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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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FIR filed in Lahore over child sexual abuse, a year after alleged incident

LAHORE: The first information report (FIR) of a case of child molestation was Saturday night in Nawab Town police station, a year after the alleged incident occurred, Geo News reported citing authorities. In his statement in the FIR, the assault survivor said he was abused by his madrasa teacher but chose to remain silent over the fear of negative repercussions. The boy also noted that the accused lured in and assaulted multiple of his schoolmates. According to the police, the FIR was regis
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DG ISPR hails Saudi, UAE for development work in areas cleared from terrorists

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/2ecd07f7857ee63bf4bedf82089e1b61.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8yNC8yMDE4IDg6MDI6NDYgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0xN1FXcS8wQzRwQ3NncTdkeGxFd1NBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has ha
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UN diplomats locked in talks on Syria ceasefire

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley smiles as she speaks to members of the Security Council before the vote for ceasefire to Syrian bombing in eastern Ghouta. -Reuters1 UNITED NATIONS: A UN Security Council meeting to vote on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria failed to start as scheduled at 1700 GMT on Saturday as negotiations continued in an effort to avert a Russian veto, diplomats said. It was not immediately known if the vote would be postponed on a draft resolution demanding a truc
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Rangers rescue two foreign hostages in Karachi raid

FILE photo. KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Saturday freed two foreign nationals, who were taken hostage, during a raid in Karachi. Rangers' personnel conducted the raid on a bungalow located in Khayaban-e-Muhafiz area of Karachi's Defence neighbourhood, a spokesman for the paramilitary force said. Image shows freed foreign hostages. Three suspects were also apprehended during the raid, who were identified as Wasim Baloch, Naeem Rabbani and Fahad Shabbir. Suspects, Wasim Ba
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FO summons Indian diplomat as ceasefire violations continue

The Foreign Office. -File ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh to protest continued Indian firing on the civilian population residing along the Line of Control (LoC). A civilian was martyred and three others injured when Indian forces opened unprovoked fire at a village in Nakyal sector, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) earlier today.  Director General South Asia handed the Indian diplomat a letter of protest and condem
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Fresh talks fail to break MQM-P impasse: sources

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a3b4958cd50aea7a554349235a9323ed.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8yNC8yMDE4IDM6NTc6MjAgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT15TldCLzV4ZFZMdDRrZ1hDN25lSmJ3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) PIB and Bahadurabad factions held anoth
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CPR survival rates are lower than most people think

The majority of people believe cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is successful more often than it tends to be in reality, according to a small U.S. study. This overly optimistic view, which may partly stem from seeing happy outcomes in television medical dramas, can get in the way of decision-making and frank conversations about end of life care with doctors, the research team writes in American Journal of Emergency Medicine. CPR is intended to restart a heart that has stopped beating, known
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Twitter reacts to Lahore Literary Festival?s sixth edition

The sixth edition of the Lahore Literary Festival kicked off on Friday. Previous editions have played host to such luminaries as Naseeruddin Shah, Basharat Pir, and Mona Eltahaway.  The line up this year did not disappoint with famed religious scholar Reza Aslan and Emmy award winner Riz Ahmed leading the coveted list. Twitter, of course, had a lot to say about the festival. Here are some of the reactions from fans and detractors: Riz Ahmed and Reza Aslan draw in crowds
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More than 20 killed in attacks in Afghanistan

Afghan security forces keep watch at a checkpoint near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A series of militant attacks in Afghanistan killed more than 20 people, officials said on Saturday, ahead of an international meeting next week aimed at building diplomatic support for hoped-for peace talks with the Taliban. Taliban militants attacked an Afghan army post overnight on Friday, killing 18 governm
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Russia denies diplomatic mail was used for Argentina cocaine traffic

MOSCOW: Russia?s diplomatic mail was not used for cocaine traffic in Argentina, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday, after police busted an international ring of drug smugglers. The investigation started in 2016, when the Russian ambassador to Argentina called local authorities to report that traffickers were trying to move 16 bags of cocaine from the Buenos Aires embassy by way of a diplomatic flight. Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said on socia
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Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears

SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING: When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users? iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data centre at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and other data stored in the cloud. That?s because of a change to how the company handles the cryptographic keys needed to unlock an iCloud account. Until now, such keys have always been stored in the United States, meaning that any government or law enforc
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Imran could never substantiate his allegations, says Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah. ? Geo News FILE LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has never been able to substantiate allegations he levelled against others. Speaking to media here, the provincial minister said that they level false allegations and run away, adding that Imran accused Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif of involvement in corruption worth Rs27 billion through 'frontman', but the PTI chief could not substa
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Lahore police nab prime accused in Musharraf suicide attack case

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/dfc8b5de6f8792887502da338e0d3842.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8yNC8yMDE4IDE6MDY6MzcgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1WSkNOQWlYOHk1Q1lQUFJ1TnRMSGRBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Police on Friday announced the arrest of a prime accused, wanted for nine years, in a case pertaining to a suicide attack on former military dictator Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi. The accused, Salma
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New JIT formed to start afresh probe in Parveen Rehman murder

