Tag: saudi arabia
Saudi mobilised as 2.5 million pilgrims prepare for hajj
Around 2.5 million Muslims begin Friday the rituals of the hajj pilgrimage, the world's largest annual assembly, leaving Saudi authorities with a daunting security...
Nayef named crown prince
Saudi Arabia's powerful interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a royal decree read...
Qadri case judge seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia
The judge who gave the death sentence to Mumtaz Qadri has sought refuge in Saudi Arabia with his family after receiving death threats from...
Chaudhrys condole Prince Sultan’s death
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Senior Federal Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday expressed deep grief and sorrow over...
Saudi crown prince: ‘worked and played hard’
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, whose death was announced on Saturday, was the oil kingpin's defence chief for nearly half a century...
PM leaves for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani left for Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit in which he will perform Umrah and also meet the...
PM terms Pak relations with Saudi Arabia as most vital
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed the Pakistani Envoys to concert their energies and efforts for promotion of Pakistan’s trade, economic and...
Indonesia slams Saudi ‘manners’ in execution row
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday condemned the beheading of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia and accused Riyadh of breaking the...
Cheers, gunfights in Yemen as Saleh goes to Saudi Arabia
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, injured in an attack on his palace, has flown to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, potentially offering a face-saving...
Saudi Arabia, UAE funded militant networks in Pakistan-WikiLeaks
Funds from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates financed a network in Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage terrorism,...
