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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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Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet today for Zil-Hajj moon sighting

KARACHI: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Karachi Tuesday evening for sighting of Zil-Hajj moon. The meeting will be chaired by Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman. The Meteorological Department, however, has predicted slim chances of sighting of the new moon today, August 22 (Ziquad 29, 1438 AH). According to climate record, the weather is expected to be partly cloudy/cloudy in most parts of the country today. Eid-ul-Azha, therefore, is predicted to be observed across th
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Sindh govt requests SHC to review order on NAB repeal bill

KARACHI: The Sindh government submitted on Tuesday a plea to the Sindh High Court requesting it to review its earlier order regarding the jurisdiction of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 in the province. The high court in its earlier ruling had ordered the for a list of MPAs who had voted for the NAO 1999 repeal bill 2017.  The court had also ordered NAB to continue its investigation against provincial assembly members and bureaucrats and sought a list of government officials
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India´s top court bans instant ?triple talaaq?

India´s top court on Tuesday banned triple talaaq that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, saying it was unconstitutional. Victims of the practice known as "triple talaq", whereby Muslim men can divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) three times, had approached the Supreme Court to ask for a ban. Triple talaq "is not integral to religious practice and violates constitutional morality," a panel of Supreme Court judges said. The five judges were from India´s major fai
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Opposition leader criticises low attendance of lawmakers

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah lashed out at the low presence of lawmakers in the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday.  Shah, a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, said he is ashamed to see such a low level of attendance in the assembly today, when the lawmakers were expected to discuss the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017.  He said when the prime minister comes to attend the assembly session, others follow suit.  Speaker directed, on advice of Shah, PML-N
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Rainfall resumes across various parts of Karachi

KARACHI: Rainfall resumed in various parts of Karachi late Tuesday morning after the city was lashed by heavy rainfall a day earlier.  Fresh reports of heavy rainfall have been confirmed from Federal B Area, North Karachi, North Nazimabad, PECHS, Super Highway. I.I. Chundrigar road, S.I.T.E and surrounding areas.  Rainfall on Shahrah-e-Faisal  Monday's rainfall accompanied by stormy winds caused power outages across the metropolis, which the local power distribution company K-Electric was str
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KSE-100 index drops over 1,000 points

The bearish trend at Pakistan Stock Exchange continues as the KSE-100 index dropped by over 1,000 points during early day trading on Tuesday, almost dipping below 41,000 points. On Monday, the benchmark index stooped to a fresh low of the year, sliding another 925 points to close at 42,153.38. Financial analyst Muhammad Sohail said that the political situation, constant decrease in foreign exchange reserves and current account deficit, which has reached one billion dollars, has made investors
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Dengue in Peshawar claims teenager?s life, bringing death toll to 6

PESHAWAR: A 16-year-old girl was the latest to fall prey to the deadly dengue virus in the city, bringing the death toll over the past week due to the virus at six. According to the father, the teenager, a resident of the Tahkal area, was under treatment at the Khyber Teaching Hospital since three days. She was shifted to the ICU after her condition deteriorated today, but eventually succumbed to the disease. The father said that the girl was diagnosed with dengue a week ago but the hospital s
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Hamza Shehbaz leaves for London ahead of NA-120 by-poll: sources

Hamza Shehbaz. Photo: File LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and nephew of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, left for London Tuesday morning ahead of the NA-120 by-election in Lahore, sources informed Geo News. Speaking to the party?s core committee mandated to run the election campaign in the NA-120 by-poll, Hamza, an MNA from Lahore, said the party?s candidate, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, is like his own mother and he considers her election his own. N
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LHC gives police until Sept 8 to produce lawyer in contempt case

Lawyers and police clashed on Monday after the LHC ordered the arrest of LHCBA Multan bench head Sher Zaman Qureshi. Photo: Geo News   LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed police to arrest and produce in court a lawyers? association leader by September 8. The order was given by a larger bench headed by LHC Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Tuesday which was hearing a contempt of court case against Sher Zaman Qureshi, head of the bar association of LHC Multan bench, and another lawy
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Afghanistan hails Trump?s revised strategy on Afghan war

Trump has cleared the way for deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan  Afghanistan on Monday welcomed US President Donald Trump?s revised vision for the Afghan war, stating that it was the ?result of intense deliberations? and took into account ?both our countries? needs and considerations.? Afghanistan?s Ambassador to the US Hamdullah Mohib released a statement hailing Trump?s announcement regarding US policy towards Afghanistan and Southeast Asia. ?This is the first time a foc
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US intervention in Afghanistan: Key developments

Currently 8,400 American soldiers are taking part in NATO´s operation in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: Below are developments in the US military presence in Afghanistan, as President Donald Trump unveiled Monday his new strategy for the country and cleared the way to send thousands more US troops there. Currently 8,400 American soldiers are taking part in NATO´s operation in Afghanistan, which comprises a total of 13,000 troops in all. Most of them are charged with overseeing and training Afghan forc
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NAB summons Nawaz, sons, Maryam Nawaz today

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, sons Husain and Hussain Nawaz and daughter Maryam Nawaz today as part of probe into their offshore properties. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has also been summoned by the bureau in money laundering probe. Sharifs fail to appear before NAB Lahore: sources NAB Lahore summoned Sharif family members to question them over their London properties, sources said Members of the Sharif family
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Gayle, Samuels return to West Indies ODI squad

