The first day of head count of the sixth population census has begun in 7000 blocks of Karachi today.
According to Geo News, a central control room to monitor the data collection exercise was formed in the office of SP Gulberg, Central District.
Earlier in the first phase of the data collection exercise, enumerators have completed 65% of house count in Karachi. The house count exercise will be completed along with the headcount data collection in different areas of Karachi.
As per Supreme Courts order, census forms have been amended to include persons with disabilities and transgender people in the headcount exercise.
During a press conference on Friday, Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa explained that "In the 'sex' column of the census form, three codes were previously allotted: '1' was for male, '2' was for female and '3' was for transgender residents. On the orders of the Supreme Court, '4' for disabled man, '5' for disabled woman and '6' for disabled transgender person have been added to the code sequence,"
He further said that enumeration officers all over Pakistan have been informed about this new development.
The Chief Commissioner emphasized that no house would be left unmarked in the 'house counting' part of the census exercise. He also clarified that if any apartment has been left out of the count, the owners should immediately inform the census board.
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