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Amir condoles with Turkish president on earthquake victims PM inaugurates aquatic research centre His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held yesterday morning a telephone By Shafeeq Alingal achieve economic feasibility that en- conversation with Turkish President Staff Reporter sures the continuation of production Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express and development refl ecting in eco- his condolences and sympathy nomic growth in the fi sheries sector. to him and the brotherly Turkish E the Prime Minister and Min- The centre has state-of-the-art people on the victims of the ister of Interior Sheikh Ab- laboratories and research facilities that earthquake that hit Elazig province, Hdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa will be managed with the participa- eastern Turkey, praying to Almighty al-Thani yesterday opened the aquatic tion of Qatar University. The minister Allah to rest their souls in Paradise research centre of the Ministry of Mu- pointed out that the centre will host and give patience and solace to nicipality and Environment (MME) at fi sh farming projects, marine wealth their families and relatives and Ras Matbakh in Al Khor and Al Thakira enrichment and fi sh feeds. grant the injured a speedy recovery. Municipality. HE the prime minister, who along The Amir also expressed Qatar’s The centre, part of Qatar National with other ministers toured the depart- readiness to help alleviate the Development Strategy, is aimed at ments and units, was briefed on the fa- eff ects of this disaster. helping the country attain self-suffi - cilities and functions of the centre. Separately, His Highness the Amir ciency in high quality fi sh and shrimp Extending over an area of 110,000sq sent a cable of condolences to production and achieve the highest m, the centre includes physical and President Erdogan on the victims of rates of production that will ensure chemical laboratories to measure the the earthquake, wishing the injured food security. proportion of minerals, water pol- a speedy recovery. His Highness the HE the Minister of Municipality and lution, marine environment soil and Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz biology pollution, and marine wa- Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime bin Turki al-Subaie told Gulf Times ter hydrology. Labs will also test fi sh Minister and Minister of Interior that the centre is a basic pillar for de- physiology and conduct fi sh age es- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin veloping marine wealth in the country. timation. One of the labs studies fi sh Khalifa al-Thani also sent similar The minister noted that the centre, parasites and bacteria and analyses cables of condolences to the Turkish equipped with the best global practices the components of fi sh feed and oth- HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani is briefed on the facilities at president. Page 16 and available technology, guarantees to ers. To Page 20 the aquatic research centre.

National address Coronavirus cases found registration 2,105 rights violations recorded starts tomorrow in more than 10 countries against the UAE since blockade he coronavirus outbreak that he Ministry of Interior (MoI) began in the central Chinese city QNA Commissioner for Human Rights and The report divided the violations has called on the public, in- Tof Wuhan has killed 42 people Geneva present them with the second report into two main categories. The fi rst Tcluding citizens, resident in China and infected more than 1,300 documenting the UAE’s violations of were the violations of the right to expatriates and legal persons in the globally, most of them in China. the ICJ ruling. He said the NHRC will family reunifi cation, right to edu- country, to register their national The virus has caused alarm because E the Chairman of the Nation- contact the UN secretary-general, cation, the right to have access to address within six months starting it is still too early to know how danger- al Human Rights Committee the president of the International courts. A total of 1,212 such violations tomorrow in accordance with the ous it is and how easily it spreads be- H(NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al- Court of Justice, The United Na- were documented. This category of National Address Law. tween people. And because it is new, Marri has criticised the UAE’s contin- tions High Commissioner for Human violations is directly connected to the The last date for doing so is July humans have not been able to build any ued violations of the rights of Qatar’s Rights, head of the Committee on the ICJ ruling. The second category was 26, the ministry said in a statement immunity to it. citizens and residents. Elimination of Racial Discrimination, related to hate speech against Qatar posted on social media yesterday. Here is the latest on the coronavirus He noted that there were 2,105 vio- UN Special Rapporteurs, EU Parlia- and its residents. The registration can be done via spreading in China and beyond: China People wear masks on a train in Hong lations documented since the begin- ment Speakers, in addition to 600 The breakdown of the 1212 viola- the electronic services of the MoI, announced further travel curbs yester- Kong yesterday, as a preventative ning of the blockade, 1,212 of which international organisations and urge tions were as follows: 90 in the vio- such as its website and the Metrash2 day. Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing measure after the city declared the occurred following the decision of the them to immediately pressure the lations of the right to family reunifi - app, or through direct registration said it was halting inter-city services virus outbreak as an “emergency”. International Court of Justice (ICJ). UAE to follow the ruling of the court cation, 155 violations of the right to at the ministry’s unifi ed service to and from Beijing from today, while Al-Marri also announced that a and end its violations. He also noted education, and 967 violations of the centres, according to the statement. the capital will also stop running inter- central province of Hubei, where Wu- report on the violations by Saudi that the committee will send the re- right to sue and have access to courts. The MoI statement comes in im- province shuttle buses. han is located, have suspended some Arabia’s of citizens and residents of port to all UN diplomatic missions. “UAE’s claim that they did not take plementation “of the provisions of Thailand has reported fi ve cases; transport. Qatar is also close to completion. He The second report on the continued any discriminatory measures since Law No 24 of 2017 on the National Australia has reported four; Singapore, Beijing has closed tourist access to said that the report will be presented violations of the UAE is titled ‘UAE’s the beginning of the blockade were Address, and HE the Minister of France, Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia the Forbidden City and cancelled large to the Committee on the Elimination disregard for the ruling of the Inter- misleading,” the report said noting Interior’s Decree No 96 of 2019 on three; Vietnam, South Korea and the gatherings, including two Lunar New of Racial Discrimination. national Court of Justice’. It is part of that many international organisa- implementing certain provisions of United States two apiece; and Nepal one. Year temple fairs, and closed part of the Speaking to reporters in Geneva, a series of reports on the negative im- tions, diplomatic missions, in addi- Law No 24 of 2017 on the National The World Health Organisation Great Wall. al-Marri said that Abu Dhabi did not pacts the blockade has had on human tion to the report of the United Na- Address”. (WHO) said that while the outbreak Hong Kong has declared an emer- establish clear mechanisms to imple- rights in Qatar. Al-Marri said the re- tions High Commissioner for Human “In the event that the registration was an emergency for China, it was not gency and will extend school holiday ment the ICJ ruling, stressing that port, in addition to the comprehensive Rights confi rmed the existence of of the national address is not done yet a global health emergency. closures until February 17. The city also this confi rms the country’s continued data it provides, delves deep into some these measures. with the period indicated above, the Symptoms include fever, cough and cancelled all offi cial Lunar New Year discriminatory measures against Qa- of the cases that confi rms the UAE’s The committee also documented violator shall bear all the legal con- diffi culty breathing. China says the vi- celebrations and offi cial visits to main- tar’s citizens and residents. He called failure to adhere to the ruling. hundreds of cases of people who sequences thereof,” the statement rus is mutating and can be transmitted land China. on the ICJ, the UAE, and the State of He said the violations in the report were deported by the UAE authori- added. through human contact. Those most Airports around the world have Qatar to swiftly respond to the rec- were documented by the commit- ties without regard for their humani- The National Address Law (Law aff ected are older people and those stepped up screening. ommendations of NHRC in the con- tee’s researchers, who met with the tarian conditions. Those deported No 24 of 2017) mandates that the with underlying health conditions. Shares and crude prices fell sharply clusion of its report, in order to end victims and verifi ed their stories. The included people with joint family in provided address includes details Scientists hope to be testing the fi rst on Friday as investors moved into safe- the violations of the blockade. report also included the complaints the two countries, students, property such as residential address, fi xed tel- possible vaccines in three months’ time. haven assets amid concerns that the The NHRC chairman will meet, on the researchers received by phone or owners, people with disabilities, as ephone and mobile numbers, e-mail China has advised people to avoid virus could curb travel and hurt eco- his Geneva visit, offi cials from the on e-mail since the beginning of the well as people receiving medical at- address, address of the employer for crowds and more than 10 cities in the nomic demand. Page 14 Offi ce of the United Nations High blockade and after the court ruling. tention. To Page 11 government and private sector employees, permanent address abroad if available, and any other data specifi ed by the competent authority. Qatar advances new ideas at WEF

QNA and Sustainable World”, was marked Committee for Delivery & Legacy Has- Minister of Foreign Aff airs spoke at the Doha by collaborative and productive dis- san al-Thawadi; Chief Executive Offi cer QIA event titled ‘Perspectives from Qa- cussions around tackling global issues, of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) tar: The Reality of Economic Prosperity including sustainability and the inter- Mansoor bin Ebrahim al-Mahmoud; in the Middle East’, which focused on E the Deputy Prime Minister national governance of trade and tech- the Chief Executive Offi cer of Invest- how sustainable and diversifi ed econo- and Minister of Foreign Aff airs nology. Qatar has made these areas of ment Promotion Agency of Qatar mies are reshaping the Middle East. HSheikh Mohamed bin Abdul- global importance a priority in recent Sheikh Ali bin Alwaleed al-Thani; and In his remarks, HE Sheikh Mohamed rahman al-Thani led a signifi cant del- years, investing in new technologies Chief Executive Offi cer of Qatar Finan- said: “Qatar has opened its doors to egation from Qatar to the 50th Annual and participating in global convenings, cial Centre Yousuf Mohamed al-Jaida. partnerships, and we encourage all in the Meeting of the World Economic Forum such as the World Economic Forum, to During the World Economic Forum, region and beyond to join our eff orts to (WEF), which took place from January advance new ideas and collaboration. Qatar’s delegation met with ministers make economic prosperity in the Middle 21-24 in Davos. Qatar’s delegation included HE the and government offi cials, representa- East a reality through renewing invest- The Government Communications Minister of Finance Ali Sherif al-Ema- tives of multilateral organisations, in- ments in human capital, diversifying HE the Foreign Minister speaking at Offi ce (GCO) said in a statement that di; HE the Minister of Commerce and ternational corporate executives, and investments, and in building the part- the ‘Perspectives from Qatar: The the World Economic Forum, themed Industry Ali bin Ahmed al-Kuwari; fi nancial institutions. nerships needed to make the Middle East Reality of Economic Prosperity in the around “Stakeholders for a Cohesive the Secretary General of the Supreme HE the Deputy Prime Minister and strong and prosperous.” To Page 11 Middle East’ meeting in Davos. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, January 26, 2020 QATAR Corruption index results refl ect Qatar’s success, says ACTA chief

QNA trative Control and Trans- Doha parency Authority added. The Global Corruption Per- ception Index measures the he results of 2019 perceived level of the public Global Corruption sector corruption, which is TPerception Index re- based on 13 data sources, on fl ect the success of Qatar experts’ assessment and busi- in many fi elds, including ness opinions, and its out- transparency and fi ghting come depends on a number of corruption, HE the Presi- sub-indicators that is issued dent of the Administrative by prestigious international Control and Transparency organisations, including the Authority (ACTA) Hamad World Bank, the World Eco- bin Nasser al-Missned said nomic Forum, International yesterday. Institute for Management He said that these Development (IMD), the Ber- achievements come despite telsmann Foundation and the the blockade against Qatar Economist Financial Informa- and other regional develop- tion Unit. ments. HE the President of the Administrative Control and The index results show HE al-Missned said that Transparency Authority Hamad bin Nasser al-Missned. that Qatar is 23 points ahead the authority is always keen of the average in the Mid- on building partnerships ing to international eff orts Hamad al-Thani’s Inter- dle East and North Africa with leading international on the matter, adding that national Anti-Corruption including Arab countries organisations, such as the Qatar has become an im- Excellence Award as one of which is 39 points, in light International Anti-Corrup- portant destination for ex- the leading eff orts in that of a large number of coun- tion Academy (IACA) and perts in the fi eld of fi ghting regard, given it was the fi rst tries decline. the Independent Commis- corruption. international award of its The organisation pointed sion Against Corruption in In addition to these ef- kind in the fi eld. The award out earlier the negative im- South Korea, as part of the forts, the authority also ceremony is held every day pact of developments and eff orts to fi ght corruption. works on facilitating co- on World Anti-Corruption factors of political instabil- He noted that the author- operation between diff er- Day. The country also con- ity and confl icts in the re- ity has carried out a number ent state entities and in- tinues to look for oppor- gion, and its eff ect on the of ambitious projects to en- ternational organisations, tunities to host events on decline of many Middle hance transparency in Qa- highlighting His Highness fi ghting corruption, the Eastern countries on this tar, in addition to contribut- the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin President of the Adminis- indicator ranking.

Gulf Times 4 Sunday, January 26, 2020 QATAR Moroccan king receives credentials of Qatar’s envoy Second week of Shop Qatar wraps up with raffl e draw

hop Qatar delivered an- Qatar, showcased their new- and cash prizes with a combined other exciting week with est collections of haute couture, value of more than QR2mn. Sthe second of three raf- bridal and pret to audiences at The next Shop Qatar raffl e fl e draws awarding two cars and the luxurious Al Hazm, “fi rmly draw will be held at 7pm on Jan- QR330,000 in cash to 14 lucky establishing Doha as a Middle uary 31 at Mall of Qatar. Moroccan King Mohamed VI has received the credentials of Qatar’s ambassador Fahd bin Ibrahim al-Hamad al-Mana in Rabat. The entrants, the organisers said. Eastern fashion capital to watch”, “Enter the raffl e draws in ambassador conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to the king of Morocco. King Mohamed Shoppers who spent at least the statement noted. four easy steps: keep your re- VI reciprocated the Amir’s greetings and wished the ambassador success in his assignment, assuring him of all support to advance the QR200 at participating retailers The second draw winners ceipts after you shop at stores relations between Qatar and Morocco. or restaurants were eligible to are as follows: BMW 730Li — in the participating malls; go to enter the draw, which took place voucher number 34238; Mini the Shop Qatar info kiosk in the at Doha Festival City on Friday. Cooper Hatchback — voucher mall and show your receipts; Week 2 also off ered new ex- 102507; QR100,000 — voucher for every QR200 spent, receive periences in fashion and family 13819; QR50,000 — vouchers one voucher; and drop your entertainment with Mirqab Mall 15561 and 88183; QR20,000 — voucher(s) in the Shop Qatar raf- QFMA holds workshop on ‘anti-money laundering rules’ holding the fi rst-ever Kids’s vouchers 24075, 47356, 42087 fl e box,” the statement explains. fashion show, the BeIN Fam- and 46145; and QR10,000 — Running until January 31, atar Financial Markets Combating Financing of Ter- rules on the QFMA’s website. decision of the QFMA’s board ily Game Show and a series of vouchers 92571, 57219, 139654, Shop Qatar 2020 includes make- Authority (QFMA) has rorists Rules issued by the The workshop was attended of directors, which refl ects the sell-out performances of Dis- 114658 and 10454. up masterclasses with leading Qheld a workshop on “An- QFMA pursuant to Law No (20) by 54 participants represent- QFMA’s ongoing commitment ney in Concert featuring the Visitors and residents have beauty experts and infl uencers. ti-Money Laundering and Com- of 2019 on issuing Combating ing the QFMA, Qatar Stock Ex- to combat money laundering Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, one more chance to win by In addition, in-mall entertain- bating Financing of Terrorists Money Laundering and Terror- change (QSE), Qatar Central and terrorist fi nancing, in light according to a press statement shopping or dining at any of the ment for the whole family, mu- Rules” at its headquarters. ism Financing Law and its Im- Securities Depository (QCSD), of updating the international by the Qatar National Tourism festival’s 12 retail partners. For sic concerts and special Chinese During the workshop, a de- plementing Regulations issued fi nancial services companies, standards adopted by the key Council. every QR200 spent at any par- New Year celebrations round out tailed explanation was pro- by Council of Ministers’ deci- and custodians. international organisations, in- In a series of runway shows, ticipating retailer or restaurant, festival’s colourful schedule. vided on the provisions of the sion No (41) of 2019, after pub- The issuance of these rules cluding the Financial Action established designers from shoppers can enter a weekly raf- For more details, one can visit Anti-Money Laundering and lishing the final format of such comes in accordance with the Task Force (FATF). - QNA around the region, including fl e draw for a chance to win cars Shopqatar.qa

Traffi c department seizes 24 vehicles in Sealine area

As part of its ongoing them, the Ministry of campaign, the Ministry of Interior tweeted yesterday. Interior (MoI), represented “The General Directorate by the General Directorate of Traff ic urges drivers of Traff ic, seized 24 vehicles and road users to follow in the Sealine area on Friday strictly the traff ic law. for serious traff ic violations. Please be careful and avoid The drivers will be wrongdoings and behaviour presented to the competent that endanger the lives and prosecution to complete the property of road users,” it legal procedures against said.

Ihsan organises ‘2020 Olympics’ for the elderly

QNA exercise, and change the idea Doha of the inability of the elderly. As for the programme, al-Marzouki explained that he Centre for Empow- it includes various Olympic erment and Elderly sports, for individuals and TCare (Ihsan) of Qatar groups, to make the elderly Foundation for Social Action feel that they are able partic- has organised Ihsan 2020 ipate in diff erent activities, Olympics under the slogan pointing out that the par- “You Are Capable”. ticipants in this programme The event, which was held are from members of Ihsan at the Museum of Islamic Art Centre and physical therapy park, drew a large number of in general. elderly people who took part Al-Marzouqi said many in several activities such as activities and programmes “yoga, soccer, running, cy- will be held during the com- cling, golf”, which aim to ing period, including visits change the their lifestyle. and participation in several On the occasion, Direc- events of the centre, such as tor of the Internal Care De- the sports day which will be partment at Ihsan Buthaina hosted in co-operation with al-Marzouqi said that the the Golf Club, where an in- centre has established an ex- tegrated sports programme ternal physical recreational will be held. programme for the elderly, The elderly participants to encourage this group to praised the activities. GAC celebrates International Customs Day

QNA that the world’s customs Doha adopt as their annual slogan, in which their energies and capabilities are directed he General Authority towards value and an im- of Customs celebrates portant principle in customs Ttoday the Interna- work. tional Customs Day (ICD), The authority honours its which falls on January 26, expert employees who have every year. spent 30 years in the service On the occasion, it is or- of the authority, graduates ganising various activities from customs employees under the slogan “Customs who have a diploma in cus- supports the enhancement of toms at Community College, sustainability for society and and its customs inspectors the world and the achieve- with distinguished customs ment of Prosperity.” controls, in addition to part- During the ceremony, the ner and collaborating gov- services provided by the au- ernment and private agen- thority to the public will be cies. introduced, as the ceremony The ceremony will be ac- represents an activation of companied by an exhibition international communica- displaying pictures of cus- tion, under a unifi ed slogan toms history. Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 5 QATAR Katara Hospitality launches new concept in hotel industry atara Hospitality, global hotel owner, developer Kand operator based in Qa- tar, has announced the launch Whimsy off ers Qatar’s first multi-sensory fine-dining experience. of a new concept and the “fi rst in the region as part of its com- sectors. Such tourism initiatives ing experience”, the statement The concept of restaurants in mitment towards developing the are an integral part of the total points out. the hotel, including B-Lounge, hotel industry and enrich the investment of any country to In 2017, Katara Hospital- STK (Steakhouse) and others, tourism experience in Qatar”. maximise the impact of tourism ity worked on a comprehensive has been redeveloped during the Whimsy, located at The investment on other sectors.” refurbishment of The Ritz- renovation phase, and “today the Ritz-Carlton, Doha, combines Whimsy off ers a blend of Carlton, Doha. It strengthened hotel has become the fi rst desti- “award-winning international “award-winning global chefs the new design of the 374 guest nation for visitors to Qatar”. chefs with state-of-the-art 360 with the latest 360-degree dis- rooms to refl ect the hotel’s re- The hospitality sector in Qatar projection technology into an play technology to off er guests fi ned atmosphere and its distinc- is constantly booming, especially epicurean journey that is out of Whimsy at The Ritz-Carlton, Doha. a journey of imagination, ena- tive hospitality. This large-scale after the country has succeeded this world”, according to a press bling them to experience inno- transformation included the in attracting the most important statement by Katara Hospitality. CEO of Katara Hospitality, said: is to invest in the development of made it one of the most impor- vative dishes inspired by art and modernisation of all guest rooms, international “Delight your senses in ex- “Qatar is witnessing unprec- the tourism industry and enhance tant sources of capital bringing fl avour, in a space of visual and the spa and VIP club lounge as a events. With the tourism sector quisite creations inspired by a edented growth in high-level Qatar’s hospitality sector. economic growth forward. sound eff ects”. step to redefi ne the luxury of the growing dramatically and the de- fusion of art and fl avours, while hospitality projects, thanks to the “It is one of the most im- “Tourism plays a role in in- Whimsy “strives to elevate city’s business centre. mand for hospitality services in- letting your imagination soar economic growth that has al- portant aspects of investment, creasing the capacity of produc- the lifestyle and transcend the “The famous hotel, owned by creasing across the region, Katara on an adventure of sight and lowed hotels to increase. Yet, the which should be considered as tive countries and stimulating boundaries of dining and en- Katara Hospitality, is an impor- Hospitality said it is working to sound,” the statement notes. challenge of providing innovative one of the largest sectors contrib- the movement of industrial pro- tertainment in Qatar, off ering tant landmark and iconic symbol meet these demands by focusing Andrew Humphries, acting services comes. Our commitment uting to the global GDP. This has duction and investment in other everyone the most outstand- of Qatar,” the statement adds. on the development of its hotels.

