Caretaker CM KP formally launches digital census

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammed Azam Khan has officially launched a digital census in the province as part of the 7th national census in the country.

In this connection, a ceremony was held here at Chief Minister House Peshawar on Wednesday which was also attended by the authorities of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan kicked off the census by writing enumeration numbers at the gate of Chief Minister House, Peshawar.

Speaking on the juncture, the caretaker Chief Minister said that census is of vibrant importance with regard to inclusive planning for national development adding that equitable distribution of resources, as well as development strategies, are planned on the basis of statistics obtained through the census.