BERLIN: King of Saudi Arabia Shah Abdullah has offered political asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, a German weekly reported on Saturday. The offer was pushed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, the magazine said in an advance report from its Monday edition, quoting government sources in Kabul. It [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 2, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for Saudi Arabia Tuesday for holding wide ranging talks with Saudi leadership aimed at expanding trade and economic ties and seeking Saudi support in helping the country confront its financial challenges. President Zardari’s visit to Saudi Arabia is taking place at a time when Pakistan is in the midst [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The training of intending pilgrims selected for Hajj-2008 will be started across the country from October 14. The training Programmes will be conducted in collaboration with local administration at Tehsil and district level. Several Programmes will also be telecast and air on television and radio to aware the intending pilgrims about the rituals of Hajj. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 14, 2008
Written by: Walaa Hawari RIYADH: Saudi society has been recently exposed to a number of marriages that involve elderly men as old as 60 marrying young girls as young as eight. The marriages shocked many people who objected to such marriages, saying that there is no equality in this type of marriage and that there should [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 6, 2008
JEDDAH: Pakistan and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) signed a trade agreement. Pakistani ambassador Shahid Karimullah and OIC secretary-general Prof Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu signed the deal. Earlier, the rules and regulation of the agreement were finalized that facilitate Pakistan in bilateral trade with the member countries. The agreement would be implemented from January 2009. Popularity: [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed its support for the Declaration on Jammu and Kashmir issued by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Contact Group on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Organization. The Kingdom was invited as the first signatory in recognition of its efforts for formulating the new charter, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
SAUDI ARABIA: Imam-e- Kaba Al-Sheikh Saud al Sharim has said that Muslim rulers and Muslims could save from every kind of troubles and achieve successes if they give up vulgarity and follow Shariat-e- Mohammadi. In his Friday sermon, Sheikh Saud said it is must for the Muslims to stave off themselves from wine [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that coalition government is taking concerted steps to attract investment in power generation, oil and gas sector. “We look forward for more investment and support by Saudi government in these sectors”. Federal minister expressed these views while talking to the Saudi Ambassador [...]
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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