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Accountability court once again adjourns assets case against Ishaq Dar

Ishaq Dar talks to Geo News in London.  ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing the assets accumulation case against Senator Ishaq Dar was expected to indict the co-accused named in the supplementary reference against the former finance minister today. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed an interim reference against Dar in September last year on the Supreme Court's directives in the Panama Papers case.  In a supplementary reference filed recently, NAB named National Bank of Pak
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Hearing today on contempt case against Daniyal Aziz

Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The hearing on contempt of court case against Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz will be held today. During the previous hearing on March 26, the case was adjourned till today, and the defence was directed to submit arguments and witness list before the next hearing. Aziz was indicted on contempt charged by the Supreme Court on March 13. The charged, read out by Justice Mushir Alam, included several instanc
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Australian cricket scandal: What we know

Australia's captain Steve Smith (C) leads his team including David Warner (R), off the field after their defeat on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match against South Africa on March 12  JOHANNESBURG: The Australian ball-tampering scandal has rocked cricket to its core, resulting in the suspension of three players and a head coach on his way out. Here´s an outline of what we know so far about the chain of events and subsequent fallout from the incident during the third Test at Cape
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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reelected for a second presdential term

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second term. Photo: AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been reelected for a second term with 92 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed on Thursday, but turnout of just 40 percent dented his push for popular legitimacy. Some 23 million of the 60 million registered voters turned out during the three days of polling that ended Wednesday, state-owned newspapers Al-Ahram and Akhbar el-Youm, and the official MENA
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Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent Reuters reporters held in Myanmar

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, with her husband, actor and director George, pose during a red carpet event in Venice, Italy, September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files  YANGON: Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar, who are accused of possessing secret government papers, her office said on Thursday. A court in Yangon has been holding preliminary hearings since January to decide whether Wa
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Adult film actress Daniels loses bid to question Trump, get quick trial

Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is interviewed by Anderson Cooper of CBS News' '60 Minutes' program, March 25, 2018. CBSNews/60 MINUTES/Handout via REUTERS A federal judge has rejected adult film star Stormy Daniels? request for permission to question US President Donald Trump and schedule a trial soon in her lawsuit to end her agreement to remain silent about her alleged sexual encounter with the US president. US District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles said Thursda
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Facebook begins 'fact-checking' photos and videos

Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo, March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Illustration/Dado Ruvic/Files  SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said Thursday it had begun ?fact-checking? photos and videos to reduce the hoaxes and false news stories that have plagued the world?s largest social media network. Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harv
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France's Sarkozy to face trial for influence peddling

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a meeting in Paris, France, September 27, 2016. AFP/Martin Bureau/Files  PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered on Thursday to stand trial for influence peddling over accusations he offered to help a prosecutor get promoted in return for leaked information about a separate criminal inquiry. Sarkozy, who is embroiled in several criminal investigations, denies any wrongdoing and has vowed to have all cases dismissed. His lawyer
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Four al Qaeda militants killed in US strike in Yemen: Pentagon

People gather around a crater caused by an air strike in Amran, Sanaa, Yemen, April 12, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files  WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Thursday a US military strike in Yemen killed four al Qaeda militants, the seventh such strike in the country this month. In a statement, the Pentagon said the strike against Yemen?s al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was carried out near al-Bayda. ?No civilians were present and therefore none were injured
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One dacoit killed, accomplices flee during Sukkur encounter

File Photo SUKKUR: At least one dacoit was killed in an alleged police encounter Thursday night here in the city, Geo News reported citing law enforcement authorities (LEAs). Three of the deceased dacoit's accomplices, however, managed to escape arrest, police said, adding that the one they managed to shoot dead was identified as Mumtaz. Further, according to the LEAs, the deceased suspect was wanted for dozens of crimes, including in the case of kidnapping of Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Ag
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Khursheed Shah still curious about PM, CJP talks

File Photo ISLAMABAD: A meeting held Tuesday between the prime minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan is still a subject of fascination for opposition leader Khursheed Shah, who said Thursday the talk "could not have been just about water and garbage", Geo News reported. Shah asked: "What did the Chief Justice and Prime Minister talk about in their meeting? "The government needs to explain," the leader of the Opposition in National Assembly added, saying the "two-hour-long talk could not have
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Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation

Jorge Field, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California, US, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files  NEW YORK: The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation, a Reuters analysis of court records shows, adding to an already huge backlog of cases in US immigration courts. The trend underscores how the Trump
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Volkswagen storing around 300,000 diesel vehicles at US facilities

Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, California, US, March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Volkswagen has taken parking lots to a whole new level in the United States and will not be emptying them soon. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 US diesel vehicles through mid-February, a recent court filing shows. The German automaker has been storing hundreds of thousands of vehicles around the United States for m
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'Will deal with it': White House on diplomats' expulsion from Russia

