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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia expelled 40,000 Pakistani workers within four months at the end of 2016 and the early part of 2017, citing security concerns. [ 9 ] Abdullah Al-Sadoun, chairman of the security committee of the Shoura Council, asked for Pakistani citizens to be scrutinized before being allowed to come into Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has one of the fastest growing populations in the world. [29] The majority of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia come from South Asia. [29] Although migrants constitute 33% of the total population, they represent 56.5% of the total number of employees and 89% of the employees active in the private sector. [29]
M.H Alshaya Co. was registered in 1890 and initially established trading links between Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and India. In 1890, M. H. Alshaya Co. was founded in Kuwait as a shipping company, initially trading with British India. In 1965, the company diversified by opening a Sheraton hotel in Kuwait City, the first Sheraton outside North America ...
With this launch, the group embarked on an aggressive expansion plan. It soon grew into a chain with several outlets across the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and Yemen. On March 10, 2013, the first LuLu mall in India was opened in Kochi which was the largest mall in the country during that time.
As part of this campaign, the Saudi-led quartet closed off their airspaces, territorial waters and land borders to Qatar. [5] Saudi Arabia also suspended Qatar's involvement in the Yemen campaign. [6] On 4 January 2021, Qatar and Saudi Arabia agreed to reopen airspace, land and maritime borders, with the expectation to fully restore diplomatic ...
On 5 June 2017, the UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. [27] This was precipitated by messages broadcast by the Qatar News Agency in May 2017 which criticized Saudi Arabia and cast Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood in a positive light. Qatar denied that it was responsible ...
Apparel Group LLC is a UAE based fashion and retail conglomerate company headquartered in Dubai, UAE. [3] [4]Apparel Group operates more than 2300 retail stores with more than 85 brands, [5] [6] and is functional in 14 countries, mostly in the GCC region, such as UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Egypt, South Africa, and Indonesia.