ڈاکٹر عبدالقدیر کا خاندان بھی پاناما پیپرز میں شامل

<img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhvhlYlsOL75E_cQ-3x1RbE-ICPVfZ3QGt027dybk8lqos5LX9QGsdYzUk7pY7yg63MAxbaavrCMDJcxoXsmBrre6ZhIp8nwnjgK44rG5dpkyjE5C-2HAwdcOIqTr1FUP8d2Vt1CuYD0/s640/How-well-do-u-know-about-Dr-Abdul-Qadeer-Khan.jpg" width="640" /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.5;">کراچی: پاکستان میں جوہری پروگرام کے بانی ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان کے خاندان کا نام بھی پاناما پیپرز میں آگیا۔</span><br /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> پاناما پیپرز کے مطابق ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان کے بھائی عبد القیوم خان، عبد القدیر خان کی اہلیہ ہندرینہ اور ان کی دو بیٹیاں، دینہ اور عائشہ خان بہامس میں رجسٹرڈ وحدت لمیٹڈ نامی آف شور کمپنی کے مالک ہیں۔</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> اگرچہ ان کا نام انٹرنیشنل کنسورشیم آف انویسٹی گیٹو جرنلسٹس (آئی سی آئی جے) کے آن لائن کیے جانے والے ڈیٹا میں موجود نہیں ہے، تاہم اس کا نام گروپ کو حاصل ہونے والے بڑے ڈیٹا بیس میں موجود ہے۔</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> وحدت لمیٹڈ، مئی میں ایٹمی دھماکے سے چند ماہ قبل جنوری 1998 میں رجسٹر ہوئی اور 12 اکتوبر کی بغاوت کے بعد، 31 دسمبر 1999 میں اسے غیر رجسٹر کرادیا گیا۔</div>

ڈاکٹر عبدالقدیر کا خاندان بھی پاناما پیپرز میں شامل

کراچی: پاکستان میں جوہری پروگرام کے بانی ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان کے خاندان کا نام بھی پاناما پیپرز میں آگیا۔ پاناما پیپرز کے مطابق ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان کے بھائی عبد القیوم خان، عبد القدیر خان کی اہلیہ ہن…

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آف شور کمپنیاں:'تحریک انصاف سب سے بڑی ملزم'

<img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK_TREc3Mrc5O8ZR0GRjA2JFhgRmlf0uDlqEjveo7AiiiY-p0aZTctglXnnnNW-QiUHj6hvhXO1wc8otued0GeruuHpIftxnZrNzsS3RjHPWKvuLl-wUL_LPDf6T_NywDn6YI2lTxOCE/s640/cf4df3fe.jpg" width="640" /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.5;">اسلام آباد: پاکستان تحریک انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کے چیئرمین عمران خان کی آف شور کمپنی کے انکشاف کے بعد وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات پرویز رشید نے انھیں آڑے ہاتھوں لیا اور پاکستان میں آف شور کمپنیوں کا 'بانی' اور تحریک انصاف کو سب سے بڑی 'ملزم جماعت' قرار دے دیا۔</span><br /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> یاد رہے کہ گذشتہ روز لندن کے ہیتھرو ایئرپورٹ پر صحافیوں سے گفتگو میں عمران خان نے اپنے کرکٹ کھیلنے والے دنوں میں ٹیکس بچانے کےلیے 1983 میں ایک آف شور کمپنی بنانے کا اعتراف کیا تھا۔</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> ان کا کہنا تھا کہ انہوں نے یہ آف شور کمپنی اپنے اکاؤنٹنٹ کے مشورے پر لندن میں فلیٹ خریدنے کے سلسلے میں بنائی تھی۔</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: NafeesWebNaskhRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> انہوں نے کہا کہ 'میں پہلے ہی اپنی کمائی پر 35 فیصد ٹیکس ادا کررہا تھا تو مزید ٹیکسوں سے بچنے کے لیے میں نے یہ آف شور فرم بنائی جو کہ میرا حق تھا کیوں کہ میں برطانوی شہری نہیں تھا۔'</div>

آف شور کمپنیاں:'تحریک انصاف سب سے بڑی ملزم'

اسلام آباد: پاکستان تحریک انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کے چیئرمین عمران خان کی آف شور کمپنی کے انکشاف کے بعد وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات پرویز رشید نے انھیں آڑے ہاتھوں لیا اور پاکستان میں آف شور کمپنیوں کا 'بانی' اور تحر…

