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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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Banners favouring Vohra, against Waseem Akhtar appear outside KMC

Banner against Mayor Waseem Akhtar outside KMC building. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Banners in favour of Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra, and against Mayor Waseem Akhtar were seen outside Karachi Metropolitan Corporation building on Tuesday. The banner put by unknown people read:, 'corrupt Mayor Unacceptable' and ?head of corrupt mafia Waseem Akhtar?. A charged city council session is expected today, after the inclusion of Deputy Mayor Vohra in Pak Sarzameen Party. Vohra announced to end his affiliat
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Nawaz Sharif?s name should be placed on ECL: Aitzaz Ahsan

PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has called for the name of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). Aitzaz said if Sharif?s name is not placed on the ECL, then this would be a double-standard. According to Aitzaz, this would be a major test for the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau. Meanwhile, Sindh Minister for Industries and Trade, Manzoor Wassan said if Nawaz return
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Polio team assaulted in Hyderabad over vaccine refusal

Police with the suspects' brothers. Photo: Geo News HYDERABAD: Unidentified people assaulted a polio vaccination team in Heerabad Qureshi area of the city on Tuesday after a reported disagreement. The anti-polio team did not have a police escort with it. Following the incident, the vaccination campaign in the area has been suspended for now. Police officials said the incident was caused after male members of a family began arguing with a polio team that had administered vaccination drops to e
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Sarfraz?s dilemma: Busy schedule and an unhappy wife

Sarfraz with his wife/File photo Looks like the entire nation is happy with skipper Sarfraz Ahmed ? and why shouldn?t they be? He?s been unbeaten in ODIs and T20Is ever since leading Pakistan to the Champions Trophy gold in June this year. Except for one person; and that?s none other than his wife, who is a bit grumpy that the busy captain doesn?t get to spend as much time at home as she?d like. ?Keeping the wife happy is the most difficult thing in the world,? a laughing Sarfraz told former
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui?s memoir lands him in trouble

Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui perhaps didn?t anticipate the strong backlash he would receive once snippets from his book went public. The actor recently had excerpts from his memoir ?An ordinary life? published in a daily. Little did he know, that following the content being public he would be embroiled in a legal battle for defaming women he had brief affairs with. It came to the extent where he had to pull back his book and apologise on Twitter. Nawazuddin had revealed s
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IMF tells Gulf states to speed up switch from oil

DUBAI: The IMF on Tuesday advised energy-rich Gulf economies to speed up their diversification away from oil after projecting the worst growth for the region since the global financial crisis. Oil exporters in the Middle East, especially those in the Gulf Cooperation Council, have been hit hard by the collapse in crude prices which provided a major part of their finances. Following the slump, GCC members Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates undertook fiscal meas
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Samsung Electronics posts record Q3 profits, replaces CEOs

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of $10.0 billion for the third quarter and announced a sweeping reshuffle of its top management on Tuesday, seeking to maintain its lead while its heir is in prison. The world's biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has faced multiple challenges since last year, including a humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 handsets and a corruption scandal that engulfed its de facto leader. But its net profits for July to September soared 14
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Iran's envoy calls on COAS, discusses regional security

Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost and COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Photo: ISPR  RAWALPINDI: Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa today at the General Headquarters. A statement by the army's media relations wing, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the focus of the discussion remained on regional security, Pak-Iran border management, visits and exchanges in the defence realm. "The visiting dignitary acknowledged and app
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Sri Lanka plan more Pakistan trips after T20 success

Sunday's T20 was Sri Lanka's first in Pakistan since their team bus was attacked near the same venue in March 2009 - AFP  COLOMBO: Sri Lanka are planning to send more teams to Pakistan after playing a Twenty20 match in Lahore for the first time since a gun attack eight years ago, a top official said Tuesday. Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive Ashley de Silva said the national team were impressed with the extraordinary level of security for the match at the Gaddafi stadium on Sunday. "They del
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Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts

A 3D-printed Facebook like button is seen in front of the Facebook logo, in this illustration taken October 25, 2017 - Reuters   WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a two-year period in an effort to sway US politics and that about 126 million Americans may have seen the posts during that time. Facebook's latest data on the Russia-linked posts - possibly reaching around half of the US population of voting a
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London game plan obvious, Nawaz desperate for NRO: Imran

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e8a013484c0e0f63e4572a1c424480b3.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMzEvMjAxNyA3OjI1OjI3IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9UnpZUFgwWmZZSmpJOUpUOXY0b3IrZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that the "London game plan" has become obvious now as i
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Woman allegedly poisons in-laws with lassi, death toll rises to 15

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/2a8edd34be6fc210f7ad0bdebf0b6b7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMzEvMjAxNyA4OjQ2OjE1IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9NGRWcmF0WnpFZnN3OXZRdnpqNTBWdz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] MUZAFFARGARH: Two more people died from complications after allegedly consuming poisonous lassi in Tehsil Alipur's neighbourhood Lashari, bringing the total toll of the tragedy to 15 on Tuesday. A seven-year o
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OGRA seeks Rs2.5 hike in petrol price

