Government | Monday 20 June, 2016 4:02 am

Prince Muhammad to meet tech giants in Silicon Valley

Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, arrived here Sunday from Washington where he met President Barack Obama and other top US officials. The deputy crown prince’s visit to California will include meetings with executives in Silicon Valley, ...

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Government | Sunday 19 June, 2016 12:28 pm

5 shuttle stops serve Grand Mosque visitors

The Command and Control Center at the Grand Mosque said there are five public transport stops around the Grand Mosque where pilgrims and visitors can take the shuttle service to various destinations in the city. Col. Tariq Al-Ghabban, director of the center, said the five stops are conveniently...

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Government | Friday 17 June, 2016 6:43 am

Wheelchair pushers of the Grand Mosque

MUHAMMAD Al-Sulami earns a living by pushing his wheelchair carrying the elderly and sick pilgrims in the Grand Mosque in Makkah. He has crossed millions of kilometers doing this tiresome but rewarding work in the past 20 years. Old age will not deter him from continuing with the work. He still...

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Government | Wednesday 15 June, 2016 8:22 am

King orders inclusion of 2,628 students in scholarship program

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered that 2,628 male and female Saudi students studying on their own in US universities be included in the foreign scholarship program. This was announced by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of...

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Government | Saturday 11 June, 2016 7:21 am

6.2m Umrah visas issued

The Kingdom has issued this season over 6.28 million visas for Umrah pilgrims, with an estimated 900,000 expected in Makkah this Ramadan, according to a media report on Friday. The figures till June 9 show that over 5.47 million pilgrims have already entered the country. Most visas were issued to...

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Government | Friday 10 June, 2016 7:22 am

Excellent arrangements

Faithful gather around the Holy Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Wednesday. Authorities have made excellent arrangements to provide pilgrims and visitors to the mosque all facilities to ensure they perform their rituals, pray and supplicate in an atmosphere of complete serenity and peace. ...

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Government | Wednesday 8 June, 2016 9:39 am

Over 18,000 electric carts for pilgrims

There will be more than 18,000 carts available for pilgrims who have difficulty in movement at the Grand Mosque to perform their Islamic duties during the holy month of Ramadan. The number includes free carts, wagons, electric cars as well as special vehicles managed by 106 government officials...

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Government | Wednesday 8 June, 2016 6:38 am

Focus on jobs at heart of Kingdom’s reforms

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday took first step toward a revitalized and rejuvenated path to progress and prosperity by unveiling plans to more than triple its non-oil revenue by 2020 while cutting state handouts. This is a broad bid to reshape the Kingdom’s economy amid falling energy prices. The ...

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Government | Wednesday 8 June, 2016 4:33 am

No income tax burden on citizens

There is no plan to tax the income of citizens under the government’s Vision 2030 economic revamp measures, according to Minister of State Mohamed Abdul Malik Al-Asheikh, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. Al-Asheikh made the remarks on Monday in response to questions from...

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Government | Tuesday 7 June, 2016 7:22 am

King receives Ramadan greetings

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives prominent figures, including princes, ministers, scholars, and civilian and military officials, who came to greet him on the occasion of the advent of the holy month of Ramadan at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Sunday evening. ...

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