KARACHI: That’s 21st century Karachi for you: from scorching and suffocating heat to gusty and dusty winds … in the blink of an eye. On Monday, citizens bore the brunt of the hottest day of the ongoing year, and news was that similar weather was likely to continue for one more day. On Tuesday afternoon, while it was still pretty …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has posted the final results of the 6th Population and Housing Census 2017 on its website, according to which the country’s total population stands at 207.68 million, with an annual growth rate of 2.4 per cent. The population includes 106.018m males, 101.344m females and 321,744 transgender persons. “The Council of Common Interests (CCI) …

Estranged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen dispelled on Wednesday reports of a split in the ruling party, even as he maintained that PTI lawmakers from “his group” would be raising their voices in the Punjab Assembly against what he called “acts of revenge” by the provincial government. Tareen, who was addressing media persons outside the Lahore High Court (LHC), …

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan presented the prototype of an electronic voting machine (EVM) at the Parliament House on Wednesday. Speaking to the media, Awan said that there are five proposed EVM models; three have been imported and two others are being manufactured in Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported. He …

Richardson has reported 6,122 cases of the coronavirus and 109 deaths, according to the most recent information available from Dallas and Collin counties. The Department of State Health Services has posted information about when and where Texas residents can get a vaccine. Shots are now open to all adults. For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine, go here. Coronavirus cases Case reporting …

More than a dozen North Texans have been arrested on charges in connection with the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. They are among more the scores of people across the country who have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the mob assault on the building, and the FBI has said more arrests are expected. In a briefing …

AUSTIN — Texas would require weatherization of electrical generating plants and some natural gas wells and related pipelines and compressors under a compromise bill that House leaders unveiled Tuesday. But in a concession to the oil and gas industry, a revised omnibus electricity measure would reduce how many natural gas facilities must be upgraded. A newly created interagency “supply chain …

A local initiative will send at least $1 million worth of personal protective equipment to India amid a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths in the country. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Tuesday that a partnership between his office and the nonprofit Dallas Foundation is going to send masks, medical gloves and other supplies to Jaipur, a city of 3 …

Dallas County reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths and 72 new coronavirus cases Tuesday. In a written statement, County Judge Clay Jenkins lamented that Gov. Greg Abbott had issued an executive order preventing almost every government agency, including school districts, from requiring masks, saying that the order deviated from the CDC’s guidance for unvaccinated people. “Private businesses are free to set reasonable …

Floodwaters from Sundays storms caused thousands of dollars in damage to the Mill-Again Stables in Plano, but no people or horses were injured. Rain was falling all day Sunday but when a downpour broke out around 2:30 p.m., the banks of Brown Branch Creek overflowed and water surged onto the property, said owner Candee Carlson. “It was pouring buckets of water,” Carlson …