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FRIDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11717 October 30, 2020 Rabia I 13, 1442 AH

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PM attends graduation of Thunderbolt Commandos In brief

Amir sends cable of greetings to Turkish president His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday sent cables of congratulations to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the anniversary of his country’s Republic Day. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani also sent a similar cable to the Turkish president on the same occasion.

Zulal Resort named World’s Best New Wellness Retreat Msheireb Properties has announced that Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva- Som has been named the World’s Best HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani yesterday attended the graduation of the third batch of the Thunderbolt Commandos training course of the Police New Wellness Retreat 2020 at the College. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah and senior off icials from the Amiri Guard, the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), and the World Spa Awards 2020, recognising Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) were also present. A total of 110 students from Qatar, Palestine, Jordan and Yemen graduated during the ceremony at the Zekreet Camp, the MoI said in a statement. Page 3 the “exciting concept it will off er on launch”. “We couldn’t have achieved this without you; thanks for your vote. Hope to welcome you soon,” Msheireb Qatar condemns stabbing at French consulate in Jeddah Properties said in a tweet yesterday. Qatar yesterday expressed its strong Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s firm po- Zulal Wellness Resort competed with condemnation and denunciation of the sition of rejecting violence and terrorism several top international brands from Local farm products stabbing incident at the French con- regardless of the motives and reasons. around the world for the recognition, sulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which In a statement, the ministry wished the which is considered one of the most injured a security guard. The Ministry of wounded a speedy recovery. prominent annual awards in the sector. Knife attack in French city condemned Qatar records 129,124 sale begins at yards Qatar yesterday expressed its strong terrorism regardless of the motives Covid-19 recoveries condemnation and denunciation of or reasons. The ministry also stressed Qatar yesterday reported 211 new he sale of local agricultural pay due attention to the quality of Public Health to examine all residues the stabbing attack in a church in the Qatar’s rejection of targeting places of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the last produce began yesterday at goods off ered. This, in turn, would of pesticides in vegetables at farms French city of Nice, which killed three worship and terrorising the peaceful. 24 hours, of which 173 were community Tfi ve yards in the country - Al greatly contribute to achieving the before such products are provided to people. In a statement, the Ministry The ministry expressed Qatar’s con- cases and 38 were travellers returning Mazrouah, Al Wakra, Al Khor & Al set goals. consumers in the market. The eff orts of Foreign Aff airs renewed Qatar’s dolences to the families of the victims, from abroad. The Ministry of Public Thakhira, Al Shamal and Al Shee- Conditions and standards have include examining random samples firm position of rejecting violence and the French government and people. Health (MoPH) also announced the haniya - with the participation of 150 been set for the quality and safety in the laboratory and sending results death of a 59-year-old patient. In local farms. of vegetables and fruits sold at the within 48 hours. a statement, the ministry said 240 Ahmed al-Yafei from the Ministry yards. Besides, periodic analysis of As reported recently, maintenance people had recovered in the last 24 of Municipality and Environment’s pesticide residues will be conducted works have been carried out at the hours, bringing the total number of Agricultural Aff airs Department at all stores to ensure that they com- fi ve yards covering all the buildings recoveries to 129,124. Page 2 said the quality of products off ered ply with health regulations to ensure and facilities in addition to replac- at these yards would “undoubtedly the safety of the products sold, he ing and maintaining the shades and Trump and Biden host attract an increasing number of con- added. market umbrellas, internal planning 140 migrants drown sumers”. Samples will be collected daily and paving of the grounds to make off Senegal coast: UN Now in their ninth season, the from the farms participating in the them ready to receive customers. study-in-contrast rallies At least 140 Europe-bound migrants yards will operate from 7am until fi ve yards for testing in order to en- A record 16,035 tonnes of veg- drowned off the coast of Senegal 4pm thrice a week, Thursday, Friday sure their safety. Advanced technol- etables produced by local farms when their boat caught fire and and Saturday, he said through a press ogy will be used to detect pesticide were sold at the yards in their eighth zOpinion polls say Biden has a significant edge nationally capsized, marking the deadliest statement issued by the MME. residues in the products before dis- season, marking an increase of over shipwreck recorded this year, the UN Noting that the yards provide a playing them in the yards, al-Yafei 120% compared to the previous. Reuters adding he was confi dent of winning a migration agency said yesterday. The window for marketing local agricul- said. Also, 6,253 tonnes of fruits were sold Tampa, Florida second term. boat carrying 200 people sank a few tural products, he said the ministry He added that the MME is working in the eighth season, an increase of Biden, in contrast, held a drive-in hours after leaving the fishing town stresses that the participating farms in co-operation with the Ministry of around 13%. rally later at a college in Broward Coun- of Mbour, 100km south of the capital resident Donald Trump and ty, north of Miami, where attendees Dakar, on Saturday, the International Democratic rival Joe Biden ral- remained in their cars to avoid possible Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. Plied supporters yesterday in spread of the disease. the closely fought state of Florida, “Donald Trump has given up” on highlighting their contrasting ap- fi ghting Covid-19, said Biden. Finland eases rules for proaches to the resurgent coronavirus With an eye on the important Latino restaurant food sales pandemic as the clock ticks down to vote in Florida, the Democrat pushed Finland’s government said yesterday it Election Day. back on a Republican argument that would ease its restrictions on opening Opinion polls show Biden with a Trump would be tougher on the left- hours for restaurants serving mainly signifi cant edge nationally, but with a wing governments in Cuba and Ven- food but kept stricter rules on bars and tighter lead in the battleground states ezuela. nightclubs in place, as the Covid-19 that play a decisive role in the fi nal re- “President Trump can’t advance pandemic showed signs of slowing sult. democracy and human rights for the down in the Nordic country. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Cuban people and the Venezuelan peo- Wednesday showed Trump had es- ple when he has embraced dictators sentially moved into a tie with Biden in around the world,” Biden said. Many of ‘Africa must prepare for Florida, with 49% saying they would South Florida’s Latinos or their rela- second Covid wave’ vote for Biden and 47% for the presi- tives fl ed Cuba or Venezuela. Covid-19 cases are accelerating in dent. The pandemic that has upended life some parts of Africa and governments With its 29 electoral votes, the state across the United States, killed more should step up preparations for a is a major prize in next Tuesday’s elec- than 227,000 people and caused mil- second wave, the Africa Centres for tion. Trump’s victory in Florida in 2016 lions of job losses, is roaring back. Disease Control and Prevention said was vital to his surprise election win. Trump has repeatedly dismissed the yesterday. Over the past four week, A view of Al Mazrouah yard yesterday. PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed Page 7 Thousands of people, many of them threat of the pandemic, saying this cases have increased by 45% per without masks, crowded together at week his opponents and the news me- week on average in Kenya, by 19% in an outdoor event in Tampa yesterday dia would stop paying attention to it Democratic Republic of Congo and to hear Trump mock his opponent, the right after the election, even as leaders by 8% in Egypt, the African Union-run former vice president. in Europe scramble to contain a second organisation’s head John Nkengasong “Could you imagine losing to this wave and public health experts predict said. Spain enters six-month state of guy? Could you imagine?” Trump said, a grim winter in the United States. Teen activist charged with secession emergency to tackle pandemic A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist was charged yesterday with Reuters votes for parliament to back extend- mobility it comes with across Spain, secession, the first public political Madrid ing an initial two-week decree until were unavoidable. figure to be prosecuted under a May 9. “We are aware that citizens are sweeping new national security law Some worried about the conse- tired after months of eff ort and sac- Beijing imposed on the city. Tony pain will be under a state of quences, though, in a country that is rifi ces, of not being able to do what Chung, 19, appeared in court two days emergency until early May, already suff ering through its worst they used to do before, to hug people, after he was arrested by plainclothes Sgiving regions legal backing to recession since the late 1930s civil war. our family and friends,” Health Min- police in a Hong Kong coff ee shop. decide curfews and restrict travel to “It seems too much to me, people ister Salvador Illa told parliament. try and contain rampant Covid-19 can’t stand it,” said Madrid resident “But it is not the time to relax contagion. Angela Suarez, a chef who has al- measures, we have, very tough weeks Spain is one of Europe’s worst ready had her working hours reduced and months ahead of us.” COMMUNITY Covid-19 hot spots, with over 3mn because of the crisis. That will however not be the end infections. “We don’t know what to do. And of uncertainty for many Spaniards, Its response to the pandemic has we pay rent, bills, we’re thinking, as the government is leaving it to See Pages often been hampered by politi- what, what, what to do?” each region to decide its own meas- cal wrangling, but the government The government said the state of ures, creating a patchwork of restric- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrives at a drive-in campaign rally at 4, 5 & 6 this time managed to gather enough emergency, and the restrictions on tions across the country. Broward College yesterday, in Coconut Creek, Florida. Gulf Times 2 Friday, October 30, 2020 QATAR

Qatar takes part in Group of 77 and China ministerial meeting Qatar delivers medical aid to Pakistan QNA Doha

atar participated yester- day in the virtual ministe- Qrial meeting of the Group of 77 and China on maintaining a low-carbon development path towards the 2030 agenda in the era of Covid-19 pandemic. Qatar was represented in the meeting by HE the Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs Sul- tan bin Saad al-Muraikhi. He stressed during his speech that Qatar will continue to co-operate with the international commu- nity in alleviating the impact of the pandemic. HE al-Muraikhi said that given the importance of a comprehen- Qatar was represented in the virtual ministerial meeting by HE the Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs sive response to the impact of Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi. The Qatar embassy in Pakistan yesterday delivered medical aid from Qatar Charity to Pakistan to climate change, Qatar played a support eff orts to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Ambassador of Qatar to Pakistan leading role in international ef- HE al-Muraikhi said that Qa- He added that the country also ward to hosting the 5th UN Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani handed over the medical aid to Executive Director of forts on that front. tar Fund for Development is cur- adopted scientifi c strategies to Conference on the Least Devel- Pakistan Air Force Hospital (Islamabad) Major General Safdar Abbas. The ambassador expressed He noted that His Highness rently designing a funding mech- protect the environment and to oped Countries (LDC-V) will hope that the Qatari medical aid could help the Pakistani government’s eff orts in overcoming the the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- anism to provide that money to decrease the reliance on hydro- take place from Jan 23-27, 2027, coronavirus pandemic, noting that Qatar is assisting all friendly countries in facing the epidemic. mad al-Thani announced during those countries in order to face carbons. and added that Qatar is confi- For his part, the Executive Director of Pakistan Air Force Hospital (Islamabad) thanked Qatar for the Climate Action Summit in the climate change challenge. HE al-Muraikhi added that dent the new work programme its constant support of Pakistan, in light of the spread of the coronavirus, and its support for the September 2019 that Qatar will He noted that Qatar is work- Qatar was proud of the Doha for the next decade will prove healthcare sector in facing the challenges imposed by the pandemic. A number of diplomats and contribute $100mn for the sup- ing on regulating the pricing of amendments to the Kyoto Pro- to be an important opportu- members of Qatar’s military attache in Pakistan attended the event. port of small developing island carbon products as a way to limit tocol, part of the United Nations nity to support the least de- states and the least developed carbon emissions, and as part of Framework Convention on Cli- veloped countries in facing the states to deal with the climate its eff orts to direct investments mate Change. challenges related to climate change. towards cleaner alternatives. He said that Qatar looks for- change. QRCS marks GCC Red Crescent Day atar Red Crescent Society diff erent fi elds of relief and de- the volunteers played a “re- subcommittees,” he noted. The (QRCS) and all Red Cres- velopment work both locally and markably heroic role in protect- celebration was attended by by Qcent societies/authorities globally. ing everyone who lives in Qatar top QRCS officials, staff mem- in the Gulf countries have cel- It refl ects QRCS’s openness to against the pandemic with ut- bers and volunteers. ebrated the GCC Red Crescent co-operation with other com- most dedication and proactivity”, “I would like to take this op- Day, as an embodiment of the ponents of the International Red the statement added. portunity to reaffirm QRCS’s spirit of integration and unity Cross and Red Crescent Move- At a ceremony held to cel- commitment to its humanitari- among them, under the umbrella ment, towards its ultimate hu- ebrate the occasion, QRCS sec- an mission, both in the GCC re- of the Secretariat-General of manitarian goal of saving lives retary-general Ali bin Hassan gion and beyond,” al-Hammadi the Gulf Co-operation Council and preserving dignity,” QRCS al-Hammadi said the day was added. Woqod partners with talabat for (GCC). said in a statement yesterday. a representation of the spirit “We hope this celebration “QRCS’s celebration of this The ceremony recognised the of unity and interconnection will usher in stronger solidarity day is a further demonstration of eff orts and sacrifi ces of QRCS’s among GCC volunteers. “It is the among the GCC Red Crescent Sidra home delivery service its prestigious position as a re- volunteers to serve their com- product of years of hard work and societies/authorities to serve gionally and internationally ac- munity and contribute to com- planning by the GCC Red Cres- humanity everywhere, inspired tive humanitarian organisation prehensive development. cent Top Offi cials’ Committee by a sense of benevolence, atar Fuel (Woqod) has an- tactless shopping experience by ment noted. “Sidra’s contactless with an unrivalled track record in During the Covid-19 outbreak, and its volunteering and media compassion and integrity.” nounced that Woqod’s delivering essential and fresh home delivery service is now rolled QSidra, Qatar’s leading products to their homes at the out at 30 selected locations. As we home-grown convenience store, click of a button, Woqod said in a continue to make things as acces- has partnered with talabat to en- statement yesterday. sible as possible for our custom- hance its e-shopping off ering for Sidra’s expansion into online ers, we want to ensure they have customers. delivery comes as convenience access to the essentials they need The partnership follows an in- stores look for new, safe ways to safely and conveniently,” said Saad Customs foils attempt to smuggle ‘tambaku’ creased demand for online shop- serve customers in view of the Rashid al-Muhannadi, managing ping, off ering customers a con- Covid-19 pandemic, the state- director and CEO, Woqod. he Maritime Customs seized 1,653kg of ‘tambaku’ Department at Hamad at Hamad Port. The banned TPort has foiled yet an- substance was found stuffed other attempt to smuggle in 1,102 bags hidden in- ‘tambaku’ (chewing tobacco) side a shipment of cotton into Qatar. According to a mattresses. On September tweet by the General Au- 21, the Air Cargo Customs thority of Customs (GAC), seized 27kg of tambaku con- 1,644kg ‘tambaku’ was found cealed in a consignment of in 274 packs concealed in re- various foodstuffs. In Au- fi ned salt shipments. gust, GAC officials seized In October fi rst week, 2,152kg of ‘tambaku’ from 49.5kg tambaku was seized at a sugar shipment at the the port. The substance was Hamad Port. The banned found in 1,289 packs hidden tobacco was found to be in a consignment of bicycles. stuffed in 1,435 bags hidden On September 28, as much as in the shipment. 2,122.5kg tambaku was seized The GAC wing at Hamad at the port from 1,415 packs Port is equipped with the lat- concealed inside a wheat est devices and the offi cers fl our shipment. are trained to thwart smug- As much as 1,644kg ‘tambaku’ was found in 274 packs concealed in refined A Sidra store. On September 24, GAC gling attempts. salt shipments. 10 arrested for violating MoPH reports 129,124 home quarantine pledge

