ISLAMABAD/GILGIT: Bad weather on Sunday hindered operations to rescue the three climbers who have been stuck on Rakaposhi for the last two days after conquering it, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP). Czech climbers Jakub Vicek, Peter Macek and local climber Wajidullah Nagri have been stranded in Camp III on the 7,788-metre-high peak in the Karakoram mountain range …

ISLAMABAD: Protesting against the government’s plan to bulldoze the Pakis­tan Media Development Autho­rity (PMDA) legislation through a joint sitting of parliament, the journalist fraternity began a sit-in outside the Parliament House here on Sunday evening. The protesting journalists marched from the National Press Club and reached outside the Parliament House where they planned to stay overnight, as they said the …

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital reported less than 2,000 weekly cases after a gap of six weeks while Rawalpindi district saw a slight drop in Covid-19 positivity ratio on Sunday. On the other hand, adolescents in the age group of 15 to 17 years have been advised to visit vaccination centres in F-9 Park and Tarlai along with their B Forms …

ISLAMABAD: As the federal capital becomes the first city in the country to achieve the milestone of having more than 50 per cent of its eligible population fully vaccinated and 71pc having received at least one jab, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has called on other cities to follow suit and increase the pace of administering …

ISLAMABAD: As Presi­dent Dr Arif Alvi is due to address a joint sitting of parliament on Monday marking the fourth parliamentary year of the National Assembly, opposition parties have threatened to boycott the session and stage protests in and outside the parliament house. The opposition accuses the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and the NA Speaker Asad Qaiser of violating the …

MIAMI — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm warnings were issued for coastal Texas and the northeast coast of Mexico. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches across portions of …

The Collin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a 79-year-old man who drove away from his home Saturday afternoon. Jerry Smith drove away from his home near Weston around 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 11.(Collin County Sheriff’s Office) Jerry Smith drove away from his home near Weston, Texas, around 3:45 p.m. He shows signs of a cognitive …

On 9/11, Benjamín Salazar, born in New York and raised in Houston, had just moved to New Jersey with his wife and two children. In June 2001, he got a job as a manager at American Express. His office was on the 41st floor of the American Express tower, just across from the World Trade Center. For Julieta Montemayor, it …

Lucía Mendoza hesitated for several months about getting the coronavirus vaccine. But after her brother in Mexico came down with COVID-19, her doctor told her if she didn’t get inoculated, she would become sick too. She decided to overcome her concerns about the shots. As a patient of the Parkland Primary Care Community Clinic in Irving, Mendoza got the encouragement …

A man was arrested on a murder charge early Sunday in connection with the death of a woman who was found inside a Cedar Hill home, police say. Responding officers found the 34-year-old woman’s body about 2 a.m. in the 1000 block or Fieldstone Drive, near Pleasant Run and Joe Wilson roads. The man, John Clark, 60, was discovered lying …