Tag: Population
LCCI for review of agri policies to cope with food insecurity...
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has issued a call for a review of the agricultural policies, warning against possible food insecurity...
American Muslim population to double by 2050: Pew Research
At the end of 2015, there were about 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States, making up about 1 per cent of the...
Pakistan’s population to exceed 300 million by 2050: UN report
During 2015-2050, half of the world’s population growth is expected to be concentrated in nine countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, US, Indonesia and Uganda
Head counting starts March next year
Chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) decided Wednesday that the sixth population census would be held in March 2016 with the support of armed forces, as it was done in 1998.
India’s Muslim population grows 24%, slower than previous decade
The latest census data on the population of religious groups in India shows a 24% rise in the Muslim population between 2001 and 2011,...
Govt girds up loins to conduct long overdue population census
PM directs Inter-Provincial Coordination Ministry to put census on top of Council of Common interests (CCI) next meeting’s agenda
Federal govt helping Balochistan govt in...
Population explosion?
Pak population to reach 342 mln till 2050
The population of Pakistan is expected to reach 342 million in 2050 if the growth rate remains...
Long term policy devised to control population
Punjab Minister for Population Begum Zakia Shahnawaz has said that a long-term policy has been devised to control rapid growth of population in the...
Pakistan is world’s sixth most populous country
The 2013 World Population Data Sheet issued by the US Population Reference Bureau has ranked Pakistan as the sixth most populous country of the...
Pakistan’s population to increase to 190 million by 2015: report
The population of the country will increase to nearly 190 million by 2015, to over 220 million by 2020 and to almost 275 million...
‘Media can create awareness about population explosion’
The media could play a vibrant role in sensitising lawmakers regarding the hazards of population explosion.
This was stated by speakers during a consultative meeting...
Lobsters resort to feeding off each other
The increased number of crustaceans in Maine’s water has resulted in the bigger lobsters feasting on smaller ones, according to researchers. “We’ve got the...
African lion population shrinks to 32,000
The savannah habitat that ¬sustains African lions has shrunk by 75 percent over the past ¬half-century, according to a study published Tuesday in...
Population welfare deptt to sermon rural couples
Sindh Population Welfare Department would educate newly wedded rural couples on a wide range of family planning facilities and techniques.
Sindh Secretary for Population Welfare...
Half of rural population experienced poverty over last decade: report
About half of the rural population in Pakistan experienced poverty during the last decade, said the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in its...
Bombs thrown near Saudi court in Shiite-populated east
Petrol bombs were thrown during the night by unknown attackers at a parking lot of a Saudi Arabian court in the kingdom's unrest-hit Shiite-populated...
DPO for enhancing resources as per population
District Population Welfare Officer (DPO) Manzoor Ali Lund has called for maintaining a rational proportion between population growth and resources to upgrade the living...