QNA 4- Abdullah Faisal Yusef Mu- total Covid recoveries Doha hammad Behzad 5- Mubarak Khalifa Mubarak al-Nafaihi al-Kubaisi QNA number of new daily cases and ished in Qatar. People continue he authorities arrested 6- Abdullah Muhammad Doha hospital admissions is continu- to be admitted with moderate to yesterday10 persons who Hikmat Zahid al-Batrani ing to decline each week. Qatar’s severe Covid-19 symptoms. Tviolated the requirements 7- Muhammad Sharif al-Is- proactive and extensive testing Unless we follow all precau- of home quarantine, they com- lam he Ministry of Pub- of suspected cases has enabled tionary measures, we may expe- mitted to following, which they 8- Ali Jamil Muhammad Im- lic Health (MoPH) an- us to identify a high number of rience a second wave of the virus are legally accountable for, in amdin Tnounced yesterday 211 positive cases in the community. and see numbers increasing there accordance with the procedures 9- Nabiz Sikandar new confi rmed cases of Covid-19 Qatar has one of the lowest Cov- are already signs of this happen- of the health authorities in the 10- Mahavej Allam in the last 24 hours, of which 173 id-19 death rates in the world. ing in other countries around the country. The concerned authorities in are from community cases and This is a result of: world. It is in implementation of the the state called on citizens and 38 from travellers returning from Very high quality of care Now more than ever, we must precautionary measures in force residents who are subject to abroad. There was also one new provided thorough the public be careful and protect the most in the country, approved by quarantine to fully adhere to the death reported, aged 59, who was healthcare sector for Covid-19 vulnerable. health authorities represented requirements set by the Ministry receiving the necessary medical patients While the restrictions of Cov- by the Ministry of Public Health of Public Health, to ensure their care. QQatar’s young population id-19 are gradually being lifted in (MoPH) to ensure the achieve- safety and the safety of others. The Ministry also recorded Q Proactive testing to identify Qatar, it is important for every- ment of public safety and to They warned that anyone who 240 recoveries in the last 24 cases early one to play their role in control- curb the spread of Covid-19. violates these conditions will be hours, bringing the total number Q Expanding hospital capac- ling the virus by following pre- The following 10 people are subject to the penalties stipu- of recoveries to 129,124. All new ity, especially intensive care, to cautionary measures: being referred to the competent lated in accordance with the cases have been introduced to ensure all patients receive the Q Adherence to physical dis- prosecution: provisions of Article 253 of the isolation and are receiving nec- medical care they need tancing 1- Ali Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed Penal Code No 11 of 2004, and essary healthcare according to Q Protecting the elderly and Q Avoid close contact with al-Mansouri the provisions of Law No 17 of their health status. those with chronic diseases others, crowded places and con- 2- Hani Hassan Mohamed 1990 regarding the prevention Measures to tackle Covid-19 Even though restrictions are fi ned closed spaces where other Gad of infectious diseases, and Law in Qatar have succeeded in fl at- being lifted, and numbers are de- people congregate 3- Radwan Muhammad al- No 17 of 2002 on the protection tening the curve and limiting clining, this does not mean that QWearing a face mask Saleh Bahia of society. the spread of the virus and the the Covid-19 pandemic is fi n- QWashing hands regularly Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 3 QATAR PM attends graduation of Thunderbolt Commandos

E the Prime Minister and Min- ister of Interior Sheikh Khalid Hbin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al- Thani yesterday attended the gradua- tion of the third batch of the Thunder- bolt Commandos training course of the Police College. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah and senior offi cials from the Amiri Guard, the Armed Forces, Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) were also present. A total of 110 students from Qatar, Palestine, Jordan and Yemen graduated during the ceremony at the Zekreet Camp, the MoI said in a statement. The course consisted of two phases: the preparatory part in the college and practical exercise at the Zekreet Camp. Qualifi ed trainers supervised the thunderbolt training course with out- standing military and fi eld exercises HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani yesterday attended the graduation of the third batch of the Thunderbolt Commandos training course of the Police and various scenarios. The training pro- College. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah and senior off icials from the Amiri Guard, the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Interior and Internal gramme was carried out over a period of Security Force (Lekhwiya) were also present. A total of 110 students from Qatar, Palestine, Jordan and Yemen graduated during the ceremony at the Zekreet Camp. nine weeks and up to 360 training hours under the supervision of 41 trainers. “The college’s courses improve the The graduation ceremony began by capabilities of the students and in- showcasing various combat, climbing crease their confi dence,” he said, noting and patrolling skills and a documentary that the programmes help students in- about the course was screened at the crease their physical fi tness and knowl- beginning. They included drills to get edge. He added that college has been off towers, protection and transport of able to prove that it is one of the biggest prisoners and raids. among its peers despite its relatively The goal of the course is to develop young age. the participants’ security and practi- Adviser to the Minister of Interior cal abilities by using the latest scientifi c and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme methods related to combat, raid tech- Council of Police College, Maj Gen niques, arresting criminals, and accli- Dr Abdullah Yousef al-Mal, said that matising to areas with poor resources. the training course was one of the last Following the graduation ceremony, courses required for students to gradu- HE the prime minister toured an exhi- ate from the Police College. bition and viewed the equipment and “Students who enrol in the course have tools used by the course participants. already passed diving and parachuting Meanwhile, a number of MoI offi cials courses. The continued encouragement praised the Police College’s role in train- of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of ing offi cers with the aim of preparing Interior to the third batch helped lift their national cadres to enhance security and morale and was refl ected throughout the maintain Qatar’s leadership in interna- course as everyone competed to give their tional peace and security indices, the best,” he said. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. Maj Gen Dr al-Mal said the course is to increasing their physical fi tness and planning and solid execution of all its MoI undersecretary and Lekhwiya comprehensive as it enables the stu- endurance,” he added. programmes. “The college succeeded Commander Abdulaziz bin Faisal al- dents to carry out the most complicat- The Police College Director-Gen- in accomplishing many great achieve- Thani praised the commitment of the ed security missions. eral Brig Gen Dr Mohamed Abdullah ments making it the best academic in- ministry to the Police College in de- “It also teaches them how to act ap- al-Muhanna al-Marri said the col- stitution among its peers in the region signing the highest quality courses. propriately under pressure in addition lege has always focused on strategic within a few years.

HBKU’s College of Armed forces conclude Nasr 2020 exercise Public Policy signs QNA MoU with Astana Doha he Qatar Armed Forces Civil Service Hub yesterday concluded TNasr 2020 military ex- ercise in the presence of HE the he College of Public Chief of Staff of Qatar Armed Policy (CPP) at Hamad Forces Lieutenant General (Pi- TBin Khalifa University’s lot) Ghanem bin Shaheen al- (HBKU) mission to facilitate Ghanem. eff ective policy implementa- HE the Deputy Chief of Staff tion and development has been for Education and Training Ma- boosted by a memorandum jor General Hamad Ahmed al- of understanding (MoU) con- Nuaimi, who is also the head of cluded with the Astana Civil Nasr 2020, said the exercise was Service Hub. for command centres that saw Signed on October 12 and all branches of the armed forces followed by an online incep- participating along with a Turk- tion meeting one week later, ish batch. the MoU lays the groundwork Maj Gen al-Nuaimi said that for future collaboration be- the four-month exercise was tween the two organisations. spread over several phases, the The agreement makes pro- most prominent of which was visions for joint research Dr Leslie A Pal the second phase. projects on public manage- He said ground forces artil- ment in the context of the FIFA to become a multilateral plat- lery, Apache attack helicopters, World Cup 2022. form engaged in the exchange and naval artillery participated of experience and knowledge in phase four under a joint com- The Hub will also share between participating coun- mand, highlighting the impor- The deputy chief of Staff for He noted that many state-of- pabilities of the armed forces in ercise was attended by Turkey’s expertise and best tries. Its main areas of activi- tant role played by unmanned Education and Training said the the-art systems were equipped planning and implementing joint ambassador to Qatar Mehmet practice regarding public ties are focused on partnership drones in extracting the co-ordi- exercise was designed to simulate in the land, air, and naval forces, operations effi ciently. Mustafa Goksu, and ranking of- administration and and network building, peer- nates of targets. real-life situations accurately. which helped enhance the ca- The concluding part of the ex- fi cers at the Qatar Armed Forces. disseminate information to-peer learning, and research regarding the CPP’s and knowledge management. research projects and “We are very much looking initiatives forward to working with the Astana Civil Service Hub,” said The Hub will also share ex- Dr Leslie A Pal, founding dean pertise and best practice re- of CPP. “The Hub has a mem- garding public administration bership of over 40 countries, and disseminate information and activities and projects regarding the CPP’s research with over 30 more. It is sup- projects and initiatives. The ported by the United Nations latter includes the recently- Development Program and has launched menatracker.org, strong relations with the Or- which records and analyses ganisation for Economic Co- government responses to the operation and Development Covid-19 pandemic in 10 Mid- and other international or- dle Eastern and North African ganisations. This partnership countries. paves the way for the College Established in 2013, the As- to extend our networks in Cen- tana Civil Service Hub’s mis- tral Asia, and also to develop sion is to promote and sup- joint research projects and case port civil service eff ectiveness studies in the near future.” throughout Central Asia and For more information on the further afi eld by building in- work of the College of Public stitutional and human capaci- Policy, one can visit https:// ty. In doing so, the Hub aspires www.hbku.edu.qa/en/cpp Gulf Times 4 Friday, October 30, 2020 COMMUNITY Functional art’s future bright

in Qatar: Indian designer Desert rose inspired seating.

By Mudassir Raja the competition in Qatar. Staff Reporter “I was born and brought up in Mumbai. I have a bachelor’s degree in arts with specialisation in inte- unctional art is generally ap- rior and graphic design. I won the plied art – art created for use best student award at my school Fwith an aesthetic in mind. and the best design award at col- Occupying that tenuous space be- lege. Before coming to Qatar in tween fi ne art and the everyday 2005, I worked in India for six years life, functional art refers to aes- under architect Shaukat Mukhi & thetic objects that serve utilitarian Associates in Mumbai. purposes. The genre is remarkably “I am an interior designer and inclusive. It encompasses every- functional artist. I love and live Planter with bench inspired from desert rose. thing from furniture and lighting design. I strongly believe that one to dishes and even books. should work in the fi eld that one is The recently concluded Qatar passionate about to bring out the Al Fann, an exhibition featuring best result.” functional art and highlighting Lata expressed her happiness Qatari art and culture by local art- over being a part of the competi- ists, witnessed immense response tion and then exhibiting her designs underlining the interest of people at the exhibition. “I found Qatar Al in the genre. Fann to be a unique platform where The exhibition at the Fire Sta- for the fi rst time in Qatar, we had Lata Jadhav, Indian art and inte- tion hosted the products selected the government, private sector and rior designer. Bollards inspired form Qatar heritage architecture. after a design competition titled the artists come together to make ‘Qatar Al Fann’ or ‘Qatar Art.’ The the exhibition a success despite the lationship and delivering your objective of the competition was to challenges thrown by the Covid-19 message. Similarly, functional art, appreciation of the art, I have wit- few. We can all see Qatar become transform functional products that pandemic. I submitted multiple de- I believe, takes this engagement nessed how the country has been a leading country in the Middle the general public interacts with to sign concepts in the competition. I further where the art pieces deliver creating the niche platform for art Eastern art environment.” functional art like landscape furni- was fortunate enough that almost all the function for what it was in- and artists alike. Qatar is fast be- The designer thinks that staying Seating inspired for Sadu fabric. ture, carpets, rugs, etc. of the designs were selected and fea- tended for and provide a custom- coming a development hub for art in Qatar has helped in developing Lata Jadhav, Indian art and inte- tured in the exhibition.” ised user experience.” through iconic buildings and or- her skills further. “Qatar has pro- vision for Qatar 2022 and Qatar National Vision 2030. rior designer, was one of the par- The designer views art as means Lata, who has been working with ganisations like Museum of Islamic vided me an array of opportuni- “I would like to extend my gratitude towards Coastal Qa- ticipants displaying her designed of engaging the viewers and func- multi-million projects in Qatar, is Art, National Museum of Qatar, ties to develop and grow myself as tar for organising such a visionary event. I also sincerely items at the exhibition. tional art as serving a purpose ar- all praise for the artistic scenes of Katara Art Centre, Mathaf: Arab a designer. I have got opportunities thank authorities including Doha Fire Station, Qatar Mu- In an interview with Gulf Times, tistically. “Fine art is a means of an the country. Museum of Modern Art, Sheikh to expand my horizon and skills suems, Ashghal, Katara Hospitality, and Qatari Diar for the designer spoke about her works artistic expression and to engage “Through Qatar’s journey to- Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Muse- through working with multi-mil- supporting the event and all fellow artists for connecting in and experience of being a part of with the viewers by building a re- wards development of artists and um, Msheireb Museums to name a lion-dollar projects delivering the this event.” ICC pays tribute to Kishore Kumar

On his 33rd death anniversary, Ka Safar were sung during the by the managing committee Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) programme which was streamed members of ICC. The event was paid a musical tribute to the live on Facebook and was viewed powered by EMusiq. legendary Indian playback by thousands around the world. Abhas Kumar Ganguly, singer Kishore Kumar. The songs were sung by Vinod V better known by his stage His evergreen songs like O Mere Nair, C A Rajesh, N Singh and young name Kishore Kumar was Dil Ke Chain, Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, upcoming singer Navami Suresh an Indian playback singer, Mere Nayna Sawan Bhadon, amidst narration of the life story of actor, music director, lyricist, Dekha Ek Khab To Ye Silsile, Kishore by Vinod V Nair. writer, director, producer and Choo Kar Mere Man Ko, Jindagi The singers were felicitated screenwriter.

