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PML-N govt keeps its promises: PM Abbasi

SKARDU: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Wednesday that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government always keeps its promises. He was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Baltistan University.
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NA committee approves bill to restore executive magistracy after 16 years

The executive magistrate would have the authority to take decisions regarding maintenance of peace and security, regulation of prices and levying fines. Photo: Parliament/File   ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved a bill to reinstate the institution of the executive magistracy in the local government, 16 years after it was abolished by former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. The committee ruled that the passing of the law falls under th
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Nawaz should be placed on ECL to conclude corruption case swiftly: PTI leader

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), argued Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday.  Speaking to the media outside the Supreme Court, Chaudhry said Nawaz's frequent travels are delaying the corruption proceedings against him.  "The people of Pakistan need a logical conclusion of the case," he said. Giving the example of Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharjeel Memon's com
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Huge trust deficit between Pakistan and US: Khawaja Asif

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif - Reuters file photo   There is a ?huge trust deficit? between Pakistan and the US over the Afghan conflict, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has told the BBC. ?There is basically one key factor which is missing in our relationship that is trust. We have a huge trust deficit. We are desperately trying, both parties Americans and Pakistanis to bridge this trust deficit.? The foreign minister stressed that Pakistan did not have terrorist safe havens and the
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Sharjeel Memon?s arrest big stain on NAB itself: Khursheed Shah

Leader of Opposition in NA Khursheed Shah/ file photo ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah said on Wednesday that the arrest of former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Memon tarnished the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) itself. The veteran Pakistan Peoples Party member and opposition leader, while criticising the arrest, said that those who have non-bailable arrest warrants get bail within an hour. ?Memon was not charged by the NAB, he returned to
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Britain aiming for outline Brexit transition deal by first quarter of 2018: Brexit minister

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis. Photo: File  LONDON: Britain wants an outline agreement with the European Union on the transitional arrangements that will apply after it leaves the bloc by the first quarter of 2018, Brexit minister David Davis said on Wednesday. ?I would be aiming to get certainly the outlines of it agreed, if we could, in the first quarter (of 2018) ... but it?s a negotiation,? Davis told a parliamentary committee.
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15 labourers injured in gas explosion at Haripur factory

The injured, two of whom are in critical condition, have been shifted to the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Hospital in Wah Cantt. Photo: Geo News  ABBOTTABAD: Fifteen labourers sustained burn injuries when an explosion took place after a gas leak at a factory in the Hattar Steel Mills in Haripur. The injured, two of whom are in critical condition, have been shifted to the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Hospital in Wah Cantt. A number of fire incidents in factories in Pakistan have emerged this yea
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Law-breaking cops beat up youth in Karachi after being confronted

The young man making a video of the policemen. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: A young man was reportedly beaten up by police officers after he caught them red-handed breaking the law.  In a video, the young man can be seen confronting two police officials who are travelling on the wrong side of the road near the Safoora Chowrangi area of the city. Making a video from his mobile phone throughout, the man narrates that, "this is wrong...no wonder the state of affairs [of our country] is such."  Afte
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Plague kills 124 in Madagascar, cities most affected: report

A council worker sprays disinfectant as a deadly outbreak of the plague spreads through cities across Madagascar- AFP KIGALI: A plague epidemic in Madagascar has killed 124 people since August in an outbreak that has hit the island?s two main cities the hardest, the authorities said on Wednesday. Plague is endemic in Madagascar, but the outbreak that has caused 1,192 suspected cases since August is especially worrying because it started earlier in the season than usual and has hit urban rather
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NZ opt to bat after India ODI pitch controversy

Kohli and Williamson shake hands/File photo PUNE: New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the second one-day international Wednesday after officials gave the Pune match the go-ahead following a pitch-tampering controversy. "We´ll bat. It looks like a good surface so we´ll try to make the most of it first up," said Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson after the coin landed in his favour. Williamson said New Zealand would start with the same 11 that stunned India by six wicket
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Twitter to label election ads after US regulatory threat

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw September 27, 2013. Photo: REUTERS  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements and say who is behind each of them, after a threat of regulation from the United States over the lack of disclosure for political spending on social media. Twitter, acting a month after Facebook Inc launched a s
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Robert Guillaume, the voice of Lion King?s Rafiki, passes away

Robert Guillaume Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Guillaume, best known for voicing Rafiki in ?The Lion King? and for his role in sitcom ?Benson?, died of complications from prostate cancer on Tuesday, his wife said. He was 89. The gravelly voiced Guillaume, who thrived in Broadway musicals before starring on the TV series ?Soap? and its spinoff ?Benson,? died at his Los Angeles home, his wife Donna Brown Guillaume said in a statement. It is not known how long he had been battling cance
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Indian curator caught pitch-fixing in sting operation ahead of NZ ODI

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/95ba63556f2873d7fdcfb11954bc51b2.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjUvMjAxNyA3OjU0OjI1IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9TXpNRmRCMHYxaUpRNW5RdGFXdG54Zz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] The curator at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Ground in Pune has been caught ?allowing people to tamper with the pitch? in
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Karachi Operation world's best targeted operation: CM Sindh

