Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Wednesday observed that matters related to ballot secrecy had been left to the parliament and would be decided by it. During the hearing on the presidential reference on holding Senate elections through open ballot, being heard by a five-member bench of the top court, CJP Ahmed said: “We are not the parliament …

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar has said action was taken against officers responsible for the escape of former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan from military custody last year, BBC Urdu reported. Speaking to journalists affiliated with foreign media outlets at his office on Wednesday, Iftikhar said that Ehsan’s escape was a “very serious” matter that had been …

Haltom City police are investigating the death of a man whose body was retrieved from a creek, officials said. Officers responded to an area east of Dogleg and Fairway Circles 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after they received a call about a possible dead body in Big Fossil Creek. First responders retrieved the body of a man from the creek, police said. …

In what could be a quick but competitive contest, candidates to finish the unexpired congressional term of the late Ron Wright are emerging from both political parties. Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, is expected to announce her bid for the District 6 seat as early as Wednesday. The Republican and community activist will be considered a frontrunner in the contest, analysts …

A new COVID-19 mass vaccination site will open in Arlington on Friday, where 21,000 doses are expected to be administered each week. Arlington is one of three cities receiving help from the federal government to open mass vaccination sites, along with Dallas’ Fair Park site and one at NRG Stadium in Houston. The Arlington site is a so-called COVID-19 Community Vaccination …

The Dallas County medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that it is investigating whether 17 deaths are linked to the winter storm. The agency said it could take two to three months until the causes of death are determined. The medical examiner’s office did not provide any details about those deaths. All the deaths occurred in Dallas County. At least three …

A federally supported COVID-19 vaccine site is set to open Wednesday at Dallas’ Fair Park. Staffed by more than 200 military and government officials, up to 21,000 people from the county’s most vulnerable neighborhoods can be inoculated. But on the eve of the grand opening, fewer than 4,000 people had booked a reservation for a shot, Dallas County officials said …

ABC Party has added a new political piñata to its display on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff — Sen. Ted Cruz with a passport and suitcase on his way to Cancún. The Texas Republican has been widely criticized for traveling to the Mexican resort city with his family last week while Texans suffered through freezing temperatures during the state’s record-breaking winter …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing elderly man. Victor Ballas, 84, was last seen about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday in the 4900 block of Radbrook Place, near Inwood Road and West Northwest Highway in northwest Dallas. He was driving a white 2005 Ford F150 with Texas license plate FSL-1530. Ballas is described as a white man …

Plano police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing elderly man. Lionel Bening, 81, was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday leaving his home off of West 15th Street near Independence Parkway. He was headed to the Costco on U.S. Highway 75 and was driving a silver 2013 Ford Fusion with Texas license plate BMT-2082 that has minor …