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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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PTI has reservations over Shehbaz as PM, says Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday expressed reservations over PML-N's decision to nominate incumbent Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif as the candidate to become prime minister. "Shehbaz has a pending reference against him in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB),  what message would it convey to the country and the international community," questioned the PTI leader. Qureshi also questioned the tradition of dynastic politics and ask
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One-sided opinion formed over Sindh Accountability bill: CM Sindh

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday said that the opposition has formed one-sided opinion on the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 Repeal Bill 2017. The CM Sindh gave a statement, saying that the approval and implementation of the bill is a constitutional right. He said that currently 12 ministers and officials are facing investigation from the NAB, asking if any other region is facing the same amount of actions by the institution. On July 21, Murad Ali
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PTI holds high-level huddle to nominate candidate for PM

Meeting underway at Bani Gala. -PTI social media. ISLAMABAD: An important meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), chaired by party chief Imran Khan, is underway to decide on a candidate who will be nominated in the National Assembly for the post of prime minister. The high-level party huddle is also discussing a future course of action and making contact with other opposition parties.  The PTI is also discussing arrangements for the rally planned for Sunday in the federal capital.  PT
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North Korea tests another ICBM, claims all of US in strike range

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike America's mainland, drawing a sharp warning from US President Donald Trump and a rebuke from China. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the midnight launch of the missile on Friday night and said it was a "stern warning" for the United States that it would not be safe from destruction if it tries to attack, t
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10 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack: local media

Afghan policemen/file photo At least 10 policemen were killed in a Taliban attack in Nawa district in Helmand province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Saturday, citing sources. The militants attacked a police check post in Samad Square in Nawa district on Friday night, killing 10 policemen, Tolo News said, citing sources. Provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak, however, stated that the attack killed two policemen and wounded 10 others. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Sri Lanka completes $1 billion port deal with China

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Saturday sealed a billion-dollar deal to let a Chinese state firm take over a loss-making port in a move that worries many, including its giant neighbour India. The long-delayed $1.1 billion sale of a 70 per cent stake in Hambantota port, which straddles the world´s busiest east-west shipping route, was confirmed by Sri Lanka´s Ports Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. The government used tough laws against industrial action to stop workers going on strike this week to oppose
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?Victim of Trumpism?: Australian MP refused entry to US

Victorian MP Khalil Eideh. Photo taken from Herald Sun An MP from Australian state of Victoria, Khalil Eideh, was recently blocked from entering the United States while on an overseas study tour, in yet another incident of ?Trumpism?, as declared by an outraged Australian senator. Eideh, who was born in Lebanon and whose family is Syrian, was part of a group of MPs studying the effectiveness of drug laws and regulations in Europe and North America. But he was left ?exhausted, very, very disapp
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SC verdict accepted despite reservations: Asfandyar Wali Khan

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party President Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Saturday that he has accepted Supreme Court`s verdict disqualifying Nawaz Sharif despite having serious reservations regarding it. Speaking to journalists, Khan said that he hopes his reservations are proved wrong in the future.  He also requested the media and the politicians to focus on real issues now that the Panama Papers case has reached its logical conclusion. ?I request the political leadership of the country to no
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Iran to carry on missile programme, condemns US sanctions

Simorgh rocket is launched and tested at the Imam Khomeini Space Centre, Iran/Reuters TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday condemned new sanctions passed by the US Congress against its missile programme, which President Donald Trump is set to sign into law, and vowed to continue it. "We will continue with full power our missile programme," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told state broadcaster IRIB. "We consider the action by the US as hostile, reprehensible and unacceptable, and it´s ultimately
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Articles 62,63 should be applicable to all, not just politicians: Saad Rafique

Senior Pakistan Muslim League ? Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique in his reaction to the Supreme Court`s decision to disqualify Nawaz Sharif tweeted that articles 62 and 63 should not be applicable only to the country's politicians. In another tweet, he took a jibe at Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stating that Imran Khan was too quick to rejoice the SC's decision and he will soon regret his 'mistake.'  The former railway minister further claimed to have 'built Pa
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Nawaz?s disqualification: What legal experts say

Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters file  Following the much-awaited Panama case verdict announced by the Supreme Court early Friday, legal analysts expressed their opinions on the decision to disqualify Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister. Speaking to Geo News, barrister Salahuddin Ahmed said the SC?s verdict based on Sharif not declaring his United Arab Emirates (UAE) company FZE Capital?s income in his nomination papers was puzzling, as this was not a legal basis to dismiss the premier. ?Basic acco
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EX-SECP Chairman Zafar Hijazi sent to Adiala Jail

ISLAMABAD: A local court sent former Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Zafar Hijazi sent to Adiala Jail on a 14-day remand. Zafar Hijazi - File photo  An FIA inquiry team had found Hijazi guilty of tampering the records of companies owned by the Sharif family. The team had submitted a 28-page inquiry report to the Supreme Court on July 9, in which it had endorsed the stance of the JIT probing the offshore assets of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family in con
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Cristiano Ronaldo to start season in court

Ronaldo will be questioned by a court over allegations he evaded 14.7 million euros ($17.2 million) in tax MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo faces a brutal return to Madrid before starting pre-season training with Real Madrid as he is expected in court on Monday, accused of evading millions in taxes. The 32-year-old -- the world´s highest paid athlete according to Forbes magazine -- will be questioned by a court in Pozuelo de Alarcon, a wealthy suburb of Madrid where he lives, over allegations he evade
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PCB to sue Indian board for dishonouring MoU: Shahryar Khan

