PWD motivating people to keep their family small

LAHORE: Caretaker Provincial Minister for Population Welfare Maqbool Elahi Malik has said the Population Welfare Department (PWD) is of great importance with regards to motivating the people to keep their family small and creating awareness about methods of population welfare.

Addressing a convention of employees of the PWD at the Alhamra Cultural Complex, Gaddafi Stadium, on Thursday, the minister said all possible steps were being taken to provide necessary facilities and improving service structure of the department’s employees.

He feared that if increasing population was not controlled, serious problems could be created due to the population growth. He said people should keep their family according to their economic resources. He said scholars and people associated with the media could play an important role in informing married couples about family planning.

He said the performance of the PWD would be made more effective and that steps were being taken for the promotion of junior employees to next scales.

Population Welfare Secretary Syed Muhammad Hamid, on the occasion, said the service rules of the department had been sent to the government for approval. District Population Welfare Officer Abdul Aleem said family welfare centres had been set up at all hospitals of the Water and Power Development Authority and its Ferozepur Road Hospital had given the best performance. He said 94 welfare centres of the PWD were operating in Lahore. staff report

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