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714 Indians named in Paradise Papers

About 714 Indians have been named in the Paradise Papers, according to Indian media. Pakistan?s neighbouring country, India, ranks 19 out of 180 countries in terms of numbers of names in the list. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a database of around 13.4 million documents revealing over 25,000 companies owned by the world's rich and influential individuals on Sunday. The ICIJ coordinated the Panama Papers investigation into offshore companies. The l
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Al-Waleed: the Saudi billionaire prince who slammed Trump

Prince Al-Waleed first burst into the business-meets-politics scene in the late 1980s, when he began building what was to become a global empire of banks, luxury hotels and media holdings. Photo: AFP file1 DUBAI: Saudi Arabia?s Al-Waleed bin Talal ? the billionaire tycoon arrested in an anti-graft crackdown by his cousin Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ? is no stranger to controversy and making headlines. Ranked among the richest men in the world, the 62-year-old investor is the grandson of
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Russia funded investments in Twitter, Facebook: leaked documents

Russia funded substantial investments in Twitter and Facebook through a business associate of Jared Kushner, the Paradise Papers revealed Sunday. A major investor in Twitter and Facebook had financial ties to two Russian government-owned firms known as vehicles for the Kremlin?s politically sensitive dealings, newly unearthed documents show. The records show that one of the Kremlin-owned firms, VTB Bank, quietly directed $191 million into an investment fund, DST Global, that used the money to
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What is Paradise Papers?

The Paradise Papers is a database comprising around 13.4 million documents, which reveals over 25,000 companies owned by the world's rich and influential individuals. The documents were obtained from two companies in Singapore and Bermuda by a German newspaper and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). A major part of the Paradise Papers comprises leaked files from company 'Appleby'. The files reveal data of over 25,000 companies owned by individuals fro
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Pakistanis named in Paradise Papers

Names of two Pakistanis, Shaukat Aziz and Ayaz Khan Niazi, have so far emerged in the new database of documents, Paradise Papers, released by International Consortium of Journalists Sunday night. The Paradise Papers reveal data of over 25,000 companies spanning 180 countries, from 1950 to 2016. Around 381 investigative journalists from 67 countries worked extensively to bring facts about the Paradise Papers before the people. Senior News reporter and ICIJ member Umar Cheema was also part of t
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Nation will soon send Imran packing, claims Maryam Aurangzeb

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb on Sunday said that the nation will soon send the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) President Imran Khan packing. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb on Sunday said that the nation will soon send the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) President Imran Khan packing. "The only National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that will happen is the nation sending Imran packing," Auran
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Russian police detain 260 at anti-Putin protest

MOSCOW: Russian police said they detained more than 260 activists in central Moscow on Sunday for holding an unauthorised protest against President Vladimir Putin. The demonstration took place after radical opposition politician Vyacheslav Maltsev appealed on his website for supporters to hold protests across the country, calling for a "people´s revolution" to end Putin´s rule. "For breaches of public order in central Moscow, 263 people have been detained. They have all been taken to local pol
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Paradise Papers: ICIJ releases another database revealing offshore companies

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has released a database of around 13.4 million documents revealing over 25,000 companies owned by the world's rich and influential individuals. The ICIJ coordinated the Panama Papers investigation into offshore companies. The latest files have disclosed the financial details of politicians, corporations, and celebrities among others. The Paradise Papers comprise a major part of documents leaked from the company 'Appleby'. The
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FC Balochistan thwart terror bid in the province: ISPR

The Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and intelligence agencies on Sunday recovered a heavy cache of arms and ammunition in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan. Photo: ISPR  RAWALPINDI: The Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and intelligence agencies on Sunday recovered a heavy cache of arms and ammunition in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department said. The IBO, conducted in Channah Nullah and Chatthar area near D
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COAS Bajwa reaches Iran on official visit: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Sunday arrived in Tehran on an official visit, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The army chief will meet Iran's civilian and military leadership during the visit, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet on Sunday. On October 31, Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters. The two figures discussed regional security, Pakistan
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Italy to investigate fatal shipwreck with all-female victims

ROME: The bodies of 26 women who drowned attempting the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe were brought to Italy on Sunday, where investigators launched a murder inquiry. A seemingly endless line of black plastic body bags were lowered by crane from a Spanish ship onto the portside in Salerno, southern Italy, where they were placed in coffins and loaded onto waiting hearses. Twenty-three of the women died on Friday after the inflatable dinghy they were travelling on sank, and their bodies
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Mahira posts sweet exchange of texts with her mother and here's how fans react

Photo: Mahira Khan INSTAGRAM Mahira Khan and her mother were the latest victims of our old friend ? autocorrect.  While we have all been embarrassed by the 'wrath' of autocorrect, surprisingly it was kind to our Pakistan's beloved actress.  The actress shared an adorable exchange of texts with her mother after autocorrect played its part in altering the conversation.   Photo: Mahira Khan TWITTER Fans couldn't stop laughing.  Some
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ICIJ to release more documents tonight

