Tag: Houston
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Texas: 8 killed in a stampede during concert
During a concert in Texas, eight people were killed and several others were injured in a stampede. Eight people have been killed in a stampede during a music festival in Houston, Texas, foreign media reports quoted local police as saying. Local officials said the incident took place during the Astro World Festival in NRG Park…
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Baaghi Special Report: An Anecdotal Account of the Pakistani Community Facing the Texas Storm
This Baaghi TV special report is an anecdotal account of the Pakistani community facing the recent Texas storm.
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Power gradually restored but hundreds of households remain without electricity
Houston, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Power was gradually being restored but hundreds of thousands of households remained without electricity early Thursday across Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some facing water shortages as a deadly winter cold spell that pummeled the southeastern part of the country headed east. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued…
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Beijing expresses dissatisfaction over US officials’ entry into its consulate in Houston
BEIJING, July 25 (APP):China on Saturday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition after the US law enforcement officers forcibly entered its Consulate General in Houston. “China has expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the US’s forced entry into the Chinese Consulate General in Houston, and has lodged solemn representations. China will make a proper…
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China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in retaliation to Houston closure
ISLAMABAD, July 25 (online): China has officially ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu in an expected retaliation against the ordered closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston earlier this week. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China notified the U.S. Embassy in China that China has decided to…
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China asks USA to close its Consulate General in Chengdu
China has asked USA to close its Consulate General in Chengdu.
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Industrial explosion kills two, wrecks houses in Houston, Texas
Houston, Jan 25 (AFP/APP): A large industrial explosion killed at least two people in the US city of Houston early Friday, shattering windows and damaging homes as shocked residents emerged to survey the destruction. Police chief Art Acevedo said two fatalities were confirmed after the pre-dawn blast at a manufacturing firm scattered debris half a…
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Large explosion rocks Houston, houses damaged
Houston, Jan 24 (AFP/APP): A large explosion shook the US city of Houston, Texas, early on Friday morning, with shocked residents woken before dawn as houses were badly damaged and glass windows blown in. The Houston Fire Department said one person had been taken to hospital as firefighters, emergency services and police rushed to the…
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Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner invites PM Imran to visit Texas
ISLAMABAD, 26th July: The Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner has invited Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Houston in September. In a video message posted on twitter, by the Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, the mayor can be heard saying: “This is Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston, Texas. I sincerely, would welcome…