Census coordination meeting held at Mangla

RAWALPINDI: A coordination meeting for Army support during the upcoming 6th housing and population census was held on Saturday at Mangla.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt. Gen Umar Farooq Durrani, Corps Commander Mangla, representatives of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and civil administration attended the meeting.

Participants jointly reviewed the preparations for successful conduct of the census and expressed their satisfaction over the status of preparations.

Corps Commandrer Mangla assured the participants of full assistance by the Army as per directives from Chief of Army Staff (COAS) for smooth conduct of the census process.

Around 200,000 soldiers and officers of Pakistan Army will by assisting the civil authorities to conduct the National Housing and Population census across the country.