KARACHI: After repeated failure to build a consensus on tabling a no-confidence motion against the prime minister among its allies, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday made it clear that it was the only option to remove Imran Khan and his government and vowed to convince the members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement on the strategy. Though PPP chairman …

KARACHI: In what appears to be an attempt to ignore the persistent protests by almost every major political party against the approval of the controversial National Census 2017, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan tried to move on and claimed to have agreed on Saturday on the need of conducting an early nationwide population count. …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has informed the Supreme Court that Senate elections have always been held under the Constitution through secret ballot for the purposes of Article 226 of the Constitution. “Senate elections have always been held through secret ballot after the enactment of the constitution in vogue,” said the ECP in a reply to the court …

ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has promulgated 18 ordinances during the pendency of his petition filed against ‘excessive’ presidential ordinances. MNA Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, who filed the petition through Barrister Umar Gillani, challenged the powers of President Dr Arif Alvi to issue …

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Saturday that the federal government would not hold a monopoly on the import of coronavirus vaccines, adding that provinces and the private sector were free to import vaccines subject to approval of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap). Umar — who also serves as chief of the …

Dallas County on Saturday reported 2,809 more coronavirus cases, all of them new. Five new COVID-19 deaths also were reported. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years after Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping Arlington Police Department held a press event on the 25th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s death… The latest victims were a Dallas woman and a Grand Prairie man in their 50s, a …

WASHINGTON — Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested by the FBI in connection with his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official said. Agents arrested Gionet, 33, in Houston on Saturday, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter before the public …

Three North Texans have been arrested on charges in connection with the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. They are among more than 100 people across the country who have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the mob assault on the building, and the FBI said more arrests are expected. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years after Amber Hagerman’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hundreds of people were sent home disappointed after the Houston Health Department announced it ran out of COVID-19 vaccine doses at the public mega site at Minute Maid Park on Saturday. The department said the staff administered 5,451 doses of the vaccine as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, and there was a glitch in the system …

After a chilly start Saturday morning, temperatures rebounded to the upper 50s by afternoon, and reached the low 60s in some parts of North Texas. A weak cold front will slip through overnight. It will bring some clouds but little temperature change. By Sunday afternoon and Monday we will be enjoying sunshine and milder temperatures. So it will be nice. …