ISLAMABAD: While announcing a second phase of its anti-government campaign, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — an alliance of some opposition parties — decided on Friday to boycott the joint sitting of parliament and join media workers’ protest outside the Parliament House on Sept 13 when President Dr Arif Alvi is scheduled to address the session to mark the fourth …

A Pakistani soldier named Lance Naik Adil Jan embraced martyrdom while on duty during a peacekeeping mission in Sudan, the military’s public affairs wing said in a statement on Saturday. Jan, 38, a member of the Frontier Corps Balochistan, was part of the UN mission in Darfur responsible for the protection of civilians and facilitating humanitarian assistance in the district. …

The detailed work is underway to draft rules that’ll guide businesses through the Biden administration’s aggressive and wide-ranging plan to tamp down the spread of COVID-19 and increase vaccination rates across the U.S. In North Texas, business leaders and workers are moving quickly to interpret what the new order will mean for the COVID-19 protocols in their workplaces. The White House estimates …

Driving into DFW International Airport can seem like a time-consuming aggravation. The booths at the north and south entrances on International Parkway require drivers to line up at booths until the traffic arms rise. Sometimes the arms can take up to 10 seconds to lift, which can feel like ages for drivers who are used to zooming on North Texas’ …

Garland ISD is planning on expanding its virtual learning options, the district announced in a letter to families. This comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Thursday that expands access to virtual learning and makes state funding available for school districts with online programs. The new bill allows Garland ISD to open its ICON Virtual School as an accredited program for kindergarten through …

Allen ISD has no plans to offer virtual learning at this time, the district said. The decision comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Thursday expanding access to virtual learning and making state funding available for school districts with online programs. “As this point in time, there is no plan to offer a virtual learning option. If a decision to offer …

Dallas County reported 16 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,582 new coronavirus cases Friday. The total number of deaths in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties has now surpassed 10,000. The 10,006 deaths in those four counties account for nearly 20% of the state’s toll from COVID-19. One of the latest Dallas County victims was an infant boy, health officials said. …

The Texas Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that closures will affect Interstate 30 traffic in both directions this weekend. Different stretches of eastbound and westbound I-30 will be shut down between State Highway 360 and the Bush Turnpike through 5 a.m. Monday, TxDOT said. The closures will allow crews to demolish a frontage road bridge on northbound SH360 and …

Lindalyn Adams, who was born on July 4 during the Great Depression and who was instrumental in the creation of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, died Wednesday after suffering a stroke. She was 91. Adams was among the Dallas citizens who helped stymie efforts to demolish the Texas School Book Depository, from which the Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey …

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court struck down a Tennessee law on Friday that bars abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Yet a nearly identical ban in Texas remains in effect — in large part because of the novel way the new law outsources enforcement, providing a $10,000 incentive for anyone in the country to sue anyone who “aids …