Mian Rashid Asghar
FAISALABAD: Under the arrangements of District Population Welfare Department, an awareness walk was held in connection with population welfare week celebrations. Addl. Deputy Commissioner HQ Mian Aftab Ahmad and MPA Dr. Najma Afzal jointly led the walk. District Officer Population Welfare Gufran Hussain Saqib Warraich, officers and civil society were also participated the walk. The walk started from District Council Chowk and culminated at same point after passing through Khaleeq Qureshi road and Katcheri Bazar Chowk.
The participants of walk hold banners & placards inscribed the slogans of importance of small family and issues confronted to the nation due to the rapidly increasing population. ADC HQ stressed upon maintaining matter and child health by following the population welfare program. He said it was prerequisite to invest for the good health and education of the daughters for the welfare of coming generations and prosperity of the society. He appreciated the step of conducting an awareness walk regarding population welfare program and vowed for expanding the population welfare program in the coming days. He said that fastly increasing population was swallowing the available resources and we should consciously follow the population welfare program to overcome the problems of education, health, employment and other social issues. MPA Dr. Najma Afzal said that balance between the population and resources was imperative for the durable development and progress therefore everyone should collectively strive to overcome the challenges and proactive try to curb rampant population growth.
He said that under the leadership of CM Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, the Punjab govt. was following comprehensive policies or the success of program, however people should thought seriously regarding importance of small family and issues confronted to the nation due to the rapidly increasing population. District Officer Population Welfare gave details of departmental performance and informed the schedule of events of population welfare week. He said that an awareness programs had been arranged with the cooperation of clerics, teachers, homeopathic doctors, beauticians, media and other segment of society besides holding of baby shows and other programs for promoting population welfare program.