The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the housing ministry to resolve the issue of the alleged illegal occupation of the Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s property by Islamabad police. According to CDA — which petitioned the apex court on the matter — a house allocated to a CDA member was first occupied in 2007 to provide residence to the then Inspector …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that a request has been made to the UK Central Authority regarding absconding PML-N leader Ishaq Dar’s extradition and that the ministry now awaits a response. A three-judge bench headed by the chief justice was hearing a case related to Dar’s non-appearance before the apex court in a corruption …

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the claims of the minister of state for interior about excessive drug use by students in the capital, a new survey has found that no more than 2pc of students in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar are regular drug users. Quaid-i-Azam University’s Department of Sociology released the findings of a survey conducted in collaboration with the Higher …

SAHIWAL: The American Sikh Council (ASC) and the Sikh in America (SIA) have appealed to the Pakistani government to make sure that the Kartarpur Sahib Complex (KSC) is maintained in its original state. A message posted at the website of the ASC reads that “any structural changes and/or additions to accommodate upcoming huge visitors either coming from India, Pakistan or …

Fort Worth officers were investigating a shots fired call Sunday night at an apartment when another round of gunshots were fired through the window, police said. The first shots fired call came in about 7:20 p.m. and police were at the scene in the 1800 block of E. Robert Street when the second round of shots were fired about 8:30 …

A woman was shot while in a vehicle near downtown Dallas on southbound Interstate 35E early Monday morning, police said. She was hospitalized and her condition is unknown. It happened about 4:25 a.m. near the Commerce Street exit. Police were interviewing witnesses. Delays are growing as police are investigating the scene

A child and her grandmother are dead after the car the grandmother was driving crashed into a tree Sunday morning in Fort Worth. According to Fort Worth fire officials, the woman was driving southbound on E. Lancaster Avenue when she struck a tree that was in the median. The woman was later identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office …

WAUSAU, Wisconsin — A Wisconsin babysitter who allegedly killed a 2-month-old boy then pretended he was alive when she gave the boy back to his mother has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide. A criminal complaint filed Friday says 28-year-old Marissa Tietsort of Wausau caused the infant’s death in October, then put him in a snowsuit and car seat and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Syrian Democratic Forces claims five accused terrorists were captured during “Jazeera Storm.” One of them, Warren Christopher Clark, also known as Abu Muhammad, is originally from Houston. Clark has been on the radar before. Seamus Hughes, deputy director on the Program of Extremism at George Washington University, has been tracking Clark for a couple of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A second suspect could be charged soon in the murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. Eric Black Jr., 20, and 24-year-old Larry Woodruffe were arrested on Saturday. An investigation tip led authorities to Black, who has been charged with capital murder. When he appeared in court on Sunday, it was revealed Jazmine and her family were the …