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  1. Waqas Dar
    Photo: Tumblr Shah Rukh Khan is known as the chocolate hero of Bollywood, with a huge fan following who has been enjoying his romantic flicks since more than two decades.
    In a recent interview, however, King Khan has said that he is ?pathetic with relationships? and ?extremely closeted, introverted, shy, reclusive and completely shut off? about his emotions.
    ?I am so pathetic that I am comic," he told an Indian news agency.
    He went on to say that in real life he prefers not being expressive and hides his emotion unlike his roles in various films, which are mostly romantic and even cheesy sometimes.
    "I am extremely one-sided, perhaps even selfish. Actually, I am very detached. I am demotional - emotional and detached, I don?t know how it works. I won?t be able to say anything that I?ve done in my films to a girl, or even in relationships," he said.
    While Shah Rukh has ruled millions of hearts with his chocolate hero roles, he has equally justified intense, challenging roles. He told the Indian publication that he enjoys choosing roles that are starkly different from how he is in real life.
    "I don?t have to believe in it, I have to make you believe in it and that?s a challenge always... An actor always goes for something that he is not. It?s a vent. I want to be a Batman, a Spider-Man, a fire fighter, an evil conniving Don and I want to be the greatest lover in the world. And I am not any of these,? he said.


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    Ed Sheeran's Twitter page has vanished, prompting speculation that the music star has quit the social media platform after voicing discomfort with abuse directed at him on it.
    The British singer, whose "Divide" album topped the charts in the United States earlier in July, has been vocal about his dislike for Twitter, telling Britain's Sun newspaper that it was "nothing but people saying mean things".
    Internet reacts to Ed Sheeran?s cameo in Game of Thrones
    Geo.tv takes a look at some of the best reactions to the singer's cameo in season 7 premiere
    Sheeran's apparent disappearance from Twitter on Monday came a day after a cameo appearance in the new series of ***-and-swords TV blockbuster "Game of Thrones", for which he was also the focus of critical comment on the social media platform.
    Playing a singing soldier in a single scene, Sheeran's unnamed character encounters Arya Stark, one of the central characters, played by Maisie Williams.


  3. Waqas Dar
    Supreme Court Lahore Registry. ? Geo News FILE LAHORE: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif and 15 other parliamentarians for issuing statements against the judiciary, Geo News has learnt.

    Amna Malik, member of Civil Society Network, filed the petition in the apex court's Lahore Registry, stating names of 17 members of the Parliament who, according to her, repeatedly made remarks against courts before hearing of the Panama Papers leak case and following submission of the joint investigation team (JIT) report.
    It contended that by doing so these parliamentarians, who also include PM Nawaz Sharif, CM Shehbaz Sharif and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, committed contempt of court.
    "They have also violated Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan by issuing statements against the judiciary," the petition mentioned.
    Malik said in the petition that the Senate chairman and National Assembly speaker were also approached on the matter, but they turned down the applications.
    She prayed to the court to order disqualification of all these parliamentarians and initiating contempt of court proceedings against them.
    LHC dismisses Imran's petition seeking disqualification of Punjab CM
    Also on Tuesday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned down Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's petition seeking disqualification of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
    The petition accused the Punjab CM of involvement in "corruption and money laundering".


  4. Waqas Dar
    Eranga's bowling action has been found to be legal by ICC The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that the bowling action of Sri Lanka?s Shaminda Eranga has been found to be legal, and the player can now resume bowling in international cricket.
    Eranga underwent a re-assessment of his bowling action at the ICC accredited testing centre in Chennai. The assessment concluded that the amount of elbow extension in his standard deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC regulations for the review of bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions.
    The umpires are still at liberty to report Eranga in future if they believe he is displaying a suspect action or that he is not reproducing the action that has been declared legal during this assessment. To assist the umpires in this respect, they have been provided with images and video footage of the bowler?s legal bowling action.
    The fast bowler was initially reported after the second Test against England at Chester-le-Street on May 31 last year and was suspended following an independent assessment which found his bowling action to be illegal.


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    Woman wearing headscarf and bearded man emoji. -Apple Apple on Monday revealed new emojis to celebrate World Emoji Day which will be released as part of iOS 11, slated to be released this autumn, said a statement released by the tech giant.   
    Among the new emojis, the company has shown woman with headscarf, bearded person, and food items such as sandwich and coconut. 
    New emojis by Apple. -Apple Mythical creatures and animals are also included in the new emoji lineup. Users will be able to send T-Rex, zombie and elf emojis among others. 
    "With thousands of emoji available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, there are many ways to add personality to every message."

    "More animals and mythical creatures like T-Rex, Zebra, Zombie and Elf are a fun way to describe situations and new Star-Struck and Exploding Head smiley faces make any message more fun," added Apple's statement. 