Shahryar Khan pictured with Najam Sethi after the BoG meeting LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to sue the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the ICC dispute resolution committee for not honouring its promise of playing bilateral series with Pakistan, the outgoing chairman Shahryar Khan said. Shahryar presided over a Board of Governors meeting on Friday ? the last one under his chairmanship, which discussed matters related to domestic and first class cricket, Pak
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Nawaz?s picture removed from airport, name from NA website

Nawaz Sharif's picture was removed from the airport in Karachi - picture social media  Nawaz Sharif?s picture has also been removed from the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. On Friday, Nawaz Sharif stepped down as the prime minister of Pakistan after being disqualified from holding public office by the Supreme Court in a landmark decision on the Panama Papers case. Announcing its verdict, the five-member bench unanimously disqualified Nawaz Sharif for failing to disclose his un-withd
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US hopes for ?smooth transition? after Nawaz?s disqualification

File photo from 2013: Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry with Nawaz Sharif  The United States said on Friday it is looking forward to a ?smooth? political transition in Pakistan after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif as prime minister in the high-profile Panama Papers case. ?We look forward to a smooth transition as Pakistan's parliament selects the next prime minister,? a State Department official said. The official, however, described Sharif's ouster as Pakistan's ?internal mat
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Nawaz's replacement to be decided in PML-N meeting today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) will meet today (Saturday) to decide the prime ministerial candidate to replace Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified as the prime minister in a landmark verdict by the Supreme Court on the Panama Papers case. Following his ousting, Sharif met with senior party leaders and recommended his brother, CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif as his replacement as Pakistan?s PM. Nawaz Sharif recommends Shehbaz Sharif to become next PM Hamaz Shehbaz Sharif or Ran
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Nawaz's disqualification will not affect CPEC: China

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang BEIJING: China affirmed its stance on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as its Foreign Ministry?s spokesperson Lu Kang on Friday said that Nawaz Sharif?s disqualification as prime minister would not affect the CPEC project. On the Supreme Court of Pakistan?s verdict which disqualified Nawaz, Kang said that the ruling is Pakistan?s "internal affair" and would not affect bilateral ties between the two countries.  ?As a friendly neighbour, C
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One dead, six wounded in Hamburg supermarket knife attack

Police stand guard at the scene of the incident/AFP HAMBURG: One person was killed and six others were injured on Friday when a failed asylum-seeker brandishing a knife attacked shoppers in a Hamburg supermarket, before being overpowered by passers-by, police and officials said. The attack had been motivated by "hate," mayor Olaf Scholz said, although he stopped short of declaring it a terrorist incident. "It makes me especially angry that the perpetrator appears to be a person who claimed pro
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110 sq km area cleared in Rajgal, Op Khyber-4 progressing successfully: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday that 110 square kilometres area in Rajgal valley has been cleared by the forces as Operation Khyber-4 continues as planned, after it was launched to ?wipe out terrorists? in the area under Radd-ul-Fasaad earlier this month. The military?s media wing said that the forces successfully cleared 110 square kilometres in the Rajgal valley of Khyber Agency after a number of terrorist hideouts in the area were "dismantled" and improv
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Gladstone ? British finance ministry's top cat ? toasts first year in office

Image courtesy: Emily Ashton Twitter (@elashton) LONDON: Twenty-two mice scurrying around Britain's finance ministry have fallen foul of the chief mouser to the Treasury since he took up residence one year ago with a mission to reduce the government department's rodent population. Gladstone ? a black cat named after the long-serving 19th-century prime minister and chancellor William Gladstone ? joined the Treasury from a rescue home a year ago, and has almost 10,000 followers on photo-sharing w
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Pop singer Katy Perry to host MTV Video Music Awards show

Katy Perry performs on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 24, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/Files  LOS ANGELES: Pop singer Katy Perry will host the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) in August, MTV said on Thursday, and will also perform and compete for some top awards. The hosting gig will kick off a busy 12 months for Perry, who embarks on a world tour in September and will be a judge in 2018 on the new version of the television talent sho
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Demand for hackers is on the rise!

A recruiter advertises a QR code to attract hackers to apply for jobs at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Joseph Menn  LAS VEGAS: The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of hackers and researchers, it is great for job security. The new reality is on display in Las Vegas this week at the annual Black Hat and Def Con security conferences, which now have a booming side b
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Drought-hit Rome narrowly avoids water rationing

People prepare sailboats next to a sand spit that emerged due to the drought in the lake of Bracciano, north of Rome, Italy, July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile  ROME: Rome narrowly avoided water rationing on Friday after a deal between the regional government and the city's water company defused a row over drawing water from a drought-affected lake. Taps had been due to run dry for 1.5 million Romans for up to eight hours a day from Monday, and Mayor Virginia Raggi urged the central governme
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Scientists set sail to unlock secrets of 'lost continent' Zealandia

Scientists are attempting to unlock the secrets of the "lost continent" of Zealandia, setting sail Friday to investigate the huge underwater landmass east of Australia that has never been properly studied. Zealandia, which is mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific, was once part of the Gondwana super-continent but broke away some 75 million years ago. In a paper published in the Geological Society of America's Journal GSA Today in February, researchers made the case that it should be consi
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