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Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrations begin in Karachi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f84967c0ddbf51313d67bc1eea7703b2.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMzAvMjAxNyAzOjAxOjM3IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9ck44WGRKMVpLd0xGZHZoVkNvT0pUUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) celebrations have begun in Karachi with religious zeal and fervour, while authorities have finalise
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Indian occupation forces terrorising people in IoK: Foreign office

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal remarked that Indian occupation forces are terrorising people in Indian occupied Kashmir, during the weekly briefing of the foreign office on Thursday. ?The Indian occupation forces in Kupwara, Bandipore, Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam, Islamabad and Kupwara districts continue to terrorise the innocent Kashmiri people inter alia by illegal house searches at all times,? said the spokesperson, adding ?Pakistan condemns and calls up
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Pakistan Navy ships arrive in Iran on friendly visit

ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani Navy (PN) ships, PNS Dehshat and PNS Rahnaward, made a port call to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, said a statement released by the PN.  The port visit, scheduled from November 20 to 24, is the second visit by PN ship within a span of a year. Rahnaward, a tall training ship and Dehshat, a fast attack craft-missile docked into port under the command of Commander 10th Patrol Craft Squadron Captain Khalid Pervez. "The visit was aimed to promote peace and' security in t
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Don't know about others but Sanjay Bhansali has definitely offended me: Salman

Sanjay Leela Bhansali seems to have offended quite a few people, and Salman is the latest addition to the list.   Sanjay Leela Bhansali seems to have offended quite a few people, and Salman is the latest 'addition' to the list.  The megastar has ?accused? the ace-director of ?offending? him, India Time reported. ?Don?t know about others but Sanjay Leela Bhansali has definitely offended me,? Salman said, teasing the director in a lighthearted manner. ?I gave him two hits but he still chose Sh
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Male cheetah dies in Lahore zoo, month after being imported

LAHORE: A male cheetah, the latest addition in the Lahore Zoo, passed away due to diarrhea after spending just 30 days at the zoo.  The four-year-old cheetah and its female pair were imported from South Africa on October 29, this year. However, the female cheetah had died earlier.  The male cheetah was diagnosed with diarrhea, despite getting treatment by experts from the University of Veterinary and Animal Science (UVAS), it didn't survived. The death of the animals has raised a fresh wave o
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Legal experts prove no change in Khatm-e-Nabuwat clause: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that legal experts have proven that there is no change in the Khatm-e-Nabuwat [finality of Prophethood] clause of the Elections Act 2017. ?There has been no change in the Khatm-e-Nabuwat [finality of Prophethood] clause,? he remarked, adding that no one can even think about changing this clause. He also shared that it was saddening to see the allegations leveled against former law minister Zahid Hamid. As soon the ?clerical error? was pointed out,
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PM rejects US claims regarding presence of terrorist safe haven in Pakistan

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday categorically rejected the United States? claims of the presence of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan. Photo: Geo News file KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday categorically rejected the United States? claims of the presence of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan. ?Terrorist groups are present in Afghanistan, not Pakistan,? Abbasi said while speaking to foreign magazine. He said that while the government of Pakistan is taking
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FBR extends deadline for filing of tax returns to Dec 15

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline to file annual income tax returns and wealth statements to December 15. The last date for filing the returns for 2016-17 was earlier announced to be November 30. 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. Usually, the FBR extends the deadline many times a year to encourage peopl
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FBR extends deadline for filing of tax returns to Dec 15

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline to file annual income tax returns and wealth statements to December 15. The last date for filing the returns for 2016-17 was earlier announced to be November 30. 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. Usually, the FBR extends the deadline many times a year to encourage peopl
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Pakistan IT export reaches $2.9 bn

ISLAMABAD: Due to government incentives to IT and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS) industry Pakistan?s IT exports have grown to an estimated $2.9 billion, which includes Pakistani freelancers estimated to be earning more than $300 million annually. While talking to APP, Managing Director Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) Iftekhar Shah said, government incentives to the IT & ITeS industry include income tax exemption on IT exports till June 2019, 100% foreign ownership, 10
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Pakistan is democratic because of PPP: Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that there is democracy in Pakistan due to PPP while addressing press conference on party's golden jubilee on Thursday.  Commenting on the country?s political situation, he said that the conditions had deteriorated. ?There was an abject surrender of state, freedom of press was strangled.? Such conditions prove to be ?very demoralizing? for the youth especially, he remarked, adding, ?we [the youth] are dejected by the po
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Do not create hatred towards institutions, says Chandio

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Maula Bux Chandio on Thursday advised the PML-N to not create hatred towards national institutions.  Chandio, speaking at a public even in Sindh's second largest city, also said that he was not in favour of calling the Army during the Faizabad sit-in, but accepted the Army needs to be called and plays a positive role during times of national crisis.  He asked where was the government during the botched operation to clear the vital junction in the federa
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PM Abbasi reaches Russia to attend SCO heads of government meeting

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives in Russia  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reached Russia on Thursday to participate in the 16th Meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at Sochi from November 30 to December 1. PM Abbasi is participating in the meeting on the invitation of Prime Minister of Russian Federation DA Medvedev, the Foreign Office of Pakistan said in a statement. It is the first SCO Heads of Gove
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The thinking behind Kim Jong Un's 'madness'

