Socio-Economic Factors Contributing to Human Trafficking in Pakistan

The nature and causes of human trafficking in Pakistan are multifaceted and are closely linked with the socio-economy context. Literacy, any form of the disease, ills, joblessness, and inequality makes people develop weakness and easily are forced to be traffickers or become victims of trafficking. These cover economic demand and poverty that force people to look for a way to survive, cultural inclinations that encourage gender discrimination and caste discrimination that exposes certain groups of society to human trafficking. These conditions make the environment favourable for traffickers to exploit people for labour or sexual purposes and continue the cycle of poverty and pain. This calls for multi-sectorial interventions alongside the legislation to fight human trafficking in Pakistan, where besides the causes that create the market for trafficking are the traffickers themselves. This paper aims to explore the socio-economic factors that prevail in human trafficking in Pakistan and put forward advisory steps for the appropriate response. Through the elimination of poverty, expansion of educational access, eradication of discriminative social and cultural, enhancement of law and order, and provision of numberless victim support services, Pakistan will be able to eradicate this heinous crime on human rights.