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PRIME MINISTER MEETS IPU PRESIDENT 2022 World Cup Qatar sues Saudi, an unprecedented opportunity for the UAE banks for region: Thawadi QATAR 2022 World Cup and other mega sporting events have huge impact on young people across riyal manipulation the region, Hassan al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has said. “Mega-events, Lawsuits filed in New York and London such as the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, can play an important and TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Bahrain and Egypt imposed an illegal often not recognised role in pro- DOHA blockade on Qatar and took a number viding the platforms necessary for of actions designed to damage Qatar, its youth to unleash their potential, QATAR on Monday announced that it has economy, and its residents. As a result, showcase their talent and achieve filed legal proceedings in New York and Qatar initiated a number of legal proceed- their goals and aspirations,” London taking actions against financial ings before the International Court of Jus- Thawadi said during the World institutions that engaged in manipulation tice, International Civil Aviation Organi- Economic Forum on the Middle of the Qatari riyal, bonds issued by Qatar, zation and World Trade Organization. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani met with East and North Africa in Jordan. and related financial instruments. In July 2018, the International Court Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Gabriela Cuevas Barron on the occasion of the IPU’s 140th “By giving youth such hope and In a statement, the Government Com- of Justice issued a ruling indicating provi- General Assembly meeting in Doha on Monday. During the meeting, they reviewed a number of issues of opportunity, such events can create munications Office (GCO) said a lawsuit sional measures in favour of Qataris who mutual concern, especially in terms of cooperation in the parliamentary and legislative areas, and ways of the positive environments condu- was filed against Banque Havilland in Lon- have been victims of discrimination by developing and strengthening it. (QNA) cive to limiting the rise and spread don for its role in design- UAE coercive measures. of extremist ideologies,” he said. ing a plan to attack Qatar’s “The actions under- Thawadi said, “Qatar’s hosting currency and its financial taken by the entities, that of the FIFA World Cup – for the markets. The lawsuit also Qatar has now sued, were first time in the Arab world – is names as a defendant illegal and were designed an unprecedented opportunity for the individual at Banque to destabilise Qatar’s cur- this region. Accordingly, we have Havilland, Vladimir Bole- rency and financial mar- Implementation of urban made a conscious effort from day lyy, who was responsible kets in order to under- one to ensure that it is a tourna- for preparing the plan to mine confidence in Qatar’s ment that everyone attack Qatar’s financial economy and, by doing plan top priority: Minister in the region can markets. In addition, a so, to cause damage not benefit from.” separate lawsuit was filed in New York just to Qatar but also to domestic and in- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK of 1,550 tonnes and produces PAGE 17 against two financial institutions, First Abu ternational investors. Their actions were DOHA 25 megawatts of electricity per Dhabi Bank and Samba Bank, that engaged deliberately designed (and intended) to day and 110 tonnes of organic in financial market manipulation. force Qatar to take measures to counter THE implementation of the fertilizers. First Abu Dhabi Bank is the largest this financial market manipulation,” the comprehensive urban plan and “The ministry is making con- lender in the UAE, while Samba is one of statement added. the expediting of the implemen- crete efforts in the field of main- the leading banks in Saudi Arabia. The defendants in the New York legal tation of infrastructure projects taining hygiene in various areas “The filing of the lawsuits follows an action directed their manipulative actions, for housing lands of the citizens and cleaning the beaches and investigation into market manipulation among other things, by submitting fraudu- are the ministry’s top priority, islands. We carry out a national announced by Qatar in December 2017, lent quotes to foreign exchange platforms Minister of Municipality and campaign to raise awareness of and represents the first legal actions that based in New York, to manipulate New Environment HE Eng Abdulla the need to preserve the cleanli- the state has brought based on the find- York-based indices, and disrupt financial bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al Sub- ness of the state,” he added. ings of that investigation. The investiga- markets in New York, where significant aie has said. HE Eng Abdulla bin Abdulaziz bin He said tangible efforts have tion is continuing and the state may bring Qatari assets are held and many investors “The current and upcoming Turki al Subaie. been made for clean-up opera- actions against other bad actors in due in Qatar are located. plans of the Ministry of Munici- tions through the discharge of course,” the statement said. pality and Environment embody law by identifying 16 urban cen- 90,000 containers per day and In June 2017, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Continued on page 2 Ô the goals of Qatar National Vi- tres for attracting foreign invest- cleaning the streets and pub- sion 2030,” Subaie told Qatar ment, benefiting small investors lic areas. “There are projects TV during an interview. and rejuvenating the real estate to beautify the cities. We are to He said the positive effects of market. host Expo Horticulture 2021 to Doha to host global the comprehensive urban plan He stressed that food se- promote international coopera- warming conference Qatar rejects Netanyahu’s statement on West Bank were reflected in the new guide- curity is one of the vital issues tion in the field of environment lines for the construction of citi- for Qatar, which aims to secure and horticulture,” he said. this month (PG 3) atar has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements on zens’ homes. Increasing the area basic goods and commodities. The minister said environ- Qthe annexation of areas of the West Bank and imposing Israeli sovereignty over of construction such as hiking There is also focus on attaining mental sustainability is one of them. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affair said Netanyahu’s the roof area from 30 percent to self-sufficiency in the agricul- the main pillars of Qatar Na- remarks represent an infringement on the historic rights of the Palestinian people, a 70 percent, for instance, is one tural sector. tional Vision 2030, which aims challenge to international law and the international legitimacy’s resolutions. It urged among many guidelines, he said. He said green houses now to preserve the environment. US labels Iran’s elite Subaie said the comprehen- cover around 300 hactres. He said environmental pro- Revolutionary Guard a the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and compel the Israeli sive urban plan also contributed He said Qatar has the larg- grammes and projects will be government to stop its settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories. (QNA) to the success of the non-Qatari est waste treatment center in launched over the next five years ‘terror group’ (PG 11) ownership and use of real estate the Middle East, with capacity to conserve biodiversity. Qatar-EthiopiaQatar-E labour pact to enhance EEthiopianthiop workers’ protection: Envoy

CATHERINECA W GICHUKI ment on both ends,” the Ethio- the workers arrive here, they DOHA pian Ambassador told Qatar don’t even get close to what they Tribune. were promised before coming. THE labourl agreement signed The implementation of the “It’s a problem for all of us. QUICK AMBULANCE SERVICE by QatarQat and Ethiopia will en- labour agreement will be fol- We need to ensure that only he average time for Hamad Medical Corporation’s Ambu- hanchancee protection of Ethiopian lowed by setting of the minimum trained people come through the Tlance Service to respond to emergency calls in Qatar is workworkers in Qatar by ensuring wage of Ethiopian workers, she legal channels to ensure trans- faster than the target set by Qatar’s first National Health Strat- tratransparency in workers’ said. “We are really trying to parency of job contracts,” the egy in 2011. In 2018, HMC’s Ambulance Service responded recruitment,r according to make this happen.” ambassador remarked. Ethiopian Ambassador to Gutu explained that some The ambassador said that to approximately 115,000 priority 1 calls – the most urgent Qatar HE Samia Zeka- unscrupulous manpower agents most of the Ethiopians coming to category of calls – in an average time of seven minutes within ria Gutu. from Ethiopia bring workers to Qatar are semi-skilled workers. Doha and 8.2 minutes in rural areas of Qatar. PAGE 3 “We are working hard Qatar on false promises of good tot implement the agree- jobs with good salaries, but when Continued on page 2 Ô 02 Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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140TH ASSEMBLY OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Shura Council welcomes IPU meet participants Qatar’s hosting of the meet reaffirms the prominent position ofQatar and its effective role in the regional and international arenas

QNA Assembly of the Inter-Par- tribute to realising the aspi- The council decided to DOHA liamentary Union (IPU) and rations of the peoples of the refer the draft law to the its associated meetings. world for peace and develop- Financial and Economic Af- THE Shura Council held on The Shura Council ex- ment. fairs Committee to study it Monday its regular weekly pressed its pride in Qatar’s The Shura Council then and submit a report thereon session under the chairman- hosting of this important discussed a draft law regu- to the council. ship of Deputy Speaker HE international event, which lating the auditing profes- The Shura Council also Mohammed bin Abdullah al reaffirms the prominent po- sion. The draft law, which discussed a draft law amend- Sulaiti. sition of Qatar and its effec- includes 57 articles, defines ing some provisions of Law At the outset of the meet- tive role in the regional and the records of the auditors, No (15) of 2010 on the prohi- ing, the Shura Council wel- international arenas under the conditions and proce- bition of workers’ gatherings comed heads of parliaments the wise leadership of the dures of registration in the within the residential areas and national, legislative and Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin records, the rights and du- of families. federal councils, national as- Hamad al Thani. ties of the auditors, the dis- The council decided to semblies, parliamentarians, The Shura Council ex- ciplinary responsibility of refer it to the Services and elders and IPU members, pressed the hope that the the auditors and the viola- Public Utilities Committee who have convened in Doha meetings would be a success Shura Council Deputy Speaker HE Mohammed bin Abdullah al Sulaiti chairs the Council’s regular weekly tions and penalties to be im- to study and report thereon to attend the 140th General and its outcomes would con- session on Monday. posed on the violators. to the council.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL MEETS MOROCCAN HOUSE OF COUNCILORS SPEAKER: Attorney-General LABOUR MINISTER MEETS SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS, UN OFFICIAL: Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Af- HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al Marri on Monday met with Speaker of House of Councilors of the Moroccan fairs HE Yousef bin Mohammed al Othman Fakhroo on Monday met with First Deputy Speaker of the Swedish House of Representatives Asa Parliament Hakim Benchamach and First Vice-President of House of Representatives of the Moroc- Lindestam and a number of the members of the House participating in the ongoing meetings of the General Assembly of the Inter-Parlia- can Parliament Abdelaziz El Omari. During the meeting, they exchanged views on a number of issues mentary Union (IPU) in Doha. The minister also met with Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir of mutual interest and the means of enhancing cooperation between the two countries. (QNA) Ivanovich Voronkov. During the meetings, they discussed aspects of mutual cooperation and the means of developing them. (QNA) Vietnam official lauds efforts to Qatar plays vital role in world promote Qatar-Vietnam relations peace, says Pakistani speaker HISHAM ALJUNDI market is very promising. DOHA “Our vegetables and AILYN AGONIA “The visit by the Chair- fruits are exported to Qa- DOHA woman of the National Assem- SPEAKER of Pakistani Par- tar in addition to other food bly of Vietnam to attend the liament Asad Qaiser said that items, and we seek to boost VIETNAM National Assem- 140th IPU Assembly follows Qatar is playing vital role in the trade volume with Qa- bly’s Chairwoman Nguyen the 25th anniversary celebra- maintaining peace and re- tar”, he remarked. Thi Kim Ngan praised the ef- tions last year of the establish- solving international dis- On the political front, forts of her country’s embassy ment of diplomatic relations putes around the world. Qaiser pointed out that Pa- in Doha and the Vietnamese between Vietnam and Qatar, Speaking to Qatar Trib- kistan is seeking to establish community at large for con- which was a milestone. During une on the sidelines of the parliament to parliament tributing to the promotion of the past years, the political re- ongoing 140th session of the relations with Qatar’s Shura relations between Qatar and lations between Qatar and Vi- Inter-Parliamentary Union Qatar’s government is very Council. “We would also like the Southeast Asian country. etnam have been remarkably General Assembly in Doha, progressive and their to have people to people re- The Vietnam official, who developed by leaders of the Qaiser said that Qatar is a contributions to lations with Qatar especially is the first female to be named two countries,” the envoy said. great friend of Pakistan and international relations are that we have a large Paki- chairperson of her country’s He mentioned the launch that the two countries share stani community here”, he National Assembly, is in Doha Vietnam’s President of National Assembly HE Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan ofdirect flights by Qatar Air- brotherly relations rooted in really impressive and explained. for the 140th Inter-Parliamen- with Vietnam envoy HE Nguyen Dinh Thao during a gathering at the ways between Doha and Da history. appreciated across the Furthermore, he said that tary Union (IPU) Assembly Embassy. (HANSON K JOSEPH) Nang, one of the five largest “Qatar’s government is world. Qatar is playing vital Qatar has always supported and related meetings. cities in Vietnam, as another very progressive and their role in settling disputes Pakistan, which his country Speaking during an event son Board, which includes 10 sembly in Doha. major highlight of the efforts contributions to internation- appreciated. attended by community members who offer help to ex- Meanwhile, Vietnam Am- to strengthen bilateral relation al relations are really impres- Asad Qaiser, Speaker of Commenting on the on- members at the Embassy on pats in times of need. bassador to Qatar HE Nguyen between the two countries in sive and appreciated across Pakistani Parliament going crisis in the GCC and Sunday, Ngan encouraged Ngan first visited Qatar Dinh Thao underlined the im- 2018. the world. Qatar is playing the blockade against Qatar, her compatriots to continue in 2009. During her meeting portance of the participation of He added, “This event is vital role in settling disputes. commendable”, the Pakistani Qaiser said:“We are sad- maintaining their solidar- with the community, she also Ngan in the high-profile event of great significance for the For example, Qatar’s efforts delegate added. dened by the continuation of ity as well as to abide by the lauded the many changes she in Doha She said the top Vi- development of Da Nang in to find a just solution to the Qaiser said that Pakistan the GCC crisis and the divi- local laws and regulations. has seen in Qatar including etnam official’s participation particular and the Central re- Palestinian crisis, or its ini- also has great commercial sion between the brotherly Currently, there are about the impressive infrastructure to the 140th IPU Assembly gion of Vietnam in general. It tiative to bring Taliban and relations with Qatar, add- countries. Pakistan supports 1,400 Vietnamese nationals developments. Furthermore, in Doha will contribute to the will boost trade, economy and other groups to the negoti- ing that Pakistan is keen on Kuwait’s mediation efforts in Qatar represented by the she expressed appreciation for strengthening of the relations investment sectors of the two ating table in Doha in order strengthening cooperation for a peaceful resolution to Vietnamese Community Liai- the organisers of the IPU As- between the two countries. sides in the future.” to help Afghani people are with Qatar in trade as Qatar’s the crisis.”

AMIRI GUARD CHIEF ‘Currency manipulations harm Qatar’ ‘Ethiopia seeks Qatari investment’ MEETS PAKISTAN Continued from page 1 Ô Union with major conferences and ENVOY: Commander of Continued from page 1 Ô “This financial market ma- meetings taking place there frequent- the Amiri Guard HE Major- nipulation violated all norms of ON a different note, the new Ethiopian ly. Besides, tourism is really popular in General Hazza bin Khalil As a result of the defendants’ accepted conduct and will not ambassador said that the relationship Addis Ababa and hospitality industry al Shahwani on Monday manipulative conduct, Qatar, be allowed to go unchecked. between Qatar and Ethiopia is very has a lot of potential,” she remarked. met with Ambassador and many investors suffered While the financial market ma- strong, adding that the Ethiopian gov- Gutu added that another area that of Pakistan to Qatar HE harm in New York. The ma- nipulation failed in its efforts to ernment is trying to attract Qatari in- Qatar and Ethiopia are collaborating Syed Ahsan Raza Shah. nipulation involved a number undermine confidence in the vestment in diverse sectors in Ethiopia. on is culture. They reviewed the bilateral of financial institutions, two of Qatari riyal and Qatar, it none- “They can invest in agriculture, manu- “Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic and relations between the two whom are already named as theless caused economic losses facturing and in other priority areas multi-religious country. We have countries and the ways of defendants in the legal action and Qatar is compelled to take such as hospitality,” she pointed out. many tourist sites. We have many enhancing them, promoting in New York, and Qatar may the actions necessary to call to “We are seeking Qatari investment tourist destinations that need to be the prospects of mutual co- bring additional actions account the financial institu- because Addis Ababa is one of the most developed and Qatar can contribute operation, as well as issues against other bad actors in tions that engaged in illegal happening places within the African to this,” she said. of mutual interest. (QNA) due course. market manipulation,” it said. Nation Tuesday, April 9, 2019 03

CARTOON CORNER HMC’s ambulance response By: Saad al Mohannadi time faster than targets In 2018, HMC’s Ambulance Service responded to approximately 115,000 priority 1 calls

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THE average time for Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service to respond to emergency calls in Qatar is faster than the target set by Qatar’s first National Health Strategy in 2011. In 2018, HMC’s Ambu- QA launches innovative lance Service responded to ap- proximately 115,000 priority 1 new BRIC’s amenity kits calls – the most urgent catego- ry of calls – in an average time TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK of seven minutes within Doha DOHA and 8.2 minutes in rural areas Hamad Medical Corporation air ambulance service of Qatar. QATAR Airways (QA) has re- Brendon Morris, Executive the LifeFlight Service, intro- is vital that we continue to re- vealed its new line of luxuri- Director of HMC’s Ambulance duced a new state-of-the-art mind members of the public ous amenity kits for passengers Service, highlighted the impor- ambulance fleet and built of the importance of follow- in its First Class and Business tance of ambulance teams ar- dispatch points around the ing the ‘Know the 5’ instruc- Class cabins. riving in time to provide what country. tions,” said Ali Darwish, as- Created by BRIC’s, the ce- is often lifesaving care. These steps have enabled sistant executive director of lebrity-favoured premier luxury “In a medical emergency, the service to reach patients the Ambulance Service. travel brand, the new amenity ours, black with red trim and every second counts. When quickly, regardless of their “The campaign asks the kits will be distributed to pas- red with pink trim. The attrac- someone’s life is in the balance, location. public to ‘Help us help you’, sengers in First and Business tive First Class men’s kit comes it is vital that our paramedics This week, the Ambulance as the actions of the person Class on long-haul and ultra- in two colours, mustard yellow are able to get to them as fast Service relaunched its ‘Know calling 999 are essential in long-haul flights. The new col- with navy trim and navy with as possible and begin admin- the 5 to save a life’ national enabling us to respond as lection of BRIC’s amenity kits green trim and can be reused istering medical treatment,” HMC ambulance service dispatch point awareness campaign aimed quickly as we do. By follow- includes designs and contents as a washbag for years to come. said Morris. at educating the public about ing each and every one of the created for both male and fe- Qatar Airways Senior Vice- “The National Health ently met and even exceeded achieved despite an increase the key actions to take when ‘Know the 5’ instructions, our male passengers and features President Marketing and Cor- Strategy 2011-2016 set clear these targets for the past in the number of calls re- calling an ambulance in an ambulance teams have all the all natural Castello Monte Vibi- porate Communications Salam response time targets for the eight years,” he added. ceived by the service year on emergency situation. information they need to get ano Vecchio skin care products. al Shawa said, “We aim to pro- Ambulance Service and I am These impressive re- year. In recent years, the Am- “This is the third time we to the scene as quickly as pos- The range includes lip balm, vide a superior service to all our proud that we have consist- sponse times have been bulance Service has expanded have run the campaign and it sible,” Darwish added. hydrating facial mist and anti- passengers – from the comfort ageing moisturiser in Business of their seat, to the food they are Class, with Night Recovery served, to their in-flight enter- Cream included in the First tainment. Class kits. Socks, eyeshades and “Our new line of BRIC’s HMC to highlight improved specialised care in earplugs complete the range, amenity bags is of such high with the addition of a BRIC’s quality that they can be used signature spectacle pouch and over and over again and for Qatar as part of World Health Day celebrations hairbrush in First Class. the first time, our female pas- For the first time, the First sengers in first class can en- Class female kit contains an ad- joy turning their amenity kits TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the information they need to justable strap that transforms into cross-body bags. With our DOHA “We have continued to make informed choices about it into a contemporary cross- men’s kits doubling up as wash- make progress increasing their care. body bag, enabling passengers bags too, we are demonstrating EXPANDING Qatar’s health- capacity and advancing the Earlier this year Qatar to continue using their BRIC’s our commitment to providing care system to better meet quality of care we provide to was ranked 5th in the world amenity kit as a fashion acces- superior, innovative products patient needs will be the for health by the Legatum sory. This kit comes in two col- for our passengers.” highlight of Hamad Medical our patients. Our growth Institute, a London-based Corporation’s (HMC) World year on year has been rapid think tank. Qatar is the only Health Day celebrations. The and rivals any country in the country in the region to score World Health Organisation’s world in terms of the pace in the top five on the annual MoCI recalls Porsche Panamera (WHO) World Health Day of change,” Dr al Ansari. prosperity index. theme of ‘Universal Health As part of helping ensure 2017–2019 over faulty cluster Coverage’ stresses the impor- Qatar’s population has access tance of ensuring that every- additional hospital beds and to the right care, at the right TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK would coordinate with the one can obtain the care they reduced wait times, all result- time, late last year the Minis- DOHA dealer to follow up on the main- need, where and when they ing in greater access to spe- try of Public Health (MoPH) tenance and repair works and need it. Ali al Khater Dr. Abdulla al Ansari cialised care.” launched a set of new guide- THE Ministry of Commerce and would communicate with cus- In support of this goal, Qatar ranks in the top lines aimed at helping people Industry (MoCI), in collabora- tomers to ensure that the neces- HMC is undergoing the larg- In October the health- increasing capacity and ad- quartile on the WHO–World understand how to access tion with Porsche Centre Doha sary repairs are carried out. est expansion programme care provider opened a vancing the quality of care we Bank index for universal healthcare services in Qatar. Al Boraq Automobiles, dealer The ministry has urged all in its history. Since 2017, new Stroke Service Unit at provide to our patients. Our health coverage, a position Ali Abdullah al Khater, chair of Porsche vehicles in Qatar, customers to report any viola- HMC has opened four new Hamad General Hospital growth year on year has been Dr Ansari says is due in part of the Healthcare Communi- has recalled Porsche Panamera tion to its Consumer Protection hospitals namely, Hazm Me- and late last year the first rapid and rivals any country to HMC’s commitment to cations Committee, said the models of 2017–2019 over faulty and Anti-Commercial Fraud baireek General Hospital, phase of a new specialised in the world in terms of the providing the best possible guidelines were developed by programming of the instrument Department, which processes Women’s Wellness and Re- surgery center in the former pace of change. The opening care to every patient regard- the MoPH in collaboration cluster. The recall covers 60 complaints, inquiries and sug- search Center, Qatar Reha- Women’s Hospital building of four new hospitals, cou- less of their nationality. Dr with HMC, PHCC and Sidra cars. The ministry said the recall gestions through Call Centre: bilitation Institute and the opened. pled with the expansion of ex- Ansari said care teams work Medicine. campaign comes within its ef- 16001, email: [email protected]. Ambulatory Care Centre, Dr Abdulla al Ansari, act- isting services, the addition of with each patient to ensure World Health Day is a forts to protect consumers and qa, Twitter: @ MOCIQATAR, expanding its infrastructure ing chief medical officer at new staff, and improved ways they receive the right treat- global health awareness day ensure that car dealers follow up Instagram: MOCIQATAR and and the range of services of- HMC said: “We have con- of working have led to more ment, in the right place, at the commemorated every year on vehicle defects and repairs. mobile app for Android and fered to patients. tinued to make progress in appointments for patients, right time, and that they have on April 7. The ministry said that it IOS: MOCIQatar Doha to host WCM-Q future doctors secure residency places in Qatar, US 8th Global TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK positions. Warming DOHA This year, 10 WCM-Q stu- dents matched at Hamad Med- meet soon WEILL Cornell Medicine-Qa- ical Corporation and 33 stu- tar (WCM-Q) final year medi- dents matched with residency QNA cal students have matched with programmes in the US. DOHA residency programmes at some Qatari national Shaikha al of the world’s most prestigious Thani matched with the general DOHA will host the 8th Global university hospitals. surgery residency programme Conference on Global Warm- The students, who will re- at New York-Presbyterian/ ing, organised by Qatar Uni- ceive their MD degrees when Weill Cornell Medical Center. versity with the support of the they graduate in May this She said, “Let me thank my Qatar National Research Fund, year, secured highly coveted family and my friends for al- from April 22 to 25. places on residency train- ways giving me unconditional The conference, which will ing programmes at elite-level support. I cannot believe this be attended by more than 170 healthcare institutions in Qatar day I am finally here. Congratu- researchers and lecturers from and the United States, such as lations to everyone.” the world’s leading universities, Hamad Medical Corporation Dr Javaid Sheikh, dean of aims to develop a better under- (HMC), Case Western/Univer- WCM-Q, thanked the students’ standing of global warming by sity Hospital Cleveland, Duke friends and family members, promoting research and related University Medical Center WCM-Q faculty and staff, and studies in partnership with in- in Durham, North Carolina, to Qatar Foundation for the terested academic and indus- Johns Hopkins Medicine in generosity of their support trial institutions. Baltimore, Maryland and New- for the students. He also paid The conference will include York-Presbyterian/Weill Cor- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) final year medical students tribute to the students for their plenary sessions and keynote nell Medical Centre. hard work and dedication. lectures on energy, environ- The medical specialties Speaking at a ceremony ment in any doctor’s career, He said, “My heartiest con- ment, materials, sustainable de- the students will be pursuing held at the college to mark AREAS OF SPECIALTIES with thousands of students in gratulations go to all of you for velopment and industrial waste, once they have graduated are Match Day, Said Alnajjer, who Once they have graduated, the students will be pursuing the the US and all over the world this wonderful achievement; as well as on the development anaesthesiology, dermatology, matched with the general sur- following courses: anaesthesiology, dermatology, emergency vying for places on residency you have done exceedingly well of the gas, oil and petrochemi- emergency medicine, internal gery residency programme at medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, programmes. The process, and all of us at WCM-Q are im- cal industry, providing greater medicine, neurology, obstet- Johns Hopkins Medicine, said: pathology, paediatrics, psychiatry and general surgery. which is administered by the mensely proud of you. As you opportunities for exchange of rics-gynecology, pathology, “I would never have been able National Resident Matching go out into the real world, re- technical information, pres- paediatrics, psychiatry and to make it this far if it wasn’t for Program (NRMP) in Washing- member us and remember that entation of new policies and general surgery. They will join Qatar Foundation and Qatar we could all achieve our poten- this country as it provided me ton, DC, is highly competitive we are always here to support scientific progress to promote their residency programs in the making it possible to get this tial. I really hope in the future with this opportunity.” - this year as a record 38,376 you, whether you stay in Qatar sustainable development. fall. kind of education here so that to come back here and serve Match Day is a pivotal mo- applicants competed for 35,185 or you go overseas.” 04 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Nation

