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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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PPP contacts PTI for top Senate positions

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has contacted senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for talks on electing candidates for the seats of Senate chairman and deputy chairman, in an attempt to block the ruling party?s bid to elect its candidate. According to sources, PPP intends to have its own candidate elected for the chairman position while it has offered PTI deputy chairman seat. PPP claimed that PTI leadership responded in positive to the idea and has also assured the party o
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Hundreds of women to take to streets of Pakistan against injustice

Hundreds of women are set to take to the streets of Pakistan to speak against economic, reproductive and environmental injustice. The Aurat March, a rally for a call for collective action, is scheduled to commence from Frere Hall, Karachi at 4:00pm and from Hamdard Hall, Lyton Road in Lahore at 3:00pm on International Women?s Day (March 8). ?The Aurat March isn?t organised by a single group or organisation, and is being organised and led by a collective of women from diverse classes, professio
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SC laments 'interference in executive' remarks when it gives directions

Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar remarked on Monday that when the Supreme Court remarks on something, it is said that 'our work is being interfered with'.  The chief justice made the comment while hearing a suo motu case on the deforestation in Margalla Hills.  "Those who are responsible to do it fail to do the required work. If you are here to serve the public then do it. But it is said that the judiciary is interfering in the executive?s domain," the chie
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Sridevi, Shashi Kapoor honoured at Oscars

Iconic Bollywood actors Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi were honoured at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony during the ?In Memoriam? montage which pays tribute to those the film industry has lost in the past year. The superstars got a musical tribute by Eddie Vedder who took the stage to sing Tom Petty?s Room At The Top. Actor Jennifer Garner introduced the segment by paying tribute to lat
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Attempts being made to imprison Nawaz: Saad Rafique

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/96fb395020211d48a11984f8dcaef029.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My81LzIwMTggMTA6MTU6MjUgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1oMUpiRlJ0WlQ1WmdxMmF6THVRZlJRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Attempts were being made yet again to imprison the prime minister who made the count
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IHC seeks record of Senate debate during Elections Act amendment

Senate of Pakistan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned on Monday the record of the debate in Senate during the passing of the amendment in the Elections Act 2017 last year. Hearing the case into the changes in the oath that lawmakers take regarding the Finality of Prophethood, IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui directed the deputy attorney general to furnish the record tomorrow in a sealed envelope.  Justice Siddiqui remarked that the court wants to see who voted in fav
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Artistes at Lahooti Melo stress on need to include music to curricula

An artiste performs at Lahooti Melo 2018. Photo: Geo News HYDERABAD: The need to include courses on music and dance in the curricula for educational institutes in Sindh was stressed at the sessions held under Lahooti Melo 2018. The bureaucrats of Sindh do enjoy the songs of Abida Parveen but they do nothing when it comes to taking practical steps such as adding music to curricula of educational institutes, journalist Wusatullah Khan said during one of the sessions at the two-day festival. Whi
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ATC acquits Sibtain Kazmi in Maulana Azam Tariq murder case

Sibtain Kazmi (centre) outside the ATC today. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) acquitted on Monday Sibtain Kazmi, suspected of involvement in the assassination of MNA Maulana Azam Tariq in 2003.  Kazmi was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency from Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad on May 11, 2017 while en route to UK and was since undergoing trial in the ATC.   Tariq was shot dead in October 2003 on the outskirts of Islamabad while he was returning
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Defamation case: Imran's counsel challenges court's jurisdiction

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Photo: File  LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan challenged on Monday the jurisdiction of a sessions court to hear the defamation case filed against him by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.  The PTI chairman's counsel, Babar Awan, failed to appear in court today once more. Imran's junior counsel then challenged the jurisdiction of the court, after which the judge summoned the counsels of both sid
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ICC looking into heated exchange in Durban

DUBLIN: The International Cricket Council (ICC) are looking into a heated off-field exchange between players on day four of the first test against South Africa in Durban on Sunday. CCTV footage from the players tunnel at Kingsmead showed Australia vice-captain David Warner and home wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock involved in a fiery exchange as players climbed the stairwell to their dressing rooms during the tea break. The video shows Warner being restrained by Australia batsman Usman Khawaja and
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Nobody from Hollywood can find Pakistan on the map: Kumail Nanjiani

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong´o (L) and US-Pakistani stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani present the Oscar for Best Production Design during the 90th Annual Academy Awards show on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo: AFP Taking a dig at his own immigrant status and extending support to the 'Dreamers' in the United States, Pakistan-origin comedian Kumail Nanjiani has said nobody from Hollywood can find Pakistan on the map. The comedian along with actress Lupita Nyong'o from Kenya used pre
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Former NBA star Kobe Bryant wins Oscar for best animated short

Former basketball player Kobe Bryant attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California  Retired basketball superstar Kobe Bryant -- once the toast of Los Angeles for the Lakers -- is now a Hollywood A-lister with an Oscar. Yes, you read that correctly. Nearly two years after leaving the NBA, the 39-year-old Bryant won the Academy Award for best animated short on Sunday for "Dear Basketball," a collaboration
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Renowned Sindhi politician and leftist leader Jam Saqi passes away

