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Ignite holds meet-up in Lahore to discuss bumping up IT, ITeS exports

PSEB Managing Director Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah can be seen sitting here beside other speakers at the event organised by Ignite - National Technology Fund in Lahore, Pakistan. Geo.tv  LAHORE: Ignite - National Technology Fund organised an interactive event with the information technology (IT) industry here to gauge the feedback on a proposed roadmap to enhance Pakistan's exports of IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS). The latest meeting follows up from similar ones conducted earlier in Karachi
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Pilgrims return to Mecca as Hajj winds down

Muslims pray at the Grand mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 3,2017. Photo: REUTERS  MECCA: More than two million pilgrims participating in Hajj this week began returning to Mecca on Sunday for final prayers as the world?s largest annual gathering of Muslims winds down. Senior Saudi officials said the rituals, which have in the past seen deadly stampedes, fires and riots to which authorities sometimes struggled to respond, had gone off without incident.
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Parents find older babies sleep better in their own rooms

Parents who put babies to sleep in their own rooms report the infants get more rest and have more consistent bedtime routines than parents who share a room or a bed with their babies, a recent study suggests. The study focused on infants 6 to 12 months old. Researchers examined data from a questionnaire completed by parents of 6,236 infants in the US and 3,798 babies in an international sample from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand. All participants were users of a public
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Pakistan paid a heavy price in war against terrorism: Khursheed Shah

Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah addressing an Eid gathering in Sukkur. Photo: Geo News screen shot SUKKUR: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah said that Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the war against terrorism while addressing an Eid gathering in Sukkur on Sunday. ?Pakistan has been fighting terrorism from the start. We need to remind the world regarding Pakistan?s sacrifices in the war against terrorism,? remarked the Pakistan Peoples Party leader. About 20,000 soldiers and 60,000 civilian
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US-North Korea: 70 years of high tension

WASHINGTON: Since the end of the Korean War, the United States and North Korea have relations marked by high tension and periodic, but short-lived, thaws. Here is a recap of their troubled history. A divided Korean peninsula In 1945, the Japanese occupation of Korea comes to an end with the Japanese defeat at the end of World War II. Korea is divided along the 38th parallel between the Soviet-backed regime of Kim il-Sung in the North and a South protected by the United States. In June 1930,
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CM Punjab orders inquiry into firing outside PPP's NA-120 office

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif ordered on Sunday an inquiry into aerial firing outside Pakistan Peoples Party office in NA-120 constituency. Shehbaz also ordered CCPO to submit a report over the matter. In the evening, unidentified gunmen conducted aerial firing outside the PPP office. Responding to this, PPP?s candidate Faisal Mir held the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) responsible for the incident.  He also alleged that PML-N is feeling threatened as PPP is gaini
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UK PM May says EU repeal bill best way to avoid Brexit 'cliff edge'

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking during a joint press conference with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at the state guest house in Tokyo, Japan on August 31, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS  LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers that Britain could be faced with a Brexit ?cliff edge? if they failed to back her EU repeal bill, as reports suggested momentum was growing within her party to unseat her. With British lawmakers readying for their first full parliamentary debate on the
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Civil-military partnership helped CPEC takeoff, says Shehbaz

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that civil-military partnership helped China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) takeoff. Shehbaz, who was speaking to media after a visit to a children?s? hospital in Lahore, also remarked that success of CPEC is making India cringe. ?All the allegations against me were proven to be false,? he said. ?This is a defeat of those who opposed CPEC.? Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members are trying to stop me from serving the nation, he cl
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National Assembly speaker penalised for speeding

LAHORE: Motorway police fined on Sunday National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq for speeding near Khanqah Dogran on M2 motorway. According to the motorway police, Sadiq was travelling from Lahore to Islamabad on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha.   Sadiq?s two vehicles were fined Rs2,500 for violating traffic rules, the police informed.  The M2 motorway, which is 375 km long, connects Lahore to Rawalpindi. It passes through Kala Shah Kaku, Sheikhupura, Khanqah Dogran, Kot Sarwar, Pindi Bhattian, Sa
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Post rain: PM orders immediate relief for people of Karachi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired on Sunday a session on the situation in Karachi after heavy rainfall on Thursday. Photo: REUTERS/file  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired on Sunday a session on the situation in Karachi after heavy rainfall, which led to flash floods across the city. The PM was briefed about the damage that occurred due to the rainfall and measures taken to curb it. Sindh government must be provided with all the facilities in this regard, Abbasi
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Meet the young Saudi programmer of honesty app ?Sarahah?

