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Amir patronises Police College graduation Amir honours outstanding students 108 students gradute with flying colours Amir awards Hamad QNA DOHA Bin Khalifa Sash to THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani patron- Ghanim al Hodaifi ised the graduation ceremony of the first batch of graduates of the Ministry of Interior’s Police College at its headquar- ters in Al Sailiya on Thursday. The ceremony was at- tended by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani, Minister of Interior of Jordan Sameer Ibrahim al Mubaidain and Minister of Interior of Turkey Suleyman Soylu. The ceremony began with the national anthem. Then commander of the graduates’ queue came forward to re- quest the Amir to review the queue of the 108 graduates from Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen. After reciting verses from the Holy Quran and the per- formance of the graduates’ pa- rade and the military parade, The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani at the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students of the Ministry of Interior’s Police THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani awarded HE the Amir honoured the out- College at its headquarters in Al Sailiya on Thursday. (Below) The Amir with Interior Ministers of Jordan and Turkey. Ghanim bin Sultan al Hodaifi the Hamad Bin Khalifa Sash in standing graduates. recognition of his efforts to preserve the security of the home- The first in the total grades land for many years. The award was given during the gradua- in behavior, attendance and tion ceremony of the first batch of graduates of the Ministry military training Abdulaziz of Interior’s Police College at its headquarters in Al Sailiya on Jamal al Nuaimi. the second Thursday morning. Hodaifi was one of the first founders of the in the total grades and the first security and police sector in the country. (QNA) in the total grades of legal and police sciences and general requirements Rashid Saqer lege who successfully passed its citizens”. al Mureikhi were honoured. the requirements for a bach- The graduation ceremo- After that the third in the to- elor’s degree in law and police ny was also attended by a tal grades Abdulhadi Mes- science.” number of ministers, heads fer al Marri, the first among The Police College has of diplomatic missions and students from outside the been seeking to modernise and senior officers of the Min- country Seif Aldein Khalid develop its various academic istry of Defense, the Minis- Abu Zahra, the first in fit- and training programmes and try of the Interior, the State ness Khalid Hmood al Enzi, to develop academic curricula Security Bureau, the Amiri the first in shooting Nasser that keep pace with modern Guard and the Internal Se- Mubarak al Shahwani and the security development in the curity Force (Lekhwiya), in first in leadership competence world, he pointed out. addition to a number of lead- Hassan Sultan al Dosari re- “Today, we celebrate with ers of security and military ceived the honour. you the end of a stage, not colleges from brotherly and Then the first batch hand- der for promotion was read Delivering a speech, Direc- Abdullah al Mahna said, “To- distinguished constellation of the end of a journey,” he said friendly countries. ed over the flag to the second out and the graduates took tor-General of the Police Col- day we celebrate the honour of candidate students from the referring to the Amir’s words batch following which the or- the oath. lege Brig Gen Dr Mohammed Your Highness to graduate a first batch of the Police Col- “Qatar deserves the best from See also page 16 Ô

Qatar donates 68 Qatar humble Saudi, top group in Asian Cup armoured vehicles Sports minister congratulates team for great victory AGENCIES FM hails achievements ABU DHABI/DOHA to Somalia Qatari sporting achievements are a cause QATAR shocked three-time for pride. We congratulate our national champions Saudi Arabia 2-0 at team for winning and qualifying in the the Asian Cup on Thursday in championship and the Qatari champion a game surrounded by political controversy in the UAE. Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah on winning the Striker Almoez Ali’s double international Rally for the third time. made the difference after Qa- tar captain Hasan al Haydos missed a penalty. With nine al Ali congratulated the national unlimited support of our leader- points, Qatar top Group E. football team for the victory. ship, we succeeded in achieving Minister of Culture and “Our team deserved to win the first goal of in reaching the Qatar’s players celebrate their win over Saudi Arabia in the AFC Asian Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem and qualify, and thanks to the group of 16,” he said. PAGE 12 Cup match at Zayed Sports City Stadium on Thursday. (REUTERS) Dust storm sweeps country, reduces visibility TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK (QMD) said. QNA The vehicles have been DOHA The Ministry of Public MOGADISHU given in the form of a Qa- Health has called on citizens tari grant to support the DUST storm swept through Qa- and residents, especially asth- SOMALIA on Thursday people and government of tar on Thursday, with visibility ma patients, people suffering received 68 armoured ve- Somalia, to contribute to Investors’ wealth reducing to as low as 1 km in from chest diseases and the el- hicles from Qatar Armed the strengthening of insti- rises to QR616 bn most areas. derly, to avoid direct exposure Forces. tutions in Somalia and its “Widespread dust storm to dust during the current wave The armored vehicles, internationally recognised as QSE gains (PG 9 ) is affecting the country with of dust, stressing the readiness delivered in Mogadishu, will central government. strong northwesterly wind of health centres and hospitals strengthen the Somali state. The grant also comes as causing visibility to drop below to receive them. The 68 modern military a support to establish secu- MoPH warns against 1 km in most areas. Please take The ministry urged the peo- vehicles have been shipped rity and combat terrorism extra care and follow safety tips ple to take precautionary meas- to Somalia by various units and extremism in Somalia. consuming grapes as dusty conditions are expect- ures to avoid health risks that of the Qatari Armed Forces. PAGE 16 from Peru (PG 2 ) ed to continue until night time,” may result from the weather Vehicles move slowly on a road after dust storm hit Doha on Qatar Meteorology Department conditions. PAGE 2 Thursday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) 02 Friday, January 18, 2019

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Qatar espouses peaceful resolution of disputes: Mahmoud The Shura speaker stresses that any successful reconciliation between the parties must focus on recognising the rights of the victims

QNA on the experiences of national He added that Qatar has conflicts and mend the social can countries requires strong RABAT reconciliation which led to also worked on parallel lines fabric. political will from all actors, political stability, social peace to meet relief needs and sup- “Qatar’s goal in this con- and also requires an open AS part of Qatar’s belief in set- and peace-building. port early recovery projects to text was the immediate ces- mind that accepts the other tling disputes peacefully, the The Shura speaker said reconstruct, push the develop- sation of violence to achieve a according to the rule that wise vision of the Amir HH that in compliance with this ment process to provide sta- state of stability, to resolve the what brings together the sons Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al vision and in line with the bility, and extend a decent life issue of power and wealth dis- of one country is much greater Thani and the Father Amir human values and the Qatari to support the peace process. tribution, to reform existing than what divides them. HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khali- heritage legacy, Qatar com- Mahmoud highlighted social institutions, to support The preoccupation of na- fa al Thani focused on the im- mitted to exerting all pos- Qatar’s continuous role in a culture of peace and to alle- tional political forces with portance of restoring peaceful sible efforts to contribute to achieving peace in Darfur, Su- viate the suffering of victims,” each other opens the way for relations in the community to achieving security and peace dan, within the framework of the Shura speaker said. harmful external interven- enable people to live together in the region by bringing to- Arab-African ministerial com- He said Qatar consid- tions. in freedom and dignity, said gether parties and achieving mittee on conflict resolution ered reconciliation this way He also stressed that any Speaker of the Shura Council reconciliations. and in cooperation with the as part of a comprehensive successful reconciliation must HE Ahmed bin Abdulla bin He said Qatar has become joint mediator of the African process to bring about peace focus on recognising the rights Zaid al Mahmoud. the city of reconciliations and a Union and the UN. to the societies suffering for of the victims and rehabilitat- Mahmoud made the re- venue for meetings of warring He said Qatar’s efforts years through three stages -- ing them within the frame- Shura Council HE Ahmed bin Abdulla bin Zaid al Mahmoud at the con- marks at the conference of the parties in Sudan, Lebanon, have been fruitful with the violation cessation, resolving work of transitional justice ference of the Association of Senates, Shura and Equivalent Councils Association of Senates, Shura Libya, Palestine, Yemen and adoption of the Doha Peace the conflict by addressing its and ensuring that their suffer- in Africa and the Arab World in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday. and Equivalent Councils in Afghanistan and has achieved Document in Darfur, which causes, and addressing the ef- ing is not repeated. Africa and the Arab World, several successful settlements included, among other set- fects of the conflict. Mahmoud pointed out macy in international peace sion of the General Assembly which began in Rabat, Moroc- due to its credibility, transpar- tlement terms, articles on The Shura speaker that, as part of Qatar’s efforts and security issues, Doha of the Inter-Parliamentary co, on Thursday. ency and for standing at a dis- reconciliation and the Darfur stressed that national recon- to contribute to activating the will host from April 6 to 10 Union and the meetings The conference focused tance from all parties. dialogue in order to end tribal ciliation in the Arab and Afri- role of parliamentary diplo- the meeting of the 140th ses- related to it.

Ministry’s warning Pacquiao-Broner fight to against consuming be available on Ooredoo tv grapes from Peru TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK has conceded only three times in his DOHA entire professional career but is bat- THE Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has tling a reputation for being a career warned consumers from eating grapes origi- THE upcoming Manny Pacquiao– underachiever. nating from Peru due to the possibility of its Adrian Broner fight will be avail- Manar Khalifa al Muraikhi, di- contamination with pesticide residues. able on Ooredoo tv as a pay-per-view rector PR and Corporate Commu- The ministry said there has been an inter- event for just QR73, Ooredoo an- nications at Ooredoo, said: “We’re national warning on the matter. It also said nounced on Thursday. delighted to be able to offer our that it is currently undergoing all procedures To be screened on Channel 551 at customers the opportunity to access to reduce any potential risks that may reach 5am Qatar time on January 20, 2019, major international sporting events the consumer and coordinate with the Min- the match brings together two boxing such as this one. We know keep- istry of Municipality and Environment to en- legends, both with fearsome reputa- ing up with their favourite sports sure that the markets do not sell the grapes. tions in the ring. is important, and we take pride in The ministry said samples of the grapes Pacquiao, defending his WBA making it as easy and affordable for were sent from the quantities reserved for lab- regular welterweight title, will be them as possible.” oratory analysis and notices have been sent to fighting for the 70th time in his ca- To subscribe, customers need the State’s ports to seize any grape shipments. BRUNEI CROWN PRINCE MEETS QATARI ENVOY: HRH Brunei Darussalam’s Crown Prince and Senior Minister at reer, having lost only once since com- simply switch to pay-per-view chan- The Ministry of Public Health has urged the Prime Minister’s Office Prince al Muhtadee Billah met with Ambassador of Qatar to Brunei Darussalam HE ing out of retirement in 2016. nel 551 and enter their purchase PIN. that anyone who bought from these grapes Jassim bin Ali al Obaidly in Bander Seri Begawan on Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral ties Broner – once the self-appointed The fee of QR73 will then be added to should not consume it. (QNA) and means to develop them in addition to topics of mutual interest. (QNA) heir to Floyd Mayweather’s throne – their monthly Ooredoo bill. ALL QATAR UNIVERSITIES FAIR Avoid direct exposure ABP forging partnerships to to dust, warns MoPH QNA better serve Qatar: Director DOHA AILYN AGONIA THE Ministry of Public Health DOHA (MoPH) has cautioned citi- zens and residents, especially ACADEMIC Bridge Program asthma patients, people suf- (ABP) is constantly growing fering from chest diseases and and reaching out to the com- the elderly, against direct ex- munity and forging partner- posure to dust during the cur- ships with different local and rent wave of dust. international institutions to The ministry stressed the further improve its services readiness of health centres and attract more students, and hospitals to receive peo- ABP Director Dr Bryan K ple in the event of any symp- Lewallen said as the institu- toms of respiratory sensitivity tion welcomed students to caused by the dusty weather. All Qatar Universities Fair Earlier on Thursday, Qa- Dust and fine airborne solid particles can enter the lungs causing on Thursday. tar Meteorology Department some health risks such as infections, sinus and respiratory allergies, ABP, a centre of Qatar warned of strong winds in and can also trigger allergies and cause asthma. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) Foundation, is a pre-univer- Students at the Qatar Universities Fair hosted by ABP on Thursday. Academic Bridge Program most areas and low horizon- sity programme established (HANSON K JOSEPH) Director Dr Bryan K Lewallen. tal visibility onshore, strong for high school graduates winds and high waves off- from Qatar and other coun- We are also looking for more will come to fruition. We are City and in creating an envi- shore, and clouds of dust tries in the region. opportunities for students reaching out and we are nev- ronment that highlights the blowing in some areas. In an interview with Qa- and signing agreements er comfortable staying where importance of education for The Ministry of Public tar Tribune on the sidelines with universities in the US,” we are. We are always on the the people of Qatar. Health also urged citizens and of the All Qatar Universi- Dr Lewallen said. look for what else we can do “The Academic Bridge residents to take precaution- ties Fair hosted by ABP on Last year, ABP began that would further benefit Program in Education ary measures to avoid any its premises on Thursday, its second Academic Bridge the students,” he said. City will be graduating our health risks that may result Dr Lewallen said while all Programme in conjunction The All Qatar Univer- 3,000th student. This is our from these weather conditions universities within Educa- with the Ministry of Defence sities Fair participated in 18th year. What I see is the and to ensure that the doors tion City is popular among and the Qatar Armed Forces. by different universities more education the people and windows are close tightly the students, around 30 ABP graduated 286 cadets in the country attracted a are getting and the quality to prevent dust from entering percent of them choose to from their new programme huge number of students. of the education they are ex- into the buildings. study abroad with the UK as and all were admitted to uni- The initiative was aimed at posed to, the better chance The ministry also cau- a popular destination. versity or college either here providing opportunities for they have in raising their tioned people against going “We have about between in Qatar or overseas, particu- students within ABP as well children in an environment out into the open areas dur- 20 to 30 percent of students larly in the UK and the US. as throughout the commu- where education is the most ing strong winds and low vis- from ABP complete their On the second year of the nity to be able to find out the important thing. I think that ibility due to dust in the air, ditioner at an appropriate tem- prescribed drugs for people studies in the UK each year new initiative, Dr Lewallen available options and alter- is something that is going to urging them to wash the face, perature if needed. It further vulnerable to severe allergic and some in the US. Also, said it is even better. natives for those who wish to help bring Qatar even fur- nose and mouth repeatedly to urged thorough cleaning of diseases, even before showing there are more students of “We are constantly study in Doha and the types ther and boost the diversity prevent dust from reaching houses, especially bedrooms, symptoms of allergies. It also ABP now choosing to study reaching out and working of majors they can study in of types of jobs and careers the lungs, and to wear a pro- blankets and mattresses. called on people who have re- in the US than five years with different organisations different universities that fit that they choose in the fu- tective mask or to use wet pa- The Ministry of Public cently undergone eye or nose ago when I arrived here. We and helping to provide the their needs and interests. ture,” Dr Lewallen said. per towels with water to cover Health has also advised peo- surgeries to avoid exposure. have signed MoUs and ar- services that we do here On the developments in He also announced that the nose and mouth, and ple who work in the open to Dust and fine airborne ticulation agreements with in the Education City. We the education landscape in ABP will start its registra- avoid rubbing eyes to avoid alternate shifts in order to solid particles can enter the over 20 universities in the want to continue working on Qatar, Dr Lewellen lauded tion for the Fall semester inflammation. reduce exposure to dust and lungs causing some health UK that allow our students agreements and we are now the leadership of the country in March. The classes will The ministry also advised to wear masks to protect the risks such as infections, sinus who met the requirements negotiating some new agree- for bringing in the top uni- start in August for the said drivers to close the windows respiratory system. and respiratory allergies, and to go straight into Year 1. ments that we are hoping versities through Education semester. while driving, with the possi- The ministry stressed the can also trigger allergies and bility of operating the air con- need to start using preventive cause asthma. 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Correct approach to give ROUGHNESS LEADS advice to parents

