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THURSDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11317 September 26, 2019 Muharram 27, 1441 AH

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Students take a stand to save Earth Qatar welcomes world’s top-most athletes, fans z IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 gets underway at Khalifa International Stadium tomorrow and will run until Oct 6 zCorniche to be used to stage the marathon; to be closed today and tomorrow evening

atar is welcoming thousands pionship - we are very excited,” he said. 5am on Saturday. The map highlights of fans and competitors for the The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has both the closed parts and the alterna- QWorld Athletics Champion- announced road closures on the Cor- tive routes. “Motorists are advised to ships starting tomorrow, an event seen niche to prepare for and facilitate the follow the traffi c signs and co-operate as a staging post towards the 2022 FIFA marathon and other events, and also with the Traffi c Police,” the MoI tweet- World Cup. highlighted the alternative routes. This ed yesterday. The 10-day event, the biggest sport- has been done through a map pub- The closed sections include the stretch ing gala to be hosted by Qatar after the lished in various languages as well as extending from the Sheraton Doha signal 2006 Asian Games, will see the world’s videos on social media. right up to the intersection with Grand top-most stars in track and fi eld com- The Corniche will be closed from Hamad Street near Souq Waqif, as well pete for glory at the Khalifa Interna- 6pm today until 5am tomorrow, and as some adjacent roads along the above- tional Stadium and on the Corniche. then again from 6pm tomorrow until mentioned stretch of the Corniche, as The city’s iconic waterfront will be shown on the map (Page-9 ). used for the marathon, being staged for The ministry has also issued a list Students and activists from across Qatar have taken a stand against climate change – with a sit-down protest at the fi rst time at midnight when the tem- PROHIBITED ITEMS of prohibited items, advising specta- Qatar Foundation (QF) calling for world leaders to take urgent action to combat the greatest modern threat to perature will be lower. The route will also tors not to carry them while entering the planet. Page 28 host the men’s and women’s 20km race Chemical gas spray, firearms, the stadium. These include fi reworks, walks and the mixed 50km race walk. fireworks, any kind of knife, balls, glass bottles, small strollers, sharp Construction teams worked around backpack, recording devices, tools, pets and other solid objects that the clock to fi nish assembling the elabo- lighters, laser pointer, animals, may cause harm to the bearer. rate scaff old towers that line the route’s smoking, luggage, streamers, Captain Burhan Saleh al-Turki, as- central reservation and will support umbrellas, drones, coolers, drugs, sistant head of the Security Committee fl oodlights for the midnight marathon. whistles, helmets, masks, cameras and the director of security at Khalifa Preparations for the event have been with lenses longer than 8 inches, International Stadium, said the secu- Small nations can also play completed, the head of the Local Organ- objects making excessive noise, rity procedures applied for the entry ising Committee Dahlan al-Hamad said hooters or air horns, and glass of spectators into the stadium are easy at a recent sports integrity event in Doha. bottles, cups or cans. but subject to several stages for the a crucial global role: FM “Qatar is 100% ready for the cham- safety of all. To Page 9, Sport

QNA New York

n an increasingly multipolar world, many small nations have specifi c Iand unique assets at their disposal which are often overlooked, whether that be their natural resources or ad- vantageous geographical locations, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minis- ter of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has said. Participating in a discussion session titled ‘Rethinking the Role of Small HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed State Actors in International Politics’, bin Abdulrahman al-Thani participates in the discussion session in New York. in New York on Tuesday, the minister said small states can contribute to the smaller states around the globe, re- In this respect, he stated his thoughts global arena and reiterated the strength solving potential disputes in a peaceful on international cooperation and com- of smaller states when it comes to effi - manner. mon marketplaces such as the Euro- ciency, fl exibility and adaptability. The session was held by the Doha pean Union, which could also be repli- He provided the example of the Forum in partnership with the pres- cated in the future within the region. United Nations General Assembly tigious Concordia Annual Summit and HE the Deputy Prime Minister and where smaller states carry the same moderated by ambassador Paula J Do- Minister of Foreign Aff airs also noted vote as countries such as Russia, China briansky, Senior Fellow, Harvard Uni- that forging alliances is very impor- or the United States, while highlight- versity Belfer Center for Science and tant for any small state, saying that ing that such larger states also carry a International Aff airs. any multilateral mechanism for a small responsibility to protect the world and Reiterating Qatar’s role as a peace- state matters as they provide “clear ensure that international law is en- keeper, HE the minister demonstrated principles for co-operation between forced. that while a country may be smaller in neighbours and give access to a com- He also noted the importance of size, this does not limit its internation- mon market which is something miss- multilateral mechanisms to protect al positive impact. ing in the small states case.” To Page 3

Trump asked Ukraine to probe rival Biden

AFP including within the ranks of Trump’s New York Republican Party, with Senator Mitt Romney calling it “deeply troubling.” Two competing narratives immedi- acing an impeachment probe ately took hold. in Congress, President Donald Trump and his allies claimed the call FTrump was forced yesterday contained no evidence of a quid pro to release a call transcript showing quo pressuring Zelensky to probe the he had urged his Ukrainian coun- president’s top Democratic rival for the terpart to investigate rival Joe Biden White House. — in what Democrats slammed as a Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Democrats meanwhile held it up as “mafia-style shakedown”. A defiant Zelenskiy greets Trump during a a smoking gun, with senior lawmak- Trump insisted he had exerted “no bilateral meeting on the sidelines er Adam Schiff describing “a classic pressure” on Kyiv — a claim echoed of the 74th session of the United mafi a-type shakedown of a foreign by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Ze- Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in leader.” lensky, who appeared side-by-side New York yesterday. “This is how a mafi a boss talks: with the US president at a long- ‘What have you done for us? We’ve planned meeting on the sidelines of — a day after Democrats launched an done so much for you but there’s not the UN General Assembly. offi cial impeachment inquiry — sent a much reciprocity. I have a favour to ask But the publication of the transcript new shockwave through Washington, you,” Schiff charged. Page 15

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Foreign minister meets Foreign minister meets FM meets US National Turkish counterpart AUC chairperson Security Adviser FM meets US special envoy to Afghanistan E the Deputy Prime Min- ister and Minister of HForeign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al- Thani met with US Special Rep- resentative to Afghanistan Zal- HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs may Khalilzad, on the sidelines HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met with African HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs of the 74th Session of the United Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met with Turkeys’ Union Commission (AUC) chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met with US Nations General Assembly in Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, on the sidelines of the on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the UN General National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, on the sidelines of New York yesterday. 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Assembly in New York on Tuesday. During the meeting, they the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on During the meeting, they re- Tuesday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations reviewed relations between Qatar and the African Union and Tuesday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations viewed ways to achieve peace and ways of supporting and developing them, in addition to ways of supporting and developing them, in addition to a and ways of supporting and developing them, in addition to and stability in Afghanistan and issues of common concern. number of regional issues of common concern. regional issues of common concern. the positive role of Qatar in the peace process in Afghanistan. Cabinet hails Amir’s speech at UN Small nations can also play a global role: FM E the Prime Minister portant meetings that His The Cabinet welcomed Second, the approval of the Committee for International Sheikh Abdullah bin Highness the Amir held with a the Amir’s announcement draft decision of HE the Minister Humanitarian Law in Kuwait. HNasser bin Khalifa al- number of world leaders on the of Qatar’s contribution of of Municipality and Environ- Fourth, the Cabinet reviewed From Page 1 the Doha Forum chose to partner Thani chaired the Cabinet’s reg- sidelines of the 74th UN General $100mn for the support ment to determine the winter the following topics and took with this prestigious summit to ular meeting at the Amiri Diwan Assembly, saying it refl ected the of small developing camps’ fees. appropriate decisions: He added: “If you look at Asean work through shared values of ac- yesterday. status of Qatar on the regional island states and the least Third, the approval of: z The annual report of the as a block, they represent a mar- tionable change and social impact Following the meeting, HE and international fronts. developed states to deal z A draft agreement for co- Telecommunications Regulatory ket for over 600mn people which through in-depth discussion. the Minister of Justice and Act- The Cabinet expressed their with the climate change operation between the Ministry Authority. is signifi cant; if you look at spe- An annual policy forum, Doha ing Minister of State for Cabinet appreciation of His Highness of Interior of Qatar and the Min- z Report on the participa- cifi c states within this, for exam- Forum held in Doha, Qatar, im- Aff airs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al- the Amir’s participation in the ation in order to achieve joint in- istry of Internal Aff airs of the tion of Qatar in the 2019 Select ple Singapore which proved to be merses global leader and policy- Nuaimi stated the following: UN Climate Action Summit terests, and to maintain security Russian Federation. USA Investment Summit. a successful small state model, of makers in crucial debate on the At the beginning of the meet- 2019 at its headquarters in New and stability in the region. z A draft agreement between l Report on the work of the Tax 5mn people I think, it can lever- changing dynamics of world af- ing, the Cabinet praised the York. They also welcomed His The Cabinet then considered the Government of Qatar and the Appeal Committee at the General age this benefi t. If you look at our fairs. speech of His Highness the Amir Highness the Amir’s announce- topics on its meeting’s agenda as Czech Republic on the elimination Tax Authority during the period region and the GCC, you will fi nd This year’s forum will take place Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- ment of Qatar’s contribution of follows: of double taxation with respect to from January 1 to June 30, 2019. that the GCC has so far failed to on December 14 and 15 under the Thani at the opening session of $100mn for the support of small First, the approval of: income taxes and the prevention This committee established address the Gulf crisis.” theme; “Reimagining Governance General Debate of the 74th UN developing island states and the z A draft law amending some and avoidance of tax evasion. by the General Tax Authority, The Concordia Annual Sum- in a Multipolar World”, which has General Assembly held in New least developed states to deal provisions of Law No (21) of 2015 z Draft memorandum of un- headed by a judge of the Court mit, which takes place in New been specially designed to refl ect York on Tuesday. They said the with the climate change. regulating the entry and exit of derstanding between the Gov- of Appeal and the membership of York between September 22 and recent developments in migration, speech was thorough in high- The Cabinet also praised the expatriates and their residency. ernment of Qatar and the Gov- representatives of the concerned 24, is the largest and most inclu- climate change, changing world lighting the position of Qatar visits made by His Highness the z Draft decision of the Min- ernment of Turkmenistan for authorities, shall be responsible sive non-partisan forum in the leaderships and the rise of new regarding diff erent regional and Amir to France and the United ister of Interior amending some co-operation in the fi eld of dis- of deciding on the complaints world, and ran alongside the Unit- global powers. international issues, and refl ect- Kingdom from September 18 provisions of the Executive Reg- aster management. and grievances submitted by the ed Nations General Assembly. The Last year, the Forum made ed the hopes of peoples for world to September 20. The Cabinet ulation of Law No (21) of 2015 z A draft memorandum of taxpayer, and submitting its peri- summit gathers decision-makers, breakthroughs challenging top- for peace, development, justice stressed that His Highness the regulating the entry and exit of understanding between the Na- odic reports to the Cabinet on the opinion formers and the next ics by encouraging open discus- and human dignity. Amir’s meetings with the leaders expatriates and residency issued tional Committee for Interna- number of grievances submit- generation of partnership build- sion on a platform enveloped in The Cabinet also expressed of the two countries came to en- by the Minister of Interior De- tional Humanitarian Law in Qa- ted to it, and recommendations ers aimed at catalysing action the values of diversity, diploma- their satisfaction with the im- hance ties and expand co-oper- cree No (25) of 2019. tar and the Permanent National thereon. (QNA) through shared values. This year, cy and dialogue. Gulf Times 4 Thursday, September 26, 2019 QATAR

FM takes part in meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Amir condoles with Algerian president is Highness the injured a speedy recovery. Amir Sheikh HE the Prime Minis- HTamim bin Hamad ter and Minister of In- al-Thani and His Highness terior Sheikh Abdullah the Deputy Amir Sheikh bin Nasser bin Khalifa al- Abdullah bin Hamad al- Thani also sent yesterday Thani sent yesterday ca- a cable of condolences to bles of condolences to Prime Minister of Algeria President of Algeria Ab- Noureddine Bedoui on the delkader Bensalah on the victims of a fi re in the ma- victims of a fi re in the ma- ternity hospital of Al Wadi ternity hospital of Al Wadi governorate in the south- governorate in the south- east of Algiers, wishing the east of Algiers, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Qatar condemns bombing in Turkey Qatar expressed yesterday Qatar’s firm stance on its strong condemnation rejecting violence and and denunciation of the terrorism regardless of bombing of a police bus in motives and causes. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani participated in the meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Adana, southern Turkey. The statement also the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday. The meeting also included foreign ministers of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, In a statement issued expressed Qatar’s wishes Saudi Arabia and UAE. During the meeting, they discussed the existing regional co-ordination to face regional challenges, especially in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. in Doha, the Ministry of of a speedy recovery for Foreign Aff airs reiterated the injured.

Shura Council Speaker ends Kazakhstan visit

QNA Nursultan

E the Speaker of Shura Council Ahmed bin Ab- dullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud left the Republic of HKazakhstan yesterday for Doha. The Shura Council Speaker and his accompanying del- egation were seen upon their departure at Nursultan In- ternational Airport by Kazakhstan Majilis Deputy Chair- man Vladimir Bozhkov and Qatar’s charge d’aff aires to Kazakhstan Ahmed Saad Hazeem al-Sulaiti. The Shura Council Speaker participated in the fourth meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian countries’ parlia- ments “Greater Eurasia”, which lasted for several days. Participants in the meeting hailed at a closing session the success and positive results of the 140th General As- sembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) which was held in Qatar from April 6-10. HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie during a meeting with Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, Water Resource and Fisheries Samir Taieb in Tunis yesterday. Qatar showcases preparations for 2022 FIFA World Cup at SIAMAP

QNA The Qatari participation Tunis also aims at enhancing the import opportunities of food products in order to atar is taking part meet the international trade in the 14th edition standards recommended by Qof the International the national strategy for Show of Agriculture, Ma- food security, through di- chinery and Fishing (SIA- versifying the sources of MAP 2019) in Tunisia, with imports for each food com- a delegation headed by HE modity, and also to acquaint the Minister of Municipal- Tunisian products and ity and Environment Ab- promote national imports. dullah bin Abdulaziz bin Qatar is participating Turki al-Subaie. in SIAMAP 2019 with a Qatar is participating as a 700sq m pavilion, which ‘country of honour’ in this is an opportunity to intro- session of the agricultural duce its latest preparations show, in response to the for hosting the 2022 FIFA invitation of Tunisia, rep- World Cup, introducing in resented by the Tunisian this context the eight sta- Union of Agriculture and diums of the World Cup and Fishing, within the frame- displaying documentary work of the distinguished fi lms about the implemen- relations between the two tation work from the early brotherly countries. days until the completion. Qatar’s participation On the sidelines of the comes in as part of imple- show, the Minister of mentation of the National Municipalities and Envi- Food Security Programme ronment met with Tuni- (QNFSP) and the desire sian Minister of Agricul- to enhance local produc- ture, Water Resource and tion by introducing Qatari Fisheries Samir Taieb. companies participating in During the meeting, they the pavilion of Qatar on the discussed ways of enhanc- latest technologies being ing co-operation between displayed in SIAMAP 2019 Qatar and Tunisia in areas from all over the world. of common interest.

Justice ministry updates portal The Ministry of Justice requires the applicant to announced it updated visit the centre once to the sale and legal receive the transaction authentication and issuance or pay the required fees if of bonds facilities of the needed. real estate registration and The real estate notarisation department registration department on its electronic portal recently completed which will shorten the time a comprehensive required to complete these restructuring of existing transactions to 15 minutes services and adding only. electronic services, this The ministry said that will make it unnecessary thanks to the update the for applicants to visit the legal documentation ministry or its external transactions made at centres and all transactions external centres have will be made through the become easier as it only electronic portal. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 5 QATAR

Vodafone off ers ‘best choice’ in on-demand South Asian entertainment

odafone Qatar has said it the South Asian entertainment gional languages, original series, ket for such regional content, high-quality on-demand South comes even more seamless with is giving customers ac- OTT (over-the-top) streaming music, as well as the recently while Bollywood fi lms and series Asian content through our part- 5G speeds.” Vcess to a “wide array of platform by Eros International, launched short-format content are popular with audiences in nership with Eros Now. For convenient billing, cus- high-quality” South Asian en- a global Indian entertainment category – Eros Now Quickie. Qatar. “As we continue to deploy 5G tomers can watch Eros content tertainment and content, in- company. The partnership signifi cantly Shavkat Berdiev, Consumer technology with its incredibly and pay through their Vodafone cluding fi lms, series, music and Through this partnership, enhances Vodafone Qatar’s of- Business Unit director of Vo- high network speeds, we antici- accounts at the cost of QR1 per short-format content from Eros Vodafone Qatar’s customers fering for a signifi cant segment dafone Qatar, said: “Vodafone pate that the demand for movies day, QR5 per week or QR15 per Now. can now enjoy access to Eros of its customer base. Qatar’s Qatar is pleased to extend this and videos on our network will month. To start enjoying the Vodafone Qatar has conclud- Now’s ample library of more large South Asian community new off ering to give our custom- continue growing as the experi- off er, customers can sign up at ed a strategic partnership with than 12,000 fi lms in several re- positions it as a signifi cant mar- ers the widest possible choice of ence of viewing on-the-go be- http://m.erosnow.com. QGBC announces Qatar Visa Centre sponsors for Qatar Sustainability Week opens in Manila QNA nder the patronage of HE will join for the fi rst time as a dia- “It is our mission to build com- Manila Sheikh Abdullah bin Nass- mond sponsor. Msheireb Proper- munities that enhance the way Uer bin Khalifa al-Thani, ties, for the fourth consecutive year, people live, work, and thrive, in Prime Minister and Minister of In- will serve as the platinum sponsor, alignment with the country’s epresented by the min- terior, Qatar Green Building Coun- and QNB joins as gold sponsor. 2030 vision. Sustainability, col- istries of interior, health cil (QGBC), a member of Qatar Meshal al-Shamari, director of laboration, and knowledge shar- Rand labour, Qatar inau- Foundation, will hold fourth edi- QGBC, said: “We greatly value the ing are thus important to help us gurated yesterday its overseas tion of Qatar Sustainability Week support and commitment from the in achieving this objective. Qatar visa centre in Manila, Philip- (QSW) 2019, from October 26 until partners and sponsors of Qatar Sus- Sustainability Week is an ideal pines, as part of the country’s November 2 and has announced tainability Week. We are proud to platform for this purpose and we eff orts to facilitate and simpli- the sponsors for the event. draw together so many diverse or- look forward to an enlightening fy the recruitment procedures The week-long QGBC initiative ganisations and join our collective ef- discussion,” Ali al-Kuwari, acting for expatriates. will serve as a unique platform to forts towards achieving the nation’s CEO, Msheireb Properties, noted. The inauguration was at- promote Qatar’s sustainability vi- sustainable development goals.” Yousef Darwish, general man- tended by Qatar’s ambassador sion, as well as engage the com- Sara Fahad Alfardan, commu- ager, Group Communication, QNB, to the Philippines Ali Ibrahim munity through sustainability- nications & PR manager at Al- said: “Sustainability has become al-Malki, Adviser at the offi ce Qatari off icials at the inauguration of the Qatar Visa Centre in Manila. oriented activities. QSW 2019 will fardan Group, said: “Our nation’s one of the most pressing topics that of the Minister of Interior Ma- further highlight the country’s sustainable future is a large-scale, carries a long-term impact on our jor General Abdullah Salim al- Centre after Sri Lanka, Bang- vital data, medical examina- that the centre operates in ac- contributions and progress to- long-term vision that requires the society today. At QNB, we recognise Ali, Director of the Visa Sup- ladesh, Pakistan, India and tions, signing contracts elec- cordance with the best inter- wards the implementation of the resolute commitment of all stake- the signifi cant positive contribu- port Services Department at Nepal, which have proven to tronically and issuing docu- national standards that ensure Sustainable Development Goals. holders involved. Alfardan Group tion we can make to address various the Ministry of Interior Major be very successful in providing mentation and educational greater transparency. QSW provides a unique oppor- has directed both eff orts and invest- environmental and social challeng- Abdullah Khalifa al-Mohanna- outstanding services. qualifi cations. Meanwhile, employers in Qa- tunity for various stakeholders to ments into ensuring environmental es and are proud to be sponsoring di, Labour expert and Adviser Major al-Mohannadi said The project’s next stage will tar will carry out necessary pro- showcase their innovative solutions responsibility is an integral part of Qatar Sustainability Week to high- at the Ministry of Administra- that this centre is the largest of cover all types of visas which cedures to obtain visas. The ap- to the environmental challenges fac- our organisational ethos, projects, light our commitment.” tive Development, Labour and its kind (on an area of 1,800sq will save time and eff ort for plicants can book appointments ing Qatar and the wider region and and community initiatives. We take Other key sponsors of the week Social Aff airs Mohamed Ali al- m) and is expected to receive applicants. Once the initial online and then visit the centre facilitate the delivery of the Qatar immense pride in the many strides include Tadmur Holding, Fa- Meer and Director of the De- more than 350 applicants daily. approval of the visa is issued to complete the procedures. National Vision 2030 in line with the that we, our wise leadership and our cilities Management and Mainte- partment of Medical Medicine He added that the visa cen- from Qatar, the applicants can The applicants have the choice global sustainability agenda. partners have made in moving the nance Company, Jotun Paints, At- Dr Ibrahim al-Shaer. tre includes a hospital, fi n- visit the visa centre to com- to track the status of their ap- During this year’s Qatar Sustain- needle on environmental sustain- eliers Artea, Elite Paper Recycling, The Philippines is the sixth gerprint services and special plete the procedures. plications online or through ability Week 2019, Alfardan Group ability in Qatar and beyond.” and Contactless. country to launch Qatar Visa services for registration of Major al-Mohannadi added their employers in Qatar. Gulf Times 6 Thursday, September 26, 2019 QATAR

Qatar, Guyana sign air services agreement Second edition of The Big 5 Construct Qatar ‘hailed a success’

he Big 5 Construct Qatar concluded yesterday after Tthree days of face-to-face business, networking opportu- nities and educational seminars, all in an eff ort to boost the local HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti and the chairman construction sector. of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) board, Lawrence London, have witnessed the signing The second edition was of an air services agreement between Qatar and Guyana. The agreement was signed by Qatar Civil opened by HE the Minister of Aviation Authority chairman HE Abdulla bin Nasser Turki al-Subaey and GCAA director-general Commerce and Industry Ali bin Egbert Field. The agreement will permit Qatar’s national carrier, Qatar Airways, to operate any Ahmed al-Kuwari at Doha Ex- number of passenger and cargo flights as well as co-operation between the carriers concerned, the hibition and Convention Centre Ministry of Transport and Communications said in a statement. It will also permit Qatar Airways to (DECC) and enjoyed support have an operation centre in Guyana to fly to any country in the region and the other regions, the from the offi cial strategic part- statement adds. ner, Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC). Held over three days The Big 5 Construct Qatar hosted more than 150 international and local exhibitors from 20 countries, featured business promotion incentives and ran over 40 free- Minister heads Qatar to-attend educational work- One of the sessions from The Big 5 Construct Qatar. shops for construction profes- sional in Qatar. demands in the country. (urban landscape sponsor), insight through education ses- Loubna Aghzafi , country “In addition, I wish to thank FUSO (transportation sponsor), sions, the organisers have said manager at event organiser dmg all of our sponsors and partners, CPD (certifi cation partner), in a statement. To further pro- delegation to ICAO events Doha, said: “On behalf of your support has been pivotal Stallion (branding sponsor), mote the “unique opportunity” dmg events Doha, I want to ex- to establishing The Big 5 Con- Marriott Marquis City Center that Qatar has to off er to inter- tend a sincere thank you to the struct Qatar as the leading show Doha Hotel (hotel partner) and national business visitors, The governing bodies of Qatar and in Doha’s exciting and diverse DECC (venue partner). Big 5 Construct Qatar — along to the business community in market.” The main objective of The with QNTC — featured a Hosted summit in Montreal Doha. The Big 5 Construct Qatar As well as QNTC, The Big 5 Big 5 Qatar has been to provide Buyers Programme and Inter- continues to be a highly relevant Construct Qatar 2019 was sup- a platform where the local con- national Media Tour through- exhibition at a time ported by Qatar Free Zones Au- struction community can meet out the event, “bringing global E the Minister of Trans- where international sporting thority (offi cial free zone spon- face-to-face with international business visitors even closer to port and Communica- events and Qatar National Vi- sor), Al Darwish Engineering market leaders, do business local prospects”, the statement Htions Jassim Seif Ahmed sion 2030 boost construction (lanyard sponsor), Al-Adekhar and gain important industry added. Business Page 1 al-Sulaiti headed Qatar’s delega- tion at the meetings of the 40th session of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) General Assembly, which opened in Montreal, Canada, yesterday. The meetings were attended PHCC, HMC join hands for by Qatar’s ambassador to Canada Saud bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chairman HE Abdulla bin Nasser Turki al-Subaey. eff ective dementia training In his speech, HE the minister emphasised the major and de- liberate steps Qatar has taken to HE Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti at one of the meetings. QNA achieve remarkable progress in Doha its civil aviation sector through ternational agreements and con- Council membership elections establishing and developing ventions of the United Nations will be held during this ICAO world-class infrastructure that and affi liated international or- Assembly. Delegations from 192 o mark World Alzheimer’s Day this responds to sustainable develop- ganisations, as well as its com- countries and several world or- year, Primary Health Care Corporation ment goals and universal envi- mitment to the ICAO mission ganisations are taking part in the T(PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corpora- ronment standards, in addition and principles, and continuous event. The Assembly continues tion (HMC) are working collaboratively to to protecting lives and property, co-operation with ICAO in mul- until October 5. According to the deliver dementia training for family physi- and providing safe air routes in tiple fi elds. ICAO Statute, ICAO member cians. line with Qatar National Vision Qatar earlier submitted its ap- states select only 36 countries to The training aims to enhance physician’s 2030. plication for nomination to the form the ICAO Council, which is knowledge and skills in the appropriate as- Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) are HE the minister also stressed ICAO Council for the next three- considered the legislative body of sessment, diagnosis and care management working collaboratively to deliver dementia training for family physicians. Qatar’s commitment to the in- year term within Category III. the organisation. of dementia, depression in older people and delirium. It focuses on improvement of the al-Abdulla commented: “Timely diagnosis is with severe cases being referred to HMC. detection of dementia, depression and delir- important for people with dementia to em- PHCC runs two cognitive assessment clinics ium in older people, and better management power them to make their own decisions, at Rwadat Al Khail and Lebaib Health Centre of patients. plan the best possible care, and optimise with plans to open a new one in Al Wajba in Dementia mostly aff ects older people, and clinical management. Ensuring early iden- October. The clinics are jointly operated with HMC, Qatar Post to provide the risk of dementia increases with increas- tifi cation through case fi ndings in PHCC in HMC specialists, geriatricians, geriatric psy- ing age. The older you are, the more likely you a dementia-friendly, non-stigmatising set- chiatrists, occupational therapists and PHCC are to be aff ected by dementia. Approximate- ting, closer to the patient’s home is a key pri- focal physician champions and nurses. ly 50mn live with dementia worldwide and ority for us going forward.” Dr Hanadi Khamis al-Hamad, Chairper- medical delivery service soon this is believed to increase to 82mn by 2030. PHCC has established memory clinics, son of Geriatrics and Long-Term Care De- In Qatar alone, it is estimated that 4,440 integrating secondary care and specialists in partment at HMC, and National Lead for the people are living with dementia. According selected PHCC regional specialist centres, “Healthy Ageing” priority within the Na- QNA as gloves, bandages, and dress- lives of our patients. Alongside to the WHO this is expected to rise to 41,340 this ensures easy access in a community set- tional Health Strategy 2018-2022 comment- Doha ings delivered to their home by our recent provision of delivering by 2050. ting. Patients are then referred to second- ed: “Effi cient integrated systems will sustain Qatar Post. medical reports, this is yet anoth- Patients presenting with risk factors re- ary care settings for severe dementia and and improve diagnosis, enabling the delivery Deputy Chief of Quality at er phase in our collaboration with lated to dementia are likely to be identifi ed in complex needs. A collaborative care model of comprehensive post-diagnostic support ore than 2,000 patients HMC Nasser al-Naimi said that Qatar Post to provide patients Primary Care ie, diabetes, obesity and mental between primary, secondary and social care within a dementia-friendly community. The under the care of Hamad this unique and innovative col- with a set of premium services,” health. sectors ensures better outcomes for patients, complexities of dementia mean we require MMedical Corporation’s laboration between HMC and added al-Naimi. High-quality primary healthcare serv- their family and caregivers by providing con- a system that is well-integrated. We believe (HMC) Home Healthcare Service Qatar Post means that our Home Earlier this year, HMC and Qa- ices are pivotal for people with dementia and tinuity and co-ordination of care. working closely will support people with de- will benefi t from the start of the Healthcare patients will no longer tar Post announced a collabora- their families to avoid inappropriate hospital The partnership between PHCC and HMC mentia to remain in their own homes, avoid- next phase of an agreement be- have to worry about visiting HMC tion to off er patients the option admissions which are associated with wors- will bring care closer to the community and ing unnecessary admissions, and will reduce tween the healthcare provider and to collect these items. to request a number of premium ened quality of life of both the person with partner with patients and their caregivers to the length of stay and adverse outcomes from Qatar Post. “HMC is constantly working services, the fi rst of which saw dementia and his family and fi nancial burden assess, diagnose and care manage patients delayed transfer of care that we know people Patients will now be able to on improvements and innova- Qatar Post delivering medical re- Executive Director of Operations Dr Samya with mild to moderate cognitive impairment with dementia may experience.” have medical consumables such tions that positively impact the ports to its patients’ doorsteps. Health ministry holds workshop on vaccines

QNA Doha

he Ministry of Public Health trained health service pro- Tviders to administer vac- cines in hospitals, government health facilities and private health facilities, especially those that have been newly licensed. The two-day workshop included 70 doctors, a pharmacists, nurses and health workers. The training was part of the eff orts of the Min- istry of Public Health represented The workshop included a number of important scientific lectures to train participants and develop their practical and scientific skills related to by the National Immunisation Pro- providing vaccination services. gramme to provide full support to health workers in all health sectors develop their practical and sci- from the fi rst moment of arrival to on how to prepare, document and ments on how to deal with any side and institutions, including the pri- entifi c skills related to providing the health facility till it is given to archive all forms and reports on eff ects that may result from the vate health sector, especially with vaccination services, and update the patient, whether a child or an immunisation services, as this has vaccine administration and report- the increasing role it plays in pro- their information with the latest adult, especially as vaccines are an impact on the quality of reports ing mechanisms and channels for viding high-quality health services. developments related to vaccina- highly sensitive medical products and data on immunisation serv- any of these side eff ects to con- The workshop included a tion services. Emphasis was placed that require special care and means ices at the National Immunisation tribute to maintaining the highest number of important scientifi c on best practices and methods for of preservation and transport. Programme. The training included quality of immunisation services in lectures to train participants and vaccine preservation and attention Participants were also trained practical and scientifi c arrange- Qatar. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 7 QATAR CMC bi-weekly sessions resume Qatar hits out at violators of human rights

The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has resumed its bi-weekly sessions after the summer QNA increases the risk of discrimi- rights of Qatari individuals arbitrary detention of Qatari break. During the session, the council approved the formation of a number of main committees, Geneva natory measures and policies and families belonging to these citizens, as is happening now including the CMC public services and utilities committee, the complaints and reports committee, is their adoption in a manner countries, the blockading na- in Saudi Arabia, is of particular the financial aff airs committee and the legal committee. Also, two members were elected to the that has an eff ect outside ter- tions continue to make fl imsy concern and that it can’t and committee to name areas, streets and public squares. PICTURE: Jayaram atar rejects all forms of ritorial limits and that which arguments to justify the meas- won’t be tolerated. racism, racial discrimi- are imposed by the force of ures that were taken. He stated that given the bleak Qnation, xenophobia and law. This makes it diffi cult to In this regard, Qatar wel- human rights record in these related intolerance and consid- challenge it before national comed the recent declara- countries, which the Human ers these a serious violation of litigation, especially in the tion by the Committee on the Rights Council and its mecha- all human rights and funda- absence of a fair and impartial Elimination of Racial Discrimi- nisms regularly and continu- mental freedoms, Qatar’s Per- judiciary that will decide on nation of the admissibility of ously review, there are renewed Qatar’s policies on women manent Representative to the the legitimacy of these meas- complaints submitted by Qatar fears of further abuses. United Nations Offi ce in Ge- ures and the justice of those against Saudi Arabia and the The ambassador called on neva, HE Ali Khalfan al-Man- aff ected, he said. United Arab Emirates, and its the UN Human Rights Coun- souri, stressed. Al-Mansouri pointed out competence to deal with such cil and its mechanisms to act empowerment highlighted In a speech during the 42nd that coercive discriminatory complaints. urgently and eff ectively to put session of the Human Rights measures have been imposed The ambassador added that pressure on those states to put Council’s general debate under by the blockading countries the emergence of new types of an end to such measures, stop QNA Al-Meadadi stressed that mechanism, the advisory com- Item 9 entitled ‘Racism, racial against Qatar and its citizens human rights violations in the such violations and comply Geneva women in Qatar are accorded mittee, as well as the inquiry and discrimination, xenophobia since June 2017, adding that context of the crisis, namely with their international and importance by the state, and this truth commissions and other and related forms of intoler- despite the negative impact of the registration of cases of regional human rights obliga- is refl ected in the adoption of mechanisms established by the ance’, al-Mansouri said what these measures on the human enforced disappearance and tions. he government is keen to national policies and legislation council, she said. ensure that Qatari women that empower them by providing Al-Meadadi encouraged the Thave a distinguished pres- education and training opportu- integration of a women’s rights Qatar voices deep concern over Libya fighting ence in representing the state in nities and facilitating their hold- perspective in the formulation international human rights fo- ing of public positions, including of council resolutions and in the Qatar yesterday expressed deep law, increases the sense of of international law taking in terms of containing Libya’s rums, Maha al-Meadadi, second leadership positions. submission of the recommen- concern over the continued polarisation in the country place in Libya, particularly illegal immigration and human secretary of Qatar’s Permanent She noted that the integra- dations of the universal peri- fighting between Libyan parties, between the diff ering sides. forced disappearance, and traff icking problems. Mission in Geneva, stressed. tion of the human rights per- odic review, taking into account particularly the latest attacks External interference also helps the targeting of airports and She stressed in her concluding Speaking during the annual spective of women into the work the rights of groups requiring on Tripoli that has led to a rise spread chaos and instability hospitals, as well as the use of remarks that Qatar will remain discussion on integration of a and mechanisms of the Human special attention, for example in the number of casualties, in the region, legal researcher torture. a supporter to the unity and gender perspective throughout Rights Council contributes to the older women, persons with dis- displacements, as well as at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign She called on all Libyan parties stability of Libya, as well as to the work of the Human Rights implementation of the council’s abilities, migrant and refugee damage to important public Aff airs, Maryam al-Maraghi, to respect international law the government of national Council and that of its mecha- mandate to promote universal re- women. facilities at time when Libya is in emphasised. and bring an end to fighting accord and the Skhirat nisms, in the framework of the spect for human rights and fun- In conclusion, al-Meadadi desperate need of its youth and In a speech during a general and return to the political agreement. 42nd session of the Human damental freedoms on an equal stressed the importance of con- assets as the country attempts discussion on the report of the process. Al-Maraghi expressed Qatar’s Rights Council, currently in and non-discriminatory basis. ducting systematic analytical to transition towards a state of Off ice of the United Nations She also called on the commitment to support all session in Geneva, al-Meadadi In order to achieve this goal, studies that show the progress law. High Commissioner for Human international community international eff orts, particularly pointed out that a number of Qa- women should be given the op- made and the challenges fac- Qatar warned that external Rights on Libya, as part of the and the Off ice of the United that of the UN secretary- tari women enjoy membership in portunity to become members of ing the integration of women’s interference in Libyan aff airs, 42nd session of the Human Nations High Commissioner general’s special representative, a number of treaty committees the council’s mechanisms, par- rights within the council’s man- in addition to being a severe Rights Council, al-Maraghi for Human Rights on Libya to bring an end to the conflict to which Qatar is a member. ticularly the special procedures date and mechanisms. violation of international condemned the violations to provide the help needed in Libya. Gulf Times 8 Thursday, September 26, 2019 QATAR 800,000 persons to benefit from Qatar charity’s eye hospital in Sudan

atar Charity continues to the White Nile State, which is 321 a pharmacy and an eyeglasses implement the Bin Zamil kilometers away from the capital shop, while the second floor QEye Hospital project in the Khartoum. includes administration White Nile State of Sudan at an The project place was chosen due buildings, a doctors’ lounge and estimated cost of nearly QR2mn, a multi-purpose hall. with the aim to benefit more than to the urgent need of the region 800,000 persons in the country. for good infrastructure for the Since its opening in 1994 until treatment of eye patients, and the April 2019, Qatar Charity’s office The projects comes with the significant shortage of hospitals in Sudan has contributed to the support from the people in Qatar and health facilities in the area, implementation of more than as part of the keenness of Qatar in addition to the widespread 100 projects in the field of health Charity to carry out qualitative prevalence of eye diseases and the in nine states of the country at an development projects in Sudan. inability of many patients to pay estimated cost of more than 26 The Bin Zamil Eye Hospital the treatment costs. million Qatari riyals, benefiting will contribute to providing Kosti is a border area with South hundreds of thousands of good-quality facilities for the Sudan. According to current people. Also, many projects are treatment of eye diseases, easing statistics, there are more than under implementation in the the suffering of patients like going 100,000 refugees in the area, who country. to health centers located far away are expected to benefit from the It is worth mentioning that from their places of residence, and hospital’s service. the White Nile State of Sudan offering almost free services for The Bin Zamil Eye Hospital is has benefited from the relief eye patients with limited income. a two-storey building. The first assistance provided by Qatar The hospital project is under floor consists of a general clinic, Charity recently to flood implementation in Kosti located in an operating room, a laboratory, victims.

