Pakistan conducts 1st digital nationwide census

ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has enumerated over 170 million people so far since its ongoing first-ever digital population and housing census started late last month, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Thursday.

The PBS said that history is in the making as "we continue to reach milestones and exceed targets for Pakistan's first-ever digital census" which is also the 7th overall census of the South Asian country.