RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Mohammad Ali on Saturday expressed concerns over the increasing number of Covid-19 cases and asked the cantonment boards to fully implement the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in ongoing campaigns for the local government elections scheduled to be held on Sept 12. On Saturday, six lives were lost to the virus in the district along with 267 …

ISLAMABAD: A real estate joint venture between the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Intelligence Bureau’s (IB) housing scheme has missed the completion deadline, compelling NAB to mount pressure on IB for handing over the plots to it without further delay. According to documents available with Dawn, the NAB Welfare Cell and the Intelligence Bureau Employees Cooperative Housing Society (IBECHS) during …

LAHORE: A duty judge for a special court (offences in bank) on Saturday expressed his displeasure over the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for its slow pace of investigation in the money-laundering and sugar scam case against Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza. Duty Judge Aslam Gondal regretted that the FIA had written only four …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haq has said that the auction of additional spectrum for the country is scheduled for Sept 16, however no new entrant has applied to participate in the auction. He said that the IT ministry would launch a new social media platform for federal government employees by the end of September, …

Four people were martyred and 20 injured on Sunday in a suicide attack near a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost on Mastung Road in Quetta, Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police Azhar Akram confirmed. He said that 18 of the injured were security officials while two were bystanders, adding that the number of casualties could rise. A suicide bomber on a …

ISLAMABAD: Therapyworks Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tahir Zahoor Ahmed on Saturday said Zahir Jaffer, the alleged killer of Noor Mukadam, was alcoholic but not insane. Addressing a news conference at the National Press Club, Mr Ahmed said during Zahir’s physical examination, which he conducted on his parents’ request, the suspect was found addicted to alcohol. He therefore asked him to …

It’ll be another hot and humid day in North Texas. The normal high temperature at this time of year is 92. But we will be well above that again this afternoon, with highs in the upper 90s and a heat index up to 104. Expect a drop in temperatures by Labor Day as a weak cold front slips into North …

A 26-year-old man last seen walking in west Oak Cliff may be confused and need help, Dallas police said. Daniel Fermin Martinez was last seen around 2 a.m. Friday walking in the 100 block of Mt. Hood Street, near North Cockrell Hill Road and West Jefferson Boulevard, police said. Daniel Fermin Martinez was last seen around 2 a.m. Sept. 3 …

NEW ORLEANS — Full restoration of electricity to some of the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana battered by Hurricane Ida could take until the end of the month, the head of Entergy Louisiana warned Saturday. Ida damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles, more than hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Delta combined, an impact Entergy President and CEO Phillip May called …

The normal high temperature this time of year is 92, but we were well above that again Saturday afternoon, when it reached 97. But we can expect a bit of a drop in temperatures the next few days as a weak cold front slips into North Texas. The front will arrive Sunday with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms possible …