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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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Taliban kills three soldiers at army HQ in northern Afghanistan

At least three Afghan army soldiers were killed and several wounded on Friday when Taliban gunmen attacked a military headquarters in northern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred near a mosque on the base in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, as soldiers were leaving Friday prayers, according to an army officer who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak publicly. The Western-backed Afghan government is locked in a prolonged war with Taliban insurgents
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Like Musharraf, we will send Nawaz packing: Zardari

JHANG: Co-Chairman Pakistan People's Party Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday that the party will continue its struggle till Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves office.     Speaking at a rally, the former president said that the party will send PM Nawaz home like how it sent former president Gen (retd) Pervaiz Musharraf. “Mian sahib you won’t go to your home. You will go to another home. I am ready to send food to PM Nawaz in jail,” he said, further adding, “if this is all what had to be done in Pa
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400 Baloch fugitives lay down arms in Quetta

QUETTA: Over 400 Baloch fugitives laid down their arms in a ceremony held in Quetta to celebrate their inclusion in the national mainstream. The ceremony was held in Balochistan Assembly premises and was attended by Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Amir Riaz, provincial ministers and other government officials. The fugitives belong to various districts of Balochistan. Addressing the ceremony, CM Zehri said that all possible support will be pr
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One law for Sharifs, other for masses: Bilawal Bhutto

JHANG: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Friday criticised the Supreme Court verdict on the Panama Leaks case and said that the apex court’s decision proved that there is one law for Sharifs and another for masses. The PPP chairman was addressing a rally at  Jhang, where he said that no law applies to the Sharif family. “What can the nation expect from the Joint Investigation Team comprising officers appointed by them (the ruling party),” he said. The PPP chairman said that t
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Real Madrid to battle with Atletico once more in Champions League

SWITZERLAND: Holders Real Madrid face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals as the city rivals do battle once more and French surprise-package Monaco take on Juventus, following the draw on Friday, April 21. The all-Madrid showdown is a rerun of the 2014 and 2016 finals in Europe's top club competition, with a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Real victorious on both occasions in tight, cagey affairs. Real will host Atletico at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 2 and Monaco are home to Itali
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Real Madrid do battle with Atletico once more in Champions League

SWITZERLAND: Holders Real Madrid face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals as the city rivals do battle once more and French surprise-package Monaco take on Juventus, following the draw on Friday, April 21. The all-Madrid showdown is a rerun of the 2014 and 2016 finals in Europe's top club competition, with a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Real victorious on both occasions in tight, cagey affairs. Real will host Atletico at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 2 and Monaco are home to Itali
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Clingy fish leaps back into boat to fisherman?s surprise!

When a man went out fishing in Illinois, US, he was expecting to return with some good fish to cook a meal. What he didn’t anticipate was that a fish would jump right back into his kayak. Clingy much?     Sitting in his boat in a river near Carbondale, ‘Water Hopper Ryan’ did catch a fish. Since it wasn’t big enough for him, he tossed it back. But the crappie hopped back into the kayak a second after it touched the water! Like an angry tyke, the fish slips hither and thither, flipping ove
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Nisar urges political parties to respect SC verdict on Panama case

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday urged all leaders and political parties to respect the decision of the Supreme Court in the Panama Leaks case. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, the interior minister claimed that some politicians were twisting the apex court's decision. "It is not true that two are leaning on one side and three on the other. Two judges have expressed difference of opinion. Every judge has his or her right of opinion. But all five judges
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Those negating JIT guilty of contempt of court: Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday hit back at the opposition which has been demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation after the Supreme Court’s split verdict in Panama leaks case. Speaking to media, Aurangzeb said those rejecting the Joint Investigation team (JIT) ordered by the apex court to probe the corruption allegations against PM and his sons, were committing contempt of court. The information minister said the Prime Minister had set a pr
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1 killed in explosion in Bajaur Agency

KHAR: One person was killed while two others were injured in an explosion in Bajaur Agency on Friday, according to sources in the government. The bomb was installed at the side of a road in Khar tehsil of the agency, sources added. Around two months back an explosion had claimed one life and had left four others injured in Arang tehsil of the agency, sources in the levies force had told the media. ce.
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WHO urges action over growing hepatitis epidemic

LONDON: The number of people dying from hepatitis is rising, and most of the 325 million infected are unaware they have the virus and lack access to potentially life-saving medicines, the World Health Organization said on Friday. In its first global report on the infection, the WHO said that with millions at risk of a slow progression to chronic liver disease, cancer, and premature death, swift action on testing and treatment was needed. "Viral hepatitis is now a major public health challenge
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Mashal murder case: AWKUM superintendent sent to prison on judicial remand

MARDAN: Abdul Wali Khan University superintendent along with another university employee and a student were sent to prison on judicial remand on Friday. The three suspects – AWKUM superintendent Afsar Khan, office assistant Sajjad and student Waleed – were presented before a judicial magistrate court earlier today. All three of the suspects in the lynching of Mashal Khan denied the charges against them, following which the court sent them to prison on judicial remand till May 4. So far, a tot
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Former COAS Raheel Sharif departs for Riyadh to head Saudi-led military alliance

