Moi May Revoke Licenses of Ex-Students, Working Wives
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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 RAJAB 25, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Erdogan Suspect in Newspapers Mourinho defiant as British soldier mulling brings special protestors murder blows paywalls for magic back retake 7streets kisses10 in dock survival12 to20 Chelsea MoI may revoke licenses of Max 43º ex-students, working wives Min 29º High Tide 08:31 & 21:46 No vehicle impoundments or license revocations in June Low Tide 02:10 & 15:25 40 PAGES NO: 15829 150 FILS By Hanan Al-Saadoun conspiracy theories KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Maj Gen Abdelfattah Give us an Al-Ali said the Traffic Department is preparing to revoke driving licenses of expat students who were issued these licenses based on their university studies. This alternative action comes after it was proven that they have com- pleted their studies and are working now. He said licenses of working women who received them based on family visas will also be revoked, adding that this action is legal because driving licenses are contracts issued according to certain conditions, and if these con- ditions are changed, the ministry will have the right to By Badrya Darwish revoke the licenses. Ali assured all expats who are afraid to pay their traf- fic fines to avoid impoundment of their vehicles or revo- cation of their driving licenses to go ahead and pay up [email protected] as he has given instructions to allow expats to pay fines without their cars being impounded during the month of June. n the past couple of years, we used to talk about Ali said students who have finished their studies and enhancing public transportation lightly. The housewives whose family iqamas are changed to work Inecessity was there but not as much as it is now. permits must hand over the driving licenses they The population in Kuwait was less and we did not received earlier. He said they have the right to apply for have the handicaps of the complexes of expats driv- new driving licenses or exchange the ones they have ing and all the new rules that are pouring now. For when they submit proper documents, especially a uni- the last two months we have been faced with a war versity degree and a KD 400 minimum salary certificate. against expats from all sides - be it from the Social Ali, who was yesterday leading a traffic campaign in Affairs and Labour Ministry and the Traffic Khaitan during which he issued 500 citations and Department. They met and it is not a coincidence impounded tens of violating cars, said he is about to and they came to the conclusion to slowly start HEBRON: Three-day-old Iman and Amani, Palestinian Siamese twin girls from the Breiwesh family, lie on a submit a proposal to Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al- decreasing the number of the workforce in Kuwait. bed in the newborns unit at the Alia Hospital in this West Bank city yesterday. Their mother received permis- Humoud Al-Sabah to amend a ministerial decision to Be it right or wrong, they are going ahead with it. sion from the Israeli government to deliver at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital, but the girls were born with link expat students’ licenses with their study period If you are cracking down on expats and using all one stomach and two hearts connected in one organ, according to Israeli doctors. The woman was warned along with other organizational steps. He said among kinds of tricks to even strip expats of their driving by Palestinian doctors during prenatal checkups that she had Siamese twins but she refused to terminate the proposals is to ban the issue of drivers licenses to licences thinking that this is the way to improve traf- her pregnancy because of her religious beliefs. The Hebron-based family now hopes Saudi Arabia will take certain professions that were previously allowed, such fic on the streets of Kuwait - which in my opinion the girls in charge and determine whether an operation would be an option. — AFP as imams and undertakers. will not help ease traffic at all - at the end of the day it is your decision not mine. At least what we can demand seriously is to enhance public transporta- tion and to do something about it. Even we Kuwaitis Indian Embassy seeks 6-month grace might use it if it is reliable and well-organized. As you are spending so much efforts planning how to strip expats of their licences, you might as Expats fear ‘Indians targeted in raids’ well meet with the right departments and decide how to have efficient and organized public trans- By Sajeev K Peter either regularize their status or leave the country gracefully. provided any humanitarian assistance if required. There were portation like in any advanced country. Let’s not fly Nair brought to Falah’s notice that most of the people arrested media reports that cells in deportation centers are overflowing far to the United Kingdom or France for examples. KUWAIT: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait yesterday sought a have become residency violators because they entered the with people who live in deplorable conditions. The Indian offi- Just fly to Dubai - a Gulf country with a similar cul- six-month grace period for residency violators and urged country on visas under Article 20 and moved later to work cials also brought to the notice of the ministry officials about ture and demography. If Dubai can build metros authorities to stop harassment and arrest of people with valid under Article 18. Secondly, the embassy sought access to the continuous harassment of people traveling in their cars and put efficient buses with air-conditioned bus documents. The Indian embassy officials yesterday held talks information regarding the arrested and deported Indians. and moving in public places. There have been several stops, I think Kuwait can do the same. Organize taxis with officials at the Foreign Ministry and conveyed the Currently, many arrested Indians remain unaccounted for, instances of people getting their licenses cancelled despite with professional taxi drivers, secure and safe for embassy’s deepest concern over the continuous harassment igniting anxiety and fear among the residents. having valid documents just because they travelled with their and arrests of Indians during the ongoing crackdown against The embassy is kept in the dark regarding the number of friends or colleagues, he pointed out. women to use on their own because I hear a lot of illegal residents in the country. Indians being arrested and deported, and on Sunday, hun- Nair told Kuwait Times yesterday that the official agreed to scary stories from women who take taxis. In his talks with Talal Al-Falah, director of the consular dreds of Indian workers stormed the embassy seeking its help look into his requests. “The talks have been quite positive and People in Kuwait deserve an alternative. After department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Acting in securing either the release or information of people who we hope that a solution can be found soon,” he said. He also you have exhausted all means of building and mak- Ambassador Vidhu P Nair stated that there was a growing fear were arrested during a recent raid in Bneid Al-Gar. According informed that the embassy has sought a meeting with the ing a professional, efficient public transportation among the people that “Indians are specifically targeted” in to reports, more than 500 people were rounded up in these undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior in order to brief him network, then go ahead with your schemes to the campaign. The acting ambassador called on the ministry raids. about the growing uneasiness and panic among the Indian decrease the drivers on the streets. official to suspend the ongoing raids and grant a grace period The Indian Embassy also requested access to meet Indians community in Kuwait as a result of the continuous raids and Have a good day! of at least six months to residency violators so that they can held in detention and deportation centers so that they can be arrests. floods sweep central Europe MP demands details on $4bn Thousands evacuated • Czech capital on alert loan to Russia PRAGUE: Thousands were forced from where around 1,000 animals were moved By B Izzak their homes and at least nine people to higher ground after the Vltava river 119 killed in China were killed as floodwaters deluged burst its banks late Sunday. Zookeepers KUWAIT: Islamist MP Ali Al-Omair yesterday asked swathes of Europe yesterday, including had to tranquilise tigers and other large Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah if the historic centre of the Czech capital animals in a dramatic overnight opera- Kuwait granted the Russian Federation a $4 billion poultry plant fire Prague. Shops and schools were shut and tion. “It’s a terrifying feeling to experience loan about 10 days ago. Omair asked in his question road and rail transport were disrupted this all over again,” Petr Velensky, the zoo’s if the reported loan is true and demanded details BEIJING: At least 119 people were country’s worst fire for more than a across the Czech Republic, Austria and reptile specialist, told AFP, recalling how on the nature of the loan, its duration and the pur- killed in a fire which swept through a decade, according to listings on inter- Germany following torrential rains. The many animals drowned in a 2002 flood. pose of granting the loan. He also demanded poultry processing plant in northeast net portal Baidu. On December 25, flooding caused chaos at Prague Zoo Continued on Page 15 copies of the reported loan contract and terms and China yesterday, local officials said, in 2000, a blaze at a shopping centre in conditions.