ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa on Friday emphasised combat readiness and improved interoperability with China. In his remarks at an air base he visited for witnessing Pak-China Joint Air Exercise Shaheen-IX, Gen Bajwa said that joint drills with China were important “to increase the combat readiness of both countries to face emerging geo-strategic challenges”. Shaheen-IX exercises, which are participated …

• 1.2m families can avail treatment • Says business-friendly policies bearing fruit ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the health card facility for 1.2 million families in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). “By launching this facility we want people on the other side of Kashmir to know how we treat our people,” the prime minister said while addressing a …

A woman is behind bars after a fatal shooting Thursday night in South Dallas. Officers were called about 8:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Hamilton Avenue, near the southern end of Fair Park, where they found 65-year-old Ernest Berry dead from a gunshot wound. Shingle Mountain removal begins Workers begin to remove shingles from what is known as Shingle …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying the person who shot a dog last week in east Oak Cliff. Police said Friday that the gray pit-bull-type dog was shot about 4 a.m. Dec. 11 in the 4300 block of Cardinal Drive, near Fordham Road and Sunnyvale Street. Shingle Mountain removal begins Workers begin to remove shingles from what …

A fast moving system will bring a low chance of rain tonight into Saturday morning. No strong or severe weather is expected. Rain chances will end from west to east Saturday morning, followed by dry weather for the rest of the weekend. Next week looks dry and pretty mild through Tuesday. The next strong cold front arrives Wednesday, bringing colder …

A Denton senior care facility is under state investigation after nine COVID-19 deaths were reported by Denton County health officials, a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said Friday. Three deaths at Senior Care at Denton Post Acute Care, also known as Brinker Denton Senior Care Center or Senior Care Health and Rehabilitation Center, were reported Wednesday …

Dallas County on Friday reported 2,248 more coronavirus cases, as well as a record number of hospitalizations for the virus. Ten new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. Shingle Mountain removal begins Workers begin to remove shingles from what is known as Shingle Mountain, a pile The latest victims were two Dallas men, in their 50s and 80s; two Grand Prairie …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day. Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National …

AUSTIN — More than 620,000 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are headed to Texas for distribution over the next two weeks — mainly to hospital workers and residents of long-term care facilities, the state announced late Friday. Garland to receive 900 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week Next week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Two men have been arrested after police say they killed a man while robbing a Pleasant Grove game room last weekend. Roman Arielyus Lynn Davis, 19, and Anthony Cain Sheckells, 27, each face one count of capital murder in the fatal shooting of Demarcus Thurman early Saturday. Irving ISD wants to know how the fall semester went for students and parents …