PESHAWAR: Interior Minis­­ter Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that troops are well prepared for any kind of challenge to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the nation. Addressing the passing-out parade of the 28th batch of recruits of the Frontier Corps (North) at the Scouts Training Academy, Warsak, the minister paid rich tribute to the martyrs of the armed forces …

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday lashed out at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for making an issue about her statements and questioned who gave the accountability watchdog the right to judge her statements. She was speaking to the media at her Jati Umra residence in Lahore, before a hearing in the Lahore High Court on a NAB petition …

Some individuals, purportedly supporters and workers of the PML-N, threw eggs and ink at Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs (SAPM) Shahbaz Gill on Monday, ahead of his appearance at the Lahore High Court (LHC). Speaking to reporters after the incident, Gill termed it “ghunda gardi” (thuggery), emphasising that he was “totally fine”. “They are throwing the …

ISLAMABAD: After over 2,600 patients of Covid-19 were reported in a single day, the number of active cases has jumped from 16,000 to 21,000 in just two weeks with the national positivity ratio rising to 6.2 per cent. Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan became the latest politician to contract coronavirus. Meanwhile, in order to avoid further spread …

With few other viable options, Texas Democrats are hoping that next year former Rep. Beto O’Rourke challenges Republican incumbent Greg Abbott for governor. The El Paso Democrat is considering running for governor, saying that Abbott has failed Texas during the pandemic. He later criticized his handling of the February winter storm that left millions of Texans without power and water. …

Across the state, 2,628 more coronavirus cases were reported Sunday, including 2,347 new cases and 281 older ones that were recently reported by labs. A routine traffic stop in December 2018 ended in a violent scuffle between two Richardson police… The state also added 69 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 45,543. That state’s death toll is the third highest in …

Students struggling to learn English will get greater support on their path to become biliterate if Dallas schools create newcomer centers for high schoolers and revamp dual-language programs, officials said. The proposed changes come more than 15 years after Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was first hired to lead the district and when DISD began exploring better ways to serve students learning …

After a cloudy and damp start to Sunday, skies cleared out by afternoon ushering in much lower humidity. As a result it will be considerably cooler overnight. But that won’t last long. Sunshine and a gusty west wind will warm us to near 80 by Monday afternoon. And the warm-up will continue Tuesday, in spite of increasing clouds. Another strong …

A 29-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday night at an event hall in the Stemmons Corridor, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 11:30 p.m. to the 7700 block of Sovereign Row, near West Mockingbird Lane and I-35E, police said. Two males shot at Freddie Sanders during a disturbance among multiple people and fled in a vehicle, investigators said. No …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble under …