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    Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Turkey, agreed upon the potential for cooperation in the field of security policies, defence production and human resource training with the Turkish defence minister, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
    Matters related to the regional situation and bilateral security cooperation were also discussed.
    The army chief also visited Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and was briefed about civilian and military aviation projects undertaken by TAI and took an introductory flight in Turkey?s T129 attack helicopter.
    Gen Bajwa appreciated the indigenous technical capability achieved by Turkey and said that Pakistan has great technological and industrial potential which opens the scope for very meaningful defence cooperation between the two countries, added the ISPR statement. 


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    Recently, a video surfaced on social media about a strange ATM which gives extra cash ? one can simply call it 'Eidi' too.

    In the video, a man puts his card in the machine, enters the amount of Rs500, and gets Rs1,000 in return. Luckily, the extra money isn?t deducted from the amount.
    Here, watch it yourself: 

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    RAWALPINDI: Model Ayyan Ali failed to show up in court despite warrants issued in her name by the special court of customs, excise and taxation in the last hearing.

    Further proceedings in the case could not take place as customs court judge Sheeraz Kiani was on leave.
    However, a judge of the banking court stayed the bailable warrants while adjourning the hearing till July 29.
    Ayyan Ali?s name removed from ECL
    The Interior Ministry forwarded the official notification to the Federal Investigation Agency, ISI, Military Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau and all concerned departments
    Model Ayyan Ali indicted in currency smuggling case
    Model Ayyan Ali indicted in currency smuggling case
    Ayyan?s lawyer Lateef Khosa in an informal media talk outside the court said that the model would be able to appear in the next hearing as she is out of the country. He also said a petition for the expulsion of the case has already been submitted in the high court.
    The model was stopped at Islamabad?s Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14, 2015 before reportedly boarding a flight to Dubai. She was arrested on charges of money laundering after customs officials recovered $506,000 from her luggage.
    In November 2015, Ayyan pleaded guilty when she was indicted for attempting to smuggle more than half a million dollars in cash out of the country.
    Ayyan?s name was also out on the Exit Control List (ECL) which was finally lifted in February this year by the interior ministry in February this year, after which she was able to fly out of the country.


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    RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Wednesday recovered cache of arms and ammunition from North Waziristan agency during a search operation.

    According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the intelligence-based operation was part of Operation Raddul Fasaad.
    Security forces launched a nationwide military operation Raddul Fasaad earlier in February, which includes broad-spectrum security and counter-terrorism operations in Punjab, and continuation of ongoing operations across the country.
    The operation includes a countrywide deweaponisation drive and explosive control as additional cardinals of the effort.

    The hallmark of this operation is the pursuance of the National Action Plan (NAP).


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    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f08721c074553534eda71328e76f51fb.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMS8yMDE3IDE6NTE6MTEgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1MT0p3ZnFKRWZ4cm5uYnYwVThRaUlBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MULTAN: Senior politician Javed Hashmi on Wednesday said the Panama Papers case is not meant to probe the prime minister but could be a mean to disqualify and oust him from power at the behest of someone. 

    He also added that Nawaz and his son, Hussain Nawaz, should be held accountable but the Panama case is not accountability. 
    The veteran politician added that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Sharif family under orders from the apex court appears one-sided.
    ?If the JIT becomes controversial, then it would be political revenge rather than accountability which would make Nawaz Sharif a victim,? said Hashmi. 
    ?Imran Khan sold party tickets?
    The former PTI stalwart also alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan had sold a party ticket to a Patwari (middleman) for Rs200 million.
    He further claimed that the PTI chairman lost charity money, collected for Shaukat Khanum Hospital, in a failed investment in Thailand.
    ?This is a more severe crime than one committed by Nawaz Sharif,? said Hasmi.
    Hashmi, while talking to the media at the Multan Press Club, demanded a commission to be formed on PTI?s 2014 sit-in for investigating former army chief Raheel Sharif and the political leadership?s involvement.

    In a press conference earlier in November 2016, the veteran politican hinted at rejoining the PML-N.

    ?I am a Muslim leaguer. I can go whenever I want and no one can stop me. I will make a decision pretty soon,? Hashmi told reporters.
    Hashmi also said all decision should not be made in Punjab, adding that it was fine if the province was divided but not Pakistan.
    In 2011, Hashmi who was considered a PML-N loyalist had left the party to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). However, he left PTI in October 2014 after developing differences with party chairman Imran Khan over the Islamabad sit-in.


