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[Voice of Islam Radio @VoiceOfIslamUK]

Can religion inspire scientific discovery?

Tune in to Around the Table now as we explore how early Muslim scientists drew inspiration from the Holy Quran to deepen humanity’s understanding of the universe.

Listen back: https://t.co/qEhyQbTisY

#ScienceAndFaith

[MTA News @NewsMTA]

🇽🇰 Playground for Blind Children Opens in Kosovo Thanks to Humanity First Germany

[Asma Shirazi @asmashirazi]

جنید حفیظ کی آج پھر سماعت تھی۔ اُن کے بزرگ والد گھنٹوں کا سفر کر کے لاہور ہائی کورٹ پہنچے لیکن دونوں معزز جج صاحبان نے آج پھر مقدمے کی سماعت سے انکار کر دیا۔ عدالتیں یا وکلاء تنظیمیں ان جج صاحبان کو کن قوانین کے تحت پابند کریں کہ وہ مقدمہ سُننے کی ہمت کریں۔ جنید حفیظ گزشتہ سترہ سال سے عدالتوں کے رحم و کرم پر ہے، انسانی حقوق کی تنظیمیں خاموش اور ادارے بے بس ۔۔۔ انصاف کہاں ملے گا؟ #JusticeForJunaidHafeez

[PressSectionSAA @PressSectionSAA]

Those arrested in the UK in connection with an alleged crime have no affiliation with the Ahmadiyya Community, and no Ahmadiyya center has been subject to any police raid.
https://t.co/JQcCJf6mmt

[AmirMahmood @IamAmirMahmood]

اردو کے سب سے بڑے اخبار @jang_akhbar
کی غیرذمہ دارانہ رپورٹنگ ۔
برطانیہ میں ایک مبینہ جرم کے الزام میں جو افراد گرفتار ہوئے ان کا تعلق ایک اور مذہب سے ہے جس کےنام میں لفظ احمدی دیکھ کر ان ملزمان کا تعلق جماعت احمدیہ سے غلط طور پر منسوب کیا گیا۔
https://t.co/XErQg9p4Sh

[Ahmadiyya UK @AhmadiyyaUK]

In light of media reports today about arrests made in Crewe, UK, please note that the organisation that goes by the name of "Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL)" has no connection whatsoever with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

[Asim Ali Rana @AsimAliRana5]

سب حکومت کو گالیاں دے رہے اور زرا ان بجلی کمپنیوں کے افسران کا حال دیکھیں کہ 244ارب کے اضافی بل ڈکار کا بھی سکون سے بیٹھے ہیں،یہاں پانچ سو روپے چھیننے پر ڈکیتی کا مقدمہ بنتا ہے اور 244ارب لوٹنے پر ان افسران کو بونس ملتا ہے

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

Giving a talk at Imperial today, home of one of the greatest scientists of our time

Nobel laureate, he helped build “the standard model” in Physics - worked tirelessly to promote science for the least fortunate - setting up ICTP

He lived his name “servant of peace”. Every student should learn about his life.

[Mona Farooq Ahmad @MonaChaudhryy]

26 April 1984. The day faith was criminalized.

42 yrs ago, Zia promulgated the OrdinanceXX making it a criminal offence for any Ahmadi to pose as Muslim.

A dark day in the history of Pakistan as these laws are the worst form of state sponsored persecution in the world.

[Mona Farooq Ahmad @MonaChaudhryy]

A well earned honor. Congratulations to @AtifRMian on his election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences—recognition not just of academic brilliance but of work that strives to make economies fairer & societies stronger. A proud moment for Pakistan 🇵🇰
https://t.co/Uv1pnUK78j

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

The 2027 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society will be held in Lahore, Pakistan from January 14-16

Please mark your calendars and spread the word - more details, including call for papers coming soon

[Mariana Baabar @MarianaBaabar]

"Govt moves to end "sunlight tax"
"Taxing sun" for small solar users" @dawn.
ANY WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAVE GOVERNMENTS INTERVENED TO DISCOURAGE CITIZENS TO GO SOLAR ? REACTING TO PUSH BACKS AS ADVERSE POLICIES CONTINUE?

[Adnan Adil @adnanaadil]

اسوقت پاکستان میں تقریبا 10 ہزار میگاواٹ سولر بجلی بن رہی ہے۔ اسکو بنانے کیلیے ایندھن (دھوپ) پر کوئی زرمبادلہ خرچ نہیں ہوتا۔ جبکہ درآمدی ایل این جی اور درآمدی کوئلہ سے بجلی بنانے پر اربوں ڈالر سالانہ زرمبادلہ خرچ ہوتا ہے۔ لیکن حوصلہ شکنی سولر بجلی کی کر رہے ہیں۔ کیا پالیسی ہے!

