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Gender imbalance in Punjab police creating problems
Around 60% of cases registered in 36 districts involve at least one female suspect, either directly or indirectly
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New survey to monitor aquatic birds’ population
Midwinter Waterfowl Count and Houbara Bustard survey will start in mid-December
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A new narrative on population
A key recommendation is to forge a national narrative to galvanise national action
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‘Need for checking population growth’
Punjab Population Department Deputy Secretary clarified popular myths associated with family planning
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Pakistan’s population predicament
Pakistan has been firmly saddled with a very high fertility rate of 3.73 for the past four years
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Runaway population
Present trends need to be reversed for there to be a balance between resources and the population they can support
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Can high-rises solve Lahore’s horizontal growth problem?
Residents fear tall buildings will merge commercial and residential areas, compounding municipal problems
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‘Child marriage reason for growing population’
Chairman says growing numbers are leading to scarcity of opportunities and facilities
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Unbridled increase in population to diffuse economic growth benefits: Mirza
Report says unintended pregnancies cause more maternal, newborn deaths
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Govt sets aside Rs4b for population control
Critically, PDWP decides to expand family welfare centres
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Efforts afoot to strengthen family planning
PWD brings together stakeholders to improve coordination
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Action plan for population welfare finalised
government is fully aware of rapid population growth and has allocated more funds for population
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Zafar calls for efforts to address overpopulation
Govt to integrate family planning services into health system
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‘Soaring population fuelling unemployment, lawlessness’
Speakers say growing population needs to be reined in to achieve national prosperity
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PML-N govt lifted 6.2% population out of poverty
UNDP report says intensity of poverty in Pakistan reduced from 52.3% in 2013 to 51.7% in 2018
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Population growth grabs national attention
Maintaining balance between population and resources for national progress is the need of the hour
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Road rage
On an average in recent years, 30,000 people have died in traffic accidents annually
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Community wildlife protection to expand across Punjab
CBOs’ success at increasing urial population seen as model for rest of province
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Pakistan Bureau of Statistics advises Imran's govt against census verification
Cites high cost of nearly Rs8b for verifying only 5% of the results
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Perfect refuge
A terror operator hidden among digits is as difficult to detect as his or her diffusion among local population
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Breed fish to eliminate mosquito population
Speakers proposed at a seminar, held in Sindh University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences
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Canada acquires rare book previously owned by Adolf Hitler
The book details certain cities' population statistics and key Jewish organisations and media outlets key at the time
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Women lawmakers suggest ‘sterilisation of men’ to control population
The use of contraception has increased by 4% in rural Sindh as compared to Karachi and Hyderabad's 3%
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SC disposes of population control suo motu case
Increasing population is a ticking timebomb, says court
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The battle of beverages
In a world where large chunks of the population are clamouring for provision of clean drinking water
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The dying cities of Sindh
Things are rapidly changing due to an increase in population and the demand for more housing
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CJP says Pakistan may run dry in 2025
Say there is a water mafia operating in Karachi
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Dialogue held on population, reproductive health
A collaboration between SZABIST and Pathfinder International
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The population threat
Pakistan is currently the sixth-most populous country in the world
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Africa's rapid population growth puts poverty progress at risk: Bill Gates
Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years
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US foreign-born population swells to highest in over a century
Illegal immigrants can be more difficult for surveyors to locate
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As Chinese school year starts, some Beijing residents find their kids can't get admission
Beijing has evicted migrant workers and relocated factories to cut down on 'urban disease' of over-population
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Kaptaan and the population challenge
Research evidence shows that people in Pakistan now want to better plan their families according to their resources
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The population growth dilemma
Successful family planning programmes require serious involvement of the government
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As Quetta’s population rises, so do the water woes of people
Daily requirement is 200m gallons, while WASA providing 100m gallons
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The threat within
Graver than external threats, population growth is the most alarming threat facing Pakistan
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‘Impact-oriented approach adopted for population planning’
Govt lays bare plans for setting up population commission
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Menace of land grabbing
Dadu district, is a case in point where land grabbers have been given a carte blanche to encroach upon state land
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The state of the economy
The only way we can repay the debt is through our export earnings which continue to stagnate
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Population threat looms large
Politicians’ nonchalant attitude towards this vital subject has more to do with our masculine culture
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Fresh population narrative
There should be more emphasis on achievement of demographic goals
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Administrative mayhem in Pakistan
Administrative restructuring along with fundamental changes in the political system is the only solution for Pakistan
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Population rising at an alarming rate: Sanjrani
Special assistant to CM says such an increase to further aggravate situation
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Muslims to become second-largest religious group in US in 2040
US Muslim population will grow much faster than the US Jewish population due to higher fertility rates and migration
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Population growth issues to be discussed at 3-day conference
National level population experts, academicians, policymakers and scholars will participate in the conference
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Europe's Muslim population to grow strongly, even if migration ends: study
Authors of the report also noted that refugee flows had already begun to decline in EU
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The ticking population bomb
A large population base with a high growth rate is a ticking bomb
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'Doctors in Pakistan give less time to patients'
Checkup time, doctors' interest impact treatment, patient recovery, according to survey
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Pindi tehsil population rises 69% in 18 years
Followed by Gujjar Khan, Taxila as most populous tehsils of the division
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Armenians urged to value their women as abortions of girls skew population
For Armenian families, giving birth to at least one boy is a is a must to continue the family line