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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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Pakistan?s Afridi back at Hampshire

Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi ? File Photo. LONDON: Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is to return for a third spell with Hampshire after signing to take part in this season's English Twenty20 Blast, the south coast club announced Thursday. Nicknamed ?Boom Boom? for his aggressive big-hitting, the 37-year-old is also a highly effective leg-spinner in cricket?s shortest format, with his 97 wickets in 98 matches a Twenty20 international record. Shahid Afridi pays trib
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Shahid Afridi back at Hampshire

Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi ? File Photo. LONDON: Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is to return for a third spell with Hampshire after signing to take part in this season's English Twenty20 Blast, the south coast club announced Thursday. Nicknamed ?Boom Boom? for his aggressive big-hitting, the 37-year-old is also a highly effective leg-spinner in cricket?s shortest format, with his 97 wickets in 98 matches a Twenty20 international record. Shahid Afridi pays trib
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ICJ didn?t mention consular access: AGP Ashtar Ausaf

ISLAMABAD: Following the International Court of Justice?s verdict on Thursday barring Pakistan from Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav?s execution till the end of proceedings, Attorney General of Pakistan Ashtar Ausaf Ali said that the court did not take up the matter of consular access. The AG was addressing media representatives in Islamabad, where he said that India had initially denied that Kulbhushan Jadhav is its citizen. ?It took India a year to accept Jadhav as its citizen,? he said. I
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Car rams Times Square pedestrians, kills one, injures others

A speeding car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least 12, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, witnesses, police and news media said. A Reuters witness said one person was covered with a bloodstained blanket after the collision, which occurred around noon ET (1600 GMT) at the Midtown Manhattan tourist venue. Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them visitors from aro
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Ishaq Dar directs FBR to early finalise budget work

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar - File Photo  ISLAMABAD:  Finance Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar Thursday instructed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials to finalise their budget work as early as possible according to the prescribed timeline. The finance minister chaired a preparatory meeting with the FBR officials for the upcoming budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue, Haroon Akhtar Khan, finance secretary, FBR chairman, and senior officials of FBR and the
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Ishaq Dar directs FBR to finalise budget work early

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar - File Photo  ISLAMABAD:  Finance Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar Thursday instructed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials to finalise their budget work as early as possible according to the prescribed timeline. The finance minister chaired a preparatory meeting with the FBR officials for the upcoming budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue, Haroon Akhtar Khan, finance secretary, FBR chairman, and senior officials of FBR and the
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Irrfan Khan to star in film based on Mohsin Hamid?s Moth Smoke

CANNES, FRANCE: Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is to make a film about a disastrous adulterous affair among the Pakistani elite with Indian star Irrfan Khan, according to reports Thursday. "Moth Smoke" is being adapted from the debut novel of Pakistan-born writer Mohsin Hamid about a social misfit who begins an affair with his best friend´s wife against the backdrop of nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998. "I have been eagerly waiting for something on which I could work with Asif a
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Power outage as Bilawal arrives at Karachi Arts Council

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his sister, Aseefa, on Thursday had a glimpse of awful condition of Karachi people due to unannounced and prolonged power outages in the megapolis. The PPP chairman was to inaugurate an exhibition at Karachi Arts Council on Thursday, for which he arrived there along with his sister, Aseefa, and Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah. Karachi suffers major power breakdown Electricity restored in most areas of city: K-
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Car rams Times Square pedestrians, kills one, injures others

A speeding car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least 12, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, witnesses, police and news media said. A Reuters witness said one person was covered with a bloodstained blanket after the collision, which occurred around noon ET (1600 GMT) at the Midtown Manhattan tourist venue. Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them visitors from aro
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India has given in to extremism: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Thursday that India seemed to have given in to extremism to such an extent that it had become the new normal. "Hate has been mainstreamed in India and it is distorting their national outlook," Gen Bajwa said during his address at the Role of Youth in Rejecting Extremism seminar held at the General Headquarters. "The Hindutva extremism of the RSS and their GaoRakshaks, deprivation of Palestinians, the burning and desecrati
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PIA suspends pilot who invited Chinese passenger into cockpit

KARACHI: The pilot of a Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) plane who let a Chinese woman into the cockpit during flight has been suspended, the airline’s chief executive officer said in a briefing to a special committee of the Senate on the performance of the PIA. Another pilot, Captain Amir Hashmi, who got into hot water for reportedly sleeping during a flight, has also been suspended. Captain Shahzad Aziz had invited a young Chinese woman during PIA flight PK-853 from Tokyo to Beijing ear
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ICJ verdict: Sartaj says no compromise on security matters

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said issuing of stay by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in interim case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is not something extraordinary. In an interview, he said courts sometimes grant such orders which do not have any bearing on long-term running of the case. Sartaj Aziz said it is wrong impression that the selection of counsel was not appropriate. He said the matter of consular access was not included in operati
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PIA drug bust: Aviation advisor says UK yet to share details

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?s Adviser on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Abbasi said on Thursday that the UK Border Force have not yet given any formal information to the government of Pakistan on the presence of heroin in the PIA plane. Speaking in a senate committee on PIA, he said that the plane was earlier cleared by UK Border Force after a thorough check at Heathrow Airport, but later as many as 30 people from the agency entered in the plane with cameras and sniffing dogs. Abbasi infor
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Opposition protests over Khawaja Asif?s remarks, walks out from NA

