Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has directed the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to initiate the sharing of all activities of the census for awareness of all stakeholders and the provinces.

While chairing third progress review meeting on the 7th Population and Housing Census 2022 titled “The Digital Census” in Islamabad on Friday, he emphasized that quality of services along with timeliness must be kept in mind before finalizing the potential partners. 

In the meeting a detailed presentation was given on the census work plan and progress.

It was informed that PBS was strictly following the timelines and so far on track to provide the data in December 2022 for provision to the election commission for delimitation process for general elections 2023.