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Crisis-like situation in country because of Panama case: Senator Hasil Bizenjo

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/673db095514a2531fb931d0535a868e6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8xNi8yMDE3IDEwOjMwOjUwIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9c1JFN1RNSHh1dHpBUEFaeVlKWW5yQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: There is a crisis-like situation in the country because of the Panama case, said Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Mir Hasil Bizenjo on Sunday. ?The joint investigati

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PTI hopes Panama case will reach 'logical conclusion' by week's end

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has still not submitted any objection to the JIT report. Addressing a press conference, he said the ruling party is having trouble finding any worthwhile lawyer to represent them. ?We hope the Panama case will reach its logical conclusion by the end of the week,? said the PTI leader. Chaudhry said there was a substantial increase in Nawaz Sharif?s assets after h

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Spiritual leader's followers injure two including SHO following his arrest

Rioting followers of local spiritual leader Amjad Ali Shah pictured on Sunday.  FATEH JANG: Followers of a local spiritual leader Amjad Ali Shah injured two including an SHO after the police arrested Shah in Qutbal on Sunday. The rioting mob vandalised the Airport Police Station, set public records on fire, and damaged cars parked in the vicinity. [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/858ccb4b5908c5d07ce2bd5458c4067c.mp4/playlist.m3u8?

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Army launches new operation in Khyber Agency

RAWALPINDI: Inter Services Public Relations Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor held a press conference on Sunday.  Addressing the media, he said a follow-up operation, Khyber-4, has been launched in Khyber Agency's Rajgal Valley today. The ISPR DG said the area, next to the Afghan border, is being used by Daesh and other local militant groups.  A division-plus size force will take part in the operation, he informed, hoping they plan to unilaterlly secure the int border, eliminate hideouts,

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Nisar issues fresh rebuttal to remarks 'cabinet member'

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday issued a strongly worded rebuttal to Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal?s comments on Geo News? programme Naya Pakistan with Talat Hussain. Iqbal stated that cabinet members had agreed, during a recent cabinet meeting, that the JIT?s modus operandi did not meet the requirements of justice. The minister quoted Chaudhry Nisar as referring to his over three-decade long association with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and

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PTI's Naz Baloch jumps into PPP's ship

Naz Baloch addressing the media on Sunday. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naz Baloch announced joining Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday. Addressing the media alongside Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and senior PPP figure Faryal Talpur at the party?s media cell, she said ?I?ve returned home as my father laid down the foundation of the PPP alongside Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto?. She said s

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Sharif family?s money trail connected to Gulf Steel Mills: PTI?s Shafqat Mahmood

LAHORE: The money trail of Sharif family is connected to Gulf Steel Mills as United Arab Emirates has no records of the company?s dealings, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s Shafqat Mahmood. He added Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed on the agreement of Gulf Steel, but now he has refused to admit to what he did. While addressing a news conference in Lahore, the PTI leader said the Panama case is nearing its conclusion, which is why the ministers were worrying with the passage of time

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Oil tanker en route Punjab overturns on National Highway

Overturned oil tanker pictured on the National Highway near Bhit Shah.  BHIT SHAH: An oil tanker en route to Punjab overturned on the National Highway near Bhit Shah on Sunday. The vehicle's driver ? who got trapped in the front cabin following the incident ? was safely removed. The overturned tanker was reportedly carrying 50,000 litres of fuel.  Police cordoned off the scene of incident and called for machinery, fire brigade, and rescue teams to commence the rescue operation. Reportedly 50

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Punjab CM accuses 'politician' of breaking all records of lying

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f6c8c640ffbd1169f06b502f19dceb58.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8xNi8yMDE3IDY6MjY6NDYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1qM2ZnU2IzaXBUY3VaeTJ0SXB2aUlRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif in an implied reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said, ?a politician expert in levelling allegations has broken all

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JUI-F comes out victorious in unofficial results for NA-260

Photo: File QUETTA: Unofficial results for by-election on the National Assembly constituency NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai) declared Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ? Fazl?s (JUI-F) Usman Badini the winner with 42,636 votes. Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Bahadur Khan Mengal stood second with 36,622 votes, as per the unofficial results. The seat fell vacant after the death of Abdul Rahim Mandokhel, the senior vice chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP). In all 17 candidates contested t

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Balochistan MPA was driving unregistered vehicle: police

A CCTV camera screenshot showing the moment before the traffic cop was run over. Photo: Geo News QUETTA: The police have registered another case against Balochistan MPA Abdul Majeed Achakzai after his official vehicle was found to have been illegal. Reports on Wednesday stated that the Civil Lines police registered a case against the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party MPA after forensic examination of his vehicle which ran over a traffic police official on June 20 showed that it was unregistered. Re

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Bollywood's biggest stars shine at India film awards

geo_embedgallery India's biggest Bollywood stars lit up an American stadium Saturday with a dazzling celebration of dance, music and fashion at the International Indian Film Academy awards just outside New York. Held each year in a different city overseas, IIFA is India's biggest media event and one of the world's most-watched annual entertainment shows, with an audience of nearly 800 million people. Thousands of del

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Rawal Dam 'poisoning': Water supply to Rawalpindi restored

Thousands of fishes are said to have died from poisoning at Rawal Lake. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: The supply of water from Rawal Dam to Rawalpindi has been restored, authorities said on Sunday. The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) on Saturday stated that poison had not been found in the dam?s water, after a large number of fish were reported ?dead from poisoning? at the Rawal Dam. Following the development, water supply to Rawalpindi was initially suspended on the request of Wasa. In a s

