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Wahab, Yasir strike again as Sri Lanka lead crosses 300

Wahab Riaz in action during Dubai Test/Getty Images DUBAI: An interesting turn of events put Sri Lanka briefly on the back foot as Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah continued yesterday?s offensive early into the opening session of day four of the second Test on Monday. Wahab, after copping some early boundaries, dismissed Dickwella off a caught behind for 21. Yasir followed soon with an lbw, removing MDK Perera for a golden duck, leaving Sri Lanka at 60-7. Wahab took three wickets in a fiery spell on
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NAB team to visit London for Avenfield case probe: sources

LAHORE: A three-member team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will visit the United Kingdom to collect more evidence related to the Sharif family?s Avenfield apartments, sources informed Geo News on Monday. NAB Lahore Director General Major (retd) Shahzad Saleem has directed the team, which would be headed by Nadir Abbas, to collect further evidence related to the London properties of the Sharif family. According to sources, the three-member team has formally applied for British v
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PML-N wants to politicise accountability process: PTI leader

PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz wants to give the current accountability process a political shade, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday. In a statement, Qureshi said it is not appropriate for the Sharif family to try to gain sympathy rather than defending the corruption cases against them.  Meanwhile, PTI chairman's spokesperson, Naeemul Haque, said Maryam Nawaz's criticism of the ongoing situat
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Pakistan?s macroeconomic uncertainties rising, says World Bank report

KARACHI: The macroeconomic factors are far from encouraging and vehemently on the rise during the fiscal year 2017, according to a World Bank report published recently. The WB?s 'South Asia Economic Focus Fall 2017' report mentioned that the macroeconomic uncertainties are increasing due to which the balance of payments is disrupted. The ongoing fiscal deficit is primarily due to lack of foreign reserves, the World Bank report stated. Making the right fiscal policies can alleviate Pakistan?
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Days of depending on US are over, asserts PM Abbasi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi during his interview. Photo: Arab News ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the days of Pakistan?s dependence on the US to meet its military requirements have ended. In an interview to Arab News, published on Monday, the premier said the world should recognise Pakistan?s efforts in fighting the ?world?s war? on terror. ?If one source dries up, we have no option but to go to another source. It may cost more, it may consume more resources, bu
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New Naval Chief calls on PM Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: The newly promoted Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here at the PM Office on Monday. The Prime Minister congratulated Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on assuming the office of Naval Chief and expressed confidence that Pakistan Navy would further progress under his able command. Professional matters pertaining to the Navy also came under discussion during the meeting, a statement from the PM Media Office said. Admiral Zafar
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Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs

Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday. If the scientists are able to safely produce "interferon beta", a type of protein used to treat illnesses including multiple sclerosis and hepatitis, by rearing the hens, the price of the drug -- currently up to 100,000 yen ($888) for a few microgrammes -- could fall significantly, said the E
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QAU remains shut as students' protest enters sixth day

Protesting students on Monday. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Educational activities at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) remain suspended as a protest by students entered its sixth day on Monday. The students claim to be protesting for better facilities in the hostel and for the cancellation of the recent hike in fees.  However, QAU officials said the real reason for the protest is their demand of bringing back the students who were expelled owing to the recent clashes in the varsity. Last week, as
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Racism turned me away from backing Australia teams: Usman Khawaja

MELBOURNE: Test batsman Usman Khawaja has said being racially vilified when he was growing up in Sydney led him to support other countries rather than back Australian sports teams. The Pakistan-born 30-year-old said in a blog post that racial abuse was widespread on the playing field during his junior days and blamed it for curtailing the sporting ambitions of a number of his overseas-born friends. "Getting sledged by opposition players and their parents was the norm," Khawaja wrote on the Pla
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International Red Cross to "drastically" cut Afghan operations after attacks

KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross will ?drastically? cut back its operations in Afghanistan following attacks that have killed seven of its staff this year, the aid group said on Monday. The announcement underlines the deteriorating security for aid groups in Afghanistan, where the ICRC has been operating for more than 30 years and has been running its fourth biggest humanitarian program. ?Exposure to risk has become our greatest challenge and concern,? Monica Zanarelli, head
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PTI, ANP hold rally against delay in FATA reforms

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/172d1f6f7380ae1956125ea031ef62ac.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvOS8yMDE3IDg6MTg6NDUgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1CUytsQ1FGWDREemVQN2FJdmZYblRRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] PESHAWAR: A joint protest rally by the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Awami National Party (ANP) against the delay
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Philippines ´breeding ground for terrorists´, says NY plotter

Rescue workers line up bags with dead bodies of victims of an explosion at a night market in Davao City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, early on September 3, 2016-AFP MANILA: A Filipino suspect in a thwarted jihadist plot targeting New York City had boasted that his country was "a breeding ground for terrorists", the US Justice Department said Saturday. Russell Salic and two others have been charged with involvement in the plan to carry out the attacks in the name of Daesh durin
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Maryam Nawaz praises workers for standing with party