Question: Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. I live with my non-religious parents. I am more flexible with my mother TO DISUNITY regarding advising her because she does not react angrily and is not displeased with me (in most cases), but as for my father, I used to advise him and he would usually be- OUGHNESS is a dispraised come angry or say, “Ok, leave me alone, leave me alone.” attribute that implies bad Now I am about to present my papers for Madinah Univer- manners. It causes disu- sity and I fear that advising my father would lead to him nity and estrangement not letting me go or not helping me to send the papers. I among people and severs know that advising is obligatory, while going to Madinah Rthat which Allah The Almighty ordered University is not. So, what should I do? My relationship to be maintained. Moreover, it has de- with him is stable now without advising him, but when I stroyed many households and separat- used to advise him, the tension was higher and the rela- ed many families. tion was as close. Please advise me on whether I should Many people who may love each start advising him after sending my papers to Madinah or other have nonetheless been afflicted whether I should refrain from doing so. with roughness and alienation due to harsh tempers, ill treatment and a lack Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the of gentleness in tackling matters. worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Roughness may be innate or ac- Allah and that Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, is quired, and both are bad. A true be- His slave and Messenger. liever immediately sets himself aright The parents are among the people whom Allah, The by avoiding the causes and forms of Exalted, has commanded us to enjoin to do good and forbid roughness. The Prophet, peace be from evils. The religious obligation to show dutifulness upon him, said: “Whoever lives in the and kindness towards them does not prevent doing this. desert will become rough.” [Ahmad However, giving them advice must be done with a great deal and At-Tirmithi] This means that if a of politeness and caution lest the child commits what Allah person inhabits the desert, his nature forbids in the verses (which mean): will become coarse, as man adopts the - {And your Lord has decreed that you not worship characteristics of his environment. In except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one other words, Westerners are rougher or both of them reach old age (while) with you, say not to than Easterners and the dwellers of de- them (so much as), ‘uff’, and do not repel them but speak serts and herders of camels are rough- to them a noble word.} [Quran 23:17] er than others. - {But if they endeavour to make you associate with Me It was narrated on the authority that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but of Ibn Mas‘ood, may Allah be pleased accompany them in (this) world with appropriate kindness with him, that the Prophet, peace be and follow the way of those who turn back to Me (in repent- upon him, said: “[True] belief is over ance). Then to Me will be your return and I will inform you there [and he pointed with his hand about what you used to do.} [Quran 31:15] towards Yemen], while roughness and The child should seek the kindest and most consider- harshness are the qualities of those ate manner when enjoining his parents to do good or when who own a great number of camels and forbidding them from evils. Al-Hasan was asked about the drive them [noisily] behind their tails son advising his father and he replied, “He should advise [to the direction] where the two horns him as long as it does not incur his anger; if the father gets of Satan will appear [in the direction angry, the son should refrain from advising him.” of] the tribes of Rabee‘ah and Mud- z {Has the time not come for those mad, Al-Bukhari and Muslim] thority of Sahl ibn Sa‘d, may Allah be Haashiyat Ibn ‘Aabideen (Radd Al-Muhtaar) reads, “If har.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] who have believed that their hearts It was also narrated on the authority pleased with him, that the Prophet, he sees his parents committing evil, he should advise It was also narrated on the authority should become humbly submissive at of ‘Aa’ishah, may Allah be pleased with peace be upon him, said: “A believer them once. If they accept, that is the desired objective; of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with the remembrance of Allah and what her, that the Prophet, peace be upon harmonises with people and they har- otherwise, he should stop and get engaged in supplicating him, that the Prophet, peace be upon has come down of the truth? And let him, said: “The most hated person in monise with him; and there is no good Allah for them and seeking forgiveness for them; Allah, The him, said: “Bashfulness is from faith, them not be like those who were given the sight of Allah is the most quarrel- in a person who neither familiarises Exalted, shall suffice him and rectify their affairs.” and faith leads to Paradise. Foulness is the Scripture before, and a long period some person.” [Al-Bukhari and Mus- nor is familiarised.” [Ahmad] Therefore, you should advise your father kindly and com- from roughness, and roughness leads to passed over them, so their hearts hard- lim] The quarrelsome one is he who Allah The Almighty, the angels passionately while adhering to the enjoined dutifulness and Hell.” [At-Tirmithi and Ibn Majah] ened; and many of them are defiantly behaves wickedly when he quarrels. and mankind, in general, hate rough- kindness and using polite and considerate language. That is disobedient.} [Quran 57:16] Also, it was narrated on the au- ness and harshness. A believer, there- the obligation regarding advising one’s father. If he does not EVERYTHING HAS A SHARE OF ITS NAME thority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah fore, should avoid violence, harsh- accept your advice, then you should refrain from advising him It is noticeable that there is an ob- be pleased with him, that the Prophet, ness, frowning, recklessness, ill if it causes his anger, and thus you will have done your duty. vious relationship between things and peace be upon him, said: “Do not speak treatment, undutifulness to parents Ibn Muflih, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote: their names, between man and the foul words, do not give your backs to and ill thoughts. He should have gen- “Chapter on enjoining one’s parents to do good and for- world around him, and between Roughness may one another [i.e., boycott or bear en- tleness, mercy, righteousness, compas- bidding them from evils: Yoosuf ibn Moosa narrated from man and the nature of his profes- mity towards one another], do not sion and forbearance. Purification of (Imaam) Ahmad that he said, ‘He enjoins his parents to do sion. Paediatricians, for exam- be innate or acquired, and spy on one another, and do not the soul precedes beautifying it. good and forbids them from evils.’ The version of the report ple, may differ from surgeons; override the sales transactions of A Muslim should strive hard to stay narrated by Hanbal reads, ‘If he sees his parent commits the disposition of soldiers and both are bad. A true believer one another, and be, O slaves of away from the causes and forms of vio- an act that he does not approve of, he informs him without troops may differ from that Allah, brothers.” [Muslim] lence. Allah The Almighty Says (what violence or impoliteness or harsh language; otherwise, he of others, although a person immediately sets himself aright by It was also narrated on the means): should leave him alone. The parent should not be treated is not allowed to justify his avoiding the causes and forms of authority of Abu Ayyoob Al- z {He has succeeded who purifies like other people in this regard.’” [Al-Aadaab Ash-Shar‘iyyah] roughness as a product of Ansari, may Allah be pleased it, And he has failed who instils it [with If you follow this approach in advising your parents and his nature, environment or roughness. The Prophet, peace be with him, that the Prophet, corruption]} [Quran 91:9-10] you choose the suitable time for giving advice, this will work. It is said that people peace be upon him, said: “It is z {And those who strive for Us - make them more likely to accept your advice and you will did not disobey Allah The Al- upon him, said: “Whoever lives in not permissible for a Muslim We will surely guide them to Our ways. earn their love and satisfaction. Rather, they will even help mighty except due to false jus- to desert his brother for more And indeed, Allah is with the doers of you accomplish your objectives, such as enrolling at the tifications. the desert will become rough.” than three nights [where] when good.} [Quran 29:69] Islamic University in Madeenah and the like. [Ahmad and At-Tirmithi] they meet, one turns away and A slave should resort to Allah Allah knows best. THE QURAN DISPARAGES ROUGHNESS the other turns away; and the best The Almighty and supplicate to Him There are many texts that dis- of the two is the one who greets - perhaps Allah The Almighty will praise and warn against roughness. Al- the other first.” [Al-Bukhari and guide him to follow the example of lah The Almighty Says (what means): Muslim] the Prophet, peace be upon him. The z {So by Mercy from Allah, [O Mu- What the Prophet, peace be upon Prophet, peace be upon him, was the By time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, hammad], you were lenient with them. him, forbade us from in this Hadeeth most gentle of all people; he was a And if you had been rude [in speech] THE SUNNAH FORBIDS ROUGHNESS is certainly an aspect of roughness. smiling person and would maintain Except for those who have believed and harsh in heart, they would have Like the Quran, the Sunnah of the Similarly, it was narrated on the au- the ties of kinship, help the weak, sup- disbanded from about you.} [Quran Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade thority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah port the destitute, serve guests gener- and done righteous deeds and advised 3:159] roughness. It was narrated on the au- be pleased with him, that the Proph- ously and assist those afflicted with z {Then why, when Our punish- thority of Abu Moosa Al-’Ash‘ari, may et, peace be upon him, said: “It is not calamities. Allah The Almighty never each other to truth and advised ment came to them, did they not Allah be pleased with him, that the permissible for a Muslim to desert his fails a person who adopts such a be- humble themselves? But their hearts Prophet, peace be upon him, said: “Ex- brother for more than three nights; haviour, as Khadeejah the mother of each other to patience became hardened and Satan made at- alting Allah The Almighty involves whoever deserts and then dies will the believers, may Allah be pleased tractive to them that which they were showing honour to a grey-haired Mus- enter Hell.” [Abu Dawood] Addition- with her, stated. – [Quran 103: 1-3] doing.} [Quran 6:43] lim and to a person who memorises the ally, it was narrated on the authority Let us adopt the manners of the be- z {So is one whose breast Allah Qur’an without acting extravagantly or of Abu Khirash As-Sulami, may Allah lievers, for a believer is simple, acces- has expanded to [accept] Islam and roughly, and by showing honour to be pleased with him, that he heard sible and easy. He submits to the truth, he is upon a light from his Lord [like a just ruler.” [Abu Daawood] In an- the Prophet, peace be upon him, say- harmonises with people and people one whose heart rejects it]? Then, woe other Hadeeth which mentions the ing: “If a person deserts his brother harmonise with him. Conversely, there to those whose hearts are hardened Hour, the Prophet, peace be upon for more than a year, this is considered is no good in a person who is rough and against the remembrance of Allah. him, said: “When the naked, barefoot- as if he has shed his blood.” [Abu Da- harsh: a person who does not harmo- Those are in manifest error.} [Quran ed and rough people become heads of wood] nise with people, nor do they harmo- 39:22] people, this is a sign of the Hour.” [Ah- Finally, it was narrated on the au- nise with him. The Best Ways to Increase Your Provision

HE Prophet, peace be upon means of increasing one’s provi- means which he never could have without the least difficulty or effort.” and never be ungrateful to Him.” steadfast upon the religion of Al- him, informed us that when sion is having Taqwa i.e. being con- expected. Allah The Almighty Says What is this piety that Allah If you wish to increase your lah The Almighty by performing the foetus in its mother’s scious of Allah The Almighty and (what means): {“And if the people The Almighty has made a reason provision from Allah and live a acts of obedience. This last way is womb is four months old, Al- fearful of Him. Allah The Almighty of the towns had believed and had behind gaining provisions? Why comfortable life, then fear Allah the most important of all that have Tlah The Almighty sends an an- Says (what means): {“And whoso- the Taqwa (piety), certainly, We did He inform us that He would and be pious in all your affairs: at been mentioned, because provi- gel to breathe the soul into it and ever fears Allah and keeps his duty should have opened for them bless- provide for the pious and grant home, at work and with your fam- sions are gained by obedience and write down its provision, its lifes- to Him, He will make a way for him ings from the heaven and the earth, them sustenance without limits ily. Protect yourself from sins, ad- lost by disobedience, and the per- pan and its deeds and whether it is to get out (from every difficulty). but they belied (the Messengers). So and measures. here to the commandments of your son gets deprived from provisions doomed or blessed. And He will provide him from We took them (with punishment) Piety is what puts a barrier be- Lord, refrain from His prohibitions due to a sin he commits. Sins are Provision is also written down (sources) he never could imagine. for what they used to earn (polythe- tween you and that which harms and protect yourself from what- the greatest cause for losing pro- and connected to the means that And whosoever puts his trust in Al- ism and crimes”} [Quran, 7: 96]. you; it is a protection, which entails ever results in His punishment. visions, having a difficult life and one adopts to search for it. Among lah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Shaykh As-Sa’di, may Allah fulfilling all that Allah The Almighty Other means of increasing one’s losing blessings in life. Allah The these means are that man should Allah will accomplish his purpose. be pleased with him, said, “If they has commanded one to do as well as provision are: Almighty Says (what means): {“If work to seek provision, as Allah Indeed Allah has set a measure for truly and sincerely believed with refraining from everything that Al- z Migrating for the sake of Al- they (non-Muslims) had believed The Almighty Says (what means): all things.”} [Quran, 65: 2-3] their hearts and proved their be- lah The Almighty has prohibited. lah The Almighty in Allah, and went on the Right {“He it is Who has made the Allah The Almighty will reward lief with actions, and were fearful The Salaf (righteous predeces- z Jihad (striving) for the sake Way (i.e. Islam), We would surely earth subservient to you (i.e. easy the one who fears Him and is mind- of Allah inwardly and outwardly, sors) explained and defined piety of Allah The Almighty have bestowed on them water for you to walk, to live and to do ag- ful of what pleases Him in all situa- then Allah would have opened for thus: z Thankfulness to Allah The (rain) in abundance.”} [Quran, riculture on it); so walk in the path tions, in this life and the Hereafter. them blessings from the Heavens by Ibn Mas’ood, may Allah be Almighty 72: 16], which means that if they thereof and eat of His provision. One of the worldly rewards is that sending rain and the earth by caus- pleased with him, said: “It (i.e. pie- z Marriage maintained themselves upon the And to Him will be the Resurrec- Allah The Almighty will make a way ing plants to grow by which they as ty) is to obey Allah and never to dis- z Supplicating to Allah The path of truth, guidance and belief, tion”} [Quran, 67:15] out for him from hardships and ad- well as their cattle would benefit; obey Him; to remember Him and Almighty during times of need He would have increased their One of the most important versities and will provide him from they would have lived the richest life not forget Him; and to thank Him ‡ 6KXQQLQJ VLQV DQG UHPDLQLQJ provisions. 04 Friday, January 18, 2019 India / World Congress wants PM to unveil film museum in Mumbai tomorrow SC asks Lokpal search panel to prepare FDI details from IANS history and help film students, list of shortlisted candidates by Feb-end Cayman Islands MUMBAI film-makers, fans and critics to learn and understand cin- IANS listing the candidates. The court Prakash Desai, who is chairing IANS PRIME Minister Narendra ema as a medium of artistic NEW DELHI also directed the Centre to pro- the search committee, other NEW DELHI Modi will on Saturday inau- expression in the country and vide infrastructure facilities to member members are Justice gurate the National Museum globally. THE Supreme Court on Thurs- the search committee, includ- Sakha Ram Singh Yadav, Ranjit ALLEGING links between Na- of Indian Cinema (NMIC) that The museum has on dis- day asked the Lokpal search ing office space and manpower Kumar, Arundhati Bhattacha- tional Security Advisor Ajit has come up in a 19th century play artefacts like vintage committee headed by for- to begin its work. rya, Dr Lalit K. Panwar, Shab- Doval’s son Vivek opening a heritage bungalow and a mod- cameras, projectors, editing mer top court Judge Ranjana The list of the shortlisted birhusein S Khandwawala, A hedge fund in the Cayman Is- ern building in the country’s and recording equipment, Prakash Desai to complete its candidates would be submitted Surya Prakash and Dr AS Kiran lands soon after 2016 demon- film capital, an official said costumes, photographs and deliberations for shortlisting the to the selection panel headed Kumar. etisation and the huge spike in here on Thursday. other materials portraying the candidates for the appointment by the Prime Minister with the Noting that the search com- inflow of FDI into India from A galaxy of dignitaries like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. journey of Indian cinema since of Lokpal by February-end. leader of Opposition and Chief mittee was constituted in Sep- the territory, the Congress on Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay its dawn in 1913 with the first The bench of Chief Justice Justice of India as its other tember 27, 2018, but had its Thursday demanded the RBI Kumar, Salman Khan, A.R. Pankaj Kapoor, Rakesh Mehra full-length feature film, “Raja Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L. Nag- members. The selection com- first meeting on January 16, CJI to make public the source of Rahman, David Dhawan, Ro- and others are expected to at- Harishchandra” made by the eswara Rao and Justice Sanjay mittee would pick one of the Gogoi asked Attorney General funds received from the tax hit Shetty, Waheeda Rehman, tend the opening ceremonies. legendary Dhundiraj Govind Kishan Kaul gave search com- shortlisted candidates for ap- KK Venugopal “Why does eve- haven. Jeetendra Kapoor, Asha The NMIC will provide a Phadke, known as Dadasaheb mittee time till February 28 to pointment as Lokpal. rything happen when the court Citing data by the Reserve Parekh, Raveena Tandon, glimpse into the Indian film Phalke. complete the exercise of short- Besides Justice Ranjana is to hear the matter?” Bank of India (RBI), Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that between 2000 and 2017, India received Rs 8,300 crore FDI from Cayman Islands but Dogs, experts post demonetisation, India re- ceived an equivalent amount ‘JNU sedition row created comb Kenya from there in one year alone. “Within 13 days of Prime attack site Minister Modi announcing de- monetisation, Vivek Doval on AFP November 21, 2016, opened a to dilute Vemula’s suicide’ NAIROBI hedge fund called ‘GNY Asia’ in Cayman Islands, which, ac- KENYAN security forces on cording to a report of the BJP’s Thursday resumed their search 2011 committee, is a known tax Chargesheet against the 10 JNU students politically motivated, claims ex-ABVP leader of the hotel complex attacked haven,” Ramesh told the media by militants with sniffer dogs here. “This unnatural increase and bomb experts, as informa- in FDI inflow and Vivek Dov- tion emerged about one of the al’s hedge fund raise serious attackers who killed 21 people. suspicion of round tripping. A police source, speaking The RBI must clarify the role of on condition of anonymity, said GNY Asia in this,” said the for- they were confident there were mer Union Minister. no more people trapped inside the hotel or surrounding office buildings after the 20-hour as- sault, during which some 700 SC issues notices civilians were rescued. “We are on pleas against confident that we have no more people there,” the officer told snooping order AFP, “but in a situation like this, you are not done until you are IANS done.” NEW DELHI “We are back in with sniff- er dogs and bomb experts are THE Supreme Court on Mon- checking through because yes- day issued notice to the Centre terday we found grenades left by seeking its response on multiple those people.” Police warned the petitions challenging the Min- public there may be loud con- istry of Home Affairs (MHA) trolled explosions as they con- order authorising security and tinued their sweep of the hotel. intelligence agencies to snoop Five gunmen with the Al- on all computers. Qaeda-linked Somali militant Hearing the petitions filed group Al-Shabaab attacked the by advocate M.L. Sharma DusitD2 hotel and office com- among others, a bench of Chief plex on Tuesday afternoon. Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjay Kis- (File photo) JNU students take part in a protest rally in New Delhi. han Kaul directed issuing no- tices to the parties including the IANS exploit it to serve their political ing all along, or the chargesheet Narwal, who joined the Modi government and posted NEW DELHI masters. should also be filed against Congress six months back, said the matter for after six weeks. “This was a media trial, those ABVP members,” he said, the chargesheet has been filed Nigeria prez The MHA’s December 20 THE chargesheet against 10 then, and this is a media trial, adding that he was frequently to create a “narrative” before order authorised 10 Central JNU students is politically now. The controversy was cre- threatened and abused by the the general election on the ba- candidates agencies, including the Intel- motivated and the entire issue ated by the Bharatiya Janata ABVP members for days after sis of “doctored videos”. “If due ligence Bureau (IB), Enforce- is the brain-child of the BJP, Party (BJP) to dilute the sui- his leaving the group. process is not followed in this stake claim ment Directorate (ED), Central which stoked the controversy to cide of Rohith Vemula, who Vemula committed suicide case, it would be the biggest Bureau of Investigation (CBI) dilute the suicide of University was forced to end his life by three years back on this day in fraud on democracy,” he said. AFP as well as the Delhi Police to of Hyderabad student Rohith Bandaru Dattatreya (then La- his room on the University of The Delhi Police on Mon- ABUJA “intercept, monitor and decrypt Vemula, a former student lead- bour Minister from Telangana), Hyderabad campus. day filed a chargesheet nam- any information generated, er from RSS-affiliated ABVP who escalated the matter to the In his suicide note, he had ing Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar NIGERIA’S two main presiden- transmitted, received or stored has said. HRD Ministry, while the mat- narrated how he was being vic- Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya tial candidates on Wednesday in any computer”. Pradeep Narwal, who left ter should have been dealt with timised for coming from a low and seven Kashmiri students, staked their claim for the coun- The order also binds sub- the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi at the Vice Chancellor’s level,” caste and how casteism was saying anti-national slogans try’s top job, with one month scribers or service providers Parishad (ABVP) after the Narwal said. Ex-ABVP leader Pradeep Narwal. rife in the university. His death were raised by them at an event to go to polling in Africa’s most or any person in charge of the Jawaharlal Nehru University He also suggested that sent thousands of university held at Sabarmati Dhaba on the populous nation. computer resource to extend (JNU) sedition row in 2016, certain members of the ABVP the slogan purported to be the students across India into agi- JNU campus in February 2016. President Muhammadu Bu- all facilities and technical assis- told IANS that the entire mat- and its sympathisers were also heart of the sedition charge in tation, who waged several pro- The police have cited video hari and Atiku Abubakar both tance to the agencies, a failure ter is politically-motivated and seen among the students in the chargesheet -- being raised. tests against the “institutional footage made by ABVP mem- staged set-piece meetings to se- to do so is penalised with seven- that it has given a chance to the video grab which captured “Hence, either the video is discrimination” at places of bers, among others, as evi- cure the support of a record 84 year imprisonment and fine. certain media organisations to “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan -- doctored, as I have been say- higher education. dence. million registered voters at the ballot on February 16. As in 2015, security looms large, with a surge in attacks Dera chief gets from the Islamic State-allied Two women who entered Kerala temple seek police protection faction of Boko Haram against life sentence for troops, forcing thousands of ci- vilians to flee. Concerns about killing journalist AFP Kerala state that for centuries killed and dozens injured in electoral fraud are also high, with NEW DELHI was off-limits to nearly all clashes with police that saw both the ruling and main opposi- women. buses torched and bombs tion party accused of widespread TWO women who enraged The Supreme Court in Sep- hurled. vote-buying at recent gubernato- conservatives by entering one tember overturned a ban on The women’s lawyer, In- rial polls. of Hinduism’s holiest tem- women of menstruating age dira Jaising, told the country’s In the past week, the govern- ples have asked India’s high- from praying at Sabarimala top court on Thursday that the ment has faced claims it is trying est court for round-the-clock but temple devotees refused to pair needed state protection as to manipulate the judiciary after police protection, saying their accept the ruling and prevent- their welfare is in jeopardy. the country’s most senior judge lives are in danger. ed female worshippers from Kanakadurga, who goes by was charged with non-disclosure Hindu devotees went on a entering. one name, was allegedly at- of assets. That has triggered con- violent rampage after Bindu News that Ammini and tacked by her mother-in-law cerns he could be replaced with Ammini and Kanakadurga en- Kanakadurga reached the on Tuesday after returning a more sympathetic nominee, tered Sabarimala in January shrine triggered days of vio- home and was admitted to Bindu Ammini, 40, a law lecturer at Kerala’s Kannur University and who could rule over any disput- -- a hilltop shrine in southern lent protest, with one person hospital for her injuries. Kanakadurga, 39, a civil servant. ed result.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. AFP ISRO to launch Microsat-R for DRDO Goa capital one of ‘safest’ cities in NEW DELHI