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In shadow of crackdown, Turkey commemorates failed coup

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Hundreds of thousands of Turks rallied to mark the anniversary of last year's failed coup on Saturday, in an outpouring of mass support for President Tayyip Erdogan that lay bare the divisions of a society driven by widespread purges. A sea of rapturous, flag-waving crowds gathered in Istanbul to listen as a defiant Erdogan promised to punish his enemies and praised the unarmed civilians who last year stood up to the rogue soldiers and their tanks. "They showed no mercy when t

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Monsoon rains continue across country; five feared dead in Balochistan

Rainwater accumulated on a road in Lahore. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Monsoon rains continue in various places across the country, with authorities warning of flash floods in Balochistan. A heavy downpour was reported on Sunday morning in Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Nawabshah and Hub while showers are forecast in Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan. In Karachi, light rain which began Saturday evening continues intermittently. The Met Office has

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'Star Wars' hotel, Epcot upgrades coming to Disney theme parks

ANAHEIM: An immersive Star Wars hotel, a new Ratatouille attraction, and the first ever Mickey Mouse ride are just some of the high-profile features coming soon to Walt Disney Co's theme parks revealed on Saturday. Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will house the hotel where guests can live out a multi-day adventure within the intergalactic universe of the Star Wars film franchise, parks and resorts Chairman Bob Chapek told attendees gathered at Disney's annual D23 fan convention in Southern

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Trump watches US Women's Open from enclosed area

US President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the US Women's Open round three on July 15, 2017, at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. AFP/Elsa  BEDMINSTER: US President Donald Trump watched Saturday's third round of the US Women's Open tournament from a glass-enclosed viewing area at the 15th hole of his Trump National golf resort. Trump ? wearing a white shirt, no tie, and a red "Make America Great Again" hat ? exchanged greetings with many of the thousands of spectators

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Eight dead in Senegal football stadium crush: minister

People look at the scene after a wall collapsed at Demba Diop Stadium on July 15, 2017, in Dakar, after a football game between local teams Ouakam and Stade de Mbour. AFP/Seyllou DAKAR: Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday, the sports minister told AFP, as a wall collapsed onto clashing supporters triggering a panicked stampede. Sports minister Matar Ba said a young girl was among the dead, while around 60 injured fans had been taken to healt

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Muguruza blows away Venus to take first Wimbledon crown

LEFT: Spain?s Garbine Muguruza poses with the trophy as she celebrates winning the final against Venus Williams of the US at Wimbledon in London, Britain on July 15, 2017. RIGHT: Muguruza hugs Williams after winning the tennis match. Both image: REUTERS/Matthew Childs  LONDON: Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday with a stunning demolition of Venus Williams, whose dreams of a fairytale victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set. Like many a

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Erdogan says coup suspects should wear prison suits 'like Guantanamo'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference to present the outcome of the G20 leaders' summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the suspects being tried on suspicion of involvement in last year's failed coup should wear uniform clothing like the notorious orange jumpsuits used at US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. "I spoke to the prime minister and? when they appear in court

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British glider pilot killed in French Alps crash

GRENOBLE: A British pilot reported missing in the French Alps was found dead on Saturday in the debris of his crashed glider, the prosecutor for the Gap region said. Mountain rescue had been alerted late Friday to the disappearance of the 69-year-old pilot, who had taken off earlier that day from the Serres-La Batie aerodrome. Rescuers found the body of the British pilot and the crashed glider at an altitude of some 7,500 feet. According to the Gap prosecutor, the pilot ? whose name was not r

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Gunmen attack Congo wildlife reserve; US journalist, three guards missing

KINSHASA: Armed men attacked a group of journalists and park rangers in a remote east Congo wildlife reserve overnight into Saturday, and an American journalist and three guards were missing, a local official said. The group attacked comprised the American and two Dutch journalists and 13 Congolese park rangers. They were near the town of Mambasa in Okapi Wildlife Reserve, istrator Alfred Bongwalanga told Reuters by telephone. The two Dutch journalists and all but three of the Rangers had been

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Trump picks lawyer Ty Cobb to handle Russia probe

LEFT: Donald Trump at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, US, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo; RIGHT: Washington lawyer Ty Cobb  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced in a statement on Saturday that veteran Washington lawyer Ty Cobb will serve as special counsel, and sources familiar with the hiring said Cobb would handle the White House's response to Russia-related investigations. Cobb, a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, is expected to be

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Supreme Court gives Hawaii until Tuesday to answer Trump travel ban motion

US President Donald Trump in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has asked the State of Hawaii to respond by Tuesday at noon to President Donald Trump's motion to block a judge's ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to grandparents of US citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement agencies, the court's public information office said on Saturday. In a court filing on Friday, the administration asked the just

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Indian board backs down on Dravid, Zaheer appointments

NEW DELHI: India´s cricket board on Saturday made a U-turn on naming former paceman Zaheer Khan and batting great Rahul Dravid as consultants to the national Test team. The move came only four days after Khan and Dravid were named in the team to assist new coach Ravi Shastri. Just days before India leave for a tour of Sri Lanka, it added to a sense of chaos within Indian cricket´s leadership. Some reports said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had forced the pair on Shastri and

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