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PRC convener meets Pakistan Senator Raja
Standing in the front row from left to right: Mohammad Irfan Tarrar, Dr. Mozammul Haque, Dr. Tanweer Zaman, Raja Zafar-ul-Haque, Aftab Ahmad Khokher, and Jamil Rathore....
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Prince Alwaleed receives Swedish ambassador
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives Swedish Ambassador Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt (fourth from left) and an accompanying delegation at his office in Riyadh on Monday....
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Boy honored for rescuing 18 during floods in Asir
Saudi Gazette report SARAT OBAIDA, Asir — An 11-year-old boy miraculously saved 18 people who had gotten trapped in the recent floods, Al-Watan daily reported. Ahmad Al-Khuzaimi was honored...
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Promoting volunteerism in Saudi society
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The view of volunteerism for youth in the Arab world as a mere pastime or an optional activity to be done in free time is no longer valid and is quickly...
View ArticleCrackdown on use of phones while driving
Adnan Al-Shabrawee Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Traffic authorities have started cracking down on drivers’ reckless behavior, mainly mobile phone use. Drivers caught talking on their...
View ArticleMadinah Museum typifies cultural façade of the city
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH – Prince Sultan Bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Monday opened the Madinah Museum at the refurbished Hejaz...
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Teacher knocks young student unconscious
Maha Al-Badrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH – A middle school student was hospitalized after allegedly being knocked unconscious by his teacher. The teacher is said to have pounded Yazan...
View ArticleMOL: Businesswomen can recruit housekeepers now
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Ministry of Labor has approved a decision allowing female college professors and employees to recruit housekeepers, an Arabic daily reported quoting a senior...
View ArticleWill you marry a girl on scholarship?
Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz During a TV program aired on a Saudi channel, the presenter asked men in a shopping mall if they would agree to marry a girl who is on a scholarship. Some responses were good...
View ArticleRoad rage needs to end
Naser Al-Marshadi Alsharq The performance of those tasked with manning traffic on our streets leaves a lot to be desired. This has made many drivers worried as they foresee danger each time they...
View ArticleCase of Haia chase victim ‘still pending’
Saudi Gazette report AL-BAHA – The case of a man who died in an accident in Baljurashi after a high-speed chase involving police and members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and...
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Manfuhah’s problem is its poverty
Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette RIYADH — During the last two decades, the capital's southern district of Manfuhah has become infamous among Saudis for being a center of crime and vice....
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King Khaled Prize winners felicitated
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — King Khaled was a truthful and devoted man with good intentions, Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, deputy premier and minister of defense, said here on Sunday...
View ArticleFaulty wiring starts fire in workers’ housing
Civil Defense personnel battle a fire that broke out in a workers’ compound near Arafat on Tuesday. — Okaz photo MAKKAH — Civil Defense firefighters...
View ArticleExpat’s body found buried in Aqiq farm
BAHA — Police are currently investigating the discovery of a body of an expatriate in his 30s in a farm in the Al-Aqiq region of Al-Baha province. The body was wrapped in...
View ArticleUnknown people lock school gate
TABUK — The principal of a middle school in Al-Muwaileh center in Tabuk was surprised the other day when he saw the school gate chained and locked by unidentified people....
View ArticlePolice investigate theft at municipality
JAZAN — Police in Jazan are currently investigating the disappearance of SR60,000 from a safe inside a municipality office. According to police, the thieves broke into...
View ArticleMan arrested for threatening mom
TABUK — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrested a young man who threatened to kill his mother if she did not give him money. The mother...
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Bid to smuggle drugs into prison foiled
AL-QURAYYAT — Security forces at a local prison in Al-Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia foiled an attempt by a prisoner to smuggle drugs inside. The prisoner was granted...
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Indian School Parents Forum holds presentation skill contest
JEDDAH — The Indian School Parents Forum (ISPAF) recently conducted a presentation skill contest for boys and girls studying in grades 6-8 at Shifa Jeddah Auditorium...
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