Illegal residents will only be deported once the Saudi authorities are certain they have no criminal or civil cases pending against them, said Lt. Col. Muhammad Al-Hussein from the Makkah Passports Department.
Many are currently living under (...)
Makkah Mayoralty's department of environmental health has shut down six perfumeries near the Grand Mosque for selling medical products containing banned substances. Over 4,500 products were destroyed.
Sahel Milibari, Makkah Mayoralty's department (...)
The real estate sector in the holy city has undergone a drastic change during the last couple of years, resulting in large numbers of people, who had lived in the vicinity of the Holy Haram for generations, migrating to the outskirts of the (...)
More than 160 drivers employed during the annual Haj by the Islamic Awareness Department in Makkah have still not been paid their dues — estimated to be a staggering SR2 million. The department — affiliated to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs — (...)
Over 400 Ministry of Haj staff in Makkah, Madina and Jeddah are demanding that the ministry pay them their salaries for last month (Jumada I). Some are also demanding they get paid their Haj allowances from last year.
One of the employees said: “I (...)
Khaled Abo Hafash, chairman of complaints committee at Makkah Municipal Council, said the Ministry of Transport has finally responded to the council's recommendations regarding demands of the residents of Hadda and Bahra.
Hadda and Bahra residents (...)
There is a remarkable increase in the number of pilgrims' residential buildings in Makkah, which currently crossed 7,000 buildings, said Engineer Zuhair Hadad, Head of the Committee for the Inspection of Pilgrims' Residential Buildings in (...)
The youth of this holy city have been left between a hard rock and a wall following the implementation of a ban on shisha cafés within the city.
As a result of the prohibition, the youth of Makkah often drive lengthy distances to visit shisha cafés (...)
Representatives from the owners of the villas in Al-Rasifa in Makkah violating architectural code are seeking to meet Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, to look into their complaints about disconnection of power supply from their villas (...)