In Pakistan, the population is burgeoning rapidly at a growth rate of 2.55% annually and, ac­cording to United Nations esti­mates, is ranked as the 5th most populated country in the world. The growing population has proven to be an agent of meteors’ arrival; one of them is child labor. As the saying goes, “for a na­tion, children are shining stars in the sky,” but in our sky, stars don’t shine anymore because it has clouded itself with labour and scrounging. Uncontrolled population surge plays the role of gravitation­al force in escalating the velocity of falling meteorites. To stop meteorites from fall­ing, dealing with the gravity of a burgeoning population is more of a concern.

Source: The Nation October 24, 2023 07:28 UTC