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Insaf Panel wins PTI's intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: The Insaf Panel has won the intra-party polls of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). According to the party?s chief election commissioner, Azam Swati, the Insaf Panel received 189,055 votes while the Ehtesab Panel bagged 41,647 votes. The members of the party ? around two million in number ? sent their votes via SMS to select the party?s hierarchy. PTI to hold intra-party elections on June 11 ECP had decided to not allot PTI its election symbol due to its failure to hold

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Legendary singer Asha Bhosle to have wax statue at Madame Tussauds

What it's like to have a statue of yours at the Madame Tussauds? Well, Indian legendary singer, Asha Bhosle is actually going to experience it soon. Yes! Madame Tussauds New Delhi has announced that legendary singing sensation Asha Bhosle is going to join the heroes and icons at the famed attraction.  It was also told that the figure will be displayed in the Bollywood music zone alongside other leading singers in an interactive themed environment.  The zone will enable fans to sing and per

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Tayyaba torture case: New bench summons witness on June 20

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court bench, which is conducting the trial of the child domestic help Tayyaba?s torture case, summoned on Tuesday the prosecution?s witness on June 20. Justice Aamir Farooq also summoned the doctor who conducted the initial medical examination of Tayyaba. The records of doctors, who are a part of the medical board, should be included in the investigation, the judge ordered. New bench to conduct trial in Tayyaba torture case Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani

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These Bollywood celebrities are in Forbes? list of world?s highest-paid celebrities

After making their way to the list of world?s highest-paid celebrities list released by Forbes magazine in 2016, few Bollywood actors have featured on this list again. So, any guesses who these actors are? Wait, let us enlighten you. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar have featured on the list again and have been joined by Salman Khan this year. SRK has jumped from 86th in the rankings last time to 65th this year, wi

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Sony unveils new Spider-man game at E3 expo

Sony unveiled a new Spider-man game for its Playstation video console on Monday. Photo: Sony  LOS ANGELES: Sony unveiled a new Spider-man game for its Playstation video console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles on Monday. Spider-man, due for release in 2018, is being developed by Insomniac Games, the group behind PlayStation offerings such as Resistance and Ratchet & Clank. "The future is here and it´s now with PlayStation 4 Pro and PS VR," said Shawn Layden, preside

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Sarfraz hopes Cardiff run continues in England semi-final

The winning moment CARDIFF: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed hopes the team´s "high confidence" in Cardiff will stand them in good stead when they return to the Welsh capital to face England in a Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday. It will be Pakistan´s second key match at Sophia Gardens in a matter of days after a tense three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka there on Monday saw them into the last four of a tournament featuring the world´s top eight one-day international (ODI) sides. Pakistan

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Anti-diabetes drug also ´lessens kidney, heart disease´ risk

WASHINGTON: An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes patients also significantly cuts the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to a study published Monday. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, came in a clinical trial of more than 10,000 patients in 30 countries, using canagliflozin. It found the drug reduced the overall risk of cardiovascular disease by 14 percent and reduced the risk of heart failure hospitalization b

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Living dolls: Spanish firm makes eerily realistic human, alien babies

Want a doll that looks, moves and feels almost exactly like a newborn? Or how about a baby Avatar, or a half human-half piglet? The whole range was on display at a trade fair in Bilbao, northern Spain showcasing "Reborn Babies" made by Spanish company Babyclon, one of a small number of firms worldwide that cater to a particular subculture of collectors who value the dolls' unsettling realism. Some of the basic silicone dolls cost almost 600 euros ($670), while high-end models equipped with mot

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Roof collapse kills labourer in Multan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/55c3bae513ebce12fdb1f1d2fcf3c00b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8xMy8yMDE3IDY6NTI6MjMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1CcHJ4SFdXRFRJRXhlN2tpTGh2cDh3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MULTAN: A 20-year-old labourer was killed when a roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Sheedi Lal Pull area on Tuesday. Four labourers were injured in the incident.

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Game of Thrones gets a wardrobe update AGAIN

If you think that only you can have your wardrobe updated and have fashion sense, then you're totally wrong. Game of Thrones is may be ahead of you as it once again updates its wardrobe and it's super exciting! As new photos surface from Season 7, it's evident that Game of Thrones keeps upping the ante in the costume design department. Have a look!

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Assassin´s Creed heading for Egypt to reignite gamers

Assassin's Creed is taking the serial's storyline back to an ancient world and overhauling play to reignite its top franchise. Photo: Assassin's Creed LOS ANGELES: Ubisoft´s blockbuster Assassin´s Creed video game is heading for Egypt, taking the serial´s storyline back to an ancient world and overhauling play to reignite its top franchise. The French video game star took last year off after hitting the market with annual releases and boasting overall sales of more than 110 million copies of

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US Defense Secretary says options on Afghanistan to be presented to Trump 'very soon'

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he would present options on Afghanistan to President Donald Trump "very soon," adding the strategy would take a regional approach rather than looking at the war-torn country in isolation. The situation in Afghanistan, which US military officials acknowledge is in a stalemate almost 16 years since the war started, has deteriorated in recent months. A truck-bomb explosion in Kabul last month killed more than 150 people, making it the deadliest attac

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Another US appeals court refuses to revive Trump travel ban

