Need of Population planning and it’s Consequential loss ( Depletion of resources and Effect on Environment)
The Vice Chairman of Insaf Society, Talat Mansoor who is a Geographer specializing in Population Studies addressed the issues of increasing population and related problems in light of Insaf Society’s agenda. She identified several problems and serious threats to the country from an uncontrollably increasing population. She predicted a depletion of natural resources as one of the major threats which would not only drive Pakistan to become a water stressed country in 2025 but would also cause a shortage of food, energy and other resources. Subsequent effects of dense population differ from country to country.
It was determined that the high growth rate of population is affecting Pakistan adversely since no proper planning is in place to cater to the needs of such a large population. She conducted a research project on Population planning and family size that will be an ideal strategy to cater the problem. The research led to the results that there is an urgent need to uplift the role of girl child and her contribution to family economics. There is a need to promote awareness of the benefits of a small family.
Unfortunately, Pakistan government has not taken the issue of an escalating population crisis seriously and has ignored our research findings and recommendations along with other such researches. Today, damage to the already frayed economy and depletion of natural resources, increased poverty, high rocketed crime rate and terrorism, high rate of unemployment is due to this rapid increase in population count has already been experienced.