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Overcrowded facilities and lack of flights to fly out deportees have prompted Kuwait’s Interior Ministry to temporarily ...
12/10/2021

Overcrowded facilities and lack of flights to fly out deportees have prompted Kuwait’s Interior Ministry to temporarily suspend its crackdown on offenders of labour and residency laws.

Temporary prisons were so overcrowded that absconding workers and other illegals awaiting repatriation could no longer be sent to them for health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Security sources told Al Qabas the decision was prompted by the health situation in the country, and in line with precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among detainees.

“Instructions have been issued three days ago to the various security sectors to stop the campaigns against residency violators and absconding workers, after they intensified them during the past days and arrested many of them, which resulted in an unprecedented overcrowding of the deportation prison,” a source said.

“Overcrowded detention facilities may lead to the spread of infectious diseases among detainees. In addition, the lack of flights, and airlines accepting only very small numbers of deportees on their flights, created a growing backlog and meant that new violators could not be held in already overcrowded facilities,” the source explained.

29/09/2021

A citizen intimidates and awakens an Asian expat seen sleeping in a public park in abnormal condition.

Health sources revealed that more than 230,000 students between the age group 12 to 17 years have received a vaccine aga...
29/09/2021

Health sources revealed that more than 230,000 students between the age group 12 to 17 years have received a vaccine against coronavirus, Al Rai reported.

Health sources confirmed to the daily that more than 230,000 male and female students of the age group (12-17 years) have been vaccinated, exceeding 76 percent of the total of this segment of citizens and residents, which is estimated at 300,000 according to the statistics of the Public Authority for Civil Information.

29/09/2021

A citizen films a drunk African expatriate woman roaming the streets of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.

Police arrested two men in possession of 13 kg of hashish. The two men, one of whom is an illegal resident and the other...
29/09/2021

Police arrested two men in possession of 13 kg of hashish. The two men, one of whom is an illegal resident and the other from the Gulf, had a large amount of narcotic substances in their possession with the intention of trafficking it.


29/09/2021

One year ago Kuwait lost a great leader.

History remember Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah as a great humanitarian and widely respected diplomat, who managed to diffuse dozens of crises across the world.

From 1963 to 2003, Sheikh Sabah served as Kuwait’s global face, a widely respected diplomat and skilled negotiator. He successfully mediated between Pakistan and Bangladesh in 1974, Turkey and Bulgaria six years later, Palestinians and Jordan during the so-called Black September in 1970, and the warring factions in the civil war in Lebanon in the 1970s and 80s.

He was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the reunification of Yemen in May 1990, few months before Iraq invaded Kuwait in August that year in which Sheikh Sabah played a key role in building an international coalition that managed several months later to liberate his country.

In 2014, the United Nations designated him as global humanitarian leader due to his tireless efforts to defuse regional tensions and spearhead the UN efforts to alleviate the suffering of refugees and less fortunate people across the world.

Kuwait, the region, and the world one year ago lost a historic figure; a global humanitarian and one of the last great diplomats and of our age.

The Traffic Court Sentences a Citizen and an Expat to Prison for Reckless Driving and Driving without a LicenseAfter det...
29/09/2021

The Traffic Court Sentences a Citizen and an Expat to Prison for Reckless Driving and Driving without a License

After detaining a citizen and an expat, the Department of Traffic Violation Investigations referred the violators to the Traffic Court. The judge sentenced the citizen and the expat to a week in prison and deport the expat after completing the prison sentence.

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has warned its Kuwaiti counterpart that it will restrict Kuwait Airways’ an...
29/09/2021

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has warned its Kuwaiti counterpart that it will restrict Kuwait Airways’ and Jazeera Airways’ operations if the Gulf state does not permit PIA – Pakistan International Airlines flights by October 1, 2021, the Dawn newspaper has reported. The PCAA said that it would curtail one flight weekly operated by each of the Kuwaiti carriers. However, it warned that it “had the authority” to ban Kuwaiti airlines from Pakistan entirely.

According to the aviation schedules, Kuwait Airways currently flies from Kuwait to Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l and Lahore Int’l (2x weekly each), while its low-cost carrier rival operates to Karachi Int’l (weekly) and Lahore (2x weekly). PIA has been banned from operating to Kuwait since May 2021, ostensibly to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the Kuwaiti carriers continued to serve the country. As the number of cases in Pakistan continues to drop, the flag carrier sought permission to resume operations to Kuwait but so far to no avail.

29/09/2021

Shia Kuwaiti citizens walks to Kerbala- Iraq from Abdali as part of Ziyarat Arbaeen. Millions visit Kerbala to commemorate the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as) the grandson of the Prophet of Islam, in yr 680 AD.

Kuwait has been rated the sixth most difficult country in the world to get a driver’s licence in, local media reported.K...
29/09/2021

Kuwait has been rated the sixth most difficult country in the world to get a driver’s licence in, local media reported.

Kuwait scored 4.05 out of 10, due to the minimum age of 18 imposed by the authorities to initiate procedures to get the driver’s licence; while Bahrain stood at fourth with a total score of just 3.62 out of 10.

While Kuwait emerged as the sixth most difficult country in the world , Qatar came in second place as the easiest country in the world in this category according to Zotobi’s list.

Mexico topped the list of countries as the ‘easiest country in terms of driving education, while Latvia ranked third in terms of ease of driving education, followed by the United States in fourth place, and Canada in fifth.

Several factors also played a major role in the classification of Kuwait, according to the website, including the cost of conducting a driving test, which is equivalent to $71, in addition to the requirements to take a practical driving exam including medical tests.

According to official figures, the number of registered vehicles in Kuwait in 2019 was 2,368,680, an increase from the previous number of 2,203,723 unit for December 2018.

Kuwait government is considering enabling foreigners to own real estate assets in Kuwait, Al-Qabas Arabic newspaper repo...
29/09/2021

Kuwait government is considering enabling foreigners to own real estate assets in Kuwait, Al-Qabas Arabic newspaper reported. The report also says that the cabinet is considering imposing a new tax and comprehensive re-pricing of services and goods.

28/09/2021

He is overjoyed when Ali Fayez put Qadsia SC into a lead against Al Arabi in Amiri Cup semi-final yesterday.

After a long gap of sporting events for spectators, supporters of Qadsia SC and Al Arabi SC thronged to the stadium to cheer their teams by chanting songs and motivating their team players.

Qadsia SC qualified for the final of the Amiri Cup after its victory over its arch rivals Al Arabi SC who were the defending champions for the last season.

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