Population control

Us Pakistanis are a staggering 225 million people and counting … we’ll be more by the time you finish reading this.

Experts say climate change, environmental degradation and rising population needs to be addressed

WB delegation apprised of steps for universal health coverage

Minister cites Bangladesh's example and the 'phenomenal impact' that country's policies has had on population growth

Usman Buzdar says rapid growth in population is creating problems in the province.

Teams being formed by municipal bodies, health and livestock departments

Pakistan needs to adopt a serious integrated approach meant to cut down on the population growth rate

Syed Murad Ali Shah orders family planning initiatives in slums of major cities for population control

Registration desks being set up at hospitals

Despite pledging to increase contraceptive prevalence rate in 2012, K-P govt still struggling to achieve the target

Special assistant on health says national plan on population control approved

Plan to be presented for approval of National Task Force on Population Control

'Large population exhausted resources'

Authorities still do not have a comprehensive plan on the matter, says chief justice

Pakistan sits on demographic time bomb after years of exponential growth, high fertility rates led to 207m population

Also suggests reserving Rs10b for the cause

CJP says controlling ballooning population top priority after water conservation

Pakistan is a country with one of the largest young populations

Politicians’ nonchalant attitude towards this vital subject has more to do with our masculine culture

China saw a million extra births this year

In our culture, we throw young girls into marriages at ages when they have not yet understood their bodies

The campaign will be designed at the district level with the objective of taking the message to the grassroots

The Costed Implementation Plan seeks to improve the postion of Pakistan on human development index

The government plans a change in policy to push Pakistan’s population growth rate down to 1.6 per cent

Two-day National Population Summit to be held on November 5