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Ishaq Dar challenges rejection of Senate nomination papers

Senator Ishaq Dar. Photo: File  LAHORE: Senator and former finance minister Ishaq Dar has challenged the rejection of his nomination papers for the upcoming Senate elections. On Monday, Dar's nomination papers for a technocrat seat in the Senate from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz were rejected by the returning officer (RO). The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf submitted court documents before the RO stating that Dar is a court absconder in a corruption reference under way in the Islamabad account
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Bilawal expresses grief over Florida school carnage

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Photo: FIle   KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has expressed grief over the Florida school carnage, saying there is a strong need for United States and it administration to search for undetected reasons that lead to such massacres. "Our hearts go out to the victims and their deeply bereaved families," the PPP chairperson said, adding that such cowardly attacks in schools in the developed states of Amer
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Ashiana housing scheme: PM?s principal secretary summoned before NAB Lahore today

Fawad Hassan Fawad. Photo: File  LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has summoned today the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad for his alleged role in illegally awarding the contract for the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme. NAB has directed Fawad to appear before its combined investigation team to record his statement related to the project initiated by the Punjab government. Ashiana housing case: Shehbaz Sharif records statement with NAB NA
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Displeased at no-show, SHC again summons Axact suspects on Feb 21

Sindh High Court. Photo: File  KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has summoned Axact CEO Shoaib Sheikh and other accused on February 21 with regards to the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) appeal against the suspects' acquittal by a lower court.  The orders came on Thursday as the SHC, on the Supreme Court's orders, began hearing FIA's appeal against the acquittal of suspects in the money laundering case by a district court in August 2016. Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto inquired why Sheikh
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Boarding now for a flight from Tokyo to Paris that never takes off

Staff dressed as flight attendants perform a safety demonstration at the ?First Airlines?, virtual first-class airline experience facility in Tokyo, Japan Feb 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters  TOKYO: Fasten your seatbelts for a flight departing to Paris, and never leave the ground. That?s exactly what 12 passengers did at First Airlines in central Tokyo this week, where they relaxed in first and business-class seats and were served four-course dinners, before immersing themselves in 360-degree virtual
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Charges of rape, abduction leveled against MQM-MNA Salman Mujahid

MQM-MNA Salman Mujahid (left) and accuser Aleena (right). Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Charges of rape were levelled, on Thursday, against Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P) lawmaker Salman Mujahid Baloch by a woman who had earlier alleged him of sexually exploiting her. Aleena had claimed that the man had sexually exploited her and subsequently blackmailed her. She had filed a complaint against the MQM MNA, elected from NA-239 (Karachi-I) constituency, at Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station on
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Defence, prosecution to conclude arguments in Zainab murder case today

Protests erupted across the country following the brutal incident. Photo: File  LAHORE: The defence and prosecution in the Zainab rape and murder case will present their concluding arguments before Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC) Judge Sajjad Ahmad today.  The ATC is conducting the high-profile trial inside the Kot Lakhpat Jail, where the primary suspect, Imran Ali, is jailed on remand. So far, a total of 33 witnesses have recorded their statements, including Zainab's paternal uncle and five-year
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August 2014 sit-in was political protest, not act of terrorism: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan said it was funny how terrorism cases were filed against him though his protest in August 2014 was only part of a political struggle. Imran said this while speaking to the media outside the anti-terrorism court Thursday, where he appeared in case related to injuries caused to the then SSP, Asmatullah Junejo, during an attack in the Red Zone.ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjumand summoned Imran today during a hearing on January 31. During hearin
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Pope Francis documentary to hit US theaters in May

Pope Francis talks aboard the papal plane while en route to Italy, September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/Files LOS ANGELES: Pope Francis is heading to the big screen to talk life, the universe, and everything in a rare Vatican-backed theatrical documentary, studio executives announced Wednesday. Written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Wim Wenders, Pope Francis ? A Man of his Word opens in the US on May 18, Focus Features said. In the documentary, an almost unheard-of co-productio
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Women's 'bare arms undermine credibility' against 'suited men' on TV: Kim Campbell

Former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell, 2009. Image Courtesy: Global News via Fred Chartrand/CP OTTAWA: A brouhaha has erupted over comments made online by Canada?s former prime minister Kim Campbell ? the only woman to have ever held the post ? admonishing women news anchors who appear sleeveless on-air. Campbell ? who was prime minister from June to November 1993 ? triggered the debate with a tweet that read, "I am struck by how many women on television news wear sleeveless dresses ? of
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Accountability court to resume hearing corruption case against Nawaz, family shortly

The entrance to the Federal Judicial Complex where the accountability court is located. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family will resume its proceedings today.   The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed three references ? Al-Azizia, Flagship and Avenfield ? against Nawaz, daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar.   Whereas Nawaz is accused in all three cases, Maryam and S
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South Africa's Zuma and his numerous scandals

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma announces his resignation at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko JOHANNESBURG: Jacob Zuma resigned as South African president late on Wednesday, under pressure from allies of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in December. The 75-year-old?s resignation caps the end of a tumultuous decade in which Zuma has survived several no-confidence
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Israelis believe police over Netanyahu: polls

