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  1. ADMIN
    BUDAPEST: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that fertility treatment at state-run clinics would be provided free of charge, a latest measure aimed at stemming demographic decline.
    "The government has decided that from February 1 medications used in fertility treatment will be free of charge," Orban told a news conference in Budapest.
    In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment in the future "will no longer be market-based", he said.
    Last month the government announced it was buying six private fertility clinics, four in the capital Budapest and two outside.
    Orban said the clinics had been "acquired" not "nationalised" as they were bought rather than taken over.
    He also described fertility clinics as being "of national strategic importance" and advised private firms against investing in it as "they will not get permits".
    The move is the latest in a series of measures introduced by Budapest including financial incentives to encourage couples to have more children.
    According to official data, fewer and fewer children are born in the 9.8 million population Central European country every year.
    Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians have also emigrated in the last decade, mainly to western Europe.
    The fertility drive is hoped to lead to 4,000 births by 2022, a minister said in December.
    The hardline anti-immigration Orban has rejected migration as a solution to Europe´s demographic woes, such as shrinking populations. 


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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) attends an event in Colchester, Britain, July 13, 2019, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) arrives at Khartoum Airport, Sudan, April 2, 2014. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/FilesLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Qatari Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Thursday spoke on phone, discussing the regional situation after Soleimani's death at the hands of the US.
    According to a press release issued Friday by 10 Downing Street, the two "discussed the situation in the region following the death of Qasem Soleimani and the Prime Minister reiterated the need for calm on all sides.
    Read more: Pakistan asks US, Iran to 'give peace a chance'
    "The Prime Minister underlined the UK’s continued commitment to the JCPoA and to ongoing engagement to reduce tensions and find diplomatic solutions".
    The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is more commonly known as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had urged the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China to pull out of.
    Also read: Iraq PM says Soleimani was in Baghdad as mediator for Saudi Arabia, Iran
    Johnson and Al Thani also spoke about "the importance of Coalition forces’ continued presence in the region to tackle the shared threat from Daesh."
    Related:What has transpired since US killed Iran's Soleimani?
    Death toll in Soleimani's funeral rises to more than 50
    Who was Iran's General Qassem Soleimani?


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    LONDON: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will step back from senior roles in Britain’s royal family and spend more time in North America, they said on Wednesday, an announcement that took his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, by surprise.
    Who are Harry and Meghan?
    ROYAL BIRTH
    Prince Harry, 35, is the second son of Prince Charles, heir to the throne, and his first wife Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997 while being chased by paparazzi.
    For many Britons, one of the enduring images of Diana’s funeral was Harry, then aged 12, and his elder brother William walking behind the funeral cortège to Westminster Abbey.
    Harry is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth. He is sixth-in-line to the throne after Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
    Born in 1984 and named Henry Charles Albert David, he was educated at the exclusive Eton College.
    WILD CHILD
    Harry was portrayed as a royal wild child and playboy prince, and in 2002 he admitted smoking cannabis and getting drunk when underage in a pub near the royal family’s country estate amid suggestions he had fallen in with a bad crowd.
    In response, his father sent him to a drug rehabilitation clinic in London for a day to give him a glimpse of the dangers of drug abuse.
    Harry later scuffled with paparazzi outside a London nightclub and sparked outrage by dressing as a Nazi officer at a costume party.
    AFGHANISTAN
    He turned around his image after joining the army and spending time on the frontline fighting in Afghanistan and his easy-going manner with the public has made him one of the most popular members of the royal family.
    He has been at the forefront of a rebranding of the British monarchy which has cast senior royals as modern and relevant, a far cry from the perception of a hopelessly out-of-touch institution following the 1997 death of Diana.
    He spent 10 years in the military, a role where he felt he could be himself without the media scrutiny heaped upon the royal family or any of the other trappings of his gilded upbringing.
    Known in the army as Captain Harry Wales, the prince started officer training at the Sandhurst military training college in 2005. He undertook his first tour of Afghanistan in late 2007, and then went on to train as an Apache attack helicopter pilot.
    He went on a second Afghan tour as an Apache pilot between September 2012 and January 2013, but quit front-line military roles for a desk job. He left in 2015 to focus on royal duties and charity work, particularly focused on the welfare of military veterans, continuing his mother’s work helping those with Aids, and mental health issues.
    He made front pages in 2012 when he was photographed partying naked and playing billiards in a private room in Las Vegas, later saying he had been “too much army and not enough prince”.
    MEGHAN
    Harry had a number of high-profile relationships, a number of which commentators said had ended partly because of his ex-girlfriends’ concerns about the pressure of the being in the royal family.
    Harry and Meghan, 38, an American divorcee, met on a blind date in London but fell in love in Botswana. They married in May 2018 in a lavish ceremony in Windsor Castle that was heralded at the time as a sign of a more modern monarchy.
    Markle was born in Los Angeles in 1981, days after Harry’s father’s “fairytale” marriage with Diana. Her father was a TV lighting director for soaps and sitcoms and her mother a clinical therapist.
    In 2011, she married film producer Trevor Engelson but they divorced two years later. Meghan appeared in a number of TV shows and films, such as “Horrible Bosses”, but achieved greatest fame for her starring part as “Rachel Zane” in the ongoing “Suits” series.
    Their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born in May last year.
    STRAINS
    In his first public acknowledgement that they were dating, Harry complained about the way that Meghan was treated by the British media. He referred to the sexism and racism directed at Markle, whose father is white and her mother African-American.
    But the strains of public life were starting to show: relations with the British media collapsed and there was talk of tension with his brother William.
    In October, Harry said that the couple had taken legal action against the Mail on Sunday in response to what he called “bullying” by some sections of the British press.
    Days later, Harry sued the publishers of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper and the Daily Mirror over allegations of phone-hacking. The legal action relates to events that happened before Harry and Meghan met.
    “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” they said in a statement on Jan. 8.
    “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family, and work to become financially independent.”


