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Texas hunkers down as Hurricane Harvey lashes US coastline

Photo: AFP CORPUS CHRISTI: Powerful wind and heavy rain from Hurricane Harvey lashed the Gulf Coast of Texas on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years, roared ashore late Friday at the town of Rockport -- near Corpus Christi, a major US oil industry hub -- as a Category Four hurricane on the five-level storm scale, packing sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (215 kilome
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Thousands unable to access Facebook after unexplained outage

Photo: File Facebook was inoperative for many users, with thousands reporting they couldn?t access the social media site on Saturday. Users trying to access the website saw a message saying the web page was undergoing ?required maintenance." Down Detector, a website that tracks internet outages reported a large spike in users who were unable to access the social media website. Most affected users reported a "total blackout," reporting that they were unable to log in to their accounts or the s
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JI signals end to coalition in KP over Bank of Khyber rift

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3449cbcee6a6f2313f7b4e09225bb3ff.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDQ6MDk6NTMgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1pS2NpTjFDYTNESXFhTWI2L3V1RW1RPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) parliamentarians on Saturday signalled to quit the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government over the Bank of Khyber (BoK) rift. The JI demanded that the PTI gove
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Met police treating knife attack incident as terrorism

LONDON: Detectives from the Met?s Counter Terrorism Command are investigating after three police officers were injured in a terrorist incident on Friday night, said a press release from the Metropolitan Police. ?The incident is being treated as terrorism but we will remain open minded while the investigation continues.? A car deliberately drove at a police van and stopped in front of it in a restricted area on Constitution Hill near Buckingham Palace. After the police officers approached the c
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TDF Ghar, will transport you to a Karachi that once was...

Entrance to the TDF Ghar  KARACHI: The moment one enters the TDF Ghar, a restored house on MA Jinnah Road built in 1930 by Hanibai Motiram, you are immediately teleported into a Pakistan that once was.  Situated in the Jamshed Quarters, an estate developed by Karachi's first mayor Jamshed Nusserwanjee for the growing middle class of the metropolis, where Muslims, Hindus, Chrtistians, Parsis and Jews resided in harmony - the heritage building begins to tell its story.  geo_embedgallery
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Nawaz betrayed by those he loved most: Maryam

Maryam Nawaz. Photo: File LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, on Saturday claimed that her father was betrayed by those he loved the most. In a media address in Lahore, Maryam claimed that her father is ?honest, truthful, and innocent.? ?God will deal with those who conspired against my father,? she said, adding that Nawaz was wrongfully removed from office for not receiving income from his son?s company. Maryam, who is heading her mother Begum Kulsoom Nawaz?s
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Will participate wholeheartedly in NA-120 by-poll: Imran

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e30916b92e1358db702b751ba7db34a3.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDI6MDg6MDEgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT03aUZXeGJ5N1o0eE5ERlRwYlFsR3pBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan on Saturday said the party will wholeheartedly participate in the NA-120 by-poll.  He said that the outcome of NA-120 by-
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Pakistan ready to work with US, says Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/59769f571248006b3341226b445d3029.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDI6MTQ6MjMgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1kUVZhdHgxc0hFQSt3aThpZTZzaG9nPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] GUJRANWALA: United States has not given any trade privileges to Pakistan after 2001 that it wants to take back, Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir said on Saturday. While addressi
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PTI worker assaulted by guards at party's chairman secretariat in Lahore

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e6dd4308f5ece2c6285844fbd8bf246e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDE6NDU6MzcgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1BbEZZODAyY3FSVHRDNXJwQlpTOGJRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was beaten up by guards at the party's chairman secretariat on Saturday.  A large number of party workers had reached the secretariat
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Intensive security operations conducted in Balochistan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Security forces in Balochistan have conducted intensive intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in the province and have foiled major terrorist activity, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). During the last four days, FC Balochistan has conducted IBOs in Summany, Kleri Dhal, Dera Bugti, Dashat areas of Balochistan. ISPR added that search operations were also carried out in different parts of Quetta. Several suspects were arrested during the operations and
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Pervaiz Malik requests ECP to withdraw notification

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a21a4dd278b4d52fc103188bb8772337.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDE6MDM6MDkgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1qSDdFTXBmZ2NwcDY3R2tIK2dWaGJ3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Mohammad Pervaiz Malik has requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to withdraw the notification issued on August 1.  The ECP can issue guide
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Nawaz files another review petition in SC against Panama verdict

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has filed another review petition against the Panama case verdict in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court overturn the July 28 verdict. The petition argues that the petitions filed by Sheikh Rasheed, Imran Khan and Siraj-ul-Haq did not mention FZE Capital and Nawaz was disqualified over a matter which was not included in the petitions. According to income tax laws, only an amount which has been received can be termed as salary, the pe
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Centurion Stokes rides his luck against Windies

