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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Government | Tuesday 7 June, 2016 6:20 am

CEDA okays National Transformation Plan

The Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) has approved the final draft of the National Transformation Plan. The plan, a pivotal element of the “Vision 2030” reforms announced in April by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of...

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Government | Sunday 5 June, 2016 6:13 am

Crown Prince: Saudi leadership keen since inception of the Kingdom to provide pilgrims with best service

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, the Deputy Premier and the Minister of Interior, who is also the President of the Supreme Haj Committee asserted here tonight, that the leadership of Saudi Arabia was and is still keen since its inception to provide pilgrims with the best service, in praise of the...

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Government | Sunday 5 June, 2016 6:00 am

Prophet’s Mosque geared to welcome Ramadan visitors

The agency that looks after the affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has mobilized 5,000 employees, including women, to implement its Ramadan plan designed to ensure the welfare and comfort of pilgrims and visitors around the clock during the holy month. “We have readied 16,000 ...

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