Qatar Post signs MoU to deliver textbooks for CCQ students he Community College of in their educational journey”, tional institution that provides pable of building its knowledge- “This agreement also comes Qatar (CCQ) has signed according to a statement. a wide range of distinguished based economy.” within the framework of Qatar Ta memorandum of un- The MoU was signed by CCQ postal services, in order to fa- On his part, al-Nuaimi add- Post’s strategic expansion plan, derstanding (MoU) with Qatar president Dr Mohamed al-Nae- cilitate students’ access to ed: “Helping society achieve in the course of which, we are Postal Services Co (Qatar Post), mi and Qatar Post chairman textbooks, wherever they may progress is a shared national goal always looking to build bridges under which the latter will de- and managing director Faleh be in Qatar. This step is part of and a noble value. In this con- of co-operation with various liver the college’s textbooks and Mohamed al-Nuaimi, during the college’s policy to provide text, our joint eff orts aim to sup- public and private institutions courseware to its students across a special ceremony on the col- the utmost fl exibility to learn- port our students at the Com- in Qatar towards developing new the country. lege’s C-Ring Road campus on ers, and to help them advance munity College of Qatar and and innovative ways to improve CCQ president Dr Mohamed al-Naemi and Qatar Post chairman and managing This agreement marks “an- Thursday. their academic and profession provide an opportunity for them our services.” director Faleh Mohamed al-Nuaimi at the MoU-signing ceremony. other productive step for CCQ to Commenting on the occa- endeavours. to benefi t from our textbook de- The MoU provides a clear meet the needs of students and sion, Dr al-Naemi said: “We “This, in turn, contributes to livery service so that they can collaborative framework be- parcels containing textbooks online portal, provided their provide them with fl exible solu- are pleased to sign an MoU providing the nation with quali- invest their time in achieving tween the two institutions, and courseware that students weight does not exceed 30kg, the tions that motivate them to excel with Qatar Post, a leading na- fi ed national competencies ca- academic excellence. wherein Qatar Post will deliver have purchased through CCQ’s statement explains. Gulf Times 6 Sunday, January 26, 2020 QATAR Ooredoo, UDC sign MoU to provide smart solutions

Prof Yamauchi addresses a seminar on Nanoarchitectured Porous Materials with to Pearl-Qatar residents international researchers.

oredoo and United Devel- the best experience for our residents opment Company (UDC) and customers at The Pearl-Qatar by Ohave announced the signing providing the most-advanced smart QU hosts foreign researchers of a memorandum of understand- solutions that improve the lives of ing (MoU) to provide combined and the residents and investors at The irector of Qatar University’s (QU) Cen- from QU and the industry in Qatar. smart services to The Pearl-Qatar Pearl-Qatar by providing Ooredoo’s tre for Advanced Materials (CAM) Dr Prof Yamauchi’s visit to QU was twofold, residents. integrated services to their homes at DNasser Abdullah Alnuaimi has hosted academic and industrial. He conducted an In line with Ooredoo’s and UDC’s competitive prices.” three leading international researchers. academic talk focused on the new nanoarchi- goal of enhancing people’s digital Yousuf al-Kubaisi, Ooredoo chief The guests are from the National Insti- tectured porous materials and its applications lives, both parties intend to col- operating offi cer, noted: “We’re tute of Materials Science, an independent in energy and environment. His industry-ori- lectively work towards migrating committed to Qatar Vision 2030’s administrative institution and one of the ented talk with Dr Xu mainly showed the latest UDC’s Content Broadcast to the goal of a digitalised society, and largest scientifi c research centres in Japan developments achieved by his groups in the Ooredoo ONE Broadband and TV committed to providing the best and the School of Chemical Engineering, capacitive water desalination and its econom- service, a press statement noted. possible products and services to The University of Queensland, Australia, ics. In addition, he along with Dr al-Hossain UDC is one of Qatar’s leading our customers. led by Prof Yusuke Yamauchi. discussed future academic and research col- public shareholding companies and “We’re delighted and proud to Prof Yamauchi is Thomson Reuters’ Highly laboration with the dean for Graduate Studies the master developer of The Pearl- Ibrahim Jassim al-Othman and Yousuf al-Kubaisi signing the MoU. have signed this MoU with UDC, as Cited Researcher in Chemistry and Catalysis at QU and the director of CAM. Qatar and Gewan Island. it enables us to enhance the benefi ts for the last three years. He received The Young CAM contributes heavily in allowing QU In addition to the entertainment which residents can choose. Qatar National Vision 2030. of living on The Pearl-Qatar with our Scientists’ Prize by the Ministry of Education, to become a distinguished research union off er already with Ooredoo ONE, The MoU will also pave the way Ibrahim Jassim al-Othman, UDC amazing Ooredoo ONE service. We’re Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ja- versity. For almost two decades, CAM has UDC’s Internet-protocol TV will for more co-operation between the president and chief executive of- sure residents of The Pearl-Qatar will pan in 2013 and The Chemical Society of Ja- been dedicated to providing unique ex- also be made available via Ooredoo two companies in the areas of defi cer and member of the board, said: enjoy the superior Wi-Fi coverage, pan Award for Young Chemists in 2014. He cellence in the fi eld of material technolo- ONE, expanding even further the veloping smart solutions and the “This agreement with Ooredoo speeds and reliability, and the awe- and his team Dr Mohd Shahriar al-Hossain gies and has a longstanding tradition of range of channels and options from concept of smart homes to achieve shows our commitment to delivering some entertainment on off er.” and Dr Xingtao Xu met with many researchers collaborating with industry.

Al Sheehaniya Municipality made TENDER INVITATION 11,198 inspection A leading company invites tenders for purchase of printing paper remnants, tours in 2019 scrap paper and returned newspapers l Sheehaniya Mu- tion tours at various food nicipality’s Munici- establishments there, such weighing approximately Apal Control Depart- as restaurants, warehouses ment conducted 11,198 and supermarkets, to en- 100 tonnes per month inspection tours within its sure that food items were jurisdiction in 2019. ﬁ t for human consumption. A total of 429 violation The food control section reports were issued last issued 42 violation reports Tender will be awarded to the highest year, of which 201 were re- and 84 whole livestock car- solved through reconcili- casses were destroyed for bidder on per tonne basis. ation with the violators on being infected. The depart- payment of the stipulated ment also issued 197 viola- ﬁ nes, the Ministry of Mu- tions of the public hygiene nicipality and Environment law, while 197 abandoned (MME) said in a statement. vehicles were removed Offers may be sent to Health control inspectors from diff erent places in Al carried out 1,442 inspec- Sheehaniya. ¿QDQFHBPDQDJHU#UD\DFRP

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Al Rayyan Municipality conducted 15,456 inspections last year Al Rayyan Municipality establishments. Food carried out 15,456 items were found unfit for inspections on various human consumption in food establishments within 392 cases. The supervisors its administrative borders of the municipality, in during 2019, a statement by 2019, supervised 60,945 the Ministry of Municipality slaughters at private and Environment (MME) slaughterhouses and 538 said. While 235 violations samples were sent to the were recorded, notices central laboratory for were distributed to 235 quality checking.

Al Rayyan Municipality off icials during an inspection drive. Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 7 QATAR

Crackdown on public hygiene law off enders

Al Sheeheniya Municipality’s Health public hygiene law in the Mekaines area. Control Section, in co-operation with the The campaign resulted in action against Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s the off enders and seizure of the items General Cleanliness and Mechanical that made up the violations. Necessary Doha Bank launches Equipment departments and the security legal procedures were initiated, the MME departments concerned at the Ministry of said in a statement, adding that the place Interior, has conducted a joint campaign was cleaned up and waste materials were loyalty programme on street vendors and violations of the removed. oha Bank has announced the launch of its loyalty pro- Dgramme, Doha Bank Enter- tainer, as part of its “continuous efforts to off er best-in-class banking services and benefi ts and to reward its loyal cardholders”. The Doha Bank Entertainer app will give cardholders access to over 4,600 exclusive buy-one-get-one- free off ers across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. The programme is of- fered through a partnership with the region’s largest loyalty solutions provider, the Entertainer business. Braik Ali al-Marri, Chief Retail Banking offi cer, Doha Bank, said: “We are heavily invested in the digital future of Doha Bank whilst maintaining our commitment to excellence. As a leading fi nancial institution, we continuously work Dr R Seetharaman and Braik Ali al-Marri with Paul Hennessey. to foster a brand that focuses on en- suring that the customers’ needs are customers while they visit their ed about the future of travel-based tioned to meet the consumers’ rap- always being met. favourite destinations. rewards and we are proud to include idly evolving expectations. Our col- “Doha Bank Entertainer is a Entertainer Go provides travel- our travel product in their new loy- laboration with the Entertainer has testament to our pioneering ap- lers with day planners, city guides, alty programme. resulted in a world-class product proach in understanding the and instant bookings of tours and “Enhancing customer experience designed to ensure the highest de- power of customer rewards. It is attractions, as well as access to is our top priority and the inclusion gree of satisfaction for our digitally specifi cally designed to provide money saving vouchers from the of travel rewards opens up a world savvy customers.” exclusive and personalised ben- best restaurants and spas in over of possibilities in terms of vacation Doha Bank Entertainer is avail- efi ts to help our customers get 165 cities using their Doha Bank planning and destination discovery able on both Android and iOS and more from their personal lives card. It also includes a closed for Doha Bank customers,” said Paul Doha Bank cardholders can enjoy it and our brand.” membership booking engine that Hennessey, CEO, The Entertainer. throughout Qatar and seven addi- As part of Doha Bank Enter- features discounts of up to 35- Doha Bank CEO Dr R Seethara- tional locations worldwide (Kuwait, tainer, members will have ac- 60% off in over 660,000 hotels man said, “Digital transformation Oman, the UK, South Africa, Sin- cess to Entertainer Go, a mobile worldwide. is in its truest form when it touches gapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong) travel companion that redefi nes “It’s very encouraging to see our people in their daily lives and Doha along with access to the global trav- how companies engage with their business partner, Doha Bank, excit- Bank Entertainer is uniquely posi- el product Entertainer Go.

Dusty strong winds, cold conditions forecast

old conditions are expected in Cthe country today along with poor visibility at times due to dust and strong winds in some places, the forecast shows. The Qatar Met department has also issued a marine warning for strong winds and high seas today. Doha and other parts of the country experienced dusty and windy conditions yesterday evening, leading to a sharp drop in visibility at a number of places. Today’s detailed forecast says it will be relatively cold during the day and dusty conditions are expected in some places occasionally. Also, scat- tered clouds are likely along with a chance of rain towards the north, and it will be cold by night, the weather report states. Dust, cloudy conditions and a possibility of scat- tered rain at times have been forecast in off shore areas today. The wind speed may go up to 38 knots off shore and 34 knots inshore today, with the sea level rising to 15ft at times. The minimum temperature today is expected to be 8C in Abu Samra, 9C in Wakrah and Mesaieed, 10C in Dukhan, 11C in Al Khor, 12C in Doha and 13C in Ruwais. The maximum, on the other hand, will be 16C in Dukhan and Ru- wais, 17C in Al Khor, 18C in Doha and Abu Samra, and 19C in Wakrah and Mesaieed. Yesterday, a minimum temperature of 7C was recorded in Abu Samra, followed by 8C in Shee- haniya, Karana and Ghu- wairiyah, 9C in Dukhan and Jumayliyah, and 10C in Mesaieed, Turayna, Mukaynis and Shehaimi- ya, while in Doha (airport area) it was 13C. The maximum ranged from 19C to 23C around the country. The weather offi ce had earlier predicted a cold spell in the country from today, which is expected to continue for several days. Yesterday’s ‘dust block’ started aff ecting the western regions before moving to other areas. The visibility fell to below 2km in many places due to the dust. Gulf Times 8 Sunday, January 26, 2020 QATAR Welcome party at Hamad Port for Indian coast guard vessel he visit of Indian Coast and Qatar, Indian ambassador P community in Qatar. frequently in recent years, the Guard Ship (ICGS) Kumaran said yesterday. The ambassador said: “At envoy said. TSamudra Paheredar to The envoy made the observa- the outset, I would like place on The INS Trikand visited Qatar Doha is testimony to the time- tion during an offi cial reception record that the embassy of In- in November last year, and par- tested friendship between India held on board the vessel at Ha- dia appreciates the support and ticipated in the inaugural edition mad Port. co-operation of the Govern- of the “Za’eer Al-Bahr” bilateral Left: P Kumaran cutting the “It is an honour and a pleas- ment of Qatar, the Directorate exercise between the Indian Navy ceremonial cake with Soud al- ure for me to join the com- of International Military Co- and Qatar Amiri Naval Force. Hamad, head of the manding offi cer of Indian Coast operation GHQ, the Qatar Amiri The visit of ICGS Samudra navigation department and the Guard Ship Samudra Paheredar, Naval Force and the Qatar Coasts Paheredar is the third visit by an tactical and operation centre, Deputy Inspector-General An- and Borders Security Depart- Indian Coast Guard Ship to Qa- education and training war Khan and his team, in ex- ment, in making the visit of ICGS tar in the last three years; ICGS directorate of the Qatar Amiri tending a warm welcome to all Samudra Paheredar successful Samudra Pavak and ICGS Sa- Naval Force; Deputy of you on board,” Kumaran said and mutually beneﬁ cial. marth had visited Qatar in Janu- Inspector-General Anwar Khan; in his address to offi cials from “In the framework of the ary and November 2017. and Captain Kapil Kaushik, the Ministry of Defence, the Qa- deep-rooted friendly ties and the “As part of our growing mari- defence attache at the Indian tar Coast Guard, the Qatar Amiri growing co-operation between time co-operation, Indian Coast embassy, in the presence of Naval Force, defence attaches India and Qatar, ICGS Samudra Guard ships have used the op- other dignitaries yesterday. and members of the Diplomatic Paheredar is visiting Qatar in portunities of their visits to Qa- PICTURES: Jayan Orma Corps, offi cers from French navy conjunction with the celebra- tar to engage in mutually ben- ship Courbet, the commanding tions of India’s 71st Republic eﬁ cial professional interactions Below: The reception was held offi cer of ICGS Samudra Paher- Day, which falls on January 26,” for enhancing co-operation and on board ICGS Samudra edar and his colleagues on board, he said. sharing experiences of maritime Paheredar. as well as members of the Indian “As the commanding offi cer operations, including pollu- has brought out, the Indian Coast tion control, combating mari- Guard is a multi-mission organi- time terrorism, coastal security sation, conducting round-the- and maritime surveillance,” he year, real-life operations at sea, stressed. and has a wide range of task ca- ICGS Samudra Paheredar, the pabilities for both surface and air second of the Pollution Con- operations.” trol Vessel series of the Indian The envoy noted that the In- Coast Guard, was indigenously dian Coast Guard, in co-oper- designed and built by ABG Ship ation with the Indian Navy, has Yard, India, and commissioned in been undertaking surveillance of the year 2012. a long coast line, extending over The visit of ICGS Samudra 7,500km and a wide Exclusive Paheredar to Doha is “testimony Economic Zone of about 2.37mn to the time-tested friendship sq km. between India and Qatar and I A notable feature of the Indian would like to once again convey Coast Guard’s force structure is my sincere thanks and deep ap- the fact that an overwhelming preciation to the esteemed Qa- majority of its ships are designed tar Armed Forces and the Qatar and built in India, Kumaran add- Coasts and Borders Security ed. Department for their excellent Indian Navy and Coast Guard support and co-operation”, the ships have been visiting Qatar envoy concluded.

Ashghal organises corporate strategy review Ashghal president al-Muhannadi and other off icials at the meeting.

he Public Works Authority The meeting was open to employees It was attended by Ashghal presi- (Ashghal) has held an extensive and organised to review the corporate dent Dr Saad bin Ahmed al-Muhan- Tinternal meeting to review its strategy performance of the depart- nadi, aff airs directors, departmental corporate strategy performance and ments in accordance with Ashghal’s managers, and a large number of offi - achievements for the year 2019. corporate strategy 2018-2022, and the cials and employees. The meeting also discussed meth- extent to which all employees achieved Each department presented its ods to further develop and improve the the targeted objectives during the past achievements against the strategic functions of the organisation. year. goals and discussed ways to further enhance performance. Dr al-Muhannadi said in his closing remarks: “We must continue to implement the corporate transformation plan for Ashghal, aimed at developing our organisational capabilities from project delivery to asset management, moving forward on our road to excellence and achieving a leading, world- class organisation.” Ashghal launched the corporate strategy for 2018-22 period to implement the new vision, “excellence in delivering and managing effi cient sustainable infrastructure”, in line with the second national development strategy for Qatar (2018-2022). Since then, the corporate strategy performance is reviewed every three months to check the major achievements, discuss challenges, ﬁ nd solutions, and develop plans for con- Ashghal off icers and employees attending the corporate strategy review for tinuous improvement of the business 2019. process.

HBKU’s college holds admissions drive

s part of its eff orts to recruit and enrol a diverse group of Astudents, the College of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), part of Qatar Foundation, has conducted a series of outreach activities to highlight degree programmes and study options. Prospective students had the opportunity to meet with faculty to learn more about the programmes by the college and the admission requirements. One of the outreach activities in session. In keeping with other colleges, the College of Law admissions campaign dents from a range of disciplines in the region and throughout the world. is designed to attract local talent, tar- skills that are needed to understand Students who graduate from the get international candidates and pro- the diverse legal systems – civil, com- college have wide career prospects vide relevant information to prospec- mon and Shariah – that inform Qatari in the public sector, private indus- tive students. legislation and that govern complex try, multinational organisations and The college trains graduate stu- events and transactions, both in the academia. Sunday, January 26, 2020 9 QATAR 8 million beneficiaries of Qatar Charity’s 2019 relief projects worldwide

atar Charity (QC) has circumstances such as Syria, Somalia, valued at over 37 million riyals, 23 implemented more than Yemen, Sudan, and Myanmar. million riyals, and 21.3 million riyals, 598 relief projects in 34 respectively. Q The food projects, which benefited countries across Africa, Asia and 2 million people, amounted to more Europe during the year 2019, at In the field of comprehensive than 81 million riyals, while the an estimated cost of 340 million relief, nearly 700,000 people living health projects valued at more than Qatari riyals, benefiting more than 8 in Syria and the countries of asylum 63 million riyals, benefited nearly 4 million people in places affected by benefited from projects estimated million people. crisis and disaster around the globe. at 34 million riyals, followed by Somalia with 132,000 beneficiaries The basic winter needs were Qatar Charity’s humanitarian of projects worth 13 million riyals. estimated at more than 29 million intervention included In the same field, there were 110,000 riyals, while the water and sanitation comprehensive relief, basic beneficiaries in Sudan, while 80,000 projects and education projects were winter needs, food supply, shelter, people in Myanmar benefited from valued at approximately 15 million education, social cohesion, this assistance valued at nearly 11 riyals and nearly 14 million riyals, livelihoods, protection, health, million riyals. respectively. water, sanitation, training, and capacity building. Humanitarian Food Aid Intervention Qatar Charity provided aid valued Comprehensive Relief at 81,272,570 riyals in the field of food Qatar Charity’s assistance in Syria received the largest portion supply, benefiting nearly 2 million the field of comprehensive relief, of the assistance provided by Qatar people in 27 countries worldwide. Charity during the year 2019 in which covers all the needs of the The food assistance includes various fields of humanitarian beneficiaries immediately after the distributing food baskets to the intervention due to the worsening occurrence of disasters and crises, affected people in Yemen and Syrian situation of the Syrian displaced and occupied the largest percentage of refugees in Lebanon, in addition refugees. This aid worth more than aid in terms of beneficiaries and to food projects implemented in 168 million benefited three Syrian cost. This assistance worth more Ethiopia, Kosovo, Sudan, Iraq, million people. The humanitarian than 83 million riyals benefited Palestine and other countries. more than one million people, in 16 interventions of Qatar Charity in countries going through exceptional Yemen, Somalia, and Myanmar was In the field of health, 76 projects worth more than 63 million riyals other health projects implemented have been implemented, benefiting across the globe. about 4 million people in 18 countries, including approximately Qatar Charity has also 1,200 beneficiaries in Bangladesh implemented educational projects and 1150 beneficiaries in Palestine, worth more than 13 million riyals, while the projects implemented in which included sponsoring refugee Syria amounted to more than 35 students, maintaining schools, million riyals out of 63 million riyals. extending education support for Yemeni children, and providing Health projects include building free education to refugee children hospitals and health centers, returning from Tabata camps and strengthening the health system residing in Kamsayo, in addition to to improve access to health care other education projects. services for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, treating the poor in Qatar Charity has also implemented India, deploying medical convoys other projects in various fields such for the poor in Burkina Faso, and as water, sanitation, social cohesion, providing emergency medical livelihoods, protection, training and assistance in Yemen, in addition to capacity development. Gulf Times 10 Sunday, January 26, 2020 QATAR

Carnegie Mellon Qatar admits largest group of Early Decision students

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has workshop that introduced them to the university and of CMU-Q students. This exceptionally talented group world needs solutions for problems that are not admitted the largest number of Early Decision its programmes. Students apply by a special early can now finish high school knowing they are already confined to only one field of study.” CMU-Q is accepting students since the university began the process in deadline, and receive their decision well in advance of part of our community.” Layal al-Alami, a 2013 CMU-Q applications for the regular admission deadline of 2016. More than half of the 21 selected students are the regular admission deadline. The dean of CMU-Q, graduate from the Business Administration Programme February 1. Graduating high school students who are Qatari nationals, with a total of eight different nations Michael Trick, welcomed the new students and their and now with Siemens as a commercial project interested in pursuing studies beginning in August at represented. Early Decision is available to students parents at a celebration dinner on campus: “We are manager, shared how her education prepared her to CMU-Q are encouraged to visit www.qatar.cmu.edu to who have participated in a CMU-Q pre-college delighted to meet the first members of the new class solve problems across disciplines, saying: “Today’s learn more.

