Saudi Gazette report
HOFUF – He was not sentenced to death by execution or firing squad. Another type of punishment awaits Ali Al-Khawahir, who stabbed his best friend 10 years ago, if he does not come up with SR1 million and pays it to the victim.
Ali was sentenced to be fully paralyzed as a punishment for causing paralysis to his b
Young man faces paralysis in eye-for-an-eye sentence
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Educating students on nutrition in private schools
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Childhood obesity in Saudi Arabia is becoming a dangerous reality and is disturbingly prevalent in Saudi society. A report in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal stated that a cross-sectional study of 7,056 children, between the ages of 2 and 18, in the Easter
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Rawabi preps for talent exhibit
AL-KHOBAR — Leading industrial player Al-Rawabi will organize its third talent exhibition from April 3 to 16 under the theme of “Discover Your Passion…Create Your Success”.
This exhibit aims to guide young Saudis in the age group of 16-24 years in making career choices based on self-evaluation after developing their hidde
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KFUPM steps up efforts to patent its innovations
Sultan Al-Sughair Saudi Gazette DHAHRAN — The Korean industrial giant Samsung and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) discussed establishing a Samsung research and development center in Dhahran Techno-Valley (DTV). High-level delegates from the company led by Samsung Engineering President a
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Startup Weekend highlights Jeddah’s entrepreneurial spirit
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A website and app called Wedding.com which helps young people plan for their marriage was crowned the overall winner of Startup Weekend’s Jeddah event during a ceremony that took place at Elaf Hotel and was attended by a large gathering of young entrepreneurs, designers, developers a
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Follow the Kuwaiti example
Khaled Al-Sulaiman
Okaz
Kiwait recently resorted to exceptional measures to reduce the stifling traffic bottlenecks until all its roads have been developed. The measures included raising the minimum age of expatriates wanting a driving license to 21 years. The foreigner should have spent at least two years in Kuwait, should hold a university degre
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Housing future: An offbeat melody
Mashari Al-Naeem
Al-Riyadh
During the recently-concluded Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF), several solutions to the Kingdom’s housing problem were offered by international experts.
I cannot understand how “international solutions” can tackle what is strictly a domestic problem. How can we benefit from th
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Ministry to lower Saudization target for contractors
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Ministry of Labor is planning to set up a commission to oversee the work of contractors and introduce some amendments next month to the Nitaqat system by reducing the required Saudization percentage for contracting companies implementing government projects, Al-Riyadh daily reported.
The comm
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Delectable Karhai: A taste of northern Pakistan in Al-Khobar
Saman Ali Saudi Gazette AL-KHOBAR — Situated in Peshawar between Kohat Road and Cinema Road is an old place called Namak Mandi, meaning salt market. Namak Mandi is one of the oldest markets in Peshawar to buy spices, meat, tea, qahwa, and nuts. But these are not the only items that make this market s
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Bazm-e-Ittihad’s new face
Sitting from left: Syed Khaja Viqaruddin, event manager; Hasan Bayazeed, advisor; Md. Obaidur Rahman, vice president; Ahmeduddin Owaisi, president; Dr. Syed Ali Mahmoud, chief patron; Mirza Mazhar Ali Baig, chief advisor; Yousufuddin Amjad, ex-general secretary; Asrar Ahmed, media secretory; Abdul Qayyum. Other BIJ members can be seen standing behind. S
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Jeddah visitors rely on privately driven cars for transportation
Ibrahim Shehab Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Visitors at King Abdulazizi International Airport (KAIA) are relying on private cars to transport them to their destinations. Mishari Al-Awad who arrived from Riyadh to perform Umrah refused a limousine fare of SR 300 to take him to Makkah. He
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80 productive families take part in Jubail Spring Festival
Sultan Al-Sughair Saudi Gazette JUBAIL — More than 80 productive families took part in the First Jubail Spring Festival thanks to the support of the Jubail Royal Commission, which is organizing the festival. Dozens of visitors flocked to the productive families’ pavilion to view their products.
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Drug Enforcement hires 100 women officers
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Drug Enforcement Directorate (DED) has appointed 100 Saudi women in various ranks, according to the head of women’s affairs in the directorate, Amal Khashoggi.
The female inspectors will accompany raid teams and will be tasked with frisking women suspe
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Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan: A living legend
Rohail A. Khan JEDDAH — Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is a world-renowned nuclear scientist and metallurgical engineer, widely acclaimed as “Founder and Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence Program.” April 1 being his 77th birthday, let us pay tribute to this living legend during his life time.
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Prince Alwaleed receives Ejup N. Gani
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives at his office in Riyadh Ejup N. Gani, former president of Bosnia and Herzegovina and chancellor-rector of Sarajevo School of Science and Technology. Gani briefed Prince Alwaleed about the university’s latest projects and invited him to visit the institution. — Courtesy photo
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55 stranded Indians repatriated
Saudi Gazette report
TABUK/JEDDAH — Fifty-five Indians stranded in Tabuk saw their three-year ordeal come to an end on Sunday when the last four workers in the group boarded their flight back home.
Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, assisted by Labor Consul Prabhat K. Jain, took a personal in
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Factories inside residential areas pose health hazards
Izzeddin Ahmed
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — People of Jeddah have been calling for the removal of workshops and factories from residential areas because they pose a hazard to their health and environment.
Of 1,052 factories in Jeddah, 572 have been established inside residential areas, according to figures
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Tobacco companies promote products defying authorities
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — In flagrant defiance of authorities, some tobacco companies in Dammam have hired young men to offer free cigarette samples to smokers in streets and cafés, Al-Yaum daily reported Sunday.
The young men with backpacks full of cigarette packets, walk around
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E-traffic signs guide EP drivers
Sultan Al-Sughair Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The Eastern Province municipality has recently installed electronic traffic signs in Al-Khobar and Dammam. The local authority’s director general for studies and supervision Abdulmohsen Al-Araini said 35 such signs have been installed so far. The signs ai
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CIB: Ha’ia members assaulted young Saudi
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Control and Investigation Board submitted evidence on Sunday at the Jeddah Administrative Court against two members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) accused of assaulting a youth in Jeddah.
It said the evidence
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