The Federal Bureau of Statistics has identified 34 blocks where population was mentioned as zero, officials told The Express Tribune. Federal Bureau of Statistics has written a letter to the Census Commissioner Sindh and the Sindh Chief Secretary. In the letter, the bureau said that in the seventh digital census, one block in Central district, eight in East, four in South, six in West, six in Keamari, four in Korangi and five blocks in Malir district have zero population which was not possible.
The Federal Bureau of Statistics said in the letter that review of these blocks should complete in the extended duration of census till the May 15. It is important to mention that political parties also mentioned mistakes like this in the census. As per official data, till date 18,384,340 people were counted in Karachi division.
The population of Sindh province has reached 55,770,142 people after a slight increase in a day. According to the census data as of May 7, this population includes 29,434,768 men, 26,331,678 women and 3,696 transgender persons.
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