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Pakistan seek series-clinching win in second T20I tonight

Captains pose with the T20I series trophy Unstoppable Pakistan, after winning the opening T20 international by seven wickets on Thursday, will face Sri Lanka in the second, and series-deciding, T20I match at Abu Dhabi today. Medium pacer Hasan Ali finished with a career best bowling to once again anchor Pakistan's convincing victory over Sri Lanka in the first T20I, taking 3-23 in 3.3 overs as Pakistan skittled Sri Lanka out for a paltry 102 in 18.3 overs. The Green Shirts were seen through to
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Pakistan opposes sale of US drones to India

Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesman, Nafees Zakaria. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday opposed the sale of US drone missile system to India on the ground that the move will disturb the balance of power in the region. ?International powers must show responsibility before signing such agreements,? said Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria in his weekly press briefing. Zakaria said that Pakistan informed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his recent visit to Islamabad
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Kohli overtakes Messi in Forbes? list of most valuable athletes

India skipper Virat Kohli ahead of Messi as among the most valuable athletes India captain Virat Kohli has shot past Barcelona star Lionel Messi in Forbes? list of the world?s most valuable athletes. According to Forbes, the 28-year-old cricketer is ranked seventh in the list with a brand value of $14.5 million, which puts him ahead of Messi who is at ninth ($13.5 million), golfer Rory McIlroy and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. Barca star Lionel Messi ranked at ninth  Tennis great
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Riz Ahmed fourth most influential Asian in Britain, Sadiq Khan tops list

Riz Ahmed, who has many award-winning TV shows and films to his credit, has spoken various times about lack of diversity in Hollywood British actor of Pakistani descent Riz Ahmed has clinched fourth spot in this year?s list of most influential Asian people in Britain while London Mayor Sadiq Khan retained first spot for the second consecutive year. The GG2 Power List of the 101 leading Asian influencers includes various influential politicians, artists and actors of Asian origin in Britain. Th
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Dr Faisal assumes charge as new FO spokesperson

Dr Faisal/File photo Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria has been appointed Pakistan?s new High Commissioner to Malaysia. Dr Faisal, who was serving as Director General for South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, has been named the new spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zakaria had assumed charge as Foreign Office spokesperson on June 4, 2016, bringing with him several years of foreign services experience. He has worked in Pakistan?s missions in
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Record tampering case: former SECP chief Zafar Hijazi indicted

Ex chairman SECP Zafar Hijazi leaving court premises. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Zafar Hijazi, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), was indicted on Friday on charges of altering records related to the Chaudhry Sugar Mills and pressuring departmental officers to tamper documents. During the hearing in the court of special judge Iram Niazi, Hijazi pleaded not guilty after the charges against him were read out. The former SECP chairman said that a cas
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Journalist Ahmad Noorani assaulted in Islamabad

Ahmad Noorani. Photo: Twitter  ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist with The News, Ahmad Noorani, was assaulted by unidentified attackers in the federal capital on Friday.  According to details, Noorani's car was stopped by three men travelling on a motorcycle near Zero Point Interchange while he was on his way home in Islamabad from Rawalpindi.  [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0612bc39a816ac646d32e967282a4ea9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjcvMjAxNyA3OjIxOjM4IEFNJ
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Bollywood sexual predators shielded by victims' silence

An aspiring Pakistani dancer practices her Bollywood dance moves at a studio in Lahore-Reuters MUMBAI/ABUJA: Two major Bollywood rape-revenge dramas released in 2017 had beefy heroes take on men or gangs who had sexually assaulted their wives or daughters. But off-screen, predators in the world?s most prolific film industry are protected by victims? silence. From India?s Bollywood to Nigeria?s Nollywood, which both produce more films than Hollywood, actors told the Thomson Reuters Foundation th
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No role for Assad in Syria's future: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives back at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US October 26, 2017/ REUTERS GENEVA: President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to resume next month. Tillerson said that the Trump administration backed the Geneva peace talks as the only way to end the more than six-year-old war and move to a political transit
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Sri Lanka?s attack survivors bring top-level cricket back to Pakistan

Paramilitary soldiers stand guard at an entry gate of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore/AFP file photo LAHORE: Tens of thousands of security will be deployed in Lahore on Sunday when Sri Lanka become the first major cricket team to visit Pakistan since they were targeted in a deadly ambush in 2009 -- with attack survivors among those returning to the scene. Several Sri Lankan players and officials, including their head coach, have opted out of the Twenty20 fixture, after some voiced concern about secur
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Hiroshima survivor to jointly receive Nobel Peace Prize with ICAN

FILE PHOTO: Setsuko Thurlow (L), a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, is congratulated after being awarded the rank of Member in the Order of Canada by Governor General Michaelle Jean at Rideau Hall in Ottawa October 26, 2007. REUTERS OSLO: An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this year?s laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN said on Thursday. Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 at
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Turnout of 34.5 percent in Kenya vote re-run: election commission head

Election officials count ballot papers during Kenya's presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya October 26, 2017.  Photo: REUTERS  NAIROBI: An estimated 6.55 million Kenyans voted in Thursday?s presidential election re-run, just 34.5 percent of registered voters, Wafula Chebukati, election commission chairman, said on Twitter. Turnout in the August vote that was later annulled by the courts was 80 percent. Opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the re-run, saying the election commission had f
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'Stranger Things 2' gets darker in aftermath of death and Demogorgon

