Michael Hinojosa’s office, a corner suite at the top of Dallas ISD’s headquarters, already looks like that of a boss who’s left his job. Tidy. Sterile. “That’s how I have to have it,” Hinojosa said. It’d be easy to excuse the superintendent, at the tail end of his 13th year running DISD, for having filled the room with piles of papers, messy bookshelves or overstuffed banker’s boxes — totems that would point to his four-decade education career. But there’s none of that, and certainly no visible sign that within the week, he’ll announce one of the biggest moves in his…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
TEXAS: An FBI Hostage Rescue Team stormed a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday night to free three remaining hostages of a gunman who had disrupted a religious service and began a standoff with police more than 10 hours earlier. All the hostages were safely released on Saturday night and the gunman was dead, Colleyville Police Chief Michael Miller said at a news conference. The gunman had initially taken four people hostage, including the rabbi, at the Congregation Beth Israel, officials said. One hostage was released unharmed six hours later. Local reporters said they heard the sound of explosions, possibly…
PROVIDENCE: Vicky Ostwal picked up five while Raj Bawa bagged four wickets to help India bowl out South Africa for 187 and win their opening match by 45 runs in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup here on Saturday. Set to chase 233, Australian batting line flopped in front of rookie bowling attack of India. Dewald Brevis fought hard with his 65 runs including two sixes and six boundaries. George Van Heerden made 36 including a six and three boundaries. Earlier, Yash Dhull smashed 82 runs laced with 11 boundaries to drive India to post 232 runs. Matthew Boast bagged three wickets…
SYDNEY: Andy Murray’s impressive run ended one win short of a 47th career title when he lost the Sydney Tennis Classic final 6-3, 6-3 to top-seeded Aslan Karatsev on Saturday. The 34-year-old Murray started the week with his first win on Australian soil in more than 1,000 days. The three-time major winner progressed through the rounds to reach his first final since 2019. Karatsev, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals last year after going through qualifying for the season-opening major, was just too good. “First time back in the finals for three years, its been a long road to get…
KARACHI: Pacer Hasan Ali would like to play against a full-strength Australian side when they visit Pakistan for a for a three-match Test and One-day International series as well as a solitary T20 International next month. With the first Test set to be played from March 3 in Karachi, there has been talk about some Australian players willing to opt out of the tour as the side nears their first visit to Pakistan after 1998. Australia skipper Pat Cummins, however, said most of the players, if not all, are expected to feature in the tour, in which the the Test…
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank will assist the Sindh government develop a programme implementation plan for the ‘Sindh Education Impact Bond’ (SEIB) to address specific challenges to improving the quality of education in the province, it was learnt here. The bank has approved a technical assistance that will support the Sindh government explore, validate and subsequently operationalise an ‘Impact Bond’ transaction. The ADB assistance will bring about improved institutional capacity of the provincial government and its key implementation agencies towards developing an understanding of innovation financing approaches for the education sector. The bank had commissioned a high-level feasibility study to…
The government has raised the price of petrol by around Rs3 per litre, according to a notification issued by the Finance Division late on Saturday night. According to the notification, the price of petrol has been increased by Rs3.01, from Rs144.82 to Rs147.83, the price of high speed diesel (HSD) has been raised by Rs3, from Rs141.62 to Rs144.62, the price of kerosene has been jacked up by Rs3, from Rs113.48 to Rs116.48, and the price of light diesel oil (LDO) has been increased by Rs3.33, from Rs111.21 to Rs114.54. The new prices will be effective from January 16 (Sunday).…
KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General Dr Sanaullah Abbasi on Saturday said the agency will approach the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for blocking websites dealing in cryptocurrencies to prevent fraud and possible money laundering. He was talking to the media after holding a meeting with a team of senior officials of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at the Cyber Crime Circle Office. “The SBP officials gave a presentation in the meeting about a regulating mechanism,” said the FIA chief. The SBP team informed the participants of the meeting that the central bank had submitted recommendations recently under the directions…
ISLAMABAD: The present government has introduced “historic reforms” in different sectors, including energy, during the last three years aimed at ensuring sustainable development, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar said on Saturday. Addressing a news conference, he stressed that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Amendment Bill was essential in the wake of “politically motivated damage done to the economy by the finance minister of the last government”. He said the SBP bill would free the central bank from politicised decisions. “The autonomy of the State Bank is very important and the regular boom and bust cycle in Pakistan has…
The founder of Genocide Watch, Dr Gregory Stanton, who had predicted a genocide in Rwanda years before it took place in 1994 has warned of an impending genocide of Muslims in India, comparing the situation of the country under the Narendra Modi government to events in Myanmar and Rwanda. Formed in 1999, Genocide Watch is a global organisation dedicated to the prevention of genocide. Dr Stanton is a former research professor in genocide studies and prevention at the George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Dr Stanton made these remarks during a congressional briefing titled ‘Call For Genocide of Indian Muslims’,…
