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LAHORE: “Burden of population can become a huge threat for a country’s resources,” said Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif in her message on World Population Day.
She added, “Rapid increase in population growth rate has become a root of many economic and social problems.” She highlighted, “Main reason for poverty, child labour, poor healthcare, insufficient educational resources and food scarcity is the uncontrolled expansion of population.”
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