Govt agrees on population census from March 15
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday agreed on conducting population census from March 15 next year.
The summary about concluding the census in two months has been sent to Council of Common Interests (CCI) for final approval. Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali has said that unofficial consultation in the matter has been done whereas the federal government has also agreed on it. He said unofficial discussion had also been held with provinces.
The decision came after Supreme Court on Thursday ordered for starting population census from March 15, 2017. The last census was carried out in 1998 when the population was counted at 132 million people. The census would cost Rs 14.5 billion, with the preliminary findings available in June 2017 and the final results to be issued in Dec 2017.
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