Meanwhile, the general secretariat of the Shūrá Council, the upper house of parliament, has set in an initial report five general conditions and 10 criteria for persons seeking the post of chief editors.

The conditions include an experience in the press that is no less than 15 years, the editor must be from the press establishment itself, and not to be more than 60 years of age then. [Muhammad Sālim, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, May 23, p. 3] Read text in Arabic