ISLAMABAD: Casualties continued to rise in the twin cities as 12 more people lost their lives to Covid-19 and 489 more tested positive on Saturday.With the latest count, the number of active cases in Islamabad has reached 5,874 — the second highest in the country after Karachi. On the other hand, a number of officials in the Capital Development Authority’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is considering converting Pir Sohawa into a tourist spot which would become an alternative to Murree. A number of restaurants and hotels will be established to attract tourists from within and outside the country as Pir Sohawa is one of the most peaceful areas of the country. The decision was taken during a visit …

FAISALABAD: Madina Town police on Saturday registered a case against a man and a woman on charges of thrashing a minor maid in the Eden Valley housing scheme. A footage of torture of the maid identified as Sadaf, 11, had gone viral on social media on Saturday. It showed a teenage boy, his mother and uncle, identified as Rana Munir, …

ISLAMABAD: Expressing disappointment over the casual approach towards the forestation and extension of the existing green cover in the country, the Supreme Court has highlighted the urgent need of taking the matter of vital national importance seriously. In a nine-page order issued at a suo motu hearing that took place on December 1, a two-judge Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice …

ISLAMABAD: With the emergence of the second wave of Covid-19, the country may face serious health governance challenges both at the policy and implementation level that if not addressed might jeopardise and reverse the gains made in the first phase of the fight against the pandemic. The first monthly Covid-19 response monitoring report, released by the Trust for Democratic Education …

Six coronavirus patients at the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar died on Saturday night due to a lack of timely supply of oxygen, the hospital’s spokesperson Farhad Khan confirmed on Sunday. He said that five patients were admitted to the hospital’s coronavirus ward while one was in the intensive care unit (ICU). The hospital receives its oxygen supply from Rawalpindi …

VALDOSTA, Ga.. — President Donald Trump pressed his own grievances over losing the presidential election at a rally Saturday in Georgia, more so than trying to help two Republican Senate candidates whose fate will decide the balance of power in Washington once President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month. Trump rallied thousands of largely maskless supporters in Valdosta, not long …

Mesquite police are investigating the overnight shooting of a 30-year-old man by off-duty officers from Jefferson and Seven Points. Around 1:45 a.m., Mesquite police say, the officers called 911 saying they were working off-duty construction security near LBJ Freeway and Forest Lane in Dallas when a suspect hit a construction worker with his vehicle. Constable feels “disrespected” after office moved …

Hood County authorities suspect that a 28-year-old man was mauled to death by a mountain lion in a wooded area near Lipan, about 85 miles west of Dallas. Christopher Allen Whiteley was reported missing Thursday afternoon, according to a sheriff’s office statement. He was last seen early Wednesday morning near the 15000 block of Howell Road in Lipan.  Constable feels …

An upper level storm system brought some light snow to far west Texas early on Sunday, but no major travel problems occurred. That same storm will bring a chance for light rain to DFW overnight. But it will be mostly sprinkles, with little measurable rain expected. Sunday will start out cloudy and cold. But the sky will be clearing by …