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Nawaz would know reason for his ouster after indictment on Oct 2: Tareen

LODHRAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen Friday said Nawaz Sharif would know why was disqualified after being indicted by the accountability court on October 2. Speaking to Geo News here, Tareen said that Sharif family failed to provide any evidence to the Supreme Court during one-and-a-half year, questioning how they would be able to provide it now. The accountability court, hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family, said on Tuesday that the former premier will
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Khawaja Asif gave befitting reply to US policymakers: Saad Rafique

LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique remarked that Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has given a befitting reply to the US policymakers. In a series of posts on social media on Friday, he wrote that Asif?s statements made the US aware of the realities of what was happening inside their territory. He added that American policies have played an integral role in encouraging activities of militants. US authorities who ask others to 'do more' are responsible for spreading much cha
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PPP expresses suspicion over MQM-P?s opposition to Khursheed Shah

PPP's Chaudhry Manzoor (left), Nayyar Bukhari (centre) and Qamar Zaman Kaira (right) address media in Islamabad.  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leaders expressed suspicion over Muttahida Qaumi Movement wanting to stand in opposition, saying the latter party might have been pushed for the move. The PPP leaders spoke to the media after a party meeting in Islamabad, discussing the issue that has recently surfaced of MQM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wanting to remove PPP?s Khursheed Shah as le
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Major battlefronts against Daesh in Iraq and Syria

SDF fighters advance in Raqqa. -AFP BEIRUT: The Daesh group has lost swathes of territory in its self-declared "caliphate" in recent months, including its former Iraqi hub Mosul and most of its Syrian bastion Raqqa. It is under attack in its remaining enclaves in Iraq and is facing parallel Russian and US-backed offensives in Syria. Here are the main battlefronts: SYRIA Raqqa: The city was once the de facto Syrian capital of Daesh's self-declared "caliphate". But the militants are now breath
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Suicide bomber blows up near mosque in Kabul

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack near a large mosque. -AFP KABUL: A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a mosque in Kabul on Friday killing at least one person, police said, as Muslims prepare to celebrate one of the holiest events in the Islamic calendar. The attack in the north of the Afghan capital happened as worshippers were gathered inside Hussainia mosque, one of the biggest Shia mosques in the city, for Friday prayers. "A suicide bomber w
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Imran Khan destroying PTI from within: Pervaiz Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Former Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed, who stepped down following the Dawn Leaks controversy, said on Friday that Imran Khan is destroying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf from within. Rasheed said the PTI has a dozen candidates for the post of prime minister and even more for the position of opposition leader. "Imran is demolishing his own house," said the former minister.  Rasheed, taking a jibe at the PTI chairman, said that Imran wanted to become the prime minister in 2013,
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Apple sees sharp increase in US national security requests

Apple Inc has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, according to a company report on Thursday. Apple said it had received between 13,250 and 13,499 national security requests affecting between 9,000 and 9,249 users. That compares with a range of 2,750 and 2,999 requests affecting between 2,000 and 2,249 users in the first half of 2016. The requests come in the form of so-called Nationa
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Agreement with Chinese company to set up 1263MW LNG power plant in Jhang

LAHORE: An agreement was signed with a Chinese company on Friday to set up a 1263 MW LNG-fueled power plant in Jhang. The project is slated to be completed in 26 months and will start power generation of 810 MW within 14 months. Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed an end to the load shedding issue with concrete measures taken by the PML-N government. The Chief Minister pointed out that all power projects have been completed speedily with utmost transparency.
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Unicorns and glitter at Mawra Hocane?s 25th

Actress Mawra Hocane celebrated her 25th birthday with glitter and unicorns on Friday and the party was all about close friends and family. The unicorn-themed birthday bash was chronicled on Instagram by the Hocane sisters and their BFF, Humaima Malick. ?Surprise Surprise! A Unicorn arrived while she only expected humans & my little one behaved like a legit little one @mawrellous is clearly turning older & wiser!? wrote her actor-sister Urwa. Here are a few clicks from what seemed li
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Change of opposition leader: Zardari summons Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples? Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday summoned Khursheed Shah at his residence to discuss political developments related to the efforts being made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to replace the opposition leader in lower house, informed sources. In the meeting, Zardari also plans to discuss party's choice for new chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The former president also called a consultative meeting of the party today to discuss the issue with
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Mumbai commuter stampede leaves at least 22 dead

MUMBAI: A commuter stampede on a Mumbai railway bridge during the morning rush hour Friday killed at least 22 people, officials said. Dozens of people took shelter on the bridge during a sudden monsoon downpour and the deadly crush started as they emerged all at once, Indian Railways spokesman Anil Saxena said. Avinash Supe, dean of KEM Hospital, told AFP there were 22 dead. "There was a huge crowd on the FOB (foot overbridge). Everybody tried to leave at once and it appeared one of them sli
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Chandimal scores ton as Sri Lanka frustrate Pakistan bowling

Dinesh Chandimal plays a shot, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, September 29, 2017/Tom Dulat/Stringer  Skipper Dinesh Chandimal scored a sure-footed hundred to keep Sri Lanka?s resistance strong in the face of Pakistan?s bowling in the opening session on the second day of the first Test at Abu Dhabi on Friday. Pacer Hasan Ali dismissed Dickwella for 83 earlier to finally end a longstanding fourth-wicket partnership, as Sri Lanka batsmen continued to frustrate Pakistan bowling on anoth
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Malik Riaz on Nawaz meeting: Not part of any ?political discussion or tussle?

