ISAS Insights

Pakistan has a fairly young, large and expanding but unevenly-spread population; an untapped resource that can be converted into a sustainable-development asset if the facts about it are known and the government programmes and policies are harmonised with those facts to harness its true potential. This paper examines, by analysing the population dynamics of Pakistan, the impact that a young, large but untapped- and untrained-population can have on the country's chances of contributing to a peaceful, socio-economically developed and politically stable South Asia. The potential impact, though quite obvious, entails several challenges for the Pakistan government and private-sector organisations in promoting publicprivate partnerships.