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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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Want Taimur to have a normal childhood: Kareena

Taimur pictured here with mother Kareena is a paparazzi favourite  Kareena Kapoor is well aware of her son Taimur being a paparazzi favourite and his pictures going viral, but wants him to grow up as normally as possible. ?I do understand that. But I just don?t want him to be looked upon as a star child. I want him to grow up as normally as possible,? said Kareena during a recent interview. Kareena also revealed that she had a discussion with husband Saif Ali Khan during her pregnancy regard
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Sindh govt should decide if IGP stays or not, says Saeed Ghani

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9934b25c89f1bcca401e37d2f89c8279.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS83LzIwMTcgMTI6MjE6MTAgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0wVFFXNjZYYXY3OVNZaHhJakd1SjhBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party?s Saeed Ghani remarked on Thursday that the Sindh government has the power to decide whether the incumbent Inspector General Police AD Khawaja should c
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The stateless and persecuted Rohingya

Rohingya Muslims are once more fleeing in droves towards Bangladesh, trying to escape the latest surge in violence in Rakhine of Myanmar.  This is the latest chapter in the grim recent history of the Rohingya, a people of about one million reviled in Myanmar as illegal immigrants and denied citizenship. Stateless, persecuted and fleeing The Rohingya are the world?s largest stateless community and of one of its most persecuted minorities. Using a dialect similar to that spoken in Chittagong
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PCB unveils logo for World XI series

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday unveiled the logo for the upcoming World XI series against Pakistan, dubbed the ?Independence Cup 2017?. Addressing a press conference here, PCB chairman Najam Sethi said the purpose of the World XI series is to project a positive image of Pakistan around the world.  He also said the board is working hard to hold matches in Karachi in the near future as well.
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Pak tells US to respect territorial integrity

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that the United States needs to respect Pakistan's sovereignty.   He was addressing a press conference at the end of the three-day envoys' conference at the Foreign Ministry.  ?The three-day conference that we had, we discussed Pak-US relations, the United Nations and also India,? said Asif. The current situation in the region and the world as a whole is changing rapidly, he said, adding that we have not seen such changes since the Sec
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Madonna moves to Portugal, rated new star destination for expats

US singer Madonna attends the world premiere of 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years' in London, Britain September 15, 2016. Photo: Reuters  LISBON: New Lisbon resident Madonna has been extolling the delights of living in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the most illustrious of a growing number of foreigners in the newly-fashionable city. ?I used to be a basket case but now I live in Lisbon,? she wrote on Instagram on Sunday under a photo of baskets hanging from the ceiling of an
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UK's Prince George starts school, pregnant mum Kate too ill to go

Prince William and Head of Lower School, Helen Haslem, escort Prince George LONDON: Britain?s Prince George, the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth and third-in-line to the throne, started school today but without his pregnant mother Kate to support him because she is suffering from severe morning sickness. George, 4, was taken by his father, Prince William, from their Kensington Palace home to Thomas?s Battersea school in southwest London, which says its most important rule is to ?Be Kind? and
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Man duped into marrying transgender in Punjab

CHINIOT: A man in Punjab was duped into marrying a transgender person, who fled shortly after robbing him of money, Geo News reported on Thursday. 52-year-old Gulzar, a resident of Chiniot district, contracted a second marriage with the bride, named Sonia, in court after paying Rs150,000 to the ?fraud? gang comprising Ghulam Nabi and Safdar, who pretended to be relatives of the bride. The gang administered the man?s nikah three days before marrying off their accomplice (a transgender) to Gulza
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ECP bars Punjab food minister from participating in NA-120 campaign

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered on Thursday Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin not to take part in the NA-120 by-election campaign in Lahore. The ECP is hearing the matter of the minister taking part in the election campaign of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate ? a violation of the ECP?s code of conduct. During today?s hearing, the minister?s counsel informed the ECP bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan,
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The king is dead, long live the new 'Narcos' drug lords

Notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar may be no more but hit Netflix crime drama "Narcos" is alive and well, as season three shifts the focus to the notorious Cali Cartel. The most successful crime syndicate in history at its peak, the multi-billion dollar organisation stepped into the void left after the charismatic Medellin Cartel boss was shot dead by Colombian police. Known as "los caballeros" (the gentlemen) of Cali, its leaders were an altogether different prospect from the flamboyant
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Cholesterol drug reduces death in men without heart disease

WASHINGTON: A cholesterol drug reduced by 28 percent the mortality rate among men who had high cholesterol but no heart disease, according to new research out Wednesday. In the longest such trial to date, spanning 20 years, researchers at Imperial College London found that 40 miligrams daily of pravastatin reduced deaths from heart disease in participants by more than a quarter. The patients, 5,529 men, had high cholesterol levels but not heart disease. Senior author Kausik Ray from Imperial'
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Over 2,800 Pakistanis to be affected by Trump's repeal of immigration programme

Immigration activists protest the Trump administration´s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on September 6, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey - AFP  WASHINGTON: More than 2,800 Pakistanis and over 5,500 Indians will be affected by the repeal of an immigration programme that protected undocumented aliens, who were brought to the US as children, from deportation.  The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme that US President Donald Trump said he wou
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Salman Butt, last man out in Pakistan, hopes for new era

