WATCH: What questions will be asked in census forms?

KARACHI: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has finalised its arrangements for the long-awaited sixth population census. According to the details, the census team will comprise one civil servant (enumerator) and one army personnel, while both of them will be provided security cover by regional security apparatus such as police and rangers.

The census will start simultaneously in all the provinces and one enumerator will cover two blocks.

The enumerator will spend 14 days in each block, for which three days will be assigned for filing of Form A (House Listing Operation). In this form, area name, building serial number, building type, household serial number, head of the family’s name, CNIC and economic activities of the household are listed.

The next 10 days will be assigned for the filing of form 2. This form will include questions such as names of all the people in the household, their relation with the head of family, gender, age, marital status, religion, nationality, literacy, occupation during the last 12 months, nature of residence, drinking water source, etc.

One day will be assigned for enlisting of homeless population in each block. This is the first time in history that transgender persons and Bedouins will be counted in the country’s population census.

Two days will be given for retrieval of documents and then the enumerator will move to the second assigned block.

This population census will not include Form 2 A. The form included district of birth, duration of resident at the present district, previous district of residence, reason for migration from the previous district, fertility in women of 15 to 45 years, data on live births and disabilities, etc.

The Sindh High Court, however, while hearing a petition, ordered the PBS to add a disability column in the census data collection form.

According to the PBS, one CNIC of a family is mandatory to prove their identity.