Tag: Kuwait

Kuwait to lift restrictions on visas for Pak workers

Ambassador of Kuwait Nawaf Abdulaziz Al-Enezi called on Prime Minister (PM) Raja Pervez Ashraf at the PM House on Friday and informed him that...

PIA Kuwait-Lahore flight makes emergency landing in Iran

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight had to make an emergency landing in Iran due to a technical fault on Friday. According to details,...

Boycott-hit voting under way in Kuwait

Voting is under way in Kuwait to pick a new parliament for the second time in 10 months amid sharp divisions between the ruling...

Czechs edge Kuwait

Czech Republic have taken the early initiative in Group E at the FIFA Futsal World Cup, surviving a late rally from Kuwait to win...

Kuwait summons critic of emir in widening crackdown

A Kuwaiti opposition figure said he has been summoned for questioning after allegedly criticising the emir on television, as the Gulf state widened a...

Pakistan attaches great importance to relations with Kuwait: PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Kuwait. Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf held a meeting with...

Asian Cooperation Dialogue Summit begins in Kuwait

Asian Cooperation Dialogue Summit began in Kuwait on Tuesday. Inaugurating the Summit‚ the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has announced an initiative...

Amir of Kuwait greets PM Ashraf on his arrival as a...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday met the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who as a special gesture came...

PM leaves for Kuwait to attend Asian Cooperation Dialogue in Kuwait

Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf left here on Monday for a three day visit to Kuwait to attend the first Summit of Asian Cooperation...

Kuwait ruler dissolves court-reinstated parliament

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday issued a decree dissolving the 2009 parliament, just over three months since it was reinstated by...

Cancellation of PIA Kuwait-bound flight irks passengers

Passengers had to suffer due to the cancellation of a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight, after seven hours of delay, on Thursday night. The...

Kuwait top court rejects govt recourse on electoral law

Kuwait's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday that the Gulf emirate's electoral constituency law was in line with the constitution, rejecting a government appeal, an...

Asim to meet Kuwait oil minister today

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Petroleum & Natural Resources Dr. Aism Hussain has been invited by Hani Hussain, Oil Minister for the State...

Men should be allowed sex slaves and female prisoners could do...

A Kuwaiti woman who once ran for parliament has called for sex slavery to be legalised - and suggested that non-Muslim prisoners from war-torn...

Kuwait top court nullifies parliament polls

Kuwait’s constitutional court on Wednesday declared February’s legislative polls in which the opposition swept to victory illegal and reinstated the previous pro-government parliament, state...

They’re sending in the cash alright!

The Pakistanis working abroad remitted over $12.069 billion during the first eleven months, July 2011–May 2012, of the current fiscal year (FY2011-12). This shows an...

Kuwait ruler rejects death penalty for religious offences

Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has refused to sign a bill passed by parliament stipulating the death penalty for major religious offences, sources...