PS-817 ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN
PS-817 ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN:
1. Inflation --- Causes of inflation. Deficit financing.
2. Unemployment --- The employment problem some basic issues. Labour force present and projected.
3. Illiteracy --- Critical evaluation of various education policies.
4. Poor health facilities --- A statistical profile of health facilities available in Pakistan.
5. Balance of payments problems:
i. Rising imports.
ii. Falling exports.
iii. Measures to boost exports.
iv. External debt problems.
v. Foreign remittances.
6. Poor Banking System.
7. Problems of over population --- High birth rates, High death rates, Evaluation of population planning programmes.
8. Poor female status in Pakistani society.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
Akhtar Rafique, Pakistan Years Books, Karachi: East West Publishing Company, 1970-1998.
Asif Malik, Pakistan Economy, Lahore: Publishers Emporium, 1997.
Dr. S.M. Akhtar, Economic Development of Pakistan, Lahore: Urdu Bazar, 1983.
Economic Survey of Pakistan. Govt of Pakistan, Finance Division. Economic Advisers' Wing, Islamabad.
Ejaz Aslam Qureshi, Development Planning in Pakistan, Lahore: Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd., 1991.
Five Year Plans of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
Irfan-ul-Haque, A Compendium of Pakistan Economy, Karachi: 12 Royal Book Company, 1987.
Kamal Azfar, Asian Drama Revisited, Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1992.
Muzaffar Hussain Malathi, Fundamentals of Pakistan Economics, Farooq Kitab Ghar, 1997.