Bangladeshi expat’s kindness wins hearts Bangladesh smbassador Mohamed Jashim Uddin PWF-Q raises awareness on breast cancer appreciated the good deed of community member Mohamed Yasin during a ceremony at the embassy. Yasin earned admiration by assisting a man in akistan Women’s Fo- Holy Qur’an by Uzma Sha- vention of the disease. The guests on the occasion wheelchair cross a busy road. A passerby’s video of the rum Qatar (PWF-Q) in hid. The gifts and vouchers were were: Farzana Safdar, Dr Fauzia incident went viral on social media. Local authorities in P collaboration with Qa- The awareness event was sponsored by Be You Fash- Shafeeque, and Samia Tayyab Qatar have also awarded Yasin for displaying his civic tar Cancer Society recently hosted by Dr Sobia and the key- ion and Tailoring, Royal Group from Qatar Radio FM-107. responsibility and humanitarian gesture. During the organised an event on breast note speech was delivered by Dr Worldwide and Rubee’s Cloth- The programme was aimed at meeting with the ambassador, Yasin said he had acted cancer awareness at Spice Sadia Ishaque, gynaecologist ing Fashion. approaching women and mak- spontaneously out of his sense of helping a fellow and Sizzles Restaurant. The and consultant from Al Emadi The gifts were distributed ing them aware of the causes, human being; not expecting any reward. He added that event was held by completely Hospital. Dr Sadia also high- by Shabana Shuaib, PWF-Q symptoms and treatment of his parents had inculcated in him this value of helping observing the SOPs and rel- lighted the causes and symp- president, and Rabia Ishrat, vice cancer. Shahida Khan, chairper- others. Ambassador Mohamed Jashim Uddin urged his evant precautionary steps toms of the disease. president. Appreciation gifts son of PWF-Q, concluded the compatriots to be inspired by the act of Yasin and help against Covid-19. Dr Fauzia Shafeeque from were distributed among the event and laid stress on the fact project a positive image of Bangladesh in Qatar. The event started with the Qatar Radio-FM107 also gave PWF-Q members by Uzma An- that prevention is better than recitation of versus from the some informative tips on pre- sari, executive member. cure. AMUAAQ celebrates Sir Syed Day anniversary he Aligarh Muslim University Aqueel Ahmed welcomed all the the alumni on the day. Alumni Association Qatar attendees. Moen Azmi delivered the Sharique Khan, chief correspond- T(AMUAAQ) recently cele- presidential speech highlighting the ent NDTV India, shared his congrat- brated the 203rd birth anniversary of role that AMU alumni, better known ulatory messages and thoughts on the university’s founder – Sir Syed as Aligs in the fraternity, play in car- the occasion. Ahmad Khan. rying on the legacy of Sir Syed. Some of the accomplished alumni The event was conducted with The programme was also attend- and offi ce bearers of global chap- full compliance of Covid-19 proto- ed by Zafarul Islam, former chair- ters of the AMU Alumni Associa- cols as enforced in Qatar. man Minority Commission of Delhi; tion from US, Germany, Oman, New The working committee con- Dilip Pandey, legislator Delhi; Suhail Zealand, and India also shared their sisted of Jawed Ahmed, senior advi- Sabir, Pro VC USTM Meghalaya; Ajay good wishes on the occasion. sor; Moen Azmi, president; Aqueel Choudhry, joint commissioner of Del- Haroon Khan, president AMUOBA Ahmed, general secretary; Zia Alam, hi police; Prof Sufyan Beg, principal Oman; Dr Ajax Mohamed, president treasurer; Irshad Ahmed, Mazhar ZHCET and chairman, AMU Alumni AMURSA Germany; Dr Abdullah, Khan, Mohd Obaidullah, Mohamed Aff air; Prof Waseem Khan, chief proc- president AMUOBA US; Dr Tanvir Imran, Mohd Khubaib, Kashif, and tor Jamia Milia Islamia; Siraj Qureshi, Ahmed, president AMUOBA New Naeem, who put in their best eff orts president IICC; and S M Khan, former York; Athar, president AMUOBA to make the event a success. director general Press Information New Zealand; Dr Shaheer Khan, In view of Covid-19 restrictions Bureau. president AMUOBA north Califor- in Qatar, Sir Syed Day-2020 was or- They all shared their thoughts nia; Shujaur Rahman, senior Alig; ganised on a digital platform. More on Sir Syed’s vision and his exem- also spoke on the occasion. than 200 alumni and well-wishers plary role in education reforms. Atiq Khan, joint secretary from around the world joined online Ajay Choudhary, also an alumnus AMUOBA UAE, conveyed his con- to pay their tribute to Sir Syed. of AMU, advocated for Bharat Ratna gratulations through a video mes- The programme started with the to be bestowed upon Sir Syed for his sage. A vote of thanks was proposed recitation of verses from the Holy services. by Mazhar Khan, acting vice presi- Qur’an by Muaaz Khan and Ayesha Ravish Kumar, senior executive dent of AMUAAQ. The event con- Khan. The event was anchored by editor NDTV India, conveyed his cluded with singing of AMU tarana Mohamed Obaidullah. good wishes and complimented (anthem). Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 5 COMMUNITY Cars for hunting, camping prove a big draw at S’hail

By Mudassir Raja Staff Reporter

’hail – Katara International Hunting and Falcons Ex- Shibition has fast become a destination that attracts hunting and falcon lovers from across the world. The popularity of the exhibi- MES students shine tion was obvious during the re- cently concluded fourth edition. This year, the newest attrac- at NIA contest tion was two SUVs modifi ed and Modified Toyota Land Cruiser. GMC SUV with additional support. Students of MES Indian School customised for the hunters, who put on an outstanding perform- plan to spend an extended time in ances in competitions conduct- the wilderness. ed to celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi Sada Al Sout is a Qatari com- and Hindi Pakhwara -2020 by pany specialising in car modifi - North Indian Association (NIA) cation and restructuring. in collaboration with the Indian The company displayed two embassy recently. SUVs – GMC and Toyota Land In the competitions that Cruiser – both modifi ed in a way witnessed a huge number to off er multiple facilities to the of contestants from Indian hunters and campers during their schools across Qatar, par- long trips in desert away from ticipants of MES performed home. well by winning prizes under They have created special box- different categories such as es and stands in the GMC to carry Ekanki Natak (one-act plays) numerous falcons in one trip. Mobile kitchen. Seating for falcons. and Swarachith Kavita (self As far the SUV of Toyota, the -written poem). company has provided a kitchen the exhibition. “There is place and tea or coff ee maker. This car falcon is a new idea and no one “We have not made much of Anam Suhail of Grade-IV/B se- with all relevant necessities in- in the car to carry as many as 14 also has the capacity to provide else has such a car. changes in the design. We have cured the first position and Safa cluding a refrigerator. falcons. In Qatar, there are many lot of light for the camping. “Hunters carry many falcons added material inside the GMC Shekh of Grade-IV/H won the Both cars were sold on the fi rst people who have falcons in large “We have also added a strong in a car and are always fearful of car. third position in the self-written day of the exhibition. numbers. We have added special carrier on the car roof. We have these very expensive birds get- Though we have changed the poem junior category. Talking to Gulf Times, Mo- stands inside the car for them. designed a new bumper that is ting hurt. bumper of the Toyota SUV it is in In the one-act play, Anam Sohail hamed Wahba, sale executive, There is also a place for a big lighter and stronger.” “We are satisfied with the accordance with the rules in Qa- of Grade-IV/B and Izza Mariam who participated in various explained that the company drone. “A majority of people in the response and we can customise tar,” Wahba added. of Grade-II/D won the third and competitions were awarded name in English means ‘the echo “Drones are also used nowa- Gulf countries use such heavy any car according to the de- The company representative fourth positions respectively. participation certificates. The of sound’. days during the hunting.” cars daily. They use the cars for mand and requirement of the said they also have plans to pre- Ayana Sameer of Grade-VIII/L winners were complimented by The company was established Many new features have been hunting and camping purposes. customer. pare buses for tourism purposes secured the third prize in the Hameeda Kadar, MES principal, some 22 years ago. added to the Landcruiser to facil- We are a Qatari company and had “All alterations and modifi ca- in near future. “For tourism, we self-written poem. and the school head of sections The GMC, modifi ed to carry itate campers. “There is a mobile the idea about what people want tions inside and outside of the have an interesting idea of pre- The winners were awarded tro- for their outstanding efforts and falcons, particularly got the at- kitchen in the back side of the in these cars. I can say it with cars are in accordance with the paring a bus as many people do phies and certificates. Students achievements. tention of the visitors during car. We have added a water tank confi dence that the car to carry relevant rules in Qatar. visit Qatar every year.” DPS-MIS debaters attend online workshop BPS student wins Junior Akhlaquna Award 2019-2020

atar Foundation’s (QF) Akhlaquna Award en- Qcourages and honours children and young people who embody morals, values, and eth- ical behaviour and inspire others through their actions. Under the second category of the awards for Grade VII- IX, Bhagath Krishnan of the Birla Public School (BPS) re- ceived the award from Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, QF Chairperson, at a recently conducted special Akhlaquna Day ceremony at Education City. Bhagath Krishnan of Grade- VIII took part in the competition in February 2020 when he was in Grade-VII and was hailed and recognised as one of the young stalwarts personifying humane values and exemplary ethics af- ter a three cycled competition, winning yet another accolade for BPS and its shining culture of education. Twenty-one debaters of DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) participated in a recent online workshop titled ‘Motion Analysis’ organised by Bhagath Krishnan is son of QatarDebate via Zoom platform. The resource person Mubarrat Wassey provided an in-depth knowledge about the diff erent types of motions and Krishna Kumar and Deepa Ku- the aspects of argumentation i.e. assertion, reasoning, and evidence. With various examples, he educated the attendees on diff erent dimensions of mar. a constructive debate and equipped them with strategies to identify and analyse motions to build cases and create policies. Finally, the students’ Gope Shahani, BPS chairman, comprehending skills were tested in a practical session through diverse exercises and games. The entire workshop was a great learning, which will and A P Sharma, principal, laud- guide the students throughout their debating career. ed Bhagath’s recognition. Bhagath Krishnan of Birla Public School. Athletes swim 6.4km to support Sustainability Week

urprised faces on jet skis, dhows and yachts near Al SSafl iya Island watched as three long-distance swimmers, three supporting kayaks and one stand-up paddler reached the shore of the island. Carly-Jane Figgis, Bruno Gilbert and Jeroen Brons, keen competitive members of Angry Dragons Qatar, a dragon boat club in Doha, had put themselves to sea for 90 minutes from Viva Bahriya beach and swam no less than 3.2km. They concluded a journey that started in January when the swim- mers set themselves for the ‘Al Safl iya Swim Challenge’ as part of Initially a 600m swim to the bay rhythmic cadence of a wide variety The diversity of life was also their pledge for Qatar Green Build- barrier and back was like reaching of muscles. visible in the salty water, as they ing Council’s ‘Sustainability Week’ the end of the world and would be On the day itself, Giselle Reis, encountered little crabs on the starting from tomorrow. celebrated with glee, but rapidly the Ewa Merchel, Abhi Mukherji and shoreline, tropical fishes of vari- Carly-Jane, the only female swim- regular distances increased to 2km Kasia Muniak, dragon boaters ous sizes near the rocks and a sea mer said: “We were supposed to do a and up, once to 5km. themselves, supported with kayaks turtle. long swim only as a preparation for Neither choppy water, high wa- and one SUP, for safety, carrying A short break on the island ena- our crossing to the island this week- ter temperatures nor an occasional water and moral support. bled them to enjoy amazing views of end to coincide with the start of the jellyfi sh would shrink the training With the three swimmers they the Doha skyline, before returning Sustainability Week but we were so spirit of the swimmers, who see formed a diverse group of six na- to the mainland, completing 6.4km close that we decided to push it all the long distance open water swimming tionalities, a beautiful cultural di- in three hours of swimming and way across the channel.” as a way to exercise in nature, in a versity so typical in Qatar. having burnt over 2,000 calories. Gulf Times 6 Friday, October 30, 2020 COMMUNITY LEISURE/HOROSCOPE

