The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has initiated population and housing census in snowbound areas of Upper and Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to details, the population and housing census in said districts will continue till July 25, 2023.
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics decided that last year`s entire census process will not be cancelled and it would be carried out afresh in snowbound and areas with irregularities only.
The teams are dispatched to entire 377 blocs, where Census would be completed.
The PBS officials have urged the people of said areas to cooperate with teams.—INP