ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first-ever digital population census is set to collect data from 185,000 blocks in March 2023 without requirement of having computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). A 40-point questionnaire covering eight important areas’ details will seek information about eight broad areas in upcoming population census exercise, including households, basic amenities, demography, education, health, employment, disability and migration.

Pakistan’s census this year is going to be digital for very first time in country’s history, said Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Chief Statistician Dr Naeem Uz Zafar.

All preparations are rolled out and team is now ready for gigantic task. “Effort is entirely indigenous, all systems devised and tools created are by our own experts,” he said.

Addressing seminar, themed ‘Census 2023: All You Want to Know About’ at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics here he said census is an important national activity that is linked with resource allocation to provinces, representation in national/provincial assemblies and delimitation process.–Online

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 14 2023

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