The Minister of Labor followed up this statement on the transfer of sponsorship by launching last Monday an online legal labor consultation service called “Your Labor Consultant” as part of MOL’s obligation to ensure justice and transparency in line with the directives of the Kingdom’s leadership. The new service launched in Arabic and English will…
“We and the expats” was the title of an article written by Abdulaziz Al-Dhukair in Al-Riyadh and published by this paper. The moment I saw the headline I said: “Oh no, not again!” thinking that this article would be similar to the one written by a certain Al-Dosari who made what many expatriates considered to…
The terror attack at the Pathankot Air Force Base, the second in the Punjab within a span of six months, once again gave cause for alarm. It came very shortly after the surprise visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lahore to attend the wedding of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s granddaughter. Described as…
أذكر أنه ولسنوات عدة، عندما كانت الميزانية العامة للدولة تعلن، كنت تقرأ في صباح اليوم التالي عناوين بارزة تقول: «ميزانية الخير والبركة»، و»ميزانية المستقبل الزاهر»، وغيرهما من عبارات طنانة تمدح في الميزانية وتصورها كأنها معجزة هبطت من السماء. وبالطبع يعقب إعلان الميزانية تسابق المحللين الاقتصاديين والإعلاميين وغيرهم للظهور عبر شاشات التلفزيون والصحف للإشادة بالميزانية الجديدة…