ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interest decided that a census in the country will begin in March 15, 2017.
The census will be conducted in the entire country in two phases, it was decided on Friday as the CCI met for a meeting presided by the Prime Minister.
Prior to the session, all four provincial chief ministers met the Prime Minister.
It was decided that all four provinces will collaborate for the census and a committee will be formed to monitor its timely start. The committee will comprise of federal secretary of statistic department and provincial chief secretaries.
The council decided that a national security fund may be established to deal with terrorism. It was decided that a proposal will be sent to the National Finance Commission.
It is pertinent to mention that the last census in the country was carried out back in 1998 when the population was 132 million but it is now believed that the population may have crossed the 200 million mark which makes Pakistan the sixth most populated country in the world.
