Beggars and pickpockets.

One of the reasons is that our rulers talk about breaking begAging bowls and, after an instant, go begging with bigger begging bowls. When the government gloats over receiving IMF loans as a big sucAcess, then 90 percent of PakistanAis resort to a begging spree or busy themselves with pickpocketing. Furthermore, all our social securiAty grants, including BISP, and, in the wake of natural disasters, unconAditional cash support by humaniAtarian organisations also encourAage dependence on cash handouts without doing any work. Seeking government jobs through favouritAism and drawing salaries without performing duties is worse than begging. However, in this chronAically inflation-infected country, there might be a large number of the neediest who require cash...

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