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    SIALKOT: Police have arrested two men for physically assaulting women in the Subedar bazaar of Daska Tehsil after accusing them of stealing clothes from shops.
    A video shared on social media showed a group of shopkeepers slapping and pulling hair of three women sitting on chairs in a shop, with kids in their laps. The women were eventually let go by the men.
    The police have filed cases against four men, two of whom have been arrested and sent on a judicial remand.
    The shop where the incident took place remains closed.


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    ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday former army chief Raheel Sharif, who is set to head a Saudi-led 39-nation military alliance, will implement the same policy as constituted by Pakistan?s parliament.
    Aziz was addressing a session of the Senate, where Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani asked Aziz about the former army chief and his role in the alliance.
    ?The Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the Saudi alliance haven?t even been formed and the Army got ready,? remarked Rabbani, adding ?Your former army chief even went to head the Saudi-led alliance.?
    Following which, Sartaj Aziz responded that according to the news received, the alliance has not been allocated any operational units as of yet.
    Saudi-led military alliance to act against any terror group: WSJ 
    The Saudi-led military alliance is likely to hold its first meeting in the coming months in Riyadh where defence ministers from member states will gather to agree on its structure and mission,...
    The government of Pakistan had agreed to give a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to General (retd) Raheel Sharif to lead a 39-nation alliance of Muslim states led by Saudi Arabia.
    The revelation was earlier made by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in Geo News programme Jirga.
    With a Joint Comand Centre headquartered in Riyadh, the alliance includes Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Sudan, Malaysia, Egypt, Yemen and other Muslim countries.
    The coalition conspicuously lacks the presence of Iran.


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    ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman was awarded the Legion of Merit in Istanbul on Tuesday in recognition of his services for promotion of defence ties between the two air forces.
    The award was conferred at an impressive ceremony held at the Turkish Air Force Headquarters.

    geo_embedgallery Earlier, on arrival at the Turkish Air Force Headquarters, a smartly turned out contingent of the Turkish Air Force presented him with a guard of honour.

    Later, he called on General Abidin Unal, Commander Turkish Air Force at his office.
    Both the dignitaries discussed matters of professional and mutual interests.
    The Air Chief highlighted the Pakistan Air Force's key role in ongoing counter terrorism operations in Pakistan.
    He also reiterated enhancing cooperation with Turkey in the fields of security, training and information technology.
    General Abidin Unal, Commander Turkish Air Force, lauded the role played by PAF in the success of operation Zarb-e-Azb.
    He also thanked the Air Chief for enhancing defence ties between both countries.

    geo_embedgallery Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force also met Dr. Ismail Demir, Undersecretary for Defence Industries (SSM) during his visit.

    Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman is presently on an official visit to Turkey on the invitation of Turkish Air Force.


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    PTI, PML-N workers clash outside SC after Panama case hearing ISLAMABAD: Workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday faced off outside the Supreme Court after the hearing of the Panama case.
    Workers chanted slogans and later clashed after the leaders of the two parties held media talks following the hearing, prompting the police to intervene and disperse the workers.
    The Supreme Court bench today resumed hearing the case after the petitioners presented their arguments in favour of the Joint Investigation Team?s (JIT) final report a day earlier.
    Bench to review material before deciding on PM's disqualification, NAB reference
    At Monday's hearing, petitioners? counsels pleaded for PM?s disqualification
    The three-member special Supreme Court bench hearing the Panama Papers case observed that it would examine all the material and then decide on disqualifying the premier or sending the matter to an accountability court.
    PM's imprisonment, disqualification highly likely: Fawad Chaudhry
    PTI leaders lashed out against the ruling party during recess outside the Supreme Court where the defence was presenting its arguments.
    ?The matter seems to be going towards the imprisonment of Hussain, Hasan, and Maryam Nawaz,? said PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, adding, ?only a miracle can save Nawaz Sharif?s family from 14 years imprisonment and 10 years of disqualification.?
    Panamagate about power, not accountability: Talal
    PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday declared the Panama case saga a ?game of power, not accountability?.
    ?Those who could not become ministers or prime ministers are sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with the court. This [Panama case] game is not about accountability, it?s about power,? said Talal, as he lashed out at opponents while addressing media on day two of the Panama case hearing.
    Taking aim at the JIT, the PML-N leader said the team collected incomplete and faulty material.
    ?The JIT itself kept violating the law,? he alleged.


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    Officials said the police and army are investigating the incident. NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier shot dead his commanding officer in India-occupied Kashmir (IOK), reported BBC on Tuesday. 
    The incident was confirmed by the Indian Army, but no further details were given. 
    The BBC added that some junior officers said the argument was over a mobile phone. 
    Media reports further added that the soldier was disciplined for using a mobile phone and it was confiscated.
    Officials said the police and army are investigating the incident, which comes amid concerns regarding morale in the Indian armed forces. 
    Earlier this year, a video of a soldier complaining regarding quality of food went viral. The soldier was also posted in IOK. 
    Indian army sources have told the BBC that morale among soldiers stationed in IOK is very low. 
    The soldiers are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with their role in the region, saying they fear they are effectively becoming an army of occupation.


