Bahrain parliament’s financial and economic committee will seek a two-week extension of the period set for submission of a report on the 2013-2014 state budget bill.

A request in this regard will be submitted to the parliament, according to a report in the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

Separately, parliament is set to discuss a draft law on a unified system of extending insurance protection cover – whereby each GCC state would provide insurance for its military staff working in another member state. – TradeArabia News Service