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Ali Haider Gilani rescued from captivity in joint Afghan-US operation

<img alt="Ali Haider Gilani rescued from captivity in joint Afghan-US operation" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-10/l_105522_103214_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Ali Haider Gilani rescued from captivity in joint Afghan-US operation" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani has been recovered in a joint operation by Afghan and US forces in Ghazni, three years after he was kidnapped from a pre-election rally in Multan.</strong><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: 15px;"> The news was first broken by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in a tweet.</div>

Ali Haider Gilani rescued from captivity in joint Afghan-US operation

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani has been recovered in a joint operation by Afghan and US forces in Ghazni, three years after he was kidnapped from a pre-ele…

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PTI Aleem Khan claims media trial being run against him

<img alt="PTI Aleem Khan claims media trial being run against him" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-09/l_105454_112252_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="PTI Aleem Khan claims media trial being run against him" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Aleem Khan said that he has declared all of his assets.</strong><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: 15px;"> In a fiery press conference held on Monday, Aleem Khan said that he has never hidden that he owned an offshore company.</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: 15px;"> He added that for the NA-122 elections he had submitted details of his offshore company and four flats in London. “I have declared that I own $ 381,000. Half of my assets are in my wife’s name. But other politicians should also declare their assets.”</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: 15px;"> He said that he had remained a minister for five years. “But not a single corruption case has been filed against me.”</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: 15px;"> He alleged that media cell had been established at the PM House.</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: 15px;"> Waving a copy of the Jang newspaper at the press conference, he alleged that a vile media campaign was being run against him.</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: 15px;"> Responding to the allegation, The News journalist Umer Cheema, who first blew the whistle over money stacked in offshore accounts by the rich and influential in Pakistan, said, “In all of my stories I have taken Aleem Khan’s account. In my stories I have stated that despite Aleem Khan’s declaration that he has not been named in the Panama Papers, his name is very much there.”</div>

PTI Aleem Khan claims media trial being run against him

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Aleem Khan said that he has declared all of his assets. In a fiery press conference held on Monday, Aleem Khan said that he has never hidden that he owned an of…

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More prominent Pakistanis named in Panama Papers

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <img alt="More prominent Pakistanis named in Panama Papers" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-09/l_105434_120219_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; width: 100%;" title="More prominent Pakistanis named in Panama Papers" /></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: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ISLAMABAD: As the much-awaited list of Pakistanis owning offshore companies is released today, the close associates of politicians and families of celebrities are set to capture more attention than the businessmen including those who registered companies only to open accounts in Swiss banks.</strong></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: 15px;"> Identities of some of the high-profile figures suspected to be linked with offshore companies are still being ascertained and will therefore be published after a complete investigation.</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: 15px;"> The list to be released by The News will be the most comprehensive as painstaking efforts were made to find the last Pakistani buried in the 11.5 million files of the Panama Papers shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Nevertheless, it can’t be claimed with confidence that all of them have been fished out.</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: 15px;"> Right from the family of Zulfi Bokhari, a key financier of Imran Khan, to Irfan Puri, an oil czar equally close to the PPP/MQM leadership and presently in Dubai jail; from Tariq Islam, a cousin of Benazir Bhutto, to the son of former health minister Naseer Khan; from the family of famous Seth Abid to the son of Admiral (retd) Muzaffar Hassan; and from the Port Qasim Authority’s former MD and NRO beneficiary Abdul Sattar Dero to the former president of Karachi chamber of commerce, Shaukat Ahmed, are in the list.</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: 15px;"> Mother of Oscar award winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy; a billionaire owner of Sachal studio Izzat Majeed; wife of Ghous Akbar; and fashion designer Zehra Valliani along with her brother, an asset manager, Fawaz Valliani have also been identified as owners of offshore companies.</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: 15px;"> Wamiq Zuberi of the Business Recorder and his wife, former PPP senator Rukhsana Zuberi, have been identified among those invested in an offshore company, a fact Wamiq acknowledged. He explained that they stopped investing after being defrauded and that the company was owned by somebody else who was murdered in Islamabad.</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: 15px;"> Although Abdul Aleem Khan of the PTI has been claiming with confidence that he didn’t figure in the Panama Papers and The News story about his offshore company was based on his assets declarations, his name is very much in the record.</div>

More prominent Pakistanis named in Panama Papers

ISLAMABAD: As the much-awaited list of Pakistanis owning offshore companies is released today, the close associates of politicians and families of celebrities are set to capture more attention than t…

