ISLAMABAD: The first part of headcount under the second phase of the 6th population census concluded here on Monday which was simultaneously initiated in 88 districts across the country on April 25.
In this part of exercise the enumerators conducted house-listing operations and headcounts in first block, while the process for second block would be kicked off on April 11, official sources said.
The process was conducted in 21 districts of Punjab, 21 districts of Sindh, 17 districts of Balochistan and 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
In addition, the exercise was completed in first blocks of six districts of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), five districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, five districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and one district of Islamabad, official sources said.
As per the activity calendar, the census teams would start House Listing Operation for the second block under Phase-II from May 11 to May 13, followed by filling up form-2 for next 10 days from May 14 to May 23 while the homeless would be counted on May 25.
As per census calendar, the districts to be covered in 2nd Phases in KP include Bannu, Kohat, Karak, Tank, Malakand, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Chitral, Swat, Kohistan, Bunner/Daggar and Shangla.
In FATA, Mohmand Agency, Khyber Agency, Kurram Agency, Bajur Agency, South Waziristan Agency, North Waziristan Agency are being covered during the second phase. In Punjab province, the districts where the population census would be conducted include Mianwali, Bhakkar, Khushab, Sargodha, Chakwal, Jhelum, Sahiwal, Okara, Khanewal, Multan, Sheikhpura, Naknana Sahib, Kasur, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Lodhran and Rawalpindi.
In Sindh, the process is being conducted at Larkana, Jocobabad, Badin, Dadu, Kashmore, Thatta, Sujawal, Mirpur Khas, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tharparkar, Sukkur, Jamshoro, Shikarpur, Tndo Allah Yar, Tnado Muhammad Khan, Shahdadkot, Khairpur, Nausharo Feroz, Matiari and Shaheed Benazirabad.
The districts in Balochistan include Sohbat Pur, Gawadar, Loralai, Qila Saifullah, Kachhi (Bolan), Sibi, Harnai, Barkhan, Sherani, Mastung, Qila Abdullah, Chagahi, Panjgur, Zhob, Ziarat, Khuszdar and Jhal Magsi.
Census under second phase would also be conducted in Neelum, Hattian Bala, Haveli, Poonch and Mirpur districts of AJK and Hunza, Shigar, Kharmang, Astore and Diamer districts of Gilgit-Biltistan.
It is pertinent to mention here that the international observers have termed Population Census process as satisfactory. Six teams of observers who visited different places under United Nations Population Fund (UNFA) across the country and interacted with people reported that census process satisfactory.
