Digital population, housing census kicks off in Attock.

ATTOCK -- The country's seventh and first-ever digital population and housing census kicks off in Attock. Deputy Commissioner Rao Atif Raza has formally inaugurated the drive by marking a shop.

On this occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner General Waqar Akbar Cheema, Assistant Commissioner Attock Ms Shagufta Jabin, Census Officer Rao Tasleem, DDPR Shehzad Niaz, Nisar Ali Khan, Chief officer Sardar Aftab Khan and other officials were present.

Talking to newsmen, he said that 817 teams of field enumerators will carry out the field operation of the survey across the district. He said that the digital census is aimed at cutting costs and improving accuracy as the evidence-based authentic data as per international standards will be used for delimitation of constituencies in the...