ISLAMABAD: The ‘forced’ retirement of dozens of senior bureaucrats is likely to be put on hold — at least for the time being — as the establishment division has expressed willingness to review the cases recommended for ‘directory retirement’ in the light of restraining orders of superior courts. The issue was taken up by the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Division here …

MUZAFFARABAD: The Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has allotted symbols to as many as 32 political and religious parties for the July 25 general elections. A notification to this effect was issued by commission’s secretary Sardar Mohammad Ghazanfar here on Friday. Prominent among the registered parties were the regional chapters of PML-N, PPP and PTI, which had …

ISLAMABAD: With lockdown restrictions easing, a slight increase in the Covid-19 positivity ratio was seen in the capital as it reached 3.7pc on Friday from 1.9pc reported on Thursday. As many as 37 people recovered from the disease. Officials of the capital administration said 73 new cases emerged against the 1,956 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. On Thursday, …

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa on Saturday said there was a need to bring the remotest regions of the country in line with developed areas as per the prime minister’s vision. Speaking to media persons in Hoshab, Balochistan, the CPEC chairman was providing updates on the progress of various development projects in the area. He said …

Bishop T. D. Jakes has served as advisor to presidents and led global humanitarian efforts, but as senior pastor of The Potter’s House, the non-denominational multicultural church he founded in southern Dallas, he has a call to action for the city he loves. He’d like city leaders coming together and “sitting all different types of people around the table so …

When Robert Miller noticed his blue recycling bin still about halfway full on his June 15 collection day, the Dallas resident didn’t think much of it. One day passed. Then two. Before long, it stretched to seven. The trash kept getting picked up, but the recycling bin remained full. So Miller, 32, and his partner filled at least two trash …

Dallas County reported four more COVID-19 deaths and 154 new coronavirus cases Friday. The latest victims were three Dallas women, in their 20s, 50s and 70s, and a Grand Prairie man in his 50s. All four had underlying high-risk health conditions. County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that the safety and efficacy of vaccines reminded him of …

cr The third suspect in the slaying of a Sachse man found dead in his home last month has been arrested. Brandon Duepree Dale, 40, was taken into custody Thursday in Dallas, Sachse police said. He was booked into the Collin County jail on a capital murder charge, with bail set at $1 million. Police were called the evening of June …

The House of Representatives passed an amendment Wednesday that would ban the transportation of horses across state lines or to Canada and Mexico to slaughterhouses for human consumption. According to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the amendment, part of the larger INVEST in America transportation infrastructure bill the House passed Thursday, would effectively ban horse slaughter nationwide. Before it can become law, the …

Tom Plaskett, the former American Airlines executive who helped create the carrier’s frequent flier program, died last week at the age of 77, his family said. Plaskett was American’s senior vice president of marketing before leaving to take the CEO job at Houston-based Continental Airlines, and he later led the failing Pan American Airways through its last days as an …