Tag: Kuwait
Kuwait tweeter gets 10 years for blasphemy
A lower court in Kuwait sentenced a Shia tweeter to 10 years in jail on Monday on charges of insulting Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), his...
Kuwait MPs pass death penalty bill for cursing God
Kuwait’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill stipulating the death penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Muslim holy book, all prophets and the...
Kuwait mulls plans to deal with Hormuz closure
Kuwait is mulling “many scenarios” in case the strategic Strait of Hormuz is closed, disrupting its vital oil exports, a top official said on...
Kuwait forms new cabinet with change in oil, defence
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah named a new cabinet on Tuesday with 10 new faces, including the oil and defence ministers, and no...
Activists storm Syria embassy in Kuwait
Police arrested around 40 people when hundreds of angry Syrians and local activists stormed the Syrian embassy in Kuwait on Saturday, the interior ministry...
Islamists sweep Kuwait polls as women lose out
Kuwait’s Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait’s snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, with women and liberals...
Islamist-led opposition favourites as Kuwaitis vote
Kuwaitis were casting ballots Thursday in a snap vote to elect the fourth parliament in less than six years, with pollsters predicting a solid...
Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project: Kuwait to provide $40 million
Pakistan on Monday signed a loan agreement of $40 million with Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) that will help expedite construction of...
Kuwait Fund to provide $ 40m for Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) is to provide a loan of $ 40 million to Pakistan for construction of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project.
The...
Kuwait top court clears alleged Qaeda cell
Kuwait’s supreme court on Sunday confirmed the acquittal of six nationals charged with plotting attacks on a US military base in 2009 after forming...
Iraq and Kuwait mull reparations ‘fund’: UN
Iraq and Kuwait are considering a plan to pay the war reparations which Baghdad still owes its neighbour into a fund for Iraqi investments,...
Cabinet resigns in Kuwait political crisis
The government of oil-rich Kuwait resigned on Monday following a bitter dispute with opposition MPs, lawmaker Khaled al-Sultan said. "The Kuwaiti cabinet has resigned...
Kuwait Petroleum monopoly harming national interests
When it comes to Pakistan, monopolisation works even for foreign companies, and the concerned authorities of the country find themselves helpless against diplomatic pressure....
Kuwait lifts visa ban on 6 countries including Pakistan
The General Immigration Department of Kuwait has lifted a ban on the issuance of family visit visas for the first degree relatives of the...
Pakistan lose to Kuwait in AFC U-16 C’ship qualifiers
Kuwait carved out a battling 2-0 win against a fighting Pakistan side in the AFC U-16 Championship 2012 qualifiers Group B game at Ali...
Pak U-16 team to visit Kuwait for AFC qualifiers
Pakistan under-16 football team which won the South Asian Football U-16 Championship in Nepal would leave for Kuwait City, Kuwait on Saturday to take...
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait recall envoys as Syria further isolated
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait recalled their envoys to Damascus after the Arab League condemned violence in Syria, leaving President Bashar al-Assad further isolated as...
