PPP moves Sindh High Court against ‘irregularities’ in census procedure

The PPP on Monday challenged the procedure of ongoing census in Sindh High Court (SHC), seeking disclosure of data, collected during the process, DawnNews reported.

The petition was filed against the federal government among others over alleged irregularities in the census procedure.

Talking to reporters after filing the petition, PPP’s Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the party holds reservations over the procedure of the census.

“Access to information is our basic right, whereas, several important parts of information are labelled as confidential in the census,” said Babar.

The data collected in census should be posted on the website immediately so as the people could know that how many houses have been marked in the process of house counting, he demanded.

He feared that people will remain unaware and meanwhile all the information (data) will be sent to Islamabad. He added that citizens should be provided with a copy of the information so as they can tally their statistics at a later stage.

Source: Dawn