SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 SHAWWAL 14, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Blossoming Pakistan police ‘Strong evidence’ Chelsea, palm trees kill head of of Israel war Barca sore signal start anti-Shiite crimes on but ready to of date5 season group,11 13 others ‘Black13 Friday’ 20defend crowns Foreign Ministry summons Min 33º Max 48º British diplomat over visas High Tide 09:12 & 22:46 Kuwaitis complain about UK visa woes, high fees Low Tide 02:39 & 16:22 40 PAGES NO: 16594 150 FILS KUWAIT: The Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the News British charge d’affaires to discuss complaints filed by Kuwaitis in brief who have faced difficulties obtaining entry visas to the UK. The meeting between the Foreign Ministry Acting Undersecretary and Director of Europe Department Walid Ali Al-Khubaizi and Saudi policeman Charge d’Affairs at the British embassy Jacky Perkins was part killed in attack of the friendly ties between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement. RIYADH: A Saudi policeman was killed and two others were The ministry demanded the British embassy to pay attention wounded during an attack in a Shiite-dominated area of Eastern to the important issue and to investigate the complaints, espe- Province, the interior ministry said yesterday. “One policeman cially those related to fees and the period of the visas, it added. was killed and two injured,” an interior ministry spokesman said. The ministry called for reducing the fees, saying it will closely fol- In a statement, police said two suspects were arrested after the low up developments in the issue. The ministry also tasked the patrol came under fire in Al-Jesh village of Qatif district late Kuwaiti embassy in Britain to contact the British Foreign Office Tuesday. “The motive of the crime is not clear yet, and we are over these difficulties. — KUNA waiting for the investigation results,” the spokesman said. Two residents of the area told AFP that similar incidents have been linked to criminal activity including the drug trade. Taleban chief Bomb hoax at Sharjah mall Mullah Omar SHARJAH: The Sharjah Mega Mall was evacuated and cordoned off following a bomb scare at the popular shopping centre late on Monday. After thoroughly is dead: Kabul combing the mall for explosive devices, Sharjah police declared the threat as a hoax. Khaleej Times reported KABUL: Taleban supremo Mullah Omar died two years that police officials said an anonymous person called the ago in Pakistan, Afghanistan said yesterday, after emergency number at 10:45 pm, warning them that a unnamed government and militant sources reported the bomb had been placed inside the mall. Bomb experts, demise of the reclusive warrior-cleric. The insurgents forensic teams and police patrols rushed to the mall. The have not officially confirmed the death of their supreme crowded mall was evacuated and the roads leading to it leader, who has not been seen publicly since the 2001 US- were cordoned off. Officials combed the mall for two led invasion of Afghanistan that toppled the Taleban gov- hours for “mysterious objects”, but found none. KUWAIT: The searing summer heat shows no sign of letup as temperatures reached over 50 degrees Celsius ernment in Kabul. yesterday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph Shagra SEE PAGE 7 Impending execution brings IInn the name of Allah,Allah, out mixed feelings in India most BBeneficent,eneficent, most most M Mercifulerciful Top court rejects Memon’s final appeal [To[TToo thethe righteousrighteous itit willwill bebe said],saidd]]],, “O“O reassuredreassured soul,soull,, (89-27)(89-277)) ReturnReturn toto youryour Lord,Lordd,, well-pleasedwell-pleased andand pleasingpleasing [to[to Him],Him]],, (89-28)(89-28) AndAnd enterenter aamongmong MMyy [righteous][[rrighteous] NEW DELHI: Few countries sentence the world over, that India is not soft sservantservants ((89-29)89-299)) AAndnd eenternter MMyy PParadise.”aradise.” ((89-30)89-300)) more people to death than India. on terror,” said Shaina NC, a BJP Whether those punishments are actu- spokesperson. ally carried out is another matter. But Yakub’s last hopes of a reprieve, Sheikh Humoud Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah Though well over a thousand people or even a delay in his execution, were have been sent to death row this cen- belied. A new three-judge panel that and FareedFareed FouzanFouzan Al-Sabej thank tury, just three have been executed. yesterday examined last week’s Yakub Abdul Razak Memon will soon Supreme Court decision rejecting his be the fourth. Jailed for his supporting clemency plea, ruled that there had HH the AmirAmir role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings been no procedural lapses in reaching that killed 257 people, he has made that verdict, clearing the last judicial Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, many appeals and is scheduled to be barrier to his execution due to be held hanged today. in a jail in India’s western city of About 300 prominent citizens, Nagpur. “The issuance of death war- HH the CrownCrown PPrincerince including at least eight retired judges rant is not illegal and thereby we don’t of the Supreme Court and the Delhi find any merit in the