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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by pepperonipizza on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @10:34AM (#32650987)
To make things worse, the population will double in the coming decades, it's one of the fastest growing country in population. The government is too scared to put in place efficient 'family planning', Pakistan being one of the most religious country in the world.
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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by adolph on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @10:40AM (#32651057)
> The government is too scared to put in place efficient 'family planning', Pakistan being one of the most religious country in the world.

How do you know that Pakistan's 'family planning' is not focused on increasing instead of decreasing the population?

What about religion in Pakistan is incompatible with 'family planning?'

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by plasticchris on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @10:46AM (#32651117)
Family planning usually means birth control and or abortion access and religions usually oppose this as it leads to fewer followers.
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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by adolph on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @11:11AM (#32651409)
Point being that there isn't evidence that Pakistan:

* doesn't see 'family planning' as increasing population

* has religious traditions incompatible with any interpretation of 'family planning'

If Pakistan has a strongly increasing population then it will be in good position to take advantage of depopulation in China and elsewhere.

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by nfca on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @02:16PM (#32653350)
It isn't quite "religion" as much as it is vast numbers of the poorly educated population using "religion" to support their highly conservative views. Religions, including the dominant one in Pakistan, have a component of social responsibility.

Pakistan too has a trend of decreasing birth rate with increasing economic power across the economic classes of people, even though all ascribe to the same religion.

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by adolph on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:10PM (#32655108)
> Religions, including the dominant one in Pakistan, have a component of social responsibility.

Is 'family planning' not socially responsible?

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by tsol on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:42PM (#32656092)
Such a weird and untrue statement. Birth control is allowed in Islam. Maybe they don't trust them because of cases like the one where the CIA ran a fake vaccine program in order to collect DNA to help catch Bin Laden[0]. Or maybe it's because there isn't widespread access to healthcare. Or one of the other factors you are totally ignorant to

0- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2277145-cias-hunt-for-o...

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by tsol on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:44PM (#32656122)
How come people from first world countries are more concerned about overpopulation in this world countries than your own coming underpopulation problems? What will happen is what has always happened-- people will go from crowded countries to countries where people are needed. Problem solved.
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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by sumedh on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:42PM (#32657381)
> The government is too scared to put in place efficient 'family planning',

Pakistan's fertility rate has been falling down from 6 kids couple of decades back to now around 3.

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