A ‘Women Convention on Family Planning and Population’ was organized at the Convention Centre Islamabad on Monday, October 16, 2023. The Convention was organized by the Population Program Wing (PPW) of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (M/o NHSRC). The main objective of the Convention was to raise the awareness and knowledge of women, particularly the rural women on population issues and family planning. The target audience for the Convention were the women and mothers, mainly from the rural and peri-urban areas.
The Honourable Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Nadeem Jan, graced the occasion as a Chief Guest. The Federal Secretary for Health, Dr. Iftikhar Ali Shallwani, participated as the Guest of Honour and key note speaker at the Convention.
The Provincial Secretaries Population Welfare Department Sindh, AJK, KP and Gilgit Baltistan participated in the event. Country Director UNFPA and development partners also attended the convention. The event was held with the support of UNFPA.
Addressing the Convention, the Federal Minister for Health, Dr. Nadeem Jan expressed that Population of Pakistan is growing at an alarmingly high growth rate and every year there is addition of around 61,00,000 new individuals in our country. This is more than the size of the total population of countries like Singapore, Denmark and Norway. It means every year we are adding the population more than the Denmark’s population in Pakistan.
