Tag: Kuwait
FM Qureshi leaves for two-day Kuwait visit
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for a two-day visit on Saturday to Kuwait.
While talking to media before his departure, the foreign minister said...
Stranded Pakistanis in Kuwait issued boarding passes: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Saturday said that some of the Pakistanis at Kuwait airport, stranded owing to the cancellation of flights to Lahore,...
SC rejects petition seeking shifting of child to Karachi in custody...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has rejected the petition of a father pertaining to his child’s custody and remarked that the mother...
Saudi Crown Prince MBS to visit Kuwait for talks on Qatar
DUBAI: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman will visit Kuwait on Saturday, the state-run Kuwait News Agency said on Friday, amid expectations that he...
Visa problems in Kuwait to be taken up with authorities: Shireen...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that visa problems being faced by Pakistani citizens living in Kuwait will be taken...
Kuwait TV presenter gets suspended for calling male colleague ‘handsome’
KUWAIT CITY: A woman TV presenter was suspended by the Kuwaiti government after she called her male colleague “handsome” on live TV, a foreign...
Kuwait, Philippines sign deal to regulate domestic labour
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait and the Philippines signed a deal on Friday to regulate domestic workers, after a dispute between the two countries led to...
Philippines expresses ‘great displeasure’ as row with Kuwait deepens
MANILA: A dispute between Kuwait and the Philippines over reports of abuse of Philippine workers took a turn for the worse on Thursday with...
Philippines apologises to Kuwait for sovereignty violation over ‘rescue’ of workers
MANILA: The Philippines on Tuesday formally apologised to Kuwait for actions the latter viewed as violation of its sovereignty after the southeast Asian nation’s...
Pakistan and Kuwait agree to enhance cooperation in aviation sector
ISLAMABAD: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nassar Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi on Wednesday called on the Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan and...
Kuwait and Philippines agree on migrant labour rights: report
DUBAI: Kuwait and the Philippines have signed an agreement regulating some working conditions for domestic workers in the Gulf State, Kuwait’s state news agency...
Call for justice as Filipina’s body returns home from Kuwait
More than a hundred relatives and supporters of a Filipina domestic worker, whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait, brandished banners...
Duterte considers banning on Filipino workers in Kuwait due to abuses
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is considering banning workers being sent to Kuwait because of abuses he said were being inflicted on Filipino domestic...
Gulf Cup to return to Kuwait after FIFA lift ban
Qatar has agreed to transfer this month's Gulf Cup of Nations soccer tournament back to Kuwait after FIFA lifted a two-year ban on the country's football...
FIFA ends Kuwait’s suspension for political meddling
World football governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday it was lifting its suspension of Kuwait, after the Gulf state's parliament adopted a law meant...
Kuwait’s emir leaves hospital after successful medical tests
DUBAI: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah was discharged from hospital on Thursday after successful medical tests, state news agency (KUNA) reported, one day...
Kuwait Airways should be banned over Israel issue: German justice ministry
BERLIN: The German government should revoke landing rights for Kuwait Airways given its ban on Israeli passengers, a senior Justice Department official said on Friday,...