60,000 govt employees to take part in Punjab census, says additional chief secretary.

BAHAWALPUR -- As many as 60,000 government employees, including 46,000 enumerators will take part in the 7th population census in Punjab, said Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Saqib Zafar, presiding over a meeting here on Saturday.

The ACS said the census across south Punjab would start from Jan 15.

He said the citizens, by downloading a portal, would be able to upload their data by Jan 30.

He said the census teams would launch a door-to-door campaign by Feb 1 and would complete the survey from March 15 to April 15, while the results of the census could be submitted with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by April 30.

In order to successfully complete the process, Punjab has been divided into 1,1700 circles and 93,746 blocks. In this connection, training workshops for...