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Sindh home minister orders inquiry against police officials in ?fake? FIR case

KARACHI: The Sindh home minister has taken notice of a ?fake? FIR filed late Thursday night by the Gulshan-e-Maymar police against four brothers who were reportedly involved in a road accident with a police vehicle, Geo News reported. In what is being termed a car-collision accident, a policeman driving an official vehicle hit a private vehicle from the rear Thursday night, following which he got out and allegedly assaulted all four passengers, called backup and then took the passengers of the
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India seek new coach despite Kumble?s success

Anil Kumble. Photo: AFP NEW DELHI: India´s cricket board Thursday invited applications for a new head coach, as Anil Kumble´s contract draws rapidly to a close. The former Test captain was appointed coach in June 2016 for a year but will automatically be considered for a renewed term. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given other interested parties until May 31 to put in their resumes. "The process has been initiated since the term of the current coach, Mr. Anil Kumble con
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Facebook's Zuckerberg urges Harvard grads to contemplate risk

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returned on Thursday to Harvard University, the school he dropped out of to start the pioneering social network, to urge its graduating class to help create a new social safety net to allow creative risk-taking. The 33-year-old tech founder of the world's largest social networking company said he would never have been able to risk leaving the elite Ivy League school if he had not known that his family would have been able to support him if he failed. "There is
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A 'Pirates' life for Depp as he sets sail in fifth film

LOS ANGELES: Dead men tell no tales, unless, of course, they are undead decaying pirates seeking mythical treasure in the vast fathoms of the sea in the fifth instalment of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, out in theatres worldwide this weekend, sees Johnny Depp reprise his role as the hapless, swaying, slurring pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, once again roped into an adventure on the high seas. Depp, who's been embroiled in personal issues, inc
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Trump son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe: media reports

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump arrive at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi  President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday. Kushner is being investigated because of his meetings in December and other possible interactions with
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Twitter has a field day as Trump shoves new NATO country's leader

US President Donald Trump never fails to stay from headlines. Not only do his comments make waves ? the latest case in point being how he told NATO member countries to "finally contribute their fair share" ? but his actual, in-person behaviour as well. Trump indifferently shoved aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic ? almost like a bulldozer steamrollering past insignificant elements in its path ? as he walked with leaders of various NATO countries during his Thursday visit to the or
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Twitter has a field day as Trump shoves new NATO country's leader aside

US President Donald Trump never fails to stay from headlines. Not only do his comments make waves ? the latest case in point being how he told NATO member countries to "finally contribute their fair share" ? but his actual, in-person behaviour as well. Trump indifferently shoved aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic ? almost like a bulldozer steamrollering past insignificant elements in its path ? as he walked with leaders of various NATO countries during his Thursday visit to the or
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'Houdini of death row' ? US prisoner's eighth date with death

The first time he was scheduled to die, Tommy Arthur invited his family to death row to say goodbye. He did that again and again for his next five dates with death, but each time a stay of execution meant that he evaded the lethal injection. By the seventh time, he stopped inviting relatives: it was simply too painful. Nicknamed the Houdini of death row, 75-year-old Arthur was scheduled to be strapped to a gurney and wheeled into the execution chamber late Thursday, his eighth -- and possibly
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Europa League victory lifted Manchester, says Alex Ferguson

Manchester United's Europa League victory gave the city a boost just two days after a devastating suicide bomb attack left 22 dead and dozens injured, claimed legendary former manager Alex Ferguson. United beat Dutch side Ajax 2-0 in Sweden -- goals by Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan sealing an emotional win and a place in the Champions League next season -- to deliver some joy to the city that saw pop concert goers as young as eight killed by the blast. Ferguson, who managed United through
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Trump directly scolds NATO allies, says they owe 'massive' sums

US President Donald Trump (R) speaks beside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann  BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump on Thursday intensified his accusations that NATO allies were not spending enough on defence and warned of more attacks like this week's Manchester bombing unless the alliance did more to stop militants. In unexpectedly abrupt remarks as NATO leaders stoo
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Finance Minister to present Rs 4.8 trillion national budget today

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar will present the fifth Federal Budget of the ruling democratic dispensation with an estimated outlay of Rs 4.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2017-18, today. The National Assembly, already in session since May 23, will meet at the Parliament House on Friday at 1600 hours, after a daybreak, for the presentation of the federal budget. The budget will lend further focus towards improvement in economic growth, maintaining fiscal discipline, redu
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PML-N to present maiden fifth budget today; total outlay at Rs4.8 trillion

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar will present the fifth federal budget of the ruling party with an estimated outlay of Rs4.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2017-18 today. This is the first time that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government will present a budget for the fifth time.  The National Assembly, already in session since May 23, will meet today at the Parliament House at 4pm after daybreak for the presentation of the feder
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PML-N to present fifth budget today; total outlay at Rs4.8 trillion

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presenting the present government's first budget in 2013. Photo: File/AFP ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar will present the fifth federal budget of the ruling party with an estimated outlay of Rs4.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2017-18 today. This is the first time that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government will present a budget for the fifth time.  The National Assembly, already in session since May 23, will meet today at the Parliament H
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Navas, Clichy, Caballero and Sagan in Manchester City exodus