QCS to launch awareness PHILIPPINE OFFICIAL MEETS QATARI AMBASSADOR Cash back for Ooredoo money customers workshops on thyroid cancer TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The first workshop will target the pub- DOHA OOREDOO Money customers who send lic and includes awareness session money for the first time using existing QATAR Cancer Society (QCS) will launch about thyroid cancer, the available Ooredoo Money International Money an awareness workshop to discuss the lat- services in Qatar regarding thyroid Transfer partners MoneyGram, Aldar Ex- est developments in the treatment of thy- gland and methods of self-examina- change or Ooredoo Exchange will enjoy roid cancer, the second highest prevalent tion of thyroid cancer. up to a QR25 instant fee cashback reward, cancer among women in Qatar under the the telecom company has announced. slogan ‘Thyroid vitality’ on the sidelines Any Ooredoo customer who sub- of the Thyroid Cancer Conference on The second workshop will target peo- scribes to Ooredoo Money and sends April 19 and 20. ple who are living with thyroid cancer and money using an international money The conference is being organised by presents many topics as the most impor- transfer option for the first time will enjoy QCS in collaboration with the Ministry of tant information and medical advice re- instant cashback of upto QR 15 of their Public Health, Hamad Medical Corpora- quired at every stage after treatment. transaction fee. tion, Qatar Doctor’s Society, and Qatar More than 1,000 medical profes- Cusotmers will also enjoy a QR5 in- Austrian Medical Team. sionals are expected to participate in the stant cashback each for the second and The first workshop will target the two-day conference which is a unique third transactions respectively. This will public and includes awareness session accredited continuous professional de- enable Ooredoo Money customers to try about thyroid cancer, the available ser- velopment opportunity for physicians, the service for free in most of the coun- vices in Qatar regarding thyroid gland, nurses, pharmacist, and allied healthcare Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippine Teodoro L. Locsin met with Ambassador of tries. The new offer has been designed to methods of self-examination of thyroid professionals. There will also be interna- the State of Qatar to the Philippines HE Ali bin Ibrahim al Malki on Monday. During the meeting, they dis- encourage more people to use Ooredoo’s cancer and medical consultation for skin tional speakers and participants at the cussed bilateral relations and ways of developing them, in addition to matters of mutual interest. (QNA) secure, instant money transfer services care for people with thyroid cancer. event. with MoneyGram. QC forum aims to boost staff productivity

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QATAR Charity (QC) is hold- ing its annual forum in Doha for its field offices worldwide to create harmony between headquarters and its overseas offices, enhance the capabili- ties of its staff serving in the field, develop the work environ- ment and strengthen the role of field offices in networking and coordinating at the local, gov- ernmental, UN and internation- al levels. The forum is being held un- der the theme ‘The Challenges of Governance and Risk Man- agement in Charitable Work’. The forum, which will con- clude on Wednesday, includes 94 specialised training work- Yousef bin Ahmed al Kuwari (right), CEO of Qatar Charity at the annual forum in Doha recently. shops presented by experts on different topics. tor of Qatar Charity’s office in It also aims at presenting the Ghana, said that the forum dealt modern work systems, which with many important topics, was prepared by its headquar- pointing out that Qatar Char- ters and discussing ways of ap- ity is exerting efforts to train its plying them by the field offices, employees, as it fully realises reviewing the annual plans of that human cadre is the most the field offices and consulting significant element for the suc- on the general framework of the cess. future strategic plan of Qatar For his part, Mohammed Charity. Amin Omar, Director of Qatar The workshops reviewed the Charity’s office in Bangladesh, mechanisms of international Participants at the Qatar Charity annual forum for its field offices worldwide considered the forum a valuable coordination and cooperation in Doha recently. opportunity to directly learn at the national and sectoral and apply new policies, regula- levels, in addition to disaster agement and field offices and the and improving marketing tions and procedures in order management and mutual re- role of field offices in enhanc- performance. to achieve the goal of providing quirements between relief man- ing Qatar Charity’s identity Ezzeddin Dhaifallah, direc- services to people. Nation Tuesday, April 9, 2019 05 NU-Q honours students’ HBKU- CLLP colloquium to explore creativity at Media and arbitration of human rights disputes Research Awards ceremony TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK University of Michigan Law professor to highlight efforts of Center for International Legal Cooperation DOHA AT an annual ceremony to rec- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK bility for human right violations and Human Rights. ognise the academic work of DOHA will undoubtedly contribute to Professor Ratner’s teach- NU-Q students, documentaries an insightful session, providing ings and research focus on pub- about the worth of the Lebanese THE College of Law and Pub- attendees with an opportunity lic international law and a range Lira, fiction films on the inter- lic Policy (CLPP) at Hamad to glean valuable information of legal challenges including nal struggles of women with Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) on this developing branch of territorial disputes, counter- Afro hair, investigative articles The awards recognise student will host a colloquium, Arbi- the law. HBKU continuously terrorism strategies, ethnic con- on the segregation of migrant work across a variety of disciplines trating Business and Human seeks opportunities to leverage flict, state and corporate duties workers and an interview with in journalism and communication. Rights Disputes: A New Way synergies with key international regarding foreign investment, Northwestern alumnus and Forward,on April 17. partners and build capacity and and accountability for human producer of the Hollywood mu- of Emsahar – my first fully- Guest speaker, Steven R knowledge in Qatar and the rights violations. sical La La Land Jordan Horow- developed script that is now in Ratner, the Bruno Simma Col- region,while ensuring an inclu- HBKU’s College of Law and itz, took centre stage. the pre-production stage. It is legiate Professor of Law at the sive, high-quality research and Public Policy takes a multidisci- The Media and Research a fictional tale about a young University of Michigan Law education ecosystem.” plinary approach to legal educa- Showcase and Awards rec- girl who believes an Emsahar School, will chair the colloqui- The working group, of tion, equipping its students with ognise student work across a (mystical man) may have the um, which aims to highlight the which Ratner is a member, pro- the skills to navigate complex variety of disciplines in jour- power she needs to stop her efforts of the Business and Hu- Steven R Ratner, the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the vides an avenue for dispute res- civil law, common law and Sha- nalism, communication and grandmother from dying.” man Rights Arbitration Work- University of Michigan Law School, will lead the colloquium on April olution involving business and ria systems. research. The nominees are The judges this year were ing Group of the Center for In- 17 at Minaretein. human rights issues.It seeks The college’s Juris Doctor determined by NU-Q faculty invited from leading media ternational Legal Cooperation to fill the judicial remedy gap (JD) program is the first and and then judged by a panel of organisations that include Al (CILC) in The Hague. event, Dr Susan L Karamanian, Ratner’s wealth of expertise in set forth in the United Nations only graduate law degree of its judges from the local commu- Jazeera, Doha Film Institute, Speaking ahead of the dean of CLPP, said: “Professor the area of corporate accounta- Guiding Principles on Business kind in the region. nity. The nominated works are Ginger Camel, Film House, I showcased during a poster ses- Love Qatar, Gulf Times, Memac sion and media showcase then Ogilvy, Al Kass TV, NU-Q, and awarded that same day at a gala other institutions around Edu- dinner and ceremony. cation City. “Every year, the Media and Previous student winners GU-Q & QU teams win coveted QUDL awards Research Showcase turns our have also received regional and building into a creative enter- international recognition for TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK prise showcasing the work done their work, including being se- DOHA by our students that illustrates lected as a judges’ favourite at in the best possible way their the Cannes Film Festival’s short QATARDEBATE, a member of achievements in research, jour- film corner; having a documen- Qatar Foundation for Educa- nalism, strategic communica- tary broadcast by the Al Jazeera tion, Science, and Community tion and filmmaking,” said Ev- network, and being published Development, recently organ- erette E. Dennis, dean and CEO. in Northwestern University’s ised the Qatar Universities De- This year, 14 students were Research Journal. bate League Nationals (QUDL) awarded for media and re- Students submit their work in English at Al Multaqa (HBKU search projects they produced in ten categories, with judges Student Center), with a total of that tackled a number of social, selected for each category to 16 participating teams from sev- cultural and political issues. make the final selection of the en institutions. The participants Hassan al Jahni, who won winning project in each. debated around five motions At the Qatar Universities Debate League Nationals Awards Ceremony, Georgetown University in Qatar was declared the national champion awards for creative writing The winners of this year’s during the tournament. while Qatar University got the runner-up award. and strategic communication awards are: Hassan al Jahni, The two-day event featured said that winning the awards Alessandra El Chanti, Mariam 16 teams representing Carnegie A&M University at Qatar and QUDL Nationals Awards Cer- At the QUDL Awards 2019, Qatar University was “was highly motivating for al Dhubhani, Tony El Ghazal, Mellon University in Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College emony, Georgetown Univer- Ceremony, which was held adjudged the best university. me, especially as I near the Rahma El-Deeb, Fareehan El- Hamad Bin Khalifa University, in Qatar. sity in Qatar was declared the to honour the winners of the Participants received certifi- end of my years as an under- gakhlab, Amal Barakat, Noor Qatar University, Northwest- The award ceremony was national champion while Qatar league that consisted of four cates of participation whereas graduate and look forward to al Meer, Alya al Mansoor, Saad ern University Qatar, George- divided into two parts to hon- University got the runner-up tournaments held between the top 10 speakers received joining the workforce,” said Ejaz, Nada Qaddourah, Omer town University in Qatar, Texas our the winning teams. At the award. October, 2018, and February, certificates and medals. Jahni. “I was especially proud Alaoui and Iffah Kitchlew. QU-CHS observes World FREE VEHICLE Autism Awareness Month RECALL TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

QATAR University College of Health Sciences (QU-CHS), in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) organised a special event at Hamad Medical City to mark World Autism Awareness Month. The event was part of a series of social awareness cam- paigns organised by CHS and reflected the support and dedication of Qatar and its institutions to the global hu- manitarian campaign to raise awareness about autism. It was also in solidarity with the United Nations General As- sembly’s commitment to spread autism awareness. The event aimed to enhance the role of CHS students in raising health awareness of the local community. Ac- cordingly, students carried out several recreational and educational activities for autistic children. They also or- ganised age and condition appropriate competitions and distributed gifts and toys to the attending families. QU-CHS students carried out several recreational and This was accompanied by a parent awareness cam- educational activities for autistic children. paign in order to help them understand the special needs of their children and answer any questions they might them with the best opportunities to participate in such have in this regard. events, so that they can acquire skills to excel in both aca- “We are keen to enhance the role of our students in demic and social fields,” said Manal al Kubaisi, Student raising health awareness of the community and provide Support specialist. QSTP introduces primary students to wonders of science and technology TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Porsche Panamera DOHA Number of covered vehicles (60 cars) QATAR Science & Technology Park (QSTP), part of Qatar Foundation Research, Development, and Innovation (QF Manufacturing RDI), hosted recently ‘QampTech’, an event aimed at ig- Year 2017 - 2019 niting the imagination of young students and taking them on a journey to discover science and technology. During ‘QampTech’, students took on the role of crea- tors, innovators and builders, coming together to under- Faulty programming of the instrument cluster DEFECT stand real-life technological and industrial problems and ways of solving them through applied sciences for a sus- tainable future. The event introduced 40 primary school students Contact the dealer for the free required repair from Qatar Academy Sidra, part of Qatar Foundation’s PROCESS Pre-University Education, and Doha British School to the elements of architectural design, sustainability, renewable QampTech was organised around two main themes – ‘Mis- Porsche Centre Doha Al Boraq Automobiles energy and agriculture through a variety of science, tech- sion to Mars’ and ‘Future City’ – and across four zones: nology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities. ‘Make It and Take it’, ‘Tinker with Science’, ‘Fablab’, and CONTACT Phone: 44599800 Yosouf Abdulrahman Saleh, executive director of ‘Masters of Making’. QSTP, said: “Through QampTech, we have created a Campaign number AKA1 space for students where they can experiment with, and QampTech was organised around two main themes explore, science through application. – ‘Mission to Mars’ and ‘Future City’ – and across four For any consumer protection issues please contact us on the hotline 16001 “In doing so, QSTP reiterates its dedication to zones: ‘Make It and Take it’, ‘Tinker with Science’, ‘Fab- nurturing innovative mindsets from a young age. The lab’, and ‘Masters of Making’. Students were divided into unique and interesting themes of this year’s activities teams and underwent a gamified treasure hunt experi- highlight our emphasis on STEM while having fun with ence that took them across all the zones while engaging in these subjects.” hands-on activities. 06 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 CAMPUS CORNER MES teachers, students embark on learning trip to US The ten-day visit includes a camp at Kennedy Space Centre in Orlando, UN Headquarters in New York, Disney Land, Washington DC and Miami TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

MES Indian School is organis- ing an international trip to the United States of America from April 9 to April 18, 2019 to widen students’ horizon on the world of high-tech innovation, deepen their innovative inge- nuity, and to facilitate global cultural awareness. A total of 121 members, in- cluding students, parents and teachers, are taking part in two batches of the educational expedition. The team is divided into two groups with group one comprising 53 students, sev- en parents and six teachers leaving for the US on April 9, while the second group with 46 students, four parents and five A total of 121 members, including students, parents and teachers, are taking part in two batches of the educational expedition. teachers will leave on April 11. The ten-day visit includes at Kennedy Space Centre ,visi- quiry. The campers team up Besides, interactions with programme. They will oper- World Travel Company. gramme, besides providing a a camp at Kennedy Space Cen- tors will be engaged in excep- as they are presented with the astronaut trainees will ate robots and experience a “Such an educational ven- platform to relate classroom tre in Orlando, UN Headquar- tional adventurous activities, everyday challenges facing educate the participants about guided tour of the Kennedy ture enriches our students teachings to the real-life situ- ters in New York, Disney Land, which will provide a unique astronaut- related science, the challenges faced by the Space Complex. The entire in terms of experiencing the ation,” said Hameeda Ka- Washington DC and Miami. experience to them besides technology, engineering and astronauts in space and re- programme is being organ- latest technology involved dar, principal of MES Indian During the three-day camp adding to their scientific in- mathematics. search of NASA experiment ised through Qatar-based ITL- in space and research pro- School.

MES wins big at SOP athletics DPS-MIS faculty gets a glimpse of Qatari homes, culture at workshop TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

DPS-MODERN Indian School faculty Jayanthi Ra- jagopalan, HOD of Social Science, attended a Qatar History workshop initi- ated by University College London- Qatar (UCL-Q) at King’s College recently. The session intended to provide teachers a compre- hensive view of traditional Qatari homes and their rich cultural heritage and reach Museums, described the cities/villages. An activity out to thousands of students archaeology of Qatar, main based on the presentation between ages of six and 11 architectural features of provided the attendees a MES Indian School won the overall championship in the boys’ athletic meet with 17 gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals years. Qatari homes in 1930s/40s, better understanding of key in the School Olympic Programme (SOP) held at Al Saad Sports Club for the schools in Qatar. It is remarkable to note that the relay team of The illustrated pres- their daily home/social life elements of Qatari homes MES Indian School won gold in all categories. The winners were felicitated during the school assembly. (TNN) entation ‘Qatar’s Origin of experiences and their exqui- and their life style. Doha and Qatar’ (ODQ), a site culture. The workshop was UCL Qatar research project The presentation also highly informative and was funded by the Qatar Nation- focused on the historical de- greatly appreciated by the al Research Fund’s National velopment of Qatar by trac- participants. It was attend- Priorities Research Program ing the multifarious growth ed by 25 representatives BPS principal inducted into CBSE panel and supported by Qatar of Doha and other coastal from various schools.

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA CBSE, India, has constitut- ed the committee to pre- BIRLA Public School, Doha pare recommendation on Principal A P Sharma has ‘Inclusion and Inclusive been inducted in the Central strategies’. Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) committee to prepare recommendations and hand- hands -on activities and rel- book for ‘Children with Spe- evant visual inputs. cial Needs’. He has worked for exami- Central Board of Second- nation reforms and curricu- ary Education, India, has lum development also in re- constituted the committee to Birla Public School, Doha Principal A P Sharma cent past. prepare recommendation on The school management ‘Inclusion and Inclusive strat- Sharma represents all for- the committee. The commit- has congratulated Sharma for The session provides teachers a view of traditional Qatari homes and their rich cultural heritage. egies’. eign schools as member of tee will prepare user friendly the recognition. NIS honours staff for service and dedication TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Hussain Mohammed, chair- board: Hussain Mohammed, DOHA man of NIS, delivered the presi- Basheer K P, Shoukath Ali Taj, V dential address acknowledging the C Mashood, Faris, Abdul Kader T THE Management and staff of principal and staff for yet another K, Moideen R S, Maharoof A K, Noble International School (NIS) milestone reached in the develop- Muneer, Noushad and Ahmed An- came together for a red-carpet ment of the school. sari. event at Radisson Blu Hotel, Basheer K P, general secre- A special recognition was of- Doha. The gathering was held to tary, expressed his appreciation fered to the principal, who played recognise the unwavering deter- for members and highlighted the a key role in the success and mination and sincere services ren- future objectives of the institu- growth of the institution. dered by the staff to the institution tion. Felicitations were offered by The prelude to the event saw and also a formal get-together Shoukath Ali Taj, treasurer, and an assortment of challenges and to acknowledge the efforts of the Faris, secretary, who expressed quiz conducted by Muneer, aca- management and staff for the at- gratitude to the members of the demics director; V C Mashood, tainment of the CBSE Senior Sec- gathering. Mementos were pre- Secretary; and Shyam Sundar, ondary Affiliation. Principal Shibu sented to the academic and ad- project manager at Qatar Design Abdul Rasheed welcomed the ministrative staff for their services Consortium. Bringing the ceremo- gathering and praised the man- for a span of more than five to 10 ny to a conclusion, Jayamon Joy, agement board members for their years. vice-principal academics, deliv- ceaseless contributions to the The mementos were presented ered vote of thanks to members of school. by members of the management the gathering. Management and staff of Noble International School at an event in Doha recently. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 07 Reports by Catherine W Gichuki For events and press releases email African Panorama [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222 Hosts of activities as Mandela birthday celebration draws closer As part of the ongoing campaign, South African expatriates led by the embassy staff conducted recently a beach-cleaning drive at the Al Wakrah family beach

HE South African em- bassy in Qatar has been organising a number of activities in the count- down to the celebra- Ttion of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary late president Nelson Mandela’s birthday anniversary on July 18. As part of the ongoing campaign, South African expatriates led by the embassy staff conducted a beach cleaning drive at the Al Wakrah fam- ily beach that lasted 4 hours, recently Also, a film, “Mandela Long Walk to Freedom”, which profiles Man- dela’s early life, coming of age, edu- cation and incarceration for 27 long years was screened at Katara. Outlining the programme, South African Ambassador to Qatar HE Members of the South African community during beach cleaning led by South Africa’s Faizel Moosa said, “The activities Ambassador to Qatar HE Faizel Moosa are our countdown to July 18 grand finale, the Mandela birthday celebra- tion. What we do in South Africa and across the world becomes a United tional recognition for his leadership Nations programme where everybody as president in rebuilding the coun- contributes 67 minutes of good work.” try’s once segregated society. The envoy said, in South Africa The movie also describes his po- on July 18, people will go to schools, litical ascension and his belief that clean the beaches and do charitable the struggle against apartheid in work. “We South Africans are going South Africa still continues. to do something on July 18 in Qatar Expressing appreciation of Katara’s as well. We have not planned it yet role, the ambassador said, “We will be but we will be doing some charitable doing a lot of programmes together. and good work-something to repre- They have really opened the door to us. sent what Mandela did for world and We thank Katara for allowing the South protection of human rights and en- Af- rican embassy to be part of the vironment.” programme of this year.” Talking about the beach cleaning activity carried out recently, Moosa said, “We started with picking up plastic items and anything else that littered the beach. We carried on with the job for about four hours. The beach-cleaning operation was taken up the next day, followed by South African Ambassador to Qatar HE Faizel Moosa (left) with dignitaries and screening of the movie. And come Katara officials at the screening of “Mandela Long Walk to Freedom”, recently. A file photo July 18, we will be doing something of Nelson else for general good.” Twenty-five years ago on April 27, The film high- Mandela. He said the screening of the film Nelson Mandela led us into our first lights how the (AFP) was done in collaboration with Ka- democratic elections. He became the apartheid regime tara. “They have been wonderful in first black president of South Africa.” declared Mandela a helping us roll out our programme.” Moosa explained that Mandela ‘terrorist’ and jailed Talking about the film, the am- was released from prison on Febru- him on the infamous bassador said, “Though the movie ary 11, and for the next 4 years he Robben Island for his role presents only a tip of what Mandela’s negotiated with the white colonists, as a leader of the then outlawed life was all about, it gives a significant which eventually led to peaceful elec- African National Congress. insight into his inspirational life. tions and power transfer. He later achieved interna-

