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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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Father of missing Kasur girl alleges non-cooperation by police

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/75810730df2afa276a85fb7045a92215.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMi8yMDE4IDY6MDE6MzIgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1kbGZqaTY2KzltRU1lSmN3ak5jM2t3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KASUR: Father of yet another missing girl in Kasur on Friday alleged that police did not cooperate with them in finding their daughte
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FC Balochistan arrest 16 suspect during intelligence-based operations

Ammunition recovered during operation in Balochistan. Photo: ISPR RAWALPINDI: At least 16 suspects were arrested during intelligence-based operations in different areas of Balochistan, stated Inter Services Public Relations. According to a press release issued on Friday, weapons and ammunition, including grenades, improvised explosive devices, rockets and explosives were also recovered during the operations in Sambaza, Sibi and Hazar Ganji areas of Balochistan. The IBOs were conducted by Fron
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Infections pose serious threat to developing countries: medical expert

Dr Nizam Damani KARACHI: An internationally known medical expert on infection control has called for stopping of inappropriate use of antibiotics by medical practitioners as the community at large may soon develop resistance with no alternate remedy in the near future. Dr Nizam Damani, who is a senior consultant at the Infection Prevention Control Unit of WHO in Geneva, was speaking at a two-day seminar on infection prevention and control organised by Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplanta
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Africa calls Trump racist after 'shithole' remark

JOHANNESBURG/LUSAKA: African politicians labelled US President Donald Trump a racist on Friday after he was reported to have described some immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from ?shithole? countries. Sources told Reuters on Thursday that Trump had questioned why the United States would want immigrants from ?shithole countries? like Haiti and some African countries during a briefing on draft immigration legislation. Trump denied on Friday using such derogatory language, but he had alr
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PM for provision of affordable broadband connectivity to remotest areas

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday asked the Ministry of Information Technology to ensure reliable and cheap broadband connectivity across the country, particularly to remotest areas, to ensure spread of digital facilities to the common man. These areas mainly include Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). In near future, projects will also be awarded for mobile broadband services in D.I. Khan, North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Kur
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Enquiry on housing scheme of PTI?s Aleem Khan in final stage: sources

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/41c728bb91242e973eb7649627722754.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMi8yMDE4IDM6MTY6MDYgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1KbEY1Mmt2bFZQd3BzRFhyRy8wMnNBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Lahore has entered the final stage of its enquiry in the case against the housing scheme of
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Trump's Muslim aide hopeful for improvement in Pakistan-US relations

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/1659d715ae9a476c28acf45591272c80.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMi8yMDE4IDI6NTY6MDYgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1uZi9BOExDeHZ3SUR0VTQ5Tzgrb0l3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] WASHINGTON: More than 70 years of Pakistan-US relationship cannot end in one month or week, says a Pakistani-American aide of US Pres
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First Pakistan International Film Festival to begin from March 29 in Karachi

KARACHI: Karachi Film Society announced on Friday to hold the first Pakistan International Film Festival, scheduled from March 29, 2018 to April 1, 2018, in Karachi. The PIFF is an initiative of the Karachi Film Society, which hosted a press conference here today. According to the press release, the festival will comprise film premieres and special screenings in the categories of feature length films, documentaries and short films. The statement said that the PIFF management is inviting the
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Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes

FILE PHOTO: Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON: Facebook Inc on Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the start of what Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said would be a series of changes in the design of the world?s largest social network. Zuckerberg, in a sweeping post on Facebook, said the com
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Merit prevails when institutions are strong: Imran Khan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that the state of merit prevails when the institutions are strong in a country. The PTI chief was addressing a ceremony in Peshawar, where he said that the Sharif brothers have been ruling Punjab since 19 years but one can take a look at the state of Punjab police. Imran said that in Kasur 12 rape cases emerged, whereas, in a incident of similar nature in Dera Ismail Khan, eight out of nine suspects were arrested by the KP p
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Sindh govt carried our exemplary work, says Bilawal Bhutto

SEHWAN: Pakistan People?s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said on Friday that the Sindh government has carried out exemplary work for the welfare of people, but still rivals question the services rendered by the party. The PPP Chairman was addressing a ceremony at the inauguration of a cardiac hospital in Sehwan. Bilawal criticised his political rivals saying that in Punjab one can only see advertisements but no real progress. The PPP chairman said that Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif in
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Zardari announces to contest elections from Nawabshah

NAWABSHAH: Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has announced to contest the upcoming general elections from the district. Zardari met the party workers at Peoples Secretariat on Friday, where he told them to expedite the election campaign. The PPP co-chairperson told workers he would contest the general elections from the constituency in Nawabshah. While speaking to the workers, Zardari said PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will be the next prime minister of the coun
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Pakistan will continue counter-terrorism efforts even without US aid, COAS tells Centcom chief

COAS Gen Qamar Bajwa. Photo: File  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa received two phone calls from US Centcom Commander General Joseph Votel and one from a US senator over the week to discuss Pak-US security cooperation following President Donald Trump?s tweet, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.  The army chief told the US officials that Pakistan will continue its "sincere counter-terrorism efforts" even without US financial support in accordance
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CJP constitutes larger bench to hear Shahzeb murder case appeals

