Tackling the population crisis EDITORIAL: Recent weeks have seen increasing clamour among our policymakers for measures aimed at improving... Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am
Pakistan Punjab govt to create digital record of population LAHORE: The Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has taken a historic step... Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am
Business & Finance Sindh’s integrated health, population project: World Bank rates implementation progress as ‘satisfactory’ ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the overall implementation progress of the “Sindh Integrated Health and... Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:41am
Pakistan Challenge of growing population highlighted KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am
Pakistan Climate change termed a ticking bomb waiting to go off ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman emphasised the urgency of addressing... Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am
Pakistan Experts for ‘swift actions’ to deal with burgeoning population challenge ISLAMABAD: Expressing serious concerns over rapidly growing population of the country, the speakers at an event on... Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:51am
Pakistan ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s 266 general seats cover a total population of Pakistan’s 241,499,431 persons and... Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am
Opinion The population bulge The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am
Pakistan Digital census: PPP, MQM-P say concerned about ‘under-reporting’ of Sindh population ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have expressed serious... Updated 23 Aug, 2023 09:42am
Pakistan Family planning: speakers underscore need for increased awareness PESHAWAR: Speakers here an awareness and training seminar urged the parents to plan their families while keeping in... Published 21 Aug, 2023 07:38am
Opinion A questionable census On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:55am
Print Total population recorded at 241.49 million: CCI approves results of digital census: PMO ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has unanimously approved the results of the 2023 digital census on... Updated 06 Aug, 2023 09:39am
Editorials Uncontrolled population growth EDITORIAL: The World Population Day was observed on July 11 as the global population stood at 7 billion. The birth... Published 13 Jul, 2023 04:50am
World Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population BEIJING: China will enact policies to boost its birth rate, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as policymakers... Published 17 Oct, 2022 05:57am
World China population to begin shrinking by 2025: officials BEIJING: China’s population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow smaller and... Published 02 Aug, 2022 09:17am
Pakistan 7th population, housing census: PBS inaugurates software ISLAMAAD: Secretary Planning Syed Zafar Ali Shah inaugurated software for the 7th Population and Housing Census,... Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am
Opinion Desire of a nation This is essentially a piece that is apolitical. More of history and philosophy. It is about the desire of the... Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am
Editorials Elections contribute to democratic governance EDITORIAL: It will be touch and go for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as far as the matter of completing... Published 08 May, 2022 05:25am
Opinion Politics has its own course It’s widely believed, and rightly so, that law has its own course. But the current dynamics of politics in ... Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am
Opinion Invest in barrens Over the last century, domestic demand for food has escalated as our population has increased radically. According ... Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am
Opinion Punjab: regional development There has been a move recently towards the creation of the Province of South Punjab. This will, of course, require a... Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am
Editorials Head and housing count EDITORIAL: The 7th population and housing census is going to be a monumentally important exercise because of a ... Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am
World China’s birth rate at record low in 2021 BEIJING: China’s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn ... Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am
Pakistan Population coverage, quality of service: PTA to procure web-based GIS Portal ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided procuring web-based Geographic Information... Published 27 Oct, 2021 04:50am
Pakistan 40pc of population faces food insecurity: expert LAHORE: Though Pakistan is amongst the world’s top ten producers of wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, mango, dates... Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am
Print 7th Population and Housing Census: Cabinet divided over deployment of armed forces ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet is said to be divided on deployment of armed forces in 7th Population and Housing... Updated 28 Sep, 2021 09:33am
Opinion Sehat Sahulat Programme: SLIC Pakistan’s role Sehat Sahulat Programme is one of the key milestones of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards social welfare... Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am
World Australia lowers long-term population, economic growth forecasts CANBERRA: Australia lowered its projections on Sunday for population and economic growth over the next 40 years due... Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am
Print China allows couples to have three children BEIJING: China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing,... Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am
World China allows couples to have three children as birthrate falls In 2016 China relaxed its "one-child policy" allowing couples to have two children as concerns mounted over an ageing workforce and economic stagnation. Published 31 May, 2021 05:24pm
