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Protecting whistle-blowers will enhance integrity and encourage investment
He added that the proposed regulation will fill a lacuna in the current regulations, in terms of protecting and enhancing the whistle-blowers’ integrity, increasing the level of bearing responsibility and trust between the authorities concerned with countering corruption, employees and ...
Shoura committee to grill housing minister
Dr. Khaled Al-Oqail, another member, welcomed the minister to the consultative body and emphasized the need to explain the ministry’s plans and strategies to provide housing to limited income groups. “The ministry should set out a schedule to hand over ...
Al-Awwad interacts with Shoura members on many crucial issues
“The meeting was characterized by transparency and candidness on the part of the minister who revealed all the steps he was taking, the difficulties he was facing and his future plans to upgrade the performance of his ministry,” he said.
Housing crisis blamed on negligence by ministry
Members of the Shoura Council have accused the Ministry of Housings negligence for the worsening housing crisis in the country.
Medical liability law to ban euthanasia, human cloning
The proposed medical liability law, which is to be discussed by the Shoura Council on Monday, bans terminating the life of any patient for any reason, even at their request or the request of the family.
1.17m pensioners by 2022 needing SR116bn
The number of retired citizens and military personnel is expected to exceed a million by the year 2022, according to former Shoura Council member Sulaiman Al-Hameed.
Changes to health law proposed
A proposal has been submitted to the Shoura Council to establish an authority to supervise government hospitals, according to Khaled Al-Saif, member of the Council.
Shoura postpones discussion on proposal to curb Haia autonomy
After a heated discussion, the Shoura Council on Monday decided to postpone taking up a controversial proposal to merge the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance.
Shoura to discuss new law to prevent illegal migration
The Shoura (Consultative) Council will soon discuss a draft law that aims to prevent illegal migration and settlement in the Kingdom and allows authorities to provide migrants with resident permits if they fulfill certain conditions such as Arabic language proficiency ...
Shoura to study labor law clause on axing of Saudis
The Shoura (Consultative) Council will discuss introducing some amendments into the labor law particularly Article 77 which has caused the dismissal of a number of Saudis from their jobs in the private sector.
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