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Panama case JIT making history, says Imran Khan

CHITRAL: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that it is the first time that big crooks are being questioned over corruption in the country's history. Speaking to supporters in Chitral, he said "this is your money that they have looted".  Referring to the ongoing Panama case investigation, he said the Sharifs are being held accountable by the joint investigation team. Khan said the Sharifs laundered money after stealing it from public funds, and now make ?innocent fa

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Army chief to chair Sindh Apex Committee meeting today

Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah chairing the last apex committee meeting on Jan 2, 2017. Photo: File  KARACHI: The Sindh Apex Committee will hold its 19th meeting today, which is expected to be chaired by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa. This will be the first time the army chief chairs a meeting of the apex committee in Karachi. Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and other senior civil and military officials will be part of the meeting. Sources said items on the

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Live-action remakes of cartoons that should have been left alone

Photo: Youtube/Warner Bros Classic 1960s cartoon The Jetsons is set to return to screens, but as a live-action series rather than an animated reboot, according to BBC. The futuristic Hanna-Barbera show, originally set in 2062, was about a family living in a space city. But would audiences ? and critics ? appreciate an updated Jetsons with actual people? Live-action cartoon adaptations on the big screen historically have not been met with much praise, so perhaps a television version will fare

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Remembering Sindhi folk singer Allan Faqeer

Sindhi folk singer Allan Faqeer. Photo: File  KARACHI: The sixteenth death anniversary of Sindhi folk singer and recipient of President?s Pride of Performance, Allan Faqeer is being observed on Tuesday, July 4. Born in 1932 in Jamshoro district of Sindh, Allan Faqeer rose to fame singing Sufi songs comprising verses from Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai?s poetry. Allan himself chose the suffix ?faqeer? for his name, The News reported. Allan Faqeer- the singer of 'Humma Humma (Allah Allah k

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Asian shares stumble as North Korea fires missile into Japanese waters

A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters   Asian shares turned lower on Tuesday as earlier gains were quashed by tensions on the Korean peninsula after North Korea fired a missile that landed in Japanese waters, deepening concerns over the isolated nation's nuclear capabilities. European shares were also set to open in the red, with financial spread betters expecting Britain's FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX to start off 0.2 percent

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Rejuvenated Federer back to conquer Wimbledon again

Tennis - Match for Africa 3 - Federer v Murray - Zurich, Switzerland - 10/04/2017 - Switzerland's Roger Federer serves the ball during the Match for Africa 3 benefit tennis match against Andy Murray of Britain. Photo: Reuters   When Roger Federer landed heavily on his knee on his beloved Wimbledon turf 12 months ago, few would have put money on the popular Swiss walking back through the All England Club gates as the favourite to win a 19th grand slam title. Yet that is the reality facing 84th-

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One more victim of Ahmedpur East incident succumbs to injuries

Overturned oil tanker pictured on the National Highway following the explosion that claimed 208 lives. Photo: File   LAHORE: One more victim of the Ahmedpur East oil tanker fire succumbed to injuries on Tuesday (today), taking the death toll to 208. The deceased, who was being treated at Jinnah Hospital Lahore, passed away early Tuesday morning, focal person Dr Amir Mehmood said. A total of 61 injured in the incident are being treated at different hospitals. 23 of the 61 injured are admitted

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Xi Jinping meets Putin in Moscow for third time this year

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting. Photo: Reuters  MOSCOW: Chinese President Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Moscow on Monday for what his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has described as ?a major event in bilateral relations.? Xi arrived?s two-day visit to Moscow on Monday comes before he travels to Germany to take part in an upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg. Before his departure for the state visit to Russia, Xi said,

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Indian forces martyr youth in IoK's Pulwama district

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/8e6ee321b5ff70f15112500ad956a9ab.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny80LzIwMTcgNjo1NzowNyBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPTJ5K1R1UDBzUmpJQVo5MWVsdm5pNGc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] SRINAGAR: Indian forces martyred another youth in Pulwama district on Tuesday bringing the death toll to three since yesterday, the Kashmir Media Service (KMS) said. The Indian troo

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Hussain Nawaz to make sixth appearance before JIT today

Prime Minister's son Hussain Nawaz at one of his earlier appearances before the JIT ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's elder son, Hussain Nawaz, is expected to appear once more before the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) today. This will be the sixth time the premier's elder son has been summoned by the JIT probing the Sharif family's assets in light of the Supreme Court's April 20 judgment.  With the JIT's July 10 deadline approaching, the ongoing week has seen a flurry of act

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Double homicide in Hyderabad leaves police, forensic team baffled

HYDERABAD: Two women were found dead in a house here in Bismillah City, Latifabad No 10, late Monday night, CIA in-charge Aslam Langah said. Reaching the crime scene, officials of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and the forensic team collected evidence that would be useful in their investigative process. "The murders don't seem to be linked to the robbery," Langah explained, noting how no valuables were missing from the house where the two women ? who were a mother- and daughter- in-law ?

