A Pakistani man has been handed the death penalty after confessing to killing his Emirati boss who he claims withheld his salary in exchange for sex. The Abu Dhabi...

There are some 1.5 million Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia with 3,309 currently detained in jail, Pakistan’s former minister of local government, elections and rural development in the Khyber...

Imagine that you were a state in which the unruly masses of an ethnic minority rebelled in one of your provinces. Would you crush it with your own security...

Migrants were stranded in Yumurta island in northern Aegean sea

A private Israeli jet landed in Pakistan despite the fact that the two countries hold no formal relations, Pakistani airbase staff and pilots have confirmed. The jet in question...

Pakistan still plans to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite a Saudi Arabian offer of a $6 billion rescue package, Pakistan’s finance ministry said today....

At least ten Iranian security personnel including Revolutionary Guards were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan today, state media reported, and a separatist group that claimed responsibility described the...

A well-grassed wicket might have been the last thing Mitchell Starc expected to see after landing in Abu Dhabi but Australia’s pace spearhead was loath to get his hopes...

The visit of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia last week raised many questions related to his country’s foreign policy and the changes that could be...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured Saudi Arabia that his country will always stand with the Kingdom through difficult times and will ensure its protection against attacks. In...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the foreign office said, amid speculation he may be seeking economic assistance from a staunch ally instead of another IMF bailout....

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has told the Supreme Court on Monday that Pakistanis own assets and properties worth $150 billion in the United Arab Emirates. This was revealed...

A science journal has claimed that radioactive sheep found in Australia could prove that Israel tested nuclear weapons, an action which would be in contravention of international law. The...

Newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, gave his backing to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while Turkey is locking horns with the US in the worst diplomatic row...

Pakistan on Monday opposed the “unilateral sanctions” imposed by the US on Turkey over the detention of an American pastor under terrorism charges. “Pakistan, in principle, is opposed to imposition of unilateral sanctions...

Some 1,100 Pakistani expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have taken advantage of an amnesty visa scheme launched earlier this month, Khaleej Times reported yesterday. Pakistani expats who...

The father of 11-year-old, Abdul Rahman Nofal contacted me, asking for help. His son was shot in the leg during Gaza’s ‘Great March of Return’ protests. The Strip’s dilapidated health care...

Turkey and Pakistan today signed a deal for the sale of 30 T129 ATAK helicopters, according to the Turkish Defence Industries Undersecretariat (SSB). “Contract negotiations on T129 ATAK helicopters between Turkish Aerospace Industries...

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court yesterday sentenced 28 defendants to 284 years in jail after finding them guilty of fraud. A total of 33 people of US, Russian, Indian,...

Western security agencies believe that Israel is selling nuclear information to Saudi Arabia, Arabi21 has reported. According to Israeli writer Ami Dor-on, such information will give the government in...

There were strong rumours sweeping across Pakistan recently that Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a cause célèbre across the Muslim world, had died in the Texas jail where she is serving...

Ignore the theological failings of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi for a moment, and the enormous degree of violence and bigotry that his group practiced. It is time to give the...

An elderly Pakistani couple who previously begged to be rescued from the besieged Syrian province of Eastern Ghouta have just been evacuated by the Red Cresent, Syrian journalist Mohamed...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and China this week formed a trio to block a US-led move to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list, a report by the Wall...

Some “2.6 million” babies die each year within one month of being born, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned today in a 44-page report. Each year, of the 2.6...

Pakistan on Monday revealed it is training some 10,000 Saudi soldiers, injecting credence to the reports about ever-increasing security cooperation between Riyadh and Islamabad in recent months. Defense Minister...

Pakistan’s decision to send its troops to Saudi Arabia for “advisory and training” purposes has sparked controversy, with some fearing that the troops might be used in the Saudi-led...

Funerals have been held for seven members of two Iran-backed militia groups recently killed in Syria, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. According to the news agency, funerals were...

Kashmir and Palestine are two nations with too long a history but too small a geography. A history of mass-historical blunders; of occupation and oppression; of resistance and rebellion;...

The US State Department said it had restored ten countries including three Arab countries on a list of “countries of particular concern” because they tolerate flagrant violations of religious...

Pakistani diplomats in the Syrian capital, Damascus, have contacted an elderly couple in a besieged suburb after their plight was highlighted by Anadolu Agency. Muhammad Fazal Akram and Sughra...

Living in the besieged Syrian province of Eastern Ghouta, a Pakistani couple hope to return home