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CIA Pakistan chief suspected he was poisoned after OBL raid: report

<img alt="CIA Pakistan chief suspected he was poisoned after OBL raid: report" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-06/l_105302_122711_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="CIA Pakistan chief suspected he was poisoned after OBL raid: report" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Shortly after the US raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama Bin Laden, the CIA's top operative was pulled out of Pakistan because he suspected he was poisoned, claims a recent report published in a US newspaper.</strong><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: 15px;"> In 2011, Mark Kelton, now 59 and retired, served as the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in Pakistan for less than seven months — a period of tense relations between the US and Pakistan.  </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: 15px;"> It was the second such departure in seven months from the post, after his predecessor was forced to leave when his identity was revealed by media after being named in a lawsuit.</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: 15px;"> According to the Washington Post, the CIA official started experiencing health problems shortly after the US military raid on the Al Qaeda chief's compound in May.</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: 15px;"> He was pulled out of the country by July in a move vaguely attributed to health concerns and his strained relationship with Islamabad. But, according to the report, the CIA station chief was so violently ill that he was often doubled over in pain.</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: 15px;"> "Trips out of the country for treatment proved futile. And the cause of his ailment was so mysterious, the officials said, that both he and the agency began to suspect that he had been poisoned,” reports the Washington Post.</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: 15px;"> The CIA official at first thought he had come down with a digestive disorder many Americans catch when they visit South Asia. But by July, Kelton was in what one official described as a “severe medical crisis.”</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: 15px;"> Less than seven months after arriving in Pakistan, the CIA official informed his bosses that he could no longer continue the job.</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: 15px;"> The story has been rejected by Pakistani officials, who dismissed all accusations of the country's intelligence agency being involved in foul play.</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: 15px;"> “Obviously the story is fictional, not worthy of comment,” said Pakistan Embassy spokesman Nadeem Hotiana. “We reject the insinuations implied in the allegations.”</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: 15px;"> US officials also admitted that the CIA never saw proof of Kelton's suspected poisoning.</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: 15px;"> “We have uncovered no evidence that Pakistani authorities poisoned a US official serving in Pakistan,” CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said.</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: 15px;"> According to the Washington Post report, some of Kelton’s colleagues also remained skeptical that the CIA official was poisoned, believing instead that Kelton’s condition was more likely caused by bad food or job pressure.</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: 15px;"> Kelton has now retired from CIA and his health has recovered after abdominal surgery.</div>

CIA Pakistan chief suspected he was poisoned after OBL raid: report

Shortly after the US raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama Bin Laden, the CIA's top operative was pulled out of Pakistan because he suspected he was poisoned, claims a recent report published in a US n…

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Billboards be removed from Karachi’s public places within 15 days: SC

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Billboards be removed from Karachi’s public places within 15 days: SC" height="356" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-06/l_105296_102956_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" />KARACHI:  The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, cantonment boards and other authorities concerned to remove within 15 days all the billboards installed without permission on public property within their jurisdiction.</strong></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: 15px;"> “There is no law which permits the KMC, DMC, cantonment boards or any other agency in Karachi to install billboards or hoardings on  public property,” a three-member bench headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar observed in a matter regarding illegal advertising signboards in the city.</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: 15px;"> “Such an act on the part of the permission granting agency is against the civil rights of  citizens. The civil rights of citizens cannot be hampered by erecting billboards or hoardings on the civic amenity meant for the use and benefit of the public at large; besides, such an act would endanger the life and property of the common man.”</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: 15px;"> The bench further observed that no billboard could be permitted to be installed on any public property by any authority under the garb of by-laws, as that would militate against the civil rights of the public at large.</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: 15px;"> It said billboards/ hoardings installed on public property under any licence or lease “shall be uprooted by June 30, 2016” by the concerned advertising agencies that owned those poles or display materials or by contractors if they owned such material or by the authorities with whose permission the billboards or hoardings had been put up.</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: 15px;"> The apex court observed that trees on roads and greenbelts were cut off for the installation of hoardings. It noted that public property included roads, sidewalks, overhead bridges, underpasses, overhead pedestrian bridges, walkways, greenbelts, pedestrian lanes and storm water drains, which could not be allowed to be used for the installation of billboards.</div>

Billboards be removed from Karachi’s public places within 15 days: SC

KARACHI:  The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, cantonment boards and other authorities concerned to remove within 15 days all the billboards installed without p…

