DUBAI - Saudi businessmen Bakr, Saleh and Saad Binladin gave up their 36.2 pct stake in the Saudi Binladin Group to Istidama Holding Company, al-Arabiya TV reported on Thursday, citing the Saudi commerce ministry.

The company, crucial to the state's plans for major tourism and infrastructure projects, is now being run by a government-appointed committee after several senior brothers were detained in an anti-corruption purge late last year.

(Reporting by Dahlia Nehme; Editing by; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle) ((dahlia.nehme@thomsonreuters.com;))