GWADAR: Hundreds of women and children staged a rally in the small coastal town of Jewni in Gwadar district on Sunday to protest against the shortage of drinking water. The traders community closed their businesses to support the protest. Women and children gathered in the centre of town and paraded the streets, chanting slogans against the government’s failure to make …

LAHORE: Ending his three-year-long political isolation, ‘disgruntled’ PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will take the oath as Punjab Assembly member when the house will meet after a two-day break on Monday (today). Confirming his decision to take the oath in a statement on Sunday, the politician from Chakri said he made the decision after talking to his constituents and …

HYDERABAD: Two policemen, a private guard of an SHO and a private photographer working with police were killed in an anti-bandit operation in the Garhi Tegho area of Shikarpur district on Sunday. Seven other policemen, including two SHOs, were injured in the shootout between the outlaws and police. “The casualties seem to be the result of planning and tactical errors …

QUETTA: There is no threat to the Balochistan government as Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani enjoys the support of all coalition partners, a spokesman said on Sunday. “Mr Alyani will remain chief minister for the remaining two years and work for the development of this province, which has been ignored by all the previous governments,” Liaquat Shah­wani claimed at …

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and a motorbike at Quetta-Sukkur national highway near the Bakhtiarabad area on Sunday. Levies Force officials said the Quetta-bound car coming from Sheikhupura hit the three people on the bike. “Three people riding the motorbike, including a woman, died on …

LAHORE: A 60-year-old man who had allegedly attempted self-immolation in Samanabad two days ago, succumbed to his burns at a hospital here on Sunday. According to police investigator Farooq Ahmed, the deceased, Naveed, of Paki Thathi area, after developing differences with his family over some issue, attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze at his house. He said the man suffered …

RAWALPINDI: The inquiry into the Rawalpindi Ring Road project scam has slowed down as no progress has been made to probe alleged involvement of members of the ruling party or politicians of the opposition as well as housing societies. The scam emerged before Eidul Fitr. As the controversy deepened, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari resigned from …

ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday “vowed to face all mafias and their rhetoric and reaction” during the “process of their accountability”. A meeting of the PTI’s core committee chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to face reaction of the Jehangir Khan Tareen (JKT) group as it was decided that no NRO-like concession would be granted to any …

More than a thousand people rallied in downtown Dallas on Sunday to call for a free Palestine, part of demonstrations that have arisen worldwide after days of violence that left hundreds dead in Gaza. Protesters rallied at Belo Garden park early Sunday afternoon before marching through downtown, waving Palestinian flags and chanting in Arabic and English: “Justice is our demand! …

AUSTIN — The Texas House late Sunday tentatively approved the session’s main two winter storm bills, which would revamp management of the electric grid and seek to avoid a repeat of February’s disastrous outages by requiring weatherization and improving communications. But weatherization of natural gas wells, processing plants and pipelines only would be demanded if they wind up on an …