Sustainable growth not possible without addressing increasing population issue: Qadir.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday said addressing the issues related to the increasing population was the need of the hour to promote sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.

Addressing a seminar on the occasion of World Population Day, the minister said the government was committed to check the increasing population in the country by implementing global obligations for addressing poverty, health problems, illiteracy, and violation of human rights.

He said the government had given top priority to the subject of population and its development in order to address the matters related to the country's population inclusively.

He expressed the hope that Pakistan would take every step possible to fulfill its international commitments and implement the National Action Plan on population while taking all stakeholders and implementing partners on board.

The minister highlighted the need for raising awareness about family planning among the citizens to control the exponentially rising population of Pakistan.

He urged the provincial governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector to join hands with the Federal Government to advance the agenda of population and development in the country.

He said the World Population Day was annually...