PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 but that he will address the upcoming opposition rally via video link. Bilawal’s diagnosis comes just a day before the engagement of his sister, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, to a Dubai-based businessman and four days before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) next rally in Multan scheduled for November …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the Chaudhrys of Gujrat at their residence here on Wednesday for the first time since he assumed the office over two years ago. PM Khan’s visit to inquire after PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain may lead to improve the relations between the two allies, which had been strained for quite some time over a …

Six members of the Pakistan cricket squad, which is currently on a tour to New Zealand, have tested positive for the coronavirus, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Thursday. The team also received a “final warning” for flouting quarantine rules. New Zealand health authorities revoked the players’ ability to train while in isolation at their Christchurch hotel, making clear they …

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a contempt notice to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah over the provincial government’s failure to approve the design of development work for the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project. A three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muneeb Akhtar had taken up a suo …

Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Thursday denied reports that the Kashmir issue was not part of the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers’ (CFM) meeting, terming them a “part of false Indian propaganda”. During a weekly press briefing, Chaudhri said that the Kashmir issue was a “permanent item” on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and recalled that the body …

McKinney and Collin County continue to see more residents testing positive for the coronavirus and experiencing serious effects from COVID-19, according to data from state dashboard and the city’s McKinney-specific dashboard. Collin County stopped publishing county-wide data, with the exception of hospitalizations, on Nov. 10. A notice on the Collin County dashboard reads: “Collin County will no longer post COVID-19 case data on …

This year’s holiday season will look different for many families, but organizations across Dallas are working to serve just like any other year. Here are some of those groups in Oak Cliff and South Dallas, with information on how to get involved. The North Texas Food Bank The North Texas Food Bank has been serving the hungry in Dallas and …

Dallas ISD welcomed students back for in-person and hybrid learning on Oct. 5 after beginning the school year online on Sept. 8. DISD is operating a COVID-19 dashboard that is updated at 5 p.m. daily with new and cumulative positive cases of the illness since Sept. 28. Users can view the case breakdown by school, ZIP code or trustee district. Oak Cliff …

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Dallas County has recorded 122,184 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,202 deaths, according to the county’s website. ZIP codes in Oak Cliff have accounted for at least 14,113 cases, with 75211 having one of the largest numbers of active COVID-19 cases in Dallas County and one of the area’s highest per capita rates. Here are the …

Dallas police are investigating after a man was found dead in a vehicle at an east Oak Cliff park. Officers were called to Moore Park, in the 2200 block of Rockefeller Boulevard, Wednesday morning and found 23-year-old Bryan Jesus De Leon Cifuentes dead inside a pickup. Constable feels “disrespected” after office moved to basement near “NEGROES” sign Ellis County Constable …