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Sustainable Development Goals For Pakistan





Published : 30 January 2019


Since the last few decades or so, Pakistan has been facing issues related to economic stability unprecedented in its history. Many factors have directly or indirectly influenced this situation i.e. A few reasons have been the political differences at the upper level as well as the lack of awareness in the masses. Pakistan has been ranked lower than its regional peers Bangladesh and India in SDGs’ global index. Whereas this has been alarming for the country as a whole, still this does not amount to hopelessness as to achieving a better and stable future for our country.

Despite the dismal performance of Pakistan of the Millennium Development Goals that is it missed almost all of its targets. But the good news is that Pakistan is ready to deliver its sustainable development targets till 2030 and its performance would be assessed in about 230 indicators on 17 goals set under the UN commitments it has done.

To talk about the first sustainable development goal, our country is aiming to end “all poverty” till 2030. For this purpose, Pakistan aims to establish a socio-economic system in which every person can earn up to or more than the equivalent of US$ 1.25 per person a day. This is an aspiring and complex goal, however not impossible to achieve. It requires for the next decades and a half we are provided with resources from institutions with clear commitment to help the country.

The second goal Pakistan hopes to achieve till 2030 is “to end all hunger”. The government of Pakistan has committed by signing on the SDGs to end malnutrition from Pakistan. It is important to note that Pakistan is producing enough food to feed all its citizens. A recent survey done by Careem, which is a well-renowned travelling service in Pakistan, it stated that enough food is being produced but 60% of it goes to waste.

As far as the problem of medical awareness and good health is concerned, Pakistan also aims to promote an atmosphere of socio-economic medical awareness especially to end the rampant upsurge of the disease tuberculosis, polio, AIDS, malaria and other such diseases communicable or non-communicable by the year of 2030. One of its aims is to provide health insurance for all its citizens by the same year.

One of the biggest problems Pakistan has faced from the last two decades is the problem of unsustainable energy production. What Pakistan requires is not merely electricity but an affordable clean energy resource that has a better and cost-effective production. As we know that Pakistan experiences dry and extreme weather conditions, so instead of considering this as a disadvantage, this can be utilized as an advantage by resorting to renewable and self-sustainable energy resources like solar power plants and windmills etc.

Water being the fundamental necessity as well as a right should be available to all the end users. Pakistan being a diverse landscape, we have a lot of areas that have underground freshwater resource. Still, in order to achieve the goal of clean water supply and sanitation upright management is required. A total of eight targets have been formulated to achieve the equitable use of safe and reasonably priced drinking water.

This all is to denote that even though unprecedented commitment is required to cope with such goals and achieve them, however, the commitment and willingness to deliver these targets and many others by the year 2030 shows that Pakistan might as well achieve these targets and the people of our country Pakistan can most definitely hope for a better future for its upcoming generations.



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