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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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Gulf states say goodbye to tax-free reputation

The UAE is one of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states to have agreed to introduce VAT at five percent next year as they seek to revitalise their economies-AFP DUBAI: Hard hit by a drop in oil income, energy-rich Gulf states will next year introduce value-added tax to a region long known for being tax-free. Some have hailed introducing VAT as the start of "exciting, dramatic" change in the region, but the measure is also expected to push prices up for all residents including citizens and low
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Nawaz to return to Islamabad today: sources

Fromer PM Nawaz Sharif. Photo: AFP  Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to depart for Islamabad from Lahore today to attend the corruption case hearing against him on Monday (tomorrow).  Sources said Nawaz will hold consultations with his political and legal aides on various issues.  Reports also state that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will also hold meetings of its central working committee and general council next week to appoint Nawaz as the party's president after h
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Pakistan lose three wickets on day four of first Test against Sri Lanka

Azhar Ali plays a shot during the third day of the first Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Photo: AFP  Pakistan continues to bat against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first Test match between the two teams at Abu Dhabi?s Sheikh Zayed Stadium. At present, Pakistan is trailing by 83 runs at a loss of seven wickets. In their first innings, Sri Lanka scored 419 runs whereas, by the third day of the match on Saturday, Pakistan had scored 266 runs for a loss o
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Libyan goes on trial over 2012 Benghazi attack that killed US envoy

The damage inside the US consulate building in Benghazi on September 13, 2012, following an attack in which the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed The damage inside the US consulate building in Benghazi on September 13, 2012, following an attack in which the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed-AFP A Libyan militant accused of leading the September 11, 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi that left the US ambassador and thre
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COAS off to Kabul to meet President Ashraf Ghani, others

Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Defence Day event on Sept 6 at GHQ, Rawalpindi this year. Photo: File  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa left for Kabul on Sunday, according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army's media wing.  Gen Bajwa will hold a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other senior civilian and military officials during the day-long visit, the army said further. The two countries often trade accusations of fomenting militancy an
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Extra security arrangement this year: CM Sindh

Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. Photo: File  KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that extra strict security measures had been put in place due to the visit of Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin ? the head of the Bohra community ? to the city. Shah was addressing media personnel after monitoring the Ashura procession in the city. He said that around 27,000 foreign nationals were visiting the city?s Saddar area in the last two weeks due to the presence of the Bohra community leader. 
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'Not appropriate,' envoy tells Britain's Boris over Kipling poem in Myanmar

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar January 21, 2017. REUTERS LONDON: Britain?s ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to the country?s most famous Buddhist site. Johnson, who helped lead the Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum, is caught on camera starting to recite Kipling?s poem, Mandalay,
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Movie Review: Judwaa 2

Actor Naseeruddin Shah once said Bollywood "films that should never have been made are being re-made". David Dhawan, who directed a series of crass comedies in the 90's probably doesn't agree, because he's made the same film twice. Once in 1997 with Salman Khan and 20 years later - in the Bollywood tradition of nepotism - with his own son in the lead. To Varun Dhawan's credit, he is the best thing about a film that simply doesn?t hold up. Twenty years ago, "Judwaa" barely passed the test of an
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Uber's Kalanick rekindles power struggle, names two to board

SAN FRANCISCO: Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive. Kalanick?s move on Friday sought to pre-empt a move by new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi to restructure the board and gain greater control, a person familiar with the co-founder?s decision said. Uber said in a statement on Friday the company was surprised by Kalanick?s action. Com
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OJ Simpson set for imminent release from Nevada prison

LOS ANGELES: Onetime ?Trial of the Century? defendant OJ Simpson could be freed as early as Sunday from prison in Nevada, where he has been held since 2008 for a botched robbery, but the time and place of his release remain secret, his plans largely unknown. Simpson, 70, won his freedom from a Nevada parole board in July after nine years behind bars, at a hearing that did not take into account his 1990s trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend, Ron Goldman. The one
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Replicant or human? 'Blade Runner 2049' reignites existential debate

LOS ANGELES: Was Harrison Ford?s Officer Rick Deckard a human or a Replicant robot in 1982?s ?Blade Runner?? That is the question that fans of Ridley Scott?s sci-fi thriller have been pondering for 35 years and now in a long-awaited sequel, that question is explored further. Out in theaters Oct. 6, ?Blade Runner 2049? takes place 30 years after the original film, when human-like robots called Replicants were hunted by police officers called ?blade runners? in a dystopian Los Angeles. In the n
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New petroleum prices implemented from Sunday

ISLAMABAD: The new petroleum prices announced by the government have been implemented, following which petrol and diesel prices were raised by Rs2 per litre from Sunday. After the raise, new petrol price stood at Rs73.50 and new high-speed diesel prices became Rs79.40. New light-diesel price stood at Rs46, whereas, the price of kerosene oil was raised by Rs4 and stood at Rs48. According to the finance ministry, the raise in the prices of petroleum products came into effect after the approval
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Saudi authorities pursue Twitter user over women's driving threat

