Madina Market traders call off sit-in
RAWALPINDI: The Madina Market traders have called off the sit-in scheduled to be held at Fawwara Chowk on Saturday against non-payment of compensation money...
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PakistanPakistani among 46 arrested for link to Madina bombing
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s security forces said on Sunday they had arrested 46 people for their suspected link to a terrorist cell responsible for a stunning attack outside Masjid-i-Nabwi, in Madina, last year...
The ministry previously identified the Madina bomber as a Saudi national and the Jeddah bomber as a Pakistani resident...
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Archive180 shops in Madina Market to open today despite traders’ strike
RAWALPINDI: Over 180 shops in Madina Market will open on Saturday (today) after 18 months despite calls of shutterdown strike by one group of the traders association against imposition of withholding tax on bank transactions...
Madina Market and Taleemul Quran mosque and seminary in Raja Bazaar were burnt in November 2013 after sectarian violence erupted on Muharram 10...
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ArchiveMuslim world outraged at Madina bombing
RIYADH: A deadly suicide bombing near Islam’s second-holiest site in the Saudi city of Madina sparked condemnation across the Muslim world on Tuesday, with both the Taliban and Hezbollah denouncing the attack...
The targeting of Madina caused shock and outrage across the entire Muslim world...
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World12 Pakistanis, seven Saudis arrested following Madina blast
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia identified on Thursday suspects in two of the three attacks that struck the kingdom on the same day this week, including one outside the sprawling mosque where the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is buried in the western city of Madina that killed four Saudi security troops...
In a statement released by the Interior Ministry late Thursday, authorities said the Madina bomber in Monday's apparently coordinated attacks was...
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PakistanPIA captain, two others issued notices for overloaded Karachi-Madina flight
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has issued show-cause notices to a pilot and two others officials for loading seven extra passengers on a Karachi-Madina flight on January 20, in a violation of air safety regulations, sources said Monday...
The Boeing 777 aircraft (Reg No: AP BID) has a seating capacity of 409, including jump seats, while flight PK-743 carried 416 passengers from Karachi to Madina...
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ArchivePIA leaves Haj pilgrims’ luggage in Madina
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday brought back Haj pilgrims but left their luggage in Madina...
714 arrived at Islamabad International Airport at 5:15am on Sunday with 168 passengers on board...
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ArchiveHigh-speed train linking Makkah with Madina launched
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman on Tuesday inaugurated a high-speed railway linking Makkah and Madina, described by local officials as the biggest transportation project in the region...
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ArchiveCII forms committee to suggest ways to establish Madina-like state
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday formed a four-member committee to suggest measures for the establishment in Pakistan of a state similar to Madina...
The CII was approached by Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri on behalf of the government, seeking suggestions and ways to establish governance similar to the state of Madina, in Pakistan...
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ArchiveTwo nephews of Nawaz offloaded from Madina-bound flight
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday offloaded two nephews of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from a Saudi Arabia-bound flight at Allama Iqbal International Airport on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
Yousuf Abbas and Abdul Aziz Abbas, sons of the late Abbas Sharif, were going to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj when they were offloaded from the Madina-bound flight by the FIA immigration...
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Archive24-hour curfew imposed in Makkah, Madina
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew on Thursday in Makkah and Madina, extending measures to combat coronavirus, while other Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations...
Entry and exit to Riyadh, Makkah, Madina and Jeddah is limited...
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PakistanSenate body asks CAA to redesign third runway of new Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to revisit the design of third runway at the new Islamabad airport so that at the interests of the local settlements could be safeguarded...
The chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Talha Mahmood said the residents of Meelu village, located adjacent to the airport, feared that they would be uprooted if the...
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PakistanWith 'blast-proof' wall and new lounge, Islamabad Airport gets much-awaited upgrade
ISLAMABAD: Nine months and Rs450 million later, Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport has got its much-awaited facelift which includes what officials say is a "blast-proof wall", revamped business lounge and a new taxiway link...
It is estimate that the new feature will save Rs120 million per month for airlines...
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PakistanNew Islamabad airport to open by Aug 14 next year
ISLAMABAD: The new Islamabad international airport will be operational by Aug 14 next year as 82 per cent of the work on the project has been completed...
“I will inaugurate the new airport on Aug 14, 2017,” said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while chairing a meeting on aviation affairs...
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PakistanHomeopathic doctor works as consultant at new Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: If an audit report of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is to be believed, none of the 12 engineering consultants hired for the under-construction New Islamabad International Airport hold engineering degrees...
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