Rehman, who was the Director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) was gunned down by four men in a targeted attack near the Banaras fly-over in Orangi Town in March 2013 KARACHI: Sindh government on Saturday approved a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the murder of activist Perveen Rehman, who was gunned down in 2013, a notification said. Rehman, who was the Director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) was gunned down by four men in a targeted attack near the Banaras fly-over in Orangi Town
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Reham Khan on threats, the new Mrs Khan and a tired Imran

LONDON: In her latest interview to a British publication, the former 'national bhabi' has claimed Imran Khan is 'quite exhausted' and that she doesn't see her former husband becoming the leader he has always dreamed of becoming.  Reham Khan, in her latest interview published by the British daily TheTimes, claims she fled Pakistan after receiving threats of being "blown up." Individuals seeking to protect Imran Khan?s political career, "told us . . . that anyone who talks about Imran now is goi
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Death toll rises to 38 in Mogadishu bombings

A security officer from Doorbin Hotel assesses the debris after a suicide car explosion in front of the hotel in Mogadishu. -Reuters  MOGADISHU: Two car bombings killed 38 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, the city's main ambulance service told AFP on Saturday. "We have seen at least 38 people dead," said Abdukadir Abdurahman Aden of the Aamin Ambulance of the bombings that targeted the presidential palace and a hotel. The first blast, followed by gunfire, occurred at a secur
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Cases against Naqeebullah, friends were fake: police report

KARACHI: The cases registered against Naqeebullah and his friends were fake, said a Sindh Police report submitted to the anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday.  Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan was among three others who were accused of being terrorists and killed on the orders of Malir SSP Rao Anwar, in what was later termed a fake encounter. A timeline of Naqeebullah Mehsud?s murder case A public outcry broke over the 27-year-old aspiring model
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Prepare to defend Nawaz on social media, Maryam rallies crowd

SARGODHA: Maryam Nawaz, daughter of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, urged party supporters to join social media platforms to support and defend her father in the virtual space.  The former first daughter told crowd on Saturday that she has brought Pakistan?s trial, not Nawaz Sharif?s, to the court of the public. Maryam Nawaz addressing public gathering in Sargodha  Addressing a social media workers? convention here, she lamented that the recent decision by the Supreme Court disqualifyi
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Bilawal says issue-based politics need of hour, not Panama or Iqama

Video: Geo News SUKKUR: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said that issue-based politics, not Panama or Iqama, are the need of the hour. ?No one is focusing on issue-based politics, no one is paying any attention to the issues faced by the common man," said Bilawal, while addressing the inauguration ceremony of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Sukkur. In an apparent reference to deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, he said that
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Imran Khan chastises bureaucracy for allegedly serving only Sharif's agenda

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday chastised the bureaucracy alleging they had been serving only the Sharif family?s agenda. In his press conference, which he announced on Twitter a day earlier, to expose the nexus between the protesting bureaucrats and the Sharif family who Khan says were ?petrified? of what Ahad Cheema may say to save himself. TWEET Talking about the protests and banners on the streets Imran Khan likened Ahad Cheema to Nelson Mandela.
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Federer turns down Dubai wild card, heads to Monte Carlo instead

Roger Federer will not take up a wild card invitation to next week´s Dubai Championships DUBAI: Roger Federer will not take up a wild card invitation to next week´s Dubai Championships, the event´s tournament director has confirmed, with the new world number one opting for an awards ceremony in Monte Carlo instead. Tournament director Salah Talhak told local media that 36-year-old Federer, the oldest man to take the top ranking, said the seven-time champion intends to play the event in 2019.
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South Africa's T20 hero Klaasen gets Test call-up

Heinrich Klaasen hit 69 off 30 balls in South Africa's win against India in the second T20 JOHANNESBURG: Uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder were named in South Africa´s 15-man test squad on Saturday for the first two of the four-match series against Australia. Klaasen proved swashbuckling with the bat in both the one-day International and Twenty20 series against India over the last month and selector Linda Zondi said, "we firmly believe he can become ju
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Riz Ahmed hopes to collaborate with artists in Pakistan

Riz Ahmed at the Lahore Literary Festival. Photo: Geo News   Riz Ahmed lived up to his billing as one of the headline draws at the sixth-edition of the Lahore Literary Festival. In a packed-to-capacity hall at the Alhamra Art Theatre, the Emmy-winning actor, who grew up in London, spoke about returning to Pakistan after 13 years. ?It?s been emotional for me,? he said amid raucous cheers, ?It is like visiting an ex.?  When Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid pushed him to continue, he added, the
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Ed Sheeran searches for new lines in movie 'Songwriter'

Ed Sheeran arrives for the screening of the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018 BERLIN: British singer Ed Sheeran has said that the hardest part of songwriting was coming up with lines that had never been written before as a new documentary detailing his creative process premiered at Berlin?s international film festival. The movie ?Songwriter? was directed by Sheeran?s cousin, Murray Cummings, and follows the Grammy winner as
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Militants attack Afghan army post killing 18 soldiers

Afghan security forces keep watch at a checkpoint near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan army post and killed 18 government soldiers, the defence ministry said on Saturday, while a suicide bomber in the capital killed one person and wounded six. Violence has intensified in Afghanistan since US President Donald Trump unveiled a more aggressive strategy in August with US-led forces
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