Scenes from “Mandela Long Walk to Freedom” during the screening (PHOTOS: HANSON K JOSEPH)

Renowned Ugandan artistee King Saha to entertain fans on Friday OME Friday and all roads will lead by Mulongo Events and supported by to the Fabric Lounge where popular Ricky Media. Ugandan artiste King Saha will en- “This is the first time that the artiste Ctertain fans from all walks of life in will be performing in Qatar and we are Doha. The artiste whose real name is Sse- really excited. We want to bring here manda Mansur is also a songwriter and not only Africans but also other nation- entrepreneur. alities to let them experience the Afri- Qatar-based artistes DJ Kayson and can beats,” said one of the organisers. DJ Sean Mannie will be on the decks According to the organiser, music spinning for the audience. Renowned knows no barriers as it can be enjoyed for performances in various music gen- by all no matter which language they res, King Saha is expected to enter- speak and understand. tain his fans with Afrobeat, pop, King Saha is one of the most suc- zouk, reggae and RnB during the cessful artistes in East Africa. He has much-awaited show. received a number of awards and nomi- The event is being organised nations. 08 Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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Netanyahu’s Annexation Threat Delivers Blow To Peace Efforts Will Electricians Still The Israeli PM has said he would annex not just the major Israeli settlements on the West Bank but also Love Trump In 2020? the more remote ones in isolated areas if re-elected HERE is plenty of blame to go around The US president will have to deliver on the job front to those voters he is for the sabotaging of the once-promising TIsraeli-Palestinian peace process and the courting between now and presidential election next year subversion of the much-maligned two-state solution, but surely Israeli Prime Minister TIMOTHY L O’BRIEN Benjamin Netanyahu deserves an inordi- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE nate share of it. For nearly 25 years — or more, depend- RESIDENT Donald Trump took to ing when you start counting — he has con- Twitter on Friday to reconnect with sistently fought to derail the process, calling the working class: “I’ve employed it a “mortal threat” to Israel, assuring Israe- thousands of Electrical Workers. lis and the world that there is no trustworthy PThey will be voting for me!” Palestinian partner to negotiate with and Without knowing exactly why he posted slow-walking the negotiations where pos- this one, I have a guess: Former vice presi- sible. dent Joe Biden gave a speech to the Inter- Now, on the eve of the Israeli elections he national Brotherhood of Electrical Work- hopes will propel him to a fifth term in office ers at a conference on Friday afternoon in and make him the country’s longest serving Washington. Biden — a white, centrist male prime minister, Netanyahu has threatened a — clearly preoccupies Trump, who also has further blow to the moribund peace process: the 2020 presidential election on his mind. He said Saturday that if reelected, he would President Trump has been a consistent He’s been commenting and tweeting about companies. And that’s what I do.” more focused on legacy sectors like coal see to it that Israel begins to annex portions enabler of Netanyahu. Most recently, Biden a lot lately. Indeed, he continues to do it. than he has on the threat that robotics and of the West Bank, the Palestinian territory Trump promised that the US would rec- Trump’s tweets include making fun of “Trump’s actions in refusing to pay for automation pose to millions and millions of it seized and occupied during the Six-Day ognise Israel’s long-ago annexation of the sexual harassment charges that have work performed, after a project has opened, other jobs. And he’s never been enthusiastic War in 1967 (along with the Gaza Strip), and the captured Golan Heights. That impru- been hanging over Biden, along with post- is a repeated practice of the Trump Organi- about wage gains for the working class. Back which has been at the core of the conflict ing a video about it to his Twitter account. sation on various projects; evidencing a typi- in 2015, he said that having a low minimum with the Palestinians ever since. dent promise no doubt helped convince Trump, who has bragged and joked openly cal business practice meant to force subcon- wage is “not a bad thing for this country.” In particular, Netanyahu said he would Netanyahu to speak out on his wrong- about sexually assaulting women, is on tractors to accept ‘pennies on the dollar’” is Trump has enormous appeal to white, annex not just the major Israeli settlements headed West Bank plan characteristically thin ice taking these sorts how the language reads from a 2017 lawsuit working-class voters and rural voters, as well on the West Bank but also more remote set- of jabs, but when Mr Id goes on the prowl, in which electricians who worked on the as a broader swath of more affluent voters tlements in isolated areas. boundaries disappear. Trump International Hotel in Washington who aren’t electricians, dishwashers or con- It is hard to overstate how terrible a pro- the blame, are increasingly turning toward He’s also on thin ice bragging about his sued the Trump Organisation for not pay- tractors. All of those folks care much more posal this is. This land is not part of the state a one-state solution that they imagine as a love affair with electrical workers. Electri- ing up. about jobs and health-care costs than they do of Israel, but territory captured in war; it has democratic binational state; Israelis seem cians (and contractors, architects, lawyers, about the Mueller report and Russian hack- been the position of the world community — willing to stick with the status quo or to sup- you name it) who have actually worked for ers. Trump is no doubt well aware of this and as laid out in UN Security Council Resolu- port a one-state plan of their own in which Trump and the Trump Organisation know ‘Trump’s actions in refusing to pay it’s probably why he’s looking over his shoul- tion 242, unanimously approved just weeks Palestinians and Israelis live together in a that the president has a well-worn reputa- for work performed is a repeated der at Biden and tweeting, suddenly, about after the end of the 1967 war — that Israel Jewish state. tion for stiffing people who work for him practice of the Trump Organisation his love affair with electricians. must withdraw and return to its prewar bor- It is difficult to see either of these two once they submit their bills. on various projects’ is how the lan- But Trump will have to deliver on the job ders. Despite that, Israel has kept control plans coming to fruition or working well if When I was reporting on Trump’s po- guage reads from a 2017 lawsuit in front to those voters he’s courting between over the West Bank (and the more 2.8 mil- they do. Meanwhile, talks between Israe- litical and business dealings in New York now and 2020. Thus far he’s benefited from lion Palestinians who live there) ever since, lis and Palestinians are at a standstill. The and Atlantic City in the early 1990s, ven- which electricians who worked on the impressive job growth that began during and has allowed hundreds of thousands of hatred, mistrust and blame that has char- dors routinely complained to me about how the Trump International Hotel in the Barack Obama administration and has Israeli settlers to move into highly fortified acterised the relationship between the two casually and frequently he refused to pay his Washington sued the Trump continued into his presidency. On Friday, US West Bank communities. The settlements peoples for a century continues unabated. bills. That’s never really changed much, and Organisation for not paying up hiring again proved to be impressive, with are widely viewed as illegal under interna- Rockets still fly from Gaza into Israeli towns, there’s lots of reporting to back up that ob- the unemployment rate clocking in at a 49- tional law. sometimes resulting in damage or death; Is- servation. year low. It has long been the position of this page raeli reprisals still kill militatans as well as Trump and his children — Ivanka in During the presidential campaign in There were some warning signs in those and of the United States government and of civilians. particular — have described this over the 2016, USA Today’s Steve Reilly reviewed 60 numbers, including a slight downturn in most of the world that Israelis and Palestin- Unsurprisingly, President Trump has years as a form of tough-minded business lawsuits, 24 labour-law violations and 200 manufacturing jobs, as my Bloomberg Opin- ians must negotiate a just solution to their been a consistent enabler of Netanyahu. aptitude: Take a bite out of someone else be- mechanic’s liens involving Trump compa- ion colleague Justin Fox observed. Wage more than 100-year-old territorial conflict Most recently, Trump promised that the US fore they take a bite out of you, just like Fred nies, as well as conducting his own inter- gains may have plateaued as well, according and that such a solution must include a with- would recognise Israel’s long-ago annexa- Trump did when he built his lucrative hous- views with those involved. Reilly concluded to another of my colleagues, Mark White- drawal from the occupied territories and the tion of the captured Golan Heights. That im- ing portfolio. If someone has done shoddy that all of it painted “a portrait of Trump’s house. In the meantime, it will be interest- creation of an independent Palestinian state prudent promise no doubt helped convince work, don’t pay them. Some of this (absent sprawling organisation frequently failing to ing to see if Trump can continue to enthrall alongside a safe and secure Israel. The set- Netanyahu to speak out on his wrongheaded the predatory mantra of kill or be killed) is pay small businesses and individuals, then working-class folks who are either unaware tlements, which divide the West Bank, obvi- West Bank plan. somewhere in the realm of reasonable. No sometimes tying them up in court and other of his business history or don’t care about ously make that more difficult, and annexa- The Israeli election is on Tuesday. Net- one should be paid in full for a subpar per- negotiations for years.” it. If some of them realise that Trump often tion would make it even more so. anyahu’s Likud Party is locked in a tight race formance. But the president strays well be- “In some cases, the Trump teams finan- sees them as fodder rather than as a constit- Not that many years ago, a two-state with the more centrist party of former army yond that territory, and he appears to relish cially overpower and outlast much smaller uency he’s authentically committed to, then solution seemed almost unstoppable and chief Benny Gantz. Though Netanyahu him- not paying people because … he can. opponents, draining their resources,” Reilly the political narrative might change. inevitable. That is, until the Hamas bomb- self is facing indictment on bribery and cor- “I take advantage of the laws of the na- noted. “Some just give up the fight, or settle ings began, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated ruption charges, it would be foolish to count tion because I’m running a company,” he for less; some have ended up in bankruptcy (Timothy L O’Brien is the execu- and Netanyahu was elected to his first term him out. If he is indeed returned as prime said during a 2016 presidential debate af- or out of business altogether.” tive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. He as prime minister. Now such a solution minister once again, the best that can be ter Hillary Clinton pointed out that he was Trump, for all his pro-worker rhetoric, has been an editor and writer for the seems further away than ever. Palestinians, hoped for is that he won’t keep this danger- known for shafting dishwashers; painters; doesn’t have much sympathy for workers New York Times the Wall Street Jour- whose leaders certainly bear their share of ous and irresponsible campaign promise. glass, marble and drapery installers; and the whose wallets have been drained. “I will nal, HuffPost and Talk magazine. His (Tribune News Service) like. “My obligation right now is to do well bring jobs back and get wages up,” he prom- books include TrumpNation: The Art for myself, my family, my employees, for my ised in 2016. But the president has been of Being The Donald.) A To-Do List For America’s Immigration Czar There is talk in Washington, DC, about a czar to oversee interagency immigration policy. This is an urgent necessity RICHARD J DOUGLAS derly departure” programme for persons to enact similar fees; Oklahoma already has. west border to hamper executive branch TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE abroad who desire refugee or asylum sta- The czar ought to take a lesson from The executive branch should curtail attempts to control the migration emer- tus in the United States. The programme our nation’s post-war experience with or eliminate visa operations in migration- gency there. The czar should encourage URING the mid-1980s, I lived in Ciudad should be hosted by (for example) interna- Vietnamese refugees and consider an source countries whose populations fla- our national government to federalise Na- Juarez, Mexico, as a US foreign service tional human rights champion Costa Rica “orderly departure” programme for grantly ignore US entry requirements. Sim- tional Guard assets in those states and re- Dofficer. One way or another, I have been or perhaps by Panama, where there hap- ilar logic, in reverse, is used to open or close turn them to the border as needed to deter engaged with the border and Mexico ever pens to be a UN High Commission for Refu- persons abroad who desire refugee or the door to a given country’s participation narcotics and human trafficking. Sanctuary since. Today, the largest migration crisis in gees (UNHCR) regional office. On the day asylum status in the United States in the Visa Waiver Programme. Resource jurisdictions should also be considered for my lifetime is unfolding on the US-Mexico it begins operation, the programme should savings should be reprogrammed to immi- possible National Guard military police de- boundary. There is talk in Washington, DC, immediately become the exclusive channel gration law enforcement in the US. ployments to assist with detention of crimi- about a czar to oversee interagency immi- for asylum and refugee processing, for the ican workers. In other words, “hiring Amer- Next, the czar should work to obtain nal aliens, where local law enforcement has gration policy. This is an urgent necessity. duration of the national emergency, for any ican” must be decriminalised. In addition, the removal of all border violators from e- been shut out by virtue-signaling state or Here is a suggested “to do” list for the person not already physically present in the the executive branch should count Tempo- Verify. In fact, most Americans — including local legislatures. appointee. United States, whether that person is in Ti- rary Protected Status (TPS) and Delayed members of Congress — would probably US authorities should also be encour- First, the czar should immediately en- juana or Tierra del Fuego. Enforced Departure (DED) numbers (and be shocked to learn that e-Verify does not aged to step up enforcement in two other sure that the administration position on the On the domestic front, the czar should similar programmes) against the congres- screen border violators out of the system al- critical areas: US employer sanctions for principle of refugee non-refoulement (non- encourage the executive branch to imme- sionally-fixed US annual refugee admission ready. In fact, the system is blind to illegal hiring border violators, and US narcotics return) is properly aligned with US inter- diately suspend work authorisation valid- quota. There has been nothing “temporary” entry, and that must change. consumption. The cash streams flowing ests. The international refugee regime is not ity and processing across the board for all or “delayed” about either of these back-door On the multilateral front, if the Geneva- southward as a result of both of these activi- a suicide pact. The United States may — in- border violators, exempting only persons amnesty programmes, and we can no longer based International Organisation for Migra- ties dwarf bilateral US aid, and have a di- deed, must — derogate from it in a national whose asylum applications have been final- afford to tolerate the fiction that there is. tion and the UNHCR do not engage use- rect role in creating the lethal chaos tearing emergency like the one unfolding now on ly approved after Article III judicial review. Executive branch lawyers should also fully and immediately to help respond to the Central America and Mexico apart today. our border with Mexico. The practical effect This enormous “magnet” to illegal entry explore the president’s taxing or banking Western Hemisphere migration crisis, the would be immediate return of unlawful en- must be neutralized. authority to impose a federal fee on wire executive branch should reprogramme asso- (Richard Douglas was a US con- trants to Mexico. Next, Chapter 8 of the Code of Federal transfer remittances from the US to tar- ciated funding for both organisations to do- sular officer in Ciudad Juarez, Mex- Next, the czar ought to take a lesson Regulations should be amended to remove geted foreign destinations. The fee would be mestic immigration law enforcement efforts. ico, and served as deputy assistant from our nation’s post-war experience with provisions concerning hiring that put bor- fully refundable upon the filing of a federal Several state governors have removed secretary of defense for counter-nar- Vietnamese refugees and consider an “or- der violators on an equal footing with Amer- tax return. The states should be encouraged their National Guard assets from the south- cotics from 2006-2009.)

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 09 DEFENCE MATTERS F-35 of Lockheed Martin in Pentagon wants to test a dogfight with Boeing’s F-15EX space-based weapon in 2023 “The F-35 remains a critical programme “The F-15EX provides additional PATRICK TUCKER for the joint force as we look to the capacity and readiness, especially TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE future and the kinds of capabilities we in the near years to mid years, as require,” Lt. Gen. Anthony Lerardi, we look at the threats and the EFENSE officials want to test a neutral particle- director of force structure, resources and kinds of combat potential that we beam in orbit in fiscal 2023 as part of a ramped- up effort to explore various types of space-based assessment on the Joint Staff. needed to bring to bear.” weaponry. They’ve asked for $304 million in the D2020 budget to develop such beams, more power- ful lasers, and other new tech for next-generation missile defense. Such weapons are needed, they say, to counter new missiles from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. But just figuring out what might work is a difficult techni- cal challenge. So the Pentagon is undertaking two studies. The first is a $15 million exploration of whether satellites outfit- ted with lasers might be able to disable enemy missiles coming off the launch pad. Defense officials have said previously that these lasers would P need to be in the mega- It’s not the first time that watt class. They ex- pect to finish the study the Department has within six months. They’re also pour- looked at such weap- MARCUS WEISGERBER War-era F-15C Boeing has been pitch- we needed to bring to bear.” ing money into a study ons. In 1989, the U.S. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Eagles designed ing new F-15s to the Air Whether Congress agrees with of space-based neutral for air-to-air com- Force on and off for more that rationale is yet to be seen. In particle beams, a dif- launched a neutral par- HE F-35 Joint Strike Fighter bat. And the plane than a decade, most recently February, five Republican senators ferent form of directed ticle beam into space, has reportedly been racking has the “potential to offering a similar version of — all with ties to Lockheed F-35 energy that disrupts up kills against older war- refresh the remainder the plane it builds for Saudi Ara- manufacturing work or F-35 bases missiles with streams as part of an experiment planes during U.S. military of the F-15C/D fleet and bia and Qatar. The latest effort — sent a letter to President Trump of subatomic particles called BEAR, for Beam Tdrills in Nevada — even the the F-15E fleet.” In all, started to pick up steam last sum- in opposition of the F-15EX. traveling close to light Accelerator Aboard a F-15, whose record in real combat that’s more than 400 planes. mer. “We are extremely concerned speed — as opposed to is a flawless 104 to zero. Now the That was enough to draw a The idea was embraced within that, over the last few years, the lasers, whose photons Rocket. two jets are heading into a fierce full-court press from Lockheed. parts of the Air Force, but not by DoD has underfunded the F-35 travel at light speed. dogfight, one that doesn’t involve One day after that announcement, top Air Force leaders. Air Force Program and relied on Congress On Wednesday, officials speaking to reporters at the missiles or guns. company officials began circulat- Secretary Heather Wilson ac- to fund increases in production, Pentagon voiced guarded confidence that they would re- The battle between Lockheed ing a three-page white paper de- knowledged on Feb. 28 that the sustainment, and modernization,” sult in something that would in fact be deployable. Martin’s F-35 and Boeing’s F-15EX tailing the “F-35’s decisive edge” planes were not in the service’s wrote the group, led by Sen. John It’s not the first time that the Department has looked is being fought by lobbyists in and over unnamed fourth-generation initial budget plans. Cornyn, R-Texas. “In order to at such weapons. In 1989, the U.S. launched a neutral around Congress, which is begin- warplanes. Defense One reviewed But analysis by the Joint Staff meet the overmatch and lethal- particle beam into space, as part of an experiment called ning to review the Pentagon’s fis- the white paper. and Pentagon Cost Assessment ity goals laid out in the National BEAR, for Beam Accelerator Aboard a Rocket. cal 2020 budget request. Tens of Lockheed’s argu- and Program Evaluation Security Strategy, the DoD needs Related: Pentagon’s New Arms-Research Chief Eyes billions of dollars are up for grabs ments boil down Office “on the kinds to make these investments in the Space-Based Ray Guns over the coming decade. to bang-for- The of capabilities F-35 to affordably deliver and op- Related: Pentagon to Study Putting Anti-Missile Laser This week, Pentagon officials the-buck: The battle between that we require erate this fifth-generation fighter Weapons in Space proposed buying new F-15s for the F-35 will cost in the avia- fleet. The F-35 is the most afford- Related: China, Russia Building Attack Satellites and first time since 2001, even though about the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 tion realm” able, lethal, and survivable air top Air Force officials have said as same or and Boeing’s F-15EX is be- led officials dominance fighter, and now is recently as two weeks ago that they less than to recom- the time to double down on the didn’t necessarily want the the the F-15 ing fought by lobbyists in and mend buy- program.” planes. For nearly two decades, soon (the around Congress, which is begin- ing the The 2020 budget request in- Air Force officials have argued long- F-15EX, a cludes $11.2 billion to buy 78 F-35s against buying so-called fourth- criticized ning to review the Pentagon’s senior de- — 48, which would be Air Force generation planes, preferring for price has fiscal 2020 budget request. Tens fense offi- jets. That money would also go to- stealthier fifth-generation planes in fact cial said. ward improving jets already built. with newer technology. been com- of billions of dollars are up for Elaine Lawmakers have routinely added The proposed F-15 purchase ing down), grabs over the coming McCusker, F-35s to the Pentagon’s request. is rather small: eight jets in 2020 its operat- the Penta- For instance, last year they added and a total of 80 through 2024. By ing costs will decade gon deputy 16 planes to the 77 requested by comparison, the Pentagon wants be less than the comptroller, said the Defense Department. to buy 78 F-35s in 2020, with 48 F-15’s within six Tuesday that former The 2020 budget request in- going to the Air Force. years, and it can fly a Defense Secretary Jim cludes $1.1 billion for the eight Related: Boeing Is Pitching the more diverse set of missions. Mattis made the decision to in- F-15EX jets. Some of that money US a New F-15, Using Its Super Boeing’s argument: The F-35 clude the F-15EX in the Defense would go toward standing up the Hornet Game Plan was never intended to replace the Department’s budget request. production line. Related: New Details About the air-to-air F-15C — but the F-15EX “The F-35 remains a critical About a month after Bloomb- Space Lasers: Pentagon Report F-15X That Boeing is Pitching the could do so while expanding those program for the joint force as we erg first reported in December The experiment report described it as modestly suc- US Air Force squadrons’ capabilities. Pilots look to the future and the kinds that eight F-15EX jets would be in cessful: “The BEAR flight has demonstrated that accel- Related: Charted: Here’s How would not need extensive train- of capabilities we require,” Lt. the budget request, Marillyn Hew- erator technology can be adapted to a space environment. the Cost of Each Version of the ing to fly the jet, which could carry Gen. Anthony Ierardi, director of son, Lockheed’s CEO, said Penta- This first operation of an [neutral particle beam] accelera- F-35 is Changing heavy loads of weapons, plus Eagle force structure, resources and as- gon leaders told her that F-15 buys tor in space uncovered no unexpected physics.” But Pentagon budget docu- bases would not need major infra- sessment on the Joint Staff, said would not be at the expense of the But there’s a big difference between a successful ex- ments also signal that the Air structure upgrades. And the new Tuesday. “The F-15EX provides F-35. periment and an affordably deployable weapon. As part of Force could buy hundreds of F-15s F-15EX is multirole, similar to the additional capacity and readiness, “The combat proven F-35 is the the earlier effort, several companies produced prototype over the next decade. A tranche F-15E Strike Eagle, meaning that especially in the near years to mid National Defense Strategy in ac- designs. The weapons they sketched were enormous. One of 144 planes would “initially re- it could strike targets in the air, on years, as we look at the threats and tion and the program continues to was 72 feet long. On Wednesday, Defense officials said fresh” squadrons that fly Cold the ground or at sea. the kinds of combat potential that see strong support throughout the that advances in technology have brought down the po- Pentagon, the U.S. Services, Con- tential size and cost of space-based particle beams. gress and the White House,” the “We’ve come a long way in terms of the technology we company said in an emailed state- use today to where a full, all-up system wouldn’t be the ment. size of three of these conference rooms, right? We now Pentagon officials have been believe we can get it down to a package that we can put insisted that any F-15EX buys on as part of a payload to be placed on orbit,” said a sen- would not eat into planned F-35 ior defense official. “Power generation, beam formation, buys. In all, the Pentagon plans to the accelerometer that’s required to get there and what buy a total 2,443 jets over the com- it takes to neutralize that beam, that capability has been ing decades. matured and there are technologies that we can use today “If Congress changes that to to miniaturize.” all F-35s, they’ll be all F-35s, we Officials, however, stress that the explorative studies understand that,” Maj. Gen. Da- do not necessarily mean that the Department will actu- vid Krumm, director of strategic ally deploy a weapon. “I can’t say that it is going to be at a plans in the office of the deputy space and weight requirement that’s going to actually be chief of staff for strategic plans feasible, but we’re pushing forward with the prototyping and requirements at the Pentagon, and demo,” said an official. The exploration, according said Thursday at the Mitchell In- to the official, “means we need to understand as a De- stitute. “But based upon the re- partment, the costs and what it would take to go do that. sources we have and the owner- There’s a lot of folklore…that says it’s either crazy expen- ship costs of the platforms, we sive or that it’s free. It needs to be a definitive study.” think that this is the best way that The push to develop space-based weapons also re- we can present the nation’s Air flects growing concern about advances in missile technol- Force and the best way we can get ogies from adversarial and so-called “competing” nations to a capabilities and capacities that like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. we have. “The addition of the neutral particle Beam effort will “If we have more resources, I design, develop, and conduct a feasibility demonstration think we need to have a conversa- for a space-based Directed Energy Intercept layer. This tion about what it is we go for,” he future system will offer new kill options for the [Ballistic said. “But based upon the resourc- Missile Defense System] and adds another layer of pro- es that we have, we think that this tection for the homeland,” says an MDA document put is the right way to go. out on Tuesday. 10 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Asia Pakistani PM unveils goals of ‘Ehsas’ poverty BJP vows to build Ram temple, alleviation programme

