ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Tuesday said the next NFC Award needs to be linked to the implementation of sustainable development goals. He said this at a seminar organised by the Population Council at a hotel in the capital. He proposed that political parties, gearing up for general elections next year, should be urged to make population issues part of their manifestos. “A strong case for national population emergency be made by highlighting the acute water scarcity, worsening climate change, massive internal migration of population and environmental degradation faced by the country,” he said. “The provinces should also set up provincial financial commissions and link the award to regions and districts to the achievements of SDG targets by the local government,” he said. He said since 2002 Pakistan has been making commitments, announced population policy and perspective plans but there has been no tangible progress.