Qatar Charity’s FCC to hold fourth episode of “My Reading” tomorrow

he Friends Cultural Center (FCC), present a review of any book with thus the name of this team a community development prior confirmation from FCC. is in Malayalam – FCC center of Qatar Charity (QC) for Vaayanakkoottam. However, T Members select the books of Asian expatriate communities residing the forum is planning to their choice, and three or four in the State of Qatar, will hold the fourth attract readers from other books are reviewed and discussed episode of “My Reading”, a regular Asian expatriate communities at each session of the My Reading event conducted by the FCC Readers living in Qatar to create a event. Forum, on Friday, September 27, 2019, wider platform. to conduct reviews of books penned by It is also noteworthy that the Earlier, many non- Malayalam authors residing in Doha, FCC Readers Forum namely Malayalam speaking readers Qatar. ‘Vaayanakkoottam’ is a creative also attended some sessions of platform for the people who are The book discussion event will be the “My Reading” event to take interested in reading, writing, organized at the FCC library tomorrow part in literary interactions. literary discussions and sharing evening from 4 pm to 7 pm, and expected The Reader Forum members their reading experiences. to bring together many lovers of utilize FCC Library for literature and books, including authors At present, readers from India, enriching their reading and and intellectual persons, and poets mainly from the Malayalee the library is the link to the belonging to Malayalee community, community, are associated Readers Forum ctivities. to take part in the book review and with the Readers Forum and discussion. In this episode of the event, noted books named “Valli” (Novel – Malayalam) written by Sheela Tomy, a well-known Malayalam writer in Doha, and another book entitled “Kadalolam kanamulla Kappalukal” (Collection of Poems -Malayalam) penned by Tanseem Kuttyadi, who is also a Malayalam writer residing in Doha will be reviewed. Both the writers will be present at the discussion event. During the third episode of the “My Reading” event, ‘A raven in the bandwidth of life’, ‘when breath becomes air’, ‘The kite runner’, ‘chithambara smarana’, and ‘warrior of the light, were reviewed and discussed. The first part of the event was conducted in February 2019. It is worth mentioning that ‘My Reading’ is a regular event conducted by FCC Readers Forum namely ‘vaayanakkoottam’. In each episode, the members of the Readers Forum present book reviews and the discussions are held based on the same. Anyone can Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 9 QATAR Committee confi rms readiness of Khalifa Stadium security system

he Security Committee Q Security strategy Q Public access The security inspection is to rity Committee. The commit- police department at the Police tal role in this area,” she added. of the 2019 IAAF World The offi cial noted that the se- Captain al-Turki said the se- ensure the security of the people tee has succeeded in providing Training Institute, said: “Our Regarding the training of the TAthletics Championships curity of Khalifa Stadium de- curity procedures applied for the and to enable them to enjoy the all the security requirements participation includes enhanc- women’s units participating in in Doha has confi rmed the readi- pends on a strategy developed by entry of the public to the stadium competitions without any prob- of each unit and these are in ing securing the championship, Ma- ness of the security system for the committee and depends in its are easy but subject to several lems, as well as to prevent the compliance with the require- security and working to jor Rawda Masoud al-Abdullah, Khalifa International Stadium, entirety on the presence of the stages for the safety of all. carriage of banned materials into ments of the IAAF, QNA adds. achieve safety for all participants the commander of the women’s adding that all units of the com- various units of the committee The fi rst stage is at the security the stadium, he adds. In addition, all security plans are in the events, whether women’s security company at Lekhwiya, mittee participating in the se- within and outside the stadium, tents set up by the Security Com- Q Prohibited items based on co-operation of these sports teams or the public. We said that in co-ordination with curity procedures are “fully and as well as the implementation of mittee, which are seven large He called on the public to ad- units with each other in order undertake many tasks for wom- the Police Training Institute, professionally” prepared to pro- the traffi c plan before and during tents located in all directions here to the list of items that can- to organise a successful tourna- en’s delegations, both local and a professional programme for vide all means of security and the tournament, the Ministry of leading to the stadium and the not be taken inside the stadium, ment in a sporting atmosphere international, from receiving military personnel has been de- safety. Interior (MoI) has said in a state- area of events adjacent to the en- including fi reworks and glass with security arrangements that these delegations and organising veloped to enhance their skills Assistant head of the Security ment. trance gates, and will be available bottles, small strollers and any maintain security and safety, he their visit to ensuring their pro- in communication, planning and Committee and director of se- He explained that securing to the public two hours before the items that will take up space, in adds. tection and security.” organisation. curity of Khalifa International the stadium also depends on ad- competitions start. addition to sharp objects, pets Q The role of women police She noted that the ministry The programme aimed at Stadium, Captain Burhan Saleh vanced security plans along with This will be followed by se- and hard objects that may cause Women police personnel at has developed a model plan to working to acquire knowledge in al-Turki, said the committee has the follow-up security opera- curity inspection while entering harm to the bearer. These will be the MoI and Lekhwiya play an enhance security and organ- the fi eld of sports event manage- developed plans and measures tions through the control room the stadium through any of the displayed on posters put up in the important and vital role in the ise procedures. “We have had ment through the introduction to secure the championship in and control of the stadium linked 28 gates and the allocation and security tents. security aspect of the champion- successful partnerships at the of a range of advanced academic accordance with the highest in- to the main operating room of seating of the public, which is the Q Co-operation among ship as part of the tasks of the Se- 2006 Asian Games, in which we materials in addition to conduct- ternational security standards, the National Command Centre, prerogative of security personnel security units curity Committee, the statement demonstrated the skill of the fe- ing a series of realistic fi eld exer- along with applying all the secu- which will communicate with all at the stadium. There will also be The offi cial said there is full notes. male element in participating cises. rity requirements stipulated by security units at the site of the volunteers to serve the spectators co-operation and harmony Major Kholoud Anbar al- in enhancing security. We have The trainees also participated the IAAF, according to QNA. event. everywhere inside the stadium. among all the units of the Secu- Nuaimi, head of the women played and continue to play a vi- in covering sporting events.

Ooredoo to provide telecom and media services to broadcasters

oredoo, the ‘National Partner’ of the IAAF OWorld Athletics Cham- pionships Doha 2019, yesterday announced its “state-of-the- art” media network services, Pacifi c will be able to cover the staff and volunteers connected which will enable broadcasters much-anticipated event and to the Supernet, and provide across the world to share all the broadcast it to stations and fans WAN and TETRA network con- action from the event to their around the globe. nectivity, designed for mission- studios and viewers back home. In addition to global reach of- critical communications. Waleed Ooredoo has partnered with fered by the media network, the al-Sayed, CEO of Ooredoo Qa- Eurovision Services as well as local Organising Committee of tar, said: “We are incredibly proud media companies from Japan and Doha 2019 shall be using Oore- to be the ‘National Partner’ of China to reach out to more than doo Media Network for domes- such a prestigious international 45 broadcasters worldwide, the tic video contribution from the event, and even more proud to company has said in a statement. Corniche to Khalifa stadium, the be the sole provider of telecom- The Ooredoo Media Net- statement notes. munications services and to be work will link the International This network will transport able to off er our second-to-none Broadcasting Centre at Khalifa live Ultra HD and HD video feeds connectivity solutions. International Stadium with Eu- enabling remote production of “We know fans around the rovision to allow rights holding the event. Managed media serv- globe will be eagerly awaiting The airport will be the gateway to one of the biggest sporting events to take place in the Middle East. broadcasters to receive interna- ices will also use Ooredoo’s Gi- quality coverage of all the action, tional signals, unilateral trans- gabit fi bre backbone along with and we’re delighted the world’s missions and dedicated audio Ooredoo’s video monitoring media will be able to rely on us and video circuits to enrich the tools and onsite resources to en- to share footage with their re- coverage for their respective sure smooth operations during spective studios back home. We viewers. the event. And, as sole telecom look forward to some phenom- HIA partners with IAAF As a result, the media teams in service provider for the event, enal athletics performances and Europe, the Americas and Asia- Ooredoo will also be keeping a successful event for all.”

Athletics Championships Sebastian Coe praises Qatar’s preparations From Page 1 bin Hamad al-Thani, President of the Supreme amad International a vibrant destination and bring- Organising Committee of the IAAF World Airport (HIA) has an- ing global travellers to experi- Qatar has made available unprecedented Athletics Championship (Doha 2019), as well Hnounced that it is the ence Qatar’s unique off erings facilities to ensure an amazing hosting of the as the working committees for their great ‘Public Institution’ sponsor in sports, art, architecture and 2019 World Athletics Championships, IAAF efforts to provide all services and facilities to of the IAAF World Athletics family entertainment,” the HIA president Sebastian Coe has said. delegates attending from 209 countries, QNA Championships Doha 2019. statement noted. The IAAF president thanked HE Sheikh Joaan reported yesterday. The award-winning airport In addition, HIA has long- will be the gateway to one of the standing track record of part- biggest sporting events to take nerships and associations with place in the Middle East, facili- sporting events and teams. HIA tating a smooth airport expe- was the offi cial platinum spon- rience for athletes, media and sor of legendary German foot- spectators fl ying from all over ball club FC Bayern Munich the world into the country to from 2016-2018 with HIA’s logo witness the event, it has said in appearing on the team’s coveted a press statement. jersey. The highly-anticipated The two entities had a suc- sporting event will take place Falah the Falcon, the off icial mascot of the IAAF World Athletics cessful two-year partnership from tomorrow until October Championships Doha 2019, with kids at HIA. and organised activities such as 6 with more than 2,000 of the an opportunity for FC Bayern world’s best athletes from 213 HIA looks forward to refl ecting “With HIA’s support, one of Munich fans in Qatar to meet countries competing over 10 Qatar’s spectacular culture and the best airports in the world, FC Bayern Munich players Xabi days at the renovated multi- hospitality through a memora- passengers travelling to and Alonso, Joshua Kimmich, David purpose Khalifa International ble airport experience. We are from Qatar will enjoy a comfort- Alaba and Juan Bernat at the air- Stadium. also honoured to be a part of able and delightful travel expe- port. Abdulaziz al-Mass, vice- such an important milestone in rience. HIA had also joined the cele- president of Marketing and Qatar’s continued celebration of Having national businesses brations for the 2018 FIFA World Corporate Communications at sports and sportsmanship.” and entities throughout the Cup by transforming parts of HIA, said: “We are delighted to Sheikha Asma al-Thani, Mar- country come on board as part- the airport terminal into foot- partner with IAAF World Ath- keting and Communications ners refl ects the desire to ensure ball Fan Zones ensuring that the letics Championships Doha director for the Local Organis- a successful championship for millions of passengers travelling 2019. This initiative provides ing Committee, added: “With the people of Qatar along with through it never missed a mo- us an opportunity to off er some thousands of athletes, media international guests.” ment of World Cup excitement. of the world’s best athletes and personnel and spectators arriv- “This initiative supports Qatar’s airport is also aiming to sports enthusiasts a comfort- ing into Qatar this month for the HIA’s dedication towards Qatar provide seamless connectivity able journey fuelled with choice IAAF World Athletics Champi- National Vision 2030, which is for fans of the 2022 FIFA World and convenience. onships Doha 2019, their fi rst to establish global leadership in Cup and is working towards “By connecting global travel- impressions will be made as sports by hosting world-class smoothly handling more than lers to all corners of the world soon as they land in Hamad In- events. HIA showcases its com- 50mn passengers per year, the and being a gateway to Qatar, ternational Airport. mitment by promoting Qatar as statement adds.

MoI to hold mega events during Doha 2019

he Ministry of Interior by orchestra troupes in multi- The events will comprise participating in the event with (MoI) is organising a range ple Asian languages, including musical, cultural, folklore and the aim of utilising the opportu- Tof cultural and musical Hindi, Bengali, Nepalese, Ma- traditional shows by commu- nity to reach out to the maximum performances as well as safety layalam, Urdu, Tamil and Sin- nity teams representing diff erent number of expatriate and security awareness pro- halese. Asian nationalities, including community members with grammes for communities at In addition, singers and ar- performances by prominent or- safety and security messages in Asian Town in the Doha Indus- tistes residing in Qatar — and chestra troupes from Qatar. order to raise awareness among trial Area and Al Khor Barwa representing various nationali- Along with cultural show- them on various matters related Workers’ Recreation Complex ties — will be able to display their cases, both the venues will also to their daily life. from 5pm-10pm tomorrow. talents in both mega events, host safety and security aware- The Public Relations De- This comes on the occasion of which will be held with the par- ness programmes by diff erent partment at the MoI has urged the IAAF World Athletics Cham- ticipation of thousands of work- departments of the Ministry of the community members and pionships (Doha 2019), which ers and community members Interior, such as Traffi c, Civil employees of companies to at- begins tomorrow. from diff erent parts of Qatar, the Defence, Al Fazaa, Community tend the events in Doha and Al Indian and Bangladeshi ar- MoI has said in a statement. Policing Department, Search Khor and enjoy the cultural pro- tistes will perform cultural and The Barwa Workers’ Rec- and Follow-up Department, and grammes, as well as benefi t from traditional shows on a specially reation Complex in Al Khor will the Human Rights, Public Rela- the safety awareness tips that arranged “mega stage” in the host cultural shows and musical tions, Cybercrime Prevention will be delivered by diff erent de- parking area of the cricket sta- performances of Asian commu- and Drugs Prevention depart- partments of the ministry. Entry dium at Asian Town. There will nity artistes along with perform- ments, the statement noted. is free and there will be prizes for also be musical performances ances by orchestra troupes. The MoI stressed that it is the audience through a draw. The map highlighting the road closure and alternative routes for September 26 and 27. (Courtesy of the MoI) Gulf Times 10 Thursday, September 26, 2019 QATAR

Qatar participates in UPU Congress

Qatar Airways’ Al Darb QNA Geneva

ommunications Regu- launches its Outstation latory Authority (CRA) Cpresident Mohamed Ali al-Mannai is leading a high-level Qatari delegation, from the CRA and Qatar Post (Q-Post), to the Development Programme Universal Postal Union (UPU) Third Extraordinary Congress, which is taking place from Sep- atar Airways has be accessed at http://www.qa- tember 24 at the International launched its Outsta- tarairways.com/aldarb Conference Centre Geneva Council of Administration and ion congresses and key meetings Qtion Development Pro- QNV aims that by 2030, the (CICG) in Switzerland. The UPU Postal Operations Council in this of its Council of Administration gramme, a curriculum designed nation will become an advanced Congress is held to review and regard. In addition, the congress to participate in the discussions to off er a combination of class- society capable of sustaining its decide on proposed changes re- will discuss any urgent postal and decisions making, which room training with practical on- development and providing a lated to UPUs remuneration rate sector issues, during the com- will contribute to shaping the the-job international placement high standard of living for its system of E format letter-post mittees meetings and plenary future of the global postal sec- experience. This new two-year people. To reach that vision, items (bulky letters and small sessions, which are attended by tor, and thus have a direct eff ect programme for Qataris off ers a Qatar has established fi ve long- packets). Member countries at- over 800 high-profi le repre- on the development of the postal Diploma of Advanced Studies term challenges, namely ‘mod- tending the Extraordinary Con- sentatives from the UPU mem- sector and the other sectors as- (DAS) in Aviation Management, ernisation and preservation of gress will decide between three ber countries. “CRA ensures to sociated with postal services in a globally recognised qualifi ca- traditions’, ‘the needs of the proposals submitted by the UPU attend the Universal Postal Un- Qatar,” said al-Mannai. tion that will support nationals current generation and future to become future leaders in the generations’, ‘managed growth industry. and uncontrolled expansion’, The DAS in Aviation Man- ‘the size and quality of the ex- agement off ers a tailored syl- ways global network of more als to be innovative leaders in patriate labour force and the labus and is a collaboration than 160 destinations. the aviation industry,” he said. selected path of development’, Restaurant shut down between Qatar Airways, Uni- Qatar Airways Group chief “Participants will gain aca- and lastly ‘economic growth, versity of Geneva and the In- executive HE Akbar al-Bak- demic accreditation, along with social development, and envi- ternational Air Transport As- er said, “We are delighted to signifi cant industry knowledge ronmental management.’ sociation (IATA). announce the launch of the and international expertise to Al Darb Qatarisation team The aim of the programme Outstation Development Pro- combat future management strives to provide its Nationals will enable tomorrow’s aspir- gramme that supports the de- challenges.” with world-class learning and ing aviation leaders to face the velopment of future leaders, To apply for the programme, development opportunities to challenges of today while plan- and is in line with Qatar Na- Qataris must hold a Bachelor’s experience and operate in vari- ning for growth in the future. tional Vision (QNV) 2030. Degree issued within the last ous work environments. IATA Graduates of this programme “This unique partnership fi ve years, and a cumulative Training off ers industry-specifi c will experience practical on- between Qatar Airways, Uni- Grade Point Average (GPA) of educational opportunities in the the-job shadowing in an out- versity of Geneva and the In- at least three from an institu- fi eld of aviation. IATA courses are The director of Umm Salal Municipality has issued an administrative decision to shut down a station for one year before ternational Air Transport As- tion approved by the Ministry engaging and useful in develop- restaurant there for 60 days for preparing meals in unhealthy conditions in violation of Law No 8 transferring into full-time po- sociation (IATA) is designed to of Education and Higher Edu- ing relevant skills and expertise of 1990 on the regulation of human food control. sitions across the Qatar Air- train and prepare our nation- cation. More information can for aviation professionals. WISH presents research at patient safety conference

he World Innovation Summit for sented fi ndings from the WISH report, Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar shared Qatar’s research experience in pa- TFoundation (QF), presented research tient safety, perceptions of safety culture fi ndings from its report titled ‘Transform- among nurses, and WISH’s initiative ‘Acad- ing Patient Safety: A Sector-Wide Systems emy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety’, Approach’ at the 8th International Patient which was hosted in collaboration with Safety Conference 2019. Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health and US- QRCS trains visitors on first-aid procedures. WISH was also one of the knowledge based MedStar Health. partners for the event, held in Hyderabad, According to the US Centres for Disease QRCS volunteers take part in India, from September 13-14. Control and Prevention, on any given day The conference, organised by the Apollo in the US, one in every 25 patients contract Education City health exhibition Hospitals Group, discussed the direction of at least one infection during their hospital A group of health educators and volunteers from Qatar Red Cres- healthcare within the new era of Artifi cial stay, with as many as 440,000 patients dy- cent Society (QRCS) trained more than 200 people on first-aid Intelligence, as well as focused on best prac- ing each year from medical errors. and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the 3rd Health tices to minimise medical errors. WISH off icials at the conference in India. According to a World Health Organisation and Wellness Fair, held at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar WISH was represented by Dr Walid statistic published in August, patient death (CMU-Q) yesterday. Qoronfl eh, director of Research and Policy, with like-minded individuals and global en- place during the session titled ‘Lessons on occurring due to a preventable medical acci- The event, which provided a section for QRCS, brought together and Maha El Akoum, head of Content and tities, exchange experiences, and gain tech- Innovations’, Dr Qoronfl eh emphasised the dent, while receiving healthcare, is estimated students, faculty, and staff of various universities in Education Research Fellow, where they engaged with nical knowledge in various areas of patient importance of knowledge sharing and inter- to be one in 300. City, teaching them on how to improve their health practices. Visi- an international community of policy mak- safety. “Patient safety is not a luxury, but a disciplinary learning. “These alarming numbers emphasise the tors received health education printouts, which included tips on ers, academics, researchers, and healthcare right for all patients and their families. And Specifi cally, he discussed how healthcare need for changing the underlying systems of how to apply first aid for sports injuries and emergencies, as well experts. that is why, as a local stakeholder in health- professionals can learn from other indus- care, in order to reduce the occurrence of er- as home safety practices. “It was an honour for us to participate care reform in Qatar, WISH hopes to assist tries, such as commercial aviation, automo- rors. Equally important is to cultivate a non- The event also showcased a Workers’ Health Centre models, and speak at the conference about how to in defi ning the national strategy for patient tive manufacturing, and the chemical in- punitive culture of safety, that rewards error managed by QRCS under the supervision of the Ministry of create highly reliable health systems. This safety improvement,” Dr Qoronfl eh said. dustry, in fi nding ways to reduce error. reporting and transparency within an organi- Public Health (MoPH). The facilities provide top-quality medical opportunity gave us a chance to network As part of his presentation, which took During the same session, El Akoum pre- sation,” added El Akoum. outpatient, dressing, and referral services for male expatri- ate workers, in a manner that ensures the satisfaction of both clients and staff . Dr Ahmed Idlibi, head of Health Education at QRCS, said: “As an auxiliary to the State of Qatar in its humanitarian and social eff orts, QRCS is committed to supporting MoPH in raising health More than 800,000 to benefi t from QC eye hospital in Sudan awareness among society members to live healthy, safe, and active”. “This event is a good opportunity to have access to the campus, QNA Charity said that the Bin Zamil Eye macy and an eyeglasses shop, while and health facilities in the area, in fi ce in Sudan has contributed to with interactive health education and first-aid training for the Doha Hospital will contribute to provid- the second fl oor includes adminis- addition to the widespread preva- the implementation of more than students, faculty members, and administrative staff ,” he added. ing good-quality facilities for the tration buildings, a doctors’ lounge lence of eye diseases and the in- 100 projects in the fi eld of health “We are all partners who work together towards sustainable treatment of eye diseases, easing and a multi-purpose hall. ability of many patients to pay the in nine states of the country at health development in Qatar”. atar Charity continues to the suff ering of patients like going The hospital project is under treatment costs. an estimated cost of more than implement the Bin Zamil to health centres located far away implementation in Kosti, located Kosti is a border area with South QR26mn, benefi ting hundreds Jeep Cherokee model recalled QEye Hospital project in the from their places of residence, and in the White Nile state, 321km Sudan, and according to current of thousands of people, as well White Nile state of Sudan at an off ering almost free services for eye away from the capital Khartoum. statistics, there are more than as many projects that are imple- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in co-operation estimated cost of nearly QR2mn, patients with limited income. The project site was chosen due 100,000 refugees in the area who mented in the country. with United Cars Almana, dealer of Jeep in Qatar, has announced a with the aim of benefi ting more The Bin Zamil Eye Hospital is a to the urgent need in the region are expected to benefi t from the The White Nile state has also recall of Jeep Cherokee, model year 2014, due to a potential defect than 800,000 persons in the two-storey building. The fi rst fl oor for good infrastructure for the hospital’s service. benefi ted from the relief assistance in the transmission software. The recall campaign comes within the country. consists of a general clinic, an op- treatment of eye patients and the Since its opening in 1994 to provided by Qatar Charity recently framework of the MoCI’s continuous eff orts to protect consumers In a press release yesterday, Qatar erating room, a laboratory, a phar- signifi cant shortage of hospitals April 2019, Qatar Charitys of- to fl ood victims. and ensure that car dealers follow up on vehicle defects and repairs.

Integrated Indian Community Centre opens doors

he Indian Community Be- founder-president of the ICBF. nevolent Forum (ICBF), the Abbas stressed the need for sup- TIndian Sports Centre (ISC) port from the community members and the Indian Business & Profes- and took the audience on a vir- sionals Council (IBPC), apex bodies tual tour of the premises. He, too, operating under the patronage of thanked the ambassador and the the Indian embassy, have inaugu- Indian embassy for their continu- rated their joint premises — the In- ous support, as well as the audience tegrated Indian Community Centre for their presence. (IICC) — in Al Thumama. Nilangshu Dey, president of the The new premises were inaugu- ISC, emphasised the need for the rated by P Kumaran, Indian ambas- community centre in connecting the P Kumaran releasing the flyer. sador to Qatar, who was the chief three apex bodies. He briefed the au- guest of the event. dience on the facilities available and ICBF to hold free medical camp for fishermen/workers Rajesh Kamble, counsellor at the requested the members to make use Indian embassy, was the guest of of it and spread the message among he Indian Community Benevolent Fo- apart from the fi shermen community in Al honour and is also the co-ordinat- the community members. rum (ICBF), a charitable organisation Wakrah, according to a press statement from ing offi cer of IICC. During his address, Kumaran ap- Toperating under the aegis of the Indian ICBF. A team of dedicated doctors and para- S R H Fahmi, fi rst secretary at the preciated the three apex bodies for embassy, is organising its 39th free medial medics from Allevia Medical Center will vol- embassy and co-ordinating offi cer, P Kumaran cutting the ribbon at the inauguration of the IICC premises. their eff orts in turning the idea of camp for fi shermen/workers in association unteer for the medical camp. ICBF; K S Dhiman, second secre- having a premise to reality. with the Ministry of Public Health. Wellcare Group will be providing phar- tary; and Sona Soman, third secre- ter officially inaugurating the hall. supported the cause and for making He recommended that the activi- The camp will be held at Allevia Medical maceutical support. Student volunteers tary, also attended the inauguration P N Baburajan, ICBF president, it possible for a new premise for the ties at the IICC must reach out to Center from 7.30am-11.30am tomorrow. have been roped in to create social awareness ceremony. The presidents of the delivered the welcome address three apex bodies. more members in the community. It will be supported by Telangana Gulf among the student community to support the three apex bodies and the respec- wherein he detailed the purpose Azim Abbas, IBPC president, He also appreciated all the com- Samithi — Qatar (TGS-Qatar). initiative. tive managing committee members of the premises and the journey of spoke about the conceptualisation munity leaders, sponsors and other Indian ambassador P Kumaran released the Spot registrations have been arranged on welcomed guests and invited com- making the dream project come true. and implementation of the whole entities who lent a supporting hand fl yer of the event along with ICBF managing the camp day for those who would like to at- munity members to the centre. He thanked ambassador Kuma- process and thanked the sponsors. to the three apex bodies. committee members and TGS representatives. tend. The medical camp will be inaugurated by The ribbon-cutting of the ran for his continuous support in He thanked Harish Kanjani who The ceremony was attended by The ICBF free medical camp is aimed at Kumaran. Indian embassy help desk and La- premises was formally done by making the project successful. sponsored the M Kanjani Hall in more than 200 people, including providing free medical assistance to work- bour section representatives will be present at Kumaran, and the official func- Baburajan also thanked the com- remembrance of his father, the members of the apex bodies, well- ers/labourers from various labour camps and the location to attend to the workers’ concerns tion was held at M Kanjani Hall af- munity members who willingly late M Kanjani, who is also the wishers and community leaders. companies in Doha and the Industrial Area, and their queries. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 11 QATAR Leading researchers New head named for NU-Q’s Writing Centre

orthwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) discuss proteomics at has appointed Kelly Wilson as the new Ndirector of its Writing Centre. Wilson, a language specialist, will also teach an introductory writing course in the university’s Liberal Arts Programme. Before joining NU-Q, Wilson was the manager of Student Learning WCM-Q symposium Support at Texas A&M University at Qatar, where she has worked since 2010 in several positions, xperts and leading scientists across the re- including programme co-ordinator and writing gion convened for Weill Cornell Medicine consultant. E– Qatar’s inaugural (WCM-Q) Mini-Sym- “Wilson is a writing specialist with a strong posium on Proteomics. track record in working with students to enhance Proteomics is the large-scale study of all the their writing skills,” said Everette E Dennis, dean proteins in a cell – a proteome is the complete and CEO. “Under her direction, our Writing set of proteins produced in an organism – and Centre will continue to be a place that empowers the two-day symposium saw researchers from a students and encourages them to think critically Kelly Wilson variety of organisations, including Hamad Medi- about their writing, messaging, and the audience cal Corporation, Sidra Medicine and Qatar Bio- they are communicating with – three very criti- them constructive criticism and suggestions for medical Research Institute, gather to hear about cal components for future communicators.” improvement.” the potential applications of proteomics and how With support from 21 students working as Aside from her work in the centre, Wilson is advances in the subject is providing data that will peer tutors, Wilson provides one-on-one feed- also looking forward to teaching fi rst-year stu- impact upon many other areas of medicine and back to students seeking help with every stage of dents how to write. She said, “Being at a school biomedical research. the writing process including generating ideas, where the liberal arts and humanities are so in- The fi rst day focused on human-specifi c as- structure, organisation, research practices, cita- terwoven into the curriculum is like a dream come pects of the proteome while the second day ex- tion formatting, and general guidance on English true. I am excited to be working with students amined the proteome’s interaction with human grammar and punctuation. who are aspiring to be future novelists, reporters, pathogens. “The Writing Centre at NU-Q is a safe place fi lmmakers, and professional communicators.” Lecturers included Dr Stephen Pennington, for critique and feedback,” said Wilson. “In the Wilson received her MA in English from professor of proteomics at University College same way that designers need an audience, writ- Northern Arizona University and her BA in Eng- Dublin’s School of Medicine, who discussed how ers need readers and copy editors who will give lish from the University of Southern Mississippi. proteomics can contribute to the development and delivery of personalised medicine, and Dr Bernd Wollscheid, professor for chemistry and systems biology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, who delivered a talk entitled, ‘The In Silico Human Surfaceome and Technologies QU president confi rms its transition for the Elucidation of the Surfaceome Nanoscale Organisation.’ Speakers from WCM-Q included Dr Anna Ha- to a comprehensive university lama, assistant professor of research in physi- The audience at the proteomics conference. ology and biophysics, whose talk ‘Uncovering Signatures Associated with T2D using Multi- QNA students were honoured, Dr versity experience,” in addition Omics Technologies’ looked at how proteomics Doha al-Derham explained that Qa- to attracting and choosing the could help diagnose conditions associated with tar University has taken a lead- best professors and scientifi c the progression of type 2 diabetes, so improving ing position in the university competencies from all univer- treatment. resident of Qatar Uni- classifi cation scale, stressing sities and scientifi c, research Dr Karsten Suhre, professor of physiology versity (QU) Dr Has- that Qatar University would institutions from across the and biophysics and director of WCM-Q’s Bio- Psan Rashid al-Derham not have reached this position world. It would also off er aca- informatics Core, delivered a speech entitled, said that the University has without the concerted eff orts demic programmes comparable ‘Connecting Genetic Risk to Disease End Points achieved in the past years im- and support that the university to the best international uni- through the Human Blood Plasma Proteome’ portant steps that enabled it gets from good leadership. versities. which looked at how proteomics can highlight the to implement a comprehensive Dr al-Derham said Qatar He pointed out that the pur- underlying molecular pathways between a ge- reform, administrative and ac- University has been able to suit of all this is to make Qatar netic mutation and the resulting illness. ademic development. produce an increasing number University stimulating, for the The mini-symposium was organised by Dr He said it was able to achieve of researches and scientifi c social and economic develop- Frank Schmidt, assistant professor of biochemis- international academic ac- studies annually to become one ment in the State of Qatar and try at WCM-Q, and director of the college’s Pro- creditation for most of its pro- of the fastest growing research its society. teomics Core. grammes, and moved from producing university in the Dr al-Derham also reiterated Dr Schmidt spoke on the topic ‘Proteom- being a university focusing on Middle East. that Qatar University is dealing ics and Immunoproteomics in the Field of Host teaching and learning to a com- He pointed out that the ad- with the student as a key part- and Pathogen Interaction’, how the proteome of prehensive university dealing ministration of Qatar Universi- ner in the educational process, pathogenic bacteria and the immunoproteome of with teaching, research, com- ty will continue to strive to cre- which is represented by the patients actually changes after the bacteria cause munity service and postgradu- ate a university academic and broad participation of student disease within a human. ate studies. research environment, a rich councils in the formulation of Closing the conference, Dr Schmidt said it In his speech on the occa- and diverse university along university work, in a manner had been a fascinating opportunity to explore sion of Qatar University’s an- with student life, all within consistent with the vision of the world of proteomics and hear about how the nual forum for the academic the framework of quality and the university in creating a gen- research is contributing to improved treatment year 2019-2020, in which dis- excellence, and will seek that eration of Qataris able to serve strategies for a range of illnesses. Dr Frank Schmidt tinguished faculty, staff and students will get the best “uni- the State of Qatar in all fi elds. Registration opens at GU-Q CMU-Q welcomes ‘most diverse for its Community Classes new class in campus history’ eorgetown University in strategic communications and Qatar (GU-Q) has opened public relations, and co-active arnegie Mellon University Gregistration for the Fall coaching for a balanced and suc- in Qatar (CMU-Q) has an- 2019 Community Classes, of- cessful life. Cnounced its “most diverse class fering the public a chance to ex- “This course is fantastic be- of fi rst-year students in the history of pand their knowledge in a criti- cause it allows us to focus on the campus”. cal fi eld, engage in discussions things that we overlook or don’t There are 113 students in the fresh- on topics of interest, and experi- have the time to stop and think man class who come from 32 coun- ence the vibrant Education City about because life is running so tries, CMU-Q has said in a statement. community of learners. fast,” said Dr Amin Joutei, a pre- CMU-Q dean Michael Trick, said With courses taught by lead- vious student of the co-active this is also an “exceptionally gifted ing experts and recognised aca- coaching course, off ered in Ara- group of students”. “Our fi rst-year demics and researchers, GU-Q bic. students are very bright and motivat- Community Classes combine “I wish the course could be ed, and they are already proving to be introductory course formats longer to learn even more about engaged, enthusiastic members of our with the quality of university Participants in a Community ourselves. It is a wonderful community,” he noted. level instruction for a unique Class at GU-Q. tool for self-development and Overall, CMU-Q is now home to learning opportunity designed growth.” 410 students from 48 nations, includ- to fi t the needs and schedules of 20, and conveniently sched- GU-Q is off ering early-bird ing the fi rst students from Eswatini, working professionals. uled from 6.30pm until 8.30pm. savings for class registration be- Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mongolia and “Community Classes at There are 11 diff erent courses to fore October 13. Rwanda. More than 40% of the CMU- GU-Q are very engaging, and the choose from, and sessions in- The classes are open to par- Q student population is Qatari. teachers have a lot of experience clude both Arabic and English ticipants over the age of 18 years, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and are fun to talk to,” explains language options. and no previous qualifi cation or opened its doors in 2004 to an incom- former programme participant, This year’s courses cover a degree is required. ing class of 41 students studying busi- Dana Mahmoud. range of topics, including Doha’s Course enrolment and attend- ness administration and computer The programme is comprised urban growth, formal spoken ance will earn a certifi cate of science. Today, CMU-Q off ers three of two-hour courses held weekly Arabic, large-scale event organi- completion. More information additional programmes in biological on the campus of GU-Q from sation, an introduction to emer- on the programme is available at sciences, computational biology and October 27 through November gency and disaster management, http://qatar.georgetown.edu/cc information systems. The new batch of students. More than 100 institutions for University Expo next month

niversity Expo (UniExpo) 2019, with pertinent information that could “The event is a unique platform for ing universities and education provid- Netherlands, Oman, Turkey and North aimed at students aged 16 years help them make wise decisions for their high school students and their parents ers from around the world including the Cyprus. International universities Uand above, their parents, school future. to prepare them for a new phase of their largest contingents of universities based showcasing at University Expo Qatar counsellors, principals and career ad- It is also a perfect platform for pro- life. Through one-on-one interac- in Qatar, such as Community College of include University of Aberdeen, Wright visers, as well as professionals looking fessionals who would like to pursue tions with university representatives Qatar, Doha Institute of Graduate Stud- State University, Virginia Tech, Swan- to further advance their academic cre- their executive education by joining from all around the world, our visitors ies, College of the North Atlantic, Qatar sea University, Middlesex University, dentials, will take place on October 16 prestigious postgraduate courses. get all the information they need that Foundation, Education City, Northwest- Durham University, and the Lebanese and 17 at the Doha Exhibition and Con- Alan Kelly, commercial director, In- is related to their tertiary education ern University in Qatar, HEC Paris in Qa- American University, to name a few. vention Centre. forma Tharawat, said, “We are very such as life as a student, scholarship tar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar In its ninth year, UniExpo has Qa- UniExpo off ers inspirational semi- excited to be running the ninth edition programmes, managing fi nances and and Qatar University. tar Chamber as its strategic partner, nars, by local and international speak- of UniExpo Qatar, it is the only event in studying abroad,” he added. Over 15 countries will also be repre- Akhlaquna as silver exhibitor, and The ers, on academic paths and career se- Qatar that brings together such a large University Expo Qatar will witness sented, including Qatar, the US, France, Great Indian Education Fair as the In- lection for students, providing them number of education institutions.” the participation of more than 100 lead- UK, Malaysia, Italy, India, Lebanon, the dian partner. Gulf Times 12 Thursday, September 26, 2019 HOL STIC Wellbeing Focus on Yourself, not Others

Climate ACTION

rate ever than 3,000 years, an average three millimetres per year — and as a peninsular nation, this should be of a concern to us all. Climate change and increase in temperatures is making Qatar even more vulnerable to the lack of water and food insecurity. Every single drop of water that is used By Reem Abdulrahman Jassim in Qatar currently needs to be al-Muftah desalinated. We need more than words. We need action. Sometimes, it feels hat’s happening to us? By Ghanim al-Sulaiti as though world leaders, heads Why are humans so of state, ministers and CEOs are Wobsessed with other quick to explain their few climate humans nowadays? When did Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old change achievements, ignoring we learn to be so judgmental? Swedish activist, reminded us all how we are almost past the point How come our lives aren’t our what exactly is at stake with the of no return…and that for many prime and main focus but others’ crisis of climate change. new ‘combat climate change are? Listen up people, we need to It is an issue that future genera- ideas’ it’s simply too little, too late. change our ways and now is the tions, the grandchildren and great Greta went on to say: “Right here, time! If we do not act now, it will grandchildren of the leaders at right now is where we draw the be too late, and I am really scared the United Nations today, should line. The world is waking up. And of what the future may hold for not be burdened with solving change is coming, whether you us… What am I talking about? I alone“Yet, you all come to us like it or not.” Her remarks won am talking about having a good young people for hope? How dare praise from prominent politicians conscience and the sad loss of our you. You have stolen my dreams and campaignersWe can definitely general principles of being “good.” 7. Help, assist and support oth- the best for our lives and the after- as good” and maybe act out on hating on them too. People need and my childhood with your emp- address climate change, but we Our parents, our teachers, ers when you can. life. We are taught to believe that others, but remember that is the to stop thinking the worst of oth- ty words.” The 16-year-old climate have to vastly increase our eff orts. our elders and all the religions 8. Wish and hope for the best God is the only judge and that we biggest challenge of all, staying ers and seriously stop wishing the change activist added: “People are The world must transform its tell us to be good humans and for others. have no right to judge each other. strong and focusing on yourself no worst for others. Why would you suff ering. People are dying. energy, industry, transport, food, to follow these basic principles 9. Do not try to (purposely) We are also taught that we should matter what obstacles may come wish unhappiness for someone? She called on the world leaders agriculture and forestry systems in life: publicly embarrass others. want good for others and not only before you. Even if you feel you Think of all the time you may have sitting in the room and those to ensure that we can limit global 1. Be yourself, do not change for for ourselves but to also help oth- need or want to focus on others, wasted discussing people and watching to do better. “The eyes temperature rise, but you’re anyone. What happened to all these ers when we can. These all go back only use that as motivation to be their lives or even thinking about of all future generations are upon serious about protecting the 2. Stop comparing yourself to principles we were taught during to one main moral: having a good better, but not to start hating. them and analysing their lives, you. And if you choose to fail us, I environment, the most important others. our upbringing? I urge you to stop conscience and keeping it that So as a society, or even better wasn’t it a waste? Couldn’t you say we will never forgive you.” thing that you can do is stop 3. Stop talking about, making and think about how you actually way. One of the hardest challenges as a part of the human race, let’s have used that time to focus on More cities have recently declared eating meat, eggs, and dairy fun or hating on others. think, how you behave, how you of life as a human is to keep that aim to go back to the basic prin- yourself and become an even bet- ‘climate emergencies’, includ- “products”. 4. Mind yourself and mind your talk about others and how much good conscience throughout the ciples of life and use our precious ter person? Think about it and see ing Manchester, Paris, Cologne, The UN believes that a global shift own business. time you spend focusing on oth- ups and the downs. It may seem time and energy for ourselves and how you feel now. Are you really a Sydney and the biggest city yet toward plant-based food is vital if 5. Do not interfere in others’ ers rather than yourself. In my that when people are weak due to step away from all this negative good person? to join the movement, New York. we are to combat the worst eff ects lives. religion, Islam, we are all gener- a sad or angry moment and might behaviour. Let’s stop looking at Here in Qatar, our country is one of climate change. Globally, animal 6. Think and act with your con- ally raised to keep to ourselves, to lose touch with their good con- others, comparing ourselves to „ The author is a wellness advocate of the few that emits more carbon agriculture is responsible for more science. work on ourselves and to hope for science and be tempted to be “not them and complaining about or and infl uencer @keys2balance. dioxide per person than any greenhouse gases than all the country in the world — which is a world’s transportation systems problem as the world tries to com- combined. bat in climate change and avoid challenges ranging from more „ The author is an expert in vegan A brief psychology of dream extreme weather to sea level rise. wellbeing and health. Instagram Sea levels are rising at the fastest handle: @Ghanim92  forget ninety percent of it. There are many reasons why we don’t seem to remember most of our dreams. L.Strumpell, a dream researcher suggested that since most of the dream images aren’t that intense they are easily forgot- Wellness Meal Plan ten and the physical sensations that accompany them are the first things we forget as soon as we wake up. Remembering as a proc- ess generally involves association and repetition and since dreams are unique and not repetitive, re- By Sanah Thakur calling them isn’t easy. There is also a possibility that since our brain neuro-chemicals aren’t the same Dreaming is such an integral part while sleeping and during wake of our lives, yet apart from the time, our brain is unable to consoli- content of most, we know very little date memory. Sometimes though about their purpose or process. In people do end up remembering today’s column, I use my Psychol- their dreams and this is because ogy lens to dig deeper into the field our brain still functions at the same of dreaming. activity level as when we are awake Simply put, dreams are a series of and remembers certain events, thoughts, images and impulses that especially emotionally charged one experiences while sleeping. ones. The sleep cycle consisting of There is minimal activity in the the five stages of sleep is repeated brain and all external stimuli is There are five stages of sleep that believe that dreams occur because to dreams. Dreams are filled with many times and we generally tend blocked from entering our minds. we go through starting with the the cortex is trying to find meaning random, bizarre and discontinuous to remember dreams that occur Our senses however are functional very light stage from which is very to the random signals it receives images and ideas like talking ani- closer to the time when we awake. which makes a dream feel like easy to wake up. The second stage during REM sleep, creating a story mals, time travel, shifts in settings, Research on dreams still con- you’re experiencing it. Dreams moves into slightly deeper sleep out of these fragments. face transformations etc. but this tinues today as psychologists maybe seen as a combination of and stages three and four represent Research has gone into figuring out strange dream content is accepted and scientists try to uncover the our real-life experiences merging our deepest sleep. 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US reaching out to Rouhani says US should Tehran to secure release of prisoners

Reuters a sign of goodwill; we’ve been build trust with Iran waiting for them to return some New York of our hostages who should have QNA/AFP out easing economic pressure come out under the JCPOA,” the New York and, hours before Rouhani’s he United States has been offi cial said, referring to the 2015 speech, his administration said reaching out to Iranian of- nuclear deal between Iran and it was stepping up sanctions. Tfi cials to discuss the fate of world powers.”Decks have not ranian President Hassan On Trump’s last scheduled American nationals held in the Is- been cleared from that agree- Rouhani said the US should day at the annual UN summit of lamic republic, a US State Depart- ment.” Ibuild trust with Iran and world leaders, Secretary of State ment offi cial said yesterday. Trump pulled the United stop pressure on the country if Mike Pompeo said the United “We’ve been off ering, as has States out of the nuclear pact in it’s interested in negotiations. States would punish Chinese the president (Donald Trump) to May 2018. Iranian offi cials were In an interview with Fox News companies and their chief ex- meet with Iranians (over the is- not available to comment on the on Tuesday night, regarding US ecutives for buying Iranian oil. sue). We sent a letter earlier this offi cial’s remarks. President Donald Trump, the “We’re telling China, and all year...(that) found its way there,” Washington has demanded Iranian president said, “If we nations — know that we will said the offi cial, speaking on Iran release the Americans it seek to pursue higher goals to sanction every violation of condition of anonymity. is holding, including Iranian- benefi t both countries, both sanctions of all activity,” Pom- Asked if the United States had American father and son Sia- people, it must be planned, and peo told a pressure group op- made a fresh eff ort to secure the mak and Baquer Namazi; Xiyue talks must be based on those posed to Iran’s regime on the prisoners’ release ahead of this Wang, a Chinese-American plans.” sidelines of the United Nations. week’s UN General Assembly graduate student at Princeton “But prior to that, we must China, which is embroiled in gathering of world leaders, the University who was arrested in create mutual trust, and the a trade war as well as myriad offi cial said: “They know where 2016; Michael White, a Navy trust that is something that other disputes with the United we are.” The offi cial added that veteran imprisoned last year; Trump took away from this States, is believed to be the big- Washington’s eff ort has been an and Robert Levinson, a former framework. gest foreign buyer of Iranian oil. ongoing one. “We do need to see FBI agent missing since 2007. We had an agreement. The Trump administration in Trump exited without a valid May said it would unilaterally justifi cation, and illegally, from force all countries to stop buy- an international agreement.” ing Iran’s oil, its major export, The Iranian president added sending tensions soaring. that Iran had been negotiat- The United States blamed Yemen ‘peace initiative’ ing with the US for almost two Iran for an attack earlier this years, stating that, “during a 17- month on the oil infrastructure day period, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. still stands despite strikes of the Islamic Republic of Iran “Some have said that they’ve and the US Secretary of State President of Iran Hassan Rouhani meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the joined the United States; I think had continuous talks without United Nations in New York, yesterday. they have joined reality,” Pom- AFP tions that knocked out half of the returning to their countries. peo said of the Europeans. Sanaa Opec kingpin’s production and It was extremely diffi cult, sions as the United States again them when the silent killing ican government officials?” But the European powers, sent shock waves through world but we did reach an agreement ramped up punishing sanctions. of a great nation, and pressure “The Iranian nation will nev- while criticizing Iran, believe energy markets. which was signed, and it was French President Emmanuel on the lives of 83mn Iranians, er, ever forget and forgive these that diplomacy is the best way emen’s Houthi rebels said According to the UN, seven enshrined in the UN Security Macron had shuttled between especially women and chil- crimes and these criminals,” he forward. yesterday their off er to civilians including women and Council resolution, and with- his US and Iranian counterparts dren, are welcomed by Amer- said. Trump had already ruled The Europeans remain part Yhalt all attacks on Saudi children from the same family out a valid reason or cause, the over two days at the United Na- of a nuclear accord negotiated Arabia still stands despite new were killed when air strikes hit a US left this agreement. tions, trying to arrange a his- by former US president Barack air strikes allegedly launched by mosque on Monday in the rebel- So, it took away the founda- toric encounter that he hoped Saudis urged to end war in Yemen Obama, under which Iran dras- a Riyadh-led coalition fi ghting held northern province of Amran. tion of the needed trust. could reduce the risk of all-out tically reduced its nuclear pro- the insurgents. The next day 15 people includ- I think more than the issues war in the Middle East. Iranian President Hassan Rou- Houthis claimed responsibility gramme in return for unmet Twenty-two civilians, includ- ing seven children were killed in it touched upon, the most ba- But Iranian President Has- hani yesterday demanded that for air attacks this month on promises of sanctions relief. ing children, were killed in air raids on southern Daleh prov- sic needed issue is trust, and san Rouhani, addressing the Saudi Arabia end its off ensive Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, EU foreign policy chief Fed- raids earlier this week in Daleh and ince, partly controlled by the Trump damaged the trust be- UN General Assembly, said he in Yemen after an attack in the but US off icials blamed Iran. erica Mogherini acknowledged Amran provinces, the United Na- insurgents. The strikes marked tween the two countries. would refuse talks so long as the oil-rich kingdom. Rouhani, mirroring US eff orts struggles to preserve the pact, tions said. The strikes came after the fi rst major attack believed to So, this is very important.” United States maintains its eco- “The security of Saudi Arabia to rally its Arab allies, invited from which Iran has stopped the Houthis off ered to halt drone have been carried out by the co- Iran is fully committed to the nomic pressure. “I would like will be guaranteed with the regional countries to join a strict compliance as it presses and ballistic missile attacks on alition since the Houthis’ off er. Treaty on the Non-Prolifera- to announce that our response termination of aggression in “Coalition for Hope” in which he for economic benefi ts. Saudi Arabia as part of eff orts to Sharaf said the Houthis will give tion of Nuclear Weapons and to any negotiation under sanc- Yemen, rather than by inviting said they would pledge non-ag- “I will not hide that it is in- end a war that has pushed Yemen the Saudi-led coalition more safeguards and protocols in its tions is negative,” Rouhani said. foreigners,” he told the UN gression and non-interference creasingly diffi cult to do it,” she to the brink of famine. time. “We fi nd that they’re try- nuclear activities, stressing that He dismissed the idea of a General Assembly. in one another’s aff airs. told reporters after talks among “The initiative is still on, and ing to distract the whole world Iran’s nuclear activities are for photo-op with Trump, who is Saudi Arabia is leading an air “The security of the region shall European powers. we are patient,” Hisham Sharaf, from our initiative by launch- peaceful purposes, and that it’s fond of drama and held three campaign aimed at defeating be provided when American “We will try and continue the Houthis’ foreign minister, ing these air strikes,” he said. the US that violates the treaty made-for-television meetings Houthi rebels who control troops pull out,” Rouhani said. keeping the agreement in place said. “If they want peace, we “We will give them time even if by testing new nuclear weap- with North Korean leader Kim much of Yemen, contributing “In the event of an incident, you and overcome the diffi culties are for peace. If they don’t want they’re killing our people.” ons, according to Rouhani. Jong-un. to a humanitarian crisis in and we shall not remain alone. we are facing,” she said. peace, they know how we can hit Tens of thousands of people, Meanwhile, the Iran presi- “Memento photos are the fi - which thousands of civilians We are neighbours with each German Foreign Minister them hard.” most of them civilians, have dent closed the door on meet- nal stage of negotiations, not have died and millions are on other and not with the United Heiko Maas said that there had The rebels have claimed re- been killed since Saudi Arabia ing Trump despite last-minute the fi rst one,” he said. the brink of starvation. The States,” he said. at least been progress in moving sponsibility for the September and its allies intervened in March European eff orts to ease ten- “How can someone believe toward diplomacy. 14 attacks on Saudi oil installa- 2015.

Algerian court jails Bouteflika’s brother, 11 killed in Sudan forces stop 138 Africans entering Libya illegally two ex-spy chiefs An Algerian military court yester- air strike AFP area called Gouz Abudloaa, day sentenced the brother of the Gouz Abudloaa about 100 kilometres north of former president Abdelaziz Boute- Khartoum, where some of the flika as well as two ex-intelligence on IS detained Africans are being chiefs and a political party leader udanese paramilitaries held, an AFP correspondent to 15 years in prison, according to said yesterday they have reported. the Ennahar TV news website. DPA Scaptured 138 Africans, The RSF also seized six ve- The sentence was handed down Cairo including dozens of Sudanese, hicles belonging to Libyan for charges of conspiring against trying to enter neighbouring smugglers who were carrying the army and the state. Libya illegally. the people, the statement said. The military court in Blida, he US military said yes- Sudan’s feared paramilitary In recent years, members of south of Algiers, began the trial terday that it carried out Rapid Support Forces (RSF) the RSF, have been deployed Monday against former president Tan air strike against the said those captured also in- along the border with Libya Bouteflika’s brother Said, the Islamic State extremist group cluded Chadian and Ethiopian to prevent people smuggling. ex-intelligence chiefs Mohamed in Libya. nationals who were seized in Sudan lies at the heart of Mediene and Athmane Tartag, The air strike was conducted a desert area bordering Libya, migratory routes that con- and the leader of the Workers’ on Tuesday in the vicinity of Chad and Sudan. nect East and West Africa to Party Louisa Hanoune. The court Murzuq, an oasis town in the “On September 19, an RSF the Mediterranean and Eu- also sentenced in absentia former south-west Libya, according patrol captured 138 people rope. defence minister Khaled Nezzar to a statement by the US Africa from diff erent nationalities Thousands of African na- and his son to 20 years in jail over Command. trying to cross the border into tionals attempt to reach the the same charges. Bouteflika, now The air strike killed elev- Libya illegally,” the paramili- Mediterranean through Su- aged 82, stepped down in April en terrorists, it said, adding tary group said in a statement. dan every year with a plan A member of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leads dozens of African nationals, after weeks of nationwide protests that there were no civilian Yesterday, the RSF es- to ultimately reach European caught as they tried to cross into Libya illegally, in front of the media at a desert area called Gouz against his two-decade rule. casualties. corted journalists to a desert shores. Abudloaa, yesterday. Egypt detains more than 1,000 after anti-Sisi protests: NGOs

AFP since the scattered demonstra- of whom were arrested over the French-educated Hosny was of Muslim Brotherhood presi- Donald Trump hailed Sisi as “a a series of videos that went viral Cairo tions erupted last Friday in Cairo past week, the lawyers said. a spokesman for former Egyp- dent Mohamed Mursi. great leader” who had restored on social media. and other cities across the coun- A well-known politician and tian military chief of staff Sami “order” to Egypt, during a meet- Security forces, apparently try. journalist, Dawoud is a senior Anan, who was detained after he Egypt has also come ing at the UN in New York ahead caught by surprise, responded gyptian authorities have The Egyptian Centre for Eco- member of a broad coalition of attempted to run against Sisi in under fire from rights of this week’s General Assembly by fi ring tear gas and rubber bul- arrested more than 1,000 nomic and Social Rights report- leftist and liberal opposition presidential elections last year. groups for disrupting meeting. lets in cities such as Suez to dis- Epeople, rights groups said ed 1,298 arrested. parties that called on Tuesday The professor has been critical Internet access to the Since last week, authorities perse the protesters. yesterday, broadening a crack- The high profi le dissidents de- for a “national dialogue” with of Sisi on social media in recent popular Facebook have stepped up the security Aly has called for a “million- down that has seen prominent tained include Khaled Dawoud, a authorities. days. messenger mobile app presence in Cairo and other cit- man march” tomorrow, labelling critics detained after rare pro- former leader of the liberal Al- The alliance, known as the Hassan Nafaa, who teaches and news sites ies. the unrest “a people’s revolu- tests calling for the ouster of Dostour party who appeared in Civil Democratic Movement, political science at Cairo Uni- such as the BBC On Tuesday, AFP journalists tion”. The government’s foreign general-turned-President Abdel front of state prosecutors yester- urged authorities to release all versity, was also detained from saw police frisking pedestrians media accreditation body re- Fattah al-Sisi. day, his lawyers confi rmed. those arrested since the sporadic his home late Tuesday, family Demonstrations have since near the capital’s iconic Tahrir leased a statement late Saturday The wave of arrests comes He was charged with dissemi- protests broke out. sources said. been eff ectively banned under an Square, the epicentre of the 2011 warning international journal- ahead of a “million-man march” nating fake news and joining a Two prominent academics are He too has denounced Sisi’s anti-protest law passed the same revolution which toppled long- ists that their reporting “should tomorrow called for by an exiled terror group, and was remanded also among those detained, ac- heavy-handed approach in gov- year. The growing list of those time autocrat Hosni Mubarak. not be exaggerated”, without ex- businessman whose online vid- in custody for 15 days, they add- cording to a lawyer and relatives. erning. detained also includes three Security forces also checked plicitly mentioning the protests. eos accusing Sisi and the mili- ed. Hazem Hosny, a Cairo Univer- Nafaa said earlier this week journalists held for their cover- the mobile phones of passersby. Egypt has also come under fi re tary of corruption sparked last Dawoud will be tried as part of sity political science professor, that Sisi’s desired image as age of the protests. Authorities Last week’s protests followed from rights groups for disrupt- week’s rallies. the same case as award-winning was arrested on Tuesday night “Egypt’s saviour from Muslim yesterday had not yet publicly an appeal by Mohamed Aly, an ing Internet access to the popu- The Egyptian Centre for human rights lawyer Mahienour in front of his home, his lawyer Brotherhood rule...has been commented on the high-profi le exiled Egyptian businessman lar Facebook messenger mobile Freedoms and Rights (ECRF) El-Massry and veteran labour Tarek al-Awadi said on Face- completely dismantled”. In July arrests. living in Spain, to unseat Sisi af- app and news sites such as the said 1,003 had been detained union activist Kamal Khalil, both book. 2013, Sisi led the military ouster On Monday, US President ter accusing him of corruption in BBC. Gulf Times 14 Thursday, September 26, 2019 AFRICA

VOTE SKIRMISH ‘RESTRUCTURING’ WAGE WOES CIVIL STRIFE RELOCATION Political rivals clash SA mine to axe jobs at site Liberian hospital patients Somali military court chief Rwanda to welcome first violently in Malawi where 34 were massacred turned away as strike bites survives assassination bid refugees from Libya

Malawi government supporters yesterday clashed South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater yesterday A medical workers’ strike in Liberia has The head of Somalia’s military court yesterday A group of 75 African refugees and asylum-seekers violently with opposition groups protesting the announced it would cut around a fifth of the paralysed the country’s already faltering health survived an assassination attempt by the Islamist is expected to be airlifted from Libya to Rwanda result of presidential elections in May. The skirmish workforce at a struggling platinum mine where care system, leaving its biggest hospitals in terrorist group Shebaab. Cornell Hassan Alinor today, a UN off icial said, the first of what could be erupted in the commercial capital Blantyre, where 34 strikers were killed by police in 2012. More disarray and thousands of patients without care. Shuute, who was targeted while travelling in thousands relocated under a new programme. hundreds of people were marching to demand than 5,000 jobs at the Marikana mine in northern Government doctors, nurses and other staff are a convoy with other senior military off icials, is Earlier this month, Rwanda signed a deal with the resignation of Malawi’s electoral commission South Africa will go, in addition to 6,000 in the protesting against low wages, delayed payments believed to be a high-profile target for the jihadist the African Union and the UNHCR agreeing to chairwoman. MacDonald Sembereka, who heads company’s gold mining operations, announced and poor working conditions that include group as his court has sentenced several of its take in African refugees and asylum-seekers the coalition that organised the protest, told AFP earlier this year. Sibanye-Stillwater said shortages of crucial equipment and regular militants to death. “A roadside bomb has hit his stranded in Libya. The Rwandan government that President Peter Mutharika’s sympathisers “approximately 5,270 jobs (3,904 employees and electricity blackouts. Liberia, one of the world’s convoy,” Somali police off icer Ali Hassan Kulmiye has said it is prepared to accommodate as confronted marchers along the way. “We were 1,366 contractors) are expected to be lost due to poorest countries where most people live told DPA. The powerful blast on a road between many as 30,000 evacuees, with the plan for the ambushed and stoned by (ruling Democratic the restructuring” at Marikana. In 2012, a strike at without reliable access to electricity and clean the capital Mogadishu and the district of Afgoye programme to unfold in batches of 500. “The Progressive Party) DPP supporters...alongside Marikana was brutally repressed by the security water, suff ered from a 2013-16 Ebola outbreak damaged Shuute’s bulletproof car. He and the first evacuation flight from Libya to Rwanda is the route of the march,” said Sembereka, adding forces, leading to the loss of 34 lives — the worst that killed more than 4,800 people, including other senior off icials escaped unharmed, but two scheduled for tomorrow arriving at night in Kigali,” that several people were injured. massacre since the end of apartheid in 1994. more than 150 healthcare workers. of his bodyguards were killed, police said. the UN off icial told AFP yesterday via e-mail. Militants kill Celebrating Zulu heritage aid worker in Nigeria

AFP A second aid group, Mercy Corps, said yes- Maiduguri terday that it was suspending its operations in the region after the military closed its offi ces. “We have not yet received an offi cial reason xtremists aligned to Islamic State have from the Nigerian authorities for the closure killed one of six aid workers abducted in and we are seeking to work with them to resolve EJuly in northeast Nigeria, charity group this as soon as possible,” Mercy Corps said in a Action Against Hunger said yesterday. statement. The six Nigerian aid workers — one woman “Mercy Corps believes in the work we have and fi ve men — were seized by the militants done in northeast Nigeria, and we hope to during an ambush on their convoy close to the quickly resume our programs that bring much- border with Niger. needed relief to the people of Nigeria.” “The armed group holding captive an em- An AFP reporter witnessed soldiers camped ployee of Action Against Hunger (ACF), two at the entrance to the Mercy Corps’ offi ce in drivers and three health ministry personnel, Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. have executed a hostage,” the Paris-based or- The army’s crackdown on the international ganisation said in a statement. organisations is the latest fl ashpoint in the “Action Against Hunger condemns in the tense relations between aid groups and the Women dressed in Zulu traditional regalia join thousands of people to commemorate King Shaka’s Day Celebration near the grave of the great strongest terms this assassination and urgently military. Zulu King Shaka at Kwadukuza, some 98km north of Durban on Tuesday. The celebration was also to commemorate National Heritage Day. calls for the release of the hostages,” it said, The army have accused humanitarian organ- without giving details of the identity of the isations of working with militants before. victim. In December 2018 the military suspended The charity said it was “extremely con- Unicef from operating in the northeast over cerned and is fully mobilised to ensure that the claims it was training “spies” who were sup- remaining hostages can be quickly and safely porting Boko Haram — only to lift the ban later reunited with their families”. the same day after a meeting with the aid agen- Anti-monarchy protests turn violent in eSwatini The Islamic State West Africa Province cy. (ISWAP) group released a video following the “The humanitarian community and the Ni- abduction of the female ACF staff member in gerian authorities have a fraught history,” Vin- AFP and government buildings. neighbouring province of Mpu- King Mswati III was crowned in which she pleads for the release of the hostages cent Foucher, a researcher from France’s CNRS, Mbabane “Our problem is that we have malanga “in support” of the eS- 1986, when he was just 18. with her fi ve male colleagues behind her. told AFP. a selfi sh king,” said Sibongile watini strike. He has come under fi re for his The kidnapping was the latest to target aid He said the latest closures came amid “a re- Mazibuko, who heads the Ngwane “The workers demand only expensive tastes, frivolous spend- workers in the confl ict-hit region after the newed attempt by the army to stifl e Boko Har- iolent clashes erupted yes- National Liberatory Congress 7.8% salary adjustment while the ing and prioritising his family’s abduction and killing of two female staff for am’s war economy....Could pressure on hu- terday in eSwatini after po- pro-democracy group. “He loots Mswati regime spends millions needs. the International Committee of the Red Cross manitarian action be part of that larger eff ort?” Vlice cracked down on civil national coff ers to satisfy his per- of rands for his lavish lifestyle,” The king’s older daughter Prin- (ICRC) last year. The decade-long insurgency has killed servants protesting against low sonal greed.” said the Congress of South Afri- cess Sikhanyiso was appointed United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator 35,000 people and displaced about two million pay and rising living costs in Af- Mazibuko blasted the king for can Trade Unions (COSATU) in a as a member of cabinet last year, in Nigeria Edward Kallon said he was “appalled from their homes in northeast Nigeria. rica’s last absolute monarchy. wasting money on “expensive” statement. stoking outrage among pro-de- and deeply saddened by the news of the horrifi c Government services are often non-existent Teachers and workers went royal ceremonies and trips abroad Wandile Dludlu, national co- mocracy groups. execution of an aid worker this morning”. and the UN says that some 7.1mn people remain on strike last week in the four involving “huge delegations” and ordinator of an eSwatini pro-de- He is currently attending the “I am also extremely concerned about the in need of humanitarian assistance across the main towns of eSwatini — a tiny “shopping sprees”. mocracy coalition, welcomed CO- UN general assembly in New York. increasingly dangerous and restrictive operat- region. southern African kingdom un- “The same government says SATU’s support. “It is not true that there is no ing environment for implementing humanitar- Boko Haram fi ghters have abducted huge til recently known as Swaziland, they have no money,” he said. “This is (a) fi ght,” said Dludlu. money in this country,” said Dlud- ian assistance in crisis-aff ected areas,” he said numbers of women and children across the surrounded by South Africa and Frustrations have boiled over “Protest action is not like a coff ee lu. in a statement. region. The group drew worldwide attention Mozambique. into a series of protests around the session.” “The PM is not a problem, we ISWAP is a splinter faction of the extrem- with the kidnapping of 276 girls from a school They accuse King Mswati III of country this week. The government said earlier this know where our problem lies. We ist group Boko Haram that swore allegiance in in Chibok in 2014. draining public coff ers at the ex- More than 3,500 people month that it was unable to meet have a greedy king. The royal fam- 2016 to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. ICRC workers Hauwa Liman and Saifura pense of his subjects, and fl ocked marched in Mbabane and the the protesters’ demands. ily impoverishes this country,” he It has repeatedly attacked military bases and Khorsa were murdered by ISWAP last year and to the capital Mbabane from last neighbouring city of Manzini on “Government is in a challenging told AFP. targeted aid workers in northeast Nigeria. a woman working for the UN children’s agency Friday to discuss action with op- Monday, and around 3,000 pro- fi nancial situation, hence (its) in- eSwatini ranked 144 out of 189 The announcement of the latest execution Unicef is also still being held by the group. position pro-democracy groups. testers showed up in the capital ability to award civil servants with the UN’s latest Human Develop- comes after the army last week shut down ACF The militants are also holding 16-year-old Police yesterday fi red tear gas, again yesterday. a cost of living adjustment for the ment Index. offi ces in northeast Nigeria, accusing the or- Leah Sharibu, the last remaining captive of over stun grenades and water canons to South Africa’s trade union past two years,” Prime Minister Around two thirds of the coun- ganisation of supplying “food and drugs” to the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in Dap- disperse the crowd, who respond- federation yesterday announced Ambrose Dlamini said in a state- try’s 1.4mn inhabitants lives be- militants. chi Town, Yobe State, last February. ed by pelting rocks at police cars “border protest action” in the ment. low the poverty line.

