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After deadly protests, Indian states in lockdown for guru's rape sentencing

A soldier looks at a burnt out car after a day of violence in Panchkula, India. Photo: REUTERS NEW DELHI: India is deploying thousands of riot police and shutting down internet services in two northern states, as it prepares for the sentencing on Monday of a self-styled ?godman? whose followers went on the rampage after he was convicted of rape on Friday. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh?s cult Dera Sacha Sauda has a vast rural following in Punjab and Haryana states, where frenzied mobs burned down gas
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Pakistan postpones senior US official's visit after Trump speech

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan postponed a visit by a US acting Assistant Secretary of State, officials said, as small protests broke out against President Donald Trump?s accusations that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan. The visit of Alice Wells, acting assistant Secretary of State for South and Asian Affairs, scheduled for Monday, would have been the first high-profile visit by a US official since Trump?s Afghan policy speech on Aug. 21. ?At the request of the Government of Pakistan, Ac
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Nawaz likely to celebrate Eid with wife in London: sources

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/436b8879688830a1d14dbd5e35828436.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNy8yMDE3IDU6Mjc6MzkgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT04YVlOKzRyTGdWNHlUbUF5ZlJMSHN3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to fly to London to meet his wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, Geo News reported on Sunday. Begum Nawaz, who is Pakistan Muslim League
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Pakistan open to facilitating peace in Afghanistan: COAS

A meeting of Quadrilateral Counter Terrorism Coordination Mechanism (QCCM) was held at Dushanbe on Sunday. Photo: ISPR  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Sunday that Pakistan is open to any suggestion that facilitate peace in Afghanistan. COAS, while speaking to Afghan CGS General Sharif Yaftali during Quadrilateral Counter Terrorism Coordination Mechanism (QCCM), assured full cooperation to Afghanistan, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)
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Police tear-gas participants of ISO rally in Karachi

KARACHI: Police on Sunday baton-charged and tear-gassed participants of a protest rally in Karachi, which was organised by Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) against the United States. The participants of the rally attempted to head forth to the US Consulate at which police charged them with batons at Karachi's Numaish roundabout. Police reportedly charged protesters with batons after failure of multiple rounds of talks with them. It was learnt that the participants insisted to lead their way
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Merkel has no regrets over refugee policy despite political cost

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country?s borders to thousands of refugees. Photo:file  BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country?s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees and added she will not be deterred from campaigning by angry hecklers. In an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday, Merkel denied she had made any mistakes with her open-door pol
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Pakistan shouldn't be blamed for US failure in Afghanistan: Khawaja Asif

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif spoke exclusively to Geo News on Saturday. Photo: Geo News SIALKOT: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said the US should refrain from blaming its failures of 16 years in Afghanistan on Pakistan. Talking exclusively to Geo News in Sialkot, Asif said forty percent of Afghanistan is still under Taliban's control. "If the US doesn't trust Pakistan, it should make preparations to send Afghan refugees back," he said. "Pakistan has hosted them [Afghan refugees] f
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Imran expresses lack of trust on NAB after Zardari acquittal

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday expressed lack of trust on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after an accountability court acquitted former president Asif Ali Zardari in a corruption case on Saturday. ?Zardari?s acquittal is a result of deal between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party,? he claimed while addressing a press conference in Lahore?s Garden Town. ?We can?t trust NAB?s execution after Zardari's acquittal. He has billions of rup
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Qatar Navigation launches Pakistan service

DUBAI: Major Qatari shipping conglomerate Qatar Navigation (Milaha) is launching a direct service between Qatar and Karachi in Pakistan, the company said on Sunday, as it seeks to counter economic sanctions against Doha by other Arab States. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic and transport links with Doha on June 5, ending the use of Dubai?s Jebel Ali port as a trans-shipment centre for goods flowing to and from Qatar. As a result, imports into Qatar
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France, Germany to propose new tax on internet giants: official

PARIS: France and Germany plan to issue a new proposal to tax internet giants so that they pay a "fair contribution" in every country where they earn money, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Sunday. "We will unveil a new plan along with our German partners at the next finance ministers´ meeting in Tallinn in mid-September" for taxing technology giants including Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, Le Maire said in a Facebook Live chat. "We propose taking the revenues of these large c
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Op Radd-ul-Fasaad: FC Balochistan destroys four terrorist camps

Photo: ISPR QUETTA: Frontier Corps Balochistan destroyed four terrorists? camps in different intelligence-based operations on Sunday, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). Two terrorists were also killed during an exchange of fire in different areas including Kahan and Dera Bugti. In another IBO, FC Balochistan (South) successfully foiled a terror attack. In the last two days, FC Balochistan (South) has busted a network of terrorists and their facilitators. Photo: ISPR Two t
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Petroleum products witness overall 3.39% increase in 12 months

ISLAMABAD: The petroleum production grew overall by 3.39 percent during the last fiscal year as compared to corresponding year 2015-16.  Production of six POL items including jet fuel oil, motor spirits, high speed diesel, furnace oil, jute batching oil and LPG witnessed increase, while Kerosene oil, diesel oil, lubricating oil and Solvant Naptha showed negative growth, according to official data available with APP. The petroleum products that contributed in the positive growth included, jet f
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Former federal minister Khalid Kharal no more

Khalid Kharal stands between PPP leaders Aitzaz Ahsan and late Fauzia Wahab in 2003. Photo: Twitter LAHORE: Veteran bureaucrat-turned-politician Khalid Khan Kharal and close aide of former premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto passed away on Sunday.  Sources said Kharal was suffering from an ailment of the lungs and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Lahore.  Kharal's funeral prayers will be offered today at 5pm in Kamalia, Toba Tek Singh ? his hometown.  Political leaders and party work
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Daesh stronghold Tal Afar about to fall, says Iraqi military

