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Hussain Nawaz to make sixth appearance before JIT today

Prime Minister's son Hussain Nawaz at one of his earlier appearances before the JIT ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's elder son, Hussain Nawaz, is expected to appear once more before the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) today. This will be the sixth time the premier's elder son has been summoned by the JIT probing the Sharif family's assets in light of the Supreme Court's April 20 judgment.  With the JIT's July 10 deadline approaching, the ongoing week has seen a flurry of act
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Double homicide in Hyderabad leaves police, forensic team baffled

HYDERABAD: Two women were found dead in a house here in Bismillah City, Latifabad No 10, late Monday night, CIA in-charge Aslam Langah said. Reaching the crime scene, officials of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and the forensic team collected evidence that would be useful in their investigative process. "The murders don't seem to be linked to the robbery," Langah explained, noting how no valuables were missing from the house where the two women ? who were a mother- and daughter- in-law ?
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Weak monsoon currents penetrating Kashmir: MET

Photo: Web  The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that a seasonal low lies over northeast Balochistan. Weak monsoon currents continue to penetrate in northeastern parts of the country and Kashmir on Tuesday. A shallow westerly wave is still affecting upper parts of the country and likely to persist over Kashmir and its adjoining areas during the next 48 hours. Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain-thundershowers with gusty winds
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Fire in oil shop spins out of control, claims policeman's life in Kamoke

File photo KAMOKE: A petrol shop here on Kasoki Road caught fire late Monday night, claiming the life of a policeman and injuring three others, rescue officials said. The fire erupted when oil shipment was being offloaded from a tanker near the shop and flames in an electric motor spun out of control, turning into a blaze, rescue officers explained. As the firefighters doused the flames for almost an hour, Assistant Superintendent (ASI) Javed Iqbal ? who was attempting to evacuate people ? pa
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New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked

A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonise the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world. As many as 10 types of frogs are believed to have survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Of these survivors, just three major kinds of frogs we
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Shingles may increase risk of heart attack, stroke

Getting shingles may increase your risk of a heart attack, stroke or other heart problems by as much as 40 percent, according to Korean researchers. But vaccination can help prevent shingles, which is caused by herpes zoster - the same virus that causes chickenpox, study author Dr Sung-Han Kim of Asan Medical Center in Seoul said in an email. Individuals should talk with their doctors about preventing shingles ?until further studies elucidate the effect of vaccination on cardiovascular outcome
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Teen jailed for plotting bomb attack at Elton John concert in London

An undated handout picture ? received from the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on July 3, 2017 ? shows Haroon Ali Syed, the British teenage militant who was jailed for a minimum of 16 years for plotting a bomb attack at an Elton John concert in London on the 9/11 anniversary. AFP Photo/Metropolitan Police  A British teenager who planned to attack an Elton John concert in London on the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks was jailed for life on Monday. Haroon Syed, 1
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Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks

Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said on Monday. For months, the European Space Agency -- which runs the programme -- has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's alternative to America's GPS system. Each Galileo satellite has four ultra-accurate atomic timekeepe
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DJ Khaled, once in background, scores another No. 1 album

Record producer DJ Khaled arrives at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok  NEW YORK: DJ Khaled ? long a prominent behind-the-scenes force in hip-hop ? has achieved a second number-one album on weekly US Billboard 200 chart with his latest star-studded work that includes some of pop and R&B's biggest names. Rapper Jay Z addresses infidelity, newborn twins in "4:44" album Fans were left stunned last year when Beyonc
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Los Angeles man convicted in Hollywood studio executive's death

Gavin Smith, 57, a 20th Century Fox distribution executive is shown in this undated photograph released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. REUTERS/Courtesy Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department/Handout/File Photo  LOS ANGELES: A convicted drug dealer was found guilty on Monday of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Hollywood studio executive who was missing for more than two years before his remains were found buried in the California desert. John Lenzie Creech, 44, was co
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North Korea launches a missile, may land in Japan´s EEZ

File North Korea launched a missile on Tuesday that may have landed in Japan´s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Japan´s NHK public television said, quoting the defence ministry. The launch would be the latest in a series by North Korea since the start of the year and comes just after US President Donald Trump spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the issue.
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Facebook fights US gag order that it says chills free speech

People walk in front of the Facebook logo at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc is challenging a gag order from a US court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that it said pose a threat to freedom of speech, according to court documents. Facebook said it wants to notify three users about the search warrants seeking their c
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Paris big guns show why they are top of fashion tree

