ISLAMABAD: The country’s civil and military leadership on Thursday vowed to meet all external and internal security challenges vigorously by eliminating re-emerging terrorists and extremist groups through coordinated efforts of all relevant authorities. They also reviewed and revised the National Action Plan (NAP) launched in January 2015 to crack down on terrorism and supplement the anti-terrorist offensive in the erstwhile …

PESHAWAR: Over 50 Afghan artists and musicians have arrived here along with their family members following Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, saying nobody harmed or threatened them on their way to Pakistan. Most Afghan artists and musicians made their way to Peshawar through Chaman, Speen Boldak and other border crossings during past few weeks. A senior Afghan folk artist requesting anonymity …

ISLAMABAD: The city managers have set one month’s deadline for the completion of a hydrological survey of buildings in E-11. A board member of the CDA said the hydrological survey would be conducted within a month as the civic agency was all set to enforce its bylaws in the unregulated sector. “Last month, the federal cabinet authorised us to enforce …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that there was a new reality in Afghanistan, one the world needed to recognise and engage with. The foreign minister made the comments while addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares after holding delegation-level talks. “There is a new reality in Afghanistan. The world must recognise that …

Major Dallas-Fort Worth employers spent Thursday afternoon trying to interpret how a sweeping new vaccine mandate announced by the Biden administration will change their pandemic protocols. As part of the Biden administration’s plan, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is developing a rule that will require companies with more than 100 employees to ensure their workers are either fully vaccinated or …

Last week, Texas Legislature’s Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) also known as the “Heartbeat Act” went into effect banning abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is approximately six weeks into pregnancy. The Heartbeat Act’s enforcement mechanism is not enforced through the state, but rather civil lawsuits. Those who “aid and abet” an abortion after six weeks can be …

A 20-year-old Dallas man has been arrested three months after authorities say he fatally shot a man in a DART station’s parking lot in Pleasant Grove. Julius Lafayette was booked into the Dallas County jail Saturday and faces a murder charge in connection with the death of 18-year-old Tario Coleman. DART police were called about a shooting the morning of …

Grand Prairie authorities are looking for a man who is accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend Wednesday afternoon. Ricardo Nevarez Suarez(Grand Prairie Police Department) Police were called about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment in the 2400 block of West Pioneer Parkway, near South Great Southwest Parkway, where the attack was reported. Officers found 25-year-old Idalis Carrero Magobet in her …

Dallas County reported 19 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,184 new coronavirus cases Thursday. The deaths are the most the county has reported in a single day since mid-April and come as the state announced a one-day death total above 400 for the first time since February. Ten of the Dallas County victims were younger than 60. Compared with previous waves …

For the second year in a row, Dallas Police overtime has become a heated topic at City Hall, with council members narrowly voting on Thursday to transfer nearly a third of it into a reserve fund. This time, there was no talk of “defunding” the police. The slogan emerged during the reform movement that peaked last summer in response to …