Sen Taj Haider: “Constituencies can’t be demarcated based on poor and contentious population”

• “Constituencies cannot be demarcated based on the poor and contentious population,” Central Election Cell in charge of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Taj Haider
• Sen Taj Haider claimed that the Council of Common Interests had admitted that the figures obtained in Census 2017 were wrong. Despite Sindh’s vote differences, provisional data for the 2017 census was postponed

KARACHI: “Constituencies cannot be demarcated based on the poor and contentious population,” Central Election Cell in charge of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Taj Haider on Saturday responded to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) verdict about the census in new constituencies, BOL News reported.

According to a report by BOL News, Sen Taj Haider claimed that the Council of Common Interests had admitted that the figures obtained in Census 2017 were wrong. Despite Sindh’s vote differences, provisional data for the 2017 census was postponed.

“The controversial part of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) decision is being implemented, and the agreed part of the re-census is forgotten. The Bureau of Statistics wasted time and is now saying a new census cannot be met before the date given by CCI.
Moreover, Sen Taj Haider claimed that the ECP is forced to use the old population census for elections. “In the global de facto population census system, every political party signed before approving 24th amendment.”
While talking about Sindh’s population, he said that the difference between the population census of Bureau of Statistics and NADRA is about 30 percent.

“In the recent meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Sindh, the Statistical Institute was present. Demographer of Sindh, Dr. Mehtab Karim introduced the census questionnaire based on internationally used forms. This questionnaire had only nine questions out of the 28 questions included in the form prescribed by the Bureau.

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