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Trump Push to Jail Foes Takes Darker Turn—and GOP Senators Are Rattled

Donald Trump just named William Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing the outgoing Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte is best known for abusing his administration position to ransack the mortages of Trump’s enemies for fake pretexts to get them prosecuted and jailed. In today’s episode, University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman argues that the office of DNI could be put to even…

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Prince Rahim winds up Pakistan visit after week of meetings with political leadership, development assurances

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V on Tuesday departed Pakistan after completing a week-long visit, during which he met the country’s top political leadership and affirmed his commitment to development in the country.

He was seen off by at the Nur Khan airbase by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, who posted on X that Prince Rahim’s visit would play an “important role in…

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Prince Aga Khan assures KP CM Sohail Afridi of investment in the province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday met visiting Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V at the Lower Chitral Airport, where the latter assured him of investment in the province.

Prince Rahim arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a week-long visit — his first to the country since being named the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community last year.

Speaking to reporters during a…

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Pakistan announce ticketing details for Australia ODI series

LAHORE: Tickets for the upcoming Pakistan-Australia ODI series have gone on sale, with prices starting at Rs200, organisers said on Friday.

Fans can purchase tickets online as well as from 16 designated centres across Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

According to details, eight courier centres have been set up in Lahore, five in Rawalpindi and three in Islamabad to facilitate ticket…

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Prince Rahim Aga Khan arrives in Gilgit-Baltistan

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V reached Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday where he is expected to attend public gatherings and address different ceremonies.

Prince Rahim arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a week-long visit — his first to the country since being named the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community last year.

State broadcasters _PTV News_ and Radio Pakistan reported that he was…

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At breakfast meeting hosted by PM, Aga Khan expresses desire to continue cooperation with Pakistan

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V on Thursday expressed the desire to continue cooperation with Pakistan in various human development initiatives during a breakfast meeting hosted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.

Prince Rahim is undertaking his first visit to Pakistan since being named the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community last year.

According…

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Aga Khan affirms commitment to supporting development during meeting with President Zardari

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V, on his first visit to Pakistan since being named the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community last year, reaffirmed the Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) commitment to supporting humanitarian and development efforts in Pakistan during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari.

According to a statement, Prince Rahim is visiting Pakistan from May 20 to…

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Prince Rahim Aga Khan V arrives in Islamabad

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday, the Presidency confirmed.

On arrival at Nur Khan airbase, Prince Rahim was received by President Asif Ali Zardari. He received an honour guard at President House, where he was flanked by the president as the national anthem was played.

According to a statement, Prince Rahim is visiting…

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Ex-Nadra Chairman Tariq Malik included in US-based company's list recognising digital identity pioneers

ISLAMABAD: Former Nadra Chairman Tariq Malik has been named one of the world’s top 25 identity leaders by US-based company Okta.

The list, by Okta Ventures, the venture investment arm of Okta, is a “diverse compilation of forward-thinking developers, strategists, business leaders, and public servants”.

“The honorees are being recognised for their tireless efforts in software creation, standards…

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The Centrality of Religious Freedom

Allan Hertzke’s Why Religious Freedom Matters: Human Rights and Human Flourishing is a welcome overview of the vital importance of religious freedom by a veteran writer of informed studies on the subject over the last 30 years.

The book comes at a critical time since both religious freedom and knowledge of its salience are both sadly being eroded. He reviews a wide range of arguments on its…

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Naval chief says Pakistan stands ready to deter any aggression, vows ‘befitting response’

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf on Tuesday said that Pakistan’s armed forces stood ready to “deter any aggression” vowing to deliver a “befitting response” to any such act.

He made the assertion while addressing the passing out ceremony of cadets of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in Risalpur.

The naval chief, in his address congratulated the graduating cadets, expressing hope that…

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Khawaja Asif warns India against conducting ‘false-flag operation’

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said India was planning a “false-flag operation” to blame Pakistan, warning New Delhi of a strong reaction if it conducted such a “drama”.

Speaking to the media in Sialkot, Asif said: “They [plan] some kind of false-flag operation through their own men or through the Pakistanis in their detention by laying down some bodies somewhere and saying they were…

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Space for war between two nuclear states inconceivable, Asif reminds Indian counterpart

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday reminded his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh that the “illusion of space for war between two nuclear states is inconceivable and has drastic consequences”.

The reprimand was ostensibly in reaction to Singh’s recent statement, in which he warned Pakistan against any attempting “misadventure” under the shadow of the ongoing Middle East war, as reported by…

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The Lost Cause Gets a Tinseltown Makeover

Cauleen Smith recently encountered a terrifying specter. A spirit appeared to her portending a divine promise, like a biblical angel to Mary or the prophets. The spirit was of a white woman in billowing robes, her hair tied in a chignon. And she said that God—God Almighty Himself—will descend from the heavens to the earth and vindicate the Confederate States of America. The rebel nation’s white…

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Microsoft shuffles more of its senior leadership

The senior leadership shuffle at Microsoft continued on Tuesday when company CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company is unifying the commercial and consumer Copilot systems in a new division overseen by Jacob Andreou.

Andreou, former CVP of product and growth at Microsoft AI, will oversee a division that Nadella, in an internal advisory, said will span what he described as four connected…

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Microsoft shuffles more of its senior leadership

The senior leadership shuffle at Microsoft continued on Tuesday when company CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company is unifying the commercial and consumer Copilot systems in a new division overseen by Jacob Andreou.

Andreou, former CVP of product and growth at Microsoft AI, will oversee a division that Nadella, in an internal advisory, said will span what he described as four connected…

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College Republicans Chapter Sues School for Right to Make Nazi Salute

The University of Florida kicked its College Republicans chapter off of campus over the weekend over a photo of a member performing a Nazi salute, and now the organization is suing the university.

The UF College Republicans filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday, alleging that their First Amendment rights were violated. The salute photo had circulated on social media, along with photos of the…

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In letter to Mojtaba Khamenei, PM Shehbaz reaffirms commitment to continue to work ‘closely’ with Iran

In a letter to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue to work “closely” with the Islamic republic, a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.

A day earlier, Iran’s Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader to succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was…

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This Power Grid Pioneer’s EV Prediction Came 100 Years Too Soon

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a towering figure in the early decades of electrical engineering, easily the intellectual equal of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla—men he considered his friends. One of Steinmetz’s most significant achievements was to quantify and characterize the phenomenon of magnetic hysteresis—the behavior of magnetism in materials—and then devise a simple law that allowed for…

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Russ Vought Helped Kill USAID—and Is Now Using the Money for Himself

Disgraced sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein said he had “new administration people” visiting his Little Saint James Island in 2016—just a month before President Trump’s first inauguration.

In a December 2016 email to Bill Gates, Epstein told him to “come to visit the island. New administration people visiting.”

We can only speculate which people from the colorful cast of Trump characters were on…

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Epstein Was in Touch With Trump Team Just Before Inauguration

Disgraced sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein said he had “new administration people” visiting his Little Saint James Island in 2016—just a month before President Trump’s first inauguration.

In a December 2016 email to Bill Gates, Epstein told him, “come to visit the island. New administration people visiting.”

We can only speculate which people from the colorful cast of Trump characters were on…

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  • Two proposals are waiting for your vote:
    • The flashing_lights=* proposal as of Thursday 5 February 2026. The proposal suggests a new design for flashing lights beyond just crossings.
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