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SC asks govt, civil society and religious scholars to tackle issue of increasing population
[DAWN] The Supreme Court on Tuesday in its verdict in a suo motu...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... case on the increasing population said that the government, civil society and religious scholars should all take steps to tackle the issue. A three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, was hearing the case. Population control is the latest campaign the SC has extended its support to. According to the 2017 census, which was held after a gap of 19 years, the country’s population is approximately 207,774,520 living in 32,205,111 households. The results show that Pakistain has moved up the ladder becoming the fifth most populous nation only behind India, China, the United States and Indonesia. Top government officials have decided to reduce the population growth rate of 2.4 per cent per annum to 1.5pc. The SC in its verdict today observed that an increasing population is a stress on the country's resources and likened the growth to an kaboom. "We need a campaign to decrease the population," the court said. "It is a question of the future of our coming generations." "The entire nation must stand united on the matter of population planning," said chief justice Nisar, who has termed unbridled population growth as the "most disastrous issue" for Pakistain. Posted by: Fred 2019-01-16 |
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