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Articles of the author Khaled Al Adl Okaz BURAIDAH
Ex-labor director jailed, fined for bribery
A former director of a labor office has been sentenced to four-year imprisonment and a fine of SR300,000 for bribery. The preliminary verdict was announced by the judges of the Summary Circuit at the Administrative Court in Al-Qassim region. The (...)

14 - 05 - 2012
Al-Qassim Police nab shooter of Asians
Al-Qassim Police arrested a young man in his 30s Thursday after he killed two Asians in separate shooting incidents. Both killings occurred in front of the shop where the murderer worked. Forensic experts traced the killer to the mountains where he (...)

12 - 05 - 2012
Asian found dead on street
Al-Qassim Police are investigating the mysterious death of an Asian man whose body was found lying on a road. Forensic experts, a tracer, and a firearms experts were dispatched to the scene to examine the dead body and circumstances of (...)

11 - 05 - 2012
No shortage of land for Saudi homes
There is no shortage of land for housing projects and the Ministry of Housing has not been complaining about it, a statement clearing up some rumors said Wednesday. Dr. Shuwaish Al-Dhuwaihi, Minister of Housing, said: “Up to now the ministry has (...)

20 - 01 - 2012
Mother claims son detained without trial
year-old detainee has appealed to the authorities to release her son because she claims he has been detained without trial for a year. He is being held at Buraidah's Social Observation Home, a detention center for juveniles. “He was arrested last (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Face up to marketplace challenges, Saudi youth told
The government is responsible for educating young Saudis but it is not obliged to employ them in the public sector, said Prince Dr. Faisal Bin Meshal Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Emir of Qasim. He called on the nation's young people to face up to (...)

11 - 08 - 2011
Visitors flock to Nayara Nights
Visitors to Nayara Nights, a Ramadan event that began Friday in Qassim with a large crowd, can buy more than 30 popular products made by the region's Saudi craftswomen and families. The Women's Cooperative Association (Herfa) in the region is (...)

07 - 08 - 2011
Car fire in Buraidah spreads to building, traps 13 Pakistanis
Flames from a car parked next to a building in Buraidah spread to the structure and thick smoke trapped 13 Pakistanis in an apartment before a Civil Defense team evacuated them, officials said. There were no casualties in incident, which Southern (...)

05 - 08 - 2011
Buraidah festival may display over 200,000 ton dates
Organizers are frantically preparing for the Buraidah Dates Festival in Al-Qassim this Friday, which will display 200,000 tons of dates worth SR2.5 billion. This represents the dates of over eight million palms, six million of which are from (...)

02 - 08 - 2011
Gang of thieves busted in Qassim
Qassim Police on Monday arrested an Asian-Arab gang of thieves suspected of involvement in stealing cables, installing chips in towers for mobile telephones, vehicle batteries and accessories. The suspects also stole cable connections to homes and (...)

26 - 07 - 2011
Bad weather hits Al-Qassim, Riyadh and Al-Majma'ah
MAJMA'AH: Dust storms followed by heavy rain over the past two days set off emergency alarms in the regions of Al-Qassim, Riyadh and Al-Majma'ah, officials said Sunday. The bad weather also stopped aviation, aggravated asthma illnesses for many (...)

03 - 05 - 2011
Girl killed by electric shock in holy treatment
Qassim Region Police have arrested a Raqi, a man who treats people by recitation of the Holy Qur'an, for causing the death of a girl by giving her electric shocks to treat her psychiatric illness, authorities said. Lt. Col. Fahd Al-Habdan, (...)

08 - 11 - 2010
About SR1b dates sold in Buraidah
Different varieties of dates worth SR950 million were sold at the Buraidah Dates Festival over the last 50 days, an official has said. Average daily sales were about SR19 million, up to a peak of SR25 million reached on one day, he said. The (...)

18 - 09 - 2010
MoH warns officials over exploitation of expatriates
The Ministry of Health has warned all its officials at health directorates and hospitals across the country not to use foreign workers, who are employed by the government, for private jobs. Those who violate this order will be questioned and (...)

02 - 09 - 2010
Shopping tent fire quickly contained
The Civil Defense was called to a pavilion in central Buraidah on Tuesday after a fire provoked panic among shoppers. The blaze, which took hold of furnishings at the large tent, was quickly contained and led to only minor instances of smoke (...)

29 - 07 - 2010
More water to be saved in Buraidah mosques
The Directorate General of Water in Al-Qassim region has provided Buraidah mosques with 19,000 devices to reduce water use in water closets after a study conducted by the organization showed that there was excessive water use in mosques and some (...)

19 - 07 - 2010
Computer company holds up10-month pay of 5 employees
For 10 months, a company providing computer operations in King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Buraidah has not paid five employees because the Ministry of Health has delayed payment of SR2 million owed to the company, its director said. Al-Sayyid (...)

18 - 07 - 2010
Policeman dies in dawn shooting
A policeman in Buraidah died from a gunshot wound shortly after reaching hospital on Sunday morning. One man handed himself into the authorities shortly after. Reports said that police were still trying to establish a motive for the incident, in (...)

13 - 07 - 2010
Adult and child killed in accident
A Saudi man and a Jordanian girl died in a motor accident on the Qassim to Madina road on Friday. Eight other persons, six of whom were of Jordanian nationality, were also injured in the incident. The injured were taken to hospitals in Riyadh (...)

28 - 06 - 2010
Car, truck crash into worksites
Seven persons were injured in Buraidah at the weekend when the vehicle they were traveling in plunged eight meters into a channel being dug for sewer works. The car had reportedly been involved in a collision with another vehicle, forcing it off the (...)

19 - 06 - 2010
SR75,000 seized in raids on homes of illegal expats
The security authorities have seized a total of SR75,000 in cash found in raids on the residences of allegedly illegal expatriate workers in Buraidah's Khubaib District Monday. Of this total, SR20,000 was found in the possession of an Asian worker (...)

08 - 06 - 2010
Three held over fatal stabbing
Bakairiya said that a man was stabbed to death during a fight on Saturday night. “The victim received a fatal stab wound to the chest during a fight between several people that resulted in two other casualties being hospitalized,” a spokesman said. (...)

01 - 06 - 2010
Anti-Magic Unit thwarts pigeon spell
The Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) in Qassim said Wednesday that they had “thwarted the effects of a magic spell” that had been “attached to the neck of a pigeon”. Hai'a spokesman Abdullah Al-Mansour said that (...)

08 - 05 - 2010
Farm worker killed in fight
An Asian man died on Monday from injuries sustained in a fight with a co-worker at a farm in the north of Buraidah. A police spokesman said that one arrest was made shortly after the incident. A 14-year-old boy died, meanwhile, when he accidentally (...)

28 - 04 - 2010
SR100m man caught after 3 yrs on the run
A Saudi conman has been arrested after three years on the run for taking SR100 million from individuals in a fraudulent share investment scheme promising quick returns. The accused ran a traditional food preparation and packaging firm, which (...)

15 - 04 - 2010
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