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Topic

Population growth

Population and the NFC Award

Population and the NFC Award

Updated 23 Jul, 2026 06:34am
EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s description of the NFC Award’s 82 percent population weightage as...
Health spending: the cost of neglect

Health spending: the cost of neglect

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:42am
EDITORIAL: The latest Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 presents a disturbing picture of the country’s public health...
Fertile poverty

Fertile poverty

Updated 30 Oct, 2025 07:23am
A growing population can be a national strength or a weakness. “Too many mouths and too little bread” is an old...
Alarming population growth

Alarming population growth

Updated 24 Oct, 2025 06:42am
Pakistan is in the process of formulating a National Health and Population Policy (2025–2034) with an emphasis on...
The demography-climate fault line

The demography-climate fault line

Updated 07 Oct, 2025 07:46am
EDITORIAL: It is not for the first time that Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has warned of the two existential...
Innovation meets infrastructure

Innovation meets infrastructure

Updated 23 Aug, 2025 08:30am
In a world where cities are becoming engines of economic growth and cultural evolution, urban development must go...
Urgency of population control

Urgency of population control

Published 02 Mar, 2025 02:44am
EDITORIAL: Observations by banking sector experts at the Pakistan Banking Summit 2025 should have given policymakers...
Population growth

Population growth

Published 06 Feb, 2025 03:16am
EDITORIAL: According to UN’s latest World Fertility Report, Pakistan’s fertility rate has declined from six live...
Population growth: A growing crisis

Population growth: A growing crisis

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:10am
EDITORIAL: The findings of the 2023 population census, released on July 18, have been of little surprise, as they...
Unsustainable population growth

Unsustainable population growth

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am
EDITORIAL: Rapid population rise widely recognised as a major challenge to this country’s socio-economic progress,...
Uncontrolled population growth

Uncontrolled population growth

Published 13 Jul, 2023 04:50am
EDITORIAL: The World Population Day was observed on July 11 as the global population stood at 7 billion. The birth...
The youth bulge

The youth bulge

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am
The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large...
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