UMERKOT: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will have to answer the questions about alleged funding of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from India and Israel. He was speaking at a public meeting organised here on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of PPP candidate Syed Ameer Ali Shah in Monday’s by-election for …

KARACHI: A nasty and vulgar cyberspace invasion from Indian individuals tried, but failed, to sabotage a webinar on ‘Reset of US-Pakistan Relations’ organised by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) on Tuesday evening as the event went on successfully. The principal speaker was Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. He said Indian leaders have publicly spoken about their desire to …

No roadblocks created for protesters Participants say power show will force ECP to expedite funding case hearing ISLAMABAD: The government’s decision to allow free movement to protesters in the Red Zone on Tuesday caught the opposition parties unaware. The peaceful movement of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) workers on Constitution Avenue and setting up of a stage between the Prime Minister’s Secretariat …

n ISLAMABAD: As the Cabinet Committee on Procurement of Covid-19 Vaccine on Tuesday briefed Prime Minister Imran Khan on the efforts being made to engage more pharmaceutical companies for procurement of the vaccine, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed serious concern over the federal government’s decision to ask provinces and the private sector to import the vaccine. The …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari said on Tuesday that the unearthing of foreign assets of the Sharif family by Broadsheet would prove to be another Panama Papers for the Sharif family. She said the Sharif family’s multiple illegal assets abroad unearthed by the credible recovery firm Broadsheet were only tip of the iceberg as the volume …

Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a visit to Wana, announced that 3G/4G internet services will become operational in Waziristan from today (Wednesday). The premier made the remarks while addressing a cheque distribution ceremony for the successful applicants of the Kamyab Jawan Loan Scheme and the Youth Internship Scheme. “I know that 3G and 4G is important for education and development …

ISLAMABAD: More than 40 million children under the age of five years received vaccination during the latest nationwide anti-polio campaign. A total of 287,000 frontline polio workers were deployed across the country for door-to-door vaccination, observing strict standard operating procedures in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Around 32m children were given vitamin A supplements during the campaign. Strict Covid-induced SOPs …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott used the words “offensive” and “disrespectful” in a tweet to describe the vetting of the 25,000 National Guard members on hand for the inauguration as U.S. defense officials attempt to erase any potential for an insider attack when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in Wednesday. “This is the most offensive thing I’ve ever heard,” Abbott …

Dallas police are investigating after a man was fatally shot Monday night in Red Bird. Officers were called about 9:45 p.m. to a home in the 600 block of West Millett Drive, near T.G. Terry Elementary School, where 37-year-old Cedric Tolbert had been shot multiple times. Public records indicate that he lived at the home. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years …

An Irving man pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping his fugitive father elude capture for more than a dozen years in the alleged murders of his two teenage daughters, federal authorities said. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, 32, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, concealing a person from arrest, and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, according …