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    After a month of fasting and prayers, Muslims are rewarded with the joy and bliss in the form of Eid-ul-Fitr, celebrated by over a billion people of the faith in their own traditional way.
    Whether it is the best outfits for the joyous occasion or shopping for food items for special dishes on Eid, sales of clothing and food brands skyrocket all over the world.
    Here is a collection of pictures showing the preparations ahead of Eid by the Muslims in various parts of the globe.
    A man bakes biscuits in preparation for the start of Eid marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the northwestern Moroccan city of Chefchaouen, in the Rif mountains, on June 20, 2017

    Shop keepers prepare a mannequin as they open for business in Jakarta, on June 21, 2017, ahead of Eid al-Fitr festival as a mark of the ending of holy month of Ramadan A Palestinian man arranges smoked mackerels in boxes before selling them at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, on June 20, 2017, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip A vendor of "ketupat" (rice cake) skins, made of coconut leaves, prepares them for customers at a traditional market in Jakarta on June 20, 2017, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival  A vendor offers Eid cards to passing motorists in Jakarta on June 20, 2017, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival on June 25 This picture taken on June 19, 2017 shows Malaysian women browsing at stalls selling headscarves ahead of Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur Syrian refugees living in Turkey wait to register at the Bab al-Salama crossing, near the city of Azaz in northern Syria, on June 18, 2017, after Turkish authorities granted them permission to cross the border to spend the rest of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr in Syria This picture taken on June 19, 2017 shows a Malaysian woman (R) smiling as she browses at a shop selling headscarves ahead of Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur All pictures are from AFP.


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    A view of icebergs remaining after a break-up of Wilkins ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula - Reuters OSLO:  One of the biggest icebergs on record is like a "niggling tooth" about to snap off Antarctica and will be an extra hazard for ships around the frozen continent as it breaks up, scientists said on Wednesday.
    An area of the Larsen C ice shelf, about as big as the US state of Delaware or the Indonesian island of Bali, is connected by just 13 km (8 miles) of ice after a crack has crept about 175 kms along the sheet, with a new jump last month.
    "It's keeping us all on tenterhooks," Andrew Fleming, of the British Antarctic Survey, told Reuters of the lengthening and widening rift, adding "it feels like a niggling tooth" of a child as it comes loose.
    Ice shelves are flat-topped areas of ice floating on the sea at the end of glaciers. The Larsen C ice is about 200 meters (656 ft) thick with about 20 meters jutting above the water.
    Big icebergs break off Antarctica naturally, meaning scientists are not linking the rift to man-made climate change. The ice, however, is a part of the Antarctic peninsula that has warmed fast in recent decades.
    "There is no other evidence of change on the ice shelf. This could simply be a single calving event which will then be followed by re-growth," Adrian Luckman, a professor at the University of Swansea in Wales, told Reuters.
    His team reckons the ice will break off within months, perhaps in days or years.
    A view of icebergs remaining after a break-up of Wilkins ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula - Reuters Risks for shipping

    The ice, about 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 square miles), will add to existing risks for ships as it breaks apart and melts. The peninsula is outside major trade routes but the main destination for cruise ships visiting from South America.
    In 2009, more than 150 passengers and crew were evacuated after the MTV Explorer sank after striking an iceberg off the Antarctic peninsula.
    Fleming said the Larsen C iceberg would add an extra pulse of ice and would be hazardous especially if smaller chunks reached usually ice-free areas in the South Atlantic, rather than staying close to Antarctica's coast.
    The Larsen B ice shelf nearby broke up in 2002 and some of the ice drifted into the South Atlantic toward the island of South Georgia, east of Argentina.
    In 2000, the biggest iceberg recorded broke off the Ross ice shelf and was about the size of Jamaica at 11,000 square kms. Bits have lingered for years.
    The loss of ice shelves does not in itself affect sea levels because the ice is already floating. But their disappearance lets glaciers on land slip faster toward the ocean, thereby raising sea levels.
    NASA estimates that the Larsen C ice shelf pins back ice on land that would add a centimeter (0.4 inch) to world sea levels, which have gained about 20 centimeters in the past century.


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    KARACHI: Former captain Shahid Afridi has termed Pakistan?s win in the ICC Champions Trophy as one which will go down in the history books.

    Speaking to journalists after attending an event here on Tuesday, Afridi said: ?What Sarfraz and his team have done will go down in history. When miracles happen they are remembered for a long time.?
    Afridi added that only a few people had expectations from the team to reach the semi-final.
    ?They won the trophy and I would like to congratulate the entire country and in my opinion, the way the Pakistani people treated those cricketers with respect, love and the way they were welcomed is the most important thing for me.?
    More needs to be done
    The former skipper stated that more needs to be done to improve the state of Pakistan cricket and there should be no complacency with this win. Afridi called for an improvement in the structure, pitches, umpiring and equipment moving forward.
    ?We should not think that after winning one trophy we have conquered the world. A lot needs to be done in domestic cricket. Winning and losing are part of the game as we saw with Australia and New Zealand. Consistency is the most important thing. There needs to be a system to ensure that Pakistan keeps winning trophies.?
    Pakistan the lowest-ranked team in the tournament shocked the world when they defeated India by 180 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy final on Sunday.
    Since the victory, there have been celebrations all across the country and the cricketers have been given a hero?s welcome upon their return home. 
    This was Pakistan?s first ICC ODI tournament win since the 1992 World Cup. The team also had success in the T20 format, taking home the World T20 title in 2009.


