Tag: SaudiArabia

Trump stance on Iran and IS cause for optimism, says Saudi...

PARIS: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday he was positive about the way the incoming US administration wanted to restore American influence...

Saudi Arabia to open overseas labour office in Pakistan

In a new move to raise awareness on the labor regulations in the Kingdom among expatriate workers, the Saudi Cabinet on Monday approved the...

Saudi Arabia cuts ministers’ pay by 20%

Saudi Arabia cancelled bonus payments for state employees and cut ministers’ salaries by 20 per cent, steps that further spread the burden of shoring...

Saudi arrests 12 Pakistani over series of bomb attacks

Nineteen people, including 12 Pakistani nationals, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia following suicide attacks on Monday, including one near Islam’s second-holiest site in...

Saudi Arabia to ban Dutch firms

Saudi companies have been ordered to exclude Dutch firms from future projects over an anti-Islamic stunt by a far-right Dutch politician, in a royal...

Govt insists $1.5b is a Saudi gift

ISLAMABAD Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said Saudi Arabia gifted $1.5 billion to Pakistan, and the...

Saudi Arabia deems Hezbollah terrorist group

RIYADH Saudi Arabia on Friday declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The kingdom also included Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah on...

Senate to take up shift in policy on Syria

ISLAMABAD A calling attention notice has been submitted in the Senate asking the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs to explain the government position...

Gen Sharif, Saudi crown prince discuss defence cooperation

Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and defence minister on Wednesday received Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif. At the outset...

Fate of illegal expatriates in Saudi Arabia hangs in balance

Saudi authorities have stipulated that only expatriates who were in violation of labour laws prior to April 6, the beginning of the grace period,...

Saudi Arabia officially rejects UNSC seat

Saudi Arabia officially told the United Nations on Tuesday that it would not be taking up a UN Security council seat — opening the...

Kerry arrives in Saudi Arabia to smooth ties

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday landed in Saudi Arabia, the second stop on his tour of the Middle East. America's top diplomat...

Several Karachiites celebrate Eid with Saudi Arabia

Several people in Karachi celebrated Eidul Azha on Tuesday, a day ahead of the rest of the country. Clerics, belonging to Wahhabi school of thought,...

Musharraf likely to take shelter in Saudi Arabia

Former president Pervez Musharraf will likely take shelter in Saudi Arabia if he is granted bail in remaining cases filed against him. The former...

Saudi Arabia warns foreign workers get the right visa or get...

Saudi Arabia has told foreign workers, about a third of its 27 million population, to make sure their visas are in order before a...

Zil-Haj moon sighted in Saudi Arabia

Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on October 15 in Saudi Arabia as Zil-Haj moon has been sighted on Saturday. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that...

Capital punishment of 8 Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia suspended

Saudi Arabia, on the request of Pakistan embassy, has suspended the capital punishment of 8 Pakistanis accused of being involved in drug smuggling. Pakistan embassy...