What role you can play to eliminate begging as you're educated enough to do some productive for the society?

well, i think that the social services should go to the streets and pick up these beggars with the assistance of the police. that way the syndicates cant interfere. as for us, it is better if we don't give anything when they beg and call the social services instead. my mom worked at social services, and everytime someone begged, she says: 'i'll bring you to social services. you'll get good food there and a good place to sleep.' and often the beggar runs away. we should not give consent to mendicancy as it pollutes the streets and partially they contribute to petty street crimes.

Hmmm. When dealing with such kind of questions, the very first question I ask myself is: "Why do people do what they do?". Thus, in order to answer the above question, I'd first like to know: What causes someone to beg in the first place? Why do people beg? Do beggars beg because they are forced to by other people or are they doing it willingly? Are they begging because they do not see any other options, perhaps because people are not willing to give them any chances to improve their life? Are they unaware of social services or are they aware of those services, but scared of something/someone? Do they beg simply in order to get food or are they begging for other reasons?

Begging has become an institution of its own, with its own networks. In order to break it apart, one needs to know what kind of people are involved, what do they want to achieve and what is it that they are offering to those 'beggars' that makes them work for them or with what kind of means do they force them to work for them. If we know the core of the problem, we can perhaps deal with the whole situation in a much rational, well-thought way without causing them any harm and yet providing them with a better life.

Calling social services or police is an initial solution, but keeping in mind how corruption is spread everywhere (forgive me for this statement), this solution might not work in long-run. Depending on what kind of forces drive those beggars, they might end up becoming desperate and take drastic actions, which could lead to more street crime.

Just a thought. A very interesting question indeed.

its not the one day work ... we have to educate their children so that the new generation is education and will not follow the begging profession and work to earn ... !

I agree with sumi here. I think calling social services is not a solution in Pakistan. We all know what type of response u can expect from our regulatory bodies. To eliminate begging from the root, we need to solve many underlying issues of our system.