Digital census faces ‘obstacles’

LAHORE:

Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has called the attention of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the government of Pakistan towards the complications found in the ongoing 1st digital census across Pakistan.

Wajahat Masood, Chairman and Peter Jacob, Executive Director of the CSJ, in a joint statement observed that the field operation of census had confronted obstacles.

The statement appreciated the positive developments such as provision of helpline to assist and resolve complaints related to the census however, due to a lack of information and trust, the public response to the census teams is not encouraging.

The statement said that a vast majority of the population appears to be unaware of the census process hence the enumerators are facing difficulties. The PBS is also actively updating its social media platforms but less in the mainstream media.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15^th, 2023.