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    LAHORE: Members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) have called for a countrywide strike on Wednesday, July 19, to seek the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in light of the damning report of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT).

    Addressing a press conference with Punjab Bar Council office bearers, PBC Vice Chairman Ahsan Bhoon urged the disqualification of those nominated in the high-profile Panama Papers case and expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will take the case to its logical conclusion.
    The members called for the resignation of Nawaz, Shehbaz, Dar and their ?accomplices? in light of the JIT?s findings and demanded ?punitive action against them under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws and their prosecution for perjury?.
    The members also assured support of the legal fraternity to the Supreme Court and said they ?will not hesitate to foil any attempt on the part of the ruling party to influence and undermine the dignity and prestige of the apex court?.
    Bhoon also blamed Dar for paralysing the country?s economy during his tenure as the finance minister and urged punitive action against ?all those who submitted fake documents? in the apex court.


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    PPP's Qamar Zaman Kaira addressing the media on July 18, 2017. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: They [Sharifs] will not be able to show their face anywhere once the video recordings of the joint investigation team (JIT) are made public, said Pakistan Peoples Party leader Qamar Zaman Kaira.
    Addressing the media on Tuesday after the Supreme Court hearing on the Panama Papers case, he said the bench has set aside the objections raised by the Sharif family to the JIT report.
    The former information minister said the judges, during Tuesday?s hearing, repeatedly asked the Sharif family?s counsel to provide any evidence in their defence.
    The JIT submitted its final probe report to the Supreme Court?s special implementation bench on July 10. The report has claimed that the prime minister owns assets beyond his known sources of income.
    The Supreme Court heard arguments from the petitioners on Monday and the prime minister's counsel on Tuesday over the JIT report.
    The hearing was later adjourned till Wednesday when the respondents? counsels will present their arguments.
    Kaira and other senior leaders of the party, including opposition leader Khursheed Shah, attended Tuesday's hearing at the apex court. 


  13. Waqas Dar
    MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday asked Congress to extend martial law on the southern island of Mindanao until the end of the year, to grant him time to crush a rebel movement inspired by the Islamic State group.
    Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being interviewed by reporters in metro Manila on July 17, 2017.  The region of 22 million people, which has a history of separatist and Marxist rebellion, was placed under military rule on May 23 after rebels from the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups took over parts of Marawi City, plunging the Philippines into its biggest security crisis in years.
    Insurgents have put up fierce resistance, with scores of mostly young fighters still holed up in central Marawi through 57 days of ground offensives, air strikes and artillery bombardments, prolonging a battle the authorities say has killed 413 militants, 98 security forces and 45 civilians.
    "The primary objective of the possible extension is to allow our forces to continue with their operations unhampered by deadlines and to focus more on the liberation of Marawi and its rehabilitation and rebuilding," said presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, reading a letter signed by Duterte.
    A cadre of gunmen were on Tuesday clinging on to positions in a deserted commercial heart, which has been reduced to rubble by a bombing campaign that has angered residents with no homes or businesses to return to.
    Duterte has appointed a task force to rebuild Marawi, with a 20 billion peso ($394.81 million) budget.
    The brazen assault by organised, heavily armed militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State has fanned fears that extremists may have radicalised and recruited more fighters than was previously thought.
    The Marawi siege is the fourth battle between the Maute clan and the military over the past nine months and the country's defence minister, Delfin Lorenzana, has admitted the combat and planning capability of the enemy has been underestimated.
    Duterte has long warned that Mindanao faced contamination by Islamic State, and experts say Muslim parts of the predominantly Catholic southern Philippines are fertile ground for expansion due to their history of marginalisation and neglect.
    Big Problem
    While few dispute that Duterte has a serious problem on his hands, his critics have derided his declaration of martial law across all of Mindanao, an area the size of South Korea.
    Martial law allows for deeper surveillance and arrests without warrant, giving security forces a freer rein to go after suspected extremist financiers and facilitators.
    According to several senate and congress leaders who dined with the president on Monday evening, Duterte had told them he wanted the martial law for another 60 days.
    In the case of continuing martial law beyond the initial 60-day limit, the constitution does not restrict how long it can be extended, although Congress can challenge it.
    Senator Antonio Trillanes, Duterte's top critic, said such a long extension was a "whimsical misuse of power".
    "I have already forewarned the public of Duterte's authoritarian tendencies and this is another proof of it," he said in a statement.
    Martial law is a sensitive issue in the Philippines, bringing back memories of the 1970s rule of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was accused of exaggerating security threats to justify harsh measures that allowed his regime to suppress dissent brutally.
    The extension would be the first time since the Marcos era that martial law was renewed.
    Outrage about the martial law has largely been restricted to Duterte's main critics, with the majority of Filipinos behind his security measures, according to opinion polls.
    Zia Alonto Adiong of the Marawi crisis committee said those most affected would have no issues with the martial law.
    "What they want is to bring normalcy back to their lives," he told CNN Philippines.




