www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 30 Commercial Bank India stay alive to raise capital after last-ball up to $8.5bn thriller THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2016 • 15 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6745 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar PM opens MEEA conference Emir congratulates Expats integral Pakistan President on National Day part of society: DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent yester- day a cable of congratulations to Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on his country’s National Labour Minister Day, reports QNA. Mannai Corporation strengthening its legislations, rules and regulations and initiatives to to buy stake in Citizens and protect foreign workers. expatriates enjoy In his address to the Govern- French IT firm ing Body of the International Labor equal rights, minister Organization (ILO) in Geneva, the DOHA: Mannai Corporation tells ILO Governing Minister reiterated that foreign is likely to get final regulatory Body in Geneva. workers are an important part of approvals by next month to acquire the fabric of Qatari society and have 51 percent in French IT firm — GFI rights and duties similar to all other Informatique — at a whopping Qatari residents. price of over QR1bn. “We are wait- Qatar is a state built on ing for the last French regulatory By Mobin Pandit institutions, the rule of law, approvals and hope it will be done The Peninsula transparency and respect for by the end of April,” Alekh Grewal, international conventions, and Group CEO and Director of Man- that all residents of the country nai Corporation told The Peninsula are equal in the eyes of the law Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani opened the yesterday. DOHA: Expatriates enjoy the same without any discrimination under 15th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) hosted by Doha Institute → Full report on page 23 rights and have the same duties as its Constitution. for Graduate Studies at The Ritz-Carlton, yesterday. → See also page 21 Qatari citizens because they are an The Minister stressed Qatar’s integral part of the country’s social commitment to working with Brussels bomber left fabric, says the Labour Minister. the ILO and its Governing Body, Qatar is a law-respecting Qatar News Agency reports from will on computer country with well-entrenched insti- Geneva. tutions and open to the world and it Meanwhile, on the sidelines of Warning against flouting green AC rule BRUSSELS: Two brothers carried respects international conventions, the session, the Minister met with out suicide bombings at Brussels said the Minister of Administrative Misako Kaji, Chairman of the Board airport and on the metro on Tues- Development, Labour and Social and Vice-President, and Guy Ryder, By Mohamed Iqbal Import, sale, storage and dis- campaigns to ensure conformity of day, the federal prosecutor said Affairs. Director-General of ILO. The Peninsula play of all ACs that do not meet these products with the approved yesterday, adding that airport H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al A high-level delegation from the Qatari and Gulf standards has been standards, in collaboration with bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui had Nuaimi said expatriates living in ILO led by Ambassador Misako Kaji banned. Only energy-saving ACs will authorities. It will coordinate with left a will on a computer. Qatar are equal in the eyes of the recently visited Qatar and praised DOHA: Following its decision to be allowed in the market from July Kahramaa to draw random sam- His brother Khalid blew him- law and there is no discrimination Qatar’s achievements and the tan- ban import and sale of all conven- 1. This forms the second phase of a ples of AC consignments imported self up on a carriage of the Brussels or differentiation according to the gible steps taken by the country to tional air conditioners from July 1, the campaign to phase out substandard for laboratory testing to verify com- metro at Maelbeek station, Fre- Qatari Permanent Constitution. promote the protection of workers’ Ministry of Municipality and Envi- electrical appliances from the mar- pliance with the standards, based on deric Van Leeuw told a news The Minister reaffirmed Emir rights. ronment has warned of legal action ket. Qatar General Organization for the accompanying certificates. conference. H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al against traders and importers vio- Standardization (QS) said yesterday Thani’s and Qatar’s commitment to → Continued on page 6 lating the rule. it will conduct intensive inspection → Continued on page 6 → See also page 16 02 THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2016 HOME Emir thanked by Djibouti over Curbs on export of some fish species release of PoWs the Cabinet at its weekly meeting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs duration of mandatory certification the violator and on the website of the yesterday. H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al that must be on board the ship all the entity that issued the closure order. DJIBOUTI: Djibouti has The Cabinet ratifies Fish of all kinds cannot be Mahmoud said the Cabinet reviewed time. The Cabinet also endorsed its once again expressed a draft decision exported throughout the year via topics on the agenda and took deci- No foreign vessel is allowed to sail draft decision, amending some pro- thanks and appreciation sea, and any surplus from local mar- sions and measures. from any of the ports in Qatar or cross visions of Decision No. 17 of 2011 on to Emir H H Sheikh Tamim of the Ministry of ket needs of the specified types may It approved a draft law on the its territorial water unless it meets the naming the chairman and members bin Hamad Al Thani for Municipality and be exported via land in line with the registration of vessels and their safety safety requirements in accordance of the Tax Appeal Committee, organ- his decisive role in secur- Environment to terms and conditions to be put in conditions. It is prepared to replace with the provisions of international isation of its work and determining ing the release of four place by the Fisheries Department. Law No. 18 of 1980 on the registration conventions. its rewards. Djiboutian prisoners of regulate fish exports. The department, according to the of vessels and safety conditions as The Maritime Department is The committee, established at war detained in Eritrea draft decision, will be responsible for part of updating legislations to cope authorised to monitor and search the Ministry of Finance under the since 2008. In a state- specifying, in coordination with the with the latest developments in the Qatari and foreign vessels that cross presidency of a judge of the Court of ment, the foreign ministry Ministry of Economy and Commerce, field of maritime transport. or dock in Qatari territorial waters Appeals, with representatives from said the step was the fruit The Peninsula the quantity of fish that could be The draft law includes provi- or its ports. concerned entities as members, with of indirect talks in which exported, reports Qatar News Agency. sions related to the registration of The Cabinet approved a proposal decide on taxpayers’ appeals. the brotherly State of Sharks or any parts of them (fins) vessels with a load capacity of over by the Ministry of Municipality and The Cabinet ratified a proposal Qatar played the medi- cannot be exported or re-exported, 200 tonnes, at the Maritime Depart- Environment to amend some pro- by the Ministry of Education and ator’s role. The ministry DOHA: The export of fish will be says the draft decision. ment at the Ministry of Transport visions of Law No. 8 of 1990 on the Higher Education to amend some confirmed Djibouti’s com- regulated with curbs on the export Prime Minister and Interior Min- and Communications and the pro- regulation of human food monitoring. provisions of the two statutes of the mitment to enhancement of some species. ister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser cedures of submitting the registration According to the amendment, a Human Resources Department for of security and stability in A draft decision of the Ministry bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the request, the required data and docu- decision to shut down a shop that vio- employees of Independent Schools the Horn of Africa. of Municipality and Environment to meeting at the Emiri Diwan. ments for registration, the publicising lates the law will be published in two and the affairs of these schools’ The European Union regulate fish exports was ratified by Deputy Prime Minister and of transfers listed on the ship and the local newspapers at the expense of licence holders. also thanked Qatar for its continued efforts that led to the release of the Dji- boutian prisoners of war. In a statement, an EU QC team visits charity official spokesman said the release of the group which had been held in projects in Bangladesh Eritrea is an important step that will provide the basis for reconcilia- tion between Djibouti and The Peninsula “The delegation visited QC’s Eritrea. projects like orphan houses, schools, training centres and those executed for developments. It also visited an Greetings sent to DOHA: Qatar Charity took a dele- under-construction multi-service gation of activists running its social complex in Dhaka. The four-storey Pakistan President networking site on a trip to Bangla- complex will have a mosque and a DOHA: Deputy Emir desh to provide them with first-hand house for about 400 orphan children. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin information about projects financed The delegation visited a multi- Hamad Al Thani yes- by QC. service centre for girls, established by Qatar Charity team at a multi-service centre for girls.