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Harry Kane can prove European pedigree at Juventus

Kane scored more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi in 2017, but it is on the Champions League stage the Tottenham striker must deliver LONDON: Harry Kane scored more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi in 2017, but it is on the Champions League stage the prolific Tottenham striker must deliver to be truly measured against the five-time World Players of the Year. Kane gets his chance when Europe´s premier club competition returns on Tuesday as he leads Spurs into the lion´s
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Remembering Asma Jahangir: We have lost a human rights giant, says UN secretary general

Asma Jahangir remained associated with the UN on various positions. Photo: UN  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sorrow at the demise of prominent human rights defender and UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, who passed away at the age of 66 on Sunday. ?We have lost a human rights giant,? said Guterres in a statement by the UN office on Monday. Doctors said Jahangir suffered brain hemorrhage following a stroke and passed away at the hospital. Her funeral is sched
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At least eleven dead in Hyderabad road accident

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/ede1ecc40fb90f788fba6addd8e33241.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xMi8yMDE4IDc6MjU6NDkgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT10YzU1Sy9IZGI0U2hjRkJGVmowK2hRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] HYDERABAD: At least eleven people were killed, including nine women and a child, in an accid
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Russian website names Maleeha Lodhi among world's 'successful women diplomats'

Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi/File photo NEW YORK: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi has been named as one of the world's "five successful women diplomats" by a popular Russian news website, according to a report by Russia's official news agency. The report, citing the website -- Gazeta.ru -- was carried by RIA Novosti, a state-owned domestic Russian-language news agency. "Gazeta.ru", which has a million visitors on a daily basis, honour
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Iraq?s girl weightlifters also boost family finances

Iraqi weightlifter Khadeeja Ismal Abdullah, trains on Jan 18, 2018 at a club in Sadr City, east of Baghdad. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD: The weightlifters on Iraq?s national women?s team train hard every day, both to bring home the medals and to help ease the financial burden of running a home. Jerking weights heavier than themselves at a rundown gym in Baghdad´s conservative neighbourhood of Sadr City, the young women and girls come together for three hours every day. The girls are focused as they wor
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Supreme Court irked at attorney general's no-show in Article 62 case hearing

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/6348b3854fab601401de30813f7e9dbc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xMi8yMDE4IDY6NTI6MzIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1SWnY0MlpZMktEWlMvbDF4U2NCczBRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed displeasure at the a
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Disney raises prices of some US theme park tickets

One-day prices to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida rise 2-4 percent NEW YORK: Walt Disney Co said on Sunday it was changing the admission price for its US theme parks, raising the cost of some single-day tickets by almost 9 percent. Disney, which has a three-tier structure that charges visitors more during peak periods to help spread out crowds, said peak one-day tickets for a single theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, would see the biggest inc
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Axact scandal: FIA appeals against acquittal of suspects in SHC

Axact office at Karachi's Khyaban-e-Ittehad area. Photo: File KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday against the acquittal of Axact chief Shoaib Sheikh and other accused by a district court in the money laundering case against them. The two-member SHC bench issued a notice to the Axact chairman, its chief executive officer, and FIA to appear before it on February 15. Moreover, the court also summoned the record of the case procee
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Faizabad dharna case: IHC reiterates contempt warning as government?s delaying tactics continue

Islamabad High Court. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) warned on Monday that it will issue a contempt of court notice to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the three relevant federal ministers if the Senator Raja Zafarul Haq-led committee report is not presented in the next hearing. The committee was formed to probe the issue of the amendment in the oath regarding the Finality of Prophethood when the Elections Act 2017 was passed last year. As Justice Shaukat Aziz Si
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Liverpool's Salah - the idol of his Egyptian village

Salah, who hails from Nagrig village of Egypt´s Nile Delta region, has been one of the sensations of the Premier League since joining Liverpool CAIRO: Deep in Egypt´s Nile Delta region, the children of Nagrig village have a clear goal in life: they want to become football stars like Mohamed Salah, Liverpool´s top scorer and Africa´s top player. Salah, who hails from their village, has been one of the sensations of the Premier League since joining Liverpool -- his goal in the victory against So
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Canada wins Team Gold at Olympic figure skating, Russians bag silver

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Team Canada. Photo: James Hill for The New York Times GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA: Ice dance stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir inspired Canada to the figure skating team title to secure the Winter Games heavyweights´ first gold at Pyeongchang 2018 on Monday. The Russians, with their teenage ice starlets Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova, took their first silver of the Games. The USA team was third. The Canadian team, also featuring dual 2014 silver medallist Patri
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Nation in grief as Asma Jahangir no more

The late Asma Jahangir  KARACHI/LAHORE: The country was left to mourn the untimely demise of prominent lawyer and human rights icon Asma Jahangir, who breathed her last on Sunday. Jahangir, who co-founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and came to be known as a fearless voice of the marginalised sections of the society, suffered a cardiac arrest, her family said. She was 66. Following the tragic news, lawyers' representative bodies are observing a day of mourning today in remembrance
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NY state sues Weinstein and Co. for failing to protect staff

The lawsuit comes four months after the Hollywood mogul´s career ended over allegations of sexual harassment NEW YORK: New York state sued Harvey Weinstein, his brother and their production company on Sunday for failing to protect employees from years of his alleged sexual misconduct despite multiple complaints from staff. The lawsuit comes four months after the Hollywood mogul´s career ended over allegations of sexual harassment, assault and rape now leveled by more than 100 women spanning 40
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Court awaits FIA's Wajid Zia to record statement against Ishaq Dar

