Etisalat lifts curbs on foreigners' voting rightsUAE-based telecom group Etisalat has lifted restrictions imposed on voting rights of the company's foreign shareholders, in a bid to augment FDIs inflows into the company over the coming period, a media report said. In 2015, t More… |
Princess spotlights Saudi women's issuesPrincess Ameerah Al-Taweel, vice chairwoman of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, highlighted the issue of women empowerment in Arab world, especially in Saudi Arabia, during a series of interviews with US media. Ameerah, the wife Prince Alwal More… |
Poll ban on Saudi women staysSaudi ban on women voting or running as candidates is to remain in place for the municipal elections next month, the electoral committee head has said. 'We are not ready for the participation of women in these municipal elections,' More… |
Voting rights for Indian migrants 'soon'Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the government was working out the difficulties in physical verification of non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in the Gulf countries that were hampering their participation in elections in Ind More… |
Saudi rules out cut in IMF voting rightsSaudi Arabia, a major oil exporter, backs plans to increase emerging nations say in the International Monetary Fund but would not accept a reduction in its own voting rights, its finance minister said. The US to agree on the issue of givin More… |