Ben Stokes reached his sixth Test century/Getty Images LEEDS: England´s Ben Stokes made the most of being dropped twice to score a hundred that took the shine off an improved bowling display by the West Indies on the first day of the second Test at Headingley on Friday. Stokes´s score of exactly 100 was the cornerstone of England´s modest 258 all out. Yet a good day for the West Indies, 19 for one at stumps, could have been so much better. Both Stokes and England captain Joe Root, who made 59
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Compare census records of Army, Statistics Division: Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah on Saturday raised reservations over the provisional report of the population census and said the records of the Statistics Division and the Pakistan Army should be compared.  Shah said the facts would come to the forefront once the two census records are compared. The opposition leader also demanded that the tenure of assemblies should be reduced to four years.   Pakistan's total population has been recorded at 207.774 million, according to
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Govt ministers repeatedly criticise Shaukat Khanum hospital: Imran Khan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4597900a00fb388e4afa2fdb9bdbbadf.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDEwOjQxOjUxIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9NjFHcXVCTzVWUU14QUljVEtmSDNVZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Saturday that Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer hospital?s operations are transparent, adding that it is better not to malign
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Criticised ?weak points? of Panama case verdict, not judges, says Rafique

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/59470e7557e81c9a8f078391d6e2c5ed.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDEwOjQ1OjEzIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9NUhIRDlad1dDWmZlSGJvNjV4eWhydz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has only criticised those parts of the Panama case judgement which it thi
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IHC allows Muslim convert to live with husband

Maria said that she accepted Islam out of her own will and has not been forcibly converted ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Saturday allowed a Muslim convert to continue living with his Muslim husband, after the woman?s family members had filed a case against the man and his family. In a written order, the IHC said that it had directed a meeting be held between Maria and her parents. The meeting, held for 40 minutes, ended without any agreement. The order said that Maria had prayed to th
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ECP issues final list, 44 candidates to contest for NA-120

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan issued on Thursday a finalised list of the candidates contesting for the upcoming NA-120 bypoll in Lahore. According to Returning Officer Mohammad Shahid, the schedule is finalised and election symbols have been allotted to the candidates. Shahid said that total 44 candidates will contest for the NA-120. A total of 220 polling stations and 573 polling booths have been formed for the bypoll falling on Sept 17. The RO, presiding officers and poll
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Hurricane Harvey forces Coldplay to postpone Houston show

Coldplay British rock band Coldplay was forced to postpone a concert in Houston scheduled for Friday night as the most powerful hurricane in a dozen years bore down on Texas, the band said on Friday. Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas coastline late Friday, unleashing torrents of rain and packing powerful winds, the first major storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years. Houston is not directly in the path of the storm, but it is expected to receive up to 20 inches of rain. ?We really wanted to
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Thailand's former PM Yingluck fled to Dubai: senior party members

Overthrown in 2014, Yingluck had faced up to 10 years in prison if found guilty BANGKOK: Thailand?s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison. Puea Thai Party sources said Yingluck left Thailand last week and flew via Singapore to Dubai where her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in self-imposed exile to
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Macron spends ?26,000 on make-up in first 100 days

39 and fresh-faced: France´s President Emmanuel Macron PARIS: He´s only 39 and fresh-faced, but France´s President Emmanuel Macron has run up a make-up bill of 26,000 euros in his first 100 days in office, offering fresh ammunition to his critics. The bill, revealed by Le Point magazine and confirmed by the presidency to AFP on Friday, was paid to a freelance make-up artist for work since the centrist took power in mid-May. It recalled an embarrassing revelation about the balding former presid
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Five of Hamza Shehbaz?s family depart for London

LAHORE: Five members of Hamza Shehbaz?s family departed for London on Saturday, boarding a Pakistan International Airlines flight days after Chief Minister Punjab's son left for abroad. According to airport sources, those going to London include Hamza Shehbaz?s sister, children and wife. CM Punjab?s other son Suleman Shehbaz and Ishaq Dar?s daughter-in-law also accompanied the group, the sources further said. Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, left for London on August 22 ahead of the NA-120 by-election
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World XI coach wants Pakistani fans to ?see their heroes?

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a0c8f069bab5b795d24e45f05b81e2cb.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yNi8yMDE3IDc6MzY6MjIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1VRHNJSmNtbTdTdUh4WmY2UTVXMGNRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LEEDS: World XI coach Andy Flower is looking forward to being involved in a series that enables Pakistan fans to "see their heroes" after years of being "starved" of international cri
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Pakistan's Sana Mir named ?Asia 21 Young Leader?

Sana Mir NEW YORK: Sana Mir, captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team, is among 30 remarkable professionals recently named "Asia 21 Young Leaders" by Asia Society, a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. Mir was selected for the 2017 class of Asia 21, Asia-Pacific foremost network of young leaders, with Asia Society noting that the cricket star challenged attitudes about women's participation in Pakistan?s male-dominated world of sport. In a press release,
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Robot ?Cyberknife? to help fight cancer at Karachi's JPMC

KARACHI: The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre is utilising the help of an expensive robot who assists in diagnosing and treating cancer patients. Cyberknife is Pakistan?s only robot, whose services are being utilised to help the plight of cancer patients. According to the incharge Cyberknife Robotic Surgery at JPMC, Dr Tariq Mehmood the robot, bought with the help of patient aid foundation, private institutions and donors, can help treat any type of tumor. According to officials, in the wh
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