An Analysis of Pakistan's Poverty Problem from an Islamic Perspective [with Comments]

Poverty is a widespread problem that particularly afflicts developing countries. A
number of studies, such as Naseem (1973, 1977); Allaudin (1975); Mujahid (1978);
Irfan and Amjad (1984); Cheema (1985); Malik (1988); Ercelawn (1990); Ahmad and
Ludlow (1989); Havinga et al. (1990, 1990a); Malik (1992, 1994); Zaidi and de Vos
(1993); Malik and Shirazi (1994); and Gazdar et al. (1994), have analysed the
phenomena of poverty in Pakistan. Some of these studies are based on arbitrarily chosen poverty-lines, and others are based on poverty-lines determined on the basis of nutritional requirements or basic needs of human beings.