QNL celebrates French composers QRCS provides during fi rst musical treat of 2020 wo of France’s great- est composers were Tcelebrated during this month’s ‘Philharmonic at the library’ event at Qatar National modern heating Library recently, which also marks the beginning of the Qa- tar-France Year of Culture that will be celebrated throughout 2020. Claude Debussy and Gabriel Faure were two of the most in- system at asylum fl uential classical music composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the only string quartets they wrote in their remarkable lifetimes were played at this very special event. in Afghan capital A highly-acclaimed ensem- ble performed Debussy’s String he representation mission Quartet in G Minor and Faure’s of Qatar Red Crescent So- String Quartet in E Minor. Tciety (QRCS) in Afghani- Like Faure, this was Debussy’s stan has completed a project to only venture into composing a establish a central heating sys- string quartet, which he com- tem at the marastoon (asylum) of pleted in 1893 at the age of 31. the Afghan Red Crescent Society Franck Gellet, French ambas- (ARCS) in Kabul. sador to Qatar, said: “It’s a priv- Serving the asylum’s 700 in- ilege for us to be hosted by Qa- mates, the new central heating tar National Library, which I’ve system would alleviate their suf- discovered is also a place where fering in the cold weather as well music is honoured. I knew there as the health consequences of the were concerts but was not aware The ‘Philharmonic at the library’ event at Qatar National Library. winter, ensure convenient and there was a musical department humane living conditions and with instrumental documents. ant executive director at Ha- can see the old and the contem- help avoid the risks of tradition- This is an additional reason for mad Medical Corporation, said: porary coming together.” al ways of heating such as fi re, me to come to the library. “I’ve been in Qatar for 10 years Omar Ibrahim, one of the li- QRCS said in a statement.. “What I appreciate most is and I think the library is one brary’s patrons who attended ARCS has fi ve asylums in Ka- the library’s hospitality and in- of the country’s most amaz- the concert, added: “I learned bul, Kandahar, Herat, Balkh and terest in the Qatar-France Year ing buildings; the facilities of- about the event from the li- Nangarhar. of Culture through the music fered to the community are su- brary’s website, and because There are plans to establish of Fauré and Debussy - two perb. I love classical music and I am a fan of classical music, I more asylums in underserved important French composers I brought my mum here who is made sure to come to the library provinces such as Kunduz. of their time, and until today. visiting from Germany. I think and enjoy the music with the These humanitarian projects Thank you for the tribute. We it’s a wonderful way to bring books surrounding us from all face challenges such as meagre Off icials with children at the ceremony. are very appreciative of Qatar diff erent communities and cul- sides, it is really a unique expe- resources, inadequate infra- National Library.” tures together because music is rience. And I like to live it in the structure and low living condi- the project, which met the needs Around 39% of the population rooms and corridors of the ac- Jasmeen Ul-Haque, assist- a unifying factor and here you library from time to time.” tions, particularly during the of vulnerable persons. live below the poverty line. commodation buildings. winter. He commended the eff orts As a result of the recent Amin M Afdal, an inmate with The opening ceremony was made and congratulated the ben- waves of refugees return from an eight-member family, was ex- attended by offi cials and com- efi ciaries for having such a vital neighbouring countries, more cited because her kids would fi - munity leaders, including Dr Ni- demand for a modern heating than 400,000 returnees need nally feel warm during the freez- lab Mobarez, secretary-general system achieved. humanitarian aid, according ing season. QU hosts workshop on keto diet of ARCS. “This project would The war-torn country has ex- to OCHA’s Humanitarian Re- She thanked the donors and improve the living conditions perienced recurrent drought, sponse Plan. personnel who secured heating workshop, organised re- of the inmates and spare them fl oods, earthquakes, landslides Under a memorandum of un- for them. cently by Qatar Univer- the negative outcomes of using and other natural disasters that derstanding between QRCS and Bahram Nour-ul-Din, a Asity’s (QU) Continuing traditional ways of heating,” she have weighed heavily on the al- ARCS, the two-month project 12-year-old from Takhar, lives Professional Development of said. “It is a healthy and envi- ready broken-down infrastruc- supplied water boilers, pumps, with another four children in the Health Professionals (CPD-HP) ronment-friendly project”.Dr ture, let alone lack of basic serv- power generators, metal radia- same room. Programme and accredited by Mobarez thanked QRCS for mak- ices and mass displacement, the tors, logistics and other equip- “I am very happy with this,” he the Qatar Council for Health- ing this project a reality, as well statement notes. ment. said. care Practitioners discussed as the many other humanitarian Reports by the United Nations The heating unit facility is di- “The room used to be fi lled keto diet and its impact. projects in diverse sectors across Offi ce for the Co-ordination of vided into two sections, one for up with smoke from the burning Participants included a mix the country. Humanitarian Aff airs (OCHA) the boilers and the other for the wood, and we would become ill. of nearly 100 health practition- Dr Mirwais Akram, undersec- show that Afghanistan is second generator. Thank you QRCS for your care. ers, members of primary health retary-general of ARCS, thanked among 189 countries in terms of Underground steam cycle I wish to have those things of care and QU faculty and stu- Participants included about 100 health practitioners, members of QRCS for their contribution to limited capacity and resilience. pipes were extended to all the sports and be playing, too.” dents, who seek to understand primary healthcare and QU faculty and students. the mechanisms of the keto diet. They also learned how train- sionals is due to the high level with regard to food diets, in- ees diff erentiate between the of fat and cholesterol in blood cluding the keto diet, which has nutrients of energy in relation associated with the diet, which health implications that may be to the metabolism process. could cause insulin resistance. dangerous to the health of the In addition, the workshop There are also fears of high individual.” explained the components of blood pressure and side eff ects The CPD-HP Programme re- the diet and the health benefi ts such as kidney stones, vitamin fl ects the commitment of the and risks associated with it. defi ciency and high blood acidity. four QU Health colleges (College Keto diet is a low-carb, high- Dr Heba Bawadi, professor of Medicine, College of Pharma- fat diet, which causes the body of nutrition, head of the Clini- cy, College of Health Sciences to burn fat. cal Education Department, and and College of Dental Medicine) During the workshop, partic- head of the Continuous Pro- to the continuing professional ipants were able to gain answers fessional Development Unit development of health profes- to their questions and concerns stressed the importance of the sionals in the country. regarding this system, as it still workshop saying, “This work- The goal of the programme incites reservations from doc- shop aims to combat scientifi c was to support the lifelong learn- tors and nutritionists alike. fallacies that are spread across ing of all practising care providers Off icials at the opening ceremony. The new central heating system be helpful during the winter. Concern from health profes- social media sites in particular to ensure optimal patient care. Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 11 QATAR HMC to introduce new procedures to treat foot and ankle illnesses

By Joseph Varghese forms about fi ve surgeries per Staff Reporter day and takes care for all different injuries, including sport injuries. According to the offi - he Foot and Ankle sub- cial, the centre also makes use speciality at Hamad of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) TGeneral Hospital (HGH), machine by which blood is tak- part of Hamad Medical Corpo- en from people and then sepa- ration (HMC), will soon intro- rated. “Using the PRP machine, duce the latest medical proce- we can inject the blood parti- dure, BMAC, to treat various cles to the joints. This facility is illnesses related to foot and available in HGH and the Bone The arrested gang members. ankle. and Joint Center, part of HMC,” “Bone marrow aspirate con- he noted. centrate (BMAC) is a regen- “Our clinics are at the Bone erative therapy procedure that and Joint Center. All our pa- uses stem cells from a patient’s tients come through the Bone bone marrow to initiate healing Dr Mohamed Maged Mekhaimar and Joint Center. We are also in for a number of orthopaedic the process of introducing the conditions, such as tendinopa- Hospital,” said Dr Mekhaimar. weight-bearing CT scan ma- Nine-member gang thy, osteoarthritis and cartilage Foot and ankle services were chine. With this, we can scan injuries,” said Dr Mohamed started at HGH in 2012. “Now, the foot and ankle of the pa- Maged Mekhaimar, senior con- there is a great demand for tient while he or she is stand- sultant and orthopaedic sur- these services in the country as ing on it. This can give better geon at HGH. more and more people are ap- impression of the condition of “This will help treating pa- proaching us for various issues. the patients,” he said. busted over visa racket tients with tendon infl ation. The centre provides treatment “Some deformity can be It can also be used to treat for several problems such as better measured through this he Search and Follow- infl ammation on the bottom fl at foot problems, among CT scan machine. It will also up Department at the of the foot as well as for trau- other issues. We also provide be used for treating the knee TMinistry of Interior matic conditions of the ankle. treatment for diabetic foot,” he joint as it is one of the most (MoI) has arrested a gang of These services will soon be added. advanced treatment options nine persons for selling visas available at Hamad General The centre currently per- available now,” he added. in contravention of Law No 21 of 2015 that regulates the entry and exit of expatriates and their residency. According to a report on the MoI website yesterday, the gang members were caught Specialised team along with documents while they were trying to sell a visa Brigadier Abdullah Jaber al- Captain Omar Khalifa al- to a person sent by the depart- Labdah Rumaihi ment. The arrested men are of Afri- people were posting about visa cused and seized stamps, iden- boosts patient care can and Asian nationalities. trade on social media and pro- tity cards, bank cards and cash Brigadier Abdullah Jaber al- moting the same. from them. The accused were Labdah, director of the Search “After confirming the au- referred to the prosecution to and Follow-up Department, thenticity of the information, complete legal procedures,” he at Al Wakra Hospital said inspections are carried out the gang members were kept said. The department has urged The seized items. by the department across the under watch and a warrant was people not to deal with flee- country to catch people who issued by the Public Prosecu- ing workers or employ them, or authorise people who could n initiative introduced sell visas using fake companies. tion to arrest the accused. The stressing that the administra- not be trusted for the official at Hamad Medical Cor- Captain Omar Khalifa al- gang was caught red-handed as tion is conducting inspections work of the company. Further, Aporation’s (HMC) Al Rumaihi, head of the Search the members tried to sell a visa to catch all violators. he asked companies to report Wakra Hospital is helping im- and Investigation Department, for cash to a person sent by the The officials have also urged immediately about fleeing prove the care of inpatients said the gang was busted after authorities. The team from the company owners not to give workers with all available in- and has reduced the number getting information that some department arrested all the ac- their IDs to unidentified people formation. of ‘code blues’ and unplanned ICU admissions at that hospital. The Rapid Response Team, a group of specially-trained critical care specialists available to rush to the bedside of All-new 2020 Cadillac any patient who appears to be developing complications, was established in late 2017 and today includes six critical care nurses, respiratory therapists, XT6 arrives in Qatar and intensivists. Each month the team responds to an average of 24 calls, ranging from he all-new Cadillac XT6, low blood pressure and blood described as a luxurious oxygen levels to rapid breath- Tthree-row crossover, has ing. arrived at the Cadillac Mannai “Most patients will show Al Wakra Hospital’s Rapid Response Team. showroom. signs and symptoms of in- The vehicle is now avail- creasing instability for several who also manages the Rapid the onset of injury, respiratory able for sale starting from hours before an adverse event. Response Team. arrest, or cardiac arrest. QR229,000, Mannai, the exclu- For example, a patient at risk “The goal of a ‘code blue’ is sive dealer of Cadillac in Qatar, for a cardiac arrest will often “The Rapid Response to perform resuscitation ef- has announced in a statement. experience changes in breath- Team was formed from forts after a person has stopped “Attention to detail is the mark ing, heart rate, or mental sta- the goal of enabling high- breathing, or after a person’s of a luxury experience, so the tus. With the right tools there acuity patient care to be heart has stopped beating. The 2020 Cadillac XT6 has been is an opportunity to rescue delivered anywhere that it goal of the Rapid Response carefully curated to off er a re- these patients early in their is needed in the hospital” Team is preventative. The fi ned ride and comfortable inte- decline before a crisis occurs,” Rapid Response Team inter- rior that elevate every drive,” the explained Mohamed al-Jo- In 2015, HMC introduced venes in the early stage of a po- statement notes. nidi, acting director of nurs- the Qatar Early Warning Sys- tential code situation, relying “The interior environment is ing, Critical Care Division, Al tem (QEWS) across its network on bedside nurses to prompt about simplicity, with an execu- Wakra Hospital. of hospitals as part of an eff ort their action. Bedside nurses are tion of premium materials,” said “The Rapid Response Team to help clinical staff recognise highly sensitive to signs that a Andrew Smith, executive direc- was formed from the goal of deteriorating patients before patient’s condition is deterio- tor, Cadillac Design. “We want enabling high-acuity patient they became very sick. QEWS rating,” said Dr Karic. the customer to focus on the ex- care to be delivered anywhere categorises a patient’s sever- In addition to reduced ‘code perience — making each journey that it is needed in the hospital. ity of illness by using a scoring blues’, since the specially extraordinary.” We are a designated group of system that prompts medical trained team was formed, Al Some of the design details are specially trained nurses, allied intervention at specifi c trigger Wakra Hospital has also re- at the front and centre, such as The all-new 2020 Cadillac XT6. healthcare professionals, and points. corded a decreased number of the exotic wood decor on the doctors who can be assembled Dr Edin Karic, chief, Criti- unplanned ICU admissions, Premium Luxury model and the ality, the statement adds. “Our goal is to anticipate our nectivity and adaptability in all quickly to deliver advanced cal Care Division, says the aim decreased reactivation of ad- precision weave in the carbon fi - “The XT6’s thoughtful details customer’s needs for a refi ned, three rows.” care assessment and treatment of the Rapid Response Team verse conditions, and enhanced bre trim on the XT6 Sport model. reveal themselves the longer engaging ride, matched with an Customers can call the 800- in response to the perceived or diff ers from that of teams who patient safety, which Dr Karic Finer details are woven into you live with the car,” said John interior experience that provides 1808 hotline for more informa- potential clinical deterioration respond to a ‘code blue’ in that credits to a timely multidisci- the fabric of the XT6’s function- Plonka, XT6 chief engineer. a place of rejuvenation, con- tion and to book a test drive. of a patient,” added al-Jonidi, the goal is to intervene before plinary approach to care. 2,105 rights violations recorded Qatar advances new ideas against UAE since blockade and collaboration at WEF From Page 1 and global competition for For- The forum was an opportu- eign Direct Investment, and a nity for Qatar to showcase its From Page 1 regards to the right to educa- than they should, due to their report said Qatari citizens and Additionally, the commerce debate on “big tech” and regu- accelerating economic diversi- tion, the report said Qatar has compulsory transfer to another residents were deprived of their minister, the secretary-general lation hosted by Qatar Founda- fi cation and attractive business The report said there was no succeeded in resolving some of university. right to sue and to fair trial, de- of the Supreme Committee, the tion’s Qatar Debate and the New environment, the GCO said in a progress on the 90 violations these cases, but maintained that The report said the UN Special spite the fact that it is part of chief executive offi cer of Invest- York Times. statement. “Real GDP growth of the right to family reunifi ca- those students continue to face Rapporteur on the Right to Edu- the UAE’s commitments under ment Promotion Agency and the The Investment Promotion in Qatar is set to accelerate to tion, with families continuing to severe diffi culties. These dif- cation visited Doha twice and international agreements the CEO of Qatar Financial Cen- Agency of Qatar also organised 1.5% in 2020 and 3.2% by 2021, fi nd diffi culty in being together. fi culties include expulsion, the met with a number of the vic- country signed. tre participated in numerous a panel discussion at Russia while an ambitious programme There were also cases of obsta- closure of their online accounts tims. The rapporteur contacted The NHRC said that the ac- high-level meetings and panel House in association with the to improve business regula- cles placed by the UAE, prevent- and records, as well as the refus- the UAE twice as well, demand- tion was a dangerous precedent, discussions. These included an Roscongress Foundation that tions saw Qatar recently break ing family meetings. al to provide a transcript of their ing they protect the right to edu- stressing that the UAE must dif- event hosted by Qatar Financial explored Qatari and Russian into the top 20 global business Regarding the arbitrary meas- grades. That is in addition to the cation. ferentiate between court rulings Centre and Bloomberg on the perspectives on investment environment improvers,” the ures taken by the UAE with fact that they will graduate later On the access to courts, the and political goals. shifting geopolitical landscape trends in emerging markets. statement added. Gulf Times 12 Sunday, January 26, 2020 REGION/ARAB WORLD/AFRICA

Iran has capacity Four killed as Iraqi security ‘to enrich uranium at any level’ forces raid protest camps Reuters and medics. The demonstrators Baghdad are demanding the removal of Reuters what they see as a corrupt rul- Dubai ing elite and an end to foreign raqi security forces ﬁ red interference in domestic poli- bullets and tear gas yes- tics, especially by Iran, which ran has the capacity to enrich Iterday in raids on protest has come to dominate state in- uranium at any percentage camps in Baghdad and southern stitutions since the toppling of Iif Iranian authorities decide cities, killing four people and Saddam Hussein in a 2003 US- to do so, the deputy head of the wounding dozens more, police led invasion. country’s nuclear agency said in a and medical sources said. Yesterday’s multiple raids report posted on its website yes- The new push to end the sit- appeared to be an attempt by terday. in protests and restore order authorities to fully clear the sit- “At the moment, if (Iranian au- came hours after populist cleric ins and end months of unrest. thorities) make the decision, the Moqtada al-Sadr, who has mil- The security operations were Atomic Energy Organisation, as lions of supporters in Baghdad launched hours after Sadr said the executor, will be able to en- and the south, said he would he would halt the involvement rich uranium at any percentage,” end his involvement in anti- of his supporters. Sadr had Ali Asghar Zarean said. Iran said government unrest. backed the demands of protest- earlier this month it would scrap Sadr’s supporters, who had ers for the removal of corrupt limitations on enriching uranium, bolstered the protesters and politicians and for the provi- taking a further step back from sometimes helped shield them sion of services and jobs soon commitments to a 2015 nuclear from attacks by security forces after the demonstrations began deal with six major powers, but and unidentiﬁ ed gunmen, bein October, but stopped short of pledged to continue co-operating gan withdrawing from sit-in calling all his followers to join with the UN nuclear watchdog. camps early yesterday after his in. Many of Sadr’s millions of Since Iran took the latest step announcement. supporters, often hailing from in reducing commitments to the Clashes erupted later in the Baghdad’s slums, have however accord, the country’s stock of ura- day as authorities removed con- been involved in the protests. nium produced has passed 1,200 crete barriers near Baghdad’s Sadr’s followers, in a rally on kilograms and it will quickly be Tahrir Square, where demon- Friday separate from the anti- added to the stock of enriched strators have camped out for government protests, called for uranium, Zarean said. months, and across at least one the removal of US troops from Washington withdrew from main bridge over the Tigris Riv- the country. the nuclear deal in 2018 and reim- er, Reuters reporters said. The smoke from burning tents is seen, as Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad’s main protest site at Tahrir Square, during ongoing The march dissipated after posed sanctions to throttle Iran’s In the southern city of Basra, anti-government protests in Baghdad, yesterday. several hours. Sadr wrote on oil exports as part of a “maximum demonstrators began returning Twitter late on Friday he would pressure” policy. The US says it to the main protest site follow- At least 16 protesters were Square. Another three died and demonstrators, security sources ful protesters since the unrest “try not to interfere in the issue aims to force Tehran to agree a ing a raid by security forces the arrested. In the capital, at least 14 were wounded in the south- and medics said. broke out in Baghdad on Oct (of protesters), either negatively broader deal that puts stricter lim- night before, burning tyres and one person was killed and more ern city of Nassiriya when secu- Iraqi security forces have 1.More than 450 people have or positively, so that they can its on its nuclear work and curbs a cutting off a main road, security than 30 hurt as police and pro- rity forces seized back control used tear gas and live ammu- died in the violence, according shepherd the fate of Iraq.” He ballistic missile programme. sources said. testers clashed near Tahrir of a bridge occupied for days by nition against mostly peace- to a Reuters tally from police did not elaborate.

