May 2026

The wave of privatization is shrinking public schools

RAWALPINDI: Following the privatization and sale of public schools, Punjab has witnessed a record decline in the number of public educational institutions due to privatization and public-private partnership policies, according to education sector representatives. About three and a half years ago, the province had 47,413 public elementary, middle, high, and high schools. The number has […]

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Adiala prisoners use unique passwords for daily life

Prisoners describe internal culture, expensive facilities and harsh living conditions RAWALPINDI: Originally built in 1986 for 3,000 inmates and later expanded to accommodate 4,000 inmates, Adiala Prison currently houses nearly 7,000 inmates and remands, making it one of the largest prisons in Asia. The prison includes local and foreign prisoners from countries including the US,

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Is this the future of drive-in movies? Huawei’s XPixel smart headlights can project games, TV and more onto any surface – technology demonstrated at the Beijing Auto Show is the first to offer full-color projection

Huawei demonstrated the technology at the recent Beijing Auto Show The XPixel platform is said to be the first automotive lighting system to project full color Outdoor cinema and mobile games may soon be a reality Huawei is set to release the world’s first car headlight system capable of full-color projection. Although the Chinese tech

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Punjab’s enrollment crisis continues to deepen

Experts believe that weak administration, political interference and inadequate budgets worsen the situation LAHORE: Despite Punjab being considered the educational hub of Pakistan, millions of children in the province are still out of school. Government and international reports show that poverty, inflation, shortage of teachers, lack of basic facilities and financial difficulties for parents have

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‘We’re bringing the watch closer to the rest of the Android family.’ Google I/O may have put Wear OS 7 on the sidelines, but an important new update is quietly rolling out – and it’s about artificial intelligence

While Google’s I/O keynote was packed with announcements of big changes to Google Search and Gemini, and features designed to usher in the age of the ‘agentic web’, we didn’t hear much about wearables. However, Google is bringing some changes to Wear OS 7 for users of the top Android watches, with the rollout set

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Bitcoins BTC$77,336.25 recovery from February’s lows, which had begun to look like another bull run, hit a wall last week at the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) located just above $82,000. Since then, prices have pulled back to $77,500 in a move reminiscent of 2022, when a 43% relief rally failed at the same indicator

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KP police seek federal security package

Package to focus on new police stations, strengthening of security infrastructure, establishment of police posts, modern vehicles PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police has formally approached the federal government seeking a special package to deal with the worsening security situation in the province, especially in its most sensitive southern districts. The package is expected to focus on

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