Tag: Riyadh

Saudi Arabia has issued invitations to 65 Syrian opposition figures to attend a conference in Riyadh to try to unify their positions ahead of...

Saudi police claimed to have arrested seven African men for brewing and selling liquor in Taif, Riyadh, Makkah provincial police spokesperson said. The seven men...

Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a Pakistani for drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said, amid a surge in executions in the kingdom this year. Pakistani...

Saudi king receives PM at airport, says Saudi Arabia wants to see Pakistan prosper and develop Media report says Riyadh likely to press Pakistan for...

PM Office spokesman says former military ruler has not submitted any request for permission to visit Saudi royal family One news channel claims govt has...

The ordeal of over 700 Pakistani workers who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia for over a year has ended following intervention by Riyadh...

At least ten people were killed and 50 others got injured in a fuel truck explosion in Saudi Arabia s capital. The explosion which...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Muhammad Naeem Khan held a meeting with Dr. Nasir bin Abdulaziz Al-Dawood, Under Secretary, Governorate of Riyadh in his...

Professor Ahmed Yousef Al Derewish, vice president, Al Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has said that Pakistan is as dear...

At least 39 Pakistani labourers were wounded after some African nationals attacked them in the Saudi capital Riyadh. According to details, some 50 Pakistani labourers...

Yemen's prime minister will return home later on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recovering from injuries suffered in a June assassination...

The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has officially inaugurated its branch in Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Dr...

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in Riyadh for treatment for wounds from a rocket attack, the Saudi royal court said early Sunday. A...

ISLAMABAD - Saudi Arabia has sought Pakistan's help for the arrest of three Al Qaeda-linked militants allegedly hiding in Waziristan and believed to have masterminded the 2009 suicide attack on Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, the Saudi deputy interior minister, who has been at the forefront of the Kingdom's efforts to eradicate terrorism.
Prince Muhammad, son of Interior Minister Prince Nayef, survived assassination attempt in August 2009. Abdullah Hassan Al Aseery, a suicide bomber

JEDDAH - Saudi Arabia on Sunday kept a total blackout on the activities of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has fled to the Gulf state. Officials and the media kept a lid on the presence of the deposed leader, who landed early on Saturday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with six members of his family, according to a Saudi source. In a palace statement later the same day, Saudi Arabia said the move was "out of concern for the exceptional circumstances facing the

MAKKAH: The Saudi interior minister on Wednesday said he would not rule out an Al Qaeda attempt to disturb security during the annual haj pilgrimage, which begins next week.
"We cannot trust them (Al Qaeda). We do not rule out any attempt to disturb the security of haj," Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz told reporters when asked about a possible Al Qaeda threat.
"We are ready for any act that might take place. God willing, nothing of that will happen, out of respect to this