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday thanked the workers for extending their support to the party leadership.  Maryam Nawaz, and her husband MNA Captain (retd) Safdar appeared before the accountability court in a NAB reference case, in light of the Supreme Court's orders in the Panama Papers case verdict of July 28. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz speaking to workers outside Chaudhry Muneer's residence. Photo: Geo News  After the hearing, M
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Temperature may rise above 40°C in Karachi over next two days

KARACHI: Mercury may rise more than 40 degrees Celsius in the metropolis on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the prediction of the Meteorological Department. ?Due to the developing low pressure area off Indian Coast in the Arabian Sea, the sea breeze along Pakistani Coastline will weaken. Under such conditions, temperatures along Pakistan coastal areas including Karachi will gradually increase during the next 4-5 days resulting into moderate heat wave conditions,? read the press statement.
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Defamation suit: Imran?s lawyer challenges court?s jurisdiction

Shehbaz Sharif (left) and Imran Khan LAHORE: The session court resumed hearing on Monday the Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, whose counsel has challenged the court?s jurisdiction. Sharif had filed a suit through his counsel, Mustafa Ramday, against Imran for alleging he was offered Rs10 billion by a close associate of the chief minister to drop the Panama case against former prime minister Nawaz Sh
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US Vice President exits NFL game after anthem protest

US Vice President Mike Pence tweeted this picture of him earlier  WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game Sunday after some players kneeled for the national anthem, the latest twist in a running saga over the controversial protests against racial injustice. Pence said that he departed after seeing players kneel during a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before his home team the Indianapolis Colts hosted the San Francisco 49ers. "I left today´s Colts game becau
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At least 12 dead, scores missing in Rohingya capsize

Nearly 520,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Rakhine state for Bangladesh since late August, many walking for days through thick jungle before making the perilous boat journey across the Naf river/AFP  COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees -- many of them children -- capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar´s Rakhine state. Coast guard and border guard officials said the boat was o
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Future of news: bracing for next wave of technology

WASHINGTON: If you think technology has shaken up the news media -- just wait, you haven´t seen anything yet. The next wave of disruption is likely to be even more profound, according to a study presented Saturday to the Online News Association annual meeting in Washington. News organizations which have struggled in the past two decades as readers moved online and to mobile devices will soon need to adapt to artificial intelligence, augmented reality and automated journalism and find ways to c
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Usman Shinwari called up as Amir?s replacement for Sri Lanka ODIs

Usman Khan Shinwari LAHORE: Left-handed pacer Usman Khan Shinwari has been named as Mohammad Amir?s replacement for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Monday. Shinwari, who is currently representing Habib Bank in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, has been called up to fill in for fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who was ruled out of the five-match series due to a stress injury in his right shin. Mohammad Amir ruled out of ODI series against Sri Lanka due to
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Uber suspends unlicensed service in Norway in change of tack

The Uber logo is seen on mobile telephone in London, Britain, September 25, 2017.  Uber said on Monday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Oslo until Norway introduces new rules, as the US ride-hailing app adopts a more conciliatory tone with national authorities. The move follows a similar one-year suspension in Finland in July to allow a new taxi law to come into effect, however there is no set date for when UberPOP will be reintroduced in Norway. The US ride-hailing company h
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North Korea's 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang. Photo: Reuters  SEOUL: The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?s 28-year-old sister to the country?s top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say. Kim Yo Jong was named as an alternate member of the politburo wi
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US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services in escalating row

Turkish President Erdogan shakes hands with US president Trump The United States and Turkey on Sunday scaled back visa issuing services in each other´s countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul. The American embassy in Ankara said that "recent events" forced the US government to reassess Turkey´s "commitment" to the security of US mission services and personnel in the country. In order to minimise the number of visito
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Safdar?s arrest could have been avoided, says Tallal Chaudhry

State Interior Minister Tallal Chaudhry speaking to media in court complex. Photo: Geo News   ISLAMABAD: State Interior Minister Tallal Chaudhry on Monday said that arrest of Captain (rtd) Safdar on the non-bailable warrant is a 'routine matter', however, it could have been avoided. Speaking to journalists, he said that the government wanted to show the difference between those who follow law, and those who only speak about it. "I think it was unnecessary by NAB to arrest a person who returne
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Safdar?s arrest ?revenge in the name of accountability?: Saad Rafique

Khawaja Saad Rafique/AFP file photo  ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday strongly condemned the arrest of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, saying it was ?revenge in the name of accountability and justice.? Taking to Twitter after Captain (retd) Safdar was arrested from Islamabad airport by NAB officials, Rafique said Safdar was a ?true, resolute and unswerving soldier of democracy? and ?Sadiq and Ameen?, warning that tho
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'Blade Runner 2049' fades to $31.5 million opening weekend

Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas and Sylvia Hoeks pose during a photocall to promote Blade Runner 2049 at a hotel in central London, Britain, September 2017. Photo: Reuters   LOS ANGELES: ?Blade Runner 2049? is heading for a downbeat $31.5 million opening weekend at 4,058 sites in North America. Sunday?s estimated result throws serious doubt onto what had been high hopes for a box office success story. In one of the most surprising turnarounds in recent years, ?Blade Runner 2049? fell
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