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Hermes bags record sales in 2017

A photo taken on June 11, 2015 shows Hermes Birkin bags at the Maroquinerie de la Tardoire, a Hermes workshop specialized in products made with calfskin, in Montbron, southwestern France - AFP2 PARIS: Luxury goods maker Hermes said Thursday it shrugged off economic, geopolitical and monetary uncertainty to book record sales in 2017, thanks to the strong performance of all of its divisions across all regions. Hermes' said in a statement that revenues grew by 6.7 percent to 5.6 billion euros ($
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Cricketer Azhar Ali welcomes new baby boy

Azhar Ali/File photo Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali welcomed his newest bundle of joy ? a baby boy ? in his hometown of Lahore. The Test opener took to Twitter to share a picture of his third son, named Azlan. ?Alhamdulillah Allah has blessed us with a baby boy meet new member of our family, Azlan Azhar,? he posted, inviting a stream of congratulatory messages from fans and the cricketing world.  Azhar Ali's two older sons are already known to the fans as cricketers in the maki
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Have repeatedly said not to pass statements on military, judiciary: PM Abbasi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks to Hamid Mir in 'Capital Talk'  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said he has reiterated multiple times not to pass statements on military and judiciary, as he shared his thoughts on contempt of court cases against some PML-N leaders in an exclusive interview to senior journalist Hamid Mir. Speaking in Geo News talk show Capital Talk, Prime Minister Abbasi said there is no room in law and Constitution, nor is there any need, to pass statem
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Efforts will be made to reject bail of influential culprits: NAB chief

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9111a58ee77f83f0988e196bc682eb28.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi84LzIwMTggOToyNTo1NCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUFtUUxaeWlGZXFXYXBBTWVJakJybnc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) shall make all-out efforts to reject bail o
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'Black Panther' gets superhero reception from critics

Cast member Lupita Nyong'o poses for a portrait while promoting the movie "Black Panther" in Beverly Hills, California, US, January 30, 2018 LOS ANGELES: ?Black Panther,? the first black standalone Marvel superhero movie, has won rave reviews with critics praising both its adventure and its portrayal of a majestic Africa. Directed by Ryan Coogler and featuring a predominantly black cast including Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong?o and Angela Bassett, ?Black Panther? was hailed by the Daily Beas
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Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia found guilty of corruption

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia. Photo: File   DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage. Prosecutors were seeking life imprisonment for Zia ? a two-time former prime minister and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ? for allegedly embezzling 21 million taka ($252,000) through a charity trust fund. With the guilty verdict, Zia, a fo
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Two detained after hidden cameras found in changing room of Faisalabad store

FAISALABAD: Police raided a women?s clothing store in People?s Colony area of the city after a customer alerted authorities over alleged discovery of hidden cameras in the store?s changing (trial) room. According to sources, police detained two of the store?s employees during the raid on Wednesday, and registered a case against the incident at the People?s Colony Police Station. Alleged hidden camera The authorities have nominated four individuals in the case, including the store?s own
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Bilawal Bhutto proposes mechanism to resolve Pak-Afghan issues

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari/File photo WASHINGTON: Pakistan People?s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has proposed a mutually acceptable verification mechanism to end the blame game between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to a statement issued by the party. Addressing scholars and researchers at the Woodrow Wilson think tank in Washington, Bilawal said such a ?credible? and ?doable? mechanism was a way forward to address concerns about militants crossing borders with impu
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Abid Boxer killed people on behest of CM Shehbaz, alleges Imran

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan alleged on Thursday that former police inspector Abid 'Boxer? was involved in extrajudicial killings on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Boxer, a fugitive on the run for 11 years and wanted for dozens of extrajudicial killings, has been arrested from Dubai through Interpol.  Known for the killing of several alleged criminals in fake encounters, a euphemism for execution without trial, Abid 'Boxer' was a symbol o
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CTD confirms direct involvement of ACLC personnel in Intezar?s murder

Intezar. Photo: File KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) team ? formed to probe Intezar?s murder ? has completed its investigation, confirming that police personnel Daniyal and Bilal were directly involved in the killing. Intezar Ahmed was killed after the police's Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) officials opened fire on his car on Khayaban-e-Ittehad on January 14. However, police officials said, solid proof has not been found against Muqaddas Haider, who was serving as the ACLC SSP w
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Last day today to file nomination papers for Senate elections from provinces

A total of 52 senators are retiring on March 11 this year. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Candidates seeking a seat in the Senate from the provincial assemblies can submit their nomination papers until 4pm today. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), nine candidates have submitted nomination papers from Punjab, including three each of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, one of PML-Quaid and two independents. Moreover, members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and
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Virat Kohli, Ranveer Singh react to Anushka?s horror ?Pari? teaser

Anushka Sharma in her horror film 'Pari' After an agonising wait, the makers of Anushka Sharma-starrer ?Pari? have released a spooky teaser of the film, and it?s enough to chill your bones. The horror teaser also scared fellow Bollywood star Ranveer Singh out of his wits, as seen from his comments on Anushka?s Instagram post. Here's what Ranveer Singh commented: Indian skip
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CJP summons DG FIA, interior and foreign secretaries in Memogate case

