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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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Mobile phone import decline by 5.78%

ISLAMABAD: The import of mobile phones during fiscal year 2016-17 fell by 5.78 per cent as compared to same period the previous year. Mobile phone imports during the period under review were recorded at $709.69 million against the import of $753.224 million in July-June (2015-16). According to latest data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics(PBS), on month-on-month and year-on-year basis, mobile phone imports in June 2017 however, increased by 12.02 per cent in May 2017 and 9.97 per cent in June,
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Resolution seeking SBP governor?s removal submitted in Senate

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/7802b49547ade0db2b73f47a8e156a3e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8yNC8yMDE3IDk6MzM6MTcgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1PSXI0L0hYZjYwelFiZU5ZR2xwdWlBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: A resolution against State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Tariq Bajwa was submitted in the Senate on Monday. The resolution signed by 40 senators seeks the removal of Ba
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US venture capital's digital coin quandary: cash-rich startups

NEW YORK. US venture capital firms lining up for a slice of the burgeoning digital currency market are grappling with a novel challenge - some of the hottest tech startups that sell the coins just don't need their money. Only a few years ago, digital currency entrepreneurs, like other Silicon Valley peers, had to line up to pitch their ideas to venture capitalists, who controlled their destiny as virtually the only source of funding. So-called initial coin offerings (ICOs), where new tech comp
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Certain quarters trying to use SC to conspire against Pakistan: Rana Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah speaking to the media in Faisalabad. Photo: Geo News screen grab Faisalabad: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that certain quarters are using Supreme Court to conspire against Pakistan. Hope the SC judges don?t let such people succeed in their designs, he remarked while speaking to media in Faisalabad. ?These conspirators need to be curbed. We understand that the honourable SC judges will always choose what is best for the country.? He also
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Worcestershire?s Whiteley hits six sixes in an over

Ross Whiteley struck six sixes in an over/Getty Images LONDON: Worcestershire´s Ross Whiteley hit six sixes in an over on Sunday to join a select group who´ve performed the feat in senior cricket. Whiteley struck Yorkshire left-arm spinner Karl Carver for six sixes -- a total of 36 runs -- during the 16th over of Worcestershire´s innings in an English Twenty20 match at Headingley. But he fell for 65 off 26 balls as Worcestershire finished on 196 for seven in a 37-run defeat. Yorkshire´s David
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PTI dismisses Hanif Abbasi's allegations in foreign funding case

PTI submitted its reply in the foreign funding case to the Supreme Court on Monday. Photo: file  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) submitted on Monday its detailed reply to the Supreme Court in the party?s foreign funding case. The reply, which is 700-pages long, states the PTI leaders collected funds from people with dual citizenship, adding that funds received by agent company not illegal or foreign.  Reply further states that PTI Chief Imran Khan raised funds from abroad to ensure
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Pakistan?s economy expected to subside: IMF

DUBAI: After a better than expected performance with five percent growth in 2016, the economies of countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan will subside to just 2.6 percent growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa is forecast to slow considerably over oil prices as the Saudi economy slides, it said. Last year's healthy regional economic performance was mainly attributed to Iran
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Rishi Kapoor gets trolled (again!) for wanting repeat of Ganguly?s shirtless celebration

Rishi Kapoor has done it again! The Bollywood veteran is being heavily trolled over his rather ill-timed tweet asking for a repeat of Sourav Ganguly?s famous shirtless celebration during Sunday?s Women?s World Cup match between India and England. "Waiting for a repeat of Sourav Ganguly's act on the balcony of The Lords Ground,London,when India beat England 2002 NatWest series final! YO," he tweeted ahead of the big game, referring to the former captain?s famous celebration after India defeated
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Key terrorist arrested in Swat

Arrested terror suspect Ali Akhtar MINGORA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Malakand division arrested a key terror suspect named Ali Akhtar in Swat on Monday. According to the CTD officials, Ali Akhtar was arrested during a raid carried out in Kanju Township following a tip-off regarding the suspect?s presence in the area. He was involved in attacks on security forces in Kabal, Swat, CTD police said. The terror suspect has been transferred to an unknown location after his arrest f
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Uber rival Grab to raise $2.5 billion in new financing

People wait for the start of ride-hailing company Grab's fifth anniversary news conference in Singapore June 6, 2017. Photo: file  SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said Monday it expects to raise $2.5 billion in financing, mostly from China´s Didi Chuxing and Japan´s Softbank, as it strengthens its lead over rival Uber. Didi, China´s ride-hailing leader, and mobile giant SoftBank will invest up to $2.0 billion while $500 million is expected to come from other new and existing i
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Neymar staying at Barcelona, says teammate Pique

Pique pictured with Neymar Jr/File photo WASHINGTON: Brazilian superstar striker Neymar will stay with Barcelona, according to teammate Gerard Pique, who posted a Twitter message on the striker´s status Sunday. Spanish international defender Pique indicated the South American maestro would continue at Camp Nou by tweeting a photo of Neymar with the caption "He´s staying." The message came hours after Neymar gave Barcelona fans a dazzling reminder of what he brings, the talisman sc
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China warns India not to harbour illusions in border stand-off

Indian and Chinese troops participating in a joint exercise. File photo: India Today BEIJING: China's defense ministry on Monday warned India not to harbor any illusions about the Chinese military's ability to defend its territory, amid a festering border dispute. The stand-off on a plateau next to the mountainous Indian state of Sikkim, which borders China, has ratcheted up tension between the neighbors, who share a 3,500-km (2,175-mile) frontier, large parts of which are disputed. "Shaking a
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Kasur residents protest rise in rape, killing of minors

