Tag: population census
SC for joint approach to counter ‘explosive’ population boom
--Govt decides to reduce population growth rate to 1.5 per cent
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the government, civil society and religious...
Literacy rate in Pakistan only 58pc, says education minister
ISLAMABAD: Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Thursday that the literacy rate in the country has fallen to 58 per cent from 60 per...
Deadlock persists over fresh delimitation of constituencies
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee formed to evolve consensus on a constitutional amendment to delimit constituencies based on the recently held population census on Wednesday failed yet...
Despite low growth rate, Karachi remains most populous city
Karachi’s population increased from 9.339 million to 14.91 million – a net addition of 5.56 million people– during the past 19 years.
Population Census: Second round of phase-I to start Friday: Bajwa
The first part of phase-I under 6th population census has been completed successfully without recording any untoward incident while the government is ready to...
Population census: MQM grills govt over lack of interest
ISLAMABAD: The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers on Thursday blamed the federal government of a lack of interest in conducting the Population Census on...
Census training workshop for teachers begin in Khyber Agency
Training workshops for census collectors to prepare for the sixth population census 2017 has been started in Khyber Agency.
Talking to private news channel, Master...
First phase of population census to begin in March: PBS
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Monday (today) announced the schedule for the first phase of the national census, which is expected to start in March...
SC gives govt two weeks for census timeframe
Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali, while heading a two-judge bench which heard the suo moto case regarding delay in carrying out a census in the country, remarked that “the court has nothing to do with the paperwork; it should be told when census would be conducted”.
