MONDAY OCTOBER 22, 2018 SAFAR 13, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4430 QR 2 THUNDERY RAIN Fajr: 4:18 am Dhuhr: 11:20 am HIGH : 35°C Asr: 2:36 pm Maghrib: 5:02 pm LOW : 29°C Isha: 6:32 pm Nation 5 Business 12 Sports 16 HMC’s trauma unit cares Qatar National Bank bags Qatar Racing’s Roaring Lion for 600 patients annually three prestigious MTN awards wins Queen’s Cup at Ascot Introducing the new Qatarna 500 pack! Terms and conditions apply Prime Minister meets with Italian Ambassador REIMBURSING RECRUITMENT FEES Over QR52.5 mn to be paid back to WC workers: SC SC reaffirms commitment towards ethical recruitment TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA ‘WORKERS FORCED TO PAY FEES’ CONTRACTORS engaged on Mahmoud Qutub, Workers’ Welfare Executive Direc- the 2022 FIFA World Cup tor at the Supreme Committee for Delivery and projects have agreed to reim- Legacy (SC) said Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup burse more than QR52.5 mil- is helping to tackle the global issue of unethical lion ($14.4m) to thousands of recruitment. Numerous workers were forced to pay workers who paid recruitment recruitment fees in their home countries before mov- fees prior to moving to Qatar. ing to Qatar, despite the practice being illegal Mahmoud Qutub, Work- under Qatari law. ers’ Welfare Executive Direc- “No worker should bear the cost of recruitment tor at the Supreme Committee fees; that cost should be borne by the contractor,” for Delivery and Legacy (SC), said Qutub.Qutub. He said the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Sunday met with Italian Ambassador to Qatar announced the figure during a HE Pasquale Salzano. They discussed relations between the two countries and ways of developing them in various fields. 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Joining Qutub on the about Khashoggi death tomorrow panel were Abdulla Y al Mulla from Qatar Insurance Com- AFP statement came the day after pany, Fahad Zainal from ISTANBUL Saudi authorities conceded Qatar Financial Centre and Trump accuses Saudi of ‘lies’ Khashoggi had been killed Shaikha Amal al Thani from TURKISH President Recep inside their diplomatic com- Qatar Foundation. The panel QR39.4 mn QR13 mn Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday US President Donald Trump has accused pound in Istanbul. was moderated by Abdulaziz Reimbursement for Reimbursement to more vowed to reveal within days Saudi Arabia of lying about the killing "We are looking for jus- al Kuwari, Director of Legal workers directly involved than 8,000 workers not the "naked truth" over the of Jamal Khashoggi, his strongest tice here and this will be re- Affairs Department, Qatar death of journalist Jamal vealed in all its naked truth, Chamber. in WC projects part of WC projects Khashoggi as Riyadh insisted comments to date on the not through some ordinary The SC has collaborated it did not know the wherea- affair. Trump stepped back steps but in all its naked with local contractors to put bouts of his body and that from his stance that Saudi truth," Erdogan told a rally in money back in the pockets of how much workers may have imburse more than 8,000 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Arabia’s latest explanation Istanbul. workers. to pay out of their own pocket workers not engaged on Qa- Salman had been unaware of Erdogan is expected to “We engage with contrac- and why this process is so im- tar 2022 projects, which will any operation to kill him. for the death of the journalist make a full statement to his tors to help them understand portant.” lead to a further QR13 million In his strongest comments inside their Istanbul consulate party's MPs in parliament on the benefit of reimbursing The project began in late ($3.6m) of payments. In to- to date on the affair, US Presi- was credible. Tuesday. workers and to reiterate it is 2017 and will lead to work- tal, more than QR52.5 million dent Donald Trump has ac- Turkish officials have said simply the right thing to do,” ers directly involved in Qatar will be reimbursed to work- cused Saudi Arabia of lying they believe that 15 Saudi Qutub said. 2022 infrastructure projects ers. about the killing of Khashog- men who arrived in Istanbul “We collaborate with con- receiving QR39.4 million Qutub said this project gi, a Washington Post col- on Sunday that Prince Mo- have further soured over on two flights on October 2 tractors who share our vision ($10.8m) over the next three showed the SC’s commitment umnist who fell out of favour hammed was "not aware" of the Khashoggi case, said he were connected to his death. and who want to be part of years. to legacy was already making