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    PM Nawaz Sharif meeting JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday.
    Sources said the premier and the JUI-F chief ? whose party is allied with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ? discussed the ongoing situation in the country as well as the Panama Papers case.
    The two also discussed a strategy to deal with the opposition?s united front against the prime minister.
    The JUI-F chief reiterated his support for the prime minister. 
    The premier has been under severe pressure from the opposition parties to resign after the 'damning' report of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT).
    The JIT's final probe report, submitted to the court on July 10, stated that the premier and his family had accumulated wealth beyond their known sources of income. 
    On July 17, the petitioners in the case presented their arguments before the three-judge bench stating that the premier should be disqualified based on the findings of the JIT. 
    On Tuesday (today), the prime minister's counsel claimed before the apex court that the JIT exceeded its mandate. 
    The case is ongoing. 


  15. Waqas Dar
    Talal Chaudhry addressing media in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday declared the Panama case saga a ?game of power, not accountability?.
    ?Those who could not become ministers or prime ministers are sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with the court. This [Panama case] game is not about accountability, it?s about power,? said Talal, as he lashed out at opponents while addressing media on day two of the Panama case hearing by the Supreme Court.
    Taking aim at the JIT, the PML-N leader said the team collected incomplete and faulty material.
    ?The JIT itself kept violating the law,? he alleged.
    ?The puppets of this conspiracy are Imran Khan and his nephew Bilawal,? he said.
    ?Bilawal says he will get the PM to resign. Bilawal, you are a child. Even the [big and powerful] couldn?t obtain resignation from the PM,? Talal added.

    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/366b5ad15a2bf29a09d556337c4d6bf8.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8xOC8yMDE3IDk6NDI6NDggQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1RUkY0R1Nta1pVZEY2dU96dUNsTEdRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Taking aim at Imran Khan, Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, reminded the audience that the assets of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief had been seized by the court.

    ?The next elections will reveal his true doings,? Chaudhry said.
    PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz said Imran Khan was a proclaimed offender and that is why he was not appearing in the court.
    ?This is why he [Imran Khan] has not been submitting replies in courts and Election Commission of Pakistan,? he said, adding that the entire ?drama? was being carried out for the 2018 elections.
    Bench to review material before deciding on PM's disqualification, NAB reference
    At Monday's hearing, petitioners? counsels pleaded for PM?s disqualification
    The three-member special Supreme Court bench hearing the Panama Papers case observed on Tuesday that it would examine all the material and then decide on disqualifying the premier or sending the matter to an accountability court.
    Addressing the special implementation bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, the Sharif family's lawyer Khawaja Harris said the court, in its April 20 judgment, had not ordered for reopening of any case against Nawaz Sharif.
    Harris claimed the JIT also included a probe of 'assets beyond means' in its investigation and went on to answer 15 questions instead of the original 13.
    Justice Ijazul Ahsan observed that a number of issues are related to the court's 13 questions, adding that the money trail of the London properties is a complicated saga.


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    LONDON: British inflation unexpectedly slowed for the first time since October last month, adding to the likelihood that the Bank of England will keep interest rates at a record low in August.
    Consumer prices rose by 2.6 percent compared with a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday, down from a nearly four-year high of 2.9 percent in May.
    Economists had expected the rate to remain unchanged.
    The fall was the sharpest between any two months since February 2015, largely reflecting a fall in global oil prices, and there were signs of slowing price pressure in factories.
    However, many economists have said they expect inflation to pick up again soon, adding to the strain on households which are seeing salaries rise more slowly than prices.
    Britain's inflation rate has risen sharply since last year's referendum decision to leave the European Union which pushed down the value of the pound, making imports more expensive.
    The BoE has been taken by the surprise by the speed of the increase this year. Its most recent forecasts saw inflation peaking at 2.8 percent later in 2017 while most economists have said they expect inflation to reach at least 3 percent.
    The BoE did accurately predict that inflation in June would be 2.6 percent.
    The BoE has so far chosen not to respond by raising rates, saying the Brexit hit to the pound is likely to be temporary.
    However, some officials at the central bank signalled recently that a rate hike might be on the way. Three of the BoE's eight rate setters voted to raise rates in June although one of the dissenters has since left
    Governor Mark Carney has said higher borrowing costs would probably be needed if the economy overcomes its slowdown of earlier this year and wages - which are lagging behind inflation - grow more strongly.
    The BoE is due to announce its next decision on interest rates on Aug. 3.
    A Reuters poll of economists published on Tuesday showed the BoE was expected to keep rates on hold throughout 2017 and 2018, as it waits to see if wages catch up with price rises and how the economy copes with the approach of Brexit.
    The ONS said the pace of growth in the consumer price index for June was pushed down by fuel prices after a fall in global oil prices which was accentuated by a partial recovery in the value of the pound last month.
    A drop in the cost of computer games and equipment, which pushed up inflation in May, was also a factor.
    Retail price inflation - tracked by British inflation-linked government bonds - slowed to 3.5 percent in June from 3.7 percent in May.
    The ONS said excluding oil prices and other volatile components such as food, core consumer price inflation slowed to 2.4 percent, compared with economists' expectations for it to remain at 2.6 percent.
    The ONS said a measure of consumer prices which includes a wider range of housing costs, the CPIH, edged down to 2.6 percent from 2.7 percent.
    Data on factory gate prices suggested that the most intense pressure on consumer prices is easing.
    Output prices rose at their slowest rate since December of last year, up 3.3 percent, in line with the Reuters poll.
    Prices paid by factories for materials and energy rose at their slowest rate since September, up 9.9 percent on the year.
    Separately, the ONS said house prices in May rose 4.7 percent in annual terms compared with 5.3 percent in April.
    Prices in London alone grew by 3.0 percent, the second-slowest pace among all regions of the United Kingdom, adding to signs of a weakening of the housing market in the British capital since last year's Brexit vote.


