Population crisis

Why Pakistan must address the burning issue of population control on a war footing

As one of the countries most vulnerable to climate-induced disasters, Pakistan cannot hope to mitigate looming climate-induced disasters for such a huge population.

Published 21 Jun, 2023 12:21pm

Lack of family planning services blamed for rapid population growth

Dr Zeba Sathar stresses the need to increase allocations to the Population Fund.

Published 13 Jun, 2023 07:17am

Karachi population won’t cross 20m mark as census ends today

Enumerators could hardly count 19m people despite multiple extensions in deadline.

Published 15 May, 2023 07:04am

Problems of Pakistan’s population discussed

KARACHI: The Population Research Centre (PRC), Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi hosted its first...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:55am

Myth of population control

The new population narrative asks that the state should not be the controller but the enabler.

Updated 16 Jan, 2023 08:59am

The perplexing population puzzle

Field workers can provide contraceptive products but cannot change the mindset that family planning is un-Islamic.

Published 11 Oct, 2022 07:58am

It’s still ticking

Pakistan has no future if it continues to grow at this pace...

Published 24 Jul, 2022 06:38am

Experts alarmed at country’s population growth rate

Population explosion identified as one of the causes of poverty, child labour and rising maternal mortality rate.

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 09:38am

Rapid urbanisation taking its toll on public services

Balochistan is most rapidly urbanising province followed by Sindh, Punjab and KP.

Updated 24 May, 2021 07:40am

Population in Pakistan continues to grow rapidly: report

Report marks Afghanistan and Pakistan as the fastest-growing populations in the regions.

Updated 21 Jul, 2020 07:59am

‘Control population before it’s too late’

Investment on girl’s education was the best solution to reduce population growth, suggests PU teacher.

Updated 04 Oct, 2019 09:19am

Govt asked to speed up efforts to bring down population growth rate

Excessive urbanisation is said to have resulted in agricultural land loss.

Updated 04 May, 2019 08:48pm

Next SC campaign to tackle population control, says CJP

Conference on population control to be held on Dec 12-13 in SC; PM and CJP to attend.

Updated 25 Nov, 2018 06:15pm

Task forces set up to control population growth

The meeting decides to reduce population growth rate of 2.4 per cent per annum to 1.5pc.

Updated 20 Nov, 2018 08:19am

Exploding population bomb

The real implications of the census results are lost on the squabbling politicians.

Updated 30 Aug, 2017 09:07am

Controlling population growth

PAKISTAN’S population is growing unhampered at a pace that doubles the size in 20-23 years.

Published 25 Apr, 2016 06:49am

‘Population growth problem as critical as polio’

NHS minister says govt will seek advice of national and international experts.

Updated 03 Nov, 2015 09:04am

Managing population growth

Our population growth rate has declined but at a slower rate than is desirable.

Updated 09 Dec, 2014 05:48am