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Ambulance sent to JIT headquarters was meant for spying, claims Haq

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeem-ul-Haque has claimed that it has been confirmed that the ambulance which entered the Joint Investigation Team Headquarters, while it was probing former prime minister?s assets, was sent for the purpose of spying. The leader shared on social media, ?Confirmed: The ambulance sent to JIT during its interrogation of Sharif family was, in fact, an IB vehicle sent to monitor events.? On March 30, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s son Hus

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Pakistan is incomplete without Balochistan: COAS

A group of 173 students and faculty members of various educational institutions of Balochistan met the COAS at Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate on Thursday. Photo: ISPR  ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that Pakistan is incomplete without Balochistan while interacting with the youth of province, according to Inter-Services Public Relations.   Pakistan cannot progress without peace and stability in Balochistan, the COAS added.  A group of 173 students a

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Govt, opposition haven't yet presented name for NAB chief: Shah

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah Thursday said the reports regarding appointment of a new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) did not have substance, adding that no name had yet been proposed for the key slot. Shah, in his statement issued to media, said he was in touch with all political parties and would expedite consultation after Ashura Muharram. "I have held consultation with Tehreek-e-Insaf, besides meeting the prime minister. But neither the premier, nor th

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Umar Akmal slapped with three-match ban

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday slapped a three-match ban on Umar Akmal for breach of his central contract, said a statement released by PCB.   "The PCB Disciplinary Committee found Umar to be in breach of the aforesaid Clauses of his Central Contract on multiple occasions." In addition to the match ban, he was also fined Rs1 million and denial of NOC for participation in any foreign leagues, tournaments or matches for a period of two months. The announcement by PCB came

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New commanders for Lahore corps, southern command announced by Army

RAWALPINDI: Army command on Thursday appointed Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa as the new commander of Southern Command, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  The current commander of Southern Command, Lieutenant General Aamer Riaz, was appointed Commander Lahore Corps. Lieutenant General Sadiq Ali was appointed Inspector General Arms at the General Head Quarters. 

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Oil climbs as tension over Iraqi Kurdistan rises

A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. Photo: Reuters  LONDON: Oil prices rose on Thursday, spurred by rising tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region?s vote in favor of independence in a referendum. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 40 cents at $58.30 a barrel by 1200 GMT. It hit a more than two-year high of $59.49 on Tuesday after Monday?s referendum vote prompted Turkey to threaten to close the region?s oil pipeline. US light crude

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Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria

Russia and Turkey have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation ended a crisis caused by the shooting down of a Russian war plane over Syria.Photo: AFP ANKARA: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West. Despite a regional rivalry that goes back to the Ottoman Empire and the Romanov dynasty, Russia and Turkey

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Indian court charges ex-editor with raping colleague

Tejpal, the 54-year-old founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, was accused of raping a female journalist in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013. Photo: AFP MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the prosecutor said. Tarun Tejpal pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, the public prosecutor Francisco Taviera told reporters outside t

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Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump attacked Facebook in a tweet and suggested the world?s largest social network had colluded with other media outlets that opposed him. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON: Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc?s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the US Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia?s alleged interference in the 2016 US election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide said executives from the three firms had been asked

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Saudi minister says adding women drivers will reduce car crashes

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's lifting of a much-criticised ban on women drivers will reduce the number of car crashes in a country with one of the world's worst traffic-related death rates, its interior minister said on Thursday. King Salman announced the historic change on Tuesday, ending a conservative tradition which limited women´s mobility and was seen by rights activists as an emblem of their suppression in the kingdom where Islam originated. Saudi Arabia was the only remaining country in the w

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At least 14 dead as Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh

Photo: AFP File COX'S BAZAR: At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh on Thursday, police said. "So far 14 bodies have washed ashore near Inani beach. They are Rohingya," local police constable Fazlul Karim told AFP. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is received. 

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India cannot deny use of pellet guns against Kashmiris: FO

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/63811cc570f711ad233a77cc211b0dce.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOC8yMDE3IDEyOjMzOjI4IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9dFM4RzRwdi8ydDZpd3pNREY4OHpCZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that India cannot deny use of pellet guns against Kashmiris. 