TRIBUNE.COM.PK multi-sector collaboration for ISLAMABAD pledges billions for rural uplift solutions, ensuring joint fed- eral-provincial leadership and PRIME Minister Imran Khan mainstreaming the role of the on Monday released his policy private sector. The ruling party’s manifesto promises to scrap Article 370, a historic law providing special rights to residents of Kashmir statement on Ehsas programme He said an approach has for poverty alleviation in the been adopted to provide a level AFP country. Taking to Twitter, the playing field on the one hand NEW DELHI premier said his “priority pov- and foster locally-relevant in- erty reduction programme with novation on the other, to create INDIAN Prime Minister Naren- its four focus areas and 115 pol- dra Modi on Monday sought to icy actions will reduce inequal- woo Hindu voters and farmers ity, invest in people, and uplift with an election manifesto he lagging districts.” hopes will help him seal a sec- The four pillars include ad- ond term in office. dressing elite capture and mak- Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya ing the government system Janata Party (BJP) outlined its work to create equality, safety key policies in the document re- nets for disadvantaged seg- leased with fanfare in New Del- ments of the population, jobs hi, balancing nationalist policies and livelihoods, and human with development talk, three capital development, Radio Pa- days before elections begin. kistan reported. The party said it was com- In the policy document, Pakistan PM Imran Khan. mitted to building a grand tem- the prime minister reiterated ple for Hindu god Rama “as his determination that Ehsaas jobs and promote livelihood in soon as possible in a harmoni- would help turn Pakistan into a ‘quick-win’ areas. ous way” and pass a citizenship welfare state. For this purpose The prime minister said the bill that would grant Indian na- all tools and technology will be program was for the extreme tionality to Hindus from neigh- used to create precision safety poor, jobless, poor farmers, la- bouring countries. nets and to promote financial bourers, sick and undernour- The conflict over whether a inclusion besides supporting ished as well as for students temple or a mosque should be the economic empowerment of from low-income backgrounds constructed in the holy city of women, he added. and for poor women and elderly Ayodhya is a major flashpoint Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second-right), senior ruling party leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh (second-left), BJP President Imran Khan said the pro- citizens. This plan, he said, was between Hindus and India’s Amit Shah (right) and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (extreme-left) hold a copy of the BJP election manifesto (Sankalp Patra) at the gram’s principles and ap- also about lifting districts lag- sizeable Muslim minority. party’s office in New Delhi, India, on Monday.(EPA-EFE) proaches centre on tapping ging due to extreme poverty. Under fire from the opposi- tion Congress party for not do- No mention of cow protection in BJP’s 2019 manifesto to protect the country against ing enough for India’s struggling Pakistan-backed “terrorism”. farmers, the party said it would NEW Delhi: The cow, topping the agenda for the Bharatiya Janata Party, failed to get any promise in the In February, India and Pa- Economy out of crisis phase: Pakistan FM infuse more than $300 billion 2019 Lok Sabha manifesto of the party, while it has spoken about the welfare and protection of the kistan faced off in their worst for rural development. It would cow since 1984. In the 1984 manifesto, the BJP promised that cow slaughter will be banned; in the confrontation in years over ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Monday said Paki- also extend an annual handout next general elections in 1989 and 1991, the party again promised that it would work for the welfare of Kashmir, conducting tit-for-tat stan’s economy was now heading out of a crisis phase. “We are of 6,000 rupees ($86) and in- cows. In 1989, it said it “recognises the fact that from times immemorial cow protection has remained airstrikes. now heading towards sustained stabilisation and the next 18 troduced a pension scheme for one of the basic tenets of Indian culture and it is on the patient back of the cow and its progeny that “This manifesto has been months will be our stabilisation phase,” he said in an address at a small and marginal farmers. the entire structure of the Indian agriculture rests.” It had promised a total ban on the cow slaughter, prepared with strong national- ceremony in Islamabad. “Nationalism is our inspi- ensuring that no one has a fundamental right of trade or business to slaughter cows. (IANS) ist vision... it is rooted in India’s The minister said Pakistan’s negotiations with the International ration... good governance is realities,” said Finance Minister Monetary Fund (IMF) are in the final stages. He announced that a our mantra,” Modi, 68, said at said it would scrap a historic by Congress last week which although notoriously unreli- Arun Jaitley. Critics say Modi economic framework had been formulated and would now be forward- the launch. “It (the manifesto) law providing special rights promised to “create wealth and able, suggest Congress is trail- has failed to create jobs and ed for input from parliamentary standing committees. The minister is multi-layered and multi-di- to the residents of Indian-ad- guarantee welfare” to India’s 1.3 ing BJP ahead of India’s mega- revive the rural economy. He spoke in detail on the problems being faced in efforts for economic mensional because our society ministered Kashmir, a move billion people. election running from April is also accused of tarnishing In- revival. “The main challenges of Pakistan’s economy are revenue is very diverse. We can’t have a that is likely to spike tension Congress had announced 11 to May 19. The BJP, which dia’s credentials as a tolerant, collection, current account deficit, exports and the savings-invest- one-size-fits-all kind of policy. in the tinderbox state. The BJP 72,000 rupees ($1,045) each decimated Congress as it swept secular country and imposing ment gap. These are chronic problems that have been affecting our It addresses the needs of all sec- manifesto comes on the heels to India’s poorest 250 million to power in 2014, has been rid- “Hindutva” or the hegemony of economy for over four decades now,” said Umar. (TRIBUNE.COM.PK) tions of society.” The party also of a similar document released families. Recent opinion polls, ing a nationalistic wave, vowing Hindus on its teeming millions.

News Pakistan whipping up war hysteria: India Fire at Pakistan Hospitals shut across Nepal as in brief NEW Delhi/Islamabad: India has rejected as “irresponsible PM’s Office and preposterous” a statement from the Pakistan foreign min- THE Prime Minister’s Office was ister alleging New Delhi planned to launch an attack against evacuated on Monday after a doctors protest relocation bill Taliban kill 12 Afghan its neighbour within the month.The statement was made “with fire broke out on the sixth floor security forces in a clear objective of whipping up war hysteria in the region,” of the building. PM Imran Khan DPA working at government hospi- hundreds of government em- western Afghanistan India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar was reportedly one floor below KATHMANDU tals and clinics began the pro- ployees, including doctors, to said in a statement late Sunday. in a meeting with incoming test by halting services except newly formed provinces across KABUL: Taliban fighters have “Pakistan has reliable intelligence that India is hatching a CENTCOM chief General Ken- THOUSANDS of patients were for emergency care on Friday, the country. The doctors are killed 12 security forces in new plan for aggression against Pakistan,” Pakistani Foreign Min- neth F McKenzie when the fire deprived of health care ser- said Dipendra Pandey, the being relocated to hospitals the last 48 hours in ongo- ister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had told reporters at the weekend. broke out. Upon learning about vices at government-run hos- president of the Government across seven provinces. ing fighting in Afghanistan’s Qureshi said this could happen between April 16-20, at a time the blaze, PM Imran ordered pitals across Nepal on Mon- Doctors’ Association of Nepal, The provinces were western province of Badghis, when India’s multiphase general elections would have started. the fire extinguishing squad to day as doctors went on strike an organization that repre- formed after leaders agreed to the defence ministry said “This public gimmick appears to be a call to Pakistan-based escort his staff members safely to protest recently passed sents 1,400 doctors. introduce a federal system in Monday. In the latest assault terrorists to undertake a terror attack in India,” Kumar said refer- outside the building, and contin- legislation that would move The doctors were protest- the country to devolve power on Afghan forces -- who have ring to the Pakistan foreign minister’s statement. (DPA) ued to chair the meeting despite their jobs to other areas of the ing the Employee Adjustment following the end of a Maoist faced devastating losses in the fire. (AGENCIES) country. Hundreds of doctors Bill, which seeks to relocate insurgency in 2006. recent years -- Taliban fighters last week smashed through government lines near the city of Bala Murghab, seizing Mirwaiz finally appears before NIA several checkpoints. Another Russian ships in Manila amid Philippines-US drills 10 soldiers and 24 police NEW Delhi: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Monday were wounded in the opera- IANS cific Fleet, the Philippines News appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here in tion that killed “99 Taliban MANILA Agency reported. It is the second connection with its probe into the terror funding case but is not militants,” it added. (AFP) time in 2019 Russian vessels cooperating with the investigators, official sources said. TWO Russian destroyers and docked in the Philippines. An NIA source privy to the investigation told IANS that the Indonesia top court a tanker docked here on Mon- Russia and the Philippines Mirwaiz, who leads the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Confer- upholds woman’s day amid the annual Balikatan are due to sign a naval coopera- ence, was asked about his connections with hawala operators blasphemy conviction joint exercises between the tion agreement, likely in July, and his contacts in foreign countries. Philippines and US which will which will reportedly involve “As of now, he has been unable to give any proper reply,” the JAKARTA: Indonesia’s top end on April 12. more joint training exercises source said. Court on Monday rejected an The destroyers Admiral and reciprocal port visits, CNN Russian Navy Captain Sergey Alantiev (centre) addresses journalists The source also said that the NIA officials also asked him appeal by a woman sen- Tributs and Vinogradov–clas- reported. The Russian warships in front of the anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs after arriving at the about details of his bank accounts, his movable and immovable tenced to 18 months in jail sified as “large, anti-submarine arrival comes amid the annual international port in Manila on Monday. (AFP) properties and his relatives residing in India and abroad and under the country’s blasphe- ships”–docked in Manila along Balikatan joint exercises be- their businesses. my law for complaining about with the Admiral Irkut, a “large tween the Philippines and US. the Russian ships emphasized eign policy under the Duterte The source also said that the NIA team also sought answers the volume of a mosque’s sea tanker”, kicking off a five-day Russian Navy Captain Sergey the Philippines’ continued administration, which also in- to the documents and other incriminating materials seized from call to prayer. Meiliana, 44, goodwill visit by the Russian Pa- Alantiev said that “the visit of pursuit of an independent for- cludes a pivot to China”. his residence during the raids on February 26 this year. (IANS) an ethnic Chinese Buddhist, was found guilty of insulting Islam for asking her neigh- bourhood mosque in Medan, India’s Modi-led alliance closes in on , to lower its sound system majority, survey shows ahead of vote Demonetisation ghost comes back to haunt Modi & party because it was too loud and “hurt” her ears. (AFP) NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance AFP underway this week. “This one, will be just a few seats short of a majority in parliament, bolstered TIRUPPUR ill-thought decision destroyed Second group of by a rise in nationalist sentiment over hostilities with arch foe Paki- crores (tens of millions) of jobs Rohingya found stan, a survey showed on Monday, days before voting begins. About MORE than two years after the and drove lakhs (hundreds of on Malaysia beach 900 million people are eligible to vote in the election starting on surprise withdrawal of most of thousands) of small enterprises Thursday, in which Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led group is taking India’s currency from circula- out of business,” Rahul Gandhi, KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty- on the Congress and its allies and a clutch of regional parties. tion, the painful consequences the leader of the main opposi- seven people believed to The election had become tighter because of discontent in the stalk its architect as he seeks an- tion Congress party, told sup- be Rohingya Muslims from countryside over a weak rural economy and lack of jobs for young other term at the helm of Asia’s porters at a recent rally. Myanmar were found on a people. But over the last month, support for Modi’s Hindu national- third-largest economy. It is in industrial hubs beach in northern Malaysia ist party has grown following a spike in tension with Pakistan, the Prime Minister Narendra across India such as Tiruppur on Monday, police said, the polls say. The BJP and its allies are expected to win 267 of the 543 Modi announced the “demon- (File photo) Ordinary businesses reliant on cash were kneecapped by that this message could strike latest arrivals in what authori- parliament seats at stake, the CVoter polling agency said, just five etisation” in November 2016, the Indian government’s sudden “demonetisation”. a chord. Factories that survived ties fear could be a new wave short of the halfway mark required to rule. justifying the sudden move as the cash ban were forced to im- of people smuggling by sea. The latest estimate is down sharply from the alliance’s current a means to flush out cash being monetary shock”. “Work came southern Indian garment fac- mediately pare back costs and On Monday, 37 men were tally of 330 seats secured when Modi swept to power in 2014, hoarded by wealthy tax cheats. to a complete standstill... Many tory where he weaved yarn for a growth estimates to absorb the detained around the town of promising to transform Asia’s third-largest economy. “In the im- But ordinary businesses re- people lost their jobs,” said S. living, the business crippled by shock. “Many businesses still Simpang Empat after landing mediate aftermath of the Balakot strikes the percentage of those liant on cash were kneecapped, Subbramanian, a cotton spin- a sudden cash shortage. have not recovered to pre- at the same beach early strongly satisfied with the government rose to a recent all-time high banks thrown into chaos and ner at the Tiruppur textile hub The impact lingers across demonetisation levels,” said morning, state police chief of 52 percent,” CVoter said, referring to the raid in Pakistan’s Bala- the entire Indian economy re- in southern Tamil Nadu state. the country today–and Modi’s TR Vijaya Kumar, the gen- Mushar said. (REUTERS) kot area. A second poll by India TV-CNX pre-poll said Modi’s alliance coiled from what one global For nearly three weeks the opponents are tapping into eral secretary of Tiruppur would clear the halfway mark, winning 275 seats. (REUTERS) lender described as an “acute looms stopped spinning in the that discontent as voting gets Exporters’ Association. Gulf / Middle East Tuesday, April 9, 2019 11

Erdogan sees ‘theft’ in Istanbul Sudanese army blocks attempt to disperse protesters election results REUTERS The leaders reiterated their stop them, and set up a camp. tear gas, trying to disperse a KHARTOUM demand for President Omar al Women in forefront of protests The number of protesters crowd estimated at 3,000 men AFP Bashir and his government to LONDON: Sudanese women are taking a leading role in protests outside the compound contin- and women. ISTANBUL Sudanese soldiers intervened step down immediately. against President Omar al-Bashir, which have gained added in- ued to grow on Monday despite But witnesses and activists to protect demonstrators on The interior minister told spiration from the demonstrations in Algeria, opposition figures said soldiers guarding the com- TURKISH President Recep Monday after security forces parliament that six people said at a London conference. Sara Abdelgalil, head of the UK The leaders reiterated pound had come out to pro- Tayyip Erdogan on Monday tried to break up a sit-in of had been killed on Saturday branch of the Sudan Doctors’ Union, told AFP that Bashir had their demand for President tect the demonstrators, firing questioned the results of Is- thousands of anti-government and Sunday in disturbances tried to suppress women during the 30 years he has been in Omar al Bashir and his warning shots in the air. tanbul’s mayoral elections demonstrators outside the de- in Khartoum, and one in the power. “This regime could not crush down women and women’s government to step down The security forces re- which his party candidate nar- fence ministry in Khartoum, western region of Darfur. ability to fight for change and freedom,” said Abdelgalil, a doctor immediately. treated without firing back rowly lost, saying there had witnesses and activists said. Frequent protests have who moved to Britain in 2001 but is in contact with protest and soldiers deployed around been “theft at the ballot box”. Prominent opposition been staged in Sudan since De- leaders. (AFP) the area, while demonstrators Erdogan’s Justice and leaders joined protesters as cember, when the government the closure of all roads leading chanted “The army is protect- Development Party (AKP) a group for the first time in tried to raise bread prices, there, witnesses said. ing us” and “One people, one demanded a recount in the some three months of unrest, building into the most sus- On Saturday, protesters reached the ministry com- Early on Monday, witness- army”, witnesses said. There capital Ankara and Istanbul addressing demonstrators tained challenge yet to Bashir, marched towards the defence pound, which includes Ba- es and activists said riot police were no immediate reports of citing irregularities after tal- massed outside the ministry a former army general who ministry hoping to deliver shir’s residence and the secret and secret service personnel casualties. Information Minis- lies showed the party was de- compound for the past two came to power in a military a memorandum urging the service headquarters, despite charged the demonstrators ter Hassan Ismail, who is also feated in both cities last week days, witnesses said. coup in 1989. army to side with them. They attempts by security forces to with pickup trucks while firing the government spokesman. -- in what would be a major setback in a decade and a half in power. Erdogan’s remarks ap- peared to signal more AKP US puts terror tag on Iran’s challenges over Istanbul, the country’s economic hub and elite Revolutionary Guards largest city, echoing commen- Thousands flee fierce tary in pro-government me- AFP ary Guard Corps was formed dia denouncing a “ballot box WASHINGTON after the 1979 Islamic revolu- putsch” during the March 31 tion with a mission to defend election. PRESIDENT Donald Trump the clerical regime, in contrast “We are seeing that some on Monday announced the to more traditional military organised crimes have been fighting around Tripoli United States is designating units that protect borders. carried out,” Erdogan said at Iran’s elite military force, the At home, the Revolution- a press conference before a Islamic Revolutionary Guard ary Guards have amassed trip to Russia, without giving Corps, a terrorist organiza- strong power, including details. “There is an element Q Air strike shuts Tripoli airport Q EU’s Mogherini calls for restraint tion. with significant economic of robbery in all of this. There Trump said in a statement interests. was some theft at the ballot that the “unprecedented” The Guards’ prized unit is box.” move “recognises the reality the Quds Force, named for the Erdogan said the margin that Iran is not only a State Arabic word for Jerusalem, between the two Istanbul can- Sponsor of Terrorism, but that which supports forces allied didates was too small for any- the IRGC actively participates with Iran around the region one to claim victory, suggest- in, finances, and promotes ter- including Syrian President ing when there was a problem rorism as a tool of statecraft.” Bashar al Assad and Leba- with a percentage of votes in The Islamic Revolution- non’s Hezbollah. other countries, appeals and even new elections were not unusual. Palestinians in Israeli jails Putin, Erdogan launch hunger strike: NGO AFP factions supported their move, discuss S-400 RAMALLAH including Palestinian presi- dent Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah. missile deal DOZENS of Palestinians in The prisoners had been in Israeli jails began a hunger negotiations regarding condi- AFP strike on Monday, the Pales- tions in the jails on a range of MOSCOW tinian Prisoners’ Club NGO topics. said, a day ahead of an Israeli Islamist group Hamas in RUSSIAN President Vladimir general election. particular has objected to new Putin and his Turkish counter- A statement from the or- electronic jammers installed part on Monday discussed a ganisation said the hunger in some of the prisons, intend- missile deal slammed by the US strike was launched after the ed to block cellphone recep- as well as closer military coop- “failure of negotiations with tion. eration during a visit by Recep the occupation’s detainees ad- There was no immediate Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow. ministration and their refusal response from the Israel Pris- The two sides must of the demands.” on Service, which on Sunday “strengthen cooperation in the A spokeswoman for the had said the background to military-technical sphere,” Putin Prisoners’ Club said around the discontent was the cellular told Erdogan as they met in the 40 inmates were refusing food blockers, which would not be Kremlin. “These regard first of Cars drive past damaged buildings in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Monday. (AFP) and that all the major political removed. all the completion of the contract to supply S-400 anti-aircraft AFP National Accord. Having seized missile systems to Turkey,” he TRIPOLI UN denounces strike on Libya control of much of eastern Lib- said. “There are other promising airport, blames Haftar’s forces ya and buoyed by a series of projects on the agenda related to FIGHTING raged around victories in the desert south, US 2020 hopefuls chide PM the supply of modern Russian Tripoli and an air strike closed TRIPOLI: The UN envoy to Libya denounced an air strike Monday Haftar turned his sights on military products to Turkey,” its only functioning airport on Tripoli’s only functioning airport which he blamed on strong- Tripoli, vowing to “cleanse” it Netanyahu ahead of polls Putin added. NATO member Monday, as Libyan strongman man Khalifa Haftar’s forces. of “terrorists and mercenaries”. Turkey’s missile deal has tested Khalifa Haftar defied interna- “Ghassan Salame condemns the aerial attack today by After a pause overnight, AFP for peace as he threatens to its already soured relations with tional calls to halt his advance LNA aircraft” against Mitiga airport east of the city, the envoy’s fighting resumed Monday WASHINGTON annex the West Bank.” Speak- Washington. on the capital. office said in a statement, referring to Haftar’s self-styled Libyan morning around the capital’s ing Sunday at an event in Iowa The US has put a freeze on its Thousands were also re- National Army. destroyed main airport, some MULTIPLE US presidential City, the Texas Democrat ac- joint F-35 fighter jet programme ported by the United Nations “This attack constitutes a serious violation of international 30 kilometres (18 miles) south candidates have criticized Is- cused Netanyahu of siding with Turkey in protest. to be fleeing the capital city in humanitarian law which prohibits attacks against civilian infra- of Tripoli, and the rural area of rael’s prime minister ahead with a “far-right racist” party Last week, US acting De- face of Haftar’s surprise assault structure.” (AFP) Wadi Rabi further east. of the Jewish State’s Tuesday in a bid to gain a fifth term in fense Secretary Patrick Shana- which has left dozens dead. World powers have ex- general election, with Beto power. han said he was confident Tur- The EU’s foreign policy pressed alarm at the violence, O’Rourke branding Benjamin “I don’t think that Benja- key would drop the plan and buy chief on Monday added her in the fighting since Haftar’s An airport source, who did saying it threatens to further Netanyahu “racist” and Bernie min Netanyahu represents the the US Patriot system instead. voice to those urging the east- forces launched their onslaught want to be named, confirmed destabilise Libya and derail Sanders calling him too ex- true will of the Israeli people ern strongman to stop his of- against Tripoli and its unity the suspension. UN-led efforts to find a political treme. or the best interests of the US- fensive, in the wake of calls for government on Thursday. The African country has solution to the country’s woes. US politicians traditionally Israel relationship, or any path News restraint by the UN Security A security source at Mitiga been rocked by violent power The US has appealed for hail Washington’s close part- to peace” for Israelis and Pal- Council and the United States. airport, east of the capital, said struggles between an array of an “immediate halt” to com- nership with Israel, and as- estinians, added O’Rourke. in brief “I make a very strong ap- no side had yet claimed re- armed groups since the NATO- bat operations and the UN suring those ties will continue Sanders, a liberal US sena- peal to Libyan leaders and in sponsibility for Monday’s air backed overthrow of dictator Security Council has called on has become a campaign trail tor who is Jewish, told a week- particular to Haftar to stop all raid, which hit a runway with- Moamer Qadhafiin 2011. Haftar’s forces to stop their ad- standard. end town hall in Iowa that New Palestinian military activities ... and to re- out causing casualties. Haftar, a former Qadhafi- vance. But O’Rourke said that he believes Netanyahu is “an govt to be formed turn to the negotiation table”, The civil aviation authority military chief, has emerged as On Sunday Russia blocked while the relationship is cru- extreme right-wing leader in in days: Officials Federica Mogherini said after decided “to suspend aerial traf- a major player, his self-styled proposals for the council to cial, “it must be able to tran- Israel.” talks with EU foreign minis- fic until further notice” to the Libyan National Army back- adopt a formal statement, in- scend a prime minister who is “I do not support his poli- RAMALLAH: Palestinian ters. capital, said Mohammed Gni- ing an administration in the stead insisting that all Libyan racist as he warns about Arabs cies, and I think that to speak prime minister-designate Dozens of people have been wa, a spokesman for national country’s east in opposition to forces be urged to stop fight- coming to the polls (and) who out against Netanyahu is not Mohammad Shtayyeh will killed and thousands displaced carrier Libyan Airlines. the UN-backed Government of ing, diplomats said. wants to defy any prospects to be anti-Israel,” he said. announce the make-up of his new government in the coming days, Palestinian officials said Monday. Shtayyeh has until April 14 to form a new govern- Netanyahu, Gantz make final pitches before Israeli vote ment which is expected to exclude all supporters of AFP ny Gantz posing a serious threat. West Bank belongs to Palestinians, ‘Who can do this?’ -Net- Hamas, longtime rival to the JERUSALEM They spent the campaign’s final anyahu has made last-minute Fatah movement of both hours exhorting voters with two says Turkish President Erdogan appeals to the right, issuing a Shtayyeh and Palestinian ISRAELI Prime Minister Ben- different strategies: Netanyahu deeply controversial pledge to president Mahmud Abbas. jamin Netanyahu sought to en- repeatedly warned that his Likud ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the West Bank annex settlements in the oc- Analysts say real deci- ergise supporters on the eve of was at risk of losing, while Gantz belongs to Palestinians, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin cupied West Bank. If done on sion-making power remains Tuesday’s elections with warn- made the case that Israel was on Netanyahu said he would annex Israeli settlements in the oc- a large-scale, applying Israeli with 84-year-old Abbas, in ings and controversial prom- the verge of historic change. cupied West Bank if he wins Tuesday’s election. sovereignty there could end any power since 2005. ises, while his centrist challenger The truth was more compli- Erdogan said the move would be another occupation meas- remaining hopes for a two-state Abbas on March 10 urged voters to tell the premier cated, with opinion polls giving ure by Israel, and emphasized that Turkey will stand with Pales- solution with the Palestinians. charged Shtayyeh with form- the country has had enough. Netanyahu’s Likud and Gantz’s tine.(REUTERS) Benjamin Netanyahu (centre). In an interview on Sunday, ing the new government, The general election in which Blue and White a similar num- Netanyahu said US President replacing Rami Hamdallah’s Netanyahu is seeking to extend ber of seats in the 120-seat par- remain undecided. Donald Trump, who is expected technocratic administra- his already 13 years in office liament. Under those polls, both If polling trends hold, Net- There have however been Netanyahu’s claims that Li- to release his long-awaited deal tion which had the nominal despite corruption allegations would fall far short of an outright anyahu would be best placed to repeated warnings of the unreli- kud may lose were widely seen for Israeli-Palestinian peace backing of Hamas. (AFP against him is expected to be majority and would need to pull do so thanks to smaller right- ability of polls in the past and the as a way to ensure his base of sometime after the election, was close, with ex-military chief Ben- together a coalition. wing parties allied to him. fact that many voters say they supporters turn out to vote. aware of his plans to do so. 12 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Europe / Americas