Senegal’s powerful Mourides build ‘biggest mosque in West Africa’

By Malick Rokhy, AFP tallest 78m high — the mosque tionally provided 10.5mn euros Dakar has a capacity of 15,000 worship- for lighting, sanitation and road pers inside, and another 15,000 works, according to Infrastruc- on an outside esplanade. ture Minister Oumar Youm. enegal’s infl uential Mour- Spectators were already gath- The mosque is smaller than ide Brotherhood will to- ering yesterday for the opening, Casablanca’s Hassan II — which Smorrow inaugurate a some sleeping on the fl oor, while is spread over nine hectares, can 30,000-capacity mosque in the on scaff olding, painters worked accommodate 105,000 worship- capital Dakar, touted as the larg- on the oriental-style decorations pers and has a minaret spiralling est in West Africa and rivalling of the main door. 210 metres. its opulent peers in Arab na- Uniformed police were also al- Another mosque being built tions. ready visible. in Algiers is sprawled over nine Work on the Massalikul Jinaan Today and tomorrow, around hectares with a 265m minaret. (‘The Paths to Paradise’) mosque 1,600 offi cers will be posted It will be able to accommodate began a decade ago on a swampy around the mosque site as tens of 120,000 people. six-hectare site in the poor area thousands of visitors are expect- Bamba, a peaceful opponent of Bopp, on land donated by the ed to clog up the streets. of French colonialism, was exiled government of the 90% Muslim The massive building embod- by the French authorities to Ga- nation. ies the Brotherhood’s rise, said bon from 1895 to 1902 and then The name is derived from the researcher Cheikh Gueye. to Mauritania from 1903 to 1907 title of a poem by Sheikh Ahma- The Mourides “dominate before being allowed to return dou Bamba Mbacke, the 19th- trade, import-export, agricul- to Senegal, where he was placed century founder of the Brother- ture and even the media,” he said. under house arrest at his home in hood. The lavish interiors include a the north of the country. Headquartered in the city gold-leaf dome, giant chande- He died in 1927. of Touba, where Bamba is en- liers and decorations hand drawn The city of Touba, founded by tombed, the movement is a pillar by Moroccan workmen. Bamba in 1888, has grown to be of Senegal’s reputation for reli- “With this jewel, we are on Senegal’s second-largest after gious tolerance. a par with what we see in Arab Dakar, with some 1.5mn inhabit- The Mouride philosophy — countries and other places in Af- ants. the name derives from the Ara- rica,” said Mbackiyou Faye, who The mosque will be inaugurat- bic word for “one who desires to co-ordinated the construction ed at 2pm tomorrow in the pres- learn” — preaches service to hu- work. ence of President Macky Sall. manity in addition to upholding The cost exceeded 30mn euros An Islamic institute, residence the principles of Islam. ($33mn), all of which came from and museum are scheduled to be With a Carrara marble exterior donations, he said. added to the complex in the fu- Volunteers sweep the road in front of the Great Mosque of the Mourides in Dakar yesterday. and boasting fi ve minarets — the The government has addi- ture. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 15 AMERICAS

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Canada has revoked its approval of a diplomat in Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has A California businessman was sentenced to Massachusetts on Tuesday off icially became the General Motors Co and the union, that represents Montreal who is a supporter of Syrian President surged past former vice president Joe Biden in four months in prison on Tuesday for paying first US state to ban — if temporarily — the sale of its 48,000 striking hourly workers in the United Bashir al-Assad, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential bribes to get his son into a prestigious university, all electronic cigarettes, going further than states States, have made progress in talks toward a new said yesterday. Freeland previously came out nomination, according to a poll published court records said, the second parent jailed in that only prohibited flavoured products. The ban labour deal but are grappling with issues over strongly against Waseem Ramli’s appointment yesterday. Warren was the choice of 27% a US college admissions cheating scandal. A is eff ective immediately and will run until January the pay and job security of newer and temporary to the position of Syrian honorary consul and of the Democratic and Democratic-leaning Boston judge also ordered Devin Sloane, 53, 25, said Governor Charlie Baker, who declared a workers, two people familiar with the talks said promised timely action, but she had first wanted independent voters surveyed nationwide in the to pay a $95,000 fine and perform 500 hours public health emergency in the northeastern state. yesterday. United Auto Workers (UAW) members to hear Global Aff airs Canada’s explanation for Quinnipiac University poll, while 25% opted for of community service for his role in the fraud In the past weeks a wave of severe vaping-linked went on strike on September 16 seeking higher pay, approving the position. Canada joined several Biden. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was in scheme court records said. “There are no words pulmonary diseases that has sickened hundreds greater job security, a bigger share of the leading other countries in ejecting all Syrian diplomats third place with 16% followed by Pete Buttigieg, to justify my behaviour,” Sloane said in a brief and caused seven deaths have been reported in US automaker’s profit and protection of their after the 2012 Houla massacre, but Syria has the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, with 7% and statement to the court, the New York Times the United States, according to the Centers for healthcare benefits. Talks ran late into the evening maintained honorary consul positions in Montreal California Senator Kamala Harris with 3%. In an reported, adding that he said he wanted to do Disease Control and Prevention. Massachusetts on Tuesday and began yesterday morning, and Vancouver to “provide basic consular August national poll by Quinnipiac, Biden was at what was best for his son. His attorney was not has recorded three confirmed and two likely cases, representatives for both sides said. The strike has services to Syrians in Canada,” Freeland said. 32%, Warren at 19% and Sanders at 15%. available for comment yesterday morning. and some 50 other ailments are under analysis. cost GM about $100mn a day, analysts said. Trump-Democrats Humanity must rescue oceans to row over transcript rescue itself: UN Reuters/AFP Washington By Marlowe Hood, AFP Seas have grown acidic, potentially un- United Nations dermining their capacity to draw down CO2; warmer surface water has expand- S President Donald Trump ed the force and range of deadly tropical asked Ukrainian President wo days after a climate summit storms; marine heatwaves are wiping out UVolodymyr Zelenskiy in a July failed to deliver game-changing shallow-water coral reefs, which are un- telephone call to investigate whether Tpledges to slash carbon emissions, likely to survive the century. former vice president Joe Biden shut the United Nations yesterday warned that Most threatening of all, accelerat- down an investigation into a compa- global warming is devastating oceans and ing melt-off from glaciers and especially ny that employed his son, a summary Earth’s frozen spaces in ways that directly Earth’s ice sheets atop Greenland and of the call released yesterday by the threaten a large slice of humanity. Antarctica are driving sea level rise. Trump administration showed. Crumbling ice sheets, marine heat- As if on cue, part of a massive glacier on House of Representatives Speaker waves, melting glaciers, ocean dead zones, the Italian side of the Mont Blanc moun- Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced thawing permafrost — a raft of impacts on tain range was yesterday deemed close to that the Democratic-led House was sea and ice are decimating fi sh stocks, lift- collapse, a victim of rapid melting in the moving forward with an offi cial im- ing seas, depleting fresh water stores, and late summer heat. peachment inquiry and directed six incubating superstorms that will ravage Since 2005, the ocean has risen 2.5 committees to proceed with inves- some cities annually by mid-century. times faster than during the 20th century, tigations of the president’s actions. Some of these impacts are irreversible a pace that could quadruple again by 2100 Democrats have accused Trump, on a timescale of centuries, according to if carbon emissions continue unabated, who is seeking re-election next year, a landmark assessment approved by the the report found. of soliciting Ukraine’s help to smear 195-nation Intergovernmental Panel on “Regardless of emissions scenarios, Biden, the front-runner for the Climate Change (IPCC). we face a world of higher sea levels,” said Democratic presidential nomina- Synthesising 7,000 peer-reviewed co-author Bruce Glavovic, a professor at tion, before the 2020 election. studies, the report is yet another smell- Massey University, New Zealand, not- “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s ing-salts reminder that record green- ing that humanity is concentrated on the son, that Biden stopped the prosecu- house gas emissions, mostly from burning world’s shorelines. tion and a lot of people want to fi nd fossil fuels, are driving the planet towards “It doesn’t take a big rise in sea level to out about that, so whatever you can a hothouse climate our species could fi nd lead to catastrophic problems,” he added. do with the attorney general would intolerable. “Sea level rise is not a slow onset problem be great,” Trump said in the call, ac- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters as he holds a transcript of the phone call between But it also raises a red fl ag on the need — it’s a crisis of extreme weather events.” cording to the summary provided by US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a press conference at the US to confront changes that can no longer be By 2050, many coastal megacities and the Justice Department. Capitol in Washington yesterday. averted. small island nations will experience what “Biden went around bragging that For some island nations and coastal cit- were formerly once-a-century weather he stopped the prosecution so if you to happen to another President. a complaint with an internal watch- A Quinnipiac poll released yes- ies, that will almost certainly mean fi nd- disasters every year — even with an ag- can look into it....It sounds horrible Witch Hunt!,” Trump tweeted. dog relating to Trump’s conversation terday said that only 37% of voters ing new places to call home. gressive drawdown of greenhouse gas to me,” Trump said, according to the Under the US Constitution, the with Zelenskiy. support impeaching Trump while “Even if we manage to limit global emissions. memo. House has the power to impeach a Even though federal law calls for 57% oppose, even if more than half warming, we will continue to see major And by mid-century, more than a bil- The call occurred after Trump had president for “high crimes and mis- such complaints to be disclosed to disapprove of the US leader’s per- changes in the oceans,” said Valerie Mas- lion people will be living in vulnerable ordered the US government to freeze demeanours.” No president has ever Congress, the Trump administration formance. son-Delmotte, a researcher at the Labora- low-lying areas. about $391mn in American aid to been removed through impeachment. has refused to do so. But Pelosi said there was now tory for Climate and Environmental Sci- Some cities, such as New York, plan Ukraine. Democrats currently control the Pelosi on Tuesday said Trump’s strong evidence of Trump’s wrong- ences and an IPCC co-chair. “But it will to spend tens of billions of dollars — and The House inquiry could lead House and Trump’s fellow Republi- actions had “seriously violated the doing. at least buy us some time, both for future probably far more — to shore up their de- to articles of impeachment in the cans control the Senate. Constitution,” and accused his ad- “The actions of the Trump presi- impacts, and to adapt.” fences. House that could trigger a trial in the Separately yesterday, Senate Dem- ministration of violations of federal dency revealed the dishonourable The underlying 900-page scientifi c Indeed, building dikes and levees along Senate on whether to remove Trump ocratic leader Chuck Schumer told law. facts of the president’s betrayal of his report is the fourth such UN tome in less with other measures would substantially from offi ce. reporters yesterday that the Sen- Outside of Twitter, Trump has yet oath of offi ce, betrayal of our nation- than a year, with others focused on a reduce the costs of fl ooding caused by sea “The actions of the Trump presi- ate intelligence panel should probe to publically address the threat of al security, and betrayal of the integ- 1.5-Celsius cap on global warming, the level rise and storm surges, according to dency revealed a dishonourable fact Trump’s handling of Ukraine. impeachment. rity of our elections,” she said. decline of biodiversity, as well as land use the IPCC report’s 42-page Summary for of the president’s betrayal of his oath Schumer, speaking to reporters, In New York for the annual UN According to a Wall Street Journal and the global food system. Policy Makers. of offi ce, betrayal of our national se- said the memo raised a number of General Assembly, he was to meet report, Trump pressed the Biden is- All four conclude that humanity must But the cost of implementing such curity and betrayal of the integrity questions that Republicans should with Zelensky on Wednesday after- sue as many as eight times in the call. overhaul how it produces, distributes and measures could reach hundreds of billions of our elections,” Pelosi had said on also want answered. noon and then give a solo press con- Larry Pfeiff er, former senior di- consumes almost everything to avoid the of dollars a year. Tuesday. The $391.5mn in aid at issue in the ference in the evening. rector of the White House situation worst ravages of global warming and envi- For many megacities and densely popu- Trump yesterday scrambled to de- current controversy was approved Until Tuesday, the White House room, said calls between the presi- ronmental degradation. lated deltas in the developing world, an fend his presidency. by the US Congress to help Ukraine had blocked the legally required re- dent and foreign leaders are generally By absorbing a quarter of manmade engineered solution will be impractical or Trump hit Twitter with a decla- deal with an insurgency by Russian- lease of the whistleblower complaint not recorded. CO2 and soaking up more than 90% of prohibitively expensive. ration that Democrats are acting on backed separatists in the eastern part to Congress’ intelligence commit- Instead, national security and the heat generated by greenhouse gases, Under the IPCC’s consensus rules, all sheer hatred and treating him worse of the country. tees, as well as the transcript of State Department staff listen and oceans have kept the planet livable — but countries must sign off on the language of than any other US leader. Trump had on Sunday acknowl- Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky. take notes of what was said. at a terrible cost, the report fi nds. the report’s executive summary, designed “There has been no President edged that he discussed Biden and Pelosi had resisted pressure from Their notes are reviewed and “The oceans and cryosphere” — Earth’s to provide leaders with objective, science- in the history of our Country who Biden’s son Hunter, who had worked the party rank and fi le for impeach- turned into a “memorandum of con- frozen zones — “have been taking the heat based information. has been treated so badly as I have,” for a company drilling for gas in ment, preferring to focus their ener- versation” or MEMCON, said from climate change for decades,” said The 2015 Paris Agreement calls for cap- Trump declared yesterday. Ukraine, with Zelenskiy. gies on the presidential and congres- “This MEMCON can vary greatly IPCC co-chair Ko Barrett, an offi cial at ping global warming at “well below” 2 C, “The Democrats are frozen with The current controversy arose af- sional election next year as the public from a lightly edited full transcript the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric and 1.5 C if possible. Earth’s temperature hatred and fear. They get nothing ter a whistleblower from within the has shown little taste for a full-blown to a vaguely worded summary of the Administration (NOAA). “But it can’t has so far risen 1 C above pre-industrial done. This should never be allowed US intelligence community brought probe in Congress of Trump. call,” he said. keep up.” levels.

Canada’s Singh may revive party with deft response to Trudeau blackface scandal

By Steve Scherer, Reuters “I want you to know that you have val- Singh’s response resonated with Ca- Corp giving ample coverage to his cam- Ottawa ue, you have worth, you are loved. And I nadians of all backgrounds. paign events, while just a month ago he don’t want you to give up on Canada and “I’m not an NDP voter but he just seemed to be heading for disaster. please don’t give up on yourselves.” gained my respect and a bit of admira- Singh, who lives in the Toronto area, anada’s Jagmeet Singh, facing a Canada is a multicultural country, tion,” said @tarchon7, who described had a rocky time after winning NDP rout of his left-wing New Demo- and more than 22% of the population are himself as “a Canadian patriot, father leadership in 2017. Ccrats in next month’s election, members of visible minorities, while an- and conservative” on Twitter, while Not elected to parliament until ear- may have revived his party’s fortunes other 5% are aboriginal, according to the others fi lled social media with apprecia- lier this year, he had repeated squabbles with his emotional response to Prime latest census. tion for his stance. with his caucus. Minister Justin Trudeau’s blackface pic- “Singh was made for this issue,” said Voting intentions among visible mi- A third of the NDP lawmakers elected ture. Ipsos pollster Darrell Bricker. norities spiked for the NDP after the in 2015 — 15 in total — decided not to run Singh, 40, the fi rst minority leader of “This is his time. There’s nobody else blackface images emerged, reaching again this year. One of them shifted to a federal Canadian political party, is also who can speak to this issue better than 20% compared with 12% a week earlier, the Green party last month. running in his fi rst national campaign as he can.” pollster Angus Reid said. Many of the top NDP staff has also head of the New Democrat Party (NDP). Though there is little chance the NDP “Trudeau’s pain is Singh’s gain,” said fallen by the wayside, and on the day the When the photo of Trudeau in black- could win the election, the reversal of Shachi Kurl, executive director of Angus offi cial campaign kicked off on Septem- face emerged last week, Singh, a prac- Singh’s fortunes could shape the out- Reid Institute, on Twitter. ber 11, the party still had 85 nominations tising Sikh who often pairs bright tur- come of the vote. On Tuesday, the Conservative Party to make in order to fi eld a candidate in bans with stylish suits, won widespread In Canada’s parliamentary democ- showed it had momentum by taking a each of Canada’s 338 ridings. praise for focusing on the potential im- racy, he could be a kingmaker if neither lead in three national polls, but that’s Trudeau, who has repeatedly begged pact on people who have experienced Trudeau’s Liberals nor the Conserva- also because Singh and the Greens have for forgiveness from Canadians for the racism, rather than on scoring points tives win a majority of seats in the House taken a bite out of Liberal support. blackface episode, called the NDP leader against Trudeau. of Commons. “The issue for the Liberal Party is not to apologize privately on Tuesday. Nei- “The kids that see this image, the Or he could draw votes away from necessarily losing to the Conservatives; ther side provided details. people who see this image, are going to Trudeau and hand victory to the Con- it’s the fragmentation of the progressive Singh had previously said he would think about all the times in their life that servatives. vote,” Bricker said. only take the call if it were private. they were made fun of, that they were Some 14% of Canadians said Singh The upshot could be a Conservative “I don’t want to be used as a tool to ex- hurt, that they were hit, that they were would make the best prime minister, up government or a Liberal minority one onerate Mr Trudeau. I don’t want to be a insulted, that they were made to feel four percentage points from last week, supported by either the NDP or Greens, part of a PR process to say he checked off less because of who they are,” he said in according to Ipsos, compared with 33% Bricker said. these boxes and, look, he made this call, Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at a town hall a three-minute video posted to social for Trudeau, who lost four points from Singh is getting extraordinary visibil- and he’s all good,” Singh told reporters. meeting on healthcare at a Community College campus during an election media. last week. ity now, with the Canadian Broadcasting “I don’t want to be a part of that.” campaign stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Gulf Times 16 Thursday, September 26, 2019 ASIA

10 killed Indonesia students rally again after boat capsizes in northeastern to protest key changes to laws Bangladesh AFP The rallies are Jakarta among the biggest anti-government DPA demonstrations Dhaka undreds of students since 1998 when clashed with riot police mass street protests Hin Indonesia’s capital as brought down the en people were killed demonstrators hurled rocks and three-decade Suharto in northeastern Bang- Molotov cocktails at authori- dictatorship Tladesh when their boat ties who shot tear gas into the capsized in a so-called haor, a crowds on the third day of pro- the three-decade Suharto dic- body of water that forms during tests. tatorship. monsoon season, police said The demonstrations erupt- Students have issued a list yesterday. ed in response to a proposed of demands including scrap- The engine-propelled boat criminal-code overhaul that ping some of the criminal-code carrying more than 30 people includes everything from changes, withdrawing troops overturned in Sunamganj dis- criminalising sex outside from Indonesia’s unrest-hit trict - some 150km north west marriage and restricting sales Papua region, and halting for- of the capital, Dhaka - after it of contraceptives, to making it est fi res in Sumatra and Borneo was caught in stormy weather illegal to insult the president that have unleashed toxic haze late Tuesday, police offi cer Abdul and toughening the Muslim across Southeast Asia. Jalil said. majority country’s blasphemy Hundreds rallied in the capi- Local people and rescuers from laws. tal Jakarta - as did scores in the the Civil Defence and Fire Serv- There has also been a second-biggest city Surabaya, ice retrieved the bodies of four public backlash against a and in Borneo on Tuesday - but children overnight to Wednesday separate bill that critics fear the crowds were smaller than and another fi ve bodies several would dilute the investiga- the thousands who took to the hours later, Jalil said. tive powers of Indonesia’s streets nationwide the previous The rescue operation was corruption-fi ghting agency day. called off after the body of an- - known as the KPK - in- On Tuesday, police fi red other child was found yesterday, cluding its ability to wire- tear gas and water cannon to Manzur Alam Chowdhury, local tap graft suspects. disperse protesters in chaotic government offi cial Dirai Upazila “This bill will obviously scenes that saw about 300 peo- told DPA by phone. weaken the KPK and cause cor- ple - including dozens of offi c- The boat was carrying passen- ruption to run rampant - and ers - sent to hospital for treat- gers along a 30km route from one that’s going to hurt people,” ment with hundreds arrested, village to another, according to Angga Prasetyo, a 22-year-old according to police offi cials. Student protesters step on barbed wire during a rally in Surabaya, East Java province, yesterday, against the government’s proposed Bishwadev Dev, a local govern- engineering student in protest- Most had minor injuries, au- change in its criminal code laws and plans to weaken the anti-corruption commission. ment offi cial. hit Makassar on Sulawesi is- thorities said. Twenty-one of a total of 31 land, said. A vote on the criminal code passing controversial changes wedlock, or having an aff air. peared set to pass in 2018 before criticism over what many saw as passengers were rescued, he said, The rallies are among the big- bill was originally scheduled for that could aff ect millions of In- Updating Indonesia’s crimi- momentum fi zzled out. a draconian law that invaded the adding that the district admin- gest anti-government demon- Tuesday. donesians, including gay and nal code, which dates back to A renewed push this year, bedrooms of a nation with some istration had promised a small strations since 1998 when mass But President Joko Widodo heterosexual couples who might the Dutch colonial era, has been backed by conservative Islamic 260mn people - the fourth most package of aid to the families of street protests brought down last week called for a delay in face jail for having sex outside debated for decades and ap- groups, was met with a wave of populous on Earth. those killed in the accident. 4 bodies found Skinny tusker at Indonesia’s dies in Lanka plane crash site weeks after

AFP the plane - carrying three Timika crew, a police offi cer and 1.7 tonnes of rice - missing after parade outcry it failed to land hours after he bodies of four pas- taking off . sengers on an Indonesian Yesterday, the search and res- AFP attire at the hugely popular Tcargo plane that went cue agency said four bodies were Colombo night festival. missing in the jungles of Papua discovered near the wreckage of Lek Chailert, the founder of a week ago have been recovered, the small plane. the Save Elephant Foundation, the search and rescue agency “The location was diffi cult to Indonesia’s Timika search and rescue team (Basarnas Timika) evacuating victims from the site of a DHC-6 n emaciated 70-year- wrote on social media that said yesterday. reach because of the dangerous Twin Otter air crash along a steep cliff in Ilaga, in Papua province yesterday. old elephant that spectators did not realise how The DHC-6 Twin Otter took terrain, but thankfully we man- Acaused a social media weak Tikiri was because of her off from the city of Timika for a aged to recover the victims’ bod- transport to connect its thou- pelago has a poor aviation safety with 12 people on board lost con- outcry after being forced to costume. short fl ight to Ilaga, a mountain- ies,” Budi Purnomo of the na- sands of islands but mountain- record and Papua is covered in tact just minutes after it took off take part in an annual Bud- After the public outcry, ous region in the remote eastern tional search and rescue agency ous Papua is a particularly diffi - mountainous terrain with fre- from a remote part of Papua. The dhist pageant in Sri Lanka has Wildlife Minister John Amara- province of Papua. told reporters. cult area to reach. quent poor weather. remains of the aircraft have yet to died, offi cials said yesterday. tunga ordered an investigation Local authorities declared Indonesia relies heavily on air The southeast Asian archi- In June, a military helicopter be found. The government has or- into why Tikiri was made to dered an autopsy for Tikiri, a participate in the annual pa- domesticated Asian elephant rade despite her failing health, that died Tuesday night in but the outcome was not made Kegalle, 80km (50 miles) east known. Military training exercise in Lanka of the capital Colombo, a The Temple of the Tooth, Fearing action from EU, wildlife department offi cial Buddhism’s holiest shrine said. on the island, holds the an- Elephant expert Jayantha nual festival with traditional Cambodia hikes wages Jayewardene said the jumbo drummers and dancers as well had been ill-treated. as nearly 100 elephants. “Tikiri was severely under- Many rich Sri Lankans keep Reuters Collective Union Movement nourished,” Jayewardene told elephants as pets, but there Phnom Penh of Workers, said unions would AFP. “It is a wonder that she have been numerous com- accept the new hike, although lived this long.” plaints of ill-treatment and it fell short of their $195 de- The tusker was withdrawn cruelty. ambodia has raised mand, after a representative from the fi nale of the annual Guinness World Records next year’s legal mini- vote. Temple of the Tooth pageant says the average age of an Cmum wage for work- “Even though this fi g- in Kandy last month after a Asian elephant is around 60 ers in its crucial textiles and ure is not what we wanted as social media fi restorm erupted years, while the oldest on footwear industry to $190 per our position, it is positive, against parading the feeble record was Lin Wang, a bull month, an increase of 4.4%, as Cambodia is in the midst animal. who carried supplies for the amid pressure from the Eu- of uncertainties of the trade Animal lovers lambasted Japanese army in what was ropean Union (EU) over its preferences,” Sina said. authorities for forcing the then Burma during World War human rights and political “If our wage goes higher aged beast to parade several II before dying in a Taiwan zoo record, offi cials said. than countries in the region, kilometres wearing elaborate in 2003 aged 86. The garment industry is we will also suff er,” Sina said. Cambodia’s largest employer, The EU, which accounts generating $7bn for the econ- for more than one-third of omy each year. It faces un- Cambodia’s exports, includ- Vietnam jails former minister certainty after the European ing garments, footwear and for economic mismanagement Union (EU) in February began bicycles, in February began an a process that could suspend 18-month consideration that A court in Vietnam yesterday The trial comes amid a the country’s special trade could lead to the EBA suspen- sentenced a former deputy corruption crackdown in preferences. sion. labour minister to six years in the Southeast Asian country “The minimum wage for The re-examination of the prison after finding him guilty that has seen several senior textile, garment and shoe European preferences began of economic mismanagement, government off icials and workers for 2020 is set at $190 after the arrest of opposition state media reported. executives of state-owned per month,” Labour Minister leader Kem Sokha and the dis- Le Bach Hong, who had been enterprises arrested and jailed. Ith Sam Heng said in a directive solution of his party, leading to deputy minister of labour, invalids The report said Hong and others yesterday, adding that the new longtime Prime Minister Hun and social aff airs, and a former illegally lent state money to a wage takes eff ect in January. Sen’s party’s holding all seats head of Vietnam Social Security, local financial company that Cambodia benefi ts from the in parliament. was also ordered by the People’s went bankrupt in 2018, causing EU’s “Everything But Arms” Ken Loo, secretary general Court of Hanoi to pay a cash fine losses of nearly 1.7tn dong A helicopter flying past as Sri Lankan military personnel in tanks take in a training exercise on the (EBA) trade programme, at the Garment Manufactur- of 150bn dong ($6.47mn), reported ($73.3mn) to the state budget. eastern coast of Trincomalee. Some 3,100 members of the Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Force which allows the world’s ers Association of Cambo- An Ninh Thu Do newspaper, The court also sentenced five other took part in the military exercises, with around 100 military personnel from China, Malaysia, least-developed countries to dia (GMAC), said employers which is run by the Hanoi Police former off icials of Vietnam Social Maldives, Russia, the United States, France, Iran, Britain, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and export most goods to the EU accepted the new minimum Department. Security to between two and 14 Zambia taking part as observers. free of duties. wage but were concerned Reuters was unable to reach years in prison for the same charges, Pav Sina, president of the about rising pay. Hong’s lawyer for comments. according to the report. (Reuters) Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 17 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA Singapore PM’s nephew enlists top UK lawyer for contempt case

Reuters landmark case to overturn the Brit- nick at Blackstone Chambers, con- sel Francis Ng said the post was an island’s founding father, Lee Kuan Singapore ish government’s suspension of fi rmed Pannick had been instructed “egregious and baseless attack” on Yew, which pitted Prime Minister parliament in the weeks before the by Li in an advisory capacity, with- the Singapore legal system. He asked Lee Hsien Loong against his siblings deadline to exit the EU. out giving further details. Li to apologise and sign a declaration Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling. he Singapore prime minister’s “Over the past two years, my legal Singapore’s Attorney-General’s that he had made false allegations Lee Hsien Yang is Li’s father. nephew said yesterday he had team has taken advice from Dav- Chambers (AGC) began proceedings and was in contempt of the judiciary. The dispute initially centred on Thired top British lawyer David id Pannick, a leading expert,” the against Li, an assistant professor at Li did not concede and said that what to do with the state founder’s Pannick to advise him on a contempt nephew, Li Shengwu, said in a Fa- Harvard University, in 2017 over a his private Facebook post was taken house, but later entered the political of court case at the heart of a feud cebook post. “I’m grateful for Lord private Facebook post in which Li “completely out of context” and that arena with Lee Hsien Yang publicly among members of the city-state’s Pannick’s guidance and help, even said the Singapore government is any criticism he made was “in good backing a new opposition party. Lee fi rst family. as he has been in the midst of win- “very litigious and has a pliant court faith”. If found guilty of contempt of Hsien Loong has held power since Pannick, who counts Queen Eliza- ning a landmark constitutional case system”. court, Li could face fi nes or jail. 2004 and is widely expected to step beth II among his clients, is one of in the UK.” In a letter to Li nine days after he The case came amid a wider pub- down after elections set to take place Li Shengwu the lawyers who this week won a Gary Oliver, a spokesman for Pan- made the post, Senior State Coun- lic feud among the children of the within months. China’s economic, military might on anniversary show

AFP Beijing Chinese troops take part in marching drills ahead of an October 1 military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at a camp on the outskirts of Beijing yesterday. hina marks 70 years of Communist rule next Cweek, with a massive mil- itary parade in Beijing anchoring Parade to unveil hi-tech military gear celebrations of its emergence as a global superpower, despite a year China will likely unveil a new aircraft. Beijing has denied the hidden under a tarp in the satel- of trade tensions with the US and supersonic drone and intercon- procession will be an aggressive lite images. The glider is believed pro-democracy unrest in Hong tinental ballistic missiles at a display of power, but the French to be able to carry conventional Kong. military parade next week mark- report said the show of force will and nuclear devices, and be able The anniversary is meant to ing 70 years of Communist Party demonstrate the “quantitative to dodge anti-missile systems. showcase China’s extraordinary rule, according to Paris-based and qualitative modernisation” of “The emergence of such a rise from the ravages of war and researchers. China’s ballistic arsenal. system would have a consider- famine to a modern, power- The October 1 procession will dis- The research used images from able impact, highlighting China’s ful nation state. This stunning play the army’s “unprecedented” the Yangfang military base in progress in designing hypersonic transformation radically altered conventional and nuclear bal- the suburbs of Beijing, which has non-strategic gliders, a segment the social and physical landscape listic capabilities, said the Paris- replicas of Tiananmen Square in which Russians and Ameri- as hundreds of millions of rural based Foundation for Strategic and the southern gate of the cans are lagging behind,” the Chinese poured into booming Research in a report based on Forbidden City to prepare for foundation said. cities to power the “factory of the images analysed by Geo4i. military parades. China will also likely unveil the world” into the globe’s second The People’s Liberation Army The report says 36 ICBM-type WZ-8, a supersonic reconnais- largest economy. (PLA) has tried to keep its plans missiles appeared during the sance drone that could poten- Tuesday’s military proces- under wraps — even moving rehearsals. One of the missiles tially be deployed by aircraft, the sion across Tiananmen Square tanks in the dead of night dur- is the DF-41, which is the first research said. will showcase the army’s most ing dress rehearsals — but the Chinese solid-fuel propelled Such a vehicle could be used advanced weaponry, including A member of Chinese military band in performance. France-based researchers used intercontinental missile to carry to spot distant targets “on very 160 aircraft, in a bid to drum up satellite images to spot hardware a heavy payload and cover the short notice” and hit them with patriotic fervour and support for in practice, a participant telling smooth 70 years since Chairman “Only with the road of social- likely to be shown off next week. entire US territory, the founda- a conventional ballistic strike. It the Chinese Communist Party the state-run Global Times they Mao Zedong founded the Peo- ism with Chinese characteristics On Tuesday President Xi Jinping tion said. could be joined at the parade by (CCP), with President Xi Jinping were given adult diapers as there ple’s Republic of China on Octo- can we lead China toward pros- will preside over what Beijing The ICBM could carry up to 10 a stealth drone dubbed “Sharp at the centre. was no time to take toilet breaks. ber 1, 1949. perity and strength,” President has promised to be the biggest warheads, compared to three Sword”, which can support naval But the planned narrative has Twitter-like Weibo has been The Party promised to serve Xi said at an exhibition on the military and civilian parade in the that can be carried by the DF- operations. been disrupted by months of un- removing content that “distorts” a people worn down by years of anniversary on Monday, accord- history of the country. 31AG missile. “These images herald a parade rest in Hong Kong, a painful US the offi cial narrative of history, poverty, a brutal war with Japan ing to offi cial media. The Chinese defence ministry China could also use the parade that, in form and substance, will trade war, international criticism while at least one human rights and civil war. The biggest challenge has been says 15,000 troops will march to display 16 DF-17s, a likely mark a significant transformation of human rights abuses against activist told AFP he was being Mao implemented years of re- months of unrest in semi-au- next week, and 580 pieces of mil- short-to-medium-range missile of China’s strategic nuclear and Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, forcibly sent out of Beijing dur- form, collectivising farmland and tonomous Hong Kong, a former itary hardware will be displayed that works as a launcher of the conventional forces,” the report and soaring food prices. ing the celebrations. rapidly reworking social and eco- British colony ruled under a “one – as well as more than 160 DF-ZF hypersonic glider, which is said. Security has been ramped “Xi and the CCP’s grip on nomic structures. country, two systems” policy up ahead of the parade, with power is strong. They have com- But the country was plunged that gives citizens liberties un- facial recognition, ID checks plete control over the media and into years of famine - some esti- seen on the mainland. ing economic growth alone is no debt-addicted economy without “They are events on the pe- and searches for those enter- more importantly the police and mate as many as 45mn died dur- Pro-democracy protest- longer seen as a panacea to sur- reducing the disposable income riphery of the Chinese nation ing Beijing by car, toy weapon military,” said Eleanor Olcott, ing Mao’s policy known as the ers claim those rights are being mount all of the challenges faced of the ordinary people,” she said. and ones that the majority of the sales banned and fl ying kites China policy analyst at research Great Leap Forward. China then eroded and have openly criticised by the party,” said Yu Jie, sen- mainland population support the forbidden. Roads have closed on fi rm TS Lombard. spiralled into the decade-long Beijing - provoking fears China ior research fellow at Chatham But most experts agree there government on,” said Olcott. weekend evenings for tanks to “The CCP, throughout their Cultural Revolution. After Mao’s could resort to a heavy-handed House. are no serious challenges to Xi’s She said Xi will use the an- roll through in rehearsal. Fighter 70-year leadership of China, death in 1976, Deng Xiaoping intervention. For Xi, the crises “Rather, the ruling party is re- control, and some challenges niversary to send a message planes have roared in formation have inculcated a strong eth- started a period of opening up have left him with limited room quired to answer a puzzle that is have even been repurposed to that “the Party and the Chi- overhead. Hundreds of thou- no-nationalism that remains and economic reform, leading to to act and simultaneously shore key both to economic progress support the country’s ideologi- nese nation can get through the sands of government workers the bedrock of their legitimacy breakneck growth and develop- up support at home in a slowing and its own position - how to cal aims, warning of anti-China hard times in order to emerge a and students have been marching and popularity.” It hasn’t been a ment. domestic economy. “Stagger- manage the risks involved in a forces. stronger country.”

