ISLAMABAD: Initiating a disciplinary action, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to senior party leader and former Sindh chief minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi for levelling serious allegations of corruption against the party leadership for awarding tickets for the Senate election. The notice has been issued to the veteran politician from Sindh by the provincial chapter …

ISLAMABAD: In view of the declining trend of Covid-19 cases prevailing in the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednes­day relaxed a number of restrictions on commercial activities and official work. According to a statement, the NCOC took comprehensive review of the existing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Under the new directives, time limit on commercial activities has been …

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its opinion on the presidential reference seeking the apex court’s view on holding Senate elections through open ballot. The Supreme Court said it will send its opinion to President Arif Alvi. The lawyer for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) requested the court to give its opinion before February 28 so the process for …

ec The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday ruled that a re-election be held in the entire NA-75 Daska constituency after suspicions that the results may have been falsified. The ECP, while hearing an application by PML-N candidate Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar, declared the by-poll held in the constituency on February 19 as null and void. A five-member commission, headed by the …

Dallas County on Wednesday reported 25 more COVID-19 deaths and 789 new coronavirus cases. The latest victims include 15 men and 10 women ranging from their 50s to their 90s. Six lived in Dallas, six in Mesquite, four in Irving, two each in Garland and Rowlett, and one each in Balch Springs, DeSoto, Duncanville, Grand Prairie and Lancaster. All but …

Carrie Robinson got her first shot of freedom on Wednesday. The 72-year-old grandmother was among the first 3,000 Dallasites to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from soldiers at Fair Park, where the military and other federal personnel are prepared to vaccinate up to 21,000 people a week from Dallas County’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. “I just feel free again,” Robinson said. “Everybody wants that.” …

Dallas homeowners who need help paying for up to $10,000 in repairs because of last week’s snowstorm can apply for city aid starting Thursday. The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved funding a $2 million program to help residents pay for wall, floor and roof repairs, water damage from broken pipes and mold removal. Repairs to water, sewer and gas …

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 …

Gov. Greg Abbott assured Texans late Wednesday that he shares their anger over deaths and hardships caused by blackouts and poor preparation for arctic weather that plunged the state into frontier-like living conditions last week. “No words can fix what happened or ease the pain that you have endured,” Abbott said in a five-minute speech televised on evening newscasts statewide. …

Every day for the past week, McKaylah Mireles has driven 20 minutes to a relative’s home to fill up buckets of tap water. She transports the water to her Irving apartment, which she shares with her husband and two sons, ages 1 and 4, so they can wash their hands, brush their teeth and clean a few dishes. The Mireles …