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Geo News Blog delivers the latest breaking news, world headlines, politics, current affairs, and international updates from Pakistan and around the world, updated through trusted RSS sources.

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The nightmare continues: Lahore search for elusive win in Multan challenge

Multan Sultans thrashed Lahore Qalandars in their earlier meeting this season (by 43 runs) DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars' nightmare has persisted: they have lost all six of their matches so far in the third season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).  In today's first game, Brendon McCullum's men face their latest challenge against table-toppers Multan Sultans, who thrashed Lahore in their earlier meeting this season (by 43 runs).  Multan have won 4 out of their 7 matches, with two losses and one was
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Ali Hamza, Zohaib Kazi to produce Coke Studio Season 11

Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi. Photo: Coke Studio Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi will be producing the new season of Coke Studio. ?We are thrilled to welcome Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza as the new producers,? Coke Studio announced in a Facebook post. ?Zohaib and Ali are both Coke Studio veterans, who have played an instrumental role in its success over the years. We cannot wait to share their brilliance with all of you, as we embark on a most exciting new chapter of the Coke Studio Pakistan journey,? it
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Pakistan among countries eyed by Chinese battery maker Tianneng for foreign plant

Chinese battery maker Tianneng Group's office. Photo: Tianneng Chinese battery maker Tianneng Group is considering setting up a factory in South or Southeast Asia to tap local demand, while expanding capacity in China by 20 percent this year because of the electric vehicle boom, its chairman said on Thursday. Zhang Tianren told Reuters that Tianneng, which mostly makes lead-acid batteries used in electric scooters and cars, was considering Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh as
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Nawaz Sharif to address public in Bahawalpur today

Stage set in Dring Stadium of Bahawalpur. Photo: Geo News screen grab BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will address the public in Bahawalpur today. Preparations were under at Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur for the public gathering. A 120-feet-long and 24-feet-wide stage was made for the event while chairs were set for the participants. A day earlier, Nawaz?s daughter Maryam Nawaz addressed PML-N?s social media workers convention in Faisalab
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Climber recounts terrible choice on Pakistan's 'killer mountain'

Russian climber Denis Urubko, French climber Elisabeth Revol, and Polish climber Adam Bielecki pose for a picture at the base of the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan, January 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters  Engulfed in a blizzard at 6,000 metres, Denis Urubko screamed into the vast darkness on Pakistan´s "killer mountain" -- then, through the wind came a woman´s faint reply, setting up a daring late-night rescue. Urubko and climbing partner Adam Bielecki scrambled toward the cry, hoping to enco
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Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs but exempts Canada, Mexico

US President Donald Trump signs the presidential proclamation placing tariffs while surrounded by workers from the steel and aluminum industries at the White House. Photo: Reuters   WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent for aluminum but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding other allies, backtracking from an earlier ?no-exceptions? stance. Describing the dumping of steel and alum
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India's top court upholds passive euthanasia with guidelines

A view of the Indian Supreme Court. Photo: Reuters India?s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that individuals had a right to die with dignity, allowing passive euthanasia with guidelines in a landmark verdict. The top court also permitted individuals to draft a ?living will? specifying that they not be put on life support if they slip into an incurable coma. The five-judge Constitution bench headed by the Chief Justice of India said, ?human beings have a right to die with dignity?.  Though the ju
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Military escalation in Afghanistan will erode peace prospects: Maleeha

Ambassador Lodhi speaking at the UN. Photo: Pakistan Mission in UN  NEW YORK: Pakistan has told the United Nations (UN) that the opportunity for peace in Afghanistan opened up by President Ashraf Ghani?s offer of unconditional talks to the Taliban should not be undermined by the escalation of military force. Speaking in the UN Security Council debate on Afghanistan, Pakistan?s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, warned that as the task ahead was complex and delicate,
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'The Sopranos' to make a comeback in a big screen prequel

LOS ANGELES: A prequel to hit US mafia drama The Sopranos is being developed as a movie, possibly reuniting some of television's most beloved characters, New Line Cinema said on Thursday. New Line, a unit of Time Warner Inc?s Warner Bros, said it has purchased the screenplay The Many Saints of Newark from series creator David Chase and fellow Sopranos writer Lawrence Konner. The script is set during the social and racial tumult of 1960's Newark, New Jersey, and will focus on tensions between e
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US offers $5m reward for information on TTP chief Fazlullah

Mullah Fazlullah (centre). Photo: File  WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Thursday it is offering a $5 million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the Afghanistan-based chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The announcement came a day after Fazlullah's son was reportedly killed along with around two dozen others in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. It said in a statement that it also is offering rewards of $3 million each for information on Abdul Wali, the head of a
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Trump says prepared to meet North Korea's Kim in first-ever summit

A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of Kim Jong Un released May 10, 2016, and US President Donald Trump posing for a photo in New York City, US, May 17, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA handout via Reuters/Files & REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files1 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first US-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang. Ki
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Rabbani ignored violations of Constitution by Nawaz: Rabbani

PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, in harsh criticism of his party member and outgoing Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani, has said that Rabbani ignored Nawaz Sharif's constitutional violations in the past three years. Photo: Geo News  QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, in harsh criticism of party member and outgoing Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani, has said that Rabbani ignored Nawaz Sharif's constitutional violations in the past three years. Speaking to the media in Que
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US judge questions whether Trump can block Twitter users

The masthead of US President Donald Trump's Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump) as of July 11, 2017. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/Files  NEW YORK: A federal judge on Thursday expressed scepticism about whether US President Donald Trump can constitutionally block Twitter users whose views he does not like from following and retweeting from his own Twitter account. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court, US District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald asked Trump?s lawyer Michael Baer whether le
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Gladiators decimate Kings with record 67-run win

