Overview
- At the University of Haripur, the prime minister kicked off PM Laptop Scheme 2025 distribution and stressed merit-based selection.
- He announced plans to send students to Europe and China for artificial intelligence training, with selections drawn from all provinces on merit.
- New development pledges for Haripur include a Daanish School with separate boys’ and girls’ campuses, a women’s campus at the university, and a Haripur Bridge to improve access.
- The premier said the scheme will expand across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and claimed the economy has been pulled back from the brink of default, while also recalling May’s India clash in remarks reflecting official Pakistani accounts of an 87‑hour conflict ending with a US-brokered ceasefire.
- Provincial efforts gathered pace as Punjab’s chief minister distributed laptops and scholarships, declared 2026 the ‘Year of Youth,’ and announced IT cities, an AI center in Lahore, and 100,000 student e-bikes.