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Multiple torture marks found on MQM worker Aftab Ahmed's body, post-mortem report confirms

<img alt="Multiple torture marks found on MQM worker Aftab Ahmed's body, post-mortem report confirms" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-05/l_105242_105207_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Multiple torture marks found on MQM worker Aftab Ahmed's body, post-mortem report confirms" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">KARACHI: Multiple torture marks were found on Muttahida Qaumi Movement worker Aftab Ahmed’s body, a postmortem report confirmed on Thursday.</strong><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: 15px;"> Over 35 percent of the body was covered in bruises and abrasions, the postmortem report, a copy of which is available with Geo News said.</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: 15px;"> Bruises in reddish and reddish black colours were present at various parts of the body including the chest, thighs, skull and buttocks, the report said.</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: 15px;"> The skin had received multiple abrasions, it added.</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: 15px;"> A nail of the left toe was partially torn off, it stated.</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: 15px;"> The ankles of the body were swollen and red, the report said.</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: 15px;"> The postmortem report said that the cause of death could not be ascertained.</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: 15px;"> Specimens of various body parts had been sent for lab tests, a Geo News reporter confirmed.</div>

Multiple torture marks found on MQM worker Aftab Ahmed's body, post-mortem report confirms

KARACHI: Multiple torture marks were found on Muttahida Qaumi Movement worker Aftab Ahmed’s body, a postmortem report confirmed on Thursday. Over 35 percent of the body was covered in bruises and abra…

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Turkish PM Davutoglu exits as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency

<img alt="Turkish PM Davutoglu exits as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-05/l_105249_124622_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Turkish PM Davutoglu exits as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday he would not stand again as leader of the ruling AK Party, bowing out as President Tayyip Erdogan accelerates his drive for a stronger presidency set to reshape the political landscape.</strong><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: 15px;"> In a speech defending his record as prime minister but also vowing loyalty to Erdogan, Davutoglu said he had kept his party and the government intact during a tumultuous period in Turkey and pledged that "strong" AKP government would continue.</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: 15px;"> After a meeting of the party´s executive committee, Davutoglu told a news conference that under the current circumstances he would not run for the leadership of the AKP at an extraordinary party congress on May 22. "I am telling our members, up until today I was leading you. From now on, I am among you," he said, vowing to continue his political struggle as an AKP lawmaker.</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: 15px;"> Davutoglu´s departure plunges Turkey into political uncertainty just as Europe depends on it for help in curbing a migration crisis and as Washington draws on the NATO member´s support in fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.</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: 15px;"> Turkey could now face an early general election this year as Erdogan pushes ahead with plans to strengthen the presidency. Davutoglu had offered only lukewarm support for Erdogan´s vision and his departure follows weeks of tensions.</div>

Turkish PM Davutoglu exits as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday he would not stand again as leader of the ruling AK Party, bowing out as President Tayyip Erdogan accelerates his drive for a stron…

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PML-N slams PTI leader Aleem Khan over undeclared assets

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img height="637" src="http://nation.com.pk/digital_images/large/2015-09-15/na-122-re-poll-ecp-accepts-aleem-khan-s-nomination-papers-1442323708-2815.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" />LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced that it will approach the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) over Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan’s undeclared assets and property-owned abroad.</strong></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: 15px;"> In a press conference held on Monday PML-N leaders Maryam Aurangzeb and Talal Chaudhry brought forth the details submitted by PTI’s Aleem Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan.</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: 15px;"> Maryam Aurangzeb said that the financial details Aleem Khan had told media in a press conference had not been submitted to the ECP.</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: 15px;"> The PTI leader has no property overseas and his assets within the country are worth 509.7 million rupees, according to the details given to the ECP on September 11, 2015. The details revealed that Aleem Khan earned a total of 6.5 million rupees in the financial year 2014, and gave taxes worth 1.167 million rupees.</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: 15px;"> Maryam Aurangzeb claimed that the PTI leader had said that he did not declare the assets due to the issue of mortgage, adding that the section of mortgage on forms was left unmarked.</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: 15px;"> The details to the ECP further mentioned that Aleem Khan’s house is worth 139.4 million rupees and that is named under a company, while there is no mention of the business abroad.</div>

PML-N slams PTI leader Aleem Khan over undeclared assets

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced that it will approach the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) over Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader…

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Pakistan announce probables for England tour; Afridi dropped

