The second day of the Pakistan Population Summit is beginning in Islamabad shortly. The summit focuses on Pakistan population growth challenges. , it brings together politicians, economists, and ...

Urbanisation patterns over the past two decades dictate that the future is decidedly city-bound. The UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022 shows that the global urban population will increase from 54 ...

Population growth, when unaccompanied by strong human development, traps an economy in a cycle of low productivity and low investment. It is good to see that the Dawn Media Group has launched a ...

Pakistan's poverty rate hits 28.9 percent, up from 21.9 percent in 2018-19; over 28.9 percent population lives below poverty line. The national poverty headcount stands at 28.9 percent of the ...

Pakistan is one of the most populated countries in the world. Last week, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released a provisional report of the country’s sixth population census. According to the ...

Pakistan's population has surged past 257 million despite slowing growth and fertility rates, posing serious challenges for the country's fragile infrastructure and economic stability. According to ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday termed Pakistan’s rapid population growth an alarming national challenge, stressing that every segment of ...

ISLAMABAD: The two-day “Pakistan Population Summit” began in Islamabad on Sunday, focusing on the urgent need to recognise population planning as an investment in the country’s development. The event, ...

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has flagged a fundamental flaw in the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, warning that the heavy reliance on ...

Without sustained efforts to introduce population control, Pakistan is unlikely to prosper along the lines envisioned by P.M. Imran Khan Writing in daily Dawn on Feb. 2, columnist Zahid Husain ...