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    The French capital has been placed on heatwave alert - AFP PARIS: Europe sizzled under a continent-wide heatwave on Wednesday, with London bracing for Britain's hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal struggled to stamp out deadly forest fires.
    More than 1,000 firefighters were still battling to control the flames that broke out in central Portugal at the weekend, killing at least 64 people.
    Two forest fires have also broken out since Sunday on Croatia's southern Adriatic coast, prompting the authorities to evacuate 800 tourists, although the blazes have now been brought under control.
    "We were scared, it's true," Swedish tourist Karolina told local media. "From the hotel room window it seemed like the fire was at our doors."
    As the northern hemisphere marked the summer solstice -- the longest day of the year -- the mercury hovered around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) across oven-like swathes of Europe, including Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and even alpine Switzerland.
    Deadly heatwaves becoming more frequent - AFP  Firefighters were on alert in Austria, where revellers were set to mark the solstice by setting light to hundreds of bonfires to celebrate the festival of Saint John -- a tradition that goes on until the end of the month. Local authorities also announced a ban on barbecues in public parks, another popular tradition, to reduce the fire risk.
    In Italy, forecasters say the current heatwave could turn out to be the most intense in 15 years, with temperatures around eight degrees above the seasonal average -- 39 degrees Celsius in Milan and up to 30 in the Alps at an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 feet).
    A study released Monday warned that deadly heatwaves will become more and more common around the world even if the rise in temperatures is capped at 2.0 degrees C as targeted by the Paris Agreement to combat climate change.
    "Even if we outperform the Paris targets, the population exposed to deadly heat will be about 50 percent by 2100," Camilo Mora, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, told AFP.
    Britain is set to see its first five-day stretch of temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in June since 1995 - AFP   London sizzles 

    Britain was set to see its first five-day stretch of temperatures over 30 degrees C in June since 1995. The thermometer was forecast to hit 34 C in west London -- a record for the month since 1976.
    In Guildford, southwest of the capital, a road surface melted on Tuesday, with motorists likening it to a a bar of chocolate left out in the hot sun.
    At the prestigious Royal Ascot horse races, organisers said they were considering relaxing the strict dress code for the first time.
    And a thunderstorm was looming over the Glastonbury Music Festival, threatening mud just as an expected 200,000 revellers begin pitching their tents.
    Music lovers in France were also braving the heat, as the annual Fete de la Musique -- a nationwide celebration with thousands of free street performances -- kicked off under an official heatwave declared across swathes of the country.
    Temperatures were due to peak Wednesday at 37 degrees in the Centre-Val de Loire area south of Paris, while a peak in pollution in the capital linked to the heat prompted police to reduce speed limits in some areas and divert heavy goods vehicles.
    On Tuesday, the body of a 31-year-old man was pulled out of the Loire river after he got dragged down by the current while trying to cool down.
    In Russia, Siberia was also suffering a heatwave, with temperatures of up to 37 C in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Channel One television reported.
    But at the other extreme, it was just one degree Celsius and snowing in Murmansk in northern Russia, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Many residents are having to get by with no heating in their flats as centralised systems have been switched off for the summer.


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    File Photo of Prince Philip - Reuters  LONDON: Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" for treatment of an infection, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.

    The infection arose from "a pre-existing condition", the palace said.
    The Duke of Edinburgh, who is to retire from public duties later this year, was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday night.
    Prince Philip was due to accompany the monarch to the state opening of parliament on Wednesday as well as the Royal Ascot horse races.
    Their eldest son Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, accompanied Queen Elizabeth to the Houses of Parliament in his place.
    "Prince Philip is in good spirits and is disappointed to be missing the state opening of parliament and Royal Ascot," a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.
    "Her Majesty is being kept informed and will attend Royal Ascot as planned."
    Prince Philip was by Queen Elizabeth's side on Saturday for Trooping the Colour, her official birthday military parade in London.
    Prince Philip traditionally holds his wife's hand as the state opening of parliament as they process through the Palace of Westminster to the throne, where he sits at her side as she reads out her government´s programme of legislation.
    The prince has been the queen´s loyal husband for 70 years and announced his forthcoming retirement in May.
    He is the longest-serving consort in British history and is still in good health for a man of 96.
    But the royal family's patriarch, who conducted 219 royal engagements last year, has been gradually reducing his workload in his nineties.
    The former naval officer´s irascible, no-nonsense approach, combined with his infamous and sometimes politically incorrect off-the-cuff remarks, has not made it easy for people to warm to his style.
    But his forthright manner and unwavering devotion to duty and the queen has endeared him to the nation.
    And observers say his quips put people at ease -- while also providing a welcome contrast to the queen´s seriousness.
    Police officers stand outside King Edward VII hospital where Britain's Prince Philip is receiving treatment, London, June 21, 2017 - Reuters  ´Trial and error´

