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PSG confident of completing Neymar transfer: French Press

Neymar of Barcelona looks on against Manchester United in the first half during the International Champions Cup match at FedExField on July 26, 2017 in Landover, Maryland - AFP PARIS: Barcelona Forward Neymar will sign with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and it only a matter of time before the deal is completed, according to reports in the French press. French publication Le Parisien claims PSG is confident about signing the Barcelona star and that he has agreed to a five-year-deal. L?Equipe a pop
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Shehbaz Sharif pledges swift justice for Multan panchayat rape victims

MULTAN: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif visited the victims of the Multan panchayat rape case on Thursday, and assured them and their families of swift and exemplary justice. Addressing media after his visit to the Women Crisis Centre in Multan, the minister vowed exemplary punishment for perpetrators of the heinous incident. ?Those responsible [for the crime] will not be spared in any circumstance,? he said. Shehbaz also ordered immediate suspension of police officers involved in regis
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Samsung expected to overtakes Apple as most profitable tech firm

This file photo taken on July 7, 2017 shows a woman walking past the logo of Samsung at the company´s showroom in Seoul - AFP SEOUL: South Korean giant Samsung on Thursday posted record quarterly earnings, putting it on course to overtake Apple as the world's most profitable tech firm as it seeks to move past a bribery scandal and last year's recall debacle. The firm said huge sales of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone and demand for its memory chips were behind the jump in April-June and predicted
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Blaming Pak for security incidents inside Afghanistan ?unhelpful?: Aizaz Chaudhry

WASHINGTON: Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the tendency of blaming Pakistan for security incidents inside Afghanistan was unhelpful and there is evidence showing that militant groups, having fled from Pakistan's border areas, found sanctuaries in the neighbouring country?s ungoverned spaces from where they planned and coordinated attacks against both countries. A press release issued by the information wing of the Pakistan Embassy in Wash
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Hanif Abbasi lashes out at Imran Khan

PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi addressing the media July 27, 2016. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday, saying the PTI chief is a ?number 2 person? [fraud]. Addressing the media outside the Supreme Court, Abbasi, who has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking Imran?s disqualification from Parliament, said unlike the PTI chairman he [Abbasi] does not have children all over the world c
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Hanif Abbasi has no case against Tareen, says PTI spokesman

PTI Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry addressing a press conference. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that Hanif Abbasi?s counsel is unaware of what they want from the Supreme Court. ?They?re using half-truths and half-lies to proceed with the case. The country knows these cases are just to blackmail the PTI,? said Chaudhry, while addressing the media outside the Supreme Court on Thursday. The PTI spokesman was referring to the hearing of
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FBR issues parliamentarians tax directory

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday issued the tax directory for parliamentarians. According to the directory, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid Rs2,524,213 in taxes while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan paid Rs159,609. Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani paid Rs492,201 while National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq paid Rs104,853 in taxes. National Assembly Opposition leader Khursheed Shah paid Rs124,215 while Senator Aitzaz Ahsan paid Rs13,854,833. Awami Mus
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PML-N's Asif Kirmani appointed senator: sources

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's Dr Asif Kirmani was appointed as a senator after Babar Awan resigned from the seat to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, sources told Geo News. After fellow party member Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial withdrew his nomination and independent contender Sarfaraz Qureshi's nomination papers were rejected, Kirmani ? uncontested ? was appointed for the position. Former Law Minister Babar Awan officially resigned from Senate on June 29, confirming that he had sen
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Indian brutality in occupied Kashmir on the rise: FO

Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nafees Zakaria ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Thursday expressed concern over the increase in Indian brutality in the occupied valley of Kashmir. In his weekly media briefing at the Foreign Office, Zakaria noted that there has been a rise in atrocities by occupying Indian forces in Kashmir. He said more than 18,000 Kashmiris are missing while Indian troops are using rape as a weapon to subdue the people in the valle
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Cricket Australia ready for arbitration in pay row

CA chief executive James Sutherland MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia said Thursday it will take its long-running pay dispute with players to independent arbitration if agreement cannot be reached by early next week, with a tour to Bangladesh looming. Chief executive James Sutherland said unless a period of intensive negotiations over the next few days produces a compromise his organisation will seek the intervention of an industrial umpire to resolve the impasse. "We are at the stage now where we
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Mohsin Hamid, Kamila Shamsie longlisted for Man Booker Prize

Author Mohsin Hamid (left) and Kamila Shamsie (right). Photo: File British-Pakistani authors Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie were lauded with the honor of being nominated for the prestigious Man Booker prize. Shamsie?s Home Fire and Hamid?s Exit West are among the 13 novels longlisted for the £50,000 award. Hamid's second novel ? The Reluctant Fundamentalist ? was shortlisted for the award in 2007.  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness ? penned by renowned author Arundhati Roy ? has also been lo
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First editing of human embryos carried out in United States

The OHSU research is believed to have broken new ground both in the number of embryos experimented upon.   Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States, according to Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, which carried out the research. The OHSU research is believed to have broken new ground both in the number of embryos experimented upon and by demonstrating it is possible to safely and efficiently correct
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No entry to Jerusalem holy site before inspection: Muslim official