Malaysia asks banks to report Marshall Islands supports Taiwan climate exposure Dozens of HK protesters appear in court The Marshall Islands con- Geng Shuang said co-opera- firmed it was maintaining tion was warmly welcomed Malaysia’s central bank governor diplomatic ties with Taiwan and had brought the Pacific said financial institutions will be re- Reuters the unrest. The protests have led yesterday, a welcome show island nations real benefits. quired to report their exposure to Hong Kong to the cancellation of trade fairs of support for President Tsai “Anyone who understands climate risks and the information and sporting events, the latest Ing-wen who has seen two the situation and is not it gathers could be used to set being a football match with Ma- other Pacific nations drop ties prejudiced can see this very regulatory standards in Southeast ozens of Hong Kong laysia planned for next month, in favour of China in a matter clearly,” he told a daily news Asia’s third biggest economy. anti-government pro- the Hong Kong Football Associa- of weeks. The neighbouring briefing, when asked about Bank governor Nor Shamsiah Dtesters appeared in court tion announced. Solomon Islands and Kiribati Heine’s criticism of China’s Mohamad Yunus said the recent yesterday charged with rioting A deputy commissioner of decided to recognise China role. Self-ruled Taiwan now has shroud of haze in Malaysia and and other off ences over violent China’s Foreign Commissioner’s earlier this month, dropping formal relations with only 15 neighbouring Indonesia and Sin- clashes two months ago near offi ce in Hong Kong, Song Ru’an, self-ruled and democratic countries, many of them small, gapore from burning forests was China’s main representative of- told reporters that Hong Kong Taiwan, which Beijing claims less developed nations in Cen- a reminder of the environmental fi ce. leader Carrie Lam had shown as its own province with no tral America and the Pacific, challenges facing countries. Police clashed with thousands good faith towards the protesters rights to state-to-state rela- including Belize and Nauru. “It presents a major economic of protesters in the former British and he denounced the violence. tions. The small developing Seven countries have dropped issue with direct implications on colony on July 28 as they sought “Such outright malicious acts nations lie in strategic waters Taiwan as a diplomatic ally financial stability,” she said at a to defend the Hong Kong Liai- are simply astonishing and unac- that have been dominated by since 2016, when Tsai took regional conference on climate son Offi ce, a symbol of Chinese ceptable,” he said. “These rioters the United States and its allies off ice. So the show of support change in the Malaysian capital rule, from the crowds. Offi cers have openly challenged the red since World War II, and China’s from the Marshall Islands will Kuala Lumpur. “It is for this reason fi red tear gas, rubber bullets and line of ‘one country, two systems’, moves to expand its influence provide some relief for her that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), sponge grenades. showing increasingly features of in the Pacific have angered ahead of presidential elections along with many other central The mostly young activists a ‘colour revolution’ and local- Washington. In a statement, in January. Last week parlia- banks around the globe, are giv- in hard hats and gas masks dis- ised terrorism.” the Marshall Islands said it had ment in the tiny South Pacific ing serious attention to climate mantled street signs and fences A man holds an umbrella, as 44 protesters who have been charged The protesters have fi ve de- adopted a resolution to show country of Tuvalu elected a risk.” She said new reporting which they used to form make- with rioting over their actions during a major protest on July 28 are to mands — the scrapping of now- its “profound appreciation to new prime minister, making requirements for financial institu- shift barricades to slow police stand trial at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court in Kowloon, Hong Kong. withdrawn legislation that would the people and government a change that analysts say tions will kick in once classifica- advances. This is now a common have allowed extraditions to Chi- of Taiwan.” “We’ve all seen could give China a chance to tions on green assets are finalised tactic, met by the same response, ants were released on bail. Vio- what they see as Chinese inter- na, retraction of the word “riot” China’s attempts to expand its further undermine Taiwan in a with the Securities Commission almost every weekend. lence has hit parts of Hong Kong ference in Hong Kong, which to describe the rallies, the release territory and footprint, and this region that has been a pillar of Malaysia and the World Bank. A week earlier, on July 21, they at diff erent times over the last returned to China in 1997 under of all detained demonstrators, an should be of great concern support. “This framework aims to support had daubed slogans on the walls three months, but life goes on as a “one country, two systems” independent inquiry into per- to democratic countries,” Having retained his seat at a informed decisions and analysis of of the Liaison Offi ce and thrown normal most of the time. But pic- formula intended to guarantee ceived police brutality and the President Hilda Heine said. Tai- general election earlier this exposures to climate risk in fund paint bombs at it. tures of petrol bombs and street freedoms that are not enjoyed on right for Hong Kong people to wan’s Foreign Ministry had no month, Tuvalu’s pro-Taiwan raising, lending and investment The court yesterday adjourned clashes broadcast worldwide the mainland. choose their own leader. immediate comment. Taiwan leader Enele Sopoaga had activities,” Nor Shamsiah said. the case until Nov 19 after pros- present a huge embarrassment China says it is committed The charges yesterday, apart has denounced China for lur- been expected to keep the The Bank expects to issue the first ecutors said they needed more for Beijing before the 70th an- to the arrangement and denies from rioting, included one of ing its allies with promises of premiership, but the 16-person draft of the green assets classifica- time to study 35 hours of video, niversary of the founding of the meddling. It has accused foreign possessing an off ensive weapon easy loans. In Beijing, Chinese parliament instead selected tion by the end of this year for including police, online and People’s Republic on Oct 1. governments including the Unit- in a public place and several of Foreign Ministry spokesman Kausea Natano. industry feedback. CCTV footage. The 44 defend- The protesters are furious at ed States and Britain of inciting assaulting police. Gulf Times 18 Thursday, September 26, 2019 BRITAIN Government off ers help for 9,000 Thomas Cook staff AFP sought to off er help to the 9,000 ing to secure fresh funds. close contact with Thomas Cook’s pected to take two weeks. has called upon the Financial Re- nancial turmoil after a disastrous London UK-based employees who were “In addition to supporting pas- liquidators. About 30,000 people were porting Council “to ensure they series of mergers left it burdened left without a job. sengers, we have been working The government has also estab- fl own home on Monday and prioritise as a matter of urgency” with soaring debt, a large branch In total, some 22,000 staff across government to ensure the lished a task force that will “ad- Tuesday, according to the CAA. an investigation into both the network and high costs. housands of UK staff who around the world were left jobless. 9,000 former Thomas Cook em- dress the impact on employees and The regulator is also working causes of Thomas Cook’s failure “The travel company went un- lost their jobs after the sud- Some of the workforce has been ployees in the UK and those over- local communities” of the com- to repatriate a number of pilots — and the conduct of its directors der because successive chief ex- Tden collapse of holiday gi- retained to help repatriate thou- seas receive the support that they pany’s collapse, Shapps said. and cabin crew who had been and auditors. ecutives failed to steer the group ant Thomas Cook will be off ered sands of stranded passengers from need as well,” Transport Secretary “This will help to attempt to stranded abroad due to the tim- Prime Minster Boris Johnson on eff ectively or evolve the business,” assistance, the government said abroad, but many have already Grant Shapps told parliament in a overcome barriers to attend- ing of its insolvency. Tuesday questioned whether fail- said Andy McDonald, transport yesterday. been made redundant. statement yesterday. ing training, securing a job and Turning to fi erce media and ing management should receive spokesman for the main opposi- The government, alongside the Debt-plagued Thomas Cook, “The decision by Thomas self-employment — such as political criticism of the way huge salaries, amid reports that tion Labour party. civil aviation authority regula- which struggled against fi erce Cook’s group board has been providing childcare costs, tools, the debt-plagued company was the last fi ve chief executives had McDonald urged the govern- tor, is already rushing to fl y home online competition for years and deeply upsetting for employees work clothes and travel costs,” managed, Shapps added that pocketed a total of £47mn in pay ment to make clear that Thomas 150,000 stranded UK holidaymak- blamed Brexit uncertainty for a who are losing their jobs,” said he said. Meanwhile, London’s corporate behaviour would be and bonuses since 2007. Cook executives should “return ers. recent drop in bookings, declared Shapps. massive repatriation plan for probed. Monday’s bankruptcy followed their multi-million-pound unde- At the same time, it has also bankruptcy on Monday after fail- Britain’s jobcentres are now in stranded holidaymakers is ex- Shapps said the government a lengthy period of chronic fi - served and unwarranted bonuses”. PM faces more questions over grant of public funds to friend

Guardian News and Media that it was somewhere in the US. London She added: “I don’t have a specifi c location information to provide. I’m in an off site location. I’m not he government’s claim that allowed to release that type of in- it properly verifi ed the ba- formation. I’m in the US.” Tsis of a £100,000 grant to It has also emerged that in a company founded by a friend 2016 Arcuri admitted that Hacker of Boris Johnson appeared to be House employed the hacker Lauri unravelling yesterday, amid con- Love, who is wanted by the US tinuing questions about the prime authorities for breaking into US minister’s role. websites. After a government minister She told Love’s extradition said that necessary checks on the hearing in 2016 that she met him fi rm to ensure it was UK-based the previous year and at the time involved verifying it had “a Brit- he worked for Hacker House from ish phone number”, the Guardian Thursday to Monday. called the number and got through Arcuri’s husband, Matthew Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in central London yesterday. to a US-based member of staff Hickey, claimed on Twitter that who would not confi rm her exact the company employed several location. “several British people”. The development came after According to LinkedIn, only opposition MPs raised questions four of the 11 employees recorded in the Commons about how a on the site are located in the UK, grant aimed at fostering UK talent and one of them is Arcuri, who in cyber skills was awarded earlier moved to the US last year. this year to a company run by Jen- In the House of Commons, Premier’s lawyer lashes nifer Arcuri, an American tech- Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy nology entrepreneur and friend leader, said: “The truth is our of Johnson’s who is now based in prime minister does reckless California, despite appearing to things. He is a man whose char- fail to meet government criteria. acter renders him unfi t for the The new Digital Minister Matt offi ce he holds.” Warman insisted that his depart- Johnson is under increasing out at ‘dead parliament’ ment did the “usual due diligence” pressure to explain his friendship on the company Hacker House, with Arcuri, whose east Lon- Reuters parture deadline, but after three pearance before lawmakers, Cox voice, said the government would said Jo Swinson, leader of the an- but confi rmed a review into how don fl at was reportedly visited London years of political crisis it remains said parliament was a disgrace and comply with a law forcing the ti-Brexit Liberal Democrats, add- they money was granted. frequently by the prime min- unclear when, if or on what terms the prime minister’s opponents prime minister to request a Brexit ing that opponents did not trust He said: “This is a company that ister while he was in City Hall. the it will leave the bloc it joined in were cowards for avoiding an delay if no deal was struck. Johnson to obey the legislation. is based in Britain as far as Com- She also attended three overseas oris Johnson’s attorney- 1973. election and trying to block Brexit. Having lost his majority and a Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn panies House is concerned. It is trade missions led by Johnson general said the parliament In one of the most humiliat- “This parliament is a dead par- series of votes about Brexit in the said now was not the time for par- a company with a British phone and was given tens of thousands Bwas “dead” in a defi ant ing rulings for a prime minister liament. It should no longer sit,” House of Commons, Johnson had liament to try to bring Johnson number. We will review that, but of pounds in City Hall funds dur- outburst after lawmakers were re- in recent British history, the Su- Cox told the House of Commons. suspended the legislature for fi ve down because the priority was we have no reason to think that ing his time as mayor. called following a Supreme Court preme Court said on Tuesday that “This parliament should have the weeks. But the country’s top court to rule out an EU exit without an there is anything untoward in this The Sunday Times, which ruling that the prime minister’s Johnson acted illegally in advising courage to face the electorate. But the closure was void. agreement. Under questioning, particular matter.” broke the story, said it had found suspension of the assembly was Queen Elizabeth to suspend par- it won’t.” Before the suspension, an al- attorney general Cox said that the When the Guardian called the registered address on the unlawful. liament and had undermined the “It won’t because so many of liance of opposition lawmakers government would soon move a Hacker House’s UK number it got grant application form was a The comments by Geoff rey fundamentals of democracy. them are really all about prevent- backed by rebel members of John- motion calling for an election. through to a recorded message rented house in the UK and no Cox, the fi rst Cabinet member Johnson’s response was defi - ing us leaving the European Union son’s Conservative Party forced “Vote for the election motion with a US accent that said: “Thank longer connected to her. to address the chamber since ance. at all costs,” said Cox, the man through a law requiring him to that will be coming before the you for calling Hacker House, the The LibDem MP Layla Moran parliament resumed yesterday, He rejected calls to resign, in- who gave Johnson the legal advice ask the EU to push back the dead- House shortly,” Cox advised an receptionist will be right with tabled an urgent question asking prompted outrage among John- sisted that Brexit would take place on suspending parliament. line if no exit deal was agreed by opposition lawmaker who asked you.” why Hacker House received the son’s opponents seeking to stop on October 31 and quipped that Some lawmakers shouted and October 19. “We simply cannot whether Johnson should resign. A woman with a US accent then grant this year and whether John- him taking Britain out of the EU some in parliament were seeking jeered. Others booed. aff ord to wait until October 19 to Johnson’s demands for an elec- answered the call, but would not son was involved in the award of without a deal. to turn Brexit into torment. Under questioning, Cox, see whether the prime minister tion have already been rejected give her location other than saying the grant. Britain faces an October 31 de- Ahead of Johnson’s own ap- known for his resonant, booming will refuse to obey the law again,” twice.

Greens protest UK nuclear project to BBC host reprimanded over Trump criticism witness more delays: EDF Guardian News and Media Her co-host, Dan Walker, London asked her how she felt when she heard the president use such AFP meets UK regulations. France and Finland. language. She replied: “Furi- Paris But it insisted the new esti- They have also questioned he BBC Breakfast pre- ous. Absolutely furious and I mation would not impact either an electricity price guarantee to senter Naga Munchetty can imagine lots of people in this consumers or British taxpayers. EDF of £92.5 for every megawatt Tbreached the broadcast- country will be feeling absolutely ritain’s controversial Hin- A spokesperson for the de- hour of power produced by Hin- er’s editorial guidelines after she furious a man in that position kley Point nuclear power partment for business, energy kley over the following 35 years, criticised racist comments by thinks it’s OK to skirt the lines by Bplant project faces sub- & industrial strategy empha- rising with infl ation, regardless Donald Trump about the back- using language like that.” stantial fresh cost overruns and sised that point while adding of falling energy prices. grounds of four female politi- Munchetty suggested that further delay, France’s EDF pow- that “the government nego- The National Audit Offi ce cians, the corporation has ruled. Trump’s use of such language er giant said yesterday. tiated a competitive deal on (NAO) has also long criticised the In July Trump tweeted that encouraged others to use it be- The company, part of a Hinkley Point C which ensures scheme, saying the government congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Al- fore adding: “Anyway, I’m not French-Chinese consortium consumers won’t pay a penny has “locked consumers into a exandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rash- here to give my opinion.” awarded the two-reactor project until the station generates risky and expensive project with ida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley The clip of their brief discussion in 2016 despite criticism from electricity.” uncertain strategic and econom- should “go back to the totally went viral, with the BBC’s own green groups and cost warnings The spokesperson insisted ic benefi ts”. broken and crime infested places accounts pushing it out on social from experts, warned that costs that “lessons learned from Hin- The project, still scheduled from which they came”. All four media where it reached hundreds were “now estimated at between kley have the potential to reduce to start producing electricity in are US citizens and only Omar of thousands of people. But after £21.5bn and £22.5bn.” costs for future projects” as Brit- 2025, has a projected operational was born overseas. a viewer complaint the corpora- That equates to a rise of be- ain looks to transition to a net lifetime of 60 years. The following day BBC Break- tion’s complaints unit decided tween £1.9bn and £2.9bn over zero emissions economy by 2050. Heavily-indebted EDF, mainly fast invited a Trump supporter that Munchetty had gone too far previous estimates. The Hinkley Point C project, owned by the French govern- on air to defend him, prompt- in expressing a personal opinion The project has already been built in Somerset, is supposed ment, is funding around two- ing Munchetty to discuss the US while broadcasting in her capacity dogged by delay and cost hikes. to provide 7% of Britain’s total thirds of the cost and its Chinese president’s use of loaded terms. as a BBC journalist. Following a review, EDF power needs, according to the partner the remainder. “Every time I have been told, A BBC spokeswoman said the warned two years ago of a £1.5bn government. Similar problems to those at Members of the climate campaign group Extinction Rebellion as a woman of colour, to go back complaints unit “ruled that while overrun and delays of up to 15 But critics have focused on Hinkley have also hit EDF’s re- Doctors stage a protest where they glued themselves to to where I came from, that was Munchetty was entitled to give a months. the proposed design, which actor project at Flamanville in the front doors of the department for business, energy and embedded in racism,” the BBC personal response to the phrase EDF blamed the rising costs uses a novel European Pres- western France, though the fi rm industrial strategy in central London yesterday to draw journalist told viewers in July. ‘go back to your own country’ as it largely on diffi cult ground exca- surised Reactor (EPR) system has successfully launched two attention to what they say would be a public health crisis “Now, I’m not accusing anyone was rooted in her own experience, vation conditions which required that has been beset by huge cost reactors with Chinese partners in arising from climate and ecological breakdown. of anything here, but you know overall her comments went beyond adaptations to ensure the plant overruns and delays at sites in the Chinese city of Taishan. what certain phrases mean.” what the guidelines allow for”. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 19

BRITAIN Police release man held over 1981 disappearance of toddler

Daily Mail ment in the case this week when Swindon continues and the Royal He told MailOnline: “I have takes made back in 1981.” kids out there and we owe to all of them answers about their missing London military police announced they Military Police are keeping the Lee learnt over the years never to get Speaking earlier yesterday, Ri- them to keep believing, to never daughter. had arrested a man and were family informed of developments.” my hopes up. It never gets easier chard said he had never given up give up in our search for answers.” One neighbour who had been searching the garden of a property Katrice disappeared from a su- though, when developments like hope the case might eventually be Police are still searching a prop- watching the dig told The Sun: ilitary police have re- in Swindon - 500 miles away from permarket near the British base this occur you can’t help but hope solved. erty in a row of terraced houses in “Forensic teams in white suits leased an ex-serviceman where Katrice went missing. in Paderborn on November 28 in it will lead to some answers. He said: “I have never believed Swindon and have dug up the gar- started in the middle of the garden Marrested in connection But the army yesterday an- 1981, her second birthday. Her “We must make no assumptions that Katrice is dead. If I didn’t be- den. and then began taking up the patio with the disappearance a toddler in nounced that the former service- family have clung to the hope that about the person who was ar- lieve that she was alive and some- Neighbours in the Moredon slabs. Around 2pm they found a Germany almost four decades ago. man has now been released with- she is still alive and, following the rested, everyone is innocent until where out in the world living and area of the Wiltshire town have small black package. It looked like Katrice Lee vanished without a out charge. update in the case, her father said proven guilty and we must all abide breathing I would not have been claimed a black package “around some kind of bag. They stopped for trace in 1981 while shopping with A spokesman said: “A former he hopes it could end their ‘years of by that. able to continue so long in this a foot long” was found under its an hour and then continued to dig her mother Sharon for treats on serviceman was arrested by the hell’ since she vanished. “I have not heard from the RMP desperate search for her. patio with offi cers using special- using tools until late into the night.” her second birthday in Paderborn, Royal Military Police on Sep- At his home in Hartlepool, yet but I’m anticipating a call “I have had to be very tenacious ist equipment to “dig through the Katrice disappeared from a bar- west Germany, where her father tember 23 in connection with the County Durham, Richard, now 69, soon. I’ll wait and hope to hear and I really believe that if I had night”. racks Naafi supermarket when her Richard was serving in the British disappearance of Katrice Lee. He said he wasn’t surprised that the that there has been some progress rolled over and given up then eve- Katrice Lee’s parents Richard father was stationed nearby with Army. has now been released without man had been released without in this case but I can’t help but feel ryone else would as well. and Sharon, who have separated, the 15th/19th King’s Royal Hus- There was a dramatic develop- charge. The search of an address in charge. they are still trying to rectify mis- There are thousands of missing were hoping the arrest could give sars.

Archbishop Tutu hails Probe opens Harry and Meghan as UK resident Reuters Cape Town, South Africa

obel Peace Prize laure- ate Desmond Tutu hailed shot dead by NPrince Harry and his wife Meghan as “genuinely caring” people when the royal couple visited the former archbishop along with their four-month- old son Archie in Cape Town yesterday. Malaysia police The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have recently been the Guardian News and Media strongly contested police claims, national and UK resident, who subject of scurrilous articles in London saying key facts did not add up. had joined the three men for din- Britain’s tabloid media which Senior human rights lawyer Pon- ner and has been missing since. have accused them of being nusamy Uthayakumar, who is Her sister, Vasanthi Govin- overly politically correct and elatives have demanded representing the family, told the dasamy, said Moganambal had contrasted their globe-trotting answers after a British resi- Guardian: “The gunshot wounds shared a GPS location with her via lifestyle with their stand on cli- Rdent was shot dead by po- on the individuals, all three of WhatsApp at 1.38am on Septem- mate change. lice while on holiday in Malaysia, them, are on the chest and one on ber 14, something she had never But the 87-year-old Tutu, a and his wife went missing at the the head and chest. To me that is done before and that caused her veteran of South Africa’s anti- same time. consistent with an execution. to believe her sister was in danger. apartheid struggle, gave them a Janarthanan Vijayaratnam, a The lawyer described the police That morning the family went to fulsome welcome. 40-year-old Sri Lankan national statement as an “SOS”, or “stand- the location where they found a “It’s very heartwarming, let and UK resident was fatally shot ard operating storyline”. car, a white Perodua Alza the fam- me tell you, very heartwarming by police in an apparent car chase “Normally in their standard ily had rented, and which the four to realise that you really, genu- and shootout in the early hours story, there will not be any wit- had driven to dinner on Friday inely are caring people,” Tutu of September 14, alongside his nesses, none of the policeman night. told them, according to a state- Malaysian brother-in-law and a are injured in the shootout, none Kumar claimed the Malaysian ment from his foundation. second Malaysian man. He was of the police cars are hit by stray police did not investigate the ve- Much attention was focused on holiday with his wife and three bullets, and normally it is a se- hicle. “Why was there no foren- on wee Archie, making his debut children, aged fi ve, 10 and 17, at cluded area in the early hours of sic investigation? Why weren’t on a royal tour. the time. the morning,” he explained, “This fi ngerprints taken? Instead, the He sat on his mother’s lap Police said they had ordered the is the standard operating story rental company just took it back,” while his father chatted with car the three men were in to pull they give, and all these years we he said. Tutu, video footage showed. over in the township of Bandar have never believed.” The couple, who lived in Port- The family met Tutu and his County Homes, in the state of Se- Suresh Kumar, a close family smouth, had been in Malaysia daughter Thandeka at the Old langor. The call was ignored, they friend, said the police were yet to since August 27 for a holiday Granary, one of the oldest build- said, sparking a 7km car chase. adequately explain other critical with their children. The young- ings in Cape Town, where the In a statement to local media, details. “How is it they all were est child, aged fi ve, holds a British cleric’s charitable foundation is Selangor police confi rmed the perfectly shot in the chest while passport. based. three men had been shot dead, it was a car chase? That is im- A spokesperson for the UK’s A small group of well-wishers and claimed offi cers acted in self- possible,” said Suresh, “And then Foreign and Commonwealth Of- waited in searing heat to catch a defence because one of the men there is the car, they were found fi ce said: “Our staff are providing glimpse of the royals arriving at had opened fi re during the chase. in a red Volkswagen Polo, but no assistance to the family of a Brit- the Old Granary. However, the family dispute the one in the family has seen that car ish child following an incident in One elderly woman collapsed account of events and the Human before.” Batu Arang, Malaysia and are in and had to be moved to the shade Rights Commission of Malaysia is The family also claimed that contact with both the British and where bystanders and police of- now investigating whether there on Saturday morning a police Malaysian authorities.” fi cers helped her. has been an “abuse of power’ by sergeant had told them a fourth Police claimed that Vijayarat- The couple were presented police. person was at the scene and had nam was not a UK resident and with a basket of gifts from the Police named the two Malay- been shot in the leg, but escaped that there was no record of him Tutu family celebrating South sian men, Thavaselvan Govin- into the forest before being ap- entering Malaysia. However, the African women, children and dasamy and Mahendran Santhira prehended. Guardian has seen receipts for re- non-racialism including match- Segaran, as members of the “08” However, police later denied a turn fl ights from London to Kuala ing hand-made beaded brace- gang, which it said was wanted for fourth individual was involved. Lumpur for the family, match- lets in the foundations colours, a series of robberies. The family question whether ing luggage tags. Income tax and a signed set of children’s books They said the third, UK resi- that fourth person initially men- council tax bills sent to the couple for Archie written by Tutu, and dent Janarthanan Vijayaratnam, tioned may have been Vijayarat- at a Portsmouth address also in- a signed copy of the Book of Joy had overstayed his visa. nam’s wife, Moganambal Govin- dicate the couple were living and written jointly by the Dalai Lama Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holds her son Archie as she meets with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his Vijayaratnam’s family has dasamy, a 35-year-old Malaysian working there. and the archbishop. wife (unseen) at the Tutu foundation in Cape Town yesterday. Farewell Ricksen Poor standards at 28 Russian company boss mental health units

Guardian News and Media lator of standards in health and found dead from injuries London social care, has deemed a mental health unit run by Cygnet to be inadequate. Daily Mail Her body was found shortly at the scene last Wednesday. nspectors have found 28 The watchdog has expressed London after 1pm on Wednesday by po- An elderly neighbour living on privately run mental health serious concern about what its lice. They called paramedics the fl oor below Meshaka said: Iunits to be “inadequate” in inspectors found at Newbus who pronounced her dead at the “We all speak to each other and the past three years, prompting Grange, including residents – etectives investigating scene. invite each other to Christmas fears that vulnerable patients are men with autism, learning dis- the death of a company Detective chief inspector parties and birthday parties. I receiving poor and unsafe care. abilities and complex needs – Ddirector have launched a Helen Rance said: “At this stage met her at a Christmas party The disclosure of such wide- being restrained by staff using murder inquiry after it emerged we don’t know what happened many years ago.” spread substandard care in men- “inappropriate techniques” and she died from suspicious head to Serafi ma, who was sadly found The woman, who did not wish tal health facilities run by non- no eff ort made to reduce obvious injuries. dead in her own home. We would to be named, added that Me- NHS providers has prompted risks of suicide. Serafi ma Meshaka, 58, was appeal for anyone who saw or shaka had lived in the building psychiatrists to call for a public Cygnet is a specialist mental found dead at her £900,000 heard anything suspicious to for several years and recently had inquiry to investigate. health provider which operates fl at last Wednesday when police please come forward. renovations carried out for three The Care Quality Commission more than 150 facilities across were alerted over concerns for “We are keeping an open mind months. (CQC) has rated 16 independ- the UK, which between them her welfare. about what happened and any Bushra Imran, 43, who lives ently run mental health units as have more than 1,000 beds. The Plain clothes detectives are possible motive for this attack.” in a fl at on the fl oor below Me- inadequate so far this year. It put large majority are occupied by scouring the building for clues Meshaka’s next-of-kin have shaka, said: “I was very scared four others in the same category NHS-funded patients, including after a post mortem on Monday been informed, police said. this is happening because we (the last year, and eight in 2017. those with autism and learning revealed Meshaka may have been Her fl at is part of a well-kept residents) are the only ones with In its latest inspection report disabilities who spend months or attacked. complex of buildings occupied keys to the building. It’s very qui- it disclosed how it found a pa- years there. She is understood to be Rus- mainly by elderly residents and et here.” tient with “unexplained inju- Earlier this month Sean McNul- sian and the director of a com- professionals which can only She added police have also Pallbearers wearing a number 2 shirt with the name of ries”, opportunities for patients ty, a member of staff at Newbus pany called Guide and Guardian be accessed with electronic key gathered details about residents, Fernando Ricksen written on them carry the coff in of Rangers to kill themselves and staff asleep Grange, was jailed for abusing and UK. fobs. including their height, hair col- Dutch former footballer Fernando Ricksen out of Wellington while on duty at Cygnet Newbus ill-treating residents. Sentencing One neighbour in Ealing, west Resident Sebastian Jurzak, our and skin colour as part of the Church, Glasgow, yesterday after his funeral service. Former Grange hospital, in Darlington. him to two years and eight months London, said he was told by a 37, said police told him she inquiry. Netherlands and Rangers player Fernando Ricksen died at the It has since been put into spe- in prison judge Peter Armstrong police offi cer that Meshaka ‘col- “collapsed in the bathroom. Uniformed offi cers were age of 43 from motor neurone disease. Ricksen, who spent six cial measures and its 10 patients said he was a “sadistic bully”. lapsed in the bathroom’ and of- Something happened with her standing guard at the building years at Rangers until 2006, announced he was suff ering from moved elsewhere. CCTV footage had shown McNul- fi cers were trying to understand head”. and door-to-door inquiries were the disease in October 2013. It is the sixth time this year ty punching, kicking or slapping how she suff ered the injuries. He described “a lot of police” continuing. that the CQC, England’s regu- one patient 15 times. Gulf Times 20 Thursday, September 26, 2019 EUROPE

CRIME TECHNOLOGY JUSTICE HACKED DEFENCE Baby-traff icking network White rails to help fight Russian jailed for stealing Czech intel blames China Croatia receives 13 off ers in cracked by Greek police heatwaves in Germany painting in plain sight for massive cyberattack search for fighter jets