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    Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on July 18, 2017. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that all the wealth statements and tax records of the prime minister are available on the government?s websites.
    Addressing the media following the hearing of the Supreme Court?s special implementation bench in the Panama Papers case, Aurangzeb said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made history by presenting himself for accountability in front of the Joint Investigation Team.
    The minister said the JIT exceeded its mandate, adding that the documents presented by the investigators are unverified.
    ?This proves that an attempt was made to make a false case against the prime minister,? she stated.
    The minister said that the JIT did not approach any foreign government to acquire evidence and instead relied on a dubious law firm, owned by the JIT head?s cousin. ?Such evidence is inadmissible in court,? she claimed.
    ?Not a single penny has ever been misappropriated by Nawaz Sharif during any of his terms in office,? the minister vowed.
    Aurangzeb said the prime minister, with the support of the people, will win another term in office in the next general elections. 
    The Supreme Court's three-member special implementation bench heard arguments from the petitioners on Monday and the prime minister's counsel on Tuesday.
    The hearing was later adjourned till Wednesday. 


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    PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: The leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spoke to the media during the recess of the Supreme Court?s hearing of the Panama Papers case on Tuesday.
    ?The matter seems to be going towards the imprisonment of Hussain, Hasan, and Maryam Nawaz,? said PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry. ?Only a miracle can save Nawaz Sharif?s family from 14 years imprisonment and 10 years of disqualification.?
    While speaking about the proceedings of the JIT being made public, Chaudhry said the videos should be aired in cinemas, which will also help the film industry prosper. ?If the video of Captain (retd) Safdar?s JIT proceedings are aired, the tickets would be sold in black.?
    PTI senior leader Naeemul Haq also addressed the media outside the Supreme Court. He said things appear grim for the Sharif family as the premier's disqualification is all but likely now. 
    After the PTI leaders, PML-N?s Daniyal Aziz said the demand from resignation that Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto has made seems to be coming from the PTI.
    However, he added, PTI itself is not working for accountability in the province under its governance i.e. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ?Ehtesab Commission in KP has been shut down.?
    The Supreme Court heard arguments from the petitioners on Monday and the prime minister's counsel on Tuesday.
    The hearing was later adjourned till Wednesday. 

    [embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4b36d5972e1efe4fc0f6d95ca2b9a489.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8xOC8yMDE3IDk6MDY6MTIgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1vSUV6STl6NlNqN0w2WGZXQlZLanV3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Following the adjournment, PTI Information Secretary Shafqat Mehmood said the Sharif family?s corruption has been laid bare in front of the Supreme Court today.

    PTI?s Fawad Chaudhry also addressed the media following Mehmood, saying the bench?s reference to sending the case to the National Accountability Court shows that is where the case will eventually be sent to. 
    Chaudhry said the matter will be settled in the premier?s favour even now if he submits the relevant documents.
    He claimed the prime minister has a week or two left in office, and advised the people to begin preparing for celebrations. 


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    Charlize Theron poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the world premiere and screening of the movie 'Atomic Blonde' in Berlin, Germany, July 17, 2017/Reuters  BERLIN: Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron said she hoped to even the playing field in the male-dominated spy film genre with her latest role as a deadly agent in action-thriller movie "Atomic Blonde."
    "I saw potential in this character," Theron, 41, told Reuters at the Berlin premiere of "Atomic Blonde" on Monday.
    "I wanted to explore a woman in this world and have her kind of play with the same set of rules that men get to play in," added the actress, who won an Academy Award for her role as a serial killer in the 2003 film "Monster."
    Scene from the movie 'Atomic Blonde' "Atomic Blonde," based on Antony Johnston's graphic novel series "The Coldest City" and out in theaters on July 28, follows MI6's lethal bisexual assassin Lorraine Broughton (Theron) in Berlin in 1989. Broughton is on a mission to recover a list of double agents, in a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors.
    Spy movies have been dominated by male leads, such as the "James Bond," "Mission Impossible" and "Bourne" franchise.
    Theron, who shows off her physical fighting prowess in the role, said "the skill of this was definitely a challenge. I wanted people to believe that she was that good."