Renowned rights activist and political leader Jam Saqi passed away from a protracted illness on Monday. He was 73. His funeral prayers will be held in Naseem Nagar, Hyderabad at 3pm. Senior journalist Hamid Mir, among others, posted a tribute to the activist and politician on Twitter.  Mir shared a picture of when slain prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto appeared as a witness in a military court case against Jam Saqi in Hyderabad.   Jam Mohammad w
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PTI MPAs sold their votes during Senate polls: Imran

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3e3ba750a4f89a9b028d444fd80426e8.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My81LzIwMTggNzo1MjowOSBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPVFUNWh4NWF0Y3lKazlpaVFHeHJYTkE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] PTI Chairperson Imran Khan speaks to the media in Karachi here on Monday, March, 5, 2018. Video: Geo News
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As Western banks leave, China adds Brunei to new silk road

Photo: Reuters On a tiny island off Brunei?s northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a refinery and petrochemical complex, along with a bridge connecting it to the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. When completed, the first phase of the $3.4 billion complex on Muara Besar island, run by China?s Hengyi Group, will be Brunei?s largest-ever foreign investment project, and comes at a time when the oil-dependent country needs it the most. Brunei?s oil and gas rese
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Oscars 2018: Complete list of award winners

Photo: Reuters The Academy Awards, or Oscars, the highest honors in the movie industry, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Hollywood hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. Fantastical romance The Shape of Water won best picture, the film industry?s most prestigious honour, at Sunday?s Oscar ceremony. The Fox Searchlight movie?s Mexican filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro, took home the best director Oscar, dashing the hopes of a rare win by a woman or a black filmmaker. The movie about a mute cle
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PS-7 by-poll underway in Ghotki

Women voters enter a polling station to cast their votes for the PS-7 constituency here on Monday, March 5, 2018. Photo: Geo News GHOTKI: The by-poll for PS-7 constituency is underway in Ghotki. A tough contest is expected between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Mian Abdul Bari and Pakistan Muslim League - Functional's (PML-F) Mian Abdul Malik. The PS-7 seat was vacated after the death of Sindh Assembly's member Ahmed Ali Khan.  As many as 179,000 people will exercise their right t
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Assad vows to press Ghouta assault, as civilians flee government advances

Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria. Photo: Reuters  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to continue an offensive in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Sunday as his forces advanced into the last major rebel enclave near the capital. The offensive is one of the deadliest in the war and one local insurgent group called it a ?scorched earth? campaign. The government is pressing on despite Western calls for it to abide by a 30-day, countrywide ceasefire demanded by the
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Independent FATA Senator Mirza Afridi joins PML-N

FATA Senator Mirza Afridi and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif with other party leaders today - Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Senator Mirza Mohammad Afridi, who was elected as an independent senator from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas  (FATA) on Saturday, has joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).  After a meeting with former prime minister and PML-N president Nawaz Sharif on Monday, Afridi announced joining the PML-N.  Senate polls: PML-N emerges as largest party as PTI gains six s
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Papua New Guinea quake leaves 67 dead as aftershocks rock homes: Red Cross

Photo: Reuters At least 67 people were killed by a major earthquake that devastated Papua New Guinea?s remote highlands last week, the Red Cross said Monday, with thousands homeless and without food and clean water. The recovery effort has been slow as aid workers grapple with blocked roads and power outages to reach cut-off villages after the 7.5-magnitude quake struck on February 26 in the Pacific nation?s mountainous interior. Terrified locals in the Southern Highlands, Western, Enga and He
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Ashiana housing scam: Ahad Cheema, Shahid Shafiq presented in court

Shahid Shafiq (left) and Ahad Cheema (right). Photo: File  LAHORE: The former director general of Lahore Development Authority, Ahad Cheema, and Bismillah Engineering Company CEO Shahid Shafiq were presented in the accountability court Monday for hearing over Ashiana-e-Iqbal housing scheme scam. Cheema and Shafiq were presented in the court after their physical remand ended. Both the accused were arrested after National Accountability Bureau detected illegalities and corruption worth billion
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China warns Taiwan it won't tolerate separatist activities

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters   BEIJING: China said on Monday that it would never tolerate any separatist schemes for self-ruled Taiwan and would safeguard China?s territorial integrity with the aim of?reunification? with an island it considers its sacred territory. Premier Li Keqiang issued the warning in a speech at the opening of the annual sessi
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Italian election points to stalemate

5-Star new leader Luigi Di Maio gestures during an interview with journalists in Rimini, Italy. Photo: Reuters Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in Sunday?s election, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups in record numbers. With half the ballot counted, it looked almost certain that none of Italy?s three main factions would be able to rule alone and there was little prospect of a return
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Pentagon says Pakistan has opportunity to do more to combat terrorism

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White and Joint Staff director Marine Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie brief reporters at the Pentagon in Feb 2018. Photo: Department of Defense  With Pakistan encountering trouble with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) once again, the United States has asserted that Islamabad has the ?opportunity to do more.? ?Well, with respect to Pakistan we believe that Pakistan can do more to combat terrorism,? Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W White said at a weekend news b
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Complete shutdown strike called in IoK after Indian army martyrs four

Indian troops martyred four Kashmiris in the Shopian district on Sunday evening. Photo: Geo News file SRINAGAR: The joint resistance leadership in Indian occupied Kashmir has called for a complete shutdown strike in protest of four Kashmiris martyred by Indian troops.  Indian troops had martyred four Kashmiris in the Shopian district Sunday evening, the Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported. Witnesses and reports said that the troops had opened fire on a car near a military camp in Pahnoo area
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