Have one child, get free education

Islamabad, June 15 (UNI) In a bid to promote family planning, the Pakistan government has announced it will bear the expenses of students from single-child families.

Polulation Minister Chaudhary Shahbaz Hussain told the state-owned Pakistan Television that the budget for the next fiscal offered a lot of incentives for the parents who followed the population welfare policies of the government.

To make the ongoing population welfare campaign more effective and result-oriented, the minister would visit the Northern Areas, Pakistan occupied Kashmir and tribal regions from July 15 .

He said that the government had a political commitment to control population and provide a better standard of living, adding that the high population growth was affecting its efforts in providing people with health cover, education, housing, jobs and foodstuff.

Stating that the government was committed to bridging the gap between resources and the population, Mr Hussain said, ''We should educate and teach people that a small family can prosper in a better way.'' UNI XC SB DB1254