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Punjab wildlife dept arrest foreigner for smuggling falcons

Nine Falcons were recovered from the possession of the Qatari citizen. Photo: Geo News screen grab LAHORE: Punjab wildlife department foiled a smuggling attempt at Lahore airport on Tuesday.  The department, along with airport security forces, arrested a Qatari citizen for smuggling nine falcons worth more than Rs5 million to his native country.  Director-General Wildlife Department Khalid Ayaz Khan informed that suspect has been identified as Ahmed Hussain Ali Muhammad-ul-Saada.  The suspect
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China confirms bird flu outbreak at poultry farms in central province

Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the drier winter months, following which outbreaks usually die down. Photo: Reuters  BEIJING: China on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at broiler chicken farms in a central province, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement. Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the drier winter months, following which outbreaks usually die down. The outbreak in Hexian, a city of about 500,000 people in the province of Anh
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Imran called upon supporters to throw acid on my face, claims Gulalai

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4e89e3eb03f92f4e50712174bc6964be.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMTcvMjAxNyAyOjQyOjUwIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9LzJjbU9qWTg4Z09uK0E5UVlqZnhJQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] Member National Assembly Ayesha Gulalai shared her ordeal using the  #MeToo trend and claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairpers
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UN says 582,000 Rohingya have now crossed into Bangladesh

Some 582,000 Rohingya refugees have now fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that thousands more were still stranded at the border. Photo: Reuters COX'S BAZAR: Some 582,000 Rohingya refugees have now fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that thousands more were still stranded at the border. The UN said between 10,000 and 15,000 new refugees have arrived at the border in the last 48 hours alone,
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Many Weinsteins within Bollywood, says Pooja Bhatt

Bollywood actress and producer Pooja Bhatt called out harassment in Indian movie industry and remarked that the industry is brimming with many 'Harvey Weinsteins', the Hollywood mogul against whom many sexual assault charges have surfaced. The Zakhm actress praised the Academy?s move to expel the Weinstein. However, she also raised doubt if Bollywood would ever make a similar move. She wrote: ?Many Weinsteins within Bollywood. But would the powers that supposedly govern us ever do wh
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Coming of age in an era of prosperity: Meet China's 'bubble generation'

Zhang Weixuan, an assistant secretary of the board at a software company, poses for pictures near her office in Beijing's financial district, China, September 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters  WUHAN: Call them China?s bubble generation. They were born after the crushing of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, raised mostly without siblings during an unprecedented economic boom, and came of age as Xi Jinping, China?s strongest leader in decades, ascended to power. It?s a generation that grew up
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IHC rejects intra-court appeal to disqualify MNA Aisha Gulalai

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday rejected an intra-court appeal to disqualify Aisha Gulalai as member of the National Assembly. The petitioner in the appeal had challenged the verdict announced by IHC's single bench, which had discarded the petition. Rejecting the intra-court appeal, the court observed that proceedings regarding deseating the MNA are ongoing in the Election Commission of Pakistan. ECP reserves verdict in Ayesha Gulalai disqualification reference
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Microsoft responded quietly after detecting secret database hack in 2013

Microsoft Corp?s secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than four years ago, according to five former employees, in only the second known breach of such a corporate. Photo: Reuters file  Microsoft Corp?s secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than four years ago, according to five former employees, in only the second known breac
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EU 'horrified', urges justice for murdered Malta journalist

The EU said Tuesday it was "horrified" after a Maltese journalist who investigated corruption in premier Joseph Muscat´s inner circle was killed by a car bomb, calling for justice to be done in the case. Photo: AFP BRUSSELS: The EU said Tuesday it was "horrified" after a Maltese journalist who investigated corruption in premier Joseph Muscat's inner circle was killed by a car bomb, calling for justice to be done in the case. "We are horrified by the fact that a well known and respected Maltese
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Weinstein scandal signals end for 'dinosaur' men, Catherine Zeta-Jones says

Harvey Weinstein´s fall should be the end of "dinosaur" men preying on women, Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones said Tuesday as she premiered a film about a woman who had a brutally efficient way of dealing with chauvinism. Photo: AFP CANNES: Harvey Weinstein´s fall should be the end of "dinosaur" men preying on women, Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones said Tuesday as she premiered a film about a woman who had a brutally efficient way of dealing with chauvinism. The Oscar-winning actress sa
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Indian cricket board slammed over Kumble birthday post

Anil Kumble NEW DELHI: India´s powerful cricket board hastily deleted a birthday message for record Test wicket-taker Anil Kumble Tuesday after irate fans took offence at the spinning great being described simply as a "former bowler". The row follows Kumble´s acrimonious departure as national coach in June, when he quit saying his relationship with captain Virat Kohli was "untenable". The Board of Control for Cricket in India joined in the well wishes for Kumble´s 47th birthday but quickly bac
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Maltese journalist's son says she was murdered for exposing corruption

VALLETTA: The son of Malta?s best-known investigative journalist said on Tuesday his mother was killed by a car bomb because of her work exposing political corruption. Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote about graft across Malta?s political divides on her blog, was murdered on Monday soon after she left her home in the north of the island. ?My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it, like many strong journalists,? Matthew Caruana Gali
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Riz Ahmed in talks to star in Netflix film ?Hamlet?