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    Geo.tv/FilesLONDON: Britain's parliament finally approved Brexit on Thursday, allowing it to become the first country to leave the European Union by the end of this month, ending years of arguments that toppled two governments and divided a nation.
    The House of Commons erupted in cheers after MPs ratified Prime Minister Boris Johnson´s divorce deal with Brussels 330 votes to 231, drawing a line under an extraordinary era of political drama and chaos.
    For much of the time since the 2016 Brexit referendum, lawmakers have been at each others' throats over how, when or even if Britain should leave its closest trading partners after nearly 50 years.
    Some viewed Brexit with horror, fearing that it stripped them of their European identities and turned Britain into an insular, less important nation.
    Others embraced it with fervour, viewing it as a chance to "take back control" from officials in Brussels and see Britain regain some of its past might.
    Businesses and governments in Europe, puzzled by Britain's struggles over what they viewed as a self-inflicted wound, hoped that Brexit could still somehow be undone.
    But Johnson's comprehensive victory in last month's general election brought an abrupt end to the turmoil, giving his Conservatives a parliamentary majority with which to push it through.
    MPs gave their initial blessing to the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill before Christmas, and the government set aside just three days this week for detailed scrutiny of the complex text.
    But few MPs even bothered to turn up on Tuesday and Wednesday, with both sessions ending early, while the government easily saw off opposition attempts to amend the text.
    The momentous day on which Johnson effectively gets permission to abandon the European integration project was all but ignored in Thursday's media.
    Instead, it became a footnote to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's decision to quit royal front-line duties -- christened "Megxit" and shaping up to be equally complicated and divisive.
    "We will be leaving the EU on January 31. We will have delivered on the PM's commitment to get Brexit done," a government spokesman said, echoing Johnson's election mantra.
    Britain's main opposition Labour party, bruised by its worst beating at the polls since 1935, voted against Brexit on Thursday knowing the battle had been lost.
    Also read: Brexit in sight as British MPs scrutinise divorce deal
    "We may not win many votes in parliament just now, but we can win the moral argument", said Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer, a potential successor to Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.
    "Whatever (Johnson) says about the wider issues, he must know the government have got this wrong."
    The Brexit bill must still be passed by the unelected House of Lords and the European Parliament, which is seen as a formality.
    Turning to trade All eyes are now on another major challenge: the negotiation of a new relationship between Britain and the remaining 27 EU nations, which form the world's largest single market.
    The Brexit deal covers separation issues such as EU citizens' rights and Britain's financial settlement, and sets out an 11-month transition period in which to agree a wider partnership.
    Brussels warns the current deadline of December 31 this year is extremely tight, and has given London the option to ask for more time.
    But Johnson insists there will be no extension of the transition period, saying that Britain must be free of EU rules as soon as possible.
    Ahead of talks with Johnson on Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it would be "basically impossible" to agree everything within London's timeframe.
    "We will have to prioritise," she said in a speech to the London School of Economics university, warning of "tough talks ahead".
    In response, Johnson's office indicated that it could accept a partial trade deal.
    London did not want the EU's long-standing policy that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed" -- intended to stop one side cherry-picking bits of a deal they like -- to define the coming negotiations, a spokesman said.
    "We are very clear we want to get on in terms of negotiating a deal," he said.


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    The wreckage of the Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 on boardTehran said on Thursday US media reports that Iran had had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian aircraft--killing all 176 people on board two days ago--made 'no sense'. 
    A Ukraine airliner crashed outside Tehran after taking off, a few hours after Iran fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq that housed US troops, escalating tensions with Washington. 
    US media reported that unnamed American officials had claimed Iran had shot down the plane mistakenly. President Trump hinted towards the possibility, saying "something terrible had happened". 
    "I have my suspicions," he said. "It was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake. Some people say it was mechanical. I personally don´t think that´s even a question."
    Analysts pointed to pictures shared widely online of the wrecked fuselage of the aircraft showing multiple apparent puncture holes consistent with a rocket that detonated just outside the plane, blasting shrapnel into it.
    "Similar marks were visible on wreckage of MH17," CNN reporter Jim Sciutto said, referring to the Malaysian Airlines flight which was shot down only July 17, 2014 over Eastern Ukraine by a Russian-designed surface-to-air missile.
    Iran, on the other hand, denied the reports, saying that many international airliners were at the time flying over the country. 
    "Several internal and international flights were flying at the same time in Iranian airspace at the same altitude of 8,000 feet (2,440 metres)," said Iran's transport ministry. 
    Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran´s civil aviation organisation and deputy transport minister, responded to rumours on social media networks that the Revolutionary Guards' had fired missiles at the aircraft by mistake. 
    He said Iran was in the process of retrieving information from the black box of the aircraft to ascertain the cause of the crash. 
    "But if more specialised work is required to extract and analyse the data, we can do it in France or another country," he said. 
    Iranian authorities said there were indications the plane had turned back after facing problems. A team of Ukrainian experts flew in and joined the investigation on the ground Thursday.


