PoliticsPakistan census sparks accusations of manipulation
Election delay, Balochistan province's missing 7 million raise questions
A government worker collects census data in Lahore on March 1: Pakistan's latest census has been dogged by accusations of deliberate undercounting of people in some parts of the country. © AP
ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer
August 11, 2023 15:20 JST
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's outgoing government is taking criticism for allegedly using the recent national census to delay elections for its own benefit, while a curious sudden reduction of the population in the southwestern province of Balochistan has sparked protests.