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Sindh United Party announces province-wide protests on Mar 31

PPP’s Nafisa Shah plans to move resolution in NA today.

The decision was taken in a meeting held under Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House on Tuesday

The holding of the long-awaited population census in the country is now surrounded by even more uncertainty

Pakistan Peoples Party hosted a multi-party meeting to discuss census issue last month

Could the CCI's decision to postpone the census be for the best?

he also demanded government jobs for the transgender.

Committee meeting held to discuss the delay in census and the Sindh government’s role

Say category should be added with male, female

Shah had been asked to brief House after opposition leader asked him to clarify the government’s position on the issue

The decision to defer the planned and imminent census indefinitely may prove to be one of the worst decisions

Decision comes after taking into account Operation Zarb-e-Azb and unavailability of troops and manpower

Speakers at dialogue urge govt to ensure a fair count

We are told that the earlier assumption of 50 per cent of the population lives in Punjab does not hold true anymore

Panellists say stats on census, education key issues

It appears the upcoming census, scheduled for next month, is going to be delayed yet again

Opposition parties endorse demand, say there are concerns that need to be addressed

CM says PPP Sindh to hold conference on Feb 21 to forge consensus

Pulling 375,000 soldiers out to ensure a peaceful census is not possible, say the military planners

No national plan can be expected to realise its goals in the absence of an up-to-date national head-count estimate

Officials to be imparted training from January 11 onwards

Country to spend Rs14.5b on the exercise, which will begin in March 2016.

Bill on travel agencies passed unanimously.

Shops closed, tyres burnt, traffic suspended.

Federal government extends the deadline for completion of house-listing operations .

Census workers complain they wait all day but residents don’t come out.

Parties say the exercise should be delayed because of the deteriorating law and order situation.

Don’t leave us out say people who were some of the first ‘settlers’.

People say their houses were not numbered despite claims of census being completed.

Census workers being threatened, refuse to carry out the house survey.

They fear the count in rural Sindh is deliberately being tampered with.

Political party workers making house lists at their offices and then handing them over to the census staff: Opposition

Massive irregularities in house-count phase of national census in Karachi, says Head, Census Monitoring Committee.

2 party workers with victim escaped, 2 other men mistaken and shot instead.

Result­s won’t be accept­ed from areas with politi­cal interf­erence.

The savage murder of the census workers should convince all to rise above rhetoric and strive for peace.

PML-F demands transparent process and access to no-go areas.

In the last 24 hours, eight men have fallen victim to target killings.

Rangers are deployed in sensitive areas of Sindh to ensure security of the census staff.

Public urged to cooperate with field teams and register their complaints at local DCOs and DDOs.

A census is for the organised states, not subject to no-go areas, ‘ungoverned spaces’, and terrorism.

Minister visits different areas, advises people to identify any irregularities and inform authorities.

PPP claims rival party influencing census officials.

Syed alleged teams conducting the house listing have not reached some of the localities where Pakhtuns are living.

Security worries delay the count: census joint commissioner.

Statistics division has requested security cover for the staff.

Assistant Commissioner Census Ajeebullah has said he has been unable to start the census work in Badin.

Population and Housing Census kicks off.

Two areas in Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts declared sensitive .

First house listing in Karachi held at Governor House.