<img height="478" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-50862474,width-400,resizemode-4/50862474.jpg" width="640" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the names of 35 probable players for the upcoming England tour, dropping former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi, opener Ahmed Shehzad and middle-order batsman Umar Akmal from the list.</strong><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: 15px;"> Afridi had resigned from captaincy after Pakistan failed to put up a decent show in the World T20 in India, but announced that he would continue playing international cricket.</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: 15px;"> Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq-led selection committee was in Faisalabad monitoring players’ performances during Pakistan Cup and shortlisted the names of 35 performers.</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: 15px;"> Those shortlisted include players from the Pakistan international and ‘A’ sides.</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: 15px;"> “We are scheduled to play only six or so T20s in the coming year so we thought it is better to give chance to youngsters,” Inzamam said at a press conference. “In the meantime, Afridi will also get some time to rest and hopefully will regain his form.”</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: 15px;"> Pakistan cricket’s troublemakers Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal have been also axed from the tour probables.</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: 15px;"> “Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal had discipline issues and their performances weren’t up to the mark either,” Inzamam said.</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: 15px;"> The selection committee has informed the PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan regarding the shortlisted players and it is likely that Afridi won’t be selected for the team’s training camp either.</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: 15px;"> Afridi, commenting on the list of probable players announced by Inzamam, took it to Twitter and said: “Appreciate the approach by selection committee; happy that youngsters are getting a chance.”</div>

Pakistan announce probables for England tour; Afridi dropped

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the names of 35 probable players for the upcoming England tour, dropping former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi, opener Ahmed Shehzad and middle-…

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Stage set for PTI's show of power in Lahore despite govt disapproval

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Stage set for PTI's show of power in Lahore despite govt disapproval" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-05-01/l_104971_111844_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; width: 100%;" title="Stage set for PTI's show of power in Lahore despite govt disapproval" />LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was almost set to put up its power show at Mall Road in Lahore on Sunday afternoon despite the government's disapproval and warnings of security risks.</strong></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: 15px;"> Around 2:00PM in the afternoon, a large stage had been prepared near the Punjab Assembly and seats laid out for participants, some of whom had already arrived at the venue in spite of scorching temperatures of 43 degrees Celsius.</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: 15px;"> Due to the extreme weather, the PTI had given special instructions to workers and supporters, asking them not to bring children to the rally.</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: 15px;"> The weather was expected to cool down later in the evening.</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: 15px;"> Party sources said PTI chairman Imran Khan would address the public gathering around 8:30 PM.</div>

Stage set for PTI's show of power in Lahore despite govt disapproval

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was almost set to put up its power show at Mall Road in Lahore on Sunday afternoon despite the government's disapproval and warnings of security risks. Arou…

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Amir can get UK visa if PCB, ECB jointly appeal to visa officer: lawyer

<img height="480" src="http://www.sportstarlive.com/multimedia/dynamic/02718/mohammadamircroppe_2718321b.jpg" width="640" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">LONDON: Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Amir will get visa to enter the United Kingdom only if Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England Cricket Board (ECB) present a joint application to the Entry Clearance Officer in the British High Commission when the convicted cricketer applies for the UK visa, a leading immigration lawyer said on Sunday. </strong><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: 15px;"> Solicitor Dr Akbar Malik told Geo News that as per immigrations rules in the UK, Amir can apply for the visa after April 2017. He explained that Amir was convicted and sentenced in November 2011 and sentenced to less than 12 months.</div>

Amir can get UK visa if PCB, ECB jointly appeal to visa officer: lawyer

LONDON: Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Amir will get visa to enter the United Kingdom only if Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England Cricket Board (ECB) present a joint application to the Entry Cl…

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Police nabs Lyari gangsters, target killer in Karachi search operation

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="http://www.thenewstribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Police-in-Karachi.png" /></strong></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: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies nabbed 10 suspects in a series of raids on Saturday.</strong></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: 15px;"> The suspects included six people from the Lyari gangs and a target killer who belonged to a political party, police said.</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: 15px;"> In an early morning raid in Khokarapar area a suspect identified as Naveed was arrested.  According to police officials, Naveed with his aides had killed a policeman. He was shifted to an unknown place for interrogation.</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: 15px;"> In a separate incident, intelligence officials arrested an alleged target killer Rehan alias Top during a raid at Buffer Zone area. The suspect confessed to 15 murders. He was also involved in land-grabbing and China cutting, police said.</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: 15px;"> During a search operation in Lyari six people were arrested. The suspects were identified as Naresh, Soraj, Shamu and others. Naresh was arrested from a hospital in an injured condition, police said.</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: 15px;"> The suspects had allegedly carried out a hand grenade attack in the Dasti lane area.</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: 15px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Local court gives sentences to political party workers</strong></span></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: 15px;"> A local court announced 10 years of imprisonment to two members of a political party for carrying illegal weapons. The suspects named Taimur and Shabbir were given imprisonment under the charges of Attempted Murder and Arms Act.</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: 15px;"> The convicts had been arrested from the Sir Syed Police jurisdiction in February 2013.  </div>