A disgraced religious sect and Kalamsat, a satellite by students child safety on roads, says survey leader was sentenced to life IANS minum tank is used for the first first mission of PSLV-DL and is imprisonment Thursday for CHENNAI/BENGALURU time in the fourth stage,” K. Si- a new PSLV variant. IANS percent people in Panaji said murdering a journalist who van, Chairman of Indian Space Kalamsat, a student pay- PANAJI Panaji also ranked the high- there were road signs inform- exposed rampant sexual abus- INDIA will open its 2019 space Research Organisation (ISRO), load, will be the first to use est in designated speed- ing people of the presence of es by the powerful guru. programme account on Janu- told IANS on Thursday. the rocket’s fourth stage as an GOA’S capital Panaji is one of limit zones near schools schools. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Sin- ary 24 launching imaging sat- He said Kalamsat is a pay- orbital platform. The fourth the country’s safest cities vis-a- “Panaji also ranked highest gh, who headed the Dera Sa- ellite Microsat-R for Defence load developed by students and stage will be moved to higher vis child safety on roads, a sur- (93.8 percent) in designated cha Sauda sect with millions of Research Development Organ- SpaceKidz India. circular orbit so as to establish vey conducted by Nissan-SLF ing that they felt safe with their speed-limits around schools,” followers worldwide, was con- isation (DRDO) and Kalamsat, The PSLV is a four-stage an orbital platform for carrying has revealed. children’s pedestrian movement the report said. The report victed by the court last week said a top ISRO official. engine expendable rocket with out experiments. The ‘Study on Rear Seat-Belt on the city’s roads, the survey marks Nissan India’s data- on charges of ordering the kill- The Indian space agency alternating solid and liquid Queried about communi- Usage and Child Road Safety in states, as against other Indian driven intervention in India’s ing in 2002. will also launch GSAT 31, a fuel. In its normal configura- cation satellite GSAT 31, Sivan India’ is a multi-city research cities where as many as 60 per- road safety crisis, which is cur- “The sentence will come communication satellite dur- tion, the rocket will have six said it will be launched during conducted by Nissan India and cent of the parents of young rently responsible for 53 crash- into effect once he completes ing the first week of February strap-on motors hugging the the first week of February. Delhi-based SaveLife Founda- children said they find children’s es and 17 deaths every hour. his ongoing jail term of 20 by Ariane space rocket Ariane, rocket’s first stage. “The satellite is in Kourou. tion in nearly a dozen Indian movement on city roads unsafe. “While there have been years on charges of rape,” HPS he added. However, the PSLV that It will be put into orbit by Ari- cities. According to the study, Other cities which featured initiatives undertaken to raise Verma, prosecution lawyer, “We will be launching 700- would fly on January 24 with ane rocket. Weighing about Panaji also ranked the highest in the survey were Delhi-NCR, awareness around road safety, told AFP. kg Microsat-R and Kalamsat Microsat R and Kalamsat will three ton, the satellite is a re- in designated speed-limit zones Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, the importance of wearing rear Verma said three other with a new variant of Polar Sat- be a two strap-on motors con- placement for INSAT-4CR. It near schools. Lucknow, Cochu, Guwahati. seat belts has been completely people along with the guru ellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). figuration and is designated as will be followed by GSAT 30 Panaji has proved to be an “Parents were also asked neglected,” Thomas Kuehl, were also given life imprison- In order to reduce the weight PSLV-DL. which will be a replacement for exception, with a majority (63 about safety measures in President, Nissan India, said in ment by the court. and increase the mass, an alu- The rocket PSLV-C44 is the INSAT 4A,” Sivan said. percent) of its respondents stat- school zones. More than 90 a statement issued on Thursday. Pakistan / South Asia/ SE Asia Friday, January 18, 2019 05

Thailand protest Indonesian woman mauled to Sri Lanka probes prison after abuse video over election delay tomorrow AFP nary action against those re- guards and inmates, but infor- death by giant pet crocodile COLOMBO sponsible,” Athukorale told mation on it only came out af- BANGKOK: Hundreds of protest- reporters in Colombo. ter the video clips were leaked ers are expected to gather in SRI Lankan authorities Thurs- In the video clips dozens of on Wednesday. BANGKOK on Saturday to demand DPA scientist working for the farm, probing the case. day launched an investiga- inmates can be seen ordered The videos appeared to be general elections, after Thailand’s JAKARTA reportedly failed to return after The five-metre-long, tion into the country’s newest out their cells, forced to kneel footage from the prison’s own military government postponed going to feed the crocodile on 600-kilogram crocodile was prison after a video leaked on down in an open court yard CCTV network. It was not clear a poll scheduled for February AN Indonesian woman has Thursday. When her colleagues captured and sedated before social media showed guards and then beaten with batons who had leaked it. 24. Since coming to power in a been mauled to death by a went to search for her on the being lifted by 20 people out of kicking, punching and assault- by a large group of guards. The Angunakolapalessa jail May 2014 coup, the junta has crocodile that was being kept as next day, they found some of the enclosure. ing inmates with batons. She said a ministry-level was launched in October 2017 postponed elections at least a pet by a Japanese national in her body parts in the animal’s Tomohon police spokes- The Justice Minister Tha- investigation would be carried as a model correctional facility. five times, including the latest northern Indonesia, local me- enclosure. man Johny Kresyen said the latha Athukorale said she was out in addition to an internal It can accommodate 2,000 in- one, citing the need to fulfil its re- dia reported Thursday. The crocodile had report- police were still waiting for the shocked by the footage re- prisons department inquiry mates and is not overcrowded forms and ensure a smooth royal The huge female crocodile edly mauled Tuwo’s abdomen, results of the autopsy on Tu- leased on Wednesday and an against guards identified as as all the other prisons in the succession. Prime Minister and named Merry had been kept for part of her chest and her right wo’s remains. independent investigation was having taken part in the mass country. The latest prison at- junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha 20 years in a pond in the own- arm. It was unclear how she “We have a team heading to launched into activities at the assault. tack was the worst since the confirmed Wednesday that the er’s pearl farm in Ranowangko came to be inside the enclosure. Ternate. It is believed that the Angunakolapalessa prison. She said preliminary in- 2012 killing of 27 convicts at election will not occur in February. village, in the Minahasa district The animal has been seized Japanese man is there,” Krey- “I condemn this horrible vestigations showed the inci- Sri Lanka’s main prison by The Election Commission said last of the North Sulawesi province. and moved by the local conser- sen was quoted as saying by attack on inmates and I will dent took place in November police who were called in to re- week the new election date would Deasy Tuwo, a 44-year-old vation agency, and police are Tribun Manado. not hesitate to take discipli- following a standoff between store order after rioting. likely be March 10. (DPA)

US and Pakistan Thailand signals more tolerant discuss Afghan Afghan refugees pin refugee policy after Saudi case peace process AFP dience. Qunun said she suffered DAWN.COM BANGKOK abuse in the ultra-conservative ISLAMABAD kingdom and refused to see THAILAND’S immigration family members who came to THE US special envoy for Afghan chief vowed Wednesday not to Thailand after her flight. peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, on hopes on Pakistan force refugees to return home The lightning-fast process- Thursday discussed develop- “involuntarily”, after a Saudi ing of her case was unprecedent- ments in the Afghan recon- woman’s desperate plea for re- ed for Thailand and was over- ciliation process with Foreign settlement drew global attention seen almost from start to finish Secretary Tehmina Janjua and to a country that does not recog- by immigration chief Surachate Chief of the Army Staff General PM for citizenship nise asylum seekers. Hakparn, a blunt-talking me- Qamar Javed Bajwa. The country is not a signa- dia-savvy official nicknamed Ambassador Khalilzad, tory to a UN convention on “Big Joke” who was recently ap- who arrived in Pakistan earlier refugees and has long come pointed to the role and vowed today, was accompanied by an Imran Khan has vowed to grant citizenship to Afghan refugees born in Pakistan under fire for holding them in reforms. Responding to ques- interagency delegation repre- detention centres or deporting tions about Thailand’s treat- senting the departments of them back to repressive regimes ment of refugees, Surachate told defence, state and National Se- where they face prison or worse. an audience at the foreign cor- curity Council. Foreign Secretary Many cases do not make respondents’ club he would take Janjua was assisted by senior headlines but that changed ear- a new approach and that under officials from the Ministries of lier this month when 18-year-old his supervision “there will be no Foreign Affairs and Defence, a Saudi runaway Rahaf Moham- one involuntarily sent back to statement issued by the Foreign med al-Qunun arrived in Bang- the country if they don’t want to Office said. kok and staved off deportation go back”. In his meeting with the by barricading herself in a hotel He added that as chief of the foreign secretary, the US special at the airport, live-tweeting the department, “we will now follow envoy briefed the govern- standoff to an international au- international norms”. ment delegation on his recent engagements in the region and praised Pakistan’s role in facilitating direct talks between the US and the Afghan Taliban Names of Bilawal Bhutto, — which were held last month in Abu Dhabi. Janjua reiterated Murad removed from ECL Pakistan’s commitment to ad- vance the Afghan reconciliation DAWN.COM process so that the shared goal ISLAMABAD of peace and stability in the region may be realised. THE federal cabinet has de- cided to remove the names of PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Hundreds march Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah from the Exit Control List for peace in 3 (ECL), but refuses to excise them from a joint investiga- Afghan cities tion team’s (JIT) report on the AFP fake accounts case, Special As- KANDAHAR sistant to Prime Minister on Bilawal Bhutto. Accountability Mirza Shahzad SEVERAL hundred protesters Akbar said on Thursday. fake bank accounts case on its marched in three cities in south- The decision was made travel restrictions list. ern and eastern Afghanistan to in line with a Supreme Court The orders came in relation call for a ceasefire and an end order to the government to to a suo motu case concerning to the 17-year war Thursday, remove the two’s names from the delays surrounding a 2015 the latest action of a movement the ECL and review the cabinet FIA probe into the laundering launched in May 2018. (File photo) Under Pakistan’s constitution, anyone born in the country after 1951 has the right to citizenship. decision to place the names of of billions of rupees via fake In Kandahar, the southern more than 170 accused in the bank accounts. cradle of the Taliban, and in AFP But the announcement has the eastern cities of Khost and PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN Pakistan pressures Taliban also prompted a national out- Jalalabad, they marched hold- cry, with columnists claiming ing placards saying: “No War”, SHAHZAD Alam has proposed to return to peace talks he had opened a “Pandora’s “We want ceasefire” and “We marriage to several women ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces briefly detained leaders of Afghan Box”. Heads of Pakistan’s main Pakistan army officers asked want Peace”. and been rejected each time for Taliban to pressure the militia to return to nascent peace talks opposition parties quickly con- The peace marches began the same reason, he says: their as US envoy for the region arrived in Islamabad on Thursday, demned it. to abandon social media use in May 2018 when a handful of discovery that he is not the Pa- officials said. The Afghan Taliban initially refused to meet As the debate continues civilians travelled 700 kilome- kistani shoe shop owner they Zalmay Khalilzad, US President Donald Trump’s point man for in the country’s newspapers DPA The commanders did not tres (430 miles) from Lashkar thought he was, but an Afghan Afghan reconciliation, who was due in Pakistan on Tuesday. The and on social media, salesman ISLAMABAD specify what the security con- Gah, in the southern province refugee. visit was delayed as Pakistani forces raided Taliban hideouts to Alam’s life remains in limbo. cerns were. Some officers spec- of Helmand, to end their His romantic future could push the group for another meeting with Khalilzad, intelligence Alam speaks with a Paki- HUNDREDS of Pakistani army ulated that the intention was to journey in June in the capital be given a boost by Prime Min- officials said. A peace deal with the Taliban would allow the US stani accent, dresses in Paki- officers have quit WhatsApp restrict online communication Kabul, joined along the way by ister Imran Khan, who has to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or reduce their numbers stani fashions, and has lived all groups and deactivated their with civilians. hundreds of other marchers. ignited a national debate with significantly and thereby wind down the longest running conflict his life in the northwestern city Facebook accounts after be- The interaction between Since then, many others a controversial vow to grant involving the United States. “We are trying to convince, and if of Peshawar where he was born ing ordered to abandon social Pakistani military officers, who have been organised, includ- citizenship to Afghan refugees necessary, force them to join the peace process,” the official after his parents fled Afghani- media for unspecified secu- follow many of the traditions ing a wheelchair peace march born in Pakistan -- potentially explained. (DPA) stan in 1979. rity concerns, sources said on of the colonial British army in by amputees between the creating more than a million Although he says women Thursday. the Indian sub-continent, and western city of Herat and Kabul new citizens. Pakistan is one of have asked him to propose The officers were asked to members of the public is how- in August. the largest refugee-hosting na- ing them of spurring militancy implement the policy -- Khan’s marriage in the past, the re- stay away from all social net- ever very limited. “Afghans want an absolute tions in the world, home to an and criminality, and calling for promise is the first time any lationship would always “end working platforms even in pri- The move follows by a se- ceasefire as soon as possible. estimated 2.4 million registered them to be sent home. Pakistani premier has made the moment we introduce our- vate capacity after a meeting ries of statements by military The government had agreed and undocumented people who Under Pakistan’s constitu- such a vow. Refugees greeted selves as Afghan”. of the army commanders last chief General Qamar Bajwa a one-year ceasefire and the have fled Afghanistan, some as tion, anyone born in the coun- his words joyfully. Twitter users The United Nations says week, officials told dpa. blaming social media for what Taliban must accept their far back as the Soviet invasion try after 1951 has the right to joked that Khan could now win there are 1.4 million Afghans At least six officers who the military refers to as a “fifth demand,” Bismillah Watandost, of 1979. citizenship. But feeling against elections in Afghanistan. “May registered as refugees in Paki- spoke to dpa said they had generation war” or “hybrid” a member of the People for But many Pakistanis view the refugees is so strong that no God bless Imran Khan,” Alam stan, and estimates that some quit the WhatsApp groups and against Pakistan. The Pakistani Peace Movement, told AFP. them with suspicion, accus- leader has dared take moves to told AFP. 74 percent were born there. abandoned other platforms to military believes that “hostile comply with the new orders. intelligence agencies” B’desh bans film about 2016 Weaving rehab for Vietnam trafficking victims cafe attack that left 22 dead AFP me for having no mother. I etnam, spitting distance from “Society may not like them AFP attack on an upmarket cafe by QUAN BA , VIETNAM envy those kids with a mum,” the Chinese border, women but here they are confident,” DHAKA Islamist militants who killed the slight teenager told AFP in and girls frequently vanish from said Mai, dressed in a tradition- 22 of their hostages, includ- THAO Thi Van was just two tears. their communities. al pleated indigo hemp skirt and BANGLADESH has banned a ing 18 foreigners. The state’s when her mother disappeared “I have fun working here China’s buy-a-bride indus- embroidered coat. film based on a 2016 cafe at- censor board said the film -- a during a trip to the market, because I can earn some money Forced marriages try is booming, fuelled by a sur- The co-op quickly grew and tack claimed by the Islamic Bangladesh-German co-pro- likely taken by traffickers prey- and no-one teases me,” Van plus of 30 million males. Some today is a hive of activity that State group that left 22 people duction -- could incite religious ing on women from the Hmong said. She’s been taken in by the China’s buy-a-bride industry is women go willingly, others are employs more than 130 women, dead, saying it would damage fervour in the Muslim-majority hill tribes of northern Vietnam older women she works with booming, fuelled by a surplus kidnapped or find themselves not just trafficking victims but the country’s reputation. nation of 165 million. to sell as brides or into brothels at the co-op, where she has of 30 million males. Some forced into marriage. also orphans, single mothers The Film Censor Board de- “The board did not sanc- in China. earned a reputation as a skilled women go willingly, others are The lucky few who escape and seniors, who weave, dye nied the theatrical release of tion permission for the movie’s Now aged 13 she is still embroiderer. kidnapped or find themselves marriages or sexual slavery and stitch indigo blue and yam Shonibar Bikel, a decision the exhibition, both at home or haunted by the fate of her miss- The collective makes hemp forced into marriage in China often face stigma on orange fabrics from dawn to movie’s director criticised as abroad, as it would disrupt in- ing mother but has found some handbags and table runners, their return to Vietnam and are dusk. With the jobs she is pro- “unhealthy for artistic expres- ternal security and also tarnish solace at a textile cooperative coasters and stuffed animals, shunned by neighbours. viding, Mai hopes to empower sion”. the country’s global image,” for marginalised women in the and the women can earn up to namese women are trafficked or Driven to offer such victims Hmong woman in a culture The title of the film trans- the censor board’s vice chair- region. $170 per month, a decent wage tricked across the border every a purpose -- and an income -- where sexism runs deep and lates to “Saturday Afternoon” man Nizamul Kabir told AFP “I have almost no friends in impoverished Ha Giang year and in this remote north- Vang Thi Mai set up the Lung where most women earn just a and dramatises the July 2016 on Thursday. at school because they tease province. Thousands of Viet- ern mountainous region of Vi- Tam Linen Cooperative in 2001. few dollars a month as farmers. 06 Friday, January 18, 2019

