{"id":22811,"date":"2026-07-13T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22811"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:00:35","slug":"rapid-population-growth-continues-in-pakistan-as-government-measures-deemed-inadequate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22811","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Population Growth Continues in Pakistan as Government Measures Deemed Inadequate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Islamabad: Pakistan&#8217;s population continues to grow at a rapid pace, while experts say that government efforts to control population growth have proven insufficient in achieving the desired results.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to experts, Pakistan&#8217;s annual population growth rate stands at 2.55 percent, and the country&#8217;s total population has reached approximately 257.2 million, placing increasing pressure on various sectors.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of birth rate, Pakistan has the highest fertility rate in South Asia. However, available resources are failing to keep pace with the rapidly growing population, leading to rising economic and social challenges. Experts believe that the government&#8217;s population control policies and measures have not been effective.<\/p>\n<p>Sources further stated that provincial population control departments are also facing serious challenges due to inadequate facilities. In Punjab, the Population Welfare Department is reportedly dealing with significant administrative difficulties and challenges related to the integration of employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Islamabad: Pakistan&#8217;s population continues to grow at a rapid pace, while experts say that government efforts to control population growth have proven insufficient in achieving the desired results. According to experts, Pakistan&#8217;s annual population growth rate stands at 2.55 percent, and the country&#8217;s total population has reached approximately 257.2 million, placing increasing pressure on various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[10138,5737,62,7427,13082,86],"class_list":["post-22811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-birth-rate","tag-government-policy","tag-pakistan","tag-population-growth","tag-population-welfare-department","tag-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22813,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811\/revisions\/22813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}