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Field Marshal Munir Joins Committee to Slash Pakistan Births

7/10/2026

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Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir was appointed to a high-level committee to curb Pakistan’s population growth.
The committee, led by Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal with finance and planning ministers, will address the birth rate.
The government proposes lowering the National Finance Commission’s population-based resource share, currently 82 %, to 50 %.
The health ministry, noting Pakistan’s 6.7 million annual births, will drop contraceptive taxes and aims to cut births by 1.5 million.

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Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir was appointed to a high-level committee to curb Pakistan’s population growth.
The committee, led by Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal with finance and planning ministers, will address the birth rate.
The government proposes lowering the National Finance Commission’s population-based resource share, currently 82 %, to 50 %.
The health ministry, noting Pakistan’s 6.7 million annual births, will drop contraceptive taxes and aims to cut births by 1.5 million.