ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has provided all requisite information related to the 7th Population and Housing Census 2023 to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
\n\u201cThe information includes gazette notification of Census Charges, Circles and Blocks, colour prints of Digitized maps of 1,85,514 Blocks, Circles and Charges (excluding Sindh) and Census Block wise data etc.,\u201d the PBS said in statement.
\nHowever, the bureau said the colour prints of Digitized maps of Sindh would be handed over by August 30.
\nThe PBS also said the census results were unanimously approved by the Council of Common Interests (CCI) in its 50th meeting held under the chairmanship of the then Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on August 5, 2023.
\nIt said that the census data was important for the delimitation of boundaries for the conduct of general elections in the country.
\nAccordingly, the PBS was assigned the task of providing important information to the ECP which has been completed and the requisite information and the block-wise census data have been handed over successfully to the ECP.
\nThe required information and data were handed over to the ECP in a meeting held on August 28 at the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, chaired by Chief Census Commissioner Dr Naeem uz Zafar.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that the federal government on August 7 notified the results of the seventh census after approval from the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
\nAccording to a notification, Pakistan\u2019s population crossed 241 million including 147.7 million rural and 93.7 million urban population. Province-wise, Punjab\u2019s population has reached 127.7 million, and Sindh\u2019s population is recorded at 55.6 million, as per the results of the digital census.
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s population has reached 40.8 million, while Balochistan\u2019s population was recorded at 14.8 million, the notification said and added Islamabad\u2019s population has reached 2.36 million. According to these figures, the population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increased by 2.38 percent, Punjab 2.53 percent, Sindh 2.57 percent and Balochistan 3.2 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has provided all requisite information related to the 7th Population and Housing Census 2023 to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). \u201cThe information includes gazette notification of Census Charges, Circles and Blocks, colour prints of Digitized maps of 1,85,514 Blocks, Circles and Charges (excluding Sindh) and Census Block wise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n