KARACHI: The Supreme Court has directed an antiterrorism court to conclude the trial in the murder of head of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) Perween Rahman in accordance with law, it emerged on Friday. Five accused — Abdul Raheem Swati, his son Mohammad Imran Swati and three co-accused: Ayaz Shamzai aka Swati, Amjad Hussain Khan and Ahmed Khan aka Ahmed …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday observed that the Supreme Court on Thursday raised alarm over 90-day physical remand repeatedly sought by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the same accused by implicating them in multiple references. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Bandial said that it had never expressed concern when NAB sought 90-day physical remand of the …

KARACHI: The Karachi Coordination Committee, constituted to monitor development works of the city, on Friday reviewed progress of various uplift initiatives, including cleaning of nullahs, lifting of garbage, water supply and construction of some important roads. The meeting was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and his team including Local Government Minister Nasir Shah, Chief Secretary Mumtaz …

Veteran politician Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari passed away on Saturday at the age of 90, his family said in a statement. “The Mazari family is deeply grieved to announce the passing away of our cherished elder, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari,” it said. “A devoted and loving patriarch, fiercely dedicated to his country, loyal to his friends — he commanded respect …

A Frisco lawmaker has submitted the state’s first bill in response to a yearslong string of murders at Dallas-area senior living facilities. It’s the first major step toward systemic change that families of many of the victims have been working to secure after learning of how their loved ones died. Billy Chemirmir, 47, has been indicted on capital murder charges in …

AUSTIN — Residents at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities will be among the first wave of Texans eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, joining the health care workers already at the front of the line. State officials announced the addition Friday, while also unveiling plans to send the state’s first 224,250 doses to hospitals, including nine in Dallas County. Constable feels …

A family is looking for answers after a Dallas man disappeared more than a month ago after leaving a gym in Uptown Dallas. Constable feels “disrespected” after office moved to basement near “NEGROES” sign Ellis County Constable Precinct 3 Curtis Polk Jr. speaks about his relocated office in the… James Alan White(Dallas Police Department) James Allen White, 55, was last …

A man died after becoming trapped in the machinery of an Irving car wash Friday afternoon, police said. Authorities were dispatched about 3:40 p.m. to the Wash Masters in the 700 block of West LBJ Freeway, near North MacArthur Boulevard, after a 911 caller reported that a man had been ensnared in the car wash while working around the machine. …

NEW YORK — The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday, in vacating a memo from the acting Homeland Security secretary that had suspended it. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the government had to post a public notice within three …

Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon after they were shot in Arlington, and a third person was wounded, police said Constable feels “disrespected” after office moved to basement near “NEGROES” sign Ellis County Constable Precinct 3 Curtis Polk Jr. speaks about his relocated office in the… Police were called around noon to the 900 block of Tennessee Trail, near Wyndham …