convict’s petition,” Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, High Court, have urged India’s presi- the panel said, dismissing Memon’s dent to commute Memon’s sentence petition before a packed courtroom. to life in prison, reflecting what Memon’s lawyer, Raju HE SpeakerSpeaker of the NationalNational AssemblyAssembly appears to be growing uneasiness in Ramachandran, urged the court to India with the death penalty. Yet some commute his punishment to life Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, of the most ardent supporters of capi- imprisonment, saying he suffers from tal punishment are leaders of the rul- MUMBAI: An Indian woman partici- schizophrenia. Ramachandran ing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata pates in a protest on Tuesday declined to comment after the hear- HH HHeadead of the NaNationaltional GGuarduard Party. “Right now, it’s imperative that against the hanging of Yakub ing. The governor of the western state this conspirator is hanged to death. Memon, a convict in the 1993 of Maharashtra, whose capital at the Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, So it sends a message to the terrorists Mumbai bombings. — AP Continued on Page 13 ViceVice PresidentPresident of tthehe NaNationaltional GGuarduard Boy gets double-hand transplant Sheikh Mishal Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, PHILADELPHIA: An 8-year-old boy smiles yesterday at a hospital news Philadelphia, though doctors did who lost his hands and feet to a seri- conference. He demonstrated his not publicly disclose the nearly 11- HH Sheikh NasserNasser Al-MohammadAl-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, ous infection has become the still-delicate grip and described hour operation until this week. youngest patient to receive a dou- waking up with new hands as “weird A 40-person medical team used seniorsenior sheikhs,sheikhs, ble-hand transplant, surgeons said at first, but then good”. The boy, steel plates and screws to attach the Tuesday. from the Baltimore suburb of old and new bones. Surgeons then HH the PrimePrime MinisterMinister Zion Harvey’s forearms were Owings Mills, Maryland, received painstakingly reconnected Zion’s heavily bandaged but his hands the transplant earlier this month at arteries, veins, muscles, tendons and SheikhSheikh JaberJaber Al-MubarakAl-Mubarak Al-HamadAl-Hamad Al-Sabah,Al-Sabah, were visible as he flashed some big The Children’s Hospital of nerves. Zion, a bright and preco- cious child Levin described as hav- ing “a maturity that is way beyond HE MinisterMinister of AmiriAmiri DDiwaniwan AffairsAffairs his 8 years”, contracted sepsis as a SheikhSheikh NasserNasser SabahSabah Al-AhmadAl-Ahmad Al-JaberAl-Jaber Al-Sabah,Al-Sabah, toddler. The resulting multiple organ failure forced the amputation of his hands and feet; by age 4, he HE ActingActing PremierPremier and ForeignForeign MMinisterinister SEE PAGE 28 SheikhSheikh SabahSabah Al-KhalidAl-Khalid Al-HamadAl-Hamad Al-Sabah,Al-Sabah, needed a kidney transplant, receiv- their eexcellenciesxcellencies the ministers,ministers, members of parliament,parliament, ing the organ from his mother. Leg prosthetics have allowed Zion to be their eexcellenciesxcellencies members of the diplomadiplomatictic ccorps,orps, citizcitizensens very active, including walking, run- ning and jumping. and eexpatsxpats and all those who eexpressedxpressed sympasympathiesthies He learned to use his forearms to write, eat and play video games and in KKuwaituwait and abrabroad,oad, on the passing of our belobelovedved has been attending school. SheikhaSheikha HayaHaya SabahSabah Al-SalemAl-Salem Al-HumoudAl-Humoud Al-SabahAl-Sabah Physicians hope he’ll now be able to PHILADELPHIA: Double-hand transplant recipient eight-year-old achieve more milestones, including Zion Harvey smiles during a news conference on Tuesday at The his goals of throwing a football and Childrenís Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). — AP playing on the monkey bars. — AP WeWe ask AAlmightyllmmiighttyy AllahAllah toto protectprrrootect their deadearr ones THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 LOCAL Kuwaiti, Jordanian MPs affirm importance of countering religious extremism, terrorism AMMAN: A number of Kuwaiti and nations in pursuit of greater coherence Jordanian parliamentarians stressed the and cooperation, including the creation importance of unifying efforts in counter- of a unified framework of common goals. ing religious extremism and terrorism This came in a joint statement on the through promoting a moderate secular sidelines of a dinner hosted by Kuwaiti environment. These remarks were made Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij during meetings that took place between Tuesday night in honor of the visiting a visiting Kuwaiti delegation of MPs to Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation, who Jordan and their Jordanian counterparts. earlier began an official visit to Jordan. Jordan’s house speaker Atef Tarawneh MP Hamdan Al-Azmi praised the and Deputy National Assembly Speaker Kuwaiti-Jordanian relations and political Mubarak Al-Khurainej both condemned leadership, as well as on government, par- terrorism and called for setting up a pro- liamentary, and popular levels.