Deal ignoring Israel as occupiers in Yemen rebels advance Palestine will be fraud Protesters hit Beirut streets of century: Erekat as loyalists beat Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation (PLO) ‘tactical’ retreat to mark 100 days of demos said that any deal, attempt or dictation that ignores the fact that Israel is an occupying power AFP said, claiming that “the battle to AFP as they please, as if the people of the State of Palestine, will be Dubai liberate Sanaa has become inevi- Beirut have not spoken,” she said. recorded in history as the fraud table”. The rebel advance came The new government, head- of the century, QNA reported despite extensive air support for ed by academic Hassan Diab, from Ramallah. outhi rebels have gained government forces from its allies undreds of people hit faces huge economic and po- “Reminder to the International ground east of the Yem- in a coalition. the streets of the Leba- litical challenges. Community: Israel is an oc- Heni capital Sanaa, in Coalition planes “attacked Hnese capital yesterday Lebanon has one of the cupying power of the State of what the defence minister ac- Houthi positions more than 30 to mark 100 days of anti-gov- world’s highest debt-to-GDP Palestine on the 1967 borders knowledged as a “tactical with- times in the last three days to ernment demonstrations and ratios and economists have ar- (East Jerusalem, West Bank and drawal” by government loyalists. reduce the pressure on the loyal- denounce a new cabinet line- gued it is hard to see how the Gaza Strip). Any deal, attempt or Renewed fi ghting, which en- ists,” one commander said. up. near-bankrupt country could dictation that ignores this fact, tered its ninth day yesterday, The government accused the Protests demanding the re- repay its creditors. will be recorded in history as the allowed the rebels to retake rebels of killing 116 people in a moval of politicians deemed The Lebanese pound has lost fraud of the century,” tweeted loyalist positions, loyalist com- January 18 missile attack on a incompetent and corrupt have over a third of its value against Erekat. Erekat’s remarks came in manders said. loyalist military camp in Marib gripped Lebanon since Octo- the dollar in the parallel mar- response to what is being raised “Some of these positions had province, east of Nihm. ber 17 and forced the resigna- ket and banks are tightening about the publication of the deal been under government con- The Houthis neither claimed tion of the government. restrictions on dollar transac- of the century soon, and Trump’s trol for three years”, one of the or denied they were behind that A new cabinet was an- Lebanese anti-government protesters scurry away to avoid tear tions amid a liquidity crunch. invitation to Israel’s prime minister commanders said, on condition attack, which came a day after nounced on Tuesday after a gas as security forces attempt to disperse their rally near the The economic downturn has Benjamin Netanyahu and his of anonymity. Defence Minis- fi ghting between the two sides three-month vacuum. government headquarters, in downtown Beirut, yesterday. raised questions over whether rival in upcoming Israeli elections, ter General Mohamed Ali al- resumed, breaking months of But protesters say the min- Lebanon will turn to the Inter- Benny Gantz, to visit Washington Maqdishi implicitly recognised relative calm. isters were chosen along under the watchful gaze of strator Perla Maalouli said in national Monetary Fund for a next week for a meeting on the the rebels’ advance in the Nihm In a report published on Fri- sectarian lines and that the security forces, who were de- central Beirut. bailout, an option the govern- US-led and long-awaited Middle area, in comments published by day, the International Crisis line-up does not satisfy their ployed in high numbers. “We demand a salvation ment has yet to comment on, East peace plan. He stressed that the offi cial Saba news agency. Group said the “Houthis ap- demands for a government of The protest movement has government...not one whose but which some offi cials regard what the Trump administration Maqdishi spoke of a “tacti- peared to be making the big- independents and technocrats. largely been peaceful since it members are selected ac- as inevitable. has done so far, and the full part- cal withdrawal from some posi- gest gains on the battlefi eld”. Yesterday, several marches began more than three months cording to (sectarian) quotas”, Earlier yesterday, the new nership with Netanyahu will enter tions”, during a meeting on Fri- The think-tank warned that if were held in Beirut under the ago, but has turned violent in which the protest movement Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni history as the fraud of the century day with loyalist commanders. the renewed fi ghting spread, it slogan “No trust”, with pro- recent weeks. had mobilised against, she met with a senior IMF offi cial which will be against international The loyalist forces would be would represent “a devastating testers converging on the city “The government (formed said. in Beirut, a day after hold- law, UN resolutions, and the terms redeployed to open a new front blow to current eff orts to end the centre. Demonstrators chant- on Tuesday) is not the one we “After 100 days (of demon- ing talks with a World Bank of reference of the peace process. against the rebels, Maqdishi war”. ed “Revolution, Revolution” have been seeking,” demonstrations), they continue to do delegation.

Authorities move 21 orphans out of Syria camp Gambians rally seeking

AFP The majority are being held Al-Hol Camp in Al-Hol. dictator’s trial for rights abuses The fate of foreign militants and their relatives detained in urdish authorities said the Kurdish region of Syria has AFP it immediately,” they cried and rial Guinea, as tensions heighten they transferred 21 or- been a politically diffi cult issue Banjul demanding a ban on Jammeh’s over Barrow’s decision to stay in Kphans from a squalid for their own governments. former ruling Alliance for Pa- offi ce for fi ve years — reversing displacement camp in north- Countries such as France and triotic Reorientation and Con- a previous pledge to step down east Syria yesterday, including Belgium that have large con- undreds of Gambi- struction party (APRC). Nyima after three. two French children who are set tingents of nationals in such ans marched yesterday Sonko, 42, the widow of Solo Justice Minister Abubacarr to be repatriated. camps have been reluctant to Hin the outskirts of the Sandeng, a political activist Tambadou last week warned that The children, including some bring them home, while the capital Banjul, demanding jus- who was arrested and tortured Jammeh would “face immediate from France and Dagestan, Kurds warn they cannot keep tice for sweeping rights abuses to death after he led a protest arrest and charges of the most were only a fraction of the 224 them much longer. and murder they suff ered under march for electoral reform, said: serious kind” if he returned, in- orphans living in Al-Hol camp, France has so far allowed former dictator Yahya Jammeh’s “We are calling on the govern- cluding “crimes against human- home to thousands of relatives some children back on a case- 22-year rule. ment to ban the APRC from tak- ity.” of Islamic State group fi ghters. by-case basis. Jammeh ruled Gambia but ing part in active politics.” They argue he has a right to They were transferred to the UN investigators this month fl ed in January 2017 after losing Since January 2019, some 190 return under a joint statement Kurdish-run settlement of Roj, called for at least the children to a presidential election to relative witnesses have appeared before from the African Union, the also in northeast Syria, said be repatriated, notably because unknown Adama Barrow which a Truth, Reconciliation and Rep- Economic Community of West Jaber Mustafa, an offi cial at Al- Orphans from various nationalities gather at the Kurdish-run Al-Hol their lack of papers put them he refused to acknowledge be- arations Commission (TRRC) set African States (Ecowas) and the Hol. camp, home to thousands of relatives of Islamic State group fighters, in a “particularly precarious” fore being forced out of power by up to investigate abuses under United Nations, published at the He did not say why only 21 in the Al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, yesterday. situation. a popular uprising. Jammeh’s rule. time of his exile. orphans were being transferred A Kurdish Red Crescent Wearing T-shirts that read The fi rst year of hearings Maron Baldeh, whose hus- but argued that Roj is better asked not to be named because to the offi cial, is taking place at spokesperson said this month #justicemustprevail, the pro- ended in early December, cap- band lieutenant Basiru Barrow equipped to host orphans. he was not authorised to speak the request of Paris. that 371 children were among testers held photographs of ping months of testimony about was executed in 1994, said she “The child care centres in on the issue. Kurdish authorities say they the 517 people who died in Al- people killed or who have gone torture, murder, rape and witch was at yesterday’s protest to call Al-Hol lack many basic serv- They will be handed to a rep- are holding around 12,000 for- Hol in 2019. Malnutrition, poor missing, including AFP corre- hunts in the country of around for Jammeh to be prosecuted. ices,” including trained spe- resentative of the French gov- eigners from countries other healthcare for newborns and spondent Deyda Hydara, who two mn. “We are sending message cialists and educators, he said. ernment who will then repat- than Iraq, including 4,000 hypothermia were among the was gunned down on December Last week, thousands to government to act fast, be- Two French orphans are among riate them, the offi cial added, women and 8,000 children, in main causes of death among 16, 2004 by Jammeh’s hench- marched on the outskirts of cause... justice delayed is justice those being transferred, said without providing a timeline. three displacement camps in children, Dalal Ismail said at men. Banjul demanding Jammeh’s denied. Yahya Jammeh should be another camp offi cial who The repatriation, according northeastern Syria. the camp. “We want justice and we want return from exile in Equato- arrested and put on trial.” Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 13 AMERICAS

INVESTIGATION ACCIDENT IN THE DOCK CONFESSION ANOMALY US senator wants declassified Three dead in Guatemala First Chile police off icer in General admits army carried Satellite to move into higher report on Khashoggi slaying aerobatics crash: off icial court as protests flare anew out 1981 Salvador massacre orbit over explosion fears

US Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will Three people died in Guatemala when their A Chilean police off icer appeared in court on Friday A retired Salvadoran general on Friday US authorities said on Friday they had granted move to compel America’s intelligence chief Red Bull team aerobatic plane crashed during in the first instance of prosecutors bringing charges acknowledged for the first time that the armed permission to a TV provider to urgently lift a to release information about the murder of practice on Friday, a day before a show yesterday. over eye injuries blamed on security forces during forces were responsible for a notorious 1981 four-tonne (3,600 kilogram) satellite to a so-called Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi “We regret the tragic accident that occurred in Chile’s months of unrest. Street protests flared anew massacre of more than 1,000 people during the “graveyard orbit” over fears a battery fault may if the administration does not produce a Iztapa,” on the central American country’s Pacific the same day, as demonstrators wearing masks and country’s civil war. Juan Rafael Bustillo, a former soon cause it to explode. DirecTV had told the report on the killing before the end of the coast, Guatemala’s civil aviation director, Francis waving flags returned to the capital Santiago’s Plaza commander of the Air Force, told a court the Federal Communications Commission its Boeing- impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Argueta, said on Twitter yesterday. The accident Italia to express their outrage at Chile’s economic elite Atlacatl Battalion carried out the El Mozote built Spaceway-1 satellite had suff ered a “major Wyden was invoking the Senate’s power to involved “the professional pilot of the Chambliss inequality and President Sebastian Pinera’s right- massacre in eastern El Salvador in which unarmed anomaly” in its batteries and did not have time unilaterally declassify intelligence material on team sponsored by Red Bull,” who was executing wing government. In court, Captain Pablo Carvajal villagers, most of them women and children, were to deplete its remaining fuel before disposing of the October 2018 killing of Khashoggi at the aerobatic maneuvers ahead of an exhibition, was formally accused of having fired buckshot in slaughtered. According to a UN report, soldiers it by placing it 300km above the “geostationary Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA believes Argueta said. Although authorities have not the left eye of a protester at a distance of 2m to 5m tortured and executed over 1,000 residents of El arc.” This arc is about 36,000km above the Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman identified the victims, local media reported that during an October protest in Santiago. A total of 29 Mozote and surrounding hamlets in the Morazan equator and is home to most of the world’s ordered the killing of Khashoggi, sources told they were three Americans, including the pilot people have died since the start of the crisis, while department, 180km northeast of San Salvador, as communication satellites because it allows them weeks after his death. and two women struck on the ground. several thousand have been wounded. they searched for guerrillas in December 1981. to move in sync with the Earth’s rotation.

Delta fined $50,000 for discriminating against Muslim passengers

Delta Air Lines was on Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it Defence insists Trump discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes. In its consent order, the department said it found Delta “engaged in discriminatory conduct” and violated anti-discrimination laws when it removed the three passengers. did ‘nothing wrong’ In one incident on July 26, 2016, a Muslim couple were removed from AFP for leading Democrats and told his Delta Flight 229 at Charles de Gaulle Washington supporters to tune in to the live televi- Airport in Paris after a passenger told a sion broadcast. flight attendant their behaviour made The Republican president also her “very uncomfortable and nervous”. hite House lawyers yester- tweeted remarks from supporters “Mrs X” was wearing a head scarf day began presenting their lauding his achievements since taking and the passenger said “Mr X” had Wdefence of Donald Trump at offi ce in January 2017. inserted something into his watch. his historic Senate impeachment trial, Trump’s lawyers will have 24 hours The flight attendant said she saw saying the president had done nothing spread over three days to present their Mr X texting on his cell phone using wrong in his dealings with Ukraine and defense of the president to the Senate, the word “Allah” several times. accusing Democrats of seeking to over- where Republicans hold a 53 to 47 seat The captain then spoke with Delta’s turn the results of the 2016 election. majority. corporate security, who said Mr and White House counsel Pat Cipol- They planned to speak yesterday Mrs X were US citizens returning lone took the fl oor for opening argu- for up to three hours and resume their home and there were “no red flags.” ments at a rare weekend session of presentation tomorrow. However the captain refused to let the 100-member Senate, which will The short session will be welcome them re-board the plane. decide whether the 45th US president to four senators battling for the Dem- The Department of Transporta- should be removed from offi ce. ocratic presidential nomination, al- tion said the captain had failed to Democratic prosecutors from the lowing them to return to the campaign follow Delta’s security protocol and House of Representatives, which im- trail ahead of the February 3 caucuses it appeared that “but for Mr and Mrs peached Trump on December 18, had in Iowa, which kick off the primary X’s perceived religion, Delta would not made their case that the president season. not have removed or denied them was guilty of abuse of power and ob- Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, reboarding” of their flight. struction of Congress, Cipollone said Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth War- The second incident covered in at only the third impeachment trial in ren, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobu- the order involved another Muslim US history. char and Colorado Senator Michael President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Jay Sekulow (centre) and White House counsel Pat Cipollone (right) arrive for passenger who boarded Flight 49 at “We don’t believe that they have Bennet have been forced to remain in the impeachment trial at the US Senate in Washington yesterday. Amsterdam heading for New York on come anywhere close to meeting their Washington for the hearings. July 31, 2016. burden for what they’re asking you to A two-thirds majority, or 67 sena- Pompeo loses his temper with journalist over Ukraine questions Other passengers and flight attend- do,” he told a hushed Senate chamber. tors, is required to remove a president ants complained about him but the “In fact, we believe when you hear from offi ce and Democrats do not Shouts, glares and unprintable words: “smear campaign” led by Rudy Giuliani, peo’s private living room, without her first off icer saw nothing unusual about the facts...you will fi nd that the presi- appear to have made any inroads in US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the president’s personal lawyer. “Do you recorder. There, Pompeo “was waiting him and Delta security also said “Mr dent did absolutely nothing wrong.” Trump’s wall of Republican support. lost his temper at a journalist after she owe Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch an and...he shouted at me for about the A”’s record had “no red flags.” House prosecutors spent the pre- “I don’t believe anything they’ve questioned him on the administration’s apology?” Kelly asked Pompeo. same amount of time as the interview The captain prepared the plane for vious three days laying out a detailed said so far is impeachable,” Senator stance on Ukraine, the country at the A tense exchange followed, wherein itself lasted,” Kelly said. departure but then returned to the case that Trump withheld military aid Rick Scott told reporters after Demo- heart of President Donald Trump’s Pompeo said he had “defended every “He was not happy to have been gate and had Mr A removed and his to Ukraine to pressure his Ukrainian crats wrapped up their case Friday impeachment trial. State Department off icial,” while Kelly questioned about Ukraine,” Kelly said, seat searched. counterpart to open an investigation night. It began when Pompeo gave an early asked, in vain, when he had publicly adding that the secretary asked her, The Transportation Department into political rival Joe Biden. In his closing arguments, lead House morning interview on Friday to NPR defended Yovanovitch. “I’ve said all I’m “Do you think Americans care about said the captain had not followed Cipollone said Democrats were ask- prosecutor Adam Schiff warned that radio. Much of the discussion dealt going to say today. Thank you,” Pompeo Ukraine?” while saying swear words. Delta’s security protocol and the ing the Senate to “overturn the re- Trump would remain an “imminent with Iran, but journalist Mary Louise said finally, ending the interview. “People will hear about this,” said removal of Mr A “after being cleared sults of the last election” and remove threat” to American democracy if he Kelly closed by asking Pompeo about But the story didn’t end there, and Pompeo, who has publicly attacked was discriminatory.” Trump from the ballot in the upcom- stays in power. Ukraine. Kelly related the rest in an NPR broad- journalists in the past. In a written state- Delta disagreed that it engaged ing November vote. “This is Trump fi rst, not America Pompeo, a close associate of Trump, cast on Friday evening, an account ment yesterday, he accused Kelly of in discriminatory conduct but “does “They’re asking you to do some- fi rst,” Schiff said. has himself been criticised for failing to which Pompeo disputed yesterday. lying to him, twice. The first time, which not dispute that each of these two thing that no Senate has ever done,” After the White House concludes defend Marie Yovanovitch, Washington’s She said she thanked the secretary, he did not elaborate upon, was “in set- incidents could have been handled the White House counsel said. its presentation, senators will have 16 former ambassador to Ukraine who was who did not reply but leaned in and ting up our interview.” He also alleged diff erently,” the order said. “They’re asking you to tear up all hours to pose questions to both sides abruptly called home last spring after glared at her before leaving the room. that the post-interview “conversation” The government said the fine of the ballots across this country,” he and consider whether they should being subjected to what she said was a A staff er then invited Kelly to Pom- was supposed to be off the record. “establishes a strong deterrent against said. “Take that decision away from subpoena witnesses, something Dem- future similar unlawful practices by the American people. ocrats have sought from the start. Delta and other carriers.” “They are here to perpetrate the If Democrats gain support for sub- fusal to allow top offi cials to testify and Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who Senate to subpoena witnesses for Following the July 2016 incidents, most massive interference in an elec- poenas, Republicans have threatened to supply subpoenaed documents to is presiding over the trial and will read Trump’s trial. Delta said it had reviewed and tion in American history and we can’t to call Joe Biden and his son Hunter to the House Ukraine investigation sup- them out loud. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc- enhanced its procedure to investigate allow that to happen.” testify because their connections to ported the second charge against him Americans appear about evenly Connell, a prominent Trump defend- suspicious activity “to make it more Shortly before the defence began its Ukraine were at the heart of Trump’s — obstruction of Congress. split on whether Trump should be im- er, could bring the trial to a vote on collaborative and objective.” presentation, Trump yesterday fi red scheme to tarnish his election rival. The questions from senators will be peached and removed, though several the charges by late next week, and see off a tweet with insulting nicknames Democrats argued that Trump’s re- submitted in writing to US Supreme polls show a healthy majority want the Trump acquitted along party lines.

