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Live news updates from Pakistan and around the world on all the happenings in politics, sports, science, entertainment, business, fashion etc.Here you will find brief news update as and when it happens. For detailed news you can always check our Latest News section.Following are rest of the top news updates :Erdogan winsANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new mandate in presidential elections in the first round of voting by winning more than half of the votes, the chief of Turkey´s election authority said Monday.Imran Khan kicks off PTI campaign MIANWALI: PTI chairman Imran Khan has kick started his party's campaign for the general elections 2018 from his hometown of Mianwali.Addressing a gathering of supporters here on Sunday, Imran Khan said that he chose Mianwali to start his election campaign because he had started his political career from this city.He said that both the PPP and PML-N had awarded ticket to their relatives. “My relatives were asking for ticket in Mianwali. I was under immense pressure but I did not budge,” he said ."We have given tickets on merit."PTI's election campaignISLAMABAD:  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan will kick off election campaign from his hometown of Mianwali today.Turkey votesISTANBUL: Turks began voting Sunday in dual parliamentary and presidential polls seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s toughest election test, with the opposition revitalised and his popularity at risk from growing economic troubles.Saudi women driving ban endsRiyadh: Saudi Arabia´s decades-long ban on women driving ended on Sunday, according to a previous government announcement.Potentially thousands of women are expected to take the wheel, as the kingdom overturns the world´s only ban on female motorists.First Russia air strikes hit south Syria since 2017 truce: monitorBeirut: Russia bombed rebel-held areas in Syria´s south late Saturday for the first time since it agreed on a ceasefire there nearly a year ago, a monitor said.Germany beat Sweden 2-1 to keep their World Cup hopes aliveSochi, Russia: Toni Kroos scored a dramatic winner deep into injury time on Saturday as Germany beat Sweden 2-1 to keep their World Cup hopes alive.Ola Toivonen put the Swedes ahead in the first half. Marco Reus equalised shortly after half-time and Kroos netted the winner in the 95th minute.Chief Justice directs WAPDA to exempt hospitals from power outages LARKANA: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, during his visit to government hospital Sukkur, Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana and Sheikh Zayed Women's Hospital, Larkana, has taken notice of excessive and unscheduled load shedding and directed WAPDA to exempt hospitals from power outages.During his visit, the Chief Justice met patients and heard their complaints.

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