- Saudi Arabia has allocated Pakistan a quota of 179,210 pilgrims for this year’s Hajj
- Saudi biometric verification is mandatory for issuance of Hajj visas, ministry says
- ’Extremely powerful’ explosion ripped through Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra just after Friday prayers started, worshipper says
- The attack was the deadliest in the Pakistani capital since September 2008, when 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb blast
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- Port operator says more than $5 billion in copper and gold exports planned from Reko Diq in phases
- PIBT readies capacity upgrades as security and regional connectivity remain key logistical risks
Saudi Arabia Railways breaks records in 2025: 14 million passengers and 30 million tonnes of freight
- Transporting 30 million tons of freight via rail in 2025 meant 2 million truck journeys removed from Kingdom’s highways and 139 million liters of fuel saved
- It also meant a reduction of carbon emissions by 364,000 tons, contributing directly to the Saudi Green Initiative
- The Axios report cited a US official and diplomats from four countries that are on the board
- The plans for the meeting, which would also be a fundraising conference for Gaza reconstruction, are in early stages and could still change, Axios reported
- Despite helping to spearhead the uprising that led to this vote, women are poised to be largely excluded from the South Asian country’s political arena
- Under the deal, tariffs on goods from India would be lowered to 18 percent, from 25 percent, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil, Trump had said.
- The Dutch looked to be in a good position at 127-4 with four overs to go
- But Pakistan applied the brakes with the slow men sharing six wickets between them
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- Talks with Saudi delegation aim to support domestic production for national immunization needs, ministry says
- Pakistan currently imports all vaccines, which ramps up foreign exchange and procurement pressures
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It’s a name given by social media fans to Joshua Harris, a 12-year-old autistic and non-verbal Briton, who has been visiting UK mosques and distributing cakes to promote solidarity amid an increase in far-right support in the country. On a recent trip to Madinah with his father, “The Joshie-Man” turned his ‘Cake not hate’ campaign to ‘Dates not hate’ by handing out the holy city’s famous ajwa and ambar dates people in the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque.
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