Pakistan on Wednesday conferred its highest civilian award to visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, reports Anadolu Agency. At a ceremony at the President House in the capital Islamabad...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay an official visit to Pakistan tomorrow, according to an official statement by the Foreign Ministry, Anadolu reports. The visit, the statement said, will cover...
Pakistan's prime minister on Friday inaugurated a 100-bed shelter home constructed by Turkey's state-run aid agency for people in poverty near the capital Islamabad, Anadolu Agency reports. The "model" shelter...
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud will lead a high-level delegation, including business leaders, in a visit to Pakistan next month in an effort to discuss recently...
An Israeli cabinet minister has confirmed that there is a fifth Muslim-majority country in Asia that could soon normalise relations with Tel Aviv, but clarified that it is not...
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UAE Pakistan cannot and will not recognise Israel before a "concrete and permanent settlement" of the Palestinian issue is reached, the country's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday....
The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) train is expected to resume operations next year after the key requirements for the revival of the service have been completed, according to Adil Karaismailoglu, Turkey's...
India is fast-tracking "settlement colonies" in Jammu and Kashmir by transferring land to ex-soldiers, Pakistan-administered Kashmir President Masood Khan claimed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Khan said India...
Sickly bears arrive at a sanctuary in Jordan after leaving Pakistan’s notorious Margahazar Zoo
Pakistan has returned $1 billion to Saudi Arabia as a second instalment of a $3 billion soft loan, as Islamabad reaches out to Beijing for a commercial loan to...
The head of Turkey's Defence Industries Presidency said on Tuesday that any US sanctions against Ankara would not affect the country's existing projects, including a helicopter deal with Pakistan,...
India's top General Manoj Mukund Naravane held historic talks with his Saudi counterparts yesterday as part of the second leg of his two-nation visit to strategically important Gulf countries,...
China has agreed to bail out Pakistan by providing it with $1.5 billion to help to repay a $2 billion debt to Saudi Arabia, according to the Express Tribune....
Pakistan has denied Indian reports that it and Turkey are transferring Syrian militants to Kashmir, calling the claim "fake news" and "fabrications". Reports in Indian media emerged last week of...
The UAE has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries
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Videos & Photo Stories Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has praised Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his country's "consistent and supportive stances" with regards the Palestinian cause and refusal to recognise Israel. In...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his country is under pressure from sisterly countries to recognise the State of Israel
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November 9, 2020 |
Arhama Siddiqa Nobody can overstate the role that the migrant labour force undertakes in the Gulf. Jobs across the region in construction, transportation and sanitation are predominantly carried out by millions...
Pakistan sent a plane-load of medical aid to the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, making it the largest shipment the country has received since the outbreak of the coronavirus...
Saudi Arabia has angered both India and Pakistan after leaving Kashmir out of its map of the two countries on its new banknotes, leaving both countries confused and outraged...
The Pakistani prime minster has added his voice to the growing criticism of the French president for "encouraging Islamophobia" following the killing of a teacher who showed cartoons of...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Oman and Pakistan in the field of military cooperation. The memorandum was signed at the headquarters of the Omani Ministry...
A cache of endangered falcons destined for the Gulf have been seized from smugglers in Pakistan, the Times reported yesterday. The group of 75 birds, believed to be worth...
Pakistan-administered Kashmir has condemned Armenian forces for attacking Azerbaijani civilians as the Upper Karabakh dispute remains unresolved and fighting continues, Anadolu Agency reports. The Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed...
Saudi dissidents, Sikh separatists Pakistani military personnel and Gulf businessmen are among those targeted by a group known as Bahamut. Named after a mythical sea creature in Arab folklore the group offer its services to whoever will pay for them
Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according to research published on Wednesday by software firm BlackBerry...
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October 7, 2020 |
Arhama Siddiqa It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers at a loss, sometimes by making what are considered to be outrageous statements, on...
A Canadian man who, in several interviews with the New York Times, recounted a gruesome description of working for Daesh has been accused by police of making the entire story...
Pakistan Ambassador to Syria, Saeed Muhammad Khan, yesterday reiterated his country's support for the Palestinian cause and its full rejection of normalising relations with Israel before the establishment of...
The long-term strategic relationship between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are facing enormous challenges, the Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Global Policy, Imtiaz Ali, has warned. In an article published on...
International normalisation with Israel is "pointless", Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said yesterday. "We can't make a decision on a matter that has been rejected by its owners, the...
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September 16, 2020 |
Omar Ahmed The world's largest population of Shia Muslims outside Iran is found in neighbouring Pakistan where they account for an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of the population. Although...