PESHAWAR: The World Health Organisation is arranging vaccine for anti-polio campaigns in districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, wheresix vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) caseswere reported last week. The VDPV2 was eradicated in 1999 leading to the withdrawal of the P2 vaccine from the worldwide anti-polio programme by the WHO in 2016. However, after the re-emergence of the virus, the government has …

KARACHI: A retired army official was shot dead and a passer-by wounded in the Defence area on Saturday afternoon, police said. According to the Korangi Industrial Area police, an armed assailant fired at Mushtaq Khan as soon as he came out of his car to buy fruits from a roadside vendor in Defence Phase-VIII and fled. Mr Khan and vendor …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Saturday put a judicial magistrate, posted in Sehwan, under suspension for allegedly assaulting a woman litigant in his chamber. According to a notification issued by the SHC, Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh has suspended the judicial magistrate for “misconduct” and directed him to report to the high court with immediate effect. The sources …

KARACHI: Four officers have been dismissed from service on charges of corruption as they got their wives enrolled as Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries fraudulently, said BISP chairperson Dr Sania Nishtar at an open kutchery organised in Malir on Saturday. A large number of BISP beneficiaries were in attendance at the event. Speaking at the gathering, Dr Nishtar, also Special …

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday approached the Supreme Court, seeking suspension of the Nov 11, 2017 order of the accountability court which had declared him proclaimed offender and directed for taking over and putting to sale his assets. “This Honourable Court may kindly be pleased to suspend the operation of the order of Nov 11, 2017, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Texas Southern University announced Friday that they have named Kenneth Huewitt acting President of the university. This news comes a week after they placed Dr. Austin Lane on paid administrative leave. Huewutt is the former TSU chief financial officer. He served as interim president before Friday’s announcement. SEE ALSO: TSU law school tied to admissions improprieties. TSU …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman has been accused of stealing more than $700,000 worth of computer processor chips from Hewlett Packard. Andrea Bosley, 52, allegedly stole more than 300 chips from a secured lab on the HP campus in Harris County before they were supposed to be released in 2017. The company said the chips were valued at exactly …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 19-year-old Bellaire High School senior who was shot to death, allegedly by a classmate, will be remembered by friends and family this weekend. The funeral for Cesar Cortes is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at West University Baptist Church on 6218 Auden. Cortes was shot to death on campus Tuesday. The accused shooter, a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — April Murphy loves two things: art and running. So when the Houston Marathon Committee asked Murphy to create this year’s official race poster, she sprinted at the opportunity! As ABC13 continues its week of stories leading up to Sunday’s Chevron Houston Marathon, watch the video above to see how Murphy’s work is proof that two passions …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Shocking surveillance video shows a child breaking into a smoke shop on Houston’s north side, all while it appears an adult is outside directing the boy on what he should steal. “It’s real sad. I got four kids. It’s like, he could be one of my kids,” store owner Shy B said. Shy closed up the …