PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council (KPBC) on Saturday called off its month-long strike in the province after the provincial government promulgated an ordinance to reverse the last year’s ‘controversial’ changes to the colonial era Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The bar council announced that the government had accepted its demand by promulgating the KP Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) …

a ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad has quashed the complaint filed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that had blamed the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the killing of some Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) workers in violence during the 2014 sit-in in Islamabad. Terming the complaint baseless, a detailed verdict …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) is all set to operate 14km cleared stretch of the around 55km route of the old Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) from Nov 19, hoping to revive operations on the remaining portion in collaboration with the provincial government. The PR also pledges to start civil work on the new KCR after completion of the necessary preparatory …

ISLAMABAD: Blockades are being installed at different entry points of the capital, including Faizabad, with the deployment of police and the paramilitary force to stop the protest rally of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from entering the city. The TLP has announced the ‘Tahafuz Namoos-i-Risalat’ march from Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi to Faizabad in Islamabad on Sunday (today) in protest against publication of …

ISLAMABAD: While over 2,000 cases of Covid-19 were reported from across the country for the second consecutive day on Saturday, the number of active cases reached 24,938. Moreover, the number of ventilators in use by the Covid-19 patients has surpassed 200 and Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on a vent. In September, the number …

ibli ISLAMABAD: Rejecting allegations of pre-poll rigging in Gilgit-Baltistan, Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz said on Saturday that the opposition had already conceded its defeat in the GB elections being held on Sunday (today). Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department here, he said the opposition’s allegation was proof that it was trying to find an excuse for …

Vote count in several cities in Gilgit-Baltistan began after polling, in what is arguably the most hotly contested election the region has ever seen, came to an end at 5pm. Voting process in the region began at 8am and continued until 5pm without any interval. Polling in most constituencies went smoothly throughout the day. In Gilgit city, women and the …

AUSTIN — Several former employees have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the embattled attorney general of Texas, potentially exposing the state to steep financial liabilities and Ken Paxton to further questions about alleged wrongdoing. The plaintiffs said Paxton retaliated against them after they accused him of abusing his office to help Nate Paul, a campaign donor and friend whose home and business …

Dallas police are investigating after a man was found fatally shot Thursday on a street in South Dallas. Officers responded to a shooting call just after 7:15 p.m. at 4900 Wanda St., near Elsie Faye Heggins Street and South Lamar Street near SM Wright Freeway. The victim was found face down on the side of the street with a gunshot …

Grand Prairie is upgrading one of its busiest fire stations. The city has broken ground on a 19,538-square-foot facility at 1260 W. Marshall Drive. The station, scheduled for completion in the spring, will replace the existing Fire Station No. 3, which is located at 1702 Robinson Road. According to Claudia Garibay, public information officer for the Grand Prairie Fire Department, …