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Why Privacy Is Key To Healing US’s Nuclear Force The case of a Wisconsin teenager, who survived abduction from her parents’ killer, provides a model to balance public interest and victim’s privacy Must Match Russia’s 13-YEAR-OLD girl spotted at a bus stop. 10, told the AP she attributes her recovery, Her home invaded by a shotgun-carry- in part, to the fact that “nobody forced me A ing predator who kills her father, then to talk about what happened” and that she In the age of nuclear proliferation, strength of arsenal provides mother. Months at a rural Wisconsin home, didn’t do interviews until she was 30. hidden under a bed. The allegations follow- Countless other victims, of course, never effective deterrence and is key to maintaining peace ing Jayme Closs’ disappearance tell a story do an interview or tell a soul. beyond nightmares. We advocate the public’s right to know Her astonishing abduction and its exhil- as a guiding principle. Police and the courts arating end — Jayme alive, running free and must conduct business in the open, with the quickly reunited with family after 88 days media as watchdog. missing — has understandably captivated Survivors who demand justice perform the nation’s attention. So far, authorities their own service to society and, often, for have successfully balanced the public inter- themselves: Trauma experts discourage est in justice with concern for the victim’s forcing victims to talk publicly but note that privacy. for some, testifying can restore a much- Jake Patterson, 21, has been charged needed sense of control. with kidnapping Jayme and killing her par- While media routinely shield the names ents. The latter charges alone could carry a of sex-crime victims, the cases of missing life sentence, and Barron County, Wiscon- children play out differently. Their names sin, prosecutors have so far avoided spell- are shouted from the rooftops and their ing out details of Jayme’s captivity. There is photos spread widely in the urgent effort much we don’t yet know — and maybe a few to rescue them. Jayme’s face became famil- things we don’t need to. iar to many in Wisconsin and far beyond, Survivors advise giving Jayme space to bringing quick action from Jeanne Nutter, process and heal. Elizabeth Smart, whose the first person she approached as she fled. nine-month abduction at age 14 in 2002 “She just sort of fell into me and said, similarly held the nation in thrall, says ques- ‘I’m Jayme,’ “ Nutter told ‘CBS This Morn- tions about why she didn’t run or scream ing’. “And I said, ‘I know.’ “ wounded her. “My brain heard that ques- Jayme’s story will command a premium tion as, ‘You should have tried harder. You well beyond the crime-and-justice news cy- should have run, you should have yelled, cle. She will need guidance to handle this this is somehow your fault,’ “ she told the unsought fame. While the dramatic rev- Associated Press. elations wind down for observers, her own Katie Beers, rescued a quarter-century journey is just beginning. For now, it’s pro- ago after being held for more than two weeks viding a model for how to treat those we ask in a concrete bunker on Long Island at age to step forward. JAMES JAY CARAFANO (Tribune News Service) result: Putin’s arsenal became even larger The problem is that Smith is stuck in TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE and more diverse, threatening the deli- the rose-coloured mindset of the post- cate balance of deterrent power. Cold War era when folks thought nuclear F you’re not moving forward, Eventually, even Obama recognised competition was over and done. It’s not. you’re falling behind.” It’s a bro- the imprudence of allowing Russian nu- The great power competition between mide, yes, but undeniably true clear might to go unchecked and started a the US and Russia is back, and nuclear ri- when talking about the state of modest modernisation programme of our valry is part of it. Stability will come from William Barr’s Welcome Pledge “Iour nuclear weapons programme. triad of nuclear delivery systems — air, strength not weakness. That’s the lesson In this area, America is falling further land and sea. of the last decade. While we walked back and further behind our competitors. It the US nuclear deterrent, both Russia and To Protect Mueller leaves us more vulnerable, and the world China accelerated. less safe. Deterrence remains the surest way to In showing strength now, Washing- ANY Americans are rightly wary of must “be informed” of Mueller’s work and Deterrence remains the surest way to prevent a future nuclear crisis, and ton won’t be starting a news arms race. President Donald Trump’s cabinet his goal is “to provide as much transparency prevent a future nuclear crisis, and that that requires modernising and It’s already started, with Moscow in the Mnominations at this point. as I can consistent with the law.” Then he requires modernising and upgrading upgrading America’s nuclear arsenal lead. But by getting back in the race, So it was a relief to hear William Barr, testified that Mueller’s report will be confi- America’s nuclear arsenal. Washington may get the other competi- Trump’s latest choice for attorney general, dential per Justice Department regulations, President Barack Obama took US tors to back down. pledge to allow Special Counsel Robert Mu- with the attorney general deciding what to nuclear policy in the opposite direction. Under President Donald Trump, At a bare minimum we should mod- eller to complete his investigation. release. This will test protocol, since the Deemphasising the tried and true deter- America took an off-ramp from the road ernise all elements of triad: build the “If confirmed, I will not permit partisan overarching goal is to expose meddling and rence model, he took us on a journey the to zero. The official US Nuclear Posture new B-21 bomber; fully deploy the Ohio politics, personal interests, or any other im- maintain trust in US elections. Having any “road to nuclear zero.” Review called for a robust upgrade of our class submarine and develop the Ground proper consideration to interfere with this Trump appointee decide how much to dis- An early milestone was the US com- nuclear deterrent and negotiating arms Based Strategic Deterrent, the replace- or any other investigation,” Barr said in close about the investigation into his elec- mitment to the new START nuclear control agreements from a position of ment for the aging Minuteman intercon- prepared testimony for Senate hearings this tion requires a leap of faith. agreement with the Russians, which strength. tinental ballistic missile. The US should week. Senators will decide whether to con- On Tuesday, however, Barr said the placed limits on the types and numbers of The Trump administration withdrew also pursue low nuclear yield submarine- firm the president’s nomination. attorney general must strongly resist po- nuclear weapons each country could have. from INF because of Russian cheating launched ballistic and cruise missile capa- At this critical point, with a rudderless litical pressure and “have the integrity, the It was one of the most lopsided pacts and signalled it might not renew the new bilities, and continue investing in nuclear Department of Justice as Mueller conducts strength and the fortitude to tell the presi- in history. Only the US had to cut its ar- START when that agreement expires. infrastructure and the capacity test nu- one of the most consequential investiga- dent no regardless of the consequences.” senal. The Russians could build more This puts the administration on a clear weapons, if needed. tions in US history, the best we can hope for Perhaps Barr’s thinking has evolved. — which, in fact, they did. The supposed collision course with the new chairman Like it or not, we live in an age of is that Barr is true to his word. The travails of the current administration ‘denuclearisation’ agreement actually re- of the House Armed Services Commit- nuclear proliferation. “Peace through Barr said the White House won’t get fi- should cause advocates of expansive execu- sulted in more nuclear weapons — only tee, Rep Adam Smith of Washington. He strength” remains the best path forward, nal say over what’s disclosed from Mueller’s tive power to re-evaluate their stance. all of the new ones were Russian. Further, wants the administration to “redo” the and strength requires both a deterrent nu- report. He also dialed down his critique of Or maybe Barr recognises the extraordi- the agreement did not cover tactical nu- Nuclear Posture Review, trash its mod- clear force and effective missile defenses. Mueller’s obstruction of justice probe, say- nary threat from Russia’s interference in US clear weapons where the Russians already ernisation plans and forget about upgrad- ing a memo he wrote about it last June was elections and recent success undermining had an overwhelming advantage. ing the triad. (A 25-year Army veteran and narrow and based only on publicly available Western liberal democracies and allianc- The Russians went on to cheat under This is not a case of Smith just want- graduate of Georgetown Universi- information. es. That demands a thorough, unfettered another pact, the Intermediate Range Nu- ing to “do the opposite” of Trump or feel- ty and West Points, James Jay Ca- Barr’s comments about transparency and transparent investigation to expose clear Forces (INF) treaty, by introducing a ing nostalgia for the road to zero. He is a rafano is vice president of Defence need further discussion. Barr’s prepared what happened, prevent a recurrence and new class of nuclear weapons. long-standing critic of US nuclear policy and Foreign Policy Studies at The testimony said the public and Congress strengthen the integrity our democracy. Again, Obama opted to lead the way and the 12-year, $1.2 trillion price tag to Heritage Foundation, a conserva- (Tribune News Service) to denuclearisation by doing nothing. The modernise it. tive think-tank on Capitol Hill.)

When Lee’s Classic Was ‘Undemanding’ & Kerouac Was ‘Disappointing’ A summary of how Atlantic writers reviewed some of the greatest classics when they were published

ANNIKA NEKLASON (ATLANTIC ONLINE) “undemanding.” And a reviewer wrote “In none of his other works does TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE that On the Road, now widely beloved and Charles Dickens evince a shrewder insight considered a defining work of its artisti- into real life, and a clearer perception and T’S likely you’ve never read, or even cally rich era, “disappoints.” knowledge of what is called the world. The heard of, most of the books Atlantic What We’re Reading: book is, indeed, an artistic creation, and writers have reviewed since the maga- ●To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) is not a mere succession of humorous and zine was founded in 1857. Many have “pleasant, undemanding reading” (1960) pathetic scenes.” Igone out of print; others have faded into “It is frankly and completely impossi- + 1877: The story of Great Expecta- obscurity in the decades since their origi- ble, being told in the first person by a six- tions “haunted Dickens’s imagination” nal publication, sinking beneath waves of year-old girl with the prose style of a well- Readers’ Recommend: new works and new literary trends. But educated adult. Miss Lee has, to be sure, Last week, we asked readers to recom- some have been buoyed into the upper made an attempt to confine the informa- mend stories of self-reinvention, resolve, echelons of literature and cemented as tion in the text to what Scout would actu- and renewal. Connie Kennedy, of Iowa, classics, must-reads, cultural touchstones. ally know, but it is no more than a casual put forward The Glass Castle by Jeannette Among the thousands of book reviews in gesture toward plausibility.” Walls, in which, “coming from a childhood the archives, some stand out as enduringly + 2016: “The elements of To Kill a Mock- replete with example after example of liv- strange or significant: an 1886 appraisal ingbird … have been varnished by time” ● On the Road (Jack Kerouac) “is most lication of On the Road … ‘everything ex- ing on the border of a disaster with par- of The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel ●“Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) blazes … readable” but “disappoints” (1957) ploded’” for Kerouac ents stuck in fantasy, the author—through Hawthorne’s son, for instance, or the 1967 with a perversity of a most original kind” “Mr Kerouac makes considerable ● The Adventures of Tom Sawyer sheer determination—creates a completely reflection on reading Doctor Zhivago from (1958) “The novel’s scandal-tinted his- play with [Dean’s] disorderly childhood, (Mark Twain) is “a wonderful study of the different life for herself.” Another reader, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluye- tory and its subject—the affair between a his hitch in the reform school, and his boy-mind” Katelynne, suggested How to Build a Girl va. The contemporaneous reviews of books middle-aged sexual pervert and a twelve- rootlessness, but his activities seem less “The local material and the incidents by Caitlin Moran, describing the book as we now recognise as classics are also strik- year-old girl—inevitably conjure up expec- a search for stability than a determined with which his career is worked up are “a masterpiece of sophomoric insight” in ing, preserving critics’ unmediated impres- tations of pornography. But there is not a pursuit of euphoria. Dope, liquor, girls, excellent, and throughout there is scrupu- which “a teenage girl decides to re-invent sions of notable works before they came single obscene term in Lolita, and aficio- jazz, and fast cars, in that order, are lous regard for the boy’s point of view in herself solely on her will and talent.” pre-marked with esteem and consequence. nados of erotica are likely to find it a dud.” Dean’s ladder to nirvana, and so much reference to his surroundings and himself, What’s a book you’ve read twice and The reception of such books in our + 2005: Lolita “keeps the promise of time is spent on them that it is hard to which shows how rapidly Mr. Clemens has changed your mind about? archives is mixed: Atlantic contributors genius” keep track of any larger pattern behind all grown as an artist.” recognised Great Expectations as a “mas- + 2018: “Lolita will always be both rav- the scuttling about.” ● Great Expectations (Charles Dick- (Annika Neklason is an assis- terpiece” but found To Kill a Mockingbird ishing and shocking” + 1998: “In the aftermath of the pub- ens) “is a masterpiece” (1861) tant editor at The Atlantic.)

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‘UN monitors safe in Yemen after Yemen govt, Houthis discuss Hodeida shooting’

AFP DUBAI prisoner swap in Amman A United Nations team tasked with overseeing a truce in Yem- en came under fire but was un- The meeting comes after UNSC approved deploymentof up to 75 monitors to oversee truce in Hodeida harmed in the flashpoint city of Hodeida Thursday, hours after the Security Council approved AFP expanding the mission. AMMAN The swap, which could Chief monitor Patrick Cam- involve up to 15,000 maert and his team were “safe YEMENI government and re- detainees from both sides, in Hodeida following reported bel representatives met in Jor- was agreed in principle as a shooting incident”, tweeted the dan on Thursday for a second spokesperson of the UN secre- day to thrash out the details of confidence-building meas- tary general. a major prisoner exchange, a ure ahead of peace talks in Speaking to AFP on condi- UN official said. Sweden last month tion of anonymity, a UN offi- The swap, which could in- cial confirmed that “shots were volve up to 15,000 detainees fired” at Cammaert’s convoy from both sides, was agreed In an interview with and that the retired Dutch gen- in principle as a confidence- Deutsche Welle radio on eral was “safe”. building measure ahead of Wednesday, Griffiths said he The UN monitors arrived peace talks in Sweden last was guardedly optimistic. in the Red Sea port city of Ho- month. He said he had been pleas- deida -- the entry point for the But the details were left for antly surprised that the truce bulk of Yemen’s imports -- on later as UN mediators focused had held in Hodeida so far de- December 23 to oversee a truce on brokering breakthrough spite the “currently very weak” agreed by the warring sides last truce deals for the lifeline port UN monitoring. month at talks outside Swe- of Hodeida and battleground He said he was “keeping den’s capital Stockholm. third city Taez. his fingers crossed” that would The deal has helped ease The talks in the Jordanian continue while the new ob- fighting for the city between capital Amman come as inter- server mission is put in place. Iran-backed Houthi rebels and national donors meet in Ber- Alistair Burt, the Brit- government forces supported lin to set up a fund to support ish Foreign Office’s minister by a Saudi-led alliance. the fledgling peace process in responsible for Middle East The UN says the ceasefire Yemen. affairs, said both sides had has been generally holding de- Representatives of the largely complied with the spite some clashes, while the United Nations, which bro- ceasefire in Hodeida. rebels and government have kered the swap agreement, “The relative calm there re- accused ease other of repeated and the International Com- flects the benefit of the Stock- violations. mittee of the Red Cross, which holm agreement,” he told Brit- The shooting incident came will supervise its implementa- ish legislators on Wednesday. one day after the UN Security tion, are taking part in the Am- “There are sporadic inci- Council unanimously approved man talks. dents... but broadly (the cease- an extended mission of up to During a first day of talks fire) has held.” 75 unarmed monitors to shore on Wednesday, the warring The Yemen conflict has up the truce. The new monitors parties met separately with killed some 10,000 people will be sent to Hodeida city and the mediators and submitted since a Saudi-led military coa- port as well as to the ports of lists of prisoners they want to lition intervened in support of Saleef and Ras Issa for an initial see released. the beleaguered government period of six months. On Thursday, they were Hadi Haig (right), the head of the Yemeni government delegation attends a meeting in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday. (REUTERS) in March 2015, according to The rebels have been par- expected to meet face-to-face the World Health Organiza- ticularly divided in their sup- to hammer out the details of in an agreed withdrawal of unfurl if we do not manage to possible.” tating four-year civil war. tion. port for the UN-brokered its implementation. combatants. bring this conflict to a defini- The truce in the largely re- But in a sign that much Human rights groups say agreement on the ceasefire and The new meetings come In Berlin, German Foreign tive end,” Maas said. bel-held Red Sea port city was work still needs to be done be- the real death toll could be five deployment of monitors, with after the UN Security Council Minister Heiko Maas pledged “The important thing right the centrepiece of a series of fore formal peace negotiations times as high. some singling out Cammaert on Wednesday unanimously 4.5 millions euros as the open- now is to seize this small but breakthrough agreements bro- can begin, UN envoy Martin The war has pushed 14 mil- for criticism. approved the deployment of ing contribution to the new real opportunity and work to kered by the United Nations in Griffiths said last week that lion Yemenis to the brink of Rebel representative Mo- up to 75 monitors to oversee peace process support fund. ensure that international sup- Sweden last month in what is he had postponed until Febru- famine in what the United Na- hammed al-Bukhaiti said the the truce in Hodeida, which “In Yemen, a humanitar- port for the peace process is as widely seen as the best chance ary a planned second round of tions describes as the world’s Houthis rejected the expanded has largely held despite delays ian catastrophe threatens to constructive and resilient as yet of ending Yemen’s devas- talks between the two sides. worst humanitarian crisis. UN mission.

