The Saudi Health Ministry, while rejecting Pakistan's MS/MD degree, said it lacked structured training programme -- a mandatory requirement to hire medics against important positions. The move by the kingdom has reportedly rendered hundreds of highly-qualified medics jobless, Dawn newspaper reported.
The decree, issued three days ago, clearly stresses the right of every Saudi citizen to obtain a passport, and limits the need for a guardian's approval to minors only, Arab News reported late Thursday. The decree is written in a gender-neutral manner, and does not state any restrictions specific to women.
Jamal Siddiqui, president, Maharashtra State Haj Committee, said 35,711 people from Maharashtra had submitted applications for performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year.
Saudi Arabia which had received an invitation from the FATF at the beginning of 2015 to join as an "observer member", was admitted into the organization after the group's meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Friday.
The Court of Appeal in London found that Ministers had failed to properly assess the role of military equipment in civilian casualties during Saudi's bombing in Yemen.
Hafez who had earlier worked as a Quran teacher in Hyderabad was offered a job at a mosque in Saudi Arabia's Al Bahah by an agent. Aspired to move to Saudi Arab, Hafez paid a sum of Rs 95,000 to the agent.
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes, publicly pinning one of the headless bodies to a pole as a warning to others.
On Friday, the Saudi Arabian government issued a formal order with regard to the increase in India's Haj quota.
The man, identified as Ali, has claimed that he has been seeking help from the Indian Embassy in Riyadh for the last one year to get back to India. He has also threatened to commit suicide.
Both the countries have taken significant steps to boost trade and investment and to achieve $100 billion investment from Saudi Arabia into India, which was announced during the visit of the Crown Prince.
During the crown prince’s visit, Saudi Arabia had announced plans to invest $100 billion in India’s infrastructure sector. At the recent Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meet, the kingdom also backed India against Pakistan.
Who says Pakistan is a cash-strapped economy? If the golden submachine gun gift that Pakistan has presented to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is anything to go by, the nation seems to have no dearth of cash or gold.
“The Prime Minister and His Royal Highness condemned in the strongest terms, the recent terrorist attack on Indian security forces on 14 February, 2019 in Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir,” the joint statement said.
However, the Saudi Crown Prince didn't utter a word on Pulwama terror attack during his address.
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
During his interaction with the Crown Prince, the PM is expected to strongly raise the issue of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism as the two countries will look at further enhancing defence ties.
The crown prince's visit comes a day after his trip to Pakistan, whom India has linked with the attack. He is learnt to have flown back to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan in an apparent acknowledgement of India's sensitivities.
Official sources said that India will forcefully raise the issue of Pakistan's support to terror groups during delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Crown Prince on Wednesday.
Prince Salman said Saudi "cannot say no to Pakistan, whatever you (Pakistan) want we will do."
"America's position both privately and publicly is the same. This was an outrageous act, an unacceptable murder. Those who were responsible will be held accountable by the US."
Top News
Latest News