    Philip met the then Princess Elizabeth just before the outbreak of World War II, and they exchanged letters while he served with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and the Pacific.
    After their marriage in 1947, they spent time in Malta, where he was posted -- only for their lives to be changed overnight by the premature death of her father, King George VI, in 1952.
    He once admitted the curtailment of his promising naval career was "disappointing", but said that "being married to the queen, it seemed to me that my first duty was to serve her in the best way I could".
    Although he had a reputation for coldness towards his children, many observers consider Philip the glue that held the royal family together as their offspring went through a series of divorces in the 1990s.
    In a rare interview to mark his 90th birthday in 2011, the prince said he carved out his role by "trial and error".
    FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip attend Trooping the Colour in London, Britain, June 17, 2017 - Reuters  ´Done my bit´

    Philip was born on a kitchen table on the Greek island of Corfu on June 10, 1921, the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece -- the younger brother of Greece´s King Constantine I -- and Princess Alice of Battenberg.
    Aged just 18 months, his family were evacuated on a British navy ship from politically unstable Greece.
    They settled in Paris, and at seven Philip was sent away to school in England.
    He became a Royal Navy cadet following the outbreak of war in 1939. By 1945, he was a first lieutenant and was in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender.
    When he married he gave up his titles as a prince of Greece and Denmark -- and became a naturalised British subject.
    In 2011, he said: "I reckon I´ve done my bit so I want to enjoy myself a bit now.
    "It´s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date."


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    Robbers looting people observing Aitekaaf in a mosque KARACHI: The provincial metropolis has once again seen an uptick in robbery incidents ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, with two separate CCTV videos having emerged of robberies.
    Two robbers, one of them covering face, could be seen in a CCTV video robbing a super store at gunpoint in the Khokhrapar area. Police said that robbers took with them cash worth lacs.
    Third 'meat-robbery' of year takes place in Karachi
    This time around a shop near Ayesha Manzil was robbed
    Robbers shoot and kill security guard in Karachi
    He resisted them from snatching his gun
    In another incident in Gulshan-e-Iqbal block 7, robbers stole mobile phones and wallets of people observing Aitekaaf in a mosque.
    Sindh Home minister Sohail Anwar took notice of the incident after the news was aired and has sought a report from DIG East Arif Hanif.
    In yet another incident, police arrested a suspect near the Gulistan-e-Johar area at Rashid Minhas road involved in robbing cash worth 1.2 million from a man. According to SP Gulshan Murtaza Bhutto, the police also recovered weapons and a motorcycle from the suspect.


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    A Pakistan man carries Seviiyan (thin vermicelli), which is used for the preparation of ´sheer khorma´ - AFP  ISLAMABAD: Eating vermicelli and sweets is an Eid tradition which is observed throughout the Muslim world.
    In Pakistan, people of all ages look forward to consuming sweets during the Eid holidays and the sale of these items is on the rise across the country.
    "I have bought 10 packs of vermicelli for Eid. I will send Eid gifts to my daughters including vermicelli as it is an old custom of our society," said Amnah Hasan a buyer at a local grocery store.
    "On every Eid I prepare`sheer kKhorma' for my family, relatives and friends. It's cooking takes a long time so I cook it one day before Eid," said another customer Naureen Zia.
    The dishes made by vermicelli are liked by all age group due to their nutritional benefits and good taste.
    Vermicelli manufacturers also increase the production to facilitate consumers during Ramzan and Eid days. Confectionary producers are expecting a boom in sales on Chaand Raat and the first two says of Eid.
    A sweet shop salesman Azhar said: "On June 18 we had good business due to the victory of Pakistan cricket team, and more rush at the sweetmeat shops is expected to increase during Eid holidays".
    "The prices of sweets, usually, remain the same on Eid-ul-Fitr with a minor difference from the past year. To avoid standing in queues for buying sweets, people placed their orders in advance" he added.
    Health experts said unhealthy products could damage consumers' health and people who kept fast throughout the month of Ramazan should avoid taking heavy food on Eid.


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    Production at other plants operated by the automaker had not been affected, and regular operations had resumed at the Sayama plant on Tuesday. Photo: AFP/file  TOKYO: Honda said Wednesday it had temporarily halted production at a plant in Japan after it suffered a cyberattack from the same ransomware that struck hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide last month.