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Weak monsoon currents penetrating Kashmir: MET

Photo: Web  The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that a seasonal low lies over northeast Balochistan. Weak monsoon currents continue to penetrate in northeastern parts of the country and Kashmir on Tuesday. A shallow westerly wave is still affecting upper parts of the country and likely to persist over Kashmir and its adjoining areas during the next 48 hours. Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain-thundershowers with gusty winds

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Fire in oil shop spins out of control, claims policeman's life in Kamoke

File photo KAMOKE: A petrol shop here on Kasoki Road caught fire late Monday night, claiming the life of a policeman and injuring three others, rescue officials said. The fire erupted when oil shipment was being offloaded from a tanker near the shop and flames in an electric motor spun out of control, turning into a blaze, rescue officers explained. As the firefighters doused the flames for almost an hour, Assistant Superintendent (ASI) Javed Iqbal ? who was attempting to evacuate people ? pa

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New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked

A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonise the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world. As many as 10 types of frogs are believed to have survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Of these survivors, just three major kinds of frogs we

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Shingles may increase risk of heart attack, stroke

Getting shingles may increase your risk of a heart attack, stroke or other heart problems by as much as 40 percent, according to Korean researchers. But vaccination can help prevent shingles, which is caused by herpes zoster - the same virus that causes chickenpox, study author Dr Sung-Han Kim of Asan Medical Center in Seoul said in an email. Individuals should talk with their doctors about preventing shingles ?until further studies elucidate the effect of vaccination on cardiovascular outcome

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Teen jailed for plotting bomb attack at Elton John concert in London

An undated handout picture ? received from the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on July 3, 2017 ? shows Haroon Ali Syed, the British teenage militant who was jailed for a minimum of 16 years for plotting a bomb attack at an Elton John concert in London on the 9/11 anniversary. AFP Photo/Metropolitan Police  A British teenager who planned to attack an Elton John concert in London on the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks was jailed for life on Monday. Haroon Syed, 1

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Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks

Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said on Monday. For months, the European Space Agency -- which runs the programme -- has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's alternative to America's GPS system. Each Galileo satellite has four ultra-accurate atomic timekeepe

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DJ Khaled, once in background, scores another No. 1 album

Record producer DJ Khaled arrives at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok  NEW YORK: DJ Khaled ? long a prominent behind-the-scenes force in hip-hop ? has achieved a second number-one album on weekly US Billboard 200 chart with his latest star-studded work that includes some of pop and R&B's biggest names. Rapper Jay Z addresses infidelity, newborn twins in "4:44" album Fans were left stunned last year when Beyonc

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Los Angeles man convicted in Hollywood studio executive's death

Gavin Smith, 57, a 20th Century Fox distribution executive is shown in this undated photograph released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. REUTERS/Courtesy Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department/Handout/File Photo  LOS ANGELES: A convicted drug dealer was found guilty on Monday of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Hollywood studio executive who was missing for more than two years before his remains were found buried in the California desert. John Lenzie Creech, 44, was co

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North Korea launches a missile, may land in Japan´s EEZ

File North Korea launched a missile on Tuesday that may have landed in Japan´s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Japan´s NHK public television said, quoting the defence ministry. The launch would be the latest in a series by North Korea since the start of the year and comes just after US President Donald Trump spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the issue.

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Facebook fights US gag order that it says chills free speech

People walk in front of the Facebook logo at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc is challenging a gag order from a US court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that it said pose a threat to freedom of speech, according to court documents. Facebook said it wants to notify three users about the search warrants seeking their c

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Paris big guns show why they are top of fashion tree

The big guns came out to play Tuesday on the Paris haute couture catwalks and showed why they are still top of the fashion tree. Christian Dior, Schiaparelli and Iris Van Herpen conjured up some thrilling clothes that married daring and tradition the day after two new American kids on the block made their debuts in the French capital. While the US newbies Rodarte and Proenza Schouler make solid Paris debuts, Monday showed why haute couture with its decades of tradition and know-how is such a u

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China's Xi raises 'negative factors' in call with Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that Sino-US relations have been hit by "negative factors" in a phone call following days of US actions that have vexed Beijing. Trump held separate calls with Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that focused on tensions on the Korean peninsula, but China's foreign ministry said Xi also invoked the thorny issue of Taiwan. A series of US moves and China's angry responses have marked a sharp reversal from the friendly

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Ruthless Nadal reaches 850-win milestone

Rafael Nadal stormed into the Wimbledon second round as the world number two secured his 850th career victory with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 demolition of Australia's John Millman on Monday. Fresh from winning his 10th French Open title last month, Nadal marked his 50th match at Wimbledon by crushing Millman in one hour and 46 minutes on Court One. The two-time Wimbledon champion is just the seventh player to reach the 850-win mark, joining Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Andre A

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Sri Lanka eyes elephant menace at cricket stadium

Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Experts will be on hand for all three ODI games at the 35,000-capacity stadium, which is next to an elephant sanctuary, a wildlife offici

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