ISLAMABAD: Former bureaucrat Roedad Khan has urged the Supreme Court (SC) to take notice of the proposed establishment of an observatory and a museum in Shakarparian Hills Park. The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is all set to set up the observatory and museum in the historical Shakarparian park where the then president Ayub Khan chaired a cabinet meeting …

ISLAMABAD: The local government system in Islamabad created in 2015-16 had a minimal service delivery for the benefit of the citizens during its five-year tenure ending on Sunday. However, it brought out a number of grassroots level politicians who are now making a mark in parliamentary politics. The first ever local government elections were held in November 2015 and subsequently …

LAHORE: The PML-N’s announcement about nominating five more candidates for Senate seats from Punjab has created confusion among the party ranks. Party Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb issued a statement on Sunday declaring that the PML-N’s parliamentary board has nominated seven candidates for the Senate polls from Punjab after five more were directed to submit their candidatures to the Election Commission …

A rider from Bykea, a local on-demand transport and logistics platform, allegedly threatened to rape and kill a female journalist, it emerged on Monday. In a tweet mentioning the company’s official social media handle, journalist Zebunnisa Burki said: “Hello @bykeapk one of your riders just threatened to rape and kill me. Wondering if your complaint chat box actually works because …

KASUR: Relatives of a woman who gave birth to a baby in a toilet of the Chunian Tehsil Headquarters Hospital on Sunday, have accused the gynaecologist concerned of negligence. According to Qurban Ali, a relative of Perveen Bibi, 23, wife of Akram, a resident of Kando Khara village, the pregnant woman was admitted to the THQ hospital some two days …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said the time is now to hunker down ahead of the extreme winter weather the county is receiving this evening. She and other local officials provided residents with a plan on how to prepare for the freezing rain, sleet and snow moving into the region. Other leaders include Harris County Emergency …

ISLAMABAD: While 1,404 more people tested positive for coronavirus and 31 lost their lives over the past 24 hours, the number of active cases in the country has reduced by half in two-and-a-half months. The number of active cases had surpassed the 50,000 mark in December 2020. It started decreasing the following month and came down to 25,635 (51.27pc) on …

Frigid temperatures and icy roads on Valentine’s Day broke Dallas restaurant owners’ hearts. After what Cane Rosso owner Jay Jerrier describes as a “nightmare” 2020, hundreds of Dallas-area restaurants hoped for an uptick in sales on Valentine’s Day. But unprecedented weather conditions forced Jerrier to temporarily close eight Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants: six Cane Rossos and two Zoli’s. Worse still, the …

All of a sudden, North Texas is facing temperatures the likes of which haven’t reached it in decades, but the weather patterns pushing the frigid air started back in early January. The low Monday could drop to 1 degree, and wind chill values could plunge below zero. The last time Dallas-Fort Worth dropped to 1 degree was Dec. 23, 1989, …

Rapper Yella Beezy was arrested Saturday evening on a weapons charge, Dallas police say. Officers patrolling the area conducted a traffic stop in the 3400 block of Sunnyvale Street shortly before 6 p.m. in east Oak Cliff, police said. During the traffic stop, multiple weapons were found in the 29-year-old rapper’s vehicle, whose real name is Markies Deandre Conway, police …