The second phase of the 6th population census has started in Khyber Agency on Tuesday that will continue till May 25. According to the official of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, in the second phase, census will be conducted in 21 districts in Punjab and Sindh each, twelve in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six Agencies of FATA, seventeen in Balochistan, five each in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and 4509 blocks in Rawalpindi.
The official further said that the whole agency had been divided into 25 circles and 670 blocks. For the purpose 341 teams of enumerators had been constituted that would execute duties under six charge superintends and 45 supervisors. Services of 531 Khasadar or Levies and 680 Frontier Corp (FC) had been hired to carry out the process peacefully, the official maintained.
Foolproof security measures have been finalised to conduct census in a proper manner. In the first phase, held from March 15 to April 15, census carried out in 16 districts of Punjab, eight districts of Sindh, 14 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkwa, 15 districts of Balochistan, five districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, five districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and one agency of Fata.