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/73095fe3b133690ed2f2f008c285b996.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOS8yMDE3IDg6NDI6MTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1YOGFnbEk1aGdwNEdYOXJIcHJxdDhBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Bahria Town chairman Malik Riaz on Friday rebutted reports of a political motive to meet with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. ?
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Pakistan will continue to support peace efforts: Air Chief Sohail Aman

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Friday reiterated that Pakistan is a peace-loving country and will continue to play its role in ensuring peace in the region. He was addressing the passing out parade of Combat Support Force at PAF Asghar Khan Academy Risalpur earlier today. Commander of the Kuwaiti Air Force, Major General Abdullah Al-Foudari was also present at the ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said that both Pakistan an
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Afghanistan?s neighbours have biggest stake in its stability, says interior minister

BEIJING: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that there is a need engage all the regional countries for establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan as they have the biggest stake in its stability. "All countries have to work together to promote stability and peace in the region," Ahsan Iqbal said during an exclusive interview with the Chinese newspaper Global Times published on Friday. "If one part of the region is insecure, it has the potential to destabilise the whole region.
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OGRA recommends hiking petroleum prices by over Rs2 from Oct 1

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday sent a summary to the petroleum ministry recommending an increase in prices of petrol by Rs2.36 per litre and diesel by Rs2.20 effective October 1. The authority has recommended an increase of Rs19.33 per litre in kerosene oil prices. Last month, the government revised prices of petroleum products, increasing the price of petrol by Rs2 per litre. Prices for high-speed diesel, kerosene oil and light-speed diesel remain unchanged.
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Pakistan ministry seeks ban on new party backed by proscribed outfit

President of Milli Muslim League (MML) holds a party flag with others during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 7, 2017/REUTERS  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan?s interior ministry has called for the electoral commission to bar from politics a new party backed by a banned outfit leader with a $10 million US bounty on his head, a government document seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. In a letter dated September 22, the ministry recommended that the Election Commission of Pakistan reject the n
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SC to disqualify Imran in next fifteen days, predicts Hanif Abbasi

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanif Abbasi said on Friday that the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is a writing on the wall. Speaking to Geo Pakistan, he predicted that the Supreme Court?s decision on Imran Khan?s disqualification will come in coming next ten to fifteen days. ?Court only accepts banking transaction and statement which Imran Khan never gave,? adding, ?it has been more than year Imran has failed to give money trail. He makes his f
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Jemima bombarded with calls, texts from ?obsessed? taxi driver

Jemima Khan (L), Hassan Mahhmood (R) Jemima Khan, the former wife of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, said she has been ?forced to move house? after an obsessed black cab driver in London bombarded her with thousands of calls and text messages after saving her mobile phone number. Pakistani-origin cab driver Hassan Mahhmood, 27, a self-proclaimed die-hard fan of Imran Khan, began harassing Jemima after she agreed to pose for a picture with him at the end of her ride in London last year.
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US visas to six Muslim nations drop after Supreme Court backs travel ban

WASHINGTON: In the first two months after a June Supreme Court ruling allowed partial implementation of President Donald Trump?s travel ban, visas issued on average each month to citizens of six countries targeted by the order were 18 percent lower compared to the month prior to the ban, a Reuters analysis of government data shows. The 3,268 visas issued in July and 3,884 visas issued in August to citizens of the six majority-Muslim countries were down from 4,351 issued in June. The July figure
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Man City's Aguero hurt in car crash

Sergio Aguero Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has reportedly suffered injured ribs after the Argentine forward was involved in a car crash in Amsterdam, media in Argentina reported on Friday. Argentine newspaper Diário Olé said Aguero, who was in the Netherlands to attend a concert, was riding in a taxi when the vehicle crashed into a pole. City have yet to comment on the report but his former club in Argentina, Independiente, said on Twitter: ?Strength and fast recovery. All Independien
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The Nobel Prizes in numbers

STOCKHOLM: How many people have won a Nobel Prize? Who was the oldest winner? How much do they win? Here are some facts and figures about the Nobel Prizes: -- 5 prizes were created by Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace, which were awarded from 1901. A sixth prize in economics, "in memory of Alfred Nobel", was created by Sweden´s central bank in 1968. -- 6 laureates have declined the prize. The only two to do so of their own will were France´s
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Warner sparkles in 100th ODI with blazing ton

Warner is the eight batsman in world cricket to register a ton in his 100th ODI BANGALORE: Australia´s David Warner hit a belligerent century against India to mark his 100th one-day international on Thursday. The swashbuckling opener gave the visitors a rollicking start in the fourth match of the five-game series after they won the toss and elected to bat in Bangalore. Australia are playing for pride after losing the first three games. Warner, who smashed 124, put together a 231-run opening
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The rare talent of trouble-prone Stokes

Stokes' ability with both bat and ball makes him a genuine all-rounder LONDON: Ben Stokes has long been thought of as key to England´s chances of success during the upcoming Ashes tour of Australia, and that view has only hardened since his place was put in jeopardy by his arrest. Speculation over Stokes´s future intensified Thursday when England suspended him from international matches until further notice after the publication of a video apparently showing him fighting outside a Bristol nigh
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Netflix to spend Can$500 mln to make films, TV shows in Canada

The Netflix logo is seen during a Netflix event in Berlin, March 1, 2017. AFP/John Macdougall/Files OTTAWA: Netflix will spend Can$500 million (US$400 million) over the next five years to make original films and television shows in Canada, the company and Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday. This amounts to about five percent of the video streaming service's estimated total US$7 billion production budget for 2018. As part of a deal with Ottawa, Netflix will open its first produc
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