Islamabad: The population of Pakistan now stands at 207 million, according to the official results of the last survey.
The country’s population, as per final results of census 2017, “is 207.68 million with a population growth rate of 2.40 per cent from 1998 to 2017,” the country’s statistical authority said on Wednesday.
More than 106.3 million people in Pakistan are men and 101.3 are women, according to the 2017 census data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The number of transgender persons in the country is 21,744. More than 60 per cent or 132 million Pakistanis reside in the rural region while the urban population is 75.6 million.
The final results of the survey were released after more than three years due to objections from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
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Money flowing to stop future flooding
The Australian Government is providing $50 million for projects across the country under the National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program, Minister for Emergency Management, David Littleproud, announced today.
The Australian Government will fund or co-fund 22 separate projects in each state and territory to assist our communities to prepare for future flood events.
“We’re taking these steps to protect Australian communities, individuals and businesses from an increasingly complex natural hazard environment,” Minister Littleproud said.
“Communities are going to see the benefits from this program through a reduction in the impacts of major flooding events, with additional benefits such as lower insurance costs and local job creation,” he said.
Every state and territory has different laws. - by Faye Couros 07 May 2021
In Australia, some legislative duties fall to states and territories because of the federal structure of our government - and this is the case when it comes to consent laws.
WATCH: Moving the line by The Good Society.
Not many people know what the laws are and let alone that other states and territories do not prescribe to the same status quo.
But before we get into that, let s look into what consent means.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network called
RAINN in America sights sexual consent as an agreement between participants to engage in sexual activity.
Okowa’s administration making impact through technical education ― Aniagwu
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By Festus Ahon, Asaba
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration has made a lot of impact in human capital development with the revamping of the six existing technical colleges and the building of additional nine new ones.
Aniagwu who stated this at a post Exco press briefing in Asaba said the approval was given for the commencement of a new cycle for the Rural Youths Skill Acquisition (RYSA) and the Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (GEST) programmes.
The Commissioner for Information who was flanked by his Youths Development counterpart, Comrade Ifeanyi Egwunyenga and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, explained that the approval followed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s desire to upscale the number of intakes for the various job creation programmes.