ISLAMABAD: The federal capital remains the only city out of the 25 major cities having a population of one million to have surpassed the 40pc vaccinated population target set by the government to be achieved by Aug 31. According to data of the district administration, 61pc citizens of Islamabad are either partially or fully inoculated. On the other hand, 321 …

Incidents of violence targetting women are not ‘isolated’ in Pakistan as many blindly argue but the last one month has been particularly distressing with multiple stories coming to the fore. Reacting to one such story shared by journalist Sabin Agha on Twitter, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari called for banning single men from public spaces. “Another harrowing experience – witnessed by police …

Chung Police registered on Monday a first information report (FIR) against a rickshaw driver and another man for gang-raping a woman and her teenage daughter on Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Avenue in Lahore the previous day. The FIR was registered on the woman’s complaint under section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code. According to the FIR, a …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Monday the Afghan Taliban had reassured the government that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would not be given permission to operate in Afghanistan against Pakistan. Responding to a question while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the interior minister said some TTP members such as Maulvi Faqir Mohammad had been released by the Taliban …

American Airlines says it is “proud to fulfill its duty” as one of six U.S. commercial airlines assisting the U.S. military in evacuating refugees fleeing Afghanistan. Starting Monday, the Fort Worth-based carrier will deploy three widebody planes to military bases and other interim waystations on the Arabian Peninsula and in Europe to shuttle U.S. citizens and others. The airlines will …

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A man was fatally shot by Amarillo, Texas, police after opening fire on officers who approached him while looking for a different man on felony drug charges, police said Saturday. George Michael Mireles, 34, died at a hospital where he was taken following Friday’s shooting at an apartment complex, Police Chief Martin Birkenfeld said in a …

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday afternoon, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, but still had sustained winds of about 60 mph and …

At least one person died after a small plane crashed Saturday near Azle, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. The single-engine plane crashed about 9 a.m. near Confederate Park Road and Flying Oaks Airport in Tarrant County, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board confirmed. Wreckage from the Aeronca 7AC airplane was recovered Sunday afternoon, an NTSB spokeswoman said. The FAA and NTSB …

Sunday was another sunny and hot day across North Texas. Although the temperature climbed to the upper 90s, the dew point fell from the low 70s on Saturday to the upper 60s Sunday afternoon. That small drop in the humidity means that the Heat Advisory will not be extended into Monday. This late summer heat will continue throughout the week …

The wife of Republican Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated while her grandson was in the car. Angela West was booked into the Dallas County jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years of age, according to a police report. Allen West said in a …