    The Japanese automaker said it had shut its plant in Sayama, near Tokyo, on Monday after discovering its computer system was infected with the so-called WannaCry virus.
    The virus encrypts computer files, making them inaccessible until users pay a ransom.
    "The malware affected the production of about 1,000 cars," a Honda spokeswoman told AFP, adding that production restarted on Tuesday.
    "There is a possibility that our overseas facilities were also infected... We´re now investigating that," she added.
    Honda´s plant produces a number of models including the Accord sedan and Odyssey Minivan.
    The unprecedented global cyberattacks, which started in mid May, struck banks, hospitals and government agencies in more than 150 countries, exploiting known vulnerabilities in old Microsoft computer operating systems.
    In May, French auto giant Renault was hit, forcing it to halt production at sites in France, Slovenia and Romania as part of measures to stop the spread of the virus.
    Nissan´s British unit in Sunderland was also hit in the attack.
    In Japan, 2,000 computers at 600 companies and organisations had been affected by the May virus, according to media reports.
    Japanese conglomerate Hitachi was also affected, saying its computer networks were "unstable", crippling its email systems.
    Authorities across the world have issued public alerts warning computer users to beware of suspicious emails and beef up their computer security measures.


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    NEW DELHI: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar lamented a "sad day" after Anil Kumble stepped down as India coach over a rift with captain Virat Kohli, leaving the hotseat vacant once again.
    Kumble said Tuesday his position was "untenable" after Kohli questioned his leadership style and told the Indian board he had reservations about the spin legend extending his one-year stay.
    Since Duncan Fletcher left in March 2015, India, currently the world´s top Test team, have struggled for stability with Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Bangar both taking on temporary roles before Kumble´s reign.
    "I have very little knowledge about the differences between Virat and Anil. But it is a really sad day for Indian cricket," Gavaskar told NDTV.
    "India have won everything since the time Anil took over," he added. "I can´t see Anil doing much wrong in one year. Differences (can) happen in any team but see the results."
    India suffered a humiliating defeat to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday, but Kumble also helped them reclaim the number-one Test ranking and maintained an unblemished record in five Test series.
    Former India captain and coach Bishan Singh Bedi also signalled his disappointment, tweeting: "If there´s more intelligent/committed Crkt analyser than @anilkumble 1074 on Indn horizon (we are) ignorant really!"
    Kumble, 46, had already appeared headed for the exit after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) advertised for a new coach last month, although he was an automatic candidate.
    Former India opener Virender Sehwag and Australia´s Tom Moody are reported to be among the possible replacements for Kumble, whose contract ran out after the Champions Trophy.
    King Kumble
    Sehwag, who seems to be the frontrunner for the job, believes it would be tough for anyone to match Kumble´s success as coach.
    "The way this Indian team has performed under his coaching, I doubt whether anybody else will be able to replicate his success," Sehwag told UC News, an online data provider.
    "I don´t know about his coaching style but as a player, as an individual and as a senior he is just brilliant," said Sehwag, who played under Kumble´s Test captaincy.
    Sambit Bal, editor in chief of ESPNCricinfo.com, said the manner of Kumble´s exit set an unwelcome precedent for Indian cricket.
    "I think that sets a bad precedent really... it´s really a case where the BCCI has backed the captain over the coach," he said.
    "The message is sent out to the next coach: fall into line or else," added Bal.
    A three-man panel of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, who picked Kumble in June last year, will deliberate over Kumble´s replacement.
    As well as Sehwag and Moody, reports say other candidates are Englishman Richard Pybus, who has coached Pakistan and Bangladesh, former India manager Lalchand Rajput and ex-paceman Dodda Ganesh.
    An Indian Express column said the pressures of modern cricket demanded a "strong chain of command".
    "Giving veto powers to the captain and players over coaches sits at odds with the direction cricket is moving in," the column said.
    "Indian cricket has once again endorsed that captain is more important than a coach," it added.


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    Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit. Photo: File  NEW DELHI: Pakistan?s High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit said a solution regarding Kashmir is not acceptable to Pakistan unless it is accepted by the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

    In an interview to Indian newspaper The Hindu, published on Wednesday, Basit acknowledged that he had sought help from the international community in resolving bilateral disputes with India.
    To him, Jammu and Kashmir are central to Pakistan-India relations, and since much progress had not been made in the last few decades, it was imperative to discuss it in order to deal with the root causes of the problem.
    He added that his meeting with the Hurriyat leadership in 2014 should not be portrayed in a negative light since such meetings help find ?a just and fair solution to the long-standing dispute over Jammu and Kashmir.?
    When asked how he would define Pakistan-India relations today, Basit responded by stating that after 2014, when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bilateral relations seemed very promising.
    Since a framework to restart talks and a comprehensive bilateral dialogue had been decided upon by 2015, he hoped it will be carried forward and will allow both the countries to reach an agreement and move past the ?environment of accusations.?
    However, he added that since then New Delhi has not made a constructive move towards comprehensive dialogue between the two countries.

    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/2f55c0a8680ceadf0c93f33f952517fc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMS8yMDE3IDk6MDY6MjEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1GYkZWUCtoNWtjZHprZThMS3NobEF3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] "In diplomacy, you cannot simply lock the door and throw the key away. You have to keep the door open for possibilities. I am hopeful that Pakistan and India will talk to each other, but whether it happens now or two years down the road, I do not know," he said in answer to a question.

