n ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a telephone conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates on Wednesday, discussed the Covid-19 situation and polio eradication efforts in Pakistan. According to an official press release, the prime minister informed Mr Gates about Pakistan’s policy to contain the pandemic and mitigate its deleterious impact on health and economy. Mr …

LAHORE: Just a few days ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) power show at Minar-i-Pakistan, police on Wednesday arrested sound system provider DJ Butt on the charges of possessing an illegal weapon and interference in official work. Mr Butt has been providing a sound system to the rallies of the PML-N in Lahore and elsewhere and for the Dec …

ISLAMABAD: Legal and constitutional experts in the country are found to have unanimous opinion that the opposition through the planned en masse resignations of their members from the assemblies cannot stop the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from acquiring majority in the upper house of the parliament after the Senate elections in March 2021, because laws and the Constitution are silent …

The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday condemned what it described as India’s systematic tactic of a mass propaganda campaign to malign Pakistan and international institutions. The condemnation comes a day after a report was published by Brussels-based EU DisinfoLab, which uncovered a “vast network of fake media outlets, think tanks and NGOs serving Indian interests”. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, FO …

A Lahore court on Thursday granted bail to sound system provider DJ Butt, a day after he was arrested on the charges of possessing an illegal weapon and interference in official work. Butt had been providing a sound system for the rallies of the PML-N in Lahore and elsewhere and had also been hired for the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) Dec 13 …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19 on Thursday (today). The meeting will consider relief package for sectors that were closed due to the second wave of the pandemic. Addressing a press conference, federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that over the last two …

The Rev. Michael Evans, a longtime civic leader and educator, became the first African American mayor of Mansfield on Tuesday after pledging to refrain from dirty politics and to build unity in the city. “To God be the glory,” Evans, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, said late Tuesday night after the election was declared for him. “We’re Mansfield …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and 17 GOP-controlled states filed motions Wednesday backing Texas’ longshot legal effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results in four states that helped deliver the presidency to Democrat Joe Biden. Collin College pivots approach to pandemic after nursing instructor died and surge in regional cases Collin College will hold all winter classes …

Authorities are investigating the death of a locally beloved turkey in the Denton County town of Argyle. The turkey — called Tom by some and George by others — had been known around town for years, often causing traffic delays and harassing residents, the Cross Timbers Gazette reported. Secret Tipper surprises server in Allen with a $500 tip A server at Allen Cafe …

Dallas County reported 33 more coronavirus deaths Wednesday — the county’s second highest single-day toll of the entire pandemic. The record count reported on one day was 36 on July 29. Secret Tipper surprises server in Allen with a $500 tip A server at Allen Cafe receives a surprise $500 tip from a ‘secret tipper ’ with the Tipping Allen… …