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HUMAN RIGHTS IN

PAKISTAN

Glimpses

ENVIRONMENTAL

ISSUES

UNEMPLOYMENT

OVER-POPULATION

EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM

POVERTY

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Right to work in just and favourable conditions;
• Right to social protection, to an adequate standard of living and to the highest attainable standards of physical and mental well-being;
• Right to education and the enjoyment of benefits of cultural freedom and scientific progress.
• Equality before the law;
• Freedom of thought;

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of opinion and expression;
• Peaceful assembly;
• Freedom of association;
• Participation in public affairs and elections;
• Protection of minority rights etc..

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

LIMITATIONS IN CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN

BLASPHEMY LAWS

• Section 295-B (Added in 1982) Defiling copy of The Holy Quran. Whoever willfully defiles, damages or desecrates a copy of The Holy Quran or of an extract there from or uses it in any derogatory manner or uses for any unlawful purpose shall be punishable for imprisonment of life.

BLASPHEMY LAWS

Section 298-A, (added in 1980) Use of derogatory remarks in respect of Holy Personages.- Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, directly or indirectly defiles a sacred name of any wife (Umm-ul- Mumineen), or members of the Family (Ahl-u-bait) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), or any of the righteous caliphs (Khulafa-e-Rashideen) or Companions (Sahaaba) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) …. He shall be punished with description for a term which may extend to three years, with fine, or with both.”

UNEMPLOYMENT

• Total number of^ able^ men^ and women of

working age seeking paid work.

UNEMPLOYMENT

• Unemployment^ occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work.

EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON OUR

SOCIETY

4 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT

4 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT 2.Those who are unemployed have insufficient resources to maintain their own and their family members health. The sub- standard diet or starvation, the inability to pay for ordinary medical care, all these contribute towards ill-health of the unemployed and his family members. Worry & anxiety about inability to provide for dependents ruin the family’s health further and weaken the

3.Owing to unemployment in a country, its resources are not utilized to the full extent and production is less than the maximum. This affects the standard of living of the people. Due to poverty, illness, crime & other socio-economic problems arise leading to social dis- organization. Those unemployed are not only a problem to themselves but are a

4 Adverse effects of

unemployment