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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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UN chief presses for release of arrested Reuters journalists in Myanmar

Reuters journalist Wa Lone, who is based in Myanmar, is seen in this undated picture taken in Myanmar. REUTERS TOKYO/YANGON: The arrest of two Reuters journalists in Yangon this week was a signal that press freedom is shrinking in Myanmar and the international community must do all it can to get them released, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. Guterres said his main concern over Myanmar was the ?dramatic violations of human rights? during a military crackdown in Rakhine S
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Jahangir Tareen questions SC decision following disqualification

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen on Friday questioned the reason for his disqualification shortly after the Supreme Court ruled against him in its verdict. The PTI secretary general took to Twitter to express his views following the verdict disqualifying him. ?Accusations Rejected by SC 1) Misuse of authority,loan writeoff 2) Insider Trading 3) Misdeclared Agri income 4) London Property Full money trail accepted not hidden, declared in children's assets since 201
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Historic day in political career, Shehbaz Sharif on Hudaibiya SC verdict

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that it is a great day in his political career as he has been 'cleared of all the charges'. The chief minister Punjab?s statement cam after the Supreme Court announced its verdict in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, dismissing the National Accountability Bureau?s request to re-open the case. ?All trumped up charges were defeated through truth,? said Chief Minister Punjab, adding that the Supreme Court gave a historic verdict. ?Have s
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Sonia Gandhi retires as India?s Congress party chief

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Photo taken from NDTV NEW DELHI: The leader of India?s main opposition party Congress, Sonia Gandhi, has retired as the party chief a day before her son Rahul Gandhi replaces her, Indian media reported Friday. ?My role is now to retire,? she told NDTV. The leader has stepped down from her position as the party president after her son was elected unopposed and will take charge as the new chief Saturday. While talking to NDTV on Friday, Sonia said that it has been
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Imran Khan thanks God after victory at Supreme Court

PTI Chairman Imran Khan talks to the media in Karachi. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan thanked God on Friday following his victory at the Supreme Court which cleared him in the disqualification case against him and party leader Jahangir Tareen.  Addressing the media, Imran said the case against him was filed by a [suspected] drug smuggler and dragged on for a year. "Thank God all the money trail and evidence was presented to the Supreme Court," he s
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Jahangir Tareen sacrificed to save Imran, PTI: Daniyal Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Daniyal Aziz on Friday said that Jahangir Tareen was sacrificed to save Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. Aziz's remarks came after the Supreme Court disqualified PTI Secretary General Jahangir Tareen but ruled in favour of PTI Chairperson Imran Khan in its judgment on the disqualification case against the two party leaders. Aziz alleged that political engineering is in play as the apex court has said it, Khu
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Tareen disqualified on technical grounds, will file review petition: PTI

PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry speaking to media earlier today ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said party leader Jahangir Tareen was disqualified on technical grounds in one of the three charges against him. Addressing reporters outside the Supreme Court after the disqualification of the party?s secretary general, Chaudhry said the PTI will file a review petition against the disqualification. "The point under which Tareen has been disqualified is a technical on
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ATM out of order, Bilawal tweets after Jahangir Tareen?s disqualification

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari - AFP File Photo  MULTAN: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tweeted his response to the Supreme Court disqualifying Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen. ?ATM out of order #TareenOUT,? Bilawal said on Twitter after the apex court announced its verdict. The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Tareen but cleared PTI chairman Imran Khan in the disqualification case against them. Reading the judgment, the chief just
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Federer voted BBC overseas sports personality of the year

Roger Federer picked up a record eighth Wimbledon crown LONDON: Roger Federer has been voted BBC overseas sports personality of the year for a record fourth time after an astonishing season during which he picked up two more Grand Slam titles. The Swiss, 36, returned from six months out with knee trouble to win the Australian Open before picking up a record eighth Wimbledon crown and ended the season with a 52-5 record, ranked world number two behind his great rival Rafael Nadal. Federer prev
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Israeli PM faces new questions in graft probe

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/File photo JERUSALEM: Fraud squad detectives questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem residence on Friday, the seventh time in a nearly year-long corruption probe, reports said. Public radio and two privately-owned TV channels said that investigators arrived at the house shortly before 9:00 am (0700 GMT). Police policy is not to comment until the day´s questioning has been completed. The radio said an investigation into s
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?In heaven? - Anushka shares honeymoon picture with Kohli

After their fairytale wedding in a medieval Tuscan villa, the blockbuster couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are off to their honeymoon, and it?s nothing less than ?heavenly?. The Bollywood actress shared the couple?s first official honeymoon picture in a European winter wonderland. Her caption ?In heaven, literally? does not seem to be far from reality at all, since the place truly looks like a heaven on earth.
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NAB purposefully failed to make its case before SC, says PTI's Fawad Chaudhry

PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry addressing the media outside the Supreme Court. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that the way the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) presented its appeal before the Supreme Court, "this was bound to happen". He was referring to the apex court's dismissal of NAB's plea to reopen the Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference against the Sharif family. The reference was struck down by the Lahore Hi
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SC decision on Hudaibiya case appeal protects courts? dignity: Talal