    Focusing on the events that took place in 2016, Basit said that Pakistan-India ties had not irrevocably been harmed because they were part of the same problems that were already being dealt with. Be it the Pathankot attack, India?s crossing of the LOC and ?surgical? strikes, or the [Kulbhushan] Jadhav case; they are all part of the same issues that are not being spoken about, he said. 
    In order to resume dialogue with India today, ?the two countries would need to cooperate with each other?.
    When questioned why Pakistan was not taking ?serious action? against Hafiz Saeed or Mazhoor Hasan, Basit stated that if India cooperated with them and helped them gather ?hard evidence? against them, then real action could be carried out.
    Talking about the Jadhav case, Basit commented that if Jadhav?s appeal is rejected by the court, he can apply for clemency to the army chief and if denied, to the president.
    In reply to a question, he shared that at present there is no back-channel dialogue with India as for that to happen, there needs to be a ?front-channel? dialogue.
    Commenting on Pakistan?s recent victory against India in the ICC Champions Trophy, Basit commented that the two rivals should continue to play cricket and should not let their political problems get in the way of sports.


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    Photo: Lucasfilms  LOS ANGELES: A spinoff movie of the Star Wars franchise about the early life of smuggler and crack pilot Han Solo has lost its two directors, the production company behind the project said Tuesday.
    Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller left the project due to creative differences, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said.
    Lord and Miller "are talented filmmakers who have assembled an incredible cast and crew, but it´s become clear that we had different creative visions on this film, and we´ve decided to part ways," Kennedy said.
    "A new director will be announced soon," said Kennedy, who is also the film´s producer.
    In a statement, Lord and Miller also cited "creative differences".
    "Unfortunately, our vision and process weren´t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren´t fans of the phrase ´creative differences´ but for once this cliche is true," they said.
    "We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew," they added.
    The surprise announcement came as filming is underway at London´s Pinewood Studios for the untitled movie, which is scheduled to come out several months ahead of Star Wars: Episode VIII in December 2018.
    ´Culture clash´
    Variety magazine -- which said the directors had been fired -- cited an anonymous source saying that the directors chafed at Kennedy´s tight control on the set.
    "It was a culture clash from day one," the source told Variety. "She didn´t even like the way they folded their socks."
    "Kathy, her team and [writer/producer] Larry Kasdan have been doing it their way for a very long time. They know how the cheese is made and that´s how they want it made," the source said. "It became a very polarizing set.
    In the movie, Alden Ehrenreich stars as Solo, a role that made Harrison Ford a Hollywood superstar in the original 1977 movie and its sequels.
    The movie also stars Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke and Donald Glover as Solo´s pal Lando Calrissian.
    The film is set in the period before the original 1977 movie, which was released as Star Wars but was later retitled Episode IV: A New Hope.
    This is the second of a series of standalone films that began with Rogue One, released in December, which earned $1 billion worldwide.
    Lord and Miller took over the Han Solo directing job after co-directing the box-office hits The Lego Movie and both 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street.
    Lucasfilm, founded by filmmaker George Lucas, is the production company behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. It was bought by Disney in 2012.


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    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/312c3261eca9adaff73864795cd9ef93.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMS8yMDE3IDc6NDA6MjMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT16S3dZa21iTkhHcXhVb3FXcTJiZWxnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Sarfraz Ahmed once again won hearts when he gifted his shirt to a differently-abled fan on a visit to Hyderabad on Wednesday.

    The elated fan, Fawad, expressed his happiness at receiving the memento from his favourite cricketer.
    Hundreds of fans gave Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed a hero´s welcome as he arrived home carrying the Champions Trophy early on Tuesday.
    Men, women and children packed Karachi airport as Sarfraz returned from England.
    Sarfraz held up the trophy to loud cheers and chants of "Long live Sarfraz!" as a police band played patriotic songs nearby.
    "(We won) thanks to Allah and the prayers of the whole nation," Sarfraz said in brief comments as he jostled his way through the crowd of well-wishers.
    The celebrations did not end once he reached his residential block in central Karachi, adorned with colourful lights and Pakistan flags, where fans climbed on rooftops and balconies to watch him return.
    Sarfraz came out on the balcony with the trophy and showed it off to fans, waving and making the victory sign with two fingers as the crowds outside threw rose petals. He also took selfies of the memorable reception.


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    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/28c177e5e6e9244677d771be0b89af12.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yMS8yMDE3IDc6NTQ6MjUgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1LekFDTzdtSGxsYnNFdjJadDRRZHRnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Pakistan hockey team, which has been favoured by luck, will face off against the team to beat Argentina in the quarterfinals of Hockey World League League Semi-Final tournament tomorrow (Thursday).

