MAKKAH — Expatriate residents cannot convert visit visas of their relatives to residency visas, according to Col. Muhammad Al-Hussain, spokesman for the Makkah Passport Department. Social networking sites claimed that this was possible, Col. Al-Hussain added. In a statement, Col. Al-Hussain said many expatriate workers flocked to the department asking if
No residency for visit visa holders
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Haia men in fatal car chase acquitted
RIYADH — Six members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia), involved in a car chase that killed two brothers on National Day have been acquitted of several charges, including lying, forgery and giving misleading information. Saad Al-Quos, brother of the two victims, said they were told that they could not as a fam
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CPA signs deals to stabilize prices
RIYADH — The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has signed an agreement with different food providers to fix the prices of 100 commodities in Ramadan and the following months, said CPA Chairman Nasser Al-Tuwaim. The move aims to curb the greed of some providers who take advantage of the approach of Ramadan and hike food prices, especially rice. He note
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34 child visitation cases in 7 months
JEDDAH — Over the past seven months, courts in nine provinces of the Kingdom have looked into 34 cases in which a husband or wife requested child visitation rights after divorce. Makkah province came top with 12 cases followed by Riyadh and Asir with seven and four cases respectively. The rest of the cases were filed in Al-Qassim, Tabuk, Jazan, Northern B
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Pakistan Ladies Group determined to help poor women
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Pakistan Ladies Group (PLG) recently held AN annual farewell dinner on the completion of two years of the group's organizing committee at Berts Restaurant Cornice. Consul General Pakistan Aftab Ahmed Khokher was the chief guest and his wife Afshan Khokhe
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IEP-EP organizes seminar on role of engineers in development of society
DAMMAM — The Institute of Engineers–Pakistan (IEP-EP) in Saudi Arabia provides excellent opportunities to professional engineers by conducting periodic technical seminars. Recently, one of such seminar on "The Role of Engineers in the Development of Society" — organized by the IEP-EP in collaboration with Ground
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‘Follow in my footsteps’
Saeed Al-Bahis Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The first Saudi woman manager of a hotel believed a number of Saudi women are hindered by an inherent fear of taking up public-facing jobs. Nasreen Mohammed asked her compatriot women to shed their fears and occupy leading positions in the hotel industry.
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Indian CG B.S. Mubarak highlights priorities; aims to strengthen interaction with community
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — B.S. Mubarak, who assumed office as the new Indian consul general on June 1, has unveiled plans to tap the maximum potential of social media to engage with the one-million strong Indian community living in the Kingdom’s western region. As a further step t
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Ship carrying Umrah pilgrims from Egypt docks at the Yanbu Industrial Port
A ship carrying Umrah pilgrims from Egypt docks at the Yanbu Industrial Port. This was the first time the port received pilgrims. — Courtesy photo
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Infiltrator tells of harrowing trip to Makkah
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Many Yemeni infiltrators expose themselves to extreme danger in an effort to reach Makkah from the southern borders of the Kingdom in a high-risk journey that lasts for a minimum of three days. Muhammad Ali, a Yemeni national, paid SR2,500 to a smuggler to take him and 13 others
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Hunt on for ‘hashish boy’
Saad Al-Qabousi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The General Directorate for Drug Control (GDDC) is searching for a 13-year-old boy who appeared in a video clip teaching some of his friends the art of wrapping a cigarette laced with hashish. Abdul Ilah Al-Sharif, assistant director general of the GDDC for
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Fingerprinting of Saudi women
Aisha Natto
Okaz
The Justice Ministry has kindly restricted the power of acquaintances and notaries public to identify Saudi women before courts. It asked the judges and the notaries public, instead, to identify women through their fingerprints.
However, those who go to the courts or notaries public these days will be told
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Pilgrims swallow ‘kiswa’ threads seeking blessings
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Misconceptions have led some Umrah pilgrims to swallowing the threads of the Kaaba cover (kiswa), thereby setting off a pointless practice that leads to the disfiguring of the cover. They remove the threads using rings and scissors in the hope that it will bring them good luck a
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Two Al-Awamiyah rioters sentenced to death
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Special Criminal Court in Jeddah on Monday awarded the death sentence to two men convicted of criminal acts and rioting in Al-Awamiyah in the Qatif governorate, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
A third defendant was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a fine of SR30,000
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Price controls on infant milk from Wednesday
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry will take penal action against infant milk manufacturers and importers if they fail to abide by its price regulations that come into effect on Wednesday.
The ministry urged consumers to contact the ministry through its hot line number 1900 o
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Why are women deprived of their inheritance rights?
Khaled Al-Solaiman
Okaz
We have a common culture of depriving women of their inheritance rights. This is usually done by some fathers on the pretext that they do not want their money or properties to go to the husbands or children of their daughters, who may be strangers to the family or tribe. This is a deep-rooted culture, which is not
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Measures sought to protect top officials from hackers
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM – In a growingly connected world, specialists have urged the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) to set up a special department to protect top Saudi officials from cyber attacks.
Hackers, who may infiltrate personal accounts and smartphones as a prank or in
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‘Primitive methods’ used to deliver 43,000 babies in 2013
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — At least 43,261 deliveries were performed at Saudi hospitals in the Kingdom last year using primitive methods, Makkah daily reported quoting the president of the Saudi Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.“Those newborns had been delivered with their mothers suffering a l
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Women call for variety in summer programs
Fouz Al-Ghamdi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Several Saudi women have demanded intensifying summer programs and not restricting them to contests and recreation activities for children organized in shopping malls.
The women complained that malls use summer festivals to exploit families. They also called
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Car crash in Rafha kills 2, injures four
RAFHA — Two people were killed and four others injured in a horrific collision between two cars on the International Road in Rafha. Northern Border Province Red Crescent spokesman Musaed Al-Enezi said three ambulances dispatched to the scene provided first aid to the injured and took them to Rafha General Hospital. He added that the two vict
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