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
