Jeddah mayoralty cleans up millions of square meters in massive campaign
- 17-Aug-2025
JEDDAH: The Jeddah Mayoralty has cleaned up 4.4 million square meters of vacant land in July 2025 alone, local media reported. The mayoralty clarified that in addition to mechanical sweeping of over 109,000 kilometers, the field operation of the General Administration of Cleanliness Projects under the mayoralty involved manual sweeping of streets and squares across […]
Ukraine ceasefire talks planned Sunday in Jeddah: US
- 19-Mar-2025
WASHINGTON: Talks on a ceasefire in Russia’s war with Ukraine will continue on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday. In an interview with Fox News hours after Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Witkoff said talks on a […]
Saudi Arabia announces strict punishment for unauthorised transporters
- 20-Mar-2024
Saudi Arabia has announced heavy fines for transporters working without a permit in the kingdom in a move to improve the transportation sector. According to an international media outlet, the authorities will slap an SR5,000 fine on those found transporting people without a permit. Saudi Transport General Authority (TGA) asked unlicensed carriers to register with […]
Ship carrying 37 Pakistanis from war-torn Syria reaches Jeddah
- 26-Apr-2023
JEDDAH: A ship carrying 37 Pakistani nationals from war-torn Sudan has reached Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah as fighting between the army and paramilitaries killed and wounded hundreds, ARY News reported on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, the foreign office (FO) spokesperson wrote: “Evacuation plan for Pakistani nationals in Sudan continues. The ship carrying 37 Pakistani nationals from […]
Jeddah demolitions turn residents into ‘strangers’
- 22-Apr-2022
The Saudi doctor still had 15 years left on the loan he used to build his family’s “dream” home in Jeddah when bulldozers razed it to the ground, turning his life into “hell”. The operation was part of a $20-billion clearance and construction project that stands to displace half-a-million people in Saudi Arabia’s second city […]
Special flight brings in 237 passengers from Jeddah to Multan
- 20-May-2020
A total of 237 passengers have arrived in Pakistan from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia through a special flight on Wednesday
PIA special flight brings back 250 passengers from Jeddah
- 16-May-2020
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) special flight carrying 250 passengers has arrived at Jinnah International Airport on Saturday from Jeddah
PIA plane encounters minor accident at Sialkot airport
- 10-Dec-2019
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight returning from Jeddah met an accident during landing at Sialkot International Airport.
Expensive cat goes missing from airplane cargo, cage found empty
- 09-Oct-2019
A passenger onboard a flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Lahore, Pakistan has reported that his expensive cat which was being transferred with him was lost in the cargo.
‘Robots’ link Hajis with doctors in Riyadh, Jeddah
- 10-Aug-2019
Saudi medical services during this year’s Hajj season have gone digital. New robots can now connect specialized doctors from Riyadh and Jeddah with patients during their pilgrimage in Mina and Makkah.