The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday rejected PPP’s Masoodur Rehman Abbasi’s apology for his disrespectful outburst against Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed. The four-judge bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, said it would frame charges against Abbasi in the next hearing, a date for which would be fixed later. The court also appointed the attorney general as the prosecutor …

A rare July cold front is going to move through North Texas early on Friday. This front will bring a scattering of showers and storms as well as a drop in temperatures, but the humidity will remain moderately high. The best chance of showers and storms will be Friday. As the front moves out of North Texas into Central Texas, …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Thursday came down hard on the administration of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) for mishandling a rape case on the campus. Moreover, the committee approved a bill to reduce the tenure of the chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) from four to two years. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Education met at the HEC …

ISLAMABAD: Out patient department (OPD) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Thursday was opened for public. The OPD was closed in February last year for renovation and later it remained closed due to spread of Covid-19. “Finally, renovation has been completed and now patients do not have to wait outside the building in the sizzling heat. Air conditioners …

ISDLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday stressed the need for strengthening cyber security of the country. Addressing the Convocation Ceremony at the National Defence University (NDU) the president said in the past, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed in Iraq based on the fake reports of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). “It is a fact that enmities …

A man who is serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of his 5-year-old cousin confessed to another killing because the victim’s face haunted him in prison, according to courtroom testimony Thursday. Angel Lisandro Sanches Zenteno returned to Dallas County from a state prison to stand trial for capital murder this week for the slaying of Martin Ontiveros, …

Dallas County reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 160 new coronavirus cases Thursday. The latest victims were two Dallas women, in their 60s and 80s, and a Grand Prairie man in his 50s. All three had underlying high-risk health conditions. The “Rambling Redhead” is an Instagram influencer, a wife and mom and star of No Demo Reno. (HGTV) County Judge …

The Humane Society of North Texas will pause dog adoptions and intake of all animals for the next two weeks after dogs in its shelter tested positive for a highly contagious virus disease, the organization announced Thursday. Dogs recently housed in its shelter tested positive for distemper, an incurable and often fatal disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal and central …

Police in Ennis are asking for the public’s help finding an abducted infant they believe to be in grave danger. An Amber Alert has been activated for 7-month-old Miguel Ramirez, who was last seen about 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 900 block of Shawnee Street. Police said the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Faith Reid, and a man went into the home …

Dallas police Chief Eddie García is urging caution from residents this Fourth of July, during what he says is one of the busiest weekends for the department all year. García encouraged all residents to call 911 for any illegal fireworks or gunshots. He spoke during a news conference Thursday. Fireworks are illegal in Dallas and 5,000 feet outside the city …