Saudi Arabia seeks $100b for ambitious plan to become travel hub
New ’mega-airport', new national flag carrier and expectation of 330 million annual visitors, Saudi Arabia seeks $100billion to become world's top tourist spot.
Why is Saudi Arabia demolishing houses worth $20b?
The operation was part of a $20-billion clearance and construction project that stands to displace half-a-million people in Saudi Arabia's second city
Saudi Arabia invites China’s Xi to visit Kingdom
Xi's potential visit would offer a stark contrast to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his relationship with President Biden, who pledged during the 2020 election to treat the kingdom like a "pariah" state.
Pakistan to send youth to KSA for jobs
On Sunday, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed two agreements on worker recruitment and skills verification of the Pakistani workforce employed in KSA. The agreements were...
Pakistan recieves $3 Billion under support package from Saudi Arabia
Shaukat Tarin has announced today in a tweet that Pakistan has received the $3 Billion agreed under a support package from Saudi Arabia
The West owes Qatar a favor over Afghanistan
Analysts describe Qatar's emergence as a broker in Afghanistan as a part of a carefully nurtured strategy by the tiny but rich state to bolster its own security, by becoming indispensable as a venue for international mediation.
PM Khan welcomes ‘Fly Jinnah’ Pakistan’s new low-cost airline
Fly Jinnah is a new low-cost carrier which is the result of Joint Venture between the Middle Eastern low-cost carrier Air Arabia and a Pakistani Conglomerate Lakson Group. Prime Minister Khan welcomed Air Arabia to Pakistan and said that the PTI government is committed to the uplift of the travel and tourism sector of the country.
Afghanistan may be a middle ground for Saudi-Iranian rivalry
Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between the Iranians and Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban, Afghanistan...
Pak-Saudi bilateral relation is back on track?
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy a decades-old and warm bilateral relationship that has survived many jolts. Bilateral relations between them strained since April 2015...
Saudi Arabia imposes restrictions on use of loudspeakers in Mosques
Saudi Arabia has banned the usage of loudspeakers in mosques other than for Azan and Iqamat. Whether it will implement it is yet to be seen.
COVID-19: Is Saudi Arabia considering to suspend Hajj for the public?
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri on Wednesday said that Saudi authorities have so far refused to accept applications from pilgrims, therefore, Hajj...
MBS struggles to make Saudi Arabia a moderate state
Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of moderate...