CYPRESS, Texas (KTRK) — The father of Sierra Rhodd was shot and killed late Friday night, hours after a vigil was held for his daughter. Sierra was the woman killed last weekend when shooters fired into her family’s home. Now, investigators are looking for answers after the latest family tragedy. It happened around 11 p.m. at Sierra’s maternal grandparents’ home …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday held a strategic meeting over successfully executing its five-year development plan. Presided over by PCB chairman Ehsan Mani, the meeting was attended by directors of almost all wings of the PCB who mainly discussed various proposals for successfully executing the Board’s five-year plan. Sources said that after the first session of the …

KARACHI: FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday welcomed dialogue with the Pakistan government on the issues it has with the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee but warned against interference in the matters of the body appointed by the global football body. FIFA installed the Normalisation Committee to oversee PFF matters in September last year after football in Pakistan was …

BERN: The successive postponements to 2022 World Cup qualifiers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming a real problem and a shortening of the format could be a possibility in some cases, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday. The South American qualifiers, due to start in March, will not get underway until next month, while the start of the …

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government on Friday disagreed with the federal government on the proposal to procure wheat through the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) at Rs1,900 per 40kg. Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had endorsed and agreed to procure 0.150 million metric tonnes each through the TCP on terms, conditions and the cost of wheat at Rs1,910 per 40kg. The Economic …

ISLAMABAD: At a time when the government is busy in introducing reforms in tax machinery, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has picked as many as 12,553 cases of income tax, sales tax and federal excise duty (FED) for audit through electronic balloting. Last year, 14,154 cases were selected for audit while in the previous year the number was 44,868. …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to call an explanation of its head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and Test captain Azhar Ali for bypassing the top management to arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan over a policy matter of the board pertaining to abolish the departmental cricket. The said meeting was held at the Prime Minister …

If Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath has any say in the matter — and he most definitely does, the state’s battery of standardized tests will resume in the spring despite pleas to suspend the assessments for the 2020-21 school year. Morath shared those thoughts in a virtual fireside chat at Friday’s State of Public Education luncheon, held by the Dallas …

With election day on Nov. 3, the deadline to register to vote in Texas is Oct. 5. The last day to request a mail-in ballot is Oct. 23. Here are some spots where Dallas County residents can register, in addition to some virtual registration drives and early polling locations. Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. National Urban League Young Professionals will …

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz defended a Sept. 11 tweet in which he wrote that “many liberal males never grow balls,” arguing Friday that he was poking fun at progressives who are “obsessed” with sexuality in response to Daily Show host Trevor Noah calling for an end to gender reveal parties. “Through making a joke, I was also trying to …