The President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf in his address to the nation, said that 75% of our population lives in villages (rural) while only 25% lives in urban area.
Sir this is not correct. This was the position at the time of partition in 1947. With growth in population the villages are now grown into towns. There has been (and still going on) much migration of the population to cities because of non-availability of basic facilities of health and education in these areas.
In 1989, when the last census was held in Pakistan, the total population was 132.3 million. Out of these some 52.1 million were living in urban areas, making 40% of the population.
After 9 years of population census, the urbanisation must be more than 50%. The Planning Commission and other government departments at federal level must take the above figures into account while planning for future.
The figures can be checked at www.citypopulation.de/PAKISTAN.