  6. ADMIN
    Photo: APPA poster in support of Kashmir was displayed during a protest at Delhi University against the attack on students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
    The students of Delhi’s St Stephens College University boycotted their classes and took part in the massive protest to represent their solidarity with the JNU students. As pictures of the protest surfaced, a student was seen holding an ‘Azad Kashmir’ poster. The students also chanted 'Azaadi' (freedom) slogans.
    Earlier in a protest in Mumbai against the violence on the JNU students, a woman was spotted holding a 'Free Kashmir' placard. After the incident, Mumbai police filed an FIR against the woman identified as Mahek Mirza Prabhu.
    Also read: EU envoys refuse Kashmir visit, say don’t want a ‘guided tour’
    On Sunday evening, JNU students were attacked by masked goons affiliated with Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a right wing all India student organisation linked to the extremist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. As many as 50 odd goons entered the campus and went on a rampage attacking people and vandalising cars.
    The president of the JNU Students Union, Aishe Ghosh was severely injured in the attack.


  7. ADMIN
    This is the time of the year when foodies from all around the city gather at one place to satiate their palate with an amalgamation of savoury and sweet morsels. Yes, Karachi Eat 2020 is here and we can’t wait to try out all it has to offer.
    Here’s a breakdown of dessert stalls for those who wish to indulge their sweet tooth.
    Also read: The quick and easy guide for Karachi Eat 2020
     Meethos (stall 09)A relatively new player in the field, the dessert place specialises in conventional sweets such as cupcakes and ice creams.
    Photo: Meetho's Facebook pageSweet Escape (stall 30)The eatery as the name depicts, is offering its own collection of items. This year as well, the stall will be offering its most delectable collection of flavoured cotton candy.
    Photo: Karachi Eat FacebookBingsu (stall number 63)The star eatery will weave its magic through its delicious range of Korean shaved ice creams. This isn’t your average Gola Ganda!
    Photo: Bingsu FacebookYelo (stall number 48)The stall is offering a fresh take on the traditional rabri milk. Not only that, fans of hardcore Pakistani sweets will also find kulfi here.
    MSA Bakeaway (stall number 97)A newbie in the festival, Bakeaway by Mahwish and Maria is offering Oreo bombs and cornflake-crusted fried Snickers bars.
    Fried snickers -- Photo: MSA BakeawayD’oh (stall 07)This year, the eatery will continue to attract foodies similar to the previous years. Also, it seems quite hard to resist the idea of crepe sushi.
    Photo: D'oh Facebook pageDelina icecream (stall number 14)
    The stall will offer its usual range of ice cream flavours with pleasant toppings. 
    Delina Facebook The Brownie Wizard (stall number 11)As the name is pretty self-explanatory, The Brownie Wizard is offering a scrumptious range of brownies.
    Photo: The Brownie Wizard Facebook


  8. ADMIN
    US President Trump and Iran's supreme leader Khomeini COURTESY: ABC NewsISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to "give peace a chance", one day after President Donald Trump offered peace to Tehran as rising tensions threatened a military confrontation between the two foes. 
    A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson, Aisha Farooqui, said Trump's speech hinted towards peace with Iran. 
    She said Pakistan wished peace and stability prevailed in the Middle East and that "all parties should give peace a chance".
    Tensions between the two countries soared after Iran attacked two military bases housing US troops in Iraq. Tehran said the move was retaliation for a US drone strike ordered by President Trump that killed top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. The American president blamed the Iranian general for killing thousands of Americans and Iraqis, saying in his Wednesday speech that Soleimani was "planning more attacks against the US". 
    Read more: Top Iran commander Qassem Soleimani killed in US strike on Baghdad
    Farooqui said Turkish President Erdogan will visit Pakistan in February where bilateral relations between the two countries will be discussed.     
    Trump backs off from military confrontation with IranUnited States President Donald Trump Wednesday offered peace to Iran, saying Tehran was "standing down" after missile strikes on US troop bases in Iraq that resulted in no American or Iraqi deaths.
    Read more: Trump says Iran standing down, US 'ready to embrace peace'
    Trumps comments came as tensions between Washington and Tehran soared after two military bases housing American troops in Iraq were attacked with missiles from Iran.
    He gave a message to the "people and leaders of Iran" that the US was "ready to have peace with all those who seek it".
    Trump said the US wanted Iran to have a "great and prosperous future with other countries of the world".
    PM Imran directs FM Qureshi to diffuse tension between US and IranPrime Minister Imran had asked Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States to tell their leaders that Pakistan was "ready to play its role for peace but it can never again be part of any war".
    Read more: PM directs Qureshi to visit US, Iran, Saudi Arabia as part of Pakistan's 'role for peace'
    In a tweet shared Wednesday evening, he wrote: "I have asked FM Qureshi to visit Iran, KSA & USA to meet with respective foreign ministers, Secretary of State."
    The prime minister had also asked Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa "to contact relevant military leaders to convey a clear message: Pakistan is ready to play it's role for peace but it can never again be part of any war."