Body found after snowmobilers crashed through Canada ice Space Force logo draws

AFP comparisons to Star Trek Montreal

AFP anadian searchers on Friday Washington found the body of one of fi ve CFrench snowmobilers whose machines fell through the ice of a fro- resident Donald Trump on Fri- zen lake, police said. day unveiled the logo of US Space A spokesman acknowledged that the PForce, attracting critics who said chances of fi nding the group alive had America’s newest military branch had dimmed, but police were “keeping up boldly gone where Star Trek went before. hope” of recovering their bodies. With a central symbol resembling an The search for the snowmobilers in- arrowhead, ringed by an orbiting object cludes divers, sonar operators and po- and set to a starry backdrop, many us- lice backed by helicopters in the area ers argued the design was pilfered from about 225km north of Quebec City, the famous science fi ction franchise. and is expected to resume again at day- But a spokesman for the branch hit break. back, arguing the ‘Delta’ emblem had The new logo for the US Space Force Quebec provincial police spokesman been used by Air Force space organi- that was unveiled on Friday. Hugues Beaulieu said the body discov- sations as early as 1961, before the ered Friday “was found more than 2km fi rst Star Trek show aired. — the peacekeeping and explora- from the initial search area in Grande “After consultation with our Great tion force of the United Federation of Decharge River” at the mouth of Lake Military Leaders, designers, and oth- Planets alliance, which is headquar- Saint-Jean where the accident hap- ers, I am pleased to present the new tered on Earth whose adversaries in- pened. logo for the United States Space Force, clude Klingons and Romulans. It has “At the moment, we can’t identify the Sixth Branch of our Magnifi cent appeared as a pin on the uniforms of the body,” French Consul General in Military!” wrote Trump of the branch iconic Star Trek characters such as Quebec Laurent Barbot said during a that he championed and which came Captain Kirk and Spock ever since the press briefi ng. into being in December 2019. original series debuted in 1966, and “The process is underway and the It drew immediate mockery among continues to feature in the franchise’s families have of course been informed,” A Surete du Quebec handout image of rescue personnel yesterday stand on the the banks of Lake Saint-Jean, Quebec, social media users. “Should’ve been current shows and movies. he added. preparing for recovery operations for four French snowmobilers. consulting with Gene Roddenberry’s A US Space Force spokesperson how- The group included eight French lawyers,” said the popular ‘Pour- ever said the critics were being highly tourists, who were snowmobiling on They returned to France on Thursday Police have recovered six snowmo- Investigators do not know why the mecoff ee’ account, referring to the illogical. “The delta symbol, the cen- Tuesday evening in an area that is off evening, according to the consulate. biles at the bottom of the lake near group left the approved paths to ven- late screenwriter and producer of tral design element in the seal, was fi rst limits to snowmobiles because the ice Their 42-year-old Canadian guide where the accident occurred, and ture “off -piste” at nightfall, but some Star Trek’s original series and its fi rst used as early as 1942 by the US Army Air is thinner there. had died on Wednesday in a hospital provincial authorities have pledged to experts believe they may have been spin-off , The Next Generation. Forces; and was used in early Air Force Three snowmobilers survived with after trying to rescue members of the tighten safety measures on the use of trying to take a shortcut to their desti- The logo bears an uncanny resem- space organisation emblems dating minor injuries. group. the machines. nation. blance to the insignia of Starfl eet back to 1961,” the spokesperson said. Gulf Times 14 Sunday, January 26, 2020 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA Xi says China faces ‘grave situation’ as virus claims 41 lives

Reuters Chinese city that is the epicentre han is located, offi cials appealed essential vehicles from its down- Beijing of the outbreak, the Wall Street for masks and protective suits. town starting today, further Journal reported. “We are steadily pushing for- paralysing a city of 11mn that has In Hong Kong, with fi ve con- ward the disease control and been on virtual lockdown since resident Xi Jinping said fi rmed cases, the city’s leader prevention ... But right now we Thursday, with nearly all fl ights China was facing a “grave Carrie Lam said fl ights and high are facing an extremely severe cancelled and checkpoints Medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began Psituation” as the death toll speed rail trips between the public health crisis,” Hu Yinghai, blocking the main roads leading in the city, arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan yesterday. from the coronavirus outbreak city and Wuhan will be halted. deputy director-general of the out of town. jumped to 41, overshadowing Schools in Hong Kong that are Civil Aff airs Department, told a Authorities have since im- said it was closing all its outlets some health offi cials and experts for their handling of the current celebrations of the Lunar New currently on Lunar New Year news briefi ng. posed transport restrictions on in Hubei province for the week- have questioned the eff ective- outbreak. Year that began yesterday. holidays will remain closed until The newly identifi ed corona- nearly all of Hubei province, long Lunar New Year holiday, ness of such screenings. In rare public dissent, a sen- China also announced further February 17. virus has created alarm because which has a population of 59mn. following a similar move by Mc- The World Health Organisa- ior journalist at a Hubei news- transport restrictions. Xi held a politburo meeting on there are still many unknowns Australia confi rmed its fi rst Donald’s in fi ve Hubei cities. tion this week stopped short paper run by the ruling Com- With more than 1,400 peo- measures to fi ght the “accelerat- surrounding it, such as how four cases in two diff erent cit- Workers in white protective of calling the outbreak a global munist Party called on Friday ple infected worldwide, most ing” outbreak, state television dangerous it is and how easily it ies yesterday, and the country’s suits checked temperatures of health emergency. for a “immediate” change of of them in China, Hong Kong reported. spreads between people. It can chief health offi cial said he ex- passengers entering the subway A report by infectious disease leadership in Wuhan on the declared a virus emergency, The death toll in China has cause pneumonia, which has pected more cases as Australia at Beijing’s central railway sta- specialists at Imperial College, Twitter-like Weibo. The post scrapped celebrations and re- risen to 41, authorities reported been deadly in some cases. is a popular destination for Chi- tion yesterday, while some train London yesterday said that de- was later removed. stricted links to mainland yesterday, up from 26 a day ear- Ride-hailing giant Didi Chux- nese tourists. services in the eastern Yangtze spite this, the epidemic “repre- Hubei province, where au- China. lier. As of 6pm local time (1000 ing said it was halting inter-city State-run China Global Tel- River Delta region were sus- sents a clear and ongoing glo- thorities are rushing to build a Australia confi rmed its fi rst GMT), 1,372 people in China had services to and from Beijing from evision Network reported that pended, the local railway opera- bal health threat” adding: “It is 1,000-bed hospital in six days, four cases yesterday, Malaysia been infected with the virus - today, while the capital will also a doctor who had been treating tor said. uncertain at the current time announced on Saturday that confi rmed four and France re- traced to a seafood market in stop running inter-province patients in Wuhan, 62-year-old There are fears transmission whether it is possible to contain there were 658 patients aff ected ported Europe’s fi rst cases on Wuhan that was illegally selling shuttle buses. Liang Wudong, had died from could accelerate as hundreds of the continuing epidemic within by the virus in treatment, 57 of Friday, as health authorities wildlife. State broadcaster CCTV, cit- the virus. millions of Chinese travel dur- China.” whom were critically ill. around the world scrambled to The virus has also been de- ing an announcement from Chi- It was not immediately clear ing the Lunar New Year holiday, While China has called for Shanghai Disneyland was prevent a pandemic. tected in Thailand, Vietnam, na’s tourism industry associa- if his death was already counted although many have cancelled transparency in managing the closed from yesterday. Beijing’s The United States is arrang- Singapore, Japan, South Korea, tion, said the country would halt in the offi cial toll of 41, of which their plans. crisis, after cover-up of the Lama Temple, where people ing a charter fl ight on Sunday to Taiwan, Nepal, and the United all group tours, both at home and 39 were in the central province of Airports around the world 2002/2003 Severe Acute Respi- make off erings for the new year, bring its citizens and diplomats States. abroad, from tomorrow. Hubei, where Wuhan is located. have stepped up screening of ratory Syndrome spread, offi cials has also closed, as have some back from Wuhan, the central In Hubei province, where Wu- Wuhan said it would ban non- US coff ee chain Starbucks passengers from China, though in Wuhan have been criticised other temples. ‘Nobody can leave’: trapped Wuhan residents stock up Hong Kong declares virus AFP for holidays before the ban on face masks, comparing diff erent Wuhan transportation, but because of makes and models. the epidemic we have to come Full body suits had already sold out. outbreak an back quickly to Wuhan,” said one. Amid fears of rising prices and olice at a roadblock on Dragging wheelie cases behind lack of products, some sales were the outskirts of Wuhan them, they were holding their being restricted and offi cials ‘emergency’ Pturned away cars trying coat hoods up against the rain. were regulating sales. to leave the virus-stricken city “They need us to go there, oth- “My duty is to supervise the AFP yesterday, as other anxious resi- erwise they will be too exhaust- price of what pharmacist are Hong Kong dents trapped inside spent the ed,” another medical worker who selling,” said Li Xiang, a market Lunar New Year stocking up on didn’t want to be named told AFP. supervisor at one pharmacy. masks and medical supplies or In the city centre, temples “Goods must be from offi cial ong Kong yesterday declared in long hospital queues. were closed and holiday festivi- channels and prices shall not be a new coronavirus outbreak Authorities have prevented ties cancelled. hiked.” Has an “emergency” - the anyone from leaving Wuhan, the The city also announced it Li told AFP that the govern- city’s highest warning tier - as au- city of 11mn people at the heart would ban ordinary traffi c in the ment was making an eff ort to thorities ramped up measures to re- of the viral outbreak which has city centre from today. “maintain social stability and duce the risk of further infections. so far infected nearly 1,300 peo- People waiting at Wuhan’s Red safeguard people’s lives.” The announcement came as city ple and killed 41 others. Cross Hospital were angry and A popular traditional Chinese leader Carrie Lam faced criticism in AFP saw a steady trickle of frustrated. medicine for treating fevers was be- some quarters over her administra- cars approaching the roadblocks “It takes at least fi ve hours to ing restricted to only two boxes per tion’s response to the crisis. around 20km (12 miles) east of see a doctor,” one woman, who person to manage high demand. Of the fi ve people who have the city centre yesterday morn- didn’t want to be named, said. A local radio station played in tested positive for the virus in ing, only for police in fl uores- “Nurses are brave but man- the pharmacy ran an advert re- Hong Kong so far, four arrived cent jackets wearing masks to agement is really messy.” minding people to wear a mask. via a newly built high-speed train tell them to turn around. Many people had brought their “Everyone is just trying to pro- terminal which connects with The barricade, at one of the A general view shows one of the roads blocked by the police to restrict people leaving Wuhan in China’s own chairs for the wait. tect themselves,” said one man in the mainland. tolls for highways exiting the city, central Hubei province yesterday, during a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. Others gathered in pharmacies a surgical mask who declined to That led to calls from some was blocked with red and yellow to buy medical supplies. give his name. medical experts and politicians plastic barriers and cones. roadblock, including a white van 56mn in Hubei province. to pass the roadblock into Wuhan At one store, customers “The government is in control of to limit, or even halt, arrivals “Nobody can leave,” a police- which an offi cer said was “buy- While there are restrictions on after showing documentation to queued at the cash register while this. It’s not a problem,” he added. from China, the epicentre of the man said. ing medicines” and would later anyone leaving Wuhan, a few peo- the police at the roadblock. staff in protective gear retrieved Meanwhile, in a taxi, a rap song outbreak with 41 people dead. A stray dog ran across the return to the city. ple were allowed to enter the city Three young nurses who what they needed and brought it playing on the radio echoed the Lam held emergency meetings empty road in front of the road- Authorities extended trans- through the barricade, such as crossed the barrier on foot told out to them. patriotic fervour, telling people with health offi cials on Saturday blocks, which were shrouded in port bans to 17 other cities desperately needed medical work- AFP they were going to two hos- Pharmacy staff were in full not to be afraid of the virus. morning after returning from Davos. grey fog and drizzle. around Wuhan in a gargantuan ers whose holidays were cut short pitals. Two of them were waiting body suits and gloves, wearing “Wuhan people are strong “Today I declare the lifting of AFP journalists only saw two eff ort to control the Sars-like vi- to help overwhelmed hospitals. for a friend to pick them up. two sets of face masks. enough to fi ght and defeat it,” the the response level to emergency,” vehicles allowed to pass the rus, restricting travel for at least An empty bus was also allowed “We went to our hometowns People rifl ed through boxes of rapper chanted. she told reporters. Schools and universities, which are currently on a Lunar New Year break, would remain closed until 17 February, Lam said. All mainland arrivals to Hong 2 Rohingya women dead Bodies of 3 US fi refi ghters retrieved Kong will now need to sign health declaration forms, she added, while public events including a in Myanmar shelling new year gala and next month’s from Australian plane crash site marathon, would also be called off . AFP wounded and some 100,000 “We haven’t seen serious and Yangon displaced in the past year. Reuters widespread infections (in Hong Earlier this month four Ro- Melbourne Kong), but we are taking this se- hingya children were killed riously and we hope to be ahead wo Rohingya women and fi ve others injured along- of the epidemic,” Lam said. were killed and seven side their teacher after an he bodies of three US Ho Pak Leung, a microbiologist Tothers injured in shell- explosion hit while they col- fi refi ghters who died at the University of Hong Kong, ing the Myanmar military and lected fi rewood. Tin a plane crash earlier said closing the mainland border insurgents blamed on each Northern Rakhine was the this week in Australia’s remote would be the “single most eff ective other, days after the UN’s top site of a violent military cam- bushland while battling a fi erce measure” in containing the virus. court ordered the country to paign in 2017 that drove some wildfi re have been recovered, Transport links with the main- protect the beleaguered Mus- 740,000 Rohingya into Bang- the police said yesterday as in- land should be re-opened “when lim minority. ladesh and prompted allega- vestigators started probe into the epidemic is controlled, when Military spokesperson tions of genocide. the accident. HK offi cials are awake, when Zaw Min Tun said that one Hundreds of thousands still A spokeswoman for Aus- there are enough masks and hand woman was killed on the spot live in Rakhine in what rights tralia’s New South Wales state rubs for all Hong Kong citizens,” by “heavy weapons” while groups have called apartheid- police confi rmed the recovery he wrote on his Facebook page. another died after arriving like conditions. to Reuters in an e-mail. Hong Kong has a recent expe- at hospital in confl ict-torn In a rare legal decision for “They have been taken for Debris seen following the crash of a C-130 air tanker plane after dropping fire retardant, in this picture rience of deadly viral outbreaks. northern Rakhine state. the persecuted minority, the a post mortem examination to obtained from social media, in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, yesterday. Nearly 300 people were killed He blamed the deaths on in- International Court of Justice confi rm ID,” the spokeswoman by Sars in 2003, a tragedy that cursions by the Arakan Army, ruled Thursday that Myan- said. to national grief in Australia Australian Transport Safety it is still an active fi re zone and left a profound psychological im- rebels fi ghting for more au- mar had to “take all measures Coulson Aviation, the private over bushfi res that have since Bureau Chief Commissioner there are fi re bombing activities pact on one of the most densely tonomy for ethnic Rakhine within its power to prevent the Canadian fi rm that employed October killed 33 people and Greg Hood said that the inves- throughout the zone through- populated places on earth. Buddhists in the same area commission of all acts” de- the trio, named them as US millions of animals as well as tigators retrieved the aircraft’s out the day.” The city’s ability to combat the crisis where the Rohingya crisis un- scribed by the 1948 UN Geno- military veterans Captain Ian charred vast swaths of land. cockpit voice recorder in the The Americans were a part was hampered by moves in mainland folded. cide Convention. H McBeth, 44, of Great Falls, Focus yesterday shifted to tail section of the aircraft. of a multi-national contin- China to cover up and play down the But a spokesperson for the These acts include “killing Montana; First Offi cer Paul determining what caused the “We remain hopeful it will gency that has been helping outbreak, leaving a lasting legacy of Arakan Army said there had members of the group” and Clyde Hudson, 42, of Buckeye, crash of the plane that went assist us in the investigation,” Australia to combat the dev- distrust among many Hong Kongers. been no fi ghting with the mili- “deliberately infl icting on the Arizona; and Flight Engineer down just after it dumped a Hood said, adding that investi- astating bushfi res that have in Animosity towards the main- tary in that area and they are group conditions of life calcu- Rick DeMorgan Jr, 43, of Nav- large load of retardant on a huge gation of the crash site has been three months scorched a land land has intensifi ed in recent “accusing and faking it”. lated to bring about its physi- arre, Florida. wildfi re in a national park in the hampered by ongoing fi res in area about one-third the size of years as Beijing tightens political The confl ict has seen scores cal destruction in whole or in The crash of the C-130 tank- mountains south of Canberra, the area. Germany, razing thousands of control over the semi-autono- of civilians killed, hundreds part.” er plane on Thursday added the Australian capital. “It was hard today because homes. mous territory. Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 15 INDIA

TRIAL TECHNOLOLGY CONTROVERSY CRIME EXERCISE Rape-accused bishop Vijayan inaugurates world’s BJP leader arrested DRI seizes smuggled gold, Migrant labour verification files discharge petition first Super Fab Lab outside US for objectionable remark silver; two men arrested is routine: Kodagu police

In an alleged ploy to delay trial, former Jalandhar Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Madhya In a multi-pronged operation, off icials of the Document verification drive of plantation workers bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually inaugurated a Super Fab Lab in Kochi set up in Pradesh minister Badrilal Yadav, who made Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted a in Kodagu was a routine exercise, without any assaulting a nun between 2014 and 2016, filed a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of objectionable remarks against Rajgarh collector smuggling syndicate and seized over 10kg of motive to unearth illegal aliens, a police off icer said discharge petition in a Kerakla court yesterday, Technology (MIT). It is billed as the world’s first Nidhi Nivedita, was arrested on Friday. He was smuggled gold, around 429kg of silver and yesterday. “We regularly verify the documents claiming to be innocent. Mulakkal, who is on such facility to function outside of the US and has later released on bail against a personal bond of Rs20.16 lakhs in cash totally worth Rs6.42 crore. of plantation workers. This was another bail, filed the petition in the Kottayam additional been set up at the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) Rs20,000. While addressing a gathering in Biaora Two persons were arrested, a DRI off icial said routine verification, which happens every year. district sessions court, which had denied his complex in Kalamassery near Kochi. The Super in Rajgarh district on Wednesday, Yadav made yesterday. A syndicate under the control of a Unnecessarily, the exercise has been blown out of January 6 plea seeking more time. The court Fab Lab has state-of-the-art machines. A standard an objectionable statement on the collector. man identified as Anurag Jalan was actively proportion and linked to unrelated developments,” posted Mulakkal’s fresh petition for February 4. community fab lab includes a laser-cutter, a sign- The Congress party raised strong objections involved in smuggling of gold biscuits from Kodagu Superintendent of Police Suman D Mulakkal’s ploy is to delay the trial by approaching cutter, a high-resolution NC milling machine, to the statement. BJP spokesman Rajneesh Bangladesh, which they melted into bars. The Penneker told IANS. Penneker said the verification a higher court if his discharge petition is dismissed a large wood-router and a suite of electronic Aggarwal said the party had disowned Yadav’s DRI sleuths searched three premises in central drive was not aimed at any illegal migrants from on February 4. Mulakkal, arrested on September 21, components as well as programming tools for statement. He said his party believed in protesting Kolkata’s Burrabazar on Thursday. Jalan and other countries but only at migrant labour within 2018 on rape charges, got bail on October 16, 2018. low-cost, high-speed micro-controllers for on-site democratically. Yadav made the speech in the one of his staff have been arrested under the India. “The main intention of the verification drive The Kerala police have filed a 1,400-page charge- rapid circuit prototyping. To this, the super lab adds presence of former chief minister Shivraj Singh provisions of the Customs Act. Jalan was a key was to curb crime because a lot of heinous and sheet against him. The charge-sheet names a set of highly-specialised machines that can do Chauhan and other senior leaders. They ignored suspect in two earlier gold smuggling cases. In non-heinous crime took place in the past, done by 83 witnesses, including Cardinal of the Syro- small to mid-volume manufacturing and can also Yadav’s outrageous speech and filed an FIR the current financial year, more than 266kg of outsiders and the estate owners do not know who Malabar Catholic Church Mar George Alencherry, be used for prototyping with a variety of materials against the collector for slapping a BJP worker. gold worth Rs111.72 crore have been seized by they were,” she said. On Thursday, police verified three bishops, 11 priests and many nuns. including metals, composites and carbon fibres. Yadav was arrested from his residence on Friday. the DRI in West Bengal and Sikkim. the documents of 5,000 migrant labourers. Internet back in Kashmir, but no access yet

