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NAB to probe corruption allegations against Billion Tree Tsunami project

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau will initiate a probe into the corruption allegations against the Billion Tree Tsunami initiative, an official notification said on Monday. A session of the probe body was held under NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal today, in which various issues came under discussion. According to the official notification, the NAB also decided to inquire the alleged illegal appointment of the Higher Education Commission chairman. The complaint against Naw
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Asma Rani case: Family says being pressured to enter into deal

Addressing a press conference here, Asma?s brother and father said that the accused enjoys support from some influential people, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Kohat district president Aftab Alam, who is the uncle of prime accuse Mujahidullah Afridi KOHAT: The family of Asma Rani, a medical student who was killed for rejecting a marriage proposal, said they are being pressured to enter into an agreement regarding the murder case. Addressing a press conference here, Asma?s brother and
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Monsoon floods and landslides threaten 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since last August to escape a military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar. Photo: AFP The Rohingya refugees who live in shacks clinging to these steep, denuded hills in southern Bangladesh pray that the sandbags fortifying the slopes will survive the upcoming monsoon. ?They make it safer, but they won?t hold if the rain is really heavy,? said Mohammed Hares, 18. Cracks have already formed in the packed mud on which his shack is built. Near
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Suspected US drone strike kills at least six alleged terrorists near border

ISLAMABAD: A suspected US drone strike near the Pak-Afghan border killed at least six alleged terrorists on Monday.  Those killed, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, reportedly belonged to global terror group Daesh.  Sources added that posts were also destroyed in the suspected drone attack and the dead included Daesh commander Dawood Mehsud's son. On March 7, another suspected US drone strike in the Afghan province of Kunar killed at least 20 suspected terrorists. The terrorists reportedl
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Pakistan ready to further strengthen partnership with IAEA: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday that with decades of experience in the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, Pakistan was ready to further strengthen its partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency and contribute towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals worldwide. PM Abbasi meeting IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano   Talking to Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano here at the PM Office, the prime minister said, with exten
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Bangladesh's ex-PM Khalida Zia gets bail; party to consider poll boycott

BNP leader and former Bangladesh premier Khalida Zia. Photo: File  DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court granted bail on Monday to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed last month for five years for graft, raising a chance her party might take part in a December general election. Zia is a two-term prime minister whose bitter rivalry with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has defined Bangladeshi politics for years. Their feud hangs over the run-up to a December election with Zia?s Bangladesh Nation
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Slovak interior minister quits after journalist's murder

Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. Photo: File Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak announced his resignation Monday following tensions sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist probing links between the government and the mafia. "I think to fulfil my mandate I have to do everything to preserve stability in Slovakia," Kalinak told reporters. "For this reason I have decided to resign as deputy prime minister and interior min
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Fake drugs case: SC summons NAB prosecutor general over harassment of DRAP staff

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday summoned the National Accountability Bureau's prosecutor general in the counterfeit drugs case. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday summoned the National Accountability Bureau's prosecutor general in the counterfeit drugs case. The CJP was hearing a complaint lodged by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) with the Supreme Court's Human Rights Cell against Everest Pharmaceuticals for manu
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Muslim world considers Pakistan as its strength: Imam-e-Ka?aba

PM Abbasi meeting Imam-e-Ka'aba at PM House on 12 March 2018  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met with Imam-e-Ka'aba Al Sheikh Dr Sale bin Muhammad bin Talib at the PM Office on Monday.  The Imam-e-Ka?aba thanked the prime minister and the government for a warm welcome and observed that the entire Muslim world considered Pakistan as its strength and takes pride in its accomplishments. Discussing regional situation and the challenges faced by the Muslim Ummah, Imam-e-Ka?aba appre
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Will not allow government advertisements with pictures of politicians: CJP

Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar observed on Monday that the Supreme Court is putting an end to a specific category of government advertisements. The court observed that advertisements with political pictures will be banned. Hearing the suo motu notice of political advertisements on taxpayers? expense, the chief justice inquired how many advertisements did the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government print and broadcast with pictures of the KP chief minister and p
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Flight timings revised as Islamabad airspace closes for days for PAF?s jet rehearsal

Pakistani jets perform aerobatic during Pakistan Day military parade. Photo: Reuters The timings for flights arriving or departing from Islamabad between March 12 to March 22 have been revised to enable Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets to rehearse for Pakistan Day parade. National carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson told Geo News on Monday that Islamabad's airspace will remain closed from 8:00am to 12:40pm and 2:30pm to 4:00pm for the next 10 days. The spokesperson said fli
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Bangladesh plane carrying 67 passengers crashes in Nepal

A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers crashed on Monday while coming into land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu. Photo: Twitter  KATHMANDU: A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers crashed on Monday while coming into land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, an airport official said, adding that 17 people on board had been rescued. The state of the other people on the flight from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, operated by US-Bangla Airlines, was not cle
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LHC takes up Zainab convict's appeal, summons case record tomorrow

