Here are some the important areas where the Federal Government of Pakistan must utilize not only foreign aid but also its own resources in inculcating the spirit of Jihad against poverty and ignorance and coordinate efforts of the nation in its 
quest for modern and progressive outlook and prosperity.

1. Planners' Training: The Government must devise and launch a ten year program to eliminate poverty after consultations with the experts, scholars and religious and political leaders, industrialists and businessmen defining the role for different bodies as well as people in different walks of life. And it must be vigorously pursued and monitored. 

In the Government Planning work "Relationship of Goals, Strategies & Tactics and different components of organization needs to be redefined. Our planners must adopt modern techniques for creating a framework by thoroughly analyzing 
the organization, its internal and external environment, and its potential and resources. That must enable the Government to respond promptly to the emerging trends, events, challenges, and opportunities within the framework of its vision and 
mission, developed through the strategic planning process. 
 

3. Skill Development Programs: The focus of such programs must be to promote Do It Yourself Culture. Such programs do not necessarily require establishment of institutes or colleges. Informal training imparted on different occasions by different people to different groups help in developing skills. With little help, guidance and motivation our people can acquire skills for beautifying their homes and towns and do many jobs at their home by themselves. 

Programs to help develop skills for things like woodwork, plumbing, masonry and handicrafts or homemade products of different kinds, poultry and dairy and fish farming, harnessing solar energy and dairy products can go long way in development. In cities skills for producing a number of items at home can 
be taught with properly conceived Programs. 

4. Municipal Bodies and City Governments: Programs like preparation of performance standards, procedure manuals, workshops and seminars are badly needed to improve the efficiency in Government offices and civic and municipal 
bodies. Rarely anybody is held accountable for inordinate delays, procrastination and the piles of garbage  that accumulates in our streets. Power failures, power thefts, water shortages, land grabbing, food adulteration, black marketing, neoptism, favoritism are more common than robberies, petty thefts and terrorism and other crimes.

5. Women: Among the poor women are often support of the family and work at paltry wages. Literacy of poor women must be given equal importance. Mobile teams of female tutors and trainers be formed to create civic sense among them and how they can maintain better health by learning basic hygiene and how they can raise their children or regulate the periods of child birth. Many women work for such odd jobs as tailoring, embroidery, knitting, pottery and making scores 
of other handmade items. 

6. Mosques and Madarssas may be utilized as learning centers and for encouraging people to acquire knowledge and skills for improving their own economic conditions by community help and projects and for leading a better life in clean and healthy environments. They should be taught to elect their own representatives who may manage such community projects and cooperative schemes. Thus the enlarged scope of the role to be played by the mosques and madarsas, would induce poor to come to the mosques. At present less than 50 % of the poor people go to mosques and majority of them are not only ignorant 
of the basic articles of faith, they are also unaware of the correct way to say prayers. They think that their Pir's blessings are enough for them! 

7. Greater emphasis must be laid on freeing the poor and ignorant people in rural and tribal areas from the clutches of superstition and evils like grave worship, quake holistic or magic medicine men. 

8. Ulemas and scholars and teachers must try to inculcate the spirit of contributing at least 5 to 7% of the income for such community projects besides Zakat. In many countries and communities people contribute more or less 10 % of their income and their communities enjoy envious standards of prosperity. 

9. Trainers' Training Programs and some laws, regulations etc. be framed to oversee the work and progress and define a process of accountability and evaluation. Training of Mullas in mosques and material for their use may also be 
arranged. In most of our schools we have untrained or poorly trained teachers who fan sectarian and ethnic hatred. Effective programs for their training and edification are badly needed. 

10. Recognition of merit at all levels and elimination of corruption should be among the priorities. People should be encouraged to report cases of inefficiency and corruption, which should be dealt with effectively. Meritorious work 
may be rewarded but the process of screening out corrupt and inefficient must be pursued. Leaders and top officials must set example of honest day's work and conformity to discipline and Islamic values. 

11. Administration of Justice: Nearly 1, 500, 000 cases in courts pending for years  and increasing street crime rates and Pathetic conditions of over-crowded Jails warrant revolutionary measures. Appointing Qazi courts to deal with crimes in the same manner as in Saudi Arabia but with some liberalization according to the opinion of enlightened Ulema and jurists of Pakistan would be a step forward in ensuring speedy trials. The punishment of flogging and other sentences in Sharia would be more efficacious then the present jail system under which the criminals become much more hardened criminals instead of being reformed.

12. Social Justice: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nazim Husain Siddiqui had said at the Punjab Bar Council dinner that litigation in the  country was on the increase mainly because socio-economic justice and rule of law were more or less absent. He cited the example of the institution of cases in the Supreme Court, which outnumbered the disposal rate during the year 2003 to substantiate what he said about the huge number of cases, both criminal and civil, pending with the apex court. See full article at
http://www.netvert.biz/paklink/articles/litigation.html

13. Reforms in Judiciary and Police are badly needed to ensure speedy disposal of cases, improving laws according to Islamic ideals for all crimes specially the street crimes that are on the increase. Programs to eliminate corruption 
by improving systems and procedures must also be given priority.

14. Our people in position of authority such as Ministers, bureaucrats, employers and in fact all us of need to adopt the ideals of Islamic social justice in our day to day dealings as that would help in avoiding lot of litigation and strain on our courts.

15. Ombudsman' offices at provincial and central level need to be equipped with more manpower and wider jurisdiction to deal with grievances of masses who cannot afford remedies in civil courts

16. Mental Health: Nearly 20% people are estimated to be suffering from psychological disorders and about 3% need confinement in asylums. The number of asylums is hopelessly inadequate and their conditions are pathetic. Mental health 
continues to be one of much neglected areas. 

17. Harnessing Solar Energy: More research and development projects are needed. 

It is generally appreciated that the heavy burden of servicing national debts severely restricts Government's ability to allocate funds for such grave problems as 
poverty and unemployment. But at the same time people expect that the Federal, Provincial and Local Bodies Governments would be able to devise programs and schemes to eliminate poverty, corruption and illiteracy. If the plans are good and honestly and efficiently implemented they would receive support of the people. 

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