ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Tuesday asked why signatories to the Charter of Democracy (CoD) in their vow to remove distortions in the Constitution failed to do away with the menace of horse trading in elections while adopting the 18th amendment. “Why the two major political parties as well as the co-author of the CoD, …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) on Tuesday linked the increase in population of leopards dwelling in Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) to “plenty of game”. “Unlike Ayubia, no case of attacks on livestock has been reported there. This is because there is a significant wild boar and monkey population along with barking deer,” said IWMB Chairperson Rina Saeed …

Vaccination drives against the novel coronavirus started simultaneously in all federating units of the country on Wednesday, a day after 500,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in Islamabad as a gift from China. As per the government’s vaccination strategy, health workers were the first to receive the vaccine. Simultaneous inauguration ceremonies, held in major cities of all provinces as well as in …

Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday took notice of the development funds, approved for members of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies by Prime Minister Imran Khan in a meeting last week, warning that legal proceedings would be initiated if the move was found to be in contravention of the law. On January 27, the prime minister presided over a …

• Imran praises his team, China for vaccine • Fifty-year-old doctor gets the first shot • 63 more Covid patients die in a day ISLAMABAD: Nearly a year after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that claimed 11,746 lives and infected more than half a million in the country, the government began vaccinating the frontline warriors on Tues­day, …

The seamster at the Dallas Police Department ran into a slight issue as he prepared a special uniform order for the new chief. The quartermaster’s unit, which customizes uniforms for the 3,100 sworn officers in the department, was out of the newest patches with golden hash marks, which go on an officer’s left sleeve and represent years of service. The …

WASHINGTON — A group of anti-Trump Republicans has posted billboards around Texas trying to make Sen. Ted Cruz squirm by implicating him in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and demanding he resign. Cruz repeatedly blamed President Donald Trump’s defeat on fraud, a claim he persisted in leveling even after dozens of state and federal courts threw out such …

On New Year’s Eve, while many were reflecting on a difficult year marred by a global pandemic, 29-year-old Jonnay Mckinley came home to a yellow piece of paper on her door that read “NOTICE TO VACATE.” The next day, the mother of three school-age children sent an email from her iPhone to the Dallas County Constable’s office in Preci “[I] …

Thanks in part to a new grant, the basketball court at Kidd Springs Park will receive a $36,000 makeover. The Dallas Park Foundation recently received a grant through the Home Court Program, a partnership between ESPN and the Local Initiatives. The Oak Cliff Advocate reports half the funds will come from ESPN while the other half will come from private donations collected by the …

A public art installation may be headed for Park Village’s much-maligned water feature. The centerpiece fountain, which has been out of order in the Southlake shopping center since its debut in 2015, was approved for a zoning change by city council in November. Now, the governing body is considering options for further beautification. A front-runner for the site, which will now …