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Colouring Horoscope ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Your words may fall sharply on someone’s ears today, so be aware Be careful of being hypocritical, Taurus. You may not want to You may find that someone approaches you with harsh words of the impact you can have, Aries. However, this doesn’t mean that disappoint people you meet, so you end up stretching the truth to that are apt to have a significant impact on your state of mind. You you need to dilute your message with lies in order to avoid the true suit what they want to hear. You may catch yourself a minute later could even find that you’re paralysed in the sense that you begin to topic of conversation. Just be conscious of the fact that a strong telling someone else the opposite in order to protect his or her question your current actions or ones you plan to take in the future. emotional response is apt to result when you open up to the truth estimation of you. Figure out who you are and stick to it. If other Spend some time alone in order to sort things out before you go and tell it like it is. people don’t like you, that’s their problem not yours. ahead and make any drastic life-changing moves. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

You may have to make an important decision today, Cancer. It has As you take another step upward today, Leo, you may realise that Try not to overanalyse your actions, Virgo. If you continue to pick come to the point where someone draws a line in the sand and there’s a large part of the mountain you hadn’t accounted for before. apart every aspect, you will end up getting nowhere. This principle challenges you to cross it. Do you stay where you are and continue Perhaps this steep portion of the climb wasn’t visible from below when applies to your emotions, too. Be sure that you aren’t trying to make on without that person, or do you join them and support their goals you started the trip. Don’t panic. By overreacting to the unknown, you rational sense out of every feeling that comes your way. Feelings are and actions? The conflict today is between your head and your gut. may lose your balance and go sliding down the face of the mountain. there for you to experience. Allow them to flow through your heart Don’t limit your choices to two. There are always compromises. Collect yourself, rest, and plan your strategy one step at a time. and not necessarily your head. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Your actions may go against your rational thinking, but this isn’t You may have the perfect plan all laid out, Scorpio. You’ve What you think may happen today is apt to be the opposite of what necessarily a bad thing, Libra. Thoughts and feelings are apt to communicated to the right people, you’ve travelled to the actually happens, Sagittarius. It could be that you have a strong aggressively clash today, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a appropriate spots to gather data, and you have all your resources in mental picture of how things should proceed but end up taking a victim of the resulting demolition. Note the big pieces that survive line. For some reason, however, every time you start to implement completely diff erent action. Try to engage every part of your body, after the initial impact. Recognise these as your strengths and work this plan, you run into emotional diff iculties that seem too mind, and spirit so that all are on the same page regardless of what to build them back up while leaving the smaller pieces behind. challenging to surmount. Don’t let this block you from your dreams. activity you actually do. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Emotions may cloud your thoughts as things start to heat up in a Magical events may occur today in the most unlikely places, If you find that you aren’t necessarily thinking like the rest of the heavy way, Capricorn. In an eff ort to keep things light and energetic, Aquarius. Perhaps you’re expecting to see someone in a certain group, don’t panic, Pisces. In fact, this is probably a good thing. By you may be missing the core of the situation. Don’t glance too environment. Even if you don’t see him or her there, you will end going along with the crowd, you may be expected to act a certain quickly over all the issues. The answer to the riddle is right there in up meeting at a special event in an entirely diff erent place. Let your way in some situations. Pretty soon you’re living like a marionette front of you. Stop for a minute to catch your breath and you will find goal be your main focus. Let the details of the journey fall into place strung up to a couple of sticks and manipulated by an unknown the solutions that you seek. however they will. hand. Think for yourself. Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 7 QATAR/ARAB WORLD Promotions Pink road and special off ers galore at major retail outlets

By Joey Aguilar Many expatriates, prompted to Staff Reporter spend vacation in Qatar, take The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) tweeted an image of Ras Abu Aboud Street lit up in pink to raise awareness of breast cancer. advantage of the promotions atar residents stand to benefi t from an array of to send packages to their families Qend-of-month promo- back home via air or sea cargo tions and special discounts – from non-food products such as New season of local farm produce yards begins apparel, shoes, and furniture to groceries and fresh items – of- fered by major retail outlets and boutiques in Doha. Customers have been receiv- ing text messages (SMSs) from renowned brands, announcing deals valid until tomorrow (Oc- tober 31) while other decided to extend it until next month. For example, Fifty One East, Shoes & Handbags, Decode and many more stores are off ering up to 50% off for from yesterday (October 29) up to November 27. Aeropostale has a half price of- fer at its outlets at Ezdan Mall, Gharrafa, and Doha Festival City until tomorrow while Clarks’ sale (shoes) of up to 50% off will run until November 27 at Lagoona Mall. Customers planning to shop at Ikea are encouraged to download The sale of local agricultural produce began yesterday at five yards in the country - Al Mazrouah, Al Wakra, Al Khor & Al Thakhira, Al the ‘Blue Rewards’ mobile app Shamal and Al Sheehaniya - with the participation of 150 local farms. Now in their ninth season, the yards will operate from 7am until for them to get free delivery, in 4pm thrice a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Pictured are the Al Mazrouah and Al Sheehaniya yards. addition to a 15% off on Swedish PICTURES: Shemeer Rasheed and supplied Food Market plus cashback. Apart from huge discounts, Carrefour Qatar is giving shop- pers the chance to win prizes with its ‘Spin & Win 2,000 trol- leys’, ‘Order Online Get Pro- mocode’, and Scan MyCLUB & Win QR20,000 (20 winners of e-gift card), as it marks its 20th anniversary. It will conclude on November 3. Carrefour is also off ering a 20% discount on several catego- ries (food and non-food items) credited as MyCLUB points, Carrefour Qatar 20th anniversary off erings. which include fresh fruits, fi sh, butchery, rice, coff ee and tea, via sea cargo,” said Filipino expa- of Qatar’s (MoQ) ‘Shop and Win’ pet food, canned food, cheese, triate July P who regularly sends campaign, which gives shoppers para-pharmaceuticals, sports packages to the Philippines. a chance to win BMW and Mini equipment, house equipment, Since he and his family preferred cars, also enticed many to visit car accessories, and toys, among to take their 30-day annual va- the mall’s retail outlets. others. cation in Qatar itself in Decem- MoQ handed over car prizes Electronic devices, home ap- ber, he said they decided to send to the fi rst three weekly winners pliances, kitchen and cooking their parents, siblings, and close recently. wares, and tools, among oth- friends some groceries, choco- Shukran card holders can also ers, are also on sale at Carrefour lates, nuts, kitchen wares, cos- avail of the 20% Value Back for stores. metics, and other items which a minimum purchase of QR250, “We are taking advantage of are only available locally. as well as discounts and ‘mega the promotions and huge dis- Besides retail outlets, July P off ers’, from a number of shops counts at Carrefour and diff er- noted that cargo agents also of- and boutiques, including Splash, ent retail outlets at malls, buy- fered some promotions and dis- Babyshop, Home Centre, and ing stuff that we can send to our counts for the upcoming holi- Kalyan Jewellers until tomorrow families and relatives back home days back home. It is learnt Mall (October 31). Al Farkiah Beach for women and kids only twice a week Tunisia imposes tough new virus restrictions

AFP overwhelming understaff ed and ship for two weeks. Ilyes Jlassi, Tunis poorly equipped hospitals. who is 23 years old and unem- The country recorded 2,125 ployed, said the new measures cases at the weekend, bringing were “unavoidable”, but now his unisia said yesterday it the total to 54,278 infections, in- “hope of getting a job is almost was imposing a nation- cluding 1,153 deaths. nil given the economic situation”. Twide night-time curfew, In early October, curfews were Abed Kader, 63, owns a shop shutting schools and banning reimposed on several regions, in the capital Tunis and told AFP inter-region travel in a bid to halt and a week later in the Greater that “the decisions on a night- a resurgence of the novel coro- Tunis area. Mechichi said the time curfew will further increase navirus. Prime Minister Hichem new restrictions on movement our losses”. On Wednesday, au- Mechichi called on “all gov- between governorates would ex- thorities warned the situation in ernorates to declare a curfew” clude work-related travel and the country had become “very from 8pm until 5am on weekdays exceptional circumstances. Un- dangerous”, especially since so and starting one hour earlier on der the latest measures, school many Covid-19 patients were re- weekends. classes would be suspended un- quiring hospitalisation. His statement did not say how til November 8, while university The health ministry said it long the lockdown would remain students would have online les- had already provided another in place. Tunisia had imposed sons for two weeks. 350 intensive care beds and was strict lockdown measures that Cafes and restaurants are to working to increase this number practically smothered its fi rst shut from 4pm, and gatherings to 1,000 by the month’s end. In The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by Al Khor and Al Thakira Municipality, has said Sunday and wave of cases over the summer. of more than four people are neighbouring Algeria, case num- Wednesday of every week are allocated to women and children only at Al Farkiah Beach. The timings are from 7am until 10pm. The But since it re-opened its borders banned in public spaces, exclud- bers are also on the rise, with remaining days of the week will be allocated to families, from 7am until midnight. in June, infections have mounted ing on public transport. Access more than 57,000 infections and to more than 1,000 cases a day, will be denied to places of wor- nearly 2,000 deaths recorded. Gulf Times 8 Friday, October 30, 2020 AMERICAS

Ex-US DHS off icial says he wrote NYT article on Trump A former US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off icial on Wednesday revealed Warning of ‘unrelenting’ that he was the author of an anonymous 2018 New York Times (NYT) op-ed and later book that excoriated President Donald Trump, stepping forward to urge Americans to vote against Trump. Miles Taylor, chief of staff in the department until 2019, set Covid-19 spread issued tongues wagging in Washington with the editorial that called Reuters ci, task force member and direc- trol both the silent, asympto- temperatures driving people a vaccine still months away, he Trump amoral, petty and Washington tor of the National Institute of matic spread and symptomatic indoors, and Americans’ letting said hospitals would likely be- ineff ective. Allergy and Infectious Diseases. spread,” one state’s report said. their guard down due to fatigue come more strained. He disclosed his identity on He said that coronavirus cases At least seven states – Indi- with Covid-19 restrictions. Fauci indicated that the fi rst Wednesday in a statement on he White House coro- were rising in 47 states and pa- ana, Ohio, Maine, Minnesota, Russell Vinik, chief medi- doses of a safe and eff ective Medium, an online publishing navirus task force has tients were overwhelming hos- Illinois, North Dakota and North cal offi cer at University of Utah coronavirus vaccine might be- platform, ahead of next week’s Twarned of a persistent and pitals across the country. Carolina – reported record one- Health Plans, said that the virus come available to some high- presidential election. broad spread of the coronavirus “If things do not change, if day increases in Covid-19 cases was spreading in his state pre- risk Americans in late December “We alone must determine in the western half of the United they continue on the course yesterday, according to a Reuters dominantly through small social or early January, if all goes well. whether his behavior warrants States, and its members urged we’re on, there’s gonna be a tally. gatherings. Trump on the campaign trail continuance in off ice, and we aggressive mitigation measures whole lot of pain in this coun- Indiana also reported a record As cases soar across Utah, he has repeatedly downplayed the face a momentous decision, as to curb infections. try with regard to additional number of hospitalisations, said there was a dire need for virus, claiming for weeks that our choice about Trump’s future The coronavirus causes the cases and hospitalisations, and which are soaring across the specialised medical profession- the country is “rounding the will aff ect our future for years to Covid-19 respiratory disease. deaths,” Fauci said in an inter- country and considered a reli- als to handle the surge. turn”, even as new cases and come,” wrote Taylor, a Republican The hardest-hit areas include view with CNBC on Wednesday able metric to gauge the course “We have adequate PPE (per- hospitalisations soar. who endorsed Trump’s election a number of battleground states night. of the pandemic that is not af- sonal protective equipment), our At a rally in Arizona yester- opponent, Democrat Joe Biden. that will play an important role The White House coronavi- fected by the amount of testing big issue is the humans, the peo- day, the president again argued “With that in mind, he doesn’t in Tuesday’s US presidential rus task force has warned states Dr Fauci: We are on a very being done. ple you need,” Vinik said in an against taking stricter measures deserve a second term in off ice, election as Republican President in the middle and western parts diff icult trajectory. We’re going As of yesterday, there were interview. “It’s not about hospi- against the resurgent virus. and we don’t deserve to live Donald Trump seeks a second of the country that aggressive in the wrong direction. 45,457 Covid-19 patients in US tal beds. Biden and fellow Democrats in through it.” term against Democratic chal- measures will be necessary to hospitals, the highest since Au- “It’s about trained, special- Congress have excoriated Trump Trump responded on Wednesday lenger Joe Biden. curb the virus’ spread, accord- ing, broad community spread in gust 14. ised providers to take care of for his handling of the pandemic, evening, saying: “Anonymous was “We are on a very diffi cult tra- ing to weekly state reports seen the Midwest, Upper Midwest Health experts believe the those patients.” which has killed nearly 228,000 a nobody, a disgruntled employee jectory. We’re going in the wrong by CNN. and West. This will require ag- virus is surging because of pri- As the pandemic threatens people in the United States – the who was quickly removed from direction,” said Dr Anthony Fau- “We continue to see unrelent- gressive mitigation to con- vate social gatherings, colder to stretch into the winter, with world’s highest total. his job a long time ago.” Trump said he did not know Taylor and had “never even heard of him”, although Trump in August called Taylor a “lowlife”. White House Press Secretary Americans plan protests over Kayleigh McEnany blasted Taylor as a “liar and a coward who chose anonymity over action and possible election interference leaking over leading”.

