JI wants census date extended till April 30
Rehman demanded of the govt to extend the date to ensure counting of each and every person living in the mega city.
JI leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi head Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that the government has ruined the authenticity of the census 2023 - "turning it into a joke that cost hundreds of billions to the taxpayers".
Addressing a press conference at JI Karachi office on Monday, he demanded of the government to extend the date of enumeration to at least April 30 in order to ensure counting of each and every person living in the mega city.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2023.