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    Iraqi teenagers, who were separated from their families during the fighting between Iraqi forces and Daesh near Mosul, use tablets at the Terres des Hommes Italia, a children's aid organisation, in Debaga region/AFP DEBAGA, IRAQ: Adel, 15, hasn´t seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of Daesh militants in his northern Iraqi hometown.
    "I miss my family, nine months is too long," said the teenager, among hundreds of youngsters separated from their parents because of Daesh and the months-long battle that has expelled the militants from Mosul, the main city of northern Iraq.
    Adel remembers the long trek on foot out of Hawijah -- a town in Kirkuk province that is still held by Daesh -- as he and others made their way to Iraq´s autonomous Kurdish region.
    "We walked all night, around 14 hours," said the teenager.
    He now lives in a camp for the displaced in Debaga region, southeast of Mosul, where he has been reunited with one of his brothers and some cousins.
    Adel is not from the area, but the battle for Mosul has displaced hundreds of thousands of other civilians, many of whom now reside in camps near Iraq´s second city.
    According to the UN´s children agency, UNICEF, more than 1,000 children under the age of 18 have been separated from their parents.
    Adel is cared for by the Terres des Hommes Italia, a children´s aid organisation, and is among 17 teenagers being sheltered by the charity, which organises English and computer science classes and sports activities.
    "The teachers treat us well. It´s like I´m at home here now," said Adel.
    Tracing families
    In the common room, boys wearing T-shirts took turns to play ping pong or table football.
    Others lay on mattresses in the dormitory next door busy with their mobile phones, while in the background Arab music blared out at full volume.
    In the kitchen, three teenagers were helping the head cook prepare the day´s lunch, and they were learning how to bake bread.
    The Terres des Hommes Italia, a children's aid organisation, currently shelters 17 Iraqi teenagers who are being offered English and computer science classes and sports activities/AFP Six months after Adel fled Hawijah, his parents also left for a camp for the displaced in Kirkuk province.

    "The only way to contact them is by phone and sometimes on Facebook," said Adel.
    He hopes to go visit them after September, when he is due to re-sit his school exams after failing at a first attempt.
    "There are just over 1,000 children who are separated and unaccompanied," UNICEF´s Maulid Warfa said after a tour of the Mosul area.
    His visit to eastern and western Mosul came after the Iraq government declared the city "liberated" from the militants who overran it three years ago.
    "Separated means they are with relatives, but not their parents. Unaccompanied means they are all alone, and this group is our top priority," said Warfa.
    He said UNICEF was working to trace the families. "If we can´t find them, the courts will put them in a state institution."
    Trouble sleeping
    The UN official said he had met a boy of around seven whose left hand had been badly damaged in an explosion.
    "He was clearly very distressed, not talking or interacting, even when we gave him a small ball to play with, he didn´t touch it. We were told his parents were killed in the blast," he said.
    Terre des Hommes official Abdulwahed Abdullah said children and teenagers separated from their families were at risk of psychological scarring.
    Iraqi youth, who were separated from their families during the war/AFP "They are suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and most of them have trouble sleeping due to anxiety," he said.

    Some of the youngsters also "feel guilty they were able to escape from (Daesh) but not their families", Abdullah said.
    When they arrive at a centre like the one run by the charity, they have to relearn some basic facts of life: boys and girls can mix and listening to music is allowed.
    Under Daesh rule, all that was "haram" -- Arabic for forbidden.
    Twenty-year-old Ahmed also escaped from Hawijah but with his seven sisters and brothers, all younger including the baby of the family, a girl of two.
    Ahmed and his siblings left seven months ago without their parents and have found refuge in another camp in the Debaga region.
    "We speak on the phone every two or three days but only for five minutes each time," said Ahmed.
    Abdullah, his 15-year-old brother, said they had to keep conversations short because if the militants were to find out that their parents have a phone "they could kill them".
    Ahmed says he has learnt to remain patient with his younger brothers and sisters, who often cry and keep asking after their parents.
    "I tell them a story, anything to keep them quiet, I tell them that they (the parents) will come today or I give them some money to buy sweets," he said.


