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Saudi renews call for Taliban to renounce Qaeda

A senior Saudi official on Saturday called on the Taliban to lay down their arms and renounce Al-Qaeda as preconditions for Saudi-mediated peace talks...

Shiite protester shot dead in east Saudi Arabia

Security forces opened fire on a demonstration in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, fatally wounding one Shiite protester and injuring several others, activists and witnesses...

Saudis cautious on possible Afghan talks

Saudi Arabia is reluctant to host talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban without concessions from the Islamist movement including renouncing its ties...

Talks in Qatar

And Saudi Arabia, too A milestone, yes, but one that could have been avoided. Now that the Taliban and the US are set to start...

PIA to convince Saudis on easing passenger flow at Haj terminals

The PIA management will visit Saudi Arabia in February to meet Saudi authorities and convince them to take a number of measures, which, it...

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia one nation two countries: Firdous

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Aawan on Wednesday said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are one nation living in two different countries. Talking to...

Trading Corporation of Pakistan signs agreement with SABIC

Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) signed a commercial agreement with Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) at Karachi. M/s Jaffer Brothers (Pvt) Limited, Karachi...

US jet deal aims to maximise defence: Saudi

Saudi Arabia said Friday it has signed a deal to buy 84 new US fighter jets to maximise its defence capabilities in order to...

Saudi jet makes emergency belly landing in Karachi

A Saudi Arabian chartered jet made an emergency belly landing in Karachi on Sunday after one of its nose wheels jammed, a civil aviation...

The “Arab Spring” effect

The rise of political consciousness Nine months into the “Arab Spring,” we surveyed public opinion in seven Arab countries and Iran, asking over 6,000 respondents...

Don’t expect virgins if women allowed to drive: Saudi clerics

Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would result in ‘no more virgins,’ Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council has warned, according to a report...

Amnesty accuses Saudi Arabia of repression

Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of conducting a campaign of repression against protesters and reformists since the Arab Spring erupted, in a newly...

Containers to be searched at Karachi Port

Pakistani fruit and vegetable exporters have started facing huge financial losses due to 100 per cent search of refrigerated containers at ports started by...

Saudi dynasty should leave power: top Iranian cleric

Saudi Arabia’s ruling Al-Saud dynasty should give up power, a hardline senior Iranian cleric said Friday, warning that the fate of Egypt’s toppled president...

Two shot dead in renewed Saudi Shiite protests

Two men were shot dead as protests erupted among the Shiite minority in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich east, the government said on Thursday, in clashes...

Tapping businesses online

TradeKey is the 3rd largest business to business website in the world. The Saudi Arabia based company with its offices in China and Pakistan,...

Afghans in Pakistan celebrate Eid on Sunday

Eidul Adha was celebrated in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and in the Afghan camps in Pakistan on Sunday. The Afghans living in refugee...