ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awadh Asseri said here yesterday that his country wants to see Pakistan become “a strong and stable country.” Asseri said a stable Pakistan was in the best interest …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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- …

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 …