QUETTA: A function was held in connection with World Population Day at Municipal Committee Loralai on Thursday.
Addressing at the ceremony, the chief guest Afzal Khan Umankhail said that after stopping the rampant increase in population through family planning, it would be possible to provide education, health and other basic necessities of life by using the limited resources in a better way.
Other participants included MS Teaching Hospital Lorelai. PPHI Officer MND Officer Akhtar Muhammad Assistant Director Municipal Committee Amanullah Utmanakhail District Population Officer Zakaria, Khan Mandukhail Incharge RHS Dr. Nasreen Gul. Ms. Dr. Nigat of the Health Department expressed their opinions.
The speakers said that various economic, social, educational and health problems were being faced due to increasing population and scarcity of resources.
Therefore, there is a need to take appropriate intervals between the births of the children so that both the mother and the child would remain healthy and other h
ealth problems such as maternal mortality and neonatal mortality and malnutrition would be reduced, they said.
They said that the Government of Balochistan was providing reliable and free family planning facilities throughout the province through the Population Welfare Department.
The speakers said that all possible resources were being utilized to expand the scope of family planning services, facilities were being provided to men along with women to realize the dream of a balanced family.