Saudi Govt seeks Pakistan’s help launch green initiatives
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki on Friday called on Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and expressed interest to learn from…
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Saudi crown prince discusses tree-planting project with Arab leaders
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional tree-planting project, state news agency (SPA) reported…
Qureshi phones Saudi FM
ISLAMABAD- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday appreciated the steps by Saudi leadership in resolving differences among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and recent…
Will Israel retaliate against alleged Iranian strike? Netanyahu doesn’t answer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that there was no doubt that Iran was involved in a blast that occurred on an Israeli ship in the Gulf of Oman. However, he…
US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi murder but spares him sanctions
The United States on Friday for the first time publicly accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but stopped…
Pakistan condemns Houthi attack on Saudi border village
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned Houthi militants’ attack by launching of a military projectile on one of the border villages in Jazan area in Saudi Arabia.
The attack resulted…
FM Qureshi congratulates Saudi, Qatari counterparts on successful GCC summit
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi yesterday held telephonic conversations with his Saudi and Qatari counterparts and congratulated them for a successful summit of the Gulf…
Saudi prince phones PM Imran Khan
RIYADH: Saudi prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, made a telephone call to Prime Minister Imran Khan, on…
Pakistan joins Saudi-led Digital Cooperation Organisation as founding member
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) as a founding member.
Established under an initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, other countries that have…
Netanyahu met Saudi crown prince, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia on Sunday – Israeli…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israel’s Kan…
COVID deals blow to Saudi Arabia’s G20 summit ambitions
When Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter and a leading U.S. ally, took over the G20 presidency in December 2019, hopes in the kingdom were high.
A global summit would help…
Saudi king urges ‘firm stance’ against Iran
Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged world powers Thursday to take a "firm stance" against its arch-rival Iran, as expectations mount that US President-elect Joe Biden will seek to revive a 2015…
Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions on foreign workers
Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it will ease key restrictions on millions of foreign workers, as part of plans to reform its long-criticised labour policy.
Human rights groups have repeatedly…
Saudi Twitter users grapple with ‘digital authoritarianism’
The former Saudi official's tweet expressing condolences over an activist's death seemed benign, but his mysterious disappearance soon afterwards highlighted what observers call the state's…
FO quashes reports Saudi Arabia voted against Pakistan on FATF action plan
ISLAMABAD: Responding to media queries regarding role of Saudi Arabia in assessment of Pakistan’s FATF Action Plan, the Foreign Office categorically rejected the story circulating on segment…