HENRYETTA, Okla. — Troy Aikman came to his beloved hometown Friday with big news. The Pro Football Hall of Famer and Fox Sports broadcaster is bringing Blake Shelton and a star-spangled lineup of country music to town next summer for a one-day music festival. All proceeds from “Troy Aikman’s Highway to Henryetta,” slated for June 11, will provide much-needed funding …

LAHORE: Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan has said that the government is fully aware of the sufferings of people caused by inflation and working hard to provide maximum relief to them by taking sustainable steps. The premier was earlier briefed on price control measures, development schemes and law and order at a meeting with Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar during his …

Balch Springs residents can get a COVID-19 vaccination Saturday at the Together We Vaccinate event, hosted by state Reps. Toni Rose and Rhetta Bowers. The clinic is part of Project Unity’s efforts to vaccinate a community that falls behind others in Dallas County in vaccination rates. As of Oct. 15, 69% of Balch Springs residents had at least one shot …

QUETTA: Four members of the Balochistan Assembly, who had been missing for the last two days, on Friday night said they were in Islamabad and would return to Quetta on Saturday (today). A video released by the MPAs shows them sitting together. They said, “We are part of Qudoos Bizenjo group and will remain with it.” They denied that they …

Former champions India and Pakistan will face off on Sunday in a Twenty20 World Cup blockbuster in Dubai and the buzz around the game underlines the enduring appeal of the matchup between the subcontinent’s feuding neighbours. India captain Virat Kohli and Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam have called it just another game, but that is clearly not the case. The nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to …

KARACHI: Day three of the opening-round action in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy solely belonged to a trio of batters for obvious reason. With his Pakistan days now seemed behind him, Khur­ram Manzoor continues to make headlines with the bat. And Friday was no different either. The 34-year-old opening batter not only registered a 29th first-class century but his workmanlike 413-minute innings …

SHARJAH: Debutants Namibia reached the main draw of the T20 World Cup for the first time by beating Ireland by eight wickets on Friday, becoming the final team to qualify for the Super 12s. World number 19 Namibia, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, chased down their modest target of 126 with skipper Gerhard Erasmus making an unbeaten 53. “We …

LAHORE: The provincial dengue cases in Punjab have raised alarms as Saturday witnessed 546 new infections of the mosquito-borne disease in the last 24-hour period. Provincial health secretary, Imran Sikandar Baloch, has said that yesterday 361 dengue fever cases were reported in Lahore. Yesterday the viral disease claimed four lives across Punjab increasing the death toll by dengue fever in …

Shares of Snap Inc plunged on Friday, dragging down other ad-dependent tech firms, after the photo messaging app owner warned of a prolonged hit from Apple Inc’s privacy changes on iOS devices. Snap shares were down nearly 20% at $60.8 before the bell, on track to open at a near three-month low. Shares of Facebook, Google parent Alphabet Inc and …