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro pays homage at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi yesterday. to social media

Agencies ties and food delivery apps like cent protests against a new citi- Srinagar Swiggy and Zomato as well as e- zenship law. mail and search engines includ- The Internet shutdown in India, Brazil sign pacts to ing Google and Yahoo. Kashmir, which has been on for uthorities yesterday re- “It’s good some Internet ac- more than 150 days, is the long- stored Internet in Jammu cess has been restored but it’s est such outage in any democ- Aand Kashmir after a fi ve- so slow I’m hardly able to access racy, according to digital rights and-a half-month blackout but anything and social media is also group Access Now. boost strategic partnership maintained a block on social off -limits,” Raashid Ahmad, a Since August freedom of media sites. university student, said. movement in Kashmir has been Prime Minister Narendra Azhar Hussain, a local busi- gradually restored as has cell- Agencies formulated and added that by Indian requirement of crude Bolsanaro has invited criti- Modi’s government imposed a nessman, also complained about phone coverage, but apart from New Delhi 2023- the platinum jubilee of oil imports from Brazil went up cism in the past for inaction communications blackout in the Internet speed being “pain- at a handful of locations, there diplomatic relations between after the US imposed sanctions during the burning of the Ama- early August when it stripped fully slow”. has been no regular Internet ac- India and Brazil - the strategic against its suppliers Venezuela zon rainforest and comments Kashmir of its partial autono- Nasir Nabi, a student from cess. n a major boost to their stra- partnership, people-to-people and Iran. that have been termed racist my. north Kashmir’s Kupwara dis- This made life even harder for tegic partnership, Brazil and ties and business co-operation Brazil imports chicken from and misogynist. India also imposed a curfew, trict, where some services were the region’s 7mn inhabitants and IIndia yesterday laid down a would be strengthened even India and wants reduction in “His actions in Brazil and sent in tens of thousands of ex- restored, is pursuing a masters hit the local economy hard. comprehensive action plan to further. import taxes on poultry. at the global stage are directly tra troops and detained dozens degree through a distance learn- Modi’s government said that enhance co-operation in all are- The two governments signed The bilateral trade between against the very ethos of the In- of Kashmiri political leaders and ing course and has been unable the blackout was for security as, amid an economic slowdown. agreements and MoUs for co- the two countries was $8.2bn in dian constitution that we cel- others, many of whom remain to access the university’s web- reasons, aimed at restricting the While thanking President operation in bio-energy, oil, 2018-19. ebrate on Republic Day,” Com- in detention, drawing criticism site. ability of armed militants. Jair Bolsonaro for accepting an natural gas, investments, legal Accompanied by eight min- munist Party of India lawmaker abroad. Because of the slow Internet However, the Supreme Court invitation to attend India’s 71st assistance in criminal matters, isters and a delegation of busi- Binoy Viswam wrote in a letter Internet access was restored speed, the 23-year-old has not criticised the government earlier Republic Day today, Prime Min- early childhood related issues, ness leaders, Brazilian Presi- to Modi. yesterday but only to 301 gov- been able to download the study this month for the move, call- ister Narendra Modi said: “Brazil health and medicine, tradition- dent Bolsonaro arrived in New Viswam said he would not ernment-approved websites material or get information ing it an “arbitrary exercise of and India’s strategic partnership al systems of medicine and ho- Delhi on Friday. join the celebrations. that include international news about any examinations. power”. is based on common philosophy moeopathy, cultural exchange, He is the chief guest for the “President Bolsonaro is an publications and platforms such Shameem Ahmad, a shop- The court also stated that and values. Despite geographical social security, cyber security, Republic Day parade today. elected leader in a democratic as Netfl ix and Amazon. keeper from the same region, having access to the Internet “is distance, we have been members science and technology, geol- This is his fi rst visit to India. country. It is the country with Mobile phone data access was said he has found it diffi cult to integral to an individual’s right of various fora and signifi cant ogy and mineral resources, ani- Modi visited Brazil in No- whom we have very strong and also restored, although it was complete bank transactions as to freedom of speech and ex- partners in development too. mal husbandry and dairy, and vember 2019 to attend the elev- substantive relations, many ar- limited to slower second-gener- the Internet speed is very low pression”. That is why he and I today have cattle genomics. enth Brics summit and extend- eas of convergence,” Ministry ation (2G) connections. and most of the times it fails to \>\>Determined to showcase agreed on bilateral co-operation “Animal husbandry, espe- ed the invitation to Bolsonaro. of External Aff airs offi cial Vijay Access will temporarily be al- process the request. ‘development’ in Kashmir for in all areas.” cially healthcare of cows is one The Indian government has Thakur said while answering a lowed to websites of banks like India is the world leader in the world to see, the Prime Min- He announced that an ac- of our unique areas of co-oper- faced criticism since November, query on the merits of inviting State Bank of India and HDFC, cutting Internet services, ac- ister’s Offi ce is working round- tion plan to implement a slew of ation. At one point, India sent when it announced that Bol- “such a controversial” leader education institutions, news, tivists say, and access was also the-clock to expedite over 100 agreements and memorandums Gir and Kankreji cows to Brazil,” sonaro would be the chief guest during a pre-visit briefi ng. entertainment sites including temporarily suspended in other infrastructure projects in the the of understanding had been Modi said. at the Republic Day ceremonies. Amazon Prime, travel, utili- parts of the country during re- newly-carved union territory.

TRS sweeps municipal polls

4 die in building crash The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) swept municipal elections in Telangana, capturing power in over 100 out of 120 municipalities and seven of nine municipal corporations. The main opposition Congress party was distant second with a majority in three municipalities. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won a municipality each. As expected the TRS secured majority in over 100 municipalities by winning more than 1,500 seats. The Congress tally was 495. The BJP, which was claiming to emerge as the main opposition after winning four Lok Sabha seats from Telangana last year, won 223 seats. Interestingly, independents won more seats than the opposition parties in several municipalities. Independents were elected in 293 wards. Most of them were TRS rebels. The AIMIM led by Asaduddin Owaisi won 56 seats. It captured power in Bhainsa, which was recently rocked by communal violence. Rescue workers check under the rubble of a building that partly collapsed in Bhajanpura, in the The TRS also dominated elections to nine northeast district of New Delhi, yesterday. At least four people, including three students, were municipal corporations. It won 123 seats while killed after the under-construction three-storey building collapsed. the BJP got 42. Independents won 41 seats while the Congress tally was 37.

Central teams to visit airports to screen for virus

IANS consist of a public health expert, a clinician and herence to mandatory guidelines connected with New Delhi a microbiologist. They are expected to reach their infection control and surveillance. respective destinations today. According to the minister, out of 11 people un- “They will review the end-to-end prepared- der observation, four have been conﬁ rmed to be he government said yesterday that central ness for management and control of nCoV in negative for nCoV. He has sought personal inter- teams have been sent to carry out thermal the states, including at the airports, for thermal vention from various chief ministers to review Tscreening of novel coronavirus at airports screening and transferring of patients to hos- their respective state’s preparedness for control in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Ben- pitals for isolation, and will also visit tertiary and management of nCoV. galuru, Hyderabad and Kochi. hospitals attached to the airports for reviewing “The situation is being closely monitored at Although, no cases have been detected in the the isolation wards and availability of Personal the highest level for adequate preparedness. All country so far, the government is reviewing and Protective Equipment (PPE) and masks, etc”, the the offi cials of my ministry, concerned depart- monitoring the preparedness on a daily basis, health ministry said in a statement. ments and states/UTs have been put on high alert Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Var- The teams will co-ordinate with the state for Novel Coronavirus. We are taking all required dhan said. health offi cials to explore all avenues to strength- possible precautions to manage all possible sce- According to the minister, these teams will en states’ preparedness, and also review the ad- narios”, said Harsh Vardhan. Gulf Times 16 Sunday, January 26, 2020 BRITAIN/EUROPE UK PM presses Trump over Harry Dunn suspect

Prime minister ‘reiterated UK during a phone call with Sacoolas is the wife of an intel- tice for the teenager’s family. She also met with Dunn’s fam- government are working to that munity, which has been disputed need’ for Anne Sacoolas, Donald Trump, a Downing Street ligence offi cer who was based in “He reiterated the need for ily on Friday, the day after she end.” by the family, but Raab said he charged with causing death of spokeswoman said. Croughton, and the issue has ig- the individual involved to return had informed them of the US A spokesman for the US state would look to “resolve the issue” teenager, to face justice Dunn, 19, died after a crash nited international controversy. to the UK,” a Downing Street secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s department said the request had surrounding any immunity given outside a US military base in The US informed the Home spokeswoman said. decision to refuse the extradition been rejected because it would to staff at the RAF Croughton By Nicola Slawson Croughton, Northamptonshire, Offi ce late on Thursday that it Andrea Leadsom, who is the request. nullify the invocation of dip- base. Guardian News & Media on August 37, 2019. had rejected the extradition re- constituency MP for the Dunn Leadsom said she had ex- lomatic immunity and set an Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Anne Sacoolas, 42, was quest, a decision which has been family, held talks on Friday with pressed her disappointment on extraordinarily troubling prec- Charles, has vowed to keep ﬁ ght- charged with causing his death condemned by politicians and the US ambassador to Britain, their behalf during the talks with edent. ing for justice: “It doesn’t matter ritish Prime Minister by dangerous driving in De- Dunn’s grieving family. Woody Johnson, the command- the US ambassador. The foreign secretary, Do- when, whether it’s this adminis- Boris Johnson “reiterated cember but she left the UK days In a phone call with the US er of RAF Croughton, Colonel She said that the prime min- minic Raab, has said the move tration or the next. The extradi- Bthe need” for the suspect later when the US government president on Friday, the prime Bridget McNamara, and the chief ister is “very much on the side of “amounts to a denial of justice”. tion request is always going to be charged with causing the death claimed that she had diplomatic minister raised the topic and constable of Northamptonshire the family in their desire to see The Foreign Offi ce maintains over Anna Sacoolas’s head, and of Harry Dunn to return to the immunity. spoke of the need to secure jus- police. justice done”, adding: “All of us in the suspect had diplomatic im- we’re never going to give up.”

Brexit will not aff ect Rescuers rushing to ﬁ nd intelligence links, says Turkey quake survivors EU offi cial AFP AFP Elazig, Turkey Zagreb

he death toll from a pow- rexit will not negatively af- erful earthquake in east- fect co-operation between Tern Turkey rose to 29 as Bthe intelligence services in rescue workers raced against Europe, the EU’s anti-terrorism time yesterday to fi nd survivors co-ordinator said. under the rubble. “The exchange of information The magnitude 6.8 quake is not impacted,” Gilles de Ker- struck on Friday evening, with chove said on the sidelines of a its epicentre in the small lake- meeting of EU interior ministers side town of Sivrice in Elazig in Zagreb on Friday. province, and was felt across Co-operation between the neighbouring countries. intelligence services is already The Turkish government’s “outside the institutional frame- disaster and emergency man- work of the” EU, and non-mem- agement agency (AFAD) said bers Norway and Switzerland are 29 died in Elazig and in nearby already part of it, he told AFP. Malatya while nearly 1,500 had Britain will also be represent- been injured. ed within this framework after The update came as a quake it leaves the European Union on with a 5.1 magnitude hit Sivrice January 31. later yesterday. He said that the issue is more President Recep Tayyip Er- whether if, and in what form, dogan cancelled a speech in London will continue to have ac- Istanbul and attended the fu- A handout picture released by cess to EU police data. neral of a woman and her son in the Turkish Presidential Press Britain shares intelligence Elazig. service shows Turkish President through the Schengen Informa- He later visited Malatya. Recep Tayyip Erdogan during tion System (SIS) for law en- He vowed the state would his visit to Elazig. forcement purposes, although it do “everything we can” to help is not part of the passport-free those aff ected in a disaster he Left: Rescue personnel move Schengen zone. described as a “test”. the body of an earthquake In recent years, the SIS in- AFAD said 43 people had been victim in Elazig. formation base has become an rescued alive from collapsed important tool for tracking re- buildings in Elazig. ligious extremists entering Eu- An estimated 19 others re- rope from Syria and Iraq. mained trapped in the rubble. De Kerchove was not able to Turkish news channels say how the EU could continue showed live images of people to co-operate with Britain in re- rescued. gard to the SIS. Among those pulled out alive But “it is impossible for a non- was a woman called Azize, who EU member to have the (same) had contacted emergency au- degree of intimacy as that of an thorities and spoken to a rescue EU member”. worker by telephone, state news The question should be re- agency Anadolu reported. solved in talks between London Almost 24 hours after the and Brussels on their future ties. quake, offi cials then rescued a De Kerchove said the EU has woman and her two-year-old worked in close co-operation child in her arms alive, CNN with the US on law enforce- Turk broadcaster reported. ment matters and “it would be More than 3,500 search and absurd that our geographically rescue personnel were working close neighbour fi nds itself in an in the region while tens of thou- inferior situation to that of the sands of beds, blankets and tents Americans, particularly in the have been provided, the presi- fi ght against terrorism”. dency said. The Belgian EU offi cial also The rescue eff orts have been expressed concern over the situ- taking place in freezing temper- ation in Iraq and Syria. atures as wood and plastic were He said recent developments burned to keep crowds warm. on the ground could lead the Is- Hundreds of people anxiously lamic State (IS) to “rebuild”. waited on the other side of po- Rescue personnel work amid the rubble of a building in Elazig. A man watches during ongoing search and rescue operations. A pullout of US troops “would lice barriers including a man certainly weaken the capacity of who gave his name as Mustafa. Friday night on the streets. jured were residents in other when the quake struck as he was Offi cials said 72 buildings had In 1999, a devastating 7.4 the Iraqi army to fi ght what re- “I have three relatives in that Rescuers cleared the rubble southeast provinces including at home in another neighbour- collapsed while 514 were badly magnitude earthquake hit Izmit mains of” the IS. building: one man, his wife and one bucket at a time surrounded Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa. hood and his children “were damaged and 409 had limited in western Turkey, leaving more He also said the fate of some her mother,” the 40-year-old by broken wooden beams and Tensions were high as one screaming in terror”. damage in the aff ected region. than 17,000 people dead, in- 5,500 IS fi ghters has not been told AFP. concrete. resident accused the govern- The Ankara public prosecu- The US Geological Survey cluding about 1,000 in Istanbul. suffi ciently clarifi ed. “I was home during the earth- Sivrice – a town with a popu- ment of lying. tor’s offi ce said it had begun an assessed the magnitude as 6.7, Experts have long warned a “A good number” of them quake. It lasted for so long, it lation of 4,000 – is south of “They (the government) claim investigation into “provocative” slightly lower than AFAD, add- large quake could devastate the have already returned home, was like a nightmare. I froze in Elazig city on the shores of Haz- that only four people are trapped social media posts but did not ing that it struck near the East city of 15mn people, which has around 600 are in prisons in the the living room when it hap- ar lake – one of the most popular under the rubble. It is not true. I give further details. Anatolian Fault in an area that allowed widespread building region and at least one-quarter pened, my wife and our two tourist spots in the region and have fi ve relatives in that build- Erdogan also told citizens has suff ered no documented without safety precautions. are dead. children were screaming and the source of the Tigris river. ing,” Suat, a 45-year-old butch- to “ignore gossip and negative large ruptures since an earth- Such fears were acutely awak- But the number of dead is running around,” he said. The lake is home to a “Sunken er, said. “There are four fl oors propaganda”. quake in 1875. ened in September last year probably higher as many reli- He added that some neigh- City”, with archaeological traces and three fl ats per fl oor. If there The tremor was felt in several There have been 462 after- when a 5.7-magnitude earth- gious extremists have been killed bours jumped out of the win- dating back 4,000 years in its were fi ve people per fl at, do the parts of eastern Turkey near the shocks including 14 that were quake shook Istanbul, causing in battles for the caliphate but dows in panic as families in- waters. math. Why are they lying?” Iraqi and Syrian borders as well above four in magnitude, AFAD residents to fl ee buildings in the authorities have not received cluding his were forced to spend Among the 1,466 people in- He described the moment as in Iran, Lebanon and Syria. said. economic capital. confi rmation.

Religious militant recruiter jailed

A Frenchman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for seeking Poland slams Brussels ‘double standards’ in judiciary row to recruit dozens of youths to fight in Syria and for leading a brigade of French-speaking Islamists in the war-torn country. Mourad Fares, 35, fled Syria in 2014, and was arrested in Turkey and Reuters thrown into chaos, with cases independence of the Constitu- pean Commission recommenda- asked the Constitutional Tribu- handed over to French authorities the same year. Warsaw being postponed, since its top tional Tribunal had been seri- tion issued in late 2017, in which nal to investigate whether the Prosecutors said he played a “crucial” role in the recruiting of young court decreed that rulings made ously undermined. the EU’s executive body called Supreme Court had the right to people to fight as religious militants in Syria, and noted a lack of any by judges appointed under new Polish Deputy Foreign Min- on Polish authorities to “refrain rule on the legitimacy of judges “real regret” for his actions. oland has accused the Eu- government rules could be chal- ister Pawel Jablonski called the from actions and public state- who were appointed under the He admitted to the court he “indirectly” recruited youths to fight as ropean Union of double lenged. Commission’s position “a very ments which could undermine new rules. religious militants via his propaganda videos and “facilitated” the Pstandards for question- At the same time, parliament serious inconsistency”. further the legitimacy of the The European Commission entry of a number of people into Syria. ing the country’s Constitutional passed a law that critics say aims “We treat this ... as a very se- Supreme Court, the ordinary asked the EU’s highest court He denied taking part in combat operations in Syria, where he Tribunal, intensifying a spat to muzzle judges. rious use of double standards courts, judges, individually or on Friday to freeze the new law travelled in 2014. between Warsaw and Brussels The European Commission regarding what expectations the collectively, or the judiciary as a passed by parliament on Thurs- However, prosecutors said he “participated in armed actions” with ahead of a visit by the bloc’s top said on Friday that it was “very Commission has of Poland and of whole”. day that allows for the dismissal the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), later known as the rule of law offi cial. concerned” about the situation, itself,” he said. The ruling nationalist Law and of judges who are critical of gov- Islamic State (IS) group, before leaving to a join a cell of French- Poland’s legal system has been warning that the legitimacy and Jablonski referred to a Euro- Justice party (PiS) had previously ernment changes to the judiciary. speaking religious extremists aff iliated with the Al Nusra front. Gulf Times Sunday, January 26, 2020 17 PAKISTAN People losing hope in Imran-led govt: poll Islamabad now

