Amir's Visit Strengthens Qatar-Kuwait Ties
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BUSINESSBUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Kolisi replaces Whiteley, to be fi rst black SA Test US and Qatar to strengthen SME ties captain published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10833 May 29, 2018 Ramadan 13, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir’s visit strengthens Qatar-Kuwait ties QNA cussed ways to support the well-estab- Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Doha/Kuwait lished fraternal relations and the close National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali In brief ties between the two brotherly peoples al-Ghanim, Deputy Chief of the Kuwait and countries. National Guard Sheikh Mishal al-Ah- is Highness the Amir Sheikh They also discussed a host of region- mad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani al and international issues and devel- Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al- Hmet with the Amir of Kuwait opments. Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and QATAR | Ramadan gesture Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al- The meeting was attended by His Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Amir pardons a Sabah at Dasman Palace in Kuwait yes- Highness Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al- al-Ahmed, Deputy Prime Minister and terday. Thani, Personal Representative of the Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Kha- number of prisoners At the outset of the meeting, the Amir and a number of ministers and led al-Hamad al-Sabah, Deputy Prime His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim Amir and the Kuwaiti Amir exchanged Sheikhs. Minister and Interior Minister Khaled bin Hamad al-Thani issued an Amiri greetings on the advent of the holy On the Kuwaiti side, the meeting was al-Jarrah al -Sabah, and a number of gesture pardoning a number of month of Ramadan. They also dis- attended by the Crown Prince Sheikh senior offi cials. To Page 2 prisoners, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. QATAR | Crackdown 67 people arrested in anti-begging drive Permanent residency law The Anti-Begging Section at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) detained 67 people of diff erent nationalities on the first 10 days of Ramadan as part of its anti-begging gets Advisory Council nod drive, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) tweeted yesterday. To report QNA children of a Qatari woman married to dency ID to non-Qataris in accordance cases of begging, one can contact Doha a non-Qatari, as well as those who have with provisions of the said legislation. the CID’s Anti-Begging Section off ered valuable services to the country The Advisory Council approved the on 2347444/33618627 or via the and people with special capacities that draft law after discussing the report of Metrash2 application of the MoI. he Advisory Council yester- the country needs,” the offi cial Qatar the committee and decided to submit day gave its approval to a draft News Agency (QNA) said in a report. its recommendations thereon to the ARAB WORLD | Health Tlaw on permanent residency for The Advisory Council took the deci- Cabinet. non-Qataris and decided to submit its sion at its regular weekly session yes- In January this year, the council had Palestinian president recommendations on the matter to the terday, held under the chairmanship of discussed the draft law at its weekly leaves hospital Cabinet. its Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin session and referred it to the Internal Palestinian President Mahmoud Under the provisions of the draft Zaid al-Mahmoud. and External Aff airs Committee for Abbas left hospital yesterday legislation, HE the Minister of Interior At the outset of the meeting, the further study and a report. after eight days of treatment for may grant a permanent residency iden- council discussed the report of the In- Earlier, in August 2017, the Cabinet pneumonia. Dressed in a suit as usual tifi cation (ID) card to a non-Qatari if ternal and External Aff airs Commit- had given its nod to the draft law on and walking without assistance, the person meets the conditions speci- tee on the draft law, which stipulates permanent residency. Abbas gave a short statement on fi ed in the law. the establishment of a committee at Meanwhile, the Advisory Council re- being discharged, saying he planned His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani being welcomed by the “Also, a decision by HE the Minis- the Ministry of Interior to consider viewed other topics on its agenda yes- to be back at work in his off ice as Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah upon his arrival in Kuwait. ter of Interior may grant this ID to the requests for granting permanent resi- terday. To Page 6 normal today. “Thanks to God, I left the