PESHAWAR: Five lawyers have moved the Peshawar High Court against the growing landmine explosions in the merged tribal districts, especially South Waziristan, and sought orders for the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to demine the region and compensate the families of blast victims. In the joint petition, Sajjad Ahmad Mehsud and four other lawyers from former Federally Administered Tribal Areas …

PESHAWAR: Following the repeated court notices, Prime Minister Imran Khan has filed his reply to a defamation suit of former MPA Fauzia Bibi against him, insisting the lawsuit is based on mala fide intent and ulterior motives and therefore, it should be dismissed. In the response, the prime minister insisted that the news conference he addressed about horse-trading in the …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court expressed dismay over the dilapidated condition of Balochistan Highway on Wednesday and summoned a report from the National Highway Authority (NHA) about maintenance of the country’s major arteries. A three-judge Supreme Court bench, consisting of Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Naqvi, made the observation after …

Tamara Warren posted her multicolored Pride Month wreath on multiple Facebook buy-sell-trade pages last weekend. Never did the Chicago-area native think for a second it would spark negative responses. “I did not anticipate all of the hate that came from posting a wreath,” Warren said. On the Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville, Coppell Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook group, more than 180 comments have popped up …

Donald Parish Jr. wants a second chance at winning a seat on the Dallas City Council — and is asking the state’s highest court to stop the city from closing the book on his request. The pastor came in third during last month’s general election to represent South Dallas’ District 7, missing the runoff by 28 votes. But in a legal …

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who is visiting the Dallas area this week as part of his statewide tour to promote voting rights, warned Asian Americans should beware of legislation that he says seeks to suppress the voting rights of Blacks and other minority groups. The Texas Senate passed a bill in the recently ended session that would have limited early-voting hours, …

A man died after a stabbing Tuesday evening outside Plano Bazaar, and police said a suspect was in custody. The stabbing was reported just after 6 p.m. in the parking lot at Jupiter Road and 14th Street. The victim, whose name has not been released, had been stabbed multiple times and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time …

A man was fatally shot in northeast Dallas on Tuesday evening, police said. Officers were called about 6:45 p.m. to the 8600 block of Park Lane, near Fair Oaks Avenue, where a shooting had been reported. The victim was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Police said a suspect was in custody. Neither the victim’s nor the suspect’s name …

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 …