ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari has said that the country has been suffering due to imposition of rulers without the will of the people. This was stated by the former president in a message to the nation on the occasion of the Pakistan Day issued here on Tuesday. Mr Zardari, whose party is …

ISLAMABAD: The provincial bureaucracy has expedited efforts to take back control of the administrative posts in the four provinces as it challenged in court a notification to increase the allocation of provincial seats to federal bureaucrats. The establishment division had on March 12 amended Rule 17 of the Civil Service of Pakistan (Compo­sition and Cadre) Rules 1954, changing the composition …

ISLAMABAD: As over 3,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday and the number of active cases doubled in less than three weeks, Pakistan has contacted China for more vaccine. Federal Minister for Plan­ning and Development Asad Umar said that Pakistan would receive its first purchase of over one million doses of Chinese Sinopharm and …

The head of the nonprofit management group of South Dallas’ Fair Park says the goal is to open the new Community Park, a prime feature of the historic site’s redevelopment, by 2024, despite offers to extend the timeline because of the pandemic. Brian Luallen, executive director of Fair Park First, said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that …

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood announced on Wednesday that educational institutes in areas with a high incidence of Covid-19, including Islamabad, will remain closed till April 11. He made the announcement at a press conference after chairing a meeting at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The meeting was also attended by senior officials from …

There might be a few Pakistani restaurants in the far North Dallas corridor, but Mohammed Sadiq Ali says his new business, located on the line between The Colony and Lewisville, is different. “We make our own spices,” Ali said of his garam masala blend that he grinds up daily at his 1,800-square-foot restaurant. The mixture of cumin, coriander, chile, ginger …

A man is in custody after authorities say he kidnapped a woman during a carjacking Tuesday morning, then led police on a short chase that ended in a crash. Hurst police were called about 10:30 a.m. to the 1700 block of Sotogrande Boulevard, near East Hurst Boulevard, where a 44-year-old man told officers that a carjacker armed with a gun …

Police are looking for a man they say ran over a 21-year-old woman with his car after an argument in Uptown Dallas early Monday morning. Around 2:17 a.m., police were called to the 2800 block of McKinney Avenue, where Jasmine Hassan, 21, was found after being run over by a car. She was transported to a local hospital, where she …

As coronavirus hospitalizations in Dallas County remained at their lowest levels since last spring, Parkland Memorial Hospital closed its COVID-19 intensive care units on Tuesday and the county lowered its threat level for the first time in more than five months. About two dozen COVID-19 patients still were being treated at the hospital, but the closure of the units dedicated …

A zebra at the Dallas Zoo has died after being found injured in the Giants of the Savanna exhibit. The zoo said Tuesday that Keeya, a 6-year-old Hartmann’s mountain zebra, was found unresponsive Monday after suffering a head injury. Keeya, 6, had a silly side that was often on display, the zoo said.(Dallas Zoo) None of the zoo’s employees witnessed …