Israeli security forces stand by as Palestinian worshippers gather to pray in the old city of Jerusalem on July 26, 2017. Photo: AFP JERUSALEM: A top Muslim official said Thursday worshippers should maintain a boycott of a sensitive Jerusalem holy site until an inspection has been completed after Israel removed more new security installations overnight. Sheikh Omar Kiswani, director of the Al-Aqsa mosque, joined Palestinian celebrations outside the compound in the early hours of Thursday after
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Historians race to preserve dying memories of Partition

Jamshed Jahan Ara, 76, who migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947 at the age of six, points out a historical picture showing Mohammad Ali Jinnah,, Liaqat Ali Khan along with her paternal uncle/AFP KARACHI: Sitting in her Karachi home, Jamshed Jahan Ara looks straight into the camera as she explains in a trembling voice how her family fled India during Partition in 1947. Just six years old when she boarded an overcrowded train bound for the newly-created state of Pakistan, Ara rec
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PM, ministers' dishonesty is shocking: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday that the 'dishonesty' of the prime minister and some of his cabinet members is 'shocking'.  In a series of tweets, the PTI chief said "The dishonesty of PM & some of his ministers that is being revealed is shocking even for those of us who have known their greed for money". The Panama case Joint Investigation Team's final report revealed that the prime minister holds an Iqama [work
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Sheikh Rasheed receives Hanif Abbasi's Rs10b defamation notice

PML-N's Hanif Abbasi and AML chief Sheikh Rasheed ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rasheed received a Rs10b defamation notice on Thursday morning from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi. Rasheed has been summoned to appear before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Gulzar Ahmed on August 3. The notice stated that ?on May 14, 2017, while addressing a group of people at a breakfast meeting hosted by Abid Mughal at Dhoke Khabba in Rawalpindi, the defenda
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Yorkshire confirm signing of ?perfect choice? Sarfraz for T20 Blast

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed with the Champions Trophy  The Yorkshire County Cricket Club has confirmed a short-term deal with Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who will be replacing the outgoing Australian batsman Peter Handscomb in the NatWest T20 Blast. Sarfraz is due to arrive in the UK before the end of the month, subject to obtaining a visa. He is expected to play the final five qualifying T20 Blast fixtures for Yorkshire Vikings, as well as any potential knockout stages of the competitio
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China and India locked in high-stakes, high-altitude border row

Chinese and Indian soldiers stand guard at the Nathu La border crossing in India's northeastern Sikkim state, near the disputed Doklam territory. Photo: AFP  A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions while ensnaring a tiny kingdom, Bhutan, between the two nuclear-armed powers. The row has festered for more than a month as India and China refuse to back down in the distant but strategically key territory, reflecting th
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Two Panama bench judges will not be in Islamabad from Monday till Aug 11

Supreme Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Ijazul Ahsan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Two of the three judges on the special Panama case implementation bench will be out of the city until August 11, revealed the new roster issued by the Supreme Court on Thursday.  The apex court has formed benches that will hear the cases for the next two weeks ? till August 11, Friday.  Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed will be hearing cases in the apex court?s Lahore Registry while Jus
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Shehbaz Sharif expected to hold another meeting with Nisar today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/7dddf21cde9db95d93665df5a76ce693.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8yNy8yMDE3IDY6MzU6MDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1aa2c3K1FBTGwxemt2NVNsMG9JWnRnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to hold another meeting with ?disgruntled? Interior Minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaud
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Fata completes one year without a single polio case

A polio worker at work  PESHAWAR: Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) Fata team and vaccinators for keeping Fata polio-free for the last one year. He said, ?It is a significant milestone achieved for the first time in the history of fight against polio in Fata.? According to an official handout, he congratulated the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Fata Coordinator Dr Fida Muhammad Wazir and his team for their efforts and hard wo
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IMF to launch new form of aid ? with no money

IMF chief Christine Lagarde WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund announced Wednesday it will launch a new tool to support governments in financial trouble -- but one that involves no money -- formalizing a step it took last week for Greece. Instead of providing cheap loans to member countries, the new IMF tool will serve as a good housekeeping seal of approval for a government´s reform program. With that approval in hand governments would be more likely to be able to access other forms
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UN chief concerned about risk of escalating violence in Jerusalem

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he is concerned about the risk of violence escalating in the Old City of Jerusalem, where recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians have been the bloodiest in years. "I am particularly concerned about the potential risk of escalating violence, urge all political, religious and community leaders to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric, and call on Israel to demonstrate res
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Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign: sources

SAN FRANCISCO: Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas, according to a US congressman and two other people briefed on the effort. About two dozen Facebook accounts were created to conduct surveillance on Macron campaign officials and others close to the centrist former financier as he sought to defeat far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen and other opponents in the two-round election, the
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Nokia beats quarterly market forecasts but lowers networks outlook

HELSINKI: Finnish network equipment maker Nokia reported larger than expected quarterly profits on Thursday thanks to a patent deal with Apple along with improving profitability at its network business but warned its key market would slow. Second-quarter group earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose 73 percent from a year ago to 574 million euros ($674 million), clearly above analysts' average forecast of 447 million euros in a Reuters poll. However, Nokia said the global network marke
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