FundayForum
Register
Forum Blogs Gallery Files Poetry Books
Portal Facebook YouTube Twitter
👀 You are watching:
Jump to content
👉 Click here to explore Remote Jobs, Work From Home & Global News – USA 🇺🇸 | UK 🇬🇧 | Canada 🇨🇦 | Pakistan 🇵🇰 ×
🚫 Guest Access Notice ×
LIVE UPDATES
  • entries
    197,478
  • comments
    31
  • views
    612,480

About this blog

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.

Entries in this blog

WhatsApp users can now text, video call at the same time

WhatsApp finally rolled out its picture-in-picture feature for video calls. The new update allows users to return to the home screen or any other app during a video call. However, the feature will be available for devices on Andriod 8.0 Oreo. The PiP feature allows users to text and video call at the same time. Photo: Android police  The instant messaging app has been testing the picture-in-picture for video calls since July.  The testing was being done in its beta programme version, thoug
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

12 drown at Karachi's Hawkesbay beach

Twelve people drowned at Hawkesbay Beach in Karachi late Saturday afternoon. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Twelve people drowned at Hawkesbay Beach in Karachi late Saturday afternoon. Nine bodies were recovered while a search operation for the remaining bodies is underway, rescue sources said.   Three Saudi nationals, including vice-consul general's son, drown at Hawkesbay beach Bodies of all three Saudi nationals were retrieved, says police On August 26, the son of Saudi vice-council
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Nawaz's review petition is in public's court: Maryam

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said Nawaz's case was the first of its kind where the verdict was announced before court proceedings.  "Corruption, Panama, and Iqama are all excuses to target Nawaz Sharif," she said while addressing a Traders Convention in Lahore. She said she had brought her father's review petition to the traders' community's court.  "Was it not Nawaz who brought the country out of the power crisis," she said, adding each time her father was handed over a 'broken Pakistan,
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

IGP Sindh cancels transfers, postings post July 7

Inspector General of Police Sindh AD Khawaja. Photo: File KARACHI: Sindh's Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khawaja on Saturday cancelled all transfers and postings ordered by the Sindh Government from July 7 onward. A notification issued by the IGP's office directed all officers transferred and posted to new assignments after July 7 to resume their previous duties. In a verdict passed on Thursday, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed the provincial government's order to remove Khawa
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Data swamped US spy agencies put hopes on artificial intelligence

WASHINGTON: Swamped by too much raw intel data to sift through, US spy agencies are pinning their hopes on artificial intelligence to crunch billions of digital bits and understand events around the world. Dawn Meyerriecks, the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director for technology development, said this week the CIA currently has 137 different AI projects, many of them with developers in Silicon Valley. These range from trying to predict significant future events, by finding correlation
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Mysterious flashes light up sky in Mexico after earthquake

Mysterious flashes of light lit up the sky in Mexico after the country was struck by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake on Friday. Photo: courtesy Independent  Mysterious flashes of light lit up the sky in Mexico after the country was struck by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake on Friday, according to Forbes.   The earthquake has been the strongest to hit the country in 100 years, which led to more than 30 deaths and tsunami warning.  People shared on social media the video of the strange blue and green f
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Abbasi becomes first PM to fly in F-16 sortie

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4fada73630b2b6a44c0cafa929053bb2.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS85LzIwMTcgMToxMzo1MiBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXgva1BrK2ZHOSs5QTEvSmdwenA2b3c9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday visited the newly established Airpower Center of Excellence (ACE) at an operational air base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

FO summons Myanmar's envoy, records protest over oppression of Rohingyas

Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday summoned Myanmar?s ambassador to Pakistan U. Win Myint and registered its strong protest over the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua conveyed a strong protest of the government and people of Pakistan at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine State in Myanmar. The foreign secretary called for effective measures to prevent the recurrence of such violence, providing securit
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

