KARACHI: The first day of head count of the sixth population census started in 7000 blocks of Karachi on Saturday.
65% of the house count was completed by enumerators in the first phase of data collection.
A representative of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics told media that the house count exercise will be completed along with the headcount data collection in different areas of Karachi.
A central control room is formed to monitor the data collection exercise in the office of SP Gulberg, Central District.
Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad that no changes will be made to the data collection forms as per the Supreme Court’s directives.
“The appointed officers are already in the field. Data for specially-abled and transgender persons will be manually recorded through new codes,” said Bajwa. “Even the Supreme Court has accepted that it is impossible to change the forms at this stage,” he added.
The chief census commissioner added that due to the availability of armed forces for a lesser period of time, some important services were postponed. “The forces were made available for 10 days this time; last time we had their services available for 15 days,” Bajwa said.
