Tag: Population
Pakistan ranked 4th with 54pc population growth
Pakistan has been ranked fourth in the world with regard to population growth during the last 20 years.
According to Spectator Index, a website that...
FDE to set up new model colleges, schools amid increasing population
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has principally decided to expand the project of establishing new educational institutions, including three model colleges and six...
Nearly half of the world lives on less than $5.50 a...
ISLAMABAD: Economic advances around the world mean that while fewer people live in extreme poverty, almost half the world’s population — 3.4 billion people —...
Five biggest challenges facing new PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: The New government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan faces myriad challenges. The cricketing icon turned politician will have to make hard choices, and...
Minister shows concerns over rapid population growth
Govt to reactivate Population Commission; to set up special fund with Rs5bn allocation
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Muhammad Yusuf...
Illegal water bores drying capital’s underground water table as crisis worsens
-Despite warnings and notices MCI yet to take action against illegal water borings across Islamabad
-Water in Simly Dam and Khanpur Dam is nearing dead...
Commission under consideration to sensitise policymakers about alarming population growth rate
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to formulate Population Commission of Pakistan and Population Task Force in order to sensitize policymakers about alarming population growth rate.
The...
Nothing allocated in budget for controlling population, says PPP
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Wednesday continued debate on the Federal Budget 2018-19, with Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Rukhsana Zubairi saying that nothing had been allocated...
CCI unlikely to allow audit of 5 per cent of 2017...
Result of 6th census likely to be finalised without audit due to time constraint
ISLAMABAD: The demand of some political parties for the audit...
Senate debates motions on police system and population
ISLAMABAD: The Senate deferred on Monday two-third agenda and debated motions regarding police system and population issues in the country.
Senate deputy chairman presided over...
KP demands due share of NFC Award
Warns to file petition in Supreme Court over undue delay
Share should be increased after new census: KP finance minister
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on...
FATA residents reject census results, term them biased, irrational
ISLAMABAD: The recently-released statistics by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics pertaining to the population of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have shocked the...
29.5% of population living below the poverty line
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms on Wednesday informed the Senate that about 29.5 per cent of the country’s population is living below the...
Lahore’s population increased twice as fast as Karachi according to census...
If we compare the population increase of Lahore and Karachi according to the sixth population census report I can be seen that the population...
Pakistan’s population soars to 207m with 2.4% growth
Govt shares provisional summary results from recently-concluded sixth Housing and Population Census
Pakistan’s current total population has soared to 207.744520 million with an average...
35 pc of population of Pakistan is aged 0-14 years: report
Around 35 per cent of the total population of Pakistan is aged 0-14 years, out of which two million are 10-year-old girls.
‘State of World...
China’s population to hit 1.42 billion by 2020
China's population will be about 1.42 billion by the end of 2020, according to the draft outline of a five-year plan released Saturday.
China had...