Husain Haqqani. Photo: The Christian Science Monitor  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar summoned on Thursday the secretaries of the interior and foreign ministers, as well as the Federal Investigation Agency director general as the Supreme Court began hearing the Memogate case.  The Memogate scandal erupted in 2011 when Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz claimed to have received an 'anti-army' memo from Husain Haqqani, the then-Pakistan envoy in Washington DC, fo
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ECP dismisses petition challenging PTI?s intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: The five-member bench of Election Commission of Pakistan dismissed the petition challenging the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s intra-party election. PTI submitted records of its intra-party elections, according to which as many as 256,997 votes were casted, of which Insaf Panel secured 189,055 whereas Ehtesaab Panel received 141,000 votes, whereas 26,255 votes were rejected. The PTI's counsel objected to giving the election records to the other party as it would violate the sanctity of
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Ancient Silk Road barter trade continues across High Asia's peaks

Traders from northern Hunza valley load their luggage on yaks brought from the Wakhan Corridor in northern Afghanistan WAKHAN CORRIDOR, AFGHANISTAN: Trader Afzal Baig tugs at his horse, frustrated by its stubborn refusal to take another step along a treacherous, snow-covered mountain pass that is peppered with the skeletons of those who have already failed the journey. The Irshad Pass, a narrow trail more than 16,300 feet above sea level, is part of the ancient Silk Road network, used for cent
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ATC declares PTI?s Shireen Mazari innocent in dharna violence case

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing a case related to violence during the 2014 sit-in in the capital declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari innocent on Thursday. Declaring Mazari innocent, the court said in its verdict that she does not need to request for a bail. The court also ordered return of surety bond worth Rs100,000 to her in the case. PTI's Shireen Mazari outside the court/Geo News PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Shafqat Mahmood, Arif Alvi
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Cricket on ice: Afridi?s Royals take on Sehwag XI in Swiss Alps

Shahid Afridi-led Diamonds will face off against Virender Sehwag-led Royals on ice  Cricket legends lock horns with each other today, only this time it?s not any regular pitch but the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps. Shahid Afridi-led Royals will face off against Virender Sehwag-led Diamonds in a unique two-day event where two matches are set to be played not on ground, but on ice. The event, dubbed ?St Moritz Ice Cricket 2018? and already being hailed as the "best battle of cricket on top of th
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Article 62(1)(f) ambiguous, SC observes in disqualification duration case

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Chief Justice Saqib Nisar acknowledged the ambiguity of Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution on Thursday as a five-member larger bench resumed hearing several lawmakers' pleas to set a time-period of disqualification under the specific clause.   Noted lawyer and human rights advocate, Asma Jahangir, appeared before the bench and represented Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf's disqualified lawmaker Rai Hasan Nawaz. Asma argued that for voters, the questions of eligibility and qua
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Vaping may boost pneumonia risk: study

Research suggests that users of electronic cigarettes may be at higher risk of lung infection than people who do not vape PARIS: Vaping may help pneumonia-causing bacteria stick to cells lining the airways, likely boosting disease risk, researchers said Thursday. A study published in the European Respiratory Journal did not directly compare vaping´s effect to that of smoking tobacco cigarettes. But the findings did suggest that users of electronic cigarettes may be at higher risk of lung infe
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Air India asks to fly over Saudi Arabia on planned Israel route

Saudi airspace has so far been off-limits to Israel-bound commercial planes JERUSALEM/NEW DELHI: Air India said on Wednesday it plans to begin direct flights to Israel and has proposed they pass through Saudi airspace, a route so far off-limits to Israel-bound commercial planes. Saudi Arabia does not recognise Israel and lifting the 70-year-old airspace ban would reflect what appears to be thawing ties between Israel and the kingdom, both US allies with a shared concern over Iranian influence
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Avenfield case: IHC to hear plea challenging inclusion of UK-based witnesses

Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar (from right) at the Kashmir Day rally in Muzaffarabad on Monday. - Geo News ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will hear today the plea of Maryam Nawaz and her husband MNA Capt (retd) Safdar challenging the accountability court's order allowing the recording of statements of two witnesses via video link. On February 2, the accountability court conducting corruption proceedings against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family approved the National Accountabilit
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Robin Williams' death linked to rise in copycat suicides

Robin Williams. Photo: File  LOS ANGELES: Suicide rates in the United States spiked almost 10% following the death in 2014 of actor Robin Williams, and spiked even more among men and those who ended their lives, like Williams, by suffocation, according to a study published on Wednesday. The study, published in the scientific journal PLOS One, found that in the five months from August to December 2014 some 18,690 deaths by suicide were recorded ? an increase of 9.85% from the expected number of
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Racism on the rise in English football, says watchdog

Incidents of racism and homophobia in English football are on the rise, according to pressure group Kick It Out LONDON: Incidents of racism and homophobia in English football are on the rise, according to pressure group Kick It Out. According to its mid-season report, Kick It Out said it had received more than 300 reports relating to 282 cases of discriminatory abuse by the end of 2017, a 59 percent increase from last season, when there were 177 incidents. The increase was even worse in the p
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Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia proclaims innocence ahead of graft verdict

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia. Photo: File   DHAKA: Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia proclaimed on Wednesday her innocence on the eve of a verdict that authorities fear could spark violence if the former prime minister is jailed for corruption. Police have banned street protests and rounded up what opposition figures say is thousands of their supporters in a crackdown ahead of Thursday's court ruling in the capital, Dhaka. A guilty verdict could prevent Zia, a former ally tur
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US names three Pakistanis as 'terrorist facilitators'

Taliban militants in Wardak Province, west of Kabul. The three blacklisted Pakistanis were involved in providing financial and logistical support to Pakistan and Afghanistan-based extremist groups, the US Treasury said WASHINGTON: The United States has named three Pakistanis as key "terrorist facilitators", saying they worked closely with a well-known backer of Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Taliban known as Shaykh Aminullah. The US Treasury placed Rahman Zeb Faqir Muhammad, Hizb Ullah Asta
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