KARACHI: Cracks appeared in the ranks of joint opposition in Sindh on Sunday as lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) skipped an important meeting with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) leadership on the March 3 Senate election a day after the MQM-P got an offer from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The MQM-P claimed …

cp ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division seems reluctant to implement the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) landmark decision on the NA-75 (Daska) by-election controversy and instead wants the Punjab government to take action against the delinquent officers of the federal government. The ECP on Feb 25 had declared the NA-75 Sialkot-IV (Daska) by-election null and void where the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) …

The Supreme Court on Monday announced its opinion on the presidential reference regarding Senate elections, saying that polls for the upper house of parliament will be held through secret ballot, according to Article 226 of the Constitution. The 4-1 majority opinion was announced by a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed …

ISLAMABAD: With most of the Covid-related restrictions having been relaxed despite lukewarm response of even health workers to the government-run vaccination campaign, health experts fear a resurgence in number of cases that may compel the government to declare a third wave of coronavirus in the country. As 1,176 Covid-19 cases were reported in a day, the health experts Dawn spoke to were …

A person was fatally shot early Sunday at a motel in Far East Dallas, police say. Officers responded to the shooting at a Budget Inn in the 12400 block of East Northwest Highway, near Garland Road and Interstate 635, shortly after 5 a.m., police said. The victim, whose name was not released, died later at a hospital. Details of what …

A man was found fatally shot at his far northeast Dallas apartment early Sunday, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call about 6:20 a.m. at the Oasis Apartments complex in the 9600 block of Forest Lane. When they arrived, officers found Timothy Nelson, 54, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound in front of his apartment door. Dallas …

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 …

Across Texas, 3,815 more coronavirus cases were reported Sunday, including 3,636 new cases and 179 older cases that were recently added by labs. The state also reported 197 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 42,936. Of the new cases, 2,921 were confirmed and 715 were probable. Of the older cases, 155 were confirmed and 24 were probable. The newly reported …

The southbound lanes of Dallas North Tollway reopened Sunday after a semitrailer struck a safety barrier and burst into flames, causing road closures. The crash was cleared shortly after 8:30 p.m., according to the North Texas Tollway Authority. The truck was traveling south about noon on the tollway when its driver lost control and struck a crash attenuator near Interstate 635, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Colleges and universities in the Houston-area are helping students and employees who were impacted by the arctic freeze last week. Lone Star College announced it is helping employees and students and has set up money for emergency grants for up to $250 to help people with water damage repairs. “I know so many of our students …