News in brief US denies, Palestinians reject Israeli report on Trump peace plan

DPA ry. It also stated that the plan East Jerusalem would be Isra- Old City of Jerusalem and sur- Jason Greenblatt, the US & others based on motivations Dutch journalist TEL AVIV includes land swaps between el’s capital, and parts of East Je- rounding areas, would remain special representative for inter- that are far from pure. Peddling deported the Israelis and Palestinians, rusalem, including most of the under Israeli sovereignty but nationalnegotiations, Tweet- false, distorted or biased stories from Turkey A top US official has denied an Israeli annexation of large set- Arab neighbourhoods, would would be jointly run together ed in response to the report: to the media is irresponsible & Israeli media report which re- tlement blocs and the evacua- be the Palestinian capital. The with the Palestinians, Jordan “While I respect @BarakRavid, harmful to the process. Israelis ISTANBUL: Turkey deported veals purported details of US tion of some illegal settlement Palestinian Authority currently and perhaps other countries. his report on Israel’s Ch. 13 is & Palestinians deserve better.” a Dutch journalist on Thurs- President Donald Trump’s un- outposts. sits in Ramallah. Palestinians strongly ob- not accurate. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Pal- day after Turkish officials disclosed Middle East peace Isolated settlements would The TV channel said it had ject to Israeli sovereignty over Speculation about the con- estinian President Mahmoud said Ankara received a plan. not be evacuated but no further learned details of the plan sev- the Old City, particularly over tent of the plan is not helpful. Abbas’s spokesman, said: “Any tip-off from police in the Channel 13 reported building would be permitted in eral days ago after the contents the Al-Aqsa Mosque area. The Very few people on the planet peace plan that does not include Netherlands that she had Wednesday night that the plan them in order to “dry them out,” of a briefing with a senior US of- mosque, which is the third ho- know what is in it ... for now.” the creation of an independent suspected links to a jihadist includes the establishment of it said. ficial reached one of its report- liest site in Islam, is located on He added: “Over the coming Palestinian state on the 1967 group in Syria. a Palestinian state on 85 to 90 The report also stated that ers. According to the reported the Temple Mount, the holiest period, unnamed sources will border with East Jerusalem as However the Dutch percent of West Bank territo- West Jerusalem and parts of plan, holy sites, including the site in Judaism. peddle narratives to the media its capital is doomed to fail.” prosecutor’s office said that while it had provided information to the Turkish authorities, it had not re- quested her arrest and the journalist was not suspect- Western powers slam Sudan at the UNSC on violence ed of “a crime with terrorist intent”. (AFP) Sudan police break up palace march challenge to Bashir’s rule. Clash- Demonstrations not related to the topic es have killed 24 people, ac- Russian, Israeli of the council meeting, says Sudan envoy KHARTOUM: Sudanese police on Thursday fired tear gas to cording to an official toll. Rights military officials break up hundreds of protesters marching towards the presi- groups say many more have meet over Syria AFP cerns about the protest violence. dential palace in Khartoum, as demonstrations demanding been killed. Sudan’s ambassador UNITED NATIONS Britain slammed as “unac- President Omar al Bashir’s resignation spread to other cities and told the council that his govern- JERUSALEM: Israeli military ceptable” the use of deadly force towns. ment was “fully committed to officials concluded a series SUDAN faced calls from West- by Sudanese security troops Protesters chanting “Freedom, peace, justice” had gathered giving citizens a space to peace- of talks with their Russian ern powers at the UN Security against the demonstrators and in central Khartoum and began their march but riot police quickly fully express their views” but counterparts on Thursday Council on Thursday to respect called for those responsible for confronted them with tear gas, witnesses told AFP. would act to “protect lives and aimed at improving coordi- the rights of anti-government the deaths of protesters to be People also took to the streets in the Red Sea city of Port public property against sabotage nation in war-torn Syria, the demonstrators and investigate held accountable. Sudan, in the provincial town of Gadaref and in the agricultural and arson and all other forms army said. violence that has left at least 24 “Security forces’ use of lethal hub of Atbara, where the first protests broke out on December of violence perpetrated by some The two sides dis- dead. force and arbitrary detentions Sudan President Omar al Bashir. 19 after the government tripled bread prices. (AFP) demonstrators.” cussed “promoting and The council was meeting to in response to peaceful protests Ambassador Omer Dahab improving the mechanism to discuss the situation in Sudan’s is unacceptable and it should that security forces have used Fadl Mohamed complained that prevent friction between the troubled Darfur region but the stop,” said British Deputy Am- tear gas and violence within hos- medical assistance.” cember 19, initially to vent anger the demonstrations “were not two militaries in the north- United States, France, Britain bassador Jonathan Allen. pitals against those being treated Sudan has been shaken by over a hike in bread prices but related remotely” to the topic of ern arena and the (Israeli and others raised serious con- “We are appalled at reports and against doctors providing the protests that began on De- which have since morphed into a the council meeting. military’s) activities against Iranian entrenchment and the arming of Hezbollah in Syria,” Israel’s army said in a statement. (AFP) New envoy for UN-brokered, Syrian-led political solution to war Public sector strike brings Tunisia AFP -owned political solution fa- a foreign ministry statement to a standstill DAMASCUS cilitated by the UN”, he added. Envoy’s priority said. Pederson takes over from Pedersen, who started Staffan de Mistura, a Swiss- TUNIS: A public sector THE new UN envoy to Syria his new job last week, is the O Geir Pedersen stresses Italian diplomat who stepped strike brought Tunisia to ended his first visit to the fourth UN envoy to seek a so- the need for a Syrian-led down at the end of last year a standstill Thursday as war-torn country Thursday, lution to Syria’s conflict, after and-owned political over “personal reasons”. workers heeded calls from a stressing the need for a UN- endless rounds of failed UN- solution facilitated by the Officials in the govern- powerful trade union to stay brokered political solution to brokered peace talks. ment of President Bashar al- home over demands for the eight-year conflict. In recent years, UN-led ef- UN Assad had set the tone for the wage hikes and economic Geir Pedersen, a seasoned forts have been overshadowed O He is the fourth UN new envoy’s tenure shortly reforms. Norwegian diplomat, con- by separate negotiations led by envoy to seek a solution to after his appointment was an- Across the country, cluded his three-day visit and regime allies Russia and Iran, nounced in October. schools were closed, headed to the Lebanese capi- as well as rebel backer Turkey. Syria’s conflict, after “Syria will cooperate with public offices shuttered and tal Beirut, a UN source told After Damascus, Pederson endless rounds of failed the new UN envoy Geir Ped- transport paralysed after AFP. said he was off to meet the UN-brokered peace talks ersen provided he avoids the calls for a 24-hour strike by The new envoy on Twitter Syrian Negotiations Commit- methods of his predeces- the Tunisian General Labour late Wednesday said he had a tee, Syria’s main opposition sor,” Deputy Foreign Minis- Union (UGTT). The interna- “constructive meeting” with group. But he “agreed to come pressed Syria’s “readiness to ter Faisal al-Meqdad said. De tional airport in Tunis was Syrian Foreign Minister Walid back to Damascus on a regular cooperate with him... in his Mistura ended his four-year hit hard, with thousands of Muallem during his stay in basis to discuss commonalities mission to facilitate Syrian- tenure with an abortive push travellers stranded without Damascus. and progress on points of disa- Syrian dialogue with the ob- to form a committee tasked flights or information.(AFP) During it, he stressed the greement”, he added. jective of reaching a political with drawing up a post-war need for a “Syrian-led and On Tuesday, Muallem ex- solution to the Syrian crisis”, constitution. UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen. 08 Friday, January 18, 2019 Europe / Americas US ‘jihadist’ sought to attack White House: FBI 71 people left hanging after ski lift hit by tree in Czech Republic

WASHINGTON: Authorities in the US state of Georgia have arrested a 21-year-old man who PRAGUE: Seventy-one people, including several children, were left hanging at a ski resort in the sought to buy explosives and an anti-tank rocket for a “jihad” suicide attack on the White Czech Republic on Thursday when the chairlift they were on broke after a tree fell on the line. NEWS House planned for Thursday. It took multiple rescuers two and a half hours to retrieve the victims. Two helicopters also IN BRIEF Byung Pak, the US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, announced the arrest helped with the rescue efforts. The local weather service said temperatures were barely above of Hasher Taheb of Cumming, Georgia late Wednesday after a monthslong FBI investigation freezing. There was no panic outbreak among those trapped, though some who had experienced sparked by a tip from the local community “that Taheb had become radicalised.” Taheb tried to some panic received treatment after they were rescued, a spokeswoman for local firefighters told recruit an informant and an undercover FBI agent into a plan to attack the White House. (AFP) the CTK news agency. (DPA)

Prince Philip Trump vows to boost unhurt after France activates plan for America’s missile traffic accident defence system AFP ‘no-deal Brexit’ impact LONDON AFP WASHINGTON QUEEN Elizabeth II’s 97-year- Plan provides for €50 mn ($56mn) of investment in French ports and airports deem to be most affected in the event of a no-deal old husband Prince Philip US President Donald Trump emerged unscathed after a vowed on Thursday to boost vehicle he was driving was in- America’s missile defence volved in a traffic accident that systems, including by invest- injured two people on Thurs- ing in technology to protect day, according to Buckingham against the threat of sophis- Palace and police. ticated ‘hypersonic’ weapons. A palace spokeswoman Speaking at the Penta- told AFP that the duke was gon, Trump unveiled the driving near the monarch’s Missile Defense Review, a Nuclear rivals Sandringham Estate when the long-awaited analysis of the crash occurred but declined to defensive network of US in- The US will now adjust its confirm the type of vehicle or terceptors that are designed posture to defend against reports that it overturned in to shoot down an incoming any missile strikes including the incident. ballistic missile. cruise and hypersonic Top among the concerns missiles. We will terminate highlighted in the review is the speed at which rivals, any missile launches from particularly China and Rus- hostile powers sia, are pushing ahead with President Donald Trump hypersonic missiles, which can thwart traditional de- fence systems. arc so are much harder to “The US will now adjust track and cannot currently its posture to defend against be intercepted. any missile strikes including As a result, the Pentagon cruise and hypersonic mis- is urgently looking at ways siles,” Trump told the mili- to enhance its ability to track tary audience. hypersonic missiles, primar- “We will terminate any ily by using existing sensors missile launches from hostile that are deployed in space. Britain’s Prince Philip powers or even from powers “These new technolo- that make a mistake. It won’t gies produce new threats, “The Duke of Edinburgh happen, regardless of the and these threats are harder was involved in a road traffic An anti-Brexit protester walks outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on Thursday. (REUTERS) missile type or geographic to see, harder to track and accident with another vehi- origins of the attack.” harder to defeat,” Acting cle this afternoon,” the palace AFP France’s Europe Minister Flying at low altitude, Defence Secretary Patrick said in a statement. PARIS Impossible to rule out no-deal Brexit: PM May Nathalie Loiseau told sena- many times the speed of Shanahan said. “The Duke was not in- LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said tors. “Speeding up our prepa- sound, and able to change “To our competitors: we jured. The accident took place THE French government has it was “impossible” for her to rule out a no-deal Brexit without rations is essential.” direction, hypersonic weap- see what you are doing and close to the Sandringham Es- activated its plans for handling stopping the process altogether, as she tries to come up with a The government has ons don’t follow a ballistic we are taking action.” tate. Local police attended the effects of a no-deal Brexit, strategy before exit day on March 29. drawn up five decrees, slated the scene.” The spokeswoman which has become “less and May was responding to a letter from opposition Labour leader for adoption after being vet- said he saw a doctor “as a pre- less unlikely”, Prime Minis- Jeremy Corbyn asking her to exclude crashing out of the EU as a ted by the country’s Council of caution” who confirmed he ter Edouard Philippe said on precondition for talks about Brexit compromise proposals. propos- State. They cover: Cohen regrets loyalty to Trump was not hurt. Thursday. als. May said she was “disappointed” that Corbyn had not taken -- The residency rights of Norfolk Police said offic- Speaking after a ministeri- up her offer for a meeting to discuss a way forward after her British citizens in France: They in comment on ‘poll-rigging’ ers were called to the estate, al meeting called to discuss the divorce deal with the EU was rejected by parliament this week. will be allowed remain without in the English county north- British parliament’s rejection “My door remains open to a meeting without preconditions,” a permit for a year after Brexit, DPA alty to a man who doesn’t east of London, shortly before of the divorce deal negotiated she said, adding that she would be “happy to discuss” Corbyn’s provided the French living in WASHINGTON deserve it,” Cohen said on 3pm (1500 GMT) “following with the EU, Philippe said: “I proposals which include a customs union with the EU. Britain can do the same. After Twitter. reports of a collision involving have taken the decision to ac- But she added: “It is not within the government’s power to rule that they will need to apply for US President Donald Cohen pleaded guilty and two cars”. tivate the plan for a no-deal out no deal”. (AFP) residency. Trump’s former personal was sentenced last month Brexit.” -- The creation of emer- lawyer said on Thursday he to three years in prison for The plan provides for 50 gency customs infrastructure. regretted his “blind loyalty” campaign-finance violations million euros ($56 million) lishment of infrastructure for crees covering preparations for -- Transport links: Brit- to Trump in a reaction to a and other charges. None Spanish govt, of investment in French ports carrying out checks,” he said. a no-deal Brexit, after senators ish truckers will be allowed to Wall Street Journal report were connected to his inter- Catalan leaders and airports, “which are obvi- France also plans on re- voted in favour of the text. continue making deliveries in that he paid a technology actions with an information ously the places most affected cruiting 580 additional cus- Officials fear the absence France, and the Channel Tun- company to to rig online polls technology company identi- meet in fresh talks by the changes needed” in the toms staff and veterinary in- of an accord would create cha- nel will continue to operate. before the 2016 election. fied in the Journal story. event of Britain crashing out of spectors. otic scenes on both sides of the -- Safeguards on financial Cohen referred to the John Gauger, the man AFP the EU without a deal. The French parliament Channel. activities that could be jeop- Journal’s story in a tweet identified as the head of the MADRID “In some ports that will be gave its final approval on “Now more than ever we ardised by Britain losing its that describes an alleged company, told the Journal the construction of car parks, Thursday to a bill allowing the must prepare ourselves for a “passport” access to EU finan- payment of 50,000 dollars he was paid 12,000 dollars SPAIN’S deputy prime min- in others it will be the estab- government to pass five de- withdrawal without a deal,” cial markets. for the services. and 13,000 in cash early in ister met Catalan separatist “As for the @WSJ article 2015. But the alleged pay- leaders Thursday as both sides on poll rigging, what I did ment was only a portion of pursue complex talks on the re- was at the direction of and the 50,000 dollars Gauger gion’s future initiated by Prime for the sole benefit of @re- said he was owed for having Minister Pedro Sanchez. Brazil, US officials meet Venezuela oppn leaders over political crisis alDonaldTrump @POTUS. helped Cohen try to rig on- Despite mutual distrust I truly regret my blind loy- line polls in Trump’s favour. and radically opposed posi- AFP of American States on the Ven- tions on Catalonia’s right to BRASÍLIA ezuelan crisis, told AFP his side self-determination, the Social- was “meeting with many coun- Trump looks to block Pelosi’s travels ist executive and the regional BRAZILIAN and US officials tries to increase pressure on abroad over partial govt shutdown government continue to meet met Venezuelan opposition Nicolas Maduro’s regime.” He to try to re-build ties broken in leaders in Brasilia on Thurs- called Brazil “a country with WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has retaliated a secession attempt in October day to discuss the political cri- a big influence in the region.” against his rival, Nancy Pelosi, saying he was postponing her 2017. sis in the oil-rich country ruled The Venezuelan leaders who planned trip to Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan, citing the ongo- Carmen Calvo met in Ma- by President Nicolas Maduro, participated were Julio Borges, ing partial shutdown of the US federal government. drid with the Catalan govern- an opposition source told AFP. the former head of parliament “I am sure that you would agree that postponing this public ment’s vice president Pere The gathering was chaired who lives in exile in Colombia, relations event is totally appropriate,” the president said in a Aragones and spokeswoman by Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Ledezma, a former letter to Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Elsa Artadi. Ernesto Araujo and took place (From left) Brazilian foreign minister Ernesto Araujo, exiled Venezuelan Caracas mayor now based in and a top member of the Democratic party. Afterwards, a short joint without figuring on official supreme court justice Miguel Angel Martin, Brazilian President Jair Spain, and Carlos Vecchio, a Trump said that if the speaker, the second-in-line to the statement declared they had agendas and with no access for Bolsonaro and Organization of American States representative Gus- political coordinator for the presidency, “would like to make the journey by flying commer- broached the possibility “of journalists. tavo Cinosi during a meeting in Brasilia on Thursday. (AFP) opposition Popular Will party. cial, that would certainly be [her] prerogative.” Pelosi this week establishing two differentiated Brazil’s government news US embassy officials were asked Trump to reschedule his State of the Union address or dialogue spaces -- one between agency Agencia Brasil said the fleeing of migrants and eign ministry. present, although the mission deliver it in writing, citing security concerns due to the partial governments... and another the participants discussed “al- complaints of human rights Venezuelan opposition ac- was unable to confirm which government shutdown, ongoing for 27 days. The speech, cur- between (Catalan) parties,” ternatives to the political and violations.” The agency did tivist David Smolansky, a for- because of a US government rently scheduled to take place on January 29, is held annually adding the exact parameters economic crisis in Venezuela, not detail who took part in the mer mayor who heads a tech- shutdown affecting some ser- in the House chamber of the US Capitol. (DPA) are still to be determined. which has caused shortages, meeting, at the Brazilian for- nical group in the Organization vices, including media relations.

Nine killed in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy Rap superstar Cardi B blasts US govt shutdown in viral rant AFP tice those responsible, Duque BOGOTA added: “COLOMBIA is sad but AFP “Hey y’all,” begins the which is persisting due to will not bow to violence.” The NEW YORK Grammy-nominated su- “Trump is now ordering -- a standoff between the US NINE people were killed on bomber -- who was killed in perstar known for hits like as in summonsing -- feder- president and Democrats in Thursday and more than 50 the attack -- struck at the Gen- RAP’S woman of the mo- ‘Bodak Yellow’ and ‘I Like It’, al government workers to Congress, Cardi B said “we re- wounded in a car bomb at- eral Francisco de Paula San- ment Cardi B unleashed a “Trump is now ordering -- as go back to work without ally need to take this serious.” tack on a police cadet train- tander Officer’s School in the profanity-laced rant blasting in summonsing -- federal gov- “Our country is in a hellhole ing academy in the Colom- south of Bogota during a pro- Donald Trump and the US ernment workers to go back getting paid. Our country is right now,” the 26-year-old bian capital Bogota. motion ceremony for cadets. government shutdown, leav- to work without getting paid,” in a hellhole right now,” said. “All for a wall.” The defence ministry No group has claimed ing some Democratic law- she says in the clip, which has Cardi B says in a video Trump insists he won’t said the “terrorist act” -- us- responsibility but public makers wondering whether racked up more than 10 mil- clip, which has racked up agree to open the government ing a vehicle packed with prosecutor Nestor Humber- to promote the clip touching lion views. more than 10 million views until Congress signs off on around 175 pounds of ex- to Martinez named suspect on their talking points. “Now, I don’t want to hear his demand for $5.7 billion to plosives -- was the country’s Jose Aldemar Rojas Rodri- The Bronx-born artist with y’all talkin’ bout, ‘oh but Oba- Cardi B build a wall along the border worst since a peace accord guez as the “material author some 40 million Instagram ma shut down the govern- Democrat Chuck Schumer of with Mexico, which he argues was signed with FARC re- of this abominable crime.” followers posted the video late ment for 17 days,’” she says, an Schatz from Hawaii and New York. “Are you gonna RT is needed to prevent illegal bels more than a year ago. A security council meet- on Wednesday, denouncing referencing a 2013 funding Chris Murphy of Connecti- Cardi B or not?” “We decided immigration. “All Colombians reject ing that Duque was due to Trump’s callback of furloughed gap. cut puzzled over whether to not to do it,” Schatz tweeted. “This is crazy,” said Cardi terrorism and we’re united attend outside the capi- federal employees to complete “Yeah! For health care! promote the viral video -- but “Wouldn’t be senatorial.” B, who was born to a Domini- in fighting it,” President tal was cancelled, with the vital government tasks without So your grandma could check ultimately decided against it. Acknowledging that many can father and Trinidadian Ivan Duque tweeted. president heading immedi- pay as the shutdown drags into her blood pressure.” “Guys, I’m still holding my of her fans might not be fol- mother. “I feel like we need to Vowing to bring to jus- ately back to Bogota. its fourth week. Democratic senators Bri- breath,” tweeted top Senate lowing the shutdown saga, take some action.” Germany considers www.facebook.com/QatarTribune barring Huawei www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel from 5G www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune networks PAGE 10 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019

