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PSX sheds 1,600 points

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5cad42b47c33263f5bf86727c0c6e620.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMC8yMDE3IDg6MTU6MjIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1UYnFIN0lqUkh2azFsMmM5eGpmY2lRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: The descent of the Pakistan Stock Exchange continued on Tuesday with the benchmark KSE 100-index shedding 1,600 points. The index stood at 45,085 points by midday. It has b
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PML-N MPA disqualified over fake degree

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/8123502c50cbad3e84d3ed731ec02532.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMC8yMDE3IDc6MTU6NTEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT05TlRGaXNHMDRhd2lYbXNFRGdCV0hBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday declared Member Punjab Assembly Shaukat Bhatti ineligible after the commission confirmed that his graduation degree was co
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Anil Kapoor, Sridevi to share screen together for Mr. India 2

While Anil Kapoor and Sridevi have been one of the best on-screen couples in the past, their movie my India also broke many records in the Bollywood. The duo was not only famous for their on-screen chemistry but also allegedly had an affair in the past.  Anil Kapoor and Sridevi did not share the screen together after Sridevi married Anil Kapoor's elder brother Boney Kapoor. But according to Indian media sources, after almost two decades, the duo is all set to share the screen together again
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Trump seen hardening line toward Pakistan after Afghan war review

Since 2003, almost 22,000 civilians and nearly 7,000 Pakistani security forces have been killed as a result of militancy, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal. Photo: Reuters  President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighbouring Afghanistan, US officials tell Reuters. Potential Trump administration responses being discussed include expanding US drone strikes, redirecting o
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Qatar says it will not negotiate unless neighbors lift 'blockade'

Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbours to resolve the Gulf dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott they imposed two weeks ago, its foreign minister said but added Doha still believed a solution was possible. The United Arab Emirates, which along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain imposed the measures to isolate Qatar, said the sanctions could last for years unless Doha accepted demands that the Arab powers plan to reveal in coming days. Qatar has denied accusations
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Medical marijuana woos four-legged fans

geo_embedgallery LOS ANGELES: It's early morning, just after breakfast, and six-year-old Cayley is wide awake, eagerly anticipating her daily dose of cannabis. The black labrador, tail wagging, laps up the liquid tincture owner Brett Hartmann squirts into her mouth, a remedy he uses morning and evening to help alleviate Cayley's anxiety. "Ever since I started her on CBD (cannabidiol -- a marijuana extract), her separat
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Women redrawing media landscape in conservative Afghanistan

geo_embedgallery Afghan women are redrawing the media landscape in the deeply conservative country with the launch of a new magazine and a television channel, risking the anger of extremists by giving their gender a glamorous voice. The teams behind the two privately-run projects have bold ambitions to use their mass media platforms to change attitudes and inform Afghans of their rights. But they know full well the dan
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?Everything burned?: Portugal fire survivors recount horror

Portugal fire: Over 60 people were injured, five critically, including one child and four firefighters. Photo: AFP  POBRAIS: When the fire roared into the village of Pobrais, in central Portugal, Miguel Manuel?s mother called him in a panic. He rushed to help her, braving the danger of driving through flames, but it was too late by the time he arrived. Manuel was the first person to reach the road where 47 people died Saturday, burned alive in their cars. The blaze has killed a total of 63.
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Londoners hold vigil for Muslim terror attack victims

People gather to attend a vigil outside Finsbury Park Mosque, close to the scene of a van attack in Finsbury Park, north London. Photo: AFP  LONDON: Londoners bearing flowers and messages of solidarity gathered Monday at the spot where a man ploughed a van into Muslims leaving prayers at a mosque, the fourth terror strike in Britain in four months. Eleven people were injured in the attack, which took place early Monday near Finsbury Park mosque, north London, raising fears of retaliation agai
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He speaks! Top White House aide Kushner gives rare remarks

Jared Kushner welcomes technology company leaders to a summit of the American Technology Council at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, June 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters   WASHINGTON: Top White House aide ? and presidential son-in-law ? Jared Kushner is among the most powerful men in America, but few have heard him speak, until now. His voice is common enough to those working in and around the White House, but Kushner on Monday gave rare public remarks. In mid-to-high pitch,
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Accenture, Microsoft team up on blockchain-based digital ID network

Accenture Plc and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to build a digital ID network using blockchain technology, as part of a United Nations-supported project to provide legal identification to 1.1 billion people worldwide with no official documents. The companies unveiled a prototype of the network on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York during the second summit of ID2020, a public-private consortium promoting the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of providing legal identity for everyone on
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Assange abandons ?special announcement? at embassy

Julian Assange. Photo: AFP LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday abandoned plans to make a "special announcement" five years after moving into London?s Ecuadorian embassy, claiming he had a meeting set with UK officials. "On the advice of Mr. Assange?s legal counsel, today?s planned announcement by Mr. Assange from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy has been deferred. "This follows the agreement of an imminent meeting with British authorities," WikiLeaks said in a statement.
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Cosby deadlock makes task of finding second jury even more difficult

