Tag: Saudi
PM takes notice of torture on Saudi official
The top government functionary has come into motion over the clash between Saudi official and ASF personnel at Islamabad airport.
ASF personnel at Benazir International...
Saudi national thrashed by Islamabad Airport Security
An exchange of harsh words between Airport Security personnel and a Saudi national, who was stopped for security checkup at Benazir International Airport, turned...
Saudi and Bahrain expected to seek union: minister
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said,...
Saudi king sacks adviser critical of gender mixing
Saudi King Abdullah on Friday sacked one of his advisers, an outspoken critic of the sexes mingling outside the home, something banned in the...
Saudi double agent had British passport
The double agent who infiltrated al Qaeda and helped foil a plot to blow up a US-bound airliner held a British passport in addition...
Saudi Arabia received Bin Ladens on ‘humanitarian grounds’
Saudi Arabia has allowed the three widows and children of slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden entrance into the kingdom on humanitarian grounds, a...
Political leadership attends dinner hosted for visiting Saudi prince
The main political leadership of the country was seen attending a dinner hosted in the honour of visiting Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul...
Pakistan to play Saudi Arabia in AFC Asian Cup opener
Pakistan will open its 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification round campaign against Saudi Arabia on June 23. The event is scheduled for June...
Saudi diplomat shot dead in Bangladesh: police
A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot in the chest and died in the Bangladesh capital in the early hours of Tuesday, the deputy commissioner...
US ex-senators link Saudi government to 9/11 attacks
Relatives of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States Friday welcomed moves by two former senators to link Saudi...
Saudi Arabia holds Pakistanis, Iranians over drugs bust
Saudi Arabia has arrested 11 Pakistanis and Iranians allegedly involved in smuggling hashish from Iran into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Friday,...
Deported Saudi blogger faces blasphemy charge: report
A Saudi journalist wanted in the kingdom for comments deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed was arrested after being deported from Malaysia and will...
New clashes in eastern Saudi kill one
Saudi police exchanged fire with “masked gunmen” at a protest in the Shiite-populated east, killing one of them, state reported early Saturday, in the...
Saudi government sued over female driving ban
Two Saudi female activists have filed law suits against the government for refusing to issue them driver’s licences and banning them from driving a...
Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani drug-smuggler
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani who was arrested as he tried to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said on Monday....
Letter of appreciation from Saudi Arabia for PIA
Appreciating the services of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) during its Hajj operation 2011, Saudi Arabian government has given certificate of appreciation to the national...
Saudi female driver defies ban, has fatal accident
A Saudi woman who defied a driving ban in the kingdom was injured and her companion killed when their car overturned in the northern...
