A sensitization workshop on 7th Digital Population and Housing Census, 2022, was hosted by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) at a local hotel Gilgit. According to the press release, PBS has already hosted similar sensitization workshops at Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and AJK.
These workshops covered the tools, techniques, methodology and actions to be taken by provinces for smooth execution of the upcoming census. Keeping in view the purpose of the workshops Chief Secretaries, relevant secretaries, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and other provincial functionaries were invited to these workshops.
Therefore, the workshops not only brought clarity in role of provinces in census process but were useful for confidence building of provinces. Mr. Iqbal Hussain, Secretary home and Prison/ Census Commissioner, Gilgit Baltistan, was chief guest on the occasion. The workshop was attended by Secretary Local Government/ RD, SMBR, Special Secretaries, Add Secretaries, Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners from the province.
In his welcoming address, Chief Statistician PBS, Dr.Naeemuz Zafar, gave the background and introduction of Census. He highlighted importance of census with the role of provinces in its success. He informed the participants that the provinces are significant stake holders having key role of planning, training, implementation, and monitoring in the census, whereas, PBS will coordinate and facilitate the smooth.
