KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated development projects worth Rs5.9 billion at a ceremony presided over by the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, on Shaheed-i-Millat Road, on Saturday. Later, speaking to leading businessmen the chief minister criticised the PTI-led federal government for doing little for Sindh. He said projects such as Green Line and Manghopir …

RAWALPINDI: A Project Management Unit (PMU) to supervise construction of the Ring Road will be formed within a month so that work at the site would be launched in March. This was stated by Commissioner Rawalpindi retired Capt Mohammad Mehmood during a meeting held to review the Ring Road, Daducha dam and Leh Expressway projects. Zeeruk was hired three months …

A blast in a refrigerator workshop in Lahore’s Township area on Saturday left one person dead and at least six injured, according to police. A police spokesperson said that a preliminary investigation had suggested that the blast took place as gas was being filled in a refrigerator. A ‘Seerat-un-Nabi’ conference was being held nearby, he added. A statement released by …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday delayed indictment of Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and others owing to unavailability of one of the suspects in a case registered by the CTD on charges of terror financing. Mr Saeed, Abdul Salam bin Muhammad and Muhammad Ashraf were brought to court from jail amid tight security. However, another JuD leader namely Prof …

ISLAMABAD: Over 5,500 transgender persons are among over 1.9 million applicants for the Naya Housing Pakistan Progra­mme, shows data released by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra). The applicants include 184,355 slum dwellers, 34,654 widows, 9,325 divorced women and 715,473 people from the labour class. The pace of registration for the scheme has witnessed an increase as the last …

A cold front blew through North Texas overnight, so instead of the 70s as we saw on Thursday, we had to make do with the low 60s on Friday. And of course, it will be considerably colder overnight, with parts of North Texas dipping into the 30s. Saturday will again top out near 60. The weather turns much warmer Sunday …

After a chilly start to the morning, today will be pleasant and mild with a few passing clouds and highs in the 60s. The weather turns much warmer Sunday and Monday, with temperatures climbing back to 70 or above. Then, the next cold front arrives Monday night, with rain and cooler weather again Monday evening through Tuesday morning. Temperatures will …

AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin says it will disclose the names of faculty and staff with sexual misconduct violations to anyone who submits an open records request, but students want the names published online. Spokesman J.B. Bird said UT is working to compile a summary of violations as far back as November 2017. It will be released …

One of the most politically heated battles the Dallas school board has undertaken in recent years was the decision to transform some classrooms into charters. Parents and teachers crowded meetings for months urging the board to not “privatize” any part of DISD by handing control over to outsiders. Trustees argued amongst themselves late into the evening — and well into …

Texas is home to eight secretive surveillance centers, supported jointly by federal, state and local law enforcement departments. The Texas Department of Public Safety helps to oversee them. They’re called fusion centers because they fuse together some of the efforts of various police agencies. Dallas police host one of the centers. Fort Worth police host another, and there’s also one …