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Kuwait, the tiny Gulf country the United States went to war over, is closing its doors to international immigrants.

Saturday, March 09, 2013 - Islamabad—The Government of Kuwait has introduced a policy to relax visas for Pakistan nationals working in the public sector of the country.

KUWAIT CITY, March 7: Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Mustafa Al-Shamali has refuted any intention to impose taxation system on the incomes and remittances of expatriates, reports Al-Rai daily.

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 6: The Parliament, during its regular session Wednesday approved the report of Legal and Legislative Committee on government draft law on combating Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. The law has been referred to the government for its implementation.

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 27: Statistics issued by the Directorate General of Immigra-tion for 2012 shows 93,000 residents in Kuwait are violating the residence law, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting inform-ed security sources.

KUWAIT: Manila-based Filipino recruitment agencies have expressed hope that new parliament in Kuwait would look into the issue of domestic workers and pass a domestic labor law hanging fire.

An official source in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) told Al-Kuwaitiya newspaper on Dec 12 that there are 44,965 citizens and 1,202,862 expats working in the private sector, which means the total work force in the private sector is 1,247,816 workers.