Many Saudis welcomed Tuesday?s announcement by King Salman lifting the ban by next year, but others expressed opposition online or in quiet conversations after decades of support for the policy by prominent clerics RIYADH: Saudi Arabia?s public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a Twitter user who called for anyone who supports women driving to be killed, days after a royal decree ended a long-time ban on women taking the wheel. The Twitter user, who was not named, was alleged
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Trump lays blame on Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, US, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files  SAN JUAN: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria after critics and the mayor of San Juan complained his administration?s response to the U.S. territory?s plight was insufficient. Eleven days after the devastating storm wiped out powe
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Trump policies at stake in US Supreme Court session

The US Supreme Court building in Washington, May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley/Files WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday opens its 2017-2018 session, facing thorny issues that include gay and labour rights, voter restrictions and limits on gathering private information. On many of these issues, the Republican administration of President Donald Trump has taken the exact opposite position from that of the previous Democratic administration under Barack Obama. Unlike in its last session,
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Americans go shopping amid storms, war threats, Trump's eccentricities

Customers shop at Macy?s department store in New York, US, November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files WASHINGTON: Consumer sentiment in the United States is riding high on a tide of good economic news, despite political turmoil at home and inflamed geopolitical tensions abroad. Analysts say consumers remain confident despite catastrophic storms, deepening political alienation, violent marches and talk of war -- things that might otherwise make households cut spending and hunker down for safe
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29 hurt as French stadium barrier collapses

LOSC's supporters react as their tribune falls down following the goal by LOSC's Cameroonian midfielder Ibrahim Amadou during the French L1 football match between Amiens and Lille LOSC at the Licorne stadium, Amiens, September 30, 2017. AFP/Francois Lo Presti AMIENS: Twenty-nine fans were hurt, five of them seriously, when a barrier collapsed Saturday at a stadium in the northern French city of Amiens as away supporters celebrated their opening goal. A fence separating Lille fans from the pitc
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A380 superjumbo makes emergency landing in Canada: Air France

This handout picture ? released on September 30, 2017, on the Twitter account of @Bdaddy1391 ? shows the damaged engine of an Air France A380 superjumbo before it made an emergency landing in Canada. AFP/Twitter/Sarah Eamigh PARIS: An Air France A380 superjumbo jetliner taking more than 500 people from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday following "serious damage" to one of its four engines, the airline said. "Flight 066 landed without further damage at the Goo
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Ashura processions under way around Pakistan; cellular services begin to shut down

A policeman stands guard at a majlis site in Faisalabad Oct 1. Photo: Geo News Ashura processions have begun all around the country to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions at Karbala, Iraq on Muharram 10.  Cellular and internet services have begun to be suspended in Karachi, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Kashmore, Khairpur, Haripur, DI Khan and Lakki Marwat, among other areas.   Meanwhile, the motorcycle pillion riding ban is still in place in Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta whereas
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´Mad Men´ no more: ad industry makes diversity push in Trump era

BACKGROUND: 'Mad Men's Roger Sterling (L, John Slattery) and Don Draper (R, Jon Hamm). LA Times via Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC; SUPERIMPOSED: US President Donald Trump. The Atlantic  NEW YORK: Walk into your average ad agency in America and you could be forgiven for thinking you had travelled back in time, with many still resembling the white male bastions immortalized in the series "Mad Men." That may be about to change as the industry redoubles efforts to recruit more minorities, sensing a chanc
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Crunch time as Catalonia holds independence vote

A man holds a placard reading "Catalonia, Spain, Europe" during a demonstration in favour of a unified Spain a day before the banned October 1 independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman  BARCELONA: It´s crunch time for Catalonia and the rest of Spain Sunday as the northeastern region holds an independence referendum banned by Madrid, though how people will be able to vote remains a mystery. This is no ordinary referendum. Spain´s central government
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US directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, September 30, 2017. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool BEIJING: The United States said on Saturday it was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programs but Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue. The disclosure by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a trip to China represented the first time he has spoken to such an e
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CPEC boosts Pakistan in global rankings even before completion

A combination of photos ? merged together ? show a portion of the Gwadar port (L), the Chinese and Pakistani flags flying on a sign along a road towards Gwadar (C), and the port before the inauguration of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (R), in Balochistan, Pakistan. REUTERS/Kay Johnson (April 12, 2016), Caren Firouz (November 13, 2016), and Syed Raza Hassan (January 26, 2016)  The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ? which is still work-in-progress ? has already started to hel
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22 detained in Jamshoro following joint operation by police, Rangers

File Photo JAMSHORO: 22 suspects were taken into custody for questioning following a joint search operation by police and Rangers carried out Saturday night here in the city, as well as in Kotri and Sehwan, Geo News reported citing a police official. Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) conducted a collaborative combing operation, which led to 22 suspected criminals being detained late last night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur said. Chichawatni pillion-riding arrests Seven p
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Five terrorists killed, three flee in CTD operation in Lahore

LAHORE: Five terrorists were shot dead Saturday night by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) near the city's Sagian Bridge, while three others managed to escape arrest during a search operation, Geo News reported. CTD officials revealed that the suspects they shot allegedly belonged to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ? a terrorist outfit banned in the nation. Explosive materials, weapons, and a motorcycle were recovered from the possession of the deceased suspects, the department's officer
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