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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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Major blow for Tottenham as Harry Kane is ruled out for Manchester United clash

Tottenham have confirmed that their top scorer, Harry Kane, will miss the club?s Premier League match against Manchester United due to a hamstring strain. The English striker sustained an injury in their 4-1 win against Liverpool. Kane's participation could also be in doubt against Real Madrid, which could determine which club will finish top of the group. Kane has been in red-hot form leading the top scorer chart for Premier League this season, scoring eight in the Premier League and 13 in a
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Murad terms PTI claims of denied entry to Qalandar shrine as ?drama?

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday termed recent claims by PTI leaders of being denied entry to the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar as a "drama". Shah asked if the doors of the shrine were closed, how was it possible that senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi entered the premises. He further said he had respect for Qureshi before but has lost respect for him following the shrine accusations.  The chief minister also alleged that supporters for the recently held PTI ra
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PTI chairman critcises 'VIP accountability' given to Sharif family

UPPER DIR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that the Sharif family is facing 'VIP accountablity'.  While addressing a public gathering in Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The PTI chief said 'VIP accountability' given to the Sharif family which is facing corruption cases.  Taking a jibe at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, he said: "little thieves go to jail but the great ones get 40-car motorcade."   He said in the coming days, the Naya Pakistan will be e
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Indian police detain two for selling balloons imprinted with ?I love Pakistan?

Indian Police on Thursday seized balloons with ?I love Pakistan? written on them from a shop and arrested the two shopkeepers in Kanpur, Indian media reported. According to the police, advocate Ajai Pratap Singh, who is associated with an extremist militant Hindu group, noticed the balloons at a shop in the Govind Nagar area when he visited the store to shop for his son?s birthday. Singh ?immediately passed on the information to Govind Nagar police who swung into action and detained the retai
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Ameer Muqaam ?congratulates? Imran, Khattak for ?worst rigging?

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Ameer Muqam. Photo: Geo News PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Ameer Muqaam on Friday ?congratulated? Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership for conducting ?worst rigging? in the NA-4 by-election. Speaking at a press conference, the PML-N leader said: ?I congratulate Pervaiz Khattak and Imran Khan for conducting worst poll rigging in the NA-4 by-election.? He said that the developmental work in the constituency after the announcement of election sc
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Sri Lankan team visit a defining moment in Pakistan cricket: Yousuf

Muhammad Yousuf LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has hailed the upcoming visit of Sri Lankan team to play a T20I game in Lahore a ?defining moment in Pakistan cricket?. "It is a history making moment in Pakistan cricket as the Sri Lankan team will be visiting Pakistan after a gap of almost nine years and it is going to have a very positive impact on our national cricket," he told APP. Sri Lanka will be playing their third and last match of the ongoing T20I series on October 29 a
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Pakistan seek series-clinching win in second T20I tonight

Captains pose with the T20I series trophy Unstoppable Pakistan, after winning the opening T20 international by seven wickets on Thursday, will face Sri Lanka in the second, and series-deciding, T20I match at Abu Dhabi today. Medium pacer Hasan Ali finished with a career best bowling to once again anchor Pakistan's convincing victory over Sri Lanka in the first T20I, taking 3-23 in 3.3 overs as Pakistan skittled Sri Lanka out for a paltry 102 in 18.3 overs. The Green Shirts were seen through to
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Pakistan opposes sale of US drones to India

Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesman, Nafees Zakaria. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday opposed the sale of US drone missile system to India on the ground that the move will disturb the balance of power in the region. ?International powers must show responsibility before signing such agreements,? said Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria in his weekly press briefing. Zakaria said that Pakistan informed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his recent visit to Islamabad
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Kohli overtakes Messi in Forbes? list of most valuable athletes

India skipper Virat Kohli ahead of Messi as among the most valuable athletes India captain Virat Kohli has shot past Barcelona star Lionel Messi in Forbes? list of the world?s most valuable athletes. According to Forbes, the 28-year-old cricketer is ranked seventh in the list with a brand value of $14.5 million, which puts him ahead of Messi who is at ninth ($13.5 million), golfer Rory McIlroy and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. Barca star Lionel Messi ranked at ninth  Tennis great
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Riz Ahmed fourth most influential Asian in Britain, Sadiq Khan tops list

Riz Ahmed, who has many award-winning TV shows and films to his credit, has spoken various times about lack of diversity in Hollywood British actor of Pakistani descent Riz Ahmed has clinched fourth spot in this year?s list of most influential Asian people in Britain while London Mayor Sadiq Khan retained first spot for the second consecutive year. The GG2 Power List of the 101 leading Asian influencers includes various influential politicians, artists and actors of Asian origin in Britain. Th
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Dr Faisal assumes charge as new FO spokesperson

Dr Faisal/File photo Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria has been appointed Pakistan?s new High Commissioner to Malaysia. Dr Faisal, who was serving as Director General for South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, has been named the new spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zakaria had assumed charge as Foreign Office spokesperson on June 4, 2016, bringing with him several years of foreign services experience. He has worked in Pakistan?s missions in
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Record tampering case: former SECP chief Zafar Hijazi indicted

Ex chairman SECP Zafar Hijazi leaving court premises. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Zafar Hijazi, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), was indicted on Friday on charges of altering records related to the Chaudhry Sugar Mills and pressuring departmental officers to tamper documents. During the hearing in the court of special judge Iram Niazi, Hijazi pleaded not guilty after the charges against him were read out. The former SECP chairman said that a cas
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Journalist Ahmad Noorani assaulted in Islamabad

