ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed two agreements on Saturday to control the desert locust attack and shift the Indus Basin agriculture from a current situation of high vulnerability to an alternative paradigm with water management and farming practices resilience to climate change. FAO director general Qu Dongyu signed the ‘Technical Cooperation Programme’ with …

ISLAMABAD: As criticism of the government over new social media regulations continues, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) urged the government to reconsider its decision. The HRCP has expressed concern over the rules under which the curbs on social media will enable the designated authorities to control freedom of expression and …

LAHORE: Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman will be “nabbed” if he comes to Islamabad again with an intention of staging a sit-in there. He also quoted a Supreme Court observation saying it expressed satisfaction over the Pakistan Railways’ performance after the authorities submitted a business plan during the last hearing. Referring to JUI-F …

PPP lawmaker Shahnaz Ansari, who was shot dead in Sindh’s Naushahro Feroze district a day earlier, was laid to rest on Sunday. Her funeral prayers were offered in the grounds of the high school in Naushahro Feroze and attended by lawmakers and leaders of the PPP. It has yet to be confirmed whether a first information report has been registered. Naushahro Feroze …

ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Just two days before the start of the nationwide polio campaign, apart from Karachi where it has been preponed by one week, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed five more polio cases from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan. Due to inclusion of the latest cases, the tally for current year has reached 17, while 144 cases were …

A week of meetings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to start today during which the international watchdog, which monitors global money laundering and terror financing, will discuss progress made by Pakistan. The FATF plenary and working group meetings are set to run from February 16 till Feb 21 in Paris, France. According to an update shared on the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — All mainlanes of the southwest freeway have re-opened after a heavy truck rolled over and dumped its load across U.S. 59 near Westpark just before 12:30 p.m. While there were no major injuries reported, Texas Department of Transportation said cleanup of the incident caused closures of up to four hours, which hindered the drive home in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Sheriff’s Office and District 5 units spent Friday evening searching for a 9-year-old who was reported missing. He was found safe around 8:40 p.m., shortly after deputies began the search. The child was last seen near FM 529 & Barker Cypress Road before the disappearance. Captain J. Shannon@HCSO_NightShift UPDATE: District 5 deputies have located …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On this Valentine’s Day, two loving parents are finding it hard to mend their broken hearts. “I’m always going to love him and I’m going to miss him every second of whatever life I have left,” said Linda Morgan in tears. Linda and David Morgan said they never imagined they would be sitting on a couch …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former HISD teacher has been charged with indecency with a child after being accused of sexually assaulting students during class. Raymon Williams, 46, was charged this week for allegations that surfaced in Jan. 2019. “It took too long, but I’m glad we got to this point,” said the victim’s mother. Williams was a 4th grade …