RIYADH: Fizzing with boyish exuberance, Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq could be mistaken for a college freshman, but the popularity of his "honesty" app has shone a spotlight on the conservative kingdom's nascent tech scene. Tawfiq catapulted to fame when he took time out of his day job as a business analyst last year to develop an anonymous messaging tool called Sarahah ? honesty in Arabic ? that subsequently topped the charts for app downloads.  Initially conceived as a tool for solicit
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International community condemns North Korea nuclear test

This picture was released by North Korea?s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sunday, purportedly showing leader Kim Jong-Un (centre) looking at a hydrogen bomb. Photo: AFP1 BEIJING: Countries around the world swiftly condemned North Korea´s announcement that it had tested a hydrogen bomb Sunday, with South Korea calling for the "strongest punishment" against Pyongyang while key ally China strongly condemned it. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have spiralled in recent weeks, with
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India appoints Nirmala Sitharaman as new defence minister in cabinet reshuffle

Nirmala Sitharama. Photo: Reuters/File  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appointed Nirmala Sitharaman as defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle, in a bid to speed up development work as he comes under pressure to deliver on election promises in the final 20 months of his term. A senior official in the president?s office said: ?Nirmala Sitharaman will be handling defence portfolio?. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was holding defence portfolio earlier, while Sitharaman was trade
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Pakistan concerned over plight of Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya refugees rest after traveling over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.?REUTERS  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday expressed concern at the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, a community facing serious human rights violations allegedly by the state authorities. A statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO) said the country expresses serious concerns at the plight of Rohingya Muslims and demands the Myanmar government to investigate the killings and d
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China's Xi says BRICS must promote open world economy

XIAMEN: The BRICS group of countries must promote trade liberalisation and an open world economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday. The countries of BRICS ? which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ? should explore ways to innovate economically, Xi said at the start of a BRICS summit in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen. The summit is expected to reach consensus on opposing trade protectionism, China?s Vice Trade Minister Wang Shouwen said earlier on Sunday.
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Formula One: Hamilton takes record 69th pole

Monza: Lewis Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher´s record of all-time pole positions by securing his 69th with a devastating lap in the final seconds of Saturday´s rain-hit qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. The 32-year-old Briton steered his Mercedes through treacherous conditions with patience, precision and courage to deliver a best lap in one minute and 35.554 seconds on full wet tyres. In a dramatic final session, he outpaced nearest rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull in teeming rain to
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Waste of 0.7m animals disposed of in Karachi on first day of Eid

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/8bde67034ddcdefa78a58aede3ce3466.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8zLzIwMTcgODowMzo1NiBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPTk2R05uc2ZsbEhqV3JiZ2xuZkJqbkE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] KARACHI: Waste of 700,000 animals sacrificed on the first day of Eid-ul-Azha has been disposed of in Karachi, Geo News reported on Sunday. Sources said the responsibility of collect
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COAS spends second day of Eid in Balochistan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/da0cb311362424ce2e8215845eb594b4.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8zLzIwMTcgNzozODoyOSBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXg5UExaSGMxSjdNZjdYUnRBNlBYbUE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will be spending the second day of Eid-ul-Azha in Balochistan, the Inter Services Public Relations said on Sunday.  The militar
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Fire breaks out at factory in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: A fire erupted in a power loom factory in the industrial town of Faisalabad on Sunday, Geo News reported. Rescue workers said the blaze caused the roof of the factory to collapse. In Karachi, a fire had broken out late Thursday night at a shoe factory in SITE area which was doused after 17 hours. Karachi shoe factory fire doused after 17 hours Fire tenders have been busy extinguishing the inferno A few workers in the factory had allegedly set fire to a chemical
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North Korea earthquake points to sixth, most powerful nuclear test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang   Two shallow earthquakes shook North Korea on Sunday, suggesting it had detonated a sixth nuclear test device, hours after it said it had developed an advanced hydrogen bomb that possesses ?great destructive power?. The earthquakes, the first of which neighboring China described as a ?suspected explosion? and the second a
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Modi set to shuffle cabinet to focus on performance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks to speak with the media as he arrives at the parliament house to attend the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi, India, January 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will appoint nine new ministers to his cabinet on Sunday in an effort to speed up development work as he comes under pressure to deliver on election promises in the final 20 months of his term. Economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in three years, data
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George Clooney tackles 'original sin' of slavery and racism in dark comedy

Actor and director George Clooney and his wife Amal pose during a red carpet event for the movie 'Suburbicon' at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters   VENICE: Breaking the brittle veneer of the picture-perfect suburbs of 1950s America, George Clooney?s new satire tackles racial prejudice which the actor and director said on Saturday continues to erupt in today?s angry society. ?Suburbicon?, starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, is set in a town of
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After two marathons Federer sprints into fourth round

NEW YORK - After two marathons, Roger Federer had the after-burners on, sprinting past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-3 7-5 and into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday. Chasing a sixth US. Open title, Federer needed just one hour and 46 minutes under a closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium to put away the 31st seed Lopez, leaving plenty in the tank after being forced to go the distance in his opening two matches. It has been a far different start to the US Open than Wimbledon where an ec
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BRICS summit expected to reach consensus to oppose trade protectionism, China says

A paramilitary police officer stands outside the media center of BRICS XIAMEN: The summit of BRICS nations in China is expected to reach consensus on opposing trade protectionism, China?s Vice Trade Minister Wang Shouwen said on Sunday. The BRICS countries - made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have enormous potential in e-commerce cooperation, Wang added, speaking on the first day of the summit in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
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MQM MPA attack: Suspect thrashed by witnesses before being killed, CCTV footage reveals

CCTV footage of the incident. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: One of the suspects who allegedly shot at Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan on Saturday was assaulted by witnesses before being killed by the police, CCTV footage has revealed. Geo News reported on Sunday that the initial post-mortem of the victim, Hassaan, reveals that he bore torture marks on his body and was shot in the head. Police had claimed to have killed him in a shootout following a chase after the incid
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