News French PM sees tax cuts as Brazilian military shoots family in brief solution to ‘yellow vest’ ire driving to baby shower: Report Trump urges Uganda AFP country’s tax burden, which is AFP diers patrolling the northern G1. “Everything indicates that to quickly find US PARIS the highest in the world. RIO DE JANEIRO district of Guadalupe appar- the military really confused woman’s kidnappers “The debates show us very ently mistook the white car the vehicle for a vehicle of rob- THE French government clearly which way to go. We BRAZILIAN soldiers opened as belonging to criminals, G1 bers,” Salgado said. KAMPALA: Tourists won’t must implement bold tax cuts need to lower taxes, and lower fire on a family driving to a reported, citing police. No weapons were found in feel safe going to Uganda in response to the “yellow them more quickly,” Philippe baby shower in Rio de Janei- Five people were inside the the car, which belonged to “a until the kidnappers of vest” protests, Prime Minis- who told an audience in Paris. ro, riddling their vehicle with vehicle, including a seven-year- normal family who ended up a US woman are caught, ter Edouard Philippe argued The “yellow vest” protests, more than 80 bullets and kill- old boy, who was unhurt. The being victims of the military,” US President Donald Monday as he revealed the so called for the fluorescent ing one of the occupants, re- soliders had been on the look- he added. Trump tweeted Monday, as results of a major public con- vests worn by demonstrators, ports said Monday. out for a car-load of criminals “I don’t see a legitimate Uganda’s leader also took sultation on the crisis. began in small-town France in French PM Edouard Philippe Ten army personnel have during a regular patrol of the defense for the number of to Twitter to urge people to Giving the first conclusions mid-November, initially over been arrested over Sunday’s area secured by the military, shots.” In its statement, the visit “the Pearl of Africa.” of a “Great National Debate” fuel taxes before spiralling into pro-business reforms and tax incident, which also wounded the military statement said. military said it was committed “Uganda must find the which was launched in January, a nation-wide revolt against cuts for companies and inves- two others, on suspicion of Police also have launched to “transparency and legal pa- kidnappers of the Ameri- Philippe said that French citi- President Emmanuel Macron. tors to encourage job creation, “failure to comply with rules an investigation into the inci- rameters imposed by the rule can Tourist [sic] and guide zens had expressed “an enor- The 41-year-old came to earning him a reputation as a of engagement,” the military dent, homicide police spokes- of law on the legitimate use of before people will feel mous exasperation” over the power in May 2017 promising “president of the rich.” said in a statement. The sol- man Leonardo Salgado told force by its members” safe in going there. Bring them to justice openly and quickly!” Trump tweeted Monday. US tourist Kim- berley Sue Endicott was After Nielsen, acting snatched, along with her Ugandan guide Jean Paul Brexit hangs in the Mirenge, from the Queen Homeland Security Elizabeth National Park on Wednesday. (DPA) chief in tough spot Trump orders firing balance as May govt of US Secret Service REUTERS sands of parents and children, chief: CNN report WASHINGTON and launched a policy to return asylum seekers to Mexico un- US: President Donald Trump THE temporary replacement til their claims are heard. Both is firing the director of the US hold talks with Labour for Kirstjen Nielsen, who quit policies garnered legal chal- Secret Service director, the on Sunday as Secretary of the lenges. Memorable images of agency that provides protec- Department of Homeland Se- women and children fleeing tion for him and other top May asks EU for yet more time as she courts Jeremy Corbyn whose Labour curity (DHS), faces the difficult tear gas on the Mexican border US officials, CNN reported reality of a boss who is demand- happened on Nielsen’s watch, on Monday. Trump instructed Party wants to keep Britain more closely tied to the bloc after Brexit ing legally dubious solutions to and McAleenan, whose officers his acting chief of staff Mick an influx of migrants at the US- made the decision to use tear Mulvaney to fire Secret Ser- Mexico border. gas canisters, defended its use. vice Director Randolph Alles, Kevin McAleenan, pres- CNN reported, citing multiple ently commissioner of US administration officials. One Customs and Border Protec- official described the firings tion, will be the fourth per- to CNN as “a near-systematic son to helm the agency un- purge” at the Department of der Trump. McAleenan takes Homeland Security. The Se- over as US border officials cret Service director reports estimated that 100,000 mi- to the director of Homeland grants were apprehended at Security. (REUTERS) the southern border in March, the highest level in a decade. Canada says it may As acting secretary, regulate social media McAleenan follows Nielsen firms ahead of elections and Elaine Duke, who led the department on an acting basis OTTAWA: The world’s major after John Kelly, Trump’s first US Secretary of Homeland social media companies DHS secretary, became White Security Kirstjen Nielsen. are not doing enough to House chief of staff in 2017. help Canada combat po- Trump took office in January “Kirstjen Nielsen’s resig- tential foreign meddling of that year. nation was long overdue,” Cal- in this October’s elections The president, who made ifornia Senator Kamala Harris, and the government might immigration a key campaign who is seeking the Democratic have to regulate them, the theme, has grown increasingly presidential nomination, said cabinet minister in charge frustrated with his officials, on Twitter on Monday. “I will of ensuring a fair vote said even as they have implemented under no circumstances sup- on Monday. Democratic aggressive policies to limit im- port a nominee who does not Institutions Minister Karina migration. forcefully denounce this ad- Gould spoke shortly after Nielsen oversaw a “zero tol- ministration’s policy of sepa- Canada’s electronic signals erance” prosecution policy that rating families at the border,” spy agency said it was very led to the separation of thou- Harris said. likely that foreign actors will try to meddle in the election. Gould expects Facebook Inc, Anti-Brexit demonstrators from Yorkshire demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in central London, on Monday. (AFP) Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Lords approve Brexit law to force Google to help safeguard the REUTERS EU’s Barnier hopes UK talks can “Both us and the govern- vote by promoting transpar- LONDON ment have approached this in ency. (REUTERS) produce positive Brexit outcome the spirit of trying to find a way May to consult parliament on delay BREXIT hung in the balance DUBLIN: The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator said he hoped forward. We haven’t found Colombia prez to meet on Monday as Prime Minis- cross-party crisis talks in London would yield a positive outcome to that yet. We will continue to do REUTERS houses to become law. Despite indigenous people ter Theresa May tried to coax allow his team to move swiftly in agreeing more ambitions terms on that,” Starmer said. LONDON attempts by pro-Brexit peers after protest ends the Labour Party into agree- a future British-EU relationship. Britain’s exit from the EU hangs in the May’s spokeswoman said to filibuster the bill’s progress ing a divorce deal with a bet- balance with Prime Minister Theresa May trying to coax the Labour she wanted Britain to have BRITAIN’S House of Lords on last week, Lords resumed the BOGOTA: Colombian ter chance of passage by par- Party into agreeing a divorce deal with a better chance of being ratified an independent trading pol- Monday approved legislation debate on Monday, with the President Ivan Duque has liament, ahead of a crisis EU by the British parliament, two days before an emergency summit where icy - something hard to rec- that will give parliament the expectation that it would be ap- accepted the request of summit where she will try to she will try to delay the April 12 departure. oncile with Labour’s demand power to scrutinise and even proved later in the day. the country’s indigenous delay the April 12 departure. “We all hope that these talks will produce a positive outcome. I’ve to keep Britain in a customs change Prime Minister There- It will then need to be re- communities to meet their Britain’s exit from the EU said many times before, we can be more, much more ambitious in our union with the EU - and that sa May’s request that the Eu- turned to the Commons for fi- representatives after they has already been delayed once future relationship with the UK,” Michel Barnier told a news conference both sides would need to ropean Union agree to delay nal approval–which could bring cleared a major highway but May is asking the bloc for with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin. “The political declara- compromise. Brexit until June 30. further attempts to block it by they had blocked for nearly yet more time as she courts vet- tion provides for a range of outcomes including a customs union. We The deputy political edi- Lawmakers want addi- Brexit-supporting lawmakers - a month. Duque will meet eran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, are ready to make this clearer if it helps and this work can be done tor of the Telegraph news- tional legal guarantees against before it is formally brought into indigenous representatives whose Labour Party wants to extremely quickly.” Barnier, also discussed the consequences for paper, Steven Swinford, said a ‘no-deal’ exit, and have torn force by a rubber-stamp process in the south-western depart- keep Britain more closely tied Ireland and in particular its 500-km (350-mile), seamless land border Labour and the Conservative up convention by driving known as ‘Royal Assent’. ment of Cauca on Tuesday, to the bloc after Brexit. with British-governed Northern Ireland. (REUTERS) government were still dis- their own piece of legislation If these stages are all com- the president announced May heads to Berlin and cussing both a customs union through parliament against pleted as expected on Mon- on Twitter. “In our govern- Paris on Tuesday to meet the United Kingdom shocked technical talks between offi- and the idea of holding a con- the prime minister’s will. day, the bill compels a min- ment, there will always be a Chancellor Angela Merkel the world by voting by 52 per- cials will take place this even- firmatory referendum on any The bill passed through ister to set out to parliament total openness to dialogue and President Emmanuel cent to 48 to leave the EU, ing,” a spokesman for May deal they agree. the lower chamber, the House on Tuesday the government’s and a search for solutions,” Macron and will be phoning May warned that Brexit might said. Labour’s Brexit point Both ideas are anathema to of Commons, by a single vote plan to request a delay and Duque tweeted. (DPA) other leaders before setting never happen, but said that she man, Keir Starmer, said earlier many in May’s party, whose re- last week and is now in the then allow parliament to de- out the case for another delay would do everything possible that May’s government had bels have helped trigger three House of Lords, an unelected bate and, if necessary, amend Brazil’s Bolsonaro at Wednesday’s emergency EU to make sure it did. so far not shifted from its red parliamentary defeats of the body whose role is to refine and the date. This creates another replaces controversial summit in Brussels. “We have been in touch lines on Brexit and so no way withdrawal deal she negotiated scrutinise legislation before it flashpoint in a deeply divided education minister Nearly three years after with the opposition today and forward had been agreed. with the EU last year. is approved. It must pass both body of lawmakers. BOGOTA : Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appointed Abraham Weintraub to the post of education minister after Ricardo Velez, who Salvini appeals for populist alliance ahead of European elections sparked controversy with his far-right positions, announced AFP Germany’s AfD, Italy’s League to form and the EU, Europe’s populists said. The new bloc hopes to be his resignation earlier on MILAN new far-right bloc in EU assembly remain divided on many other the largest in the 751-member Monday. Weintraub “has key issues. European Parliament after extensive management ex- ITALY’S hardline interior min- MILAN: Germany’s opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) and “Today for many citizens the May 23-26 elections, Sal- perience and the necessary ister Matteo Salvini gathered a Italy’s ruling League announced plans Monday to form a new and peoples, the European Un- vini said. Notably absent from knowledge for the portfolio,” handful of European far-right group in the European Parliament along with other eurosceptic, ion represents a nightmare,” Monday’s meeting were Ma- Bolsonaro said on Twitter. parties in Milan on Monday in far-right parties. The new group will be called European Alliance of Salvini told the meeting in a rine Le Pen of France’s Nation- Weintraub, an economist, is a bid to forge an unlikely alli- Peoples and Nations, or EAPN, AfD leader Joerg Meuthen said in luxury Milanese hotel held un- al Rally (NR), Poland’s govern- known for his close links with ance of nationalists ahead of a press conference in Milan with League leader and Italian deputy der the slogan -- “Towards a ing PiS (Law and Justice party) the president’s chief of staff, next month’s European parlia- premier Matteo Salvini. “The news is that we are expanding the common sense Europe... Peo- and Hungary Prime Minister Onyx Lorenzoni, the daily ment elections. [eurosceptic] family, we are working for a new European dream. ples rise up.” Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party. Folha de Sao Paulo reported. “We’re broadening the Today for many citizens and for many people Europe represents a Italian Deputy PM and Minister of “We’re making work, fam- Orban has voiced ad- Velez was part of right-winger community, the family. We’re nightmare and not a dream,” Salvini said. (DPA) the Interior Matteo Salvini. ily, security, environmental miration for Salvini but his Bolsonaro’s cabinet when working for a new European protection, the future of youth, party currently belongs to the president took power on dream,” Salvini, who is also anti-immigrant League par- Germany (AfD), Olli Kotro People’s Party. Despite their central again (with) alternative the European parliament’s January 1. (DPA) deputy prime minister, told ty and was flanked by Joerg from the Finns Party and An- shared dislike for immigra- movements to those that have centre-right European Peo- journalists. Salvini heads the Meuthen of Alternative for ders Vistisen of the Danish tion, multiculturalism, the left governed for decades,” Salvini ple’s party (EPP) group Wall Street analysts cut Boeing 737 MAX delivery forecast PAGE 16

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DOW26,309.76 QE 10,226.68 SENSEX 38,700.53 GOLD 1,301.90 QC participates in Arab-German -115.23 PTS +34.49 PTS -161.70 PTS +0.49% Sports Summit in Berlin PAGE 14 PRICE PERCENTAGE PRICE PERCENTAGE 15.22 BRENT 71.15 +1.15% WTI 64.42 +2.12% SILVER +0.86% QFMA to enforce stock split from June 9 The stock split would increase the number of shares available for trading by 10 times to companies, according to QFMA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK dividends for the shareholders. DOHA Regarding whether there Key decision are certain effects of the stock QATAR Financial Markets split on the earnings per share Authority (QFMA) announced O If the total number of (EPS) and the general index that the enforcement date of shares of the pre-retail of the stock exchange, QFMA the decision of stock split of company is 20 shares, with said EPS will decline as a result the companies listed on Qa- the value of QR10, the total of the increase in the number tar Stock Exchange (QSE) is value of shares in the stock of shares, but the value of net on June 9, 2019, so that the market will be QR200, after profits will be the same in the nominal value of a share in all the split the number of final result, either before or af- listed companies shall become shares will be 200 shares, ter the stock splitting. one riyal per share. with the value of one QFMA stressed the stock The same decision shall share, with a stock value of split process has no impact apply to investment funds’ on the stock index as it does units listed in QSE, QFMA said QR200 not affect the movement of in a statement on Monday. O QFMA stressed the stock stock prices and changes in QFMA stated that the de- split process has no impact the trading room of the stock cision of the stock split shall exchange. be enforced during June 9- on the stock index as it It explained that the index July 7 period, in a scheduled does not affect the is only a mirror of the interac- manner in coordination with movement of stock prices tion of the forces of supply and QSE, Qatar Central Securities and changes in the trading demand and the daily activity Depository (QCSD) and other room of the stock exchange of trades and operations car- concerned parties. ried out on the shares of sale QFMA confirmed that a and purchase. detailed schedule, of the stock QFMA provided clarifica- Furthermore, QFMA stat- split date of each of the listed tions on the stock split, noting ed that the paid-up capital of companies subject to stock that the share split is an in- companies is not affected by splitting, shall be published crease in the number of shares stock split, while the book val- later on the websites of the of the company to a larger ue per share decreases due to QSE and QCSD. number of shares with a nomi- the increase in the number of QSE listed companies nal valueless, without any im- shares resulting from the stock held extraordinary meetings pact or change in sharehold- QFMA confirmed that a detailed schedule, of the stock split date of each of the listed companies subject to stock splitting, shall be published split, with total shareholders’ of their general assemblies, ers’ equity, which does not later on the websites of the QSE and QCSD. equity remaining unchanged, in parallel with their ordinary affect the total market value of calculated by dividing the to- annual meetings, in order to the client’s portfolio. well as increasing demand for transactions executed on the stock splitting process, but re- companies to shareholders tal shareholders’ equity by the amend their articles of asso- QFMA explained that if corporate shares by increas- shares of companies. mains naturally affected by the will not be affected by the stock number of shares resulting ciation in preparation for the the total number of shares of ing the number of investors QFMA said the importance daily trading activity. split, because the increase in from the stock split. decision’s enforcement. the pre-retail company is 20 and entering a new segment of of stock splitting increases On the possibility of the the number of shares owned On the implications of the QFMA, in coordination shares, with the value of QR10, small investors to the market. when share prices double over impact of the stock split on by the investor, as a result of overall stock split, QFMA said with QSE, QCSD and the fi- the total value of shares in the QFMA added that the gen- time and reach high levels, the ownership of investors in the stock split of the nominal the stock split decision will not nancial services companies, stock market will be QR200, eral objectives of the stock which may prevent them from various companies, QFMA value of the share does not af- affect in any way the value of has held several workshops after the split the number of split include increasing the being made available to all confirmed that there would be fect the total cash dividends the investor’s shares, nor his and coordination meetings shares will be 200 shares, with prospects of investing in the fi- segments of investors and cus- no impact at all, adding that distributed. obligations towards the com- to equip the existing systems the value of one share, with a nancial market and expanding tomers, thus making it indivis- the stock split will double the QFMA noted that the prof- pany that invests in its shares, and rules with the required stock value of QR200. the base of shareholders, at- ible to be limited to a certain share of investors by 10 times, its distributed by companies but the only direct impact on through task forces formed to QFMA said there are direct tracting more small investors class of high-net-worth indi- explaining if a person owns annually to their shareholders the investor is to increase the coordinate and prepare for the targets of the stock split which and expanding the opportuni- viduals or large financial capa- 100 shares in a certain compa- are distributed proportion- number of shares owned by splitting process. includes reducing the share ties for choice in front of deal- bilities, which may affect the ny that is trading at QR10 per ately as if the company dis- him, while the total market In addition, QFMA organ- price, increasing the number ers in QSE. It added that stock normal trading of the stock. share, the total value of these tributes QR10 per 50 shares value remained unchanged. ised a workshop in October of shares available for trading, split will increase the liquid- QFMA said the stock split shares is QR1,000, following before the stock split, it means QFMA noted that the stock last year on stock split, at the increasing share trading rates ity and turnover of shares on would increase the number of the stock split, the number of after the stock split operation split would have no impact on end of the second Corporate and expanding the ownership listed companies, increasing shares available for trading by shares owned become imme- distribution of QR1 for every the company’s equity, which Governance Conference, and base of listed companies as the demand for the shares of 10 times to companies, whose diately 1000 shares with the five shares, which makes the includes paid-up capital, re- invited listed companies and a result of the increase in the companies in general, raising nominal value is QR10. total value of these shares re- value of distributions is the serves, and retained earnings, all related parties to enhance number of shareholders, as a the level of daily activity of the The market value of the maining QR1,000. same in each case, so the split- therefore the equity remains awareness about the stock segment of investors prefer to stock exchange transactions listed companies is stable Moreover, QFMA stressed ting of the nominal value of the as it is before and after the split processes. deal with low-priced stocks, as and increasing the number of and will not be affected by the that the profits distributed by shares will not affect the cash stock split.

