ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (APP): Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan told the Lower House on Tuesday that the census is being conducted as per the international best practices.
Responding to a calling attention notice moved by Shaista Pervaiz and others regarding non-inclusion of a column for persons with disabilities in the National Census Form, he said it will be a long exercise which will begin next month. He pointed out that two forms that are Form-2 and Form-2(A) have been prepared.
He said Form-2 will be used in main census exercise while information about disabilities will be collected in Form-2(A) in the second phase by sampling.
APP/ Saima /anm/VNS Islamabad
