Tag: Pakistanis

Special flight brings 200 stranded Pakistanis back from Libya

Efforts underway to for release of all detained Pakistanis in Liby A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight sent to Tripoli has brought back over...

Pakistanis among top 3 investors in Dubai property market

Pakistanis ranked among top three foreign investors in Dubai’s real estate market with a total share of Dh4.5 billion for 3,064 transactions in the...

Pakistanis spend nearly half of their income on food: report

An average Pakistani spends 47.7 per cent of their household budget on food consumed at home.

Sri Lanka cancels on-arrival visa facility for Pakistanis

The Sri Lankan government on Friday cancelled the on-arrival visa facility for Pakistanis. Pakistani citizens intending to travel to Sri Lanka have been advised by...

Plan to form high powered commission for expatriate Pakistanis

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Sunday disclosed that first ever high powered ‘Commission for overseas Pakistanis’ would soon be formed to redress their...

Saudis, Pakistanis recall Iqbal’s contribution

Former Saudi diplomat and columnist Dr Ali Al-Ghamdi has described Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal as one of the main architects of the two-nation theory,...

Pakistanis excluded from Kuwait’s new visa plan

Six nations, including Pakistan, have been excluded from Kuwait’s new visa regime, Gulf News reported. Kuwait interior ministry’s decision allow all Kuwaiti embassies and consulates...

3 Pakistanis among 7 convicted in Houston medicare fraud

HOUSTON A federal jury in Houston has convicted seven, including three Pakistani doctors, on defrauding the Health and Human Services Program of Medicare System...

Pakistanis least opposed to Internet censorship: report

While support is strong across emerging and developing countries for an Internet without government censorship, Pakistan recorded the lowest percentage of people expressing opposition...

6pc Pakistanis are on drugs: survey

Cannabis found to be most commonly used drug; 3.6% of adult population listed as its users Men more likely to use cannabis and opiates while...

Pakistanis jailed in Spain for terror protest innocence

A group of Pakistanis jailed in Spain in 2009 over a plot to bomb the Barcelona metro protested their innocence Thursday, claiming they were...

Pakistanis, Iranians held in huge Tanzania heroin haul

Tanzanian anti-narcotics police have arrested eight Iranians and four Pakistanis found with 200 kilogrammes (440 pounds) of heroin off the east African nation's coast,...

2.7m Pakistanis have exited country in last 5 years

A total of 2,765,789 citizens, including 31,607 from Balochistan, have proceeded abroad for work in the last five years, read the latest figures released...

Afghanistan says Pakistanis shot dead in mosque attack

  Afghanistan's intelligence agency on Thursday said its spies shot dead two Pakistanis who opened fire on Afghan worshippers before dawn at a Shia Muslim...

Govt decides to bring back Pakistanis convicted by foreign courts

The government has decided to bring back Pakistanis convicted by courts in other countries. It will accord approval to give a final shape to the...

UK immigration gatecrashes sham weddings

Eight men from Pakistan and India were arrested by the British immigration officers in Gretna on Wednesday as part of an operation targeting sham...

78% of Pakistanis think PML-N govt can end power shortage: poll

According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by GallupPakistan, 78 percent of Pakistanis think it is possible that the new PML-N government...