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Articles of the author Abdullah Al Qahtani Okaz
Parents of Saudis jailed in Lebanon demand release
Parents of a number of Saudis who have been languishing in Lebanese prisons for the past six years in the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp base are calling on authorities to intervene and secure the release of their sons. Okaz/Saudi Gazette spoke to the (...)

25 - 05 - 2012
Abdullah's efforts save three from the sword
Three men were spared the sword and a 15-year old rivalry between two families was resolved following mediation efforts of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Prince Faisal Bin Khaled, Emir of Asir region, met the two squabbling (...)

07 - 05 - 2012
Firms delaying workers' wages to be penalized
The Ministry of Labor will penalize companies if they delay paying salaries to their workers, said Dr. Mufarrej Al-Haqbani, Deputy Minister of Labor for Planning and Development. Al-Haqbani said that the ministry will soon introduce a new law that (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
SR2m reward announced for escaped prisoner in Abha
A reward of SR2 million is being offered for information leading to the location or arrest of a prisoner who has escaped from the General Prison in Abha. According to authorities, Ali Bin Muhammad Aal Naseem Al-Qahtani, 25, was detained for murder. (...)

14 - 03 - 2012
Don't cross the red line: Prince Faisal
Demagoguery and sit-ins are the red lines we will not allow anyone to cross, warned Prince Faisal Bin Khaled, Emir of Asir region, during his inspection of the Girls' College at King Khaled University, Friday. Some female students of the college (...)

11 - 03 - 2012
400 officials have not reported for duty since being promoted
The Ministry of Civil Service has found that 400 government officials have not shown up for work ever since they were promoted four years ago. An informed source told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the officials were transferred to other regions, but they (...)

19 - 02 - 2012
Social ministry proposes charity funded by the rich
The Ministry of Social Affairs is planning to establish a social welfare charity funded by wealthy businesspeople and philanthropists, according to Dr. Yusuf Al-Othaimeen, Minister of Social Affairs. The minister revealed the plan here Sunday to (...)

24 - 01 - 2012
15,000 apply for 200 jobs in Abhauniversity
Over 15,674 jobseekers have applied for a mere 200 vacancies at King Khaled University in Abha, a university official has said. Saad Bin Abdullah Al-Shahrani, Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the university, said the (...)

13 - 01 - 2012
Plans on domestic violence disputed
An informed source at the Ministry of Social Affairs told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Finance have reservations about the draft law of protection against domestic violence adopted by the Ministry of Social (...)

27 - 12 - 2011
Minister answers Shoura queries
Minister of Water and Electricity Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Hussayen has called for a ban on the wasteful use of ground water for irrigation purposes. He backed up his demand with the statistic that “80 percent of ground water is consumed by (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Shoura wants more kindergartens to employ 7,000 female teachers
The Committee of Educational Affairs and Scientific Research at the Shoura Council has passed a motion to finance the opening of more kindergartens throughout the country. The decision comes after a Royal Decree called on the Ministry of Education (...)

19 - 12 - 2011
Rains affect life in Riyadh and EP
Saudi GazetteA vehicle caught fire after it skidded and hit a concrete block on a rain-swept road in Dammam, Tuesday. — Okaz photoRIYADH/DHAHRAN – Schools were closed, many business meetings were postponed, and markets and roads were nearly deserted (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Okaz, Traffic Police mark National Day
Okaz Organization for Press and Publication, the publishers of Saudi Gazette, marked the Kingdom's 80th National Day by joining up with Jeddah's Traffic Police to distribute 500,000 leaflets bearing pictures of the country's leaders. The (...)

24 - 09 - 2010
Quarry worker dies in fall
An investigation is under way into the death on Wednesday of an Asian man working at a quarry in Al-Ahsa. Ali Al-Qahtani, spokesman for the Civil Defense in the region, said the man's body was found at the bottom of a large rock crushing machinery. (...)

10 - 04 - 2010
Search on for Internet ‘woman' swindler
A man has lodged a complaint with police in Al-Khafji after he discovered that a young lady he had befriended through an Internet chatroom was in fact a man. The aggrieved man told investigators that he was “swindled out of over 8,000 riyals” in two (...)

11 - 02 - 2010
Two women appointed to EP Chamber Board
The Minister of Trade and Industry has appointed two women to the Board of Directors at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Hana Bint Abdul Mohsen Al-Zuheir and Samira Abdul Rahman Al-Suweigh now become the only two female (...)

11 - 01 - 2010
Public transport only 2% of traffic circulation
Jeddah Traffic Chief Mohammed Al-Qahtani has said that improvements to the congestion in the city's streets will come upon the completion of infrastructure work, but that the problem will never be fully addressed without a radical change in attitude (...)

20 - 11 - 2009
NSHR says 400 terror suspects have complaints
Head of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) Mufleh Al-Qahtani has said that the NSHR has received complaints from 400 Saudis charged in terrorism-related cases. Al-Qahtani said the complaints were received individually and were being (...)

15 - 07 - 2009
Human rights research at Tabuk University
The head of National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) Mufleh Al-Qahtani has said that the memorandum of understanding signed last week with the University of Tabuk will promote studies and research on wider concepts of human rights related to civil, (...)

14 - 04 - 2009
Human rights body flooded with complaints from teachers
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said that at least 20 percent of human rights cases have been filed by teachers complaining of lack of promotion and denial of transfer, said Meflih Al-Qahtani, chairman of NSHR. The NSHR has been (...)

31 - 01 - 2009
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