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5 days ago | 
arab.news | Muhammad Ibrahim |Shahjahan Khurram |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudry vowed on Saturday that the government will not show any leniency toward those involved in attacks targeting international food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken’s (KFC) outlets in various parts of the country, vowing to ensure protection for foreign investment.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Muhammad Ibrahim
Minister says Pakistani journalists who visited Israel may face travel ban, lose citizenship /node/2597576/pakistan April 18, 2025 16:06 Minister says Pakistani journalists who visited Israel may face travel ban, lose citizenship Talal Chaudhry says government trying to determine how the journalists managed to travel to Israel Pakistan does not recognize Israel and its passport is valid for all countries except for the Jewish state ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s State Minister for Interior Talal...
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Muhammad Ibrahim
KARACHI: Pakistani supply chain fintech firm Haball will raise funds to expand its business into Saudi Arabia and set up a beachhead operation within the next 12 months, its chief executive officer Omer Bin Ahsan said in an interview this week. Haball announced this month it had raised $52 million to expand its Shariah-compliant supply chain financing and payments services.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Muhammad Ibrahim |Hasaan Ali Khan |Buraq Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf said on Friday the training of 89,000 pilgrims performing Hajj under the government scheme was in the “final stages” to ensure they were fully aware of the rituals, logistics, and regulations associated with the annual pilgrimage. Hajj is expected to take place in June this year. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the Hajj Agreement 2025 in January, under which Pakistan was given a quota of 179,210 pilgrims.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani diplomat on Wednesday paid tribute at the shrine of a 13th-century Muslim mystic in New Delhi, joining 178 devotees from his country who traveled to India to mark the saint’s death anniversary, even as diplomatic ties between the two countries remain strained. Amir Khusro, a revered Sufi and disciple of Nizamuddin Aulia, is celebrated for shaping Indo-Islamic culture through his poetry, music and promotion of the Persian and Hindavi languages.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Muhammad Ibrahim |Shahjahan Khurram |Fatimah Amjad
ISLAMABAD: The bodies of eight Pakistani nationals killed in Iran last week will be repatriated to the country later tonight, Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran announced on Wednesday, saying that a military plane would bring back the corpses for urgent burial. Pakistan on Saturday confirmed eight of its nationals were killed in the Mehrestan County of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, which borders Pakistan.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Muhammad Ibrahim
Karachi braces for heatwave this week as mercury soars in southern Pakistan /node/2597337/pakistan April 16, 2025 20:47 Karachi braces for heatwave this week as mercury soars in southern Pakistan Starting this Sunday, Karachi’s temperature may surge close to 40 degrees Celsius, says meteorologist More relief centers will be set up providing water and first aid to citizens, says commissioner’s office KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi are bracing for a heatwave expected...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Naimat Khan |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will host its first-ever Overseas Pakistanis Convention today, Sunday, to recognize expatriates’ contribution to the national economy and address their issues, state-run media reported. Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis are crucial for the South Asian country as it navigates a tricky path to recovery from a macroeconomic crisis that has drained its revenue.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s bilateral trade with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) surpassed $10.9 billion during the fiscal year 2023-24, the country’s envoy to the Gulf country said this week, noting that the figure represented the strong economic partnership both nations enjoyed. Pakistan and UAE have both moved closer in recent months to establish a stronger economic partnership.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal this week called for establishing a new equilibrium in ties with the United States (US) based on mutual trust, ground realities and development, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said. Ties between Islamabad and Washington, once close allies during the Cold War era and after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, have remained strained in recent years.
