More population welfare centers to be set up: Minister
By Khalid Amin

ISLAMABAD—Ministry of Population Welfare will expand network of its reproductive health services to far-flung areas in order to provide essential basic health information to maximum people.
Minister for Population Welfare Mir Hamayun Kurd told APP on Tuesday that the number of these reproductive health services was being increased as part of the ministry's efforts to ensure quality life to masses.
He said the ministry had already established international standard centers in Federal Government Services Hospital Islamabad, District Headquarter Hospital Jehlum and one Family Welfare Center each in Noor Pur Shahain, Dina , Talaganh and Jehlum.
He said these centers were providing international standard facilities to masses and that was the reason, he added, these succeeded to achieve ISO certification.
Moreover, he said that ministry had only 2800 population welfare and 300 mobile units with 4200 male motivator who were educating masses on population welfare issues.
He underlined the need for making concerted efforts to meet challenges in wake of the growing population to achieve socio-economic development of the country.
He said that ministry was taking concrete steps to acquire more funds for its programmes in the coming budget in order to effectively complete the projects and succeed in achieving the 1.3 per cent of population growing rate by 2020.
He said that all the programmes were being designed in accordance with the local environment to achieve swift and concrete results of these projects.
Replying to a question, he said that leaders of the PPP and PML(N) were sincerer in their efforts for the reinstatement of deposed judges.
He said that government would take pragmatic steps to launch welfare projects for the welfare of people of Balochistan.
He also asked media, which played a pivotal role in making opinion of masses on issues, to contribute its services towards educating masses on population welfare-related issues to expedite the country's socio-economic development.