PESHAWAR: In the upcoming battle for 12 Senate seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 25 candidates have been left in the electoral fray after the withdrawal of nomination papers by 16 others. According to the final list of candidates issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after the withdrawal of nomination papers on Thursday, a total of 11 …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have only Rs400 as the investigation cost for each case, resulting in poor outcome. An officer of the police told Dawn on condition of anonymity that due to shortage of funds, only Rs400 were available to be spent on investigation of each criminal case. As a result, either complainants or the investigating officers have to bear the expense …

ISLAMABAD: With the number of Covid-19 cases declining across the country, federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday announced that the restrictions imposed on schools in some major cities to conduct three-day classes in a week had been removed. During the ongoing second wave of the pandemic, the country saw over 3,000 cases daily — the number has now …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday decided that the government would challenge in the Supreme Court the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to order re-polling in NA-75, Daska. The cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan, discussed the ECP decision in detail and expressed dissatisfaction over the commission’s ruling. “We have decided to challenge the ECP …

A day after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that it will keep Pakistan on its grey list for another four months, Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar said being blacklisted is no longer a possibility. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, he said that Pakistan achieved its targets even though the timelines and the FATF’s action plan were a challenge. …

A Dallas widow told the man accused of killing her husband to destroy evidence in the case and coached him on what to say to police, then deleted those text messages in a “calculated attempt” to interfere with the investigation into the slaying, authorities allege. Jennifer Lynne Faith(Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) Jennifer Lynne Faith, 48, was arrested Wednesday in Dallas on a …

Texas Sen. John Cornyn was snowed out of the Lone Star State as deadly winter storms ravaged the state earlier this month. He was unable to return home to Austin after attending former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in Washington, D.C., he told reporters Thursday. The trial ended on Feb. 13, and by then Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had already …

An emotional Trey McDaniel received a $50,000 thank-you on Thursday at Texas Toyota of Grapevine. The MedStar paramedic was in uniform and on his way to work Feb. 11 when his Toyota FJ Cruiser became one of more than 100 vehicles involved in a disastrous crash on I-35W. Videos of the wreck show his vehicle being catapulted into the air as incoming …

A second man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting near Fair Park in December. Frederick Lyn Daniels, 27, was arrested Wednesday on a murder charge in the death of Taboric Lee. He remained in the Dallas County jail Thursday with bail set at $250,000, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. Dallas police found Lee, …

In the great hall of the Texas State Senate, where legendary leaders like Bob Bullock and William P. Hobby Jr. once ruled, DeAnn T. Walker looked very small indeed. Right before your eyes Thursday, on the opening day of legislative hearings, we watched the incredible shrinking chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas as she tried to shift blame. …