The big guns came out to play Tuesday on the Paris haute couture catwalks and showed why they are still top of the fashion tree. Christian Dior, Schiaparelli and Iris Van Herpen conjured up some thrilling clothes that married daring and tradition the day after two new American kids on the block made their debuts in the French capital. While the US newbies Rodarte and Proenza Schouler make solid Paris debuts, Monday showed why haute couture with its decades of tradition and know-how is such a u
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China's Xi raises 'negative factors' in call with Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that Sino-US relations have been hit by "negative factors" in a phone call following days of US actions that have vexed Beijing. Trump held separate calls with Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that focused on tensions on the Korean peninsula, but China's foreign ministry said Xi also invoked the thorny issue of Taiwan. A series of US moves and China's angry responses have marked a sharp reversal from the friendly
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Ruthless Nadal reaches 850-win milestone

Rafael Nadal stormed into the Wimbledon second round as the world number two secured his 850th career victory with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 demolition of Australia's John Millman on Monday. Fresh from winning his 10th French Open title last month, Nadal marked his 50th match at Wimbledon by crushing Millman in one hour and 46 minutes on Court One. The two-time Wimbledon champion is just the seventh player to reach the 850-win mark, joining Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Andre A
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Sri Lanka eyes elephant menace at cricket stadium

Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Experts will be on hand for all three ODI games at the 35,000-capacity stadium, which is next to an elephant sanctuary, a wildlife offici
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10 injured after taxi hits pedestrians near Boston airport: police

A taxi driver plowed his car into a group of people outside Boston´s international airport on Monday, injuring 10 people on the eve of the Independence Day holiday in the United States, police said. The 56-year-old driver was being interviewed by officers but there was no initial indication that the crash was intentional, Massachusetts state police said. The incident happened at 1740 GMT at the cab pool at Logan International Airport. Ten people were taken to hospital with injuries of varying
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One dead, six wounded by gunman in southern France: official

Image courtesy: Voice of Europe Twitter account (@V_of_Europe) TOULOUSE: One person was shot dead and six others injured ? two seriously ? when a gunman opened fire in the southern French city of Toulouse late Monday, a local source said. Local press reported that a gunman on a scooter opened fire at around 9:00 PM (12:00 AM PST, Tuesday) in the La Reynerie district of Toulouse. "No possibilities are ruled out, but there is at this stage no indication of any terrorist element" connected to the
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Venus in tears, Murray, Nadal stroll as Wawrinka falls

Venus Williams wept at Wimbledon over the "devastation" of a fatal road accident for which she is facing legal action as Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal eased into the second round on Monday. World number three Stan Wawrinka was the opening day's biggest casualty, losing to Russian debutant Daniil Medvedev while there were emotional comeback wins for Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka. Williams, the 37-year-old five-time champion, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her maiden appearance at t
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Pakistan pacer Kainat Imtiaz reveals India?s Goswami inspired her to become a cricketer

Often beneath even the bitterest rivalries in the world of sports resides a far stronger spirit of mutual love and respect. When archrivals Pakistan and India clash on the cricket pitch, it is no secret all other sporting rivalries in the world take the backseat, but out of these moments emerge some of the most heartwarming instances of the true spirit of the game. Although Pakistan have lost all three of their matches so far in the ongoing ICC Women?s Cricket World Cup, including the most rece
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Pakistan inflation rate falls to 3.93 percent in June

People buy vegetables from a stall at a market in Karachi, Pakistan, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/Files  Pakistan's inflation rate dropped to 3.93 percent year-on-year in June from 5.02 percent a month earlier, the state Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, it fell 0.41 percent in June, the bureau said. Prices of petrol and tobacco fell in June on a MoM basis, while those of food items, such as damson, lemons, garlic, and mangoes also eased. But the low
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No questionnaire to be provided before statement, JIT tells Qatari prince

ISLAMABAD: The Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had refused to provide the questionnaire Qatari Prince Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani had asked for before recording his statement before the team, the letter written by JIT to the prince has revealed. Sources told Geo News that Jasim had requested the JIT to provide a copy of the questionnaire. ?We are in receipt of your letter dated 11 June, 2017?. Although the JIT would have appreciated your appearance in Pakistan, we underst
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US no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program

BERLIN: In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States. Four years ago, the joint program of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), referred to the United States as Germany's "most important friend" outside of Europe. The 2013 program also described the "friendship" with Washington as a "cornerstone" of
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Tesla's Musk says Model 3 gets regulatory nod for production

Tesla Inc's high-volume Model 3 sedan passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule, Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday night. ?(Model 3) Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1,500,? Musk said on Twitter. ?Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in Dec.? ?Expecting to complete SN1 on Friday,? Musk added. SN1 is the first car off assembly line for sale, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to Reu
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Knife victim Kvitova makes winning Wimbledon comeback

World number 12 had a relatively tough first round opponent in Sweden's Johanna Larsson. Two-time champion Petra Kvitova made a victorious return to Wimbledon on Monday after the knife attack that threatened to end her career. In December she suffered severe injuries to her left playing hand while fighting off a knife-wielding burglar at her home in a terrifying assault. The world number 12 had a relatively tough first round opponent in Sweden's Johanna Larsson, ranked number 53. But the Czec
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