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36-episode Chinese series to be aired on PTV: Chinese ambassador

Cast of Beijing Youth.  A 36-episode television series called Beijing Youth will be on-air on PTV soon, tweeted Chinese ambassador Lijian Zhao Saturday. This will be the first time that a Chinese TV series will arrive in Pakistan. Recently, China Radio International and the state television of Pakistan signed an agreement to broadcast the series on PTV. According to the agreement, 36 sets of Urdu-language TV series Beijing Youth compiled by international networks will be broadcasted on the eve

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LEAs nab criminal group in ?country?s biggest anti-car theft operation?

KARACHI: Rangers and Sindh Police have uncovered a group involved in theft of various cars used in criminal activities across Pakistan, Commander Rangers, Sachal Brigadier Naseem said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference in SITE area, Brigadier Naseem said that the Rangers and Sindh Police had initially nabbed two suspects in a joint operation in Nazimabad, who were found in possession of illegal weapons and a stolen car. ?Unprecedented revelations? followed after further investigation,

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PPP appoints new Vice President for Rawalpindi region

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday appointed a prominent lawyer of the Rawalpindi Bar as the party's vice president for Rawalpindi district.  A notification issued by the party's general secretary for Central Punjab confirmed the appointment of Raja Muhammad Naseer by Qamar Zaman Kaira the President for PPP Central Punjab. 

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PIA passengers told to travel to destination by bus

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/1f574f1e94806daa7c22d51d19485b83.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNC8yMDE3IDk6NTQ6NTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1TVjJoTnNXdFVLbW1jendSaW4rN1FBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: A Pakistan International Airline?s Rahim Yar Khan-bound flight from Abu Dhabi landed at Lahore on Saturday reportedly due to

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MQM-P mulls legal options over Vohra?s failure to resign as deputy mayor

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan has decided to explore legal options after defected member Arshad Vohra?s failure to resign from the office of Deputy Mayor. The party plans to write to the Election Commission of Pakistan after its planned protest on Sunday, sources told Geo News. Sattar tasks key MQM-P leaders to bring Vohra back The MQM-P has also not yet decided whether to bring a new deputy mayor in place of Vohra, sources say The letter will inform the ECP of V

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Spain issues arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader

Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont makes a statement in Brussels - Reuters  MADRID: Spain on Friday issued an arrest warrant on sedition and other charges against Carles Puigdemont, tightening the judicial net around the former Catalan leader who went Brussels after his government was sacked over a declaration of independence. A Madrid High Court judge asked Belgium to arrest Puigdemont and four associates after they ignored a court order to return to Spain on Thursday to answer charges

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AI 'boy' granted residency in central Tokyo

TOKYO: An AI character was made an official resident of a busy central Tokyo district on Saturday, with the virtual newcomer resembling a chatty seven-year-old boy. The boy named "Shibuya Mirai" does not exist physically, but he can have text conversations with humans on the widely used LINE messaging app. Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, an area popular with fashion-conscious young people, has given the character his own special residence certificate. This makes him Japan's first, and maybe the world'

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British MPs ask Twitter for details on Russian-linked accounts

Twitter provided evidence to US Congress this week about Russian-backed content aimed at meddling in last year's presidential election - AFP  LONDON: A House of Commons committee investigating "fake news" and its influence on British politics asked Twitter on Friday for details of Russian-linked accounts, days after making a similar request of Facebook. Damian Collins, the chairman of the digital, culture, media and sport committee, noted evidence the Internet giant had provided to the US Cong

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Faryal Makhdoom dazzles in wedding photoshoot

The Pakistan-American model?s shoot comes weeks after her separation from his husband and her subsequent announcement about pregnancy Refusing to be held back by the marriage split, Faryal Makhdoom is back in the news, doing photoshoots, commenting on her plans to raise her daughter, and what not. Makhdoom, who had a bitter separation and public spat with former husband and boxer Amir Khan in August, shared pictures of a recent photoshoot on Snapchat, donning exquisite bridal dresses by Pakista

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Virat Kohli calls Shoaib Akhtar a terrifying bowler

Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has called Shoaib Akhtar a terrifying bowler for batsmen to face.  During an interview with Breakfast with Champions, Kohli said after Akhtar the next bowler he was terrified of facing was Pakistan?s 7-foot left-arm paceman Mohammad Irfan. Speedster Shoaib Akhtar rides bike in Karachi, surprises fans Motorbikes have played an important role in making me Shoaib Akhtar, says former fast bowler Kohli also spoke about his relationship with Indian actr

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Twitter steps up security after Trump account cut off

WASHINGTON: Twitter said it had boosted security measures Friday in response to a rogue employee´s move cutting off Donald Trump´s account, an 11-minute outage which drew mocking praise from the president´s critics but also warnings of a dangerous precedent. The US social network initially said the account had been "inadvertently deactivated due to human error" after the outage late Thursday but subsequently indicated it was done intentionally by a departing worker on his or her final day. Hou

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State institutions should work under constitutional limits, urges Senate Chairman

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/7acdda3b22173aeae092e9bc10457a35.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNC8yMDE3IDc6NDE6NDEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0wd2FyOVlrM2ZHRlY1UlB4OG9Hc2xRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said that every institution of the country should work under the constitutional limits, while s

