Pakistan Team Lands In Dhaka To Battle It Out For Asia Cup T20 -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Pakistan team lands in Dhaka to battle it out for Asia Cup T20" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-24/l_101452_043132_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Pakistan team lands in Dhaka to battle it out for Asia Cup T20" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DHAKA: After having completed a successful season of the first Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the United Arab Emirates, title aspirant Pakistan, one of the top sides of the continent, arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to attend the Asia Cup T20.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The green shirts landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by an Emirates flight at 7:30pm local time, reports published on Bangladeshi news websites said.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> After the Arrival in Dhaka, they will hold their first practice session at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) ground in Mirpur on Thursday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Pakistan will face India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday (February 27).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Pakistan are the two-time Asian champions in 50-over contests and interestingly on both occasions, they clinched the title in Bangladesh. First time in 2000 and then in 2012.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> However, Pakistan’s mission to success will be anything but an easy go as they are set to receive stiff challenge from Bangladesh whom they beat by 2 runs in the 2012 Asia Cup final.</div> </div>

Pakistan Team Lands In Dhaka To Battle It Out For Asia Cup T20 -

DHAKA: After having completed a successful season of the first Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the United Arab Emirates, title aspirant Pakistan, one of the top sides of the continent, arrived in Dhak…

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Erdogan Questions US-Russia Plan, Says Syria Ceasefire Could Benefit Assad

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Erdogan questions US-Russia plan, says Syria ceasefire could benefit Assad" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-24/l_101453_054316_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Erdogan questions US-Russia plan, says Syria ceasefire could benefit Assad" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the West, Russia and Iran of all seeking to further their own interests in Syria and said on Wednesday he feared a US-Russian ceasefire plan would do little more than benefit President Bashar al-Assad.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> NATO member Turkey has grown increasingly frustrated by the international response to Syria´s five-year-old war, incensed by a Russian intervention which has tipped the balance of power in favour of Ankara´s arch-enemy Assad and by US support for a Kurdish militia it sees as a hostile insurgent force.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> "The West, the United States, Russia, Iran, the European Union and United Nations have unfortunately not managed to stand tall by the honor of humanity," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara broadcast live on television.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> "On the contrary, all these countries, because of their own calculations, have permitted, directly or indirectly, the killing of nearly half a million innocent people by the regime and its backers," he said.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The United States and Russia announced plans on Monday for a cessation of hostilities in Syria to take effect starting on Saturday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> But rebels backed by Saudi Arabia and Turkey expressed doubts about the proposal, which excludes attacks by the Syrian army and its Russian backers on the jihadist groups Islamic State and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Rebels fear Russia will use that as a pretext to bomb them.</div> </div>

Erdogan Questions US-Russia Plan, Says Syria Ceasefire Could Benefit Assad

ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the West, Russia and Iran of all seeking to further their own interests in Syria and said on Wednesday he feared a US-Russian ceasefire plan …

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15 Terrorists Killed In NWA Airstrikes: ISPR

<h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> 15 Terrorists Killed In NWA Airstrikes: ISPR</h1> <div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="15 terrorists killed in NWA airstrikes: ISPR" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-23/l_101403_092102_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1451.44px;" title="15 terrorists killed in NWA airstrikes: ISPR" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: At least 15 terrorists have been killed in aerial bombing carried out in North Waziristan tribal agency close to Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, the ISPR said Tuesday.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> According to the statement issued by the military’s public relations wing, eight terrorist hideouts were also destroyed in the airstrikes today in Alwara, Khar Tangi, and Maizer areas near Datta Khel in North Waziristan agency.</div> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">- See more at: http://www.geo.tv/latest/101403-15-terrorists-killed-in-NWA-airstrikes-ISPR#sthash.u0v0SzmR.dpuf</span>

15 Terrorists Killed In NWA Airstrikes: ISPR

15 Terrorists Killed In NWA Airstrikes: ISPR RAWALPINDI: At least 15 terrorists have been killed in aerial bombing carried out in North Waziristan tribal agency close to Pakistan’s border with Afghan…

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Saif-ur-Rahman Says, Never Apologized To Asif Zardari

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Saif-ur-Rahman says, never apologized to Asif Zardari" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-19/l_101281_111953_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Saif-ur-Rahman says, never apologized to Asif Zardari" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KARACHI: The former chairman of the Accountability Commission, Saif-ur-Rahman said on Friday that he never apologized to Asif Zardari and the cases framed against him were based on evidence.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Saif-ur-Rahman in an interview added, that the cases were not framed for reasons of political victimization. He further added, that while in prison, where Asif Zardari was also present he did say that if any of his actions may have caused difficulties for others he seeks forgiveness from the Almighty and stressed that he never apologized to Asif Zardari.</div> </div>