Accountability Court-I is located inside the Federal Judicial Complex, pictured here on February 2 ISLAMABAD: The hearing of the corruption case against former finance minister Ishaq Dar resumed on Monday, with Accountability Court-I Judge Mohammad Bashir inquiring into the whereabouts of the prosecution's key witness ? former head of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT), Federal Investigation Agency Additional Director Wajid Zia. Dar, a senator aide close aide of Pakistan Muslim Leag
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Fawad Alam smashes 149 as Karachi Whites clinch National One Day Cup

Fawad Alam receives Man of the Final award for his 149. Photo: Fawad Alam Twitter  RAWALPINDI: A dazzling innings of 149 by Fawad Alam steered Karachi Whites to the National One Day Cup on Sunday. Fawad Alam hit 149 off 130 balls with 18 4s as Karachi Whites beat Islamabad by five wickets in the final of the National One Day Cup? Regions 2017-18 at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi. Batting first after winning the toss, Islamabad Region piled up a total of 347 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 over
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London City Airport closed after WWII bomb found

A British Airways plane on the runway at London City Airport/File photo LONDON: London City Airport announced its closure on Sunday after a World War Two bomb was discovered in the nearby River Thames. The ordnance was discovered in King George V Dock, close to the runway of London´s most central airport, during planned works. "A 214m (234-yard) exclusion zone has been implemented as a precaution by the Met Police. As a result, London City Airport is currently closed," the airport said in a s
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Polling for NA-154 Lodhran by-election today

LODHRAN: Polling for by-election in National Assembly constituency NA-154 Lodhran will be held on Monday (today), after the seat fell vacant in the wake of disqualification of Jahangir Tareen by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Supreme Court, in its judgment in December 2017, had said that Tareen had pleaded guilty to insider trading and ruled that he cannot be termed honest and stands disqualified for life as per Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution.  Imran Khan cleared, Jahangir
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Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey

People walk next to a wall writing in the Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2018. Picture taken February 7, 2018. The writing on the wall reads, "The country...is our country, revenge ..is our promise". ? Reuters ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT: Syria?s US-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war against Turkey in the northwestern region of Afrin: President Bashar al-Assad. Pro-government forces and Kurdish-led forces have fought each other elsew
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Sattar hits back at Bahadurabad faction, 'dissolves' MQM-P Rabita Committee

Video: Geo News KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar on Sunday announced that he was dissolving the party's Rabita Committee, hours after members of the coordination committee at the party's Bahadurabad office said he was no longer the convener of the party. Addressing a general workers' meeting here, Sattar announced conduct of intraparty elections at KMC Ground on February 17. "First we will contest the party election and then 2018 general
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Pakistan rubbishes Indian allegations of IoK army camp attack

FILE photo: Foreign Office of Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly rejected allegations against it by some Indian officials of the reported attack on an Indian army camp in occupied Kashmir, according to a spokesperson for the Pakistani Foreign Office. "It is a well established pattern that Indian officials begin making irresponsible statements and levelling unfounded allegations, even before any proper investigation in any incident has been initiated," the spokesperson said in a st
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Israel warns over Iran?s presence in Syria after air strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: AFP file JERUSALEM: Israel issued stark warnings on Sunday over Iran?s presence in neighbouring Syria after a confrontation threatened to open a new and unpredictable period in the country?s seven-year civil war. Israel carried out major air raids in Syria on Saturday, including against what it described as Iranian targets ? the first time it had publicly acknowledged doing so since the war began. The raids came after an Israeli F16 fighter was
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Sattar slams 'conspiracy to seize control' of MQM-Pakistan

Video: Geo News KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar has claimed that an ongoing rift within the party ranks was over MQM-P's leadership.  A dispute between the PIB Colony and Bahadurabad factions had emerged on February 6 after both parties had taken different positions on the nominations of party members for the upcoming Senate elections.  "My naive colleagues have proven that the issue was not about the nominations for Senate elec
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Naive colleagues prove issue was about party leadership, says Sattar

Video: Geo News KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar is addressing a press conference in Karachi. The party's coordination committee had earlier announced the decision to remove Sattar as the party's convener. "The Rabita Committee has decided to remove Dr Farooq Sattar as the party's convener," senior party leader Kanwar Naveed Jameel had announced in a press conference on Sunday evening. A rift between the PIB Colony and Bahaduraba
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Imran invites Nisar to join PTI fold

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday invited former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to join his party's fold. In his informal conversation with newsmen here, Khan said it would be better if Nisar joins Tehreek-e-Insaf, promising his support to the former interior minister even he chooses to contest the next election as an independent candidate. "At times, one has to have a bigger heart in politics," he said. The PTI chairman once again rejected th
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MQM-Pakistan Rabita Committee removes Farooq Sattar as party convener

Video: Geo News KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) Rabita Committee on Sunday removed Dr Farooq Sattar as the party's convener.   "Farooq Sattar breached the Rabita Committee's trust," senior party leader Kanwar Naveed Jameel announced in a press conference on Sunday evening.  Kanwar Naveed Jameel during a press conference on Sunday, February 11, 2018, announced the decision to remove Dr Farooq Sattar as Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan?s convener. Photo:
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