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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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'Crypto-currency should only be traded by professionals'

Photo: Reuters file MOSCOW: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday that cryptocurrencies should be traded only by professional investors, not in the mainstream. ?Professional market participants should work with crypto-currencies, not ordinary people,? Siluanov said in an interview with Rossiya 24, a Russian state TV channel. Russian authorities agreed in October to regulate the cryptocurrency market and pledged to set out how this regulation would work by the end of the year.
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Here is what to expect from Anushka and Virat's Mumbai reception

Virat Kohli and Ansukha Sharma arriving at their reception in New Delhi on 21 December   Indian power couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli will host their second wedding reception in Mumbai tonight (23 December). The Mumbai reception will be held at The St Regis in the Astor Ballroom which has a capacity of 300 guests. Bollywood heavyweights including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are expected to be in attendance. Indian cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar and Virat?s cu
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Signature drive for FATA reforms underway across Pakistan

Citizens signing the FATA Youth Jirgah signature drive. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: A signature campaign for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Reforms is underway at press clubs across Pakistan. A large number of members of the civil society, political workers, and journalists are participating in the drive which was initiated by the FATA Youth Jirgah. geo_embedgallery Photos: Geo News A human chain in solidarity with the FATA Reforms ca
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Model Town case: Imran reiterates support for Qadri's quest for justice

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday reiterated his support for Tahirul Qadri and his Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) for pursuing justice in the Model Town case.  The Punjab government, at the behest of the Lahore High Court, made the report for the Model Town incident public on December 5. The report was drafted by Justice Baqir Najfi and termed the 2014 tragedy in Lahore's Model Town as the "most unfortunate incident" in the country's history. "I came here today wi
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PML-N will have historic win in next elections: Nawaz Sharif

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/geo/geonews_abr/playlist.m3u8 style=center] Geo News live stream  LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the PML-N?s social media convention here on Tuesday. ?PML-N will have a historic win in the elections,? Sharif said to those in attendance. Pointing out the development work undertaken during his government, Nawaz said he delivered on his promises. ?In 2013 I had promised to eliminate load
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Saudi Arabia demands $6 billion for the release of Prince Al-Waleed: reports

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal. Photo: Geo News RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian authorities are demanding $6 billion from Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, in return for his release after he was arrested in an anti-corruption purge last month in Riyadh, according to a foreign media report. The prince is the 57th richest man in the world, and was one of dozens of businessmen, detained last month in the capital?s Ritz Carlton hotel in a move led by the country?s crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman. The fee demand
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Opponents fear PML-N social media force, says Maryam

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, addressed a convention for Pakistan Muslim League ?Nawaz (PML-N) social media workers here on Tuesday. Maryam Nawaz speaks at PML-N?s social media convention in Lahore ?Our opponents are scared of PML-N?s social media force,? Maryam said, adding that the social media team of the party was effectively spreading the ideology of Nawaz Sharif across Pakistan. ?PML-N's social media has not only fought your (Nawaz S
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Spy Jadhav?s mother, wife meet Indian FM upon return from Pakistan

Kulbhsuan Jadhav's mother and wife pictured at Pakistan Foreign Office on Dec 25, 2017 NEW DELHI: The mother and wife of spy Kulbhushan Jadhav met with India?s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday. The meeting with Swaraj was held a day after Jadhav?s mother Avanti Jadhav and wife Chetankul met him at Pakistan?s Foreign Office in Islamabad. According to reports in the Indian media, the meeting was held at Swaraj?s residence following which Jadhav?s mother and wife were take
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Rana Afzal Khan takes oath as State Minister of Finance

Rana Afzal Khan takes oath as State Minister of Finance  ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan took oath as Minister of State of Finance, in a ceremony held in the federal capital on Tuesday. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office to the new minister and expressed hope that he would discharge his professional responsibilities efficiently. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was also present at the occasion. According to reports, the decision to appoin
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Shehbaz's son calls Jahangir Tareen 'a known sugar DON'

Suleman Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: Twitter ISLAMABAD: Suleman Sharif, son of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen, ?a known sugar DON who has stashed money in offshore?. Suleman?s hard-hitting comments were in reply to Tareen?s tweet, in which the PTI leader alleged that: ?Ramzan Sugar Mills owned directly by Shohbaz Sharif paying farmers Rs 150 instead of Rs 180 and underweighing by 15/20%. All Sharif family mills openly breaking th
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Prince Harry being pressured to not invite Barack Obama to wedding

Barack Obama and Prince Harry during an interview - Reuters  Bureaucrats in the British government are urging Prince Harry not to invite the Obamas to his wedding, due to the fear of upsetting US President Donald Trump.  A report by The Sun states that Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan Markle have informed aides that they want the former US president and his wife to attend the wedding on 19 May. ?Harry has made it clear that he wants the Obamas at the wedding,? a senior government source to
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Two killed in drone attack near Pak-Afghan border: sources

PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed in a drone attack near Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday, Geo News reported citing sources. According to sources, the drone strike targetted a vehicle near the border. Two people inside the vehicle were killed as a result of the attack. Last month, three people were reported dead in a drone strike targetting a Taliban commander near the Pak-Afghan border in Kurram Agency ? one of the seven tribal agencies in Pakistan's Federally Administered Trib
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CJP summons details of fee structure of private medical colleges

