Or that homeless people have families. However, the family support system that exists in Pakistan has its drawbacks. This means that government's role in Pakistani society has remained very limited, with public services such as hydro, water supply, sanitation, education and basic health care remaining chronically underfunded and inadequate. The results of this state of affairs is evident in many aspects of life. Streets tend to be in poor repair and litter is everywhere, since individuals feel little stake in the appearance of public places.
Power failures occur daily, and the public water supply is unreliable and unsafe.
Two views from Pakistan Naturally, elite groups arrange their own parallel supply systems. They own massive diesel generators that are noisy and pollute but isolate them, at a price, from an unreliable public hydro system. Security systems based on walled communities and armed guards are common place. As well, those elites arrange for their own delivery of safe water. Dysentery and dehydration are major causes of death.