KARACHI: Tensions between private schools and the Sindh government over the verification of free education lists eased on Tuesday after a detailed meeting between the Grand Alliance of Private Schools Associations and provincial education authorities. The alliance had announced a strike on January 9 in protest of the verification process, citing concerns about harassment of […]
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300 cases of dog bites reported in first five days of 2026, most victims aged two or under KARACHI: As many as 300 dog bite cases were reported at Indus Hospital in Korangi during the first five days of the new year, highlighting a worrying rise in attacks by stray dogs in several neighborhoods in
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed on Tuesday that privatization of loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs) remains a top priority for the government, highlighting the sale of 75 percent of PIA shares as a first step in a broader reform effort. Chairing a high-level meeting on the affairs of the Privatization Commission at the Prime Minister’s House,
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Maelstrom, the investment fund founded by Arthur Hayes, is starting 2026 with what Hayes calls “near maximum risk” exposure, extending an aggressive stance taken in the second half of last year and pointing to minimal exposure to the stablecoin. Hayes said Maelstrom remains deep in risk assets, but with a refined focus on privacy coins
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Lenovo ThinkCentre X Tower 1TB AI Fusion Card enables local post-training for massive models Dual RTX 5060 Ti cards provide 32GB of VRAM for extended context lengths The Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU and 256 GB memory prevent bottlenecks in preprocessing At CES 2026, Lenovo unveiled the ThinkCentre X Tower, its latest workstation-class desktop computer
An image of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft. — APP/file Pakistan International Airlines has long been more than an airline. It has been a fluid metaphor for the Pakistani state itself, born as a symbol of national ambition and technical prowess, which gradually turned into a fiscal albatross, year after year circling the public
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The ThinkCentre X AIO Aura Edition integrates a square screen into a complete all-in-one desktop Intel Core Ultra X7 processors drive performance within a fixed workstation form factor DeskView software extends the screen’s purpose beyond conventional screen use At CES 2026, Lenovo unveiled the ThinkCentre X AIO Aura Edition, an all-in-one desktop PC built around
Filecoin FILE$1.5654 advanced 6% in 24 hours, outpacing gains in the broader crypto market. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index, added 4.6%. The storage token carved out a $0.19 range and hit a high of $1.68 before settling into a tighter $1.56-$1.60 band, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model
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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched an integrated automation suite MAKTAB to transform universities by elevating their core academic, administrative and financial functions. MAKTAB is an integrated suite comprising SAP-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Student Lifecycle Management System (SLcM) and Blackboards Learning Management System (LMS), implemented across 25 public universities under the World Bank-funded Higher
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. Advisor to the Prime Minister and senior PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah. Photo: APP/ File ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the prime minister on political affairs Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday called on the PTI to abandon its “hostile attitude” towards the state, warning that continued confrontation could undermine party founder Imran Khan’s political influence, destabilize the Khyber
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