GCC corporates’ credit Smartphone shipments to Qatar outlook broadly stable: S&P rise almost 10% in 2018 Q4: IDC SATYENDRA PATHAK “We continue to see inter- nies like Qatar Petroleum. DOHA est in ratings from issuers in Next in line are private new sectors such as health exploration and production Qatar is the only GCC market where ter the major double-digit significantly in 2018,” said THE credit outlook for GCC care, education, and consum- companies, which will benefit declines that have charac- Kafil Merchant, a research corporates is broadly sta- er goods. from higher oil prices through shipments of smartphones grew QoQ terised the last few years,” analyst at IDC. ble, underpinned by a calm “Given the GCC corporate profit-sharing arrangements said Nabila Popal, a senior “This decline is being macroeconomic outlook, sta- borrowers’ ongoing efforts to under production-sharing RAHUL PREETH research manager at IDC. caused by a number of fac- ble sovereign ratings, sup- reduce their traditionally high agreements, it said. DOHA Quarter-on-quarter, tors, including economic portive interest rates, rising dependence on short-term The oil-field services sec- overall mobile phone ship- uncertainty, a lack of major oil prices and support from bank funding by diversify- tor will likely have to wait EVEN as fragile consumer ments were also down 2.4 innovation in new devices, owners, S&P Global Ratings longer before seeing demand confidence tempered enthu- percent in the UAE, 5.4 continuous price increases, has said in a report released for equipment and services siasm for smartphones in percent in Oman and 8.6 and lengthening refresh cy- on Tuesday. GCC petrochemicals pro- result in higher day rates, giv- most of the GCC countries in percent in Kuwait, while cles,” he added. While corporate and in- ducers like Industries en current low industry utili- the fourth quarter of 2018, Bahrain and Qatar enjoyed “Since smartphone pen- frastructure capital market Qatar performed well in sation rates. Qatar saw a robust 9.8 per- respective QoQ growth of 2.1 etration is already very high activities in GCC were slow in 2018, benefitting from Additionally, engineering, cent growth in their ship- percent and 7.6 percent in in the region, these factors the first quarter of 2019 due higher sales prices procurement, and construc- ments quarter-on-quarter the fourth quarter of 2018. are combining to make con- to volatility in the global capi- tion contractors could also (QoQ), according to figures Shipments of mobile sumers question whether tal market, the report said, see an increase in demand from a global market re- phones to GCC countries fell it’s worth upgrading their issuance volumes are likely ing their funding sources and for new plant, equipment, search firm. 9.4 percent year on year in device. Many are concluding to pick up strongly in the re- extending their debt profiles, and infrastructure, although The International Data 2018 to a total of 23.6 million that there is simply no good mainder of the year. we expect to continue to see they will need to see higher oil Corporation’s (IDC) newly units, the lowest since 2013 reason to purchase the lat- “We have seen visibly strong interest in issuer credit prices sustained for a longer released Quarterly Mobile and down 30 percent on the est new smartphone on the lower issuance by GCC corpo- ratings in the rest of 2019 and period before this translates Phone Tracker reveals that market’s peak in 2015 when market.” rates in the first months of the beyond,” the report said. into strong growth in major Qatar is the only GCC market 33.9 million units were Another market research year. Total bond and sukuk Measures by OPEC and capital spending, the report where shipments of smart- shipped, IDC said. firm, IHS Markit said glob- issuance in the year-to-date is Russia to cut production by a said. phones grew QoQ. The report added that al smartphone shipments around $1.1 billion. This situ- combined 1.2 million barrels “GCC petrochemicals pro- Saudi Arabia, which is 5.8 million mobile phones recorded a negative year ation is likely to change in the per day from October levels, ducers like Industries Qatar the biggest market in the 5.8 million were shipped to the region on year growth rate in the coming days and months,” for six months from Janu- performed well in 2018, bene- GCC with 54 percent share in the fourth quarter of fourth quarter of 2018, for a S&P said in the report. ary 2019, and US sanctions fitting from higher sales pric- of the region’s mobile phone - the number of mobile phones 2018, showing a decline of third consecutive quarter. With average yields on on Iran and Venezuela have es. The higher oil price should shipments, declined 2.3 per- shipped to the region in the 2.2 percent on the previous According to its prelimi- GCC bonds and sukuk falling helped boost the price of oil in continue to support GCC cent QoQ and 8.2 percent fourth quarter of 2018, a quarter. nary smartphone data, glob- in recent weeks to levels not 2019, the report said adding petrochemicals producers year-on-year in Q4 2018, decline of 2.2 percent on the “The GCC’s mobile al smartphone shipments seen since 2017, the report the companies that have the with largely gas-based pro- IDC said. previous quarter phone market is undergoing reached 365.2 million units said, issuers see an opportu- most to benefit from higher duction plants and relatively “Growth continues to a considerable challenge, in Q4 2018, which is a 5.7 nity to lock in lower rates on hydrocarbon prices are the favourable feedstock prices,” evade the Saudi market af- with shipments shrinking percent YoY decline. long-term borrowings. regional national oil compa- the report said. 14 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Economy & Business Doha hosts workshop on combating fraud and counterfeiting in banking

The workshop is aimed at Union of Arab Banks audit and audit management personnel, internal oversight (UAB) organises the officers, fraud investigation three-day workshop unit staff and finance manage- ment staff. QNA Talal Sabah al Abdullah DOHA from QCB said the workshop aims at combating fraud and A SPECIALISED workshop on counterfeiting in the finan- combating fraud and counter- cial sector, stressing the need feiting in banking kicked off in Doha on Monday to highlight the recent trends in the tech- Key learnings niques of countering fraudu- lent and unethical operations ● At the end of the in various institutions. workshop, participants will The three-day workshop is learn about the main areas being organised by the Union of fraudulent business and of Arab Banks (UAB) under the will be provided with the Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al Thani with other officials at the first Arab-German Sports Summit in Berlinecently. r auspices of Qatar Central Bank necessary ideas to assess (QCB). the risks of fraud in their Participants will learn about banking activities internal control strategies, the fraud risk management, re- ● The workshop is aimed at Qatar Chamber participates in first sources for early detection and audit and audit management prevention of fraudulent opera- personnel, internal oversight tions, knowledge of fraud miti- officers, fraud investigation gation tools by identifying the latest monitoring policies and unit staff and finance Arab-German Sports Summit in Berlin systems, and ensuring the best management staff way to conduct an internal in- tal sector worldwide and the learn about investment op- vestigation in accordance with A large number of German and Arab sport projects being estab- QC Chairman Sheikh Khalifa portunities available in the the standards of the Associa- to raise the awareness of em- lished in Qatar. said the summit constitutes Qatari sport sector as well tion of Certified Fraud Examin- ployees of the sectors as well officials from sport, trade and economic He said the presence of a unique opportunity that as business opportunities ers (ACFE). as the public on fraudulent Sheikh Joaan gave the summit helped in informing world that stemmed out from sport The workshop will also of- and counterfeiting operations sectors takes part in the two-day event an impetus, affirming it has championship for the private fer a combination of theory, in banking, in light of the cur- been received by a great atten- countries on the Qatari sport sector in hospitality, tourism, practical situations, statis- rent expand and growth in the TRIBUNE NEWS NEWTORK also was present at the event, tion by all athletes and sports and its preparations for trade, investment and other tics, graphs and exercises, to financial field and all other DOHA that identified the most im- institutions and companies. hosting the 2022 World Cup services. provide the participants with economic sectors in the State. portant sporting achieve- Sheikh Khalifa said the as well as projects related Sharqi pointed out the in-depth knowledge about the He underlined that QCB QATAR Chamber (QC) has par- ments of Qatar. huge turnout of Arab and Ger- to the global tournament chamber’s sponsorship of the skills necessary to identify, is constantly working to raise ticipated in the first Arab-Ger- A large number of German man delegation at the sum- summit stressed its interest to detect and deter various types awareness and training the man Sports Summit in Berlin. and Arab officials from sport, mit sends a clear message to promote Qatar’s sports sector of fraud, as well as evaluate staff working in the financial The two-day event which trade and economic sectors the world on Qatar’s ability to developments in sport sec- and identifying world busi- and report on fraud indica- sector in various fields, so that began on Friday, was attend- took part. organise mega global sports tor worldwide and informing ness communities on Qatari tors in banks and financial the level of awareness and ed by the President of Qatar Sheikh Khalifa hailed championship. business and sport communi- sports development and its institutions. training would be appropri- Olympic Committee (QOC) the cooperation between the The QC chairman said the ties on the growth of the Qa- ability to attract more foreign The participants will share ate to combat all types of fraud HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Chamber, the Qatar Olympic summit constitutes a unique tari sport sector and projects investments. knowledge and experience on and counterfeiting. al Thani, QC said in a state- Committee, Arab-German opportunity that helped in available in this sector. He also underlined the me- fraud, counterfeiting and fraud Talal stressed the keenness ment on Monday. Chamber of Commerce and informing world countries on Sharqi alluded the success dia attention achieved by the detection mechanisms. At the of QCB on keeping pace with The Chamber’s delegation Qatar Embassy to Germany. the Qatari sport and its prepa- of the summit to the number summit and its role in shed- end of the workshop, they will the best international practic- was led by Chairman Sheikh He noted that the summit rations for hosting the 2022 of attendees and the topics it ding light of Qatar’s achieve- learn about the main areas of es issued by international or- Khalifa bin Jassim al Thani was a success and achieved World Cup as well as projects discussed, noting that it con- ments in hosting regional and fraudulent business and will ganisations and financial au- and included board members positive outcomes in promot- related to the global tourna- tributed to highlighting Qatari global sports events as well as be provided with the neces- thorities, noting a continuous Dr Khaled bin Klefeekh al ing the growth achieved by ment. sport on the sport and eco- the 2022 World Cup projects sary ideas to assess the risks of cooperation to attract the best Hajri and Rashid bin Nasser Qatar in sports sector within He underscored QC’s nomic arenas in Germany. which are being implemented fraud in their banking activi- and latest technology to feed al Kaabi. the past few years as well as keenness on sponsoring the He said the summit at- on schedule in order to be ties and address them through the financial sector and en- QC’s Director General the key role played by the summit stemming out from tracted a large turnout of ready before the tournament appropriate controls with a dy- sure proper protection against Saleh bin Hamad al Sharqi country in developing this vi- its interest in promoting the German companies willing to conveniently. namic criminal approach. fraud and counterfeiting. Qatar Chamber reviews investment Jet Airways lenders lay out bid opportunities in Thailand, Uganda terms for 75% stake in airline REUTERS It was not immediately QNA Qatar has strong companies, Thai-Qatari part- SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI SBI Capital Markets said clear if Goyal and Etihad DOHA relations with nerships, identify investment that prospective bidders are would also sell their stake as projects available in Qatar, PROSPECTIVE bidders of required to submit expres- part of the auction. QATAR Chamber (QC) dis- Thailand in all fields, and urge Qatari business struggling Jet Airways Ltd Jet, saddled with more cussed ways and mechanisms noting that the volume of owners to increase their in- need to settle the airline’s ex- sions of interest for up to than $1.2 billion of debt, owes to enhance trade and invest- vestments in Thailand. isting debt as part of any deal 75 percent stake in debt- money to banks, lessors, sup- ment cooperation with del- trade exchange between The meeting was held to buy a stake in the carrier, its laden Jet by 6 pm local time pliers and pilots. It has been egations from Thailand and the two countries with the aim of developing consortium of lenders led by (1230 GMT) on April 10 forced to ground more than Uganda during two separate business relations with Qa- State Bank of India (SBI) said three-quarters of its fleet of meetings held on Sunday. reached QR12.8 billion tari companies, exploring in a statement on Monday. 119 planes, leading to hun- During his meeting with in 2018, compared to the investment opportuni- Jet’s lenders last month for a stake in the airline sub- dreds of flight cancellations. the delegation of Thailand, QR10 billion in 2017, ties available in the projects agreed to bail out the airline in ject to Indian laws, the notice India is keen to save Jet First Vice-Chairman of Qa- in Qatar and inviting Qatari a complex deal that involved said. Foreign ownership of to prevent thousands of job tar Chamber Mohamed bin registering a growth investors and businessmen the banks taking a temporary Indian airlines is capped at 49 losses, which could potentially Ahmed bin Twar al Kuwari rate of 30 percent to participate in major pro- majority stake in the company percent. dent sentiment days ahead a said Qatar has strong rela- jects in Bangkok in the sec- - while they look for a new in- KKR, Blackstone, TPG federal election in which Prime tions with Thailand in all QC First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Twar al Kuwari tors of tourism, industry, vestor - and providing a fresh Capital among others are said Minister Narendra Modi seeks fields, noting that the volume real estate, and agriculture. loan of $218 million. to be in talks with consultancy to secure a second term. of trade exchange between increasing its investments attracts investments. Meanwhile, Twar also met In a notice on its website, firms to conduct due diligence The government was the two countries reached abroad in light of the policies Surakiart Sathirathai, with a member of the Ugan- SBI Capital Markets, a unit of in Jet, according to Bloomberg forced to shelve a plan to sell QR12.8 billion in 2018, com- of economic diversification member of the Board of Di- dan Parliament and his ac- SBI, said that prospective bid- Quint. its stake in state-run Air In- pared to QR10 billion in adopted by the country. rectors of the KPN Group companying delegation. The ders are required to submit ex- Jet’s lenders, under the dia last year after it failed to 2017, registering a growth He pointed out that there Corporation, Chairman of meeting discussed coopera- pressions of interest for up to proposed bailout terms, would attract bids from investors in rate of 30 percent. are diversified Qatari invest- Asian Peace and Reconcili- tion between Qatar and Ugan- 75 percent stake in debt-laden hold just over 50 percent of the part due to the airline’s debt of He pointed out that Thai- ments in Asia, and there is a ation Council, and Head of da in the food security and Is- Jet by 6 pm local time (1230 airline, its founder and former over $5 billion. land is considered a leading great desire to increase them the Thai delegation, stressed lamic banking sectors as well GMT) on April 10. chairman Naresh Goyal would Even as Jet’s lenders ap- investment destination, es- in different destinations, es- that the aim of the visit is to as encouraging businessmen Individuals, including hold 25.5 percent and Jet’s proved a bailout plan, there is pecially that the Qatari pri- pecially Thailand, which has discuss the development of to identify investment oppor- foreign nationals, as well as second-largest shareholder no decision yet on whether the vate sector is interested in a unique infrastructure that trade relations with Qatari tunities in the two countries. a consortium of up to three Etihad Airways’ stake would interim loan of $218 million companies are allowed to bid be 12 percent. would be given to the airline. Pinterest seeks $15-$17 per share in IPO when it goes public

plans to list under the symbol The company will go pub- Profitability has been a key ● Pinterest could have a market valuation of about “PINS” on the New York Stock lic with a dual-class share theme for companies that have Exchange, could raise around structure to concentrate vot- gone public since the start of $11.30 bn and could raise $1.3 bn in net proceeds $1.5 billion and that the IPO ing power with Class B share- the year. Lyft’s shares slipped ● was likely to come in the first holders, which included Co- below their IPO price on the Pinterest would join high-profile companies that six months of 2019. founder, President and Chief second day after its debut as went public, including Lyft Inc and Levi Strauss The company, which owns Executive Officer Benjamin analysts did not see a clear the image search website Silbermann, according to a fil- path to profitability. REUTERS last fundraising in 2017. known for the food and fash- ing with the US Securities and IPOs of Pinterest and oth- NEW YORK At the upper end of its tar- ion photos that its users post, Exchange Commission. er such loss-making unicorns get range, the company could reported annual revenue of Pinterest would join a bevy have presented a predicament PINTEREST Inc on Monday have a market valuation of $755.9 million in 2018, up 60 of high-profile companies that for investors sitting on the set a price range of $15 to $17 about $11.30 billion and could percent from a year earlier. went public, including Lyft Inc fence since they do not want per share for its initial public raise $1.3 billion in net pro- But it remains unprofit- and Levi Strauss. to miss out on popular com- offering of 75 million shares, ceeds, taking into account re- able even though its net loss Ride-hailing company panies with fast growth, but at valuing it below the $12 billion stricted stock units and options. narrowed to $62.97 million in Uber Technologies Inc is also the same time have to weigh at which the online image- Reuters had reported in 2018 from $130 million a year expected to kick off its IPO this the risks of businesses with (File photo) The logo of mobile app ‘Pinterest’ is displayed on a tablet search company sourced its January Pinterest, which earlier. month, according to sources. unproven economics. in Paris, France. (AFP) www.guide.com.qa  Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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And its vote to remove governance,” he added, say- ing he had been “extremely shocked” when he learned Nissan sacked Ghosn as of the misconduct. chairman immediately after Nearly 4,200 share- his arrest but an extraordi- holders attended the meet- nary meeting of sharehold- ing, with many taking the ers was required to remove chance of a question-and- him from the board answer session to slam Ghosn but also raise con- cerns about how the scandal Ghosn brings an end to the was allowed to occur. auto tycoon’s storied tenure “Nissan’s governance at the firm, which he was isn’t working well. I really once credited with having regret that,” 77-year-old rescued. shareholder Isamu Beppu The meeting also saw told AFP before the meeting. shareholders vote to remove “If there is no rebuilding Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California, recently. (AFP) Greg Kelly, a US executive of its governance, there will who served as Ghosn’s right- be no revival,” he added. REUTERS sume until Q3 or possibly Q4,” hand man and who also Ghosn faces three sepa- NEW YORK UK shares dip as Boeing 737 output cut bruises industrials they added. faces charges in Japan, and rate charges. The first two LONDON: Britain’s main index lost ground on Monday after rounding off a solid week while investors The brokerage said while approve a motion to replace relate to the alleged defer- BOEING Co is now unlikely to awaited fresh updates on the Brexit process, and industrials slipped on a read-across from Boeing the production rate cut should Ghosn with Renault chief ring of around $80 million deliver more than 500 of its cutting 737 aircraft production. help resolve the “MAX crisis”, Jean-Dominique Senard. in income and concealing 737 MAX planes to customers The exporter-heavy FTSE 100, which had scaled six month highs for the most of last week, was down limiting the risk of a massive Nissan sacked Ghosn as this in official documents to this year, and even that will 0.3 percent by 0845 GMT, as a stronger pound also weighed, while the midcaps dipped 0.2 percent. inventory build-up, it would chairman almost immedi- shareholders. depend on a swift removal of An index of aerospace and defence stocks lost 0.7 percent after Boeing, the world’s largest mean a large 2019 cash hit. ately after his initial arrest The third, more complex, an effective halt in deliveries planemaker, on Friday announced plans to slash its monthly production of 737 aircraft by nearly Cowen and Co also re- but an extraordinary meet- charge is that he attempted after June, Wall Street ana- 20 percent. The output cut followed two deadly crashes and signalled it does not expect aviation duced its price target on the ing of shareholders was re- to transfer personal losses to lysts said on Monday. authorities to allow the plane back in the air any time soon. world’s largest planemaker to quired to remove him from Nissan and paid a Saudi con- Deliveries of Boeing’s best- “With Boeing trimming manufacturing and production, there’s going to be lesser demand for $460 from $475 per share. the board. tact who provided collateral selling aircraft have been fro- products manufactured by Meggitt and Melrose... Fewer planes by Boeing is going to lead to fewer Analysts have also indicat- Nissan CEO Hiroto Sai- from company funds. zen by a global grounding of contracts that Meggitt and Melrose have,” David Madden, CMC Markets analyst, said. (REUTERS) ed that Boeing will bear a fi- the jet following the crash of nancial penalty for direct costs an Ethiopian Airlines flight on such as customers concessions March 10, which killed all 157 slow to draw conclusions their 2019 delivery forecast eries to foreign airlines swiftly and productivity loss from dis- people onboard. about what that means for following Boeing’s decision to in the second half. ruptions associated with the The company’s delivery how many 737 MAX aircraft lower production. “It looks like BA won’t de- fleet grounding. numbers for March are due to Boeing will deliver to custom- Cowen now expects full- liver its MCAS fix to the FAA Of the 26 analysts covering be published on Tuesday and ers this year and how many it year deliveries of “around until late April and the FAA Boeing, four now have a “hold” are expected to show custom- will have to keep on its own 500”, down from its earlier will have to test the fix before rating on the stock, according ers took less than half of a pre- books - even after announcing forecast of 630 737 MAX jets. approving it and lifting the to Refinitiv Eikon data, while vious consensus estimate of 46 on Friday it will cut produc- Jefferies expects Boeing to grounding,” Cowen and Co two rate it as “strong sell”. planes as the groundings pre- tion by 10 planes a month or deliver 497 737 MAX planes, analysts said. The grounding on 737’s has vented flights. An estimate for roughly 20 percent. down from 580. “This could delay a re- so far wiped off nearly $25 bil- Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa and other sen- March last week from another Of five well-known broker- Cowen analysts said in a sumption of MAX deliveries lion from Boeing’s market val- ior officials during the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting brokerage, Baird, was as low ages that produce estimates note that, to deliver even 500 to US carriers (10% of backlog ue, making it one of the worst in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday. (REUTERS) as 19 planes. for Boeing’s full-year num- MAX jets this year, Boeing or ~480 planes) until June ... performers on the Dow Jones Yet Wall Street has been bers, Cowen and Jefferies cut would have to ramp up deliv- foreign deliveries may not re- Industrial Average this year. Gold breaches $1,300 on dollar weakness, pause in stocks rally

The markets are waiting for accelerated from a 17-month titudes are still generally up- A weaker dollar makes gold cheaper the minutes of the Federal Open low in March, assuaging fears beat, which is bullish for the Market Committee’s March of an abrupt slowdown in world stock markets and still for holders of other currencies policy meeting, due on Wednes- economic activity, but a mod- a bearish element for the safe- day, for cues on the Fed’s future eration in wage gains sup- haven metals,” Jim Wyckoff, REUTERS an ounce. monetary policy stance. ported the Fed’s decision to senior analyst with Kitco Met- NEW YORK “There’s a little bit of eas- “If the US Federal Reserve suspend further interest rate als said in a note. ing risk appetite, the US dollar had discussed about rate cuts rises this year. Spot platinum was up 1.9 GOLD rose 1 percent to a more is weak and we saw Chinese (in March), that should weak- However, holdings in the percent at $911.50 an ounce, than one-week high on Mon- central bank’s acquisition of en the dollar a little bit and world’s largest gold-backed after touching its highest since day through $1,300 an ounce gold for a fourth month. A help gold,” Melek added. exchange-traded fund, SPDR May 2018 at $914.74 earlier in as the dollar slipped and equi- combination of all these fac- Meanwhile, China raised Gold Trust GLD, fell as much the session. ties paused a recent rally. tors have moved gold into the its gold reserves by 0.6 per- as 3 percent in the previous “Some potential mining Spot gold was up 0.7 per- $1,300s,” said Bart Melek, cent to 60.62 million ounces week, its biggest weekly per- unrest in South Africa on wage cent at $1,300.11 an ounce at head of commodity strategies by end-March, central bank centage decline since end-No- negotiations is dragging on 10:04 am EDT (1404 GMT) at TD Securities in Toronto. data showed. vember 2016. and has provided the funda- after rising as much as 1 per- “There is significant sup- A rally in stocks, which had (File photo) Gold bars are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of Speculators slashed their mental backdrop,” said Saxo cent to $1,303.61 per ounce, port around the $1,290 levels. capped gold’s gains recently, the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany. (REUTERS) bullish bets in COMEX gold Bank analyst Ole Hansen. its highest since March 28. We continue to see reasons for paused, while the dollar shed in the week to April 2, data Palladium XPD= rose 0.1 US gold futures GCv1 were more gold positioning should 0.3 percent against a basket makes gold cheaper for hold- Data on Friday showed showed on Friday. percent to $1,370, while silver up 0.7 percent at $1,304.60 volatility move higher.” of currencies. A weaker dollar ers of other currencies. employment growth in the US “Trader and investor at- gained 1 percent to $15.22.

