KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday said that 376 cases of COVID-19 detected in last 24 hours in the province. “Two people also lost their lives owing to COVID-19,” the chief minister said during a routine daily briefing on the virus as the overall death toll in the province has reached up to 2,627. Chief Minister …

LAHORE: An accountability court approved plea bargain petition of a fraud accused Asad Manzoor Wattoo, and issued orders for his release. Asad Manzoor Wattoo, who was accused of fraud with public at large, had filed a petition in the accountability court of Judge Shaikh Sajjad Ahmed seeking his release on plea bargain. A plea bargain amounting 133.7 million rupees has …

PML-N leader and former National Assembly speaker, Ayaz Sadiq, on Saturday while talking about his recent speech in the lower house said he stands by his stance, adding that he had “many secrets” but never made irresponsible statements. Sadiq was referring to a speech he made in the National Assembly this week, in which he suggested that the PTI government had released …

Yet another doctor succumbed to the coronavirus in Peshawar on Saturday. In a statement, the Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) said Dr Sultan Zeb — associate dean at the Khyber College of Dentistry — had been diagnosed with the coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC). Expressing grief at his demise, the association said Dr Zeb’s contributions to …

SOUTHLAKE — When more than a hundred Republicans gathered for a rally at an open amphitheater in this North Texas suburb recently, a modest group of activists dressed in white doctors’ coats dragged body bags across the lawn. The small group, part of a local chapter of the progressive nonprofit Indivisible, stood in silence holding a banner that read: “Republican …

A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend as she arrived at the Carrollton apartment complex she managed was arrested on a federal charge of possessing an unlicensed firearm silencer, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas said Friday. Andrew Charles Beard, 33, of Rowlett was arrested Thursday, federal prosecutors said. Beard also faces a state murder charges …

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Still reeling from memories of the racially driven Walmart massacre in El Paso last year, Frida Aguilera did the only thing she said she knew to cling to hope for both her countries. Last weekend, Aguilera, a U.S. citizen, crossed this Mexican border to El Paso and became a first-time voter. “I’m scared of the hatred,” …

Apple Inc. was told to pay VirnetX Holding Corp. $502.8 million, the latest jury verdict in a decade-long saga over patents for secure communications. The jury in Tyler reached its verdict in about 90 minutes. It was asked to decide only how much Apple owes VirnetX in royalties for VPN on Demand, a feature that allows users access to virtual …

A year after he was mistakenly accused of being the gunman in a mass shooting near Greenville, Brandon Gonzales is suing authorities over his arrest. His lawsuit, filed this week in federal district court, alleges false arrest and imprisonment and malicious prosecution, among other charges, and seeks in excess of $3 million in damages. It names as defendants the Hunt …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …