ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is arriving here on Tuesday (today) on a two-day visit for talks on regional issues in addition to a review of bilateral ties. Mr Zarif is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa during his stay in …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday assured the Indian High Commission’s lawyer of fair trial of convicted spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and suggested a third consular access in order to implement the International Court of Justice’s directive for review and reconsideration of conviction. A three-judge IHC bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb …

LAHORE: The federal government has directed all the provinces to commence Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) for diagnosis of Covid-19. It has also directed the provincial governments to make procurement of the World Health Organization-approved RAT kits to start process with effect from Nov 15 stating that ‘the RAT has certain advantages over RT-PCR, such as relatively low cost and return …

A crucial meeting of parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and Senate called by NA Speaker Asad Qaiser for Wednesday (tomorrow) in which they were to be briefed by “military officials on the current issues of national security” was cancelled on Tuesday amid the opposition’s boycott. “The session of parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and Senate under National Assembly …

PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday withdrew its decision to march on Islamabad on Wednesday (Nov 11) after a jirga comprising federal ministers visited Bacha Khan Markaz to tender an apology over remarks by the interior minister that ANP workers were killed by militants in reaction to their stance on militancy. Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak, Interior Minister retired …

Several localities in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan have been declared as coronavirus hotspots and put under lockdown with immediate effect, according to notifications from the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department released late Monday, after 400 new cases were reported province wide for the first time since July 18. The notifications said there had been a “constant increase in positivity …

Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc. in Tyler, Texas, will halt all of its smoked turkey production for the rest of 2020 after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed part of the facility on Nov. 6. Greenberg has been smoking turkeys since the 1930s. Only in the past 10 years did the company start selling online and accepting credit cards.(EVANS …

A suspect is in custody after a shooting at a northwest Dallas strip club last month that left three men dead. Cameron Daveria Craig, 20, was booked into the Dallas County jail on Tuesday evening on a count of capital murder, jail records show. Police were called about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 25 to Aces of Dallas in the 2200 block of Manana …

Dallas County reported 1,248 more coronavirus cases Monday, all considered to be new cases. Two COVID-19 deaths were also reported. The latest victims were a Dallas man in his 40s and a Grand Prairie man in his 60s. Both had underlying health problems that put them at higher risk of complications from COVID-19. County Judge Clay Jenkins urged residents to …

AUSTIN — While the 2020 elections continue to spark debate across the state and nation, the 87th Texas Legislature shifted into focus Monday as state lawmakers began filing bills for the session that begins in January. And, as it was during the campaign, the logistics of the biennial session are only made harder due to uncharted waters from the COVID-19 …