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Governor Sindh-led delegation apprises US officials of business opportunities in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A delegation under the auspicious of JS Global and led by Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair met with officials of the US treasury and department of foreign affairs during a visit to the US. Zubair during the meeting said that investment by China in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects does not mean US investor?s confidence is Pakistan has lessened. On Thursday, while speaking at a reception hosted by the Consul General of Pakistan in New York, the governor said the visit has helpe

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Pakistan?s glaciers face new threat: Highway?s black carbon

KHUNJERAB PASS:  This border outpost on the Karakoram Highway, slashed through the glacier-strewn Karakoram mountains to join China and Pakistan by road, boasts a new world record: It has the world?s highest automated bank teller machine. But the ATM is just one of the changes happening along the high altitude highway, which is increasingly a tourist attraction after a major upgrade as part of a $54 billion Chinese-funded effort to boost transport and trade links between the two countries. At

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Promote peace, China's Xi tells soldiers at first overseas base

China's President Xi Jinping claps after his speech as he and other new Politburo Standing Committee members meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS  BEIJING (Reuters) - Troops serving at China?s first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, should help promote peace and stability, President Xi Jinping told them in a video chat, encouraging them to promote a good image. China formally opened the base in August

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Trump campaign aide met Russian officials in 2016: NY Times

One-time advisor of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. REUTERS  WASHINGTON: A foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump?s presidential campaign met Russian government officials last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing testimony he gave this week to a US congressional committee. In numerous media interviews in recent months, the adviser, Carter Page, has either denied meeting Russian gove

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Dozens of alligators captured prior to child's death at Disney

MIAMI: Disney World knew it had an alligator problem long before one of the beasts killed a toddler at the famous resort last year, official data showed Friday. In the 15 months before an alligator dragged two-year-old Lane Graves underwater on June 14, 2016, 45 of the reptiles were captured on Disney property, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. From the day of the attack until September this year ? the latest data available ? trappers caught 95 alligators on D

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China's vision important for promoting international peace, says Maleeha Lodhi

NEW YORK: Pakistan''s Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi said on Friday that the concept of building a community of shared future for mankind showcases China's vision to vigorously promote international cooperation in an interdependent world, Lodhi said in a session that the Chinese vision is the most important and ambitious concept for promoting international peace and sustainable development in the 21st century. She said that the One Belt One Road project offers an innovative th

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Smog forces road closures, power outages, disrupts flight schedules in Punjab

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a0b61c60de8695f192228471bb7d7ffc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNC8yMDE3IDQ6NTY6MDEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0yUXFyNDk5T1pYZTFXVFM4MlJ1bStRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: A blanket of smog continues to cover Punjab forcing road closures, flight disruptions and power outages. Over the last 24 hours, road accidents due to low visibility claimed six lives, leaving over 40 in

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Govt to re-open oil plants to overcome power crisis after smog

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3f91e6bcd23a610b87c5a0067e8f8bed.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNC8yMDE3IDU6MjI6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1EL0NSSmwramZPSWZPRWc1MDZvOFB3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The government has announced to re-open furnace-based oil power plants in light of severe power crisis in Punjab and Balochistan. The Chashma Nuclear Power plant units 1 through 4, which were forced

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British PM launches code of conduct amid sex scandals

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Files  LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May released a new code of conduct for Conservative Party representatives on Friday as a sexual harassment scandal dogged the British parliament. Following Michael Fallon's resignation as defence secretary, May outlined new procedures for dealing with allegations, as further claims swirled around Westminster. Her governing Conservatives will ad

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Twitter employee briefly shuts Trump account, putting controls in question

The masthead of US President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account in a screenshot taken on October 22, 2017. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via Geo.tv  Twitter Inc faced questions on Friday about its approach to internal security after a company employee briefly deactivated US President Donald Trump?s account. The 11-minute blackout of the @realDonaldTrump account late on Thursday drew widespread attention to the microblogging site. Trump frequently uses Twitter to announce policy, assa

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No possibility of martial law in Pakistan: interior minister

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/badee3ea5a163ae82bddbeaa70d7e3c7.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvNC8yMDE3IDQ6Mzc6MDIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1CZThHTFppblJoY2IydXV2ZlhYeGlBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that there is no likelihood of martial law being imposed in Pakistan and that such

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'Monstrous' Messi to enter Barca's 600 club

Barcelona?s Lionel Messi. REUTERS/Juan Medina/Files BARCELONA: Lionel Messi will celebrate his 600th start for Barcelona on Saturday in what his manager Ernesto Valverde hails as "a monstrous" achievement. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner becomes only the third player to reach the milestone for the Catalan club after ex-playmaker Xavi Hernandez (767 appearances) and the current captain Andres Iniesta (642). In his 599 games since 2004, the 30-year-old Argentine legend has scored 523 goals all

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Love-all as Wozniacki announces engagement

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark with her boyfriend American professional basketball player David Lee during a practice session prior to the US Open Tennis Championships at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City, US, August 26, 2017. AFP/Getty Images North America/Clive Brunskill/Files  LOS ANGELES: World number three Caroline Wozniacki announced her engagement to American basketball player David Lee on Friday. The Danish star, who won the season-ending WTA Fina

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