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6th census from March 15 to May 25: Information Minister

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Pakistan's sixth housing and population census is to start on March 15 and will continue until May 25, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Maryam Aurangzeb said during a press briefing in Islamabad on Sunday.

The census will be conducted in two phases, with the first phase stretching from March 15 to April 15, followed by a 10 day break for the movement of logistical arrangements, after which the second phase will go on until May 25, Aurangzeb said.

The census of the budget is Rs18.5 billion, said the minister. Of this amount, Rs6bn has been contributed by the army, Rs6.5bn has been set aside for transportation and Rs6bn has been allotted to the civilian budget, she said.

Total civilian staff taking part in the census equal 118,918, and are all government servants serving in various departments, Aurangzeb said.

Aurangzeb, accompanied by Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, told the press that a Rs50,000 fine and six months imprisonment would be handed to those who wilfully misrepresented facts or provided incorrect data.

The DG ISPR added that the census would be conducted with the assistance of over 200,000 troops in approximately 168,000 blocks.

"There are approximately 168,000 blocks, and there will be a soldier accompanying every civilian enumerator on that level," he said.

Soldiers will go door-to-door with enumerators, fill in their own forms and once the data is provided, the soldier ─ who will have a link to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) ─ will be able to get Nadra verification of the data immediately.

Dual nationals who are present in Pakistan at the time of the census will be included, Aurangzeb said.

The army has created a support plan for the census according to which the military has three tasks, Ghafoor said. "That the census is smooth, transparent and that security and law and order are maintained."

The army will make security arrangements for the retrieval of filled forms, he added.

With help from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, master trainers in various cities have trained more trainers under them at the division level, so "each soldier is well-trained to undertake this task", Ghafoor said.

Form 2A of the census will count transgender individuals for the first time, Aurangzeb said, along with people with disabilities.

The provincial results of the census will be published after May 25. Regular reports will be issued at the provincial, district and national levels, the information minister said at the briefing, with a summary of demographics as well as a visual representation published before the final results are released.

The government is also set to undertake a mass communication and awareness campaign on a national level, Aurangzeb said. Citizens who wish to report any discrepancies are encouraged to call a helpline 0800-57574, she said.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1320054/6th-census-from-march-15-to-may-25-information-minister
 
In this century so far, This is The Best thing happening for Pakistan.

Still have my doubts that will even go through. The status quo parties are never in favour of a census since it may reduce the majority of Punjab (meaning you can't just win from Punjab and rule over all of Pakistan) or increase the seats in Karachi (effecting those who only win from interior Sindh)
 
Still have my doubts that will even go through. The status quo parties are never in favour of a census since it may reduce the majority of Punjab (meaning you can't just win from Punjab and rule over all of Pakistan) or increase the seats in Karachi (effecting those who only win from interior Sindh)

More than that, We will get to realise ourselves. Realisation is a big stimulus.

Election dynamics are a minor part of census. Not that census will change the political mayhem. I doubt it.
 
Still have my doubts that will even go through. The status quo parties are never in favour of a census since it may reduce the majority of Punjab (meaning you can't just win from Punjab and rule over all of Pakistan) or increase the seats in Karachi (effecting those who only win from interior Sindh)

Bets on a rigged census? :))
 
Every region is going to rig it... expect Pakistan to surpass Indonesia in population. Let's see which region comes out with the most absurd statistic.

Rough estimates are that the population has already surpassed 200 million. Let's see how far off we are from that estimate.

It would be a shocker if it reveals that we are at 250 m
 
Rough estimates are that the population has already surpassed 200 million. Let's see how far off we are from that estimate.

It would be a shocker if it reveals that we are at 250 m

This time they are not going to count people that are living abroad for at least a year. So that means about 7-8 million people wont be counted. I am wondering if I will lose my right to vote as if I am not counted in the census I am not counted in the voting list.
 
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Did the census people come to anyone's house and actually did the census. From multiple households in my extended family I have been told that the team visited once. Asked who lived here said will visit again but never visited again. Not like last time in 99-00 when they came to your house filled out lengthy forms etc. So has this census been just for show and not actually been carried out. Or our people being under counted in Karachi only so that Karachi does not get more seats in the national assembly.
 
ECP chairman is saying no chance of new halqa bandyaan before next elections because there is not enough time :facepalm:
 
Did the census people come to anyone's house and actually did the census. From multiple households in my extended family I have been told that the team visited once. Asked who lived here said will visit again but never visited again. Not like last time in 99-00 when they came to your house filled out lengthy forms etc. So has this census been just for show and not actually been carried out. Or our people being under counted in Karachi only so that Karachi does not get more seats in the national assembly.
They came to my house here in Karachi,just once though.
 
Did the census people come to anyone's house and actually did the census. From multiple households in my extended family I have been told that the team visited once. Asked who lived here said will visit again but never visited again. Not like last time in 99-00 when they came to your house filled out lengthy forms etc. So has this census been just for show and not actually been carried out. Or our people being under counted in Karachi only so that Karachi does not get more seats in the national assembly.

My experience with census team:

First time, one navy soldier caring g3 rifle along with a school teacher (hired by nadra as a census team member) they came to our house in d.h.a karachi, they only asked about the total number of family members and the name of the family head. Two weeks later they came again with the addition of a police constable in 40 degree temperature, so i invited them inside my house to offer some refreshments and cold drinks. This time they wrote all the cnic numbers and asked about the house and the rooms in it. The navy personnel and the lady were decent & humble but the police constable seems to me was a sindi and he tried his best to convince us to write sindhi instead of urdu in the census mother tongue section, plus our servant is from thar and speaks thari ( dhatki ) language. constable was yelling at him to say sindhi as his mother tongue instead of dhatki. Finally after the intervention from the navy guy this matter resolved quickly as they wrote it in " others " section.
 
Did the census people come to anyone's house and actually did the census. From multiple households in my extended family I have been told that the team visited once. Asked who lived here said will visit again but never visited again. Not like last time in 99-00 when they came to your house filled out lengthy forms etc. So has this census been just for show and not actually been carried out. Or our people being under counted in Karachi only so that Karachi does not get more seats in the national assembly.

same. only came once
 
Guys at least tweet this to your MNA and MPA and which ever party you support. And make some noise about it. Census is a very important not saying anything will mean fewer resources will be allocated to your area for the next decade or even more if the census is postponed for longer like this time
 
Guys at least tweet this to your MNA and MPA and which ever party you support. And make some noise about it. Census is a very important not saying anything will mean fewer resources will be allocated to your area for the next decade or even more if the census is postponed for longer like this time[/QUOTE

They already done with sindh region so i don't think now calling mna's or higher ups is gonna do anything. i remember some mqm pakistan leaders raised some voices when census people tried to use pencil instead of pen to fill out the forms and farooq sattar went to court for changing the procedure in counting the households, census people marked nagina center hyderi karachi as 1 house entity. As nagina center consists of hundreds of appartments and thousands of folk live there.
 
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