Page 9 soccer THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 15 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com markets TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 / ZUL-HIJJAH 3, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17738 16 PAGES 150 FILS Update sought on demographic issue Query on commissions paid By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY, July 12: MP Muhannad Al- Sayer has forwarded queries to His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid about the latter’s statement that Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) published on June 3, 2020 regarding Proposals the plan of the govern- ment to address the de- mographic imbalance due on 60s issue in three stages in KUWAIT CITY, July 12: A so- order to reach the ideal lution to the problem of expatri- proportion -- 70 per- ates who are 60 years and above cent Kuwaitis and 30 is expected to be announced percent expatriates. soon, reports Al-Rai daily. The expatriates who are He wants to know the mea- above 60 and do not hold grad- sures that the government has uation certificates are facing taken since HH the Prime the prospect of being deported Minister issued the press from the country because the statement one year ago; legal, government refuses to renew administrative and technical their work permits, but a gov- bases of the press statement; ernment source indicated the studies carried out by the gov- Council of Ministers is await- ernment in this regard; if the A police vehicle patrols a tent camp near the Muslim holy city of Makkah, ahead of the upcoming annual Hajj pilgrimage, July 12. The pilgrimage to Makkah required ing a proposal to be submitted three stages are based on sta- once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than 2 million people. But for a second straight year it has by the Minister of Commerce been curtailed due to the coronavirus with only vaccinated people in Saudi Arabia able to participate. (AP) tistics; and period of imple- and Industry Abdullah Al- menting these three stages. Salman, who is also chairman Meanwhile, MP Hesham Al- of the board of directors of the Saleh asked Minister of Finance Lawyers to appeal Public Authority for Manpower and Minister of State for Eco- Opinion (PAM). nomic and Investment Affairs While the source confirmed Khalifa Hamada about the num- “it is illogical to force the ex- ber of cases that citizens have patriates to leave after spending filed against the decisions of Jordan jails 2 in plot all these years of long service the Public Institution for Social in the country,” other sources Security (PIFSS) since January Travel, enjoy ... then AMMAN, Jordan, July 12, (AP): stressed said “the goal now is 2019 till date, how many verdicts A Jordanian state security court on not to burden the state with the were in favor of the citizens, and Monday sentenced two former offi- cost of their continued stay in how many of these verdicts have cials to serve 15 years in prison over Newswatch Kuwait in terms of medical ser- been implemented. an alleged plot against the Western- vices because the health sector MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa dis- seize and chain them closed that Hamada gave unsat- allied monarchy involving the half- is already suffering from pres- brother of King Abdullah II. sure from citizens and residents, isfactory responses to his queries KUWAIT CITY: In commemoration about the deal settled by Wafra Bassem Awadallah, who has U.S. of the Day of Arafat and Eid Al-Ad- not to mention the increasing By Ahmed Al-Jarallah them? citizenship and once served as a top ha, offi cial holidays will commence burden caused by the Covid-19 Company, which is owned by PIFSS, for the purchase of Al- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times There are tens of thousands of law- aide to King Abdullah II, and Sharif on Sunday, July 18 and end on July pandemic. suits in the courts concerning rents. The Hassan bin Zaid, a member of the 22, Thursday, said the Kuwaiti Cabi- The sources explained that Raya Tower Two. He said the “TO our brothers and sisters who want to banks demand the repayment of loans, royal family, were found guilty of net. “from here, the solution lies minister concealed some impor- tant information and this indi- travel ... Travel and enjoy” — these are and hundreds of thousands of workers are sedition and incitement charges. According to the offi cial twit- not in imposing incapacitating cates the deal is suspicious as it the words of the Deputy Prime Minister, demanding their salaries. They are alleged to have conspired ter account of the Cabinet, all state fees on this segment of expa- with Prince Hamzah, the king’s half- is aimed at granting privileges Minister of Defense, and Chairman of the From where will the employers get the bodies and ministries will cease op- triates as much as in provid- COVID-19 Emergency Committee who is brother, and to have sought foreign erations during the offi cial holidays. to traders at the expense of the money to pay such fi nancial liabilities? ing health insurance to relieve retirees. He intends to submit directly concerned with all the precaution- assistance. (KUNA) Have you thought about this complex is- Awadallah’s U.S.-based lawyer ❑ ❑ ❑ the state of this burden if they another set of queries to the min- ary measures ordered by that committee. sue? slammed the verdict, saying there need medical care,” noting ister whom he might grill if he is We must ask — If people can travel and You may say “We do not have the had been a “complete lack of due KUWAIT CITY: The government de- that “one of the scenarios put not satisfied with the answers to enjoy themselves, will they be allowed money to pay the affected” while you process” and that his client had nied on Monday news regarding the forward is linking health in- the second set of queries. to return? Will the minister abandon the continue with your procedures. This did resignation of the Health Minister surance to this segment for the suffered “inhumane treatment, in- Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Humoud Al- crippling measures he imposed on travel- not happen in any country around the cluding beatings and psychological period of stay, provided that Contracts ers and returnees? In other words, does Sabah. it is real and comprehensive world such as in France, Britain, Germa- torture.” Lawyers for both defen- Government spokesman Tareq Al- MP Mubarak Al-Arow also the committee agree on one opinion, or ny, the United States, and even in Bahrain dants said they would appeal the Mezrem, in a tweet, said that rumors health insurance.” asked Hamada about the Kuwaitis does each member have his nights to sing and the United Arab Emirates. verdict. circulating on social media regarding Meanwhile, PAM said 35 and foreigners who have received about? The governments there borrowed to They two men were swept up in a the resignation of the Health Minister employees working in the au- commissions for purchase and The Minister of Health prevented peo- compensate the affected ones, because wave of arrests in April and Hamzah were not true. (KUNA) thority have been referred to supply contracts in the last five ple who were not vaccinated from trave- they simply worked according to a well- was placed under house arrest. The ❑ ❑ ❑ the Legal Affairs Department years and the amount of commis- ling, and prevented the return of those studied vision. On the other hand, we con- rare public rift at the highest levels for passing illegal transactions sion given to each of them. KUWAIT CITY: There is an ongoing MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari stranded abroad. He imposed the use of sidered people as if they were all sinners, of the monarchy sent jitters across for people who are above 60 the region and exposed deep-rooted coordination to resume fl ights to Mo- holding high school diploma urged Minister of Oil and High- “Kuwait Mosafer” application, which and so you applied to them two verses of rocco from the beginning of August. frustrates people with its complexi- economic and social challenges in the and below. er Education Dr Muhammad the Holy Quran — “Seize and chain him, country, which has long been seen as This is based on the recent approval Al-Fares to rectify errors in the ties. Because of it, many Kuwaitis were then cast him into the burning hellfi re”. of the Council of Ministers to resume The sources revealed the au- a bastion of stability. tomated information system of admission of students to univer- stranded at airports all around the world, Despite that, you ask them to be at ease, Hamzah denied the allegations in direct fl ights with 12 countries in- sities and scholarships, investi- and there seems to be no sign of hope to as if you are giving us good tidings after cluding Spain, reports Al-Qabas daily PAM revealed work permits video statements released in April after were issued for this category of gate the issue, and make sure the solve their case. the apocalypse, while you fail to heed and quoting sources from Kuwait Interna- he was placed under house arrest, say- tional Airport,. people in a fraudulent manner. procedures are based on fair and It is true that the words of the head of hear the screams of the people who have ing he was being silenced for speaking transparent criteria. the COVID-19 emergency committee They explained that one of the According to sources, 4 ex- been burdened by these procedures.