ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will receive Bahrain’s highest civil award, the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, during an upcoming visit to the Kingdom, a senior aide said on Thursday.
“Prime Minister is going on an official visit to Bahrain in the mid of December where he will be conferred Bahrain’s highest civilian award,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Sayed Zulifkar Bukhari, told Arab News, adding that Khan would receive the award at a special ceremony to be held during his visit.
On August 25, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also conferred the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance by Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa during a visit to the Kingdom.
The Pakistani premier is expected to leave on a three-country tour on December 15, starting with Bahrain, followed by Switzerland where he will address a global conference on refugees in Geneva, and finally Malaysia.
During this visit to Bahrain, Khan will meet his counterpart Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. He will also participate in Bahrain’s national day celebrations.
Earlier this year during a visit to Islamabad, the National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Lt. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, extended an invitation to Khan to visit Bahrain on behalf of the prime minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Bahrain to confer highest civilian award on Pakistani PM Khan
Bahrain to confer highest civilian award on Pakistani PM Khan
- Award to be given at a special ceremony during Khan’s upcoming visit to Bahrain
- PM expected to leave for a trip to Bahrain, Switzerland and Malaysia starting December 15
Bondi Beach suspect father arrived in Philippines as ‘Indian national’ — immigration
- Philippine authorities said the pair spent nearly a month in Mindanao, a region long plagued by militancy
- Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese said investigators believe the suspects were radicalized by Daesh ideology
MANILA: The father and son allegedly behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, authorities in Manila confirmed Tuesday, with the father entering as an “Indian national.”
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed, who allegedly killed 15 people and wounded dozens of others at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, entered the country on November 1 with the southern province of Davao listed as their final destination.
“Sajid Akram, 50, Indian national, and Naveed Akram, 24, Australian national, arrived in the Philippines together last November 1, 2025 from Sydney, Australia,” immigration spokeswoman Dana Sandoval told AFP.
“Both reported Davao as their final destination. They left the country on November 28, 2025 on a connecting flight from Davao to Manila, with Sydney as their final destination.”
Police and military sources had earlier told reporters they were still in the process of confirming the duo’s presence in the country.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that the two men had likely been radicalized by “Islamic State ideology,” referring to the militant group also known as Daesh.
The Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao, home to Davao province, has a long history of Islamist insurgencies against central government rule.
Pro-Daesh Maute and Abu Sayyaf militants — including foreign and local fighters — held Mindanao’s Marawi under siege in 2017.
The Philippine military wrested back the ruined city after a five-month battle that claimed more than 1,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
While insurgent activity in Mindanao has significantly abated in the years since, the Philippine army continues to hunt leaders of groups deemed to be “terrorists.”
