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Pakistan has constituted an 18-member committee to carry out bilateral economic engagements and negotiations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a notification issued on Sunday by the Prime Minister’s Office said. According to the notification, made available to Dawn.com today, the committee will be co-chaired by Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik and the national coordinator for Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ahmad. The notification, dated October 5, said that the co-chairs “shall constitute core/negotiation teams for negotiations with the Saudi counterparts”. These teams, per the notification, shall be responsible for implementing and executing the assigned tasks on a fast-track basis. “The prime minister has directed that the SIFC shall submit proposals for the travel of members of the committee from Pakistan to KSA and back, and the PMO will ensure that these are processed/approved within one hour of the same working day,” the notification further said. P...

SIALKOT - Federal Minister for Defense Khawaja Asif said that the defense agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is due to the victory of the battle of truth.

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the demise of Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, calling it a great loss for the entire Muslim Ummah.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz extended heartfelt congratulations to the leadership and people of Saudi Arabia on their National Day.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the death of Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. “The Royal Court announced today the passing of Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, who also served as the head of the Council of Senior Scholars, the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, and the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League,” SPA reported, adding that the funeral prayers would be him at Riyadh’s Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque today. The report said King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also ordered that funeral prayers in absentia also be performed at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, Madina’s Masjid-i-Nabvi and in all mosques across the kingdom. The Saudi Gazette said in a post on X that he was 82. “The Royal Court stated that with his passing, the kingdom and the Islamic world have lost a distinguished scholar who made significant contributions to the service of Islam and Muslims,” SPA said. It added that King Salman a...

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Saudi Arabia will stand alongside Pakistan in the event of any future aggression from India.

LONDON/ ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday hinted that some countries were showing interest in building strategic defence agreements with Pakistan, following the country’s landmark pact with Saudi Arabia.

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has expressed gratitude to the nation and religious scholars for observing Yaum-e-Tashakur (Day of Thanksgiving) and for offering special prayers for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia during Friday sermons.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan has said that the leadership of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is committed to elevating bilateral relations, stressing that the newly signed strategic defense pact is purely defensive and not directed against any other state.

Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council, Maulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, has praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for finalizing a mutual defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived in Saudi Arabia on a state visit, receiving a warm welcome with an aerial escort of Saudi F-15 jets as his plane entered Saudi airspace.

Saudi Arabia has dispatched 50 aid trucks to Syria as part of its ongoing humanitarian land bridge, carrying more than 670 tons of medical, food, and shelter supplies to support the Syrian people.

ISLMABAD - Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday visited the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, where Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad Al-Malki warmly welcomed him on his arrival.

RIYADH: In the Residency law crackdown, Saudi officials have detained over 17,000 individuals in more than a month, in a nationwide campaign, ARY News reported. The crackdown was conducted to target individuals found in violation of residency, labour, and border security laws. According to the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat), apprehended people were found involved […]

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will undertake a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia from Monday to participate in the Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Jeddah.

Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed major investment and partnership deals with Syria, valued at $6.4 billion, to help rebuild the war-ravaged country’s infrastructure, telecommunications and other major sectors. The oil-rich Gulf kingdom has been a major backer of the new Syrian government, which seized power after an Islamist-led offensive toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad […]

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia yesterday agreed to advance investments and technical collaboration for mutual benefit of the two nations.

Saudi Arabia’s authorities announced that 23,167 illegal residents or those violating labour or border laws have been taken into custody by their security forces in a nationwide crackdown led between July 10 to 16. The Ministry of Interior said that the activities took place from July 10 to July 16, 2025 In the most recent […]

Iran’s foreign minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, the Saudi foreign ministry said, two weeks after a ceasefire between regional rivals Iran and Israel began. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said his country hoped the truce would contribute to regional stability, and emphasised Riyadh’s position “in supporting dialogue through diplomatic means as a path to resolving disputes,” the ministry said in a post on X early on Wednesday. According to the Saudi ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “expressed his gratitude” to Riyadh for its condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Israel launched its unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran on June 13, targeting military and nuclear facilities as well as residential areas. The strikes killed more than 1,000 people in Iran, including senior military commanders and nuclear scientists, according to Tehran. Israel, in turn, was hit by waves of drone and missile fire from Iran, which Israeli authorities said left at lea...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in technology, with plans to jointly advance regional digital connectivity and innovation.