PESHAWAR: An important meeting was held here with caretaker Chief Minister Mohammed Azam Khan in the chair to take a detailed review of the Census 2023.

Adviser to Chief Minister for Finance Himayatullah Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Zubair Asghar Qureshi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Amjad Ali Khan, administrative secretaries of the concerned departments, provincial census commissioner, director Bureau of Statistics Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and other relevant officials attended the meeting.

The participants were briefed in detail about the mechanism and methodology adopted for the census and other related matters.

It was told that for the first time in the history of Pakistan, modern technology was used in the census. It was further informed that the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was divided into more than 28,000 blocks, adding that the final statistics of the census would be presented in the Council of Common Interest (CCI) for approval.

It was decided in the meeting to form a committee headed by the home secretary with the purpose to examine and check the results of the census along with ground realities.

The committee will submit its recommendations to the provincial government in this regard.

It was further decided that in case of any reservation regarding the final statistics of the census, the provincial government will take up the matter in the Council of Common Interests.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2023