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. Photo: File LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar summoned details of fee structure of private medical colleges on Tuesday. The court today barred admissions in medical colleges all over the country until further notice.  Heading a two-member bench at the Supreme Court's Lahore registery against fee-hike in private medical colleges and hospital, the chief justice observed that his recent to the Mayo Hospital was heavily criticized. The chief justice
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Sarfraz Ahmed addresses media in Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed speaks to media at Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, where he is addressing questions on team selection and preparation for the upcoming tour to New Zealand. 
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Need to change our mindsets, work towards peace: CM Punjab

Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif addressing the police training college?s annual sub-inspector passing out parade on December 26, 2017. Photo: Geo News screen grab2 RAWALPINDI: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif remarked that people of Pakistan should work towards ensuring that Pakistan does not scatter any further. ?We need to change the system and bring a new system, so we can say that Pakistan is a welfare state,? he said, adding ?we shouldn?t let Pakistan scatter. We have to make Pak
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In blow to finances, Oman postpones VAT introduction: local media

DUBAI: Oman will delay the introduction of a five percent value-added tax until 2019 instead of introducing it next year as originally planned, local media reported late on Monday, a decision that may hurt its effort to strengthen shaky state finances. All six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council agreed among themselves to impose VAT at the start of 2018. But while Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are set to go ahead on January 1, other countries have been slow to make the necessa
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New Hajj policy on federal cabinet meeting agenda today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair a meeting of the federal cabinet Tuesday evening (today), where the new Hajj policy for next year will be among the agendas discussed. According to official sources, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has almost finalised preparations to announce new Hajj policy 2018 during the current week, subject to the approval of the federal cabinet.
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Warner posts Boxing Day Test century after no-ball reprieve

MELBOURNE: David Warner was handed a no-ball reprieve before posting a century to put Australia in a strong position over England on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne on Tuesday. Warner, who had been marooned in the 90s for over 40 minutes, looked poised on 99 to bring up his century as he faced the last ball of debutant Tom Curran´s fifth over. But Warner top-edged a catch to mid-on and walked off to the jubilation of the England team, only for replays to detect a no-ball
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'Sound of Music' star Menzies-Urich dead: reports

Heather Menzies-Urich/File photo LOS ANGELES: Heather Menzies-Urich, a star of "The Sound of Music," which continues to win hearts worldwide after more than half a century, died at age 68, an industry source said Monday. "We... mourn the passing of Heather Menzies-Urich," the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, which holds the rights to the musical, said on its website. "We are all lucky to have known her, and she will happily live on in that beautiful movie. We will miss her." Menzies-Uri
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Will Fawad Khan star in Bollywood?s ?Love Curry? adaptation?

Fawad Khan with Alia Bhatt in 'Kapoor and Sons' Following his blockbuster roles in ?Khoobsurat? (2014) and ?Kapoor and Sons? (2016), Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan may soon be featuring in another Bollywood production. Bestselling author Pankaj Dubey recently expressed his wish to cast Fawad Khan and Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Sushant Singh Rajput in the film adaptation of his new book ?Love Curry?. Dubey, who has produced indie films like ?Geelee? and ?Naach Ganesh?, said he has alread
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CM Sindh approves summary for province-wide public holiday on Dec 27

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has approved the summary for a province-wide public holiday on December 27, to mark the death anniversary of slain Pakistan Peoples Party Leader Benazir Bhutto, Geo News reported Tuesday. The summary for the holiday to mark Benazir?s death anniversary was forwarded to the CM by Department of Services General Administration and Coordination of Sindh government. It is expected that all offices, autonomous or semi-autonomous, working under the Sindh g
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Tunisian schoolgirls rebel against having to wear uniform

Siwar Tebourbi (C), an 18-year-old Tunisian schoolgirl, walks with colleagues as they leave school in Bizerte on November 30, 2017. In Tunisian high schools, the dress code is not uniform. Photo: AFP   BIZERTE: In Tunisian high schools, the dress code is not uniform. Actually, it is: but only for girls. Boys can wear what they like, and now the girls are up in arms. One morning, instead of turning up for class wearing the regulation navy blue smock, a defiant group of adolescent girls came to
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North Korea preparing to launch satellite: report

North Korea flag SEOUL: North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime´s space programme is a fig leaf for weapons tests. Pyongyang is under multiple UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests and is prohibited from carrying out any launch using ballistic missile technology including satellites. "Through various channels, we´ve recently learned that the North has completed a new satellite and named
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Pak-China-Afghan foreign ministers hold dialogue in Beijing

BEIJING: The first trilateral China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Minister?s Dialogue is being held in Beijing to discuss development, connectivity, security and counter-terrorism. The trilateral dialogue between Pakistan, Afghanistan and China is part of Chinese President Xi Jinping?s initiative for strengthening of relations and developing cooperation between the three countries. According to the spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, the three foreign ministers will have an
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Pakistan asks US to ensure return of Afghan refugees

Khawaja Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 6, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/Files ISLAMABAD: Minister of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif on Monday demanded the United States to ensure the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. Pakistan had launched a fencing to secure its border with Afghanistan, he said in an interview with a private news channel, as it was imperative to combat terrorism. Afghanistan should focus on the "border management"
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