By Mohammed Al A’Ali
Tough regulations to grant commercial registrations (CRs) for new sheesha cafés in Bahrain could be introduced if a parliamentary proposal is given the go-ahead.
Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf in 2018 overturned a 2006 ministerial order imposing restrictions on sheesha café locations and timings.
The previous rule stipulated a distance of 200 metres between a sheesha café and any home, school, educational institution, government building, embassy or consulate, mosque or any security, emergency or religious facility.
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