The seventh census in Pakistan has been posted for four months owing to the non-availability of technical equipment. The is also considered as 1st Digital Census of Pakistan.
According to sources, the digital census will now be conducted in the last week of December which was scheduled to take place in the last week of August.
The authorities of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) have to buy 120,000 tablets for the digital census, while the 1st pilot project for the census has already been competed. The government has already released Rs. 5 billion for the Digital Census on the request of the PBS for the procurement of software and equipment.
The results of the digital census were scheduled to be submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by the end of December, but due to delay on the technical basis, now the results will be submitted to the electoral body by March, next year.
Pakistan has successfully completed Pilot project of 1st National Digital Census which is considered to be 7th National Housing and Population census of the country.
