Tag: Jeddah

Jeddah shisha smokers forced out of the Saudi city’s cafes

Smokers of the hubble-bubble water pipe have until Saturday to indulge their fondness for sweet flavored tobacco in Jeddah’s cafes as the Saudi city...

PAF C-130 departs for Jeddah with 73 on board

A Pakistan Air Force PAF C-130 took off for Jeddah with 73 pilgrims on board from PAF Shahra-e-Faisal Base. The pilgrims were seen off by...

PAF HAJJ contingent leaves for Jeddah

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Hajj Contingent comprising 73 pilgrims left for Jeddah from PAF Base Shahra-e-Faisal by C-130. The Contingent was seen off...

PIA pre-haj flight leaves for Jeddah

The PIA pre-haj 2012 first flight PK 2001 from Karachi carrying 503 intending pilgrims took off from the haj terminal for Jeddah at 14:30...

PIA starts Hajj operation

Pakistan International Airlines started Hajj operation as first Hajj flight carrying 329 pilgrims left Quetta airport for Jeddah on Thursday. When PIA flight PK-2801 having...

Smuggling bid of heroin foiled at Lahore airport

The smuggling bid of heroin to Jeddah was foiled at Lahore airport on Sunday. According to details, eight kilograms heroin was recovered from the luggage...

The world according to Nawaz

How will he navigate the choppy waters? Nawaz Sharif, is he really the simpleton he is sometimes portrayed to be in the media? After all,...

Osama’s family leaves for Jeddah

Pakistan deported the family of former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden including his three widows and children to Saudi Arabia through a special...

PIA’s turbulence increases with halted fuel supply

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is going into a tailspin as various fuel vendors have refused to provide fuel at a number of international airports,...

Pilgrim dies in Jeddah as PIA sticks to delays

There was no respite for pilgrims even on the fifth day of the national flag carrier’s post Haj-operation on Monday, as almost all Haj...

132 Pakistanis stranded in Jeddah reach Lahore

The 132 Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who had been stranded at Jeddah airport for the past week reached Lahore on Saturday. As per details, PIA’s...

132 Pakistanis stranded at Jeddah Airport

At least 132 Pakistanis, returning home after performing Umrah, have been marooned at the Jeddah Airport for the last three days, a private TV...

The ‘Smart Airline’ lifts off from Jeddah to Islamabad

Lifting off from Jeddah at 21:00, nasair, the low fare airline based in Saudi Arabia, marked the Smart Airline’s first flight on its new...

Nisar manoeuvring to send Nawaz again to Jeddah: Awan

ISLAMABAD - Federal Law Minister Babar Awan on Sunday said that Opposition Leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was trying his best to destroy the democratic dispensation and send Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif again to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
"No gentleman can do what Nisar is doing. He is devastating the political and democratic dispensation in the country and hell-bent to send Nawaz Sharif again to Jeddah, not to let him (Nawaz) be a part of the National Assembly

Haj-scam FIA investigators leave for Jeddah today

ISLAMABAD: The crucial visit of the three-member Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team probing the Hajj accommodation scam had been put off for a day due to a delay in the issuance of visas and now it will proceed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today (Tuesday).
According to an agency official, the team comprising FIA Director Hassan Asghar, FIA Deputy Director Khalid Rasool and FIA Inspector Main Sabir would collect evidence from the crime scene in Jeddah, where investigators would