Q8 National Guard

The department/stall which attracted the largest number of visitors in Mishref was the Q8 National Guard. Officers were moving about in their nice and smart olive green dress, explaining to anyone who asked them questions. They even distributed nice detail brochures, water bottles, chocolates and pastries. We too were attracted to go and spend some time, and Jeet was busy clearing his doubts about the forces. He was confused weather they were part of the military forces.

The NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD was established in 1967, as an authority independent from Armed Forces and General Security Authorities.More then forty years have passed and each year a new section of individuals are trained to support their brothers in Armed forces and Ministry of Interior. It started when Abdul Karim Qassim began a trial to occupy Kuwait in 1961 when a large gathering of citizens volunteered to take up arms and to be trained to use them for the defence of the country. Those volunteers were then known as National Guard. When the number of volunteers increased, National Guard had to be originated from the Armed Forces as an independent authority, to fulfill the mission of training these groups of volunteers for the sake of defense  and security of this country.

The following are the duties and responsibilities of National Security Guard....
Protection of the ......
1- Council of Ministers
2-Ministry of Communication premises
3-Embassies premises
4-Ministry of Information premises
5-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
6-National Control site
7-City Control site(Umm Sada)
8-Eastern n Western Doha site
9- Sabhan Fuel depot site
10-National Assembly premise
11-Accompanying and protecting ques of military friend forces
12-Participation of a part of its forces with Administration of Security and Protection of Facilities in Ministry of Interior in performing its tasks and duties.

Independence50 Exhibition,Mishref Q8(5)

Few more pictures....

Pictures....Independence50 Exhibition,Mishref(4)

The old type of Kuwaiti house, their dress, old boxes, lifestyle etc is also shown through models.....enjoyed having getting the opportunity to look at it

Pictures....Independence50 Exhibition,Mishref(3)

The following set of pictures are from Hall no 7, where major portion is taken by the Kuwait Science Club

The next 3 pictures are of known Kuwaiti Artist who painted Kuwait , its history, its development and progress through their brush's

Pictures......Independence50 Exhibition,Mishref

I am posting the next set of pictures of the Exhibition @ Mishref

Q8-ti flag in flowers

The above pictures (2,3 n 4) are details about the metro project that will connect Kuwait within and also with other GCC countries

Pictures from fire department

Few more pictures are there.....coming in the next few posts.

Independence50 Exhibition,Mishref Q8

Last weekend we visited the Mishref Exhibition ground to have a look at the Independence 50 Exhibition. It started on Thursday and will go on for 10days. We are frequent visitors to the exhibition ground but this was related to the Independence Day of Kuwait we thought we must visit it as we believed it would be special. 


Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Mustafa Al-Shimali opened the Independence 50 exhibition, organized by Kuwait International Fair (KIF) in collaboration with the National Celebration Commission.


The exhibition is taking place in hall no 5,6, and 7. Hall no 5 you will find mainly perfume, sanitary and  cloths. The main attraction is Hall no 6 and 7 , where you will find government companies participating in it. They are distributing free brochures which is very helpful for people (non-kuwaitis/ expats) like me.We enjoyed our visit and is very happy to know about the various government departments and their job.


A must visit for people who stay in Kuwait. We found lot of Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis.


Few pictures of the exhibition.... 

Few more pictures in the next few posts.

The ten-day event is part of the activities marking the Kuwait's commemoration of her 50th Independence Day, the 20th Liberation Day and the fifth anniversary of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's inauguration; it will surely  attract large numbers of visitors.