Police nabs Lyari gangsters, target killer in Karachi search operation

KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies nabbed 10 suspects in a series of raids on Saturday. The suspects included six people from the Lyari gangs and a target killer who belonged to a political party, pol…

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Documentary on Lal Masjid slammed with a ban

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-04-30/l_104942_105849_updates.jpg" />A documentary which features Lal Masjid Cleric Maulana Aziz was slammed with a ban on Friday.</strong></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: 15px;"> A notification by the Central Board of Film Censors did not grant the film permission to be aired at a film festival scheduled from April 29-30, at the National Council of Arts, Islamabad.</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: 15px;">  “The film contains dialogues which projects a negative image of Pakistan,” the notification said</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: 15px;"> The film titled ‘Among the Believers’ follows Maulana Aziz’s quest to impose a strict version of Sharia law throughout the country. In his network of seminaries which provides free food and shelter, children as young as four years of age are radicalized. The film charts the lives of two of his teenage students who are pawns in his ideological war. </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: 15px;"> “It is a deeply worrying trend that our government is censoring Pakistani artists. After being screened in over 20 countries and winning 12 awards we are shocked that ‘Among the Believers’ has been banned from screening in its own country,” said the director Mohammed Ali Naqvi.</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: 15px;"> He added, “Aside from following Maulana Abdul Aziz and his Lal Masjid network for five years, the film features the stories of Pakistanis that have never been shared before.  Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy  (activist), Tariq (a village chief who runs a school), and Zarina (a student) stand up against extremist ideology without any support. Our team has taken immense risks to feature these voices to effect change in our country. “</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: 15px;"> <br /></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MSklZY_VCIM" width="630"></iframe>

Documentary on Lal Masjid slammed with a ban

A documentary which features Lal Masjid Cleric Maulana Aziz was slammed with a ban on Friday. A notification by the Central Board of Film Censors did not grant the film permission to be aired at a fi…

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Three homeless men stabbed to death in Faisalabad

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/files/2015/08/PAKISTANI-POLICE.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" />FAISALABAD: Three people sleeping at a roadside in Medina Town were stabbed to death on Saturday, police said.</strong></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: 15px;"> The deceased were identified as Mushtaq, Akram and Ghullam Asghar.</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: 15px;"> One of them was a local while two others had migrated a few weeks back in search of a better livelihood, police said.</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: 15px;"> The bodies have been shifted to a hospital and investigation is underway.</div>

Three homeless men stabbed to death in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Three people sleeping at a roadside in Medina Town were stabbed to death on Saturday, police said. The deceased were identified as Mushtaq, Akram and Ghullam Asghar. One of them was a loc…

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Lahore administration suggests venue change for PTI’s May 1 rally

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="Lahore administration suggests venue change for PTI’s May 1 rally" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-04-29/l_104874_123129_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Lahore administration suggests venue change for PTI’s May 1 rally" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) officials on Friday rejected Lahore district administration’s proposition to change the venue of the rally on May 1, saying that party Chairman Imran Khan has already announced the schedule of the public gathering.</strong><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: 15px;"> Imran Khan in his address on April 24 in Islamabad, had announced to hold the next rally at Lahore’s Charing Cross.</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: 15px;"> The officials from Lahore’s district administration met with a PTI delegation today. In the meeting, the administration officials proposed that the venue for the PTI rally should be changed owing to security reasons. The officials suggested Nasir Bagh, Samanabad Doongi ground, and Gaddafi Stadium as three other possible venues.</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: 15px;"> The administration clarified that the Lahore High Court has banned rallies and gatherings on Lahore’s Mall road.</div> </div>

Lahore administration suggests venue change for PTI’s May 1 rally

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) officials on Friday rejected Lahore district administration’s proposition to change the venue of the rally on May 1, saying that party Chairman Imran Khan h…

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