The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday lifted the ban on popular video-sharing application TikTok and directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take steps to ensure that “immoral content” is not uploaded to the platform. The court also directed PTA Director General Tariq Gandapur to submit a detailed report at the next hearing scheduled for May 25. Reacting to …

ISLAMABAD: The ongoing tussle between the country’s two major opposition parties on the appointment of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as leader of the opposition in the Senate intensified on Wednesday when the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) declared that it would not accept Shehbaz Sharif as the opposition leader in the National Assembly, if Mr Gilani was not supported by the …

• Active Covid cases cross 50,000 mark for a third time • PM rules out general lockdown • Sindh CM seeks ban on inter-provincial travel ISLAMABAD: As the number of active cases crossed the 50,000 mark for the third time since the pandemic started in February last year, Pakistan on Wednesday received 560,000 more doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China. …

Both incumbents and challengers are vying for seats on the Plano City Council during the May 1 election. Outgoing Mayor Harry LaRosiliere (Place 6) is not seeking reelection because of term limits. He is currently serving his second and final term. A special election is also being held May 1 to fill the unexpired term for Place 7, which council member Lily …

Esophageal cancer has one of the poorest survival rates of any malignancy. Even among patients diagnosed before the disease has spread, fewer than half survive for five years. A new study led by doctors at Dallas’ Baylor University Medical Center found that an immunotherapy drug doubled disease-free survival times for those with operable tumors and lowered the risk of cancer …

Three Carrollton-Farmers Branch teachers are on administrative leave after “derogatory and hurtful” language about Chinese culture was used on a middle school quiz. Joy Lim, a 2018 Carrollton Creekview High School graduate, posted a screenshot to social media of a question that appeared on her sister’s sixth-grade online quiz. The answers to a question about Chinese social norms played off …

Texas A&M University-Commerce is expanding in Dallas as the school plans to take over the top two floors of a building near Northpark Center. John Sharp, the Texas A&M University System Chancellor, announced the expansion on Wednesday noting that the North Dallas site will be the new headquarters for the university’s education and business colleges. “We’ve had our eye on …

McKinney residents seem to have all gotten the same, spring cleaning memo. Due to a surge in yard waste, the city’s contractor, Waste Connections, is currently “about half a day behind on yard waste collections,” the city tweeted Wednesday. The city asks that residents keep yard waste curbside and it will be collected the following day, before 7 p.m. The …

A Tarrant County deputy medical examiner was placed on administrative leave Thursday after numerous mistakes were found during an audit of 41 homicide cases, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. Dr. Marc Krouse.(Courtesy / Digital File_EMAIL) The audit concluded that Dr. Marc Krouse had made errors in at least 27 homicide cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 9 of 2020, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. …

A Texas state trooper had died after he was shot last weekend near Mexia, authorities announced Wednesday. Chad Walker, 38, a married father of a 15-year-old son, twin 7-year-old girls and a 2-month-old daughter, was pronounced dead at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest in Waco, where he had been taken in critical condition after the Friday shooting. “Our …