Pakistan

Saudi Arabia has ordered the release of 2,107 Pakistani prisoners held in jail after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). Confirmed...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday said Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth $20 billion during his high-profile visit to Pakistan, where tensions were flaring up with...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit...

Iran warned neighbouring Pakistan on Saturday it would "pay a heavy price" for allegedly harbouring militants who killed 27 of its elite Revolutionary Guards in a suicide bombing near...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman will make his maiden visit to Pakistan this week to ink several trade and investment deals worth more than $10 billion, diplomatic officials...

Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan's deepwater port of Gwadar, Reuters reports the Saudi energy minister as saying on Saturday, speaking at...

A loan facility from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will help cash-starved Pakistan bridge its deficit and shore up foreign reserves, Pakistan's chief government spokesman said today. The UAE's...

Saudi authorities executed two Egyptians and a Pakistani citizen on the first day of 2019. The country's Interior Ministry carried out the death sentence against the two Egyptians for...

In a rare move, Pakistan's president took to Twitter to publicly question the US military interventions in such countries as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Commenting on US President Donald...

Pakistan's economic woe has forced its newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan to seek the aid of Gulf States for a second time in three months. This time the...

The UAE has agreed to host peace talks between the Taliban and government of Afghanistan in a meeting today with US officials, to bring a negotiated end to the...

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...