ABU DHABI // All paid public parking areas in the capital will be free of charge on Sunday to mark Israa wal Miraj.
The Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport’s Customer Care Centres will be closed on Sunday, reopening on Monday, when parking fees will also resume.
The department’s Integrated Transport Centre urged all drivers to avoid parking their vehicles in prohibited areas at any time, including residents’ parking bays from 9 pm to 8 am.
Parking will also be free in Dubai with public transport timings also being affected by the Islamic holiday.
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Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
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TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013