Chief Secretary Siddique Memon on Monday nominated Secretary Implementation and Coordination Rashid Hussain Kazi as focal person for the sixth census in Sindh on behalf of the provincial government.
This decision came after Sindh Census Commissioner Abdul Aleem Memon called on the chief secretary to seek the government’s support for the census that has already been initiated. According to the provincial census commissioner, field staffing for the census would be completed by January 25.
Per details, each and every taluka, cantonment and sub-division of the province has been declared as a census district. In all there are 145 census districts which have been further bifurcated in circles, blocks and charges.
Officers of BPS-17 with statistical assistant(s) have been posted as divisional census officers who will remain attached with the district administration till the completion of the census.
The chief secretary assured the Sindh census commissioner that the provincial government would extend all-out cooperation for successful completion of the census. He instructed all the administrative secretaries and heads of the attached departments to coordinate and cooperate with the Sindh Census Commissionerate.
