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Erdogan meets pops as Rome bans protests   VATICAN CITY: Turkish President recap Tayyip Erdogan explains to Pop Francis the layout of Istanbul with the help of a map he gave as a gift to the pontiff during their meeting on Monday. On he pope's left is Emine, the President's wife. Mr Erdogan also presented to the pope a book on Jalaluddin Rumi's poetry. Pope Francis original St Peter's Basilica, which had two bell towers. Mr Erdogan is the first Turkish president to visit the Vatican in six decades- Vatican City: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday while police enforced a protest ban in cetral Rome as feelings run high over Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria for the first such visit by a Turkish leader for 59 years, the Italian authorities have imposed a 24-hour ban on demonstrations which covers Erdogan's arrival late Sunday to his departure on Monday evening. A total of 3500 police have been deployed for th

Police begin probe into rape charges by our Staff correspondent   Multan: Police on Wednesday started investigation into the allegations of a student of Bahauddin Zakariya University. The girl alleged that she was raped by one of her class fellows. She alleged that she was harassed and threatened by four friends of suspect and one of her teachers. The girl appeared before SSP (OPeration) Saifullah Khattak along with her father and informed him about the incident. The SSP directed Gulgashat SP Jaleel Imran to look into the matter who later sent her to center for violence against women. Talking to the media, the girl accused her class fellow of rape. She said one of the faculty members invited her to his house to have a meeting with his family. When i went there, the teacher, who was alone at the house. allegedly misbehaved with me. She said she had submitted a written application against six suspects. including the teacher, to the VC about the incident but no action was taken. H

Afghan security team visits Pakistan for talks  "With a wave of terror sweeping Afghanistan, Kabul's spymaster and interior minister meet civilian and military leaders"  By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's top security officials on Wednesday made an unannounced trip to Islamabad for talks with the Pakistani leadership on security cooperation amid the highly volatile security situation in their country. Foreign Secretary Terminate Juana will meanwhile, lead a delegation to Kabul on Saturday (Feb 3) for bilateral talks. The visit by Afghan interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and head of spy agency National Directorate of Security Masoom Stanekzai was announced by the Foreign Office on Twitter after the arrival of the high-level delegation. They met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other civilian and military leaders. Afghan government had requested that a high level delegation comprising Interior Minister and NDS chief would like to visit Pak

Trump calls for bipartisan compromises  US President Donald Trump urges lawmakers to work towards bipartisan compromises, but pushes a hard line on immigration, insisting on a border wall and other concessions from Democrats as part of any deal to protect the children of illegal immigrants. Mr. Trump's in his first State of the Union speech, ave no ground on the issue of whether to shield immigrants known as dreamers from deportation. Trump links deal on "dreamers" to tough immigration law. Washington US President Donald Trump urged law makers on Tuesday to work towards bipartisan compromises, but pursued a hard line on immigration, insisting on a border wall and other concessions from Democrats as part of any deal to protect the children of illegal immigrants. Trump, in his first State of the union speech, gave no ground on the contentious issue of whether to shield young immigrants known as "Dreamers" from deportation. Aiming to keep conservative supporter