KARACHI: The International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will be releasing another list of documents, likely to reveal more names of popular personalities across the globe having offshore accounts. In a message on Twitter, the ICIJ hinted at their "next project," which will go public late Sunday. The consortium, however, did not divulge more information on the project. Geo News will be breaking the story tonight at 11pm with seasoned investigative journalist an ICIJ member,
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Nawaz responsible for bringing country to critical juncture: Aitzaz

Senior Leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday accused the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of bringing Pakistan to a critical juncture. Photo: Geo News   LAHORE: Senior Leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday accused the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of bringing Pakistan to a critical juncture.  "He [Nawaz] has ridiculed the country's legal system by not abiding by the National Accountability Bureau's laws," Ahsan lashed out at the Pa
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Allies of CPEC enemies are enemies of state: Ayaz Latif Palejo

Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) President Ayaz Latif Palejo on Sunday said that allies of those opposing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project are enemies of the state. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) President Ayaz Latif Palejo on Sunday said that allies of those opposing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project are enemies of the state. ?We will not let anyone make a deal on CPEC,? Palejo said while addressing a Mohabbat-e-Sindh (Love for Sindh) march a
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Afghan university sees first graduates in women?s studies

An Afghan female student looks on during the graduation ceremony of the first-ever class of Gender and Women?s studies master's programme in Kabul. Photo: AFP   KABUL: Afghanistan?s first graduates in women?s studies donned caps and gowns on Sunday to collect their unusual qualifications in the patriarchal country. Kabul University is the country?s first higher education institute to offer a degree focused on gender and women?s issues, according to the United Nations Development Programme and
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Heartache for sale at Vietnam?s ex-lovers market

Ex-lovers bring their baggage - emotional and literal - to the market held in a Hanoi cottage. Photo: AFP HANOI: At Vietnam?s Old Flames market, curious customers peruse love letters and pick through perfumes, candles and clothes ? relics from failed relationships put on sale by forlorn lovers. Entrepreneurial exes meet once a month, bringing their baggage ? emotional and literal ? to a converted cottage on a leafy Hanoi street to find a new home for items they can no longer bear to look at.
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FATA?s future should not fall prey to politics: Sherpao

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Sherpao on Sunday said that the future of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should not be put on the back-burner to gain political points. Sherpao said this while addressing a press conference here after a meeting with the FATA youth jirga. The QWP chief said the region?s residents are in favour of merger with KP and that the delay in the FATA reforms is inexplicable. Govt?s attitude, not FCR i
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PTI leader reiterates call for early elections

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f47c812ef95f26dd92744b9cf533a5ce.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNS8yMDE3IDEwOjIzOjExIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9NFB6VFloUXN0cGVMOWJ3RXpGeWRGZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that the party does not want a delay in elections but instead
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Five of a family die as passenger van plunges into ravine in AJK

MIRPUR: Five of a family lost their lives and nine were injured when a passenger van fell into a deep ravine on Sunday in the Panjora area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The injured have been shifted to Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital Mirpur and are being administered medical aid. At least 14 dead, scores injured in road accident in Mastung Five of the injured are in critical condition and are being treated in the hospital's trauma centre The family was en rout
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Shares of ´arrested´ Saudi billionaire´s company dive 9.9%

Saudi Arabia reportedly arrested 11 princes, including Prince Al-Waleed, and dozens of current and former ministers RIYADH: Shares in Kingdom Holding, 95 percent of which is owned by billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, dived 9.9 percent as the Saudi stock exchange opened Sunday after reports of his arrest. The Saudi Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) also dropped 1.6 percent only a minute after the start of trading on the Arab world´s largest stock market following a sweeping crackdown on cor
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Melania Trump in glitzy Tokyo pearl visit

Melania was welcomed by Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Mikimoto's flagship pearl shop. Photo: AFP  While her husband hit the greens, First Lady Melania Trump got a glimpse on Sunday of Japanese cultured pearls at Tokyo's glitzy Ginza shopping district on the first day of their Asia tour. Melania was welcomed by Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Mikimoto's flagship pearl shop as part of her cultural programmes, while dozens of security gu
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Two youth martyred in IoK

Indian army officials during an operation in IoK. Photo: Reuters/File  SRINAGAR: Indian troops martyred two youth in Baramulla district of occupied Kashmir on Sunday, the Kashmir Media Service reported. The youth were killed in Uri area of the district during a siege and cordon operation in the area. An Indian army spokesman in a statement in Srinagar claimed that the youth were killed during a gunfight. However, the identity of the martyred youth could not be ascertained, immediately. Indian
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Saudi stocks drop after corruption probe detains businessmen, officials

A stock exchange information is seen on a screen is seen as a man works on the trading floor at the Dubai Financial Market April 29, 2012. Photo: Reuters   DUBAI: Saudi Arabia?s stock market fell in early trade on Sunday after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman moved to consolidate his power and crack down on corruption with a cabinet reshuffle and a string of detentions of prominent figures. The Saudi equities index (TASI) was down 1.0 per cent after 25 minutes of trade as declining stocks over
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