Peshawar: Peshawar High Court has issued notice to the parties on the petition against population reduction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa census.
A hearing was held on the petition filed against the census in Peshawar High Court.
The petitioner’s stand was that the population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been undercounted in the digital census. Under-representing the population in the census will cause the province to face various problems and will reduce other facilities including development funds. It is unconstitutional for the caretaker Chief Minister to attend the meeting of the Council of Common Interests.
The petitioner’s counsel pleaded that the elections should be held on the old constituencies and re-census should be conducted in the districts which have shown an annual growth of less than 2.55.
The court issued a notice to the parties and asked them to respond at the next hearing.
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