JEDDAH — Consul General of Pakistan Aftab Ahmed Khokher and Vice Consul Welfare Syed Tahseemul Haq Haqqi visited the deportation center at Shumaisy, Makkah recently.
During the visit, the consul general was warmly welcome by the Saudi authorities after which
Pak CG visits Deportation Center to discuss issues
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Municipality takes steps to secure construction projects from floods
East Jeddah's Jack Street was inundated Saturday following a light rain because accumulated garbage blocked the drainage pipes, which were constructed following the devastating November 2009 floods. — Courtesy Al-Madinah Saudi Gazette report
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Women can run for labor committees
SAUDI GAZETTE REPORT
DAMMAM — A high-ranking source in the National Labor Committee said there is nothing in the organization’s regulations preventing a woman from nominating herself to stand in the committee elections, Al-Madinah daily reported.
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As expatriate workers increase, so do beggars, says ministry
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The number of beggars in the Kingdom is increasing in line with the number of expatriates with iqamas (residence permits), Al-Madinah newspaper reported.
A Ministry of Social Affairs report revealed legally resident expatria
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Maids, drivers to get wage protection
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Expatiate domestic workers such as housemaids and drivers will be covered soon by the national wage protection program after the higher authorities gave their approval to extend the scheme’s coverage, Al-Hayat d
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Company ordered to pay back SR950 to employee
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A judge has given a major telecommunications company five days to return three days’ worth of pay it had deducted from one of its employees for unauthorized absence, Al-Hayat daily reported.
Should the company fail to
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Unskilled expat workers
Abdullah Khayat Okaz An expatriate worker asked his employer, a businessman, to find a job for his brother. The businessman told him this: “You know I have 30 people working for me and serving my eight-member family? Suppose every da
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Social Affairs needs to improve image
Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz A few days ago, the Ministry of Social Affairs was under fire at the Shoura Council when Princess Modi Bint Khalid, a Shoura member, described its report as confusing.
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Attempt to smuggle illegal family foiled
BISHA — Road security patrols in Al-Dhubayyah foiled an attempt to smuggle a Yemeni family comprising four children, six women and six men into the country. The family was being accompanied by an identified smuggler from the south of the country to the western region when they w
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Cars topple from bridge, 3 injured
BISHA — Three people were injured when three vehicles fell from Danan Bridge on the Bisha-Khamis Mushayt Road near Samkh Center after they were involved in an accident. The injured were taken to King Abdullah Hospital in Bisha by passersby. The Civil Defense, road security and traffic police arr
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Student dies after manhole fall
JEDDAH – A secondary school student died after falling into a sewage manhole on Sunday. Abdullah Al-Zahrani, who goes to Said Bin Jubair School in Jeddah’s eastern Kilo 14 district, had the fatal accident shortly after leaving school. This is the second such incident in about a month after
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Bank client robbery suspects arrested
JEDDAH – Police in Jeddah arrested a gang of men who allegedly robbed bank clients in the city. On Nov. 3, an undercover police team was able to apprehend the three suspects comprising an Arab national and two from an African country. They robbed six bank clients this month alon
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Serial burglary suspects nabbed in Dammam
DAMMAM — Police arrested four Saudis who allegedly carried out several burglaries and robberies in Dammam. The police were tipped off that a gang was robbing expatriates and had burgled several shops. Undercover police started an investigation and questioned several suspects before the four arre
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Ministry to crack down on commercial fraud
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has noted an increase in the number of companies and individuals exploiting their customers and has released new regulations and warnings to the general public to protect the consumer and the economy in response, Al-
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Expat arrested for embezzling SR500,000
JEDDAH – Police here has started questioning an Arab expatriate who allegedly embezzled SR500,000 from his company, taking advantage of his high position, according to police spokesman Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qarashi. The company owner filed a complaint after the Arab expatriate and money vanished. Police officers and undercover agents investigated
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Young man stabbed in robbery attempt
DAMMAM — A young man was stabbed in his shoulder by two people, said Eastern Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti. The man told the police that the pair tried to rob him while he was parking his car near a traditional market in Al-Qatif. When he resisted them, one of them stabbed him and they both got in his car and sped off. A relativ
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156,000 narcotic pills seized
RIYADH — Customers officers at Al-Ahsa airport foiled an attempt to smuggle around 156,366 amphetamine pills inside sweet boxes and Nescafe sachets, said airport director Haza Naqa. The illegal goods were confiscated from two passengers who arrived on the same flight in order to distract officers. Naqa praised the officers for their vigilanc
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Drug trafficker executed in Al-Jouf
RIYADH — A Syrian drug trafficker was executed in Al-Jouf Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry. Talal Ali Qasim Al-Shada was arrested while trying to smuggle a large quantity of banned amphetamine pills into the country. He confessed during investigations to his crime and was sentenced to death by a court. The st
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Schoolgirl, driver die in bus crash
ABHA — An elementary schoolgirl and the driver of the school bus she was traveling in were killed Monday when their vehicle crashed into another car on the Bisha highway, said Asir Red Crescent Authority spokesman Ahmad Asiri. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Three other students sustained moderate to severe inju
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10 die, 20 hurt in horrific accident
DAWADMI — Ten people were killed and 20 others sustained various injuries in “one of the most horrific accidents the country has seen”, according to Dawadmi Hospital spokesman Fahad Al-Huwayel. Two vehicles carrying illegal workers from Yemen and Ethiopia overturned on the Al-Quwayiyah-Dawadmi Road. The accident took place early
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