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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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Bill for delimitation of constituencies part of Senate agenda for today

Two-third majority in the Senate is required to get the Constitutional Amendment passed ISLAMABAD: The Senate would consider the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in its sitting today (Tuesday) as the legislative proposal has been part of its sitting agenda for December 19. The bill would be introduced in the House by Minister In-Charge of Law and Justice and would be moved for passage. The other agenda items include three adjournment motions for admissibility, two motions under Rule 194 (1)
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ECP summons replies from Nawaz, Zardari and Bilawal in foreign funding case

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued notices to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in foreign funding case. A five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner heard Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s (PTI) petitions against the ruling PML-N and PPP. The petitions accuse the two parties of concealing their source of income and the companies registered b
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K-pop star bemoans loneliness in suicide note

Kim Jong-Hyun, a 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a Seoul hotel room on Monday in what police said was suicide. Photo: Vogue1 SEOUL: A top K-pop star bemoaned feeling "broken from inside" and "engulfed" by depression in a suicide note, it emerged Tuesday, as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide. Kim Jong-Hyun, a 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a Seoul hotel room on Monday in what po
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Siblings killed for refusing marriage proposal in Karachi

A brother and sister were killed after unidentified men opened fire on them in Karachi?s Sachal Goth area early Tuesday morning. Photo: file  KARACHI: A brother and sister were killed after unidentified men opened fire on them in Karachi?s Sachal Goth area early Tuesday morning. According to police, the siblings were killed for refusing a marriage proposal. The unidentified men entered the house in Bilawal Shah Colony and opened fire on them. The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old
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65 journalists and media workers killed globally in 2017

Journalists protest against violence during a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the murder of Mexican journalist Manuel Buendia at the Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City PARIS: Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. Among them were 50 professional reporters, the lowest toll in 14 years. However, the downward trend is due at least in part to journalists givi
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ECP to hear petitions on alleged foreign funding against PPP, PML-N today

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s (PTI) petitions against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) regarding alleged foreign funding today. A five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner will hear the petitions, which accuse the two parties of concealing their source of income and the companies registered by them abroad. In its verdict last week on the petition filed against the PTI regar
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Javed Hashmi to rejoin PML-N: sources

Javed Hashmi/File photo  ISLAMABAD: Veteran politician Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has decided to rejoin Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), sources informed Geo News on Tuesday. Sources disclosed that the PML-N will announce Hashmi's return in the coming days and the veteran politician has in the meantime invited Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, to Multan.  Both, father and daughter, are expected to visit Hashmi?s residence on December 27 or 28. Hashmi, a veteran politician from Mul
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Maulana Fazl gives ?conditional support' for FATA-KP merger: sources

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman conditionally agreed to support the proposal of Federal Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA)'s merger with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources informed Geo News on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Federal Minister Abdul Qadir Baloch and National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasir Janjua in a meeting held lately with Maulana Fazl persuaded him to support the merger. Maulana Fazl was told that in the recent Nationa
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The new Bradman? Quirky Smith rises to exalted heights

Steven Smith brought up his second double-century in the Ashes, Dec 16, 2017/Getty Images SYDNEY: Steve Smith has broken English hearts and smashed records with his phenomenal Ashes batting and is being acclaimed as the best Australian batsman since the greatest of all, Don Bradman. That is rarefied company for the quirky 28-year-old skipper, who led Australia to reclaiming the Ashes with an imperious 239 -- his highest Test score -- in Australia´s mammoth first innings 662 for nine declared i
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Army Chief to brief Senate committee on national security today

COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa/File photo ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa will brief the Senate Committee of the Whole House Tuesday (today) on national security matters. The committee is set to begin its meeting at 10 AM, and according to a notice, the COAS and DG Military Operations would brief members on the emerging national security paradigm for Pakistan with respect to recent visits and developments. The notification  The Committee of the Whole House was
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NAB references: Nawaz, Maryam appear before accountability court

Nawaz Sharif arrives at accountability court/Geo News screengrab  LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, appeared before the accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday. The accountability court has been conducting proceedings of three references filed against the Sharif family by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the light of the Supreme Court's July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case. The references pertain to Al-Azizia Steel Mills
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Three security personnel among four injured in DI Khan blast

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least four people, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a remote controlled blast in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday morning, Geo News reported. According to police sources, the blast took place near Loni check post in Dera Ismail Khan. This is a developing story. More details will be added when received 
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Language of persecuted Rohingya poised to go digital

The Rohingya had no written script until scholar Mohammad Hanif began studying the nuances of the language TEKNAF, BANGLADESH: For decades the Rohingya have been denied recognition in Myanmar but the persecuted minority is close to securing a crucial symbol of their identity -- their own unique digital alphabet. The language of the stateless Muslim people has been included in the planned upgrade to the Unicode Standard, the global coding system that turns written script into digital characters
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NAB references: Nawaz to appear before accountability court today