Spanish international winger Jesus Navas, and experienced French defender Gael Clichy on Thursday headed a quartet of players to be released by Manchester City in the promised close season clearout. City announced later Thursday reserve goalkeeper Willy Caballero, who famously saved three penalties in the shootout win over Liverpool in the 2016 League Cup final, would also be leaving. In a busy day of pruning the squad -- responsible for an underwhelming campaign that resulted in the first eve
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US appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump's travel ban

A US Customs and Border Protection arm patch and badge are seen at Los Angeles International Airport, California February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo  In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, a US Appeals Court refused on Thursday to reinstate his temporary travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority nations, delivering another blow to the White House in a legal battle likely headed to the Supreme Court. The decision, written by Chief Judge Roger Gregory, described
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Ramazan to start Saturday in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The holy fasting month of Ramazan is due to begin Saturday in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, religious authorities in both countries announced. The announcements came after religious authorities in the two Gulf Arab countries failed to sight the crescent moon on Thursday night, state media reported. The mufti of Lebanon, Abdullatif Deryan, also announced that Saturday would be the start of Ramazan. There was no immediate announcement from other Muslim countries in the Mid
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Ramazan in Saudi Arabia from today

RIYADH: The holy fasting month of Ramazan is due to begin today in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, religious authorities in both countries announced. The announcements came after religious authorities in the two Gulf Arab kingdoms failed to sight the crescent moon on Thursday night, state media reported. The mufti of Lebanon, Abdullatif Deryan, also announced that Saturday would be the start of Ramazan. There was no immediate announcement from other Muslim countries in the Middle
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Ramazan in Saudi Arabia from Saturday

RIYADH: The holy fasting month of Ramazan is due to begin tomorrow in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, religious authorities in both countries announced. The announcements came after religious authorities in the two Gulf Arab kingdoms failed to sight the crescent moon on Thursday night, state media reported. The mufti of Lebanon, Abdullatif Deryan, also announced that Saturday would be the start of Ramazan. There was no immediate announcement from other Muslim countries in the Midd
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Pigeon in Kuwait caught carrying drugs in bag attached to back

A pigeon was found carrying drugs in a small bag attached to its back in Kuwait, British media reported, quoting a Kuwaiti newspaper. Customs officials captured the bird, found to be carrying 178 pills, near the customs building close to the border with Iraq. The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai said the drugs were a form of ketamine, used as an illegal drug. The BBC reported an al-Rai journalist as saying that the customs officials were aware of using pigeons for drug smuggling in the area but this
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SC asks 14 questions from Imran on Bani Gala land purchase, offshore firm

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought answers of as many as 14 questions from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan pertaining to the purchase of land for his Bani Gala residence and an offshore firm owned by him. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, conducted hearing of a petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi regarding foreign funding of the PTI. The apex court asked 14 questions from Pakistan
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Newly discovered vulnerability raises fears of another WannaCry

A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves tens of thousands of computers potentially vulnerable to an attack similar to that caused by WannaCry, which infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, cybersecurity researchers said on Thursday. The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the vulnerability, which could be exploited to take control of an affected computer, and urged users and administrators to apply a patch. Rebekah Brown of Rapid7, a cyberse
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SSP Islamabad suspended in 2014 sit-in reinstated

ISLAMABAD: Former SSP Operations Islamabad Muhammad Ali Nekokara, who was suspended during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek?s sit-in in 2014, has been reinstated. The former SSP was suspended during the protest against the federal government from the post of SSP Islamabad. The Establishment Division reinstated him upon directions from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, following the appeal?s result. The ex-SSP (Operations) Islamabad was dismissed for conveying in writing that th
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Those hurling accusations harming Pakistan, not me: PM

SAHIWAL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday likened hurling accusations on him to destabilising Pakistan, asking how the swift completion of various projects would have been possible if his government was corrupt. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Sahiwal Coal Power Project, the prime minister said that the incumbent government has made enormous progress on the three major problems it inherited in 2013?power shortage, terrorism and economic issues, adding that load shedding will
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ICC panel calls for T20 TV umpire and backs Test world championship

LONDON: A top international cricket committee on Thursday called for TV referrals to be used in T20 internationals and gave high-level backing to a Test world championship. In addition, umpires will be allowed to send off players for misconduct, bat sizes will be restricted for the first time and run out rules changed from October 1 if the recommendations are approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executives committee. The ICC cricket committee, headed by outgoing India coa
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Priyanka reminds host 'Meghan Markle isn?t only Prince Harry?s girlfriend'

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who recently transitioned to Hollywood, isn?t only a woman of many talents but has remarkable personal traits too. The actress is one of the most sensible and graceful media personalities. Recently, she appeared on a US talk show, where the host of ?The Wendy Williams Show? asked the ?Baywatch? actress to reflect on her friendship with actress Meghan Markle. Peecee enjoys a good friendship with Prince Harry?s ?love interest?. The Bollywood actress confirmed
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