Riz Ahmed  Emmy-winning British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed is said to be in talks to play the title character in Netflix?s upcoming film ?Hamlet?, which will present a contemporary take on Shakespeare's tragedy. Mike Lesslie, who penned 2015's Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender, will write the adaptation, which centres on the revenge Prince Hamlet is determined to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of his father. The play will, however, move from 17th century Denmark to modern-day Lo
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Has Meghan Markle left 'Suits' to finally wed Prince Harry?

Actress 'Suits' Meghan Markle and Prince Harry being a thing is not something under covers ? the two have been media's favourite past time for discussion. Meghan has reportedly informed 'Suits' producers that she will not be returning for the next season, which sparked rumours of her marriage to Prince Harry. According to the latest updates, Prince Harry might have already popped the question to Markle during their recent trip to Botswana. ?Meghan knows she can?t really act at the same tim
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Florida declares emergency over white supremacist event

Spencer, a leader of the so-called ?alt-right? movement, is due to give a speech on Thursday at the University of Florida in Gainesville Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday in northern Florida ahead of a speech by white supremacist leader Richard Spencer, who was involved in a march in August that ended in violent clashes. Spencer, a leader of the so-called ?alt-right? movement, is due to give a speech on Thursday at the University of Florida in Gainesville, a town of some
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Prices of 731 import items to increase

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has imposed regulatory duties on 731 items via a statutory regulatory order (SRO) issued on Monday.  The regulatory duty on import items varies between 10 and 50 percent.  The items include everything being imported into the country including confectionary items, toiletries, fruits all the way up to vehicles. Taxation experts weighing in on the issue claim that imposing regulatory duties on luxury imports will likely reduce demand of the products and in t
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Prices of 731 import items to increase

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has imposed regulatory duties on 731 items via a statutory regulatory order (SRO) issued on Monday.  The regulatory duty on import items varies between 10 and 50 percent.  The items include everything being imported into the country including confectionary items, toiletries, fruits all the way up to vehicles. Taxation experts weighing in on the issue claim that imposing regulatory duties on luxury imports will likely reduce demand of the products and in t
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Will put institutions on right track after gaining power: Imran

MALAKAND: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that his party will put the country?s institutions on the right track after winning the next general elections. The PTI chief was addressing a ceremony at Malakand university. Imran Khan said that the supremacy of law strengthens institutions. While presenting the example of Khyber pakhtunkhwa police, Imran said that people fear police in Sindh and Punjab, but the crime rate has dropped by 70 percent. ?AD Khawaja said t
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#Metoo: Brave Pakistani women who shared their stories of abuse

It began first as a tweet, limited to 140 characters. But a few hours later, it became a movement that skyrocketed across international social media platforms. On Sunday, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted a note, ?Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ?Me too? as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.? ?If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet.? Till now, the
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Punjab govt lends support to Shahid Afridi Foundation for Thar hospital

Afridi being presented a check by CM Punjab  LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday donated Rs50 million on behalf of the provincial government to former captain Shahid Afridi?s charity ?Shahid Afridi Foundation?. Afridi met with Shehbaz Sharif, who applauded the cricketer?s efforts in areas of health and education and presented a check of Rs50 million for the foundation to build a state-of-the-art hospital in Thar. The chief minister said there is a strong need for the privat
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Imran?s non-bailable arrest warrant sent to SSP operations

PTI Chairman Imran Khan - File Photo  ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sent the non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan to SSP operations. The warrant directs SSP Operations Islamabad to arrest Imran Khan and produce him before the commission on October 26 at 10 AM. The warrant which lists Khan?s Bani Gala and the PTI?s Central Office addresses states that the PTI chairman is charged with contempt of Election Commission of Pakis
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Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

Volunteers and Peshmerga forces carry their weapons north of Kirkuk, Iraq October 16, 2017. REUTERS BAGHDAD/KIRKUK: Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country. A convoy of armored vehicles from Iraq?s elite US-trained Counter-Terrorism Force seized Kirkuk?s provincial government headquarters on Monday afternoon, less than
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Drone strikes near Pak-Afghan border in Kurram: sources

A drone fires a missile/File photo PESHAWAR: Another drone attack was reported near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, Geo News reported citing sources. The drone fired two missiles at a house in Kuch Khurram near the border, sources said, adding that casualties were feared. Clouds of smoke could be seen rising out of the site of the attack, sources added. At least 20 people were believed killed and 10 injured in a drone attack near the same area on Monday. Six missi
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Veere Di Wedding: Sonam Kapoor slams catfight rumours

Contrary to the patriarchal nexus in Bollywood, Veere Di Wedding is one of the biggest all-female lead movies of the entertainment industry. But when women are working together, it unfortunately leads to major rumours and clichés about enmity and envy. A similar controversy emerged regarding the latest film with strong female lead characters. An India media outlet claimed that ugly tiffs have appeared within the cast members, especially leading lady Kareena Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Sonam, wh
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Suicide bombers, gunmen attack Afghan police training centre: officials

KHOST: Suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on a police training centre in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, in the latest violence to rock the war-torn country. The Taliban claimed responsibility in a tweet for the ongoing attack at the centre in Gardiz, capital of Paktia province, which borders Pakistan. "At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near the training centre, making way for a number of attackers to start their assault", the in
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