Saif-ur-Rahman Says, Never Apologized To Asif Zardari

KARACHI: The former chairman of the Accountability Commission, Saif-ur-Rahman said on Friday that he never apologized to Asif Zardari and the cases framed against him were based on evidence. Saif-ur-…

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World’s First’ Thermal Camera Smartphone Launched

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="‘World’s first’ thermal camera smartphone launched" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-18/l_101233_123411_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="‘World’s first’ thermal camera smartphone launched" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> A British company unveiled what it claims is the ‘world’s first’ smartphone with a built-in thermal imaging camera. The company claims the feature will be available in fifty percent of the phones available in the market in the next five years.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The Cat s60 smartphone, unveiled on Thursday can survive an hour underwater at a depth of 5-meters and withstand falling from a 1.8 meter height. The thermal camera it features is made by the US firm FLIR.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The phone manufactured by Bullitt carries branding of the Caterpillar – the construction equipment maker – and is priced at $599. The company claims, lack of innovation in current smartphones will help its Cat s60 model.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> "At the moment we are in a bit of a lull. If you look back at the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge, it's a hell of a product but in terms of innovation we are taking incremental steps," Pete Cunningham, senior product manager at Bullitt, told CNBC at an interview.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Describing the possible uses of the thermal camera, Cunningham gave the example that the S60 would enable to a firefighter to navigate through a smoke-filled room and see where the fire is to avoid it.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The phone is currently aimed for use by industrial consumers but expects 50-percent of the phones available in the market to feature a thermal camera by 2021.</div> </div>

World’s First’ Thermal Camera Smartphone Launched

A British company unveiled what it claims is the ‘world’s first’ smartphone with a built-in thermal imaging camera. The company claims the feature will be available in fifty percent of the phones ava…

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Pentagon Says Pakistan F-16 Sale Should Not Concern India -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Pentagon says Pakistan F-16 sale should not concern India" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-17/l_101193_113217_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Pentagon says Pakistan F-16 sale should not concern India" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WASHINGTON: The United States Defence Department has said that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a cause of concern to India and that the deal takes into account the regional security situation.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India had expressed its disappointment at the decision by the Obama administration to sell F-16 aircraft to help Pakistan in its counter terrorism operations. Pakistan has expressed its surprise over the Indian reaction to the proposed deal.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Asked at a briefing about India’s reaction to the US decision to sell aircraft to Pakistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Petro Cook said the United States look at relationship with Pakistan and that with India as a separate relationship.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “This sale always took into account the regional security situation,” Cook told reporters on Tuesday. “We…look at our relationship with Pakistan and our relationship with India as separate relationships.”</div> </div>

Pentagon Says Pakistan F-16 Sale Should Not Concern India -

WASHINGTON: The United States Defence Department has said that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a cause of concern to India and that the deal takes into account the regional se…

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LNG Import From Qatar To Begin From March: MD PSO

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="LNG import from Qatar to begin from March: MD PSO" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-16/l_101156_041126_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="LNG import from Qatar to begin from March: MD PSO" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KARACHI: Managing Director Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Sheikh Inamul Haq Tuesday announced that the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar will begin from the first week of March.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> In a media statement, the MD PSO said Pakistan will import 400 mmcf LNG per day from Qatar.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Last week Pakistan and Qatar inked an agreement for supply of around US one billion dollars worth of LNG to Pakistan annually to help the country meet its energy shortfall.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The agreement on Long Term LNG Sale and Purchase was signed during the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s two-day visit to Qatar.</div> </div>

LNG Import From Qatar To Begin From March: MD PSO

KARACHI: Managing Director Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Sheikh Inamul Haq Tuesday announced that the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar will begin from the first week of March. In a media …

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British High Commissioner Designate For Pakistan Hosts Journalists In London

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="British High Commissioner designate for Pakistan hosts journalists in London" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-16/l_101160_040957_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="British High Commissioner designate for Pakistan hosts journalists in London" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner designate for Pakistan Thomas Drew, who is due to arrive in Islamabad later this week, spoke with Pakistani journalists in London on Tuesday. He said Pakistan is very important for England and will always remain so.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Speaking to journalists at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Drew spoke in Urdu and shared what can be achieved during his 3-year tenure as High Commissioner. He said that his relationship with Pakistan spans over a decade, when he first came to Pakistan as a political councilor at the High Commission.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Expressing his emotions, he said returning to Pakistan has energized him as he looks forward to meeting old friends and most importantly that he will be engaged in work that will be mutually beneficial for both Pakistan and Britain.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Drew said there at nearly 1.5 million Pakistani’s living in the UK. He told journalists that these Pakistanis see England as their home and that he experienced this first hand when he met with the Pakistani community in Bradford, describing the likening the relationship with British-Pakistanis to that of a family.</div> </div>