Greek police said yesterday they had broken After successive summer heatwaves Germany’s A Russian court yesterday sentenced a man China was behind a major cyberattack at a key Croatia, which is trying to buy 12 fighters to up a network trafficking babies and even public rail operator Deutsche Bahn is testing who snatched a 19th-century painting off the government institution in the Czech Republic last modernise its air force, said yesterday it had eggs for fertilisation from mainly Bulgarian white-painted rails designed to reflect some wall in a busy Moscow gallery earlier this year year, the EU member’s intelligence agency said received 13 expressions of interest in response women, making arrests after raids on private rays and protect them from heat damage. to three years in a maximum security prison. in a report yesterday. Without providing details, to a request for off ers for the planes. “We have clinics. Police also arrested women from Experiments this summer succeeded in keeping The court in the Russian capital found Denis the agency known as NUKIB said the attack “was received 13 off ers after contacting 26 potential Georgia and from the Greek Roma community the rails cooler, the firm said in a statement, Chuprikov guilty of theft of valuable items. In almost certainly carried out by a state actor or a bidders. Five off ers involve new fighter jets and during the raids in the northern port city of meaning DB will now extend them to a January, Chuprikov took the painting off the wall related group,” with “a Chinese actor” the most eight refer to used ones. We shall now assess Thessaloniki. The women were there either kilometre-long stretch on the high-speed line in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery — home to some likely suspect. More broadly speaking, China and the validity of the off ers,” the state commission to give birth or to let the clinic take their between northern city Hanover and centrally- of Russia’s most storied art — and strolled out Russia pose the biggest threat to cybersecurity in tasked to run the procurement process said in eggs to sell on, police said. Investigators had located Wuerzburg — one of the country’s past visitors and security. He took a Crimean the Czech Republic, the intelligence agency said in a statement. It did not identify the bidders. The identified 22 cases of illegal adoption and 24 busiest. The environment-friendly paint’s landscape by Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi its 2018 report quoted by the Czech News Agency. Jutarnji List daily newspaper has reported that cases in which eggs were sold, a business that resilience to dense traff ic will be thoroughly and carried it through a room filled with visitors, NUKIB spokesman Radek Holy told AFP the the bidders represented at least seven countries, had brought in 500,000 euros ($550,000) tested on a 61m high bridge near Melsungen in CCTV cameras showed. He was arrested the next watchdog would not make the details public until including Israel, Italy, France, the United States, since 2016, said police. the federal state of Hesse. morning in a village outside Moscow. Monday when lawmakers will discuss the report. Sweden, Norway and Denmark. EU puts off ‘green’ fi nance guide, leaves it open to N-power

By Francesco Guarascio, Clearer standards were ur- EU governments’ compromise apply the new standards earlier Reuters gently needed to fund a sustain- does not exclude any economic and to exclude nuclear and pol- Brussels able economy, he said. activity from being listed as green. luting activities from the taxon- Deciding which investments That could pave the way for omy, he said. could be called green was part of declaring as green investments By setting criteria on what in- set of European Union a legislative proposal put forward meant to reduce the environ- vestment is sustainable, the EU A handout image, from the Courmayor Press office, of the Planpincieux glacier on the Grandes standards to determine last year by the European Com- mental impact of nuclear reac- hoped to avoid diff erent stand- Jorasses peak of the Mont Blanc massif, Europe’s highest mountain range, in the Italy’s Alpine Awhich fi nancial products mission, the EU’s executive arm. tors or plants seen as highly pol- ards in its 28 states and increase region of Valle d’Aosta. qualify as “green” should be de- Its goal was to encourage pri- luting. the confi dence of climate-con- layed until the end of 2022, EU vate investment in environmen- The decision runs counter to scious investors. governments yesterday agreed, tally sustainable businesses. recommendations from an EU Proliferating standards let stirring concern because the The proposal laid out a taxon- expert group, which had advised companies “greenwash” their guidelines might end up includ- omy — a set of criteria and proce- in June excluding nuclear and activities, claiming green cre- Alpine glacier is ‘close to collapse’ ing investments in nuclear pow- dures for deciding what made an coal-fi red plants from the EU dential they not deserve. er. investment green — that was due taxonomy. However, the EU taxonomy’s The delay, if confi rmed by to take eff ect in 2020. Their environmental impact broad criteria could divert mon- By Françoise Kadri, AFP He has banned walkers from the area below the EU lawmakers, could slow the But many EU members ob- was seen as going against EU tar- ey to technologies that “can- Rome glacier, which is popular with visitors and has growth of the $200bn market jected, fearing damage to their gets to cut carbon emissions and not be considered either safe or three mountain refuges. for green bonds, by pushing back national industries. reduce hazardous waste. sustainable,” Germany said in a Experts at the Fondazione Montagna Sicura clearer standards that many in- Diplomats agreed to postpone The text agreed by EU govern- statement appended to the com- art of a massive glacier on the Italian side of (Safe Mountain Foundation), who have been vestors wanted. introduction of the taxonomy by ments needs the approval of the promise text and also signed by the Mont Blanc mountain range is close to monitoring the glacier for the Val d’Aosta region Proponents of green invest- more than two years. European Parliament, which also Austria and Luxembourg. Pcollapse after accelerated melting in the late since 2013, alerted local offi cials to the latest de- ment condemned the postpone- They also agreed to grant gov- wanted to rule out nuclear and The compromise ignored summer heat, offi cials at a nearby town warned velopments. ment. ernments more powers to decide coal investments from projects those concerns and tried instead yesterday. “This glacier is atypical because it’s temperate, “We don’t need to waste two which investments are green, deemed green. to allay opposing fears of coun- This is the latest of a series of warnings about and so is infl uenced by the temperature of the wa- more years,” said Luca Bonac- amending procedures proposed “This is a disaster,” Green Eu- tries such as France, which relies melting glaciers — in the Alps and elsewhere — ter fl owing below, which particularly exposes it to corsi, an activist with the Trans- by the commission that would ropean lawmaker Sven Giegold on nuclear energy, and eastern as concern grows about the eff ects of climate the global warming in progress,” said the founda- port and Environment campaign have given independent experts said. European nations, which still de- change. tion’s secretary-general Jean Pierre Fosson. group. more say. Parliament will do all it can to pend on coal. The mayor of the town of Courmayeur has or- But he cautioned against alarmism, stressing dered a local access road closed at night and lim- that the preventive measures taken so far were for ited access to the region below the glacier, which an “unprecedented situation” for a glacier in the is popular with tourists, a town spokesman told region. AFP. While it might break off in a single block, it Town spokesman Moreno Vignolini dismissed could just crumble away or not break away at all, “apocalyptic” reports in the media that it was he added. France shouldn’t be too ‘attractive’ threatening to smash down on the town itself. The Foundation monitors 180 glaciers in the Val Below the glacier, he said, “there are no homes, d’Aosta region and this kind of thing is unavoid- only a few unoccupied chalets”. able, said Fosson. Part of the Planpincieux glacier in the Aosta “Every year we see 2sq km of ice disappear” he for illegal immigrants: Macron Valley is in danger of crashing into a valley run- said. “And it is getting worse with the increasingly ning parallel to the Courmayeur valley, said hot summers and autumns.” Vignolini. According to a landmark assessment approved Reuters “In order to be able to welcome France and Spain were among the is one benefi t that, critics say, “With the strong heat this summer, there has by the 195-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Paris everyone decently, we shouldn’t few countries globally who reg- helps lure asylum seekers and il- been between August and the fi rst half of Sep- Climate Change (IPCC), accelerating melt-off be too attractive a country,” the istered a big increase in asylum legal immigrants to France. tember, an acceleration of the melting of the gla- from glaciers and Earth’s ice sheets atop Green- French president told Europe 1 applications last year. Set up in 2000, under a then cier, at an average rate of 35cm a day, up to highs of land and Antarctica are driving sea level rise. rance does not plan to stop radio station on the sidelines of France already toughened its left-wing government led by Li- 50cm to 60cm on some days,” said Vignolini. Since 2005, the ocean has risen 2.5 times faster illegal immigrants get- a United Nations summit in New immigration policies in 2018 but onel Jospin, the healthcare pro- The chunk of the glacier concerned, which than during the 20th century, threatening island Fting medical care, but the York. Macron promised in April to ad- gram for illegal immigrants ben- makes up between a fi fth and a sixth of the total nations and coastal cities. programme should be reviewed “I heard some say we should dress the issue again, in the wake efi ts some 300,000 people at an and weighs around 250,000 tonnes, was threat- The rate at which the waterline rises will quad- as part of an eff ort to ensure the abolish state medical aid. That of the violent “Yellow Vest” pro- annual cost close to 950mn euros ening to break away and crash down into the val- ruple again by 2100 if carbon emissions continue country is not too “attractive” would be ridiculous”, Macron tests earlier this year against his ($1.05bn). ley, he added. unabated, the report found. for migrants, President Em- said in the interview. government. Right and far-right parties “There is a problem with a part of the Plan- On Sunday, dozens of people dressed in black manuel Macron said yesterday. “We must evaluate it. We need Macron faces his next big have demanded its removal. pincieux glacier located at Val Ferret, which is attended a symbolic funeral march on a Swiss Like other European leaders, a debate to assess what we do electoral test next year, when Several non-governmental thought to be falling due to a large fracture be- mountainside to mark the disappearance of an Macron faces an electoral threat compared to our neighbours. Do his party will contest municipal groups who work with migrants tween the, say, stable part of the glacier and this Alpine glacier on Pizol mountain. from rivals on the populist right and we really have to fully reimburse elections. have said that a downsizing of part,” the mayor of Courmayeur, Stefano Miser- A study by Swiss researchers released earlier is under pressure to crack down on everything ? Aren’t there some A debate on immigration is- this program could have dire occhi, told AFP. this month suggested that the Aletsch glacier — migration, but he risks alienating excesses ?” sues is scheduled for next week consequences not only for the Late on Tuesday Miserocchi ordered the night- the largest in the Alps — could disappear com- some of his more liberal backers if According to OECD fi gures in the French parliament. people directly concerned but time closure of the access road to Val Ferret, on pletely by the end of the century if nothing was he veers too far to the right. published earlier this month, Free access to state healthcare also for public health in general. the Italian side of Mont Blanc. done to rein in climate change. France’s oldest mosque, in the Indian Ocean, gets a facelift

By Faid Souhaili, AFP The building, perched on an toric monument in its own right. Tsingoni, Mayotte Island island whose population is 95% It is being repainted, and a Muslim, is the oldest working new copper dome topped with mosque in France and classifi ed a star and crescent has just been t France’s oldest mosque, as a French Historic Monument installed to replace its shattered a fi ve-century-old edi- since 2016. concrete predecessor, which had Afi ce on the Indian Ocean “The inscriptions on the side been in danger of collapsing. island of Mayotte, the sound of of the mihrab (a niche in the wall The work is expected to be jackhammers is broken intermit- that shows the direction in which completed by the end of 2020. tently by recitals by the faithful Muslims should pray) say that The design of the mosque hunched over in prayer. the mosque was built in 1538 by shows a strong Swahili infl uence The white-and-blue prayer Sultan Insa,” said Ambass Ridjali, from the East African coast, said hall at the mosque in Tsingoni, cultural director of the Tsingoni Violaine Bressand, an engineer used fi ve times a day, is plagued commune, formerly the island’s with Mayotte’s cultural aff airs by crumbling ceilings, leaks, gi- royal capital. agency. ant cracks and damp. “The architecture of the west- The holy place, in the mean- “The humidity, the dust, the ern part (of the mosque) has re- time, is starting to attract visitors lack of ventilation, I can’t stand mained unchanged since that — and cash — to Tsingoni. it. I’ve developed allergies,” com- time.” “This contributes to the eco- plained Badirou Abdou, a local Excavations by France’s IN- nomic development of our terri- council representative who has RAP national archaeological re- tory while also safeguarding the prayed at the mosque since he search institute have revealed historical aspect of the mosque”, can remember. that the spot hosted a place of Ridjali said. Abdou now worships in a tem- worship already in the 14th cen- Despite the noise, dust and porary prayer hall one fl oor above tury, “which makes it a contem- workmen, worshipper Abdillahi the original, which is getting a porary of the Notre-Dame in Salim continues to use the origi- much-needed facelift along with Paris,” Ridjali said. nal prayer hall. the rest of the mosque at a cost of Outside, workers’ footsteps “This is where my father and some 2mn euros ($2.2mn) to the echo on the steel scaff olding my grandfather prayed. I do not city of Tsingoni and the French erected around the much-newer see myself praying anywhere Men pray at the mosque of Tsingoni on the French island of Mayotte. state. minaret, built in 1994 and a his- else,” he said. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 21 INDIA Struggling Congress still waiting for Priyanka’s ‘magic’

IANS Priyanka, who had been cam- She marked her launch with Lucknow, she returned to Delhi ride programme on Ganges from campaigned extensively for the According to party leaders, New Delhi paigning for her mother Sonia a mega 17km-long road show and remained away from the Allahabad to Prime Minister party candidates across the state Priyanka’s entry into politics has Gandhi and brother Rahul Gan- in Lucknow on February 11 in state till March 17, as a result of Narendra Modi’s parliamentary in over 22 parliamentary con- boosted the morale of the Con- dhi in the family pocket bor- which the then Congress presi- which the initial fi zz lost steam. constituency of Varanasi. stituencies, besides Rae Bareli gress workers but she cannot t was with much fanfare oughs of Rae Bareli and Amethi dent Rahul Gandhi and other However, she made dramatic During her campaign, and Amethi. convert crowds into votes. that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh for over one- leaders like state unit chief Raj appearances on two occasions she tried to connect But despite all her road shows A senior party leader said Pri- Ijoined active politics in Janu- and-a-half decade, joined ac- Babbar and party general sec- - one, when she went with with the communi- and public rallies in diff erent yanka managed to attract crowds ary this year, ahead of Lok Sabha tive politics on January 23 when retary in charge of Western Ut- her brother to meet the fam- ties of ‘mallah’ parts of the state, the Congress during her road shows and pub- elections, with the Congress she was made a Congress general tar Pradesh Jyotiraditya Scindia ily members of Pulwama (boatmen) could manage to win only Rae lic meetings mainly because of party pinning its hope on her secretary in charge of Eastern also participated. terror attack martyrs and weav- Bareli, represented by Sonia, her resemblance with her grand- formal entry to bring a “magi- Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently, she held mara- and second, when she ers, residing out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the mother and former prime minis- cal” turnaround in its fortunes. Her formal entry came just thon meetings with party activ- went to meet Bhim on the banks state. ter Indira Gandhi. Eight months have passed three months ahead of the Lok ists to fi gure out the problems Army chief Chan- of the river in The biggest shock came from However, in most places since then, but her expected Sabha elections and it was sur- grappling it for decades in the drasekhar Ravan in the state. Prayagraj, Mirza- Amethi, which Rahul could not across the state the Congress “magic” is nowhere to be seen rounded by a lot of euphoria that state where it has been unable to As the Lok Sabha elec- pur, Bhadohi and retain as Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidates lost to the BJP by and the grand old party contin- she would boost the party’s elec- come to power since 1989. tions inched closer, she Varanasi. Smriti Irani won by a margin of more than 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh ues to struggle. toral prospects. After spending three days in went on a three-day river After that she 55,000 votes. votes.

All dressed up for traditional dance Delhi Congress blames Kejriwal, central govt for onion woes

IANS from Tamil Nadu to ensure that New Delhi there was no shortage. Yusuf said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and he Delhi Congress yes- the Kejriwal regime in Delhi were terday blamed the cen- making people stand in queue for Ttral and the Aam Aadmi everything, even for onions. Party (AAP) governments for He said both governments the shortage and soaring price seemed to take some vicarious of onions in the national capital, pleasure from the plight of the saying their shortsightedness people of Delhi. has led to the current situation. Yusuf also slammed Kejriwal for Delhi Congress working presi- his statement that over two lakh dents Haroon Yusuf, Devender street lights would be installed in Yadav and Rajesh Lilothia said the city for women’s safety. that Chief Minister Arvind Ke- “Kejriwal has realised the im- jriwal was trying to fool the peo- portance of women’s safety after ple of Delhi by claiming that the being in power for nearly fi ve onion shortage will be brought years, following several attacks Participants dressed in traditional attire pose for pictures during rehearsals for Garba, a folk dance, in preparations for the upcoming Navratri festival, in Ahmedabad, under control within 10 days. on women. Gujarat yesterday. “The vegetable has become “Similarly, Kejrwial’s prom- a scarce commodity in the na- ise of adding 1,000 buses to the tional capital now, selling at an DTC fl eet was a joke, as in the exorbitant price of Rs70 to Rs80 past fi ve years, commuters had per kg,” they said. to put up with severe inconven- They also said that the Bharati- ience due to the shortage of DTC ya Janata Party and the AAP buses,” he said. should stop playing with the peo- Lilothia said that the Con- ple on the issue of onion shortage. gress workers in Delhi will hold Yusuf said that in 10 days’ a protest outside the residence time, onions from Gujarat and of Kejriwal today, when the chief Modi ignores protests Rajasthan would start arriving in minister is slated to hold meet- Delhi, and the prices would au- ing to make a fresh set of prom- tomatically start falling. ises to sanitation workers of Del- Moreover, he added, during hi to “fool” them. Navaratri festival, the consump- “In the last four-and-a-half tion of onions comes down by years, Kejriwal made many 60%, leading to a slump in the promises to the sanitation work- to collect Gates award demand for the commodity. ers, from hiking their wages to “When the Congress, under ending the contract system. But Agencies “I dedicate this award to all human rights, democracy.” communications specialist, implemented this crisis, their Sheila Dikshit, was in power in he did not fulfi l any of the prom- New York those Indians who transformed “This is particularly troubling said that honouring Modi while untruths and the complicity of Delhi, it used to take advance ises,” Lilothia said. the ‘Clean India Mission’ into a to us as the stated mission of he imposed a communications a large part of the media means steps to ensure that there is no Yadav alleged that the delay- people’s movement and started your foundation is to preserve and movement lockdown on they are also trying to hijack the shortage of onions at any point ing tactics of the Kejriwal gov- rime Minister Narendra giving cleanliness the high- life and fi ght inequity,” they Kashmir was a grave error. narrative. Being feted at large of time,” Yusuf said, adding that ernment has led to the delay in Modi on Tuesday brushed est priority in their daily lives,” wrote, urging the Gates Founda- “Since the foundation international gatherings, and when the supply of onions from the implementation of the Street Paside an outcry from hu- Modi said after collecting the tion to change its decision. seemed set on its course of ac- winning awards plays right into the traditional sources became Vendors’ Act, though the previ- man rights activists to receive award from billionaire philan- In addition to a rise in mob tion to go ahead with the award that,” she said. dearer, the Congress govern- ous Congress-led federal govern- an award from the Gates Foun- thropist and Microsoft founder lynchings of Muslims, Chris- – which as a private foundation Modi won a second term in ment used to buy onions even ment had passed the Act in 2014. dation in New York for his ef- Bill Gates. tians, and Dalits, they noted the it is entitled to – I could do just a huge election victory in May forts to end open defecation. India’s government says it decision by Genocide Watch to one thing: leave,” Hamid said. and drew tens of thousands of The decision to honour the has built more than 100mn toi- issue warnings for the state of The former employee said diaspora fans on Sunday in an Indian leader provoked several lets under a $20bn initiative be- Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. she took up the matter with her unusual joint rally in Houston withering op-eds and the ire gun in 2014 to address the issue Kashmir is under a com- superiors, but “realised very with President Donald Trump. of three Nobel prize winners, of open defecation, particularly munications blackout that has quickly that this was a decision He did not respond to the citing rising attacks against in rural areas, a major public lasted 50 days after Modi re- that would not be changed”. criticism over the award. minorities under Modi’s ten- health issue in the country. scinded its autonomy. Hamid, a Kashmiri, has been The Gates Foundation said ure, while British-Asian actors Under Modi’s plan, tribal The award was also protested with the Gates Foundation for in a statement: “Before the Jameela Jamil and Riz Ahmed households get $200 each for in an online petition that gar- over three years. Swachh Bharat mission, over who had been due to attend building latrines. nered 100,000 signatures as “Being Kashmiri makes it per- 500mn people in India did not dropped out. But ahead of the ceremo- well as a comment piece co-au- sonal. Eight million of my people have access to safe sanitation, The Bill and Melinda Gates ny, Nobel Peace Prize winners thored by feminist leader Gloria have been under an undeclared and now, the majority do. Foundation said it respected the Mairead Maguire, Tawakkol Steinem. curfew for 50 days now, with “The Swachh Bharat Mission critics’ views but defended its Abdel-Salam Karman and Shi- Hours before Modi received minimal access even to medical can serve as a model for other decision, saying sanitation is a rin Ebadi said that under Modi’s the award, a staff member at the care, and there is a humanitarian countries around the world that neglected issue and India’s pro- leadership, “India has descended Gates Foundation reportedly crisis under way in the (Kashmir) urgently need to improve access A worker carries a gunny bag filled with onions at a wholesale gramme can serve as a model for into dangerous and deadly chaos resigned in protest. valley. The Modi-led govern- to sanitation for the world’s vegetable market in New Delhi yesterday. other countries. that has consistently undermined Sabah Hamid, a 42-year-old ment has not only designed and poorest.” Heavy rains pound Hyderabad

IANS Traffi c police had a tough time ter Response Force (NDRF) if cession) starts from the Hyderabad in controlling the situation. The the need arises. Mankameshwar temple near police have advised employees of Meanwhile in Agra, Ut- the Ram Lila ground close to IT companies to delay their de- tar Pradesh, several rounds of the Agra Fort to the so-called eavy rains continued parture from offi ces and to fol- heavy showers since yesterday Janakpuri, covering around to pound Hyderabad low staggered timings in view of morning have hit preparations 10km and taking a whole night. Hfor the second straight the traffi c problems. for the annual Ram Lila Barat This year’s Janakpuri has day yesterday, with the city re- As continuing rains fl ooded procession. broken all records in scale and cording the highest September roads and low-lying areas, the “It began pouring around magnitude. rainfall in over 100 years, offi - emergency team of Greater Hy- 8am, then at 10am, followed “The funds for ‘Ram Baraat’ cials said. derabad Municipal Corporation by another heavy spell around are raised by locals. Corporate The rains pounded sev- (GHMC) swung into action to noon, fl ooding many parts of houses often make generous eral parts of the city yester- clear bottlenecks in storm wa- Agra,” said Sudhier Gupta, a contributions. The municipal day evening, bringing life to a ter drains. resident of Vijay Nagar colony. corporation ensures that street grinding halt. Commuters were Minister of State for Home G The Agra Ram Lila ‘Barat’ is lights, roads and other facilities stranded in peak hour traffi c Kishan Reddy spoke to Telan- the grandest in north India it used for the ‘barat’ are in good as the thunderstorm fl ooded gana Chief Secretary S K Joshi began way back in 1880. Over shape,” said an organiser. many roads. and GHMC Commissioner to a million people from neigh- Each year ‘Janakpuri’ is built Long traffi c snarls were seen inquire about the situation. bouring districts come to watch in a new locality which receives in the Information Technol- Reddy, who represents the the proceedings spread over generous funds from the mu- ogy corridors of Hitec City Secunderabad Lok Sabha con- three days. For the convenience nicipal corporation for devel- and Gachibowli. Hundreds of stituency, also assured central of outsiders, cinema halls run opment of roads and stream- techies returning from their of- government’s support in the extra shows at night. lining of civic amenities in the Schoolgirls walk through a water-logged road during heavy rains in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, fi ces were caught in the jam. deployment of National Disas- The ‘barat’ (wedding pro- area. yesterday. Gulf Times 22 Thursday, September 26, 2019 INDIA Ayodhya awaits SC verdict with a sense of fi nality

IANS the Ayodhya issue is coming cannot be a greater joy than this. Iqbal Ansari, a litigant in the The Uttar Pradesh govern- provocation, tension builds up Gopal Singh Visharad fi led a suit Ayodhya closer to its logical conclusion, We are blessed to be alive to see title suit, said that he was also ment has already launched a here. No one knows what will in Faizabad district court for this is a moment of extreme joy the temple being constructed.” awaiting the verdict. massive drive for development happen next. The verdict now rights to off er prayers there. for us who have been waiting to Bharatiya Janata Party MP “I do not want to jump the gun. of the city. Ayodhya is being de- will settle the dispute for all The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Cen- he air of uncertainty is see a temple. Sakshi Maharaj said he had a I want a solution to the problem veloped as a tourist attraction times to come,” she said. tral Waqf Board fi led a suit for fast evaporating and is be- “There are no apprehensions strong feeling that the temple and have waited for years. I will with roads being widened, ghats The dispute began in 1885 when possession of the site in 1981 Ting replaced with a sense now, only a sense of urgency in construction would begin from wait for another few months.” being spruced up and heritage Mahant Raghubir Das fi led a plea which initiated the ‘Ayodhya of fi nality that is settling in. starting the temple construc- December 6. Rajan Agarwal, who owns a ho- temples being refurbished. in Faizabad district court seek- movement’ with the Bharatiya In less than two months the tion after the court announces Zafaryab Jilani, All India Babri tel in Ayodhya, said: “After years For Nalini Shahi, a school ing permission to build a canopy Janata Party taking a lead in the Supreme Court will deliver its its verdict,” he said. Masjid Action Committee (AIB- of lull in business, we are now teacher, the court verdict will outside the disputed Ram Janam- matter. verdict on the controversial Suresh Das, of Digambar MAC) convener and a member of looking towards a boom. Once hopefully bring an end to “dec- bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure The Babri mosque was demol- temple-mosque issue. Akhara, was equally elated. “It is the All India Muslim Personal Law the temple construction begins, ades of apprehension”. which the court rejected. ished in 1992 by Vishva Hindu Narendra Giri of the Akhilesh now a matter of days before the Board (AIMPLB), however, said: “I we will not be able to cope with “Since the demolition in 1992, In December 1949, statues of Parishad zealots and for the next Bhartiya Akhara Parishad which temple construction begins. The will not comment on the issue. We the rush. We will have leaders, we have been living in an atmos- Ram were placed under a cen- 25 years, Ayodhya has remained is an organisation of Hindu re- Supreme Court judgment is like- have full faith in the judiciary and politicians and tourists coming to phere of uncertainty and appre- tral dome outside the disputed at the centre stage of Indian ligious leaders, said: “Now that ly to be in our favour and there will wait for the verdict.” see the temple taking shape.” hension. Even at the slightest structure and the following year, politics. Rape victim arrested on extortion charge: police

IANS tives (AALI), an NGO working Lucknow with women, condemned the arrest of the rape survivor and the special treatment meted out olice yesterday said they to the accused Chinmayanand. arrested the 23-year old “Even after Chinmayanand has PShahjahanpur rape victim confessed to rape, he is being kept only after “enough” digital and as a VIP patient in a super spe- forensic evidence was found and cialty hospital in Lucknow where corroborative statements were tests have proved that there is recorded. nothing seriously wrong with According to Naveen Arora, him. The present investigation of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) activists stage a demonstration outside the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office to protest against the cases lodged against party chief chief of the Uttar Pradesh po- the SIT appears to be suspicious Sharad Pawar and other leaders, in Mumbai yesterday. lice’s Special Investigation Team as it is protecting Chinmayanand (SIT), the police had suffi cient and has put the complainant be- evidence that three men who hind bars,” the AALI said. have been arrested had demand- The AALI said that in a 2014 ed Rs5 crore from Swami Chin- judgment, it had been stated that mayanand whom the woman has in cases where the punishment was accused of sexual assault. less than seven years, it was not The SIT chief said the men ad- necessary to arrest the accused. mitted they had sent WhatsApp “In this case, even if the charges Will co-operate with messages to Chinmayanand on of blackmail are proved the maxi- the directions of the law student. mum punishment for the accused Arora said the woman was ar- would be two years, therefore it rested after the Forensic Science was completely unnecessary to Laboratory analysed the evi- arrest her,” the NGO said. dence including a pen drive and In a related development, the a mobile phone. BJP in Uttar Pradesh has clari- ED in probe: Pawar He said video and audio tapes fi ed that Chinmayanand was were shown to her which clearly never a member of the party and IANS But I will fully co-operate with of the bank and offi ce-bear- him in his entire life and he fi led the FIR on the basis of the established that Rs5 crore had hence there was no question of Mumbai the ED and provide them with ers and directors of Shakhar would fully participate in the Bombay High Court orders... been demanded. expelling him. Uttar Pradesh BJP whatever information they re- Karkhanas (co-operative sugar probe. When any scam of Rs100 crore It was only on the basis of the president Swatantra Dev Singh, quire,” the NCP chief said. factories) were given loans in Hinting at putting up a spir- takes place, the ED also take digital and forensic evidence asked whether the party pro- ack to his old fi ghting The ED on Tuesday lodged a fraudulent manner by MSCB ited fi ght, he said that Mahar- cognizance and probes the that the law student was arrest- posed any action against Chin- form, Nationalist Con- cases against Pawar, his nephew and in the process, several ille- ashtra has a long tradition of money-laundering angles,” ed yesterday morning, he said. mayanand, said: “He was never Bgress Party (NCP) presi- Ajit Pawar and other politicians galities were committed. following the ideals of Mahatma Fadnavis said. However, her lawyer Anoop a BJP member and hence the dent Sharad Pawar - who has and offi cials for their involve- The loans were allegedly Jyotiba Phule and Chhatrapati Dismissing the allegations Trivedi has moved a bail applica- question does not arise.” been charged by the Enforce- ment in the alleged Rs25,000 given to the sugar factories by Shivaji Maharaj, so “we shall that the state government was tion which is likely to be taken up. Chinmayanand was minis- ment Directorate (ED) in a crore scam in the Maharash- offi cials of the bank who were never surrender before the Del- instrumental in targeting peo- The student was picked up by ter in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee money laundering case - said tra State Cooperative Bank connected with owners of the hi ‘takht’ (throne)”. ple ahead of the elections, the the SIT from her home on charg- government and it is not known yesterday that he will ‘present’ (MSCB). factories. In a veiled attack on the chief minister said the ED has es of blackmailing Chinmay- whether he became a minister himself at the agency’s offi ce A top government offi cial said “Several irregularities were Bharatiya Janata Party-led rul- merely followed its procedures. anand, a former federal minister. without being a member of the tomorrow afternoon. the investigative agency had re- committed with the sole pur- ing front, Pawar said the peo- Earlier yesterday, hundreds The SIT took her to Chowk party or if he resigned later. “I came to know about the ED corded a statement of a witness pose of extending benefi ts to the ple of the state have responded of NCP and the party’s youth Kotwali from where she was Chinmayanand was arrested case only yesterday. I shall fully who has allegedly given details directors of the lending bank, tremendously to the NCP in the wing workers staged a noisy sent to the district hospital for a on Friday last week on charges co-operate with the investigat- of how Pawar played a key role for personal gains thereby de- election campaign and the ED demonstration outside the ED medical checkup. of sexual misconduct and har- ing agency. I am prepared for in the scam. The probe agency frauding the bank and its share- action was a conspiracy hatched offi ce, protesting against the After that she was presented assment, levelled by a woman any kind of ‘hospitality’ off ered is also likely to record the state- holders,” said the probe agency. against them. cases lodged against the NCP before the court of Additional law student of his SS College in by them,” Pawar told reporters ment of the witness under the The ED move, coming ahead “However, the people of the leaders and others in the alleged Chief Judicial Magistrate Vineet Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. in Mumbai. Prevention of Money Launder- of the October 21 Maharashtra state are watching and under- MSCB scam. Kumar, who sent her to judicial The woman had produced in- He said it is the probe agen- ing Act which will be admissible assembly elections, has caused standing everything that is going The police resorted to mild custody for 14 days. timate videos of the leader to cy’s right to investigate the before the court. political tremors in the state. on before the elections,” he said. baton charge and rounded up Her anticipatory bail applica- prove her allegations.In other matter, adding he would go to The ED is also likely to record The development came a month Reacting to Pawar’s state- many of the demonstrators to tion admitted in the court of Addi- developments, the Central Bu- the ED offi ce in south Mumbai the statements of the bank offi - after the Bombay High Court ments, Chief Minister Deven- disperse the agitation. tional District Judge and Sessions reau of Investigation (CBI) re- at 2pm tomorrow. cials, directors and promoters of ordered the Mumbai police to dra Fadnavis said the govern- Similar protests were held in Judge Sudhir Kumar on Tuesday quested the Supreme Court to “I believe in the country’s sugar co-operatives. lodge an FIR (fi rst information ment had no role in the matter other parts of the state, includ- will come up for hearing today. grant more time to record the Constitution drafted by Baba- According to the ED, it has report) in the case. and the allegations were totally ing Pawars’ hometown Bara- Meanwhile, the Association statement of lawyer in the Un- saheb Ambedkar... I was never been alleged that the then top Pawar said this was only the baseless. mati, Pune and western Mahar- for Advocacy and Legal Initia- nao rape survivor accident case. a director in any of the banks. executives and managerial staff second such case fi led against “The Mumbai police have ashtra.

