Census 2017

Council of Common Interests to convene virtual meeting next week to take final decisions

PBS official says figures for all provinces have been drastically altered in final report

Sindh views PBS as going back on deal reached with political parties

Govt to move delimitations bill in National Assembly

NA speaker holds meeting with opposition leaders today to address their reservations

Power Minister Awais Leghari says plan in hand to meet future energy needs

Jirga says Balochistan's population doubled, thus its NA seats should also be doubled from 17 to 34

People with disabilities stand at less than 1m, according to sixth population census

IPCC paves way for CCI to take final decision on constitutional amendment
 

Statistics Minister Kamran Michael says census results were reconciled by civil, military personnel

Proposes govt to open 1,690 census blocks to ascertain credibility of headcount

ECP secretary says demographic changes may necessitate reallocation of seats in national and provincial assemblies

Both parties say province’s population has deliberately been shown less than what it actually is

Changes in population dynamics likely to benefit the two smaller provinces

There are many national emergencies — but contraception is the one nobody is talking about

Karachi sees a net addition of 5.56 million people only in last 19 years, according to results

Pakistan home to 32.21m households

Sex ratio shows improvement, but is still higher than global average; urban areas have higher discrepancies

Lahore makes charge by doubling population, as do Peshawar and Islamabad

74 per cent of the country's transgender population resides in urban areas

Population rose by 57% in 19 years; 63.6% still living in rural areas; women make up 48.8% of population

Pakistan is sixth most populous country in the world, with an estimated 200 million people

Pakistan Army informed Indian ground troops through hotline

Mohmand Agency political agent says 2,000 security officials, including khasadars and levies deployed for exercise

Chief statistician says FATA to be covered in second phase that begins today

Enumerators claim it is difficult to speak to people living in larger houses.

Party leader says exclusion of overseas Pakistanis will affect province's share in NFC award

Army soldier says seniors have ordered them to continue with their duties.

Commission on the Status of Women Neelum says proper women count will help in better planning

Judges told that census officials are counting non-locals, not reaching every house, say party leaders

CM wants transparency in census date collection

Census staff encounters larger than anticipated number of units in Karachi

Civil society organisations demand the appointment of female enumerators to conduct the sixth population census

Govt suspends 17 UC secretaries, three more issued show-cause notices.

House counting exercise carried out amid tight security

Official says residents are reluctant to show identity cards, share statistics

Census teams in District South share process, difficulties of house count

Half of district’s population, residential units and other structures to be counted in first phase

In some areas, residents claim details were taken on plain paper instead of prescribed forms

Shahabuddin Ghanchi, a resident of Azizabad in Gulberg, took off from work

First census phase will take place from March 15 to April 15

First phase of census starts today, will cover 16 out of 36 districts of the province.

Rights activist from South Waziristan files petition in IHC

Army men to hand down punishment to non-cooperative citizens

Judges express concern over exclusion of questions seeking information related to persons with disabilities

Katcha areas of the district remain in the grip of criminals

The 6th national census will kick off on March 15 for which Lahore will be divided in seven census districts