ISLAMABAD: The fertility rate in Pakistan fell from six live births per woman to 3.6 per woman in the past 30 years. According to the World Fertility Report of the United Nations, the rate in Pakistan decreased to 3.6 in 2024 which was 6 in 1994. This rate in 2023 was 3.2 per woman, which […]
ISLAMABAD: Power distribution companies have submitted applications to NEPRA to transfer more than Rs52 billion relief to the public under the quarterly adjustment. The impact of the closure of five Independent Power Producers (IPPs) is about to begin in the shape of relief in power bills of consumers. According to NEPRA, applications for relief of
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban regime took over management of Kabul’s famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency. The Kabul Serena Hotel was run for nearly 20 years by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in the Afghan capital and was popular with business
CHITRAL: A lawyer belonging to the Koghuzi village of Chitral has been arrested under the blasphemy law and PECA 2016. The case against Shamsul Islam was registered under section 298-A of Pakistan Penal Code and section 10-A of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016. Section 298-A is applied when a person disrespects the wives,
PESHAWAR: The KP government has launched a scholarship program under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Foundation for students of higher educational institutions. In this regard, a ceremony was held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Peshawar chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur and attended by Minister for Higher Education Meena Khan Afridi, Secretary Higher