British High Commissioner Designate For Pakistan Hosts Journalists In London

LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner designate for Pakistan Thomas Drew, who is due to arrive in Islamabad later this week, spoke with Pakistani journalists in London on Tuesday. He said Pa…

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PM AJK Uttered Humiliating Words: Pervaiz Rashid

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="PM AJK uttered humiliating words: Pervaiz Rashid" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-15/l_101128_025222_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="PM AJK uttered humiliating words: Pervaiz Rashid" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said although the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir uttered humiliating words against the federal ministers, the government took it with fortitude.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Speaking from the floor of National Assembly, Pervaiz Rashid said the AJK Prime Minister also used harsh words during a conversation with him on the telephone.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “We even accepted the judicial commission formed by the government of Azad Kashmir,” he added.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Amid noisy boos from the opposition benches, the Information Minister regretted that the workers of Pakistan Muslim League-N were being arrested in Azad Kashmir.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> A worker of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had lost his life following a clash with the activists of Pakistan Muslim League-N in AJK on Saturday.</div> </div>

PM AJK Uttered Humiliating Words: Pervaiz Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said although the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir uttered humiliating words against the federal ministers, the go…

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Lt Gen Alam Khattak Appointed New KP Governor

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Lt Gen Alam Khattak appointed new KP governor" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-14/l_101093_020741_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Lt Gen Alam Khattak appointed new KP governor" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PESHAWAR: Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak has been appointed as a new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after Mehtab Abbasi resigned from the position.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Sources told Geo News on Sunday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given the go ahead to the above decision by signing a summary for the appointment of Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak as Governor KP.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Khattak had in the past served as Corps Commander Quetta and IG Frontier Corps (FC) for KP and Balochistan.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Lt Gen (retd) M Alam Khattak will step down from the post of Secretary Defence after assuming the charge of Governor KP.</div> </div>

Lt Gen Alam Khattak Appointed New KP Governor

PESHAWAR: Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak has been appointed as a new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after Mehtab Abbasi resigned from the position. Sources told Geo News…

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One Killed, Four Injured In PPP, PML-N Clash In Kotli -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="One killed, four injured in PPP, PML-N clash in Kotli" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-13/l_101086_115540_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="One killed, four injured in PPP, PML-N clash in Kotli" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KOTLI: One person was killed and four others injured in a clash between workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to details, PPP workers took out a rally in connection with Bilawal Bhutto Convention and when they reached Nakyal chowk a clash erupted between PML-N and PPP activists. Both the sides freely used clubs and stones.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Police resorted to tear gas and shelling to disperse the clashing workers of both parties.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The injured were shifted to hospital and more contingents of police were summoned to control the situation.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the attack on party workers.</div> </div>

One Killed, Four Injured In PPP, PML-N Clash In Kotli -

KOTLI: One person was killed and four others injured in a clash between workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Accord…

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India Summons US Envoy Over Sale Of F-16 To Pakistan -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="India summons US envoy over sale of F-16 to Pakistan" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-13/l_101085_114906_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="India summons US envoy over sale of F-16 to Pakistan" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> NEW DELHI: India has expressed disappointment with the US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and summoned the US ambassador to New Delhi on Saturday to convey its ‘displeasure’.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The US government said on Friday it had approved the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment in a deal valued at $699 million.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales, said it had notified lawmakers about the possible deal.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The agency said the F-16s would allow Pakistan's Air Force to operate in all-weather environments and at night, while improving its self-defense capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India said it was disappointed with the US decision. "We disagree with their rationale that such arms transfers help to combat terrorism," Vikas Swarup, a spokesman for India's Foreign Ministry, said on Twitter.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India media reported that Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar summoned US Ambassador Richard Verma to convey India’s “displeasure”</div> </div>

India Summons US Envoy Over Sale Of F-16 To Pakistan -

NEW DELHI: India has expressed disappointment with the US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and summoned the US ambassador to New Delhi on Saturday to convey its ‘displeasure’. The US go…

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Arrest Warrants Issued For Sindh Education Sec Fazlullah Pechuho

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Arrest warrants issued for Sindh education sec Fazlullah Pechuho" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-12/l_101064_011215_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Arrest warrants issued for Sindh education sec Fazlullah Pechuho" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KARACHI: An anti-corruption court in Karachi issued arrest warrants for Secretary Education & Literacy Sindh, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho Friday for not appearing before the court in a case pertaining to corruption and misuse of authority in his department.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Headmaster Mohammad Mithal had filed a plea against Pechuho at the anti-corruption court. However, failing to appear in person and responding to several written notices, the court issued warrants for the Sindh secretary’s arrest today.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Meanwahile, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho has said that he was not aware any such warrants, adding that he was ready to appear before the court if he was ordered to do so.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> It may be mentioned that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had initiated crackdown in the Sindh education department upon evidence of huge financial misappropriation.</div> </div>