DOW24,198.54 QE 10,787.75 SENSEX 36,374.08 GOLD 1,291.50 China economy, Brexit, US -8.62 PTS +25.96 PTS +52.79 PTS -0.18% shutdown hit stocks PAGE 10 PRICE PERCENTAGE PRICE PERCENTAGE 15.53 BRENT 61.33 +0.02% WTI 52.10 -0.40% SILVER -0.69% Investors’ wealth rises to QR617 bn as QSE gains for 3rd week in a row

Qatari stocks expected to post another double digit growth in 2019, says Doha Bank CEO

SATYENDRA PATHAK GWC withstood DOHA

COMBINED wealth of inves- blockade well, set to tors in Qatar’s stock market grew up to QR617 billion as Qatari stocks continued its outperform in 2019 gaining momentum for the third week in a row. SATYENDRA PATHAK QNBFS said in the report. The Qatar Stock Exchange DOHA “GWC stock has been (QSE) main index gained range-bound in the high-30s- 129.53 points, or 1.22 percent, Bull-run on GULF Warehousing Company low 40s since early 2018 and during the trading week to Qatari bourse is (GWC) has withstood the was in search of a catalyst. close at 10,787.75 points. expected to blockade well with its freight GWC board has recom- The unabated bull-run continue unabated as forwarding segment show- mended a 12 percent increase helped market capitalisa- ing significant growth, QNB in dividend per share (DPS) to tion rise by 0.89 percent higher hydrocarbon Financial Services (QNBFS) QR1.9 for 2018 against QR1.7 to QR616.9 billion against production and has said in its company report in 2017. While we were mod- QR611.5 billion at the end of infrastructure development released on Thursday. eling QR1.80 DPS for 2018, the previous trading week. in the run up to FIFA 2022 The company’s logistics we had alluded to the fact that Commenting on the recent Cup and 2030 Qatar business also remains robust QR1.9 was also possible in our performance of Qatar’s stock driven by contract logistics preview,” the report said. exchange, Doha Bank Group National Vision will ensure and increasing Bu Sulba oc- Commenting on the fi- CEO R Seetharaman told Qa- that Qatar’s economic cupancy, it said. nancial results announced by tar Tribune that bull-run on growth remains higher While GWC’s 2018 re- the company on Wednesday, Qatari bourse is expected to than the global average in sults were solid, the report the report said, “The revenue continue unabated as higher years to comes said, decent set of results and beat, along with higher mar- hydrocarbon production and dividend increase could boost gins as the mix shifted away infrastructure development in Doha Bank Group CEO R stock to outperform in 2019. from freight forwarding to the the run up to FIFA 2022 Cup The Qatar Stock Exchange building in Doha. Seetharaman “The upcoming market- higher margin logistics seg- and 2030 Qatar National Vi- wide 10-for-1 stock split could ment, helped drive the growth sion will ensure that Qatar’s to the overall trading value, ac- tions also decreased by 11.4 selling of QR12.9 million in help impart some liquidity in the bottom-line. Overall, economic growth remains counting for 27.4 percent. percent to 33,745 against the previous week. into the name, which has GWC reported modest upside higher than the global average Qatar National Bank Qatari retail investors tar Gas Transport Company historically faced thin trad- to our estimates, something in years to come. (QNB) was the top value trad- also remained bearish with (Nakilat) and Qatar Electric- ing volumes. We retain our we had anticipated in our With a rise of 21 percent, ed stock during the week with With a rise of 21 percent, net selling of QR321.6 million ity & Water Company (QEWC) outperform rating on GWC,” preview.” he said, Qatar’s stock exchange total traded value of QR268.3 Qatar’s stock exchange against net selling of QR221.1 were the primary contributors was the best performing stock million. was the best performing million the week before. to the weekly index gain. exchange in the world in 2018. Trading volume decreased stock exchange in the According to an estimate IQ was the biggest contrib- “The trend is likely to con- by 31.5 percent to reach 49.2 world in 2018 by QNB Financial Services utor to the index’s weekly gain, tinue in 2019. We expect an- million shares against 71.8 (QNBFS), foreign institutions adding 61 points to the index. other double digit growth for million shares in the previous have bought Qatari equities Nakilat was the second big- the Qatari bourse this year as week. 38,073 in the previous week. worth $110 million on net ba- gest contributor to the men- well,” Seetharaman said. The industrial sector led Foreign institutions re- sis since the start of 2019. tioned gain, tacking on 28.9 Meanwhile, the week wit- the trading volume, account- mained bullish with net buy- Zad Holding was the best points to the index. Moreover, nessed trading value decrease ing for 36.5 percent, followed ing of QR310 million against performing stock for the week QEWC contributed 14.8 points by 1.3 percent to QR1.45 bil- by banks and financial ser- net buying of QR217.8 million with a gain of 21.2 percent on to the index. lion against QR1.47 billion in vices sector which accounted in the previous week. Qatari a trading volume of 94,174 On the other hand, Masraf the previous week. for 26.5 percent of the overall institutions also remained shares. Al Rayan deleted 7.3 points The banks and financial trading volume. positive with net buying of On the other hand, Qa- from the index. services sector led the trad- Qatar Aluminium Manu- QR22.3 million against net tar First Bank (QFB) was the Of the 45 listed companies ing value during the week, ac- facturing Company (Qamco) buying of QR16.2 million in worst performing stock for traded, 24 companies ended counting for 37.8 percent of was the top volume traded the week before. Foreign retail the week with a decline of 8.2 the week higher. While 19 the total trading value. stock during the week with 9.2 investors, however, remained percent on 5.6 million shares stocks declined, there was no The industrial sector was million shares. bearish with net selling of traded. change in the stock price of the the second biggest contributor The number of transac- QR10.4 million against net Industries Qatar (IQ), Qa- remaining one stock. Turkey emerges as one of Qatar’s top partners after siege: Official

REUTERS Speaking at a Turkish ume for the first 10 months about 25 percent of its portfo- nearly doubled last year. DOHA trade expo that kicked off in of 2018, the latest data avail- lio from about 10 percent be- Abu Issa said he would Doha on Wednesday, Turkish able, indicates $1.7 billion of fore the boycott, CEO Ashraf stick with Turkish brands TRADE between Qatar and Deputy Finance Minister Os- total trade, higher than the Abu Issa said. that have become popular Turkey is expected to have hit man Dincbas said that Qatar $1.3 billion in all of 2017, a At the expo, Abu Issa even if the boycott were lift- $2 billion in 2018, a Turkish was one of the fastest grow- Turkish trade official said. showcased Turkish honey ed, despite higher shipping official said, up 54 percent ing areas of trade for Turkey That trade includes goods and pasta introduced after costs. from the previous last year in 2018, and the $2 billion such as Turkish food and the boycott that he said have “We will continue with and underscoring Ankara’s figure is expected to grow. building materials to Qatar become top sellers in Qatar, Turkey for sure. They are not solidified role as a top ally to Qatar last year pledged and Qatari liquefied natural replacing Saudi and UAE a replacement. This should Qatar. a $15 billion package of eco- gas and aluminium to Turkey. brands that once crowded have happened a long time Ankara has emerged as nomic projects, investments Abu Issa Holdings, one shelves in Doha. ago — we discovered some one of Qatar’s top partners and deposits for Turkey that of the largest distributors Others, like Kingspan, amazing products and the since a Saudi Arabia-led bloc included an up to $3 billion and retailers of supermarket an importer of Turkish insu- quality is superior to what launched a trade and diplo- currency swap to firm up the Dincbas said “a portion of rived. goods in Qatar, has seen its lated panels for warehouses we would get from there,” he matic boycott in 2017. country’s battered lira. the $15 billion” had so far ar- Qatar-Turkey trade vol- Turkish brands mushroom to and cold storage, said volume said.

Quick read Oil prices slide 2% as US output rises Apple CEO calls for privacy bill with right to delete data OIL prices fell about 2 percent on Thursday, extending recent AFP Protection Regulation. book and Google over busi- have a right to have personal weakness on concerns over WASHINGTON The Apple CEO said any ness models which are built data “minimized,” with com- surging U.S. crude produc- new US legislation should around collecting and mon- panies required “to strip iden- tion and slack global demand, APPLE chief executive Tim give more power to consum- etising personal data. tifying information from cus- particularly in light of the Cook called on US lawmakers ers to know what data is being Last year, he said in a tomer data or avoid collecting ongoing trade dispute between on Thursday to pass privacy gathered and to delete that in- Brussels speech that con- it in the first place.” the United States and China. legislation enabling consum- formation “on demand.” Personal data sumers’ personal data “is Additionally, Cook said Brent crude oil futures were ers to see and delete their har- “Meaningful, comprehen- In recent months, Cook has being weaponized against us people should have a right “to down $1.06, or 1.7 percent, vested online personal data sive federal privacy legisla- been sharply critical of tech with military efficiency.” know what data is being col- to $60.26 a barrel. US crude from a central clearinghouse. tion should not only aim to rivals such as Facebook and “In 2019, it’s time to lected and why” and make it futures fell $1 to $51.31 a Cook, writing in Time put consumers in control of Google over business models stand up for the right to pri- easy to access, correct and de- barrel, off 1.9 percent. The magazine, offered his view their data, it should also shine which are built around vacy – yours, mine, all of lete personal data. Organisation of the Petroleum as the US Congress was set a light on actors trafficking in ours,” Cook wrote in Time. He said new legislation Exporting Countries (OPEC) in to consider tougher enforce- your data behind the scenes,” collecting and monetising “Consumers shouldn’t plays an important role in its monthly market report cut ment of privacy and data pro- Cook wrote. personal data have to tolerate another year helping tech firms win back its forecast for the average tection for online platforms. He said the Federal Trade of companies irresponsibly consumer trust. demand for its crude in 2019 Several lawmakers and Commission, the consumer Apple CEO Tim Cook (AFP) their data on demand, freely, amassing huge user profiles, “Technology has the poten- to 30.83 million bpd, down activist organizations have protection regulatory agency, easily and online, once and data breaches that seem out tial to keep changing the world 910,000 bpd from the 2018 proposed data privacy meas- “should establish a data-bro- the transactions that have for all.” of control and the vanishing for the better, but it will never average. OPEC said its output ures, some of which contain ker clearinghouse, requiring bundled and sold their data In recent months, Cook ability to control our own dig- achieve that potential without fell 751,000 barrels per day in elements of the European Un- all data brokers to register, from place to place, and giv- has been sharply critical ital lives.” the full faith and confidence of December. (PG 10) ion’s sweeping General Data enabling consumers to track ing users the power to delete of tech rivals such as Face- He said consumers should the people who use it,” he said. 10 Friday, January 18, 2019 Economy & Business Japan’s Hitachi China economy, Brexit, freezes British nuclear project US shutdown hit stocks AFP ister Theresa May reels from LONDON a parliamentary defeat over her Brexit deal but Hitachi Europe’s banks tumbled 1.8 percent after France’s Societe Generale issued a profit warning HITACHI on Thursday froze CEO Toshiaki Higashihara construction of a nuclear told reporters that Britain’s power station in Wales due looming EU departure had to financing difficulties, deal- had “no bearing” on the de- ing a major blow to Britain’s cision. energy strategy and leaving Nevertheless, one ana- the Japanese firm with a lyst said Brexit would make huge bill. it harder to attract long-term Shelving the project at investment such as in nucle- the Wylfa Newydd plant ar plants. on Anglesey island off the Speaking to AFP ahead Welsh coast will cost Hitachi of the announcement, John 300 billion yen ($2.8 bil- Drzik, president of global lion), it said in a statement. risk and digital at US profes- Britain has put nuclear power at the heart of its low-carbon energy policy, in stark contrast to Europe’s biggest economy Germany which is phasing it out in the wake of Japan’s 2011 Fuku- $2.8 bn loss shima nuclear disaster. In addition to Hitachi’s Shelving the project at the announcement, its Japanese Wylfa Newydd plant on peer Toshiba last year pulled Anglesey island off the the plug on a nuclear power Welsh coast will cost plant in northwest England. Hitachi 300 billion yen Franco-Chinese project ($2.8 billion) Hinkley Point C -- Britain’s first new nuclear power sta- tion in a generation -- is cur- rently being built. sional services giant Marsh, Hitachi launched the said “cross-border investors three-trillion-yen Wylfa in infrastructure are looking Newydd project after acquir- for stability in the legal, regu- ing British-based Horizon latory and political climate”. Nuclear Power in 2012. He added: “If you have The UK government had more confidence in that, agreed to take a one-third you’re more willing to invest. The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt on Thursday. (REUTERS) equity stake in the project, You have less confidence alongside investment from in that, you’re going to pull REUTERS Societe Generale issued a and the central bank injected the US government shutdown Hitachi, Japanese govern- back. It’s going to be harder LONDON profit warning and carmakers more cash into the financial was starting to take a toll on ment agencies and other to attract foreign investors skidded as much as 1.5 per- system, bringing the amount the US economy. White House strategic partners. into an environment which CONCERN over China’s cent after US Senate Finance for the week to 1.14 trillion economic adviser Kevin Has- But fund-raising efforts is considered unstable.” economic outlook and pos- Committee Chairman Charles yuan ($167 billion). sett said the shutdown would fell short. Hitachi’s decision also sible US tariffs on European Grassley said he thought Stoking additional cau- shave 0.13 percent off quarter- “Unfortunately, despite dents Japan Inc’s attempts cars dragged stocks lower on President Donald Trump was Pound up tion, however, was news that ly economic growth for each the best efforts of everyone to expand its nuclear busi- Thursday, while an anti-cli- “inclined” to impose tariffs on The pound was up at $1.2913 US lawmakers introduced bills week it goes on. involved, the parties have nesses overseas after Fuku- mactic end to the latest chap- European cars. GBP, and though it was still on Wednesday that would ban The pound was up at not been able to reach an shima effectively halted ter in the Brexit saga offered On top of that, the tech short of Monday’s peak of the sale of US chips or other $1.2913 GBP, and though it agreement to the satisfaction demand for new reactors in sterling a moment’s peace. sector took its latest hit as one $1.2929, it did manage a new components to Huawei HWT. was still short of Monday’s of all concerned,” Hitachi Japan. Fresh big market-mov- of world’s biggest chip produc- UL or other Chinese telecoms peak of $1.2929, it did man- said. A massive tsunami trig- ing news was thinner on the ers, Taiwan Semiconductor, seven-week high of 88.25 firms that violate US sanctions age a new seven-week high of “As a result, Hitachi has gered by a 9.0-magnitude ground for most of the Euro- forecast its steepest drop in pence against the euro or export control laws. 88.25 pence against the euro. decided to suspend the pro- earthquake in March 2011 pean session, but dealers had revenue in a decade. That came shortly before As expected, British Prime ject at this time... as it is now overwhelmed reactor cooling more than enough to digest MSCI’s broadest index of the Wall Street Journal re- Minister Theresa May nar- clear that further time is systems at the Fukushima from the previous 24 hours world stocks was fractionally wasn’t enough to tip the bal- ported federal prosecutors rowly won a confidence vote needed to develop a financial Daiichi plant in northeastern to ensure most of the major lower having hit a five-week ance more broadly. were investigating allegations overnight and invited other structure” for it. Japan. bourses stayed in the red. high. Markets like Japan had China’s blue-chip index that Huawei stole trade secrets party leaders for talks to try to Business and Energy It caused reactor melt- Disappointing earnings dithered in both directions ended down 0.55 percent, led from US businesses. break the impasse on a Brexit Secretary Greg Clark said downs, releasing radiation in from Morgan Stanley, hot on while futures ESc1 pointed to lower by a decline in the coun- Separately, Handelsblatt agreement. nuclear still had “an impor- the most dangerous nuclear the heels of similarly weak Wall Street starting 0.25 per- try’s second-largest home ap- reported the German govern- The US dollar was mixed, tant role to play as part of a disaster since Chernobyl in numbers from JP Morgan earli- cent lower. pliances maker, Gree Electric, ment is actively considering easing against the yen to diverse energy mix” in Brit- 1986. The crisis spurred Ja- er in the week, meant its shares Some took heart from Bei- after it warned of slower profit stricter security requirements 108.80 but flat versus the ain. pan to strengthen its safety were marked down 5 percent jing’s confirmation that Chi- growth as the economy loses and other ways to exclude euro at $1.1400. The dollar in- - ‘Unstable environment’ regulations under a new Nu- and futures pointed to Wall nese Vice Premier Liu He will steam. Huawei from a buildout of dex was barely moving too at -The unwelcome news for clear Regulation Authority Street’s first fall in three days. travel to the United States on Chinese Premier Li Ke- fifth-generation (5G) mobile 96.043 as a drop in euro zone the UK comes as Prime Min- watchdog. Europe’s banks tumbled January 30 for more negotia- qiang promised increased gov- networks. bond yields also helped drag 1.8 percent after France’s tions with Washington, but it ernment investment this year Also lurking were worries down those on Treasuries. OPEC’s December oil output hits 2-year low at 31.58 bpd REUTERS drop in almost two years. OPEC expects 2019 global ance known as OPEC+ agreed average in November. involuntary cut by Libya, where million bpd, a drop of 910,000 LONDON Worried by a drop in oil oil demand growth to slow in June 2018 to boost supply The biggest drop in OPEC unrest led to the shutdown of bpd from 2018, as rivals pump prices and rising supplies, to 1.29 million bpd from 1.5 amid pressure from U.S. Presi- supply last month came from the country’s biggest oilfield. more and the slowing economy OPEC said on Thursday it had OPEC and its allies includ- million in 2018 although it dent Donald Trump to lower Saudi Arabia and amounted Output from Iran posted curbs demand. cut oil output sharply in De- ing Russia agreed in Decem- was more upbeat about the prices and cover an expected to 468,000 bpd, the survey the third-largest decline, also Delivering the 800,000 cember before a new accord to ber to return to production economic backdrop than last shortfall in Iranian exports. showed. involuntary, as U.S. sanctions bpd cut from December’s level limit supply took effect, sug- cuts in 2019. They pledged to month and cited better senti- OPEC changed course af- Saudi supply in November that started in November dis- should mean the group would gesting producers have made lower output by 1.2 million ment in the oil market, where ter the slide in prices starting had hit a record above 11 mil- couraged companies from buy- be pumping slightly less than a strong start to averting a glut bpd, of which OPEC’s share is crude is back above $60. in October. A previous OPEC+ lion bpd, after President Trump ing its oil. the expected demand for its in 2019 as a slowing economy 800,000 bpd. “While the economic risk supply curb starting in January demanded more oil be pumped. Iran, Libya and Venezuela crude this year and so avoid a curbs demand. The reduction in December remains skewed to the down- 2017 - when OPEC production The kingdom told OPEC it are exempt from the 2019 sup- surplus. Last month’s report The Organisation of the means that should OPEC fully side, the likelihood of a mod- fell by 890,000 bpd according lowered supply to 10.64 million ply cut deal and are expected had pointed to a surplus. Petroleum Exporting Coun- implement the new January 1 eration in monetary tightening to OPEC figures - got rid of a bpd in December and has said by some analysts to post fur- The figures for OPEC pro- tries said in a monthly report cut, it will avoid a surplus that is expected to slow the deceler- glut formed in 2014-2016. it plans to go even further in ther falls, giving a tailwind duction and demand for its its oil output fell by 751,000 could weaken prices. Oil slid ating economic growth trend in In a sign of excess supply, January by delivering a larger to the voluntary effort by the crude were lowered by about barrels per day (bpd) in De- from $86 a barrel in October to 2019,” OPEC said. OPEC’s report said oil inven- cut than required under the others. OPEC said in the re- 600,000 bpd to reflect Qatar’s cember to 31.58 million bpd, below $50 in December on con- The supply cut was a policy tories in developed economies OPEC+ deal. port that 2019 demand for its exit from the group, which now the biggest month-on-month cerns of excess supply. U-turn after the producer alli- had stayed above the five-year The second-largest was an crude would decline to 30.83 has 14 members.