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    Geo.tv/FilesResearchers have discovered that consuming green tea at least three times a week is an assurance to a longer and healthier life.
    "Habitual tea consumption is associated with lower risks of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death," the study's first author, Xinyan Wang of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, said.
    Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study included 1,00,902 participants of the China-PAR project with no history of heart attack, stroke or cancer.
    Participants were classified into two groups: habitual tea drinkers (three or more times a week) and non-habitual tea drinkers (less than three times a week) and followed up for a median of 7.3 years.
    Compared to non-habitual tea drinkers, habitual tea consumers had a 20 percent lower risk of incident heart disease and stroke, 22 percent lower risk of fatal heart disease and stroke, and 15 percent decreased risk of all-cause death.
    Habitual tea drinkers who maintained their habit had a 39 percent lower risk of incident heart disease and stroke, 56 percent lower risk of fatal heart disease and stroke, and 29 percent decreased risk of all-cause death as opposed to consistent non-habitual tea drinkers.
    "The protective effects of tea were most pronounced among the consistent habitual tea drinking group. Mechanism studies have suggested that the main bioactive compounds in tea, namely polyphenols, are not stored in the body long-term," said study senior author Dongfeng Gu.
    "Thus, frequent tea intake over an extended period may be necessary for the cardio-protective effect," Gu added.
    In a sub-analysis by type of tea, drinking green tea was linked with approximately 25 percent lower risks for incident heart disease and stroke, fatal heart disease and stroke, and all-cause death.
    However, no significant associations were observed for black tea, the study said.
    According to the researchers, two factors may be at play.
    First, green tea is a rich source of polyphenols that protect against cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, including high blood pressure and dyslipidemia. Black tea is fully fermented; during this process, polyphenols are oxidised into pigments and may lose their antioxidant effects.
    Second, black tea is often served with milk, which previous research has shown may counteract the favourable health effects of tea on vascular function, the study said.


  10. ADMIN
    Geo.tv/FilesLAHORE: Punjab is set to establish a state-of-the-art medical facility for blood diseases and bone-marrow transplantation, the provincial health minister, Dr Yasmin Rashid, announced on Tuesday.
    The decision to establish the Punjab Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplant was made on Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar's directives, with the formal announcement being made during a Dr Rashid-chaired meeting of the health authorities at the Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education Department.
    The department's secretary, special secretary, and additional secretary, Barrister Nabeel Awan, Silwat Saeed, and Nadir Chattha, respectively, as well as Professor Dr Tahir Shamsi, a renowned expert on bone marrow transplants and the director of the National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation (NIBD) and other senior staff members were also present in the meeting.
    Dr Rashid said: "This will be a 200-bed institute and will be equipped with top quality diagnosis and treatment facilities for blood diseases and bone marrow transplants. This institute will provide specialised and advanced level treatment to hereditary diseases, Thalassaemia, Hemophilia ITP, and other similar disorders and diseases."
    She reviewed all arrangements and preparations, including the PC-1 of the new institute during the meeting.
    Dr Shamsi presented a technical briefing on the scale of the diseases and possible interventions to control and treat them. He assured of complete technical support from his institute.
    The institute would also work on the prevention component related to hereditary diseases in addition to transplants. The institute's specialists and staff would be trained on modern lines.
    "We hope that this facility will help us to save millions of lives in Punjab. This is a first of its kind initiative and will be a great service to the people of Punjab," the minister said.


  11. ADMIN
    50 Cent has revealed that he had advised Eminem to exercise restraint  in his dispute with Nick Cannon.
    Speaking to TheWrap, 50 Cent said" I told him (Eminem) don’t even say nothing to him".
    “You can’t argue with a fool,” said 50 Cent whom Eminem helped launch his rap career.
    “When you understand that a person is not registering even when they’re losing, then the argument goes forever. So you should just stop,” 50 Cent , who just himself was recently involved in a verbal dispute with rapper French Montana.
    Taking a jibe at Monatana, 50 Cent had claimed that French took out a 60-month loan on his recently-purchased Bugatti. “I just got the papers don’t ever in ya life play with me".
    His attacks provoked Monatana so much so that the latter dragged Eminem's into the feud to settle scores with 50 Cent.


  12. ADMIN
    "He has been banned from travelling until his judicial file arrives from Japan," said a judicial source. Photo: ANIFormer auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn on Thursday was banned from travelling internationally by Lebanon after he received a "red notice" by Interpol on charges of financial misconduct in Japan, judicial sources said.
    The 65-year-old businessman — for years venerated in Japan for turning around once-ailing Nissan — fled while awaiting trial on charges including allegedly under-reporting his compensation to the tune of $85 million.
    His shock arrival in his native Lebanon last month was the latest twist in a story worthy of a Hollywood plot and prompted outrage from the Japanese government as well as from Nissan.
    "The state prosecution issued a travel ban for Ghosn, and asked for his file from the Japanese authorities," a judicial source told AFP.
    A second judicial source said: "He has been banned from travelling until his judicial file arrives from Japan."
    Read more: Lebanon receives Interpol arrest notice for Ghosn: state media
    Lebanon's judiciary received a "red notice" from Interpol last week urging Ghosn's arrest.
    A "red notice" is a request to police across the world to provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action. It is not an arrest warrant.
    Lebanon does not have an extradition agreement with Japan.
    Ghosn had also been expected to make a statement on a report submitted by Lebanese lawyers that he had travelled to neighbouring Israel as head of Renault-Nissan.
    Lebanon and neighbouring Israel are still technically at war.
    In early 2008, Ghosn travelled to Israel to announce the mass production of electric vehicles there with the cooperation of Renault-Nissan.
    At a press conference in Beirut on Wednesday, Ghosn apologised to the Lebanese people for having visited the neighbouring country.
    "I went as the head of Renault," he said.
    "I went as a Frenchman because of a contract between Renault and an Israeli company," said Ghosn, who holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian nationalities.