Ahmad Noorani. Photo: Twitter  ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist with The News, Ahmad Noorani, was assaulted by unidentified attackers in the federal capital on Friday.  According to details, Noorani's car was stopped by three men travelling on a motorcycle near Zero Point Interchange while he was on his way home in Islamabad from Rawalpindi.  [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0612bc39a816ac646d32e967282a4ea9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjcvMjAxNyA3OjIxOjM4IEFNJ
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Bollywood sexual predators shielded by victims' silence

An aspiring Pakistani dancer practices her Bollywood dance moves at a studio in Lahore-Reuters MUMBAI/ABUJA: Two major Bollywood rape-revenge dramas released in 2017 had beefy heroes take on men or gangs who had sexually assaulted their wives or daughters. But off-screen, predators in the world?s most prolific film industry are protected by victims? silence. From India?s Bollywood to Nigeria?s Nollywood, which both produce more films than Hollywood, actors told the Thomson Reuters Foundation th
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No role for Assad in Syria's future: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives back at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US October 26, 2017/ REUTERS GENEVA: President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to resume next month. Tillerson said that the Trump administration backed the Geneva peace talks as the only way to end the more than six-year-old war and move to a political transit
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Sri Lanka?s attack survivors bring top-level cricket back to Pakistan

Paramilitary soldiers stand guard at an entry gate of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore/AFP file photo LAHORE: Tens of thousands of security will be deployed in Lahore on Sunday when Sri Lanka become the first major cricket team to visit Pakistan since they were targeted in a deadly ambush in 2009 -- with attack survivors among those returning to the scene. Several Sri Lankan players and officials, including their head coach, have opted out of the Twenty20 fixture, after some voiced concern about secur
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Hiroshima survivor to jointly receive Nobel Peace Prize with ICAN

FILE PHOTO: Setsuko Thurlow (L), a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, is congratulated after being awarded the rank of Member in the Order of Canada by Governor General Michaelle Jean at Rideau Hall in Ottawa October 26, 2007. REUTERS OSLO: An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this year?s laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN said on Thursday. Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 at
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Turnout of 34.5 percent in Kenya vote re-run: election commission head

Election officials count ballot papers during Kenya's presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya October 26, 2017.  Photo: REUTERS  NAIROBI: An estimated 6.55 million Kenyans voted in Thursday?s presidential election re-run, just 34.5 percent of registered voters, Wafula Chebukati, election commission chairman, said on Twitter. Turnout in the August vote that was later annulled by the courts was 80 percent. Opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the re-run, saying the election commission had f
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'Stranger Things 2' gets darker in aftermath of death and Demogorgon

LOS ANGELES: A year has passed since a supernatural demon terrorised the town of Hawkins, Indiana, but as Netflix?s hit 1980s science fiction series ?Stranger Things? returns for a second season today, life has not returned to normal for the unlikely heroes. The adults and teenagers of ?Stranger Things 2? wrestle emotionally with the events of the first season: a town boy?s disappearance, a death, a mysterious girl with superpowers and a decaying parallel universe called the Upside Down. ?We
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Lahore traffic plan for Pakistan-Sri Lanka T20

A view of Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  LAHORE: The city traffic police has released a comprehensive traffic plan for October 29, the day Pakistan and Sri Lanka face off at Gaddafi Stadium in a historic return of top-flight cricket to the country. Chief Traffic Officer Lahore Rai Ejaz said a comprehensive traffic plan has been chalked out to facilitate citizens and maintain smooth traffic flow on the occasion. Under the plan, SP Traffic Sadar Division and SP Traffic City Division, besides four SPs,
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ANP leader, brother killed in vehicle explosion in Balochistan

Image of Razzak's car after the explosion. Photo: Geo News HARNAI: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzak and his brother lost their lives in a car explosion in Shahrag Tehsil of Balochistan's Harnai District on Friday, according to the party?s information secretary. Harnai District Commissioner Abdul Salam Achakzai said that five to six kilogrammes of explosives were planted in Razzak?s car.  He said that the deceased were en route to Pishin for the party?s rally when the explosion t
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Australian court rules deputy PM ineligible for parliament over dual citizenship

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce reacts as he sits in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, October 25-Reuters CANBERRA: Australia?s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority and forced a by-election. The Australian dollar fell a quarter of a US cent after the court announced its ruling and ordered tha
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Atif Aslam?s voice adds spark to Irrfan Khan starrer ?Qarib Qarib Singlle?

A moment from the upcoming drama film ?Qarib Qarib Singlle? Atif Aslam is back, this time by lending his soulful notes to the new track ?Jaane De? from the upcoming Bollywood film ?Qarib Qarib Singlle?. The film stars Irrfan Khan and Parvathy in lead roles, in a departure from the usual fairytale romances by portraying the dilemma of commitment. It tells a romantic tale of two people who start liking each other but are not able to commit easily. The song ?Jaane De? is penned by Raj Shekhar an
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Geo TV's series 'Manto' to hit home screens from Nov 3

KARACHI: Manto, Sarmad Khoosat?s highly anticipated television show, will air every Friday starting November 3 on Geo Television. The biopic ? carved out of the series ? is based on the life of Saadat Hasan Manto, a controversial playwright and short-story writer.  The film was released in September 2015 and bagged several local as well as international awards for its content and cast. Manto was acclaimed for his work such as Toba Tek Singh, Khol Do, Thanda Gosht and Ooper Neeche aur Darmiyan
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Kashmiris observe Black Day to mark illegal Indian occupation

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing Black Day today to mark the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir by India and to reiterate their pledge to continue the liberation struggle till complete success. A complete shutdown is being observed in Occupied Kashmir and rallies are being taken out in world capitals. Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership and other pro-freedom organizations. In Muzaffarabad, main protest demonst
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