• Poll commission says it won’t succumb to pressure; advises PTI to stop mudslinging after losing Senate poll • Minister says commission should be ‘ashamed’ not ‘saddened’ • PPP seeks contempt of court proceedings against PM ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Friday continued to attack the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a second consecutive day even after the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Friday ridiculed Prime Minister Imran Khan over his decision to take a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. “Will you get a vote of confidence from the same lawmakers who you accuse of being thieves and crooks?” she asked. She was talking to media after a meeting with the …

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi called on Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi at his residence on Friday and the latter held out the assurance that his party’s MNAs would give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to a PML-Q statement, the current political situation, the PM’s vote of confidence and unopposed …

Tensions between opposition lawmakers and government ran high on Saturday as PML-N leaders alleged they had been manhandled by PTI supporters outside the Parliament House. PML-N leaders — including Ahsan Iqbal, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khurram Dastagir and Musadiq Malik — were speaking to the media ahead of a special session of the National Assembly that was called for a vote …

In a show of strength, Prime Minister Imran Khan secured 178 votes – six more than required – on Saturday to win the vote of confidence from the National Assembly. The special session was called after the premier voluntarily sought a trust vote following an upset in Senate elections. Addressing the assembly after his win in a wide-ranging speech, the …

A Plano mother is pushing for a hate crime investigation after she says her 13-year-old son was the victim of racist bullying and abuse from fellow students at his middle school. Summer Smith reported the incident to administrators at Haggard Middle School after she says she learned that her son, who is Black, was called racist slurs, beaten and made …

Meshack’s Bar-Be-Que Shack in Garland has weathered plenty of storms in its 40 years, including a closure in the late 1990s. But burst pipes and a desperate act in late month’s below-freezing temperatures put the roadside shack on Avenue B in jeopardy. Owner Travis Mayes said the plumbing issues damaged the building’s walls, but the most harmful fallout from the …

Dallas County reported 26 more COVID-19 deaths and 458 new coronavirus cases Friday. The victims were mostly in their 60s and older, but one was a man in his 30s. Nineteen were men and seven were women, and only two — both men in their 80s — did not have underlying high-risk health conditions. Twelve of the victims were from …

The head of the Dallas FBI office said Friday that the nature of domestic terrorism is evolving — from fringe to mainstream — and that it remains for him a top concern, particularly since his division has made more than a dozen arrests related to the January attack on the U.S. Capitol. Matthew J. DeSarno, Special Agent in Charge of …

Daniel Ray Caldwell, a former Marine who worked in the semi-conductor industry for Texas Instruments, talked about storming the U.S. Capitol during the riot and was seen on video spraying a chemical irritant at a group of officers at a barricade, according to the FBI. Prosecutors wanted him to remain behind bars until his trial in Washington D.C. On Friday, …