Census teams' safety: DGMO contacts Indian counterpart

Dunya News

Pakistani DGMO has demanded off Indian counterpart to check LoC ceasefires

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Director General of Military Operations of Pakistan established a contact with Indian counterpart over the hotline on Tuesday to ensure safety of enumerators and census officials.



Enumerators are visiting villages and rural localities that fall near to the Line of Control and are at constant threat owing to Indian troops’ unprovoked firing.

Pakistani DGMO has demanded off Indian counterpart to check LoC ceasefires to ensure safety of the census teams.

The government launched Pakistan’s sixth census on March 15 that is scheduled to conclude on May 15. It is the first census in Pakistan in the last 19 years.