  13. ADMIN
    KARACHI: A woman who 'came back to life' after being declared dead by doctors the previous day, passed away on Thursday. 
    Rasheeda Bibi, 50, was pronounced dead by doctors at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Wednesday but 'came back to life' a few minutes later, succumbed to illness today (Thursday). 
    The hospital administration said Rasheeda had been kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where she passed away today. She was suffering from paralysis.  
    Thinking her to be dead, the hospital administration had placed her in the morgue for 45 minutes. It was when she was taken for a bath or ghusl that Rasheeda opened her eyes, indicating there was still life in her. 


  14. ADMIN
    Photo: PCBKARACHI: Nahida Khan, the opening batter of Pakistan women's cricket said her team could surprise many in next month's World T20, scheduled to be played in Australia.
    The 33-year-old batswoman from Quetta said no team could be termed as a favourite or the underdog in the T20 format as any could surprise their opponents in the shorter format of the game.
    "There's nothing like the big or small team in T20s; any team can do anything, it is just how you perform on the given day," Khan told media in Karachi after opening game of PCB women's triangular tournament.
    "If you're at your best on the day then you can beat anyone."
    Nahida believes that Pakistan has the capability of beating England, South Africa, West Indies, and Thailand, along which it is placed in Group B for the tournament.
    "We have beaten them in the past and there is no reason why can't we beat them again," she said confidently.
    Also read: Pakistan women cricket team departs for England series
    In response to a question, the veteran of 59 ODIs and 53 T20Is said she would try to get maximum advantage of power-play overs and score as much as possible.
    "I am an opener and I aim to score maximum especially in the powerplay overs to help my team score big totals," Nahida added.


  15. ADMIN
    Geo.tv/FilesSix more polio cases have been detected in the country among which two have surfaced in Sindh, confirmed the province's Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) on Thursday.
    The overall tally of reported polio cases across the country has reached to 134 this year, including 91 cases in KP, 24 cases in Sindh, eight in Punjab and 11 in Balochistan.
    A three-year-old child, the first case of Sindh, was reported in union council Lalu Raunk of Qambar, reported APP.
    According to the parents, the child did receive oral polio vaccine but no routine immunization or IPV.
    These cases fall in last year's tally based on the date of detection of the virus in the children.
    Another polio case pertained to that of a 12-year-old boy from Sehwan of district Jamshoro. The boy was tested for the polio virus after he complained of weakness in his facial muscles.
    Two girls were infected by polio virus in Punjab's Dera Ghazi Khan District. The cases of the girls, one aged six months and the other a year old, were confirmed by the concerned authorities.
    Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, taking notice of the matter, summoned a report from the Ministry of Health regarding the virus.
    CM Buzdar also urged concerned departments to work hard to get rid of the crippling disease.
    Two more polio cases surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa taking the province's tally to 91.
    KP's Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio said that a two-year-old boy from Dera Ismail Khan and nine-month-old girl from Lakki Marwat's tehsil Sari Naurang, have been affected by the polio virus.
    The centre's spokesperson said routine immunisation coverage remains to be a major challenge that was further aggravated due to long gap in door to door campaigns last year.
    It was claimed that National EOC and Sindh EOC were trying to fight back and get polio eradication on track so as to reverse the trend.


  16. ADMIN
    Canadian  traveler Rosie Gabrielle, who spent an ample amount of time in Pakistan last month, announced she had converted to Islam. 
    The solo traveler, who has toured various Muslim countries around the world on a bike, shared her experiences that brought her close to Islam. 
    "This last year was one of the hardest in my life, and all life’s challenges have led me to this point here and now. From a young child, I’ve always had a unique connection with creation and special relationship to God. My path was far from easy and I carried a lot of anger in my heart from a lifetime of pain, always begging God, why me? Until ultimately coming to the conclusion that all is meant to be, and even my suffering is a gift," she wrote in the caption of her photo in which she can be seen holding a copy of the Holy Quran.



    Gabrielle said she renounced her religion four years ago as she "never resonated with what I was brought up with". The traveler said she went down a path of self-discovery after which her curiosity and connection only grew stronger. 
    "Now no longer dictated by fear, I was able to fully explore this righteous path," she wrote. 
    Describing her strong urge to be free,  Gabrielle stated, "As time passed, the more I experienced, the more I witnessed the true nature and calling for my life. I wanted to be free. Free of the pain and shackles that was hell. Liberation from the anger, hurt and misalignment. I wanted peace in my heart, forgiveness and the most profound connection with all. And thus started my journey". 
    Gabrielle credited her trip to Pakistan for showing her the way to Islam. 



