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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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Chief of Naval Staff lauds Pakistan cricket team on winning Champions Trophy

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to acknowledge and pay homage to Pakistan Cricket Team on the historic win of Champions Trophy, Pakistan Navy hosted a reception dinner on Thursday, informed a press statement of Director General Public Relations of Pak Navy. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah was the host of the ceremony. During his address, the naval chief highly appreciated the display of the teamwork and esprit de corps by the players during the tournament, especially in the final matc
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German police, protestors clash at anti-G20 demo

Police arrest a demonstrator during the "Welcome to Hell" rally against the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany on July 6, 2017. ? AFP HAMBURG: German police and protestors clashed Thursday at an anti-G20 march in Hamburg, with police using water cannon and tear gas to clear a hardcore of masked anti-capitalist demonstrators, AFP reporters said. Protestors threw stones, firecrackers and bottles at police. Riot police in helmets charged in order to disperse a group of around 1,000 hard-left
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Blaze engulfs 150 shops in Lahore market

Geo News screenshot LAHORE: As many as 150 shop-stalls turned into ashes after a fire broke out at Sabzazar`s model bazaar, informed a fire fighting official, Imran Ramay. Ramay said the fire exacerbated because the shop roofs were made of fiberglass and initial investigation suggests that the fire broke out due to a short-circuit.  Fortunately, no causality was reported from the incident. The fire was doused by seven firefighting vehicles, informed rescue officials, adding that clothing, sh
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Army chief meets Sanaullah Zehri, security situation discussed

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday me with Chief Minister Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri at the General Headquarters, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The security situation in Balochistan came under discussion during the meeting. Zehri thanked the army chief for the Army?s efforts in bringing normalcy to the province, added the statement. General Bajwa said that Pakistan Army considers it a ?sacred duty and pride to assist th
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Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses

MULTAN: Pakistan´s first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts. Rabia, Annie and Jennie greet customers and bring them their pies at Pizza.com, where owner Osama Jafari - who built the prototypes himself - says the response has been a surge of new business. "We went to a lot of places, but my uncle said that in this restaurant a robot serves and
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France extends emergency rule until Nov. 1

The French parliament on Thursday voted to extend the state of emergency until Nov.1, a measure first imposed after extremist suicide bombers and gunmen killed 130 people in coordinated attacks on Paris in late 2015. Lawmakers across the political divide supported the extension except those from Jean-Luc Melenchon's hard-left France Unbowed party and the Communist party, which both deem the emergency rule dangerous for civil liberties. "Freedom and security are not mutually exclusive," Interio
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Germany's Federal Crime Office says it has Panama Papers

FILE PHOTO: The company logo of Mossack Fonseca is seen inside the office of Mossack Fonseca & Co. (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong, China. ? Reuters FRANKFURT: Germany's Federal Crime Office(BKA) has said that it had obtained a copy of the leaked data known as the Panama Papers that last year revealed how offshore firms are used to stash the wealth of the world's rich and powerful. Some 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were leaked to a German newspaper in 201
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Heavy rain lashes Lahore

LAHORE: Many areas of the provincial capital suffered power outage as more than 150 feeders tripped after heavy rains on Thursday evening. According to LESCO authorities, the process of restoring the tripped feeders has started and more power in more than 85 feeders have been restored. Residents of Sahafi colony claimed that the area is suffering from power outage from last 11 hours, adding that the LESCO authorities are not picking their calls. The residents informed that due to no electricit
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Panamagate JIT trying to buy more time, claims PM's spokesperson

PM's spokesman Musadiq Malik. ? Geo News screengrab ISLAMABAD: Musadiq Malik, spokesman for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Thursday raised several questions on the Panama case joint investigation team (JIT), claiming that it is trying to buy more time after July 10 to report its findings. Speaking at a press conference here, Malik lamented that the documents being submitted to [the JIT] are being shown on TV. He questioned whether the high-profile probe team was formed in the light of the ver
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Panama Papers: Imran challenges PML-N to name conspirators

File Photo  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said the PML-N should clarify who is allegedly conspiring against them and asked whether it was the judiciary or the army. Khan said threats to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) - investigating the foreign assets of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family- by the leaders from PML-N were threats to the Supreme Court. Khan added that the prime minister lied in the assembly during his briefing to the house on his
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Pak-India relations deteriorated due to atrocities in occupied Kashmir, says Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said relations between Pakistan and India have deteriorated due to India?s oppression and atrocities in India-occupied Kashmir (IOK). The premier was talking to journalists after returning from Tajikistan, where he was attending a CASA-1000 conference. The project envisions for the supply of electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan and Afghanistan The premier reiterated that India should cease atrocities in the occupied valley a
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Adnan Siddiqui, Sajal Ali?s Bollywood debut receives cross border praise

Adnan Siddiqui (L) and Sajal Ali (R) made their Bollywood debut in Sri Devi-starrer Mom. Photo: file  Sri Devi-starrer, Mom, which also features two Pakistani actors, the doe-eyed Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui, has opened up to a good response by the critics. Aside for showering praises for Sri Devi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian critics also appreciated the acting of the Pakistani stars. Speaking about Sajal Ali, Times of India writes, ?Dew fresh Sajal Ali, who seems to have grown up watchi
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Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to Mercury

Arrival at Mercury is first foreseen on December 5, 2025 THE HAGUE: European and Japanese scientists Thursday proudly unveiled the BepiColombo spacecraft ahead of its seven-year journey to Mercury, to explore one of the Solar System´s most enigmatic planets. Set for launch in 2018, BepiColombo will be the European Space Agency´s (ESA) first mission to the closest rock to the Sun. The craft has an unusual design, comprising a "stacked aircraft" carrying two orbiters -- one European, the other J
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There was a great conspiracy against Pakistan after Benazir's assassination: Zardari

