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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Population growth rate drops to 1.8%

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s growth rate has dropped from 2.1 percent to 1.8 percent per year, according to a Population Ministry official.

“We will achieve our target to bring the rate down to 1.3 percent by 2020,” said the official on Wednesday. “The credit goes to the media as it has adopted an active awareness programme about the implications of over-population to the socio-economic development of the country,” he said.

He said that the ministry was asking people to create a balance between their resources and family size, and that many people were now using birth control measures, which was an indication of the effectiveness and success of the programme. He said that under the leadership of President General Pervez Musharraf, the country was heading towards heightened development and prosperity, and asked the people to support him in the upcoming elections. app
Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk


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