Traffic Dept pulls licenses of 8,000 expats in 6 mths

Block on 50 Kuwaitis licenses

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 6: The General Traffic Department of the Ministry of Interior said about 8,000 driving licenses have been withdrawn from expatriates during the first six months of this year, because they were granted to motorists who did not fulfill the conditions, in addition to placing a block on 50 driving licenses of Kuwaitis, due to what the authorities called visual or mental disabilities, reports Al-Rai daily.

General Directorate of Traffic sources stated that the withdrawal of the licenses is due to their noncompliance with the conditions, as some obtained them based on their profession, “but after changing the job title and the salary condition the license is automatically cancelled.”

The sources pointed out that there are instructions by the Ministry of the Interior, to tighten the issue of driving licenses, and limit them to those who meet the conditions, as the link between government agencies has greatly contributed to reducing manipulation to obtain driving licenses, especially through coordination in technical aspects, between the Residence Affairs Sector of the Ministry of Interior, the Public Authority for Manpower, and the Public Authority for Disability Affairs, also contributed to tightening the screws on those who had previously obtained driving licens

es and changed their professions and tampered with conditions, especially that the automated system reviews all driving licenses granted to expatriates.

The sources indicated that the GTD placed a “block” on the driving licenses of resident students, who completed their studies and did not hand over the licenses as per the law.

The traffic department has withdrawn the licenses of domestic workers (drivers), after they changed the profession and no longer worked for the sponsor.

The sources indicated that the Undersecretary of the Traffic and Operations Sector, Major General Jamal Al-Sayegh, gave instructions not to be lenient in granting driving licenses to residents, and to ensure that all conditions set by the ministry are met, which are “job title, profession, salary, university degree, and driver’s license in the home country.”

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Kuwait has succeeded in exporting its first shipment of gasoline, with a volume of about 35,000

Gasoline exported:

tons produced from Ahmadi Refinery, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to the Deputy Managing Director of Global Marketing Sales and Sales Department at the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Sheikh Khaled Al-Sabah, the shipment made profits between $9 million and $11 million more than the estimated profit.

The shipment is of low-sulfur gasoline (car fuel) and aromatic compounds that conform to the latest international environmental standards and specifications.

It is the first revenue from the biofuel project to produce clean car fuel.

Sheikh Khaled said the Global Marketing and Sales Department is working on a wide and diversified scale to target new markets to sell products, including Southeast Asia and Europe markets.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Muhammad Al-Fares said the OPEC+ has decided to increase the supply level by 100,000 barrels per day in the month of September.