Population pace needs to be checked through mass awareness: President.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr. Arif Alvi Friday while expressing his concern over increasing population, called for checking its current pace of growth by creating awareness among people about its socio-economic implications.

In a meeting with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza, who called on him at Awan-e Sadr, the president asked the Federal Population Task Force to intensify the efforts to achieve its objectives.

President Arif Alvi is the chairman of the task force while chief ministers of four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and seven federal ministers are its members.

The meeting...