with Riyadh, as pressure the killing and that the king- would reveal the findings of Riyadh reacted by claim- the journey towards 2022. In addition, five SC con- an impact – four years before built on the administration to dom does not know where the his country's investigation ing one of the 15 had died in a We need them to understand tractors have agreed to re- the tournament kicks off. strike a tougher line. body is. into the killing in the coming car accident years ago. But the Saudi foreign min- Erdogan, whose ties days. ister, Adel al-Jubeir, insisted to Saudi Arabia appear to The Turkish leader's See also page 11 Ô Israel puts West Why did 15 people come Arms exports off the table US to withdraw here (to Istanbul), why Bank Bedouin from landmark were 18 people arrested No further German weapons exports to Saudi Arabia village eviction on (in Saudi Arabia)? These need to are planned for now, said German Chancellor An- nuclear arms pact gela Merkel on Sunday, in light of a global outcry hold for several with Russia (PG 11 ) be explained in detail. about the death of a Saudi dissident journalist at — Recep Tayyip Erdogan the hands of the country’s agents. weeks (PG 10 ) QATAR TO REPORT BUDGET 163 mn litres of rainwater drained out SANTHOSH CHANDRAN continuing their intensive ef- SURPLUS IN 2018, 2019 DOHA forts to remove water from low-lying areas in all munici- AROUND 43 million gallons palities, the ministry said. Qatar is projected to report budget surpluses in 2018 and 2019 on higher oil and (163 million litres) of rainwa- Ashghal, in a tweet, said gas revenues, Kamco Research has said in a report released on Sunday. ter has been drained out of water has been pumped out by Kamco Research has attributed Qatar’s returning to budget surplus to higher oil roads, tunnels and other pub- Sunday morning from almost lic places in Qatar since Sat- all tunnels and intersections. prices expected for 2018 and the ongoing revenue side initiatives and expense urday noon, according to the They have been opened for optimisation undertaken by the government. Ministry of Municipality and traffic, it added. “Qatar reported a fiscal surplus of QR1.04 billion in the first quarter of 2018 Environment. after posting fiscal deficit of QR35 billion in 2017,” the report said. The surplus in Several roads in Qatar be- Expect showers today: came impassable as unprec- Civil Aviation Authority first quarter of 2018 came in as a result of 22.3 percent quarter-on-quarter growth edented levels of rainfall hit The Civil Aviation Au- in revenues while expenditure went down by 4.8 across the country on Satur- thority (CAA) predicts over- percent over the same period, it said. day. Almost a year’s worth of cast weather conditions on — SATYENDRA PATHAK PAGE 12 rain fell in just one day. Monday, with showers and Ashghal says about 95 percent of the affected roads and tunnels have However, the ministry, to- thunder expected in places at been cleared of rainwater by Sunday morning. gether with the Public Work times, especially during the Authority (Ashghal), rose to noon. The public have also rain, said the Qatar Meteor- Wind inshore will be main- the occasion and made 95 been warned of the possibil- ology Department (QMD), ly northeasterly at a speed of 5 percent of the affected roads ity of strong winds during the adding that the possibility of to 15 knots reaching 25 knots and tunnels navigable within day. thunder and strong winds ac- with rain and thunder. 24 hours. Weather offshore will be companying the rains might The emergency teams are partly cloudy with scattered make the sea choppy. See also page 20 Ô 02 Monday, October 22, 2018 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. WISE participates in 17th Sudan VP backs NAMA to launch initiative Doha Document Francophonie summit for Darfur peace THE World Innovation Sum- and inclusion, especially in a to empower entrepreneurs QNA mit for Education (WISE), an time of fast-paced change and KHARTOUM initiative of Qatar Founda- uncertainty. It is precisely in tion, recently participated in these kinds of international TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK neurs and successful inves- VICE-PRESIDENT of the Re- the 17th Summit of Franco- and multidisciplinary forums, DOHA tors to share their visions public of Sudan Osman Yousif phonie, held under the theme such as the Summit of Fran- and present personal experi- Kibir affirmed his country’s ‘Living together in solidarity, cophonie, where we believe THE Social Development ences in different areas with a keenness to complete the re- sharing humanistic values education challenges and op- Center (NAMA) will launch positive outlook.