The District Population Welfare department organized an awareness discussion with media persons at a local hotel. District Officer of Population Welfare Malik Aftab Awan, In-charge APP Station Sargodha division Makhdoom Shah Latif, Secretary General Press Club Rana Sajid Iqbal and reporters of various news channels and newspapers participated in the awareness discussions.
Speaking on the occasion, District Officer of Population Welfare Malik Aftab Awan said that the rapid increase in population is negatively impacting the country’s economy, and it is important to emphasize on the education and proper upbringing of children as well as the importance of spacing between childbirths.
Malik Aftab Awan said that a balanced family, easy life and a healthy society, prosperous Pakistan was the best slogan of the Population Welfare Department which needed to be followed. He said that a total of 942 surgery cases were conducted under Population Welfare department during a year from July 2022 to April 2023 while a total of 410,987 clients attended the Service Delivery Outlets in the district in which 286,644 family planning users,49,691 mother, child health clients and 74,652 general patients included.