The Punjab police has formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the death of a PTI worker during a crackdown a day ago on those participating in the party’s rally following the imposition of Section 144 in Lahore, it emerged on Thursday. In a notification dated March 8, Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Humayun Bashir Tarar ordered an inquiry into the “incidents …

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the schedule for elections in Punjab to be held on April 30, whereas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the election watchdog’s meeting with KP Governor Ghulam Ali to develop a consensus on the polls date remained an exercise in futility. With the Punjab polls to be held next month, the commission announced a plan for …

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday prohibited the broadcasting and rebroadcasting of content pertaining to the conduct of sitting high court and Supreme Court judges on electronic media with immediate effect. In the prohibition order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the regulator referred to previous directives wherein all licencees were directed to “refrain from telecasting …

In a historic birth, the Dallas Zoo welcomed a baby elephant to the family late last month, the zoo announced Wednesday. At 290 pounds, the male calf was born Feb. 26 at 2:27 a.m. to one of the zoo’s African elephants, Mlilo — a second-time mom. In a video announcing the birth, Audrey Lagemann, zoological manager of elephants, said after …

A March cold front slipped into North Texas Wednesday with clouds and temperatures only in the 40s and 50s. The highest rain chances have remain across far North Texas and Oklahoma and that will remain to be the case tonight. Much of Thursday will remain rather cloudy but mostly dry. Showers and a few storms will develop Thursday evening from …

Every Texas school would have an armed officer and would-be teachers would receive extra support under legislation prioritized by House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan highlighted bills addressing campus safety and strengthening the teacher pipeline late Wednesday. Lawmakers pledged to focus on school security this legislative session, the first to come after 19 children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde. …

AUSTIN — The high-profile settlement agreement reached between a group of whistleblowers and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office may be in jeopardy, according to the whistleblowers’ lawyers. The $3.3 million settlement agreement, reached last month, was contingent on funding approval from state lawmakers. But attorneys for the four whistleblowers released a statement on Wednesday stating they are going back to court after they …

At least 13 Dallas homicide cases could be in danger of being thrown out after revelations that video evidence was permanently deleted in potentially hundreds of murder investigations dating back to 2016, The Dallas Morning News has learned. Dallas police identified some deleted videos during their ongoing review of about 450 pending murder and capital murder cases. And this is just the beginning. A review …

A 13-year-old boy in White Settlement was taken into custody Wednesday morning and is accused of making a threatening video with a BB gun, according to police. White Settlement police Chief Christopher Cook tweeted that the teen had shared a video on social media in which he flashed what investigators believe was an airsoft gun and threatened a fellow student at Brewer …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Wednesday. A Justice Department report found the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department “engage in …