Renowned singer and Pakistan’s goodwill ambassador for population and family planning Shehzad Roy has called attention to the country’s lack of access to contraceptives to help control population growth.
In a tweet, Shehzad said that 17 percent of Pakistani couples want to use contraceptives but can’t get them because of their high cost.
“17% couples in Pak [Pakistan] want to use contraceptive but can’t access it,” he wrote.
He asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin “to waive off tax and give strong message that, exponentially growing pop is a huge issue.”
Shehzad has remained at the forefront of activism for several years.
