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[Mohammed Al-Firas @al_firas27]

There are several early Islamic inscriptions which mention some of the Prophet's Companions. Let's take a look at some of the inscriptions which can be dated to the 1st century AH. 🧵

[Mohammed Al-Firas @al_firas27]

1. Umar b. Al-Khattab

The 2nd caliph, Umar, is mentioned in an inscription dated to 24 AH. The author, Zuhayr, states that he wrote it at the time of Umar's death.

[Mohammed @IKON1436]

Saudi officials have found an inscription in Madinah dating to the early Islamic period bearing the name of Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه. It reads:

“Allah is the guardian of Umar ibn al-Khattab in this world and the hereafter.”

“Laa ilaaha illa Allah.”

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨BREAKING: For the first time, the original Pakistani cypher — cable I-0678, the document that triggered the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan — is being released in full by Drop Site.

[Chris Meder @EVCurveFuturist]

Pakistan may be accidentally building one of the world’s first decentralised #solar economies. The craziest part? Real scale barely shows in official stats. Imported 51.5 GW solar panels by late 2025—nearly = entire grid. Yet registered net-metered rooftop solar just 5.3–6.8 GW.

What makes this story so extraordinary is the speed.

In only a few years, Pakistan appears to have gone from a relatively minor solar market to potentially sourcing around a quarter of its electricity from solar once distributed generation is included.

👉 ~16.6–17 GW solar imports in 2024
👉 ~18 GW solar imports in 2025
👉 ~51.5 GW cumulative imports by late 2025
👉 Rooftop solar: ~1.3 GW → 4.1 GW in 2024
👉 ~5.3–6.8 GW registered rooftop solar in 2025
👉 24+ GW estimated behind-the-meter/off-grid
👉 Solar potentially ~25% of actual electricity use

The massive gap between imported panels and officially registered systems strongly suggests tens of gigawatts are now operating quietly on homes, farms, factories and businesses across the country.

This increasingly looks less like a normal energy transition and more like large-scale consumer-led grid defection.

And economics is driving nearly all of it.

Electricity tariffs surged. Diesel prices climbed. Blackouts remained common. Meanwhile ultra-cheap Chinese solar panels and falling battery prices made self-generation economically irresistible.
So millions effectively made the same calculation:

Generate your own power, or remain trapped inside an expensive and unstable system.

Once solar becomes cheaper than the grid itself, adoption can move faster than governments, utilities and even official statistics can keep up with.

This isn’t gradual transition by any stretch. It may ultimately become a blueprint for how energy-poor nations break free from legacy old-world energy systems dominated by fossil fuels and increasingly expensive centralised power.

It’s decentralisation at escape velocity.

This is #Bettrification.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

The Pentagon has released what it described as 'never-before-seen' files on UFOs.

🔗 https://t.co/pP15SnVZS2

[Mastam @sanwal_00]

جھپٹنا، پلٹنا، پلٹ کر جھپٹنا
لہو گرم رکھنے کا ہے اک بہانہ

[Hassan khan @hasankhyber]

In “Understanding the Rafale Kills”, Warnes detailed how the PAF effectively trapped the IAF pilots in their ‘kill chain’ by controlling three of the IAF satellites, severing downlinks and neutralizing GPS signals, before PAF cyber warriors.. penetrated critical systems, disrupting banks, energy grids, railways, and airlines" https://t.co/2hPYiT5V3F

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

🧵On May 4th, 1799, 227 years ago, Tipu Sultan, the head of the Sultanate of Mysore was martyred in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War by the British. 

As just a teenager, Tipu Sultan fought the British alongside his father. When he succeeded his father and became Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore, he presented the British with their last formidable resistance. A true exemplar of Islamic courage, they called him the Tiger of Mysore.

It is said that once when he was advised to retreat from battle, Tipu Sultan replied, “It is far better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.” He stayed true to his words, dying in defense of his kingdom and its people.

May Allah grant us such courage, and allow us to defend our Ummah with honor and justice.

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

A CNN investigation reveals a majority of U.S. military sites in the Middle East are damaged by Iranian strikes. @tamaraqiblawi’s report:

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

So far in April, Gwadar has handled around 11,000 standard shipping containers. For a port that handled around 8,300 containers in all of 2025 and historically has not seen more than 20 ships dock in an entire year, the current activity is unprecedented. https://t.co/sGRaRYqhre

[Aimen Jamil @jamil_aimen]

𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗢 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀

Over the past 16 months, #SUPARCO has delivered a series of Earth observation satellites, significantly strengthening #Pakistan’s capabilities in remote sensing, resource management, and evidence-based national planning.

Key Developments
2025
• PRSC-EO1 (January 2025): High-resolution electro-optical imaging supporting urban planning and disaster assessment
• PRSS-2 (July 2025): Advanced remote sensing for agriculture monitoring, land-use analysis, and resource mapping
• HS-1 (October 2025): Pakistan’s first hyperspectral satellite, enabling mineral detection, precision agriculture, and environmental monitoring

2026
• PRSC-EO2 (February 2026): Enhanced imaging capabilities to improve surveillance, mapping accuracy, and disaster response
• PRSC-EO3 (April 2026): Further strengthening data systems for food security, environmental protection, and urban development

Strategic Impact
These satellites developed with increasing local expertise and supported by international launch collaborations are forming a cohesive Earth observation framework. This capability is critical for informed decision-making across economic planning, climate resilience, and infrastructure development.

Pakistan’s continued investment in space technology reflects a clear shift toward data-driven governance and long-term national development.

