ISLAMABAD – The Council of Common Interests meeting considered the issue ofrapid population growth of the country which currently stands at 207.8million with a growth rate of 2.4% per annum.
It was decided to constitute National and Provincial Task Forces, to beheaded by the Prime Minister at the national level and by the respectiveChief Ministers at the provincial levels.
The Task Forces will consider the recommendations made by the Task Forceconstituted earlier on the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and willsubmit a comprehensive Action Plan to the CCI, taking into account thefuture implementation strategy, the financial aspects and other issuesrelating to garnering support of all segments of society for the success ofa comprehensive population control program.
The meeting was attended by Ministers for Inter-Provincial Coordination,Finance, Law, Privatization, all four Chief Ministers, Advisor to PrimeMinister on Commerce and other senior officials.