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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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Jang/Geo group issues legal notice to Imran Khan over venomous campaign

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Imran Khan has been served with a legal notice demanding that he issue an unconditional public apology and pay Rs 1 billion in ?token? damages for making numerous defamatory statements against the Jang-Geo Group and its Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman over the last four years. Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party chairman Khan has been given 14 days to comply with the legal notice issued on Saturday by lawyers representing Jang-Geo Group Chief Exe
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No threat to democracy as long as people reap its fruits: DG ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Monday that there is no danger to democracy as long as the fruits of democracy reach the people.  Speaking on a private news channel, Ghafoor said the army chief has also said that he believes in the supremacy of the Constitution and the law, adding that Senate elections will be conducted by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Army has no role in them.  The Army spokesman further stated that
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Abbas wins EU backing for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (L) is welcomed by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini prior to attend a EU foreign affairs council at the European Council in Brussels, January 22, 2018.?AFP photo BRUSSELS: The European Union assured President Mahmoud Abbas it supported his ambition to have East Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state, in the bloc's latest rejection of US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. At a meeting in Brussels with E
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US will ?never allow? Iran to have a nuclear weapon: Pence

US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Monday in an address to the Israeli parliament that Washington will never allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Photo: AFP file  JERUSALEM: US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Monday in an address to the Israeli parliament that Washington will never allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. "I have a solemn promise to Israel, to all the Middle East and to the world ? the United States of America will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon," Pence said t
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IMF raises Saudi growth prospects over high oil prices

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund on Monday raised its growth projection for the deficit-hit Saudi economy on the back of higher oil prices but retained its estimates for the region. In its World Economic Outlook update, the IMF said the Saudi economy -- which shrank 0.7 percent last year -- is expected to grow by 1.6 percent in 2018, up 0.5 percent on its October estimates. The Saudi economy is also projected to grow by 2.2 percent next year, up 0.6 percent on the previous estimate, it s
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Syria government accused of chemical attack in militant enclave

A Syrian boy holds an oxygen mask over the face of an infant at a make-shift hospital following a reported gas attack on the militant-held besieged town of Douma. -AFP  DOUMA: At least 21 people, including children, suffered breathing difficulties Monday, a monitor said, in a suspected Syrian government chemical attack on a besieged militant enclave near Damascus. United Nations inspectors have accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of being behind multiple deadly poison gas attacks durin
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Indian aggression, misadventure will always get befitting response: COAS

SIALKOT: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Monday that Indian aggression or any misadventure will always get a befitting response, according to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The COAS visited the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary in Khuiratta and Ratta Arayan sectors. The army?s media cell added that the army chief met local commanders, who briefed him about Indian ceasefire violations, especially targeting of the civilian population acr
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SSP Muqadas Haider involved in son?s murder, alleges Intezar?s father

KARACHI: Ishtiaq Ahmed, the father of the slain youth Intezar Ahmed, alleged on Monday that SSP Muqadas Haider is involved in the killing of his son. 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. The father claimed that there were two people accompanying his son at the time of the shooting, Madiha Kayani and Salman, and are also involved in the murder. Both of them know everything, he said, addin
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Pence says US embassy in Jerusalem to open by end of 2019

US Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the parliament in Jerusalem. -AFP   JERUSALEM: US Vice President Mike Pence pledged Monday that his country would move its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "by the end" of 2019, a step fiercely opposed by Palestinians. In the same speech from the rostrum of the Israeli parliament Pence urged the Palestinians to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Jewish state. "Jerusalem is Israel's cap
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Media should not create impression that abuse cases are rampant, says Iqbal

Minister of Interior Ahsan Iqbal. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Minister of Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the media should not create an impression that cases of child abuse are rampant in the society. ?All of us have a duty to protect children,? he said while addressing a session in the National Assembly. He further said that the notion that all children in Pakistan are safe is not true. ?It is not true that all children in the country are unsafe,? the federal minister said. ?The media s
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Sharifs issuing threats to NAB, judiciary after having corruption exposed: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said the Sharif brothers are issuing threats to National Accountability Buereu (NAB) and the senior judiciary after having "their billions in corruption exposed".  In his latest criticism of Sharifs, the PTI chairman termed their behaviour as shameful and unacceptable.  Imran also claimed that the people will not the "Sharif dictatorship" to continue and referred to their rule as fironiyat. Earlier, the PTI chairman alleged t
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Resignations should have come following Imran?s announcement: Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah said on Monday that after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan?s statements denouncing the parliament, the resignations of the party?s lawmakers should have come immediately. The Opposition leader was speaking in his chambers, where he said that after the announcement the PTI leaders should not have waited or held consultations. It is equivalent to disrupting the system, said Shah, adding that the Pakistan People?s Pa
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Only one in four Britons trust news on social media: survey

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Bangladesh delays Rohingya refugee return

COX'S BAZAAR: The repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar will not begin as planned, Bangladesh said Monday, with authorities admitting "a lot of preparation" was still needed. Bangladesh had been due to start the huge process on January 23, after agreeing to a two-year timeframe with Myanmar. But Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam announced Monday there was much more work to be done. "We have not made
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NAB summons based on ill-intentions, says Shehbaz after appearing before inquiry committee