[Developing Pakistan @developingpak]

Video of manufacturing of the PRSC-EO3 #satellite launched yesterday, at the #SUPARCO Satellite Manufacturing Centre in #Pakistan just a month ago

#E03 #PakistanZindabad 🇵🇰

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 NBC News confirms for the first time: the Iranian Air Force bombed US military bases in the opening phase of the war.

This was not just missiles and drones.
This was the Iranian Air Force.

Conducting airstrikes on American bases.
And we’re only finding out now.

What else haven’t they told us?

[The STRATCOM Bureau @OSPSF]

Meet Pakistan’s astronauts that are going to be living in space later this year:

Pakistan’s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announces a landmark advancement in Pakistan’s Manned Space Mission Program as two Astronaut Candidates, Khurram Daud and Muhammad Zeeshan Ali are set to depart for the People’s Republic of China to begin advanced astronaut training at the Astronaut Centre of China (ACC).

This is a significant step forward in Pakistan’s space exploration journey that positions the country in the community of a select group of nations actively engaged in human spaceflight programs.

Under this collaboration, Pakistan is preparing for its first-ever participation in a mission to the China Space Station (CSS).

The mission is currently planned for launch in late 2026, where a Pakistani astronaut will serve as a Payload Expert aboard the Shenzhen mission.

[Mastam @sanwal_00]

@ahkhakwani ایسا ہو جائے تو بہت اچھی بات ہے مگر میرے خیال سے یہ خام خیالی اندازے ہیں۔
We can pray and hope for the best though 🙏

Peace ✌️

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 Vance: U.S. leaves Pakistan talks without agreement after 21 hours

Speaking after marathon negotiations in Islamabad, Vice President JD Vance outlined the outcome and U.S. position, saying Washington has shared with Iran its “final and best offer” on “a method of understanding.” Adding: “We’ll see if the Iranians accept.”

Here’s more from Vance:

🔹 Talks lasted 21 hours with what he described as “substantive discussions” with Iran

🔹 No agreement reached, which Vance framed as “bad news for Iran much more than… the United States”

🔹 U.S. presented clear red lines and terms, saying Iran “chose not to accept” them

🔹 Did not detail the demands, but suggested core disagreement is US wants a firm, long-term commitment from Iran not to pursue a nuclear weapon or the capability to rapidly build one

🔹 Vance claimed Iran’s previous enrichment facilities have been destroyed, but said the issue is now political will, not capability

🔹 Confirmed talks covered frozen assets and broader issues, but no breakthroughs were achieved

🔹 Said the U.S. was “flexible” and negotiating in good faith, while maintaining its core conditions

🔹 U.S. officials were in constant contact with Trump and the national security team throughout the negotiations

🔹 Washington “leaves here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding, that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept,” Vance said.

[The Thursday Times @thursday_times]

This is a clear diplomatic and strategic blow to India. New Delhi has long tried to portray Pakistan as isolated and weakened on the world stage, but the picture now looks very different. Today, Pakistan is at the centre of global attention because of its role in peace and diplomacy.

via: Bloomberg TV

[Mastam @sanwal_00]

@ajmaljami ٹرمپ دی بڈھی

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 Statement from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council

📌 Full Text of the Statement of the Supreme National Security Council (Translated to English):

The enemy has suffered an undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat in its dishonorable, illegal, and criminal war against the Iranian nation. By the grace of the pure and sacred blood of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Imam Khamenei (peace be upon him), the measures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (may God preserve him), the jihad and valor of the fighters of Islam on the fronts, and above all the historic, enduring, and epic presence of you, the dear nation, from the very first days of the war — Iran has achieved a great victory and forced criminal America to accept its own (Iran’s) 10-point plan, in which America has in principle committed to: guaranteeing non-aggression, continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, removal of all primary and secondary sanctions, termination of all UN Security Council and Board of Governors resolutions, payment of reparations to Iran, withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, and cessation of the war on all fronts including against the heroic Islamic Resistance of Lebanon. We congratulate all the people of Iran on this victory and emphasize that until the details of this victory are finalized, steadfastness and prudence from officials and the preservation of unity and solidarity among the Iranian people remain essential.

Islamic Iran, together with the brave mujahideen of the resistance in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and occupied Palestine, has over the past 40 days struck blows against the enemy that the historical memory of the world will never forget. Iran and the Axis of Resistance, as representatives of honor and humanity against the most savage enemies of mankind, have after a historic battle delivered an unforgettable lesson to them and have so thoroughly destroyed their forces, assets, infrastructure, and all political, economic, technological, and military capital that the enemy is now on the verge of collapse and disintegration, and sees no path forward but submission to the will of the great Iranian nation and the honorable Axis of Resistance. On the first day that Iran’s criminal enemies launched this unjust war, they imagined they would achieve full military dominance over Iran in a short time, and by creating political and social instability, force Iran into submission. They assumed Iran’s missile and drone fire would quickly be extinguished, and they did not believe Iran could mount such a powerful response beyond its own borders and across the entire region.

World Zionism had convinced the foolish American president that this war would finish off Iran, and that by eliminating this last bastion of humanity, they could thereafter freely commit any crime against anyone they wished. They dreamed of partitioning beloved Iran, plundering its oil and wealth, and ultimately leaving Iranians submerged in chaos, instability, and insecurity for long years to come.

The brave fighters of Islam and their courageous allies in the Axis of Resistance, though their hearts were wounded and shattered by the martyrdom of their Imam, relying on Almighty God and following the example of the Master of Martyrs, decided once and for all to deliver a historic lesson to these enemies, avenge all their past crimes, and create conditions in which the enemy would forever abandon any thought of aggression against beloved Iran and taste the full bitterness of humiliation and degradation before the great Iranian nation.

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