Our Correspondent
Mirpur
Expressing concern over the increased population in Pakistan, speakers including experts at a grand seminar here opined that the population of the country may swell to double by 2030 if scientific methods were not immediately adopted towards the proper population planning harmonious to the immediate need of progress and prosperity of the country in line with the teachings of Islam.
“The grand ceremony of regional and national significance was held under the auspices of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the coordination of Federal Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination, Govt of Pakistan and the AJK Azad Jammu & Kashmir Population Welfare Department.
Vice Chancellor of the State-run Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) Mirpur Prof. Dr. Habib ur Rehman was the chief guest on this occasion with Secretary Population Welfare Department of AJK Government Raja Muhammad Razaq in the chair.
The event titled “Awareness Seminar For Ulema and Academia on Family Planning’’ was attended and addressed among others by leading scholars and ulema besides lady doctors from local medical colleges to move their respective input in the backdrop of the fast emerging multiple issues following the increased population in the country including AJK with prime focus to raise awareness among the ulema and scholars on population planning to ensure their due vibrant role to help combat the situation in the perspective of Islam.
Besides the chief guest Prof. Dr. Habib ur Rehman, (Sitara e Imtiaz) Vice Chancellor Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) and the chair – Secretary Population Welfare Department of AJK Govt. Raja Muhammad Razaq, leading ulema and scholars including Mufti Nazir Ahmed Qadri, Director Religious Affairs of AJK, Moulana Sahibzada Iftikhar Ali Hashmir, Allama Muhammad Bashir Attari, Qari Muhammad Naseem, Dr. Rubeena, Associated Professor Muhiud Din Medical College Mirpur, Dr. Saima, Associate Prof. Mohterma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College Mir;ur, Prof. Dr. Sajaad Ahmed, Assistant Professor MUST varsity, Moulana Prof. Imran Ahmed and others.
Addressing the seminar, Vice Chancellor MUST Prof. Dr. Habib ur Rehman said that increased population of Pakistan was a big challenge to both the nation and the country since it was directly affecting welfare and progress of the nation as a whole, he observed.
He continued that since the resources were being mostly utilized on the population, the county may not enter in the ranks of the developed nations unless proper planning was devised to overcome the increased population on scientific grounds.