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said, after appearing before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in an inquiry related to the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme, that the summons by the body were based on ill intentions.  The chief minister said he could have sent a written reply to the accountability body but appeared personally for the supremacy of law. Shehbaz appeared before the body and recorded his statement for an hour and a half earlier on Monday.  The chief
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Swiss asylum requests drop to lowest level since 2010

FILE PHOTO: A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017. REUTERS ZURICH: Asylum requests in Switzerland fell to their lowest level in eight years in 2017, down by a third from the previous year, as arrivals from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq tapered off, state migration authorities said on Monday. In total, 18,088 asylum requests were registered last year, down 9,119 from 2016 and less than half the 39,523 request
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Star-studded commentary panel revealed for PSL 3

Photo: PSL A star-studded commentators? line-up, bigger and better than before, will grace the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) starting in Dubai from February 22. PSL household names Ramiz Raja, Danny Morrison, Alan Wilkins and Bazid Khan would be joined by Australian stars Michael Slater and Damien Fleming. Former West Indian Test opener Daren Ganga would also be making his PSL commentating debut. Slater and Fleming were stars of Australia?s champion Test and ODI teams of the
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Australia to review woeful ODI form

Aussies slumped to their 10th loss in 11 games when England beat them in 3rd ODI  SYDNEY: Australia´s world champion one-day team could face a major overhaul after they slumped to a 10th loss in 11 games, according to chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns. Steve Smith´s side were beaten by 16 runs by England in Sydney on Sunday to give the tourists an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. It is the first home series loss for Australia since 2010 and they have won just 26 of their 50 co
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Padmaavat row: Rajasthan man climbs tower with petrol bottle demanding ban

A scene from ?Padmaavat? Demanding a countrywide ban on the upcoming controversial Indian film ?Padmaavat?, a young man in Rajasthan climbed a 350-feet tall mobile tower with a bottle of petrol on Monday. Brandishing the bottle of petrol, the youth said he would climb down only when the Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh-starrer movie is banned across India. In Rajasthan, protests against the film have intensified ever since the Supreme Court paved way for its countryw
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Sindh Assembly condemns Imran, Sheikh Rasheed?s ?anti-parliament? remarks

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/27b629ae6a7efc6a9d196096f2d3fa99.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8yMi8yMDE4IDEwOjQxOjU4IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9SGhwcE8zTHZyRTFWSk91bmRVZWdWUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly passed on Monday a resolution condemning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan and Awami Muslim
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Apple, Malala Fund join forces to support girls? education

Tim Cook and Malala Yousafzai outside the home of a family with daughters attending school in Beirut, Lebanon supported by Malala Fund-Apple website Apple and Malala Fund have announced to work together to promote girls education and expand the fund's projects to India and Latin America, a press release by the tech company said on Sunday. ?With Apple?s support, Malala Fund expects to double the number of grants awarded by its Gulmakai Network and extend funding programs to India and Latin Ameri
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Salman Khan to debut in China with Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Chinese fans have taken a liking to Bollywood with three Aamir Khan releases (PK, Dandal, Secret Superstar) breaking records at the box office in China. The success of Aamir?s films has led to another Khan taking his talents to China. Salman Khan?s Bajrangi Bhaijaan will hit Chinese theatres on March 2. The movie will be dubbed in Chinese and open across over 8,000 screens. Released in 2015, the movie follows the story of Salman Khan?s character who goes to lengths to reunite a Pakistani gir
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Naqeebullah case: Rao Anwar to be arrested if he doesn?t cooperate, says investigation officer

SSP Investigation Abid Qaimkhani talking to the media on Monday. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: SSP Investigation Abid Qaimkhani said on Monday that suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar and his associates will be arrested if they fail to cooperate with the police. Anwar is facing an inquiry into the extrajudicial murder of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud. A committee formed to probe the killing of Naqeebullah found the 27-year-old innocent. It termed Anwar?s allegations against Naqeebullah baseless. I
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Tokyo gets first 'heavy snow' alert in four years

Japan's weather agency Monday issued a heavy snow warning for Tokyo for the first time in four years, urging people to go home early amid fears of public transport chaos. Photo: AFP/file  TOKYO: Japan's weather agency Monday issued a heavy snow warning for Tokyo for the first time in four years, urging people to go home early amid fears of public transport chaos. Scores of domestic flights departing from and arriving at the Japanese capital were scrapped due to the snow, while some regional tr
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Winter summit: Pakistani mountaineer, partners scale Mt Pumori

Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara, his climbing partner Alex Txikon from Spain and two sherpas successfully scaled Mount Pumori (7,161 m) without using supplemental oxygen in the region on Saturday (January 20). Photo: Facebook  ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara, his climbing partner Alex Txikon from Spain and two sherpas successfully scaled Mount Pumori (7,161 m) without using supplemental oxygen in the region on Saturday (January 20). The team has become the firs
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