Gayle and Samuels have returned after making peace with West Indies cricket board  LONDON: Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle is set to play his first one-day international in two years after being recalled to the squad for the series with England. The 37-year-old -- who has racked up 9,221 runs in 269 ODIs -- returns along with fellow veterans Marlon Samuels and Jerome Taylor to add much-needed class to the squad. The once dominant West Indies are under fire from all sides after their T
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Rare total solar eclipse spreads wonder across United States

A multiple-exposure image shows the solar eclipse as it creates the effect of a diamond ring at totality as seen from Clingmans Dome, which, at 6,643 feet, is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, US, August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  CHARLESTON, S.C./SHERIDAN: As millions of awestruck Americans cast their gaze skyward on Monday at the extraordinary sight of a total solar eclipse, one Connecticut man had his eyes set firmly on a different prize. Josep
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S&P 500 index gains after recent selloff; energy stocks fall

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  The benchmark US S&P 500 stock index ended up slightly on Monday after two days of declines, though a drop in oil prices weighed on energy shares and tensions between the United States and North Korea kept investors on edge. Market participants began to turn their focus to the Federal Reserve meeting at Jackson Hole, Wyoming ? later this week ? that will be attend
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US board to vote on likely cause of Tesla 'Autopilot' crash

The logo is seen on a new all-wheel-drive version of the Tesla Model S car in Hawthorne, California, October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files WASHINGTON: The US National Transportation Safety Board will vote at a September 12 hearing on the probable cause of a May 2016 crash that killed a man using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S sedan, the agency said on Monday. The fatal incident raised questions about the safety of systems that can perform driving tasks for long
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Trump to deliver televised speech on Afghan, S. Asian strategy today

BACKGROUND: This photo ? taken on November 28, 2010 ? shows a US soldier blowing up a wall with explosives during a patrol around Ahmed Khan camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan. AFP/Martin Bureau; SUPERIMPOSED: This photo ? taken on June 16, 2017 ? shows US President Donald Trump leaving Marine One, White House, Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump unveils his long-awaited strategy for Afghanistan on Monday, putting his mark on America's longest war in a first formal addres
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Heavy rain, stormy winds catch Karachi by surprise

KARACHI: Heavy rain, coupled with stormy winds, hit the city early Monday night, leading to panic on the roads, power outages, and destroyed electricity poles. Numerous areas were blocked off due to huge traffic jams, whereas many commuters were stranded as their vehicles broke down midway. The stormy weather enveloped different cities in Sindh, including Hyderabad and Karachi.
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Terrorists confess to Rawalpindi mosque attack of 2013

RAWALPINDI: The terrorists involved in Raja Bazaar attack of 2013 belonged to the same sect the mosque of which they damaged, said Inter Services Public Relations Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor during a news conference on Monday. DG ISPR showed the confessions of two of the eight terrorists involved in the attack. ?My name is Bakht Shahzaib, I belong to Bajaur Agency,? one of the terrorists was shown as saying in a video. ?I was deployed in Rawalpindi in 2012.? He added they are
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Imran Khan used marriage as election stunt: Ayesha Gulalai

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/87ec3cea2d6c4fadca57d4618c9f2a65.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8yMS8yMDE3IDU6Mjg6NDggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT12VC9BM2xKMXYvdDZlQlR4VkdSWFp3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: MNA Ayesha Gulalai has alleged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan of using marriage as an election stunt, saying the party chief had announced of getting marri
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Another victory for Pakistan Army: Operation Khyber-4 completed successfully

The Pakistan Army has announced the achievement of yet another milestone ? the successful completion of Operation Khyber-4, launched to clear the volatile Rajgal valley in Khyber tribal agency.  In an exclusive conversation on Geo News' Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath, Director-General Inter-Services Public Relation Major General Asif Ghafoor gave further details on the completion of the operation and other objectives successfully achieved by the Pakistan Army. Earlier today, in a special pres
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Taylor Swift returns to social media with cryptic snake video

Taylor Swift returns to social media with cryptic snake clip. Photo: Getty Images Taylor Swift, on Monday morning, returned to social media with a cryptic, 10-second video of what appears to be a snake slithering against a black backdrop. The video was posted to all of her social media accounts without a caption. Excited fans were unable to express themselves on the singer?s Insta account after she turned off the commenting
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UAE nuclear programme edges toward 2018 launch

ABU DHABI: At first glance, the long hallway seems abandoned. But behind glass walls, in soundproof offices, engineers and physicists are putting the final touches to the Arab world's first nuclear programme. At the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) in Abu Dhabi, dozens of employees are reviewing the 15,000-page application for the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, scheduled to launch next year. Located just across the Gulf from Iran, which is home to a controversial nuclear programm
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WATCH: First total solar eclipse in 99 years

Live video courtesy: Facebook/Nasa CHARLESTON: Millions of sky-gazers staked out viewing spots across the United States Monday to see the Sun briefly disappear behind the Moon, in the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cast a shadow on the entire continent. The "total" part of the eclipse, when the Moon moves between the Earth and Sun and blocks all of the Sun's light, starts at 1716 GMT over the Pacific coast of Oregon and ends about 90 minutes later over Charleston. Th
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France's Total to buy Maersk Oil for $7.45bn

source: Reuters PARIS: French oil giant Total said Monday that it would buy Maersk Oil, a unit of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, for $7.45 billion. The company said the deal would make Total the second-largest operator in the North Sea, with substantial operations in Britain, Norway and Denmark. It will pay for the company with $4.95 billion in Total shares, while taking on $2.5 billion of Maersk Oil's debt. The boards of both companies have approved the deal. Total said the acqui
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