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Indian Cultural Society president hosts Eid function
Seated from right: Hassan Bayazid, Azher Ali Zai, Jimmy Fareed Al-Siddiqui, Dr Irshad Ahmed, Pranav Ganesh and Dr. Haroon Rasheed.Standing from right: Michael Coutinho, Maqbool...
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Pakistan Journalist Forum celebrates Independence Day
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — On the auspicious occasion of the 67th Independence Day of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a splendid and colorful...
View ArticleEffat receives approval from MoHE for VDP program
JEDDAH — A brand-new graduate degree is opening applications at Effat University. The Ministry of Higher Education has approved the Visual and Digital Production...
View ArticleIndian consular team’s Madinah visit on Saturday
JEDDAH — The Indian consular team’s Madinah visit will be on Saturday (Aug. 24) and not on Thursday as was reported in these columns in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleMinistry seeks to privatize govt schools
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A report from the Ministry of Education (MOE) explored possible solutions to the difficulties facing private education in the...
View ArticleNazaha probing alleged Haia violations
Khalid Al-Jabri and Mariam Al-Sagheer Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH/MADINAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) has denied...
View ArticleZakat Dept. makes SR18.2b in 9 months
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — The Department of Zakat has announced revenues of more than SR18.2 billion from the start of the current lunar year (Nov. 15) to mid-Ramadan...
View ArticleMadinah school told to pay wages to 40 axed Saudi teachers
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — The labor office in Madinah had ordered a private school to pay 40 Saudi teachers their salaries for the school summer vacation,...
View Article‘Saudia’ among punctual airlines in the world
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabian Airlines was among the most punctual airlines in July, according to the report issued by the FlightStats website. It...
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Ministry campaign on coins in full swing in E. Province
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — As part of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s new campaign “Take back the remaining...
View ArticleFake degrees: Independent probe needed
Saleh Ibrahim Al-Turigee Okaz JUST before Eid, I wrote a column in Okaz about the discovery of a number of forged certificates in five ministries. Over 230 persons with...
View ArticleThe needy and assistance
Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz THE total amount spent by the Ministry of Social Affairs through its support program to help families living below the poverty line since its...
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Saudization of jobs in private schools difficult, say specialists
Zain Anbar and Sami Al-Maghmasi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH/MADINAH — A number of specialists believe that the Saudization of teaching jobs in private schools is...
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Most Saudi families prefer to have Indonesian maids
Mishal Al-Otaibi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — A study conducted by King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND) has revealed that 27.5 percent of Saudi...
View ArticleWork to complete half of medical stores face obstacles, says official
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health has faced a number of obstacles in completing even half of its project to allocate medical stores...
View ArticleJoy rider sentenced to prison, lashes
HAIL — A youth was sentenced to one month in prison and 39 lashes for repeating the offense of joy riding for the third time. Hail traffic police chief Col. Badr Al-Dhawi said such acts on...
View ArticleDialysis center evacuated after fire
HAFR AL-BATIN — A fire erupted due to an electrical short circuit inside the Prince Sultan Kidney Center in Hafr Al-Batin. Civil Defense teams evacuated patients and staff at the center and...
View ArticleMaid commits suicide in Khamis Mushayt
KHAMIS MUSHAYT — An Ethiopian maid committed suicide by hanging herself at the entrance of her sponsor's house at Al-Raaqi neighborhood in Khamis Mushayt in Asir province. Her sponsor said...
View ArticleDrunken man jumps off hotel building
MAKKAH — An intoxicated man was killed when he fell off the 13th floor of a hotel in Al-Misfalah neighborhood of Makkah. Police spokesman Lt. Col. Zaki Al-Ruhaili said the 30-year-old man had...
View ArticleAnnual All India Mushaira on Aug. 29
JEDDAH — The Consulate General of India in Jeddah will organize its annual All India Mushaira on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Boys Section of the International Indian School, Jeddah (IISJ)....
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