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...
After shuttling between the offices of the airport administration and PIA for two hours, the pilgrims were informed that their luggage had been left behind in Madina...
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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
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 officials who said their names were on the Provisional National Identity List (PNIL), a new ECL-like category introduced recently in immigration laws under which a passenger can be stopped from leaving the country on the request of a government department... ...
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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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Archive'Is this what state of Madina looks like?': Nawaz lashes out at PTI government
"Is this what the 'state of Madina' looks like?" he said, alleging that the PTI government had failed to fulfil its "tall promises"...
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ArchiveTayyab, Madina clinch international squash titles
ISLAMABAD: Top seed Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar won the men and women titles respectively after nail-biting contests in the Pakistan International Squash Tournament here at Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday...
Meanwhile, in women’s event, third seed Madina Zafar, who moved into final after defeating top seed Amna Fayyaz continued her winning streak and upset her elder sister and second seed Faiza Zafar in the final that lasted for 31...
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ArchiveMadina-like welfare state to be set up in phases: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that a welfare state on the pattern of the state of Madina would be established in phases and there was a need to ensure social justice in accordance with the principles of Islam...
Seeks recommendations from Council of Islamic IdeologyThe two golden principles of the state of Madina were justice and public welfare and these could guarantee progress of the nation, the prime minister...
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ArchiveBudget described as step towards state of Madina model
ISLAMABAD: Terming the federal budget a step forward towards the country’s transformation into the state of Madina, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday said the government had rejected the directives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding further hike in gas and electricity tariffs...
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