BEIJING: Chinese population Officials say it will begin to shrink by 2025 as family sizes get smaller and citizens age. The world’s most populous country is struggling with a demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly aging workforce, a slowing economy, and its weakest population growth for many decades. And although officials have relaxed the strictness of […]
Population
Ulema conference held on population issue
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination in collaboration with the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Monday arranged an Ulema Conference on the population issue. The conference was attended by a score of renowned religious scholars of different schools of thought. Minister for Health, Abdul Qadir Baloch was the chief guest […]
NIPS estimates country’s population around 215.25 million
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) has estimated the population of Pakistan as 215.25 million with the growth rate of 1.80 percent in 2021 and population density of 270 per km according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan announced on Thursday by Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, The country has an […]
A third child? No, thanks, say young Chinese
China wants its women to have more children but for many young people, the government’s big promises of support mean little because of soaring living costs and changing mindsets about families. On Monday, the world’s most populous nation further relaxed its strict family planning controls, allowing couples to have three children after just 12 million […]
PMLN leaders accuse govt of ‘fudging’ economic figures
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-N has said that the federal government of the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf has fudged figures to share ‘plethora of lies’ about its economic performance. Addressing a press conference, former federal minister for finance Miftah Ismail and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair said that the top three indicators of any economy were its GDP […]
Increased cooperation with Iran
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s visit to Tehran is a positive development. Not only is Iran Pakistan’s next door neighbour, it is also a major player on the world stage — despite repeated attempts by Washington to make it a pariah. Both Pakistan and Iran are also affected by many of the same issues, most […]
Increasing population
Sir: If we were to focus on a single issue that has directly caused many of Pakistan’s woes. It would be the sheer number of people now jostling for space and resources. ‘Increasing population dwindling resources’. Even richer countries would struggle to cope with such a rapid increase. Had Pakistan a better record of governance […]
Population bomb
Sir: Pakistan is currently one of the rapidly growing populations of the world and in the South Asian region after Afghanistan, the report said adding that of the total population 64 percent is below the age of 30, and 29 percent is between the ages of 15-29 years. The report presents Pakistan’s human development challenges […]