Haj Mission directed to take care of pilgrims

Manama : His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday instructed the Bahrain Haj Mission to provide all kinds of care, services and assistance to Bahraini pilgrims to enable them to perform Haj rituals easily and comfortably.

The direction was given while Chairing the regular weekly Cabinet session at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.

In this context, HRH Premier lauded the commendable efforts exerted by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and the facilities it is providing to ensure that pilgrims perform Haj rituals.

Condemned

The session condemned the  terrorist van attack in the Spanish city of Barcelona, in the province of Catalonia, that eft many people killed and wounded. The cabinet extended sincere condolences to the Spanish King, Government and people, affirming Bahrain’s solidarity with friendly Spain and backing all the measures it took to confront such evil acts and safeguard its security and stability. It also reiterated the Kingdom’s principled stance in rejection of violence, extremism and terrorism, and called for stepping up efforts to eradicate them.

Cabinet decisions

The Cabinet has referred a draft edict on amending table (1) annexed to Edict 10/1998 on the licenses issued by Environment Affairs Department and the services it provides, based on a recommendation submitted by the Ministerial Committee for Financial Affairs and Rationalising Expenditure and highlighted in the memorandum presented by Deputy Premier and committee chairman in this regard. The cabinet endorsed a recommendation made by the same committee, and based on the legal opinion of the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission, on financing the construction and maintenance of roads, side streets and internal streets from the budget of the Municipalities Affairs, being among joint municipal services.

The session followed up on the progress of the implementation of 30 resolutions referred to the Ministerial Committee for Urbanisation and Infrastructure in 2016 and the first half of 2017 on housing, development and municipal projects, as well as on educational facilities, marine wealth, food security, youth centres and roads and sanitation services. A report by the deputy premier and committee chairman said that 19 resolutions had been finalised, while the implementation of 11 others is underway.

The Ministerial Committee for Financial Affairs and Rationalising Expenditure was requested to follow up on efforts to meet the needs of the Duraz, Jannousann, Um Al-Hassam, Sitra and the Nabih Saleh from services and housing projects. Those needs were determined during the field visits carried out, upon the Premier’s directives, by the Minister of Housing.

Today’s Schedule:

1pm: Pool B: Japan vs Brazil. Pool C: Russia vs South Korea

3pm: Pool B: France vs Poland. Pool C: Argentina

5pm: Pool A: Egypt vs USA. Pool D: Italy vs China

7pm: Pool A: Bahrain vs Tunisia. Pool D: Iran v Czech Republic