Beggary in Pakistan: A social failing, not a moral one

Beggary in Pakistan: A social failing, not a moral one

Every red light in Pakistan is a mirror to our social failure. As traffic halts at signal lights in urban centers, a familiar yet uncomfortable scene unfolds—children tapping on car windows, elderly women extending their hands, and men pleading for alms. For many, this has become a nuisance, an eyesore, or worse—a moral failing. But what if we flipped the lens? What if we saw beggary not as a personal failure, but as a symptom of our collective …