LOS ANGELES: A year has passed since a supernatural demon terrorised the town of Hawkins, Indiana, but as Netflix?s hit 1980s science fiction series ?Stranger Things? returns for a second season today, life has not returned to normal for the unlikely heroes. The adults and teenagers of ?Stranger Things 2? wrestle emotionally with the events of the first season: a town boy?s disappearance, a death, a mysterious girl with superpowers and a decaying parallel universe called the Upside Down. ?We
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Lahore traffic plan for Pakistan-Sri Lanka T20

A view of Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  LAHORE: The city traffic police has released a comprehensive traffic plan for October 29, the day Pakistan and Sri Lanka face off at Gaddafi Stadium in a historic return of top-flight cricket to the country. Chief Traffic Officer Lahore Rai Ejaz said a comprehensive traffic plan has been chalked out to facilitate citizens and maintain smooth traffic flow on the occasion. Under the plan, SP Traffic Sadar Division and SP Traffic City Division, besides four SPs,
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ANP leader, brother killed in vehicle explosion in Balochistan

Image of Razzak's car after the explosion. Photo: Geo News HARNAI: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzak and his brother lost their lives in a car explosion in Shahrag Tehsil of Balochistan's Harnai District on Friday, according to the party?s information secretary. Harnai District Commissioner Abdul Salam Achakzai said that five to six kilogrammes of explosives were planted in Razzak?s car.  He said that the deceased were en route to Pishin for the party?s rally when the explosion t
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Australian court rules deputy PM ineligible for parliament over dual citizenship

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce reacts as he sits in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, October 25-Reuters CANBERRA: Australia?s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority and forced a by-election. The Australian dollar fell a quarter of a US cent after the court announced its ruling and ordered tha
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Atif Aslam?s voice adds spark to Irrfan Khan starrer ?Qarib Qarib Singlle?

A moment from the upcoming drama film ?Qarib Qarib Singlle? Atif Aslam is back, this time by lending his soulful notes to the new track ?Jaane De? from the upcoming Bollywood film ?Qarib Qarib Singlle?. The film stars Irrfan Khan and Parvathy in lead roles, in a departure from the usual fairytale romances by portraying the dilemma of commitment. It tells a romantic tale of two people who start liking each other but are not able to commit easily. The song ?Jaane De? is penned by Raj Shekhar an
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Geo TV's series 'Manto' to hit home screens from Nov 3

KARACHI: Manto, Sarmad Khoosat?s highly anticipated television show, will air every Friday starting November 3 on Geo Television. The biopic ? carved out of the series ? is based on the life of Saadat Hasan Manto, a controversial playwright and short-story writer.  The film was released in September 2015 and bagged several local as well as international awards for its content and cast. Manto was acclaimed for his work such as Toba Tek Singh, Khol Do, Thanda Gosht and Ooper Neeche aur Darmiyan
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Kashmiris observe Black Day to mark illegal Indian occupation

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing Black Day today to mark the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir by India and to reiterate their pledge to continue the liberation struggle till complete success. A complete shutdown is being observed in Occupied Kashmir and rallies are being taken out in world capitals. Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership and other pro-freedom organizations. In Muzaffarabad, main protest demonst
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Juvenile prisoners sexually abused in Balochistan?s jails: JUI-F lawmaker

QUETTA: Underage prisoners are routinely sexually abused by older prisoners in jails in Balochistan, said Jamiat- Ulema Islam MPA Sardar Abdur Rehman during an assembly session. The lawmaker said that older prisoners who have been in the jails for a considerable period of time and enjoy influence subject young and vulnerable prisoners to sexual abuse. The children are in not a position to resist the abuse and a number of them often come out of jails as victims of abuse and drug addicts, Rehman
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Pakistan?s youthful population creates education challenges

Despite 220,000 schools nationwide, Pakistan has over 20 million out-of-school children ISLAMABAD: Private schools, charitable institutions, and religious seminaries in the country are stepping in to supplement government-run schools to help deal with the education needs of a fast-growing nation with an estimated 50 million school-age children. Despite 220,000 schools nationwide, Pakistan has over 20 million out-of-school children, according to a 2016 government report. The government has pump
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Syrian forces responsible for sarin attack: UN panel

Most of the evidence collected supported the 'prevailing scenario' that the 'sarin was delivered via an aerial bomb that was dropped by an airplane' UNITED NATIONS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces were responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, a UN investigative panel said Thursday. The joint UN-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) panel said in a much-awaited report that most of the evidence
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US releases trove of Kennedy assassination files

John F. Kennedy WASHINGTON: The US government on Thursday released a mammoth, long-awaited trove of secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, but withheld others for further review on national security grounds. In a statement, the National Archives said that on orders from President Donald Trump it had released 2,891 records related to the November 22, 1963 slaying of JFK in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy scholars have said the documents were unlikely to contain any bombshell re
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Body recovered, man shot for resisting robbery in unrelated incidents in Karachi

File Photo KARACHI: A dead body was recovered late Thursday night from a house near Sindhi Hotel in the metropolis' New Karachi locale, police sources revealed. Authorities said the body was found hanging with a noose around the neck. Another man was wounded during a robbery attempt in the city's Defence area, security officers stated. Police explained that the injured person was shot when he resisted a robbery attempt in Phase 5, Badar Commercial locale. 22 held in Hafizabad operation Law
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Football clubs could face high price for stars' tax affairs: experts

Premier League clubs risk the possibility of demotion and being prosecuted under the new Criminal Finance Act, a leading city firm told AFP. Under the new law, which came into force on September 30, any company, which includes football clubs, can be held responsible for their employees or agents with whom they do business if tax evasion becomes an issue. The new legislation places the onus firmly on clubs to carry out due diligence on players and agents, says Tom Shave, partner in business tax
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