Jaguar Land Rover begins Brexit-linked UK plant shutdowns

The move by Britain’s biggest they will take place. Without giving dates, Honda will also Britain’s once buoyant car sec- carmaker, to prepare for any tor has since 2017 posted sharp falls stop production for six days this month disruption resulting from Brexit, in sales, output and investment. was taken a few months ago at JLR has already had to cut REUTERS orderly Brexit, including delays to a time when the departure output last year as it faces declin- LONDON the supply of ports and finished date - since extended to April ing sales, partly as customers shun models, new customs bureaucracy, diesel vehicles. JAGUAR Land Rover (JLR) shuts the need to recertify models and an 12 - was March 29 Overwhelmingly foreign- its UK plants on Monday for five up to 10 percent tariff on finished owned, the Britain-based car in- days over Brexit, adding to other vehicles. BMW’s UK Mini and Rolls- dustry has become increasingly shutdowns to leave at least half the Prime Minister Theresa May’s Royce plants are also shuttered frustrated as a stable and attrac- country’s car production off-line efforts to obtain a longer extension this week, as is Peugeot’s Vauxhall tive investment environment be- in what could be a pivotal week for have also ruined contingency plans factory, which brought forward comes mired in a deep political Britain’s divorce from the Euro- for some of them. summer shutdowns to April. crises, risking free and frictionless pean Union. Shutdowns are generally or- Together JLR, Mini, Rolls- trade. The move by Britain’s biggest ganised far in advance so employee Royce and Peugeot’s Vauxhall At least 25 percent of Brit- carmaker, to prepare for any dis- holidays can be scheduled and sup- brand, which is branded as Opel on ain’s automotive engine capacity ruption resulting from Brexit, was pliers can adjust volumes, making (File photo) Workers examine Land Rover Freelander vehicles as they come off the continent, built over 750,000 is also closed as BMW’s central taken a few months ago at a time them hard to move. the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood assembly plant in Liver- of Britain’s 1.52 million cars last English Hams Hall factory con- when the departure date - since ex- With Britain’s political lead- pool, northern England. (REUTERS) year. tinues a four-week shutdown tended to April 12 - was March 29. ers still deadlocked over Brexit Honda has also scheduled six while JLR’s Wolverhampton site Automotive firms face a num- and some EU states questioning Minister Jeremy Wright said May position Labour Party to try to find “non-production days” in April but stops production for the week as ber of possible risks under a dis- a further departure delay, Culture would continue talks with the op- a compromise solution. has declined to say on which dates part of Brexit preparations. Kings XI ride Rahul, Agarwal’s 50s to beat Sunrisers by six wickets PAGE 19

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Rookie of the year Ko claims first Major title at ANA Inspiration PAGE 18 ASIAN CHAMPIONS LEGAUE PAKHTAKOR VS AL SADD (7PM) SC Secretary-General highlights the power of football during World Economic Forum SC.QA aspirations,” said Thawadi. tutions, organisations and DOHA “By giving youth such governments all around the hope and opportunity, such world must work together to SUPREME Committee for De- events can create the positive Mega-events, such as the tackle the issue. livery & Legacy (SC) Secretary environments conducive to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, The session, which was General Hassan al Thawadi limiting the rise and spread of can play an important and moderated by journalist Ghi- highlighted the potential im- extremist ideologies.” often not recognised role in da Fakhry, was also attended pact of mega sporting events Thawadi went on to re- providing the platforms by Abdullah Abdullah, Chief on young people across the iterate Qatar’s vision for the Executive of the Republic of region, including the FIFA tournament as being one for necessary for youth to Afghanistan, Ahmad Iravani, World Cup, during the World the benefit of the entire region unleash their potential, President and Executive Di- Economic Forum on the Mid- and an accelerator for the pos- showcase their talent and rector of the Centre for the dle East and North Africa in itive development of society. achieve their goals and Study of Islam and the Mid- Jordan. He added: “Qatar’s host- aspirations. dle East, Anne Speckhard, Speaking on a panel ses- ing of the FIFA World Cup – Director of the International sion titled ‘Radicalisation: for the first time in the Arab Hassan al Thawadi Centre for the Study of Vio- Lessons from the Past’, Tha- world – is an unprecedented lent Extremism, and Latifa wadi said global events such opportunity for this region. Ibn Ziaten, Founder of the as the FIFA World Cup Qatar Accordingly, we have made dressing the rise in political Imad Association for Youth 2022 had the potential to ad- a conscious effort from day tension around the world, he and Peace. dress the spread of radicali- one to ensure that it is a tour- Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary-General Hassan al Thawadi highlighted the role that sport, Held under the theme sation, rising unemployment nament that everyone in the particularly football, can play “Building New Platforms for and the marginalisation of region can benefit from, and liver and host the tournament, boost Qatar 2022. social development. And the in bridging differences and Cooperation”, this year’s fo- communities. have launched several lega- but are also providing them One of the winners, Via- Josoor Institute, an academic promoting cultural under- rum focused on ensuring the “Mega-events, such as the cy programmes to support with the tools and skills neces- Vii, was named by the World centre for sports and events standing, stressing the need region and global economy FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, this, including Challenge 22, sary for them to build a better Economic Forum as one of the professionals, has helped to for unifying platforms – such enters a new phase of glo- can play an important and of- Generation Amazing and the future for the region and the top 100 Arab start-ups. Mean- upskill more than 3,000 peo- as the FIFA World Cup™ – to balisation. More than 1,000 ten not recognised role in pro- Josoor Institute. world more generally.” while, Generation Amaz- ple since its launch. bring people together. leaders from government, viding the platforms necessary “These programmes are The Challenge 22 innova- ing has reached more than Thawadi also emphasised Thawadi also spoke about business and civil society par- for youth to unleash their po- not only giving Arab youth tion award is giving young en- 250,000 beneficiaries across that the issue of radicalisation the need for collective action ticipated in the forum, which tential, showcase their talent the opportunity to take part in trepreneurs the chance to de- the region and Asia, using is one that faces the global in addressing radicalisation, took place over two days from and achieve their goals and supporting our efforts to de- velop businesses which could football as a tool for positive community as a whole. Ad- noting that individuals, insti- April 6-7. Al Sadd all set for Pakhtakor test in Asian Champions League

Al Sadd still basking from their 14th QNB Stars League title, beat Iran’s Persepolis by a lone goal on Match Day two after an opening day loss to Al Ahli

AYENI OLUSEGUN Al Duhail’s forward Youssef El Arabi scores past Ain’s goalkeeper Khalid Eisa during the AFC Champions League Group C match at the Duhail DOHA Stadium in Doha on Monday. (AFP) LAST year’s AFC Champions League semi-finalists Al Sadd have a better and more confi- dent team, according to coach Al Ain hold Al Duhail Jesualdo ferreira, ahead of their Group D match against Al Sadd players during a training session on Monday ahead of their Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in AFC Champions League match against Uzbekistan club Pakhtakor Tashkent on Tuesday at 7pm in Tashkent. Doha time. to frustrating draw Al Sadd, fresh off after day our team is better, more Al Rayyan will look to winning their 14th QNB Stars confident and happier, which make it back-to-back home League title, beat Persepolis will help us in our match.” wins when they host the UAE TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK box and the midfielder bril- Boudiaf saw his goalbound in the game, making crucial by a lone goal in Match Day The Wolves will be with- side Al Wahda in Group B at DOHA liantly stroke home. header punched out by Khalid saves from Nakajima, El Arabi two after an opening day loss out first choice goalkeeper the Jassim bin Hamad Sta- Al Duhail were on the at- from a freekick. Almoez should and Almoez as the home team to Al Ahli. The former Asian Saad al Dosari and Asian dium on Tuesday. AL Duhail were held to a 2-2 tack again and Almoez Ali have scored just before half time searched for the winner. champions go into Tues- Player of the Year Abdulka- The Lions staged a come- draw in their AFC Champions making his first appearance in but after controlling a lovely Khalid again saved a point day’s game off a 7-2 victory rim Hassan for the tie but back in the previous round League Group C match against the ACL this season failed to side-footed pass from Edmilson for the visitors late in extra and will not be shy of goals Ferreira believes the team as goals from Lucca and Al Ain at the Abdullah Bin connect with Nakajima’s ball on his chest only for his shot to time showing good reflexes to with Baghdad Bounedjah has enought depth. Gelmin Rivas helped enough Khalifa Stadium on Monday. over the top which was just bounce of Khalid’s foot. parry out a goalbound header. and Akram Afif in fine goal- “Our players are able to to seal a 2-1 victory over Uz- The Red Knights led by inches high. In the second half, Al Ain Al Duhail coach Rui Faria scoring form. compensate for any absences bekistan’s PFC Lokomotiv two goals in the first half but The Red Knights made pushed for an equaliser and said his team’s mistakes cost “This is the second time I in the team, and their confi- after losing thier first game failed to see out the game de- it two just after the half hour almost got in in the 53rd min- them a vital win. have visited Uzbekistan and I dence is without limit. This against Al Ittihad. spite controlling majority of mark from a swift attack with ute after Maroof was brought “Everyone saw the match know the atmosphere of the is not our first game without The hosts go into the the ball. The result means Al Yousef El Arabi on the end of down inside the box by Musa and I said earlier that we had matches here. It is an excel- Saad in goal,” he added. game on the back of a 2-2 Hilal lead the group with six it. Musa played a one-two with for which the referee awarded to win but the mistakes made lent stadium so I hope it will Also speaking on the draw against Al Sailiya in the points while Al Duhail are Boudiaf to create space down a penalty. us lose two points and we be a good game for the two game, defender Pedro Miguel Qatar Stars League at the end second in with four, tied with the right before picking out El However, Lecomte went could have finished the game teams and I know it will be said, “It is a very impor- of last week and they current- Esteghlal. Arabi in the box who made no from hero to villain in five in the first half. If you make a tough game because we are tant and difficult game. We ly sit fourth in the standings. Al Duhail came out firing mistake to slot beyond Eisa. minutes. The former Qatar mistakes at this level, you pay playing against a strong team are ready to win and get the Al Rayyan have suffered and drew two quick saves from Jamal Maroof began Al shot stopper saved the spot- the price. We had a lot of op- but we are determined,” Fer- maximum points because it a dismal season in the Qatar Khalid Eisa as Edmilson Jun- Ain’s comeback in the 36th kick from Caio but three min- portunities and we could not reira told a press conference. will have an impact on the Stars League and will hope to ior and Mohammed Musa test- minute as Al Duhail’s de- utes later, failed to deal with an take them. “We are happy to win the competition.” put up more fight as the navi- ed the goalie from long range. fence was caught napping. A easy catch from Maroof’s cross “There are a lot of games league (QSL) because it is a “We have to continue the gate the ACL. The Red Knights soon took long ball was flicked on in the which fell to Marcus Berg who waiting for us in this competi- very important tournament enthusiasm after winning “We had some pressure the lead from Karim Boudiaf’s midfield by Tongo Doumbia tapped in from close range. tion and we have to get a posi- for us and this will motivate the league title, and hope it in the last two rounds of the half volley in the ninth minute. which released Maroof who The Red Knights domi- tive result in our next match if us to play a good game. Last gives us confidence to go far tournament, and now we just Edmilson beat his marker be- easily thumped past Amine nated possession but Al Ain’s we want to go far,” Faria told year we played here after in the Asian Championship,” want to focus on winning,” Al fore sending a cross into the Lecomte. goalkeeper Eisa kept his team the club’s website. losing the league title. To- he added. Rayyan coach Souza said. 18 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Sports Ko claims Masters at Augusta National this week PSG miss chance first major to wrap up title title at ANA Rose man to beat in Inspiration Defender Kehrer heads home late to tie the score for the Parisians AFP Masters at Augusta LOS ANGELES AFP from the right and Germany PARIS defender Thilo Kehrer head- REIGNING rookie of the year REUTERS ed home. Ko Jin-young captured her AUGUSTA PARIS Saint-Germain squan- Still a huge 20 points first major championship on dered the chance to clinch the clear at the summit and with Sunday, holding off fellow WORLD number one Justin Ligue 1 title in record-equal- a game in hand, PSG will now South Korean Lee Mi-hyang Rose is the man to beat at this ling time on Sunday after a 2-2 hope to secure the eighth to win the ANA Inspiration by week’s Masters, where recent draw at home to Strasbourg, league title in their history three strokes. history suggests the sport’s with Eric Maxim Choupo- when they go to Lille next The 23-year-old Ko fin- heavyweights will populate the Moting’s incredible miss from weekend. ished in style by draining a leaderboard by Sunday at a ma- the goal-line costing his team A point will be enough in long birdie putt on 18 for a jor championship that is more dear. that game, but PSG should two-under 70 final round in predictable than any other. PSG were handed the op- have finished the job here -- the first major of the season at Northern Irishman Rory portunity to win their sixth Choupo-Moting’s miss was the Mission Hills Country Club McIlroy is the second favourite French crown in seven sea- one of the worst you are ever near Palm Springs, California. from a formidable European sons after second-placed Lille likely to see, while Dani Alves “I won the tournament contingent, while Dustin John- drew 1-1 at Reims earlier. hit the bar after the break. and that’s a happy moment,” son and Justin Thomas are the That left Thomas Tuchel’s Earlier, Jose Fonte’s 56th- Ko said. “I thank God, I thank best American bets, even if Ti- side knowing that three minute header had Lille on my parents, I thank my grand- ger Woods and Phil Mickelson points at the Parc des Princes course to take all three points parents. It is an honour for me will loom larger in the public would see them retain the ti- away to Reims, but substitute to join so many great Korean imagination. tle and wrap it up with eight Remi Oudin’s 78th-minute players. I’m honored to be There has been no long- games to spare, matching the leveller – initially ruled out here.” shot winner at Augusta Na- speed with which Laurent for offside but then given af- Ko, who is in her second tional since 69th ranked Blanc’s team became champi- ter a VAR review – denied the year, finished with a 10-under Angel Cabrera collected the ons in 2016. visitors. Green Jacket in 2009, though Choupo-Moting gave Lille are more concerned even the Argentine’s victory them an early lead with his with holding off the teams was far from a huge shock third Ligue 1 goal, but later below them as they look to se- given his pedigree as a U.S. in the first half he somehow cure second place, which pro- Open champion two years succeeded in turning a net- vides automatic qualification earlier. bound Christopher Nkunku for next season’s Champions Nobody ranked outside the shot onto the post while League group stage. top 30 in the world has won standing on the line. The draw at the Stade Au- since then, and even Patrick Fresh from winning the guste-Delaune moved them Reed, though not one of the League Cup last weekend, five points clear of third- favourites last year, was still Strasbourg had equalised placed Lyon, who slumped ranked a healthy 24th and not prior to Choupo-Moting’s to a shock 3-1 loss at home to Jin Young Ko poses with the a completely unexpected cham- howler when Nuno Da Costa relegation-threatened Dijon winner’s trophy. pion. turned in a Lionel Carole on Saturday. An Augusta winner must cross, and they found them- Fourth-placed Saint- 278 total for her fourth LPGA be able to draw his driver, fade selves 2-1 up in the 38th min- Etienne drew 2-2 at Amiens title. She also won the Hope his irons from hanging lies and ute when Anthony Goncalves on Saturday, while Marseille, Founder’s Cup last month. have the artistry to hit great re- lashed home from 22 yards. in fifth, were beaten 2-0 at Ko celebrated her win by covery shots. He must also be Justin Rose of England and his caddie Mark Fulcher look on during a practice round prior to the Masters at Kylian Mbappe came off Bordeaux on Friday. taking the traditional dip with on form and mentally resilient. Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Monday. (AFP) the bench on the hour mark Reims are just a point her caddie Dave Brooker in Englishman Rose ticks all but it was another PSG sub- behind OM in sixth and are Poppie’s Pond -- the water these boxes. It is almost as if McIlroy in rich form again. That said, time waits for stitute who made it 2-2 with level on points with Patrick hazard located off the right and Augusta National was designed Waiting to pounce could The same goes for Thomas. no man and age is not on their eight minutes remaining. Ju- Vieira’s Nice, who beat Mont- back of the green on 18. with him in mind. be McIlroy, though he too has Others capable of victory side. lian Draxler sent in a corner pellier 1-0. Lee finished alone in sec- He has finished top-15 each plenty of pressure as he tries include Europeans Francesco A victory would make Mick- ond after shooting a two-un- of the past five years, including to complete the career grand Molinari, Jon Rahm, Paul Ca- elson the oldest Masters cham- der 70 while American Lexi a pair of runner-up finishes, slam at a tournament where sey and Tommy Fleetwood, pion, supplanting Jack Nick- Thompson was third with a most notably a playoff loss to he wilted in the final round last and Americans Brooks Koepka, laus, who was 46 when he won brilliant final round of 67 to Sergio Garcia in 2017. year after starting three strokes Rickie Fowler and Bubba Wat- in 1986, while Woods would Keys defeats Wozniacki reach a six-under 282 total. Rose has been a machine behind Reed. son. become the second-oldest Kim In-kyung and Car- from tee to green at Augusta, McIlroy’s stock drive is a Australians Adam Scott, champion. lota Ciganda, of Spain, tied and if the putter co-operates it right-to-left draw, ideal for Au- Jason Day and Marc Leishman, A victory by either would be to bag Charleston title for fourth at five under, five will take a mighty performance gusta, and he has been working and South African Louis Oost- monumental, but a herd of lean strokes back of Ko. from someone else to beat him. with his irons on hitting the huizen are also capable. and hungry young bucks stand REUTERS pressure on her, making a lot Ko started the round with But to win, he will have to soft, high fade that is required It would be foolish to write in the way, none of them inter- CHARLESTON of returns and keeping rallies a one shot lead. She played put out of his mind the thought with many approach shots. off 43-year-old Woods and ested in letting a couple of mid- going and not going for things steady golf on the front nine that the clock is ticking. He has been the best player 48-year-old Mickelson given dle-aged guys steal the show. MADISON Keys overpowered too early,” said the world num- with two birdies but saw her Though playing as well as in the world in 2019 and top-10 their respective records at Au- Even if those middle-aged Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5) 6-3 ber 18, who won 76 percent of lead slip to just one stroke over ever at age 38, Rose cannot finishes the past five years is gusta, where the former has guys have seven Green Jackets to win the Charleston Open points on her first serve, and Lee when she made bogey on realistically expect too many all the proof needed to be con- won four times and the latter between them. and defeat the former world fired six aces. the 15th hole. She landed her more chances. fident he will be in contention three. number one for the first time approach in the bunker and on Sunday. Muguruza triumphs then two-putted on the green. The win, her first on clay In Raleigh, North Caro- It was her second bogey in court, broke a nearly two-year lina, Spain’s Garbine Mugu- three holes. drought for the eighth seeded ruza successfully defended But Ko got one back by Conners seals Masters berth with Texas win American, who claimed her her Monterrey Open title on sinking a superb putt for a fourth career title. Sunday when Victoria Aza- birdie on the par-four 16th. AFP The 27-year-old from On- AT&T Oaks Course by firing a board with four birdies in his Her previous two losses renka retired injured from her She parred 17 then iced the SAN ANTONIO tario only made it into the San six-under-par 66 to finish two opening five holes to eclipse to Denmark’s Wozniacki had first WTA singles final in three win with an emphatic 20 foot Antonio tournament after bat- shots clear of Charley Hoff- overnight leader Kim Si-woo been on hard courts when years. birdie putt on 18. CANADA’S Corey Conners tling through qualifying last man, with a 20-under-par to- who struggled to get going. Keys failed to win a set. Second seed Muguruza Not only is she the fifth delivered a roller coaster final Monday, where he won a six- tal of 268. The victory will have a “I think I served really well was leading the match be- South Korean to win here, Ko round to win his first profes- way playoff to claim the final With Sunday’s final round transformative effect on Con- today, said Keys, who had pre- tween the two former world is the 15th in history to win a sional title at the Valero Texas slot in the field. delayed by nearly two hours ners’ season, securing his PGA dicted on Saturday that play- number ones 6-1 3-1 when major. The only country that Open on Sunday and book a But the unheralded Cana- after heavy rain deluged Tour card while gaining entry ing on clay would be beneficial Azarenka decided she was un- has more major wins is the fairytale berth at next week’s dian completed a remarkable the course, Conners quickly to several prestige event in ad- in her bid to defeat Wozniacki. able to continue because of an United States. Masters at Augusta. week at TPC San Antonio’s moved to the top of the leader- dition to the Masters. “I also felt I kept a lot of injury to her right leg. Save the Dream takes centre stage in Berlin youth forum

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK fried Lemke, former United Save the Dream said: Speaking of the role of DOHA Nations Secretary-General’s “Sport breaks down all sport for peace talks, Wilfried Special Adviser on Sport for walls starting with those built Lemke, former United Nations IN a tribute to the 30th anni- Development and Peace, Tegla in the minds of some peo- Secretary-General’s Special versary of the fall of the Berlin Loroupe, marathon cham- ple. Today, we look to you as Adviser on Sport for Devel- Wall and on the occasion of pion, UN and Save the Dream ‘Agents of Change’ – young opment and Peace said: “We the International Day on Sport Sport Ambassador, captain of leaders who can promote, should not work with violence, for Development and Peace, the Refugee Olympic Team at through sport, a new way of hate, walls and sanctions. We Save the Dream, in partner- the 2016 Summer Olympics, thinking, one grounded in the must respect each other, our ship with the International Constantinos Filis, Director- values of integrity, respect and customs and our history. We Olympic Truce Center (IOTC) General of the International inclusion. We are happy to be should have friendship all over held an international youth Olympic Truce Center (IOTC), a part of this movement to- the world.” forum ‘When Sport Breaks Kjetil Siem, General Secretary wards making a social change Fatma Samoura, Secre- Down Walls’ in Berlin with of the FIFA Foundation, Hon- with sport driving towards a tary General of FIFA, pointed the support of the United Na- ey Thaljieh, Corporate Com- better future” out: “Fighting for equality and tions Alliance of Civilizations munications Manager, FIFA, During his intervention, promoting diversity is a moral (UNAOC) and Qatar Airways, Save the Dream Ambassador, Constantinos Filis, Director choice and a commitment that official airline of the event. and Patrick Hausding, Ger- General of the International we must make together as a The forum was hosted man diver, Olympic medallist. Olympic Truce Center (IOTC) society, and sport, not least at Der Diwan, Arab Culture The forum highlighted said: football, is a unifier we must House in Berlin under the pa- several examples of sport di- A group picture of the participants in the International Youth Conference for Peace and Development in “We believe in the power use to breakdown social barri- tronage of HE Sheikh Saoud plomacy, some of which were Berlin. of the young generation. As we ers and heal divisions.” Abdulrahman al Thani, Am- shared by the same persons in- believe in the power of sport The Youth Forum pledged bassador of Qatar in Germany volved, such as Hans Grodotz- ciety while focusing on the moments, in the history, when Alliance of Civilizations and to change our perception of its support to the #White- who opened the event jointly ki, East German long-distance power of sport to inspire and the universal language of sport Qatar Airways, for taking the the other and learn to respect Card campaign promoted by with Mohammed Hanzab, runner who competed for the empower people across na- has spoken to the world, and initiative of this Forum and diversity. Our strong coop- the Monaco-based founda- ICSS Chairman and Founder United Team of Germany in tions, regardless of faith and when sport has broken walls for creating an opportunity for eration with Save the Dream tion “Sport and Peace” and of Save the Dream and a mes- the 1960 Summer Olympics in socio-economic status. among nations and in the debate, exchange and inspi- aims at bringing young leaders launched a long-term global sage from FIFA Secretary Rome. Delivering the welcome minds of people. I wish to con- ration on how to break down from differed backgrounds to- advocacy initiative to raise General Fatma Samba Diouf Over 80 youth leaders, message, HE Sheikh Saoud gratulate Save the Dream and walls through peaceful means gether and teach them how to awareness on the role of sport Samoura. from across the globe, gath- Abdulrahman al Thani, Am- its partners, particularly the such as sport.” disseminate the message to break down the walls which The event was attended, ered to support the positive bassador of Qatar in Germany, International Olympic Truce Mohammed Hanzab, ICSS of peace in their respective still exist despite the demoli- among the others, by Wil- message of unity within so- said: “There have been many Center, the United Nations Chairman and Founder of communities.” tion of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Sports Tuesday, April 9, 2019 19 INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2019 Tamer, Assam to play Satun opener today

