Tag: Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
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Saudi Arabia to give citizenship to foreign professionals
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued a royal decree to grant citizenships to scientists, medical doctors, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and distinguished talents with unique expertise and specialisation in their respective fields. The announcement was made on Thursday, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The desert Kingdom, in the midst of modernising the vast country,…
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Saudi Arabia to set up $12 billion refinery, petrochemical complex in Pakistan
The government has convinced Saudi Arabia to resume a significant project to build a cutting-edge deep conversion refinery and petrochemical complex in Pakistan. A high-ranking team from the kingdom led by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman will visit Pakistan in the final week of November, when a formal announcement is anticipated in this regard, according…
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Joe Biden to visit Saudi Arabia after calling Kingdom ‘isolated’
United States (US) President Joe Biden will make his first Presidential trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Israel and the Palestinian West Bank next month from July 13-16, confirmed by the White House, reports Associated Press (AP). During this visit, Biden will meet Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
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Nawaz free to fly back to Pakistan, name removed from ECL
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will go on his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia on April 27. He will be accompanied by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. PM Shehbaz will call upon Saudi Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. The Pakistani delegation will also perform…
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‘We don’t look at Israel as an enemy’: Saudi Crown prince reveals in rare interview
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Israel a “potential ally” of Riyadh, in an interview with a United States (US) monthly magazine, The Atlantic. “But we have to solve some issues before we get to that,” he added. “We don’t look at Israel as an enemy, we look to them as a potential ally,…
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In Saudi Arabia, women riders debut in camel beauty contest
For the first time in the kingdom, Saudi women paraded camels in a beauty pageant for the “desert ship”. “I hope today to reach a certain social standing, InshaAllah (God willing),” said Lamia al-Rashidi, 27, who participated at the weekend contest in the Rumah desert northeast of the capital Riyadh. Part of the famous King…
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PM Imran, First Lady land barefoot in Madina
Prime Minister Imran Khan and First Lady Bushra Bibi landed in Madina wearing no shoes in order to pay their respects to the Holy City. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry appreciated PM Khan’s gesture of not wearing shoes, saying: “This is the level of respect, that [PM Imran] opts not to step on…
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Ultimatum for Saudi Arabia: Trump tells MBS to cut oil supply if Kingdom wants US military support
With the United States (US) continuing to press Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump has given the Kingdom an ultimatum. According to Reuters, in an April 2 phone call, Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that unless the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) started…
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‘Pakistan, the friend in need’: Millions of COVID-19 drugs to be exported to US, UK, KSA, others
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has announced the federal cabinet’s decision to send chloroquine tablets — an anti-malarial medicine that some studies found has a strong antiviral effect on COVID-19 — to “friendly nations” to help them in their time of need. Addressing a press…
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Saudi Arabia observes first legal Valentine’s Day
After decades of marking the practice as forbidden, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is observing its first legal Valentine’s Day by selling and buying gifts, flowers and chocolates, which was not thought possible until a few years ago due to the strict laws deeming the same un-Islamic. According to Middle East Monitor, the once-feared religious police…