ri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has urged Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja to convene an all-party conference (APC) for building consensus on electoral reforms to ensure that future elections in the country are held in a fair and transparent manner and reflect the genuine will …

• Sherry claims countless progressive bills vanished from parliamentary agendas • PTI lawmaker slams former rulers for extravagance ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Friday expressed alarm over its key human rights (HR) bills disappearing in a black hole to emerge in the form of government bills. “A wrong practice is going on for quite some time which is a …

AUSTIN — In an unprecedented move, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed funding for the Texas Legislature on Friday, making good on a threat to withhold lawmakers’ pay after a walkout by Democrats sunk his priority elections bill. “Texans don’t run from a legislative fight, and they don’t walk away from unfinished business,” the Republican governor wrote in a veto message, which …

The Texas Supreme Court has potentially cleared the way for a high-speed rail line, a major legal victory for project advocates that has seemingly ended a five-year battle between them and property owners determined to preserve land rights. The Supreme Court declined Friday to hear the case against private development company Texas Central, which had been working its way through the Texas …

Father Jesús Belmontes is very clear about his goal: He wants to make the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe a sanctuary close to the people, especially to immigrants. Beginning July 1, he will be the new rector of the Cathedral of Guadalupe, the most important church of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. Appointed by Bishop Edward J. Burns, …

A 33-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting in Far East Dallas last month. Franklin R. Simmons was arrested Wednesday and faces a murder charge in the slaying of Dionzhe Wiseman. Police found Wiseman, 25, shot early May 22 at an apartment complex in the 8500 block of La Prada Drive. He was taken to a hospital, where …

The woman accused of murdering her 7-year-old daughter Thursday in South Dallas stabbed the girl more than 30 times, an autopsy found. Troyshaye Mone Hall, 23, faces a capital murder charge in the death of Madison Petry, as well as a charge of aggravated assault in the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy. She has asked for a public defender, according …

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 …

WASHINGTON — Texas congressman Ronny Jackson, who gushed about Donald Trump’s health during a controversial tenure as White House physician, has demanded that President Joe Biden undergo a cognitive test to rule out dementia. But the 78-year-old president got a clean bill of mental health from Russian strongman Vladimir Putin – a former KGB officer who usually relishes the chance …

EL PASO — Border residents will celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday by pushing back against what critics see as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric, dismissing it as mere political theater that endangers their community. “The words by Governor Abbott are very unfortunate because it’s a part of a political game to energize his conservative base by calling for more …