based Al-Jazirah highlighting the significant role being played by Riyadh-based King Saudi University, said all citizens do appreciate the significant role being played by the university in the service of the Kingdom. "In a short span of time, the university has been able to make big strides in the field of academic evaluation and development of capabilities of its students as well as opening the door wide for the graduates to develop their skills," said the daily. "The university has made an initiative in the domain of establishing scientific chairs which have created scientific and practical partnership with the society." The paper pointed out to the achievements attained by the university in the domain of researches and studies in a manner that yielded positive results, adding that the engineers at the university were capable of producing the locally manufactured first car named "GHAZAL-1." This locally manufactured car, which was launched by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah ibn Abdul-Aziz on Monday is made of carbonic fibers so as to suit the Kingdom's desert climate, the daily noted, adding that the Ghazal-1 car constitutes a fruit for the studies and researches of the scientific chairs. --MORE