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Why is the US media silent about Israel’s role in Trump’s decision to go to war? | Jason Stanley | The Guardian https://t.co/DpBwG1fN4X

[Ayesha Ufaq @Ufaq_RM]

#Pakistan’s average monthly income is lower than that of all neighboring countries, while the cost per unit of electricity is several hundred percent higher than in those countries.
Is this level of injustice and incompetence acceptable? @PakPMO
#پاکستان_کی_اونچی_اڑان

[Samina khan @Saminakhan4000]

یہ بچی مریم دختر غلام رسول ہے، جو اپنے گھر کا پتہ جلال پور جٹاں بتاتی ہے۔ یہ تقریباً چھ سال کی عمر میں اسلام آباد سے لاوارث حالت میں ملی تھی۔
بچی کے مطابق اس کے والد غلام رسول ہیں جو جلال پور جٹاں میں پکوڑے فروخت کرتے ہیں، جبکہ والدہ نسرین لوگوں کے گھروں میں کام کرتی تھیں۔
اس کے چار بھائی ہیں جن کے نام حیدر، جمیل، شاہد علی اور شان ہیں،
جبکہ چار بہنیں کرن، شازیہ، ارم اور نادیہ ہیں۔
بچی نے اپنے گاؤں کا نام بھیکی بتایا ہے اور یہ بھی بتایا کہ جس گھر میں کام کرتی تھیں اس کے مالک کا نام سکندر ہے۔
اگر آپ اس بچی یا اس کے اہلِ خانہ کو جانتے ہیں تو براہِ کرم پنجاب سیف سٹی کی "میرا پیارا" ٹیم کو 03090000015 پر اطلاع دیں۔
شئیر کریں ، ہو سکتا ہے آپ کا ایک شعر اس پوسٹ کو اس کے کسی جاننے والے تک پہنچا دے۔
شکریہ۔

[Daniel Regha @DanielRegha]

Visa fees should be after visas have been approved, or at least refund the payment upon rejection.

It's only right. If you don't want someone in your country, DON'T TAKE THEIR MONEY.

[Hina Rabbani Khar @HinaRKhar]

Instead of strengthening the grid and building on the momentum of private investment in solar that Pakistan’s net metering policy had unlocked, the government went into overdrive to kill it. A rigid, outdated bureaucratic mindset couldn’t see beyond protecting an inefficient power system. The objective seemed less about enabling affordable, clean $30 energy alternatives, and more about maintaining a broken energy economy.

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

Petrol at Rs 30/litre in Pakistan sounds crazy. It is not. What is crazy is the policy failure that prevents it.

Petrol is around Rs 300/litre today, excluding government levy, here's how it can effectively be Rs 30/litre.

People do not consume petrol for its own sake; they use it to travel. The average Pakistani rides a motorbike. A fuel-efficient motorbike can travel about 60 km on one litre. An efficient electric scooter can travel about 30 km per kWh, so it needs only 2 kWh to cover the same 60 km.

What should 2 kWh cost in Pakistan? Pakistan is one of the best places in the world for solar, with an all-in LCOE cost of around 5 cents per kWh. The electricity cost is 10 cents, or Rs 30/litre of distance travelled! The Rs 30/litre calculation remains the same for cars.

The 300-versus-30 gap is the cost of bad policy. It reflects billions of dollars of saving that could instead finance EV infrastructure: charging, distribution, battery swapping, and smart pricing software etc. - boosting much-needed domestic investment.

Since solar is highly modular. You do not need massive scale to get reasonable efficiency. That creates business and employment opportunities for small domestic power producers. Instead, Pakistan leaned into large fossil-fuel plants financed by dollar-denominated borrowing and guaranteed returns.

Local firms face credit constraints, but solar creates a natural collateralizable cash flow through electricity sales to the grid. With the right regulatory framework, this could have unlocked large private domestic investment, and employment.

Battery swapping is another area where small local businesses could have emerged and scaled.

Electricity enables smart pricing. When solar supply is abundant, prices can fall, and poor households and firms can shift usage to cheaper hours - automatic demand stabilization

Better air quality would mean longer, healthier lives and higher productivity. That is a growth multiplier

Green technology industries could be developed domestically with the right industrial policy, easing balance-of-payments pressure while raising employment and investment.

Instead, Pakistan chose imported-fuel power plants, protected a backward-looking domestic auto sector, and raised electricity prices by burdening them with the fixed costs of those plants and heavy taxation, slowing EV adoption. Then came the net-metering fiasco, all to keep zombie power plants alive.

Pakistan’s energy policy may be the clearest example of a broken nervous system. I hope someone fixes it, because people are paying the price, 300-versus-30

[farrukh saleem @SaleemFarrukh]

Loadshedding is back:
1. Not a shortage
2. An economic failure
3. Installed capacity: ~45,000 MW
4. Peak demand: ~25,000–28,000 MW
5. Power hasn’t failed
6. Power Division has