The Sindh government on Friday clarified that no vaccination centre had been closed in the province, including Karachi, despite a shortage of vaccines, adding however that the timings of some centres had been curtailed as the province awaits its stocks to be replenished. In response to queries regarding reports of vaccine shortages and closures of centres, Chief Minister Syed Murad …

Pakistan is fast losing its traditional nesting sites for sea turtles, posing further threats to the already endangered species, experts say. Female turtles lay their eggs on beaches between October and February, and the eggs hatch in about 60 days. Pakistan has lost 25-30 per cent of the nesting ground for green turtles over the past decade, according to Adnan …

Arlington has recorded 44,236 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Tarrant County Public Health Department. The city has also had 690 deaths and 43,217 recoveries. Currently, 21 Arlington residents are hospitalized with the virus, according to the city. The numbers bring the county’s case total to 262,253 — 219,206 confirmed and 43,047 probable. The …

WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Texas lawmakers to the White House on Wednesday, celebrating a brash victory in a late night walkout that derailed one of the GOP’s most aggressive efforts to rewrite state-level election rules since Donald Trump’s defeat. “You are courageous leaders and American patriots,” she told the group in the Roosevelt Room, just off the …

Irving has recorded 252 COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic, and cases climbed to 28,702, making it among the hardest-hit cities in Dallas County. Newly reported cases bring the county’s overall case total to 305,118 — 261,990 confirmed and 43,128 probable. The death toll is 4,106. “With the official start to summer kicking off this weekend, the …

As Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar began his speech in the National Assembly on Friday in response to the opposition’s severe criticism of the budget, Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif began making his way out of the assembly, prompting the minister to challenge him to stay and hear him out. Azhar was speaking after Bilawal delivered a stinging speech …

Friday will be very warm and mostly sunny to end the work week. The dry, very warm weather pattern will continue through the weekend. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s with a heat index around 100. The lack of any significant wind has prompted the issuance of an Air Quality Alert Friday for parts of North Texas …

Dallas police are investigating a homicide after the death of a beating victim. Officers were called about 12:30 a.m. June 9 to the 500 block of Griffith Avenue, near West Clarendon Drive and South Adams Avenue in north Oak Cliff, where they found 32-year-old Ashley Uresti suffering from blunt-force trauma. An incident report said the victim had a swollen, bloody …

A woman stabbed two children Thursday afternoon in South Dallas, killing a 6-year-old girl, police say. Officers responded about 1:50 p.m. to a home in the 2900 block of Frazier Street, near Spring Avenue, where the woman had attacked a boy and a 6-year-old girl. A woman who witnessed the stabbings ran to alert a neighbor, police spokesman Senior Cpl. …