Internews Islamabad

fresh survey says that ‘reconsidering’ people in Pakistan are Alosing trust in the government about their future with majority saying that the government is heading towards the wrong direction. The “Perception, Perform- ance” quarterly survey con- hiring campaign ducted this month says that price hikes and unemployment are the Internews render them unemployed. Friday that the government’s major issues faced by the people. Islamabad She said that 2020 would be policies were primarily focused In a previous survey, almost the year of jobs creation. on building foreign exchange half of respondents (49%) re- Almost 60% of the survey’s Almost half – 46% – are not Minutes of the cabinet meet- reserves that eroded 25% of in- ported that year 2019 was posi- respondents are not satisfied satisfied with the performance ays after the federal cab- ing also confi rmed that the dustrial production in the past tive for them and their families, with Awan’s performance. of Foreign Minister Qureshi. inet decided to fi ll over cabinet had decided that all year. whereas more than one-third D129,000 vacant posts in vacant positions in ministries, He was speaking on the Ex- (37%) reported negatively as ruption” has declined. With the increase of 11%, dis- the public sector, the govern- divisions or attached depart- press News programme, the Re- compared to 2018 – in which 14% For the fi rst time in the past satisfaction with Jam Kamal’s ment is having second thoughts ments shall be fi lled in within view Pakistan’s only economy reported negatively compared year – respondents are not “buy- Baluchistan government is at due to its huge fi nancial impli- 120 working days in a manner and national security aff airs with 2017. ing” the government’s narra- 66%. cation, a highly-placed source prescribed “except those which prime-time show. When the same question was tive of blaming previous regimes There is sharp decline of 26% said. are either coming in restructur- Masood Khan said that the asked in the 2020 survey, 39% of about current economic chal- in satisfaction levels – from 34% Both the Prime Minister’s Of- ing process or meant for promo- current expenditures were in- the respondents were optimistic, lenges. to just 8% – the highest of any fi ce and the ministry of fi nance tion”. creasing rapidly, and predicted 28% were pessimistic, and 8% In October 2019, more than province. are considering not implement- The federal cabinet had also that the budget defi cit could did not expect any change from half (58%) of the respondents According to the survey, the ing the decision, a source privy directed the Establishment Di- hit Rs4tn, or 9% of Pakistan’s 2019. supported the Pakistan Tehreek- dissatisfaction level with the to these discussions revealed vision to expeditiously decide Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Interestingly, 25% declined to e-Insaf (PTI)-led government performance of four major min- yesterday. cases referred to it for vetting on the back of a steep shortfall in give an answer. narrative. istries is rising. The main reason for review- and approval for recruitment the Federal Board of Revenue’s Almost everyone (99%) is ef- Presently, that support has Almost half – 46% – are not ing the decision is the fi nancial rules. (FBR) tax revenues. fected from price hikes. dropped to 38%. satisfi ed with the performance of implications on the budget and The Establishment Division The government had set the A majority (61%) of the re- A majority (77%) have the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood the already bloated size of the was also asked to issue “No Ob- budget defi cit target at 7.2% of spondents believe that economi- opinion that the government Qureshi, while 27% are satisfi ed. federal government. jection Certifi cates” of the sur- the GDP, or Rs3.2tn. cally, the country is heading in has failed to bring back “looted” More than half – 55% – are not Special Assistant to Prime plus pool. In such a gloomy situation, the wrong direction. money from abroad. pleased with the performance of Minister on Information Dr Fir- However, the sources said the Prime Minister Khan is said to the government decided to add In January 2020, infl ation was Satisfaction also declined on Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid dous Ashiq Awan did not answer decision to fi ll posts had been have expressed opposition to Rs80bn more into the cost of ranked as the gravest issue by government’s policies on the Ahmad, while 22% are satisfi ed. when asked if the government taken without proper home- the decision to add another running the civilian govern- 44% of the respondents, which Kashmir issue as well – in Octo- Fifty-four per cent are not was reconsidering 10-day-old work. Rs80bn to the cost of running ment. is 18% higher than in April 2019 ber 61% of the respondents were content with Adviser to the decision of the federal cabinet. Neither the Establishment the civilian government. The sources said the chances (26%). satisfi ed with the government’s Prime Minister on Finance Abdul This month the Prime Min- Division nor the fi nance minis- are very high that the Prime As many as 28% said unem- stand; - now 53% are dissatisfi ed. Hafeez Shaikh’s performance, ister’s Delivery Unit had given a try had moved the summary to nomic conditions dictate that Minister’s Offi ce would not ployment is the major issue; this Almost six among 10 respond- while 18% say he is doing well. presentation to the federal cabi- the federal cabinet to fi ll these the government should down- push to implement the decision. percentage is 8% higher than it ents (57%) are not satisfi ed with The dissatisfaction level at net on the status of recruitment posts. size. The premier is said to have al- was in 2019 (20%). Prime Minister Khan’s overall Special Assistant to the Prime rules, pending cases of seniori- “The fi nancial cost of fi ll- The sources said Dr Ishrat ready expressed his opposition Overall almost one-third of performance. Minister for Information and ties, 129,301 vacant positions in ing 129,301 posts is more than Husain, adviser to prime minis- to the decision. the respondents (29%) claimed In comparison with the last Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq the federal ministries and divi- Rs80bn a year. The decision to ter on institutional reforms, was In Prime Minister Khan’s that their current monthly in- survey conducted in October Awan’s performance is at 59%, sions, and 1,623 pending dis- fi ll the posts must not be imple- also against the federal cabinet cabinet, the implementation come meets their expenses. 2019 (just after Khan’s speech at while 17% are satisfi ed. ciplinary proceedings against mented, particularly when the decision. on public interest-related deci- This phenomenon has been the UN over Kashmir), dissatis- The majority of the respond- bureaucracy. size of the federal government Prime Minister Imran Khan sions largely remained low. reported when respondents from faction increased by 19% (from ents of the 2020 survey (45%) About 3,459 vacant positions is already bloated,” said former had promised to create 10mn The cabinet was recently in- higher socio-economic classes 38% to 57%), whereas in the believe that former premier have to be fi lled through the fi nance minister Dr Hafi z Pasha. jobs and construct 5mn homes formed that out of total 79 ini- were engaged. January 2020 survey, satisfac- Nawaz Sharif will not return to Federal Public Service Commis- During the cabinet meeting, during his government’s fi ve- tiatives that it approved, 41 had However, when asked about tion dropped by 24% (from 49% Pakistan, whereas 39% have the sion. some cabinet ministers had also year term. been fully or partially imple- savings, more than 70% of the to 25%). opposite opinion. Briefi ng media persons af- referred to the bloated size of No progress could be made to mented. respondents reported that they In January 2020, the Usman Almost half (49%) believe that ter the federal cabinet meet- the federal government, partic- achieve these two goals during The ratio of full or partial im- failed to save any money. Buzdar-led government in Pun- his illness could be treated in Pa- ing, Awan had said that no ularly when most of the subjects past one and half year due to the plementation was just 52%. The majority (71%) reported jab severely lost in terms of the kistan. public sector employee would have been devolved to the prov- government’s economic stabili- There were 36 decisions that that they are unable to meet their satisfaction level, by 18% (from Almost half (49%) have opin- be removed as the government inces after the 18th amendment sation policies. were still under process, ac- monthly expenses; to manage, 39% to 21%). ion that Maryam Nawaz should was committed to provide em- in the Constitution. Former fi nance secretary Dr cording to the briefi ng to the they do the following: 37% bor- On the other hand, the dissat- not be allowed to go abroad. ployment to the jobless, not to Pasha said the current eco- Waqar Masood Khan said on federal cabinet. row money (people from lower isfaction level increased by 19% Forty-four per cent also be- strata of society), 35% do part – from 42% (in October 2019) to lieve that the award of bail to time jobs (this phenomenon pre- 61%. former president Asif Ali Zardari New election chief assumes duties vails in all classes), while 27% cut In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and the permission to Sharif for their expenses (this happens in 33% of respondents said they treatment in London were a part Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja higher socio-economic classes). were satisfi ed with the provin- of a secret deal between the gov- assumed his duties at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in UK upgrades travel The survey also suggest that cial government’s performance; ernment and opposition. Islamabad yesterday. the government is losing it sup- this is 11% less from the previous A majority (51%) have the A day earlier, President Dr Arif Alvi formally appointed the retired port in its narrative against op- year’s survey result, i.e. 44%. opinion that the army chief bureaucrat for five years. advice following position, improvement claims The dissatisfaction level of KP should get the extension. A notification issued by the ministry of parliamentary aff airs said and policies. residents on Mahmood Khan’s Interestingly, 42% have no that Alvi made the appointments under Article 213 and 215 of the Compared to November 2018 government increased by 18% opinion or are not aware of the Constitution. positive developments (54%) there is a depreciation of (from 29% to 47%). amendment to the National Ac- In a separate notification, the president also appointed Nasir confi dence in Prime Minister Dissatisfaction with the Syed countability Bureau (NAB) Or- Durrani and Shah Jatoi as ECP members from Sindh and Baluchistan Imran Khan about the “decline in Murad Ali Shah-led Sindh gov- dinance, while whereas 40% be- provinces, respectively. Internews June 2019, and the visit by the corruption”. ernment increased by 12% (54% lieve that this was done to protect After months of deadlock, the government and the opposition had Islamabad Duke and Duchess of Cam- In January 2020, only 25% to 66%), and the satisfaction lev- vested interests in the Peshawar agreed on Tuesday to appoint Raja, Durrani, and Jatoi to the key bridge in October 2019. were of the opinion that “cor- el dropped by 9% (27% to 18%). metro and other projects. ECP posts. The advisory said there were he government of Paki- an estimated 484,000 visits by stan has welcomed the British nationals to Pakistan Treview of British travel in 2018 and most of the visits advice for Pakistan, saying that were trouble-free. it would strengthen bilateral Among other changes, the 500 women bikers get ties and improve people-to- advice now allows for travel by people contact between the road to the north of Pakistan two countries. as well as the Kalash and Bam- training certifi cates Prime Minister Imran Khan boret Valleys, according to the said: “This is great news as it statement. will address two most impor- British High Commissioner Internews provincial government. tant economic issues facing to Pakistan Dr Christian Turn- Karachi In its fi rst phase, some 500 Pakistan today: employment er said: “Following my arrival women learned how to ride mo- and our current account defi - in December 2019, I made this torcycles at the University of Ka- cit, by bringing in tourism and review of the travel advice a indh’s fi rst Women on rachi. investment which in turn will priority. Wheels (WOW) graduation Two months on, the fi rst batch provide employment opportu- “It is great credit to the hard Sceremony and issuance was ready to receive their certifi - nities especially for our youth.” work of the government of Pa- of driving licences saw the Arts cates. Foreign Minister Shah Me- kistan in delivering improved Council of Pakistan auditorium A select few were also awarded hmood Qureshi, while com- security over the past fi ve packed with many women, espe- licences. menting on the development, years. cially young women cheering for And saving the best for last, tweeted: “Pakistan; Land “I am delighted that Brit- each other. Careem presented one of them of peace and progress with ish nationals will be able to see Shaheen Sultan was not sure with a brand new motorcycle incredible natural beauty, more of what Pakistan has to where she was supposed to go through a lucky draw. warmth and hospitality. off er.’’ when she reached the Arts Coun- Senior journalist Mubashir “This change in travel advice While commenting on the cil gates. Zaidi, the moderator for the is encouraging, the fi rst major development, Foreign Minister “You know, I’m going to re- event, said that the man behind update to the UK’s travel advi- Qureshi said that he is glad to ceive my certifi cate today. I can the project, Salman Sufi , is aim- This picture taken in November last year shows a Salman Sufi Foundation trainer with trainees during a sory to Pakistan since 2015. hear about it as he had talked ride a motorbike now. I am so ing to have 10,000 women riding ‘Women on Wheels’ session in Karachi. “This will further strength- with the UK’s foreign minister happy,” she beamed, as someone their bikes in Sindh by Women’s en Pak-UK relations. Welcome in this regard. directed her to the auditorium. Day on March 8. Asad Khan of Careem also said buy bikes with a 5% mark-up. how to ride motorcycles. to Pakistan!” Pakistan had also talked Sultan said that she got mar- “Women on Wheels is not just that females riding motorbikes Sindh Women Development “They take the food they have The British High Commis- with the US President Donald ried very early and is now a a trend, it is a way to see women on the road is a powerful state- Minister Shehla Raza said that if cooked for their husbands to the sion in Islamabad earlier an- Trump in that regard, he said. mother of fi ve. enter practical life by getting ment. the women in Nepal could ride fi elds on their bikes. They also nounced that the travel advice Besides, Qureshi said, Pa- “I always used to feel bad about jobs,” he said. “Having more women rid- motorbikes, so could the women drive tractors. There is always a for Pakistan had been updated kistan is in talks with Saudi burdening my husband with er- Sufi said that thanks to the ing bikes on the road can change in Pakistan. need to make your women inde- to refl ect the improved security Arabia, Turkey and Malaysia rands, such as getting groceries project, there is no reason why mindsets and perception. It can “Even I would like to learn how pendent,” she said. situation in the country. about tourism, and hoped that or dropping the kids to school. women should be left behind at change the entire narrative. to ride a motorbike,” she said, She also pointed out how in “Today’s announcement is the three countries would help “I used to think that if I could home while the men went about “Female representation is im- adding that they would be intro- Tharparkar there were some 50 the result of a comprehensive Pakistan in promotion of tour- ride a bike like my husband, I their work. portant for the country to grow. ducing the WOW project in the women truck drivers doing the review of UK travel advice for ism. could do it myself.” “We were also used to seeing Mobility can give many women Sindh budget for allocation. work of men. Pakistan, based on a wide- Prime Minister Khan had “And now I can. The only thing women seated at the back, be- independence,” he said, adding Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) “Change is also happening ranging assessment of the also discussed with Saudi I need now is my own bike. Then hind the men on bikes. That im- that their company would soon member of the Sindh Assem- here. As their parents or as mem- country’s security situation. Crown Prince Mohamed bin there will be two shiny motorcy- age should soon become history be launching a new women cus- bly Faryal Talpur said that it is bers of society, we should en- This is the fi rst major update in Salman about Saudi invest- cles parked in our little parking now,” he said. tomer-specifi c transport serv- strange that women, who con- courage our women to step out of the travel advice since 2015,” it ment in the tourism sector, he lot at home,” she said, smiling. “Women are not second-class ice, for which they will be hiring stitute 51% of Pakistan’s popula- their homes like the men do. The added. added. Women on Wheels, a project of citizens. They need to be encour- some 10,000 female riders. tion, are always seen behind the PPP is always there to support The statement noted that Qureshi said the credit of Salman Sufi which started from aged and empowered. We will He also said that, by partner- men. you,” she said, before distribut- the improved security situa- this achievement goes to the Punjab in 2018, has now come to also launch this project in the in- ing with JS Bank, the company The legislator said that in In- ing certifi cates among the fi rst tion allowed for the return of nation and the armed forces of Karachi with the support of the terior of Sindh,” he added. would also be helping women dia, even the rural women know batch of 500 women. British Airways to Pakistan in Pakistan. Gulf Times 18 Sunday, January 26, 2020 COMMENT

CHAIRMAN Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Towards a sociological Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka Deputy Managing Editor K T Chacko P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar understanding [email protected] 44350478 (News), 44466404 (Sport),  THE STATE AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONS 44466636 (Home delivery) By Darim al-Basam the 19th century, the nation-state’s passed by, things start changing. trust in state machinery, namely the 44350474 impact on the modern world has been With the exception of the East legal and administrative institutions facebook.com/gulftimes tremendous. Asian countries that adapted their of the state responsible for the n recent years After the industrial revolution, own home grown development implementation of public policies. twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar there has been there was a structural felt need for its nation-state model and were We argue that the impartiality, a great deal creation. financially backed by generous FDI efficiency and fairness of this street- Iof scholarly The principled defence of the from the West for some geopolitical level institutions are important interest in nation-state would start from the reasons, alternative nation building dimensions of interpersonal trust revisiting the topic proposition that markets and the efforts began to stall everywhere among people (average individual’s GULF TIMES of the Nation State widening division of labour require else. “Socialism” became revealed as belief that another individual or and to tackle it from sociological rules. despotic across the third world. institution will act consistently with and cultural and literary viewpoint Markets are not self-creating, Since secular nationalism was seen his/her expectations of positive to challenge the prevailing political self-regulating, self-stabilising or as failing to deliver development behaviour). Put differently, the sciences’ viewpoint that dominate self-legitimising, so they depend on or promised liberty, there came credibility of such institutions that the field. For political scientists the non-market institutions. counter waves of ethnic and religious have direct contact with people’s Qatar committed to “state” as a political entity is any Anything beyond a simple movements of revitalisation. daily life will cement confidence in politically organised community exchange between neighbours These created massive civil the nation-state. living under a single system of requires investments in conflict, either between majority Conceptually they are separated produce energy that government. transportation, communications and minority ethnic or religious from conventional trust in In international relations theories, and logistics; enforcement of groups, or between secular and politicians, parties, and “the states are assumed to be persons contracts, provision of information, “fundamentalist” rivals. government” that can come and go. is cleaner, sustainable by virtue of their capacity to act transparency and prevention of After the fall of the Berlin Wall Political trust is critical for a state’s intentionally, if not always rationally. cheating; a stable and reliable thing took a new tilt with the legitimacy. The general characteristics that medium of exchange; arrangements declaration of neoliberalism as the Without citizen’s trust and Qatar’s determination to make the best use of renewable, constitute this particular actor is to bring distributional outcomes into end of history. support, the state is not able to free source of energy that is sustainable and totally missing, and the notion that the state conformity with social norms; and Let me assign few lines to exercise its governance on all inexhaustible, is clearly refl ected in its recent awarding of is to be understood as an actor is so on. deconstruct the concept of the cylinders. more or less automatic. Behind every functioning, nation-state with a hyphen between But that trust in public institution the Al Kharsaah Large Scale Solar PV Power Plant. The Arab region remains under- sustainable market stands a wide the two pillars of the term, so we has been harmed in recent years by The nearly QR1.7bn Al Kharsaah solar project has a represented in general historical and range of institutions providing might have better clarity in our the wide spread of big data and by targeted capacity of 800MW, which equals about 10% of the sociological theories of nationhood. critical functions of regulation, debate for the rest of the article. entering the age of digitalisation, country’s peak electricity demand. Arab social scientists need to adopt redistribution, monetary and fiscal Nation is a cultural term, referring both of which represent, in my a variety of disciplinary, thematic, stability, and conflict management. to a body of people who are naturally opinion, historical challenges to The fi rst phase of the project envisages connecting and country-based approaches to the These institutional functions have bounded together by certain established state-society relations. 350MW to the grid by early 2021. complex and contested issues around so far been provided largely by the affinities that give them a sense of In response to these developments, First of its kind in Qatar, the solar plant will be constructed the character of the nation-state in our nation-state. unity by making them feel that they researchers started addressing at Al Kharsaah in West Doha covering a total area of 10sq km. region. Therefore, nation-states are basic have something in common and the question of how state-society In fact, we need to generate debate constituents of modernity, providing differ from other people. relations are currently being The plant will see the application of the latest solutions and research on the topic through the framework in which people lead State, in return is a political term, reconfigured. and innovations in solar energy technology. anthropological research of the their lives, and nationality is one of referring to a body of people who live We can observe, even in our As per the agreement, Qatar’s Siraj Energy, a joint venture state that explore the possibilities of the fundamental conditions shaping on a definite territory and are unified region, how some states are owned by QP and QEWC, will hold a 60% stake in the studying ethnographically how “the their personal identity and the social under a set of institutional forms of becoming under stress in terms of state” was produced and contested contract between them and the state. governance, which possess monopoly a decline of political participation project while the rest will be held by France’s Total and through everyday practices and in formal elections, loss of trust Japan’s Marubeni. discursive constructions in the recent In term of its fi rst introduction and in representative institutions, The utility-scale solar power plant will help Qatar bring Arab culture. increasing bureaucratisation and down carbon emission. The proposed plant, during its life Sociological studies of the state establishment in the Arab and Africa regions, securitisation and new forms should focus from their vantage of multilevel confrontation and span, is expected to reduce 26mn tonnes of carbon dioxide point on the mundane techniques of the nation-state did not emerge in fact as conflict at intra-national, and aligning with the objectives of ‘Tarsheed’ or the National government and everyday practices regional level. Programme for Conservation and Energy Effi ciency by Qatar of local bureaucracies, role of a result of mode of production dialectical More seriously, increased numbers General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa). tribalism and patterns of social of armed non-state actors – networks and how to evaluate the process as happened in the West transnational ethnic and sectarian Tarsheed’s declared reach and qualities of the established groups, rebels, tribes, terrorist The utility-scale mission is to reduce 1mn nation-state and the ambiguous Globally, we live now in a system of coercive power and demand organisations, foreign militias and tonne of carbon emissions relations between formal and of territorial nation-states and see obedience from people The merger mercenaries – are challenging solar power annually until 2022. informal institution that made the ourselves as belonging to one or more of the two terms implies that politics many states’ claims to monopoly of state hybrid. of them. and culture support each other, violence and territorial control. plant will help Kahramaa is already Early notions of pan Arabism, And yet, how problematic the where a state derives the legitimacy Sectarian entrepreneurs and active in green missions secular movements, relations institution seems when expectations to rule from its endorsement of a political leaders have enhanced Qatar bring by launching a slew of between religion and the state, and are weighed against outcomes. specific cultural group, and in turn their power and deflected demands initiatives including electric the ambiguous role of liberalism There are now 193 nation-states, a culture survives and thrives by the for change by manipulating fears down carbon should also be investigated from a all sitting together in a body called aid of political power. of political exclusion, claiming vehicles and introducing political science point of view. “the United Nations”, size in square To dig a bit deeper, we can use to protect certain sections of the emission energy effi cient devices. Instead, it was formally declared kilometres or number of inhabitants two theoretical approaches to population from others, or using HE the Minister of State when colonial powers marked new does not matter: There are no such conceptualise the formation of the sectarianism to discredit their for Energy Aff airs Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi explained borders on the world map. criteria for the membership and nation-state: the ethnic approach political opponents and regional Theoretically, there are two existence of a nation-state in the and the civic approach. rivals. the project is part of Qatar’s policy to diversify energy decisive features that define a General Assembly. For national identity, the ethnic On the other hand, we observe production and increase reliance on the effi ciency of nation-state: The self-reference Yet, criteria are different in the approach (also known as ethnic how societal actors are empowered renewable energy, the cornerstone for a sustainable future of people who declare themselves Security Council that constitutes the nationalism) believes that a nation against states in the use of new for the generations to come. a nation-state, ie the nation-state club of major international powers is held together by shared heritage, digital technologies, rights’ draws its legitimacy from the that won WWII. including a common language, a conscious and active citizenship The project is also part of eff orts to conserve energy and people – or the acceptance of that Things at the beginning kicked off common culture, and a common ethnic and new forms of association protect the environment in a manner that strikes a balance declaration by the international quite well, and national spirits were ancestry. beyond the national. between the needs of the current generation and that of the community with the blessing of ex- extremely high. Arab countries follow this line of In the theoretical frameworks of future generations as stipulated by Qatar National Vision colonisers. After the dust of the War subsided, thinking. political sociology, researchers can It is clear that these two defining the struggle against colonialism and On the other side, the civic seek to explore how these various 2030, he noted. principles of the nation-state do not the self determination liberation approach (also known as civic forces have an impact on both The plant will generate about eight times the quantum fit together harmoniously. movements, which was at its peak at nationalism), believes that a nation state and society? What are the of solar energy that Qatar had pledged to build, helping the Many people and communities that time, produced nation-building is held together by social contract consequences of these developments 2022 FIFA World Cup become a carbon-neutral event, al- have unsuccessfully claimed effects. and democracy, where its members regarding both established state- their self-determination as an There was usually a nearly three- (individuals and social groups ) have society relations at national and Kaabi added. independent nation-state. decade period of trial and error in equal rights and the legitimacy of the regional levels? Solar power is a renewable free source of energy that is Therefore, in studying the nation- which secular, ostensibly democratic state comes from the “will of people” Moreover, how are these sustainable and totally inexhaustible, unlike fossil fuels state, we need to distinguish between nationalism/patriarchal rules it represents. developments of breaking up existing that are finite. It is also a non-polluting source of energy cases that there is a “state-system” developed, together with noticeable Western democracies developed state-society relations resisted and cases that there is still only enhancement of the welfare of people and adapted that as part of a process by new sovereigntist forces and and does not emit any greenhouse gases when producing a “state-idea”. Historically, the triggered by social policies and of profound change that was initiated populist parties? How do they affect electricity. structure and dynamism of the steady moderate economic growth. by new political and philosophical several domains such as citizenship, Qatar has substantial reserves of natural gas, which is a nation-state as we know it is a Most new regimes appeared at ideas that led the renaissance solidarity, migration, civic cleaner energy source. But the country’s declared policy is to modern phenomenon, which dates the time to be somewhat leftist – movement, which identified the mobilisation and social movements? back no more than 200 years. there was “Third World Socialism”, people as the source of sovereignty. More importantly, what challenges diversify its economy away from oil and gas. But it is not without its history and “Pan Arab Nationalism”, “African Nation-state becomes in this social identities, trust and legitimacy It is in this context the recent statement by Qatar predecessors. Socialism” etc. case a source capable of generating both between (national) state and its Investment Authority chief executive offi cer Mansoor bin Empires, kingdoms, princedoms Even in Western Europe the institutional capital. different social parts, and on a supra- Ebrahim al-Mahmoud is to be seen. and caliphates have been around for concept of “Social Market” was States enable the establishment of and transnational level in the case more than 4,000 years, each with in place before the welfare state reliable contracts between citizens of the European Union citizens for He said that Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to shift very different forms of governing surrendered to the neoliberal in that they provide information and example? into greener assets and that 44% of the fund’s infrastructure systems, different types of leadership invasion. monitor legislation about contracts, Prompting inter- and projects are zero-emission investments. and different relationships between The balance of power at that and enforce rights and rules that multidisciplinary research, epistemic Qatar is fully committed to fi ghting climate change. In line rulers and ruled. time between the two models of sanction lawbreakers, ensure social understandings from various The nation-state as successor of the state and nation building: The inclusiveness, protect minorities and disciplinary angles and multiple with this, the country has resolved to produce energy that is the preceding empires, princedoms United States representing the actively support the integration and methodologies to address the safer, more aff ordable and cleaner. and caliphates, is the form to capitalist camp and the Soviet Union participation of citizens. changing state-society relations Sustainable development is central to Qatar’s development organise societies in modernity and representing the socialist camp, In this regard certain types of are needed to contribute to a new planning as envisaged in the country’s national vision, institutional rationality. played a major role in that drives. public institutions start playing a political sociology of the nation- As it took shape in Europe during As few decades of the cold war major role of creating generalised state. strategies and policies.