Eight years on, and with a conviction for spot-fixing behind him, Salman Butt is hoping for a new era for Pakistan cricket LAHORE: Salman Butt clearly remembers the way he was dismissed against Sri Lanka in Lahore in 2009 -- the last batsman out in the last Test in Pakistan, before a terror attack on the visiting team´s bus scared off touring sides. Butt, now 32, was run out in the last over of the day for 48. The next morning, on March 3, militants ambushed the Sri Lankan bus, killing eight pe
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BoK MD issued termination notice

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4b114ef07847b771f80424c442efd25f.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS83LzIwMTcgOToxMDowNiBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPVhNdVIvNUxTbHphV1ZlZzZnVFJjL0E9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department issued on Thursday a notice to the Bank of Khyber (BoK) managing director Shams-ul-Qayyum informing him of his termination for misc
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Saudi King to visit White House in 2018

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/edbf120f5f1b43ca25fa31bc78313432.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS83LzIwMTcgOTowNzo0NCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWdNc043OXk5WDRveFBsVTBVclNzVlE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] WASHINGTON: King Salman of Saudi Arabia will make an official visit to Washington early next year for talks with President Donald Trump, the White House said Wednesday. The two lead
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Indian court jails Mumbai 1993 blasts convict for life

Abu Salem (pictured) was convicted of involvement in India´s most deadly bombings/file photo  MUMBAI: A court on Thursday jailed for life Abu Salem, convicted of involvement in India´s most deadly bombings, a series of blasts in the financial capital that killed 257 people in 1993, television channels said. The fate of the other four men found guilty of the blasts along with Abu Salem, a prominent member of the group that planned the attack, was not immediately known. In June, a court had rule
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Imran Khan's disqualification case to resume from Sept 12

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0e9ecdabc87cec4cf239b2f41e4e4666.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS83LzIwMTcgODo0OTo0NCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPVFGTGxtdjNVTkR3NDk3MkhiUG5NT2c9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume hearing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's disqualification case from Septemeber 12.  The last hearing for the
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PM chairs concluding session of envoys? conference

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi  ISLAMABAD: The conference of Pakistani envoys continued for the third and final day in the capital, with the concluding session chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir were among those present at the conference, which deliberated over regional and global dimensions of Pakistan?s foreign policy and the challenges involved following Donald Trump?s revised policy towards Afgh
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Foreign funding case: ECP demands PTI to submit financial records by Sept 11

Election Commission of Pakistan. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) on Thursday demanded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to present its financial records by September 11. During the ECP hearing, petitioner, Akbar S Babar, demanded the ECP to present a show-cause notice to the party. Meanwhile, in today's hearing on the petition filed by the party to stop ECP from party funding probe, Islamabad High Court`s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani directed PTI to present th
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Pakistan team to begin training for World XI tour today

Players train at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore/file photo LAHORE: The national cricket camp is all set to start at the Gaddafi Stadium from Thursday (today), where the Pakistan squad will kick off its preparations for the upcoming World XI tour. 13 players from the national squad for the series, dubbed ?Independence Cup?, have reported at the camp and will commence training from today. Fast bowler Mohammad Amir will miss early days of the camp, as he is with his wife in England who is expecting th
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Kim and Kanye expecting third baby via surrogate: media

Kim Kardashian, North West and Kanye West attend the Alexander Wang Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 at Pier 94 on February 14, 2015 in New York City. Photo: AFP 2 Reality television star Kim Kardashian is expecting a third child with rapper Kanye West via a surrogate, US media reported on Wednesday. "The entire family is over the moon. Kim had been looking for a surrogate for months until recently when she found the perfect candidate," an unnamed source was quoted as t
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At least seven dead as Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean

A picture taken on September 7, 2017 shows a flooded street in Gustavia on the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Barthelemy in the Caribbean following hurricane Irma/AFP MARIGOT: Hurricane Irma sowed a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean on Wednesday, reducing to rubble the tropical islands of Barbuda and St Martin and claiming at least seven lives. One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, the dangerous Category Five hurricane was churning off the north coast of Pue
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Disqualification reference: ECP directs Gulalai to submit written response in next hearing

MNA Ayesha Gulalai speaking in a press conference outside ECP. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday directed Ayesha Gulalai to submit a written response in the next disqualification reference hearing. Meanwhile; Gulalai, the estranged Member National Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has made clear that she has not left the party and will continue to remain part of it, as PTI is not a personal estate of Imran Khan. Speaking at a press conference afte
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Bangladesh strike back after Warner ton

David Warner kisses his cap after completing his century, Bangladesh v Australia, 2nd Test, Chittagong, 3rd day, September 6, 2017/Getty Images  CHITTAGONG: David Warner hit his second hundred in a row before Bangladesh fought back with quick strikes on a rain-hit third day of the second Test against Australia on Wednesday. The visitors were 377-9 when bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining after rain washed out the entire first session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chittagong
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The Powerpuff Girls are getting a fourth member, reveals Cartoon Network

Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup  The Powerpuff Girls are expanding their ranks with an all-new fourth member, who will help the trio fight the crime in their new film. Cartoon Network is all set to unveil the as-yet-unnamed fourth Powerpuff girl in the premiere episode of the five-part movie event, The Powerpuff Girls: Power of Four, airing Sunday, September 17, according to Entertainment Weekly. The super-powered, genetically modified trio of Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles will unite in the f
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