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Muni World 2018 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Nir Elias JERUSALEM: Almost half of Israel?s electorate believe the country?s police, who say they have gathered evidence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for him to be charged with bribery, a poll showed on Wednesday. A police statement on Tuesday said enough evidence had been found for the 68-year-old premier to be charged in two separate
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai dies in South Africa

Morgan Tsvangirai ? the leader of the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change ? addresses a crowd gathered outside parliament in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files HARARE: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, casting his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party into the unknown less than three months after the army ousted long-time ruler Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai, who died in South Africa, was 65. ?I
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Ruud Lubbers, longest-serving Dutch PM, dies aged 78

Ruud Lubbers. Image Courtesy: Alchetron AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands? longest-serving prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, who pulled his country out of recession while struggling to reform the Dutch welfare state, died on Wednesday aged 78. The Christian Democrat who led his country through the 1980s into the 90s and went on to serve as the United Nation?s High Commissioner for Refugees, died at his home ?in the presence of his wife and children,? the government said. He had been sick for some time
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Trump holds the line on immigration as bipartisan plan emerges

US President Donald Trump makes a speech as he and the first lady host a National African American History Month reception at the White House in Washington, US, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON: A group of US Senate Republicans and Democrats promoted an immigration proposal on Wednesday to step up border security and protect young illegal immigrants, but its prospects appeared uncertain as President Donald Trump urged Congress to support a tougher measure. The developments und
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Oil rallies on Saudi comments, weak dollar

An oil pump jack is seen at sunset in a field outside Scheibenhard, near Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Files NEW YORK: Oil prices rallied on Wednesday, shaking off earlier weakness as US crude stocks rose less than expected and Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said major oil producers would prefer tighter markets than end supply cuts too early. Markets also benefited from more weakness in the dollar, which dropped 0.7 percent after stronger-than-expected
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MSF reveals sex abuse cases as Oxfam scandal widens

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) Image Courtesy: Madote PARIS: A scandal over sexual abuse in the foreign aid industry that began with Oxfam spread Wednesday, as French group Doctors Without Borders revealed it had fired 19 staff last year for harassment or abuse. The Paris-based group, known by its French acronym MSF, said it had received 146 complaints or alerts last year, of which 40 were found to be allegations of harassment or sexual assault. It said in a statement
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Trump breaks silence, says ?totally opposed to domestic violence?

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, US, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump voiced his disdain for domestic violence Wednesday, breaking a weeklong silence since the departure of a top aide accused by two ex-wives of physical abuse. "I?m totally opposed to domestic violence and everybody here knows that," a visibly annoyed Trump told journalists in the Oval Office. "I?m totally opposed to domestic violence of
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18 new sexual abuse claims against UN peacekeepers in DRC

UN peacekeepers in Congo (MONUSCO) hold up their weapons at their base in Masisi, near Goma, Congo, October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe/Files KINSHASA: The United Nations said Wednesday it had registered 18 alleged cases of sexual abuse and exploitation by its peacekeepers and civilian personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year. Fourteen of the allegations involve paternity cases or complainants seeking "care for children born out of relationships," said Adama Ndao, head of
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Major US school shootings

Police officers stand guard outside the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal after reports of an explosion in New York City, New York, US, December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files A shooter opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets before being taken into custody by law enforcement, authorities said. The bloodshed was the latest outbreak of gun violence that has become a regular occurrence at US schools
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Democrats push $1-billion bill for election security

US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would provide more than $1 billion to boost cyber security of US voting systems, and Vice President Mike Pence defended the administration?s efforts to protect polls from hackers. The measure followed warnings on Tuesday from US intelligence officials that midterm races in N
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Truck packed with migrants crashes in Libya, killing at least 19

A migrant who was injured in a truck crash reacts at a hospital in Bani Walid town, Libya, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara BANI WALID: A truck packed with Eritrean and Somali migrants crashed near the Libyan town of Bani Walid early on Wednesday, leaving at least 19 dead and nearly 80 injured, officials said. Bani Walid hospital manager Mohamed al-Mabrouk said the truck flipped over about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Bani Walid. At least 78 people had been injured, eight of them ser
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UK tells charities: no more cash if you don't come clean on abuse

An Oxfam sign is seen on a kiosk on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares LONDON: Britain will stop funding overseas aid agencies if they fail to learn the lessons from Oxfam?s *** abuse scandal, and the government will discuss possible prosecutions with law enforcement, the British development minister said on Wednesday. Penny Mordaunt told anti-poverty groups that Britain ? one of the world?s most generous foreign development donors ? woul
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Dollar weakens despite rise in interest rate expectations

US dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration NEW YORK: The US dollar fell on Wednesday despite a report of stronger-than-expected inflation data and an increase in interest-rate expectations, raising the possibility that the currency is in a period of secular downturn. ?We are in an environment where the dollar is weakening regardless of the move in interest rates,? said Alessio de Longis, a portfolio manager for the g
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