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British Navy fires nine sailors from nuclear submarine

File photo: Reuters  LONDON: Nine British sailors assigned to a nuclear submarine have been discharged from the Royal Navy after failing compulsory drug tests, Britain´s ministry of defence has confirmed. The service personnel, stationed aboard HMS Vigilant -- one of four Royal Navy submarines equipped with nuclear missiles -- were dismissed after all tested positive for an illegal substance. "We do not tolerate drugs misuse by service personnel," a Royal Navy spokesperson said. "Those found
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Transfer of police officer before time to be on solid basis: IG Sindh

KARACHI: Inspector General of Police Sindh AD Khawaja gave a recommendation on Saturday that a police officer should not be transferred before the end of tenure without substantial grounds. The IG Sindh was briefing a session of Sindh cabinet under Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah. Khawaja said that the posting of Additional IG, DIG and SSP is for two years and for the rest of the ranks it should be one year. He said that the IG police should have the right to transfer police officers. In
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Dual criteria of justice present in country, says Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

Former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf while speaking to media outside accountability court. Photo: Geo News  LAHORE: Forner Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Saturday that criteria of justice should be equal for all, those who are facing huge corruption allegations are free from accountability. Speaking outside an accountability court after hearing of illegal appointment case against him, the Pakistan Peoples' Party leader said that there are dual standards for justice in the cou
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Employer cuts off tongue of domestic worker for demanding salary in Rajanpur

RAJANPUR: A domestic employer allegedly cut off tongue of his household help for asking for his two months? salary in Kot Mithan area, police said on Saturday. According to police, the victim Abbas was taken to District Hospital in a critical condition. Abbas was an employee of a man named Abdul Rasheed since a year. Police registered a case against the complaint in the jurisdiction of Kot Mithan police station. Police said that a team has been dispatched to arrest the suspect.  
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US defence chief warns ?massive? response to N. Korea nuclear weapon use

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis SEOUL: US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis on Saturday warned North Korea of a "massive military response" to any use of nuclear weapons as tensions remain sky-high ahead of Donald Trump´s visit to South Korea. Pyongyang in recent months has sparked global alarm by conducting a sixth nuclear test and test-launching missiles capable of reaching the US mainland, while Trump and the North´s young ruler Kim Jong-Un have traded threats of war and personal insults.
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Khursheed Shah visits Ahmad Noorani, condemns attack

Khursheed Shah during his visit to PIMS hospital  ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Saturday visited senior journalist Ahmad Noorani, who is under treatment at PIMS hospital after suffering an assault by unidentified attackers in the federal capital yesterday. Speaking to media on the occasion, Shah condemned the attack on The News journalist and called on the government and authorities to catch the culprits immediately. ?The [attack] is regrettable. Suc
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?Particular lobby? constructing narrative to provoke unconstitutional acts: Iqbal

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9ad4fc05e41ced0b6e84b66bcd80bc6c.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjgvMjAxNyA3OjU5OjM3IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9OVNDZHM3S2VVVHZaVG9xMzVNeTBMZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said that a particular lobby is hell-bent on constructing a narrative to provoke un
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Root eager to avenge Australia heartache

England captain Joe Root poses with the urn  LONDON: England captain Joe Root is determined to show Australia just how good he is during the upcoming Ashes series as he seeks to atone for a miserable first tour ´Down Under´. Root is now one of the world´s leading batsmen, having scored more than 5,000 runs in 60 Test at an average of 53.76 including 13 hundreds. But his previous Ashes tour, in 2013/14, ended with him being dropped for the Sydney finale after he´d managed a meagre 192 runs in
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ATC issues arrest warrants for MQM founder in Aug 22 violence case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court once again issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder and other absconders in a case pertaining to the incendiary speech by the founder on August 22 and the violence that followed on the day in the city. The court has directed authorities to arrest the absconders and present them before court by November 25. Investigation officer in the case said a request for a joint investigation team has been sent to the interior ministry and wi
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First charges filed in US special counsel's Russia investigation

WASHINGTON: A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The indictment was sealed under orders from a federal judge so it was not clear what the charges were or who the target was, the source said, adding that the indictment could be unsealed as early as Monday. The filing of charges by the grand jury in Washington was first reported earlier on Fr
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Traffic in-charge injured in firing by excise personnel in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: A traffic in-charge was shot and critically injured by excise personnel in Charsadda on Saturday. The traffic in-charge was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital for immediate medical treatment. According to reports, the excise personnel opened fire on the sub-inspector after he refused to stop his car on their direction. Earlier, on Jan 2017, a police official was killed near his house in Muslimabad as unknown men opened fire at him.  In the same year in March, unidentified men opened
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No space for militancy, terrorism in MQM-P: Sattar

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/385fc640f0c5c592fa9db91c30d50a59.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjgvMjAxNyA2OjQ4OjI4IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9OXI0bHRIbDNiOTZya04wY3hwZzZVQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan chief Farooq Sattar on Saturday said that his party has no space for militancy and terrori
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Risk of irregular heart rhythm rises with weight and age

The risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm increases as people age and become overweight or obese, spiking after age 50 for men and age 60 for women, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on almost 80,000 people, ages 24 to 97, in four European studies. When they joined the studies, none of the participants had atrial fibrillation. After following half of the participants for at least 13 years ? and some of them for nearly 28 years ? researchers found that 4.4% of the women
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In Pictures: Gaddafi Stadium gets ready to witness history

