ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia's Assistant Minister of Defense Engineer Talal Al-Otaibi made an official visit to Pakistan, where he met with several Pakistani officials.
During his visit, the Assistant Minister of Defense held talks with the Chief of (...)
Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said.
In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting of the joint Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) in Islamabad.
During the meeting, both sides (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari held separate talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and the high-level Saudi delegation accompanying him in Islamabad on (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan reaffirmed on Tuesday that the Middle East cannot afford further conflict, amid heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistani (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Mohammad Al-Issa attended the closing ceremony of the annual Al-Maher (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan arrived in Pakistan on Monday for a two-day official visit, aimed at bolstering economic ties and advancing mutual interests.
Leading a distinguished delegation, the foreign (...)
ISLAMABAD — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received on Monday a phone call from the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi.
During the call, they discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and the recent escalation in the (...)
Lightning, thunderstorms and heavy rains have killed 30 people in Pakistan amid predictions of more rough weather in the South Asian country, DPA reported.
Several others were reportedly injured in rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours in (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received Sheikh Muhammad Al-Issa, secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL) and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, at his office in Islamabad. Al-Issa is currently (...)
ISLAMABAD — At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, delivered the Eid sermon on (...)
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighboring country.
India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the 'Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam' medal on Sultan Al-Marshad, CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD).
The medal was awarded during Al-Marshad's visit to Pakistan to sign two development loan (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Salman was honored with Pakistan's highest civilian award, "Nishan-e-Pakistan" by President Asif Ali Zardari, during his official visit to Islamabad, directed by the leadership.
The award ceremony (...)
ISLAMABAD — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) CEO Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and the Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan Dr. Kazim Niaz have signed two pivotal development loan agreements totaling $101 million to bolster (...)
In India's high-altitude Ladakh region, thousands are protesting in sub-zero temperatures. In 2019, the government fulfilled their longstanding demand for a region separate from Indian-administered Kashmir. But since 2020, they have frequently taken (...)
On 29 February, journalist Asif Sultan arrived at his home in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir after being held on remand in jail for more than 2,000 days.
He barely spent five hours with his family before he was called to a local police (...)
Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th president of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President's House on Sunday, according to a statement from the President's Office.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath of office to (...)
Pakistan Peoples Party's co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has won a second term as Pakistan's president, supported by the ruling coalition in a vote by parliament and regional assemblies.
Zardari is elected as the 14th president of Pakistan after the (...)
At least 35 people died while dozens more were injured as freezing rain and unexpected snowfall hit remote areas of Pakistan over the weekend.
Twenty-two children were among the fatalities, many of whom were crushed in landslides that buried their (...)
Three weeks following the national vote on February 8, Pakistan's parliament elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's 24th prime minister for his second term.
Shehbaz, the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, a three-time Prime Minister and the president (...)
Two political parties in Pakistan have reached a formal agreement to form a new government following an election mired in controversy.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) will be backed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in a new (...)
Jailed cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has named a man in hiding as his pick for Pakistan's prime minister.
Omar Ayub Khan will run against the candidate of Imran Khan's rivals.
Ayub, one of the former prime minister's party leaders, is (...)
Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto's parties in Pakistan have reached a deal to form a government.
Bhutto's PPP said it would help Sharif's PML-N elect a prime minister after last week's election.
The two parties were previously in a coalition that (...)
In the latest development from Pakistan's electoral battlefield, candidates affiliated with the imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), emerged as the front-runners in the final count of the Feb. 8 general (...)