Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Jadhav sentenced as per law, has 40 days to appeal: Aziz
Pakistan’s foreign policy chief slammed India’s claim that Jadhav, a former naval officer, was captured in Iran. Pakistan on Friday said that alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced according to the country’s law and he has 40 days to
Malala Yousafzai becomes youngest ever to get honorary Canadian citizenship
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Canada on Wednesday to receive her honorary citizenship and address the country’s lawmakers after her first visit to Parliament in 2014 was put off because of a terror attack. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Pakistani gangster in military custody for leaking sensitive information to Iran
A notorious gangster who was arrested in Pakistan last year was taken into military custody Wednesday early morning apparently for leaking sensitive information to Iran, the Pakistan Army has announced. According to a news report, Uzair Baloch has been arrested
Indian spy caught in Pakistan given death sentence
A military court in Pakistan has sentenced an Indian spy agent to death for carrying out espionage and sabotage activities in Balochistan and Karachi, news reports have revealed. It was reported on Monday that Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan alliance’s main objective to serve Islam: Minister
Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh highlighted the deep relations linking Pakistan with Saudi Arabia at a conference held by the Pakistani Association of Muslim Scholars in Peshawar on the occasion of its first anniversary. These relations are distinguished,
UN chief selects education advocate Malala for top honor
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to be a UN messenger of peace, the highest honor bestowed by the UN chief on a global citizen. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced Friday that the 19-year-old education
Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in gun battle in Lahore
Pakistani police said on Saturday 10 militants from Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, died in a gun battle in the eastern city of Lahore, including a key suspect behind a February blast that killed 13 people. The clash
20 people murdered at Pakistan shrine
Twenty people were murdered and four others wounded at a Pakistani Sufi shrine early Sunday by men wielding batons and knives, police said. Four women were among those killed at the Shrine of Mohammad Ali in Punjab province, according to
Bombing near place of worship kills 22 in NW Pakistan
A powerful car bomb exploded near a minority Shiite Muslim place of worship in the northwest town of Parachinar on Friday, killing at least 22 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said. Mushtaq Ghani, a spokesman for the provincial
Pakistan has joined Saudi military alliance, says foreign ministry spokesperson
Pakistan media has quoted Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria as having said on Thursday that Islamabad has joined the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance. The spokesperson also said he had no knowledge of contacts between Saudi government and former army chief
Father suffocates daughter ‘for honor’ in Pakistan
A 16 -year-old girl was suffocated by her father in the Golra suburb of Islamabad after he speculated that she was dating a boy in the neighborhood. According to police, the suspect turned himself in a little before noon on
Pakistan opposition fury over ex-army chief role in Saudi-led military alliance
News confirming Pakistan’s former army chief General Raheel Sharif leading the Saudi-led military alliance ‘against terrorism and extremism’ is lilely to be met with criticism from the opposition in the country, it has been revealed. According to a news report,
Pakistan to build fence along disputed Afghan border
Pakistan says it has started building a fence along the Afghan border in areas where it says militants have launched cross-border attacks, a move that could worsen tensions with Afghanistan, which has never accepted the colonial-era frontier. General Qamar Javed
Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
A senior Al-Qaeda commander linked to major attacks in Pakistan including the bombing of a luxury hotel and an assault on a cricket team has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, Washington said Saturday. Qari Yasin, a member
US strike kills senior al-Qaeda leader behind deadly attacks
A US counterterrorism airstrike earlier this month in Afghanistan killed an al-Qaeda leader responsible for a deadly hotel attack in Islamabad in 2008 and the 2009 attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Pakistani Christian clergyman joins Islamist party
Pakistani Christian clergyman Nazeer Alam has joined Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, an Islamist political party in Pakistan, reported Pakistan daily Dawn. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman announced Alam’s joining at a function held at Qasr-i-Naz. Alam’s joining of the Sunni Deobandi political
Amid deepening ties, Chinese troops join Pakistan Day parade
Chinese, Saudi and Turkish troops for the first time joined the Pakistan Day parade in the capital Islamabad on Thursday, in a sign of deepening ties. Before Pakistan showed off long-range rockets, tanks and other military hardware, armed Chinese troops
Pakistani president at military parade offers talks to India
President Mamnoon Hussain says Pakistan is ready to hold talks with India on all issues, including Kashmir, as he opened an annual military parade to mark the country’s Republic Day. Chinese army also participated in Thursday’s parade as a show
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