Preparations are in full swing in and around Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore as the venue gets ready to host Sri Lankan team for the final T20 on Sunday. The occasion will mark the return of top-flight cricket to Pakistan, as Sri Lanka become the first major cricket team to visit the country since the 2009 tragedy. Ground workers clean the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, October 25, 2017/AFP Ground workers clean the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, October 25, 2017/AFP Ground workers clean the Gaddafi S
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Sri Lankan delegation reviews security ahead of Lahore T20

Security personnel stand guard outside PCB office at Gaddafi Stadium/AFP  LAHORE: The visiting Sri Lankan security team spent a busy day on Friday while reviewing all the security arrangements being made for the third and final T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on October 29 at the Gaddafi Stadium. Pakistan Cricket Board's security and vigilance head Colonel (retd) Muhammad Azam briefed the two-member team led by De Silve upon their arrival at the Gaddafi Stadium on different tiers of the secu
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George Michael album tops UK charts again after 27 years

Michael -- who was found dead on Christmas Day last year -- personally oversaw the remastering of the record prior to his death-Reuters LONDON: George Michael´s chart-topping 1990 album "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" returned straight to number one in the British charts on Friday, 10 months after the British pop star´s death at the age of 53. The remastered record sold over 56,000 copies to come first in the charts in the largest first-week sales for a re-released album in charts history.
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Family wanted me to hold party reins: Maryam Nawaz

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/43c18f9b828a3343684ce8f2cd01ff1a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjgvMjAxNyA1OjE0OjQ0IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9cHRIWWE3cmdQaXdlZnNUR2E4U0FIQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister?s daughter Maryam Nawaz said in a recent interview that it was her family?s decision that she holds
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Facebook, in reversal, to publish cache of political ads

Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies' gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files  SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc announced a plan to increase transparency about its role in political advertising on Friday, ahead of congressional hearings next week on social media companies and Russia?s meddling in last year?s US presidential election. Rob Goldman ? Facebook?s vice president for ads ? said in a blog post that the company would launch
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Bomb attack kills one Bahraini policeman, wounds eight

DUBAI: Militants attacked a Bahraini police bus near the Jidhafs area outside the capital Manama, killing one policeman and wounding eight others, the interior ministry said on Friday. The attack targeted the bus on the Khalifa bin Salman highway, the ministry said, adding that the militant group used a handmade bomb. ?Investigations are underway to determine the circumstances of this premeditated terrorist attack and arrest the group involved,? the ministry said in a statement on its website.
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Myanmar detains reporters on assignment for Turkish state TV

A partially burnt poster is seen at an impromptu memorial after a protest by journalists ? in Valletta, Malta ? following the assassination of an investigative journalist, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files NAYPYITAW/YANGON: Myanmar police detained two journalists working for Turkey?s state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver on Friday for flying a drone near the parliament compound, amid tension between the two countries over the Rohingya crisis. The journalists ?
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Pakistan welcomes end of isolation from internationals

Pakistan's captain Sarfraz Ahmed celebrates with Faheem Ashraf during the second T20 cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, October 27, 2017. AFP/Nezar Balout  LAHORE: Even Pakistan's prime minister did not believe it could happen but when Sri Lanka visit the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday for a T20 match, the hosts will celebrate the end of eight years of isolation from international cricket. Less than a year ago, none of this appeared possible
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Oil up 2 percent, Brent hits $60 per barrel on support for extending curbs

A pumpjack is seen at an oil field supply yard in Denver, Colorado, US, February 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped about 2 percent on Friday, with global benchmark Brent crude rising above $60 per barrel, on support among the world?s top producers for extending a deal to rein in output and as the dollar retreated from three-month peaks. Saudi Arabia and Russia declared their support for extending an OPEC-led deal to cut supplies for another nine months, the Organi
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12 detained as LEAs conduct raids in Karachi, Shorkot, Gujranwala, Sialkot

KARACHI: At least 12 alleged suspects were taken into custody late Friday night during various raids carried out in different cities of Pakistan, Geo News reported. Seven suspects were detained following a search operation in Karachi's Mominabad locale, police sources revealed, adding that the arrestees include street criminals, dacoits, and drug sellers. FIA raids Operations conducted Friday night in Gujranwala, Chiniot, and Sialkot led to the arrest of four suspects, the Federal Investigat
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Chinese national detained at Lahore airport for carrying $60,000

LAHORE: A Customs Vigilance team detained a foreign man Friday night at the Allama Iqbal International Airport ? set to depart from the city and travelling to Bangkok ? for carrying an unusual amount of US dollars, the agency said, according to Geo News. The detainee ? identified as a Chinese national ? was in possession of US $60,000, as per Customs officials, and was travelling to Bangkok via a foreign airline. The man has been taken into custody for questioning and a case subsequently regis
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Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving in Florida

Golfer Tiger Woods leaves Palm Beach County court after he pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving in connection with his May arrest for driving under the influence, Palm Beach, Florida, US, October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Lannis Waters/Pool  PALM BEACH GARDENS: Tiger Woods on Friday pleaded guilty in a Florida court to reckless driving and entered a program for first-time offenders, avoiding a conviction on the charge of driving under the influence (DUI) last spring. The 41-year-old profess
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