Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a clarification about a fake notification being circulated on social media regarding suspension of telecom company Telenor in Pakistan. In a statement, PTA said, “It is aware of a false advertisement circulating via WhatsApp chat groups for users of a mobile operator. PTA clarifies that the aforementioned advertisement is fake.” PTA also urged the …

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed off the contempt of court petition filed against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Earlier, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had reserved its verdict after hearing the initial arguments regarding the maintainability of the petition. The petition filed by former inspector general police Saleemullah Khan contends that Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech on …

A shooting suspect was arrested early Monday after he led officers on a chase from Pleasant Grove while he had a small child in the car, Dallas police say. Maj. Israel Herrera said that shortly after police were called to the 6800 block of Barrett Drive, near C.F. Hawn Freeway and Lake June Road, at about 4:20 a.m., officers learned …

A man was wounded when people on motorcycles opened fire on him outside a fast-food restaurant in Fort Worth, authorities say. Officers were called about 8:30 p.m. Sunday to a Jack in the Box in the 4600 block of South Hulen Street, near Interstate 20. The man was in the parking lot when several people drove up on motorcycles and …

Two people were wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday night in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police say. Dallas officers were called about 10 p.m. to the 3500 block of Simpson Stuart Road, near Bonnie View Road, where callers had reported a drive-by shooting. Officers found a 32-year-old woman who had been shot in the lower back and a 61-year-old man …

A shooting victim drove himself to the hospital Sunday evening after he was wounded during an attempted robbery, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 7:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of Leafwood Drive, in the Rylie area in far southeast Dallas. The victim, who was shot in the leg, had driven himself to Parkland Memorial Hospital, about 20 miles …

Dallas activist Dominique Alexander was indicted Monday on a felony family violence charge, Dallas County court records show. Alexander, 30, was arrested in April after his longtime partner, Keyaira Saunders, told police he had shoved her around his home and tried to strangle her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. But days before a Dallas County grand jury delivered the …

Dallas police are investigating after a woman reported she had been kidnapped in southeast Oak Cliff. Officers were called about 9 p.m. Sunday to the 8800 block of Bonnie View Road, near Interstate 20, where the 23-year-old woman told police she had been sitting in a vehicle, drinking with her friends, when someone opened the door and pulled her out. …

A White Settlement man accused of sexually abusing a child was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Hidalgo International Bridge discovered that a man entering Texas might be a match for an outstanding warrant, the agency said. Fingerprints confirmed that he was Patricio Luevano, 77, who is wanted on a charge …

AUSTIN — A Republican lawmaker from Hood County called on Monday for Democrat Poncho Nevárez, who was caught on video dropping an envelope full of cocaine at the Austin airport, to resign from two Texas House committees in which he has leadership roles. “I believe as members of the Texas House of Representatives we have been given authority and trust by the …