Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah presents Rs3.56tr budget with no new taxes, 7pc pay raise

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is presenting a Rs3.56 trillion budget for FY2026-27. The government is projecting current expenditure at Rs2.56 trillion and capital expenditure at Rs281.7 billion.

The session was delayed due to a ruckus created by lawmakers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). MPA Ali Khurshidi said the party was boycotting the session because the…

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The politics of beagles

In 1954, Time magazine published a short article about the University of Utah using beagles in research to determine the dangers of radioactive material over a lifetime.

At a kennel dubbed “Beagleville,” 450 dogs had been injected with graduated amounts of radioactive material, including plutonium and radium. “These elements accumulate in the bones and bombard tender cells with damaging alpha…

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[1] A new national pastime in Australia: the sport of Payphone Tag | © Alex Allchin | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.

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One thin allegation fueled a national trans panic & an FBI mission to Cuba touted by Kash Patel

Right-wing activists blew up last week over allegations that a trans woman fled with her child to Cuba to obtain gender-affirming surgery. But was that based on anything more than a single overheard comment?

The FBI sent a plane to Cuba, a rare step in a custodial investigation, before the Justice Department trumpeted the arrest of Rose Inessa-Ethington and her partner, Blue, and alleged…

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Iran expected to make new offer to ‘reluctant’ US

• Iranian envoy lauds Pakistan for ‘persistent labour’ to pave way for dialogue
• Trump claims Tehran asked him to lift Hormuz blockade
• Spy agencies studying ‘likely response’ to US declaring victory
• Iran’s military says ‘still in state of war’
• Vance questions Pentagon assessment of conflict with Iran
• UAE tanker evades Hormuz blockade

WASHINGTON: Even as US President Donald Trump…

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Political Corruption Is Being Normalized

A little-known Supreme Court case that just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official raises a crucial question: Will the kind of influence peddling now ubiquitous in politics become unprosecutable simply because it has become so commonplace?


The recent ruling in the Roberts Court is part of a long string of Supreme Court interventions in corruption cases. (Aaron Schwartz…

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Weekend Roundup
  • Over at JOTWELL, we've noticed several reviews of interest: Maya Manian(American University Washington College of Law) wrote about Aziza Ahmed 's Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS (2025); Martha Ertman(University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) reviewed Dorothy Brown , Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different…
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Not a Waste of Sand: Ultra 7 270K Plus CPU Review & Benchmarksjimmy_thang March 30, 2026

We benchmark the Intel 270K Plus against the 250K Plus, AMD's X3D CPUs, and Intel's past processors

The Highlights

  • Intel's Ultra 7 270K Plus (270KP) is one of the most promising CPU launches we've seen in a long time, and has some similarities to AMD's Ryzen 1000 and 2000 era of CPUs
  • The…
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Bombshell Jack Smith Report Reveals Why Trump Hoarded Classified Docs

When the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022 and found that the former president had stolen hundreds of classified documents from the White House, stashing them in the club’s closets and showers, one question stood out: Why? Was Trump coordinating with Russian intelligence? Hiding proof of aliens?

As it turns out, the answer was more self-serving: Former special counsel Jack…

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Potential Peak Oil Fallout & Recognition Will Once Again Get Obfuscated, this Time by the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

While the current situation will effectively mask/defer the peaking of conventional & unconventional oil supplies, expect us to inadvertently squander yet another opportunity to learn about limits & energy contraction. Here's some recommended resources that can assist you in avoiding that outcome.

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Jürgen Habermas Showed What Philosophy Could Be

The death of Jürgen Habermas has left philosophy and the Left poorer. Central to his work was a profound critique of irrationality in all its forms. Taken seriously, his philosophy provides an indispensable guide in the struggle against oppression.


The philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on Friday, understood himself to be a socialist until his last days. He recognized that the Left…

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two good zelda games which are not zelda games

Cadence of Hyrule is a Crypt-of-the-Necrodancer spinoff in the Zelda universe. The main gimmick is it's a rhythm game, which is actually pretty excellent. As it turns out, one of the main reasons to play a Zelda game is that you like the Zelda music, and it shines in this game. This game takes a 180 turn from Breath of the Wild's sparse musicality, where almost every second of the game has…

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The 'Gold Mine' Aisle: 7 Dollar Tree Beauty Essentials Shoppers Say Are So Worth It

The year is 2026, and just about every destination you wouldn’t expect to sell insanely good beauty finds is doing so for some insanely good prices. Take Trader Joe’s and Costco for example – both retailers offer shoppers high-quality products at price points that actually make sense.

But there’s one store that’s remained a little-known secret for affordable beauty picks……

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What Offshore Wind and the Kennedy Center Have in Common

On Monday, the Trump administration suffered its fifth consecutive courtroom defeat in its war on offshore wind. All of these cases stem from an order in December in which the Interior Department claimed that a classified Defense Department report had deemed offshore wind a “national security threat” and Interior was therefore “pausing” the leases on five already-under-construction offshore wind…

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Alogic Edge 40-inch 5K2K Review: One high-res monitor that beats two

Macworld

At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

  • 5120 x 2160 ultrawide screen
  • Accurate color
  • Apple-sensitive styling
  • Built-in USB hub

Cons

  • Lower pixel density than standard screen

Our Verdict

With its ultrawide display and greatly increased resolution and resulting pixel density, the good-looking and flexible 40-inch 5K2K Alogic Edge creates a more…

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