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Panama JIT was hijacked before its constitution! ISLAMABAD: The Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT)'s work has exposed its own reality as its recent report shared with the SC shows that someone has started work for the JIT even before its setting up by the Supreme Court.­­ Who is running the show on behalf of the JIT is not yet officially known, but the JIT co mplaint regarding obstructions being created in its functioning submitted on June 12 revealed some unbelievable facts about JIT's pre-birth work. JIT documents reveal that the team members monitored comments made by 22 journalists, 4 politicians and 3 legal experts in 29 different talk shows on the dates when JIT was not even in existence. The JIT was constituted on May 05, 2015, while the JIT, in its complaint, disclosed that it has monitored talk shows on the dates 20th April (2 programmes), 21st April (4 P), 23rd April (2 P), 24th April (2 P), 26th April (2 P), 27th April (2 P), 28th April (4 P), 2n...

Australia wins landmark WTO tobacco packaging case A landmark Australian law on restrictive tobacco packaging has been upheld at the World Trade Organization after a five-year legal battle, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the situation. The news is a blow to the tobacco industry as such a ruling from the WTO has been widely anticipated as giving a green light for other countries to roll out similar laws. It could have wider implications if applied to packaging for alcohol and junk food. The Australian law goes much further than advertising bans and graphic health warnings enforced in many other countries. The rules, introduced in 2010, ban logos and distinctive-colored cigarette packaging in favor of drab olive packets that look more like military or prison issue, with brand names printed in small standardized fonts. Tobacco firms said their trademarks were being infringed, and Cuba, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Indonesia com...

Google tightens measures to remove extremist content on YouTube MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Alphabet Inc's Google will implement more measures to identify and remove terrorist or violent extremist content on its video sharing platform YouTube, the company said in a blog post on Sunday. Google said it would take a tougher position on videos containing supremacist or inflammatory religious content by issuing a warning and not monetizing or recommending them for user endorsements, even if they do not clearly violate its policies. The company will also employ more engineering resources and increase its use of technology to help identify extremist videos, in addition to training new content classifiers to quickly identify and remove such content. "While we and others have worked for years to identify and remove content that violates our policies, the uncomfortable truth is that we, as an industry, must acknowledge that more needs to be done. Now," said Google...

Here’s why Shahrukh Khan won't allow his son to kiss a girl MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has said he will not allow his son Aryan to kiss a girl. Some time ago on a show, King Khan had said that he would rip off the guy's lips who kissed his daughter Suhana and when he has asked that what would be his reaction if he found Aryan kissing a girl, he said, 'I would rip off Aryan's lips'. "I can't rip off a girl's lips-that's not a charming gentlemanly thing to do. So I will rip of Aryan's lips, on behalf of the girl's father. You can't touch or harm a girl," he said. The Bollywood King in a recent interview had discussed about his kids and also had a discussion about the seven rules that he has laid down for the boys who want to impress and date his daughter Suhana Khan. He said, with a kind warning, if a boy wants to date his princess he must follow these rules. “Get a Good job. Better Understand that I...

Facebook launches plan to combat online extremism LONDON: US social media giant Facebook launched a campaign in Britain on Friday to counter the spread of online extremism following warnings from Prime Minister Theresa May after four terror attacks in three months . Facebook said it would seek to educate charities and other organisations on how to fight hate speech, in the wake of recent terror attacks in Belgium, Britain and France. The Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) will act as a forum for charities and other nonprofit organisations to share their experiences of extremism and develop "best practices" to tackle the issue, both on and offline. There are already OCCI schemes in France and Germany. Earlier this year, Group of Seven (G7) leaders had urged online giants like Facebook and Google to do more to curb extremist content online. "The fight is moving from the battlefield to the internet," May said at the time. Partners in the new i...

Trump wishes Muslims ´warm greetings´ for Eid WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday sent warm greetings" to Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan, after his administration broke with the tradition of hosting a White House event to recognize the holy month. "On behalf of the American people, Melania and I send our warm greetings to Muslims as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr," Trump said in a statement. "During this holiday, we are reminded of the importance of mercy, compassion, and goodwill." "With Muslims around the world, the United States renews our commitment to honor these values." Since the Bill Clinton administration, the White House has each year hosted either an event to mark the Eid al-Fitr feast -- which ends the fasting month of Ramadan -- or a meal breaking the dawn-til-dusk fast, known as an iftar. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly rejected a request by his department´s office of religion and global af...

