RIYADH - Natalya Neidhart and Lacey Evans became the first female WWE superstars to compete in Saudi Arabia. Their fight at the WWE Crown Jewel 2019 in Riyadh was the first-ever female bout in the kingdom. Evans and Neidhart both wore T-shirts over their wrestling attire for cultural reasons. ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan will formally inaugurate Road to Makkah project at Islamabad International airport today, the Radio Pakistan reports on Friday. Under this project, immigration and other formalities of intending pilgrims travelling to the holy land are being completed at ...

ISLAMABAD – The commander of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), General (r) Raheel Sharif on Tuesday held a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Pakistani capital to share views on regional peace and stability besides discussing matters of mutual interest. Sharif, who ...

ISLAMABAD – A delegation of former army chief Gen (r) Raheel Sharif-led Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) is in Pakistan on their first-ever visit to the country. A special aircraft carrying the delegation, headed by its Commander General (r) Raheel Sharif, arrived at ...

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has agreed to loan Pakistan $3 billion for one year as a balance of payment support and to provide a one-year deferred payment facility for oil payments, up to $3 billion, Foreign Office said on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the foreign office, Prime ...

RIYADH - Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in Saudi Arabia to participate in 'Future Investment Initiative' conference beginning in Riyadh on Tuesday (today). He is paying the visit on a special invitation of King Salman Bin Abdel Aziz. Prime Minister Imran Khan is accompanied by Foreign ...

RIYADH - Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is on a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, held a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to discuss matters of mutual interest, bilateral relations, trade, investment and other economic affairs. ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan plans to borrow more than $4bn from the Saudi-backed Islamic Development Bank (IDB) as part of its attempts to restore dangerously low stocks of foreign currency. Two officials have told the Financial Times that the Jeddah-based bank has agreed to make a formal offer to lend ...

RIYADH - The apparent disappearance of Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, from the public eye has set the tongues wagging with several Iranian and Russian media outlets speculating that the Saudi royal might have been killed. According to a report by Iranian newspaper Kayhan, Saudi Crown ...

DAMMAM - Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi attended the closing ceremony of Gulf Shield-1 joint military exercise at Dammam in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The month-long exercise Gulf Shield-1 was participated by troops from 24 countries and was aimed at strengthening "military and security ...

RIYADH - In a sweeping overhaul, Saudi King Salman is shaking up the top ranks of the forces with the appointment of new commanders, besides sacking military chief of staff and other key staff. The king issued a series of royal decrees late night on Monday reshuffling the defence and civil ...

JEDDAH – As a result of efforts by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Saudi Arabia has approved a substantial jump in the number of intending pilgrims for upcoming Haj. According to media reports, Saudi authorities have increased Pakistan’s Haj quota by 5,000, taking the number of pilgrims to ...

RIYADH - Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been released from detention, family sources said on Saturday. The billionaire prince was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption some two months ago. Family sources told Reuters that “he has he arrived home.” ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to simplify the procedure of business visa issuance besides rationalizing the visa fee on the reciprocal basis. The agreement was reached at the two-day 11th the session of Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Joint Ministerial Commission in Islamabad on Monday. ...

RIYADH - The 41-nation Islamic Military Alliance against Terrorism (IMAT), in which Pakistan holds a key role, will to hold its first meeting of defence ministers from member countries in the Saudi capital next week. The defense ministers of this Saudi-led anti-terrorism alliance of Muslim ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Air Force's first ever multinational counter terrorism air exercise 'ACES Meet 2017’, involving the air forces of a total of eight countries, concluded at an unnamed operational base in Pakistan on Saturday. Contingents of the Royal Saudi Airforce and Turkish Airforce also ...