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QATAR’S Tamer Abdelra- soul and Assam Mahmoud will play their opening match against Singapore’s Fan Shen and Kingsley Tay in the FIVB Beach World Tour’s Satun 1-Star at Satun, Thailand on Tuesday. The Qatari players are seed- ed ninth and if they win against the eighth seeds, they are likely to clash with top seeds Bahman Salemi and Arash Vakil from Iran before making it to the knock-out stage. Assam Mahmoud (left) and his Qatari teammate Tamer Abdelrasoul Earlier in the day, Chinese with Australian players before their work-out in Satun, Thailand on Taipei’s Hsu Chen-Wei and Monday. Wu Shian-Shian had to endure two tiebreakers on Monday to SEEDINGS Also advancing to the main reach the main draw. draw are Russia’s Daniil Ku- Hsu and Wu needed 58 TOP 10 SEEDS vichka and Anton Kislytsyn minutes to get past Hungary’s 1.Bahman Salemi & Arash Vakili (Iran) and Hungary’s Artur Hajos 2.Alexandr Dyachenko & Alexey Sidorenko Botond Ola and Bence Attila (Kazakhstan) and Balazs Benko, who won Kings XI Punjab batsmen KL Rahul (right) and Mayank Agarwal celebrate a shot during the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket Streli 2-1 (24-22, 24-26, 15-9) 3.Abolhamed Mirzaali & Rahman Raoufi (Iran) their respective two matches match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Monday. (AFP) in the first round of qualifica- 4.Narongdet Kangkon & Banlue Nakprakhong in straight sets. tion. In the second round, they (Thailand) The Russians won against 5.Sergey Bogatu & Dmitriy Yakovlev (Kazakhstan) were up against compatriots 6.Thomas Hartles & Alani Nicklin (New Zealand) Norway’s Jorn Olav Gam- Wang Chin-Ju and Hsieh Ya- 7.Denys Denysenko & Vladyslav Iemelianchyk lemoen and Christian Hel- Jen and battled hard to win (Ukraine) land 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) and Rahul, Agarwal power 2-1 (22-20, 18-21, 17-15) and 8.Fan Shen & Kingsley Tay (Singapore) Kazakhstan’s Alexey Kule- 9.Tamer Abdelrasoul & Assam Mahmoud (Qatar) secure their place in the main 10. Phichakon Narathon & Phanupong Thanan shov and Artem Petrossyants draw. (Thailand) 2-0 (22-20, 21-18), while the Austrian pair Jakob Re- Hungarians defeated Canada’s iter and Simon Baldauf also round with a 2-1 (23-21, 14-21, Adam Thompson and Hugo Punjab to exciting win needed to play a tie-break set 17-15) victory. Earlier, they Ross-Bonneau 2-0 (21-11, 24- against Russian duo Andrey won 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) against 22) and Kazakhstan’s Nurdos Bolgov and Vladislav Ermi- Japan’s Koichi Nishimura and Aldash and Abdulmajid Mok- The pair mustered 114 runs for the second wicket against SRH lov to earn a spot in the next Daisuke Shibata. hammad 2-0 (21-14, 21-15). IANS ground. While Rahul brought overs. It took Warner 15 balls to MOHALI up his fifty in 34 balls, Agarwal Earlier, Warner struck an hit his first boundary in the took 40 deliveries to get there. unbeaten half-century but Pun- fifth over when the southpaw KINGS XI Punjab made heavy Agarwal -- who was jab bowlers put in a disciplined punched an overpitched Ankit QATAR CUP V’BALL MATCHES TODAY weather of an easy run-chase dropped by Yusuf Pathan on 40 effort to restrict Sunrisers to Rajpoot delivery past the diving but in the end rode stylish half -- was caught by Vijay Shankar 150/4 after skipper R Ashwin mid-on fielder. centuries from K.L. Rahul and at deep midwicket off Sandeep asked them to bat first. Warner and Shankar (26) Mayank Agarwal to edge past Sharma (2/21) in the 18th over. In-form Warner brought laboured to a 49-run stand for Sunrisers Hyderabad by six But just when it looked like up his third IPL fifty of the sea- the second wicket as Sunrisers wickets in a thrilling Indian the damage had already been son as he scored an unbeaten trudged to 50/1 at the halfway Premier League (IPL) encoun- done, David Miller (1) and 70 (62 balls, 4x6, 6x1), but it stage. ter here on Monday. was an uncharacteristic knock Shankar lost his wicket just Auditioning for a berth in Rahul hit a magnificent where the destructive Austral- after that, trying to guide a Ash- the World Cup squad, opener straight drive for four and ian left-hander struggled with win (1/30) carrom ball towards Rahul remained not out at 71 timing as he carried his bat third man and feathering it to off 53 balls to notch up his third took the winning runs off through the innings. wicketkeeper K.L. Rahul in the half-century of the season with a David Warner misfield as In the last two overs, Sun- process. the help of seven fours and one Punjab won with one ball risers managed 26 runs to up Mohammad Nabi (12) was six as good friend Agarwal (55; to spare the ante with Deepak Hooda run out by Ashwin off his own 43 balls; 3x4; 3x6) matched (14*) hitting Mohammed Sha- bowling as Sunrisers could only him with equal gusto. Mandeep Singh (2) threw their mi (1/30) for 15 runs in the final get to 92/3 after 15 overs. Chasing a modest 151 for wickets away to Sandeep in the over, including two fours and a Pandey and Warner then victory, the pair added 114 runs same over and Siddarth Kaul in six. tried their best to get some runs for the second wicket after the the 19th to leave the game on Warner joined hands with but it was only after the latter hosts lost Chris Gayle (16) early the edge with 11 runs needed in Manish Pandey (19) for a 55- got out that Hyderabad acceler- to a Rashid Khan (1/20) deliv- the final over. run fourth wicket partnership ated to get to 150-run mark. ery. The southpaw tried to hit Mohammad Nabi gave just but it never really took off. for a six but holed out to Deep- five runs away from the first Asked to bat first, the visi- Brief scores: ak Hooda at long on. three balls before Rahul hit a tors lost Jonny Bairstow (1) Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150/4 in 20 overs THRILLING FINALE EXPECTED: Former champions Al Arabi Club and Al Wakrah Club will aim to continue It was all Rahul-Agarwal magnificent straight drive for early, as the England stumper- (David Warner 70 not out; Ravichandran their winning run when they take to the QVA Indoor Hall courts on Tuesday in their respective Qatar Cup show from there on, as the four and took the winning runs batsman flicked Mujeeb Ur Ashwin 1/30; Mohammed Shami 1/30) Volleyball Championship matches. Three-time winners Al Arabi had defeated holders Al Rayyan Club in the Karnataka pair paced their in- off a David Warner misfield as Rahman (1/34) to Ravichan- Kings XI Punjab: 151/4 in 19.5 overs (K.L. last match to force the third and decider. Al Wakrah, while playing against Police, pulled off a coup through nings to perfection and played Punjab won with one ball to dran Ashwin at short midwick- Rahul 71 not out, Mayank Agarwal 55; a thrilling five-set victory to make the semi-finals tied 1-1. As a result, all the four teams will return to play some delightful shots down the spare, putting up 151/4 in 19.5 et who took a smart catch. Sandeep Sharma 2/21) and the winners will advance to the final, to be held on April 12. Third gold for Shammari Swedish TT legend applauds Qatar’s in Amir Cup shooting facilities, organising prowess TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK nese dominance of the sport, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Persson who won five World DOHA Championship team titles, WITH a large number of said that all other countries AHMED Zayed al Shammari world class sporting facili- must improve in their com- continues his golden form as ties developed over the years mitment to the sport if they he claimed the 25m Standard in the country, Qatar is defi- want to wrestle dominance Pistol title at the Amir Cup nitely among the best centres from the Chinese. Shooting and Archery Cham- for sports development in the “There was a time when pionships on Monday. world beside being a global Sweden was a powerhouse At the Losail Ranges, sporting hub, Jörgen Persson, in world table tennis. In the Shammari finished the event the 1991 world championships 1980s and early 1990s, we with 563, including nine hits winner, has said. were the in-thing when it for 10 points and above, to The 52-year-old legend, comes to table tennis. I think take his gold medal tally to an who together with Jan Ove the dynamics shift from time impressive three. Waldner and Peter Carlson to time but the Chinese seem Morshed Ali Hassan se- bestrode the table tennis to be giving more attention to cured the silver medal quite world like a colossus in the the sport hence their domi- comfortably, collecting 553 1980s and early 1990s, was nance, he said. “Other coun- with nine shots in the bull’s the leader of the Swedish tries are also coming up in eye. Misfer Rashid al Marri delegation to the Seamaster Jorgen Persson (right) with Sami Oueslati and Swedish player Mattias Asia like the Japanese and was placed third when he 2019 World Tour Platinum Falck (left) during the Qatar Open tournament at the Ali Bin Hamad Al South Koreans and I think posted 521. Qatar Open held from March Attiyah Arena in Doha recently. to an extent Chinese Taipei. Marri and Mohammed 27 to 31 at the Ali Bin Hamad In Europe, Germany and Hassan al Tamimi were locked Al Attiyah Arena in Doha. table tennis player to have tar Open is one of the best Sweden are doing well also. I for the bronze medal as they “I’m really impressed with competed at seven Olympic I’ve seen in its category. The believe with time, things will hit the same score. But the what I’ve seen here and this Games (1988-2012), said physio was superb and every change,” he said. former was declared winner hall in particular is amazing. that aside from the superb aspects of the tournament The Swedish team had for shots in the centre (9-3). Qatar’s reputation as a ma- staging, he was impressed was well taken care of. I be- an mixed results at the five- Osama Nasser al Shaiba got jor sporting hub is definitely and delighted by the physio- lieve these are some of the day tournament with Mat- the fifth spot with 512. without any doubt and I be- therapy assistance and treat- reasons why every player tias Falck narrowly losing 3-4 Shammari said he always lieve the country can hold its ment given to his team by the looks forward to coming to (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11,9-11, 11- tries to give his 100 percent Men’s 25m Standard Pistol winner Ahmed Zayed al Shammari with own as a major sporting pow- physiotherapist of Aspetar Qatar every year. That the 9,10-12) to Chinese Gaoyuan and this is helping him win the second-placed Morshed Ali Hassan (left), third-placed Misfer Rashid er. The Qatar Open is rated and Qatar Table Tennis Asso- tournament continues to pa- Lin in the semi-finals of the titles. “I’m very delighted to al Marri and QSAA official after the prize distribution in Losail on very high as one of the best ciation Sami Oueslati. rade the top ten players in Men’s Singles while Matilda have won another event. I’m Monday. organised events in ITTF and “As someone who has both categories every year is a Ekholm was knocked out confident after a great deal of the country is held in high es- been involved with table ten- testimonial to its importance 4-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6) efforts before the champion- “All the shooters are tough rich form and hope to continue teem among the table tennis nis for close to four decades, to all of us in the table tennis by eventual finalist Liu Shi- ships and that is paying off and the competition is quite my touch,” added Shammari family,” he added. I’ve travelled far and wide family,” he added. wen of China in the Women’s now. difficult. I am pleased with my after the prize distribution. Persson, who was the first and I must say that the Qa- Speaking about the Chi- event. 20 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 The Last Word

140TH ASSEMBLY OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Shura Speaker meets parliamentary heads

SPEAKER of the Shura Council HE The meeting also reviewed topics on Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al the assembly agenda. Mahmoud, who is also the president The Shura speaker also met with of 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parlia- Speaker of the Consultative Assembly mentary Union (IPU), met separately of Iran Ali Larijani on the sidelines of with President of the Consultative the 140th IPU Assembly currently be- Council of Oman Sheikh Khalid bin ing held in Doha. Hilal al Maawali, Speaker of the Na- During the meeting, they dis- tional Assembly of Kuwait Marzouq cussed the existing parliamentary bin Ali al Ghanim and Chairwoman relations between Qatar and Iran and of the National Assembly of Vietnam the ways to develop them. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on the side- The meeting was attended by lines of the 140th IPU Assembly cur- Head of the Qatari-Iranian par- rently underway in Doha. liamentary friendship committee During the meetings, they dis- Rashid bin Hamad al Meadadi, Am- cussed the existing parliamentary re- bassador of Iran to Qatar HE Mo- lations between Qatar and each of the hamed Ali Sobhani and a number of countries and the ways to boost them. Shura Council members. (QNA)

Speakers call for stronger legislative Shura speaker chairs general debate on institutions QNA humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit nations DOHA

THE heads of parliaments The General Assembly discusses humanitarian assistance to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi affected by Cyclone Idai participating in the meetings of the 140th General Assem- QNA short-, medium- and long-term. bly of the Inter-Parliamentary DOHA On their part, the representa- Union (IPU) held a meeting in tives of the three affected countries which the speakers of councils THE Speaker of the Shura Council explained in detail the devasta- from all over the world took HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al tion caused by the cyclone and the part to discuss cooperation Mahmoud, who is the president of the emergency needs of their countries and exchange of experiences 140th General Assembly of the Inter- and their vision of how to deal with and the means of strengthen- Parliamentary Union (IPU), on Mon- and overcome its effects with the ing legislative institutions and day chaired a meeting of the General help of friends, partners and the in- supporting their supervisory Assembly to discuss the emergency ternational community. and diplomatic roles. item on humanitarian assistance to They noted that many citizens in Speaker of the Shura Coun- Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi the affected countries have died, in cil HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin affected by Cyclone Idai. addition to the displaced and refu- Zaid al Mahmoud, who is also Mahmoud said the emergency gees, including large numbers of chil- president of the 140th General item was adopted by the General As- dren and women. Assembly of the IPU, delivered sembly on its agenda on Sunday and Speaker of the Shura Council and president of the 140th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), The representatives thanked a speech welcoming all the par- called for urgent international action HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud chairs a meeting of the General Assembly on Monday. the IPU for discussing this disaster ticipants who accepted the in- to help the three African countries hit and expressed their gratitude for the vitation to attend the meetings by the cyclone recently. ually because of the lack of resources. mental sanitation and clean drinking mate change that causes such disas- sympathy, contributions and support of the IPU as well as to attend Speaking on behalf of Qatar and It can be done through collective ac- water aspects. ters and the importance of recognis- shown by the participating countries this first-ever meeting. not as the President of the Gen- tion and mobilisation of the interna- They stressed that the social and ing its risks. They also called on the in overcoming the catastrophic effects The speaker also high- eral Assembly of the IPU, the Shura tional community and humanitarian economic impact of this disaster countries, especially the industrial of cyclone Idai. lighted the parliamentary speaker expressed Qatar’s condo- organisations to provide assistance to on Mozambique, Malawi, Zimba- ones, to abide by the international Addressing this humanitarian institutions’ growing roles lences to and solidarity with three those affected and the victims. bwe and the region, as well as the conventions that protect the planet catastrophe, the representative of Na- in enacting legislations, its countries and their peoples who had The Shura speaker gave the floor widespread destruction of about 90 and the environment, including the mibia emphasised his country’s com- implementation and also its suffered heavy losses due to the dev- to the representatives of the countries percent of the infrastructure, many Paris Convention, and work to reduce mitment to finding a lasting and just significant contribution to di- astating Cyclone Idai. and organisations that requested to homes, bridges and schools, require global warming and emissions, in- solution to the Palestinian cause that plomacy and foreign relations. He also called for the launch of a talk about this emergency issue. accelerated international action and cluding the carbon dioxide. guarantees the Palestinian people He stressed the need to global campaign to help the govern- The speakers expressed their soli- urgent support. They stressed that the challenges their rights as stipulated in interna- provide all resources and pro- ments of the three countries to over- darity with the countries and with the They called on partners and posed by the cyclone to the three tional resolutions, while the repre- mote the role of media and come the plight and to meet the needs victims of the cyclone and called for the international community to re- countries are large, adding that in- sentative of Morocco said they cannot social media to keep people of their citizens. mobilisation of international support spond quickly in addressing the hu- ternational and humanitarian relief remain silent about the injustice and abreast of the work of the leg- Mahmoud stressed that handling to provide them with assistance, espe- manitarian challenge. efforts must be combined as a top pri- oppression to which Palestinian peo- islative councils. disasters cannot be achieved individ- cially in shelter, food, health, environ- The speakers also referred to cli- ority to overcome the plight over the ple are subjected. Palestine issue tops agenda: Arab parliamentarians Deputy speaker meets delegates HISHAM ALJUNDI QNA Council and the Kuwaiti Na- met with the Chairman of DOHA DOHA tional Assembly and ways of the Standing Committee of promoting them. . the Council of the Republic A number of delegates at the DEPUTY Speaker of the Shura The deputy speaker also of the National Assembly of 140th session of IPU General Council HE Mohammed bin met the President of Inter- the Republic of Belarus for Assembly have emphasised Abdullah al Sulaiti met with Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Foreign Affairs and National the role of parliaments in Secretary-General of the Na- Committee to Promote Respect Security Sergey Rakhmanov promoting dialogue for rap- tional Assembly of the State for International Humanitar- and Vice Chairperson of the prochement among peoples. of Kuwait Allam bin Ali al ian Law Nurhayati Ali. Standing Committee of the Talking to Qatar Tribune, Kandari, on the sidelines of The deputy speaker also National People’s Congress they praised the contribution the meetings of the Inter-Par- met the Assistant Head of of the People’s Republic of of Qatar towards prevention liamentary Union currently in Foreign Relations at Tuni- China Shen Yueyue. of extremism and combating session in Doha. sia’s Assembly of the Rep- The meetings focused on terrorism internationally and Mohammed Saiedan, asst speak- Khaled al Bakkar, head of the During the meeting, they resentatives of the People relations between the Shura promoting regional and inter- er of the Tunisian Assembly of the Bilal Qasim, member of the International Peace and Security discussed the parliamentary Mohammed Saidan. Council and the parliaments of national peace and stability. Representatives of the People. Palestinian delegation. Committee within IPU. relations between the Shura Furthermore, Sulaiti each of the countries. Mohammed Saiedan, assistant speaker of the Tu- dramatic developments re- other proposals on combat- Security Committee within nisian Assembly of the Rep- cently, such as the declaration ing hate speech and protect- the IPU, said it was impor- resentatives of the People, by the US administration rec- ing Muslim minority in the tant that the representatives Panel tackles menace of false news said: “The importance of the ognising Israel’s sovereignty world by Turkey. of parliaments met and took meeting of the IPU lies in its over the occupied Syrian Go- “When we talk about Pal- decisions through their com- FALSE and misleading news tion approved in 2009. said fake and misleading news ability to unify the language lan Heights. We are commit- estine, we are talking about mittees to urge their govern- on social media platforms Kuwaiti National Assembly on social media networks of the peoples and realise ted to providing protection all Islamic Christian holy ments to abide by the inter- dominated the discussions of member Ali al Daqbaashi said have become one of the big- their aspirations to achieve a for the Palestinian people as places of interest to the world. national laws. the Standing Committee on freedom of expression is a ba- gest threats to global security better future.” agreed by the Arab and Islam- Al Aqsa Mosque is under real Bakkar added: “We thank Democracy and Human Rights sic human right and one of the and peace. Saeidan praised the focus ic groups and refuse to recog- threat with Israeli attempts to Qatar for hosting many ac- on Monday at the 140th As- national constants, which can- French Senate member of the session on education, nise Israel’s sovereignty over demolish it”, he said. tivities and events related to sembly of the Inter-Parliamen- not be compromised. Didier Marie touched on the describing it as a key factor the occupied Golan.” The delegation of the combating terrorism and ex- tary Union (IPU), in Doha. He, however, warned of the waves of misleading news to achieve sustainable devel- He also stressed the im- Palestinian National Coun- tremism in the world.” The session discussed chaos in publishing and broad- that have a major impact on opment. He also mentioned portance of promoting the cilled headed by its president They said that parlia- previous IPU resolutions casting material with no restric- democracy, referring to the provision of free education values of coexistence among Azzam al Ahmad, also in- ments of states are the main from recent years which tions or conditions that limit events that took place during to Tunisian students at all peoples and religions in the cludes Intesar al Wazir, Zu- link between the leadership include democracy in the counterfeiting and deception. the US elections. the stages and its contribu- world. hair Kunda, Khaled Mesmar, and the people, because the digital era and the threats Shura Council member Member of the Dutch Par- tion to increasing the num- A member of the Palestin- Omar Hamayel, Bashar al Dik members, whether elected or it causes to privacy and in- Yousif Rashid al Khater com- liament Arda Gerkens, who ber of high school graduates ian delegation Bilal Qasim and the Palestinian Ambassa- appointed as representatives dividual rights approved in mended Daqbaashi on holding chaired the session, concluded in the country. hailed the proposals made dor to Qatar HE Munir Ghan- of their peoples, must serve 2015, as well as the use of social media outlets responsi- by highlighting the importance He added: “Nevertheless, my Kuwait and Morocco on nam. the national interests in or- media for citizen engage- ble for controlling cyberspace of the discussions that took the most important issue for the provision of internation- Khaled al Bakkar from der to strengthen people and ment approved in 2013 and and social media platforms place on the material pub- an Arab nation is the Palestin- al protection for the Pales- Jordan, who is the head of provide them with the basic freedom of expression and Member of the Oman lished on social media plat- ian issue, which has witnessed tinian people, as well as two the International Peace and necessities. the right to receive informa- Council Dr Abdullah al Amri forms. 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