Reuters would mobilise”, he said. the huge jump in mail-in ballots Hurricane Zeta Washington Determining ahead of time, that need time to be counted how, exactly, to defi ne “inter- because of the coronavirus kills three as it rips ference” by the US president pandemic. across US South ozens of activist groups is diffi cult, activists said, but it “The president will accept who claim to represent could include refusing to accept the results of a free and fair Hurricane Zeta tore across the Dmillions of Americans state vote tallies or prematurely election,” White House deputy US South yesterday with strong from both political parties plan declaring victory. press secretary Sarah Matthews winds that left a trail of downed to hit the streets next week, if “We are very concerned that said in response to questions trees, snapped power lines and President Donald Trump ap- Trump is going to try to steal about the activists’ plans. killed at least three people. pears to be interfering with vote this election, using his position “We Count on Us”, a coali- The storm brought 110mph counting or manipulating poll of power,” said Kaela Bamberg- tion of student activists, plans (175kph) winds to the Louisiana results after Election Day. er, an organiser with Shut Down hundreds of proactive, peace- coast and knocked out power to The “Protect the Results” co- DC, which plans civil action ful demonstrations at city halls 2.4mn people from Louisiana to alition of over 130 groups from that may include stopping traf- and counting centres to “make North Carolina. Planned Parenthood to Repub- fi c in the US capital, with doz- sure no lines are crossed”, said A New Orleans man died after licans for the Rule of Law, has ens of other groups. Neha Desaraju of the Sunrise touching a live power line, about 400 events planned to Lessons from other countries Movement, which is a part of while two others were killed in ‘Black Lives Matter’ is spray-painted onto a business that was boarded-up in anticipation of continued date. that have suff ered coups show the coalition. Mississippi and Georgia from the unrest in Philadelphia, following two nights of protest and unrest after the fatal shooting of Walter Participants are prepping to that “time is of the essence”, Others are focused on keep- coastal storm surge and a wind- Wallace Jr by police. demonstrate “as early as the Bamberger said. “The longer ing voters patient until results felled tree, police reported. afternoon on Wednesday, No- the person claims to be in power are announced. Crews overnight cleared major vember 4”, the day after Elec- and tries to force their position The bi-partisan National roadways of tree limbs and tion Day, and await a SMS mes- of power to be extended, the Council on Election Integrity snapped electrical lines as sage. more likely it is there’s nothing has spent $4.5mn on voting ed- residents hauled wind-swept New York promotes fi rst black “We can’t assume that Don- to be done about it.” ucation ads, especially in some debris to the curb in New Orleans. ald Trump will respect the Trump has not committed swing states, said spokesman One man was injured when an peaceful transfer of power,” said to a peaceful transfer of power, Michael Beckel. apartment building collapsed. woman to senior police post Sean Eldridge, the founder and instead warning, without evi- “Because of the pandemic, Zeta is the fifth named storm to president of Stand Up America, dence, of the possibility of fraud things look diff erent this year, strike Louisiana this year and the which started organising the from mail-in ballots. and that will require us to be 27th named storm this season, AFP After 30 years on the force, than a year in his post after coalition in June. Other Republicans have re- more patient than usual,” Beck- one less than the record set in New York and a brief stint in the private disagreements with the mayor, If the president tries to in- jected the idea that he won’t el said. 2005. sector, Holmes had already according to local media. terfere in the counting of bal- step down if defeated. Election experts in these Hurricanes are getting stronger been the NYPD’s most sen- New York’s main police un- lots, or pressures state or local Trump said this week a result states are already warning it and spinning slower, as they pick ew York City promot- ior woman in charge of liaising ion, hostile to De Blasio and offi cials to say ballots should should be announced on Tues- could be days before results are up energy from the heat in the ed a black woman to a with the public since December. calling for the re-election of no longer be counted “then we day, an unlikely scenario given known, he added. oceans due to climate change. Ntop police post yester- She acknowledged that her Donald Trump, applauded Hol- day, a fi rst that comes as the appointment came at a “tumul- mes’ appointment. force continues to face heavy tuous time” for the NYPD, call- “New York City police offi c- criticism from the “Black Lives ing it “the perfect storm”. ers desperately need compe- Matter” movement. The NYPD was fi rst accused tent leaders like Chief Holmes City mayor Bill de Blasio ap- of numerous instances of bru- who can eff ectively push back Teacher turns Kingston walls into blackboards pointed Juanita Holmes as chief tality during the massive Black against the politicians, empow- of patrol – making her the fi rst Lives Matter protests that er us to do our job and help us to woman to take on the role of shook New York in late May. stop this city’s backward slide,” Reuters overseeing 77 police stations Those protests were part of the union said in a tweeted Kingston and a majority of New York Po- nationwide demonstrations statement. lice Department (NYPD) offi c- against police violence ignited As the city prepares for a ers, the largest municipal force by the killing of African Ameri- particularly tense period ahead ith most schools in in the United States with nearly can George Floyd by a white po- of the November 3 presidential Jamaica still closed 35,000 employees. lice offi cer in Minneapolis. election, and radical budget Wdue to the pandemic, The Democratic mayor told In the weeks after, the NYPD cuts due to the pandemic’s fi s- schoolteacher Taneka Mckoy a press conference that it was was accused of deliberately cal shortfall, Holmes pledged to braves daily the risk of stray gun- “incredibly important that our standing down, contributing to work to restore the confi dence shots from gang warfare and the police leadership looks like New an outbreak of homicides and of New Yorkers in the police, in- oppressive Caribbean heat as she York City, and that’s what we shootings in the city for the fi rst cluding deepening community trudges around her inner city are showing here”. time since the 1990s. policing eff orts, which should Kingston community to write He continued: “I also want to An unusually-high number in turn boost police morale. lessons on blackboards painted note that it is really time to have of police offi cers have left or “People want to be heard and on its walls. more and more women in posi- want to retire, a sign of low mo- we are there to listen to them, Parents and children of prima- tions of leadership in the NYPD. rale. but they have to play an intri- ry school age take photos on their And obviously in police forces And the previous patrol chief cate part in crime reduction,” phones of the lessons or write all over the country.” had recently resigned after less she said. them down in a notebook. Later, the children pass by Mckoy’s home to hand in or pick At least 59 bodies found in Mexico hidden graves up their homework, wearing face masks and respecting social The bodies of at least 59 people were found in women are among the victims, Quintana added. distancing measures while they hidden graves in the central Mexican state of The graves were found in the Barrio de San Juan stand in line. Guanajuato, authorities said on Wednesday. neighbourhood in the city of Salvatierra, in the Mckoy, 39, said she felt com- Guanajuato is one of Mexico’s most violent states, southern part of the state, according to Quintana. pelled to start the project when with its wealth and extensive energy infrastructure Authorities were notified of the graves’ possible the new coronavirus reached drawing the attention of criminal gangs. location two weeks ago, and state and federal Jamaica seven months ago and Educator Taneka Mckoy teaches a lesson with a blackboard painted on a wall, in a low-income “The vast majority of the bodies, in which there security institutions have been working together the government closed down its neighbourhood in Kingston. is still some tissue or other sign, would appear for the past eight days. schools in order to contain infec- to be young people, very young, possibly even A team of more than 80 people examined the area tions. purple and white chalk. Caribbean, one of the epicentres lessons, she added. teenagers,” said Karla Quintana, the head of in 18-hour daily shifts, and 52 excavations were “I said that if we don’t meet The teacher, who is now joined of the pandemic. The initiative has gone viral Mexico’s National Search Commission (CNB). carried out that eventually led to the discovery of them and bring them (to learn), in her mission by other teach- Locals say her lessons provide nationally, motivating the pri- Pending expert confirmation, between 10 and 15 the bodies. the family would have lost this ers, including her 23-year-old a respite from the harsh realities vate sector to provide fi nancial opportunity that lies within daughter, estimated that she is of the community. support and supplies. these inner-city community now reaching around 120 chil- “Right now the community “For some, teaching is a call- Top rights court finds Brazil responsible in fireworks blast children,” she told Reuters. “I dren. we are living in is very violent, ing, and she exemplifi es this,” said I have to do something.” And while lessons resumed and it aff ects the kids, so if they says Rebecca Tortello, education The top human rights court in the Americas found government failed to take any measures to inspect First, Mckoy got her husband earlier this month online, her can come and see the work on specialist at the Jamaica branch Brazil guilty of violating victims’ rights in a deadly the factory prior to the explosion, considered the to paint nine blackboards, then project is as relevant as ever be- the board, at least something of United Nations children’s 1998 explosion at a fireworks factory, ordering an worst fireworks accident in Brazilian history. she started getting up before cause many schoolchildren in can occupy their time,” said local agency Unicef. “We ... are liais- overhaul of safety policies at pyrotechnic plants, The 1998 blast in Santo Antonio de Jesus, in the dawn to plod through a warren Jamaica do not have access to mother Natalie Turner. ing with the government to see if, experts said on Wednesday. northeastern state of Bahia, killed 64 people. of muddy lanes and potholed the necessary technology or the If people in the community see and how best, her innovative and The ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Most of the victims were women, four of whom streets to write numeracy and Internet – a problem for many children running around, they practical process can be scaled Rights, made public on Monday, said that the were pregnant, and 23 were children. literacy lessons on them in green, families in Latin America and the will urge them to get the daily up.” Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 9 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA

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ustralia’s third most at Bangkok protest rally populous state goes to Athe polls tomorrow in Thai opposition figure The government made no palace fortune valued in tens of year, prosecutors in the coun- Move Forward Party. Future Forward jolted Thai- an election overshadowed by charged over illegal protest immediate comment on yester- billions of dollars. try’s capital said. The indictment comes a day land’s political scene when it the coronavirus pandemic and day’s event. The king has spent much of Thanathorn Juangroongru- after Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, entered the fray in 2018, winning which looks set to extend a frac- Reuters/AFP The protesters’ show, with a his time in Germany this year angkit, a charismatic billionaire Thailand’s fi rst transgender 6.3mn votes and drawing the ture in the country’s national Bangkok red carpet parade by activists and on Monday protesters and founder of the dissolved Fu- legislator, was disqualifi ed from support of mostly young Thais cabinet on how best to handle lampooning royalty, took place marched to the German embassy ture Forward party, is accused of parliament after the constitu- wary of pro-establishment forc- the pandemic and economic re- on the same day that one of the to request an inquiry into his ac- fi ve public assembly violations tional court found her guilty of es in government. covery. hai protesters criticised king’s daughters, a designer, was tions and lifestyle there. linked to the rally in Bangkok’s owning shares in a media com- Last year’s elections – the Queensland state Premier An- spending by King Maha to launch a new fashion collec- Germany does not believe the central shopping district in De- pany. fi rst since a 2014 coup – saw the nastacia Palaszczuk, who is ex- TVajiralongkorn’s palace tion. king has so far breached its ban cember 2019. Thanathorn also fell foul of party become the third largest in pected to be returned to power, and held a “fashion show” yes- Speakers at the rally de- on conducting politics while Charges include failing to no- the same electoral law and lost parliament, but its radical agen- has adopted stringent anti-virus terday that parodied members nounced what they said was staying there, a parliamentary tify police of a public gathering, his seat in November last year. da ruffl ed conservative military controls, including the closure of the royal family at a rally in wasteful spending by the royal source in Berlin said on Wednes- blocking a sky train station, us- Also facing criminal charges interests. of state borders, causing friction Bangkok that drew thousands of family at a time Thailand’s tour- day. ing a megaphone without per- over the December fl ash mob It was disbanded by a court in with Prime Minister Scott Mor- people. ist-reliant economy has been hit The Thai protesters also seek mission and holding a rally close are Move Forward Party leader February, a move which fuelled rison who wants internal bor- What began as anti-govern- hard by the coronavirus. a new constitution and the re- to a royal residence, his lawyer Pita Limjaroenrat and former discontent and helped ignite ders open to boost an economic ment demonstrations in July “It wouldn’t be a problem if moval of Prime Minister Pray- Krisadang Nutcharut said. Future Forward party offi cials a youth-led pro-democracy recovery. have increasingly called for re- this wasn’t our money,” student uth Chan-ocha, a former junta “The maximum sentence is Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, Pan- movement that has seen near The borders between Aus- forms of the monarchy, breaking leader Jutatip Sirikhan told the leader who rejects their accu- six months in jail,” he told re- nika Wanich, and Pairatchote daily rallies since July. tralia’s six states are either a longstanding taboo and defy- crowd. sations that he engineered last porters. Chantarakachorn. Move Forward MPs have re- completely closed or allow only ing a law that sets a jail term of Protesters have called for re- year’s elections in order to stay The charges yesterday are part They are due to face trial in cently drawn the ire of the gov- restricted travel, as each state up to 15 years for criticising the forms to the monarchy to reduce in power. of a slew of recent legal actions December. ernment for actively participat- battles to reduce virus infec- king and his family. the king’s powers. Meanwhile, a prominent Thai against Thanathorn and other “I will honestly fi ght this ing in those protests, as well as tions. The Palace has made no com- They have also demanded the anti-establishment fi gure was Thai MPs elected under the Fu- case,” Pita told reporters outside making vocal calls for pro-de- “It appears the Labor govern- ment on the protests since they reversal of changes that gave him charged yesterday for his role in ture Forward banner but who the attorney-general’s offi ce mocracy leaders to be released ment will be returned and in- began. control of some army units and a an illegal fl ash mob protest last have now shifted to its successor yesterday. “I will not fl ee.” from prison. teresting dynamic will be what happens with national cabinet,” said Chris Salisbury, a politics professor at the University of Queensland. “The pandemic probably has another year to go Vietnam troops hunt Activists and Morrison will not want hos- tility with state premiers as he looks to repair the economy.” for survivors after 19 slam govt Australia in March created a national cabinet which includes federal, state and territory lead- perish in landslides plan for ers to co-ordinate measures to stop the disease spreading. The highly-contagious coro- Reuters tened,” Ho Thi Ha, who lost her Komodo navirus causes the Covid-19 Hanoi father in the landslide, told Tuoi respiratory disease. Tre, adding: “There’s nothing Once united, the cabinet has left.” dragon fractured amid a series of squab- ietnam hunted for sur- As well as the dead scores bles between Morrison and sev- vivors yesterday after more were still missing, most- eral state premiers. Vlandslides triggered by ly in landslides, as a result of habitat Morrison will need to repair Typhoon Molave, one of its a succession of storms which the relationship as he seeks to strongest storms in decades, have hammered Vietnam since revive Australia’s ailing econo- lashed a central region already early October. AFP my and get state approval to get reeling from weeks of heavy The bodies of 12 fi shermen Jakarta more than 20,000 stranded citi- rains that have killed at least were found at sea yesterday zens home. 160 people. and the navy was searching for Australia has for several Hundreds of soldiers with 14 others missing since their Rescue team search for victims of a landslide in Vietnam’s Quang Nam province. ndonesian conservationists months capped the number of heavy equipment were de- boats sank while trying to come have slammed government citizens allowed to return home ployed to landslides in remote ashore two days earlier, state exploded bombs, revealed by heavy rains and some of the out electricity, with heavy rain Iplans to turn the home of en- and several states are reluctant areas of Quang Nam province, broadcaster VTV reported. heavy rains. worst fl ooding in years in cen- expected in the central region dangered Komodo dragons into to increase the cap signifi cantly where 19 people were killed and “We can forecast the storm At least seven American tral Vietnam, pushing relief until tomorrow. a Jurassic Park-style attraction, for fears it could trigger out- 12 were missing. path or the amount of rain, but MK82 bombs from the US-Vi- agencies to their limits. The typhoon weakened to a after a viral photo showing one breaks of Covid-19. At the site of one landslide can’t predict when landslides etnam war were discovered in Molave hit the Philippines at tropical depression after mak- of the giant reptiles sparked an Morrison’s relationship with that buried a village of 53 peo- happen,” Deputy Prime Min- the central province of Quang the weekend and deaths there ing landfall on Wednesday and online backlash over the devel- Palaszczuk has soured in recent ple, rescue workers pulled 33 ister Trinh Dinh Dung said in a Tri yesterday, state media said. from mudslides and fl oods rose by afternoon yesterday, the opment. months amid Canberra’s frus- survivors from the mud, the statement. More than 1mn people have to 16 yesterday. skies over the worst aff ected Nearly 3,000 of the world’s tration with Queensland’s slow Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Complicating rescue eff orts been aff ected for weeks by the It damaged 56,000 homes in areas had cleared, VTV said, biggest lizard species live on a reopening. “The whole village was fl at- has been the emergence of un- storms, which have caused Vietnam and left millions with- helping rescue eff orts. cluster of islands east of Bali, where they grow to around 3m (10’) in length and weigh up to 90kg (200 pounds). Authorities last month un- veiled a proposal to build a tour- Scientists fi nd huge new healthy coral reef Court suspends road ist development on one of the islands, dubbed “Jurassic Park” after architects published a pro- Reuters work after Aboriginal motional video of the project, set Sydney to music from the movie fran- chise. tree is chopped down But environmentalists warned ustralian scientists have then that it would threaten the found a detached coral already at-risk species. Areef on the Great Barrier Reuters a spokesman for the protest- This week a picture of a Ko- Reef that exceeds the height of Melbourne ers, Zellanach Djab Mara, said modo dragon in the path of a the Empire State Building and in a statement from the camp, truck carrying construction the Eiff el Tower, the Schmidt known as the Djab Wurrung supplies renewed debate over Ocean Institute said this week, n Australian court has embassy. the project, after it was shared the fi rst such discovery in over suspended work to ex- The destruction of the tree widely online. 100 years. Apand a highway after of- comes fi ve months after min- “The idea to build a Jurassic The “blade like” reef is nearly fi cials cut down an ancient tree ing company Rio Tinto de- Park is honestly embarrassing,” 500m tall and 1.5km wide, said that Aboriginal people said was stroyed, with state approval, said Gregorius Afi oma, an ac- the institute founded by ex- a sacred “directions tree”. a sacred rockshelter in West- tivist at local social justice NGO Google boss Eric Schmidt and Transport offi cials cut down ern Australia that was 46,000 Sunspirit. his wife Wendy. the yellow box gum tree, es- years old, sparking an outcry, “People come here to see ko- It lies 40m below the ocean timated by Indigenous Djab executive dismissals, a parlia- modos in their natural habitat ... surface and about 6km from the Wurrung people to be hun- mentary enquiry and an accel- these people are selling a con- edge of Great Barrier Reef. dreds of years old, on Monday, eration in state legal reform. cept where (visitors) can walk A team of scientists from when police arrested more State highway authority around indoors to see komodo James Cook University, led by than 50 people camped out at Major Road Projects Victoria dragons, which to me is no dif- Dr Robin Beaman, were map- the area to try to save it, ac- wants to realign the stretch of ferent than a zoo,” he added. ping the northern seafl oor of A robotic arm takes a sample from a 500m-tall coral reef discovered by Australian scientists, off cording to news reports and highway after a series of fatal Rima Melani Bilaut of the In- the Great Barrier Reef on board Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, in this still image taken from video provided on social media. social media. crashes in recent years. donesian Forum for the Environ- the institute’s research vessel Victoria state’s Supreme “The tree ... has not been ment, added that the develop- Falkor, when they found the reef study earlier this month found “To not only 3D map the reef to expel living algae and causing Court granted a stop-work or- assessed as having tangible ment would further threaten the on October 20. the Great Barrier Reef had lost in detail, but also visually see it to gradually calcify and turn der until November 19 for the heritage values” by traditional dragons by reducing the size of “We are surprised and elated more than half its coral in the this discovery with SuBastian is white. 12km roadworks that would owners that represent the Djab their habitat. by what we have found,” said last three decades. incredible,” Beaman added. The Great Barrier Reef runs impact the area signifi cant to Wurrung people, the authority The government said the truck Beaman. Using the underwater robot Although the northern sec- 2,300km (1,429 miles) down Djab Wurrung women, who said. in the now-viral photo was not He said it was the fi rst de- known as SuBastian, the scien- tion of the Great Barrier Reef Australia’s northeast coast traditionally used it for birth- The Easter Marr Aboriginal linked to the controversial de- tached reef of that size to be tists fi lmed their exploration of suff ered from bleaching in 2016, spanning an area half the size of ing practices, near the town Corporation (EMAC), which velopment, which has been put discovered in over 120 years and the new reef, collecting sam- Beaman said this detached reef Texas. of Buangor, 170km (106 miles) legally represents the area, said on ice until mid-2021 because of that it was thriving with a “bliz- ples which will be archived and did not display any evidence of It was world heritage listed northwest of Melbourne. that the tree, while majestic, the coronavirus pandemic. zard of fi sh” in a healthy ecosys- placed in the Queensland Muse- damage. in 1981 by Unesco as the most “They can destroy Country did not appear to have been al- “If we control it well and min- tem. um and the Museum of Tropical Bleaching occurs when the extensive and spectacular coral and they can destroy trees but tered by Aboriginal people for imise contact with wildlife, the The discovery comes after a Queensland. water is too warm, forcing coral reef ecosystem on the planet. they can’t destroy our spirit,” usage in cultural traditions. current tourism development will not endanger the komodo population,” said an environ- Pilot killed as Taiwan fighter jet crashes into sea Hong Kong teen activist charged with secession ment ministry offi cial in a state- ment this week. A Taiwanese pilot was killed yesterday after his unprecedented level of incursions into its defence A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist was hearing on January 7 and faces a possible life Conservationists have long fighter jet crashed off the island’s eastern coast zone by Chinese fighters. charged yesterday with secession, the first public prison sentence if convicted under the new law. feared that mass tourism, traf- during routine training, the air force said, in the The island says it has scrambled its fighters at political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping Chung is a former member of Student Localism, fi cking and a lack of natural prey second fatal air crash in three months. double the rate of last year in an eff ort to warn off new national security law Beijing imposed on the a small group that advocates Hong Kong’s threaten the survival of Komodo Pilot Chu Kuang-meng ejected from the F-5E jet Chinese jets. city. independence from China. dragons. after reporting an engine malfunction shortly after Beijing views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as its Tony Chung, 19, appeared in court two days after The group said it disbanded its Hong Kong Last year, Indonesia scrapped take-off , the air force said. own territory and has vowed to one day seize it he was arrested by plainclothes police in a Hong network shortly before Beijing blanketed the city plans to ban tourists from the The 29-year-old was rescued from the sea back, by force if necessary. Kong coff ee shop opposite the US consulate, also in its new security law in late June but kept its conservation area and said it unconscious but could not be revived. Analysts say China’s increased buzzing of Taiwan charged with money laundering and conspiring to international chapters going. would instead limit visitor num- The crash comes as Taiwan’s aged and is a way to test the island’s defence responses, but publish seditious content. The legislation outlawed a host of new crimes, bers and raise entry prices to under-equipped air force is forced to meet an also wear out its fighters. He was remanded into custody until his next court including expressing certain political views. create a “premium destination”. Gulf Times 10 Friday, October 30, 2020 EUROPE UK Labour suspends former leader Corbyn