How terrorists are using social media

Social media is one of the main platforms for terrorists to recruit youth. We spoke to IT experts to understand what measures can be taken to stop the spread of terrorism via social media.  [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/fe8adb2c35170c2aa78dc65dfcd96c03.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS85LzIwMTcgMTE6MzU6MjIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT05cHJaVlpFcXVYZUhEVzJRKy9oTnpnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center]
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Al-Qaeda member formed Ansarul Shariah: DG Rangers Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh Rangers Director General Major General Mohammad Saeed said on Saturday that an Al-Qaeda member formed Ansarul Shariah.  Speaking to a news channel, Major General Saeed said that the students affiliated with Asarul Shariah did not come from any one specific university. He said well-educated students from different academic institutes were members of the group, adding, as many as three members of the group have Masters degree in Applied Physics. Maj Gen Saeed reiterated that no
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Senior actor Iftikhar Qaisar seriously ill, admitted to hospital

PESHAWAR: Renowned actor Iftikhar Qaisar, has been admitted to Lady Reading Hospital after his health deteriorated on Saturday.  Iftikhar's son, Hasnain said his father, who has been unwell for some time now, was kept under the open sky for nine hours and was not admitted to the hospital's ward.  However, the hospital administration said the delay was due to Iftikhar's test results. The administration added that he has now been admitted to the hospital and the actor is now under treatment.  M
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Terrorists in educational institutions; when you can't tell who is, who isn't

Those involved in terrorism have often been termed as people who were misguided because of lack of knowledge that made them believe in the propaganda used to brainwash them, but when the educated youth of a society turn towards terrorism it shakes the foundations of society and the families affected. Abdul Karim Sarosh Siddiqui, a student of the University of Karachi was just one such youth. His actions have destroyed the dreams and aspirations of his family and have left his fellow students in
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Fight against corruption, a national duty: NAB Chairman

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has received nearly 350,000 complaints during the present management's tenure, with over Rs 50 billion of ill-gotten money recovered and deposited in the national exchequer.  It was revealed during a meeting in the capital that over last three-and-a-half years NAB's overall conviction rate has stood at 76 percent.  NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry was briefed by the Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA) NAB Waqas Qadeer Dar, during a high
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Independence Cup tickets still up for grabs online, at BoP branches

A lucky fan poses with the ticket  LAHORE: All hope is not lost, yet. Fans desperate to join in on the action at Gaddafi Stadium for Pakistan vs World XI T20 matches can still purchase their tickets online and at 20 Bank of Punjab branches across the city. The Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday informed fans through Twitter that ticket denominations of Rs2,500, Rs4,000 and Rs6,000 have been made available online again, after e-ticket reservations were closed earlier this week following a sell-o
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Maryam is inexperienced, trying to save family?s ?kingdom?: Yasmeen Rashid

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Yasmeen Rashid on Saturday attacked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz?s inexperience and said she uses bullet-proof vehicles to campaign for NA-120 by-poll. NA-120 by-poll: PTI threatens sit-in if concerns not addressed Yasmin Rashid demanded ECP take notice of the violation of code of conduct by the ruling party ?Maryam says people should vote for her mother [in NA-120 by-poll] so that her father could be saved,? Rashee
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Six detained from Karachi?s Gulistan-e-Johar

KARACHI: Law Enforcement Agency's personnel took into custody on Saturday six people from Karachi?s Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The LEAs are investigating the attack on Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan?s Khawaja Izhar, under which important suspects have been arrested in raids so far. The suspects were detained during an overnight raid. According to sources, there has been no further information regarding the suspects? political affiliation or identities. All the suspects have been shifted to an unk
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Lahore court issues notice to Imran in defamation suit

LAHORE: A civil court on Saturday again issued a notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan over failure to submit a reply in the Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. The court has sought Imran?s reply by September 25. Punjab CM sends Rs10 billion defamation notice to Imran Khan The petition has been filed under sections 4 and 9 of the Defamation Ordinance, 2002 Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had filed a suit thro
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Sessions court summons reply from Ayesha Gulalai in PTI defamation case

