Tag: Pakistanis

Saudi Arabia fails to share prisoners’ list despite high-level commitment

--Senate body told Pakistanis remain imprisoned due to pending fines against them ISLAMABAD: The Senate Panel on Human Rights on Thursday expressed displeasure at the...

Several Pakistanis detained in Sri Lanka for attacks probe

Foreigners, including several Pakistanis, were detained by the Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday as the country geared up for probe into the Easter Sunday...

38% Pakistanis spend 2 hours or more on cell phones everyday:...

ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 38% Pakistanis spend 2 hours or more in a...

77% Pakistanis claim they do not smoke: poll

ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 77% Pakistanis claim that they do not smoke cigarettes;...

Turkey deports 47 Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: Turkey deported 47 Pakistanis who were residing illegally in the country, and they reached Islamabad via Sharjah through a special aircraft on Monday. The...

Two Pakistanis die in Saudi Arabia road accident

LAHORE: Two Pakistanis, Ramzan and his son belonging to Chowk Sarwar Shaheed of district Muzaffargarh were died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia. Their family...

All Pakistanis safe after Dutch tram attack: FO

--Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting, arrested three suspects The Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday that no Pakistanis were hurt in yesterday's deadly shooting on a...

SC directs govt to get Pakistanis repatriated from foreign jails

  The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the federal government to get repatriated Pakistanis languishing in prisons of countries Pakistan has extradition treaties with,...

Saudi Arabia to reduce visa fees for Pakistanis

RIYADH: The Saudi Arabia government on Thursday decided to reduce visa fees for Pakistani citizens. According to reports, the revised visa fee is likely to...

FBR acquires detail of Pakistanis’ overseas bank accounts

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has acquired detail of 160,000 undisclosed overseas bank accounts being held by Pakistani nationals. According to sources, 4,800...

Qatar to hire 100,000 Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: Qatar plans to issue work visa to around 100,000 Pakistanis in different sectors. Speaking to media in Sindh’s Matiari district, Consul General of Qatar Mishal...

50,000 foreign bank accounts owned by Pakistanis traced

  The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to launch a crackdown against tax defaulters as data of 50,000 bank accounts being operated by...

Pakistanis top pilgrims’ list in Saudi Arabia

KARACHI: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 2,785,790, of which 2,346,429 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data Saudi...

Bosnia charges two Pakistanis, an Iraqi with people smuggling

SARAJEVO: Bosnian prosecutors on Thursday charged seven people, including one Iraqi and two Pakistani men, with people smuggling. The group is suspected of ferrying at...

UK court hands down 18-year imprisonment to two Pakistanis over drugs...

LONDON: A court in the United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday sentenced two Pakistani nationals involved in drugs smuggling. Asghar Khan and Rashid Mehmood used to smuggle...

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,...

Pakistanis in Buckinghamshire donate Rs2.35m for dams fund

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani community in Aylesbury town of Buckinghamshire, England, has donated £13,455, equaling Rs 2.35 million, for the construction of Diamer Bhasha and...