BISHA — A police unit arrested a Saudi who was trying to smuggle large quantities of drugs inside his car. The man refused to stop when asked by the police unit. After a short chase, he was forced to pull over and arrested. All quantities of drugs were seized by police and the man was transferred to the police station for further investigati
Drug smuggling attempt in Bisha
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Drug smuggling attempt foiled
Custom officials at Al-Hudaitha entry point with Jordan on Monday foiled at attempt to smuggle more than 200,000 drug pills into the Kingdom. The bust came after an official suspected a shipment hidden carefully inside construction work tools. Custom officials said drug dealers are inventing new ways every day to smuggle narcotics into the Kingdom.
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Accident reveals human trafficking
Six illegal residents of Yemeni origin were injured after a truck driven by a smuggler overturned revealing the smuggling attempt. The driver carefully hid the Yemenis underneath a shipment. The driver lost control and overturned on the side of the road. The injured were transferred to a police station for further investigation.
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‘Armed forces will always stand alert to safeguard the frontiers of the country’
Charge’ d’ Affaires Khayyam Akbar and Chief Guest General Abdul Rahman Bin Saleh Al-Bunyan, Chief of General Staff of Saudi Armed Forces cut a cake on the occasion of Pakistan’s Defense Day celebration. — Courtesy photo Waqar W. Naseem
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Present crisis in Pakistan will resolve soon: Consul General Aftab Khokher
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The present political crisis that has enveloped Pakistan will be resolved soon, Pakistan Consul General Aftab Ahmed Khoker said. He was speaking at a function organized on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence D
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Health officials fined SR279,000
TAIF — The Ministry of Health has imposed SR279,000 in fines on 25 health and administrative officials both in the government and private sector. It has also canceled the permits of four doctors in the private sector. A source in the ministry said the highest fine was SR100,000, which was imposed on a doctor for performing an operation witho
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SR1.42m projects underway in Tabuk
TABUK — Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, emir of Tabuk region, will inaugurate, lay foundation stones and inspect projects worth SR1.42 million in Umluj on Wednesday. The projects belong to ministries of interior, higher education, education, municipal and rural affairs and the Saudi Electricity Company. On behalf of Prince Khalid Bin S
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Holy sites get new lampposts
MAKKAH — In preparation for the upcoming Haj, the Makkah Municipality began maintenance of street lampposts at the holy sites. An official from Makkah Municipality said field teams began installing new lampposts of different sizes at a number of locations. The municipality has already installed more than 4,000 lampposts and more than 5,000 l
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2,700 porters for pilgrims
JEDDAH — The United Agents Office (UAO) has designated more than 2,700 seasonal porters for pilgrims at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz airport in Madinah. A UAO source said the porters will ensure the satisfaction of the pilgrims and guarantee a speedy process. The source said the seasonal po
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Dar-ul-Ilm Jeddah honors students of Islamic education
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — In order to honor students for their efforts in Islamic education, the Dar-ul-Ilm Jeddah conducted their 18th annual prize distribution ceremony recently. Prizes were given to students in categories such as memorization of the Q
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Saudi’s talented youth win opportunity to join creative team at Virgin
JEDDAH — Five talented young people have won web polls to secure the first jobs on the Virgin Mobile Creative Collective, an innovative team of youth culture pioneers set up by Virgin Mobile to showcase and inspire the creativity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s next generation.
The first five members of the Creative Col
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PRC urges compatriots to unite on Defense Day
Syed Musarrat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Pakistan Repatriation Council ( PRC ) marked Pakistan’s Defense Day at Kababis restaurant recently. President Majlise Iqbal of Urdu Markaz Dr. Irfan Hashmi, the chief guest, said that the issue of stranded Pakistanis is a
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Prince Mishal to inspect JIP
JEDDAH — Emir of Makkah Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah, who is also head of the Central Haj Committee, will next week visit the Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) to inspect its readiness for the Haj season. Prince Mishal will also review development projects at the seaport, which is expected to receive over 15,000 pilgrims this year.
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Majority of govt employees hold university degrees
RIYADH — Saudi men and women with university degrees account for a majority of the government employees, according to the Ministry of Civil Service.
In its annual report for 2013-14, the ministry said there were 535,410 Saudi men and women working for the government throughout the country.
It said there were 394
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Two students critical after gang attack
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — Two students were left severely injured following a brawl between pupils at a private school in Abha’s Al-Nuzha neighborhood.
The violence continued from the school to the house of one of the victims, a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed i
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Law-enforcer or law-breaker?
A traffic police officer gets stuck as he tries to jump his jeep over a divider to avoid a traffic jam on the Madinah Expressway in Jeddah, Monday. Some motorists got down from their vehicles to help him to get his vehicle back on track. — Courtesy Makkah daily
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Fortune awaits a man after long court battle
Saudi Gazette report
YANBU — A young man has won a long-running legal battle to be recognized as the legitimate son of a Saudi millionaire who died many years ago.
He will now be entitled to a share of the estimated SR50 million fortune that had been distributed exclusively among his 10 h
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To the justice minister once again
Meshal Al-Sudairy
Okaz
THROUGH these columns I have earlier sent a message to the justice minister warning him about the adverse effects of the paucity of judges. I told him that people with complaints would find it difficult to settle their cases in courts and thus would suffer great injustice.
I have t
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Labor officials in Australia for G20 meeting
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A Saudi delegation headed by Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih is now in Australia to attend the G20 Labor and Empowerment Meeting in Melbourne.
Ministers of labors of G20 countries will discuss the employment system and ways to reduce the gap
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Quarter million pilgrims arrive
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – As of Monday, a total of 269,537 pilgrims from various countries have arrived in the Kingdom. Of these pilgrims 268,633 came by air, 896 by sea and eight by land, according to a statement from the media center of the Directorate General of Passports.
Two pilg
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