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Solar power plant project inaugurated in Afghan southern province

source: Discovery KABUL: Work for building a 10-megawatt solar power plant has started in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, Afghan power supply company the Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat said in a statement released on Monday. The project costs about 20 million US dollars, with 10 million dollars provided by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the remaining by an Indian firm. The construction will take 12 months, the statement added. Afghanistan Chief Execut
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PML-N manifesto ?barring? Nawaz from heading party

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz will amend its manifesto to remove parts added by dictators, said Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry on Monday. While talking on Geo News? show Capital Talk, Talal said the clause which bars a disqualified minister from heading the party was added in their party manifesto by General (retd) Pervez Musharraf when he was in power. The party manifesto is said to be the ?only hurdle? in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s way to head
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Extremely satisfying to have an award for women, says Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan. Photo: File International heartthrob and Bollywood?s favourite romantic hero Shah Rukh Khan has said that all the women in his life are important and it is extremely satisfying to have an award for women. ?All the women in my life are important to me, starting with my mother, wife, daughter, sister and all the ladies who have worked with me? The list is big because I?ve been working for 30 years, so there are lots of them, some 20-30 of them, all of them are important,? Shah Ru
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Pakistan movement veteran Fatima Sughra dies at 86

source: The Guardian LAHORE: Fatima Sughra, an activist of the Pakistan independence movement, passed away after a prolonged illness last night in Lahore. She was laid to rest in Miani Sahib graveyard. Known for her courageous personality, Fatima Sughra hoisted the Muslim League?s flag after pulling down the Union Jack from the Lahore Secretariat building. She was awarded Life Achievement Award by the government of Pakistan, recognising her services in the Pakistan independence movement.
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Iraq parliament demands troops go to areas disputed with Kurds

Iraqi soldiers pictured on a Russian-made T-72 tank as they advance towards the city of al-Sharqat, north of Baghdad, on September 20, 2017. ? AFP Photo BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament demanded Monday that troops be sent to disputed areas in the north controlled by the Kurds since 2003 as the autonomous Kurdish area staged a referendum on independence. "Parliament demands that the head of the army (Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi) deploy forces in all of the zones the autonomous region of Kurdistan
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UAE to open Arab Gulf´s first nuclear reactor in 2018

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced plans to open a nuclear power plant next year, in what would be a first for the emirate and the Arab Gulf region. The $20-billion Barakah plant west of Abu Dhabi is being constructed by a consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. "We have reached the advanced stages," UAE Energy Minister Suhail Mohammed al-Mazrouei said. Mazrouei said the first of four UAE nuclear reactors was 96 percent complete and would "definitely" start up next y
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Russian police arrests cannibal couple

Dmitry Bakshaev, 35, and his wife Natalia, 42, have confessed to the crimes, reports Russian media. Photo: Russian Media Police uncovered human remains packed inside a freezer along with meat in jars in Southern Russia. At least eight body parts and grim photos of meals prepared by suspected cannibals were discovered in a raid on an apartment in Krasnodar, Russian media reported. Dmitry Bakshaev, 35, and his wife Natalia, 42, have confessed to the crimes, reports Russian media. The couple was
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Personality study finds fish have hidden depths

Fish have complex individual personalities, a British university study found in research published Monday. Photo: National Geographic LONDON: Fish have complex individual personalities, a British university study found in research published Monday. Scientists from Exeter University in southwest England studied how individual Trinidadian guppy fish behaved in various stressful situations and discovered wide differences in how they responded. The researchers studied their coping strategies in s
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Iran says Trump claims of North Korea links 'nonsense'

TEHRAN: Iran said Monday that suggestions by US President Donald Trump that it was working with North Korea on missile development were "nonsense". Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was responding to a tweet by Trump over the weekend in which the US president wrote: "Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel. They are also working with North Korea." Ghasemi said there were "no similarities nor resemblance" with the actions of North Korea, and that claims they
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Clients? secret emails compromised in cyber-security attack on Deloitte

Deloitte provides auditing, tax consultancy and cybersecurity advice to banks, multinational companies and government agencies. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo A sophisticated hack has targeted one of the world?s ?big four? accountancy firms ? Deloitte ? it surfaced. Confidential emails and plans of some of the company?s blue-chip clients were compromised in the attack. The cyber-security attack went unnoticed for months, the Guardian reported. Deloitte ? one of the largest private firms in the US
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Imposing emergency was Musharraf's decision: Col (retd) Rahim

ISLAMABAD: The last witness by the prosecution in in the judges' detention case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Monday recorded his statement before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC). The ATC on Monday resumed hearing of the high-profile case during which prosecution's witness, Colonel (retd) Inamur Rahim, recorded his statement. Rahim, who served as lieutenant colonel at the time of emergency, said Musharraf "misused his uniform in imposing emergency in the country on
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Imran Khan gambles to collect funds for PTI, claims Marriyum Aurangzeb

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/53f96065e66a0f3045c891b35820a57d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yNS8yMDE3IDE6NDI6NTcgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT13a0NJRDV3bUJORzZnR2VEMWpNZjhRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan gambled to collect funds for his party under the guise of giving advice to
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17 more bodies found as Myanmar unearths mass Hindu graves

