ISLAMABAD – Saudi Arabia is planning to increase the Hajj quota for Pakistan, taking it to pre-pandemic levels of almost 180,000 as Covid related restrictions have been relaxed in the kingdom. When the pandemic started in 2020, only 1,000 local residents were allowed to perform Hajj, ...

JEDDAH - In what appears to be a bid to diversify income streams, Saudi Arabia has said its citizens can apply for visas to invite their friends to the kingdom and perform Umrah. The Saudi Foreign Ministry stated that Saudi Arabian citizens can apply for a personal visit visa allowing the invitees ...

The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, was recently spotted performing Umrah in the Saudi city of Makkah. Reports say Khan went to perform Umrah after wrapping up the shooting of his upcoming movie Dunki in Saudi Arabia. Umrah is an Islamic ritual that Muslims can perform at any time of the year, ...

ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar held political consultations with Taliban-led Afghan government’s top leaders on Tuesday, said the foreign office in a statement. This is first visit by any woman minister to Afghanistan since the Taliban took control ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders including Fawad Chaudhry and Asad Umar in contempt of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) case. A three-member apex court bench consisting of ...

The Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) has released its latest list of World’s 500 most influential Muslim personalities. A number of Pakistani politicians, religious personalities and a social activist have made it to the list, which consists of various ...

CAIRO — Saudi Arabia has allowed women pilgrims from across the world to perform Umrah and Hajj without mahram, a male guardian. Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah made the announcement during his visit to Egypt.  Addressing a press conference at the Saudi embassy in ...

With the beginning of the sacred and holy Islamic month of Rabiʽ al-Awwal, Muslims all around the world have been celebrating the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). For the Muslim community, the holy month holds a great deal of sanctification and blessings. They visit the ...

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia has announced to extend the Umrah visa for pilgrims of all nationalities, including Pakistan, from one to three months. Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah made this announcement in Tashkent during his two-day official visit to Uzbekistan. He said ...

KARACHI – JS Bank, one of Pakistan’s fastest-growing Banks, has set up mobile clinics and daily food ration distribution drives catering to thousands of people in flood-impacted areas. JS Bank has joined hands with partners such as the Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) to ease ...

MAKKAH – Saudi Arabia has rolled out robots, which will recite the Holy Quran and provide information to visitors at Grand Mosque in Makkah. Chief of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais launched the robots in line with Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and the ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday rejected a proposal to increase prices of medicines in order to provide relief to inflation-stricken people. The proposal, which was approved by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) earlier this week, was tabled during a cabinet ...

Every year thousands of Muslims travel to holy lands for Hajj, Umrah, and Ziarat. What worries many pilgrims are emergencies which may happen in a foreign land, and this is valid stress because so much can go wrong during travelling. From losing passports and important documents to medical ...

JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz unveiled the master plan for the Rua Al Madinah Project in the area east of the Prophet’s Mosque, with an aim to increase capacity for hosting pilgrims. The project, which has been launched in line with ...

Mathira is never runs out of things to entertain her fans. During her time in Lollywood, Mathira has been loved, hated, trolled oftentimes, but she never paid any attention to haters online. Mathira recently shared an Instagram post of her ethereal beauty. Fans of the Naagin actress couldn’t ...

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor said on Monday that Pakistanis who performed Hajj this year under the government scheme would start receiving a subsidy of Rs150,000 each from August 17. The minister told an Arab daily on the sidelines of a post-Hajj ...