On one hand, the population of Pakistan is increasing ex­ponentially around 241.5 million and on the other hand, the lack of resources is on the rise. Pakistan has con­sumed around 81% of available crude oil re­serves and 69% of cu­mulative gas reservoirs. A few days ago, during the hearing of a petition re­garding preventive measures for smog, the Lahore High Court had expressed concern about run­ning out of water in Lahore in the next four years. Since funds are al­ready scarce for food, employment, housing, education and health facil­ities in the country and if the pop­ulation continues to grow at the same rate, the standard of living is likely to fall even further.

It is strange that the world is tak­ing more than one step to control growing population but nothing is being done in our country except to express concern. Any program of population control has not been inculcated in the agenda of polit­ical parties, indicating that such politicos are neither aware of its importance nor capable of formu­lating an effective strategy. If Pak­istan’s pressing population crisis and other related problems are to be addressed at a public level then it has been done by our honorable judiciary. The population survey in Pakistan has........

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