ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has urged the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to issue a verdict on the presidential power of promulgating frequent ordinances since the matter could not be resolved politically in the parliament. While hearing the petition filed by PML-N lawmaker Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha against the issuance of frequent ordinances, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had …

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to expand its stricter coronavirus-related standard operation procedures (SOPs) to 27 cities citing the pressure on healthcare system. On August 2, the NCOC had revised its SOPs for 13 cities namely Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan in Punjab; Peshawar and Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Karachi and Hyderabad in Sindh; Islamabad; Muzaffarabad and …

BAJAUR: A man was killed and four others were wounded in separate road accidents in different areas of the Bajaur tribal district on Saturday, Rescue 1122 officialsand residents said. They said that the first accident occurred near the Sadiqabad town when a speeding vehicle hit a motorcyclist on the Khar-Peshawar Road. They said that the victim identified as Abdul Basit, …

A 17-year-old died and four people were injured late Friday in a single-car crash on Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie, police say. The driver lost control of the car and hit a guardrail on the interstate near State Highway 161, police said. All five occupants were hurt in the crash and were taken to a hospital. A 17-year-old passenger, Derrick …

The Texas Department of Transportation announced Friday that it would terminate a tollway operation contract with New York-based tech giant IBM, citing “continued challenges” with the company’s newly implemented system for toll transactions. TxDOT announced in 2019 that it had awarded the company a four-year contract to “develop, implement, host and maintain” software for the transactions, according to KXAN-TV. The department …

Four people were wounded, two of them critically, in separate shootings overnight Friday less than two miles from each other in Far East Dallas, police say. Officers who were called Friday night to the 2300 block of Charles Street, near Ferguson Road and I-30, found two men who had been shot. Both men, whose names were not released, were taken …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help to find two people who are suspected of shooting a man Thursday in northwest Dallas. Investigators have released photos of the two suspects. Police say the man was shot repeatedly at 3:45 a.m. on Walnut Ridge Street near Interstate 35E. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital …

As violence in Afghanistan continues, protesters in downtown Dallas called upon the U.S. to provide more help to people who are trying to escape the South Asian country. Members of Afghan Unity DFW gathered Saturday at Civic Garden to march as they chanted in support of the South Asian country and held signs denouncing the Taliban and calling for peace. …

The city’s Department of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization is moving forward with the sale of a property on Bexar Street by recommending the nonprofit BridgeBuilders to take over the development. The recommendation, made in a Housing and Homeless Solutions committee meeting earlier this week, will be forwarded to the full City Council for a vote on Sept. 22. This property …

A man drove into a house in Buckner Terrace late Wednesday after being fatally shot, Dallas police said. Officers got a call about a shooting just after 11 p.m. in the 5200 block of Everglade Road, near Samuell Boulevard and North Jim Miller Road. The driver of a white 1997 Ford Taurus had crashed into a home on the block, …