DUBAI: Quetta Gladiators recorded the biggest win by runs in the Pakistan Super League history by defeating Karachi Kings by 67 runs in tonight's second game in Dubai.    Courtesy a fiery knock of 90 runs by opener Shane Watson assisted by Kevin Pieterson's half-century, Quetta Gladiators posted a score of 180 runs against Karachi Kings. Kings only scored 113 for the loss of eight wickets as the Sarfraz-led Gladiators' bowling attack did not allow Kings to dominate the game in the second inni
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Meghan Markle baptised by archbishop ahead of wedding to UK's Prince Harry: paper

BIRMINGHAM: US actress Meghan Markle has been baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Church of England, ahead of her royal wedding in May to Britain?s Prince Harry, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Thursday. The 45-minute ceremony conducted by Justin Welby, spiritual head of the Anglican communion of millions of Christians globally, took place at the Chapel Royal at St James?s Palace in London on Tuesday, the paper said. The secret baptism was followed immedia
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Asma Rani?s murder: Prime suspect arrested from Sharjah through Interpol

ABBOTTABAD: The Interpol arrested on Thursday the prime suspect in the murder of medical student Asma Rani from Sharjah. Asma, a third-year medical student in Abbottabad, was in her hometown of Kohat on vacation when, on January 27, Mujahid Afridi allegedly opened fire on her for refusing his marriage proposal. Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Salahuddin Mehsud said that it will take some time to bring the suspect back to Pakistan. Sharjah police also confirmed the arrest of the
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Turkey clears key obstacle in tough Syria operation

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels gesture as they drive down a road in the area of Hallubi, north of Afrin. -AFP JANDAIRIS: Turkey has reached a key milestone in its operation against Kurdish militia inside Syria by taking the town of Jandairis, boosting its chances of successfully completing a tough campaign that has claimed the lives of dozens of Turkish troops. Ankara launched operation "Olive Branch" against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on January 20, with President Recep Tayyip E
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Italian president calls on parties to act responsibly after vote

FILE PHOTO: Italian President Sergio Mattarella leaves at the end of his consultations at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, December 10, 2016. REUTERS ROME: Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday called for politicians to act responsibly as they jockey to form a government after the inconclusive March 4 election. Mattarella, who is usually limited to a ceremonial role but must now step into the political ring and broker a deal between rival forces, made the appeal in his first publi
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Trump says tariffs will be 'very fair,' names winners and losers

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to press ahead with 25 percent tariffs on foreign steel and 10 percent on aluminum - singling out Germany for criticism while saying Mexico, Canada, Australia and "others" could be exempt. "We are going to be very fair, we're going to be very flexible," Trump told his cabinet while pointing to winners and losers from the contentious policy. Trump said Mexico and Canada could get carve-outs if talks to renegotiate the trilateral NAFTA trade
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PML-N raising ruckus against judiciary: Aitzaz Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People?s Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan, while giving his farewell address in the Senate, said on Thursday that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is trying to raise a ruckus against the judiciary. ?The way they are making statements and the kind of rebellion the Punjab bureaucracy is being made to do, it is an invitation for direct intervention,? said Ahsan while heavily criticising the ruling party.  While paying tribute to outspoken party leader Farhatullah Babar, Ahsan
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Riots a heavy blow to tourism, economy: Sri Lanka PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday that a spate of anti-Muslim riots had damaged the island's reputation as a tourism hotspot as it prepares to host an international cricket tournament. Rioting has left three dead and more than 200 Muslim-owned establishments in ruins in Kandy, a picturesque hill district famed for its tea plantations and Buddhist icons. The government imposed a state of emergency - the first in its post-war history - and deployed hundreds of soldiers to Kandy
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Qatar World Cup labourers worked up to 148 days in a row: report

DOHA: Migrant labourers in Qatar have worked up to 148 days in a row, a report into conditions faced by workers building stadiums for the 2022 football World Cup has found. A London-based consultancy firm, Impactt, said long working hours remained a problem for many of the 18,500 workers at projects overseen by Qatar's World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. Impactt -- contracted by the Supreme Committee to carry out an annual labour review -- said 13 out of 19 Wo
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Ronchi power show hands Lahore sixth consecutive defeat

geo_embedgallery DUBAI: Luke Ronchi's magnificent 77 catapulted Islamabad United to a six-wicket win on Thursday, as Lahore Qalandars suffered their sixth consecutive defeat of this season. Lahore posted their highest total of this season, 163-8, buoyed by a quick fifty by Anton Devcich and a late cameo by captain Brendon McCullum.
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British High Commission announces first Asma Jahangir scholarship

ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission announced a new annual scholarship, honouring the legacy of the late rights advocate Asma Jahangir, said an official statement on Thursday. After a rigorous selection process, the scholarship will be awarded to the best female Chevening candidate each year. The recipient of the inaugural award will be announced in August, when the 2018 Chevening Scholars have been selected, said the press release. Chevening scholarships are awarded to the outstanding em
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US 'a long way' from negotiations with N.Korea: Tillerson

ADDIS ABABA: Washington's top diplomat Rex Tillerson said Thursday the United States was "a long way from negotiations" with North Korea, which this week made a shock offer to discuss denuclearisation. Tillerson, who is in Ethiopia on his first-ever Africa tour, said the signals from Pyongyang may be positive but stressed negotiations with Kim Jong Un's regime were not going to happen soon. "I think as President Trump has indicated, (there are) potentially positive signals coming from North K
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