Atif Siddiqui

KUWAIT: A senior female citizen was arrested for setting three cars ablaze in a premeditated act of revenge. Following her arrest, the 59-year-old woman told officers that she wanted to punish the government for “stealing her money.” Sulaibiya police station officers launched an investigation after receiving a report about an unidentified arsonist who set a [...]

KUWAIT: Islamist lawmakers still plan to amend Article 79 of the Constitution with the aim of enforcing religious-oriented laws in Kuwait despite the country’s ruler’s recent announcement rejecting a proposed amendment to Article 79. “The process of making laws comply with Islamic Sharia is ongoing through efforts made to discuss regulations that contradict with Sharia,” [...]

KUWAIT: Kuwait will have exhausted all its oil savings by 2017 if it keeps on spending money at the current rate, the International Monetary Fund said in a report published yesterday. The IMF, which held a regular consultation with the OPEC member state in the last two weeks of April, said Kuwait would not be [...]

KUWAIT: The National Assembly committee investigating graft allegations yesterday sent new summons to former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who has refused to be questioned by the panel, the head of the committee said yesterday. MP Faisal Al-Mislem said the committee sent a letter to Sheikh Nasser asking him to attend a meeting [...]

KUWAIT: Local Internet service providers (ISPs) are required to ensure that clients do not use their services to carry out international calls through means unauthorized by the Ministry of Communications, as per new regulations released by Minister Salem Al-Othaina recently. The decision Al-Othaina made on Monday cancels all licenses the ministry provides to local ISPs, [...]

KUWAIT: In Kuwait, where all expatriate children can attend only private schools, some parents have been facing trouble within the private school system. Zafar is one of the parents who has had to deal with what he called  “forced transfer” and harassment by the school his children attended. Zafar has two children attending one of [...]

  KUWAIT: Navigating one’s way to a particular location fast is a necessity for certain institutions, especially those dealing with emergency cases like hospitals, firemen and police. Soon the public will have access to such system.  The General Director of the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) Musaed Al-Asousi announced the launch of the Geographic [...]