{
  "id": 16464043,
  "title": "500,000 Chromebooks to be distributed among students across country over 2 years, announces PM Shehbaz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/500-000-chromebooks-to-be-distributed-among-students-across-country-16464043",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-25T11:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039718/500000-chromebooks-to-be-distributed-among-students-across-country-over-2-years-announces-pm-shehbaz"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced plans to distribute 500,000 Chromebook laptops to students across the country over a two-year period. This initiative, known as the Prime Minister’s Youth Chromebook Scheme, was launched at a ceremony in Islamabad, where the PM emphasized the importance of providing modern technology to the youth in order to build a brighter future for Pakistan. He stressed that the Chromebooks would enable students to attend school remotely and compete on a global level, regardless of their socioeconomic background.",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "PM Shehbaz launches Chromebook scheme for 500,000 students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/pm-shehbaz-launches-chromebook-scheme-for-500-000-students",
        "published": "2026-10-25T11:06:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Pakistan to give 500,000 Chromebooks to students in two years: Who will qualify?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/pakistan-to-give-500-000-chromebooks-to-students-in-two-years-who",
        "published": "2026-10-25T13:07:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Govt to distribute 500,000 Chromebooks, MiFi devices to students in two years: PM Shehbaz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/govt-to-distribute-500-000-chromebooks-mifi-devices-to-students-in",
        "published": "2026-10-25T13:56:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}