Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar here on Friday chaired a meeting to review the progress of ongoing housing and population census 2017. Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Law Barrister Zafarullah Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Statistics Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed, Secretary Finance and Secretary Statistics Division were also present in the meeting.
Chief Statistician, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) apprised the meeting that the census activities under phase-I had been going on for 7 days now. He added that census work was being undertaken in 40,000 blocks throughout the country smoothly. He told that considerable work had already been completed under the phase-I and all the activities were being carried out as per the standard parameters. Minister Dar appreciated the dedication of all officials engaged in census activities including the army personnel.-PR