KARACHI: The federal government has removed all financial and technical hurdles in the way of the construction of the 306-kilometre-long Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway, which is being described as the biggest project in the development package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan for Sindh last month. A recent meeting of the Public-Private Partnership Authority chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development & …

PESHAWAR/MARDAN: Coronavirus claimed 42 more lives and 787 new cases were detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday as the weeklong lockdown ended in Mardan after slump in infectivity level of virus in the district where positivity for virus declined after imposition of restrictions. Amid three wave of the pandemic, which has so far killed 3,392 persons and infected 1,20,064 others …

SIALKOT/LAHORE: Chief Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik stood up to the `uncivilised’ behaviour of Special Assistant to Chief Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan when she humiliated a woman assistant commissioner in public during her visit to a Ramazan Bazaar in Sialkot on Sunday. As Dr Awan’s video clip went viral on the social and electronic media, the chief secretary issued a …

KARACHI: The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) has rejected all restrictions against Azadari, arguing that the government has the right to ensure implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for prevention of Covid-19 but not to ban religious activities of any community particularly when there was no such bar on election campaigns for the recently held NA-249 seat. “From 19th to 21st Ramazan, …

QUETTA: Differences within the provincial cabinet have intensified despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to Quetta and his talks with Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and head of parliamentary party of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind. The chief minister, who has been facing criticism from Education Minister Sardar Rind, in his latest …

• Vaccination of people aged 40-49 begins today • 113 succumb to virus, over 4,000 get infected • Fafen calls for strategic approach to cover gaps ISLAMABAD: In a bid to prevent possible arrival of new Covid-19 variants, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to enhance protocols on borders with Iran and Afghanistan by regulating inbound …

Estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen said on Monday that the group of PTI lawmakers backing him had had a good meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan where they expressed their reservations and were assured of justice. Speaking to the media in Lahore, Tareen said: “As far as the meeting of our people with the prime minister [is concerned], it went very well. …

A 35-year-old man was found fatally shot in the face Sunday morning in Far East Dallas, police say. Authorities were dispatched about 9 a.m. for a health and welfare check along Interstate 30 near North Buckner Boulevard. They found Francisco Villanueva Rodriguez on the ground with a single gunshot wound in an alley behind a strip club, but police said …

Attorney Jim Ross will face former council member and minister Michael Glaspie in a June 5 runoff for Arlington mayor, according to Saturday’s unofficial election results. Ross won 47.39% of the total votes, with Glaspie coming in second with 21.12%, both short of the 50% required to avoid a runoff. The candidates, along with five others, were vying to replace …

Across the state, 1,307 more COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday, including 1,264 new ones and 43 older ones that were recently added by labs. The state also reported 25 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 49,303. The state’s case total is now 2,888,020, including 2,473,679 confirmed and 414,341 probable. There are 2,594 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 449 in …