LAHORE: A Sessions Court on Saturday summoned a reply from Ayesha Gulalai on October 16 in light of a legal notice served to her by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central media coordinator Javed Badar earlier this month. Badar had served the legal notice on August 2 through his lawyer Ahsan Javed to the former PTI member and MNA Ayesha Gulalai for defaming the party leadership. The notice demanded that she reply to the legal notice within ten days in the form of an unconditional apology
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Mass exodus in Florida as Hurricane Irma closes in

Hurricane Irma has laid waste to a string of islands in the Caribbean and is now heading northwest towards Florida Store owners boarded up their windows and families sandbagged their homes to join a mass exodus on Friday as Hurricane Irma churned toward Florida after cutting a deadly swath through the Caribbean. After killing at least 19 people and devastating thousands of homes on a string of Caribbean islands, Irma made landfall in Cuba's Camaguey Archipelago as a maximum-strength Category Fi
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

'Surreal' joining the 500 club, says Anderson

Anderson is only the sixth bowler to take 500 test wickets/England Cricket Twitter  LONDON: England seamer James Anderson described it as "surreal" as he became only the sixth bowler to take 500 test wickets on Friday. The 35-year-old Lancastrian, who began the third and final test against West Indies on Thursday with 497 wickets, ripped Kraigg Brathwaite´s middle stump out of the ground with a textbook inswinger to reach the landmark in style. Anderson, whose first wicket also came at Lord´s
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Arms, ammunition recovered in Radd-ul Fasaad IBOs

RAWALPINDI: Acting on actionable intelligence, security forces conducted operations seizing large caches of arms and ammunition on Saturday.  According to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) arm of the Pakistan Army, forces conducted search operations in Autto Khel, Mohmand Agency and in village Battan in Wari tehsil Upper Dir. During the search, a large cache of arms and ammunition including machine guns, mortars, rocket launchers, hand grenades, explosive materi
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Myanmar 'to provide aid' to displaced Rohingya inside country

A house is seen on fire in Gawduthar village, Maungdaw township, in the north of Rakhine state, Myanmar/REUTERS YANGON: Camps will be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state, state-backed media said Saturday, the first time in a 16-day crisis Myanmar's government has offered any relief for Rohingya scattered by violence, many to Bangladesh. Around 270,000 Rohingya have fled since August 25 when militant attacks sent unrest churning through Rakhine, arriving in Banglades
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

NAB challenges in LHC Zardari?s acquittal in corruption case

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau challenged on Saturday an accountability court?s decision to give a clean chit to former president Asif Ali Zardari regarding his assets. The NAB appealed to the Lahore High Court against the accountability court?s August 26 verdict, acquitting former president Asif Ali Zardari in a reference pertaining to corruption. The NAB in its plea stated that it has 22,000 verified documents as evidence against the former president, which are related to offsho
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Customs recover 4kg gold from passenger at Lahore airport

Shoaib, a resident of Gujrat, was found in possession of gold jewellery worth over Rs20 million LAHORE: Customs authorities on Saturday seized 4 kilogrammes of gold from a passenger travelling from Manchester at the Allama Iqbal International Aiport. Shoaib, a resident of Gujrat, was found in possession of gold jewellery worth over Rs20 million, authorities said. 20kg heroin seized from PIA plane at Islamabad airport Sources said the drugs were hidden in the plane's catering cabin
ADMIN

ADMIN

0

Exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh reaches 270,000: UNHCR

A group of Rohingya refugee people walk towards Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. (Reuters)  COX?S BAZAR: An estimated 270,000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, announcing a dramatic jump in numbers fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar?s Rakhine State. A rights group said satellite images showed about 450 buildings had been burned down in a Myanmar border town largely inhabited by Rohingya, as par
ADMIN

ADMIN

0


×
×
  • Create New...