  21. Waqas Dar
    Nasser Hussain. File photo: Getty Images  NOTTINGHAM: Former England captain Nasser Hussain delivered a withering indictment on the "abysmal" selection behind the current side following their colossal 340-run defeat by South Africa in the second Test at Trent Bridge on Monday.
    Hussain said too many recent call-ups had failed to deliver the goods at international level.
    That failure reflected poorly on a selection panel made up of chairman James Whitaker, who played one Test as a batsman for England in 1986, former Test seamer Angus Fraser, now the director of cricket at county champions Middlesex and Mick Newell, who holds a similar position at Trent Bridge-based Nottinghamshire, a Second Division county.
    The trio also receive input from England´s Australian coach Trevor Bayliss and the captain, in this case Test skipper Joe Root.
    South Africa crush England to level series
    Defeat was Joe Root's first as captain in his second game in charge
    Monday´s reverse, which saw South Africa level the four-match series at 1-1 with more than a day to spare in Nottingham, again raised questions about England´s fallible top order.
    Former captain Alastair Cook is now onto his 11th opening partner in Tests in Keaton Jennings since the retirement of Ashes-winning skipper Andrew Strauss, now England´s director of cricket, in 2012.
    Meanwhile several batsmen have had a go in a top order where number four Root is the other mainstay.
    Jennings and Gary Ballance, recalled for a third crack at Test cricket this series, were both twice out cheaply at Trent Bridge but Hussain said they were just two examples of poor selection in recent years.
    "The lads who are coming in aren´t doing anything," Hussain told Sky Sports.
    "They won (the first Test at Lord´s because of Joe Root...the ones they´ve won before have been because of Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad in Johannesburg.
    "The selectors are going to have to have a good long look at themselves because their record in the last two years -- two years ago it was one-day cricket, now in Test match cricket -- their selections have been abysmal.
    "Name some lads who´ve come in: (James) Vince, (Ben) Duckett, (Gareth) Batty, (Zafar) Ansari...I can name a long list but no-one´s coming in and doing well. Ballance, Alex Hales."
    ´Ballance hasn´t changed´
    Gary Ballance after getting out during England vs South Africa second Test. Photo: AFP Ballance has been in prolific form for Yorkshire this season but Hussain insisted: "Selection is not just about saying ´Gary Ballance has 1,000 first-class runs so Gary Ballance plays´.
    "Speak to umpires, speak to bowlers, has he actually changed? He hasn´t changed a thing and we´re getting exactly what we got the last two times.
    "He´ll go back to county cricket and score runs again but that doesn´t mean he´s an international cricketer."
    Meanwhile England great Geoffrey Boycott, one of the outstanding defensive opening batsmen of his generation, was deeply unimpressed by the lack of application during Monday´s collapse to 133 all out.
    "They need better batsmen and a better attitude," Boycott, himself a former England captain told BBC Radio´s Test Match Special.
    "Only Alastair Cook made any effort to play in the sort of the way that the situation demanded.
    "The rest of them have a flamboyant way of playing. Play shots, whack it, hit it, get fours. Everybody keeps saying this brave new England side, attacking England side, we like to play positive and they have all got sucked into this feeling.
    "They believe it now. If you believe that, then what you are going to get are wonderful successes, like at Lord´s (where England won the first Test by 211 runs), and these horrible losses. There is no middle ground."


  22. Waqas Dar
    LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday suspended the appointment of retired Capt Usman Khattak as permanent inspector-general of police (IGP) Punjab.
    Hearing the petition seeking appointment of a permanent IGP and implementation of the Police Order 2002, the court suspended the notification issued by the Punjab government appointing the province?s acting IGP Usman Khattak as permanent IGP.
    Khattak, who was posted as acting IGP a few months ago after the retirement of Mushtaq Sukhera, is set to retire after four months ? an objection highlighted by the court in its order earlier today.
    The Punjab government issued a notification of transfer and posting of officers on Monday. According to the notification, Additional Secretary CM Secretariat Syed Masood Numan has been transferred and posted as PSO to CM. Punjab Economic Research Institute. Capt (retd) Zahid Mumtaz has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary Energy Department (Security and Coordination).


  23. Waqas Dar
    South Africa and England skippers gear up for the semi-final. Photo: ICC BRISTOL: England can book a place in the Women´s World Cup final if they beat South Africa on Tuesday as they go in search of a first major trophy in eight years.
    The pair meet in the first semi-final at Bristol, a ground on which they played out a record-breaking encounter earlier in this tournament.
    Both sides surpassed the 300 mark on that occasion, going on to make 678 runs in total, the highest cumulative score in women´s one-day international history.
    Opener Tammy Beaumont top-scored with 148 and will once again be the key threat for England.
    Beaumont and Sarah Taylor (147) shared a 275-run stand in a match where England beat the Proteas by 68 runs.
    ´Step up´
    But it was captain Heather Knight who led from the front with a valuable 62 as England defeated the West Indies at Bristol last Saturday to finish top of the group table, having won six straight games since a surprise opening loss to India.
    "The best part about our squad is that someone steps up every single game," said Beaumont.
    "Heather had a crucial knock with the bat and then everyone did their bit with the ball and that´s really important.
    "We all need to be on form heading into a semi-final."
    Their latest victory meant England could stay put to enjoy two full days of preparation in southwest city Bristol ahead of playing again in front of the loudest home support they´ve experienced during the World Cup.
    They will, however, have to once again overcome new-ball duo Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail, described as the "best opening pair in the world" by South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk.
    Heather Knight leads England celebration during match against Australia. Photo: Getty Images  Contenders for the most improved side in women´s cricket, this is South Africa´s first World Cup semi-final since 2000.
    Whoever wins this contest will play either reigning champions Australia or India in Sunday´s final at Lord´s.
    Australia captain Meg Lanning is expected to return in the semi-final at Derby on Thursday, after being rested for the concluding group win over South Africa in an attempt to prevent her aggravating a shoulder injury.
    Lanning, the No.1 ranked ODI batsman, missed two of the group stage matches yet still struck 328 runs.
    Although favourites to progress, Australia come up against an India side that have enjoyed playing at Derby, winning all four of their previous matches at the Midlands ground during this World Cup.
    Those victories included the defeat of England and Saturday´s 186-run thrashing of New Zealand in what was a straight shoot out for the last knockout spot.
    Raj rule
    Common sight: India captain Mithali Raj pictured with a book while waiting for her batting. Photo: ICC Crucial to both successes was India captain Mithali Raj, the highest run-scorer in women´s ODI cricket, who made 71 and 109 respectively.
    Raj will be relied upon again in the semi-final and she is relishing the responsibility.
    "I´m extremely happy," she said.
    "For a couple of us, this will be our last World Cup, so our first aim was to enter the semi-finals.
    "I´ve always dreamt of getting runs for my country -- that hunger never dies."
    Australia overwhelmed India by eight wickets in pool play last week but the Southern Stars, the six-time Women´s World Cup champions, remain wary of Raj´s side especially as they have yet to play in Derby this tournament.
    "They´ll be familiar with the conditions, so it´s pretty cut throat, we can´t afford to be off our game," said Australia´s Nicole Bolton.