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, will appear before an accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday (today). The accountability court has been conducting proceedings of three references filed against the Sharif family by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the light of the Supreme Court's July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case. The references pertain to Al-Azizia Steel Mills, offshore companies including Flagship Investment Ltd,
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Turkey frees German journalist, not allowed to leave country

Turkey has released German journalist Mesale Tolu after nearly eight months in prison on the condition that she does not leave the country, German government officials said on Monday. Ankara has charged Tolu with being a member of a terrorist organisation and publishing terrorist propaganda following a failed military coup in July 2016. Her husband, Suat Corlu, a journalist who had been detained earlier, was released last month. Both continue to face charges in Turkey. Chancellor Angela Merke
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South Africa's Ramaphosa wins election as ANC president

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the African National Congress on Monday in a close-run vote that will set the direction for the country and the scandal-plagued party that has ruled since the end of apartheid. As ANC leader, Ramaphosa, a 65-year-old union leader who became a businessman and is now one of South Africa?s richest people, is likely to become the country?s next president after elections in 2019. He has promised to fight rampant corruption and rev
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Facebook reveals data on copyright and trademark complaints

Facebook Inc announced Monday that it removed nearly 3 million posts, including videos, ads and other forms of content, from its services during the first half of 2017 following complaints of counterfeiting and copyright and trademark infringement. The worldwide data on intellectual property-related takedowns is a new disclosure for Facebook as part of its biannual ?Transparency Report,? Chris Sonderby, a deputy general counsel at the firm, said in a blog post. ?We believe that sharing informa
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US vice president delays Mideast visit amid anger over Jerusalem shift

Palestinians walk on a poster bearing images of US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the al-Quds Open University in the West Bank village of Dura, on December 13, 2017. ? AFP WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed a visit to the Middle East, the White House said Monday, as a crunch tax vote on Capitol Hill looms and anger in the region over Washington?s policy shift on Jerusalem persists. The trip to Egypt and Israel, due to begin Tuesday, has been pushed ba
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Oil gains on pipeline outage tempered by robust US output

Benchmark Brent crude prices edged higher on Monday, supported by a North Sea pipeline outage and a workers? strike in the Nigerian energy industry, but US prices slid slightly, highlighting concerns about growing US output. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark, settled up 18 cents at $63.41. US crude futures CLc1 fell 14 cents to $57.16. Brent had traded as high as $63.91 earlier in the day but fell back after Ineos, operator of the North Sea Forties pipeline, said the crac
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US presses Pakistan for 'decisive action against militants on its soil'

'We make massive payments to Pakistan every year; they have to help,' Trump says, announcing new national security strategy at the White House on Monday.  KARACHI: The United States on Monday insisted Pakistan to take "decisive action against militant and terrorist groups operating from its soil", as President Donald Trump unveiled a new national security strategy underlining the country's interests and objectives. "The United States continues to face threats from transnational terrorists and
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ESPN President Skipper resigns to deal with substance addiction

Walt Disney Co?s John Skipper resigned on Monday as president of ESPN, the company?s most important network, due to a problem with addiction. "I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction," Skipper, who was also Disney Media Networks co-chairman, said in a statement. "I have decided that the most important thing I can do right now is to take care of my problem." George Bodenheimer will be the sports network?s acting chairman for the next 90 days, ESPN said in a statement. He had b
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Trump slams China, Russia in 'America First' security strategy

Donald Trump appears at a campaign roundtable event in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, on October 28, 2016. ? Reuters FILE WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump?s first National Security Strategy pillories China and Russia as "revisionist powers" bent on rolling back American interests, according to the hard-hitting text released Monday. The document -- designed to serve as a framework for the Trump administration?s approach to the world -- uses remarkably biting language to frame Beijing and Mosc
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Top K-pop star found dead in apparent suicide

A lead singer of SHINee, one of South Korea's top K-pop boybands, died on Monday, police said, in what appears to be a suicide. Kim Jong-Hyun, 27, was found unconscious at a Seoul hotel by police after sending his older sister several text messages suggesting suicide, police said. The messages read "This is my last farewell," "Things have been so difficult," "Please let me go and say I did a good job," prompting his sister to make an emergency call to the police. Kim was pronounced dead short
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British police probe alleged racist attack on Man City's Sterling

British police are investigating an alleged racially aggravated assault on Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling before the Premier League leaders' victory against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. "On Sunday 17 December 2017, police were made aware that a 23-year-old man had been subject to a racially aggravated assault," a police spokesman said. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that Sterling was apparently kicked and racially abused as he arrived at City's Etihad Campus on Saturday mor
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Shadab says playing in Australia is a dream come true

Pakistani spin prodigy Shadab Khan is set to make his debut for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.?Photo courtesy: BBL KARACHI: Pakistan's dynamic teen leg-spinner Shadab Khan is excited to play in Australia, a dream that he says would become a reality with his debut in the Big Bash League. "In the press conference, I said that playing in Australia was a dream for me and it has now become a reality. I am really excited about learning new things here in tough
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