ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a Rs7 per unit relief for people who will shift their gas-powered heaters and geysers to electricity during winters. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced this while briefing the media on the decisions taken by the cabinet at a ...

The 2023 general elections will be held on the basis of a new census, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Saturday. Referring to Sindh government’s objections to the last census results, Umar said: "The Sindh government had collected all the census data themselves. ...

BEIJING – China has formally approved an amendment to its laws, allowing couples to have up to three children.  The regulation was passed on Friday at a meeting of the country's top lawmakers, the National People's Congress (NPC). China had back in May this year announced that it would ...

Pakistan’s total population is estimated at over 220 million and it is growing rapidly with an annual fertility rate of 3.6 children per couple, says World Population Data Sheet (2020) released by the US Population Reference Bureau. Pakistan’s population is equivalent to 2.83% of the ...

LAHORE – Provincial Education Minister of Punjab Dr Murad Raas has announced to open separate schools for the transgender community in selected cities of the province and the first of its kind will be established in Multan today. Speaking in a morning show on a private news channel, Raas ...