TANK: Population Welfare Department Tank on Monday organized a one-day awareness seminar for its field staff. The one-day training workshop was organized on the special directives of Provincial Government, Secretary Population. The seminar was held in the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Tank. District Population Welfare Officer Tank Dr Muhammad Tariq said that Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world in terms of population and the first among Muslim countries. If the growth of our population remains continues at this rate then after 29 years the population of our country will double. He said that the population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is currently more than 40 million, which is increasing by one million people every year, due to which our country is unable to bear the burden of it. Cities are expanding and agricultural land is shrinking, and the gap between food supply and demand is widening. Social evils are on the rise and urged the people to fulfill their responsibilities well and keep a gap of three years between the birth of children to balance the resources and population. APP
He said that family planning centers have been opened at the village level where facilities are being provided to the public including awareness. At the end of the seminar, certificates of appreciation were also distributed among the participants.
