ISLAMABAD: The country’s first ever digital population and housing census began across the country on Wednesday.

One hundred and twenty-one thousand field enumerators will carry out the field operation of survey. The process will be completed by April 1. The data collected will be released by April 30 which will then be approved by the Council of Common Interests (CCI).

The evidence-based authentic data as per international standards will be used for delimitation of constituencies in the next general elections as well as for public policy planning. The census teams will be monitored by geo mapping and geo tagging data of SUPARCO and administration officials of respective province, division, district and tehsil.