WASHINGTON: Moscow?s expulsion on Thursday of 60 American diplomats was expected and marked a further deterioration in US-Russian relations, the White House said. ?Russia?s response was not unanticipated and the United States will deal with it,? the White House said in a statement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow would expel 60 US diplomats and close its consulate in Saint Petersburg in a tit-for-tat expulsion over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal.
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Starbucks must put cancer warning on California coffee: judge

A woman holds a Frappuccino at a Starbucks store inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, US, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files Starbucks Corp and other coffee companies must put a cancer warning label on coffee products sold in California, a Los Angeles judge ruled. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a proposed decision Wednesday that Starbucks and other companies had failed to show that the threat from a chemical compound produced when roa
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US regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper  WASHINGTON: The top US telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk?s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites. ?This is the first approval of a US-licensed satellite constellation to provide broadband services using a new gen
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Iranian granted US visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban

Patient Maziar Hashemi (L) ? who has the cancer Myelodysplastic syndrome ? and his wife Fereshteh talk after meeting with his transplant doctor at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder  NEW YORK: The US State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his US citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump?s travel ban, the family?s lawyer said on Thursday. Mahsa Khanbabai, a lawyer bas
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At least 3 killed by car bomb in eastern Libya: medic

Image: REUTERS/Steve Crisp/Files BENGHAZI: At least three people were killed and four wounded when a car bomb went off in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya late on Thursday a medical source said. The explosion hit a checkpoint at the eastern exit of Ajdabiya, a town south of Benghazi, a military source said. No further details were immediately available.
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Saudi Arabia spread Wahhabism to counter Soviet influence, says crown prince

WASHINGTON: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has said that the kingdom, after being asked by its allies during the Cold War, invested in mosques for the spread of Wahhabism to counter Soviet influence, the Washington Post reported. The statement was made during the Saudi crown prince's 75-minute meeting with the Washington Post editors and reporters on the last day of his four-day stay in Washington. Mohammad bin Salman, 32, met with President Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office and ove
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Bahadurabad is our joint home despite differences: Sattar

MQM-P PIB leader Dr Farooq Sattar (left) pictured while addressing a joint press conference with Bahadurabad faction leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui at the party's Bahadurabad office Friday night. Photo: Geo News    KARACHI: MQM-P PIB leader Dr Farooq Sattar addressed a joint press conference with Bahadurabad faction leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui at the party's Bahadurabad office Friday night.  The disgruntled leader, who locked horns with the party's Bahadurabad faction over the nominations
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CJCSC meets Egypt's Sisi, discusses matters of bilateral strategic interest

RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Thursday called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The two figures discussed matters of bilateral strategic interest at the meeting, with particular emphasis on evolving regional security situation, the ISPR said in a statement. The CJCSC also met with Minister of Defence and Commander in Chief of Egy
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MQM-P PIB leader Farooq Sattar arrives at Bahadurabad office

MQM-P PIB leader Dr Farooq Sattar reached the party's Bahadurabad office Thursday night. Photo: Geo News file  KARACHI: MQM-P PIB leader Dr Farooq Sattar reached the party's Bahadurabad office Thursday night.  The disgruntled leader, who locked horns with the party's Bahadurabad faction over the nominations for Senate elections, was accompanied by his wife and Ali Raza Abidi.  "Regardless of our disagreements, we have an ideological relationship," Sattar said during a meeting with members of
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Pakistan conducts another successful test of submarine-launched cruise missile 'Babur'

SLCM 'Babur' provides Pakistan credible second-strike capability, augmenting the existing deterrence regime. ? ISPR RAWALPINDI: Pakistan conducted another successful test of indigenously-developed submarine launched cruise missile (SLCM) 'Babur' having a range of 450km, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in statement Thursday evening. The missile was fired from an underwater dynamic platform, which successfully engaged its target with precise accuracy, meeting all the flight param
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New frog species found in Venezuela and Colombia

The Hyloscirtus japreria frog is a new species discovered in the remote Perija mountain range shared by Venezuela and Colombia. (La Salle Natural History Museum of Venezuela) Venezuelan and Colombian scientists have identified a new species of frog in the Perija mountain range shared by both countries that is home to unusual species like this small amphibian. With multi-colored skin and a distinctive song, the Hyloscirtus japreria was discovered during expeditions over the past decade living i
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Russia to expel 60 US diplomats, close a US consulate: Russian foreign minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow would expel 60 US diplomats and close its consulate in Saint Petersburg in a tit-for-tat expulsion over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal. Photo: AFP file  MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow would expel 60 US diplomats and close its consulate in Saint Petersburg in a tit-for-tat expulsion over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal. Lavrov said the US ambassador had been informed
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