Now that Bill Cosby's first *** assault trial has ended in deadlock, the difficulty of seating an unbiased jury for the famed entertainer's retrial may have ratcheted higher, thanks to blanket media coverage of the sensational case, legal experts say. Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill has kept secret the names of the 12 jurors who spent 52 hours in an unsuccessful effort to decide whether Cosby, now 79, drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand at his home in a P
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Power breakdown hits Karachi's water supply

KARACHI: A 72-inch pipeline was ruptured on Tuesday following a power breakdown at Dhabeji Pumping Station ? the most important water supply source for the city. According to Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) officials, a power failure at the Dhabeji pumping station caused a buildup of back pressure in the pipeline; unable to take the increased pressure the 72-inch pipeline burst. As a result, 150 million gallons of water will not be supplied to the city in the next forty-eight hours,
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Two foreign nationals detained in Lahore for transporting contraband

LAHORE: Two foreigners, including one woman, were taken into custody during a raid conducted by Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) here on Wazirabad Road late Monday night, Geo News reported. The ANF also recovered contraband, comprising 3.6 kilogrammes of hashish and 300 grammes of heroin, from the two arrestees. The agency said the Nigerian woman and man were reportedly transporting the drugs to Sialkot. Karachi raid Four suspects were detained during a search operation carried out in Karachi's Jam
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Haveli Bahadur Shah gas power plant to begin trial production today: CM Punjab

Photo: Online JHANG: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday visited the Haveli Bahadur Shah Gas power plant and announced that 1230 megawatts electricity will be generated from the plant. The Punjab CM expressed his satisfaction over the efforts of the team and the progress of the construction work. He said the power plant will start trial production from tonight, adding that the plant will be able to produce 750 megawatts power in a week. ?The project will prove to be significant in
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Tech CEOs meet with Trump on government overhaul

US President Donald Trump participates in an American Technology Council roundtable, accompanied by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (L) and Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft Corporation at the White House in Washington, US, June 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters   President Donald Trump met on Monday with the heads of 18 US technology companies including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), seeking their help to make the government's computing systems more efficient. The White H
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Still no comment from Trump on London attack

Emergency crews attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians near a mosque in the Finsbury Park neighbourhood of North London, Britain, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall  WASHINGTON: The US government and Ivanka Trump on Monday expressed sympathy with worshippers attacked while leaving a London mosque ? while the president himself remained silent. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert issued an official condemnation of the deadly assault but Donald Trump ? often quick to
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Actress Carrie Fisher had cocaine, heroin in system, autopsy shows

Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of 'Star Wars, The Force Awakens' in Leicester Square, London, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett/File Photo  Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher had traces of cocaine, heroin, and party drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy, in her system when she died suddenly in December, according to a full autopsy report released on Monday. The autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner could not ascertain what effect the
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US student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release

Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo  An American university student who had been held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his parent said. Otto Warmbier, 22, who was arrested in North Kor
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Rain, dust-thundershower expected at scattered places: MET

Photo: File Moist currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper and central parts of the country on Tuesday. A westerly wave is affecting most upper and central parts of the country and likely to persist till Thursday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasted. Rain and dust-thundershower (with isolated heavy falls) with gusty winds are expected in the next twenty-four hours at scattered places in KP, FATA, Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, F
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Virginia police probe Muslim girl's killing as 'road rage' incident

Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, of Sterling, Virginia, charged with the murder of a 17-year-old American Muslim girl is shown in this Fairfax County Police Department photo released in Fairfax, Virginia, US, June 19, 2017. Courtesy Fairfax County Police Dept./Handout via REUTERS  WASHINGTON: A teenage Muslim girl killed by a bat-wielding motorist near a Virginia mosque was an apparent victim of "road rage" and her death is not being investigated as a hate crime, police said on Monday. Nabra Hassan
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Kepler telescope finds 10 more possible life-friendly planets

Astronomers on Monday added 219 candidates to the growing list of planets beyond the solar system, 10 of which may be about the same size and temperature as Earth, boosting the chances for life. Scientists found the planet candidates in a final batch of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope observations of 200,000 sample stars in the constellation Cygnus. The candidates include 10 newly discovered rocky worlds that are properly distanced from their parent stars for water, if it exists, to pool on thei
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Triumphant Pakistan team returns home with trophy

KARACHI: Players of Pakistan cricket team returned home, in the wee hours of Tuesday, to a grand welcome, after winning the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. A young Pakistan team stunned the world and created history on Sunday, thrashing an in-form and star-studded Indian side by 180 runs in the Champions Trophy finale at The Oval. Players begin to return separately to their hometowns after unavailability of tickets barred them from boarding a flight together. Four Cricketers have arrived in Laho
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Bilawal says satisfied with Sindh CM and his team, takes swipe at PTI and PML-N

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples? Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday expressed complete satisfaction on the performance of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and his entire team while lambasting PTI over its performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking to the media after inaugurating a fly-over in Malir the PPP chairman lauded the progress in Sindh including Karachi under his party?s government. He highlighted that sanitation work was improving and multiple roads were being built.
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