{"id":23623,"date":"2025-01-07T05:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T05:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23623"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:00:08","slug":"fm-finance-for-tackling-challenges-of-rapid-population-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23623","title":{"rendered":"FM Finance for tackling challenges of rapid population growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250106-WA0021-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250106-WA0021-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250106-WA0021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250106-WA0021-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250106-WA0021.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Population Council delegation calls on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : A delegation of Population Council led by President Dr. Rana Hajjeh called on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb at the Finance Division.<br>The meeting, also attended by Dr. Zeba Sathar, Country Director of the Population Council, and senior officers from the Ministry of Finance, focused on the critical issues surrounding population growth, demographic change, and their implications for Pakistan&#8217;s development and economic growth.<br>During the meeting, Minister Aurangzeb emphasized the significant challenges posed by rapid population growth, particularly in the context of the country&#8217;s development goals. He stressed the need for a sustained, long-term, and evidence-based approach to understanding and addressing population dynamics. He called for integrating these dynamics into planning across key sectors such as health, education, employment, urbanization, and the environment, as a means to unlock the full potential for socio-economic development.<br>Dr. Hajjeh and Dr. Sathar provided insights into the Population Council\u2019s ongoing research and initiatives aimed at addressing these issues. The delegation reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Pakistan\u2019s efforts in crafting comprehensive, data-driven policies to ensure the country\u2019s demographic transition aligns with sustainable development.<br>The meeting marks a significant step in fostering collaboration between the Population Council and the Ministry of Finance in tackling the challenges of population growth and its impact on Pakistan&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Population Council delegation calls on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Islamabad : A delegation of Population Council led by President Dr. Rana Hajjeh called on Federal Minister for Finance&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[103,2141],"class_list":["post-23623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-federal-minister-for-finance","tag-population-coalition-of-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23625,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23623\/revisions\/23625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}