• Region may be given Punjab’s 32pc govt job quota • Five devolved departments to be run from Lahore LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has given the nod to a plan envisaging development of south Punjab as a separate “administrative zone” in the province with an all-powerful secretariat to tackle issues ranging from lack of resources to under-representation of the …

Remittances from Pakistani workers employed abroad exceeded $2 billion for the 10th consecutive month in March at $2.7 billion — up 43 per cent from a year earlier, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. Proactive policy steps by the government and the SBP to spur inflows through formal channels, combined with limited cross-border travel, medical expenses and …

• 5,050 more people contract virus • PMA seeks walk-in vaccination facility, special service for bedridden, handicapped ISLAMABAD: While the country reported the highest number of single-day deaths since June last year, 5,050 more people contracted Covid-19 on Sunday. The number of critical patients reached all-time high of 4,920 and that of active cases crossed 70,000 mark. According to data …

The Central Executive Committee of the PPP has asked all the party members to resign from their positions in the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Making the announcement at a press conference after the conclusion of the crucial CEC meeting on Monday, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said no party “should try and impose their will and dictation on any …

Four people are competing for outgoing City Council member Lee Kleinman’s seat in northern Dallas’ District 11, where residents’ political views range from one end of the spectrum to the other. Now that Kleinman is ineligible to run for a fifth term, the spot is one of three open nonpartisan seats that could shift the balance on the City Council, …

An impressive warm-up is expected again today with a high in the mid 80s (about 10 degrees above normal). Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy. Late in the day, a few thunderstorms may develop to the southwest of DFW ahead of a cold front. Some of these could pose a threat for hail and high winds. They could roll …

AUSTIN – Democratic state Sen. Royce West of Dallas was making a point. The number of prosecutions for voter fraud cases in the state of Texas is low. In its 15 years of existence, the Texas Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit has prosecuted a few dozen cases in which offenders received jail time, but none of them involving widespread fraud. …

If George P. Bush challenges incumbent Ken Paxton in the GOP primary for Texas attorney general, it will reveal whether he’s the last of a fading political dynasty or the rising star capable of beating a Donald Trump-era incumbent who’s steeped in controversy. Last week Bush told conservative radio talk show host Mark Davis that he is considering challenging Paxton — the …

Education leaders are desperate to quantify how much the COVID-19 pandemic has hampered students’ learning, saying that’s a key step in figuring out how to catch kids up. They hope the STAAR test gives them an idea. But the student data stemming from this pandemic year will come with several caveats, namely because thousands of students won’t take the test …

The Parker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two men after their bodies were found in an abandoned school Sunday evening. Weatherford police received two separate calls on its non-emergency line about one or more people who were at an unidentified abandoned school with possible gunfire, authorities said. The second call was transferred to the Parker County Sheriff’s …