ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 (APP): The process of 7th Population and Housing Census, being conducting digitally for the first time in country’s history, has been going on smoothly all across the country, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported here Thursday.
“The overall progress and speed of the census process is very encouraging and satisfactory,” PBS said in a press statement issued here.
The process includes option for self-enumeration, which was made available from February 20, 2023 till March 10, 2023, and field operations of house listing and enumeration commenced from March 1st, 2023 and will continue till April 4, 2023.
Conducting census digitally ensures transparency, data driven procedures, real time monitoring of progress through geo-tagging using GIS systems, and wider acceptability of census results, said PBS press statement.
It said, structures were listed from March 1st to March 10, 2023 during which all the residential and economic units were geo tagged along-with classification of economic activities as per international standard.
It said, the self-enumeration portal was very well received by people who have enumerated themselves using the portal launched and this method was optional.
Currently, the final phase of the census i.e. enumeration is ongoing starting from March 12, 2023 and would continue till April 4, 2023. In this phase the data about household members and their demographic characteristics, various Socio-Economic Indicators as well as Housing characteristics are being collected.
PBS technical team are analyzing and assessing the data and trends on day to day basis to ensure quality of the data and progress in identified 291 blocks all over the Pakistan . Physical verification and digital monitoring is being used for quality assurance.
PBS has established 495 Census Support Centers (CSC) at Census District level and 495 Census Support Centers (CSC) at tehsil level where over 1095 IT experts of NADRA and PBS team are available 24/7 for technical assistance and facilitation of field staff.
The control room has been established at CSC level which facilitates census field staff during field operation and for this purpose NADRA technical teams are available to redress all the IT related issues.
A call center is working 24/7 to redress the all through toll free number is 0800-57574 for facilitation, assistance and suggestions.
It said, certain quarters were spreading false and misinformation adding information shared on PBS website and official social media should be believed and considered.
