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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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Trump, Putin hold first meeting at protest-marred G20 summit

HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting Friday at a G20 summit marred by violent protests and a rift between America and its Western allies over climate change and trade. "We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia, for the United States and for everyone concerned," Trump said. "It´s an honor to be with you." Putin told the US leader: "I´m delighted to be able to meet you personally Mr President. And
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Nisar meets Facebook VP, discusses steps against blasphemous content

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday on Friday met Facebook Vice President Joel Kaplan and discussed various steps and actions to remove blasphemous content from the social media website, said a statement from the interior ministry. Nisar said the entire Muslim Ummah was disturbed and has serious concerns over the misuse of social media platforms to propagate blasphemous content. ?Nothing is more sacred to us than our religion and our holy personalities,? said Nisar
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Chinese firm to build oil refinery near Kohat

Photo:File Pakistan has entered into an agreement with a Chinese firm to construct an oil refinery near Kohat, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. The state news agency, quoting sources in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited, said that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the country. The oil refinery is to be built over land of two hundred acres land and will cost $300 million over four years, added Radio Pakistan. The refinery will produce 15,000 barrels of oil p
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US-led strikes claim another 119 civilian lives: coalition

WASHINGTON: A review of past air and artillery strikes has found that another 119 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, pushing the total number of such deaths to 603. In a statement Friday, the coalition said that in May it completed an analysis of 141 reports of civilian deaths dating back to when operations to defeat Daesh got underway in late 2014. "To date, based on information available, (the coalition) assesses that, it is more likely than not, at least 603 ci
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JIT should have recorded Qatar prince?s statement first, says Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) should have recorded Qatar's Prince Hamad Bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani?s statement before any other witness. The minister questioned Al-Thani's statement was not recorded earlier. ?They should have first taken his statement as it would have concluded the case against Sharif family,? said Aurangzeb  She added that if Pervaiz Musharraf`s statements can be taken fro
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Fight against mafia, not politics: Imran Khan

NATHIAGALI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that he is fighting against a mafia rather than indulging in politics. Khan, while speaking at a press conference, claimed that according to a report of the US State Department, around Rs10 billion is laundered from Pakistan. He also alleged that the premier bought Mayfair flats in London on the name of his children from money gained from corruption. The PTI chairman said the day the has been waiting for has finally arri
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Nawaz inaugurates first unit of Haveli Bahadur Shah power plant

Project is a combined cycle power plant with an installed capacity of 1,230MW. JHANG: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated the first unit of Haveli Bahadur Shah power plant near Jhang. The first unit of the power plant, fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will produce 760 megawatts.  The project is a combined cycle power plant with an installed capacity of 1,230MW. The first unit of the power plant was completed in twenty-one months.  The project is expected to be environment
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My Muslim faith, way of life reflect peace: AR Rahman

Music director AR Rahman smiles while speaking to a reporter upon his arrival on the green carpet for an event. Photo: AFP/file  LONDON: As he celebrates 25 years in the music industry, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Indian musician AR Rahman says his religious beliefs have helped define and shape his career. Rahman, who converted to Islam in his 20s, is in London with a show called "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". He told Reuters in an interview on Thursday that his interpretation of the Muslim
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Make a political statement: Nokia 3310 Putin-Trump edition goes on sale

A new Nokia 3310 Edition, which is named as the Putin-Trump edition, has been launched which features a 3D picture of the political leaders. Photo: Nokia  Encased in gold and titanium, back of the phone has a 3D picture of Putin and Trump The return of the Nokia 3310, a few months ago, left many wondering if there was anything explicitly unique about the much-loved phone. But let?s not be disheartened because we?ve got news for you!  A Russian-Italian phone customising company has launched a n
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Panama Papers JIT to be presented with Qatar prince's letter today

Qatar's Prince Hamad Bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani has replied to the letter.  ISLAMABAD: Qatar's Prince Hamad Bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani has answered the letter by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and the same will be presented before the team today, reported Geo News on Friday.  A source close to the Sharif family, present in Doha for the past two days, confirmed the same to Geo News.  In its last communication to Al-Thani, the JIT considered the verification and investigation of Qatari
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Instagram allows users to reply to Stories

For all those who were hoping Instagram would stop turning into a Snapchat clone, here?s news for you: Instagram has added a new exciting feature for its users, enabling them to reply to Instagram Stories with photos and videos. Sounds familiar, doesn?t it? But wait, it doesn?t end there! Along with the photos and videos, users can now make use of any of the creative tools in the Instagram camera such as Boomerang, face filters, the reverse effect, and the various stickers which can be resi
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UNSC puts sanctions on Jamaat ul Ahrar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday welcomed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to include Jamat-ul-Ahrar in the list of entities subject to travel bans, arms embargos and freezing of assets.  Islamabad had proposed including the banned organisation in the list, said a statement from the Foreign Office (FO).  The JuA based in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan has been involved in a series of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.  Pakistan had proscribed JuA last year. Since 2014, whe
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Katy Perry promo slammed for ?cruel? koala joke