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Country being made insolvent under Sharif, Dar: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday said that the country was being made insolvent with Nawaz Sharif and Ishaq Dar at the helm of affairs. Khan tweeted and further added that the World Bank has said that the country suffers a loss of Rs3.2 trillion per annum and "such levels of corruption [is]more than tax-generated revenue". Imran had earlier alleged that the PML-N government has damaged the economy of the country in a way that even it

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Daesh, al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists killed in Karachi raid: SSP Malir

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/aa54c4a9663249c4e169c28066b62ba6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOC8yMDE3IDExOjQ5OjUzIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9dHU1WCtTRzMza2kzWEE0SEZXdk9XZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with police personnel after their hideout in the metropolis? Sachal area

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'Fake' IB memo concerns govt, case to be registered

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday took notice of a 'fake' Intelligence Bureau (IB) memo which claimed there were links between parliamentarians and proscribed organisations, sources informed Geo News.  In the memo, shown on a private TV channel, it was stated that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the authority to monitor the activities of 37 legislators due to their alleged links with banned terrorist and sectarian outfits. Sources within government claimed that the

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Haroon Lorgat quits as Cricket South Africa boss

Haroon Lorgat/File photo JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat has quit his post with immediate effect following a breakdown with the organisation´s board, CSA president Chris Nenzani announced on Thursday. "We recently tried on a few occasions to remedy the situation between Mr Lorgat and the board, but we have not been successful in finding a satisfactory resolution," said Nenzani. "The Board unanimously felt that it was in the best interest of the organisation tha

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Suicide car bomb kills at least 12 Afghan police

Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a blast/File photo KABUL: At least 12 Afghan police were killed and four wounded when a Humvee packed with explosives drove into their checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar late on Wednesday, a government official said. Abdul Bari Baryalai, a spokesman for the provincial government, said the attack took place in Maruf district, bordering Pakistan. The attack, in one of the Taliban´s heartlands, underlines the threats faced by Afghan securit

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FIA arrests Daesh activist from Karachi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/d3c9abfdb9893c5dd0fbb52e110e7db4.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOC8yMDE3IDk6MzE6NDggQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1wZHpOVlREWm1RdWoveXZhbDlPNDZRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: An alleged Daesh activist was arrested in a raid conducted by Federal Investigative Agency at Cannt area on Thursday. The

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Qatar Airways cancels flights to northern Iraq

DOHA: Qatar Airways is cancelling flights to Kurdish northern Iraq from Sept 29 to Oct 1 at the request of Iraq´s Civil Aviation Authority, the carrier said on its website on Thursday. The flights to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah have been cancelled after Iraqi authorities said all international air traffic would be suspended from Friday to those airports, the statement said. Lebanon´s and Egypt´s national carriers also said earlier they will halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish regional capita

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Life on Earth may date back 3.95 billion years: study

PARIS: Rudimentary life may have existed on Earth 3.95 billion years ago, a time when our infant planet was being bombarded by comets and had hardly any oxygen, researchers said Wednesday. A team presented what they say is the oldest-known fossil evidence for life on the Blue Planet -- grains of graphite, a form of carbon, wedged into ancient sedimentary rocks in Labrador, Canada. The previous most ancient life traces were reported in March, from a site in Quebec estimated at between 3.8 billi

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Imran disqualification case: SC again dissatisfied from PTI counsel?s response

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday once again stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawyer failed to give a satisfactory response in the Imran Khan disqualification case. The apex court resumed today the hearing of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanif Abbasi?s petition seeking Chairman PTI Imran Khan?s disqualification. The PTI chief's counsel, Naeem Bukhari, presented his arguments before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Faisal Arab

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at age 91

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men's magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, Playboy Enterprises said. Hefner, once called the "prophet of pop hedonism" by Time magazine, peacefully passed away at his home, Playboy Enterprises said in a statement. Hefner was sometimes characterized as an oversexed Peter Pan as he kept a harem of young blondes that numbered as

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Khawaja Asif's comments undermine national security: Imran Khan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5b696baae3ce1394ebe7e7e3e9600cbc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOC8yMDE3IDc6NTE6NTQgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1ZUTd3NGFRR3l2KzZ5RTg1YXIzUTFRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday lashed out at Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for his recent comments re

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Corruption charges: NAB seeks inquiry against ex-AIG Fida Hussain Shah

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/32f14a1082c780680243e37914bd34e7.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yOC8yMDE3IDc6MzY6MTMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1HbWJtekljcWFPZytWTm4xK3RaRzdRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) started another corruption inquiry against former Assistant Inspector General of Po

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No final decision taken over appointment of opposition leader: Sheikh Rasheed

KARACHI: Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed said on Thursday that no final decision for the appointment of the opposition leader in the National Assembly has been reached. The politician was speaking in morning show Geo Pakistan. He said that he clearly told Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan that he doesn?t want to be the leader of opposition in the National Assembly. Rasheed said it is hoped that matters are amicably decided upon with Khursheed Shah. The PTI and Muttahida Quam

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