Pakistan is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years for which it will deploy nearly 200,000 troops.<br/><br/>Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor and Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb addressed a joint conference about preparation for the sixth census, which will be conducted in two phases and will be completed on May 25. The national census will be conducted from Wednesday. <br/><br/>Aurangzeb said that administrative and security arrangements have been made for the population and housing census. She said that the first phase will start from March 15 and conclude on April 15. After a ten-day gap the second phase will start from April 25 and conclude on May 25.'<br/><br/>Aurangzeb said that there will be imprisonment of six months and Rs 50,000 fine if wrong information is given. Islamabad last conducted a census in 1998, which recorded a national population of approximately 180 million at that time.