Pakistan, Oct. 12 -- Speakers at the Peshawar Media Coalition Meeting on Reproductive Health and Family Planning called for collective and evidence-based action to address Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) fast-growing population, terming it essential for sustainable development, women's health, and national stability.

The meeting was jointly funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Embassy of the Netherlands, with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) as the implementing partner, said a press release issued here on Saturday.

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister KP on Population Liaquat Ali Khan, in his keynote address, described unchecked population growth as a "serious threat to the country and the planet,...