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Provinces differ on releasing census data in CCI meeting
Council of Common Interests to convene virtual meeting next week to take final decisions
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Two years and counting: Census results held up by 'common interests'
PBS official says figures for all provinces have been drastically altered in final report
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Census validation: ‘Disputed names’ in PBS-named panel
Sindh views PBS as going back on deal reached with political parties
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Centre wins over provinces on crucial vote
Govt to move delimitations bill in National Assembly
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Consensus eludes lower house over delimitation bill
NA speaker holds meeting with opposition leaders today to address their reservations
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Women’s detention: Balohistan MNA stages token walkout from NA
Power Minister Awais Leghari says plan in hand to meet future energy needs
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Grand jirga demands Balochistan’s representation be doubled in NA
Jirga says Balochistan's population doubled, thus its NA seats should also be doubled from 17 to 34
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Believe it or not: Pakistan has only less than a million citizens with disabilities
People with disabilities stand at less than 1m, according to sixth population census
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Consensus on using provisional data for 2018 polls
IPCC paves way for CCI to take final decision on constitutional amendment
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Centre rejects 'flawed census' claims by Sindh
Statistics Minister Kamran Michael says census results were reconciled by civil, military personnel
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Senators suggests reholding census on 1% population
Proposes govt to open 1,690 census blocks to ascertain credibility of headcount
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New census: ECP asks law ministry to take steps needed to reallocate parliament seats
ECP secretary says demographic changes may necessitate reallocation of seats in national and provincial assemblies
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'Over 10 million Karachiites missing in census': MQM-P, PSP reject results
Both parties say province’s population has deliberately been shown less than what it actually is
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Punjab may lose four NA seats to K-P, Balochistan
Changes in population dynamics likely to benefit the two smaller provinces
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Figuring it out so far
There are many national emergencies — but contraception is the one nobody is talking about
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Sindh political, nationalist parties reject census results
Karachi sees a net addition of 5.56 million people only in last 19 years, according to results
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Census 2017: Family size shrinks
Pakistan home to 32.21m households
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Gender stats: Still a man’s world, but less so
Sex ratio shows improvement, but is still higher than global average; urban areas have higher discrepancies
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Karachi up top, but not by much
Lahore makes charge by doubling population, as do Peshawar and Islamabad
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Census results: Just over 10,000, transgender people only 0.005% of Pakistan's population
74 per cent of the country's transgender population resides in urban areas
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6th census findings: 207 million and counting
Population rose by 57% in 19 years; 63.6% still living in rural areas; women make up 48.8% of population
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Population census source of fear and hope for minorities
Pakistan is sixth most populous country in the world, with an estimated 200 million people
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India told of movement of census teams along LoC
Pakistan Army informed Indian ground troops through hotline
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Second phase of census begins amid tight security in FATA
Mohmand Agency political agent says 2,000 security officials, including khasadars and levies deployed for exercise
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Foreign observers ‘satisfied with census process’
Chief statistician says FATA to be covered in second phase that begins today
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Knock, knock. Who’s there?: Census shows most sceptics reside in posh areas
Enumerators claim it is difficult to speak to people living in larger houses.
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JI K-P demands inclusion of overseas Pakistanis in census
Party leader says exclusion of overseas Pakistanis will affect province's share in NFC award
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Soldiering on: Census teams remain steadfast after Bedian blast
Army soldier says seniors have ordered them to continue with their duties.
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Women enumerators ‘insignificant’
Commission on the Status of Women Neelum says proper women count will help in better planning
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PPP files petition challenging transparency of census
Judges told that census officials are counting non-locals, not reaching every house, say party leaders
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'Share census statistics to clear misconceptions'
CM wants transparency in census date collection
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Headcounts begins while house-listing still incomplete
Census staff encounters larger than anticipated number of units in Karachi
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Census 2017: ‘Deploy more female enumerators’
Civil society organisations demand the appointment of female enumerators to conduct the sixth population census
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Not interested? Officers sent home for neglecting census duties
Govt suspends 17 UC secretaries, three more issued show-cause notices.
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Census 2017: Headcount kicks off in Hazara, G-B, AJK without a hitch
House counting exercise carried out amid tight security
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Complaints arise of non-cooperation in Malir, slow pace in Korangi
Official says residents are reluctant to show identity cards, share statistics
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Census 2017: 'People cooperate after seeing army personnel, not common officers'
Census teams in District South share process, difficulties of house count
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Procedural confusion and complaints on first census day in Hyderabad
Half of district’s population, residential units and other structures to be counted in first phase
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Census exercise begins in peace in Ghotki district
In some areas, residents claim details were taken on plain paper instead of prescribed forms
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Census day: District Central resident stays indoors for ‘national cause’
Shahabuddin Ghanchi, a resident of Azizabad in Gulberg, took off from work
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Security high as first census in 19 years launched
First census phase will take place from March 15 to April 15
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19 years later: Half of Punjab ready for the count
First phase of census starts today, will cover 16 out of 36 districts of the province.
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Headcount in FATA faces legal challenge
Rights activist from South Waziristan files petition in IHC
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Army gets judicial powers for census
Army men to hand down punishment to non-cooperative citizens
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SC seeks explanation from PBS for ‘neglecting’ persons with disabilities in census
Judges express concern over exclusion of questions seeking information related to persons with disabilities
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No man left behind: Will Ghotki's no-go areas be beyond the census's reach?
Katcha areas of the district remain in the grip of criminals
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Census 2017: Workshop for master trainers begins
The 6th national census will kick off on March 15 for which Lahore will be divided in seven census districts














































