RAWALPINDI: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said the government was ready to hold talks with the opposition but not at the cost of corruption cases. Addressing a press conference, he said he had offered talks to the opposition on behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan on national and international issues. “The talks with the opposition will focus …

• Govt says people from outside city won’t be stopped from joining rally • PML-N workers break locks of Minar-i-Pakistan’s main gate, make arrangements for event LAHORE: The 11-party opp­osition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), is all geared up for putting up its much-hyped “power show” at Minar-i-Pakistan here on Sunday (today), the last one in its first phase …

Superstar Mahira Khan is the latest celebrity to test positive for Covid-19 as the country grapples with the second wave. Taking to social media, the Humsafar actor opened up about having contracted the coronavirus, assuring fans that she had informed those who came in close proximity with her. “I have tested positive for Covid-19. I’m isolating and I have also informed …

• Interior secretary empowered to lodge complaints • Opposition lawmaker says govt intent will be clear in a few days ISLAMABAD: A day ahead of the Lahore rally that the opposition is holding ignoring a terror threat alert and the worsening Covid-19 situation, the federal government has decided to act swiftly against sedition and incitement to disorder. Informed sources told Dawn on Saturday that …

WASHINGTON — Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump returned to Washington on Saturday for rallies to back his desperate efforts to subvert the election that he lost to Joe Biden. They cheered as Trump flew overhead on the Marine One helicopter on his way out of town for the Army-Navy football game in West Point, New York. The gatherings …

Police have identified a man who was found fatally shot early Saturday in Pleasant Grove as 29-year-old Demarcus Pierre Thurman. 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… Officers were called around 4:10 a.m. to 8245 Scyene Road, near …

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit Saturday while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties. U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig dismissed Trump’s federal lawsuit asking the …

Redfield’s Tavern in Dallas reopens Monday, Dec. 14 with a new name, Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern. 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… Dylan Asher, the former bar manager at Maple Landing in Dallas, has been hired by Redfield’s …

WASHINGTON — The nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. Trucks will roll out Sunday morning as shipping companies UPS and FedEx begin delivering Pfizer’s vaccine to nearly 150 distribution centers …

AUSTIN — State Rep. Drew Springer says he is all about building bridges. Dallas hair salon owner Shelley Luther seems content to let them burn. In the hotly contested race for the state’s only remaining open Senate seat, the two Republicans are offering North Texas voters dramatically different approaches for what will surely be a high stakes legislative session next …