ISLAMABAD: PPP Senato
r Farhatullah Babar on Tuesday said t
he next NFC Award needs to be linked to the implementation of sustainable development goals.
He said this at a seminar
organised by the Pop
ulation Council at a hotel in the capital. He proposed that political parties, gearing up for general elections next year, should be urged to make pop
ulation issues part of their manifestos.
“A strong case for national pop
ulation emergency be made by highlighting the acute water scarcity, worsening climate change, massive internal migration of pop
ulation and environmental degradation faced by the country,” he said.
“The provinces should also set up provincial financial commissions and link the
award to regions and districts to the achievements of SDG targets by the local government,” he said.
He said since 2002 Pakistan has been making commitments, announced pop
ulation policy and perspective plans but there has been no tangible progress.
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