PESHAWAR: Eleven persons died of coronavirus and 410 new cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday as positivity rate in Peshawar swelled to 10.6 per cent. Peshawar accounted for six mortalities and 196 new cases in the province, taking its total count of deaths and confirmed incidence to 703 and 19,607 respectively. One case was reported each from Nowshera, …

LAHORE: Despite the rain visibly clearing Lahore’s air, smog levels in high density traffic areas continued to be unhealthy. At the crowded Shimla Pahari area on Thursday, for example, an Air Quality Ind­­­ex of 205 was recorded while on Wednesday it was 175. Provincial Disaster Man­agement Authority’s director operations Nisar Ahmed Sani told Dawn that there were three major contributors to the …

w ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Thursday challenged the attachment of properties of the Sharif family in Murree and Chhangla Galli with other properties frozen in connection with the Toshakhana reference because of absconding of her father Nawaz Sharif. Accountability court judge Syed Asghar Ali issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau and sought …

ISLAMABAD: Mocking opposition parties over what he called hurling empty threats of resigning from the assemblies, Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz on Wednesday dared them to quit the National Assembly or the Senate. Addressing a news conference here at the Press Information Department (PID), he said the Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM) had played its cards too early and it was …

Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Hafeez Shaikh as the federal minister for finance, while Sheikh Rashid was handed the interior ministry portfolio in yet another cabinet shakeup, Radio Pakistan reported. Rashid has been replaced by Azam Swati as the railways minister while Ijaz Shah, who earlier held the interior ministry portfolio, has been appointed as minister for narcotics control. This is the …

Dallas County reported 30 more coronavirus deaths Thursday, a day after announcing 33 fatalities. Over the last seven days, officials have said 87 county residents have died from COVID-19. U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine County officials added 2,088 coronavirus cases — all of them considered new — breaking a six-day streak during which daily new cases …

The Dallas City Council unanimously approved expanding a law that will allow police to stop and cite drivers spotted circling a section of the northwest part of the city. The goal is to combat prostitution and sex trafficking there. The “no cruising zone” ordinance will apply to a roughly 2½-mile stretch that includes Harry Hines Boulevard, Shady Trail, Walnut Hill Lane …

Construction cranes are a sign of ‘real change’ in the Red Bird area of Oak Cliff in southwest Dallas, developer Peter Brodsky recently told WFAA-TV (Channel 8). “People are finally believing because they can see real change,” said Brodsky, who purchased Red Bird Mall in 2015. “When they see the construction cranes, they know there’s really something happening here.” Secret Tipper …

Dallas police said Thursday that a Seattle woman who went missing in Dallas over two months ago may have been the victim of “foul play” and asked again for leads in her case. Marisela Botello Valadez, 23, was last seen Oct. 5 in Deep Ellum. Police reclassified her disappearance last month from a “want to locate” case to an “endangered missing” case …

The teenager accused of fatally shooting Leslie Squair Baker during a carjacking attempt outside her North Dallas home on Memorial Day has been indicted on a capital murder charge. A Dallas County grand jury handed up the indictment of Anthony Jermaine Lewis on Tuesday, county records show. U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Because he was a …