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Articles of the author Mohammad Al Zahrani
Women allowed to work in pharmacies
Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF — The Ministry of Health has given the green light for women to work in pharmacies and herbal medicine stores. A source said the ministry will start issuing licenses to women wishing to work in pharmacies, herbal medicine (...)

06 - 11 - 2016
Tougher regulations for hiring non-Saudi teachers
TAIF — Private and international schools can no longer hire non-Saudi teachers for Arabic language, Islamic education and social sciences, according to new regulations of the Ministry of Education. The ministry has also laid down nine new criteria (...)

20 - 03 - 2016
Health official accused of embezzling SR10 million
Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF — An official at the Health Affairs Directorate in Taif who was previously accused of embezzling SR2.7 million in public funds is now suspected to have embezzled up to SR10 million. A source said the official worked at the (...)

01 - 02 - 2016
1,100 non-Saudi renal patients in need of urgent treatment
Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF — A total of 1,100 non-Saudi patients in need of dialysis were denied treatment due to bureaucratic decisions by the Ministry of Health. Saudi Organ Transplant Center General Director Dr. Faisal Shaheen said the 1,100 (...)

19 - 01 - 2016
Conservatives warn voters against electing women
Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF — Religious conservatives here put up posters and distributed handbills discouraging voters from voting for women candidates in the municipality elections on Saturday. A source from the Taif Municipal and Rural Affairs (...)

13 - 12 - 2015
3 health centers closed in Taif
The Health Affairs Directorate here has closed down three private health centers during a field inspection by medical permits team. The health centers were found to be functioning with expired business licenses, said the director of Media and (...)

08 - 11 - 2008
Commerce Ministry checks for price tags
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry will launch an inspection campaign to ensure the commitment of all commercial outlet shops price-tagging their products. Punishments for not adhering to the law consist of a fine of up to SR100,000, rising to (...)

22 - 10 - 2008
Girl kidnapped from school
A committee at the Educational Supervision Center in Bani Sa'ad, south of Taif City, is probing a case involving two women taking a female student from a school Monday without the knowledge of the principal. According to Hilal Al-Zahrani, Director (...)

22 - 10 - 2008
Dad kills son in fit of rage
year-old son in a fit of rage during a dispute in the apartment the son was renting after having left his parents' house in Taif. The father said his son had been mixing with bad company but refused to stay away from them, leading to differences (...)

22 - 10 - 2008
Daughter put in coma by father
Authorities in Taif are interrogating a man in a case of domestic violence involving his 14-year-old daughter. Major Turki Al-Shehri, spokesman for Taif Police, said Al-Hawiyah Police received a report that a man had checked his daughter into King (...)

13 - 10 - 2008
School buses for girls in Qassim
About 500,000 female students, representing around one third of the total enrolled in public education, will be able to commute by buses provided by their schools. The Ministry of Education has contracted Hafel School Transportation Company to (...)

07 - 10 - 2008
Over 5m CDs to replace textbooks
The Ministry of Education is to distribute more than 5 million compact discs (CDs) containing curriculums and study materials to school students next academic year. The step aims to end the yearly pileup of textbooks and papers around schools (...)

04 - 07 - 2008
No end in sight to Taif water crisis
No end is in sight to the lingering water crisis in Taif. The crisis brings back to memory a similar situation when the city was gripped by an acute water crisis some 15 years ago. Long queues of people waiting for water tankers is a normal sight (...)

08 - 06 - 2008
18,000 education jobs open for Saudi women
More than 18,000 educational vacancies for female teachers across the Kingdom have been opened. The vacant posts are created for teachers specialized in general education and special education for students with special needs. The application forms (...)

07 - 06 - 2008
Woman pleads for forced separation
year old girl had taken her agony to the General Court in Taif to annul her six-year-old marriage to a 80-year old man. After which she was still a virgin. The girl obtained a court ruling to divorce her from her husband. But the Cassation Court, (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
Girl, driver killed in crash
A girl and a bus driver were killed and 10 others were injured on Wednesday morning when a bus that was transporting students of Khormah's Girls Education College collided with a car carrying a family. Police sources said two students suffered (...)

08 - 05 - 2008
Excessive sanctions enrage traffic detainees
A number of Taif residents who were detained and fined by the city's Traffic Department Police for violations – particularly speeding and running red lights – intend to file a class action lawsuit against the department. Their lawsuit would center (...)

07 - 05 - 2008
90 Lashes or 6 Slaps
A primary school teacher will be slapped six times, for slapping a misbehaving student, as ordered by a Riyadh court. The student, with his friends, was drumming on a refrigerator for passing with distinction. The teacher, however, did not enjoy (...)

11 - 03 - 2008
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