PM Khan to address population control conference hosted by CJP

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will address a conference on population control on Wednesday (today) which is being hosted by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar at the Supreme Court. 

According to details, the chief justice will preside the conference while PM Imran Khan will be the chief guest.

The conference, organized by the Law and Justice Commission, encompasses addresses by the chief justice, prime minister and Maulana Tariq Jameel. Other speakers include BISP Chairperson Dr Sania Nishtar and Federal Health Minister Amir Kayani.

After concluding his UK visit for dam fundraising, the top judge had said that a full-fledged campaign be launched countrywide to raise awareness among people regarding bulging population.

Pakistan’s population is swelling at an alarming rate and if measures are not taken it will double in 30 years.

On November 20, the Centre and the provinces decided to form task forces within their jurisdictions to control rapid population growth.

The task forces is headed by the prime minister at the national level and by the respective chief ministers at the provincial levels.

While taking suo motu notice of the unchecked population growth in the country, the Supreme Court in June had constituted a committee to formulate a uniform policy to defuse the population bomb.

Recommendations of population growth task force

1. Establish national and provincial task forces for steering, providing oversight and taking critical decisions to reduce population growth, low fertility rate and increase contraceptive prevalence rate.
2. Ensure universal access to FP/RH services.
3. Federal government to create a five-year non-lapsable special fund for reducing population growth rate with an annual allocation of Rs10 billion. The fund shall be set up exclusively from federal resources without any cut from provincial funds.
4. To introduce and implement legislation for population growth control.
5. To advocate and communicate a national narrative of reducing population growth rate and achieve socio-economic well-being for all.
6. Introduce curriculum on health, hygiene and population control in the primary, secondary, college and universities.
7. Contraceptive commodity security.
8. Joint declaration of Ulema made at Population Summit-2015, Islamabad to be widely advocated.