LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched a “consensus offensive” on Saturday, holding meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PTI chief Imran Khan within a span of a few hours and reported “positive response” from both sides to his initiative, aimed at bringing the warring sides closer to holding talks on the issue of elections. Mr Haq first called on …

A day after Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched a “consensus offensive” aimed at bringing the government and opposition closer, the PTI on Sunday constituted a three-member committee to hold a dialogue “on the ongoing political crisis in the country”. According to a statement issued today, PTI leaders Pervaiz Khattak, Ejaz Chaudhry, and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed will hold a dialogue with …

Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor, who had died last night in a road accident in Islamabad, was laid to rest on Sunday in Tajbi Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district. The federal minister and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader had died in a road accident in the capital’s Red Zone area on Saturday evening. According to the police, the …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday that the latest revelations made by Satya Pal Malik — the “so-called” former governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) — regarding the Pulwama attack in 2019 had “once again vindicated Pakistan’s stance”. In February 2019, an attack took place on Indian paramilitary troops in IIOJK killing more than 40 soldiers. India accused Pakistan …

Dallas police are investigating after a man was found shot dead in the Design District early Saturday. Officers responded about 2:15 a.m. to a shooting call in the 1400 block of North Riverfront Boulevard, near Cole Street, and found a man’s body partly in the road. Police said the man — whom they did not identify — had been shot …

A Texas Capitol staffer has alleged that state Rep. Bryan Slaton had “sexual relations” with an intern about two weeks ago, according to media reports. The allegation against the Royse City Republican is in a complaint filed by a legislative staffer to the House General Investigating Committee, The Texas Tribune reported Friday. Slaton, 45, has been accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” …

A Texas Capitol staffer has alleged that state Rep. Bryan Slaton had “sexual relations” with an intern about two weeks ago, according to media reports. The allegation against the Royse City Republican is in a complaint filed by a legislative staffer to the House General Investigating Committee, The Texas Tribune reported Friday. Slaton, 45, has been accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” …

A Texas Capitol staffer has alleged that state Rep. Bryan Slaton had “sexual relations” with an intern about two weeks ago, according to media reports. The allegation against the Royse City Republican is in a complaint filed by a legislative staffer to the House General Investigating Committee, The Texas Tribune reported Friday. Slaton, 45, has been accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” …

A Mesquite ISD substitute teacher was fired after allowing — and reportedly encouraging — students to fight one another at Kimbrough Middle School. A district spokeswoman identified the substitute as Natally Garcia and confirmed Saturday that she was terminated over the incident “immediately.” Efforts to reach Garcia on Saturday were unsuccessful. A student at the school captured the incident on …

A man is suing Netflix in a Dallas County court, alleging a true-crime documentary on the streaming service took a photo from his Instagram account and used it without permission. “Wtf? Explain please,” one of Taylor Hazlewood’s friends asked after seeing his face in The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, according to the lawsuit. Hazlewood, a Kentucky resident, filed the lawsuit Monday, alleging …