MORE TROUBLE FOR CHINESE TECH GIANT Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks nological supremacy in the 21st Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, Merkel administration actively considering century. in a rare public appearance this Huawei, once a fast follower of week, said his company had never stricter security requirements to exclude Huawei Nordic firms Nokia and Ericsson, received a request from a govern- is now a $93 billion global market ment to transmit information in REUTERS Handelsblatt reported on Thursday leader in an industry where there is violation of any regulations. BERLIN that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s no US champion. The deliberations in Berlin administration was actively consid- In Washington, a bipartisan mark a shift from the German THE German government is debat- ering stricter security requirements group of lawmakers introduced government’s position in October, ing whether to follow the United and other ways to exclude Huawei. bills on Wednesday that would ban when it told lawmakers it saw no States and allies like Australia in Officials were discussing setting the sale of US chips or other com- legal basis to exclude any vendors restricting China’s Huawei Tech- security standards that Huawei ponents to Huawei, ZTE Corp or from an upcoming 5G auction fol- nologies from accessing its next- could not achieve, effectively block- other Chinese telecommunications lowing warnings from Washington. generation mobile networks on ing its participation. Changes to the companies that violate US sanc- In a statement, Huawei wel- national-security grounds. German telecommunications law tions or export control laws. comed Berlin’s push to verify and Some Western countries have were also under consideration as Germany’s Deutsche Telekom standardise technology solutions barred Huawei from their markets a last resort, the paper said, citing announced in December that it which it has supported by opening after US officials briefed allies that government sources. would review its vendor strategy an information lab in Bonn to help Huawei is at the beck and call of the No decisions have yet been and France’s Orange said it would regulators scrutinise its gear. Chinese state, warning that its net- taken, according to a written an- not hire the Chinese firm to build “We are very optimistic that we work equipment may contain “back swer by the Interior Ministry to a File photo of a Huawei booth in Las Vegas. (AFP) its next-generation network in can completely fulfil all security doors” that could open them up to question from lawmaker Katharina France. requirements for 5G networks,” cyber espionage. Huawei says such Droege of the opposition Greens not been completed,” said the Inte- battleground in a struggle between Tensions have been heightened Huawei said. “We see no rational concerns are unfounded. party. rior Ministry’s response, which was Beijing and Washington that ana- by the arrest of Huawei’s chief fi- grounds to exclude Huawei from While no concrete steps have “The process of reaching a com- seen by Reuters. lysts say could determine which of nancial officer in Canada for possi- the construction of 5G networks in been decided upon, business daily mon view on concrete steps has Europe has become a crucial the two superpowers achieves tech- ble extradition to the United States. any country around the world.” www.guide.com.qa  Friday January 18, 2019

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India aim to end Australia tour with ODI series triumph CRICKET ODI INDIA VS AUSTRALIA MEMORABLE VICTORY Qatar overcome hostile stadium atmosphere to humble Saudi Arabia 2-0 through Ali’s brace, top pool E

AFP ABU DHABI RECORD BY ALMOEZ RESULTS z Qatar’s Almoez Ali became the first ASIAN CUP GROUP-STAGE RESULTS ON THURSDAY: In Abu Dhabi QATAR overcame a hostile player to score six or more in a single Group E Iran v Oman, 1700 atmosphere to beat Saudi Ara- Saudi Arabia 0 Qatar 2 (Ali 46, 80) Asian Cup tournament since Korea Lebanon 4 (Melki 27, Hilal El-Helwe 65, 90+8, Monday, January 21 bia 2-0 and clinch top spot in Republic’s Lee Dong-Gook who man- Maatouk 80) North Korea 1 (Pak Kwang Ryong 9) their Asian Cup group after a aged this in 2000. Before the Saudi In Sharjah contest bristling with political Arabia match, he had scored five Group F Japan v Saudi Arabia, 1100 animosity on Thursday. Japan 2 (Muto 43, Shiotani 58) Uzbekistan 1 goals in his two appearances at this (Shomurodov 40) In Al Ain Almoez Ali bagged a dou- year’s Asian Cup. Oman 3 (Al Mahaijri 20, Al Ghassani 84, Al-Musallami Australia v Uzbekistan, 1400 ble in Abu Dhabi, where the 90+3) Turkmenistan 1 (Annadurdyyev 41) Qatari national anthem was z All three previous Asian Cup In Abu Dhabi drowned out by boos from Round of 16 fixtures after the conclusion of the UAE v Kyrgyzstan, 1700 encounters between Saudi Arabia group stage (all times GMT): a pro-Saudi crowd and the and Qatar had ended in a draw – Sunday, January 20 Tuesday, January 22 2022 World Cup hosts were they all took place in the group In Dubai In Dubai jeered every time they at- stages (1984, 1992, 2000). The Jordan v Vietnam, 1100 South Korea v Bahrain, 1300 tacked. Saudis have never led at any point in In Al Ain In Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia severed dip- those three games. Thailand v China, 1400 Qatar v Iraq, 1600 lomatic ties with Qatar in June, 2017. Asian Cup hosts the United a seventh goal of the tourna- by game -- I’m very proud of Arab Emirates stand squarely “I think our players were ment 10 minutes from time, my players.” Qatar, who have behind the Gulf blockade of busy enough not to celebrating with a jig of de- never gone beyond the quar- Qatar and the mood was high- notice,” insisted Qatar light that further antagonised ter-finals, advance to face Iraq ly charged -- even if the foot- coach Felix Sanchez, the crowd. in the last 16, while three-time ball at times wasn’t. referring to the constant At the final whistle, the winners Saudi Arabia take on Both teams had already Qatari players celebrated as Japan. qualified from Group E after booing if they had won the tourna- “It was an intense game winning their first two match- ment, infuriating Saudi sub- but we have to hide our feel- es and it was Saudi Arabia of North Korea last weekend, stitute Mohammed Alsaiari, ings and prepare for the last who almost broke through made no mistake in first-half who tried to shove them off 16,” said Saudi coach Juan An- after 22 minutes when striker stoppage time. the pitch. “I think our play- tonio Pizzi. “We were missing Fahad Almuwallad slammed He calmly slotted the ball ers were busy enough not to quality in the final third and a right-foot shot against the past Saudi goalkeeper Mo- notice,” insisted Qatar coach individual errors have cost post. hammed Alowais to stun the Felix Sanchez, referring to the us,” he added. Qatar captain Hasan al- partisan crowd and become constant booing. “But we will bounce Haydos missed a penalty in the first player to score six “But during the anthem back. I respect every team the 42nd minute after Ali had goals in a single Asian Cup there were some difficult mo- left in the competition, in- been clattered in the box. since South Korea’s Lee Dong- ments,” admitted the Span- cluding Japan, but I don’t feel But Ali, who plundered gook in 2000. iard. “You have to celebrate that we are inferior to them in four goals in Qatar’s 6-0 rout Ali subsequently headed in wins like this. It was like a der- any way.”

Qatar’s Almoez Ali celebrates scoring their first goal against Saudi Arabia during their Asian Cup Football Qatar players celebrate their AFC Asian Cup group E football match 2-0 victory over bitter rivals Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez gives Tournament match in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (REUTERS) Saudi Arabia at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (AFP) instructions to his players. QATAR FAIL TO MAKE IT TO KNOCKOUT DESPITE WIN Shiotani fires Japan past fighting Uzbeks

Shiotani’s rocket ensured equaliser shortly before half- Heartbreak for Japan finished with a perfect time. nine points at the top of Group But Muhsen Al Ghassani Lebanon; Oman F as they beat Uzbekistan 2-1, pounced from close range with enter knockout despite changing 10 players six minutes left and Moham- from their previous game. med Al-Musallami added a Eldor Shomurodov opened stoppage-time header to give AFP the scoring with a fine indi- Oman their first points of the AL-AIN (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) vidual goal but the Uzbek lead tournament. lasted only three minutes be- In Sharjah, Lebanon need- TSUKASA Shiotani’s sizzling fore Newcastle United forward ed to beat North Korea by four winner kept Japan on top Yoshinori Muto’s header made clear goals to pinch a place in of their Asian Cup group on it 1-1. the knockouts as one of the best Thursday, while Oman scram- Japanese pressure early in third-placed teams, and they bled into the knockouts in a the second half resulted in a came agonisingly close with pulsating finish to the tourna- thunderous winner from Shio- their 4-1 win. ment’s first stage. tani, who plays his club foot- Pak Kwang Ryong’s early In Abu Dhabi, Lebanon ball with Al Ain and unfurled free-kick gave North Korea heartbreakingly failed to pro- a rippling strike just before the their first and only goal of the gress despite their 4-1 win over hour-mark. tournament and it proved criti- North Korea. Oman kept their hopes cal as George Melki’s riposte, With the Asian Cup featur- alive with a last-gasp 3-1 win Hilal El-Helwe’s double and ing a record 24 teams, the 36- over Turkmenistan to go Hassan Maatouk’s late strike game group stage finished with through as one of the best-per- weren’t quite enough to get holders Australia facing a last- forming third-placed teams, Lebanon over the line. 16 clash with Uzbekistan, while behind Japan and Uzbekistan With Lebanon, in Group E, Japan face the Saudis. in Group F. on identical points, goal differ- Former silver medallists Qatar got the better of Argentina 26-25 in the last Pool D match of the IHF World Handball Championship in Hosts UAE play Kyrgyzstan, The Gulf side took the ence and goals scored to Viet- Copenhagen on Thursday. But despite their second win, they failed to advance to the knock-out as Egypt defeated Angola 33-28 to take the China are against Thailand, lead after 20 minutes thanks nam, in Group D, the Southeast third place behind Sweden and Hungary. With four points in five matches, Qatar finished fourth. Two close defeats proved very costly for Qatar Iran have Oman, Son Heung- to an Ahmed Al Mahaijri free- Asian champions go through during the championship or they would have advanced to the next stage. On Wednesday, Qatar came close to beating four-time champions min’s South Korea face Bahrain kick, before Altymyrat Anna- because of their superior disci- Sweden and lost the crucial match 22-23. Against Angola also, they had suffered a 23-24 defeat in the dying moments. and Jordan take on Vietnam. durdyyev slammed home the plinary record. Sports Friday, January 18, 2019 13 Attiyah claims third Dakar Rally crown, does Qatar proud again

The Qatari had to go through his paces in the 10th and last stage and he did it quite comfortably, winning the first Dakar crown for his Japanese manufacturers

AFP thanks to their faith in Attiyah. LIMA France’s former nine- time world rally champion QATAR’S Nasser bin Saleh Sebastien Loeb took third in al Attiyah, with his French the overall standings, almost co-driver Matthieu Baumel, two hours behind the Qatari cruised to his third Dakar whose previous wins came in Rally title on Thursday with 2011 and 2015. a 46-minute cushion over Attiyah laid down his second-placed Nani Roma at marker for 2019 honours the end of the world’s toughest when rising to the top of the rally in Lima. time sheets after the first stage. Double bronze medallist in And after winning his third Olympic Games skeet shoot- stage of this year’s event on ing, Attiyah had enough in Wednesday for his 34th career hand to avoid taking any risks stage win the title was his, bar- in his Toyota on the 10th and ring final-day disaster. final stage from Pisco to the Stephane Peterhansel, a Toyota’s driver Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah of Qatar (right) and his French co-driver Matthieu Baumel (left) Peruvian capital, crossing the 13-time Dakar Rally champion, celebrate after winning the Dakar Rally 2019, at the end of the last stage between Pisco and Lima, in Peru French co-driver Baumel and Attiyah after winning the Dakar Rally on line a sedate 12th behind Car- had to quit the race early on on Thursday. (AFP) Thursday. (AFP) los Sainz.. Wednesday’s penultimate stage This was the first time that when sitting fourth overall. up his 2016 crown with success category on Tuesday and after his teammate and defending closing stage from Pisco to Jose Cornejo. This was an the Japanese manufactur- Toby Price clinched his sec- in the 10th and final stage. crossing the finish line in Lima champion Matthias Walkner. the Peruvian capital with a 18th consecutive bikes title ers Toyotoa won the world’s ond Dakar bikes title on Thurs- The KTM rider seized he took the 2019 honours Price wrapped up his sec- near two-and-a-half minute for Austrian bike manufac- grueling cross-country race, day, the Australian following overall command of the bikes by over nine minutes from ond title in style, taking the advantage over Chilean rider turer KTM. Serena routs Bouchard; Djokovic wins India aim to end AFP MELBOURNE Australia tour SERENA Williams stepped up her drive for a record- with ODI series equalling 24th Grand Slam on Thursday by swatting aside IANS and Kedar Jadhav still warm- Eugenie Bouchard, as world MELBOURNE ing the bench, both Ambati number one Novak Djokovic Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik won an emotional 2008 Aus- WITH the three-match ODI will aim to get some runs if tralian Open final rematch rubber tantalisingly poised they are to stay in contention with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. at 1-1, the task is cut out for for a berth in the 2019 World But women’s top seed Si- both India and Australia to Cup squad. mona Halep and young gun pull up their socks in the se- While the bowling depart- Alexander Zverev had to dig ries decider at the Melbourne ment led by Bhuvneshwar deep to make the third round Cricket Ground (MCG) here Kumar has impressed in both on a day of epic battles and the on Friday. the games, with pacer Mo- latest start to a match ever at India bounced back from hammed Shami and the spin the tournament. the 34-run loss in the series duo of chinaman Kuldeep Two-time Grand Slam American Serena Williams hits a backhand against Eugenie Bouchard The clock shows the time during the latest starting match of opener at Sydney, with an- Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja winner Garbine Muguruza of Canada during their women’s second-round match of the Australian Australian Open history between Spain’s Garbine Muguruza (in picture) other Virat Kohli master- providing good support, In- emerged triumphant after de- Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) and Britain’s Johanna Konta in Melbourne on Friday. (REUTERS) class century combined with dia’s main point of concern feating Briton Johanna Konta his predecessor Mahendra will be the fifth bowler in the in the early hours of Friday “So I knew ‘Serena, you’ve this, it’s so tough to explain (6/8), 6-1. ther Elina Svitolina or Karo- Singh Dhoni’s vintage finish absence of suspended all- morning. Muguruza and Kon- got to come out hot, you’ve got what happened on court,” said US Open champion and lina Pliskova has progressed to pull off a six-wicket win at rounder Hardik Pandya. ta’s match on Margaret Court to come out firing, she’s a re- the French Open champion, fourth seed Naomi Osaka further than the last eight at Adelaide. The Men-in-Blue tried Arena did not start until 12:30 ally good player and I haven’t who now meets Venus Wil- had it relatively easy, sweep- the Australian Open. Going into the final ODI, left-armer Khaleel Ahmed in am Friday morning - a record had many matches since last liams after the 38-year-old ing past Slovenia’s Tamara But self-assured Svitolina India will be aiming to take the first ODI before handing at the season-opening Grand year’.” rolled back the years to beat Zidansek 6-2, 6-4 with the is bubbling with confidence af- the winning momentum and a debut to Mohammed Siraj Slam -- and finished with a Williams is bidding to France’s Alize Cornet. roof closed on Margaret Court ter dismantling Viktoria Kuz- end the ongoing tour Down in the second, but neither 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5 victory for match Margaret Court’s record In another titanic battle, Arena due to the rain. mova 6-4, 6-1, while Pliskova Under without losing a se- could make an impact. the Spaniard two hours and 42 of 24 Grand Slam crowns, and Canadian Milos Raonic ousted In contrast, Asia’s top- woke up after losing the first ries. In that scenario, the team minutes later at 3:12 am. win an eighth in Australia, on 2014 champion Stan Waw- ranked men’s player Nishikori set to race past Madison Bren- The Virat Kohli-led side management could be tempt- The start was delayed when her first return to Melbourne rinka in four tightly-contested needed an energy-sapping 3hr gle 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. started their tour with a ed to Test all-rounder Vijay the men’s match between Al- Park since lifting the trophy in sets that all went to tie-breaks, 48min to get past big-serving Other women through in- three-match Twenty20 In- Shankar on Friday or may exander Zverev and Jeremy 2017 while pregnant. while eighth seed Kei Nishikori Croat Karlovic 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), cluded Italy’s Camila Giorgi ternational (T20I) series that opt for the leggie Yuzvendra Chardy turned into three hour Serbian top seed Djokovic was stretched to a draining five 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 (10/7) in humid and China’s impressive Wang ended in a 1-1 draw, followed Chahal, who has been warm- 46 minute epic, ending 7-6 is also looking to make history sets against Ivo Karlovic. conditions. Qiang. Men still in the hunt in- by a historic first-ever 2-1 ing the bench for the first (7/5), 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 (6/8), 6-1 by winning a seventh title. Seventh seed Dominic Sixteenth seed Raonic cluded Croat Borna Coric and Test series win for India on couple of matches. for Germany’s Zverev. He was too good again Thiem limped out when he re- emerged the victor against Spain’s Pablo Carreno-Busta. Australian soil. Meanwhile, the hosts American great Williams for France’s Tsonga, who he tired while losing 7-5, 6-4, 2-0 Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Muguruza joked after her In the crucial series de- have made two changes to followed up her first round beat in the 2008 final, rolling to young Australian wildcard Slam champion who is on the win, “I’ll go get some breakfast cider at the MCG, India will their playing XI on the eve of 49-minute romp by spending through 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Alexei Popyrin. comeback trail from injury. now. once again hope for their the decider. Pacer Billy Stan- just 70 minutes on Rod Laver In contrast, world number Zverev, hailed as a flag- The Swiss, unseeded for The previous record for the in-form top order, compris- lake replaced Jason Behren- Arena to dispose of the Cana- one Halep staggered through bearer for the next generation, the first time since his debut in latest start was set last year ing Rohit Sharma, Shikhar dorff, who has been ruled dian 6-2, 6-2. against American Sofia Kenin also struggled against veteran 2006, fell 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6), when a second-round match Dhawan and skipper Kohli to out with back soreness, while “It wasn’t an easy match 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 -- her sec- world number 36 Jeremy 7-6 (13/11), 7-6 (7/5). between Daria Gavrilova and score the bulk of the runs. off-spinner Nathan Lyon has tonight,” said the 37-year-old, ond three-set test in a row. Chardy, before putting him Despite being seeded six Elise Mertens began at 11:59 With Dhoni marshalling been dropped to make way seeded just 16. “I have no idea how I won away 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 5-7, 6-7 and seven respectively, nei- pm. the less-tested middle-order, for leggie Adam Zampa. Inam-Ul-Haq to lead Qatar in ACC Bad weather forces 23rd Race Western Region T20 tourney Meeting to be postponed TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Houl Cup, which was his fifth DOHA The Muaither Cup triumph in a row. QATAR, led by Inam-Ul-Haq, (1,000m) and the However, this time will travel to Oman on Satur- BAD weather forced the Thoroughbred Claiming around, Risk Adjusted was day to take part in the ACC 23rd Race Meeting, hav- not fielded by his owner Eng. Western Region Twenty20 ing the Muaither Cup and Race (1,400m) were the Dhafi Rashid al Marri. Cricket Tournament. the Thoroughbred Claiming highlights on the 10-race Broadway Icon, under The five-team tournament Race (Group 4) as the feature menu today, with both hav- rider Marc Lerner, was the is scheduled from January 20 events, to be postponed at the ing defending champions winner of the 2018 Thor- to 24. Other teams are in the Qatar Racing and Equestrian in the fray. oughbred Claiming Race with fray are Bahrain, Kuwait, Mal- Club Racecourse in New Al a quarter of a length victory dives and Saudi Arabia. Rayyan on Thursday. against Hi Holy, also ridden Qatar are sending a A heavy dust storm hit in having defending champions by Avranche. 17-member team with Gul the country in the afternoon in the fray. For the Salem Fadgam al Khan Jadoun as the manager QCA officials with the national team which will compete in the ACC Western Region T20 Tournament. and reduced the visibility. As Izzthatright, ridden by Hajri & Sons’ bay colt, that and Abdul Rehman as the a result, QREC authorities British jockey Harry Bentley, win was the last one, third coach. Awais Malik, Khurram Shahzad, Kamran January 22 decided to put off the races had pulled off the Muaith- overall in 23 races. After that, Tamoor Sajjad has been Khan, Noman Sarwar, Faisal Javed Khan, The five-team tournament Qatar vs Kuwait at OC Turf 1 with the message on their er Cup last year, beating Broadway Icon contested in named as the vice-captain. Gayan Buddika, Iqbal Chaudhry, Mohammad is scheduled from January Maldives vs Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 2 Twitter page: “Due to the ex- Risk Adjusted, with Gerald seven more races, including Other players - VC Nadeem, Mohammad Tanveer and 20 to 24. Other teams are treme weather conditions, the Avranche astride, by one and two this term, but could not Qatar will play their first Mohammad Imran Ashraf. in the fray are Bahrain, January 23 Muaither Cup Race Meeting, a half lengths. The Injaaz get better than two second- match against Saudi Arabia Maldives vs Qatar at OC Turf 1 which was scheduled for to- Stud’s bay gelding was in a place finishes. Officials: Gul Khan Jadoon (Team Manager), Kuwait, Maldives and Kuwait vs Bahrain at OC Turf 2 on January 21. Two top teams Saudi Arabia. day, Thursday, 17 January, formidable form as he fin- In two runs this season, will qualify for the final after Abdul Rehman (Coach), Mohammad 2019, has been postponed till ished the season with six win- Broadway Icon was placed the single round-robin league Jahangir (Trainer/Physio) January 24 the new date is declared.” ners in seven runs. 10th and 15th and must be Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 1 matches. January 21 The Muaither Cup Continuing in the same hoping to return to winner’s Schedule (matches start at 9.30 am) Qatar vs Bahrain at OC Turf 2 Maldives vs Bahrain at OC Turf 1 (1,000m) and the Thorough- rich vein, the seven-year-old circle under rider Rashid Ali al January 20 The Qatar squad: Qatar vs Saudi Arabia at OC Turf 2 bred Claiming Race (1,400m) trainee of Jassim Ghazali be- Marri. However, he will have Inam-Ul-Haq, Tamoor Sajjad, Mohammad Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain at OC Turf 1 Final: Two top teams will clash at OC Turf 1 were the highlights on the 10- gan the new season in Novem- to wait till the next date is an- Rizlan, Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim, Mohammad Maldives vs Kuwait at OC Turf 2 (7.00 pm) race menu today, with both ber with a victory in Umm Al nounced for these two races. 14 Friday, January 18, 2019 FEATURES

