ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the advocate general for Punjab on a contempt petition for not implementing its March 25 order for the restoration of local government institutions in the province, after their dissolution had been declared unconstitutional. A three-judge SC bench, headed by the chief justice of Pakistan, took up the contempt petition moved …

Covid-19 vaccinations have been made mandatory for educational staff in order to ensure the safe continuation of the education sector, according to a press release issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday. The decision was taken in a meeting of the NCOC chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and National …

DHAKA: Sri Lanka head coach Mickey Arthur said on Thursday that stars Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne could make a return to the squad, despite their axing as players wrangle with the national board over wages. Sri Lanka left Mathews, Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and senior players behind for their three One-day Internationals in Bangladesh. Players are refusing to sign new …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble under …

The COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Dallas’ Fair Park will shut down by August, according to County Judge Clay Jenkins. Dallas County’s chief elected official said Friday the vaccine hub would close after Aug. 1 due to the end of the county’s contract to use the site and to allow preparation for the State Fair of Texas in late September. …

AUSTIN — The temperature in Austin this week hit 91 degrees. After the city was blanketed with an early morning, hot mist on Wednesday, it felt more like 96 by mid-afternoon. Inside the state Capitol, where the thermostat hovers around a cool 70 degrees, Rep. Carl O. Sherman was contemplating the Day of Judgment. When Jesus returns, the pastor said, citing Scripture, he …

WASHINGTON — Republicans used the Senate’s filibuster rules to quash creation of an independent, bipartisan commission to probe the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, with Texans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz eagerly joining that effort. The vote to overcome the filibuster was 54-35, short of the 60 needed. A half-dozen Republicans joined Democrats voting to move forward with the …

Expect a mix of sun and clouds on Saturday. A few showers or isolated storms will be possible across Central Texas, otherwise, the unofficial start of summer will feel unofficial. Temperatures both days this weekend will be several degrees below normal with highs in the upper 70s. The normal high for late May is in the upper 80s. Much of …

It had all the buzz and excitement of a political convention, except that the next presidential election is still a few years away. That didn’t matter for many of those who on Friday attended opening festivities of the For God & Country Patriot Roundup conference at the city-owned Omni Dallas Hotel. They didn’t care that the nation had elected Joe …