Abid Khazandar
Al-Riyadh
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is the oldest airline in the Gulf region. It should therefore be one of the region’s leading airline companies but it has actually regressed, becoming the most backward of them.
Even though it has the biggest market, which is the Haj traffic, its backwardness is
Why has Saudia regressed?
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A fabricated kidnapping
Hamoud Abu Talib
Okaz
Do you remember the story of Saudi citizen Khaled Al-Qurashi? Well, I will remind you. He is the man with whom we sympathized when news circulated that he was kidnapped along the Lebanese-Syrian border when he went there to bring back his seven-year-old daughter from his Syrian ex-wife.
According to re
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Attempt to smuggle half a ton qat foiled
DHAHRAN AL-JANOUB – Border Guard officers here foiled an attempt to smuggle half a ton of qat into the Kingdom, according to spokesman Col. Abdullah Al-Hamrani. The smugglers were arrested late at night while trying to sneak the qat through the Kingdom’s borders.
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Young man found dead in desert
BURAIDAH – Al-Qassim police found a young man dead in the desert after his car apparently broke down and he was unable to call for help. Al-Qassim police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Habdan said the man was found lying next to his car. Police believe he tried to walk to the closest road but returned to his vehicle after he was unable to find the way. &n
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Teenager shoots uncle by mistake
AL-AQEEQ – A 16-year-old boy killed his uncle after he shot him twice by mistake. Al-Baha police spokesman Lt. Col. Bandar Abdul Rahman said two bullets were fired from an automatic weapon. The boy’s uncle was found dead on his bed with a bullet wound to the left side of his head and another in his left shoulder. The nephew was arrested on the spot.
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Generator thieves caught red-handed
RIYADH – Four young men were arrested by Riyadh police for attempting to steal 13 electric generators from a deserted hospital site. A police unit on routine patrol noticed the four thieves dismantling the generators. As the thieves were coming out of the hospital with the generators, they were met by the officers. They rushed back into the hospital
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Infant survives three-story fall
JEDDAH — A 5-month-old baby survived a fall from the third floor after a small tree located in a neighbor’s balcony broke her fall. Civil Defense rescuers appeared on the scene shortly after the incident was reported. Civil Defense spokesman Col. Saeed Sarhan said several rescuers held a safety net while others got to the floor of the building next
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Old couple found hanged at home
FAIFA — An old man and his wife were found hanged inside their home. The man was still alive but in critical condition while his wife’s body was found hanging from the balcony. He was rushed to Faifa General Hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. A neighbor who used to make dinner for the old couple every night told Jazan police
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Two executed for armed robbery
RIYADH — Two Yemenis convicted of forming an armed gang and robbery were executed in Riyadh on Thursday, the Interior Ministry announced. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the ministry said the pair, Abdullah Hassan Al-Kholani and Adel Ali Ahmad, were the leaders of a gang whose other members have been sentenced to flogging and prison term
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7 saved after fall from Asir mountain pass
Nadia Al-Fawwaz
Saudi Gazette
ABHA — The Civil Defense has rescued seven members of the same family whose double-cab truck plunged to the ground from a steep mountain pass in Asir, Lt. Col. Maiedth Bin Mohammed Al-Shihri, acting spokesman for the Civil Defense, said on Thursday.
He said the vehi
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Marriage mediators in business
Manal Al-Harbi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Marriage mediators have mushroomed in the past decade to play cupid to prospective brides and grooms. Earlier people were apprehensive to share family information with mediators, but now things have changed. Those me
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‘Ambassadors of Love’ to benefit society
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Twenty five voluntary teams have participated in the Ramadan program “Ambassadors of Love,” which seeks to utilize youth in providing more than 30,000 civil society services. Abdullah Al-Sulaiman, Imam of Al-Naqa’a Mosque, said that the progra
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United Football Club launches ‘Touchline’
From left: IISD Managing Committee Member Abdullah Manjeri, Al Dossary Hospital Director General Dr. Abdul Fatah Inayal, Indian Embassy Higher Board Member John Thomas, Saudi Tourism Council Member Dr. Adil Shahin Dossary (KFUPM), Chairman and Managing Director of Eram and ITL Group Dr. Siddique Ahmed, IIS Dammam Principal Dr. E. K. Mohammed Shaffi, Lulu Hyper Mar
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Muallim for Muslims
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Muallim, a Muslim lifestyle magazine, was launched by chief guest and Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmad Kidwai at Mehfil restaurant here Wednesday. “Muallim magazine provides the necessary knowledge of Islam and Muslim affair
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Saudi handicraft bazaar all set to begin
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A traditional handicraft exhibition under the banner ‘The Originality of the Past and Genuineness of the Present’ will commence on Ramadan 2 at the Hilton Hall here. The four-day exhibition — organized for the second yea
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HRC: Firms force laborers to work in midday heat
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has conducted field inspection campaigns to verify whether companies are abiding by the decision to cease work during midday, Al-Yaum newspaper reported Wednesday.
Ibrahim Al-Assaf, deputy director of the commission in the Eastern Province, said
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Extension of amnesty eases tension, say Filipino expats
Ronaldo Z. Concha
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Filipinos all over the Kingdom thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for granting an extension to the amnesty period to enable all undocumented foreign workers to correct their work status or leave the country gracefully.
They said the gesture
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SCTA closes 218 tourism facilities
Sultan Al-Sughair Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) closed down 218 hospitality facilities across the Kingdom and slapped fines on several others for various violations. Some of the facilities were found to be operating without permits and were told to visi
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Lucrative jobs await young Saudis in electrical sector
Abdul Raheem Hassan
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH — A group of electric appliance agents who market famous brands told Okaz that there are lucrative opportunities for Saudis who decide to learn how to install and fix air-conditioners.
The agents said Saudis could make up SR900 a day if they work as air-c
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Man arrested for posting porn on Web
Nadia Al-Fawwaz
Saudi Gazette
ABHA – A Yemeni man was arrested for his alleged involvement in making porn videos and posting them on social networking sites after luring teenagers into a mobile phone shop where he worked.
The Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Khamis M
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