Arrest Warrants Issued For Sindh Education Sec Fazlullah Pechuho

KARACHI: An anti-corruption court in Karachi issued arrest warrants for Secretary Education & Literacy Sindh, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho Friday for not appearing before the court in a case pertaining to co…

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TTP Commander Among 34 Suspects Arrested In Kohat

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="TTP commander among 34 suspects arrested in Kohat" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-12/l_101060_105451_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="TTP commander among 34 suspects arrested in Kohat" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KOHAT: Law enforcement agencies and police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested nearly three dozen suspects on Friday including a Taliban commander and facilitators.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to sources, police and agencies launched a joint operation near the Kohat bypass road and the surrounding areas and detained six terrorist facilitators among 33 suspects including Afghan nationals.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Kohat police and intelligence agencies also arrested Dilawar Khan aka Mufti, a commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The government of Pakistan had announced a reward (head money) of Rs 1 million for Dilawar Khan.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to DPO Kohat, Dilawar was wanted for his involvement in multiple bomb attacks and terror activites.</div> </div>

TTP Commander Among 34 Suspects Arrested In Kohat

KOHAT: Law enforcement agencies and police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested nearly three dozen suspects on Friday including a Taliban commander and facilitators. According to sources, police and agenci…

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LNG Tanker Explodes After Collision, At Least 9 Dead, 15 Injured

<img alt="LNG tanker explodes after collision, at least 9 dead, 15 injured" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-10/l_101007_065357_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="LNG tanker explodes after collision, at least 9 dead, 15 injured" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><b>NANKANA SAHIB: A horrific road accident on Wednesday morning claimed at least nine lives and left 15 injured.</b></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) exploded after it collided with a parked car on Manawala road; the explosion and resulting fireball engulfed vehicles in the blast radius killing nine people including three students on their way to school while leaving 15 injured. Multiple vehicles were also destroyed as a result of the explosion.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> According to latest updates, 12 injured were shifted in critical condition to the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad.</div>

LNG Tanker Explodes After Collision, At Least 9 Dead, 15 Injured

NANKANA SAHIB: A horrific road accident on Wednesday morning claimed at least nine lives and left 15 injured. A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) exploded after it collided with a parked ca…

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PM Departs For Qatar On 2-day Official Visit

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <img alt="PM departs for Qatar on 2-day official visit" height="358" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-10/l_101008_070344_updates.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <b>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Qatar Wednesday morning on a 2-day official visit.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The prime minister is visiting Qatar on the invitation of Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The prime minister is accompanied by a high level delegation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> During the visit, the Prime Minister Sharif will hold meetings with the Emir of Qatar and key members of Qatari cabinet; the prime minister is also going to ink a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The two sides will also hold wide ranging delegation level talks.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> MOUs in the offing</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of health, radio, television, education, research and a long term sale purchase agreement (SPA) of LNG would be concluded by both sides, read a foreign office press.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The main focus of the Prime Minister’s is to further enhance bilateral relations in various fields including energy, cooperation, trade and investment, defence as well as increasing employment opportunities for the Pakistani workforce in Qatar.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The Emir of the State of Qatar had paid a landmark visit to Pakistan on 23-24 March 2015.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Qatar hosts more than 115,000 Pakistanis who have been contributing towards the development and prosperity of the country and act as a bridge between the peoples of two brotherly countries.</div> <br />

PM Departs For Qatar On 2-day Official Visit

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Qatar Wednesday morning on a 2-day official visit. The prime minister is visiting Qatar on the invitation of Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khal…

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Army Aviation’s Training Jet Crashes In Gujranwala; Two Pilots Martyred

<br /> <div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="Army aviation’s training jet crashes in Gujranwala; two pilots martyred" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-09/l_100998_012352_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1265px;" title="Army aviation’s training jet crashes in Gujranwala; two pilots martyred" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: A training jet of Pakistan Army Aviation has crashed here leaving both the instructor and the trainee pilot martyred, military officials said on Tuesday.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Instructor Pilot Major Azhar and his trainee Captain Ahmed were martyred in the crash.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> “Army aviation training aircraft mushaq crashed near Gujranwala while on routine training flight. Maj Azhar instructor Pilot and capt ahmed trainee pilot embraced shahadat,” said the statement.</div> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">- See more at: http://www.geo.tv/latest/100998-Army-aviations-training-jet-crashes-in-Gujranwala-two-pilots-martyred#sthash.tHQdXJ8V.dpuf</span>

Army Aviation’s Training Jet Crashes In Gujranwala; Two Pilots Martyred

RAWALPINDI: A training jet of Pakistan Army Aviation has crashed here leaving both the instructor and the trainee pilot martyred, military officials said on Tuesday. A statement issued by the Inter S…

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