Abstract
One of the major challenges facing Pakistan is the mounting boom in the country’s
population. It is expected that if the same pace of population growth continues, the population
of country would increase tremendously in the coming years. The effects of such a negative
trend are going to be even more exigent for the less developed parts of Pakistan, including
NWFP. The main objective of this study is to asses the major causes of population explosion,
obstacles to population control and to see the shortcomings in family planning and strategies
to overcome them with a focus on the rural areas of Peshawar, NWFP. The paper also deals
with the Islamic views on population control and then examines the historical background of
birth control. The causes of population explosion have been analyzed in detail, including
economic, religious, governmental, psychological, and infrastructure related ones.
For the empirical analysis, three types of respondents were selected: family planning
government staff, non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) staff and beneficiaries of both the
organizations at selected family planning centers of Peshawar district. After mapping the area
and selecting the respondents, the researcher pre-tested the interview schedule and
questionnaire, and then data was collected from the sampled respondents. It was found that
in order to overcome these factors of population explosion/obstacles to family planning, the
government and NGOs are working and have adopted various strategies but a lot more
needs to be done. It is suggested that these organizations should change their strategies
and should develop a comprehensive program to solve the problem of population explosion
and ensure the success of family planning program in the area.
Dr. Anwar Alam. (2009) Causes and Prevention of Population Explosion in the Rural Areas of Peshawar, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-07, Issue-1.
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