A "death ship" carrying thousands of cattle whose foul smell caused a stink in top tourist city Cape Town is expected to continue its voyage to Iraq later on Tuesday, port officials said.

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After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday. &nbsp;

The door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, said Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah. &nbsp;

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In remarks reported by state news agency KUNA, the minister said, "The time has come for Kuwaiti women to be given the opportunity to enter the Kuwaiti military side by side with their brothers." &nbsp;&nbsp;

The minister expressed confidence in women's "capabilities... and their ability to endure hardship".

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In 2005, Kuwaiti women earned the right to vote and have been active both in cabinet and parliament — though they did not gain any seats in the current parliament. &nbsp;

Unlike other Gulf nations, parliament in Kuwait enjoys legislative power. The lawmakers of the country have been known to contest the government and royals too. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday.

After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday. The door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, said Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah. Also Read: Parents 'request' school to beat daughter who allegedly had alcohol In remarks reported by state news agency KUNA, the minister said, "The time has come for Kuwaiti women to be given the opportunity to enter the Kuwaiti military side by side with their brothers." The minister expressed confidence in women's "capabilities... and their ability to endure hardship". Also Read: Israel, UAE ministers in US as Biden seeks to expand normalisation In 2005, Kuwaiti women earned the right to vote and have been active both in cabinet and parliament — though they did not gain any seats in the current parliament. Unlike other Gulf nations, parliament in Kuwait enjoys legislative power. The lawmakers of the country have been known to contest the government and royals too. (With inputs from agencies)

In a first, Kuwaiti women can now serve military in combat roles

Kuwait may soon ask foreign workers to leave and in the process&nbsp;nearly 800,000 Indians could be forced out.

Kuwait's national assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill. It&nbsp;is not only a major blow to Indians and their families living in Kuwait but&nbsp;also to their dependents back home. The anti-expat rhetoric in Kuwait has spiked since the beginning of the pandemic.

Government officials have repeatedly called for reduction in the number of foreign workers,&nbsp;&nbsp;so that more jobs are available to the local population.

The first inklings of the bill came to light last month after&nbsp;Prime minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah proposed reducing the number of expats from 70 per cent to 30 per cent, ou of the 4.8 million people living in Kuwait, expats account for 3.3 million.

It has not come as a surprise that the bill's first target were Indians.&nbsp;There are around 1.4 million Indians in Kuwait and that is a huge number with&nbsp;one in two expats living in Kuwait an Indian.

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According to the new bill, Indians will not be allowed to exceed 15 per cent of the population&nbsp;which means an immediate exodus of close to 800,000 Indians from manual labourers to doctors, Indians work in all capacities in Kuwait will have to leave the country.

Nearly 28,000 Indians work for the Kuwaiti government. They work in government hospitals, national oil companies and even in universities.

In an extreme step, they could all be replaced by locals. However, most of the Indians are employed in the private sector. There are bout 523,000 workers in this sector. They have about 160,000 dependents living in Kuwait and close to 60,000 Indian kids are studying in 23 Indian schools across the country.

If the new bill is passed&nbsp; - it will have a devastating effect on their lives&nbsp;but, the low-skilled Indian workers will be the worst hit with&nbsp;Kuwait likely to target them intensely in the first phase of its demographic purge.&nbsp;

Assembly speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem said: "The state will focus on skilled migrants rather than labourers." So, the 1.3 million foreigners, who are either illiterate or can merely read and write will be sent back.

Indian labourers in Kuwait send money to their poor families in India.&nbsp;In 2018 alone&nbsp;India received close to $4.8 billion&nbsp;as remittances. As a consequence of this new expat bill poor families in India will suffer.

Their source of income will be gone. During the pandemic, many of these Indian labourers in Kuwait were laid-off and&nbsp;as foreigners&nbsp;they were not eligible for economic relief, so thousands registered for repatriation to India.

For those still in Kuwait, the future is now even more uncertain.

The problem is Kuwait and other Gulf countries want to put their citizens to work. Gone are the days of lucrative subsidies to locals. The excessive reliance on oil has undone the Gulf economies.

Oil contributes 90 per cent to Kuwait government's revenue which&nbsp;has collapsed as the oil prices remain at historic lows.

There is no money left to give as hand-outs to its citizens. They must now work, but the jobs are held by foreigners. So the government is pushing foreigners out in a fight to keep its local population alive.

Kuwait may soon ask foreign workers to leave and in the process nearly 800,000 Indians could be forced out. Kuwait's national assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill.