Talal Chaudhry/File photo ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior and PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry hailed the Supreme Court?s decision on Friday to dismiss the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)'s appeal to reopen the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case. Speaking to Geo News, Talal said the Supreme Court?s decision is a win for the courts and the judiciary as it protects the courts? dignity. ?I have always said this, the courts should stay away from cases motivated by political gains. Today?s decisi
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FBR deadline to file income tax today

ISLAMABAD: The deadline set by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will expire today (December 15). The deadline was extended on November 30 for filing the returns of 2016-17. All those whose annual salary from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 is above Rs.400,000 are required to file their income tax returns along with wealth statement for the financial year 2016-17. The original deadline set by the FBR was August 31, but it was extended to encourage people to file their returns. 
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Democratic continuity disrupted repeatedly, says Marriyum Aurangzeb

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb. Photo:File ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that democratic continuity boosts performance and prestige of institutions. Speaking to participants of 4th National Management Development Course at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services, she regretted that democratic continuity is disrupted repeatedly in the country. She said people derive strength from the P
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Flop products at the Museum of Failure

LOS ANGELES: Once cast aside as a cringe-worthy mistake, "Colgate Lasagna" has at last found fame... as a top flop at the Museum of Failure. The dental care brand's 1980s culinary foray joins the line-up of epic fails on display in Los Angeles at a roving pop-up museum that has proven an ironic success. geo_embedgallery A model of the Titanic, coffee-based Coca Cola and the flashy but under-powered DeLorean car from "Back to the Future" all h
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PML-N MNA Ghulam Bibi Bharwana sends resignation to NA speaker

Ghulam Bibi Bharwana. Photo:File ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq received the resignation letter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz?s lawmaker Ghulam Bibi Bharwana on Friday, confirmed officials of assembly secretariat. Ghulam Bibi Bharwana, elected from NA-87, earlier announced to rest her political future with Pir Khawaja Hameeduddin Sialvi in the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (PBUH) Conference at Faisalabad's Dhobi Ghat. Sialvi is a spiritual leader and custodian of Sial Sharif Shrine of S
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Facebook moves to make more video ad money

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has referred to video as a major trend at the social network SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday moved to bolster its appeal and money-making potential as an online platform for viewing video similar to YouTube. The leading social network will next year test showing short ads before videos on a new 'Watch' section devoted to just that activity, according to a blog post by product manager director Maria Angelidou-Smith and product manager Abhishek Bapna. "While pr
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TV parody mines action hero Van Damme's hidden depths

PARIS: "The Muscles from Brussels" is back, and this time it isn't serious. The Belgian action hero actor Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the screen Friday as the bungling star of a new Amazon comedy series. The "Universal Soldier" actor, whose career went into a tailspin after "Timecop" made him a worldwide star in 1994, plays a comic version of himself in the new streaming series, "Jean-Claude Van Johnson". Fiction and reality cross over in the show written by "Godzilla" and "Wonder Woman"
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Lawyers protest in Multan, other areas to seek release of arrested colleagues

Lawyers at their sit-in in Multan. Photo: Geo News MULTAN: Lawyers across various parts of the country are continuing a protest over the recent arrest of their colleagues in Multan following an incident of vandalism.  On Wednesday, lawyers protested the shifting of the judicial complex and resorted to vandalising the new building. The police booked over three dozen lawyers and arrested a number of them the following day.  At present, a group of lawyers is observing a sit-in to press the autho
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NA speaker?s statements raised several questions: Kaira

PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira - File photo  LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Friday that statements made by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq have raised several questions. Sadiq on Wednesday night during an interview on Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath said he feared assemblies would not be able to complete their tenure. According to Sadiq uncertainty was looming which was being fueled by instances such as the delimitation bill not being passed. ?Imran wan
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We are hearing Hudaibiya case appeal, not reference: SC

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justices Qazi Faez Isa and Mazhar Alam Miankhel, resumed on Friday the proceedings of the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case. The Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, involving money laundering charges against the Sharif family, was initiated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in 2000 but quashed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in 2014. The NAB has now appealed the LHC decision in the Supreme Court.
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US regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom

Customers use the internet at a Starbucks in the financial district in New York City, US, December 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters   WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape. The approval of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai?s proposal in a 3-2 vote marked a victory for internet service providers such as AT&T Inc
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PTI to hold rally in Tando Adam Khan today

Chairs being placed at the rally's venue. Photo: Geo News SANGHAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) plans to show its political might in Tando Adam Khan today. PTI Chairman Imran Khan, central and provincial leaders of the party will address the party workers.  Party sources have informed that more than 15,000 chairs have been set up at the Sohri sugar mills ground. Imran is presently on a four-day visit to Karachi. The party has been holding a string of public rallies in Punjab and Sindh sin
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Bilawal to address PPP workers in Multan today

PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Photo:File MULTAN: In a bid to show its political strength, Pakistan Peoples' Party will hold its rally today in Multan today. Pakistan Peoples' Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address a rally in Multan. Khawaja Rizwan Alam, party's senior vice-president for South Punjab informed that as many as 80,000 chairs have been set up for the party workers at the Qasim Bagh stadium, and the party is expecting 150,000 people to attend the gathering. The ral
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