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Controversy as ECP amends Senate poll schedule


February 14, 2021

ISLAMABAD: As many as 78 candidates filed nomination papers for the coming Senate polls on Saturday, with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) partially amending the schedule to give two more days to the candidates for submission of nomination papers, sparking a controversy. According to the ECP, 43 nomination papers were filed for general seats,16 for reserved seats for women, …

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Army holding war games to validate concept of defence in desert: ISPR


February 14, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Saturday said that its troops are holding war games in the Thar desert. The exercises codenamed ‘Jidar-ul-Hadeed’ that began on Jan 28, the ISPR said, would conclude on Feb 28. Troops assigned to Karachi Corps are taking part in the drills. The troops are “practising tactical drills and procedures” as part of the exercises. ISPR said …

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PTI MPs’ video probe to focus on beneficiaries


February 14, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The three-member ministerial committee constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan to probe the leaked video showing then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly members allegedly receiving money to sell their votes during the 2018 Senate elections has vowed to find out the “beneficiaries” of the purchased votes and suggest criminal action against those involved in the scam. Talking to Dawn after attending …

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Arlington Rep. Ron Wright will lie in repose Friday at AT&T Stadium before Saturday funeral in Fort Worth


February 14, 2021

The late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright will lie in repose Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for a public viewing, according to arrangements released by his family Saturday. The Arlington Republican died last Sunday, less than three weeks after contracting COVID-19. He also had been battling cancer. The public viewing will be followed Saturday by Wright’s funeral in the Texas …

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Ahead of winter storm, officials urge Texans to avoid the roads and conserve energy


February 14, 2021

With temperatures poised to plummet and a major winter storm expected to roll into Texas on Sunday, state officials on Saturday urged residents to avoid the roads and to conserve power in an effort to keep demand from overwhelming supply. At a news conference Saturday, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd said the storm — expected to dump …

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‘Stay off the roads’: Mayor Turner outlines plan for severe weather


February 14, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mayor Sylvester Turner toured a new COVID-19 vaccination site in southeast Houston Saturday afternoon in an ongoing discussion about the unequal distribution of COVID-19 doses across the city. Turner toured the Harris Health System’s Gulfgate Health Center, where he addressed the disparities in high-risk, vulnerable, disadvantaged and underserved communities due to the lack of resources. He …

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Heavy snow coming


February 14, 2021

The temperature at DFW Airport actually rose to 33 degrees at 4 pm Saturday, breaking the streak of subfreezing temperatures at 94 hours. That was the 11th longest streak of subfreezing temperatures on record. And we are starting another one this evening. Temperatures likely won’t climb above freezing again until next Friday afternoon. Conditions will begin to deteriorate overnight and …

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Trump acquitted on 57-43 vote, with seven Republicans voting to convict for incitement of insurrection


February 14, 2021

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial ended Saturday with acquittal on a 57-43 vote, with seven Republicans and all Democrats voting that the former president incited insurrection. Though 10 votes shy of the two-thirds needed, it was the most bipartisan vote for conviction in any of the four presidential trials in U.S. history and, by far, the shortest. …

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