CP RECEIVES DR ZAKARIYA HIJRIS

CROWN PRINCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  BOARD (EDB) CHAIRMAN SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA  RECEIVED AT RIFFA PALACE TODAY DR ZAKARIYA HIJRIS TO MARK COMPLETION OF HIS SIX-YEAR DUTIES AS EDB DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHICH FOLLOWED 29 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT.

 SHAIKH SALMAN PRAISED THE INSTRUMENTAL ROLE PLAYED BY DR HIJRIS IN THE  EDB IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL  KHALIFA TO EVERY CITIZEN TO PLAY HIS PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE CROWN PRINCE WISHED HIM SUCCESS IN HIS NEW JOB AS BOARD  CHAIRMAN OF AL WATAN NEWSPAPER. DR HIJRIS EXPRESSED LOYALTY TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING LAUDING THE CROWN  PRINCE’S DEDICATION TO THE NATION AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO ITS PROGRESS.

HE ALSO THANKED EDB CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ISA AL  KHALIFA FOR HIS VALUABLE DIRECTIVES AND GOOD GUIDANCE. PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE THE EDB CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND CROWN  PRINCE COURT HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DAIJ AL KHALIFA.