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ICJ verdict a big setback, says Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: The government should have sent the attorney-general to contest Pakistan?s case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said opposition leader Khursheed Shah on Friday. Talking to the media in Islamabad, the Pakistan Peoples Party leader claimed that if Pakistan had a foreign minister, then maybe the outcome [of the ICJ hearing] would have been different. Terming the ICJ decision [temporarily staying Kulbhushan Jadhav?s execution] a ?setback?, Shah said the government?s negli
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30 Pakistani-origin candidates contesting UK elections

30 candidates of Pakistani origin will be contesting the June 8 general elections in the United Kingdom, BBC Urdu reported. According to lists of candidates released by different political parties, the Labour Party has given more tickets to women and Pakistani-origin citizens than any other party. 14 British-Pakistani candidates will represent the Labour Party in the elections. These include Shabana Mahmood, Khalid Mahmood, and Perry Barr in Birmingham, Yasmin Qureshi in Bolton, Naseem Shah
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Adorable on-screen reunion of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor on its way

Veteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor are soon going to share the screen together. Excited? Well, who isn't? The adorable duo last shared the screen together in 1977 in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony. Amitabh and Rishi will be seen in the film 102 Not Out and will play the roles of father and son respectively.  The movie is directed by Umesh Shukla. While Big B plays the role of a 102-year-old father, Rishi plays the role of his son, who is 75 years old.  102 Not Out is based on
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Adorable on-screen reunion of Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor on way

Veteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor are soon going to share the screen together. Excited? Well, who isn't? The adorable duo last shared the screen together in 1977 in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony. Amitabh and Rishi will be seen in the film 102 Not Out and will play the roles of father and son respectively.  The movie is directed by Umesh Shukla. While Big B plays the role of a 102-year-old father, Rishi plays the role of his son, who is 75 years old.  102 Not Out is based on
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After 10-year gap, Thai lotuses bloom again

Lotus flowers blossom in the Khao Sam Roi Yot national park in southern Thailand. Photo: courtesy AFP PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: For the first time in a decade a Thai lake has given up its dazzling secret -- the pink blooms of tens of thousands of lotuses. The sea of colour in Khao Sam Roi Yot national park, three hours south of Bangkok, is a show-stopping feat of nature that has locals hoping for a tourist bonanza. A tourist takes a photograph of lotus flowers while riding in a canoe through a lak
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Meeting of National Economic Council under way

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Economic Council commenced in Islamabad on Friday. Chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the meeting is being attended by all the chief ministers, federal ministers and other members of the body. According to sources, the meeting will discuss and finalise the federal and provincial development budgets for the year 2017/18, said to total around Rs2,113 billion.
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Development should not be politicised: PM Nawaz Sharif

PM says national and provincial governments are working in harmony for the country's development - Reuters File Photo   ISLAMABAD: Development [of the country] should not be politicised as it is for the prosperity of every citizen, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday.   Addressing participants of the National Economic Council, which is holding a meeting in Islamabad, he said that the federal and provincial governments are working in harmony for the country?s development and should conti
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Upcoming year's growth rate set at 6%

Pakistan's present GDP growth rate is 5.28% - Reuters/File photo ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council, headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, finalised the development budget of financial year 2017/18 on Friday.  According to sources, the federal development budget has been set at Rs1,001 billion and the provinces' development budget at Rs1,112 billion.  Moreover, the upcoming year's growth rate has been set at 6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  Earlier, Sharif said development [of
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Administering polio drops lands Islamabad assistant commissioner in trouble

Assistant Commissioner Ali Asghar - File Photo ISLAMABAD: Assistant Commissioner Ali Asghar was allegedly shown the door after a polio team vaccinated the excise director's child ? against the family's wishes ? on Thursday. Excise Director Mariam Mumtaz reportedly expressed her anger when the child was vaccinated despite her husband's refusal, sources told Geo News.  Mumtaz conveyed her displeasure to the Islamabad Chief Commissioner Zulfiqar Haider following which Asghar's services were surr
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Pippa Middleton: famously the bridesmaid, now the bride

Englefield, United Kingdom, May 19, 2017 -Pippa Middleton hit the headlines with a figure-hugging outfit at her sister Kate´s wedding to Prince William but now the world-famous bridesmaid is becoming a bride herself. Once again, all eyes will be on her dress as the 33-year-old marries financier James Matthews on Saturday at a lavish society wedding where William and Kate´s children will play starring roles. The wedding will be a chance for younger royals to come to the fore following the annou
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Islamabad AC shown the door after 'earning excise director's ire'

Assistant Commissioner Ali Asghar - File Photo ISLAMABAD: Assistant Commissioner Ali Asghar was allegedly shown the door after a polio team vaccinated the excise director's child ? against the family's wishes ? on Thursday. Excise Director Mariam Mumtaz reportedly expressed her anger when the child was vaccinated despite her husband's refusal, sources told Geo News.  Mumtaz conveyed her displeasure to the Islamabad Chief Commissioner Zulfiqar Haider following which Asghar's services were surr
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CCTV footage of thee minute robbery in North Karachi

KARACHI: The CCTV footage of the robbery at a mobile phone shop in North Karachi has been obtained by Geo News. The robbery took place on May 17 at an hour when many shops in the plaza were not open. The footage shows three robbers gathering in a deserted corner of the plaza, where shops had not opened yet. They distributed the weapons among themselves then headed to rob the shop that was open.    
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When Aishwarya Rai came to Cannes

Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan first came to Cannes in 2002 with the Hindi melodrama Devdas  CANNES, France: The Cannes film festival -- the world's greatest movie showcase -- celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. AFP asked actors and directors who made their names at the festival to recount their highs and lows at the star-studded event. Aishwarya Rai Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan first came to Cannes in 2002 with the Hindi melodrama "Devdas". "It was the firs
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Pakistan team kicks off training at Edgbaston ahead of Champions Trophy

Players train at Edgbaston ahead of Champions Trophy/PCB Twitter  With just a little over a week left before the Champions Trophy, the Pakistan cricket team has already shifted its training sessions into high gear. The Green Shirts took part in an intensive gym session at Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Thursday. Young spinning sensation Shadab Khan trains at gym/PCB Twitter Fast bowler Junaid Khan trains with teammates/PCB Twitter   The players were also put through indoor fitness tests at the
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Tents set up for patients fail to provide relief

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/1835a4271f66e43ac6836c21725a39aa.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8xOS8yMDE3IDY6Mjg6MDUgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1FbW95V2dobVlJZnhubmhaQmpMbWp3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] UMERKOT: Another incident of Sindh government?s apathy emerged on Friday when patients at Civil Hospital Umerkot were seen seeking treatment in tents in scorching heat. The hospit
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CCTV footage of three minute robbery in North Karachi

KARACHI: The CCTV footage of the robbery at a mobile phone shop in North Karachi has been obtained by Geo News. The robbery took place on May 17 at an hour when many shops in the plaza were not open. The footage shows three robbers gathering in a deserted corner of the plaza, where shops had not opened yet. They distributed the weapons among themselves then headed to rob the shop that was open.    
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Friendship Gate in Chaman remains closed on 15th consecutive day

File photo CHAMAN: The Friendship Gate on the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman remained closed on the fifteenth consecutive day on Friday. Two-way trade and transportation activities including NATO supply remained suspended after Afghan forces opened fire on Frontier Corps Balochistan soldiers on May 5 killing at least 11 and injuring several others. Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to maintain a ceasefire till a consensus is reached during a one-star border flag meeting between representatives of b
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Singapore car vending machine

This photograph taken on May 18, 2017 shows a passerby taking pictures of luxury supercars displayed inside the AutoBahn Motors (ABM) building in Singapore - AFP1 SINGAPORE: A vending machine that dispenses luxury cars to well-heeled buyers is the latest space-saving innovation in land-starved Singapore -- just don´t try to shake it if it gets stuck. Used car dealer Gary Hong has taken to displaying his wares in a glass-fronted, 15-storey building. Like choosing a chocolate bar, the buyer ca
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Security experts find clues to ransomware worm's lingering risks

FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken March 1, 2017.   Two-thirds of those caught up in the past week's global ransomware attack were running Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system without the latest security updates, a survey for Reuters by security ratings firm BitSight found. Researchers are struggling to try to find early traces of WannaCry, which remains an active threat in hardest-hit China and Russia, belie
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Long queues as Iranians start voting in presidential election

Iranians wait in a queue for the opening of the polling station to cast their ballots for the presidential elections in Tehran - AFP  Iranians began voting on Friday in a closely-fought presidential contest between pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi that could determine the pace of social and economic reform and Iran's re-engagement with the world. State television showed long queues outside polling stations in several cities and said 56 million Iranians
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US veteran kills one in Times Square car crash, 22 hurt

Police secure an area near a car after it plunged into pedestrians in Times Square/AFP NEW YORK: A US Navy veteran with a criminal past -- but no apparent terror motive -- rammed a car into a crowd of people in New York´s Times Square on Thursday, killing a young woman and injuring 22 other people. The midday incident sparked fear in the heart of America´s most populous city after deadly car-ramming attacks in London, Berlin and the French city of Nice, but authorities said there was no evidenc
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Hot and dry weather expected in the next 24 hours: PMD

File photo Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next twenty-four hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasted. However, rain and thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected at a few places in Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA, and Kashmir. Read more: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat A shallow westerly wave is still affecting Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas and likely to persist during 48 hour
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Saudi Arabia looks to assert regional role with Trump summit

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on March 14, 2017/File photo RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is looking to assert its regional leadership by hosting a summit between visiting US President Donald Trump and Muslim leaders from around the world, analysts say. Trump, on his first foreign trip since taking office in January, will tell Muslim leaders of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" as he seeks support for the war
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ASF foils international smuggling bid at Islamabad airport

The market value of the liquid heroin is estimated at Rs10 million - Geo News ISLAMABAD: In an operation at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Friday, the Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested a foreign national for attempting to smuggle narcotics out of the country. ASF officials said the passenger, en route to Nigeria, had concealed around 1.5 kilogrammes of liquid heroin inside a shampoo bottle in his luggage. Picture of suspect - Geo News  The market value of the contraband is
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67 suspects detained in operations across Sindh, Punjab

KARACHI: As many as 67 suspects were taken into custody during law enforcement agencies? search operations in Sindh and Punjab. Operations were also carried out in different districts of Punjab. During the operations, 47 suspects were taken into custody. Weapons and contrabands were also seized from the suspect?s possession. Operations in Karachi About 15 suspects were detained during a Ranger?s search operation in Karachi?s Chanesar Goth. During the operation, the area was cordoned off and
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