YANGON: Searchers on Monday found 17 more bodies in mass graves in Myanmar´s Rakhine state, the government said, a day after the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers were exhumed in what the army says is evidence of a massacre by Muslim Rohingya militants. Northern Rakhine has been ravaged by communal violence since Rohingya insurgents staged deadly raids on police posts on August 25, unleashing an army crackdown that has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians. The vast majority - more than 430,
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Authorities arrest person with guns near White House

WASHINGTON The US Secret Service arrested a person with firearms near the White House on Sunday morning, the agency said in a statement on Monday. Uniformed Secret Service officers were approached by the person at an intersection close to the White House, the statement said. "The encounter with the individual resulted in Secret Service Officers taking investigative action. The individual was arrested for possession of several firearms," the statement said. No further details were provided.
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Iran says land border with Iraqi Kurdistan remains open

Photo: AFP File TEHRAN: Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that its border with Iraqi Kurdistan remained open despite its independence referendum, reversing an earlier statement. A statement by the ministry said: "The land border between Iran and the Kurdistan region of Iraq is open." "For now, only air borders between Iran and this region are closed," it added. That went against an earlier statement by foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, who had told reporters: "At the request of the
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PSP, PML-F share similar ideology: Mustafa Kamal

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e794bcf4776a174d9a730f297b731ef9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yNS8yMDE3IDEyOjQ4OjAwIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9WDEzS2xJR1ZWWTdxOGp1cHVZQWIvQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional share a similar ideology and think along similar lines, PSP chief
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Indian woman burned to death after leaving boyfriend

NEW DELHI: A father and son have been arrested in India for allegedly burning a woman alive over a soured relationship, authorities said Monday. The 18-year-old was beaten by her former boyfriend and his father before being doused in kerosene and set alight in a district of Rajasthan state in western India, police said. "She was attacked by the father-son duo and later burnt alive," local police officer Manish Charan told AFP. He said the woman was returning home when the pair accosted her la
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JI chief oppose Imran Khan's call for early elections

JI Ameer Siraj ul Haq. Photo: File LAHORE: Jamat-e-Islami chief Siraj ul Haq on Monday opposed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s demand for early elections. While speaking to journalists after party?s consultative session at Mansoora, he said: ?in case of an early election, the government will say that they were not given the opportunity to complete its tenure otherwise they would have done miracles. We won't let anyone become a political martyr.? Haq added that election should be called after the c
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Arthur sets sight on ?new era? for Pakistan cricket after Misbah, Younis

Mickey Arthur with Sarfraz Ahmed/File photo ABU DHABI: Head coach Mickey Arthur is ready to usher in what he said would be a ?new era? for Pakistan cricket when his team takes on Sri Lanka in the first Test beginning from Thursday. The upcoming Test would be the first one for Pakistan after the retirement of the legendary duo of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, both of whom bid farewell to international cricket in the series against West Indies in May this year. ?A new era is about to begin for
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Defamation suit: Lahore court gives Imran last chance to submit reply

LAHORE: A civil court extended the date on Monday for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan to submit response in the Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz 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 Panama case against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Imran?s lawyer Babar Awan submitted advocat
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US-led strikes killed 84 civilians near Syria's Raqa: HRW

Human Rights Watch says civilians were killed in a March air strike by the US-led coalition on a bakery in the Syrian town of Tabqa, shown here in September 2017-AFP  BEIRUT: US-led coalition strikes near the Daesh?s Syrian stronghold Raqa in March killed at least 84 civilians, including dozens of children, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday. The group said the strikes hit two sites: a school housing displaced families in the town of Mansourah, and a market and bakery in the town of Tabqa. It s
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Baldia factory fire case: Rangers want MQM?s Rauf Siddiqui included as suspect

MQM's Rauf Siddiqui. Photo: File  KARACHI: Sindh Rangers on Monday submitted a request in an Anti-Terrorism Court to name Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Rauf Siddiqui as a suspect in the Baldia factory fire case. Sindh Rangers said that it is important to investigate the MQM leader as the prime suspect of the case, Rehman Bhola, had disclosed his involvement in the incident. Sajid Mehboob, the Rangers prosecutor, maintained that Siddiqui?s name also surfaced in the Joint Investigation
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World's ?heaviest? woman dies in Abu Dhabi

Eman Abdul Atti Eman Abdul Atti, once known as the world's ?heaviest? woman, passed away at a hospital in Abu Dhabi on Monday, just weeks after celebrating her 37th birthday. Eman, an Egyptian national, died due to complications from heart disease and kidney dysfunction, a statement from hospital officials said. ?Our prayers and heartfealt condolences go out to her family,? said the hospital. She had been at the hospital since April, when she arrived ?bedridden? and was under the supervision
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Shehbaz Sharif spilled blood of 14 people at Model Town: Pervez Elahi

GUJRAT: Former Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi claimed on Monday that Shehbaz Sharif spilled blood of 14 people at Model Town Lahore. He was speaking at the death anniversary of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi in Gujrat. The former CM Punjab said that Shehbaz will get a punishment which will be remembered in history. ?When you don?t have respect, then what is the use of money and position?? said Pervez Elahi. He criticised the Sharif brothers, saying that the two have stole from the poor.
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Japan's Abe calls snap election

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after a series of scandals. "I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th" of September, Abe told reporters, a precursor to a general election. The prime minister di
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