Protests had erupted across the country after the brutal incident came to light. Photo: File  LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has summoned the record of the trial court which convicted and sentenced to death Imran Ali for the brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab last month.   On February 17, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the high-profile case sentenced Imran to death four times. Appealing against the ATC verdict, Imran claimed innocence before the LHC and pleaded for th
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Mashal Khan murder case: Prime suspect sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Tehsil Councillor Arif Mardanvi has been sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand due to his involvement in the lynching of Mashal Khan. Photo: file  MARDAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Tehsil Councillor Arif Mardanvi has been sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand due to his involvement in the lynching of Mashal Khan. Mardanvi, who was arrested from near Chamtar on Ring Road on March 8, appeared before the court of Senior Civil Judge Asim Riaz on Monday. During
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Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani reveals he gets mistaken for other brown actors

Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani. Photo: File  Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani may be an Oscar-nominated actor, but despite all his accomplishments he often gets mistaken for other "brown actors". Nanjiani took to Twitter to share that people still mix him up with other South Asian-American actors. ?A day may come when I am not mistaken for another brown actor. But it is not this day,? he wrote without delving into details regarding what prompted the tweet or who he wa
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Pakistani physician gets $4m to lead research on heart transplantation

Islamabad: Currently a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Pakistani physician-scientist Dr Faisal H Cheema and his colleague Dr Jeffrey A. Morgan have been awarded $4 million in funding from Brockman Medical Research Foundation to lead cutting-edge research on heart transplantation. Dr Cheema?s mission is to make heart and lung transplant and artificial devices for end-stage heart failure and lung disease a reality in Pakistan. He also aspires to
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Senate chair: PML-N, allies name Zafarul Haq against opposition's Sadiq Sanjrani

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/ff195e9edcd70c575957f0b4a55a3a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xMi8yMDE4IDg6NDc6MTQgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT00R1FCR1RlRmlTalNnR1RKazlVN0hRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The ruling party, along with its allies, will be contesting today for the top posts of the Upper House of Parliament against the opposition parties and independents from Balochistan.  The Senate s
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Perween Rahman: The Rebel Optimist wins award in Nepal

The documentary on the life of activist Perween Rahman, The Rebel Optimist, won an award at the 6th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival. Photo: Perween Rahman: The Rebel Optimist  KATHMANDU: The documentary on the life of activist Perween Rahman, The Rebel Optimist, won an award at the 6th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival.  The documentary, which has been directed by Mahera Omar, won the Special Jury Mention award at the international non-fiction competition category.
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Foreign funding case: ECP forms body to probe PTI's accounts

Election Commission of Pakistan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) formed on Monday a committee to probe the accounts and funding sources of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).  The decision was made by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan, who headed a five-member bench which heard the 'foreign funding case' against the party.  Disgruntled PTI founder Akbar S Babar had petitioned the ECP against PTI's 'illegal and foreign' funding in November
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Nawaz shoe attack: Three suspects sent on 14-day judicial remand

Police escorting the main suspect, Munawwar, in court today. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Three persons were booked on Monday and sent into judicial custody over the 'shoe attack' on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.  During an event at Jamia Naeemia seminary on Sunday, a former seminary student hurled a shoe at Nawaz which hit him on the chest and shoulder.    The police had detained three people over the incident after the seminary's administration handed them over to the authorities.  On Mond
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India forest fires kill 9 hikers, injure 18 others

Nine trekkers died and 18 others were left with serious burns as wildfires swept through a popular hiking spot in India´s Tamil Nadu state. Photo: Gulf Today  NEW DELHI: Nine trekkers died and 18 others were left with serious burns as wildfires swept through a popular hiking spot in India´s Tamil Nadu state, officials said Monday. The group was hiking through Theni district, a hilly region in southern India thickly forested and dotted with tea plantations when they were forced to flee a fast-a
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India world's largest weapons importer: study

Indian Army tanks take part in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters Weapons imports to the Middle East and Asia have boomed over the past five years, fueled by war and tensions in those regions, a new study showed on Monday. In the period between 2013 and 2017, arms imports to the conflict-ridden Middle East more than doubled, jumping by 103 per cent compared with the previous five-year period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) calculated. And the Mid
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Knife attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna

A file photo of the Iranian embassy in Vienna. Photo: file   VIENNA: Heightened security measures have been ordered at embassies and other diplomatic buildings in Vienna after a soldier stationed outside the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Austria shot dead a man who tried to stab him, police said on Monday. The 26-year-old assailant?s motive for the attack, which took place around 11:30 pm, was unclear and video footage would be reviewed, a police spokesman said. ?The attacker stabbed
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'BBC Dad' reflects on a year of internet stardom

Korea politics professor who became a viral sensation after his children interrupted a BBC interview. Photo: File The Korea politics professor who became a viral sensation after his children interrupted a BBC interview says he has been pulled over by police for selfies and photographed buying milk in the year since the broadcast. Robert Kelly of Pusan National University was commenting on the downfall of impeached president Park Geun-hye when his daughter Marion waltzed into his home office, f
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Raja Zafarul Haq - PML-N's choice for Senate chairman

The ruling PML-N nominated its chairman, Raja Zafarul Haq, for the prestigious position of Senate chairman.  Haq, a veteran politician, was elected as the chairman of the ruling party in 2000 and was elected as a senator on the technocrat seat in 2015.  His tenure as a senator is scheduled to end in 2021. Born reportedly in 1935, Haq did his masters in political science from Punjab University and his law degree from Punjab Law College.  The senator practiced law from 1958 to 1981 and has pra
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