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29 March 2024

Saudi ends monkey’s 'slavery' in Pakistan

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A Saudi man paid nearly SR3,000 (Dh2,950) to end the slavery of a monkey used by his owner in Pakistan to entertain people in return for money.

The unnamed man, in his 50s, had vowed to help “anyone” in need when he left hospital in Karachi after undergoing a successful back surgery.

“He was walking in the street when he saw a man forcing a monkey to entertain people by using ropes and chains,” Mzmz news site said.

“He offered to buy the monkey but the man refused, saying it fetched him nearly SR550 a month. The man then offered him SR3,000 and the owner quickly agreed.”

The report said the Saudi man gifted the monkey to a zoo in the city with the help of a Pakistani friend.

5kg tumor removed from girl’s womb

Saudi doctors removed a five-kg tumor from a girl’s womb in an operation at a public hospital in the Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

The 35-cm-long tumor had caused bleeding and severe pains in the girl’s abdomen before doctors in the western Saudi town of Makkah decided to operate on her.

“The surgery was successful and the girl, in her 20s, now has a big chance of marrying and getting pregnant,” Sabq Arabic language daily said, quoting Jumma Al Khayyat, a spokesman at the Makkah medical centre.