• Provinces told to ensure SOPs enforcement • Foreign travel curbs, expanded lockdowns in Punjab, KP and Islamabad under consideration ISLAMABAD: As Covid-19 positivity rate ranges between 5 and 6 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has asked all federating units to take immediate actions to ensure strict implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and mulled over …

KARACHI: President Arif Alvi on Saturday said Pakistan was getting stronger on the basis of steady improvement in its economy and social indicators ought to help expedite rebuilding its contacts with the world. “Good Brand Pakistan has to be projected as we, after paying a heavy cost, have come out of the polarisation,” he said while emphasising the need to …

As the third wave of the novel coronavirus intensifies in the country, Punjab on Sunday reported more than 1,600 Covid-19 cases for the first time since June 2020. Data from the government’s coronavirus portal showed that 1,653 new infections were detected in the province in the last 24 hours, marking the fifth straight day Punjab recorded more than 1,000 cases. …

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Migrants are being flown from South Texas to El Paso only to be expelled back to Mexico by Customs Border Protection, has learned. The expulsions include children with their families. The migrants, most who are legally seeking asylum, are flown to other cities after crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley. Federal officials say the …

Two Dallas police officers were arrested Friday and Saturday in unrelated incidents, the department announced. Senior Cpl. Thomas Hartmann, who joined the department in January 2010, was charged with assault and tampering with a witness in connection with an unspecified incident that occurred March 6 in Aubrey. Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, the …

Saturday was cloudy, breezy, warm and humid once again, with a high of 79 at DFW Airport. But changes are coming. Widespread severe thunderstorms, with numerous Tornado Warnings have occurred across much of west Texas on Saturday. But those storms will weaken significantly as they approach DFW overnight. Here we expect nothing more than light rain showers, mainly between midnight …

Dallas typically celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a parade and raucous festival on Greenville Avenue (when events aren’t canceled because of a pandemic). But it hasn’t always been that way. A routine traffic stop in December 2018 ended in a violent scuffle between two Richardson police… Before the greening of Greenville, the Irish holiday was marked with balls and tea …

After widespread severe thunderstorms, with numerous Tornado Warnings across much of West Texas on Saturday, storms have weakened significantly as they approached DFW Sunday morning. Expect nothing more than light rain showers through the morning before tapering off from west to east. Skies will clear out as drier air moves in Sunday afternoon with much lower humidity and a gusty …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Nine people were shot in at least seven separate violent incidents across Houston overnight, including three fatalities. Two people were shot to death outside a Midtown McDonald’s Friday night after a disturbance. It happened around 10 p.m. in the 200 block of Main Street. A group of people were riding scooters in the area and exchanged …

Dallas County reported 24 more COVID-19 deaths and 267 new coronavirus cases Saturday. Of the latest victims, seven lived in Garland, six in Dallas, four in Grand Prairie, three in Richardson and one each in Cedar Hill, Irving, Seagoville and Wilmer. All but five were in their 60s and older. The majority of victims had been hospitalized, and all had …