TAL AFAR: Iraqi forces raised the national flag on Saturday in the heart of Tal Afar, Daesh?s stronghold in the country?s northwest, and said they were poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive. Tal Afar is the latest objective in the US-backed war on the group following the recapture in July of Mosul, where it declared its self-proclaimed caliphate over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014. Tal Afar was cut off from the rest of Daesh-held territory in June and the campaig
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Crackdown against street criminals, police roundup 14 suspects in Karachi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/23626dc5a4408f41e8ab42474b92673d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNy8yMDE3IDg6MTU6NDkgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1KV0lPd3A3QXN1SFp4SVA4TnBNMGV3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: In a crackdown against street criminals, police took into custody 14 suspects from the shanties lying in the vicinity of the training centre in Karachi?s Baldia area. Accor
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Three missing after Japan military helicopter loses contact over Sea of Japan

The SH-60J anti-submarine warfare helicopter TOKYO: Japan?s Defence Ministry on Sunday said it was searching for three crew members of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter in the Sea of Japan after contact was lost with the chopper. One crew member had been rescued uninjured. The ministry said the SH-60J anti-submarine warfare helicopter lost contact around 90 km (56 miles) off the coast of Aomori Prefecture late on Saturday. It said the flight data recorder had been located, but di
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NA-120 preparations: Maryam chairs meeting in Model Town

Maryam with mother Kulsoom in 2013. Photo: File  LAHORE: Former premier Nawaz Sharif?s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, is chairing a meeting in Model Town regarding the upcoming NA-120 by-election. Maryam is reportedly leading the campaign for her mother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Kulsoom Nawaz while she undergoes treatment for lymphoma in London. By-election on the seat, left vacant after Sharif?s disqualification by the Supreme Court on July 28, will be held on September 17.
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PM Abbasi arrives in Karachi

PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi receives a guard of honour earlier this month. Photo: Reuters/File  KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived in Karachi on Sunday.  Sources said the premier will visit Port Qasim where he will inaugurate a Liquified Natural Gas terminal.  Abbasi, who was elected as the country's premier earlier this month following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification, served as the petroleum and natural resources minister in Sharif's cabinet.  At present, Abbasi also retains th
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Punjab sends list of 'most-wanted' terrorists to KP govt for action

LAHORE: The Punjab government has forwarded a list of most-wanted terrorists to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, sources informed on Sunday.  According to officials, the list has been shared with law-enforcing agencies and intelligence agencies as well.  A total of 22 most-wanted individuals have been added in the list?s ?first category?. The head money for individuals in the first category is between Rs10 million and Rs5 million.  In category two, which comprises 27 terrorists, the head m
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Rishi Kapoor?s controversial Twitter post lands him in trouble

Bollywood?s seasoned actor Rishi Kapoor knows the style of remaining in news, while turning a complete blind eye to the controversy his social media posts can potentially stir. Recently, a police complaint was filed against the veteran actor for posting an indecent and offensive picture of a minor on his Twitter account, according to India media reports. An NGO, Jai HO Foundation submitted the FIR against Kapoor at Mumbai?s police station, stating that the case should be registered against th
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Smart app 'Manasikana' offers distinct service for pilgrims

JEDDAH: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched the upgraded version of its Manasikana (our rituals) application which offers a package of electronic services on smartphones for pilgrims during their stay at the holy sites. The new easy-to-use version of the app is made available in seven languages, namely Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Malay, Turkish, and Bengali. The app also offers several features, including maps of Makkah, Holy sites, Madinah and Jeddah. These maps, which are l
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Samsung heir´s jailing heralds reform drive: analysts

Samsung heir Lee was found guilty of perjury and other offences. The conviction and jailing of South Korea´s top business tycoon heralds a drive to reform the country´s giant conglomerates and loosen their grip on the economy, analysts said. When Lee Jae-Yong, de facto head of the world´s biggest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics, was jailed Friday for bribing South Korea´s former president and other offences, the Seoul court condemned "corrupt ties" between business leaders and politicians.
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The end is here: Pakistan ´Game of Thrones cafe´ braces for finale

Ali Abbas, 27, sits proudly for a photograph on a mock up of the Iron Throne. A diehard Pakistani Game of Thrones fan, he says it is a "treat" to visit the cafe inspired by the hit American television series in the suburbs of Islamabad. The restaurant, aptly named King´s Landing, was launched in January by four college friends who were surprised to see fans coming in with their families, despite the sometimes very violent and explicit nature of the series. Abbas, on holiday from eastern Laho
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Storm Pakhar hits Hong Kong and Macau days after deadly Hato

A man looks at motorcycles tipped over by strong wind from tropical storm Pakhar in Macau, China August 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters   HONG KONG: Tropical storm Pakhar brought strong winds and heavy rain to Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just four days after one of the strongest typhoons on record, Hato, caused serious flooding and damage in the territories and killed at least 10 people in the gaming hub. The two cities lowered their typhoon signal to Number 3 in the early afternoon, after Pakhar
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Pregnant with second child, announces ?excited? Faryal Makhdoom

LONDON: The turbulent marriage of boxer Amir Khan took a turn seemingly for the better when an excited Faryal Makhdoom revealed that she is expecting her second child. Makhdoom posted on social media early on Sunday that she was waiting to announce the special news. The mommy-to-be is quite exhilarated, happily sharing her sentiments with her social media followers.
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