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Policeman trampled: Photos emerge showing Balochistan MPA Achakzai in driving seat

QUETTA: The photo has been obtained of MPA Abdul Majeed Achakzai sitting in the vehicle which he ran over a policeman a few days back, proving he is guilty of the killing. The photo available with Geo News shows Achakzai sitting on the driving seat, holding a mobile phone to his ear. Besides, another photo has been obtained that shows as an air cooler placed outside the bars of the MPA's jail. A discriminatory attitude in the case of Achakzai was witnessed earlier as well when, despite the inc
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WATCH: Teaser of Qandeel Baloch biopic 'Baaghi' is out!

After proving herself in the Bollywood, gorgeous Saba Qamar is once again planning to clean bowled the audience with another powerful appearance. A few days back Saba Qamar shared pictures on her social media account hinting towards her upcoming venture of the late social media sensation, Qandeel Baloch's biopic Baaghi. After much hype, the teaser of the biopic is finally here and yes.. it definitely is something! The 14-second teaser gives us a glimpse in
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Shastri to apply for India coach job

Former captain Ravi Shastri will apply to become India´s head coach after the national cricket board extended the application deadline. Photo: file  NEW DELHI: Former captain Ravi Shastri will apply to become India´s head coach after the national cricket board extended the application deadline following Anil Kumble´s shock exit, reports said Wednesday. "Yes, I have decided to apply for the job," the cricketer-turned-television commentator was quoted as saying by the New Indian Express. Top na
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Are asteroids humanity´s 'greatest challenge'?

PARIS: Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. When the next big impact will be, nobody knows. But the pressure is on to predict -- and intercept -- its arrival. "Sooner or later we will get... a minor or major impact," Rolf Densing, who heads the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, told AFP ahead of International Asteroid Day
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Darwin´s ´strangest animal ever´ finds a family

An artist's rendering shows the South American native ungulate Macrauchenia patachonica which had a number of remarkable adaptations, including the positioning of its nostrils high on its head in this illustration released on March 17, 2015. Photo: Reuters PARIS: Charles Darwin, Mr. Evolution himself, didn´t know what to make of the fossils he saw in Patagonia so he sent them to his friend, the renowned paleontologist Richard Owen. Owen was stumped too. Little wonder. "The bones looked differ
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Saudis say demands ´non-negotiable´ as Qatar, US officials meet

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shake hands before a meeting at the US State Department on June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks with the Qatari foreign minister on the Gulf states crisis. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, who was also in Washington, was unbudging amid attemp
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Earthquake jolts different parts of KP

Tremors were felt in Peshawar, Chitral, Upper Dir and Malakand. Photo: Geo News PESHAWAR: Earthquake tremors jolted several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday morning. Tremors were felt in Peshawar, Chitral, Upper Dir and Malakand. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the earthquake was recorded at 5.3 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake struck at a depth of 213 kilometers and its epicentre was Hindukush region in Afghanistan.
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Sri Lanka´s Malinga gets suspended ban for media comments

Lasith Malinga appeared before a special inquiry panel of SLC on Tuesday, and accepted the charges against him. Photo: Getty Images COLOMBO: Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has received a suspended one-year ban after pleading guilty to comments he made to the media in breach of his contract, the country´s cricket board has said. The 33-year-old´s sanction will be suspended for six months and he would also lose 50 percent of his match from the next one-day international he plays in case of
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Baloch militants surrender to security forces: ISPR

A high value Balochistan Liberation Army activist, identified as Abdul Rasool alias Ustad/Borjon/Boss, along with his group surrendered to security forces, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). The Baloch militants also surrendered their group?s weapons and ammunition. ?The group surrendered due to writ of state enabled through effective intelligence and successful security operations,? stated the ISPR. According to Pakistan Army?s media cell, Abdul Rasool was involved in te
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Helicopter hurled grenades at Venezuela Supreme Court: Maduro

A screengrab from a video shared on social media shows a helicopter flying above Caracas. CARACAS: A helicopter dropped two grenades on Venezuela´s Supreme Court building in a "terror attack" against the government, President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech Tuesday. "I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," he said in remarks delivered from the Miraflores presidential palace. Maduro said he has put the military on alert to respond to the alleged assault. "Sooner or lat
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Heavy downpour expected in next 48 hours: MET

Photo: File The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Wednesday said heavy downpour is expected in parts of the country in the next 48 hours.  A seasonal low lies over North Balochistan and its adjoining areas and a westerly wave continues to affect upper parts of the country. Monsoon currents are penetrating in upper and central parts of the country, the MET said. Rain and thundershowers with strong gusty winds are expected at a number of places in upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore
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Toshiba faces shareholders with no chip unit deal signed

Japan's Toshiba Corp faced shareholders at its annual meeting on Wednesday with no deal in hand for the sale of its prized flash memory chip unit and a long list of humiliating setbacks to apologise for. Scrambling to cover billions of dollars in cost overruns at its bankrupt Westinghouse nuclear unit, Toshiba had pledged to have a signed definitive agreement for the $18 billion sales of the unit - the world's No. 2 producer of NAND chips - by the shareholders meeting. But the conglomerate sai
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Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist dies after lung cancer battle

Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, best known for a leading role in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Swedish film series, died in Sweden on Tuesday after a year-long battle with lung cancer, his representative said. He was 56. Nyqvist "passed away quietly surrounded by family" in Stockholm, his spokeswoman Alissa Goodman said in an emailed statement that called him "one of Sweden's most respected and accomplished actors." "Michael's joy and passion were infectious to those who knew and loved him.
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Some would-be immigrants left in limbo after SC backs Trump's travel ban

International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, June 26, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan  WASHINGTON: Without close family in the United States, Elly and her husband had few options for getting permission to immigrate from Iran to America. So when they won a US government lottery last September for a so-called "diversity visa" allowing them to resettle in the United States, the couple was thrilled. "Since last year, we made all the importan
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Chicago officers charged in alleged cover-up of black teen shooting

An arm patch of the Chicago Police Department is visible in this image taken as a screengrab from Reuters' video.  CHICAGO: Three current and former Chicago police officers were indicted on Tuesday on felony charges of conspiring to cover up the shooting death of a black teenager by a white officer, prosecutors said. The indictments stem from a 2014 incident, in which Laquan McDonald, 17, was shot to death. A video of the shooting, released in 2015, sparked days of protests and thrust Chicago
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University of Texas at Dallas re-opens campus after bomb threat

The University of Texas at Dallas briefly evacuated its campus on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat but police later determined it was a hoax and reopened the campus. The university tweeted at around 2:45 PM local time that all faculty, students, staff, and visitors needed to immediately leave buildings and parking garages on the campus, located roughly 29 kilometres north of downtown Dallas, in Richardson. After the orders to leave were issued, televisi
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FIFA discloses damaging Qatar World Cup bid report

Former FIFA boss Joseph "Sepp" Blatter leaves a press conference wherein he announced stepping down from his post. Zurich, Switzerland. June 3, 2015. AFP/Valeriano Di Domenico  LAUSANNE: FIFA on Tuesday released a long-withheld report on alleged corruption in awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar after more leaks deepened the controversy surrounding the vote. World football's governing body had previously declined to publish in full the 400-page report into awarding the 2018 World Cup to Russia
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Several major firms say targets of international cyberattack

Several major companies said Tuesday they were targeted in an international cyberattack which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe. Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain all said they came under attack and put protection protocols in place to avoid data loss. "Most of our IT systems are down across all business units due to a virus. We continue to assess the situation. The safety of our operat
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EU fines Google record $2.7 billion in first antitrust case leftright 8/8leftright

EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet unit Google with a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company's dominance in searches and smartphones. It is the biggest fine the EU has ever imposed on a single company in an antitrust case, exceeding a 1.06-billion-euro sanction handed down to US chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) in 2009. The European Commission said the world's most popular internet search engine has 90 days t
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Two alpinists go missing on Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'

Nanga Parbat - File Photo  ISLAMABAD: Two alpinists, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, have gone missing while attempting to summit a peak in northern Pakistan nicknamed "Killer Mountain", mountaineering experts said Tuesday. "Alberto Zerain, a Spanish alpinist, and Mariano Galvan, an Argentinian national, went missing while trying to climb Nanga Parbat," the world´s ninth highest mountain, Alpine Club of Pakistan spokesman Karrar Haidri told AFP. Muhammad Iqbal, owner of Summit Karakorum, the t
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Tourists throng Murree on Eid to enjoy pleasant weather

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5e58ac9256b8dbbec6466e598efb8840.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yNy8yMDE3IDE6MjY6MTggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1WalFORjkzTjJTeXh6T254UlRmcVRnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: As is the case every Eid for the last several years, tourists thronged to Murree and surrounding areas to spend the Eid holidays as well as enjoy a respite from the summer
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Air chief visits victims of oil tanker fire tragedy

ACM Aman inquiring about the treatment from doctors at Jinnah Hospital. Photo: Geo News  LAHORE: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman visited Jinnah Hospital on Tuesday to inquire into the treatment of victims of the Ahmedpur East oil tanker fire tragedy.  During his visit, ACM Aman said the Pakistan Air Force is standing shoulder to shoulder with the injured and bereaved families in their hour of need.  "Will ensure that all kinds of aid reaches those in need," said ACM Aman
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PM Nawaz expresses grief over loss of lives in China landslides

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday extended his deepest sympathies to the government and people of China over the devastating landslides that hit the country recently. At least ten people have been confirmed dead and 93 are missing after the landslide engulfed Xinmo village in mountainous Sichuan province on Saturday. Heavy rain triggered the landslide, authorities have said. According to the press release, the prime minister in his message to Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang
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China accuses Indian border guards of crossing into its territory

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 15, 2015 - Reuters China has accused Indian border guards of crossing into its territory from the state of Sikkim on India's northeastern border with Tibet, the Chinese foreign and defence ministries have said, complicating an already difficult relationship. Geng Shuang, a spokesman with China's foreign ministry, said Indian guards
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World's first ATM machine turns to gold on 50th birthday

A woman walks past a golden ATM, marking the location of the first 'hole in the wall', which opened fifty years ago in Enfield, Britain June 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters Five decades since it heralded a transformation in the way people obtained and used cash, the world's first ATM was turned into gold for celebrations of its fiftieth anniversary. The brainchild of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, the first ATM (automated teller machine) was opened on June 27, 1967 at a branch of Barclays bank in
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