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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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FIA presents Shoaib Shaikh before court in money laundering case

Axact CEO Shoaib Shaikh pictured as officials of the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) transport him to the district court for the hearing of a money laundering case against him here on February 27, 2018. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: Axact CEO Shoaib Shaikh reached the district court south for the hearing of a money laundering case on Tuesday. Shaikh was arrested on Monday evening after the Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected his protective bail application, which was submitted after the court ap
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MQM-P convenership petition in ECP: Response from Sattar summoned

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e5b52c373fc7ab82a702688ac1858e7d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8yNy8yMDE4IDY6MDY6NTkgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1YYm5IL01wWUtlRFNvdGE2SkhBbGNBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday summoned a response from Farooq Sattar in Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan's (MQM-P) convenership petition.  The infighting between party m
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Two killed as snow, sub-zero temperatures paralyze Europe

Visitors take pictures near a frozen rock face at the "Stolby" (Rock Pillars) national nature reserve, with the air temperature at about minus 24 degrees Celsius (minus 11.2 degrees Fahrenheit), outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia February 27, 2018. Photo: Reuters  BUCHAREST: Two people were found dead in Romania as snow and sub-zero temperatures across much of Europe saw flights cancelled, road and rail transport disrupted and schools closed on Tuesday. A Siberian weather system
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Multan Metro case: Punjab govt says Faisal Subhan created fake company

Spokesperson of the Punjab Government Malik Ahmed Khan. Photo: Geo News file LAHORE: Spokesperson of the Punjab government on Tuesday expressed doubt on the character of Faisal Subhan ? CEO of Capital Engineering which was probed for corruption allegations in the Multan Metro Bus project. "Subhan created a fake company by colluding with a man named Aijaz," Malik Ahmed Khan said on Geo News' programme Geo Pakistan. "His character is suspicious."  Counterfeit letters from Chief Minister of Pun
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ECP to hear MQM-P's convenership petitions today

Farooq Sattar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's PIB faction (right) and Amir Khan of the party's Bahadurabad faction (left). Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear petitions regarding the convenership of Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan's (MQM-P) Bahadurabad and PIB factions later today.  The infighting between party members over nominations for the upcoming Senate elections has resulted in the emergence of splinter groups, led by Dr Farooq Satt
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PPP?s Kaira hails decision of Shehbaz being made PML-N president

Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira. Photo: File   LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira has hailed the decision of making Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. While speaking to the media, Kaira said Shehbaz was on good terms with the bureaucracy but had been disrespectful towards PPP. The PPP leader also said that it was easier to talk to PML-N former chief Nawaz Sharif than to Shehbaz. Kaira?s
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PML-N all set for power show in Patoki today

Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: Geo News file PATOKI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to hold a public meeting in Patoki today. The Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif along with other prominent leaders is expected to address the rally. Shehbaz likely to be elected interim party president  After Nawaz Sharif's disqualification as party head, the ruling party is likely to elect Shehbaz as its interim president at a meeting of the central working committee (C
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Anyone littering public spaces will be prosecuted : Sindh govt

Photo: File KARACHI: The Sindh government will proceed against those littering the city's public places, bazaars and roads. A notification issued by the Sindh home department on Monday states, anyone found dumping garbage on public property will be prosecuted.  While the department's attempts to clear trash piles from Karachi and Hyderabad have not been as successful as anticipated, especially considering the political spats and rising costs, it has, however, banned littering in places that are
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China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power

A woman picks a souvenir necklace with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping from a selection that also includes necklaces featuring late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at a stall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter  BEIJING: China?s plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea?s ruling dynasty and prompting a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist to accuse it of cre
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'Don't worry about the NRA,' Trump tells US governors

US President Donald Trump arrives for the 2018 White House business session with state governors in the White House, Washington, US, February 26, 2018. AFP/Mandel Ngan  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged governors not to be afraid of the nation?s most powerful gun lobby as they seek to beef up school safety after last week?s deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Trump has embraced the National Rifle Association?s call to safeguard schools by arming teachers, but he als
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Nadal unfazed by rankings race on return

Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament finals held in Shanghai, China, October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/Files  ACAPULCO: Rafael Nadal says he will not be thinking about reclaiming his world number one ranking when he makes his return from injury at the Mexico Open in Acapulco on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Spanish star will play his first match since limping out of the quarter-finals at the Australian Open when he faces Fe
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Lebanon PM to visit Saudi for first time since ?resignation?