    "The universe brought me to Pakistan, not only to challenge myself to let go of the last remaining traces of pain and ego, but also to show me the way," she wrote. "Through kindness,& humbled grace of the people I met along my pilgrimage, inspired my heart to seek further. Living in a Muslim country for 10 plus years and traveling extensively through these regions, I observed one thing; peace. A kind of peace that one can only dream of having in their hearts."




    She said Islam was one of the most misinterpreted and criticised religions in the world and there were many interpretations of it. However, at the core of it, Islam meant peace and love. 
    "The true meaning of Islam, is PEACE, LOVE & ONENESS. It’s not a religion, but a way of life. The life of humanity, humility and Love. For me, I was already technically a “Muslim”. My Shahada was basically a re-dedication of my life to the path of Oneness, connection and Peace through the devotion of God," she wrote. 








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    KARACHI: A man committed suicide on Thursday, reportedly devastated over being unable to provide warm clothes for his children during the harsh winters.
    The man was a resident of the city's Ibrahim Haidery area and earned his livelihood by driving a donkey cart. He was taken to the Civil Hospital after he set himself on fire but was unable to survive the burn wounds.
    The reason why he killed himself came to light after his death; he was heartbroken after his children had asked for warm clothes to protect themselves from the harsh cold. He was going through a financial crisis.  
    The winter season has broken various records in Pakistan as mercury in Peshawar dropped to a freezing -1°C after 36 years. Karachi, on the other hand, recorded its lowest at 9.2°C, while Skardu reached a freezing -21°C.


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    Iranian experts begin their investigation into why a Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board. IRNA/Akbar Tavakoli/via AFPIranian authorities have said a Ukrainian airliner, which crashed outside Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board, had turned back after suffering a problem, as Ukrainian experts joined the investigation Thursday.
    Both Canada and the United States called for a full investigation to determine the cause of Wednesday's crash, which came shortly after Tehran launched missiles at US forces in Iraq in response to the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike in Baghdad.
    There was no immediate indication that foul play may have caused the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) plane to go down soon after take-off, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned against speculating on the crash causes.
    "The plane, which was initially headed west to leave the airport zone, turned right following a problem and was headed back to the airport at the moment of the crash," the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation said on its website late Wednesday.
    "The plane disappeared from radar screens the moment it reached 8,000 feet (2,400 metres). The pilot sent no radio message about the unusual circumstances.
    "According to eyewitnesses, a fire was seen on board the plane which grew in intensity," the organisation added, reporting the first findings of its investigation into the crash.
    The organisation said it had questioned witnesses both on the ground and on board a second aircraft which was flying above the Ukrainian Boeing 737 as the disaster unfolded.
    Santa doll in wreckageHeartbreaking details started emerging about the victims, most of them from Iran and Canada.
    Body bags were lined up on the ground, and the passengers' personal items — including luggage, clothes, a Santa Claus doll, and a boxing glove — were scattered in the debris.
    According to Ukraine, 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans, and three Britons were on board, as well as 11 Ukrainians — including nine crew.
    About 30 came from the Iranian community around Edmonton, capital of Alberta province in western Canada, where resident Payman Parseyan described the tragedy as "devastating".
    "Every one of our community members was touched in one way or another," Parseyan told Canada's national broadcaster CBC.
    Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered his "sincere condolences" to the bereaved families.
    No cooperation with USSome 45 Ukrainian aviation experts and security officials flew to Tehran early Thursday to participate in the investigation, including "deciphering the black boxes" discovered by Iranian authorities at the crash site, Ukraine's President Zelensky said.
    They will also seek to identify the remains of Ukrainian victims with a view to repatriating them.
    Iran's civil aviation chief, Ali Abedzadeh, said Iran would cooperate with Ukraine, but not send the black boxes to the United States, with which it has had no diplomatic relations for four decades.
    Without naming Iran directly, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement calling for "complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash".
    According to aviation experts, only a handful of countries are capable of analysing black boxes — notably Britain, France, Germany, and the US.
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would ensure a "thorough investigation" and that "Canadians' questions are answered".
    Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne spoke by telephone on Thursday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Tehran said.
    Canada is home to a large Iranian diaspora, and UIA offers relatively inexpensive flights between Toronto and Tehran, with a layover in Kiev.
    UIA, the ex-Soviet country's privately-owned main carrier, said flight PS752 took off from Tehran airport at 6:10AM and disappeared from radars minutes later.
    It slammed into farmland at Khalaj Abad, in Shahriar county, about 45 kilometres (just under 30 miles) northwest of the airport, Iranian state media said.
    A video aired by Iran's state broadcaster appeared to show the plane already on fire as it fell.
    The airline said the Boeing 737 had been built in 2016 and checked only two days before the accident. It was UIA's first fatal crash.


