ISLAMABAD : Supreme Court while giving two weeks time to the government directed it to submit time frame for fresh population census in the country on a suo motu case against delay in holding population census.
An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the suo moto case against delay in holding population census.
During the hearing of the case, the federal government counsel assured the court the government would hold census in March 2018. However, the court rejected the assurance and directed the government to submit exact date and time frame of census in black and white to the court.
The CJP observed that census had not been held for the last 18 years. He questioned that whether the 2018 election would also be held as per the present delimitation.
The court directed the government to inform it about the exact date and time-frame of population census.