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri is seen at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/Files  BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he has accepted an invitation Monday to visit Saudi Arabia, returning for the first time to the kingdom where he announced a shock resignation that he later rescinded. The November 4 resignation and his prolonged stay in Saudi Arabia stirred tensions between Riyadh and Beirut, amid suspicions he had been
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UN chief calls for new push to rid the world of nuclear weapons

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse GENEVA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for a new global effort to get rid of nuclear weapons, drawing a cautious response from envoys of atomic-armed powers at odds for decades over nuclear disarmament. Speaking to the Conference on Disarmament at the UN complex in Geneva, Guterres said many states still wrongl
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US defends moves to roll back ?net neutrality? rules

US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai arrives at a Net Neutrality hearing in Washington, US, February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files  BARCELONA: The head of the US Federal Communications Commission defended Monday his move to roll back rules requiring internet providers to treat all traffic equally, saying it was needed to encourage investment in new super-fast wireless networks. The commission in December adopted the proposal by Republican-appointed chairman Ajit
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Britain is facing serious far-right terrorism threat, says UK's top officer

Mark Rowley ? Britain's top anti-terrorism officer ? speaks to the media outside New Scotland Yard in London, Britain, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files  LONDON: Britain faces a new and significant threat from organized far-right terrorism, the UK?s most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Monday as he revealed police had foiled four plots by right-wing extremists in the last year. ?The right-wing terrorist threat is more significant and more challenging than perhaps public de
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Trump says would have run unarmed into Florida school

US President Donald Trump holds a discussion about school shootings with state governors from around the country at the White House in Washington, US, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he would have rushed unarmed into the Florida school targeted by a mass shooter, as student survivors of the massacre brought their campaign for gun control to Washington. Nearly two weeks after the attack in Parkland, Florida left 17 people dead, the U
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Saudi king sacks chief of staff in major military shake-up

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud presides over a cabinet meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 5, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS/Files  RIYADH: Saudi King Salman has sacked the military chief of staff and a host of other top commanders, state media said Monday, in a major shake-up of the defence establishment. The monarch also replaced the heads of the ground forces and air defences, as well as senior officials at the interior ministry, in a series of late-ni
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Maverick climber calls off ?suicidal? solo bid to summit K2

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. Image: Adam Bielecki/Handout via REUTERS/Files  ISLAMABAD: Russian-Polish climber Denis Urubko has called off his attempt to summit K2 alone during winter, a post on his former teammates? Facebook page said Monday, after a weekend drama saw him begin what another climber had called a suicide mission. Urubk
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US trying to 'embarrass' Pakistan with terror financing list: Miftah Ismail

Advisor to PM Miftah Ismail. ? Reuters FILE ISLAMABAD: Advisor to PM on Finance Miftah Ismail has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country?s re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the United States for seeking to ?embarrass? the nation. Washington last week persuaded member states of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan back on the ?grey list? of nations with inadequate terrorist financing or money launde
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Kidnapping of Afghan provincial deputy governor from Pakistan turns out to be farce

Deputy Governor of Kunar Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi. ? Geo News screengrab KARACHI: The kidnapping of deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kunar province from Peshawar has turned out to be a farce, official sources said Monday, after his brother uncovered the conspiracy to malign Pakistan. Reports emerged in October 2017 that Mohammad Nabi, deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kunar province, had gone missing from Peshawar and the Afghan embassy had contacted the Pakistani Foreign Office regarding the incid
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Samina Baig appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador

UN Resident Coordinator Neil Buhne and UNDP Resident Representative for Pakistan confer the UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan to Samina Baig. -APP  ISLAMABAD: Renowned mountaineer Samina Baig was appointed the National Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday. The first Pakistani woman to have climbed Mount Everest, Baig will lead efforts to build national awareness and partnerships around Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), p
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Lodhran rape case: ATC hands over suspect to police on seven-day remand

LODHRAN: An Anti-terrorism court sent on Monday the main suspect of the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl on a seven-day physical remand to police. 18-year-old Ali Haider, the main suspect in the killing of Aasma, was presented before the ATC today. The suspect was brought to the court under strict security, where he confessed to his crime before the ATC. In his confession, Ali said that he committed the heinous crime alone and lured the girl by telling her that he is taking her to swing
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Trump calls for closer attention to warnings after Florida massacre

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday said authorities need to do a better job of handling warnings about violent people of the sort that were missed ahead of this month?s shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people. Trump?s comments came as he met with governors at the White House, where Florida Governor Rick Scott said state officials need to take additional steps to improve school security, including adding mental health counselors in all schools. The Feb. 14 massacre
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Ed Sheeran named world's best-selling artist of 2017

Ed Sheeran. -FILE LONDON: British folk-pop phenomenon Ed Sheeran on Monday was named the best-selling artist in the world in 2017 by the global recorded music industry group IFPI. Sheeran's "A Divide" was the best-selling album of last year and "Shape of You" was the best-selling single, London-based IFPI said in its announcement. Sheeran is the fifth recipient of the Global Recording Artist of the Year Award after One Direction (2013), Taylor Swift (2014), Adele (2015) and Drake (2016). "Th
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Russia calls daily truce in battered Syria enclave

Syrians walk past destroyed buildings in Arbin in the militant-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta. -AFP DOUMA: Russia called a daily "humanitarian pause" in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, bowing to international pressure to halt the carnage in the militant-held enclave where fresh strikes claimed more civilian lives on Monday. A UN Security Council resolution for a 30-day truce had remained a dead letter since it was passed on Saturday, and Moscow, the Syrian regime's main backer, ended up setting its ow
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