ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday disclosed that he had written to the president for summoning a joint sitting of parliament for a decision on Sindh’s objection over approval to release official results of the 2017 census by the Council of Common Interests (CCI). The revelation came when the issue of alleged undercounting of Sindh population was raised in …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan was faring better than India economically, adding that the country was now on the path to progress. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the upgradation of the Lodhran-Multan Highway, he said Pakistan and India had similar population density and climate conditions. “But look at the decisions they made and where they are. Compare …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has allowed the mobile phone operators to restore internet services in several areas of Balochistan and Khyber district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the security situation has improved there. After review of security situation by the departments concerned, the ministry of interior has cleared Turbat city, Kech, Awaran, Panjgur, Washuk and Kalat along the highways …

Paxton Smith pulled the folded-up piece of paper from underneath her red graduation robe. It wasn’t the valedictorian speech she originally prepared, the one that was approved by administrators at Lake Highlands High School. Instead, she decided to use her three minutes on stage to decry the so-called heartbeat bill, legislation signed recently by Gov. Greg Abbott that will essentially ban most …

So you think you can create a podcast better than a fifth-grader? Then you haven’t heard Riya Chhaya, a Plano ISD student who promotes acts of kindness and offers tips and information for other kids through her podcast, “Riya’s Ramblings.” The 11-year-old began her podcast about a year ago and has since grown her mission to spread kindness. Riya is …

A woman, a teenage boy and one other person were found shot to death early Tuesday at a west Fort Worth apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said. Fort Worth police were dispatched about 12:15 a.m. to The Life at Westland Estates apartments in the 2900 block of Jonah Drive, not far from South Loop 820, where they found three …

A Grand Prairie High School senior who once promised his mother he would pursue a career in engineering was accepted into 21 universities and colleges and received more than $80,000 in scholarship offers. Ezekiel Oluwemimo will major in civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington this fall, according to a story by KDFW-TV (Channel 4). He graduated from high school …

In the remaining races to decide six Dallas City Council seats in the June 5 runoff, around $800,000 has been both collected and spent since the week before the May 1 general election, according to the latest campaign finance reports. More than half the money raised and spent between April and May has been in Northwest Dallas’ District 13 and …

AUSTIN — Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Wednesday that he is running for Texas attorney general, kicking off what will almost certainly be a no-holds-barred GOP primary between the Bush family scion and embattled incumbent Ken Paxton. “We have a web of corruption and lies that affect one of the highest offices in our land and it’s time for …