Monday, February 18th, 2019
Will resolve issues facing Pakistani citizens in Saudi Arabia: Adel al-Jubeir
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir on Monday said the Saudi government will resolve all issues of Pakistani citizens in Saudi Arabia. “Skilled Pakistani workers have been playing crucial role in development of Saudi Arabia,” Adel al-Jubeir said while addressing media in a joint press conference along with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. He said Saudi Arabia was constructing an oil refinery in Gwadar worth $10 billion dollar. He said his government wanted to see Pakistan as an economically stable country. TheRead More
Saudi crown prince orders immediate release of 2107 Pakistani prisoners
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – In a major development, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has ordered the immediate release of 2107 Pakistani prisoners in Saudi jails. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in his message on the micro-blogging website, twitter said, “As a sequel to Prime Minister of Pakistan request, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of KSA Mohammad Bin Salman has ordered the immediate release of 2107 Pakistani prisoners Saudi Jails.”
Pakistan recalls envoy from New Delhi amid Pulwama attack allegations
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – In the wake of the Pulwama attack and baseless allegations from New Delhi, which killed at least 44 Indian security personnel in occupied Kashmir, Pakistan on Monday recalled its high commissioner from India. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the envoy has been recalled to Islamabad for ‘consultations’. Suhail Mahmood left New Delhi on Monday morning, confirmed the FO. Pakistan launched a diplomatic offensive to counter Indian attempts to link Islamabad with Thursday’s Pulwama attack. Hours after New Delhi pointed fingers at Pakistan and threatened to take “revenge”,Read More
US deputy attorney general wanted to remove Trump in 2017: ex-FBI chief
WASHINGTON, (DNA) – The US deputy attorney general discussed how many cabinet members would support removing US President Donald Trump from office in 2017, the FBI’s former acting director said in an interview airing Sunday. Andrew McCabe said invoking the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution was raised by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after Trump fired FBI director James Comey on May 9, 2017. “Rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort,”Read More
Saudi Prince won hearts of people by calling himself Pak’s ambassador to KSA: PM
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday has said that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has won the hearts of the people of Pakistan by calling himself as Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. In a tweet, the premier said, “Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman won the hearts of the people of Pakistan when he said consider me Pakistans ambassador to Saudi Arabia in response to my asking him to treat the 2.5 mn Pakistani s working in KSA as his own.” Earlier, PM Imran said Pakistan is readyRead More