No residency for visit visa holders
MAKKAH — Expatriate residents cannot convert visit visas of their relatives to residency visas, according to Col. Muhammad Al-Hussain, spokesman for the Makkah Passport Department. Social...
View ArticleHaia men in fatal car chase acquitted
RIYADH — Six members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia), involved in a car chase that killed two brothers on National Day have been acquitted of...
View ArticleCPA signs deals to stabilize prices
RIYADH — The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has signed an agreement with different food providers to fix the prices of 100 commodities in Ramadan and the following months, said CPA...
View Article34 child visitation cases in 7 months
JEDDAH — Over the past seven months, courts in nine provinces of the Kingdom have looked into 34 cases in which a husband or wife requested child visitation rights after divorce. Makkah...
View ArticlePakistan Ladies Group determined to help poor women
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Pakistan Ladies Group (PLG) recently held AN annual farewell dinner on the completion of two years of the group's organizing committee at...
View ArticleIEP-EP organizes seminar on role of engineers in development of society
DAMMAM — The Institute of Engineers–Pakistan (IEP-EP) in Saudi Arabia provides excellent opportunities to professional engineers by conducting periodic technical seminars....
View Article‘Follow in my footsteps’
Saeed Al-Bahis Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The first Saudi woman manager of a hotel believed a number of Saudi women are hindered by an inherent fear of taking up public-facing jobs. Nasreen...
View ArticleIndian CG B.S. Mubarak highlights priorities; aims to strengthen interaction...
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — B.S. Mubarak, who assumed office as the new Indian consul general on June 1, has unveiled plans to tap the maximum potential of social media to engage...
View ArticleShip carrying Umrah pilgrims from Egypt docks at the Yanbu Industrial Port
A ship carrying Umrah pilgrims from Egypt docks at the Yanbu Industrial Port. This was the first time the port received pilgrims. — Courtesy photo
View ArticleInfiltrator tells of harrowing trip to Makkah
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Many Yemeni infiltrators expose themselves to extreme danger in an effort to reach Makkah from the southern borders of the Kingdom in a high-risk journey that...
View ArticleHunt on for ‘hashish boy’
Saad Al-Qabousi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The General Directorate for Drug Control (GDDC) is searching for a 13-year-old boy who appeared in a video clip teaching some of his friends the...
View ArticleFingerprinting of Saudi women
Aisha Natto Okaz The Justice Ministry has kindly restricted the power of acquaintances and notaries public to identify Saudi women before courts. It asked the judges and the notaries public, instead,...
View ArticlePilgrims swallow ‘kiswa’ threads seeking blessings
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Misconceptions have led some Umrah pilgrims to swallowing the threads of the Kaaba cover (kiswa), thereby setting off a pointless practice that leads to the...
View ArticleTwo Al-Awamiyah rioters sentenced to death
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Special Criminal Court in Jeddah on Monday awarded the death sentence to two men convicted of criminal acts and rioting in Al-Awamiyah in the Qatif...
View ArticlePrice controls on infant milk from Wednesday
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry will take penal action against infant milk manufacturers and importers if they fail to abide by its price regulations that...
View ArticleWhy are women deprived of their inheritance rights?
Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz We have a common culture of depriving women of their inheritance rights. This is usually done by some fathers on the pretext that they do not want their money or properties to...
View ArticleMeasures sought to protect top officials from hackers
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – In a growingly connected world, specialists have urged the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) to set up a special department to protect...
View Article‘Primitive methods’ used to deliver 43,000 babies in 2013
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — At least 43,261 deliveries were performed at Saudi hospitals in the Kingdom last year using primitive methods, Makkah daily reported quoting the president of the...
View ArticleWomen call for variety in summer programs
Fouz Al-Ghamdi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Several Saudi women have demanded intensifying summer programs and not restricting them to contests and recreation activities for children organized...
View ArticleCar crash in Rafha kills 2, injures four
RAFHA — Two people were killed and four others injured in a horrific collision between two cars on the International Road in Rafha. Northern Border Province Red Crescent...
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