Kuwait may soon ask foreign workers to leave and in the process nearly 800,000 Indians could be forced out. Kuwait's national assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill. It is not only a major blow to Indians and their families living in Kuwait but also to their dependents back home. The anti-expat rhetoric in Kuwait has spiked since the beginning of the pandemic. Government officials have repeatedly called for reduction in the number of foreign workers, so that more jobs are available to the local population. The first inklings of the bill came to light last month after Prime minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah proposed reducing the number of expats from 70 per cent to 30 per cent, ou of the 4.8 million people living in Kuwait, expats account for 3.3 million. It has not come as a surprise that the bill's first target were Indians. There are around 1.4 million Indians in Kuwait and that is a huge number with one in two expats living in Kuwait an Indian. According to the new bill, Indians will not be allowed to exceed 15 per cent of the population which means an immediate exodus of close to 800,000 Indians from manual labourers to doctors, Indians work in all capacities in Kuwait will have to leave the country. Nearly 28,000 Indians work for the Kuwaiti government. They work in government hospitals, national oil companies and even in universities. In an extreme step, they could all be replaced by locals. However, most of the Indians are employed in the private sector. There are bout 523,000 workers in this sector. They have about 160,000 dependents living in Kuwait and close to 60,000 Indian kids are studying in 23 Indian schools across the country. If the new bill is passed - it will have a devastating effect on their lives but, the low-skilled Indian workers will be the worst hit with Kuwait likely to target them intensely in the first phase of its demographic purge. Assembly speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem said: "The state will focus on skilled migrants rather than labourers." So, the 1.3 million foreigners, who are either illiterate or can merely read and write will be sent back. Indian labourers in Kuwait send money to their poor families in India. In 2018 alone India received close to $4.8 billion as remittances. As a consequence of this new expat bill poor families in India will suffer. Their source of income will be gone. During the pandemic, many of these Indian labourers in Kuwait were laid-off and as foreigners they were not eligible for economic relief, so thousands registered for repatriation to India. For those still in Kuwait, the future is now even more uncertain. The problem is Kuwait and other Gulf countries want to put their citizens to work. Gone are the days of lucrative subsidies to locals. The excessive reliance on oil has undone the Gulf economies. Oil contributes 90 per cent to Kuwait government's revenue which has collapsed as the oil prices remain at historic lows. There is no money left to give as hand-outs to its citizens. They must now work, but the jobs are held by foreigners. So the government is pushing foreigners out in a fight to keep its local population alive.

New expat quota bill in Kuwait could force out nearly 800,000 Indians

A video showing a senior Pakistani bureaucrat stealing the wallet of a visiting Kuwaiti dignitary has gone viral on social media, prompting authorities to suspend the high-ranking official, according to media reports.

The dignitary was part of a high-level delegation which was in the country to discuss bilateral trade.

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Zarrar Haider Khan, joint secretary of the Ministry of Industries and Production and a BS-20 officer of the state bureaucracy's elite Pakistan Administrative Service, was caught on CCTV cameras while pocketing the wallet which had a significant sum of Kuwaiti dinars, Dawn news reported.

In the six-second video clip, the bureaucrat could be seen lifting the wallet from the table and putting it into his pocket at a time when the Kuwaiti delegates and officials of the ministry had left the hall of the Economic Affairs Division after their meeting.

The guilty joint secretary has been suspended from service on disciplinary grounds after he was caught stealing. But so far, no complaint has been registered with the police.

The issue came to light when a member of the Kuwaiti delegation lodged a complaint with Pakistani officials regarding his missing wallet.

A search was conducted in the ministry and all rooms and offices were combed. Even lower grade employees of the ministry were quizzed and physically searched but nothing was initially found.

The footage captured by a CCTV camera installed in the hall was examined later, which revealed that the theft was committed by the senior officer.

When the officer was approached, he first denied his involvement. However, when the CCTV footage was shown to him, he produced the wallet, the sources stated.

When the Kuwaiti officials were informed of the recovery of his wallet, the delegation asked the authorities to provide them with the identification of the culprit.

The Pakistani officials initially showed reluctance and assured the guests that legal action would be taken against the person.

However, the sources said, it was on the insistence of the delegates&nbsp;who were extremely angry over the incident&nbsp;that Pakistani officials divulged the individual's identity and shared the CCTV footage.

Sources said that an internal inquiry was in progress against the bureaucrat and further action will be taken.

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, when asked about the incident, said that most of the present bureaucrats had received their "moral training" by the previous governments.&nbsp;

A video showing a senior Pakistani bureaucrat stealing the wallet of a visiting Kuwaiti dignitary has gone viral on social media, prompting authorities to suspend the high-ranking official, according to media reports.

A video showing a senior Pakistani bureaucrat stealing the wallet of a visiting Kuwaiti dignitary has gone viral on social media, prompting authorities to suspend the high-ranking official, according to media reports. The dignitary was part of a high-level delegation which was in the country to discuss bilateral trade. Grade 20 GoP officer stealing a Kuwaiti official's wallet - the official was part of a visiting delegation which had come to meet the PM pic.twitter.com/axODYL3SaZ — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) September 28, 2018 × Zarrar Haider Khan, joint secretary of the Ministry of Industries and Production and a BS-20 officer of the state bureaucracy's elite Pakistan Administrative Service, was caught on CCTV cameras while pocketing the wallet which had a significant sum of Kuwaiti dinars, Dawn news reported. In the six-second video clip, the bureaucrat could be seen lifting the wallet from the table and putting it into his pocket at a time when the Kuwaiti delegates and officials of the ministry had left the hall of the Economic Affairs Division after their meeting. The guilty joint secretary has been suspended from service on disciplinary grounds after he was caught stealing. But so far, no complaint has been registered with the police. The issue came to light when a member of the Kuwaiti delegation lodged a complaint with Pakistani officials regarding his missing wallet. A search was conducted in the ministry and all rooms and offices were combed. Even lower grade employees of the ministry were quizzed and physically searched but nothing was initially found. The footage captured by a CCTV camera installed in the hall was examined later, which revealed that the theft was committed by the senior officer. When the officer was approached, he first denied his involvement. However, when the CCTV footage was shown to him, he produced the wallet, the sources stated. When the Kuwaiti officials were informed of the recovery of his wallet, the delegation asked the authorities to provide them with the identification of the culprit. The Pakistani officials initially showed reluctance and assured the guests that legal action would be taken against the person. However, the sources said, it was on the insistence of the delegates who were extremely angry over the incident that Pakistani officials divulged the individual's identity and shared the CCTV footage. Sources said that an internal inquiry was in progress against the bureaucrat and further action will be taken. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, when asked about the incident, said that most of the present bureaucrats had received their "moral training" by the previous governments.

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