SANGHAR: Former president and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said he realised that there was a great conspiracy against Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. ?I realised the danger the country was facing after my wife?s assassination, hence I raised the slogan of Pakistan Khapay,? said the PPP co-chairman while addressing party workers. Taking a swipe at the incumbent leaders, he said they are better at selling steel rather than running
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Pakistan executed average of 3.5 prisoners a week since Dec 2014: JPP

At present, 25 of 27 prisons in Punjab are significantly over capacity and the highest number of executions take place in the most overcrowded prisons. Photo: Reuters LAHORE: Pakistan?s use of the death penalty has failed to deter crime, is not being used to curb terrorism and is exceedingly used as a political tool, even sometimes as an overcrowding solution, a report by the Justice Project Pakistan finds. The research finds that until May this year, a total of 465 prisoners have been sent to
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Snapchat rolls out three massive updates

Snapchat which has been quite active is making constant updates to the app have rolled out three major new updates including a paperclip feature, voice filter and on-demand geo-filter. The paperclip feature allows users to attach a link to their Snap, which receiver can swipe to open. The new feature allows users to add hyperlinks to their Snap stories. To use the feature the users have to click on paperclip icon to add a link before sending a Snap. Moreover, the new on-demand geofilter al
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Thai soap hunks enlisted to boost military pride

'Love Missions' follows four leading men ? one from each branch of the armed forces, plus the police ? as they take down drug traffickers, foreign terrorists and of course, traverse the battlefield of love. ? YouTube screengrab BANGKOK: Sporting flak jackets, machine guns and smouldering stares, four Thai heartthrobs have been enlisted to woo fans -- and some say spruce up the ruling junta´s image -- in a new soap opera dividing the army-run kingdom. The series, titled "Love Missions," follows
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Germany worried US could start trade war with Europe: Gabriel

German Foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel listens during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, March 1, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/file Germany is concerned that US President Donald Trump could start a trade war with Europe, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday ahead of a G20 summit in the port city of Hamburg. "There are things that cause great concern that the United States start a trade war with Europe," Gabriel told Deutschlandfunk radio without elaborating. He added Berlin would con
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Birthday special: 8 times Ranveer Singh made us fall in love with him

Photo: Forbes India One of Bollywood?s most uninhibited actors, Ranveer Singh, who along with his acting chops has made his mark in the industry because of his unique sense of style and filmy tactics. The actor, who turns 31 today, treated himself after buying an Aston Martin, which he later took on a cruise with his girlfriend Deepika Padukone. Here, a list of the eight times the actor made the audiences fall in love with him. His love for Bollywood Ranveer has time and again expressed
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Pakistan welcomes Ayatollah Khamenei's stance on Kashmir: FO

An Indian police officer in Srinagar striking protesters on May 25, 2016. Photo: Reuters ISLAMABAD: Pakistan welcomes Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei?s statement on Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK), Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement on Thursday. Ayatollah Khamenei on Monday had urged his country's judiciary to extend support to the "oppressed" Muslims of Kashmir. Zakaria said the Muslim Ummah is worried about the human rights violations in IOK by Indian
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Saudi Arabia says Qatar boycott to remain in place

CAIRO: Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar vowed Wednesday to maintain their boycott of the emirate, criticising its "negative" response to their list of demands to end the diplomatic crisis. Qatar appealed for "dialogue" to resolve the row while US President Donald Trump spoke to Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to urge all parties "to negotiate constructively". The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, meeting in Cairo, "regret the neg
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Qatar Airways says flights now exempt from US laptop ban

A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 aircraft is displayed at the manufacturer's headquarters in Toulouse, France on December 22, 2014 - AFP file photo   DOHA:  Qatar Airways announced on Thursday that it had won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its Doha hub. It is the latest carrier after Abu Dhabi's Etihad, Dubai's Emirates and Turkish Airlines to meet new rules imposed by Washington in March for direct flights from 10 airports in Turkey, t
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Dollar spike result of miscommunication, clarifies Dar

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar speaks to the media - Geo News screen grab  ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has attributed the sudden spike in US dollar to ?miscommunication between certain people? and assured that the market would adjust itself back to stability. Addressing media after chairing a meeting of bank CEOs to discuss the recent development, Dar said the surge in the dollar?s value was ?surprising? and ?artificial?. ?The hike in the dollar was artificial and happened as a result of
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Tesla Model S fall short in crash test yet again

The photo taken on March 31, 2016 shows a sales reprsentative (L) helping a customer pre-order, the as yet unseen Tesla Model 3, in the Tesla store in Santa Monica, California. Photo: file WASHINGTON: In another setback for the high-flying electric carmaker, Tesla´s Model S once again fell short of the top rating in a key crash test, an independent testing agency said Thursday. On the eve of seeing its first mass-market Model 3 roll off the assembly line, the Insurance Institute for Highway Saf
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US ready to work with Russia on Syria 'no-fly zones': Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed Wednesday to Hamburg, Germany, ahead of this week's G20 summit - AFP   WASHINGTON: The United States is willing to work with Russia on establishing "no-fly zones" in Syria as part of a joint effort to stabilise the war-ravaged country, the top US diplomat said Wednesday, ahead of President Donald Trump's first face-to-face with Vladimir Putin. In a wide-ranging statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia had a "special responsibility" to h
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