ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will reportedly be visiting Saudi Arabia, accompanying his brother Nawaz Sharif at the invitation of Saudi officials. Reports in local media suggest that Saudi authorities invited Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif for pilgrimage during the holy month of ...

*WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that restrictions on media outlets and civil society undermine Pakistan's image as well as its ability to progress.* He was addressing a news conference organised by the Washington Foreign Press Centre here on Tuesday. "We are aware of ...

ISLAMABAD- An exhibition comprising photographic images highlighting extreme Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir was inaugurated at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan auditorium in Faisalabad Arts Council. FAC Assistant Director, Muhammad Imran Raza inaugurated the exhibition ...

ISLAMABAD-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says cultural diplomacy is vital for importance to highlight the positive image of Pakistan. Chairing the inaugural session of Arts and Culture Group in Islamabad, he said Pakistan has been blessed with regard to the culture immensely. The Foreign ...

ISLAMABAD-In India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that Narendra Modi was busy building his own image and India's captured institutions are also all busy in doing this task. In a tweet, he said one man's image is not a substitute for a national vision.

ISLAMABAD-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has set up a ‘Consultative Group on Public Diplomacy’ for projecting Pakistan's soft and real image abroad.  He was presiding over the inaugural meeting of Consultative Group on Public Diplomacy in Islamabad in line with his vision to ...

ANKARA (AA): With Saudi Arabia announcing a threefold rise in the value-added tax (VAT), an expert believes the move may also make it more expensive for people to take the Umrah and Hajj pilgrimages. “The Saudi economy has come under a double shock as a result of the collapse of global crude ...

KARTARPUR - In what may be called the world’s ‘longest’ ever pilgrimage, it took almost 72 years to the Indian Sikhs to make it to one of their holiest shrines located just 4.1 kilometers from the border in Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday inaugurated the ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal government takes important decision over the Lobbyist firms in US for Pakistan image building. Federal cabinet in its meeting on Friday, expressed reservations about the performance of two lobbyists or Public Relations (PR) firms working in the US to defend Pakistan’s ...

DOHA - Qatar has urged Saudi Arabia to remove "obstacles and restrictions" for its residents wishing to perform the hajj pilgrimage, as the two Gulf neighbours remain locked in a bitter diplomatic dispute. The call late Thursday follows Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest cities of Mecca and ...