Speakers call for action against population growth
MIR Khalil-ur-Rehman Memorial Society (MKRMS) in collaboration with the Punjab Welfare Department and United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) organised a seminar ‘Role of Parliamentarians and Public Representatives in Development of Population Welfare’ at a local hotel on Monday.
Punjab Population Welfare Secretary Rao Manzar Hayat, Punjab Population Welfare Deputy Secretary General Insha Tahir, MPAs Dr Saeed-un-Nabi, Ali Asghar Munda, Sakina Shaheen, Rana Tanvir Nasir Advocate, Faiza Malik, Nasim Khawaja, Uzma Bukhari, Nazir Anjum, Dr Ashraf Chohan, Haji Allah Rakha, Malik Iqbal, Shamsa Gohar and Anjum Safdar and Gujrat University Vice Chancellor Dr Nizam Ahmad and Dr Hafeez were among the prominent speakers.
They said that population growth rate in the developing countries was three to seven percent whereas it was 0.5 percent in Japan, 0.3 pc in Germany, 0.1 pc in England and 1 percent in the US.
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Speakers call for action against population growth
The News (Pakistan)
