TAIPEI - Taiwan Sunday sent four coastguard and naval vessels to strengthen patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coastguards."The government is determined to protect our fishermen," cabinet spokeswoman Cheng Li-wen ...

LAHORE - Following the directives of Chief Minister Najam Sethi, Punjab Police beefed up the security of Sharif family on Sunday. Additional force had been deputed with PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and their family for the security reasons. The chief minister had also directed the ...

SIALKOTThe disqualification of joint candidate of PML-Q and PPP Chaudhary Maqsud Ahmed Sulehriya for being defaulter of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), has increased the chances of the PML-N candidate’s victory in constituency NA-114.After being disqualified by the LHC, the joint candidate ...

lahore - The Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) has strengthened the institutional role of farmers organizations in the irrigation sector reforms and this has helped to curtail non-developmental expenditures, said PIDA General Manager Mian Maqbool Ahmad while presiding over a ...

london Gold prices retreated as the dollar strengthened but the metal was underpinned near the 6-1/2 month high it hit earlier after the BoJ became the latest central bank to announce a fresh round of bullion-friendly monetary easing. The metal climbed sharply last week after the Fed unveiled a ...

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee were falling in southern Louisiana and pelting the Gulf Coast on Saturday as the storm's center trudged slowly toward land, where businesses were already beginning to suffer on what would normally be a bustling holiday weekend. The storm could bring up to 20 ...