North Korea?s leader Kim Jong Un/File photo SEOUL: On an icy December day in 2011, North Korea?s new leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by seven advisers as they escorted the hearse that carried his father, Kim Jong Il, through the streets of Pyongyang. None of the men remain with the young Kim. This October, he demoted the last of his father?s aides, both men in their nineties. They were among around 340 people he has purged or executed, according to the Institute for National Security Strate
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Russia rejects US call to cut North Korea ties

Russia on Thursday rejected a US call to cut ties with North Korea in response to Pyongyang's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. "We see this negatively," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists in the Belarusian capital Minsk, Russian news agencies reported. "We have repeatedly stated that the pressure of sanctions has been exhausted." He accused the United States of seeking to provoke Kim Jong-Un's regime and demanded to know whether Washington was plotting to destroy
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Clarke says he should have retired after Hughes died

Clarke said he struggled badly after the death of his friend and teammate Phil Hughes/File photo SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Michael Clarke says he should have retired a year earlier than he did, admitting he struggled badly after the death of his friend and teammate Phillip Hughes. Clarke quit in 2015 after his 115th and final Test of the Ashes series against England and said he didn´t allow himself to grieve at the time. Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the brain in No
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Bail cancellation case: IHC summons Capt (retd) Safdar on Dec 14

Capt (retd) Safdar being produced in the accountability court on October 9. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law, Capt (retd) Safdar, has been summoned by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on December 14. A two-member IHC bench is hearing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)'s plea seeking the dismissal of bail granted to Safdar, a member of the National Assembly, by the accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family. As the heari
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PM Abbasi rejects US accusations of safe havens in Pakistan

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi before their meeting at the Prime Minister´s residence in Islamabad on October 24, 2017 - AFP  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has rejected US accusations of Pakistan providing sanctuary to militant groups, stressing that attacks in the region were originating from Afghanistan. In an interview with Bloomberg, the prime minister said Pakistan would act against terrorists includi
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Is there a rift between Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar?

Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar - File photo  Once considered good friends, it seems these days there is a rift between Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. At a recent event, the two did not even acknowledge each other and acted like the other did not even exist. The two shared the stage with Amitabh Bachchan at IFFI 2017 and did their best to avoid each other. Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johan were set to produce a movie together but the Dabanng star backed out for unk
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Australia pitches for Prince Harry stag night, honeymoon

Prince Harry on one of his earlier visits to Australia/MEDIA-MODE.COM SYDNEY: Australia´s tourism minister has made a shameless pitch to entice Prince Harry Down Under for his stag night or honeymoon, offering a James Bond-style "helicopter crawl" or seclusion in the Outback. The prince will marry Meghan Markle next May, and Steve Ciobo said Thursday he had written to Clarence House with a list of adrenaline-packed suggestions for a buck´s party, as well as "slower, contemplative" honeymoon opt
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Nelson Mandela?s grandson arrives in Lahore

Mandla Mandela with Late Nelson Mandela. Photo: File LAHORE: Mandla Mandela, the grandson of the late anti-apartheid hero, former South African president Nelson Mandela, arrived in Lahore on Thursday. Mandla, who is a member parliament of South Africa, is on the visit to Pakistan on invitation of Dr Tahirul Qadri-led Pakistan Awami Tehreek. According to the PAT representatives, the South African dignitary will attend PAT?s ?Tajdar-e-Khatam-e-Nabbuwat Conference?. It is Mandla Mandela?s first
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Fatima Sana Sheikh resembles Katrina Kaif

The latest doppelganger of Kartina Kaif has been revealed! Fatima Sana Sheikh who starred in Dangal recently posted a picture on her Instagram account and her resemblance to Katrina Kaif is uncanny. The two actresses will be co-stars in the upcoming movie Thugs of Hindostan alongside Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.  Here are a few more pictures of Fatima in which she looks a lot like Katrina. 
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PM Abbasi departs for SCO heads of government meeting in Russia

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi/File photo  SOCHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi departed on Thursday to participate in the 16th Meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) here at Sochi from November 30-December 1 on the invitation of Prime Minister of Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev. It is the first SCO Heads of Government meeting that Pakistan will attend after assumption of full membership of the organization in June this
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Ex-Twitter worker claims responsibility for Trump's account shutdown

Bahtiyar Duysak is the ex-Twitter employee who shut down the account of US President Donald Trump for 11 minutes this month SAN FRANCISCO: A German man has come forward as the former Twitter employee who shut down the account of US President Donald Trump for 11 minutes this month on his last day of work at the social network. The technology news website TechCrunch published an interview on Wednesday with Bahtiyar Duysak, whom it called a 20-something with Turkish roots who was born and raised
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West Indies morale high at start of New Zealand series

Holder has described his side as being 'in a pretty good place'/File photo WELLINGTON: The West Indies are not dwelling on their August win over England as they enter a two-Test series against New Zealand, but captain Jason Holder will use it for motivation if necessary. Holder described his side as being "in a pretty good place" as they go into the first Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday looking for their first away win over New Zealand since 1995. While New Zealand have been
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