HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman was shot to death in her front yard Saturday morning in southwest Houston, according to Houston police. It happened on Lindenloch near Greenpark Manor around 3 a.m. Police said there was an argument in front of the residence between four or five people. At some point during the argument, a gun went off. The …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver took off after crashing into a garage which caused a fire in southwest Houston Saturday night, according to police. It happened on Boynton near Lynden around 11:30 p.m. The driver first crashed into a utility pole before hitting the garage, police said. Police were still searching for the driver. While two other vehicles inside …

ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed two more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the disease to 6,342. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 484 new cases of the virus were detected during this period, lifting the number of confirmed cases in the country to 298,509. As many as 285,898 …

KARACHI: The Pakistan stock market staged rally in another spectacular week with the KSE-100 index clocking in gains of 967 points (2.4 per cent) and settling at 42,023. The index crossed the 42,000-barrier for the first time after Jan 28, which meant that it had managed to recover all of the mind-boggling losses suffered when the benchmark had its nadir …

China’s first reusable spacecraft landed on Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced. The secretive, military-run space program has released few details of the craft, which was launched Friday aboard a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s desert northwest. The craft landed as planned at …

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ISLAMABAD: Bulk carrier MV Tailwinds carrying 65,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat — the second import consignment of the country — was berthed at the Karachi Port on Friday evening and allowed to unload following mandatory quarantine on Saturday. An inspection team of experts led by Department of Plant Protection Director-General Dr Falak Naz conducted detailed inspection of the wheat consignment …

KARACHI: The textile industry is asking the prime minister to issue directives to collect gas infrastructure deve­lopment cess (GIDC) “only from those who are liable to pay”, arguing that the sector has neither collected nor passed on the GIDC in its sales all the time the matter was pending before the court. The demand has been made by the Council of All …

KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan has cooled down industrialists regarding the boiling issue of gas infrastructure development cess (GIDC) by assuring them ‘he is working to resolve the issue.’ He responded to the GIDC issue when some industrialists during a meeting with him on Saturday pointed out that they have started receiving gas bills carrying GIDC. Site Association of Industry …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are finally free from all royal traditions and customs and are leading lives on their own terms. According to biographer Omid Scobie, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now operating in the manner they wanted to since a very long time. Talking to  the Heirpod podcast, Scobie said Meghan and Harry were ‘held back by tradition …