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that the Karachi Operation ? initiated in 2013 ? was the world?s best targeted operation because there was no loss of innocent life. The chief minister Sindh made the remarks during a meeting with Foreign Service Academy?s delegation. Murad said that under the National Action Plan in the province, 1,028,218 criminals were caught while 1,258 were killed. ?The Karachi operation would not have been a success without the support of t
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Under Trump plan, refugees from 11 countries face additional US barriers

A woman who is seeking asylum has her fingerprints taken by a U.S. Customs and Border patrol officer at a pedestrian port of entry from Mexico to the United States, in McAllen, Texas. Photo:REUTERS1 WASHINGTON: The Trump administration will temporarily delay processing of most refugees from 11 countries identified as high-risk, while resuming refugee admissions for other countries, government officials said on Tuesday. Most of the affected countries are in the Middle East and Africa, according
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Traders call strike, say taxes illegal in absence of defined status of GB

Traders said that strikes and protest rallies would continue in the region, threatening a wheel-jam strike if the tax notification by the government is not withdrawn-Geo News GILGIT: Various parts of Gilgit-Baltistan continue to observe shutter-down strike on the calls of the trader community against the implementation of withholding tax in the region. The Central Traders Association said that levying taxes without determining the constitutional status of Gilgil-Baltistan is illegal. He said th
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PTI chief admits to infighting over party tickets

PTI Chairman Imran Khan addressing the media October 25, 2017. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan admitted on Wednesday that there is infighting among party members with regards to the awarding of tickets for next year's general elections.  Speaking to the media here alongside local party leaders, Imran responded to a question by saying "it is natural for a growing party to experience infighting".  However, he added that once the tickets are finalised,
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MQM-P member shot dead in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Dr Noshad, was shot dead in a targeted attack in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Police officials said the attackers, riding a motorcycle, shot at Dr Noshad?s vehicle near Rasheed Bhayya Park within the limits of Gulshan Halinagar Police Station. After the incident, MQM-P MNA Waseem Hurrain and party leader Rashid Khaleji, along with other party officials, reached Civil Hospital where Dr Noshad?s body was taken. Hussain told Geo News t
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SC to resume hearing of Imran, Tareen disqualification reference today

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will resume hearing on Wednesday of the disqualification reference against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar will hear the petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi. In the hearing on Tuesday, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar in his remarks said that it seems as if one person made the answers for both the PTI chief and Tareen. The
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Qandeel murder case: Qavi to undergo polygraph test today

Mufti Abdul Qavi. Photo: File  MULTAN: Mufti Abdul Qavi will undergo a polygraph test today at the Punjab Science Forensic Agency after being shifted to Lahore from Multan. Qavi, who is an accused in the murder of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, will reach Lahore at 12pm and undergo the lie detector test at 4pm. The accused would be allowed to rest for four hours before the test for accurate test results. Qavi was discharged from Institute of Cardiology in Multan on Tuesday and is now i
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Tillerson arrives in India after Pakistan visit

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Delhi Tuesday night on his maiden official visit to India, less than four hours after landing in Pakistan where he met the country?s top civil and military leadership. During his three-day visit to India, he will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Tillerson met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other high-ranking Pakistan
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Pyongyang university needs non-US teachers as travel ban leaves staff shortages

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. Photo: Reuters SEOUL: The only western-funded university in North Korea is scrambling to recruit teachers not from the United States after a US travel ban to the isolated country forced the school to start the September semester with only half of its faculty. According to a recruitment notice from a faculty member of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) reviewed by Reuters, the school is on
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Smith, Warner say no to four-day Tests

Australia captain Steve Smith and opener David Warner  SYDNEY: Australia captain Steve Smith and star opener David Warner say they have no desire to play four-day Tests in a setback to international cricket chiefs who have floated the idea. At a board meeting in Auckland this month, the International Cricket Council unveiled plans for a long-awaited, nine-nation Test championship in a bid to preserve the five-day format´s status following the rapid growth of Twenty20. Among a raft of other ref
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At a forgotten Pakistan port, China paves a new Silk Road

A general view of Gwadar deep-sea port on the Arabian Sea March 19, 2007. REUTERS/file GWADAR: Remote and impoverished, Pakistan´s Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion-dollar development project with China aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk Road. Situated on a barren peninsula in the Arabian Sea, Gwadar, or the "gate of the wind", owes its fortuitous selection as Pakistan´s next economic hub to its strategic location near the Strait of Hormuz. The
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Pakistan coal power plant signs $1.5 billion deal with Chinese banks

CHENGDU: A joint China-Pakistan coal-fired power plant has signed a loan contract worth $1.5 billion with banks in China, Xinhua news agency reported. Hubco Coal Power Plant, which is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, raised the amount from a consortium of banks led by the China Development Bank. The news agency said that the construction of the power plant, costing about $2 billion, began in March by the China Power Hub Generation Company, a joint venture of Pakistan's Hub Power H
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