Originally Posted by redmax

I feel utterly miserable to read a presumptuous and prejudicial post that carries no weight either in words or facts. On behalf of those who are being wrongly alleged, I categorically reject the rumours intended to mislead the otherwise innocent people of the largest province. Consider the facts below;

1. The census teams which enlist houses and family members are under no coercion whatsoever and are working freely around the country except tribal areas.

2. The census is supervised by the team of experts and monitored at national level by various organizations.

3. The population growth whatever % it may show is based on the calculations of the survey and NOT mere assumptions.

4. Factors which are responsible for the hike in population are;
A) High influx of internal immigrants from Swat and other regions.
B) Less effective and almost invisible population control strategy

5. In Punjab, since the literacy ratio is relatively high and the population control mechanism is widely implemented, the results are successful barring of the unchecked growth, though it's still 32% which seems relatively high.

6. There's no denying to the decade old fact that Punjab is the most populous province and it gets the lion's share from the national exchequer.


Considering the facts, no laymen would be naive enough to let any so called sociologist mislead him/her to a prejudicial conclusion.

And to you Mr. Sociologist,
A mere degree in Sociology doesn't entitle you to formulate assumptions which are unfounded. Being taught in sociology, you're rather expected to conduct a survey yourself, do some research out of the newspaper, and bring your mind to light.


[P.S the link provided takes you to Epaper of Dawn. It contains no news item to substantiate your allegation.]

Regards,