resources are being lost. Disaster will come, she was addressing the Pakistan Economic Round Table Seminar organized under the auspices of the World Bank, which highlighted the 203-24 report on human development around the world.
The United Nations report shows that African countries like Haiti and Zimbabwe are ahead of Pakistan in the list of human development. According to the United Nations list, countries that are ranked between 119 and 160 are considered middle countries on the list of human development, while Pakistan is even lower on the list at 164.
Dr. Ayesha Pasha said that Pakistan is currently trapped in debt and does not have enough resources left to spend on human development because after giving their share to the provinces under the National Finance Commission, the federal government Not even enough money is saved to pay the interest on the debt taken, so there are fears of going further down the human development list and along with this, food problems may arise in the country.
The representative of the United Nations Development Program in Pakistan, Samuel Razak, said that Pakistan is currently ranked 164th in the human development index and is among the lowest-income countries. Samuel Rizk has further said that Pakistan’s neighboring countries are doing better in terms of human development. In Pakistan, development in terms of human equality has also been badly affected, while the performance in terms of gender equality index and poverty is also very poor.
Dr. Asad Syed, associated with a social sector research institute, said that Pakistan is currently facing debt problems and the main reason for this is external payments. Apart from this, Pakistan is also facing a human development crisis as the country’s literacy rate, education, health, poverty and other human welfare sectors have been badly damaged in recent years.
On this occasion, renowned economist Dr. Qaiser Bengali said that not a single member of the provincial or national assembly lost the election on this basis even though he did nothing for education in his area.
