ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday that the census would prove to be a harbinger of socio-economic change in the country. In a statement, the minister said that it would open up new avenues of planning for the wellbeing and prosperity of the people, in line with the vision of the prime minister. “The successful completion of this national obligation is a great achievement and I congratulate and pay tribute to Ishaq Dar and his team for their unswerving commitment; all those institutions who played their role in the completion of this process; all the teachers and security personnel who through their untiring efforts and hard work made it possible and the entire nation which support this exercise,” she said. Marriyum said that on this occasion the entire nation was praying for those martyrs who sacrificed their lives to make sure that the census was held in a peaceful environment.