Nursing students stage protest Resignation a democratic Uber off ers Rs500,000 right, speaker tells court free insurance to riders IANS surance for riders across our all New Delhi modes transport which means IANS if “you give up membership of ter for today for further argu- cars, auto and moto (two- New Delhi House, you are disqualifi ed.” ments when the Congress and wheelers). This insurance we “You can be disqualifi ed by the Janata Dal (Secular) would he moment you board are off ering is completely free giving up membership of a polit- respond to plea of the disquali- an Uber vehicle, you of cost and it is automatic. The he Karnataka assembly ical party. It is the right of indi- fi ed MLAs. Twill automatically be moment you enter an Uber speaker told the Supreme vidual to step down and go back Appearing for the rebel MLAs, entitled to an insurance cov- vehicle your insurance cover TCourt yesterday that res- to people,” he said. senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi erage of up to Rs5 lakh, the starts till the time your trip ignation of a legislator is a dem- Mehta said that the issue was told the court that former speak- ride-hailing giant said yes- fi nishes,” Pavan Vaish of Uber ocratic right and legal provisions related to the relationship be- er K R Ramesh was custodian of terday. told IANS. do not say that one is disquali- tween the electorate and the House and not of any political In case of accidental death The company recently fi ed if he or she gives up mem- elected representatives and party. or disability, Uber riders will rolled out free insurance for bership of the House. therefore felt that the right to re- He requested the court to sus- be able to claim a maximum of over 450,000 drivers regis- Solicitor General Tushar Me- sign has to be recognised. pend or defer the by-elections. Rs500,000. They will be able tered on its ride-hailing app hta representing speaker Vish- However, Mehta said he did He also requested the court to to claim up to Rs200,000 for in India. The policy includes weshwar Hegde Kageri told a not want to be critical of what- stay the order that disqualify the accidental hospitalisation, in- accidental death, disable- bench headed by Justice N V Ra- ever happened in this case but it MLAs as the legislators did not cluding a maximum OPD ben- ment, hospitalisation and mana that he is not taking sides may happen very frequently and want to ask for votes with the tag efi t up to Rs50,000 per pas- medical treatment. on plea of 17 disqualifi ed MLAs the issue needs to be adjudicated that they have been disqualifi ed. senger free of charge. The coverage off ered in- nor his predecessor but request- by the court. Senior advocate C A Sundram, Uber has partnered with cludes Rs5 lakh in the event of ed the court to lay down guide- These opinions came while who was representing one of the Bharti AXA and Tata AIG for death, up to Rs5 lakh for per- lines for the speaker to deal with hearing the appeals of disquali- disqualifi ed MLAs Sudhakar said the insurance scheme which manent disability, up to Rs2 such a situation. fi ed MLAs who said they should that dissenting voice was a basis Members of the Nursing Students’ Association stage a will cover all riders in cars, lakh in the event of hospitali- Citing a judgment of the top be allowed to contest by-elec- of democracy and members can- demonstration to press for their demands, in Patna, Bihar, auto-rickshaws and two- sation, with a sub-limit of up court, Mehta told the bench that tions to be held on October 21. not act like sheep to follow the yesterday. wheelers. to Rs50,000 for outpatient legal provisions do not say that The court has posted the mat- rest. “We are launching rider in- treatment. Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 23 LATIN AMERICA

Critics pan Rambo’s ‘wrongheaded’ slave trade tale Brazil’s top bank Film critics and traff icking grain of truth and relevance former CIA agent searching for about sex, it’s about traff icking in Institute of Penal Sciences, said experts have lambasted the there could’ve been was his traff icked daughter. a broad array of labour sectors. Hollywood’s confusion reflects latest Rambo film for focusing stamped out,” said Claudia Puig, But critics say such All of those individuals, all of a similar lack of clarity among on the sex trade, which they say president of the Los Angeles blockbusters are miseducating those experiences, are written Mexican authorities. takes ‘hands off ’ is inaccurate and oversimplifies Film Critics Association. the public about the $150bn-a- out of the Hollywood version.” Estimates on the number of human traff icking. “The coverage particularly of year industry, in which 40mn Rambo’s latest mission — co- Mexican traff icking victims Rambo: Last Blood, which human traff icking, it felt like it people worldwide are enslaved, written by Stallone — to save an range from 50,000 to 500,000, opened last week, follows was just used as a plot point by focusing on the sex American girl who is kidnapped according to the National stance on forex, Sylvester Stallone in the title for (Rambo) to unleash his traff icking of young women. while searching for her father Human Rights Commission, role to Mexico to rescue a vengeance... If you’re going to “Women and girls are at risk, in Mexico does not represent as data is scarce and the legal young girl trapped in a slave cover sex traff icking in any way, that is true. But men, boys, the reality of US traff icking, definition is broad. trade ring. let’s make it more fully explored transgender people, are all critics said. While Hollywood is “Unfortunately, if authorities growth in focus Her death spurs the Vietnam and nuanced and complex.” exploited in human traff icking,” merely seeking to entertain, it don’t understand the crime of veteran to take a bloody Human traff icking has become said Jonathan Todres, a law could lead to public pressure on traff icking, if we can’t agree on a revenge on the traff ickers. a popular theme in Hollywood, professor at Georgia State policy makers to take the wrong definition... what can we expect Reuters 4.25% by February next year. “It was so completely with the box off ice hit Taken University who has written type of action, said Todres. from a film?” she asked. Brasilia Yet infl ation expectations are wrongheaded and irresponsibly establishing Liam Neeson as extensively on child traff icking. Maria Olga Noriega, a traff icking “We’re just going round in well-anchored. done that whatever possible an action star in the role of a “Human traff icking is not just expert at Mexico’s National circles.” Even Copom’s “hybrid” model even months into the pres- based on the market’s consen- idency of Roberto Campos sus Selic forecast and the cur- SNeto, Brazil’s central bank rent exchange rate — that is, the has implemented a quiet revo- lowest available levels for both lution in its monetary policy, — showed infl ation next year at with the former trader showing 3.80%, below the bank’s offi cial a willingness to tolerate a weaker target of 4.00%. This is encour- currency. aging policymakers to keep their In selling international re- foot on the easing pedal. serves for the fi rst time in 10 Not everyone agrees that there years to meet demand for dol- is a major policy shift under way. lars, while slashing interest rates But a consensus is forming to new lows to revive growth, the that a mix of low growth and in- blue water between monetary fl ation calls for more rate cuts, and exchange rate policy is be- while dollar outfl ows from Bra- coming ever clearer, analysts say. zilian companies paying down In some ways, the central foreign debt and large FX re- bank’s bold action on rates is un- serves open up the potential for surprising: the economy fl irted FX intervention. with recession and is struggling Especially with a market-sav- to grow, infl ation is well below vy former trader at the helm. target, the government has made “He was a trader, a treasurer, clear fi scal support is off limits, and a banker, so maybe that and central banks around the makes him more at ease pursu- world are easing aggressively ing these kind of interventions. too. In a way though, it’s not a major The big diff erence now, ac- shift, but perhaps a new way of cording to observers, is that the intervening that refl ects a new bank’s policy-making commit- reality,” said Carlos Kawall, chief tee known as ‘Copom’ under economist at Banco Safra in Sao Campos Neto’s guidance is far Paulo. less concerned with the spillover Campos Neto earlier this month eff ect on the exchange rate. defended the landmark decision As long as the so-called ‘pass in August to sell dollars on the through’ to infl ation from a spot currency market for the fi rst weakening currency is limited, it time since 2009, and indicated it Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro enter a hall during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. can reduce the benchmark Selic may not be the last time. to spur growth and infl ation, “Foreign exchange interven- while any unwanted currency tions act as a mechanism of depreciation or volatility can be stability in the foreign exchange met with direct intervention via market,” he said. the sale of dollars. A central bank spokesman de- “They are under pressure to de- clined to comment for this arti- liver growth. I don’t think there’s cle. a policy to weaken the currency One former central bank di- Putin urges dialogue explicitly, but if the exchange rate rector said this separation be- keeps weakening without causing tween monetary and exchange infl ation, they will tolerate it,” said rate policies already existed, but one former colleague. the move to sell international “They are seeing interest rates dollar reserves outright marked and FX separately. It’s a new ap- a “signifi cant” change from the proach. I don’t like it much,” he previous administration. in talks with Maduro said. Previously, pockets of illi- The central bank’s actions and quidity or dollar demand mis- AFP ing president Juan Guaido broke year, up from 254,000 tonnes on Twitter his meeting with Pu- rebellion, street protests and a statements since it cut the Selic matches would tend to appear in Moscow down last month following the last year, authorities said. tin was “positive” and the two severe economic recession. rate by half a percentage point to the derivatives markets, so the imposition of new US sanc- Putin also said his country countries were “opening new A handful of countries led by a then low of 6% on July 31, and central bank would intervene tions. would send to Venezuela 1.5mn routes to deepen the system of Russia and China support Ma- markets’ reaction to them, are with currency swap or credit resident Vladimir Pu- Venezuela’s Socialist govern- doses of fl u vaccine “in the near co-operation.” duro. instructive. lines operations. tin reiterated Russian ment resumed talks this month future”. Maduro said he had given the Washington, which has im- The real lost 8% of its value in Now, the shortage of dollars Psupport for Venezuela’s with some minority opposition Russia is the second largest Russian president a replica of posed an oil embargo on Cara- August, its biggest monthly fall is manifesting itself in the spot Nicolas Maduro in a meeting in parties, but only those outside lender to Caracas after China, the sword of Venezuelan Gen- cas to undermine Maduro, has in four years, and market-based market, which is where the cen- Moscow yesterday and called Guaido’s coalition. with Moscow heavily investing eral Simon Bolivar “in gratitude called on Moscow to withdraw interest rates steadily fell to fresh tral bank has acted for the fi rst for all sides to take part in talks Putin — a longtime ally of in Venezuela’s oil resources and for his support for Venezuela, support for the Venezuelan lows as Campos Neto repeatedly time since February 2009. to end the country’s crisis. Venezuela — praised co-opera- Caracas acquiring Russian arms and for his respect for the sov- leader. said “benign” infl ation allowed Crucially, as Campos Neto has “No doubt we support the di- tion between the two countries, worth billions of dollars. ereignty and self-determina- Russia has rejected the re- for “further adjustments” in indicated, last month’s sale of alogue that you, Mr President, but the Kremlin said there were But Venezuela’s economic tion of peoples.” quest, accusing the US of want- policy. just under $4bn may not be the and your government are hav- no plans to sign any new deals collapse has dealt a blow to bi- Hit by low oil prices, mis- ing to lead a coup in defi ance of The statement accompanying last. ing with the opposition forces,” during the visit. lateral ties and Moscow has not management and the impact of international law. last week’s rate cut to 5% was Alexandre Schwartsman, di- Putin said as he welcomed the Putin pointed to growing provided any fresh loans to Ca- US sanctions, Venezuela is in The Venezuelan leader last even more dovish than analysts rector of international aff airs at leftist leader at the Kremlin. trade turnover which included racas over the past few years. free fall and Maduro is seeking visited Moscow for talks with had expected, prompting anoth- the central bank from 2003 to “We believe that any refusal agricultural supplies to Ven- The South American leader support from allies after win- Putin in December. er sell-off in the currency and 2006, doesn’t buy into the idea to have dialogue is irrational, ezuela where a quarter of the said yesterday’s talks were “very ning a second term in a contro- Russia and Venezuela enjoy a steep decline in implied interest that there’s much of a shift under harms the country, and only 30mn-strong population is in important.” “We have proved versial vote last year. long history of ties and Madu- rates. way at all. But he recognises that threatens the population’s well- need of humanitarian aid. that together we can overcome Guaido has the political back- ro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez, Several economists slashed market and economic conditions being.” Russia plans to send up to any diffi culties,” Maduro said in ing of the US and more than 50 known for his passionate tirades their forecasts, with French bank are such that diff erent policy ac- Talks between Maduro’s gov- 600,000 tonnes of grain to the translated remarks. countries, but Maduro has so against the US, was a welcome BNP Paribas going as low as tions can now be considered. ernment and self-declared act- crisis-stricken country this Later yesterday, Maduro said far weathered a failed military guest at the Kremlin.

Workers detained Race against time to fi nish Nicaragua arrests Brazil’s particle accelerator three for bridge blast Reuters Cardenas. Cardenas was ar- Managua rested on Monday, Lira said. AFP fi cient synchrotron in the world. magnetic radiation, of such in- He said neither Cardenas Campinas, Brazil “If it is a decade from now, it will tense brightness that it can reveal nor Lara were involved in the be an excellent synchrotron, but the structures of organic and in- icaraguan police have bridge attack. not the most competitive one.” organic material such as proteins, arrested three men on Police have not provided in- razilian scientists are rac- The particle accelerator viruses, rocks, plants and metal- Nsuspicion of planting formation about the blasts or ing against time to fi nish measures 518 metres (1,700 feet) lic alloys, all in high resolution. explosives on a bridge leading the detainees, and did not re- Bbuilding a particle accel- in circumference and is expected Brazil entered the small club to the country’s most impor- ply to a request for comment. erator the size of the Maracana to cost a total of $585mn. of countries with synchrotron tant port that was damaged in The government also did not football stadium before govern- So far, the LNLS has received technology in 1997 with the a weekend blast, friends and reply to a request for comment. ment funds run out or it is su- only 30% of the funds for this UVX, a second-generation ac- relatives of the detainees said. Nicaragua has been in the perseded by rival technology. year from the ministry of science celerator, which is the only one The bridge to Puerto Corinto grip of a political crisis since The fourth-generation syn- and technology. of its kind in Latin America. in western Nicaragua suff ered demonstrations broke out chrotron, called Sirius, is in the Funding for scientifi c research The Sirius project was origi- cracks in the Saturday evening against the government of fi nal stage of construction and was squeezed under previous nally planned to be an upgrade of attack, which came amid an- President Daniel Ortega in April will be used to make advances in governments, but the cuts have the UVX into a third-generation ti-government protests. The 2018 over planned welfare cuts. medicine, health, energy and the deepened since President Jair accelerator. bridge has since been repaired, The demonstrations spread environment. Bolsonaro took power in January But the scientifi c team decid- according to Reuters witnesses. into broader protests against Or- Work on the gigantic particle and the future money fl ow for ed to take a leap and build a world “My son was captured on tega, and clashes between pro- accelerator in Campinas, some Sirius is in doubt. leader. “I do not see another Sunday at four in the afternoon,” government forces and protest- 90kms from Sao Paulo, began “Certainly there are still un- instrument that has a scope as Nubia Sandoval, the mother of ers have claimed more than 300 in 2015. Six synchrotron light certainties,” Jose Roque, director diverse as this one,” Junior said, one of the three suspects ar- lives and prompted thousands of beams are expected to be opera- of LNLS, said. “For now, nothing as he walked around the ring- rested, Douglas Villanueva, said. Nicaraguans to go into exile, hu- tional in 2020 — short of the 13 indicates that we will not be able shaped machine that resembles Sandoval said her son had taken man rights groups say. scientists had hoped for, but suf- to fi nish (the project) next year.” the iconic Maracana stadium in part in protests against the gov- A little-known group op- fi cient for testing to start. Only one other such accelera- Rio de Janeiro not just in size but ernment, but denied he had posed to Ortega, the Nica- “Time is very important in tor exists in the world, the MAX also shape. anything to do with the attack. raguan Patriotic Alliance, science,” said Harry Westfahl Jr, IV in Sweden. France is also Junior said public funding for The others arrested were claimed responsibility for the scientifi c director at the Brazil- upgrading its third-generation the project was essential. Carlos Cardenas and Henry weekend attacks, which in- ian Synchrotron Light Labora- synchrotron, which should be “An obscurantist discourse Lara, opposition activist law- cluded not only the bridge tory (LNLS). “If we could run ready by next year. may lead to questioning the use- A worker from Embraer is detained by police off icers in front yers from a political party in bombing but also homemade (the accelerator) today, it would Sirius will generate synchro- fulness of certain aspects (of sci- of Embraer’s plant in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, yesterday. the nearby city of Chinandega, bomb blasts in Managua and be without a doubt the most ef- tron light, a source of electro- ence),” he says. said Roberto Lira, a friend of the city Masaya. Gulf Times 24 Thursday, September 26, 2019 PAKISTAN Rescuers scramble to

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan during a press conference reach quake survivors at the United Nations headquarters in New York. AFP Jatlan, Pakistan Trump escuers battled along badly damaged roads and Rcombed through toppled buildings yesterday to reach vic- tims of an earthquake that killed asked me at least 38 people and injured hundreds more in northeast Pakistan. Authorities were still assess- ing the quake’s impact in villages to mediate around the city of Mirpur in Pa- kistan-controlled Kashmir, but in some the immediate damage was evident. After a night of heavy rain with Iran, compounded the misery of sur- vivors, hundreds gathered to attend the funerals of residents killed near Mirpur, about 130km (80 miles) southeast of the says Imran capital, Islamabad. “It was like doomsday for us. We Reuters activity under the pact and lost a number of our near and dear United Nations plans further breaches if Eu- ones,” Muhammad Azam said at a ropean parties fail to keep funeral for a neighbour. “Our loved their promises to shield Iran’s ones will never come back.” rime Minister Imran economy from US sanctions. The 5.2 magnitude quake was Khan of Pakistan said In his speech to the UN on not as strong as several that have Pon Tuesday that US Tuesday, Trump said there struck Pakistan over the years, President Donald Trump had was a path to peace with Iran but the epicentre was very shal- asked him to help defuse ten- while he denounced its lead- low – which generally causes Residents walk amongst collapsed houses in an earthquake-hit area on the outskirts of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir yesterday. sions with Iran and that he had ership for “bloodlust.” more damage. already spoken with Iranian When asked about Khan’s Near Mirpur, a well-devel- tles of water and food rations. President Hassan Rouhani in remarks, Trump said Khan oped city known for its palatial Afzal said hundreds of houses an attempt to mediate. would like to mediate “and we residences, many roads were had been damaged – 136 of them The United States blames have a very good relationship destroyed, while bridges, mo- “completely” - while 14km (9 Iran for an attack on the and there’s a chance that that bile phone towers and electricity miles) of road were “badly af- world’s biggest crude oil could happen.” poles were also badly damaged. fected”. Engineers were rushing processing facility in Saudi “A lot of people would like The village of Jatlan on the to make repairs. Arabia on September 14 and to get us to the table. We’ll outskirts of Mirpur appeared to He said the ambassadors of has said they will present evi- see what happens but so far be one of the worst aff ected. three countries had off ered as- dence to back that up. Yemen’s we have not agreed to a meet- There, residents sifted through sistance, but that Pakistani au- Iran-aligned Houthi group, ing,” Trump said on a possible debris and assessed the damage, thorities had the matter under which has been fi ghting a Sau- meeting with Rouhani while with large cracks defacing walls control. di-led military coalition since they are both in New York this in the houses that still stood, and Information minister Firdous 2015, has claimed responsibil- week. brick fences reduced to rubble. Ashiq Awan gave a higher injury ity. Iran denies involvement. Khan also said he had told “I lost everything,” said Ab- toll of 500, and told reporters Khan met with Trump on the Trump that he was willing to dullah Khan, whose three-bed- that survivors would be off ered sidelines of the annual gath- help broker peace in neigh- room home was fl attened. compensation. ering of world leaders at the bouring Afghanistan. The Pakistan military con- Overnight showers turned United Nations on Monday. Hundreds of civilians have tinued to lead search and rescue already-damaged roads into “I immediately spoke to been killed in fi ghting across operations, and the death toll muddy thoroughfares where President Rouhani yesterday Afghanistan after the collapse continued to rise as authorities livestock roamed freely. after the meeting with Presi- of US-Taliban peace talks this reached more remote villages to In Mirpur, however, life was dent Trump, but I can’t say month. The Taliban has said assess the damage. quickly returning to normal and anything right now more than Trump would regret his deci- Muhamed Tayyab Chaudhry, most of the well-built structures this except that we’re trying sion to abruptly call off talks the top local offi cial, said at least in the city showed little sign of and mediating,” Khan told re- that could have led to a po- 37 people had been killed – 33 in damage. porters at the United Nations litical settlement to end the Mirpur and four in the neigh- Mirpur owes its prosperity to on Tuesday. 18-year-old war. bouring district of Bhimber. thousands of former residents Soldiers move belongings of earthquake survivors from the rubble of a collapsed house in an earthquake- An already-tense relation- “We are trying now to get Earlier, Lieutenant General who migrated to Britain in the hit area on the outskirts of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir yesterday. ship between Iran and the the talks restarted between Mohamed Afzal of the National 1960s, but retained their links to United States has worsened Taliban and the Americans Disaster Management Agency the area – repatriating money to a bang and a huge wall crumbled boundary where the Indian and “The building code is not fol- over the past year since Trump and hopefully the deal is (NDMA) said one person had buy land and build plush homes. over me,” Ali Badshah, a student, Eurasian tectonic plates meet, lowed in most areas,” said Pa- withdrew from a 2015 nuclear signed,” Khan said. also been killed in the nearby Many of its 450,000 residents are told AFP from a hospital in Mir- making the country susceptible kistan’s chief meteorologist, pact between Iran and world “Then I will try and meet Punjabi city of Jhelum. dual British-Pakistan nationals. pur where he was being treated to earthquakes. Muhamed Riaz. powers, saying it did not go the Taliban to convince them “Some 350 people were After the quake, local hospi- for a broken leg. Pakistani geologists faulted The country was hit by a far enough, and reimposed to talk to the Afghan govern- wounded, 80 of them critically,” tals in the city swelled, however, The quake sent people in La- the “poor construction of shan- 7.6-magnitude quake in 2005 sanctions on Iran as part of a ment because until now that’s he told a press conference. with many patients suff ering hore and Islamabad running into ty houses in Jatlan” for some of that killed more than 73,000 “maximum pressure” policy. where the hitch was – Taliban Teams of doctors had arrived from multiple fractures. the streets, while tremors were the damage, as well as its loca- people and left about 3.5 million In response, Iran has gradu- were talking to the Americans in the area, while the NDMA had “I was going to see a friend also felt as far away as New Delhi. tion near a fault line and the homeless, mainly in Pakistan- ally reduced its commitments but not to the Afghan govern- also sent hundreds of tents, bot- when the entire area shook with Pakistan straddles part of the shallowness of the quake. controlled Kashmir. to limit uranium enrichment ment,” he said.

Case against Minister’s son given extra Maryam Musharraf marks in exam: probe sent to jail to be heard Internews Fahad Hassan was given extra anyone to increase the boy’s off icials from the secrecy branch Internews Shahbaz Sharif, Abbas Shar- Rawalpindi marks on his physical practical, marks and that he never met responsible, and action will Lahore if, Kulsoom and Shamim Be- on daily basis bringing his total from 14 to 30. with the board chairman or the be taken against them. The gum,” he told the court. He obtained 769 marks in his provincial minister. additional marks have been Asadullah further said, he special court in Islamabad An inquiry by the Board of intermediate exams. BISE Rawalpindi chairman reversed, and Hassan’s result n accountability according to Securities and seized with the high treason Intermediate and Secondary His result was withheld and Ghulam Dastagir also denied will be issued according to the court in Lahore yes- Exchange Commission of Ttrial of former military dic- Education (BISE) Rawalpindi an inquiry launched once the allegations that he asked old marks. Aterday sent Pakistan Pakistan’s (SECP) record, tator retired Gen Pervez Musharraf district of Punjab has confirmed matter was reported in the for Hassan’s marks to be Chohan, the Punjab minister Muslim League-N (PML-N) in 2008, Chaudhry Sugar has decided to proceed in the case that the son of PTI provincial press. Government Degree increased. In a statement, he for colonies, said he did not ask vice-president Maryam Na- Mills shares were valued at on a daily basis to conclude the trial minister Fayyazul Hassan College Chakwal principal said he was not involved in the anyone to award his son extra waz and her cousin Yousaf Rs26.2mn, however, during pending since December 2013. Chohan was given 16 additional Ghulam Mohamed Jhagra was increase in marks on Hassan’s marks. Abbas to jail on judicial re- the investigation, there was The special court comprising marks in the practical for his tasked with submitting the practical. “After the issue became public, mand in what’s called the a diff erence of nearly Rs1mn. Justice Nazar Akbar and Justice intermediate physics exam. report. He said an inquiry has begun I submitted a written request to Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. He added, in 2015, Shahid Karim resumed proceed- The inquiry report recommended According to the report, Hassan and was made public by the the board chairman to hold an Maryam, the daughter of Chaudhry Sugar Mills was ings in the treason trial. cancelling the result and earned 14 out of 30 marks, but board’s legal advisers, adding inquiry into the issue,” he said, former prime minister Nawaz shifted from Gojra to Ra- Advocate Raza Bashir, the de- taking action against the head his marks were later changed that he would take departmental adding: “I never pressurised any Sharif, and Abbas had ap- him Yar Khan, a move which fence counsel appointed by the examiner and off icials of the to 30 out of 30 by the head action against everyone board off icial to favour my son peared before the court yes- cost Rs1.5bn. “We still need law ministry on the directive of secrecy branch under the Punjab examiner. The report quoted involved. in practical papers. The inquiry terday after the expiration of to assess the revenue spent the special court, fi led an appli- Employees Eff iciency, Discipline the head examiner as claiming He said the inquiry report report has already given me a their physical remand. on shifting Chaudhry Sugar cation seeking his meeting with and Accountability Act. he was not approached by holds the head examiner and clean chit.” The National Accountabil- Mills,” he noted. Musharraf for getting instruc- ity Bureau (NAB) had request- “Three foreigners sent shares tions from him to argue the case. ed a 15-day extension in the in 2008 to Maryam Nawaz, The court expressed displeasure remand of the PML-N leader while shares worth Rs4.8mn over the fi ling of the application and who was arrested along with were transferred to Yousaf said that the accused had already her cousin last month. Abbas,” Asadullah added. been summoned for recording his During yesterday’s hearing, The investigative offi cer statement under Section 342 of the Bill to allow MPAs distinctive number plates rejected NAB’s investigating offi cer said the money was trans- Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). said the request for an exten- ferred to give benefi t to The court has barred Barrister t was private members day in lawmakers’ vehicles. Grand MPAs. “If our MPAs are fond of we should make amendments to sion was made on the grounds Chaudhry Sugar Mills di- Salman Safdar from representing Sindh Assembly and lawmak- Democratic Alliance (GDA) such protocol then let us legalise legalise it,” he argued. that there was more time re- rectors and shareholders. the absconding accused and Ad- Iers discussed various bills MPA Arif Mustafa Jatoi moved it,” said Jatoi. Parliamentary Aff airs, Excise quired to investigate the case. On the other hand, Mar- vocate Bashir has been engaged moved by the opposition. The is- the ‘Sindh Provincial Assembly According to Jatoi, the Na- and Taxation Minister Mukesh The NAB investigating yam’s lawyer Amjad Pervaiz to assist the court in concluding sues under debate included VIP Privileges (Amendment) Bill’ tional Assembly, the Senate, Kumar Chawla opposed the law. offi cer told the court that told the court when Chaudhry the much-delayed trial. culture, education curriculum and called for a law to issue ‘dis- and the provincial assembly of “There is no need to legalise the they had found out about an Sugar Mills was established, Advocate Bashir said that he and the right to information. tinctive [number] plates’ for all Punjab have amended their rules wrong thing, we should discour- agreement for the division his clients were underage. He had fi led the application for seek- The Sindh government re- lawmakers. to include ‘distinctive’ number age it and will impose a penalty of family assets. added all the documents that ing permission to meet Mush- jected a private bill to discour- He referred to violations of plates for lawmakers. “Instead of if anyone places a fancy number “The shares were divid- NAB had asked for had been arraf and prepare arguments age ‘fancy number’ plates on the motor vehicle law by various violating the motor vehicle law, plate.” (Internews) ed between Nawaz Sharif, handed to them. for the case.(Internews) Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 25 PHILIPPINES Nation risks polio problem ‘as parents skip child vaccines’

Reuters be at 95%, Abeyasinghe said. the disease, which the country Manila Just 40% of children under does not have. five have received a polio vac- OPVs produced from 2016 cine by injection. no longer target the type 2 he Philippines risks hav- “If we do the vaccination the strain because the wild polio ing more cases of polio way we normally did, and that virus type 2 has already been Tunless it sharply steps up 30% are not vaccinated, you eradicated worldwide since its vaccinations of children un- are seeing another outbreak 2015, but the WHO still keeps a der fi ve years of age, the World in another couple of years”, he stockpile. Health Organisation said yes- said. The vaccine-derived type 2 terday. The Philippines will roll out polio virus was the strain de- A garden made out of 30,000 plastic bottles shaped into tulips is created as part of the local government’s eff orts to raise environment The Southeast Asian country next month an immunisation tected in the two reported cas- awareness and attract tourism in Lamitan City, Basilan. is dealing with an outbreak of programme that will initially es, Abeyasinghe said, adding the infectious disease. target the children in two ar- that the WHO and the United A wider outbreak of polio eas of the southern region of Nations agency for children, could set back global efforts to Mindanao, where the first case Unicef, would work with the eradicate the crippling disease, of polio was confirmed last Philippines to vaccinate more which remains endemic in only week and where the virus has children. Lamitan City turns plastic three countries — Afghanistan, been detected in sewage sys- Vaccine-derived cases tend Nigeria and Pakistan. tems. to occur in places with low The confirmed cases in the A second case was also re- vaccine coverage and poor Philippines were caused by corded last week in Laguna, sanitation as people who have “vaccine-derived” polio rather south of the capital Manila, been vaccinated excrete the trash into tulips to fi ght waste than the wild type of the virus, more than 1,000km away from virus, putting those who have which had been eradicated in Mindanao. not been vaccinated at risk of the country nearly two decades Eroding trust in vaccines and catching it. Reuters ness about recycling. and blue, while others were can help combat plastic pol- ago. poor access to healthcare facil- Polio is a virus that attacks Manila The tulip garden, which blended into sand and ce- lution, said the city’s mayor, “The WHO is gravely con- ities are among the reasons why the nervous system and can opened on Monday, was built ment and used to make path- Rose Furigay. “Let us be mind- cerned about the situation Filipino children are not get- cause irreversible paralysis from 26,877 bottles collected ways in the garden. ful of how to minimise the use in the Philippines,” Rabindra ting vaccinated, compounding within hours of infection. southern Philippine from 45 villages around Lam- The Philippines is a major of plastic,” she said. Abeyasinghe, WHO Philip- the problems of health author- Children under five are the city has turned dis- itan City in Basilan, an island source of ocean plastics and Basilan is among the coun- pines representative, told re- ities already battling measles most vulnerable, but polio can A carded plastic bottles province on the southwest- only a small amount of its try’s poorest provinces, no- porters. and dengue outbreaks. be prevented with vaccination. into flowers to fill a garden ern tip of the archipelago. waste is recycled. Plastic bot- torious for being a strong- Immunisation coverage in The WHO has given the Phil- The last known case of wild po- of thousands of colourful tu- Plastic bottles were cut tles make up a large chunk of hold of an hardline group the Philippines for oral polio ippines access to an oral polio lio virus in the Philippines was lips, capturing tourists’ at- into the shape of tulips and waste in Lamitan, and turning known for banditry and kid- vaccines is 66%, but needs to vaccine (OPV) against type 2 of in 1993, the WHO said. tention and building aware- painted red, yellow, pink them into a tourist attraction napping. Seven rowers killed in training accident Central bank approves AFP Manila hike in ATM usage fee even members of a Phil- ippine “dragon boat” By Mayvelin U Caraballo Steam were killed yester- Manila Times day when their boat capsized off the island of Boracay as they trained for an international he Bangko Sentral ng race, rescuers and colleagues Pilipinas (BSP) has al- said. Tlowed some banks to Large waves swamped and increase their automated teller overturned the wooden boat off machine (ATM) fees by P3, a one of the world’s most famous senior offi cial said yesterday. tropical holiday resorts, kill- “There were some (applica- ing four male and three female tions from) banks that got ap- rowers at sunrise, they added. proved already, but only a P3- “There are many rocks in the increase on top of the current area so it’s possible that they P15 (maximum fee),” central hit their head on them,” local bank Deputy Governor Chuchi The central bank has given its nod to some banks to allow disaster officer Catherine Ong Fonacier told reporters in an increase in ATM fees. Fulgencio said by telephone, interview. explaining why they did not She said the banks wanted there are steps that banks must 2013. They warned that this survive even though they could a higher increase, but the BSP observe before they could raise could jack up ATM charges to as swim. approved only P3. Fonacier de- ATM fees. much as P15 to P30 for a single Fourteen other team mem- This photo taken yesterday by the Coast Guard Station Aklan shows victims being transferred during clined to identify the banks. “They must inform their cli- interbank withdrawal from the bers, including a Chinese and a rescue operations at the Caticlan Jetty Port in Malay, Aklan after a dragon boat capsized off the coast of “I cannot mention which ents and they should also sub- current P10 to P15. Russian woman, were rescued the nearby tropical tourist island of Boracay early in the morning. banks because we have this mit proof to us that they have The BSP said the looming and taken to hospital for treat- kind of requirement that when engaged their clients,” she said. adjustments should encourage ment, Fulgencio added. ern Taiwanese city in Novem- Dragon boat racing is a pop- a long wooden 12-metre boat they do apply for an increase, Earlier, lawmakers raised the public to consider using The Filipino victims were ber, said team member Remedy ular sport in the Philippines sandwiched by a cox who steers they will be the ones who will concerns over the lifting of the other modes of banking trans- training for the Kaohsiung City Aquino, who was not aboard and many parts of Asia, where the vessel from the rear and a inform the clients,” she ex- moratorium on ATM fees that actions like electronic chan- Cup scheduled for the south- the boat. 20 paddlers sit two abreast atop drummer in front. plained. Fonacier added that has been implemented since nels.

