PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has termed the public meeting of Pakistan Democratic Movement in Swat a flop show and said that the people of Swat turned a deaf ear to the PDM’s call for the gathering which clearly reflected their confidence in the policies of the incumbent government. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that lack …

RAWALPINDI: With the start of monsoon rains, residents of 183 old buildings declared dangerous by civic agencies in the city and cantonment areas are spending sleepless nights as they are neither able to leave the structures nor get them reconstructed. After a survey of old and dilapidated buildings in the city, the Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) declared 83 buildings dangerous. …

PESHAWAR: The provincial health department is starting Covid-19 vaccination of expatriate Pakistanis from Monday (today) as the coronavirus incidence and mortalities continue to dwindle in the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported four deaths and 122 new infections on Sunday, according to the health department’s Covid-19 report. Health authorities here say that they are starting administering jabs to the expatriate Pakistanis who …

Former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court seeking pre-arrest bail in response to a notice served on him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) inquiring details of his alleged ownership of an apartment in New York. The watchdog had issued a notice, along with a questionnaire, to the ex-president …

LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Texas man will not face a possible death penalty if he is convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a woman whose body was found on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania earlier this year. Union County District Attorney D. Peter Johnson officially ruled out the possibility of capital punishment Thursday in the case of 29-year-old …

AUSTIN — Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West on Sunday formally announced he’s challenging incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott in next year’s GOP gubernatorial primary. West, a former one-term Florida congressman and retired Army lieutenant colonel, told fellow parishioners at Sojourn Church in Carrollton that he’s running to help restore the country to its Christian roots. “I’ve not been in elected political office …

Loosened pandemic precautions mean that fireworks will boom and patriotic parades will march on as many cities and communities again observe Independence Day with events. And there’s likely a festivity to fit almost everyone’s comfort level. Celebrate in a crowd at a big (but still scaled back) festival such as Fort Worth’s Fourth or Kaboom Town in Addison. Or park …

The Fourth of July featured morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. The DFW high of 89 was well below the normal high of 94 for the holiday. With light winds and lower humidity levels, the weather will be great for evening fireworks displays. But because of the light winds, an Air Quality Alert has been issued for Monday, for high ozone …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican said, without giving much detail about the pontiff’s condition. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a stenosis, or narrowing, of the sigmoid portion …

As Texas reached the milestone of fully vaccinating 50% of its eligible population, the state reported 419 more COVID-19 cases Sunday, including 261 new cases and 158 older ones that were recently reported by labs. The state also reported 11 COVID-19 deaths. That count represents the progress against the virus this year. In late January, the state reported a one-day …