Shahzeb Khan (left) and Shahrukh Jatoi. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar has constituted a larger bench to hear appeals filed by members of civil society in the Shahzeb Khan murder case. The case will be heard on Saturday (January 13) by a three-member bench headed by the chief justice and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Faisal Arab at the Karachi Registry. Members of civil society had approached the Supreme Court against the Sindh High Cour
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'Death bowling' concerns for unbeaten New Zealand against Pakistan

Pakistan bat very deep and that is a sign of a good team, says NZ captain Kane Williamson/AFP  WELLINGTON: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has called on his bowlers to be more accurate in the final overs as they look to take an unbeatable lead over Pakistan in the third one-day international in Dunedin on Saturday. New Zealand are already 2-0 in the five-match series but Williamson is not completely happy, especially with the bowling to lower-order batsmen. Pakistan rocketed from 141 for
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Speedy trial needed for justice in Kasur-like tragedies: Ayesha Omar

Artist fraternity speaks to media outside Sindh Assembly, Karachi KARACHI: The artist fraternity came together yet again on Friday to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old minor girl in Kasur and demand laws and justice to prevent such tragedies in future. Celebrities Ayesha Omar, Nadia Hussain, Faysal Qureshi and other members of the civil society met with Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza at the Sindh Assembly, where they asked questions regarding the laws present in the cou
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Zainab?s rape, murder carried out by serial killer: Punjab govt spokesperson

Punjab government spokesperson Malik Ahmad Khan at the press conference. Photo: Geo News KASUR: Malik Ahmad Khan, the spokesperson of the Punjab government, claimed on Friday that the suspect in the Zainab murder case is a serial killer who kidnaps and kills young girls. Khan made the claim on basis of witness accounts. He was addressing a press conference in Kasur alongside Punjab education minister Rana Mashood and health minister Khawaja Imran Nazir. Seven-year-old Zainab, a resident of Ro
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India sends its 100th satellite into space to watch borders

India?s space program has a budget of around $4 billion and Modi?s government hopes the latest launches will improve its prospects of winning a larger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry-File Photo (AFP) NEW DELHI: India launched its 100th satellite on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to project the country as a global low-cost provider of services in space. A total of 31 small satellites were launched into space on Friday. More than half of the micro and nano
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Jahangir Tareen files review petition against disqualification

PTI leader Jahangir Tareen. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen filed on Friday an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against his disqualification from Parliament.  A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, had disqualified Tareen on December 15 in its decision on a petition filed against Tareen and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Clearing Imran, the court had declared Tareen dishonest under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, stating
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MCG gets official ICC warning for 'poor' pitch

The pitch for the fourth Ashes test was rated ´poor´ by the ICC earlier this month MELBOURNE: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has received an official warning after the pitch for the fourth Ashes test was rated ´poor´ by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month. The track drew criticism from both teams after the drawn clash between Australia and England saw only 24 wickets fall over five days, the only stalemate in a series dominated 4-0 by the hosts as they regained the u
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Seasonal influenza in Multan claims 21 lives in less than a month

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3dba56f0e1155ec4dd2579c306ced30d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMi8yMDE4IDk6NDM6MzYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1rM1VRWUJyaVNTUlBNT1grK241cFl3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MULTAN: Two more people under treatment for influenza died from the disease, bringing the total tally in the city to 21 over a period
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LHC CJ gives police 36 hours to nab suspect in Zainab murder case

LHC Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah. Photo: File  LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah ordered on Friday the Punjab police chief to arrest within 36 hours the suspect involved in the rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab in Kasur. The minor girl, a resident of Road Kot area of Kasur, had gone missing on January 4 when she ventured out of the house. Her body was found in a garbage pile near Kashmir Chowk five days later. The chief justice had taken notice of the case follo
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Parenting tips on how to help prevent child abuse

It?s time to empower your children to be brave and safe. Talk now to help prevent child abuse. The brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab in Kasur is not a one-off incident. Child sexual abuse statistics paint a grim picture of our society ? as many as 11 cases of child sexual abuse are reported from across Pakistan every day, according to data collected by non-governmental organisation Sahil. Children are most vulnerable, least powerful, and least likely to be able to protect themselv
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FO summons senior Indian diplomat to protest over casualty in LoC firing

According to the foreign office, India committed 70 LoC violations in 12 days, and 1,900 violations in 2017-Photo:File ISLAMABAD: The foreign office on Friday summoned acting Deputy Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan to lodge protest over casualties due to repeated violations by India along the Line of Control (LoC). The Foreign Office's director general for South Asia and Saarc, Dr Mohammad Faisal informed the Indian diplomatic that a 65-year-old woman was killed due to Indian firing along t
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Four Indian Supreme Court judges slam administration of country's top court

The four judges holding the press conference. Photo: NDTV NEW DELHI: Four sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India on Friday said the administration of the highest court was not in order, warning that democracy would not survive in the country unless the institution was preserved. The judges blew the lid on a growing rift with Chief Justice Dipak Misra at a news conference, the first of its kind held by sitting judges of India's top court, where they revealed a letter written to the chief j
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