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By Lee Jong-Wha increase rapidly in the coming problems, therefore, East Asia’s need to encourage higher labour-force New York decades. economies cannot avoid the participation among women and seniors, A shrinking workforce will in turn Japanifi cation solely by loosening boost worker productivity through reverse the demographic dividends that monetary policy. In fact, such lifelong education and skills training, t the annual meeting of the previously supported strong regional measures might even do more harm and allow active migrant infl ows. American Economic Associa- growth. In South Korea, for example, than good over time. Although these Expanding access to childcare and tion (AEA) in early January, average annual GDP growth between economies have not experienced an providing fl exible working arrangements Aformer US Federal Reserve 2020 and 2040 is forecast to be about asset-bubble collapse like Japan, would help to raise fertility rates. And chair Janet Yellen, former European one percentage point lower than now. continued monetary easing could governments must tackle ineffi ciencies Central Bank president Mario Draghi, Moreover, like Japan in recent pose such a risk. Over the last year, the in both the fi nancial sector and and eminent economists warned that decades, the four East Asian economies Hong Kong Monetary Authority and regulatory policies in order to improve Western economies risked “Japanifi ca- are experiencing slowing productivity the Bank of Korea have cut their policy productivity growth. tion”: a future of sluggish growth, low growth. Their export industries have rates several times, to 2% and 1.25%, Finally, East Asia’s governments infl ation, and perpetually low interest encountered fi erce competition from respectively. Benchmark interest rates must focus on increasing economic rates. Yet, surprising as it may seem, low-cost Chinese fi rms, while low in Singapore and Taiwan also remain and social equality and bolstering this malaise also threatens East Asia. service-sector productivity hampers low, at 1.64% and 1.375%, respectively. public trust in institutions. Despite Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, overall productivity improvements. As the experience of Japan has shown, Japan’s prolonged economic and Taiwan, once called the “Asian And because these countries are expansionary monetary policy can stagnation, its society has remained tigers,” now face slow growth and already at the high-tech frontier, they keep the economy afl oat, but with harmonious and stable, providing a disinfl ationary pressures. Last year, may fi nd it harder to develop new asset price bubbles and many zombie- solid foundation for managing stable Hong Kong’s economy contracted technologies in the future. like fi rms. growth. In East Asia, however, rising by 1.2%, while the other three grew How East Asia’s policymakers To stave off Japanifi cation, the four economic inequality amid weak growth only modestly – Singapore by 0.6%, respond to these challenges will be East Asian economies should adopt is eroding public confi dence in political and South Korea and Taiwan by about crucial. Many economists believe that a comprehensive set of policies to institutions. The civil disturbances 2% each. Infl ation in each of these the Bank of Japan’s timid response to overcome their structural weaknesses. that have rocked Hong Kong and South three countries was about 0.6%. the collapse of the country’s real- First, governments should spend Korea over the last year are evidence East Asia’s economies suff ered from estate bubble 30 years ago aggravated more on productivity-enhancing of this. Without strong public trust weaker external demand – a result of the economy’s woes, leading to the lost infrastructure, technologies, and and confi dence, the next economic slow growth in major industrialised decades that followed. education in order to boost potential calamity, whether a Japan-style countries and China – as well as Mindful of this precedent, the growth. Such public investment in slowdown or another fi nancial crisis, domestic structural and supply factors. Fed and the ECB have aggressively productive sectors could complement could prove diffi cult to overcome. Moreover, their growth potential is cut interest rates and injected large Bank of Japan’s timid response to the collapse of the country’s real-estate bubble weak private demand and expand The risk of Japanifi cation is clear, trending downward. amounts of liquidity since the 2008 30 years ago aggravated the economy’s woes. supply capacity. Governments could and not only in Western Europe. Faced Economically and demographically, fi nancial crisis – as has the BoJ fi nance this increased spending by with this threat, East Asia’s ageing these East Asian countries seem to be under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Summers has noted, leading central example, argues that excessive saving issuing low-interest-rate bonds, but tigers must take urgent steps to regain tracking Japan. administration. banks have failed to meet their infl ation and low investment in industrialised they must avoid an excessive build-up their vitality. – Project Syndicate For starters, Japan is the world’s Speaking at the AEA meeting, former targets despite massive monetary economies could result in “secular of public debt – especially the share most rapidly ageing society, with Fed Chair Ben Bernanke expressed expansion. And with interest rates stagnation.” Mohamed El-Erian owed to foreign investors. Without  Lee Jong-Wha is professor of 28% of its population aged 65 and confi dence in central banks’ ability to already at record lows, it will be diffi cult emphasises “structural disinfl ationary an international reserve currency, too Economics and Director of the Asiatic above, up from 14% in 1994. This provide further economic stimulus using to resolve the next crisis with further forces” such as aging, rising inequality, much debt could trigger a default and Research Institute at Korea University. age cohort’s share of the population new policy tools such as quantitative aggressive rate cuts. and a loss of trust in institutions, while foreign-exchange crisis. His most recent book, co-authored with in Hong Kong, Singapore, South easing and forward guidance. But many Furthermore, monetary easing economists including Robert J Gordon Second, East Asian governments Harvard’s Robert J Barro, is Education Korea, and Taiwan now averages economists are sceptical. As former alone cannot tackle major structural highlight slower productivity growth. must address the issues of population Matters: Global Schooling Gains from about 14%, and is forecast to US Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence economic weaknesses. Summers, for Given their signifi cant structural ageing and a shrinking workforce. They the 19th to the 21st Century.

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TUESDAY By Jonathan Muir Australian, visit Australia, study in now visit Qatar each year – some dominate Australia’s economy. Maximum Temperature : 220c Australia and invest in Australia. for business and some stopping over Australia has the third highest Minimum Temperature : 130c Australia is resilient and will to see Qatar’s sights on the way to number of universities in the world’s n 26 recover. Its government is capable Europe or Africa. top 100, and hosts the world’s third Fisherman's forecast Janu- and well-resourced. And as severe as Tens of thousands of Australians highest number of international WARNING ary, we these fires have been, it is important have lived in Qatar at some time over students – following only the US and Inshore : Poor horizontal visibility expctd at times, strong Ocelebrate to know that large parts of the the past two decades and there are UK on both counts. wind at some places Australia Day. country remain unaffected. about 3,000 Australians living here Australia has the sixth largest Offshore : Strong wind and high It is a time to Reaching the six-month mark in now. pool of funds under management sea WEATHER reflect on what my time as Australian ambassador And research links between Qatar in the world, and our financial Inshore : Relatively cold daytime it means to be to Qatar, I have discovered plenty and Australia are also strong, with 24 institutions are highly integrated with blowing dust to Australian. To honour the land, of reasons to be optimistic for Australian universities undertaking with large Asian economies. We dusty at places& sctd have seven fintech companies in clouds with c of light lifestyle, and freedoms we enjoy, and the future of the Qatar-Australia collaborative projects with Qatari rain to the north, cold most importantly, to celebrate our relationship. institutions in recent years. the world’s top 100. by night diverse and multicultural society. Australia’s annual two-way trade Official bilateral exchanges are Australia’s health and medical Offshore : Dusty with sctd clouds This year, we also reflect on the with Qatar continues to reach new taking place. industry has a reputation for to p cloudy later with c of sctd rain at times recent bushfires, which have affected all-time highs and is now QR5.8bn. In recent months, we have had its world leading technology, WIND many communities in Australia. Qatar has consolidated its place as senior Australian parliamentary, innovation, high professional skills, Inshore : Northwesterly 14-24/34 I have been personally touched by Australia’s second largest trading trade, defence and cyber advanced research, development and KT Offshore : Northwesterly 20-30/38 the many expressions of solidarity partner in the region. delegations visit Qatar, all of which robust health system. KT and support for Australia during Australian companies – some of have built a stronger relationship Australia’s political stability, Visibility : 3-7/2 KM these difficult times. which have been here for decades – and explored scope for further English Common Law system, highly Offshore : 6-10/15 FT Australia is deeply grateful remain strongly committed to their collaboration. skilled workforce, and strong trade for the many offers of support presence in Qatar. And there are new We were honoured to receive partnerships make it a safe and Around the region it has received from around the Australian companies arriving to State Minister for Foreign Affairs reliable place to invest. Weather Weather world, including from the Qatari partner in Qatar’s future. HE Sultan al-Muraikhi in Australia Finally, I hope that more Qataris today Max/min tomorrow Max/min government. Australia remains a leading source in November and look forward to take up the opportunity visit Baghdad Sunny 14/02 Sunny 15/03 I am also grateful to the of Qatar’s food; of materials for further official visits to Australia. Australia. Kuwait City Cloudy 18/07 Sunny 18/07 individuals, schools and community heavy industry; and of engineering Also in November, we signed Australia will continue to be an Manama Cloudy 17/13 Cloudy 17/13 groups in Qatar who have donated and construction services – making a bilateral MoU on exchanging excellent and safe travel destination, Muscat S Showers 23/16 P Cloudy 21/16 to Australian charities that are Australia Qatar’s 12th largest source financial intelligence to counter whether in unaffected regions or Tehran Sunny 06/-1 M Sunny 07/-1 supporting affected communities. of imports. serious crime and the financing of those that will recover from these At this time, we have seen the best I also welcome Nebras Power’s terrorism. bushfires in the months and years to of Australia. The brave firefighters landmark investment in Australia’s But there’s more work to do to come. and selfless volunteers. The huge energy sector – recently taking a ensure the relationship reaches its If you were planning to visit groundswell of community support 49% stake in the largest wind farm potential. Australia, please continue with those and giving. project in the southern hemisphere. I see strong complementarities plans. If you were not planning to do Australia’s friends have asked Our people-to-people links also in education, financial services and so, you are most welcome. me, ‘How can we help?’ Beyond continue to grow. healthcare. Despite our reputation donating to charities – as many have According to the Ministry of for being a leading supplier of  Jonathan Muir is the Australian done – the answer is continue to buy Interior, nearly 40,000 Australians commodities, in fact, these services ambassador to Qatar.

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The centre has ponds for fi sh production where seeds of local fi shes are produced from mother fi sh. It also has water dis- pensing and treatment unit that includes fi lters of diff erent types and sizes through which water is pumped. Water in the ponds is cooled and heated as per the requirements in order to ensure an ideal environment for fi sh. A total of 28 administrative offi c- es, two meeting rooms, a lecture hall, a theatre equipped with the latest technology, library, prayer room and cafeteria are located in the facility. Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, assistant undersecretary for agriculture and fi sheries aff airs at MME, said the centre will achieve various goals. “Fish breeding season begins in Feb- ruary and continues throughout March and April providing large HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani opened yesterday the aquatic research centre of the Ministry of Municipality quantities of small fi sh that are grown in eight ponds,” he said and Environment at Ras Matbakh, Al Thakhira district. The opening was attended by a number of ministers. The prime minister toured the departments and units of the centre, while explaining the operation which includes the administrative building, scientific and water laboratories, the part related to fish farming, nursery units and fish fattening units. He was briefed about the of the centre. He added that the centre’s tasks and role in the field of water research, developing the fisheries sector, providing technical support and contributing to achieving self-suff iciency, food security centre will provide farm owners and the annual productive capacity of marine resources. The prime minister also listened to an explanation about the centre’s strategic programmes for the development of the with various services and train- fish wealth sector, fish farming and aquaculture, research on the marine environment and the protection of natural resources within the framework of the Qatar National Vision ing. 2030 and the state’s plans to advance the fish wealth sector. Dr Ibrahim Abdullatif al- Muslimani, an offi cial of the department, said the centre also deals with fi sh diseases and implement measures to preserve the varieties that are on the brink of extinction. Mohamed Mahmoud al-Ab- dullah, director of the centre, said the new facility will lead to an increase in fi sh production. “During this year, 1.5mn baby fi sh (larvae) will be produced,” he said. Dr Hassan Rashid al-Der- ham, President of Qatar Uni- versity, said the university has supported the centre from its inception and holds a partnership with the ministry in research, development and production and added that the university is looking to further enhance co-operation.

A view of the Aquatic Research Centre. PICTURES: Shemeer Rasheed Minister: Centre will play strategic role in developing ﬁ sheries wealth of Qatar

By Shafeeq Alingal Staff Reporter

he new Aquatic Research Cen- tre will play a strategic role in Tdeveloping Qatar’s fi sheries wealth, HE the Minister of Munici- pality and Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie has said. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday opened the Aquatic Research Centre of the Ministry of Municipality and Environ- ment (MME) at Ras Matbakh in Al Khor Off icials and experts involved in the project. and Al Thakira Municipality. Speaking on the sidelines of the in- ture and Fisheries Aff airs at the MME, with a capacity of 8 tonnes per year. auguration, HE al-Subaie told Gulf said the centre would serve multiple These are in addition to shrimp Times that the centre will focus on goals that would benefi t the environ- farming facilities and a shrimp hatch- conducting research on marine life and ment and the economy. ery unit that will produce about 2mn creating the best conditions to ensure He noted that it would help supply units a year. its enrichment. fi sh farms with certain types of fi sh to Al-Duhaimi said the extent of self- “Preserving endangered varieties meet local demand. suffi ciency in fresh fi sh production and production of high-quality fi sh as He added that there would also be a currently stands at 75%. per the needs of the local market will method to grow freshwater fi sh such as He expected this to reach 100% be a priority. The centre will focus on tilapia and others to attain self-suffi - with the help of fi sh farming projects, climatic factors in order to provide fi sh ciency. stressing that the fi sh stock in Qatar with the ideal environment to thrive Sheikh Dr Faleh said the production was increasing. in,” he said. capacity of the centre would be in- QU president Dr Hassan Rashid al- The minister said the centre has the creased to 20mn (larvae). Derham said the university has always latest technologies and will carry out Mohamed Mahmoud al-Abdullah, been committed to the environment research in co-operation with Qatar director of the centre, said the facil- and marine science, evident from the University (QU) on fi sheries and how ity mainly focuses on the production of programme it launched on the topic. to create the best environment for fi sh, young fi sh and research in partnership The university, with support from according to the offi cial Qatar News with QU and the production of fi sh with the State, also built research vessel Agency (QNA). marketing value in minimum time. ‘Janan’ to advance research eff orts in There will also be research on how to Abdulaziz al-Duhaimi, director of the fi eld. save endangered fi sh. the Fish Resources Department at the He added that QU supported the Fish farming projects will be linked MME, said the centre has research Aquatic Research Centre since the idea to the newly opened centre in order to and environmental goals that will help was fi rst proposed. obtain the best results. serve the cause of biological diversity Head of labs at the centre, Dr Ibra- The centre is expected to help in- in addition to training Qatari cadres to him Abdullatif al-Mesalmani, said the crease fi sh production, preserve ma- carry out its work. facility will be crucial to the country’s rine wealth, promote research and The centre has a fi sh growing unit fi sh farm eff orts. meet the demands of the market. with a production capacity of 1.5mn He also praised the partnership be- Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, baby fi sh weighing 10gm each. tween the MME and QU to save endan- Assistant Undersecretary of Agricul- It has also got a fi nal growing unit gered fi sh.