Abdo Khal
Okaz
Adl, or the act of male guardians preventing women from getting married, is a bomb waiting to go off.
It reminds me of the sleeper terrorist cells. These are undercover organizations that are unseen but are more dangerous than the organizations working in the open. Spinsterhood represents the sleeper cells t
A bomb waiting to go off
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Divorced, separated and deported
Tamadher Al-Rehaili
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH – Marital problems in families are coming to the forefront once again as stories in which the suffering of victims is seemingly endless are being reported in the local media on a regular basis.
Sabah Hussein is an expatriate mother whose marriage to an ab
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Gulbarga Charitable and Welfare Trust holds Iftar party
JEDDAH — Indian expatriates from Gulbarga district of Karnataka organized an Iftar party at the residence of Mirza Azam Baig, President of the Gulbarga Charitable and Welfare Trust Jeddah and it was well represented. Members of the trust attended the Iftar party and praised the charitable activities of the trust, especially providing
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Pak expats welcome move to deliver MRP by courier
JEDDAH – Pakistani expatriates welcome the decision of their consulate to deliver machine readable passports to them at their doorsteps through courier. Pakistan Consul General Aftab Ahmed Khokhar announced here recently that the service will be available at a nominal fee. He said the service would hel
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Group organizes lecture on importance of fasting in the world religions
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – “The Holy Qur’an says, ‘O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous!”’ (Qur’an 2:183) The history of the civilizations bears testimony
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Qureshi is unanimously elected PIF President
Faiz Al-Najdi RIYADH — Muhammad Asghar Qureshi was unanimously elected as the new President of Pakistan Investors Forum-Riyadh (PIF) on Thursday. Qureshi, a noted Pakistani businessman in Riyadh and well known in the Pakistani community, is an executive member of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation
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Badshah elected new AMUOBA president
RIYADH — Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association Riyadh (AMUOBA) has elected six executive members while appointing Dr. Mohammad Ahmad Badshah as president. Among the newly elected office bearers for the year 2013-2015 is Mohammed Nasim Akthar, Vice President, while Taqiuddin Mir is elected as General Secretary.
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English media need of hour for Muslim Ummah
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – “We, Muslims, have differences like any other community; but we should unite for a common cause. This is the main objective of our Muallim magazine. Our present generation prefers English medium schools but the drawback is that youth are being
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PML-N Iftar party in Riyadh
Rana Khalid Akram, president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) in Riyadh, at the grand reception Iftar party that was attended by Khayyam Akbar, deputy head of mission at the Pakistan Embassy at Riyadh Palace Hotel. Many prominent guests from the Pakistani community and well-wishers of PML-N too attended. — SG photo by Babar Ali
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Fake doctors in our hospitals
Hamoud Abu Talib
Okaz
WERE you surprised or shocked when you read the news of a fake doctor apprehended recently by police in Jeddah?
Let me speak for myself: I was not surprised or shocked at all. After all, we have unearthed plumbers, blacksmiths and auto repair workers working inside polyclinics and laboratories, all wear
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Just an undertaking?
Azizah Al-Manie
Okaz
I RECENTLY read that a cheetah was on the loose in the streets of Madinah after it escaped from the owner’s house. The wild animal was moving around the neighborhood causing panic and great fear among passersby and shoppers. It was caught by police officers after a long chase.
The cheetah's
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Bhutto loyalists observe July 5 ‘black day’
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Supporters of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Jeddah organized a function at a local restaurant and observed “black day” to mark the martial law of July 5, 1977, during which the democratically-elected government of Pakistan P
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Suffering in debt, pained in prison
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The women’s prison in Riyadh’s Malaz district has many inmates imprisoned for failure to pay back debts and other financial liabilities.
Al-Riyadh daily visited the inmates and wrote of their plights.
Najla, 30, got married before her 20
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Expats implicated in 70% of murder cases
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — A senior health official has claimed that expatriate residents are responsible for about 70 percent of murder cases referred to the forensic medicine departments at the Ministry of Health.
Dr. Mashhoor Al-Waqdani, forensic consultant and head of the Protection from Abuse Team at
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Majority of students at health institutes female
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – According to a report released by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), the total number of female students enrolled in heath institutes in the Kingdom stands at 8,952, a figure which represents 60 percent of all students.
Of the 8,952 students, 5,240 are specializ
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Havoc continues at Jeddah port
Abdulrahman Al-Misbahi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah Islamic Port has once again become congested with delays of up to 10 hours in unloading cargo. The situation has created havoc at the port, which is responsible for 75 percent of goods import to the Kingdom. Speaking
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Haram expansion: Property owners paid SR17 billion
Ali Bin Gharsan
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH – A municipality official has said SR17 billion has been paid as compensation to property owners affected by the fourth expansion of the northern courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
Abbas Qattan, deputy mayor for projects and construction, said payment of
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Grand Mufti lashes out at expediters fleecing expats
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The Kingdom's Grand Mufti has accused "expediters" in passport and labor offices of fleecing expatriate workers who want to rectify their legal status during the grace period announced by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. In his Friday ser
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Pilgrims visiting Uhud
Visitors are seen on top of Jabal Rumah, a small mount opposite Uhud Mountain (in the background) in Madinah. This was the mount where the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had positioned archers during the Battle of Uhud. Pilgrims who arrive in the Prophet’s city from around the world routinely tour the historic battleground to pay respects to the martyrs buried there.
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Umrah firms to get new visa for every departing pilgrim
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH - The Ministry of Haj announced the extension of Umrah applications until Ramadan 15, opening the door for more worshipers who intend to perform Umrah. The Ministry is also pushing for those who have completed Umrah to leave the city. The extension means 100,000 more worshipers will have the chance of
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