KUWAIT CITY, Dec 3: Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) revealed that 99 business enterprises were discovered to be inactive and non-functional despite having the necessary licenses and with a total of 498 laborers registered under them, reports Annahar daily.

In a press release, Acting Director General of PAM and Head of the committee for follow-up of employers Dr Mubarak Al-Azmi said the violations were discovered during campaigns held at shopping malls and complexes in different areas.

He stressed that the participating government bodies, which are Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Kuwait Municipality, support PAM to a large extent, adding that copies of the issued violations have been sent to the aforementioned bodies in order for them to take relevant actions against the violators based on the law.

Dr Al-Azmi affirmed that such campaigns will continue to cover most of the shopping malls in all parts of Kuwait.