‘240m’ people counted across the country so far

ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has said that according to the seventh digital census, 240 million people had been counted across the country so far, adding that the verification process of census in Balochistan would continue till May 15.

A high-level meeting was held between the PBS and the Balochistan government in the federal capital.

The meeting was jointly chaired by chief census commissioner and Balochistan chief secretary and attended by the senior management of PBS and commissioners and deputy commissioners of Balochistan.

The PBS spokesperson said that the relevant commissioners had informed him about the reasons for unusual trends in the statistics.

He said that 90 per cent complaints received from call centre and SMS gateway had been resolved.

A comprehensive strategy was jointly devised to ensure completion of verification process of census in Balochistan by May 15.

The meeting was told that according to the seventh digital census, 240.18 million people had been counted across the country so far.

They were further informed that 20.03 million people had been counted in Balochistan.

In Quetta, the number of people counted is 2.3 million.

All the commissioners shared the updates on population census in their respective divisions and ensured the participants of the meeting to complete their work by May 15.