hospital today in good health and return to work starting tomorrow,” he said. Page 8 EUROPE | Politics Italy heads to new Amir issues law on elections amid crisis Italy’s president yesterday named a former IMF economist as caretaker industrial areas prime minister to lead the country into new elections, possibly as soon as the autumn, after a political storm is Highness the Amir Sheikh right to use them when the land is re- whipped up by the collapse of a Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani claimed from them. populist bid for government. The Hissued yesterday Law No 8 of To establish any industrial facil- eurozone’s third largest economy 2018 on industrial areas. ity in these areas, the prior approval lurched into a fresh crisis on Sunday The law stipulates that the creation of the MoEI and the government en- when President Sergio Mattarella of industrial areas is made by a Cabi- tities concerned shall be obtained. vetoed the nomination of fierce net decision based on the recommen- Besides, any modification, demoli- eurosceptic Paolo Savona as dation of the Minister of Energy and tion or improvement of these facili- economy minister. Page 15 Industry, after the Ministry of Energy ties should also be done only after and Industry (MoEI) co-ordinates with obtaining the prior written approval RAMADAN THOUGHT the entities concerned. from the relevant department at the Accordingly, the Cabinet may grant MoEI. And We send not the Messengers developers a franchise to develop The Industrial Areas Committee but as givers of glad tidings and as and manage such areas according to shall be created at the MoEI, which shall warners. So whosoever believes and a franchise contract. However, the be concerned with the relevant admin- does righteous good deeds, upon law stipulates that the land plots of istrative issues. Based on the recom- such shall come no fear, nor shall the industrial areas are government mendations of this committee, HE the they grieve. (Qur’an 6: 48) property to be used only in the ways Minister of Energy and Industry may Prayer times stipulated in this law, no natural or grant licences for banks, shareholding legal person can own or take hold of companies and private entities with Fajr....3.17 Zuhr....11.31 Asr....2.56 them in any way except in accordance public interest to create industrial com- Maghrib.....6.21 Isha.....7.51 of this law. The law also stipulates plexes there and rent them out to the Fasting times that all the natural resources found private sector investors. or located inside these industrial land The law also specifi es the proce- Iftar today .............................6.21pm plots are state-owned and those rent- dures for applying to obtain a plot land Imsak tomorrow...............3.06am ing it would be given a fair compen- of industrial areas and the mechanism sation for losing the whole or partial of approval and rejection. To Page 6 beIN urges FIFA action on Saudi ‘piracy’ AFP pressure on the pirates,” she added. ters of “intellectual property very seri- Doha BeIN says the expensively purchased ously”. broadcast rights it has secured for major “FIFA is working with its various sporting events in the region – includ- partners to minimise issues relating atar’s beIN Media Group yes- ing football’s biggest tournament which to the infringement of its rights in the terday urged football’s gov- starts on June 14 – are being under- Mena region,” it said. Qerning body FIFA to take legal mined by pirate broadcasters operating BeIN said that since last October, action against what it called pirate out of its much larger neighbour. a vast and sophisticated Saudi boot- broadcasters in Saudi Arabia ahead of The Doha-based company has the legging network known as “beoutQ” the World Cup. rights to broadcast all 64 matches – using a signal from Riyadh-based “We have requested FIFA to take di- from Russia across the Middle East and satellite provider Arabsat – had been rect legal action against Arabsat and North Africa (Mena) region. illegally transmitting its broadcasts. the indications we have show that they It is one of the tournament’s offi cial Illegal transmissions from beoutQ had are behind that,” general counsel of broadcasters and plans to show match- appeared in Morocco, Jordan and Syria, beIN Sophie Jordan told AFP. es in 24 countries. and it was likely they would soon reach “We have asked FIFA to put direct In response, FIFA said it took mat- Asia and southern Europe, said beIN. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, May 29, 2018 QATAR OFFICIAL Amir appoints new ambassadors His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday issued the following Amiri Decisions: 1. Amiri Decision No 32 of 2018, appointing Khalid Hamad Ali al-Yousef al-Sulaiti ambassador to Iraq. 2. Amiri Decision No 33 of 2018 appointing Bandar Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah ambassador to Kuwait.