Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away in Islamabad on Sunday morning at the age of 85. He was given a state funeral at Faisal Mosque, while his burial is to be held at H-8 graveyard. According to Radio Pakistan, he was admitted to a local hospital where his health deteriorated early morning. PTV said that he died after being transferred to …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pak­is­tan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government to present details of its talks with the International Mone­tary Fund (IMF) before parliament, prior to taking any final decision. Talking to Dawn on Saturday, PPP central Punjab president Raja Pervez Ashraf asked the government to apprise the nation about conditions being imposed by the IMF for …

LAHORE: Opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance leaders Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Shehbaz Sharif have said that fresh polls must be held at once to steer the country out of crises. “It’s a demand of the PDM and other (political forces) that fresh elections be called in the country immediately. Only transparent fresh polls will pave the way for the …

Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, hail and potentially tornadoes into North Texas on Sunday night and Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday morning will be dry but a cold front will move through the Dallas-Fort Worth area that evening, bringing a chance for severe thunderstorms after 9 p.m., according to the forecast. Damaging winds will be …

weathe The weekend is continuing the pattern of more hot weather, with highs in the low 90s. It will be rather windy both days this weekend with increasing humidity on Sunday. Although most of the weekend will be rain-free, a storm system will develop northwest of our area on Sunday producing a gusty south wind, and as it moves east, …

AUSTIN — Former President Donald Trump is threatening political consequences for House Speaker Dade Phelan if he doesn’t quickly advance a bill allowing for more audits of the 2020 election. In a statement on Saturday, Trump accused Phelan of not “fighting for the people of Texas.” “If this doesn’t pass soon, we look forward to seeing him in the Texas …

A 56-year-old driver was killed after his pickup crashed and overturned in the White Rock neighborhood early Saturday, Dallas police say. Witnesses said a gray Chevrolet Silverado was going south in the 9900 block of Garland Road, near Peavy Road, about 12:20 a.m. when the driver tried to swerve around another vehicle and sped into the median. The truck then …

AUSTIN — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Allen West has contracted COVID-19 and suspended in-person campaign events as he recuperates. West spokesman Luke Twombly confirmed late Saturday that West, 60, tested positive for the virus. West, who hours earlier tweeted that he had not been vaccinated against coronavirus, disclosed that his wife, Angela, who did receive the vaccine, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. …

A 30-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting after a fight broke out near a Pleasant Grove car wash in Dallas on Saturday morning, police say. Police were dispatched about 4:30 a.m. to the intersection of Lake June and Prairie Creek Roads where they found Gregorio Romero, 30, with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he …

Monterrey, México— La migración masiva de más de 15,000 haitianos a través de Centroamérica hasta la frontera de Texas no fue una coincidencia, sino el resultado de un plan bien organizado por organizaciones de tráfico de personas facilitado a través de las redes sociales, y por abrumadas autoridades mexicanas que miraron para otro lado, según múltiples fuentes incluidos funcionarios del gobierno de Estados Unidos …