Crime in Pakistan

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RISING CRIMES INPAKISTAN

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Definition of crime

An action or an instance of negligence that is injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited

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Crime Against Person

Crimes Against Property

White Collar Crimes

Victimless Crimes

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Murder Attempt to murder

Rape/sexual assaultHate crimeViolence

KidnappingRioting

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RobberyCattle Theft

Motor Vehicle TheftLand grabbing

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Bank FraudBlack Mail

Cellular Phone FraudComputer FraudCredit Card Fraud

Insider TradingInsurance FraudTax Evasion

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What is the true picture of crime inPakistan?

Author: Malik Ayub Sumbal, Reporter, Islamabad Publication date: March 2011

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Youth Crime: Causes andRemediesAuthor: Muhammad Ali Shuja (Applied

Economics Research Center, University of Karachi) Publication date: September 2009

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CRIME IN PAKISTAN

Crime rate has increased over the yearsin Pakistan

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STATEMENT OF THEPROBLEM:What are the causes of rising crimes in

Pakistan?

HYPOTHESIS STATEMENTH0: Poverty is not the cause of risingcrime in Pakistan. H1: Poverty is the causes of risingcrime in Pakistan .

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What is poverty???

PovertyPoverty exists where people lack themeans(certain amount of materialpossession or money) to satisfy their basic needs.Types of poverty

1. Absolute poverty2. Relative poverty

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(CONTD)

Absolute poverty Absolute poverty refers to Lack of Basicneeds like clean water, nutrition, healthcare, education, clothing and shelter.Relative povertyThe condition of having fewer resourcesor lesser income as compared to otherswithin the society or a country or ascompared to world wide averages.

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STATISTICS

Population in Pakistan: 180Million(approx).Poverty Rate: 37.5%( Increased from23.9% to 37.5% in last three yearsbecause economic shocks and naturaldisasters)

17% of the total population lives belowpoverty line.

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STATISTICS (CONTD)

20%of the house hold get 50% of thetotal income(these household includeselite and the upper class).

Bottom 20% of the household getsmerely 7% of the total income(theseincludes household that lives below the

poverty line).

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CAUSES OF POVERTYPakistan at the time of independence hadvery little resources and capital thus theprocess of developments was very slow.Over the years the number of causes hasincreased they are;

1. Increasing defense expenditure2. Lack of education

3. Unemployment4. Large scale Imports5. Inflation rate and corruption level

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EFFECTS OF POVERTY

Bad healthHunger and painIncrease in Crime

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Objective of research:

causes and important factorsSummarize some of the articles about thecrimes in Pakistan

Study what people think about governmentactions and what are their suggestions to get ridof these issues.List out the findings from literature review,analysis of data collected from predesigneddiscussions and interviews form peopleincluding victim of criminal acts.

We also have given some recommendations

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RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY SAMPLE:

25 participants Age above 18yearsDifferent professions

DATA COLLECTION:Interview-Mr. Naeem Ahmed (CPLC)Group discussion

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RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

Have you ever been a victim of streetcrime?At what type of places you have beenvictimized?Normally what is the age group ofcriminals?

What are the most common causes ofrising crimes?

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Do you think the political parties areproviding support to criminalactivities?

Do you think that cyber crimes arebecoming more common especiallyin youth?

What steps should be taken by thegovernment to fight against thecrimes in Pakistan?

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crime in Pakistani society is on a rapid increase dueto:• rising poverty,•

unemployment and• inequality in Pakistani society• illiteracy rate• lawlessness,•

fundamentalism,• Backwardness,• double standards prevailing in the society and• Frustration and aggression among youth.

CONCLUSION

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Strong judiciaryHonest officers in law maintainingdepartments

Increase in salaries of police officersProvide employment opportunity to youth

Aid should be used in progress of the

nationMore and more industries should be set up