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REAST cancer will strike 1 in 8 women in her lifetime. But women who face an increased risk of being that one unlucky patient may improve their chances with three prescription medica- B tions, according to a new report. If 1,000 women took one of the three medications for roughly five years, somewhere between seven and 18 breast cancers could be prevented, and possibly more. But each of the drugs — two originally used to treat breast cancer and a third that prevents the bone- thinning disease osteoporosis — comes with the possi- bility of serious side effects, including blood clots and a higher likelihood of uterine or endometrial cancer. That mixed picture prompted a panel of preventive health care experts to suggest that doctors routinely discuss these medications with women who have an elevated risk of breast cancer. For women at average risk of breast cancer, the harms of the drugs clearly outweigh their benefits, the panel said. P The draft recommendation was released Tuesday stop the hackers from accessing by the U.S. Preventive Services We think nothing every account? Task Force, which will accept Here’s how Schalit described public comments on the pro- will happen to us. And it: “Imagine you have 200 cop- posal until Feb. 11. ies of the keys to your home and The new recommendations we continue on our every time someone comes to your Health expand the medication toolkit house, you (give) them one. None that can be used to ward off merry way. Wrong, of us would ever do that in the real bbreast cancer. For the first time, world.” You shouldn’t be doing it the task force added a class of drugs wrong, wrong, and in the digital one. called aromatase inhibitors to the cancer-prevention Use a password manager. lineup. These drugs include anastrozole (known com- especially wrong Schalit, of course, would say that. mercially as Arimidex), exemestane (Aromasin) and (Full disclosure: I adopted Dash- lane three years ago before I knew TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE of Schalit because it came free on my new PC. I liked it so much I up- S consumers, we’re think- graded to premium so I can have ing about data breaches all it across all my devices.) Morris wrong. We ask how some- uses LastPass, and Rothrock uses thing like this can happen. We 1Password. PC Magazine offers its Aare shocked when 383 million best list: lat.ms/PCMagpassword- people, more than the population of mgr. the United States, are potentially af- A complicated password may fected by digital evil-doers. We think be fine, but if used repeatedly, it’s nothing will happen to us. And we no deterrent, Schalit said. continue on our merry way. Wrong, Change your passwords. wrong, wrong, and especially wrong, Switching may foil hackers, and if experts say. you have a password manager, you The Marriott data breach might need to remember only better be called the Starwood the password to get in breach because it was its brands to your vault. Again, that were affected. (The 383 mil- secure Wi-Fi is key. lion number was recently updated Travel Nag your friends after duplicates were removed, so and family to get the number has dropped by 117 a password man- million.) ager.a OK, Schalit letrozole (Femara). Marriott acquired Starwood in didn’tdidn exactly say you For post-menopau- P 2016. If you stayed at a Sheraton, should nag, but when I told sal women, a five-year For women at average W, Aloft, St. Regis, Westin, Ele- him I had tried, without suc- course of aromatase ment, Luxury Collection, Le Meri- TRAVEL cess, to get family members to inhibitors appears risk of breast cancer, dien or Four Points, your data may use this form of protection, he to offer more potent the harms of the drugs have been exposed. didn’t disagree that nagging is breast cancer preven- That includes “people’s names, appropriate, so I took that as an tion than the two drugs clearly outweigh their addresses, phone numbers, email affirmation. long known to have benefits, the panel addresses, passport numbers, Use two-factor authentica- such effects — tamox- dates of birth, gender, Starwood DILEMMAS: tion if you can. It’s another layer ifen (sold as Nolvadex said. The draft recom- loyalty program account informa- of security. It keeps bad guys out and Soltamox) and ra- tion, and reservation informa- by asking for a second verification loxifene (Evista). In mendation was re- tion,” the Federal Trade Commis- besides your password. It may be studies, women taking leased Tuesday by the sion said on its website. “For some, New perspective a PIN you have set up, a number aromatase inhibitors they also stole payment card num- sent to your phone or a finger- were more likely to US Preventive Services bers and expiration dates.” print. It sends a text, calls you or experience hot flashes Task Force, which will For info on that breach, go to asks for a pass code. and pain in their bones answers.kroll.com, or you can call Check your accounts — credit and muscles compared accept public com- (877) 273-9481. on keeping card and checking. Morris moni- with women taking a ments on the proposal Interviews with three experts tors his carefully every two weeks. dummy pill. But pre- in this field persuaded me to Although this can’t prevent a prob- liminary signs showed until Feb. 11 change my point of view on how I lem, it can alert you to one. no significant increase look at personal information, es- If your credit card has this fea- in the risk of blood clots. pecially when it comes to travel. digitally safe ture, ask to be notified about unu- “It’s always great to have more choices,” said Uni- Here’s what they explained to me: sual purchases. Sometimes, those versity of California, Los Angeles internal medicine First, your information prob- who have compromised your cred- specialist Dr. Carol M. Mangione, who chaired the ably will be compromised at some it card will put through a charge of panel’s deliberations on breast cancer prevention point. a dollar or two. Once they realize drugs. It’s time to switch from ask- they have a valid account, they will Breast cancer is the most common non-skin can- ing, “How can something like this try a big charge. With an alert sys- cer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in happen?” to thinking, “I am pretty tem — text, call or email — you can women. In 2018, some 30 percent of new cancer cases sure this is going to happen.” prevent false charges, although in women were breast cancers, representing 266,120 Companies can try to block you probably will have to get a new patients. When a newfound malignancy is confined to every threat, but they can’t. And credit card. the breast, at least 90 percent of women go on to live those that brag they are breach- Carry two credit cards when for at least five years. If it has spread to distant or- proof are asking for trouble. you travel — one as your main gans, the prognosis can be far bleaker. Bad guys “look at those chal- form of payment and one as a The new recommendations highlight an enduring lenges and take them on … for backup. Monitor these cards close- mystery: Why don’t more women whose mothers or the challenge” of trying to break ly, but make sure you are using se- sisters have been diagnosed with breast cancer, or through, said Randolph Morris, cure Wi-Fi. who have a personal history of abnormal findings on chief technical officer for Releven- Turn on your firewall in your mammograms, take these drugs? There’s clear evi- ture, a digital marketing company PC, which should block potential- dence that they can prevent breast cancer, a disease in Mission Viejo. ly problematic communications. justifiably feared by women. But very few women uti- Second, your information is Here is how to do that if you’re a lize them to prevent a first occurrence of cancer. not safe even if you were not af- Windows user: lat.ms/Windows- No more than three out of 10 primary care doc- fected by the breach. Firewall. Here’s how to do this on tors have ever prescribed these drugs for breast can- You and your information a Mac: lat.ms/MacFirewall. cer prevention, studies suggest. And just 16 percent of might be safe this time, but there There may come a day when women who could benefit from them are thought to be are many ways into your digital there will be consistent govern- using them. Even women who are well informed about life. mental security oversight. Begin- the drugs’ benefits and risks apparently focus more Ray Rothrock, chairman and ning in 2020, devices that connect heavily in their downsides and show little interest in chief executive of RedSeal, a cy- You may not be a security ge- member, because you are using a to the internet must have security, taking them, the panel said. bersecurity analytics platform, nius, but you can help build little different password for each one. mandated by legislation signed by For women who are healthy and who have general- recalls being on hotel Wi-Fi and fortresses around your world, Ro- Aren’t you? California Gov. Jerry Brown be- ly passed through the discomforts of menopause, the seeing hundreds of other devices throck said. The idea, he said, is If not, here are some ways to fore he left office. side effects can be unpleasant and even dangerous, to sharing that network. “Every de- containment. protect yourself in the absence of Whether you agree that gov- be sure. Women taking tamoxifen and raloxifene had vice has vulnerabilities,” he said. Today, people have about 200 protection from any company. ernment needs to be involved is a higher rates of blood clots, endometrial cancer, cata- Bad guys “go after low-hanging digital accounts, said Emmanuel Use different passwords for debate for later. For now, be your racts and hot flashes. Bone and muscle pain and hot fruit.” He said they think this way: Schalit, chief executive of Dash- every account you have, each ex- own best friend. Money you spend flashes are common side effects of aromatase inhibi- “If I can see it, I can hack it.” lane, a password management pert said. That matters, each said, now (a premium password man- tors, and they may slightly increase a woman’s risk for Third, you are your own best app. That’s a whole lot of num- because if you use the same pass- ager, for instance) may keep the heart attack or stroke, though the evidence for this is defense. bers, characters and letters to re- word for every account, what’s to money you have safe. conflicting. Friday, January 18, 2019 15 KIDS CORNER

The third season of YOUNG ARTISTS

Arwen Zachary Carina Juliana Carvero (6 yrs) ‘Unfortunate Events’ Mira (5 yrs) Grade1, Philippine KG 2, Philippine School Doha School Doha

Actress Allison Williams from the Netflix show, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” with Kidsday reporters Julia Aaron, left, Gabrielle Cappella, Lillian Thilesen and Sofia Legarreta, at AOL Build series studio in Manhattan.(TNS)

(TNS) She loves having a newscaster for a lines featured in the show. father because it made her develop Since she is on camera a lot we Francesca MaraVilla ON Jan. 1, the third season of the a deep interest in news. She also asked her if she was OK with people Concepcion (12 yrs) Netflix show “A Series of Unfor- was telling about how much she en- always doing her hair and makeup. Sophia Yzabelle Grade 4, Philippines tunate Events” began. This show joyed being able to know about the She laughed and looked over at her (8 yrs) Magtibay International School was about the three siblings Violet, news a minute before the rest of the makeup crew and said, “Yes,” be- Grade 2, Philippine Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire. They world because her dad would tell cause they make her look like the School Doha went on many adventures trying her. She told how her dad met her best person she can be. She likes do- to defeat the villainous Count Olaf. mom through newscasting because ing her own styling as well but wish- Olaf created fires that didn’t just her mom was her dad’s boss. Her es they were with her all the time. destroy property, but tore families brother also became a sportscaster, Allison answered why she was like the Baudelaires apart. Actress so she said newscasting basically drawn to the adventures of the Allison Williams plays the character runs in her family. Baudelaire family, which was due Kit Snicket, who is part of a secret We also wanted to know if she to her interest in the original book organization to stop these fires, and preferred stage, TV or movies. Al- series she had read before she was she helps the kids in their quests lison said she prefers acting in TV cast in Kit’s role. The suspenseful along the way. shows because they take you on an and humorous plot intrigued her. On Monday we went to AOL adventure and introduce the char- Another question we asked Build Studio in Manhattan to inter- acters through a series of episodes was if she had to make any lifestyle view Allison. We spoke with her and instead of introducing them and changes while playing the role of then watched her get interviewed seeing them once like in a play or Kit Snicket. She said that she had live on television. She gave us some movie. She added that with a TV to include a lot of protein into her interesting and detailed answers. show, many stories are told in one diet. She continued to say that she We asked Allison how she reacted show. You can feel like a part of added protein to her diet because when she found out she would be on their family and you can understand her character Kit was always on an “A Series of Unfortunate Events”? more of what they’re going through. adventure and did a lot of running. She explained how she was excited With “A Series of Unfortunate The protein she added most was beyond words and she was so happy Events,” we wanted to know what peanut butter. to be able to meet the cast and get was the hardest part of the show to In one adventure on the show, started. film. Allison explained the difficul- Allison has to dive into the water. In our research, we found out ties for her to act out like driving an We wanted to know what it was like that Brian Williams, a journalist, is old stick shift taxi. She also faced filming that. She responded with her dad. We wanted to know what other problems such as punching that she didn’t actually take it all in is it like having a newscaster dad. through ice and reciting the hard one shot.

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AMIR GRACES POLICE COLLEGE GRADUATION

QNA batch of graduates of the Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser number of ministers, heads nal Security Force (Lekh- Amir His Highness Sheikh security and military colleges DOHA Ministry of Interior’s Police bin Khalifa al Thani, Minis- of diplomatic missions in wiya), in addition to a num- Tamim bin Hamad al Thani from some countries. College at its headquarters in ter of Interior of Jordan Sa- Qatar and senior officers of ber of leaders of security and met with Minister of Interior The meeting was at- THE Amir His Highness Al Sailiya on Thursday. meer Ibrahim al Mubaidain the Ministry of Defence, the military colleges from other of Jordan Sameer Ibrahim al tended by Prime Minister Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al The ceremony was at- and Minister of Interior of Ministry of the Interior, the countries. Mubaidain, Minister of Inte- and Minister of Interior HE Thani patronised the gradu- tended by Prime Minister Turkey Suleyman Soylu. State Security Bureau, the On the sidelines of the rior of Turkey Suleyman Soy- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser ation ceremony of the first and Minister of Interior HE It was also attended by a Amiri Guard and the Inter- graduation ceremony, the lu and a number of leaders of bin Khalifa al Thani.

PM MEETS TURKISH AND PALESTINE MINISTER, SPANISH OFFICIAL

Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Thursday met with Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and his accompanying delegation. The PM also met with Deputy Interior Minister of the State of Palestine Major-General Mohammad Mansour and his accompanying delegation. He also met with Director-General of Civil Guard in Spain Felix Azon and his accompanying delegation. The meetings discussed a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern, particularly in the areas of security, and reviewed the cooperative relations between Qatar and each of the countries and the ways to strengthen them. (QNA) Qatar provides 68 modern military vehicles to Somalia SOMALIA on Thursday re- ceived a military grant from Qatar Armed Forces delivered via Port of Mogadishu. The Qatari grant consists of 68 modern military vehicles, which have been jointly shipped by various units of the Qatari Armed Forces. This grant comes as part of the State of Qatar’s support to the people and government of Somali to contribute to the reinforcement of the institu- tions state in Federal Repub- lic of Somalia and the inter- nationally recognised central government and a support to its efforts to establish security and combat terrorism and ex- tremism. (QNA /MOGADISHU)