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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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Best actress Oscar goes to ?Three Billboards? star Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand. Photo: BBC Frances McDormand won on Sunday the Oscar for best actress for her role as a rage-filled woman seeking answers over her daughter?s murder in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. ?I'm hyperventilating a little bit. If I fall over pick me up cause I've got some things to say,? she said. ?I want to thank Martin McDonagh look what you did. We are a bunch of hooligans and anarchists but we do clean up nice.? McDormand, who won her second Oscar after her performan
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SC orders civil, military intelligence agencies to submit report on Rao Anwar

Suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar (left) and Naqeebullah Mehsud. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ordered the Federal Investigation Agency, Inter Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence agencies to submit a report on the hunt for absconding police officer Rao Anwar.  Resuming the suo motu hearing of the Naqeebullah Mehsud killing case, the chief justice gave the orders after the three agencies failed to submit a report on efforts to trace Anwar, the
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Balochistan has right to same facilities as other regions: COAS

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa addressing the closing ceremony of the Makran Festival on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Photo: Geo News RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Sunday night said that people of Balochistan have the right to the same facilities as citizens across Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.  General Bajwa, who is on a two-day visit to the province, attended the closing ceremony of the Makran festival in connection with
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Saudi crown prince signs $10 billion deal on mega-city during Cairo visit

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during the graduation ceremony of the 93rd batch of the cadets of King Faisal Air Academy, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 21, 2018. Photo: Reuters   CAIRO/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Egypt set up a $10 billion joint fund on Sunday to develop a planned mega-city, committing more than 1,000 square kilometres in the south Sinai, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo. The deal came at the start of Pr
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Oscars gala hits halfway point as stars mark the year of #MeToo

Oscars show. Photo: Reuters Hollywood was sprinkled with stardust Sunday as cinema?s A-list came out for the Oscars, with a photo finish for best picture expected to cap an awards season overshadowed by scandal over sexual misconduct in showbiz. Dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri went into the show in pole position for the most prestigious prizes, although fairy tale romance The Shape of Water led the overall charge with 13 nominations on a night expected to highlight Tinselt
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They can't erase us by snatching our electoral symbol, says Nawaz

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/80c5a1f669d9691307ffb83a40fd79f5.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My81LzIwMTggNDozMjowOCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUUyYi9TNjdOa2cvd0ZnUWpLY3pSd0E9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif spoke on Monday against the recent decision of the Supreme Court barring his party members from contesting any elections as Pakistan Muslim League-N candidates. 
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Four dead after bus, dumper collide near Chakwal

At least four people were left dead and over eleven injured after a bus and dumper collided on Mianwali Road in Chakwal on Monday, March 5, 2018. Photo: Geo News CHAKWAL: At least four people were left dead and over eleven injured after a bus and dumper collided on Mianwali Road in Chakwal on Monday. According to rescue sources, the bus was travelling from Dera Ghazi Khan to Rawalpindi.  At least nine killed in Gujar Khan road crash: rescue sources Deceased include two minors, one
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At least nine killed in Gujar Khan road crash: rescue sources

Photo: FILE GUJAR KHAN: At least nine people were killed and 29 others were wounded in a road crash in Gujar Khan on Sunday, rescue sources said. Rescue sources said a passenger bus collided with two trucks on the GT Road late Sunday. The incident occurred after one of the trucks attempted to overtake. The deceased included two minors and a woman, they said. The injured were immediately shifted to hospital, while 14 critically wounded passengers were moved to Rawalpindi, sources informed fur
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Saudi Arabia hosts first marathon for women

audi women watch the first Riyadh International Marathon, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-Reuters  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia hosted its first marathon for women at the weekend, local media said, as the conservative kingdom seeks to boost female sports in a far-reaching modernisation drive. Hundreds of women runners, many of them dressed in traditional Islamic attire, raced in eastern Al-Ahsa region on Saturday. "The aim of the marathon is to promote running and introduce the concept of sports for all, for a
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Access to information is your fundamental right, keep watching Geo News

The Jang Group and Geo Television Network have always embarked upon the journalistic mission to not only furnish facts to the public in line with the principles encompassing the freedom of expression, but also to abide by what is enshrined in the Constitution of the country. Pakistan?s Constitution and law guarantees the fundamental right of access to information to the citizens of Pakistan. The Jang Group requests its viewers/readers that if they cannot watch Geo News on their TV screens or
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Op Radd-ul-Fasaad: Security forces conduct raids in S Waziristan

RAWALPINDI: Under the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, security forces conducted raids in several areas of South Waziristan, said the Inter-Services Public Relations on Sunday. According to the ISPR, a huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered in the raids conducted. The ISPR said that mortar shells, sub-machine guns, Improvised Explosive Devices and RPG-7 were included in the cache. Security forces also recovered rifles, hand grenades, tank breaking mines and other explosives, said t
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FO official tortured by ex-Punjab IG?s son for objecting to smoking at Islamabad airport

Adeel Khan was tortured by Usman Khattak after he objected to the latter smoking in a no-smoking area at Benazir Bhutto International Airport-Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Son of a former Inspector-General Police of Punjab and his two accomplices subjected a foreign office official to brutal torture on Sunday morning when he was asked not to smoke in the no-smoking zone of Benazir Bhutto International Airport, sources told Geo News. Adeel Khan, a foreign office official serving in Canada was waiting f
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COAS relates Pakistan's prosperity to Balochistan

COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa. ? Geo News FILE RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Sunday said that the prosperity of Balochistan is Pakistan's prosperity and the Pakistan Army would continue to cooperate for socio-economic development of the province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The army chief has been on a two-day visit to the province, during which he would review security in Gwadar and Turbat, the ISPR said in a statement. General Bajwa
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PML-N backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu wins PP-30 Sargodha by-polls: unofficial results

Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz-backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Rao Sajid Mehmood will face each other in the by-poll for PP-30 in Sargodha here on March 4, 2018. Photo: Geo News file  SARGODHA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) backed independent candidate Yasir Zafar Sindhu has won by-polls in the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-30 Sargodha, unofficial and unconfirmed results from all 137 polling stations suggested. Sindhu bagged 42,736 votes. He was followe
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Trump speaks with world leaders, no tariff exemptions: Commerce Secretary

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has spoken to world leaders about his planned tariff hikes on steel and aluminum and is not considering any exemptions to the measure, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Sunday. ?I know he?s had conversations with a number of the world leaders,? Ross said in an interview with ABC?s?This Week.? ?The decision obviously is his, but as of the moment as far as I know he?s talking about a fairly broad brush. I have not heard him describe particular exemptio
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China downplays lifting of presidential term limit

Xi has consolidated power since taking office as party chief in 2012 but the move to lift presidential term limits surprised even the most experienced China watchers-AFP  BEIJING: China sought on Sunday to downplay the Communist Party´s move to scrap presidential term limits, a decision that could pave the way for Xi Jinping to remain president for life. The National People´s Congress (NPC), China´s rubber-stamp parliament, will vote on March 11 on constitutional amendments which include the s
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PML-N backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu leads in Sargodha by-polls: unofficial results

Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz-backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Rao Sajid Mehmood will face each other in the by-poll for PP-30 in Sargodha here on March 4, 2018. Photo: Geo News file  SARGODHA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) backed independent candidate Yasir Zafar Sindhu has been leading in PP-30 Sargodha by-polls, unofficial and unconfirmed results from 106 polling stations suggest. Sindhu has so far bagged 34,164 votes. He is followed by Pakistan Tehree
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Italians line up to vote in election seen ending in political gridlock

5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio (R) receives his ballot as he prepares to cast his vote at a polling station in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, Italy March 4, 2018. REUTERS  ROME: Italians waited in long queues at polling booths on Sunday to vote in an election that could bring political gridlock after a campaign marked by anger over the listless economy, high unemployment and immigration. Pollsters have predicted that former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi?s center-right party and his f
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Two injured in Turbat grenade blast

FILE photo. QUETTA: At least two people were injured in a grenade blast in Turbat, Balochistan on Sunday, police said. The blast took place after unknown miscreants lobbed a hand grenade in Turbat's main market, officials said. Police and rescue members rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and cordoned off the site. The explosion also partially damaged three motorbikes. The injured were shifted to a hospital.
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PPP in contact with opposition for Senate chairmanship, says Bilawal

Addressing a news conference here, Bilawal also sked his political opponents to not blame his party for not performing well in Saturday's Senate election-Photo: File KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Sunday said that the party is in contact with other parties to bring a candidate for Senate chairman from the opposition. Political temperature in the country is on the rise as parties have redoubled their efforts to strategise alliances ahead of elections for the sea
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Balochistan will benefit most from CPEC: President Mamnoon

SIBBI: President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday said that people of Balochistan and other underprivileged areas will benefit the most from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project. ?Balochistan and other underprivileged areas will get the major benefit of CPEC,? the president said while addressing a festival in Sibbi. ?It?s an undeniable fact that people of Balochistan have the foremost right on the province,? Mamnoon said while assuring the province ?will be protected?. The president further
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Italian footballer Davide Astori found dead

Italy international defender Davide Astori died in his hotel room during the night of Saturday to Sunday, his club Fiorentina said on Sunday. A club spokesperson told AFP that he could not give a cause of death ahead of an autopsy. Italian media reported that Astori died of a heart attack during the night. In addition to the Fiorentina game, Sunday?s match between Genoa and Cagliari, one of his former clubs, was called off just before its 1130 GMT kickoff. When Astori?s death was announced on
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Three children die after vaccination in Nawabshah

File photo of a child being administered with a vaccine/UNICEF.org NAWABSHAH: Three children died while at least seven others have fallen seriously ill after they were administered with routine immunisation vaccines in Nawabshah, aggrieved parents of the victims said. According to the affected parents, the children were vaccinated as part of a routine vaccination campaign in Maryam Road area of the city. After the administration of the vaccines, however, the children fell seriously ill. One of
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Boney Kapoor recalls Sridevi's final moments

Photo: AFP Film producer Boney Kapoor has recalled the final moments of his wife and iconic Bollywood actor Sridevi. Boney opened up about the superstar?s sudden demise with his friend, trade analyst Komal Nahta. Nahta has shared Boney?s account in a blogpost. The couple were in Dubai to attend a family wedding, however, Boney and their younger daughter, Khushi, flew back to India as Sridevi stayed back for a few more days to shop for their elder daughter Janhvi, who wasn?t able to make it to
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Dutch midfielder Sneijder calls time on international career

Wesley Sneijder ends his record-breaking career with the Netherlands AMSTERDAM: Midfielder Wesley Sneijder ended his record-breaking career with the Netherlands by announcing his retirement from international football on Sunday. The decision follows discussions with new Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, who went to see him in Qatar, the Dutch football association KNVB said in a statement. "Wesley is one of the best Dutch internationals in recent years, an amazing player with a great attitude. But I
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