LHC orders fix of Safe City cameras

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh has directed the authorities concerned to ensure functionalization of a large number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras operated by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA). The court ordered that no development or maintenance projects be launched without PSCA’s approval to prevent damage to its fibre-optic cable … Read more

K-P clears university pension arrears

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Higher Education, Archives and Libraries, Meena Khan Afridi, has announced that funds have now been released for lump-sum payments to university pensioners across the province. In recognition of the development, a special ceremony was held at the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, under the auspices of the Universities Intellectual Forum, where … Read more

Shahid Afridi wins hearts of flood victims with humanitarian service

KARACHI: Former Pakistan Test captain and celebrated all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi has once again stepped into the humanitarian field, visiting communities devastated by recent rains and floods. Afridi, widely known for his charity work through the Shahid Afridi Foundation, travelled with his team to Buner district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) to express solidarity with victims and … Read more

DeepSeek launches faster V3 AI model with China chip support

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released on Thursday an upgrade to its flagship V3 model that the company says has a feature that can optimize it for Chinese-made chips, along with faster processing speeds. The focus on domestic chip compatibility may signal that DeepSeek’s AI models are being positioned to work with China’s emerging semiconductor … Read more

Putin demands Ukraine surrender Donbas and abandon NATO bid, sources say

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters. The Russian president met Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday for the first Russia-US summit in more … Read more