ISLAMABAD: Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain on Tuesday sought permanent exemption from personal appearance before an accountability court in the Bahria Icon Tower reference. When Advocate Farooq H. Naek filed attorney papers (wakalatnama) on behalf of Mr Riaz, Judge Mohammad Bashir of the accountability court in­­quired about Ali Riaz, son of the real estate developer, who is also an …

• Islamabad Bar Association counsel gives undertaking to vacate football ground in two months • IHC suspends licences of 21 lawyers for storming court building on Feb 8 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the nod to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration of Islamabad to remove lawyers’ chambers as well as courtrooms illegally constructed on …

The PPP’s Central Election Cell incharge, Taj Haider, has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) urging it to “investigate the mysterious behaviour” of some members of the Sindh Assembly, who he said were reportedly staying at private hotels in Karachi. In the letter dated March 2, Haider referred to media reports that said MPAs belonging to three opposition …

Polling for 37 seats of the Senate is underway under the supervision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as a total of 78 candidates contest from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad. In the National Assembly, the first vote was cast by PTI’s Shafiq Arain while the second one was cast by federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda. …

Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda resigned from his National Assembly seat and submitted the same to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday, with his lawyer contending that a dual nationality case against the lawmaker was “not valid now”. Vawda cast his vote in the Senate elections ahead of his lawyer submitting the resignation in the court during the …

GENEVA: Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free Covid-19 vaccines before June — more than 10 million doses each — the Covax scheme announced on Tuesday. Some 238.2 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May, in a major acceleration of the programme aimed at boosting access to coronavirus jabs …

Members of the government and the opposition both expressed optimism on Wednesday over chances of victory in the Senate elections that are currently underway in the national and provincial assemblies. Polling for 37 seats of the Senate is underway under the supervision of the Election Commission of Pakistan as a total of 78 candidates contest from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad. …

Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said Tuesday he’s going to direct his officers to make fewer arrests for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and instead have them issue citations for the offense. The policy change recognizes that people carrying that amount typically don’t plan to sell it. Also, data has shown low-level drug arrests in Dallas have …

Overall, a tranquil weather pattern will be in place for a couple days. Wednesday morning will be chilly for awhile, but a quick warm up will take place. Some warmer air is expected to push in from the south Wednesday and Thursday, with many locations topping out in the low 70s. A brief chance of rain returns Friday before a …

Dallas County’s death toll from the coronavirus passed 3,000 on Tuesday as health officials reported 25 more victims of COVID-19, as well as 526 new cases of the disease. The grim reminder of the virus’s severity came on the heels of Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to end a statewide mask mandate and reopen businesses to 100% capacity. The latest victims were …