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Chronic Poverty in Pakistan

Posted: Dec 22, 2007 Sat 07:50 pm     Views: 541    Interacts: 2

Spoted these kids and man in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Kids were trying to find food in garbage.Gave them some money and promised if these pictures ever get sold, I will find them and give them all the money from sale.

Here is Fact: 45 Million (or 4.5 Crore) People suffer with Chronic Poverty in Pakistan. That is roughly 1 in 3 people in Pakistan.

Chronic poverty line is defined as US$1 (or Pakistan Rs 60)/day.

www.chronicpoverty.org/pdfs/CPR1%20FINAL/CPRfinCH7.pdf

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Posted by FakirIppi on Sunday December 23, 2007 02:04 am
bhaijan bohat zaroori hai kay logon ko bataya jayai....yeh haqeeqat mr madani , har cheez main india ko mat lao
Posted by ahmedmadani on Saturday December 22, 2007 10:31 pm
This sad thing but why advertise and use miserable conditions for such propaganda purposes ?
India has ten times more children dyeing every year. This way nothing is achived but foreign investors keep away from place where children are suffering. Here Indains have advantage they do not advertise misery but hide. They are poor but they return calamity aid as they know aid comes is peanuts but bad publicity. People who have real interest they know all this stuff better than even gop.
Please help theese children and stop thier parents from making more children and having more misery. Over population is problem here big way. No govt can do any thing when projected population will be near 220 million in 23 years. Time has come to follow only real friend china. Only one child per couple. Follow China and we will do better.

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