ISLAMABAD: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif will arrive in Islamabad on February 7, with repatriation of Pakistani prisoners among other affairs on the agenda, the Pakistani interior minister said on Tuesday.
Last month, Saudi Arabia ratified agreements that help both countries streamline the repatriation of prisoners and measures to counter human and drug trafficking.
The treaties were signed during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the kingdom in May last year.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said his country was trying to bring back Pakistani prisoners from wherever they were.
“Tomorrow, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif is arriving on the invitation of the interior ministry. And this for interior ministry, this country and repatriation of our prisoners in Saudi Arabia will be a good decision,” Ahmed said at a press conference in Islamabad.
“We are inviting interior ministers of different countries where our people are in prisons. It is as per instructions of the prime minister.”
The minister said the government was making efforts to bring back Pakistanis languishing in prisons of brotherly Muslim countries for not being able to pay fines imposed for minor offenses.
“We are taking this to the cabinet that people who are languishing in our brotherly Islamic countries due to fines, their release should be managed by paying their fines,” he said.
Ahmed said Pakistan had already secured release of many prisoners from Turkey, adding that officials from Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait would also be visiting the country soon.
Saudi interior minister expected in Islamabad Monday with Pakistani prisoners on talks agenda
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Saudi interior minister expected in Islamabad Monday with Pakistani prisoners on talks agenda
- Pakistani interior minister says they are trying to secure release of Pakistanis languishing in Muslim countries
- Officials from Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait will also be visiting Pakistan soon to discuss release of prisoners
Pakistan’s moon sighting committee to meet tomorrow to sight Ramadan crescent
- Committee members visually observe crescent every year to determine dates for Ramadan, Eid festivals in Pakistan
- Pakistan’s national space agency has said the Ramadan crescent is likely to be visible in the country on Feb. 18
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s central moon-sighting committee will meet in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday to sight the Ramadan crescent, state media reported as Islamabad gears up for the holy Islamic month.
Pakistan’s Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (RHC) determines the dates for new Islamic months and Eid festivals by sighting the moon every year. Committee members announce the dates for the Islamic months after visually observing the crescent and receiving testimonies of its sighting from several parts of the country.
“The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Peshawar tomorrow for sighting of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak 1447 Hijri moon,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday.
Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, the chairman of the committee, will preside over the meeting. Radio Pakistan said zonal and district RHCs will also meet at their respective headquarters to sight the moon.
Pakistan’s national space agency announced last week that the Ramadan crescent is likely to be visible in the country on Feb. 18 and consequently, the first date of Ramadan is likely to be on Feb. 19.
Muslims fast from dawn till sunset during Ramadan. This is followed by Eid-ul-Fitr, a religious holiday and celebration to mark the end of Ramadan which is observed by Muslims worldwide.
