Population census in November subject to troops’ availability, Senate told

Senate of PakistanPopulation census in November subject to troops' availability, Senate told

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Zahid Hamid said Tuesday that the 6th national population census could be conducted in November this year or March 2017 subject to the availability of troops of armed forces.

Responding to a Calling Attention Notice moved by Senator Lt General (retd) Abdul Qayyum, he admitted the dire need of holding population census in the country adding that last population census was conducted by the government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) in 1998.

He said population census was scheduled in March this year under the supervision of Pakistan Army adding that Rs 2 billion were released for purchasing stationary and other items.

The Council of Common Interests (CCI) had rescheduled the census by consensus due to commitments of the security forces and Operation Zarb-e-Azb, he added.

He said 225,000 troops were required for completing the gigantic task.

Earlier, the mover of the Calling Attention Notice, Lt General (retd) Abdul Qayyum said as per requirements of United Nations – population census should be held after every 10 years.

National census is necessary for distribution of resources under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award and an allocation of seats in the federal and provincial legislatures.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) also wants to delimit constituencies for federal and provincial assemblies before the 2018 general elections.

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