LAHORE: Coming up with more “evidence” against some members of the federal cabinet allegedly involved in the Rawalpindi Ring Road scam, the opposition PML-N’s senior leadership on Wednesday demanded constitution of a judicial commission comprising apex court judges to probe the matter. Alleging that Rs40bn corruption had been committed in the ring road project, the PML-N says the Imran Khan …

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that all mafias have joined hands to get NRO, reiterating his resolve that he would not grant reprieve to anyone. He was speaking at a ceremony held to inaugurate a low-cost housing colony for labourers and industrial workers here on Wednesday. Khyber Pakhtun­khwa Governor Shah Farman, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, ministers and parliamentarians …

A man was fatally shot in Fort Worth on Monday. Police were called just after 6 p.m. to the 1700 block of East Robert Street, near South Riverside Drive. According to an incident report, a 911 caller reported that someone had shot a man at a nearby park. The shooting victim was pronounced dead from a gunshot to his head. …

Seeking an end to outrageous electricity bills that hit some Texans after February’s winter storm, the Legislature has advanced bills this session that would limit wholesale index products like those sold by Griddy Energy and other providers. Under a wholesale index plan, customers’ rates are variable and depend on the real-time market price of electricity. For this reason, when peak …

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board candidate Shannon Braun’s campaign has drawn support from some big names: her brother and sister-in-law, Chip and Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper fame. Braun and incumbent trustee Mindy McClure are competing in a June 5 runoff for a seat on the board. Braun, a community volunteer, received 47.9% of the vote in a three-way race in the May 1 …

A Benbrook Middle-High School senior has died after being found with a severe head injury in Tarrant County, and authorities say his death was a homicide. Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies were called about 3:15 a.m. Monday to the 5100 block of Ben Day Murrin Road, in an unincorporated area near U.S. Highway 377 and Crowley Plover Road, where a disturbance …

The national outcry over efforts to foster diversity and inclusion initiatives in schools has added fuel to a heated Grapevine-Colleyville ISD runoff election. The incumbent, Mindy McClure, said she is fighting a campaign of “misinformation” from her opponent, community volunteer Shannon Braun. Braun and her supporters have said the district is aiming to teach critical race theory, an academic framework …

A reader in Garland asked Curious Texas, a project from The Dallas Morning News that allows you to join in on the reporting process, about the status of the new Garland ISD natatorium. Faith Lee said she is a senior citizen looking to get back into swimming as a hobby. “Although I have not swam for a long time, I would really like to …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott almost certainly will not have to call lawmakers back to Austin to help him decide how to spend tens of billions of federal COVID-19 relief money in the next two years. Nor would school districts be assured that some $16 billion of federal pandemic aid, approved by Congress for Texas schools in December and March, …

The sister of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman fatally shot by a white Fort Worth police officer in 2019, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit over the 28-year-old’s slaying. The lawsuit against former Officer Aaron Dean, former police Chief Ed Kraus, Mayor Betsy Price and the city of Fort Worth was filed Wednesday in federal court. It lists Ashley Carr as …