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Former Chief of Army Staff General (retd) Raheel Sharif departed for Riyadh on Friday after the federal government granted him permission to head a military alliance of Muslim countries led by Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Geo News, Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed that the government had given Sharif a No Objection Certificate after completion of all legal formalities and requirements. Asif said the former top commander was given the NOC after approval from the Pa
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Former COAS Raheel Sharif gets NOC to head Saudi-led military alliance

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The federal government has granted a No Obejection Certificate to former Chief of Army Staff General (retd) Raheel Sharif to join a Saudi Arabia-led military alliance of Islamic countries, the defence minister said Friday. Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Sharif was given permission to head the military alliance after due process. Our correspondent in Lahore confirmed that Sharif departed for Riyadh earlier today on a special aircraft which had arrived in Lahore
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Panamagate JIT to remain as ineffective as Model Town's: Aitzaz Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team — ordered to probe the prime minister's involvement in Panamagate — would remain ineffective, just like the one formed for the Model Town incident has, said PPP's Aitzaz Ahsan on Friday.   "They get 14 people martyred in Model Town [Lahore], nothing happens," Ahsan said. "A JIT was formed for that incident as well but nothing has happened yet." He added they rejected the JIT that has yet to be formed. Ahsan was talking to the media after a chaotic Nation
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HBO releases brand new pictures of Game of Thrones Season 7

Game of Thrones continues to tease its fans. and this time with new pictures. Yes, it's actually true. Game of Thrones has once again given a sneak peek of the show by releasing brand new pictures from the show. While the pictures were released by HBO which provide the early look of the show, the GOT fans instantly dived into the sea of speculations. Check out the pictures below!
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Elon Musk on mission to link human brains with computers in four years: report

Tesla Inc founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk said his latest company Neuralink Corp is working to link the human brain with a machine interface by creating micron-sized devices. Neuralink is aiming to bring to the market a product that helps with certain severe brain injuries due to stroke, cancer lesion etc, in about four years, Musk said in an interview with website Wait But Why. "If I were to communicate a concept to you, you would essentially engage in consensual telepathy," Musk said i
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Panama Papers law firm boss sees tax shelter boom in US

PANAMA CITY: The co-founder of the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal says the fallout has set off a "thriving" boom in the creation of tax shelters in the United States. Juergen Mossack, who partnered with Ramon Fonseca to create the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca, said in a document obtained Thursday by AFP that after the Panama Papers leak a year ago, the number of new tax shelters created has fallen by 30 percent in Panama and elsewhere. "However, jurisdictions such as De
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Imran Khan announces rally in Islamabad next Friday to demand PM's resignation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has announced to hold a protest rally in the capital next Friday to demand resignation from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the split verdict by the Supreme Court in Panama leaks case. Speaking to media after a chaotic session of the National Assembly, Khan reiterated his demand that the Prime Minister step down, following the apex court’s ruling that further investigation was needed into corruption allegations levelled by the oppos
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Chaos erupts in NA as opposition demands PM?s resignation

ISLAMABAD: The opposition leader, Khursheed Shah, demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns from his position. The demand was made at a National Assembly session held Friday morning. However, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's Sheikh Aftab said Nawaz is the elected representative of the people of Pakistan and would not step down from his position. But the opposition leaders said Joint Investigation Team was a "drama" and that nothing would come out of it. Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer
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Ali Musa Gilani indicted in ephedrine quota case

ISLAMABAD: The son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Musa Gilani, including 11 others were indicted in the ephedrine quota case on Friday. The case was being heard by the special court judge, Irum Niazi. The case has been adjourned till May 12. The Anti Narcotics Force had alleged that Musa was involved in illegal allotment of the drug, ephedrine.
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Panama verdict: PML-N observes ?Thanksgiving?, PTI marks ?Day of Riddance?

ISLAMABAD: With no clear winners or losers following the eagerly-anticipated verdict by the Supreme Court in the Panama leaks case, the ruling PML-N and the opposing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have both decided to observe Friday as ‘Thanksgiving day’. PML-N said it would observe Friday as 'Thanksgiving Day', after the Supreme Court declared there was insufficient evidence to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ordered further investigations into corruption allegations levelled by the oppos
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Scientists find footprint of unknown ancient reptile in Spain

BARCELONA: Scientists have discovered a fossilised footprint from about 247 to 248 million years ago in the Pyrenees mountains in Spain that they believe was made by a previously unknown species of reptile. The footprint was found among a series of tracks made by the ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs – a group known as archosauromorphs, the researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology said in a statement. The scientists dubbed the new s
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Turkey's Erdogan to meet US President Trump on May 16-17

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he would meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on May 16-17, in their first meeting since Trump took office in January. Ties between the United States and Turkey have deteriorated sharply since a failed military coup in July and disagreements over US support for a Kurdish militia group fighting Daesh in Syria. Turkey sees the group as an extension of the outlawed PKK, which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in
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Britain´s Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 91st birthday on Friday, with the world's longest-reigning monarch taking a step back from royal duties to allow the younger generation to step forward. A gun salute at London's Tower Bridge and at Hyde Park will mark the Queen's birthday, a notably more low-key affair after a year of festivities to mark her hitting 90. A thousand beacons were lit around the country on April 21, 2016, and other events last year included street parties and a pa
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