Reuters worst, could be seen to accept it,” cept all the EHRC fi ndings, that impression has been created of leadership contest in 2015. London the EHRC said. the scale of the problem had been the number of members accused But critics, including some Corbyn’s successor, Keir overstated by the media and by of anti-Semitism ... that is what Jewish Labour lawmakers and Starmer, said he accepted the his political opponents, and that has been overstated, not the se- members, said that his ascent ritain’s Labour opposition fi ndings in full and would im- his attempts to deal with the is- riousness of the problem.” led to a surge of anti-Semitic has suspended its former plement all the recommended sue had been blocked by “ob- The Board of Deputies of Brit- comments within the party, with Bleader Jeremy Corbyn af- reforms. structive party bureaucracy”. ish Jews welcomed the suspen- the lines between opposition to ter he downplayed a report that “It is a day of shame for the After his comments, Labour sion. Israel and anti-Jewish prejudice detailed serious failings in the Labour Party. We have failed suspended him. “Having presided over the becoming blurred. party’s handling of persistent Jewish people ... I am truly sorry “In light of his comments descent of a proudly anti-racist The issue dogged Corbyn anti-Semitism complaints dur- for all the pain and grief that has made today and his failure to party into a party that broke throughout his leadership de- ing his 2015-2019 leadership. been caused,” he said. “Never retract them subsequently, the equalities law in its treatment of spite his insistence that he op- The Equality and Human again will we fail to tackle anti- Labour Party has suspended Jer- Jews, his shameless comments posed all forms of racism includ- Rights Commission (EHRC) said Semitism and never again will we emy Corbyn pending investiga- today showed that he remains ing anti-Semitism. it had found evidence of political lose your trust.” tion,” it said in a statement. part of the problem and is an ob- Jewish leaders repeatedly con- interference in the processing of Starmer has been trying to Corbyn said he would strongly struction to the resolution of the demned his statements as weak anti-Semitism complaints, fail- mark a clean break from the Cor- contest his suspension, calling it issue,” president Marie van der and tone-deaf. ure to provide adequate training byn era on the anti-Semitism is- a political intervention. Zyl said. Corbyn resigned after La- to people handling the com- sue, but the ruling Conservatives “I’ve made absolutely clear A veteran campaigner for Pal- bour suff ered a heavy defeat by plaints, and harassment. were quick to point out that he that those who deny there has estinian rights who spent dec- Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “The ... analysis points to a had held a senior post as Labour been an anti-Semitism problem ades as an obscure lawmaker on Conservatives in last year’s De- culture within the party which, Brexit policy chief under Cor- in the Labour Party are wrong,” the left-wing fringes of the par- cember general election, with Corbyn: A false impression has been created of the number of at best, did not do enough to byn. he said following his suspension. ty, Corbyn shocked the estab- Starmer taking over earlier this members accused of anti-Semitism ... that is what has been overstated. prevent anti-Semitism and, at Corbyn, 71, said he did not ac- “It’s also undeniable that a false lishment by winning the Labour year. France braces itself for fresh virus lockdown Reuters/AFP Thousands of German police plan to hunt out lockdown breakers Paris Germany plans to deploy thousands of federal police success of the new measures,” Seehofer said. “In co- off icers across the country to enforce toughened ordination with the states, federal police will deploy tores and businesses coronavirus restrictions from Monday, including the thousands of off icers.” across France were fi lled closure of restaurants and bars, Interior Minister Heightened checks could be unpopular in a country Syesterday by people rac- Horst Seehofer said yesterday. wary of state surveillance after the experience of A woman uses a robot to interactively engage with Philip Colbert’s Lobsteropolis exhibition at a preview ing to get supplies – and maybe Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany’s state lead- Communist East Germany and Hitler’s Nazis. event at London’s Saatchi Gallery. a last-minute haircut – ahead ers agreed on Wednesday to an emergency month- The western city of Essen has provoked criticism of a new coronavirus lockdown long lockdown that includes closing restaurants, from opposition politicians for trying to recruit coming into eff ect at midnight. gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus residents to report other citizens who do not comply Essentials like pasta and toilet cases that risks overwhelming hospitals. with coronavirus restrictions, a method seen by paper were in high demand, as “Running checks will be crucial to ensure the some as a reminder of the Nazi past. Robots get private view of were printer ink and electronics for working from home, while yoga mats were no longer to be voted to approve the new lock- to stay calm,” he said. “There seen an increase in appoint- found at many sporting goods down. won’t be any shortages, but I’m ments, the future looks uncer- major pop art exhibition stores. Castex said that schools, hoping not to have come back tain. “I’m stocking up, since we which this time around will be tomorrow, when there will be “It will be diffi cult for us,” don’t know when this will end,” allowed to stay open, would re- tonnes of people.” Duhautbois said. “The Christ- Reuters tion opening using these telep- culture and history. said Catherine Debeaupuis quire face masks for children as Hairdressers were turning mas season is very important for London resence robots as almost like a “It’s quite incredible to be while shopping at an electronics young as six, down from 11 and away customers, many of whom our earnings. We feel like we’re sci-fi vision of a possible future, driving round Saatchi,” said Josh retailer in central Paris. older until now. were not convinced the lock- paying, like we’re being pun- where we have a telepresence ro- Corden, an artist and preview Just under 33mn people He warned the second wave down would ease on December 1 ished for the errors of others.” ondon’s Saatchi gallery is bot which goes out into the world invitee. watched President Emmanuel of coronavirus cases would be as Macron said he hoped. At the sprawling La Defense holding a private viewing for us so we stay protected at “I think it’s incredibly power- Macron announce the grim worse than the fi rst that erupted “Give me something that business district west of the Lfor robots and humans, al- home,” Colbert told Reuters. ful,” he said from east London. news in a prime-time address in March, which claimed around will last for a while,” Oulaya, a capital, employees made a fi nal lowing people and machines to “I felt that that was not only a The idea for the show was born on Wednesday - just fi ve days 30,000 lives before easing in the 50-year-old woman who man- commute to transfer landlines wander through the wacky world way of making the show more ac- during lockdown isolation. after saying “it’s still too early” summer. aged to get a spot at the Angelo to mobile phones or give offi ce of pop artist Philip Colbert in a cessible but also creating a more Auctioneer Simon de Pury at- to consider new lockdowns. Health Minister Olivier Veran Capelli salon on the Place de la plants a last watering. show designed to work both dig- fantastical vision of the future... tended the show through a telep- He said that hospitals would estimated yesterday that only Republique in eastern Paris. Several people pulled suit- itally and in real life. it is very possible that people resence robot, which he control- soon be overwhelmed by a vi- about 1mn of France’s 67mn in- At the Tchip salon in the cases to empty out their offi ces The show displays work fea- could be physically required to be led remotely from his home in rus that is spreading “at a speed habitants are presently infected northern French city of Cam- of important fi les or laptops. turing Colbert’s cartoon lobster, present and are not able [to be], Monaco. that even the most pessimistic with the virus – far below the brai, hairdressers were squeez- Many Parisians said they were the central character in his paint- so hence they have a robot pres- “This is a wonderful way of at- did not predict”. exposure levels needed to bring ing in as many appointments hoping to fl ee to country homes ings and sculptures. ence somehow,” he said. tending an auction preview or an Yet several lawmakers booed the outbreak under control. as possible due to the sudden or other havens to ride out the Telepresence robots – remote- Guests can tour the gallery exhibition preview. in parliament yesterday when Like others in a crowded Paris demand, hairdresser Cathy Du- lockdown – the national traffi c controlled robots on wheels with in person or by booking a robot “You can get close up to the Prime Minister Jean Castex as- supermarket, Mourad Ama- hautbois told Reuters. agency reported unusually large cameras and a tablet screen are which they can then navigate artwork, you can have a look at sured that “we knew this sec- rouche was loading up on toilet “You’d think Christmas had traffi c jams in the capital on on off er for those who don’t at- through the space, zooming in it from near, from far and you ond wave was coming”, though paper and pasta for his family. come early,” she said. Wednesday evening, just before tend in person. and out on works exploring mass get an idea of proportion so it’s a a solid majority – 339 to 27 – “Just one of each, we’re going But although this week has Macron spoke. “I wanted to stage my exhibi- consumerism, contemporary pretty cool way of looking at art.”

BBC clamps down Lukashenko shuts borders, shakes up security team on staff social media Reuters Poland said only Belarusian Lithuanian border guard, told al strike call by the opposition presidential election on August 9 Moscow citizens and trucks were being Reuters. failed to bring the economy to a which the opposition and West- allowed to travel to Belarus at The change came without an halt this week. ern governments say was rigged. and paid speeches some of its border. advance warning, he added. But Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, “Lukashenko is nervous and in elarusian leader Alexan- Lukashenko has been at log- Lukashenko’s government also his main opponent who fl ed into a fl ap because he can’t quell the der Lukashenko partially gerheads with his European Un- announced that Ivan Kubrakov, exile after the election and called protests. He thinks if he shuffl es AFP in Davie’s sights is former Eng- Bclosed the country’s land ion neighbours since the country who as head of police in the capi- for the strike, said the president’s the deck of security personnel, it London land footballer Gary Lineker, borders and replaced his interior plunged into turmoil following a tal Minsk has led the crackdown actions were a sign of weakness. will have an eff ect. Lukashenko is the publicly-funded corpora- minister and named three secu- disputed election in August. on the biggest demonstrations, “The regime destroys itself. still betting on stifl ing the pro- tion’s best-paid presenter, who rity hawks to new roles yesterday He has threatened border clo- was appointed interior minister. Both the closure of the borders tests,” said political analyst Alex- he BBC has unveiled new is an outspoken voice on Twit- in an attempt to tighten his grip sures before but not acted on the His predecessor, Yuri Karayev, and the next appointments are ander Klaskovsky. impartiality guidelines ter. after months of mass protests. threat. was one of three men named to signals of a weakening of his Lukashenko also ordered the Tafter accusations that Lineker and some BBC staff Minsk announced the restric- Cars going into Belarus were new roles as presidential aides power. He makes inconsistent strengthening of armed volun- journalists and other staff have have backed a campaign by tions at its borders with Poland, barred from entry from 1400 and inspectors responsible for decisions because he is in a pan- teer militia units, which in theory undermined its credibility via Manchester United footballer Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, GMT, and in few hours the bor- key regions of the country. ic,” she said in a statement. already exist but in practice have their social media accounts or Marcus Rashford, seeking to citing the ongoing coronavirus der was closed for outgoing cars, Lukashenko’s position ap- Security forces have arrested not played a role in the crisis till by accepting lucrative off ers to force the government to pro- pandemic. Rustamas Liubajevas, chief of the pears more secure after a nation- more than 16,000 people since a now. give outside speeches. vide free school meals for Staff , contractors and free- poorer children outside term lancers could face dismissal time during the coronavirus Meghan wins bid to delay court battle with UK newspaper Three dead in attack in French church for “serious” breaches of the pandemic. guidelines, according to the The BBC has also been on the Meghan, the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, won examined in the course of a private hearing,” he said. A knife-wielding attacker beheaded a woman and killed two other broadcaster, which has been defensive for failing to police her bid to have a privacy action against a tabloid “My conclusion is that the right decision in all the people in a church in the French city of Nice yesterday. coming under pressure from outside activities by present- newspaper postponed until next Autumn after a circumstances is to grant the application.” A defiant President Emmanuel Macron, declaring that France had the ruling Conservatives over ers. judge heard a confidential reason from her lawyers Last month, the Mail successfully applied for been subject to a religious terrorist attack, said he would deploy its funding and the politics of North America editor Jon for seeking a delay. permission to amend its defence of the case, arguing thousands more soldiers to protect important French sites, such as some personnel. Sopel was criticised last year Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and a former actress, that the couple had co-operated with a biography places of worship and schools. “Impartiality is the foun- for giving a paid speech to to- is suing Associated Newspapers over articles in the about them, Finding Freedom, which was published Speaking from the scene, he said France had been attacked “over dation on which we deliv- bacco giant Philip Morris In- Mail on Sunday that included parts of a handwritten in August. our values, for our taste for freedom, for the ability on our soil to er insightful, exciting and ternational in Miami. letter she had sent to her estranged father, Thomas Yesterday Meghan’s lawyers launched an appeal have freedom of belief”. ground-breaking stories,” new Davie said that under the Markle, in August 2018. against that decision and asked the judge to rule on A police source told Reuters the assailant was believed by law director-general Tim Dav- new guidelines, staff will now Judge Mark Warby said yesterday that he had the whole case without the need for a full trial. enforcement to be a 21-year-old Tunisian national who had recently ie said in an e-mail to staff . have to declare “certain types granted the delay for the trial, which was due to have The judge said he would hear arguments for a so- entered France from Italy. “These guidelines are intended of work undertaken outside of started in London on January 11, until the autumn of called summary judgment on January 12-13. None of the victims has so far been named. to help us continue to deliver the BBC”, akin to declarations 2021. The exact date will be decided later. Meghan’s lawyers say the publication of the letter to “The suspected knife attacker was shot by police while being this, and build audience trust.” required for members of par- “The primary basis for the application is a her father was a misuse of private information and detained. He is on his way to hospital, he is alive,” the police source One of the stars potentially liament. confidential ground, the merits of which have been breached her copyright. said. Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 11 INDIA

LAW AND ORDER PEOPLE POLITICS EDUCATION CONTROVERSY Violence erupts over Rajinikanth’s political Don’t want to comment on Andhra schools, colleges to IPS off icer resigns Munger firing incident plans face setback Modi’s remarks: Tejashwi reopen from November 2 in promotions row

Angry over the Munger firing incident in Bihar, a Actor Rajinikanth yesterday tweeted he would In the wake of the ‘Yuvraj of Jungle Raj’ remark Andhra Pradesh has allowed all government Controversial 1989-batch IPS off icer additional mob of several hundred people set police vehicles consult off icials of Rajini Makkal Mandram about his by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mahagath- schools and colleges to reopen from November director general of police P Ravindranath re- on fire and vandalised property at the Purab Sarai health condition and announce his political stance bandhan leader Tejashwi Yadav yesterday said 2 with all precautionary measures amid the Covid signed after the government released a promo- police station and at the off ice of the superintend- to the people. Denying a statement purported to be “the PM of our country is free to say anything. pandemic. Chief secretary Nilam Sawhney con- tion list of IPS off icers. He has reportedly alleged ent of police yesterday afternoon. The situation issued by him announcing his decision to quit politics We were expecting him to say something on firmed that the state government is going ahead that his batchmate and former Bengaluru city was tense in Munger on yesterday and all shops Rajinikanth said some of the contents in that state- unemployment, job creation, special package, with the reopening of educational institutions. The police commissioner, T Sunil Kumar was pro- in the district remain closed. The Election Com- ment relating to his health and the medical advice starvation in Bihar but he has taken a different date for reopening schools was already communi- moted just a day before his retirement. Despite mission has removed Munger district magistrate given by the doctors were true. “After discussing the path to attack me. I don’t want to comment on cated earlier, even as the uncertainty over colleges attempts to reach him, the police off icer did not Rajesh Meena and police superintendent Lipi matter with the off icials of Rajini Makkal Mandram at his remarks.” “The core issue of this election is has also been cleared now. “Schools will be run on respond. According to a senior police off icer, Singh. Earlier a large number of local residents an appropriate time will announce my political stance unemployment, job creation, development and alternate days in three phases for which off icials are Ravindranath has a history of resigning from his had shouted slogans against the Munger police to the people,” Rajinikanth said. As per the alleged people know it. Despite this they (the National making arrangements,” Sawhney said. As part of the posts and withdrawing after sometime.”This has claiming they had opened fire at a gathering statement, Rajinikanth’s doctors had voiced out their Democratic Alliance) are not talking on real reopening, classes IX, X and intermediate first and become a habit to him. In the last 12 years, he on Monday night that left one person dead and reservations on his political entry since he had under- issues. They are busy in personal attacks,” Yadav second year will function on alternate days for only must have resigned thrice including this one,” several others injured. gone a kidney transplant sometime back. added. half a day. an off icer said. Kerala CPM Toxic air secretary’s son arrested in narcotics case

