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Top Saudi cleric says cinemas, song concerts harmful and corrupting
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jan. 15 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's highest-ranking cleric has called cinemas and singing concerts as harmful and corrupting.
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Saudi Arabia increases quota of Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca, Madina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Saudi Arabian Government on Wednesday increased the quota of Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca and Madina by 34, 500 for 2017.
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Iran finally receives Haj invite from Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 11 (ANI): Iran has said that it has finally received an official invitation from Saudi Arabia for its pilgrims to attend this year's Haj.
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Pak Senate questions govt. on ex-army chief Sharif's Saudi-led allian
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): Pakistan Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani has asked the Nawaz Sharif whether former army chief General (Retired) Raheel Sharif took its approval before accepting appointment of commander of the 39-nation Saudi-led military alliance.
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Former Pak Army chief Raheel Sharif named chief of Islamic military coalit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan. 6 (ANI): Former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif on Friday was appointed as the chief of Islamic military alliance and posted in Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said.
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Saudi Arabia first, India second and Pakistan third largest arms purchaser
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Dec.30 (ANI): A United States Congress Research report has revealed that India has emerged as the second largest purchaser of arms among developing nations after Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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India in touch with Yemen, Saudi Arabia to secure Father Tom's releas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): Responding to an Indian Catholic priest's request, who was abducted in Yemen this year, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Monday said India is in regular touch with Saudi Arabia and Yemen authorities and is underta
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Report of 150 Indian dead bodies lying in Saudi Arabia 'factually mis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 23 (ANI): New Delhi on Friday brushed aside the report that the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been inactive in dispatching 150 dead bodies from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that are lying in mortuaries and said the embassy is pro-actively following the cases on t
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364 Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, says Sartaj Aziz
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 22 (ANI): Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has said that there are 364 Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia admits to using British-made cluster bombs in Yemen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 21 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that it used UK-manufactured cluster bombs against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Pak Army Chief meets Saudi King, discusses fight against terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Dec. 18 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, on Sunday called on Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and both sides stressed on eliminating terrorism.
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Musharraf admits to receiving huge financial aid from Saudi King
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 9 (ANI): Former Pakistani president and military ruler General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf has disclosed that he was helped by the late Saudi King Abdullah after he left power and had no place of his own to live in the UK.
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