Tag: saudi arabia
Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks
Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom’s...
Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani for heroin smuggling
Saudi authorities on Wednesday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
Wajid Ali Zarnoosh was found guilty of trafficking heroin...
Pir Pagara condoles with Mehtab Rashdi
Pakistan Muslim League Functional’s (PML-F) Central leader, former bureaucrat and TV anchor Ms. Mahtab Akbar Rashdi’s Brother Aftab Ahmed Channa passed away in Saudi...
IIUI: High level delegation leaves for Saudi Arabia
A fifteen members high level delegation of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) led by Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman, Vice President (AF&P),...
Saudi govt intends to cooperate for development of university: President IIUI
The Govt of Saudi Arabia intends to provide every possible cooperation for the development of International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI), for which the philanthropists...
Post-hajj flight operations starts
A month long post-Hajj flights’ operation would start on Tuesday night to bring 180,000 Pakistani pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia.
According to an official...
Saudi take steps to thwart epidemic at hajj: report
Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a minister said in remarks...
Pak envoy extends felicitations on Saudi Arabia National Day
Ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Naeem Khan, on Saturday, extended heartiest felicitations to Saudi government and nation on behalf of Pakistani government,...
India, Saudi Arabia to enhance military ties
Taking their defence cooperation to an enhanced level, the first meeting of India-Saudi Arabia joint committee on defence cooperation was held in New Delhi...
India seeks US, Saudi help to identify cyberspace offenders
Indian government is seeking help from the United States and Saudi Arabia governments to identify those who put doctored images on cyberspace that led...
Muslims celebrate Eidul Fitr in Gulf, Africa, Europe, US
Muslims in Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states, Africa, Europe, the US and Far-East Asia celebrated Eidul Fitr on Sunday, marking the end of the...
NWA, Bajaur, Shabqadar residents celebrated Eid on Saturday
Even before Saudi Arabia and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - people in North Waziristan, Bajaur agency and Shabqadar celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday.
People gathered in mosques and...
Saudi Arabia, Mideast to celebrate Eid on Sunday
Saudi authorities announced on Friday that the Shawaal moon could not be sighted, and Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Sunday. Qatar, Jordan, Egypt,...
Saudi Arabia largest market for Pak workers
The number of Pakistani emigrants in Saudi Arabia has increased from 0.14 million in 2008 to 0.22 million in 2011.
According to a Bureau of...
Workers remit history
Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistani workers crossed $13 billion mark for the first time in country’s history during the last fiscal year (2011-12)....
‘Pakistan, S Arabia playing positive role for peace’
Former Ambassador Khalid Saleem has said that the visit of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to Saudi Arabia will help boost cooperation between the...
Influential Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Saud dies
Saudi Arabia says a senior prince and former defense minister has died.
The 78-year-old Prince Mohammed bin Saud was not in line for the...