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused on Thursday a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s MNA of electricity theft, following which the opposition leaders protested and walked out of the National Assembly. Khawaja Asif in today?s session while accusing a certain PTI MNA said that 91 percent electricity theft is carried out from Jandokhel feeders, which also lie within the PTI lawmaker?s constituency. ?Thieves holding out protests is tantamount to ridiculing the system,? said the defence minist
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PIA suspends pilot who invited Chinese passenger into cockpit

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/21a79c9c1da88cd7318131a6218e15b1.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8xOC8yMDE3IDQ6MTA6NTYgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1maGRDY3ZRY2ZJMFlGVHRXaUE4WGR3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: The pilot of a Pakistan International Airline?s (PIA) plane who let a Chinese woman into the cockpit during flight has been suspended, the airline?s chief executive officer
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India has given in to extremism: COAS

COAS addressing the seminar " Role of Youth in Rejecting Extremism" held at Army Auditorium GHQ on 18 May - Photo ISPR    RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Thursday that India seemed to have given in to extremism to such an extent that it had become the new normal. "Hate has been mainstreamed in India and it is distorting their national outlook," Gen Bajwa said during his address at the Role of Youth in Rejecting Extremism seminar held at the General Head
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ICJ verdict: Sartaj says no compromise on security matters

Sartaj Aziz - File Photo  ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said issuing of stay by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the interim case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is not something extraordinary. In an interview, he said courts sometimes grant such orders which do not have any bearing on the long-term running of the case. Sartaj Aziz said it is the wrong impression that selection of counsel was not appropriate. He said the matter of consular
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Severe traffic jam in Karachi

KARACHI: For commuters going home from work on Thursday, the roads presented a sea of long queues as they attempted to get out of the city center.  According to Traffic Police personnel, there is bumper-to-bumper traffic on the roads this evening, but the personnel on-ground are trying their best to keep the traffic moving.  Rangers personnel too were seen helping the Traffic Police in directing traffic near Shaheen Complex as the rush hour traffic poured in from II Chundrigar Road.  Traffic
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Japan protests to China over drone flight near disputed islets

BEIJING: Japan on Thursday lodged a protest with China after four Chinese coastguard vessels entered what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed East China Sea islets and a drone-like object flew near one ship, the Japanese government said. It was the first such flight near the islands witnessed by Japanese officials, although Thursday's incident takes to 13 the number of intrusions this year by Chinese coastguard ships in the contested waters, Japan's coastguard said. Japan and
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Massive gridlock cripples life in parts of Karachi

KARACHI: For commuters going home from work on Thursday, the roads presented a sea of long queues as they attempted to get out of the city center.  According to Traffic Police personnel, there is bumper-to-bumper traffic on the roads this evening, but the personnel on-ground are trying their best to keep the traffic moving.  Rangers personnel too were seen helping the Traffic Police in directing traffic near Shaheen Complex as the rush hour traffic poured in from II Chundrigar Road.  Traffic
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Japan protests to China over drone flight near disputed islets

BEIJING: Japan on Thursday lodged a protest with China after four Chinese coastguard vessels entered what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed East China Sea islets and a drone-like object flew near one ship, the Japanese government said. It was the first such flight near the islands witnessed by Japanese officials, although Thursday's incident takes to 13 the number of intrusions this year by Chinese coastguard ships in the contested waters, Japan's coastguard said. Japan and
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?We were not prepared well enough?: Analysts, politicians on ICJ`s staying of Jadhav`s execution

KARACHI: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Pakistan to halt the execution of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav until a final decision in the proceedings. Geo News spoke with lawyers, analysts, and politicians regarding the development. Legal expert Rashid Aslam Pakistan is not bound to follow the decision of the International Court of Justice on Kulbushan Jhadav`s execution as the court`s decision is ‘advisory’. We can raise the jurisdiction question again. ICJ is not a
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Trump decries Russia probe as ´greatest witch hunt´ in US history

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the probe into whether his team colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in his favor as the "greatest witch hunt" in US history. His comment on Twitter came after former FBI chief Robert Mueller was appointed a special counsel with sweeping powers to head the probe. "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" Trump wrote. Also via Twitter, Trump accused former president Barack Obama and his 2016
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?We were not prepared well enough?: Analysts, politicians on Jadhav case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Pakistan to halt the execution of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav until a final decision in the proceedings. Geo News spoke with lawyers, analysts, and politicians regarding the development. Legal expert Rashid Aslam Pakistan is not bound to follow the decision of the International Court of Justice on Kulbushan Jhadav`s execution as the court`s decision is ?advisory?. We can raise the jurisdiction question again. ICJ is not a criminal
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Trump decries Russia probe as ´greatest witch hunt´ in US history

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the probe into whether his team colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in his favor as the "greatest witch hunt" in US history. His comment on Twitter came after former FBI chief Robert Mueller was appointed a special counsel with sweeping powers to head the probe. "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" Trump wrote. Also via Twitter, Trump accused former president Barack Obama and his 2016
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