Senator says progress need not be at the expense of environment

By Javier J Ismael environment for future genera- fective our programmes and project or a programme would Manila Times tions. projects are, these cannot be not be successful if it is not sus- “We owe it to them. It is part considered successful if not sus- tainable. of our duty to leave this world tained,” she remarked. “And it will not be sustain- enator Cynthia Villar better than we found it. I am She cited as example the river able, unless you get the full co- yesterday called on local sure many of you have seen or rehabilitation programme she operation of as many people/ Sgovernment units to give read about the Swedish teen- led in her home city of Las Pinas residents as possible. And you greater emphasis on environmen- ager, Greta Thunberg, who is an when she was a congressman will get their co-operation if tal protection as she stressed that environmental activist who has — the UN-awarded Las Pinas- there is something in it for them. progress need not be at the ex- been challenging world leaders Zapote River Rehabilitation Pro- Otherwise, it will be short-lived pense of the environment. to do something about climate gramme. and you will not achieve your “We are at a time when dis- change. She feels that the older “Since then, I have launched goals,” she said. asters, both natural and man- generation is not doing enough several projects and pro- “The families who live in the made, are happening in almost to save their future. We don’t grammes. But that award-win- riverside welcomed the liveli- every part of the globe. So, we want more Gretas to one day ning programme remains the hood opportunities we pro- have to take environment pro- tell us in the face that we failed cornerstone of my advocacies, vided them. There is no need tection seriously, especially in them,” she added. especially in livelihood-genera- for expensive capital because community or city planning. Villar quoted Greta’s speech at tion for communities and solv- the raw materials of our liveli- That by itself is doing the fu- the United Nations (UN) Climate ing the problem of wastes in our hood projects come from wastes: ture generation a favour,” said Action Summit on Monday. city,” Villar said. water hyacinths for the water Villar, the keynote speaker at “People are suff ering. People “The garbage that used to pol- lily handicraft-weaving enter- The Manila Times’ Philippine are dying and dying ecosystems lute our river and block our wa- prise and the handmade paper Model Cities and Municipali- are collapsing. We are in the Cynthia Villar: call to protect environment terways caused extreme fl ood- factory; coconut husks for the ties with the theme, “Building beginning of a mass extinction, ing in our communities. Thus, coco net weaving enterprise and Better Landscapes for the Next and all you can talk about is the “So, of all the criteria and and economic growth should not Villar commended the local I spent nine years of my public the charcoal-making factory; Generation” held at the New money and fairytales of eternal considerations we have included be at the expense of economic chief executives, whose vision, life, as a congresswoman from kitchen wastes for the organic World Manila Bay Hotel in Ma- economic growth.” in the search for model city or protection,” Villar said. determination and political will 2001 to 2010, in saving the Las composting facility; and plastic nila. The senator said government municipality — social develop- “Most people want to leave a paved the way for their munici- Pinas-Zapote River and putting wastes for the plastic recycling Villar, who heads the Senate and local offi cials needed to con- ment, economic growth and legacy behind and that is the best pality or city to be recognised as in place a working solid waste factory that produces school Environment, Natural Resources sider the impact of their policies, environmental protection — we legacy we can ever hope for — to a model city or municipality. management programme,” she chairs that we distribute free to and Climate Change Committee, programmes and projects on the need to put greater emphasis on leave behind this world better “We must emphasise, though, added. public schools all over the coun- said Filipinos should protect the environment. the latter. Social development than we found it,” she added. that however effi cient and ef- According to the senator, a try” she added. Gulf Times 26 Thursday, September 26, 2019 COMMENT

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unlikely to spur job Rotten apples are seen on a tree at an apple orchard, in Sopore, north Kashmir. Apples are the lifeblood of Kashmir’s economy, involving 3.5mn people, around half the bonanza in India population of the state.

With one eye on fl agging demand, businesses in India are likely to bank the government’s $20.4bn corporate tax windfall rather than unleash the investments that Prime Minister Narendra Modi Apples rot in Kashmir as hopes will create millions of jobs and revive the economy. The tax cuts, which Modi vowed would woo global private investment and improve India’s competitiveness, came as a surprise to investors, many of whom had been complaining that the government was not listening to their pleas for action on the economy. But while the tax rate cut brings the cost of doing business lockdown hits economy in India into line with its main Asian rivals, the government giveaway will do little to fi x the lack of spending power. By Devjyot Ghoshal and Fayaz stipulated only residents could buy also hit carpet traders such as Shoukat had come asking him to move tourists GDP fi zzled to a six-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter Bukhari property or hold government jobs. Ahmed. out of the property, fearing unrest. and India’s unemployment rate reached 8.19% in August, up from Sopore, India Strict movement restrictions were “When there are no tourists, there are “They told me that if anything 6.27% in the same month last year, according to data from the imposed simultaneously, and mobile, no sales,” he said. happens, I would be responsible,” he Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Modi is counting telephone, and Internet connections “We are also unable to sell across said. t’s harvest time, but the market snapped. India because communication is down.” His four guests, all Indian tourists, on companies to quickly relocate or expand and hire but many in the northern Kashmiri town of The government said the immediate At a major chamber of commerce left shortly after. No guest has come businesses will need the cash just to tide them over and won’t Sopore - usually packed with peo- priority was to prevent an eruption of in Srinagar, some members said the since. want to take a risk when demand for everything from cars to ple, trucks and produce at this time violence in Kashmir, where more than continuing lack of Internet and mobile “Now we have to wait until next biscuits has been hit. I of year - is empty, while in orchards 40,000 people have been killed since connections had paralysed their work, April. It’s hopeless,” he said, sitting Economists and fi nance ministry offi cials expect India’s across India’s Jammu and Kashmir state 1989, and that curbs are slowly being including the ability to fi le taxes and inside the living room of the 35-year- spending plans to mean it will miss its fi scal defi cit target this unpicked apples rot on the branch. eased, including the opening up of make bank transactions. old boat, packed with intricately carved year and be pushed to borrow. In one of the world’s largest apple landline phones. Some businessmen have also been wooden furniture and traditional That will pile stress on growing regions, a weeks-old lockdown Further out, the government has among the hundreds of politicians Kashmiri carpets. state fi nances and make imposed after Prime Minister Narendra promised rapid economic development and civil society leaders detained by “So many times, I’ve thought of the authorities since early August to selling, but this is my father’s whole any boost in infrastructure Modi dramatically abolished the state’s and plans an investor summit later GDP fi zzled to a special constitutional status has cut this year to attract some of India’s top dampen any backlash. life’s achievement.” spending, which can transport links with buyers in India and companies to the region, create jobs and While many of those arrested across Kashmir’s tourism industry has lost six-year low of be a source of quick abroad, fruit growers and traders say, lure young people away from militancy. the region have since been released, momentum in recent years, starting employment for rural plunging the industry into turmoil. In the short-term, however, farmers Haseeb Drabu, a former state fi nance with devastating fl oods in 2014 and 5% in the April- migrants, unlikely. Modi sold the move as a way to spur and fruit traders say the clampdown is minister from a local party once allied followed by a sustained period of unrest Although broadly growth by integrating the state with the stopping them from either getting their with Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata in 2016. June quarter welcomed by businesses, rest of India. produce to market or shipping it out to Party, said outsiders were now balking Tourist numbers had begun and India’s electronics manufacturers But, for now, the unrest that has come the rest of India. at doing business with Kashmiris. improving between April and July this are so far among the few in the wake of his government’s action Some say they have also been “With a few businessmen raided year, government data showed, only to drop off a cliff in August. to indicate the tax cuts has upended the economy, further threatened into stopping work by and more under detention, why would unemployment fuelling resentment in the Muslim- militant groups. anyone from the rest of the country Only 10,130 tourists came last month, would be enough to trigger majority territory where an armed revolt In orchard after orchard surrounding engage with them and subject himself to compared with nearly 150,000 in July rate reached investment as they seek to against India rule has ebbed and fl owed Sopore, apples hung rotting on trees. a possible inquiry of his transaction and and more than 160,000 in June this year. hedge their bets amid the over 30 years. “We are stuck from both sides,” said opening of his books?” Drabu said. In a one-storey house in 8.19% in August China-US trade war. At dawn late last week the market Haji, a trader, sitting inside a sprawling India and Pakistan have twice gone Srinagar’s working-class Zoonimar With an estimated in Sopore, a town known locally as two-storey house in Sopore. to war over Kashmir, which is divided neighbourhood, Abdul Hamid Shah sits 1.2mn youth entering India’s labour market each month, Modi “Little London” for its lush orchards, “We can neither go here, nor there.” between them but both claim in full, beneath a window quietly embroidering has made job creation a priority in his ‘Make in India’ plan, but big houses and relative affl uence, was Business people who spoke to Reuters and it remains at the heart of decades of a Kashmiri shawl. manufacturing has been sluggish. deserted, its gates locked. say it is not just the fruit industry hostility. Each shawl is at least three months’ India’s auto sector has laid off about 350,000 workers this year, “Everyone is scared,” a lone trader, that is reeling - two other key sectors In February, the nuclear-armed work, and some take a whole year to rushing to an adjoining mosque for of Kashmir’s economy, tourism and neighbours engaged in an aerial duel complete. while Parle Products, a major biscuit maker, recently warned it morning prayers, told Reuters. “No one handicrafts, have also been hit hard. after a deadly militant attack on an Shah is typically paid Rs35,000 may shed some 10,000 workers. will come.” Shameem Ahmed, a travel agent who Indian paramilitary convoy in Kashmir, ($490) per shawl, which he often gets Although markets surged after the tax announcement on Friday Apples are the lifeblood of Kashmir’s owns a houseboat in the summer capital raising the fear of a broader confl ict. in monthly instalments of around they have already given back some gains, with investors waiting economy, involving 3.5mn people, Srinagar, said this year’s tourist season The latest bout of instability has Rs10,000. to see if there is more to come. around half the population of the state. was completely wiped out. been devastating to the likes of Since August, his payments from a Further structural reforms to the labour market, land In a surprise move on August 5, just as “August was peak season, and we had Manzoor Kolu, who runs a fi ve-roomed shawl trader he has worked with for a acquisition and regulatory environment would help generate the harvest season as getting under way, bookings up to October,” he said. houseboat on Srinagar’s mirror- decade have shrunk. sustainable growth. the government abrogated provisions “It will take a long time to revive, and calm Dal lake, framed by snow-clad “He’s telling me he doesn’t have Economists and business leaders who see low wages and in India’s constitution that gave Jammu we don’t know what will happen next.” mountains. money because there is no business,” and Kashmir partial autonomy and The near complete lack of tourists has Days before August 5, Kolu said police Shah said. - Reuters depressed crop prices as playing big parts in India’s economic slowdown would have preferred measures to stimulate consumption. The tax cut is a welcome move by the government but a Goods and Services Tax (GST) cut to reduce prices for consumers would have had a more signifi cant impact. At least some of the unemployment growth is tied to two Trump’s China policy is working of Modi’s major economic reforms from his fi rst term - demonetisation to tackle unaccounted wealth and the nationwide The promising speed at which this is Party; they were using their newfound rollout of the GST - both of which caused short-term pain with By Greg Autry and sometimes, the blame is more Washington specifi cally laid at the feet of Navarro, happening must terrify the Politburo in wealth to fortify a repressive police state the promise of long-term gain. who has been a chief architect of the Beijing. and build an increasingly aggressive India’s economic woes have not yet dented Modi’s popularity. president’s trade policies. Most economists and business military. He won a sweeping mandate in May’s general election despite n the morning after the 2016 As the economy hummed along, with scholars in the 1990s bought into the Seeing this unfolding chess game, worries over jobs. presidential election, CNBC historically low unemployment, the promise of globalism. a small coalition of economists and Delivery of basic public services, like toilets or cooking gas, as interviewed Peter Navarro, Wall Street Journal recently suggested But by the mid-2000s, a few of us business leaders worked to build well as recent steps curtailing restive Kashmir’s autonomy have Owho had been an economic we might see a “Navarro recession.” were sceptical of the way things were political support for trade reform. resonated with Modi’s base. adviser to the Trump campaign and We’ve also heard the constant refrain playing out, realising that China had Our eff orts were rewarded with India’s 2019/20 planned gross borrowings were already the would soon join the administration that the tariff burden is borne by no intention of enacting the structural growing bipartisan awareness of the China problem in Congress and fi nally highest in at least nine years, and with the latest measures are to advise the president on trade and American consumers. reforms required for WTO compliance. manufacturing policy. In fact, while economists diff er In 2011, Navarro and I wrote “Death the election of Trump, whose refreshing expected to increase further. Navarro outlined President Trump’s on the eff ects of the tariff s, there is by China,” to expose the predatory honesty on China ripped away the However, India is not thinking of revising its fi scal defi cit target economic plans: cutting taxes, reducing considerable evidence that they are process underlying the off shoring of emperor’s imaginary clothing. in the near future and isn’t thinking of spending cuts either, regulation, cutting energy costs and having the desired eff ect. global manufacturing to China. The administration is the fi rst to according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. reforming trade. Modelling by European economists The book laid out how China was fully recognise that globalisation hasn’t He predicted strong growth and a Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek and Gabriel obtaining the foreign expertise and delivered for Americans and that China Dow moving past 25,000 based on these Felbermayr concluded that, although capital it required by forcing technology is an existential threat. To Advertise pro-growth policies. US consumer prices for aff ected transfer, stealing intellectual property, Moving from awareness to action is The Trump administration has Chinese products will rise by debasing the country’s environment, now a global challenge. [email protected] delivered on every one of those things, about 4.5%, Chinese fi rms will pay exploiting labour, and eroding American fi rms are on notice that the Display but you’d never know that from the approximately 75% of the tariff burden. the purchasing power of Chinese US government once again sees American mainstream media. And as of the end of August, the consumers. workers and national security as top 44466621 44418811 Today, it’s hard to turn on the treasury had collected more than $25bn While China’s actions enhanced priorities in its dealings with China. fi nancial news, open a business paper or in tariff s from China. the profi ts of large, multinational And the administration has drawn Classified browse an investment website without Another benefi t of the tariff s has corporations, American workers and a clear line in the sand for China, 44466609 44418811 seeing some doomsayer predicting the been that many US manufacturers are small US fi rms took it on the chin. requiring it to embrace global norms impending collapse of the US economy diversifying their supply chains, moving Meanwhile, millions of rural and structural reforms that would lead Subscription and equity markets because of the latest production out of China. Chinese were pushed into a Dickensian to mutually benefi cial trade. tariff or presidential tweet. While this is not cost-free for nightmare of 16-hour workdays in some Whenever the next recession [email protected] When the markets invariably resume companies, they are making a worthy of the world’s most polluted cities for invariably arrives - and it looks their upward trends the next day, it’s investment that will ultimately the benefi t of China’s privileged elite. years away - it won’t have been the crickets. make the global economy far more Worse, economic engagement was administration’s trade policies that © 2019 Gulf Times. All rights reserved With each drop, tariff s are blamed, competitive and resilient. failing to liberalise China’s Communist caused it. - Tribune News Service Gulf Times Thursday, September 26, 2019 27 COMMENT Emerging Khan-Trump bonhomie boosts ties

By Kamran Rehmat conjectured it was done to off set the Doha impression that Trump had ceded too much ground to the militia after he disclosed in a tweet that he had resident Donald Trump’s joint planned to host peace negotiations at presser with Prime Minister the presidential compound in Camp Imran Khan on Monday ahead David, Maryland, involving Taliban’s Pof the 74th UN General As- “major leaders” and the Afghan sembly session in New York is a strong president as well. indicator that his administration is The move is seen as a setback deeply interested in keeping Islamabad with key stakeholders, Islamabad on its side. The evident personal bond in particular, keen to see their between the two leaders augurs well investment of more than a year in for the bilaterals and reinforces the making it possible for both the US and relationship reset which has been in Taliban to resolve their diff erences order for some time now. with give-and-take in a post-pullout To his credit, Imran Khan has been scenario. Prime Minister Khan, of able to get Pakistan back into business course is an avowed proponent of a against all odds and every engagement peace deal since his early days as a since his epoch-making visit to the fi rebrand opposition leader. With him White House two months ago has at the helm now, and strong backing remarkably improved ties, which lay from the powerful military, there is a in virtual cold storage at this time last fresh impetus to obviate any possible year with heated exchange of tweets fi ssures. between him and US President Donald It would appear Trump Trump over Islamabad’s role in the comprehends the scale of adversity fi ght against terror. American forces and its allies would With little consideration for confront in the event of things going diplomatic rulebook, Trump had back south. His decision to meet Khan again then accused Pakistan of not doing and lend gravitas to it by holding a joint anything for the US despite all the presser appears to be consistent with aid, he felt, his predecessors lavished the idea of leaning on Islamabad to on Islamabad in the war on terror. provide a peaceful exit and hold on to But unlike the past when Islamabad’s the gains in its aftermath. offi cial reaction was mostly guarded, Moving on to other issues of Khan responded in kind and drew enormous geo-political importance, the full visage of the sacrifi ces his even though Trump has continued to country rendered in helming the global raise a fever pitch about Iran with the fi ght against terror with negative ongoing tensions in the Middle East; consequences for political and creditably, Khan is proactively pushing economic stability at home. for sense to prevail on all sides, In a series of tweets, the prime warning of the dangers of instability minister laid out the scorecard of in its wake whilst holding forth in losses, in man and material terms, that a number of key engagements with Islamabad endured to help the US-led RE-ENGAGEMENT: Prime Minister Imran Khan shakes hands with President Donald Trump ahead of the annual UN General Assembly session in New York. American stakeholders and think- coalition in Afghanistan and fl ayed the tanks. ungratefulness in no uncertain terms. election next year, he felt his best the way for the unlikely White House referred to the Pakistani leader’s evident in the New York meeting as With his much awaited address to With the moribund state of relations, it chance would be a re-engagement rendezvous between President Trump “popularity” and “leadership” role in well — “should both Islamabad and the UN General Assembly on Friday, would have been considered foolhardy with Pakistan as a calibrated partner and Prime Minister Khan in July, and charting a new course. New Delhi be willing”. stakeholders back home will draw to bet on a turnaround at the time. to solve the Afghan imbroglio. Despite which led to a surprisingly candid The surprise package, of course was Monday’s meeting also saw Khan considerable satisfaction from Prime Yet, Trump began to realise in the his earlier strong rhetoric on taking meeting. It was preceded by a rock the claim Trump made about having making yet another attempt to Minister Khan’s eff orts to solidify the succeeding months that the narrow the Taliban to the cleaners, Trump was star-like reception in Washington’s been asked by Indian Prime Minister convince Trump to re-engage with recent gains in Islamabad’s foreign path he had initially taken to shut fi nally drawn to the conclusion that famous Capital One Arena for the Narendra Modi for “mediation” on the Taliban after the latter called off policy reset whether President Trump the doors on Islamabad would be his administration would be better celebrity prime minister, whose the Kashmir issue, which New Delhi the talks in an apparent huff over the realises his desire for winning a Nobel completely counterproductive to his off negotiating with the Taliban. In reverberations were felt deep with swiftly denied. But in what appears to killing of an American sergeant in the or not! long-held desire to recall American this studied endeavour, Islamabad’s even Secretary of State Mike Pompeo be a crafty attempt to raise his global Afghan capital Kabul in a bomb attack troops from a draining and morale- role was deemed crucial thanks to its making that his fi rst point of reference profi le as a peacemaker, Trump has claimed by the Taliban earlier this OThe writer is Community Editor. sapping war in Afghanistan. infl uence over Taliban. in talks with him. It appeared to make continued to off er his good offi ces, month. He may be reached at With an eye for presidential re- A re-engagement eventually paved an impact on Trump as well, who, mostly at Khan’s bidding — as was Political pundits however, [email protected] Greta: climate rescuer or puppet?

AFP For the most scornful, such as (Greta’s) positioning are quickly Stockholm Australian columnist Andrew Bolt, accused of being climate sceptics,” Greta’s a doomsayer, with the political scientist Katarina Barrling neuroses of an autistic teenager (she said. he’s the icon of a young has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Greta has also been accused of generation rising up against syndrome). sowing anxiety rather than delivering a climate change. It’s all because “she’s powerful,” rational argument. S But Greta Thunberg also says Canadian biologist Severn “I want you to panic. I want you to stirs up derision and scorn among Cullis-Suzuki who once found feel the fear I feel every day,” she told those who see her as a mere puppet of herself in Greta’s position. the World Economic Forum in Davos eco-preaching. At the age of 12, she addressed the in January. At 16, the Swede has become the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Lately, she seems to have changed voice for millions of worried youths “She’s calling for a revolution so of her tune. “I want you to listen to the who sort their garbage, clean beaches, course she’s getting pushback. They scientists,” she urged the US Congress turn their noses up at meat and try to silence her” by discrediting last week. airplanes, and vote for green parties. her, Cullis-Suzuki told AFP. While the teen’s upbraiding of Just over a year ago, at the start of Extraordinary, almost mystical adults has irritated some abroad, the school year, the then-ninth grade references abound when it comes her comments raise few eyebrows in student left her books at home and to Greta, born in 2003 in the least Sweden. began sitting outside the Swedish “religious or spiritual” country on Her impudence, small braids and parliament to raise awareness about the planet. baby face are reminiscent of the the climate emergency. Famed French environmentalist and famous storybook character Pippi Her “school strike” made the wildlife photographer Yann Arthus- Longstocking, an emancipated rounds of social media before gaining Bertrand has called her “a miracle”. child experiencing the world on her momentum in the international Barack Obama said she was “changing own - a model drawn from Sweden’s press – and the “Fridays for Future” the world.” education system and its child- movement was born. French philosopher Michel Onfray rearing traditions. The Greta phenomenon went viral. described her as a “cyborg” while US “It’s no coincidence that Greta Her Twitter and Instagram accounts conservative commentator Michael is Swedish. I don’t think she would now have more than 6mn followers. Knowles said she was a “mentally have existed without Pippi or As the unofficial spokesperson ill” teen responsible for “climate Lisbeth Salander,” the tattooed for her generation, Greta Thunberg hysteria”. hacker from the Millennium crime wants to sound the alarm about In April, Greta met Pope Francis in series, according to Swedish essayist global warming among the world’s Rome as part of the second anniversary Elisabeth Asbrink. politicians, as witnessed in her of “Laudato Si”, the Catholic Church’s Barrling, the analyst, said that rousing “How Dare You?” speech at encyclical on ecology and climate “for decades the Swedish school the UN climate summit on Monday. change, whose subtitle “On Care for curriculum has prioritised students’ “You have stolen my dreams and Our Common Home” echoes Greta’s critical thinking rather than my childhood with your empty own words of “Our house is on fi re”. accumulation of knowledge”. words,” she thundered, visibly angry Critics say that kind of language But what good has Greta really and close to tears. muddles the climate fi ght’s scientifi c done? The teen has spurred millions message, hurts technological She’s defending human rights, says of youths to protest, drawn by her innovation and masks other Amnesty International which earlier fragile intrepidness, her steely environmental challenges. this month honoured her and Fridays determination in sharp contrast to “The climate issue has eclipsed all for Future with its top prize, the her young voice. other environmental issues like cruelty Ambassador of Conscience Award. All of which drive her detractors to animals, the meat industry and Greta has also been nominated for crazy. pesticides. And those who question this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Live issues Gum disease linked to BP, says study

IANS examine whether patients with – the more severe periodontitis is, the London high blood pressure have a raised higher the probability of hypertension. likelihood of gum disease. It seems The fi ndings suggest that patients prudent to provide oral health advice with gum disease should be informed eople with gum disease (peri- to those with hypertension,” said of their risk and given advice on odontitis) have a greater like- Professor Francesco D’Aiuto from lifestyle changes to prevent high lihood of suff ering from high UCL Eastman Dental Institute in the blood pressure such as exercise and a Pblood pressure or vice versa, UK. healthy diet,” said D’Aiuto in the paper warn researchers. High blood pressure aff ects 30-45% published in Cardiovascular Research, The study investigated gum of adults and is the leading global a journal of the European Society of disease as a potential risk factor for cause of premature death, while Cardiology. hypertension, but the reverse could periodontitis aff ects more than 50% of Hypertension could be the driver also be true. the world’s population. of heart attack and stroke in patients “Further research is needed to “We observed a linear association with periodontitis. Gulf Times 28 Thursday, September 26, 2019 QATAR

Children taking part in the programme. Young climate change protesters take a stand for the planet at QF tudents and activists from And the climate protest at „ Education City sit-in calls for urgent action to tackle global warming American School of Doha said: across Qatar have taken Multaqa (Education City Student “I want to see what we can get Sa stand against climate Center) – organised by the Arab to our planet will aff ect future is a real threat to global environ- age temperatures worldwide. The Eco-Schools programme done together as a community, change – with a sit-down protest Youth Climate Movement, Glo- generations and I hope that our mental sustainability, and Qatar “Qatar Foundation Research is the largest sustainable schools since we don’t typically interact at Qatar Foundation (QF) calling bal Shapers, and the Eco-Schools grandchildren can see the world and the region as a whole are not Development and Innovation programme in the world, and with the other schools when it for world leaders to take urgent programme – mirrored the re- as it used to be. immune to these threats. hosts a spectrum of capabilities involves a two-year commit- comes to talking about the envi- action to combat the greatest cent ‘global climate strike’, which “Humans are the cause of this “Regional increases in surface to build comprehensive insti- ment that gives young people the ronment. We want the younger modern threat to the planet. saw millions of people around damage, so they should always be temperatures, changes in rainfall tutional knowledge of national chance to be active protectors of generation to know what’s hap- Young protesters added their the world hold demonstrations the solution. It is the responsibil- patterns, increasing dust-storm climate change impacts, and de- the environment, by giving them pening. voice to the growing global cla- at what they claim is inaction in ity of all of us.” intensities, rising sea levels, the velop policies and technologies a say in the environmental man- “Everyone needs to work to- mour for eff orts to tackle glo- cutting carbon emissions and And Maryam al-Obaidli, a stu- sustainability of the Arabian Gulf to mitigate the impacts of, and agement policies and behaviours gether, and the younger you are bal warming to be intensifi ed as stabilising Earth’s climate. dent at Qatar Academy for Sci- ecosystems, and a host of as- adapt to, climate change in Qatar of their school. when you learn about it, the more they gathered at Education City The event refl ected QF’s com- ence and Technology (QAST), sociated societal and economic and increase regional resilience. QGBC operates Eco-Schools we can help.” to demonstrate the strength of mitment to advancing sustain- also part of PUE, said: “I’m glad impacts are the focus of research Such innovative technology and Qatar, and provides schools who Speaking at the event, Engi- feeling among the nation’s youth ability in Qatar, and beyond, to have the opportunity to take activities at Qeeri. policy outcomes can catapult register in the programme with a neer Meshal al-Shamari, Direc- about the climate crisis the world through cutting-edge research part in this protest, because it For example, data from na- Qatar’s role in the fi ght against range of support including train- tor, QGBC, told students: “You faces, and the rapidly-closing and innovation in areas including has allowed me to hear new ideas tional, regional and global cli- climate change to a global leader ing and other resources. are the leaders, decision-makers, window of opportunity to tackle air quality and energy, water, and and opinions on climate change. mate datasets over the past 25-30 in adaptation to an increasingly Shahd Abdulla, 14, a student at and parents of tomorrow. There- it. food security, as well as its be- Events like this help to raise our years point to increasing surface harsher climate.” QAST, said: “All the schools had fore, we believe that by engag- It comes in a week when lief in being a platform for youth awareness of global challenges, temperature trends for the region The Education City protest such amazing suggestions like ing you today – through Eco- His Highness the Amir Sheikh from Qatar and around the world and this can lead to a better life that are 2-3 times the global av- followed the Qatar Eco-Schools using food waste as soil. It’s in- Schools – you will protect the Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, an- to express their views and tackle for everyone in the future.” erage. Congress 2019, also held at Mul- credible how teenagers can come planet tomorrow. nounced Qatar is contributing global issues head-on. Climate change expert Mo- “In other words, a 1.5-2.0 de- taqa and organised by QF mem- up with these ideas, and think of “Together, we are leading the $100mn to support small devel- Joud al-Issa, 11, a student at hamed Ayoub, Senior Research gree Celsius increase in global ber Qatar Green Building Council ways to save the world. country to address the sustain- oping island states and least- Qatar Academy Doha, part of Director at the Environment and temperatures could translate to (QGBC). It saw more than 200 “I am so proud to be part of ability goals for Qatar National developed nations in addressing QF’s Pre-University Education Sustainability Center at Qatar 3-6 degree increases in the re- students and teachers from Qa- this event, proud to be part of Vision 2030, helping this country climate change and environmen- (PUE), was among the students Environment and Energy Re- gion. Such temperature increas- tar schools learn how to maintain the Eco-Schools, and proud to be on its journey to establish a post tal challenges, while speaking at who participated, and said: “I am search Institute – part of QF es would have far ranging im- an ‘eco-school’ and adopt a zero part of this generation.” hydrocarbon economy.” the UN Climate Action Summit protesting here today because I member Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni- pacts in an area that already has food waste approach through And 16-year-old Tisya Raina, “Let’s build a sustainable fu- 2019 in New York. believe the damage we are doing versity – said: “Climate change some of the highest annual aver- composting. from Canada, who attends the ture together.” Al-Obaidly’s exhibition asks profound DFI opens submissions for questions on environmental impact 2019 Ajyal Jury Programme

eturning from her three- ‘What Remains’ is an exploration cial issues we face today and at- dio and Curatorial Programme n the lead-up to the 2019 edi- month residency at the of what mankind will leave be- tempting to capture images that in New York. Created under the tion of the Ajyal Film Festival, Rprestigious International hind once we have fully exploited present a truth. patronage of QM Chairperson Ithe Doha Film Institute (DFI) Studio and Curatorial Programme Earth’s natural resources in the Through her portraitures, al- HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Ha- is accepting juror applications (ISCP) in New York, USA, Qatari name of progress. The work asks Obaidly records intimate mo- mad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the from youths from Qatar and the artist Sara al-Obaidly presents an profound questions about human ments of human emotion, expos- New York Residency programme, region, who want to explore the exhibition titled ‘What Remains’ civilisation’s impact on our envi- ing an unshielded and authentic in partnership with ISCP, is an world of cinema and assume a at the Fire Station. ronment. reality. The artist’s work has been extension of QM’s Fire Station: leading voice in the Ajyal Compe- The exhibition, which will be Al-Obaidly hopes to initiate exhibited internationally in mu- Artist in Residence programme tition awards. open to the public from Sep- dialogue with a serious message seums and galleries including: in Doha. The programme at ISCP Now in its seventh edition, tember 25 until October 12, is a and a call to action, encouraging Qatar Contemporary: Art and supports the creative advance- Ajyal will take place from Novem- self-initiated project born out of visitors to self-refl ect, spurring Photography at Manege, St Pe- ment of contemporary artists and ber 18-23 at Katara – the Cultural al-Obaidly’s journey across the all of us to contemplate and re- tersburg (2018); Contemporary curators, and promotes cultural Village, with the Ajyal Jury Com- Last year, more than 550 jurors of 54 nationalities served as island of Madagascar in 2016. evaluate our relationships with Art Qatar at Kraftwerk, Berlin exchange. petition programme running Ajyal Jurors. Travelling from the capital An- and connection to the natural en- (2017); National Portrait Gallery, During their residency, the from November 17-23. tananarivo to the west coast and vironment in this modern world, London (2016 & 2014); Museum participating Qatari artists are DFI’s annual signature event tiative that puts the responsibility Ajyal,” Alremaihi noted. Catego- ending her trip in Belo Sur Mer, and the footprint we will leave of Islamic Art Park, Doha (2015); fully immersed in the New York is an immersive celebration of on our youth to understand the rised in three competition seg- al-Obaidly covered over 800km behind. and Qatar Museums (QM) Gallery art scene – they are invited to community and the permeating power that lies in each and every ments – Mohaq (ages 8-12 years), by land, river and sea. This previ- Al-Obaidly is a Qatari interdis- – Al Riwaq (2014). participate in a number of activi- power of fi lm for audiences of all human being to make a positive Hilal (ages 13-17 years) and Bader ously unseen body of work com- ciplinary artist, whose self-initi- She was in residence at the ties in and outside of ISCP, which ages, and the internationally ac- diff erence,” DFI CEO Fatma Has- (ages 18-21 years), the Ajyal Ju- bines photographic works, sound ated projects explore the varying Fire Station in 2015, and more include visiting critics, fi eld trips, claimed jury programme brings san al-Remaihi said in a press rors watch a diverse programme design, fi lm, and installation. political, philosophical and so- recently at the International Stu- public talks and open studios. over 550 jurors from more than 50 statement. of feature fi lms and short fi lms countries to Qatar for an invalu- “Ajyal aims to empower youth from across the globe that help able exchange of culture. to voice their valuable ideas and raise awareness of global issues, In a fun and collaborative envi- opinions and enhances their cultures and values. ronment, Ajyal Jury in three age- awareness of the world around Being an Ajyal Juror is a high- groups from eight to 21 evaluate them, encouraging them to as- ly creative learning experience the fi lms showcased at the festival sume active roles within their that instils an appreciation of and discover cinema not just from communities. We can’t thank cinema as well as the values of the perspective of entertainment them enough for being an integral teamwork, critical thinking and but as a medium that can bring part of this inspiring journey,” she leadership. about positive social change. added. Last year, more than 550 jurors Interested applicants can reg- “The repeated success of Ajyal of 54 nationalities served as Ajyal ister for the Ajyal Jury programme has meant that in 2019, we had to Jurors, who had access to spe- at https://www.dohafi lminsti- plan for an increase in the capac- cially curated workshops, daily tute.com/ajyaljury. The last date ity of the jury programme, allow- fi lm screenings, jury discussions, to apply is October 30. ing for more jurors to be a part of opportunities to interact with Starting from this year, DFI this unique experience.” global fi lmmakers and a range of is introducing a registration fee “Ajyal over the years has given events and activities that inspire of QR50, in addition to a QR450 the youth an opportunity to ex- creative interaction and stimulate administration fee at the time of plore new horizons of creative cinematic dialogue. fi nal juror selection, as part of its and cultural understanding, and The festival also presents daily continued eff orts to grow and en- we look forward to welcoming public screenings, special presen- ‘What Remains’ is an exploration of what mankind will leave behind hance the programme. our champions for this year, to tations, Cinema Under the Stars, Sara al-Obaidly’s previously unseen body of work combines once we have fully exploited Earth’s natural resources in the name “We are exceptionally proud of learn from one another and cre- in-depth discussions through the photographic works, sound design, film, and installation. of progress. our Ajyal Jury programme, an ini- ate a positive change far beyond Ajyal Talks series, among others.