Messy market

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   Fruit and vegetables are repacked in a Dammam market. Stench from rotten eatables pervades throughout the market where hygiene and other regulations are ignored with impunity. — Courtesy photo

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8,700 construction licenses issued in Jeddah this year

December 30, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The construction agency at Jeddah Municipality approved 8,738 construction licenses, consisting of 7,523 for housing units and the remaining 1,215 for commercial units. These licenses will lead to the provision of 48,267 hou

Municipality closes down violating hospital eateries

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH – The municipality has shut down 15 cafes inside private hospitals and fined them for violating hygiene and health rules, Al-Hayat reported. Municipality inspectors carried out extensive visits to several major hospitals and fined them for po

Corruption specialist

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  Hamoud Talib Okaz   WE must appreciate the efforts of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) to put its foot on the correct road that will enable it to perform its duties properly. Nazaha has not lost hope yet. It is still trying to find the correct path in the dense forest of corruption, which is replete with

Businessmen tells ministry to solve labor market issues

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  Ali Budair AND Sami Al-Maghamsi Okaz/Saudi Gazette  TABUK, Madinah – A number of businessmen have called on Labor Minister Adel Fakeih to find solutions to problems consisting of visa issuance delays, worker transfers and cases of businesses employing Saudis to sit at home to ge

Sociologists to discuss future of Saudi family

December 30, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   DAMMAM — The seventh conference of the marriage and family care societies in the Kingdom will be held here on Feb. 11-12 to discuss the future of the Saudi family in the coming decades. A family affairs specialist and conference chairman, Mohammed Al-Abdul Qadir, said

Electricity pylons ‘pose no danger to residents’

December 30, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — Members of the public have nothing to fear from electricity pylons and can safely use their cell phones in their vicinity, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported quoting a number of experts in the related fields. The assurances follow heightene

Expatriate learner drivers ‘endanger lives of motorists’

December 30, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — Many citizens have complained about the dangers posed by expatriate drivers who have limited driving skills and are still new to driving rules in the country, Al-Hayat reported. They said extreme care and attention should be taken when the

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Investigation of Capital Market Law violations handed over to BIP

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RIYADH – The Capital Market Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday that it was transferring cases related to violations of articles 31, 49 and 50 of the Capital Market Law to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP). It said the decision was in line with an order issued by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque King Abdullah last

Lost family found stranded in desert

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   TABUK — Police in Tayma found a lost family consisting of a father, his three daughters and son on Tuesday. Officers received a report from the father’s brother saying that the family left for a trip into the outskirts of Tayma and did not return for an entire day. Police found their vehicle with its wheels buried in the sand and the f

Illegal slaughterhouse shut down in Al-Ahsa

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   AL-AHSA — The municipality shut down an illegal slaughterhouse operated by expatriates. Al-Ahsa Municipality spokesman Khalid Buwashal said the local authorities had not licensed the slaughterhouse, which was run by four expatriates. Hofouf Municipality’s head of the supervisory committee on kitchens, deli shops and farms Qassim Al-Haz

Heroin smuggler executed in Makkah

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   MAKKAH — A Pakistani national was executed in Makkah for heroin smuggling on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry announced. Sadruddin Saeedullah Khan became the 13th prisoner from Pakistan to be executed in the Kingdom for drug trafficking since mid-October. Khan was caught smuggling “a large amount of heroin,” the Interior Ministry

Over 2,000 kg hashish seized in a week

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   RIYADH — Border Guards seized more than 2,000 kilograms of hashish last week from smugglers in various parts of the Kingdom. Guards spokesman Maj. Gen. Mohammad Al-Ghamdi said in the Eastern Province more than 1,000 kilograms was found in a vehicle after its owners tried to burn it to hide the evidence. The smugglers resisted arrest and one

Man arrested for blackmailing girl

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QURAYYAT, Al-Jouf — Police arrested a 30-year-old man accused of blackmailing a girl. Al-Jouf Police spokesman Col. Turkey Al-Muwaishir said officers received reports of the blackmailer from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia). The criminal investigation team caught the suspect and forwarded his case

Drugs and weapons seized from motorist

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   BISHA, Asir —Traffic Department officers arrested a citizen in possession of 895 amphetamine pills, weapons, 30 bullets and money. The officers grew suspicious of a car with no license plate headed to Khamis Mushayt from Bisha. The officers stopped and searched the vehicle and found the illegal goods. He was referred along with his belonging

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PWS holds free medical camp Friday

December 31, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH —  Pakistan Welfare Society’s (PWS) fortnightly free medical camp #219 will be held on Friday, January 2, from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the premises of Pakistan Consulate Jeddah. Speaking to Saudi Gazette, Mohammad Younus Sattar and

Ashraf Vengad named RIMF president

December 31, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH – Prominent social worker and general secretary of Saudi national committee of Kerala Muslim Cultural Center Ashraf Vengad (Middle East Chandrika) was elected president of Riyadh Indian Media Forum (RIMF). Narendran Cherukadu (Amritha TV) and Ubaid Edavanna (Jaihind TV) were named as general secretary and treasurer res

PRC celebrates Quaid-e-Azam’s 138th birth anniversary in Jeddah

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Pakistan Repatriation Council (PRC) celebrated 138th birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, at Mehran Thursday. Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi, renowned Saudi intellectual, writer and former

ICS, Bazm-e-Osmania welcome Indian Consul General Mubarak

December 31, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  From left: Dr. Dilshad Shamsi, Rafi Uddin Fazalbhoy, Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak, HOC Raghib Quraishi, Dr. Hamid Kamal, Azhar Zai, and Arif Quraishi (standing) with other Indian Cultural Society members and guests. — Courtesy photo   JEDDAH — Indian Cultural Society (ICS) and Bazm

Pakistanis pay tribute to Benazir Bhutto on 7th death anniversary

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  Faiz Al-Najdi  RIYADH — Pakistanis, led by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), gathered Saturday to mark Benazir Bhutto’s seventh death anniversary. Khalid Rana, the incumbent general secretary of PPP, conducted the event. Rana described Bhutto as a brave leader. “