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Balochistan To Digitise Birth And Death Registration

QUETTA: Balochistan government has decided to integrate Bolan Medical Complex and Sandeman Provincial Hospital with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for registration of birth and death certificates, Local Government and Rural Development Secretary Abdul Rauf Baloch said on 13th May. Mr Baloch called the initiative a significant move towards digitisation. “The birth and death certificates have already been…

Countering Pakistan’s Population Explosion

Leading economists of Pakistan say that ‘population explosion’ is one of the biggest — if not the biggest — economic challenges facing the country. Pakistan has the fastest-growing population in South Asia with a fertility rate that is almost twice as high as that of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. A…

Sindh Makes History As It Carries Out Pakistan’s First Real-time Digital Birth Registration

In what is a significant achievement for both the province and the…

Sindh Govt Committed To Inclusivity, Equality and Support For The Differently-abled: CM

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 08-August-2025 celebrated the 78th…

Pakistan to Enter 2026 as Fifth-most Populous Country

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that as Pakistan enters 2026 as the world’s fifth most populous country, with a population exceeding 225 million, high population growth and fertility rates, persistent gender inequality, and rising climate vulnerability, the urgency of addressing population dynamics has intensified. These realities underscore…

Rapid Population Growth most Serious Threat to National Security: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Sociologists and security experts described rapid population growth as one of the most serious threats to Pakistan’s national security, warning that large numbers of out-of-school and unemployed youth undermine human development and increase vulnerability to instability and extremism. The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the…

Pregnancy Without Protection: Pakistan’s Struggle with Population Growth and Maternal Health

35-year-old Gul Rukh Bibi still remembers the silence that followed the birth of her eighth child: there were no congratulations, no whispered prayers, no relatives arriving with sweets. Only the quiet certainty that her life was about to change. Her husband had warned her months earlier that another daughter would…

Tackling Rapid Population Growth has never been a Govt Priority: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Experts at the concluding session of the Population Summit on December 2 said rampant population growth has remained a least priority issue of successive governments as they always focused on their own projection and opposition bashing. Former information and culture minister Mushahid Hussain Sayed, in his keynote address, said…

How Many More Mouths can Pakistan Afford to Feed?

• Planning minister warns country could reach 370m by 2050, with annual addition of 4-4.5m people — equivalent to New Zealand’s population • Population Council chief highlights need for better population management, notes nearly half of 12.7m pregnancies are ‘unwanted or mistimed’ • After leading both countries until 1990, Pakistan’s…

District Vulnerability Index Launched

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the country’s long-term economic prospects depend on effectively confronting the dual national challenges of rapid population growth and climate vulnerability. He made the observation while addressing the launching ceremony of the District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan (DVIP), organised by the Population Council…

Population Surge Declared National Emergency

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers from across Pakistan have called for declaring rapid unsustainable population growth a national emergency and integrating population welfare into all development and policy frameworks. They emphasised that Pakistan’s progress depended on ensuring universal access to education, improving reproductive health services, and empowering local governments to deliver family welfare programs at…

Pakistan Deeper Into Hunger Crisis, Warns GHI

ISLAMABAD: Climate shocks, soaring food prices, and chronic underinvestment in nutrition and health have pushed Pakistan deeper into a hunger crisis, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2025 warns, placing the country among those still facing “serious” levels of hunger despite more than two decades of national and global pledges to…

Sindh Faces Alarming Rise in Unsafe Abortions

KARACHI: Sindh faces a mounting women’s health crisis, with an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 abortions taking place annually — many of them unsafe, unregulated, and life-threatening. This alarming figure, combined with widespread malnutrition and anemia, is placing countless women at risk, medical experts warn. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Dr Mehwish…

Floods Dampen Pakistan’s Growth Outlook

• World Bank cuts forecast by 0.5pc, predicts inflation may shoot to 7.2pc; exports to decline 1.5pc • WB official says removing barriers to women’s participation in job market can boost GDP per capita by 20-30pc ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on October 7 cut its growth forecast for Pakistan by…

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