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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets Central African Republic delegation Saudi extends No driving amnesty for illegal expats RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yes- terday extended by four more months an amnesty enabling licence for illegal foreign workers to regu- larise their status or return home without prosecution. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has labourers ordered “extending the time limit” of the Amnesty due to expire today until November, the interior min- Move to ease traffic congestion istry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. DOHA: Labourers have been however, been spared as putting English-language daily Arab News barred from joining driving restrictions on them would lead said the amnesty would now expire schools as they will not be issued to a severe shortage of drivers for on November 3. According to the driving licences for light and Qatari families. labour ministry more than 1.5 mil- heavy vehicles anymore. Driving schools said they lion illegal foreign workers have The ban, however, does not wouldn’t be affected by the ban as The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a ministerial delegation from the Central African come forward so far. apply to those workers who are not many labourers were anyway Republic (CAR) at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.