RAWALPINDI: As many as 218 people, including 69 members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), have been placed on the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 in the Rawalpindi division by the Punjab home department. According to sources, besides the 69, the names of 39 activists of the TLP have been sent to the Punjab home department to place …

ISLAMABAD: As Covid-19 situation improves in most parts of the world, including Pakistan, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to gradually normalise inbound international air travel, increasing direct flights to 40 per cent from the United Kingdom (UK), Europe, Canada, China and Malaysia. On the other hand, the country continued to record less than 1,000 cases for …

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Monday emphasised that overseas Pakistanis had already been given the right to vote in a Supreme Court decision in 2018 and the ruling PTI government would fulfil Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise to “include them in power in Pakistan”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister of State …

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar disclosed on Monday that a “hostile intelligence agency” was involved in the blast in Lahore’s Johar Town last week in which three people were killed and 24 others injured. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Buzdar said terrorists involved in the blast were arrested in the last four days during raids. The chief minister said that he …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi hopes that Pakistan will soon move out of the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). “We are moving forward according to our national need and not at the behest of anyone else. The steps taken by our government against money laundering and terrorism financing are our national needs.” He said Pakistan was on …

Across the state, 318 more COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday, including 292 new cases and 26 older ones that were recently reported by labs. The state also reported 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 51,199. Of the new cases, 261 were confirmed and 31 were probable. Of the older cases, 20 were confirmed and six were probable. The state’s case …

DENTON, Texas – One person was killed and another was injured in a three-vehicle crash in Denton Sunday morning. The wreck happened just after 9 a.m., on E. University Drive at Trinity Road. There were three vehicles involved, and police said two people were taken to a hospital, where one was later pronounced dead. All eastbound and westbound lanes were closed at …

FLOWER MOUND, Texas – After a second day of searching, crews were able to recover the body of a man who drowned in Grapevine Lake Saturday afternoon. Flower Mound and Grapevine fire departments were joined by Texas Game Wardens in the search. Crews conducted wide sonar scans to find the man’s body. The drowning was reported just after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, when …

Sunday has been a typical summer day in North Texas, with partly to mostly cloudy skies, a high of 93, and a few spotty rain showers and thunderstorms. Those showers should mostly dissipate by 10 pm, and it will be quiet overnight. But the chance for rain increases Monday afternoon and evening. Showers and thunderstorms will be much more numerous. …

A rescue dive team recovered the body of a 63-year-old man in Grapevine Lake Sunday afternoon, more than a day after the man went missing, reported KXAS-TV (NBC5). The man had jumped off a pontoon boat about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to help someone who was swimming without a life jacket, according to NBC5. The man did not resurface, Flower Mound Fire …