Hajj Committee Proposes Transforming Arbab Al-Tawaif Firms to Shareholder Companies

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah on September 21, 2015. (Reuters)
Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah on September 21, 2015. (Reuters)
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Hajj Committee Proposes Transforming Arbab Al-Tawaif Firms to Shareholder Companies

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah on September 21, 2015. (Reuters)
Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah on September 21, 2015. (Reuters)

Vice President of National Committee for Hajj and Umrah Abdullah Omar Kadi said that transforming Arbab Al-Tawaif Establishments to shareholder companies would enhance services provided to pilgrims and ensure shareholder rights.

This step would achieve social integration of beneficiaries and shareholders, Kadi added, noting that pilgrims would receive quality services and privileges.

He stressed that the committee’s role was no longer restricted to the Umrah and Hajj companies of internal pilgrims, but another special committee will be formed to cater to external pilgrims.

These firms will be partners in this decision, he affirmed.

Meanwhile, Hajj and Umrah Committee member Mansour Abu Khanjar spoke about the importance of developing the internal pilgrims sector.

He stressed the need for more flexibility when it comes to transferring visas and the lending system and shifting them to a completely electronic platform.

He also highlighted the role foreign companies have played, in cooperation with Saudi firms, in providing cooling services at pilgrims’ camps.

He added that the coming period will witness reinforcing the privacy of every pilgrim by providing them with their own private chambers, each boasting a television that would broadcast pilgrimage guides and emergency alerts.



Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Nissan Motor is considering shifting some domestic production of US-bound vehicles to the US, the Nikkei reported on Saturday, as President Donald Trump ramps up trade tariffs on nations worldwide.
As early as this summer, Nissan plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory in western Japan and shift some manufacturing of its Rogue SUV to the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs, the business newspaper said, without citing the source of its information.
The Japanese automaker's Rogue SUV, a key model in the US market, is now produced in Fukuoka and the United States, the report said, according to Reuters.
On Thursday, Nissan said it would not take new orders from the US for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs after earlier Trump tariff announcements, marking, a drastic scale-back of its operations at a joint venture plant.
The automaker now plans to maintain two shifts of production of the Rogue at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant after announcing in January it would end one of the two shifts this month.
Nissan sold about 920,000 vehicles in the US last year, of which about 16% were exported from Japan, the Nikkei said, adding the planned production shift could hit local suppliers' businesses.