With preparations for the population census entering the final phase the Statistics Department has rejected Senate Standing Committee for Finance’s suggestion of printing separate form for temporary displaced persons (TDPs) of FATA.
The Statistics Department has said that people from FATA will be counted in whatever area of the country they may be. Deliberations over new policy for census in certain agencies of FTA are still underway.
The Senate Standing Committee for Finance had suggested asking FATA people through a separate form whether they are TDPs or not. The authorities of Statistics Department say that as per FATA secretariat the trust of those displaced from FATA has been fully restored and since December 31, 2016 there is no TDP in the country and thus people who has come from FATA will be counted wherever they are living in the country.
According to Statistics Department an extraordinary security plan is being made for census in Karachi. Three security personnel will accompany each two-member counting team. The team will comprise two personnel of army and as many personnel of police and one personnel of the Statistics Department.