  24. Waqas Dar
    Japanese doctor Shigeaki Hinohara attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on September 25, 2015. Mandatory credit Kyodo via Reuters TOKYO: A centenarian Japanese doctor who saw patients until just months before his death and helped set up the medical systems that have made Japan one of the world's longest-lived nations died on Tuesday at the age of 105.
    Born in 1911, a year before the Titanic sank, Shigeaki Hinohara was for decades the director and public face of St Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, so well known as an "international" hospital that it treated luminaries such as Paul McCartney when he fell ill during a 2014 Japanese tour.
    He was working at St Luke's as early as 1945, when he treated victims of the World War II Tokyo firebombing that left vast swathes of the city in ruins.
    "From the start of this year his health wasn't so good, but until then he'd drop into the hospital every so often to conduct exams and talk with patients," a hospital spokesperson said.
    An early advocate of healthier living to stave off the ills of ageing, Hinohara in 1954 introduced Japan's so-called "human dry-dock" system of comprehensive annual physical exams, part of the preventive medical system said to contribute to Japan's longevity.
    The author of 75 books, including a bestseller on living well penned at 101, Hinohara was also a frequent guest on Japanese television, where he unveiled a lifestyle that included orange juice with olive oil for breakfast and said that energy comes from feeling good, not fixed rules about living.
    "We all remember how as children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep," he was quoted as saying.
    "I believe we can keep that attitude as adults - it's best not to tire the body with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime."


  25. Waqas Dar
    Nigerian activist Amina Yusuf, left, meets Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, right, during a meeting with Nigeria?s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo , at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, July 17, 2017. Photo: AP ABUJA: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited the country and met some of the Chibok schoolgirls whose cause she championed.
    The 20-year-old global education campaigner made the suggestion at a meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja.
    Nigeria has some 10.5 million children out of school -- the most in the world -- and 60 percent of them are girls, according to the UN children´s fund, UNICEF.
    Many of them are in the country´s northeast, where the Boko Haram insurgency has devastated education in the last nine years, damaging or destroying classrooms and schools.
    Yousafzai, who was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban in 2012 for insisting girls should go to school, told reporters: "I highlighted a few issues.
    "The first was to ask the government to declare a state of emergency for education because the education of the Nigerian girls and boys is really important.
    "The federal government, state government and local government should all be united for this. Secondly, the spending should be made public and thirdly, the Child Rights Act should be implemented in all states."
    Yousafzai said there was a "positive response" to the suggestion from Osinbajo, who has been standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari since he left on open-ended medical leave in early May.
    The most high-profile symbols of the attack on girls´ education are the more than 200 students who were abducted by Boko Haram militants from their school in the remote town of Chibok in April 2014.
    Yousafzai, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2014, joined politicians, celebrities and campaigners from around the world to support the online #BringBackOurGirls movement to demand their release.
    On a previous visit to Nigeria in July 2014, she urged the then-president Goodluck Jonathan to meet the girls´ parents.
    On the first anniversary, she called the missing girls "my brave sisters" and wrote in an open letter that she could not wait to meet and hug them. "You are my heroes," she said.
    A total of 106 of the kidnapped girls have been released, rescued or escaped after more than three years in captivity, while 113 are still being held.
    Yousafzai said she was "very happy" to see some of the girls, who are staying at a government-run facility in Abuja.
    "I´m really excited to see them going back to their homes and to their families and continuing their education," she added.
    "But I hope the other girls who are still under abduction of Boko Haram are released."


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