  19. ADMIN
    YouTube/ANI News/Screenshot via Geo.tvNEW DELHI: India's opposition parties and analysts on Thursday lambasted a two-day tour to occupied Kashmir for foreign envoys arranged by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with a resident of the Himalayan valley saying there were "no hopes".
    Being criticised as a "repeat" of last October's tour arranged for the European Parliament's right-leaning members, the new visit comprises 15 Delhi-based diplomats who reached occupied Kashmir's capital, Srinagar, and would be, according to Indian news agency ANI, "briefed by the Indian Army on the security situation".
    The diplomats hail from "the United States, Maldives, Norway, Argentina, Niger, Togo, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Peru, [and] Morocco", the publication wrote.
    The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) slammed the move, saying if the conditions in the Muslim-majority region were normal, "why are scores of people … under detention for almost 160 days and why have the people been denied access to the Internet for over 5 months?”
    As per Times of India, the disappointed JKNC termed the tour as "short-lived propaganda victories" that hid "true normalcy [which] will only be achieved when all detainees are released, communications and Internet restored and genuine political activity resumed".
    Calling out the hypocrisy wherein Indians were told that "peaceful dissent is the cornerstone of democracy", the party asked: "Are the people of Jammu and Kashmir expected to live without the fundamental rights accorded to other Indian citizens?"
    Further, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) also criticised the decision, labelling it a "guided tour" for "handpicked individuals who toe the government line".
    As per The Hindu, it further added: “The government jails those who aided its democracy and strings up puppets who are ready to bargain at the cheapest price. The government should understand that those who really love Kashmiri soil are not for sale."
    Jairam Ramesh, a leader of one of the country's biggest parties, Indian National Congress (INC), condemned the foreign diplomats' tour, asking why New Delhi was not allowing Indian politicians into occupied Kashmir.
    YouTube/ANI News/Screenshot via Geo.tv"We demand that the government allows unfettered access to J&K to all politicians and not resort to guided tours for envoys," he said, according to NDTV.
    Manish Tewari, another INC leader, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government aimed "to demonstrate that everything is normal in Kashmir, which is far from reality".
    Tewari asked why the Internet was suspended for more than five months, saying it was "paradoxical" to "right-wing EU members to visit Kashmir" but not Indian politicians.
    "This visit is a farcical exercise aimed at distorting reality. The situation needs a political outreach and for the people of Kashmir need to be taken on board," he told Al Jazeera.
    The publication also quoted a 33-year-old engineer from occupied Kashmir, who said such diplomats "eat good food, stay in luxury hotels and enjoy the joy rides in the lakes".
    He said: "They hardly question India on its oppression in Kashmir. So, we have no hopes that they will speak for us. Had India been a real democracy, it would have given access to international human rights groups and foreign journalists."
    Kashmir-based analyst Sidiq Wahid, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation's Sushobha Barve, and former senior Kashmiri bureaucrat Wajahat Habibullah voiced similar concerns, saying India was attempting to legitimise its August 5, 2019, move when it revoked occupied Kashmir's special status.
    "The government in Delhi is trying to seek legitimacy for itself. … There is so little credibility for such delegations," Wahid said, while Barve added that India wished "to tell the world that everything is all right in Kashmir".
    Habibullah, on the other hand, asked: "What is the necessity for a guided tour unless the objective is to spread propaganda?"
    Separately, BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal blamed India's opposition parties for "spreading misgivings in international media on how human rights are being violated" in Kashmir and said if such was the case, "why aren't people in Kashmir protesting?"
    He defended the Internet blackout as "a preventive measure" to stop attempts at disturbing peace in occupied Kashmir.


  20. ADMIN
    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched the  "Hunarmand Jawan" program aimed at the skill development of the youth across the country. 
    Salient Features:
    1-Development & Standardization of 200 Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET) Qualifications
    2-International Accreditation of 50 Pakistani TVET Institutes and initiation of Joint Degree Programs with reputed international TVET Institutes
    3-Strengthening of NAVTTC’s National Skill Information System (NSIS) and expansion of National Job Portal
    4-Establishing 100 Smart Tech labs across Pakistan for distant learning programs in Technical & Vocational Education and Training sector including introduction of soft skills, Business & IT and virtual skill development
    5-Establishing 10 country of destination specific facilitation Centers in 10 cities across Pakistan with high outflux of Pakistanis in the international market workers abroad
    6-Establishing 70 new labs / workshop in Madrassa(s) to introduce skill development activities all across Pakistan
    7-Skill Development Program for 50,000 youth belonging to less developed areas of country especially Balochistan, GB, AJK and newly added districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Ex-FATA), Southern Punjab & Rural Sindh
    8-Skill development training of 50,000 Youth in High-End / High-Tech. technologies in reputed Universities & state of the Art TVET Institutes of Pakistan
    9-Apprenticeship training of 25,000 youth in industry under Apprenticeship Act-2018 (Formal & Informal Apprenticeship) in collaboration with provincial TEVTAs
    10-Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) of 100,000 youth to certify informally acquired skills inside the country and abroad and training of 8,000 Assessors
    11-Establishing National Accreditation Council at ICT
    12-Accreditation of 2,000 TVET Institutes all across Pakistan
    13-Transfer of Technology through Foreign Training of 500 TVET Teachers in Technologically Advanced Countries and In-country Technical Training of Training of 2,000 TVET Teachers
    14-Establishment of 50 Business Incubation Centers to promote self-employment and entrepreneurship in skilled youth