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5d936813e317241d7308f5fa98c37c92.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMzEvMjAxNyA3OjI3OjE2IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9akJLWTB5NGVvZmtDMzVLZ0tONjNrQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulation Authority (Ogra) on late Monday forwarded a summary to the federal government, seeking an incre
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Court orders SECP to freeze Hussain, Hasan Nawaz's assets

Hussain Nawaz (left) and brother Hasan Nawaz. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family ordered on Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to freeze the assets of Hussain and Hasan Nawaz, sons of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif.  As the hearing against the brothers, whose trial in the high-profile corruption case has been separated from other family members' owing to their continued absence, went under way, the Nati
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US captures suspected Benghazi attack militant

WASHINGTON: US forces have captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, US officials said on Monday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that US Special Operation Forces captured the militant in Libya in the past few days. Two of the officials identified him as Mustafa al-Imam and said he had played a role in the attack a
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy responds to harassment tweet

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Tuesday issued a clarification on her recent tweet about a doctor, who treated her sister and later tried to connect with her on social media. Chinoy had taken to Twitter to share the story of her sister, who had gone to a private hospital for a medical check-up but later received a friendship request on social media from the same doctor who tended to her. The tweet stirred widespread debate on social media in Pakistan, fuelin
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Chinese banks-led consortium to lend $1.5bln for power projects

KARACHI: A Chinese banks-led consortium agreed to provide a financing of $1.5 billion to develop 1,320 megawatts of coal-fired power plants and a jetty in Balochistan. China Power Hub Generation Company Pvt. Ltd. (CPHGC) and a consortium of banks, led by China Development Bank and the Export and Import Bank of China, signed financing documents, including the main foreign loan facility agreement, in the Chinese city of Chengdu, a statement said on Monday. The consortium will provide approxima
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Five documentaries from Pakistan feature in Film Southasia 2017

KATHMANDU: Five documentaries from Pakistan are among 63 non-fiction films to be screened in Film Southasia 2017, the eleventh edition of the premiere non-fiction film festival for the region, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Festival opens on November 2 with the theme ?Documentary Bears Witness?. The non-fiction films from Pakistan are ?Among the Believers? by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi, ?A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness? by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, ?Perween Rahman: The Rebel O
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Vohra joined PSP because he couldn?t sustain pressure, says Sattar

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/93f4b7af8b613b7c21fea66d58ec01de.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMzEvMjAxNyA2OjIxOjI3IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9S24yeVo0dnRuOUg1QTY3ZVFOK1B6Zz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Farooq Sattar said on Tuesday that Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra left his party to j
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Pakistan tells US ?cooperation not coercion? way forward in Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets COAS General Qamar Bajwa during his recent visit. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan conveyed to the US administration that cooperation is the way forward not ?coercion? when it comes to bringing a peaceful end to the continuing war in Afghanistan, according to a Voice of America report. The report said that the Pakistani side gave the message during US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson?s recent visit to Islamabad. Tillerson during his visit met with the civ
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PIA under fire for retiring strategic routes

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has made a big mistake by closing down the New York route as it was not only a prestigious but also an important destination for the national flag carrier, a statement said on Monday. ?This was a poor decision which will have far reaching impacts on commercial viability of the airline, while the financial damages incurred will have to borne by the carrier?s entire network,? said Capt. Khalid Hamza, president Pakistan Airline Pilots? Association (
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Shehbaz to be PM if PML-N wins 2018 polls, decide party leaders

Former PM Nawaz Sharif (left) with brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters/File KARACHI: The high-level huddle of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in London decided on Monday that if victorious in next year's general elections, the party's prime ministerial candidate will be Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.  As reported in Geo News' programme Aaj Shahzab Khanzada Kay Saath on Monday night, according to sources, it was also decided in the meeting, chaired by
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QAU to remain shut today as well

ISLAMABAD: The Quaid-e-Azam University will remain shut on Tuesday as well after the tense situation did not dissipate after weeks. At the entry points of the university, police has been deployed and security measures have been increased. The students will hold a demonstration today and the shuttle service has been suspended too. The protesting students said that protest will continue until the detained students are reinstated. The university administration has kept quite on the subject of r
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Nine bodies, two severed heads found in Tokyo flat

Members of the media gather in front of an apartment building where media reported nine bodies were found in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on Oct 31, 2017. Kyodo/Reuters TOKYO: Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo.
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Gayle wins Australia masseuse court case

Chris Gayle denied the allegations, saying the journalists behind the story wanted to "destroy him" SYDNEY: West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle Monday won a defamation case against an Australian media group which claimed he exposed himself to a massage therapist. The lurid accusations were made by Fairfax Media newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times in a series of stories in January last year. They claimed the all-rounder exposed himself to team masseuse Leanne R
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