
Saudi Arabia will keep the quota of Haj for Muslims from around the globe at a level that is 50% lower than the normal quota in 2015 due to the ongoing construction and renovation of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to expand it to hold 2.2 million pilgrims at a time. The $2.2 billion expansion […]

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday July 16, 2014 has banned the use of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in public transport sector with immediate effect as it could be extremely dangerous. However, it is not clear what will be penalty for violating the imposed ban. OGRA issued the notification after approval from the […]

Australian Senators on Wednesday July 16, 2014 teamed up to vote down a new visa regime that allowed the skilled migrants to be hired at the offshore rigs in the Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The rules were exploiting the foreign workers at the expense of Australian workers as claimed by the Senators. The governing party, […]

Israel on Tuesday night continued their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, where authorities reported that the number of Palestinians killed in one week already exceeded 200. Several attacks targeted private homes for at least five Hamas leaders, including the former Foreign Minister of the government of Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar. By Wednesday morning, Palestinians in the […]

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Khawaja Asif, met with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, in Peshawar to discuss the electricity load shedding issues on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Khawaja Asif assured Pervez Khattak to resolve the electricity problems in three phases. Pervez Khattak had threatened to shut down the electric supply to Punjab […]

Pakistani journalist, Faizullah Khan, has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by an Afghan court on July 14, 2014. He was arrested for traveling to Afghanistan without travel documents and contacting terrorists. The reporter will file against the conviction in the High court. Faizullah Khan, a journalist with ARY television channel, was arrested by Afghan […]

Four missiles fired from unmanned United States drone in the North Wazirisitan tribal region of Pakistan has killed at least 20 suspected militants on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The identities of the persons died in the missile attack are yet to be verified. According to media reports, the US drone fired 4 missiles on a […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has threatened on Wednesday July 16, 2014 to shut down the electricity supply to Punjab if his province did not get its right to receive 2000MW electric supply while leading a protest rally against excessive load shedding in the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister said that uncontrolled electricity supply […]

It was recently reported from Lahore that India has decided to free 9 Pakistani inmates who they held captive after they were captured from the Indian side of the land. At times the border is not set according to plan and people often move into the Indian side of the border. Once the Pakistanis are […]

It was recently brought to light by the State Bank of Pakistan that India still owes Pakistan at least Rs 5.6 billion as a debt. This is due to the fact that when the partition took place, India had to give Pakistan a certain amount of money, but it failed to do so and it […]

It was recently reported from Srinagar that the Indian army has directly pointed fingers at Pakistani armed forced for not only killing a soldier, but also leaving 7 injured as the two parties were involved in a cross fire at the international border. It was reported that the two sides kept firing for several hours […]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada is introducing a new Express Entry electronic application management system in January 2015 in a bid to reduce the backlog and match the newly arriving permanent residents with jobs already secured. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander met with business leaders and other stakeholders to discuss the new Express Entry system […]
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