  21. ADMIN
    ISLAMABAD: Former JUI-F senator Hafiz Hamdullah on Thursday taunted Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry by saying that the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has religious scholars and legal experts as members but the only person it lacks is Hareem Shah. 
    Hamdullah was reacting to Chaudhry's criticism of the CII's declaration earlier that certain NAB ordinance clauses were 'in violation of Islamic laws'.
    Read more: CII terms several clauses of NAB Ordinance 'against Islam'
    The ex-senator said religious scholars and legal experts were members of the body. He sarcastically commented that the only thing that the council lacked was Tik Tok star Hareem Shah. 
    He said it was unfortunate that a federal minister was disrespecting a national institution such as the CII. Hamdullah wondered whether it was a feature of the 'State of Medinah' for a federal minister to question the religious body's performance.  
    Hamdullah said Chaudhry had earlier been replaced from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for his poor performance and sharp tongue. He urged the federal minister to pull up his socks or resign instead of criticising others. 
    Certain sections of NAB ordinance in violation of Islamic laws: Chairman CIIChairman Dr Qibla Ayaz had said that sections 14-D, 15-A and 26-A of the National Accountability Bureau Ordinance were 'in violation of Islamic laws'.
    Section 14-D of the ordinance states that the burden of proof "shall lie with the accused", whereas Section 15-A says that a convicted person "shall cease to hold public office" and "stand disqualified for a period of ten years" from holding a public office.
    Section 26 empowers the NAB chairman to grant pardon under a plea bargain deal. The CII chairman further said that detaining, handcuffing and parading the accused in front of the media "is un-Islamic”.
    Fawad Chaudhry slaps TV anchor Mubasher LucmanChaudhry had slapped TV anchor Mubasher Lucman a few days ago after he had salaciously linked the Tik Tok star to the federal minister during his show. The move prompted Chaudhry to confront the TV anchor at an event and slap him. 
    Read more: Fawad Chaudhry slaps TV anchor Mubasher Lucman
    After the CII said stated its observation, Chaudhry slammed the council by questioning why the government was spending a huge sum on an institution that never provided any guidance to religious scholars. 
    “Spending millions of rupees on it is beyond my understanding. CII needs restructuring and people who are highly qualified. [People] aware of latest trends should be tasked with running it," he tweeted. 


  22. ADMIN
    Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan meets Pakistan Junior Squash Team. Photo: Geo.tv/HandoutChief of the air staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, on Thursday congratulated the Pakistan Junior Squash Team on their performance in the recently-concluded British Junior Open Squash Championship at Birmingham, according to a press release.
    The Air Chief, who is also the president of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), met the team and lauded them on their performance and awarded cash prizes to the players. 
    Read more: Squash starlet Hamza Khan clinches British Junior Open 2020
    The air marshal awarded Hamza Khan a cash prize worth Rs500,000 for winning the under-15 title. 
    Air chief awards cash prize worth 5 lakhs to British Junior Open winner Hamza Khan. Photo: Geo.tv/HandoutWhile interacting with the players, the Air Chief said the nation was proud of young squash player Hamza Khan, who brought laurels to the country by winning the championship after eight years. 
    He appreciated the hard work put in by the coaching staff for providing international standard training and coaching facilities to the young players. 
    He also lauded the PSF's efforts in making concerted efforts for bringing back the lost glory in the game of squash.


  23. ADMIN
    Eighteen United Nations (UN) troops and two civilians were wounded Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali. Photo: AFPEighteen United Nations (UN) troops and two civilians were wounded in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali on Thursday, as reported by a UN official, after the war-torn country faced fresh violence by a militancy. 
    Olivier Salgado, the spokesperson for the UN mission in Mali, said the toll was "preliminary."
    Mali has been struggling to contain an extremist insurgency that erupted in the north in 2012, which has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since.
    Read more: Mali helicopter collision: 13 French soldiers killed
    An internal UN report seen by AFP said 15 mortar rounds landed "inside and around" the military base in Tessalit, in northern Mali, close to the border with Algeria.
    Camp personnel took shelter in a bunker, the report said, adding that two Malian civilians were wounded in the section of camp harbouring French soldiers.
    Some 4,500 French troops are deployed in the Sahel region, while the UN has a 13,000-strong peacekeeping force in Mali.
    The Tessalit camp hosts a battalion of troops from Chad, as well French troops.
    Related:Burkina Faso witnesses violence as 35 killed in militant attack
    10 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack


  24. ADMIN
    Brad Pitt recently took a hilarious dig at Quentin Tarantino, the director of One Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    While presenting the award to Tarantino, the actor left the audience in fits as he jokingly mocked the director as “The only guy I know who needs cocaine to stop talking”.
    The actor passed hilarious remarks on the director of Django, giving him a friendly introduction at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Tuesday.
    As per Page Six’s report, Pitt presented the award to Tarantino and described him as “very verbose”.
    "He’s the only guy I know who needs cocaine to stop talking,” said he.
    Brad Pitt said Tarantino “grew up in a sad and desolate part of Torrance" but has a “really good heart”.


  25. ADMIN
    The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is celebrating her birthday as the royal family reels from the shocking announcement from Prince Harry and Meghan that they are quitting.
    Kate, who turns 38, is celebrating her big day with Prince William and three children George, Charlotte, and Louis.
    The princess who married William in 2011 undertook a visit to Pakistan along with her husband last year.






    During their visit, the couple visited Lahore, Islamabad and parts of northern Pakistan.
    They had to spend an additional night in Lahore after their RAF Voyager aborted landings in Islamabad and nearby Rawalpindi due to severe turbulence.
    The aborted flight was described as one of the most turbulent he had experienced in 25 years of regular flying, although the couple told reporters after returning to Lahore they were “fine”.
    William, who has previously worked as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, told reporters after they landed in Lahore that he and Kate were fine and joked that the problems had been caused because he was flying the plane.






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