    Pakistan hockey team, which conceded three consecutive defeats against Netherlands, India and Canada, qualified for the quarterfinals after Canada and Scotland drew 1-1 on Tuesday. Scotland had to win the match in order to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament.
    On Monday, Pakistan tasted its first victory of the tournament after defeating Scotland 3-1 in their last pool match.
    World league: Pakistan hockey team leaves for UK
    The hockey team will play a three-match series with Ireland before the World League
    On the other hand, Argentina has had a dream run and has been undefeated in the competition so far. It defeated Korea 2-1, Malaysia 5-2, China 10-0 and it drew with England 3-3.
    In other quarter finals fixtures, India will faceoff against Malaysia, Netherlands against China and England against Canada.
    The World League Semifinal Round is also 2018 World Cup qualifier.
    However, if Pakistan fails to qualify for the world cup it will have to win Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, which will be held in India.


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    President Mamnoon Hussain with the civilian participants of the National Security and War Course in January this year. Photo: APP President Mamnoon Hussain has expressed confidence that operations Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasad would yield positive results soon to make Pakistan a citadel of peace.
    He was addressing the 17th convocation of the National Security and War Course at the National Defence University (NDU) in Islamabad Wednesday morning. 
    The president said challenges facing the country multiplied mainly because of extremism and terrorism but the nation and state institutions emerged victorious in fighting the war of survival.
    He said the government and state institutions are courageously implementing the National Action Plan and have taught a bitter lesson to the enemy.
    Hussain said Pakistan came into being to play a positive and constructive role for regional and global peace and stability.
    He said internally the objective for creation of the state was to portray to the world a model of a welfare state where citizens could live with dignity and honour.
    He said there have been impediments in realisation of these cherished objectives but the country has moved forward.
    The president referred to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and said this, together with One Belt, One Road project, would give a new strategic dimension to the regional and global scenario.
    He said a new strategic doctrine would emerge and hoped that institutions like NDU would be taking stock of the emerging changes.
    The president said the participation of friendly countries in the war and security course will further help promote Pakistan's relations with them.
    Recognising the role being played by NDU as a think tank , Hussain expressed confidence that the institution will further improve its performance in the days to come.
    Earlier, the president gave away certificates to the participants of the course.
    Speaking on the occasion, NDU President Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar said one hundred and fifty nine participants, including twenty six from friendly countries, attended the course.


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    Belgian troops in front of the Central Station in Brussels following the attack. Photo: Reuters  Belgian counter-terrorism police are investigating the motives of a suspected suicide bomber shot dead by troops guarding a Brussels railway station after he set off explosives that failed to injure anyone.
    "We consider this a terrorist attack," prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt told reporters, declining to comment on witness accounts that the man had shouted religious slogans before detonating what witnesses said were one or two devices in luggage.
    Broadcaster VTM quoted Interior Minister Jan Jambon as saying investigators had identified the man but were not releasing his name. A larger bomb failed to go off, VTM said.
    Public broadcaster VRT said investigators believed the man had a nail bomb that failed to detonate completely.
    Although no one was hurt, billows of smoke pouring through Central Station and memories of Daesh attacks in the city last year, and more recently in Britain, France and elsewhere, sent evening commuters racing for cover.
    Police halted rail traffic, evacuated the site and cleared streets crowded with tourists and residents enjoying a hot summer's evening in the historic city centre between the station and nearby Grand Place, Brussels' landmark Renaissance town square.
    The Belgian capital, home to the headquarters of NATO and the European Union, has been on high alert since a Brussels-based Daesh cell organised an attack that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015. Associates of those attackers killed 32 people in their home city four months later.
    Since then, attacks in France, but also in Germany, Sweden and, most recently, in Britain, have been carried out in the name of Daesh by other young men, many of them locals, raising fears of more violence in a city where almost a quarter of the population of 1.2 million are Muslim.
    Witnesses spoke of a man who shouted Islamic slogans, including "Allahu Akbar" - God is greatest - in Arabic, in an underground area of the station still busy with commuters making their way home and seemed to set off one or two small blasts.
    'Isolated acts' 
    Security experts said Tuesday's incident could have been similar to "lone-wolf" assaults carried out by radicalised individuals with limited access to weapons and training.
    "Such isolated acts will continue in Brussels, in Paris and elsewhere. It's inevitable," Brussels security consultant Claude Moniquet, a former French agent, told broadcaster RTL.
    With Daesh under pressure in Syria - where Belgium has been the most fertile European recruiting ground for foreign fighters - he said attacks in Europe could increase, although many would be by "amateurs" doing little harm.
    He compared Tuesday's incident to that on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue a day earlier, when a man was killed when he rammed his car, filled with explosive and weapons, into a French police convoy. No one else was injured.
    Rail worker Nicolas Van Herrewegen told Reuters that he was heading downstairs toward the underground platforms that serve long-distance and suburban lines running under the city center.
    "There was a man shouting, and shouting and shouting," he said. "He was talking about the jihadists and all that and then at some point he shouted: 'Allahu Akbar' and blew up the little suitcase he had next to him. People just took off."
    He described the man as quite dark and with short hair and said he was wearing a white shirt and black jeans.
    Remy Bonnaffe, a 23-year-old lawyer who was waiting on the concourse for a train home to Ghent, said he was startled by an explosion as he listened to music on his headphones.
    He took a photograph, which he later posted on Twitter, of flames shooting up from what he thought was a briefcase. There was a second blast farther away, which he could not see, followed by what sounded like gunfire, prompting him to run.
    "I think we had some luck tonight," he told Reuters. "I'm happy that no one was injured and that this was basically a failed attempt." People just feet from the explosion appeared unhurt and he said he saw no obvious damage to nearby walls.
    As Prime Minister Charles Michel consulted his security advisers, the national alert was maintained at its second highest level.
    Michel, who convened a National Security Council meeting for 9am (0700 GMT) on Wednesday, tweeted his thanks to the security forces and railway staff for their professionalism and courage. Mainline trains were running through the station by the morning rush hour, but not stopping. The adjacent metro station was open as normal, the transport authorities said.