The plug for Perry´s ?Witness? tour next year featured the singer telling the poodle: "Let´s go chase some koalas, Nugget." Photo: YOUTUBE SYDNEY: Pop superstar Katy Perry has been slammed by animal activists for telling her pet dog to "chase some koalas" in a promotional video for the Australian leg of her global tour. The plug for Perry´s ?Witness? tour next year, which also pushes the country´s top department store Myer and its 8,000 ticket giveaway for the shows, featured the singer telling
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Learning a lot from Women's World Cup: Sana Mir

Sana Mir top scored for Pakistan with 45 against Australia on July 5, 2017/ICC ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Women?s cricket captain Sana Mir believes her team has learned a lot from the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup but needs to build on that experience. Although not mathematically eliminated, Pakistan's chances of progressing are slim in the World Cup, but Sana feels the team has learned a lot so far, said a press release issued here. ?We may not have had the best tournament so far but we need to enjo
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?We salute daughters, not ranks? - Maryam Nawaz hits out at critics

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/b55ff7883459a63e7b898bdf0c126401.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny83LzIwMTcgOTo0MTowMCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPVZ3UU9mRDRXM1pGVDFrTmpXd24vclE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?s daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif has finally broken her silence, hitting back at critics who slammed a female security official for ?breaking prot
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WATCH: Shah Rukh Khan channels his inner Spidey

Looks like the release of Marvel?s latest venture Spider man: Homecoming has Bollywood's King Khan excited too.  In a promotional video for his upcoming movie, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Shah Rukh Khan can be seen trying to emulate Spider man?s upside down pose in a moving bus. The movie director Imtiaz Ali shared the video on his Instagram and captioned it ?Look who I found in the bus?. The movie, which also stars Anushka Sha
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Experts concerned over lack of Chikungunya awareness

ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Friday expressed concern and urged those responsible to formulate a Chikungunya management plan along with providing technical support to hospitals and creating awareness among the public to prevent being affected by the disease.  According to them, concerned departments need to improve their reporting systems, provide training on clinical management and diagnosis and vector control strategies. They said it was high time develop and maintain the Highlighting the n
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Elon Musk´s Tesla to build world´s largest battery in Australia

Tesla has built the world´s current largest battery, which came online in California in December, Musk said. Photo: AFP/file SYDNEY: Elon Musk´s Tesla will build what the maverick entrepreneur claims is the world´s largest lithium ion battery within 100 days, making good on a Twitter promise to ease South Australia´s energy woes. Billionaire Musk tweeted an offer to help build a battery farm in March after South Australia was hit with a total blackout when an "unprecedented" storm wrecked powe
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Bahawalpur oil tanker fire: OGRA holds private oil company responsible

On June 25, hundreds of people were killed and many others injured after a fire erupted in an oil tanker, which had overturned near Bahawalpur. Photo: file  ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has held a private oil company responsible for Ahmedpur Sharqia oil tanker fire, which has claimed more than 200 lives so far. On June 25, hundreds of people were killed and many others injured after a fire erupted in an oil tanker, which had overturned near Bahawalpur. In a investigat
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SC orders to convert Karachi?s cinema back to Islamic centre

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the cinema in the city?s Federal B. Area be converted back to the Islamic centre it originally was. In its ruling, the apex court instructed the concerned authorities to restore the Islamic centre, called Al-Markaz-i-Islami, back to its original condition. [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/864314e2d8e4e774233d2799119daf4d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny83LzIwMTcgNzo
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Electioneering in full swing as PS-114 by-poll nears

The main contenders for the the PS-114 by-poll. Photo: The News KARACHI: The by-polls in the city?s PS-114 constituency have turned into a do-or-die contest among the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Campaigning in the constituency is in full swing as the major political parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, are holding corner meetings and rallies to mobilise the voters and gain their trust ahead of
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Trudeau hangs out with Coldplay, Shakira at Global Citizen Festival

Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie speak at Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg The ever-sunny Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a quick stop at the Global Citizen Festival on the eve of the G20 summit in Hamburg, to chill with none other than British rockers Coldplay and pop star Shakira. Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire made a powerful statement on gender equality and the importance of empowering women and girls in the fight for justice at the Global Citizen Festival ? an event that
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Tariq Bajwa appointed new State Bank governor

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5b3b0d4642962f42cd0c77e83548871a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny83LzIwMTcgNzoyMjoyNyBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPVVVd3lyUEx2d21CYWtEdXY0ZUtDR1E9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: The federal government has appointed former bureaucrat Tariq Bajwa as the new governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The approval to this effect was given by Presi
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Qatari letters have no legal value, says Sheikh Rasheed

KARACHI: Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rasheed remarked that the letters from Qatar, which were provided as evidence by the Sharif family in the Panama papers case, have no legal value. The politician was speaking during Geo Pakistan transmission on Friday. He also said that hearsay has no legal value in the court. However, the ruling Sharif family had still spun the Panama case around the letters from Qatar. [embed_video1 url=http:/
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