Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood said on Tuesday that compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) outside Cambridge exam centres was “poor”, adding that the issue would be discussed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). “Permission to hold exams was conditional on strict SOP observance. As more reports have come in, it is obvious that outside …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Tuesday that a special committee of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was monitoring the oxygen situation in the country and trying to improve it. He made the comments during a press conference in Islamabad to apprise the public about the government’s steps to deal …

Two Dallas City Council members received a windfall of campaign contributions after Mayor Eric Johnson endorsed competitors in each of those races, new campaign finance records show. Incumbents Jaime Resendez and Adam Bazaldua handily outraised their opponents during the latest reporting period — pulling in about half their total contributions in the 72 hours after the mayor endorsed two of …

Our weather pattern becomes more unsettled the rest of the week as rain chances increase. Tuesday will be mild and breezy with a low chance of storms by afternoon and evening. Highs will be around 80. Much higher rain chances are showing up for Wednesday and Thursday. Thunderstorms will bring good soaking rain to North Texas those two days. It’s …

Dallas County reported nine more COVID-19 deaths and 322 new coronavirus cases Monday. The latest victims were five Dallas residents: a man in his 40s, two men in their 50s, and a man and a woman in their 60s; two Irving residents: a man in his 50s and a woman in her 90s; a Carrollton woman in her 90s; and …

A New Year’s Eve fire at Hutchins BBQ has halted business at the McKinney landmark for five months. Now, owners of the restaurant are estimating they will return to the pit sometime in July. “They feel good about estimating that repairs will take another two months,” said Rebecca de Haro, a publicist for the restaurant, on Monday. The fire was concluded …

WASHINGTON — Texas gained a modest two congressional seats in the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau announced Monday, making it the big winner nationwide but dashing expectations that torrid growth in the last decade would yield at least three more seats. Texas’ official population now stands at 29,145,505, up 15.9% since the last census. That’s 3,999,944 new Texans — more …

A Dallas police officer shot a dog Monday to prevent it from attacking a child in southeast Oak Cliff, police said. Police were called shortly before 4 p.m. to the 4000 block of South Denley Drive, near South Lancaster and Fordham roads, where the dog was attempting to attack a 10-year-old. The dog charged at an officer who arrived at …

One person was fatally wounded in a shooting in Duncanville on Monday afternoon, police said. Police said they were called shortly after 1 p.m. about “a potential disturbance” in the 1100 block of Explorer Street, near South Santa Fe Trail and Cedar Hill Road, between two people who were not at the location at that time. The officers were rerouted …

Congressional candidate and former pro wrestler Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer has made a name for himself with robust pro-Second Amendment and anti-big government beliefs, but critics say one digital fundraising appeal might go too far. In a fundraising page where he is brandishing an assault rifle and walking towards a helicopter, Rodimer calls on voters to “strip power from the federal government” …