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/7d1db47f245eef7a81dfa818ba21469f.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8yNC8yMDE3IDY6MTA6MTcgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT05Z2NkU1dDdHRRYm5IN3NGZFFWalFBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Residents of Kasur organised a rally to protest the failure of concerned authorities to crack down on criminals involved in raping and then murdering minor girls. Cases of
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People won?t be blinded by baseless allegations against PML-N: Shehbaz

All development projects have been completed with transparency, says Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: file  LAHORE: Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the nation won?t be blinded by the baseless allegations against the most transparent leadership of the country. Shehbaz Sharif remarks were issued in a statement released on Monday. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has served the nation without expecting anything in return. All development projects have been completed with transparency, he adde
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India?s Raj wants women?s IPL after World Cup heartbreak

A dejected India team after World Cup loss to England  LONDON: India captain Mithali Raj said now was time to "create the base" of a female equivalent to the Indian Premier League after her side´s hopes of Women´s World Cup final glory were snatched away by England at Lord´s. Raj´s side looked on course to lift the trophy for the first time at 191 for three, chasing 229 for victory, in Sunday´s final at the ´home of cricket´. But on the same Lord´s ground where India´s men had won an inaugural
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Heavy downpour expected in southern, north-eastern Pakistan: MET

Monsoon clouds hovering over Islamabad. Photo: File The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday said strong monsoon currents are penetrating into southern and north eastern parts of the country. A westerly wave is affecting upper and central parts of the country and likely to persist during the next few days. Rain and thunderstorm (with isolated heavy falls) are expected at a number of places in Kashmir, Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad divisio
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The 'Sharknado' phenomenon: making America bait again

A still from Sharknado 3, which is the most-watched repeat of an original movie in the SyFy channel´s history. Photo: Sharknado  SAN DIEGO: With its airborne sharks, over-the-top gore and endless cheesy cameos from fading stars it ought to have flopped -- but the viral Sharknado franchise shows no signs of losing its bite. A fifth film in five years, Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, is due for release on August 6, building on social media buzz that has turned the series into one of the most popula
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Asian shares slip as risk appetite ebbs, dollar sulks

Women, dressed in ceremonial kimonos stand in front of an electronic board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: REUTERS/file SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slipped on Monday as demand for riskier assets ebbed after their recent strong gains, while the European Central Bank's apparent equanimity at the euro's two-year highs left the dollar languishing. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.2 percent. Japan's Nikkei dropped 0.9 percent, pressured by
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Car bomb in Afghan capital kills at least 12: Kabul officials

Acting interior ministry spokesman said at least 12 people had been killed but the casualty toll could rise further. Photo: Twitter/HafizullahOmarl KABUL: A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 10, and the death toll could rise, an Interior Ministry spokesman in the Afghan capital said. Police cordoned off the area, located near the house of the deputy government Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq but they said the t
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Five killed in Mexico City shootings

MEXICO CITY: Five people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in separate shootings in Mexico City on Sunday, authorities said, adding to a growing death toll in the capital which has largely been spared the criminal violence plaguing the country. Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot four people in a bar in the gritty Llano Redondo neighbourhood on the city's southwestern fringe early on Sunday morning, according to the local attorney general's office. A woman of 23, and two men aged 23 and 38 di
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Beijing police in search after man stabs 5, ploughs 9 with van

SHANGHAI: Beijing police are hunting for a man suspected of stabbing five people and then ploughing into a group of nine others with a van, killing one and injuring eight, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The attack took place mid-afternoon on Sunday in the suburban district of Miyun in Beijing's northwestern outskirts. The suspect attacked the group of five people with scissors and then fled in a van, police said. Xinhua said late on Sunday the injured were being treated in hospital,
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China cashing out as mobile payment soars

Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables at a bustling outdoor market in Beijing. The dance student is part of an explosion in the use of mobile payment platforms in China as consumers increasingly take out phones instead of cash to pay for everything from a coffee to a language class or a gas bill. "Even though I have cash on me it's not convenient to get it when I am carrying a lot of bags," said Yang, 25, clutching
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Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactor

This handout video grab taken with an underwater robot and provided by Japan's International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning on July 21 shows a part of the pedestal wall inside reactor No. 3 at Fukushima nuclear power plant Lava-like rocks believed to be melted nuclear fuel have been spotted inside Japan's stricken Fukushima reactor by an underwater robot, the plant's operator said at the end of a three-day inspection. Large amounts of the solidified lumps and deposit were spotte
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Hottest day ever in Shanghai as heat wave bakes China

Shanghai sweltered under a new record high of 40.9 degrees Centigrade (105 F) on Friday, authorities said as they issued a weather "red alert" over a stubborn heat wave that has plagued much of the country. Hospitals in the city have reported increased numbers of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, according to state media, and the Shanghai zoo said it was putting large blocks of ice into some animal enclosures to help them beat the heat, while providing frozen apples to its pandas.
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Manchester United edges Real Madrid on penalty kicks

Anthony Martial offered Jose Mourinho a timely reminder of his attacking prowess Sunday despite missing from the spot in Manchester United's penalty shootout victory over Real Madrid. After a hugely impressive debut campaign at Old Trafford under Louis van Gaal, Martial struggled to consistently produce the goods under Mourinho last season -- prompting speculation throughout the summer that the French international could depart. But a stunning individual run saw Martial lay-on Jesse Lingard's
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