President Donald Trump suffered another legal setback on Monday as a second federal appeals court refused to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute headed to the US Supreme Court. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals used narrow grounds to reject the Trump administration's bid to undo a Hawaii federal judge's decision blocking the temporary ban. It said the Republican president's March 6 order violated existing

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At Trump's cabinet meeting, flattery is flavour of the day

The cabinet meeting on June 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters  WASHINGTON: They came to praise President Donald Trump, not focus on the controversies engulfing him. One by one, Trump's Cabinet members assembled around the table spoke effusively about the president as he sat beaming, soaking it all in at the first formal gathering of his most senior officials at the White House on Monday. The lavishing of praise and adulation contrasted with the storm enveloping the president as he struggles with myriad

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Panama establishes ties with China, ditches Taiwan in win for Beijing

Panama's metro is seen in the foreground of the skyline of Panama City April 10, 2014. Photo: Reuters   Panama has established diplomatic ties with China and broken with Taiwan in a major victory for Beijing, which continues to lure away the dwindling number of countries that have formal relations with the self-ruled island. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said in a televised address on Monday that Panama was upgrading its commercial ties with China and establishing full diplomatic lin

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Tony Awards TV audience slumps without 'Hamilton'

Some six million Americans watched the Tony Awards on television on Sunday, down sharply from last year's televised ceremony when pop culture juggernaut "Hamilton" dominated the show. CBS said on Monday that 6.1 million people watched Sunday's three-hour awards show, broadcast from New York's Radio City Music Hall, where a revival of musical "Hello Dolly!" and new teenage angst musical "Dear Evan Hansen" were the big winners. This year's TV audience marked a more than 30 percent drop from 2016

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Saudi cabinet expresses satisfaction over Qatar-related decisions

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday met with the Saudi cabinet to discuss the country's stance on the Gulf crisis, Saudi media reported. The Saudi cabinet expressed satisfaction on Qatar-related decisions. Pakistan hopes Gulf countries? impasse will be resolved soon: PM ?Hopeful that conflict will be resolved in best interest of Muslim Brotherhood? Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain led a string of countries that last week cut ties w

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Hyundai Motor unveils new small SUV as China sales skid

Hyundai Motor on Tuesday unveiled its first subcompact sport utility vehicle (SUV) for advanced markets including the United States, Europe and South Korea, betting on the model to offset sliding sales in China. The South Korean automaker also said it would launch an electric version of the Kona small SUV next year and a new large SUV by 2020 in a bid to catch up with rivals in the booming SUV segment. Hyundai looks like missing its annual sales target for a third consecutive year due to the u

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War-torn Kabul becomes a protected site for migratory birds

This photograph taken on May 29, 2017 shows birds at the Kol-e Hashmat Khan wetland in the outskirts of Kabul.Photo: AFP KABUL: A rare Afghan marsh that was once a royal hunting ground is set to come under the official protection of the UN environment agency, with the aim of saving hundreds of migratory bird species. On the long, arid journey to the Caucasus and Siberia, across the Hindu Kush massif, the Kol-e-Hashmat Khan wetlands outside Kabul provide sanctuary for the thousands of storks, e

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Qatar asks UN body to resolve Gulf airspace row: sources

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker gestures as he tours the exhibition stand of the company at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB) in Berlin, Germany, March 9, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/File Qatar has asked the United Nations' aviation agency to intervene in an airspace rights' dispute with three Gulf states following an escalating diplomatic row and trade blockade, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. Qatar has sent a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organ

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Iran's Khamenei blames US for regional instability, creation of Daesh

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters   Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington's fight against the militant group Daesh was "a lie". "You (the United States) and your agents are the source of instability in the Midd

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Over 50 suspects rounded up in Karachi during major police operation

File photo KARACHI: Law enforcement officials conducted a major search operation in the metropolis late Monday night, rounding up more than 50 suspects, Superintendent of Police (SP) ? City Division, Shehla Qureshi, said. The operation, aimed to catch illegal residents and criminals, was carried out in the jurisdiction of City Division's eight police stations and included Garden, Eidgah, Napier, Nabi Bakhsh, and surrounding areas, the police official explained, adding that entry and exit points

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Pakistan hopes gulf countries? impasse will be resolved soon: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif expressed hope that the current impasse in the Gulf countries will be resolved soon in the best interest of the Muslim Brotherhood. The premier returned to Pakistan early Tuesday from his one-day visit to Saudi Arabia. PM Sharif and Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz discussed the emerging situation in the Gulf countries earlier on Monday. PM leaves for home after day-long visit to Saudi Arabia to talk Gulf crisis

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Britain's May apologises to own MPs for election 'mess'

British Prime Minister Theresa May took the blame for the ruling Conservatives' disastrous performance at last week's elections, as she faced her party's angry MPs on Monday, seeking to ward off any challenge to her leadership. "I got us into this mess, and I'm going to get us out," May told Conservatives MPs during the meeting in Westminster. May's Conservatives unexpectedly lost their majority in parliament in Thursday's snap general election, causing political chaos ahead of Brexit talks wi

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Continental air prevails over most parts of country: PMD

A continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. A shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country. Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next twenty-four hours. However, rain and thunderstorm are expected at few places in Sargodha, Faisalabad, Hazara divisions, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas the MET said. Past weather: The weather remained hot and dry in most p

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