Eidul Fitr to be celebrated in parts of KP, Fata today PESHAWAR: Eidul Fitr would be celebrated in most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) today following announcements of the sighting of the Shawwal moon by the private moon-sighting committees at several places. Defying the government and the central Ruet-e-Hilal committee headed by Mufti Munibur Rahman, the privately run Ruet-e-Hilal committees met in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda, Bannu, North Waziristan and other places and collected evidences about moon-sighting before making announcements that Eidul Fitr would be celebrated today. All efforts of the government to celebrate Eid on one and the same day all over Pakistan failed. It seems efforts were also made to stop holding of the meeting of private moon-sighting committees, especially of the one based in the Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in Peshawar, but these didn’t work. All these committees held their meetings and sat unt...

Suicide bomber killed in foiled Makkah plot to attack Grand Mosque: Saudi state media Saudi security forces work at the crime scene after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. — Reuters Saudi security forces said Saturday they disrupted a plot to attack the Grand Mosque at Makkah, home to the holiest site in Islam, just as Ramazan concludes The Interior Ministry said it launched raids in Jeddah as well as two areas in Makkah itself, including the Ajyad Al-Masafi neighbourhood, located near the Grand Mosque. There, police said they engaged in a shootout at a three-story house with a suicide bomber, who blew himself up and led to the building's collapse. He was killed while the blast wounded six foreigners and five members of security forces, according to the Interior Ministry's statement. Five others were arrested, it said. Saudi state television aired footage after the raid near the Grand Mosque, showing pol...

Saudi envoy denies  Pakistani mediation in Gulf row MARWAN bin Radwan Mirdad says PM Nawaz Sharif, while travelling to Saudi Arabia, did not indicate the purpose of his visit —INP ISLAMABAD: Acting Saudi ambassador Marwan bin Radwan Mirdad has denied that  Pakistan is mediating  between Saudi Arabia and Qatar over their  diplomatic row . Speaking at a press conference at the Saudi embassy here on Thur­s­day, the Saudi charge d’affaires said Pakistani “prime minister did not say he was mediating”. He was speaking through a translator. He rejected media reports about the Pakistani mediation effort as untrue. “Whatsoever is in the media is not correct,” he said. Says Kuwait and Sudan are making reconciliation efforts Last week Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif travelled to Jeddah on a daylong trip along with Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Adviser to the PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz accompanied them. The ac...

How a medical exam at a top notch Karachi hospital ended in sexual harassment Last week, I went to one of the leading hospitals in Karachi to get checked for some pain in my lower back. My mother went with me to the doctor's office, but not into the examination room. It was a tiny room where I was led, about the size of a medium walk-in closet. There were only two people in the room at this point — a female nurse and myself. The nature of my medical concern required me to take my pants off and expose bare skin to the nurse and the doctor. The nurse gave me a gown and prepared the site of examination. Then entered the doctor. He took a look at my back and inquired what the problem was. I told him I was experiencing some pain post-surgery. He proceeded with his examination i.e. applying some pressure on the point of concern, waiting for my response. I let him know where it hurt and where it didn’t, and just when all necessary examination was done, out of  nowhere...

Indian spy Jadhav appeals to COAS to 'spare his life'; army releases new video confession Convicted  Indian spy  Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is currently on death row, has appealed to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa for mercy. "Commander Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, the serving Indian Naval Officer who has been sentenced to death on charges of espionage, sabotage and terrorism, has made a mercy petition to the Chief of Army Staff," the army's media wing said in a press release issued Thursday. "In his plea, Commander Jadhav has admitted his involvement in espionage, terrorist and subversive activities in Pakistan and expressed remorse at the resultant loss of many precious innocent lives and extensive damage to property due to his actions. "Seeking forgiveness for his actions, he has requested the Chief of Army Staff to spare his life on compassionate grounds," the Army said. Commander Jadhav has reportedly exhausted an appeal to the M...

Pakistan lose 6-1 to India in Hockey World League play-off 5     0 India has scored their second big win over Pakistan in six days, beating the men in green 6-1 in a World Hockey League play-off at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday. Pakistan had lost their previous match against their arch-rivals 7-1 on Sunday. Pakistan's defeat comes in the playoffs for positions fifth to eighth of the Hockey World League's semi-final round, which are considered qualifiers for the Hockey World Cup. Pakistan will now play China for the seventh position on Sunday. Both Pakistan and India bowed out of the competition on Thursday after losing their quarter-finals to Argentina and Malaysia by margins of 1-3 and 2-3, respectively. In the remaining quarter-finals, the Netherlands had outplayed China 7-0 and England came from behind to down Canada 4-2. South Korea had defeated Scotland 6-3 to finish 9th in the 10 team event. All...