ine ISLAMABAD: As over 17,000 out of 18,000 volunteers have been vaccinated, Pakistan is expecting to complete the clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine in the current week. While critics said the country should have pre-booked the vaccine, some experts are of the opinion that by the end of the first quarter of the year, tens of options will be …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its ruling on a set of review petitions instituted by the Punjab government and some mentally sick death row prisoners against execution of convicts suffering from mental illnesses, including schizophrenia. Before closing the proceedings, however, a five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik solicited opinion of all the provincial governments …

ISLAMABAD: New Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir on Thursday expressed his willingness to use scientific knowledge in moon sighting within the limits of Shariah in order to end repeated controversies surrounding religious festivals such as Eids. His remarks came during a meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. The minister informed him that observatories were being set …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s 20.76 million workforce suffered livelihood losses due to coronavirus-related lockdowns and a large majority of them got back to work after July 2020, an official survey reveals. The Planning Commission on Thursday said the country’s 35 per cent (about 55.74m) population of 10 years and older was working before the onset of Covid-19, but due to closure of …

Dallas-area community leader Shenita Cleveland got a call Wednesday from a friend telling her to turn on the news. President Donald Trump was encouraging people to go to the U.S. Capitol to protest what he baselessly said was massive election fraud. When the pro-Trump mob bum-rushed the Capitol barricades, meeting little to no resistance from police, she thought back to …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday once again appealed to the Hazara community to bury those killed in the attack in Balochistan’s Mach area, calling on them to refrain from “blackmailing the premier”. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Special Technology Zones Authority in Islamabad, he said that the government had assured the protesters that they will be compensated. “We have …

Dallas County reported 2,590 more coronavirus cases and 20 deaths Thursday as hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the county once again were at a record high. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball coach Dwight Coleman and players talk about the program after… Statewide, hospitalizations reached a new high of 13,784, continuing a steady, months-long …

WASHINGTON – Sen. Ted Cruz faced ongoing fallout Thursday for the riot at the U.S. Capitol, with never-Trumpers and some conservatives joining Democrats in pinning much of the blame on him. Asked if he would take the same actions even in hindsight, the Texas Republican dug in. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball …

AUSTIN — One day after a pro-Trump mob violently flooded the U.S. Capitol, state Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat from Grand Prairie, is calling on the Legislature to “thoroughly investigate” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s role in Wednesday’s rampage. “From filing a fraudulent lawsuit that fueled unhinged conspiracy theories about a free and fair election, to egging on the crowd …

A Pleasant Grove church had to be torn down after a fire broke out early Thursday. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball coach Dwight Coleman and players talk about the program after… Dallas Fire-Rescue units were called about 1:30 a.m. at the New Light Church at 9314 Elam Road, near North Prairie Creek …