Environmental Environment: Environmental Problems In The 21st Century

7) ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Environmental issues pose an alarming and hazardous threat that the world is facing in the 21st century. Environmental problems such as the climate change, ozone layer depletion and pollution respect no border and threaten our health and well-being. Pakistan is a water deprived country. Majority of Pakistanis are forced to drinking unclean and dirty water which give rise to life threatening diseases. In recent analysis, it was discovered that our fertile is grown on sewerage which diminishes the nutrients in our natural produce. Polluted water is a leading culprit in the spread of increasing number of deadly diseases, including cholera. Waste water in Pakistan is often dumped into open drains or ponds or septic tanks. Only 80 percent of the urban and 45 percent of the rural population has access to clean and pure water. Due to this more than 40 percent of the recorded patients have water related diseases. The rapid growth in population which is approximately around 3 percent per annum is a big influencer in water pollution. The Marine and coastal areas are influenced by this as well. Most striking is the reduction of trees in the forests. For the most part the coastal pollution is limited to southern cities such as Karachi, which accounts for about 40 percent of the nation’s industry. All of Karachi’s

The country has still yet to get rid of the tribal and feudal system. Pakistan, even after 70 years of its establishment isn’t in a democratic state. Lack of leadership is the greatest hazard a nation can face. Due to the Political instability Pakistan faced slow economic growth, rise in unemployment and poverty. Political instability breeds corruption and ruins the image on an international level. Furthermore, illiterate people are in charge of our national