Islamabad. December 1 (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb has proposed to establish separate ministries in the provinces to control the problem of increasing population and said that this year the population of the world will be 8 billion and Pakistan. In the last 75 years, the population of Pakistan has increased from 30 million to 23 million. In 2030, the population of Pakistan is expected to be 263 million and in 2050, it is expected to be 338 million. In terms of population, Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world. has been made, the National Emergency Plan will be given soon to control the growing population,
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a meeting of the National Task Force next week, the provinces have been represented in the National Task Force. He expressed these views while addressing the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Population Council.
The Federal Minister of Information said that like the destruction of climate change, the increasing population is also an alarm, if the population increases, problems like education, health and public services also arise. He said that after the eighteenth amendment, issues like education, health and public services are the responsibility of the provinces.
He said that the population of Pakistan is increasing at the rate of 2% per annum, to deal with these problems, the problem of increasing population has to be dealt with. The Federal Minister of Information emphasized the need to create a national narrative on these issues of national importance and said that all stakeholders should be included in the creation of the narrative. He said that there should be an open discussion on such issues at the government level.
Everyone has to play their role for this. Maryam Aurangzeb said that as a result of natural calamities like floods, the nation recently faced great destruction, children and women in Pakistan were severely affected due to the devastating floods, the goals in the declaration approved by the National Conference held in the Parliament in the past. was clearly determined, the declaration of the conference is also signed by the provinces, the need for revitalization of these goals and recommended measures.
He said that in this way we can achieve the desired goals along with policy making, legislation and narrative creation. He said that in the past, the planning department played a key role in informing the public about this issue. The Federal Minister of Information assured the Population Council of all possible support in creating awareness on digital media and creating a narrative regarding the growing population.