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    Uber CEO Travis Kalanick at the World Economic Forum in China in 2016: Photo: Reuters  Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick stepped down as chief executive of the ride-hailing service, following intense pressure from investors, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
    Kalanick's resignation comes after a months-long investigation led former US Attorney General Eric Holder, who was hired by Uber to look into its culture and workplace practices after a female former employee publicly accused the company of what she described as brazen sexual harassment.
    Five large investors, including venture capital firm Benchmark, demanded that the CEO resign immediately in a letter delivered to Kalanick while he was in Chicago, the New York Times reported citing people with knowledge of the situation. 
    In the letter, titled "Moving Uber Forward," the investors also said the company needed a change in leadership.
    Kalanick discussed with at least one Uber board member and after hours of discussions with some of the investors, he agreed to step down, the report said. He will remain on Uber board.
    "I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors' request to step aside so that Uber can go back to building rather than be distracted with another fight," the paper quoted Kalanick as saying.
    Kalanick told employees last week, he will take time away from Uber, part of the series of measures the ride-hailing company is taking to claw its way out from under a mountain of controversies.


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    Apple fans are usually willing to spend all of their savings just to get the most latest Apple gadget. But what if it's the most ancient one?
    Recently, one well-off Apple fan gave up $355,500 for one of the tech powerhouse's oldest pieces ? the Apple 1.


    Well, yeah that actually happened.
    The sale went down at Christie's in New York City.

    The computer was originally built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1976 and is one of only 66 still in existence.


    It is also the first personal computer sold with a fully assembled motherboard.

    Jobs and Wozniak worked nonstop in Job's home after landing a 50-computer order from Byte Shop and also put together extra motherboards to sell to their friends and family.
    Around 200 Apple-1 computers were made and the models were originally sold at $666.66.
    This particular computer was expected to go for between $300,000 and $500,000 but a lucky buyer got it on the cheap end.
      So, you might think twice before getting rid of your Apple item because you never know if it will make you a millionaire someday. 



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    KARACHI: After dipping around 1,700 points on Tuesday, the benchmark KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange fell 1,000 points by noon Wednesday.
    The benchmark index stood at less than 44,000 points.
    On Tuesday, economic analyst Mohammad Sohail explained to Geo News that the political uncertainty prevailing in the country with regards to the work of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Sharif family?s assets has had a negative impact on the stock market.
    Pakistan Stock Exchange falls 1,800 points after JIT summons PM
    Rs 9 billion worth of 219 million shares exchanged hands during the trading session
    He added that the market has gone down a cumulative 15% in the past month.
    Earlier on June 12, the market dipped 1,800 points as news hit of the prime minister's summoning by the JIT. 


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    ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold an important meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday to discuss the delimitation of constituencies across the country.
    Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan will chair the meeting, which will be briefed by Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa.
    Bajwa will brief participants about the census data required by the ECP for delimitation of constituencies.
    With the completion of the census recently after a gap of nearly two decades, the number of electoral constituencies is expected to increase according to the latest population data. 
    With elections due in the middle of next year, the ECP needs accurate census data soon if it is to mark new constituencies in the country's electoral map. 


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    Speculations have been made foer quite a long time about Sridevi's daughter Jhanvi Kapoor's Bollywood debut. 
    Let us inform you what actually is cooking!
    It is now finalised that Jhanvi will start her career into films under Karan Johar's home banner Dharma Productions.

    According to Indian media news, Karan Johar is likely to sign a three-film deal with Jhanvi Kapoor. Thus, we will see Jhanvi working with Karan for three films over the years.

    According to a leading Indian tabloid, when Sridevi was asked about her daughter Jhanvi's Bollywood debut, she said, "Jhanvi wanted to do SOTY 2 and initially, I wasn?t in favour. I don?t think it?s a bad industry. I am a creation of this world. But as a parent, it would give me greater joy to see her married. But her happiness matters more, and if she does well as an actress, I will be a proud mother."






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