The government plans to present an austerity-oriented budget providing a “Slight” relief to middle and low grade government employees, including military personal, with no increase in the salaries of army officials of high ranks. This was said by special assistant to the Prime Minister Dr.Firdous Ashiq Awan.

At the conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca, which lasted from Friday night until Saturday morning, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz underscored that his country approves by no means any damage to Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and that Palestine has always been the highest priority for Riyadh and the Islamic world.

During the parliamentary elections in Denmark, the massive focus on Rasmus Paludan has been a smokescreen for many Muslims. While he has been running his campaign of burning and throwing around copies of the Qur'an in various parts of the country and threatening to deport Muslims, leading politicians, including the Prime Minister, have distanced themselves from him.

Qatar said on Sunday it had reservations about hardline statements on Iran made at emergency summits in Mecca organised by Saudi Arabia. "The statements condemned Iran but did not refer to a moderate policy to speak with Tehran," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's foreign minister, told Al Jazeera. The summits "adopted Washington's policy towards Iran and not one that takes the neighbourhood into consideration", he added.