IANS tary. Only if he remains in that Thiruvananthapuram post, will it be good for us,” said Chennithala. “Look what’s hap- pening, Vijayan’s offi ce is in the ours after the enforce- midst of gold smuggling, while ment directorate se- Balakrishnan’s home is a den of Hcured custody of Kerala narcotics,” said Chennithala. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s State BJP president K Suren- former secretary M Sivasankar, dran said “strange are the ways in Bengaluru, the ED arrested of what’s happening to the CPI- Bineesh Kodiyeri, the son of M in Kerala.” CPI-M Kerala secretary Kodiyeri “On one hand Vijayan is Balakrishnan. caught in the gold smuggling The ED arrested Bineesh in case and none will forget the connection with funding of decision of the CPI-M wherein money to Anoop Mohamed, an they said the family members accused in a narcotic case. of all party members should be People ride on a boat near the banks of the Yamuna River during a smoggy morning at sunrise in New Delhi yesterday. The capital’s air quality was at its worst this season Mohamed was arrested by equally clean. See what has hap- yesterday, as winds heavy with toxic smoke from polluting vehicles and smouldering crop waste fires in neighbouring states lingered low over the city. the Narcotics Control Bureau in pened to Balakrishnan’s son. Bengaluru a few months ago. It’s time the CPI-M in Kerala undergoes a total cleansing. No “Look what’s happening, state government in the country Vijayan’s offi ce is in would have had such a double the midst of gold whammy on a single day. smuggling, while “Both the chief minister Balakrishnan’s home and Balakrishnan should quit,” is a den of narcotics” Surendran insisted. However, putting up a brave Bineesh was fi rst interrogated front CPI-M general secretary Priyanka slams Mayawati by ED offi cials last month and Sitaram Yechury said the BJP was soon after it had also sent him acting desperate. a notice under the Prevention “The people in Kerala of Money Laundering Act and know everything. Already asked him to give the list of his Balakrishnan had said that nei- assets. The agency also directed ther the party nor the govern- for support to BJP in polls the state registration department ment will come to the help of to prepare a list of his assets and wrongdoers. This is going to af- to see that there is no transfer fect the image of the opposition IANS cal on Dalit issues. “From Son- house attack on her in 1995 was Congress president Sonia Gan- “I remained in the Congress or sale of his assets (properties) parties,” Yechury maintained. New Delhi bhadra to Hathras, the Congress a ‘mistake’ on her part. dhi, Tandon said she had worked because I believed that things without their knowledge. The setback for the ruling has been at the forefront of the She added that the seven leg- for the Congress for 15 years as would change for the better and Bineesh was then asked to ap- CPI-M has come at a time when agitations.” Priyanka said. islators, who had ‘betrayed’ the a party worker and as MP from a new leadership would emerge. I pear before them on October the party was getting ready to ahujan Samaj Party su- The SP and the Congress are party, have been suspended. Unnao. have spoken to a number of other 21, but he wrote to ED that he face two polls – for local bodies premo Mayawati’s an- out to to show that Mayawati Party sources said the sus- She regretted the fact that she leaders and they share my senti- needed time and appeared before in December and the Assembly Bnouncement that her par- and the BJP are on the same side. pensions were carried out after could not establish communi- ments and feelings,” she said. them yesterday morning. election in May 2021. ty will support the BJP in council One of the rebel BSP legisla- legal opinion was taken. cation with the state leadership Tandon said she would discuss Soon he was taken into cus- Meanwhile Vijayan yesterday elections to seven seats in Uttar tors, Hakim Lal Bind, claimed The suspended legislators are that remained unco-operative. with her supporters before decid- tody and later produced before a appeared to be unfazed by the Pradesh may be counter pro- Mayawati used to say she was Aslam Chaudhary, Aslam Raini, “Losing the 2019 election was ing on the future course of action. Bengaluru court . controversy. ductive for the party and a boon against the BJP, but now she is Muztaba Siddiqui, Hakim Lal not as hurtful as the fact that the Tandon’s resignation from the Reacting to the developments, Contrary to expectations, Vi- for the Samajwadi Party and the seeking BJP’s support. Bind, Govind Jatav, Sushma Jat- party in Uttar Pradesh is dis- Congress is a severe jolt to the opposition leader Ramesh Chen- jayan made a surprise appear- Congress in the state. Seven seats in Uttar Pradesh av and Vandana Singh. integrating and the party high party – more so, because by- nithala said this was not the fi rst ance to give out the daily Covid One of the fi rst from the Con- are going to the bypolls on No- Meanwhile, the Congress suf- command is not taking eff ective elections in Bangarmau, which time Balakrishnan’s sons have fi gures. After speaking about it, gress to react to Mayawati’s vember 3 and in all the seats, fered a major setback in Uttar steps to redeem the situation. is a part of Unnao, are barely landed in trouble. “The CPI-M in when the fi rst question came open announcement was party candidates from the BJP, Con- Pradesh when former MP Annu The state leadership is only con- four days away. Kerala is now in custody. First the about the day’s developments, he general secretary Priyanka Gan- gress, BSP and SP are in fray. Tandon quit the party with her cerned with social media man- Tandon’s resignation has secretary to Vijayan – Sivasankar said, “First let me answer ques- dhi, who said “anything more All seven seats were won held supporters. agement and personal brand- given a voice to resentment that was arrested by enforcement di- tions on Covid.” And after that left after this”, indicating that by BJP candidates in the last In a press release, Tandon ing,” she stated. has been simmering within the rectorate and now the CPI-M when a question was asked about the BSP supremo’s decision to elections. blamed the state leadership for She said that she and her sup- party over Priyanka’s style of party secretary’s son has been ar- the arrest of Sivasankar, he said, be with the BJP may help the Mayawati yesterday accused her decision and said she had porters were victims of a misin- functioning and her over-de- rested by ED in a narcotics case. “if there are more questions on Congress make inroads in the the SP of being anti-Dalit and met Priyanka and had discussed formation campaign being led pendence on leaders who do not “Our request is Balakrishnan this topic, I will bunch them to- BSP’s Dalit vote bank, especially admitted that withdrawing the the issues with her but the talks by nondescript people in the subscribe to the Congress ideol- should not resign as state secre- gether and answer.” when the Congress has been vo- case related to the state guest- proved futile. In her letter to party. ogy.

Covid cases at 8mn Angry teen kills dad, watches President, Modi lead crime series to destroy evidence A 17-year-old killed his father since Mishra worked there as in a fit of rage and took cues a donation collector. Some of from TV serial Crime Patrol to his colleagues identified that destroy the evidence. When the body was of Manoj from tributes to ex-Gujarat CM the boy, a class XII student, his spectacles. The victim’s was arrested on Wednesday, colleagues at ISKCON said IANS Amit Shah and Defence Minister minister or chief minister, he the Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, that they did not doubt his New Delhi Rajnath Singh along with vari- ensured many farmer friendly police checked his mobile prolonged absence since ous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) measures were passed,” Modi phone and found that he had Manoj often used to travel. expressed sorrow over the death said. watched the Crime Patrol se- Mathura superintendent of onveying his condolence of Patel who died at a hospital in “Everyone loved his aff able ries over a 100 times. Accord- police (city) Udai Shanker to the kin of former Gu- Ahmedabad yesterday morning. nature. His demise is an irrepara- ing to reports, the boy killed Singh said that whenever Cjarat chief minister Ke- He was 92 years of age. ble loss. We are all grieving today. his father Manoj Mishra, 42, on police called Manoj’s son for shubhai Patel, President Ram Modi expressed sadness at Pa- My thoughts are with his family May 2 when the latter scolded questioning, he would evade Nath Kovind yesterday said the tel’s death, calling him an “out- and well-wishers. Spoke to his him. The boy hit his father on coming and would instead ask nation had lost a stalwart leader. standing leader” who devoted son Bharat and expressed condo- his head with an iron rod and the police under what provi- The president took to Twitter his life towards the progress of lences,” the premier added. when he fainted, he strangled sions of the law they were to express his condolence, say- Gujarat. Expressing condolence at Pa- him with a piece of cloth. trying to interrogate him. ing “Keshubhai’s dogged deter- Modi in a series of tweet said, tel’s death, Shah said: “While Later, the same night, the boy However, when police mination for social service and “I am deeply pained and sad- in the BJP, Keshubhai played an with the help of his mother, checked his mobile phone, commitment to Indian ethos will dened” at his death. “He was an important role in strengthen- carried the body on his scooty they found a history of the remain exemplary for all. My con- outstanding leader who cared ing the organisation in Gujarat. to a forest area about 5km boy watching Crime Patrol dolences to his family and friends”. for every section of society. His Keshubhai will always remain in kilometres away and burnt it episodes at least 100 times. “With the demise of Keshub- life was devoted towards the our memory with his actions and with petrol and a toilet cleaner Police said after several hai Patel, former Gujarat chief progress of Gujarat and the em- behaviour.” to destroy the identity. rounds of questioning, the boy minister, the nation has lost a powerment of every Gujarati.” In his condolence message, On May 3, police found the finally broke down and admit- stalwart leader. His long public The prime minister said Ke- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh partially burnt body that re- ted to his crime. The police ar- life was dedicated to improving shubhai travelled across the said Keshubhai Patel was an ef- A girl reacts as a health worker wearing protective gear mained unidentified for almost rested the boy and his mother the lives of millions, especially in length and breadth of Gujarat to fective administrator who left an prepares to collect her swab sample to test for the Covid-19 three weeks as no missing Sangeeta Mishra, 39. They villages. strengthen the Jana Sangh and indelible mark in public life. “I coronavirus at sample collection centre in Hyderabad person report was filed in any have been booked for murder As champion of farmers’ caus- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). off er my tributes to the departed yesterday. Coronavirus cases yesterday stood at 8mn, with police station. The family, fi- and destroying evidence. es, he enjoyed an extraordinary “He resisted the Emergency leader. In this hour of grief, I ex- the world’s second-worst-hit country bracing for a possible nally, lodged a missing person The 11-year-old sister of the ac- rapport with the masses.” tooth and nail. Issues of farmer press my heartfelt condolences second wave ahead of winter and a series of religious complaint on May 27 under cused has been handed over Prime Minister Narendra welfare were closest to his heart. to his family and well-wishers,” festivals. pressure from ISKCON off icials to the grandparents. Modi, Union Home Minister Be it as legislator, lawmaker, Singh said in a series of tweets. Gulf Times 12 Friday, October 30, 2020 PAKISTAN Govt orders steps to check second wave

AFP/Internews than 331,000 cases including The federal authorities have is- Islamabad over 6,700 deaths since the virus sued multiple warnings in the past entered the country in late Febru- few days on the ignorance towards ary. implementation of Covid-19 mandatory mask order Observers say with only lim- SOPs as the second wave hits the came into force in Paki- ited testing the true number of country. Astani cities yesterday in a infections is likely considerably The NCOC issued fresh rules bid to prevent a second wave of higher. regarding the closure of wed- coronavirus cases as winter ap- The country’s coronavirus pos- ding halls and shopping malls and proaches. itivity rate crossed 3 per cent mark made the wearing of face mask For months Pakistan appeared for the fi rst time in more than 70 mandatory. to have dodged the worst of the days, Federal Minister for Plan- Dr Faisal Sultan had said a few pandemic, baffl ing health experts ning Asad Umar said yesterday, weeks ago, 400-500 cases were after fears its crowded urban ar- urging the public to follow safety being reported across the country eas and ramshackle hospitals guidelines amid the deteriorating on a daily basis. The tally, he said, A family wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus walk alongside a street in Karachi yesterday. (AFP) would be overrun. situation of the pandemic. had shot up to 700-750 cases per But cases have been steadily Umar, who also supervises day. rising in recent weeks. Covid-19 strategy, said, “after “The coronavirus death rate has Pakistani health offi cials on more than 70 days the national increased in the country,” he said, PM hails doctors, paramedics for sterling Covid fi ght Wednesday unveiled a string of Covid positivity ratio was higher adding the positivity ratio had new measures that began from than 3 per cent yesterday”. surged to 2.5-2.75 per cent. Prime Minister Imran Khan patients is increasing owing to He said steps are also being taken facilities is the top priority of his yesterday, including manda- He said the National Command Dr Faisal said people were not yesterday lauded the services of the second wave and we have to to improve the quality of medi- government. tory mask orders in the country’s and Operations Centre (NCOC) adhering to coronavirus precau- doctors and paramedics who are adopt preventive measures in this cines and lowering its prices. Chairing a meeting in Lahore major urban areas, lockdowns has tightened restrictions on tions as they should, given the in the vanguard of the coun- regard. Khan directed to take eff ective regarding launching and distribu- in hotspots, and restrictions some high-risk public activities pandemic was still far from over. try’s fight against coronavirus Khan urged his compatriots measures for the provision of tion of Health Cards in Punjab, he on some businesses’ operating but the rising spread of the disease A total of 491 “micro smart pandemic. to observe health guidelines Health Cards throughout Punjab said it is the hallmark of a civilised hours. can only be controlled if people lockdowns” have been imposed in Addressing the Insaaf Doctors regarding coronavirus as the next in a phased manner, saying the society to provide basic health “We have reached a point believe in the need for precau- the Punjab province. Forum convention in Lahore, he two months are crucial with the development of health sector facilities to the people and a where we have to implement tions. In Pakistan, the Covid-19 said the number of coronavirus winter approaching. and provision of basic health reflection of good governance. certain restrictions... our focus Pakistan reported 908 new cases caseload now stands at 330,905, will be on the cities with higher of coronavirus on October 28, the while 6,773 people have died to positivity,” said Dr Faisal Sultan, highest number of positive cases date. lockdowns” across the province, three in Kasur, six in Khanewal, nesses and commercial activities press, call centres, and takeaway a special assistant to the prime since July 29. The authorities con- Punjab, which has the recorded according to offi cial documents. and fi ve in Khushab. to shut down at 10pm in Lahore, from restaurants have been ex- minister on health, earlier this ducted 29,449 tests of which 908 the second-highest tally of infec- In Gujrat, there are 29 “micro With an uptick in those sick- Multan, and Rawalpindi. empted from the new timings. week. returned positive while 16 deaths tions after Sindh in the country, smart lockdowns”, three in Hafi za- ened by the deadly virus, the However, medical stores, Separately, public parks will Pakistan has confi rmed more were also recorded in the day. has imposed 491 “micro smart bad, two in Jhang, eight in Jhelum, province has also ordered busi- pharmacies, tandoors, printing close at 6pm.

5 Indian prisoners sent PPP urges home, govt tells court president to step down

Internews The Deputy Attorney General, Islamabad Syed Mohammad Tayyab, informed Internews the court that four convicts had Islamabad been released while another con- he federal government yes- vict who was unwilling to go back terday informed the Islama- had been deported. he Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has charge- Tbad High Court (IHC) that According to the petition, “the sheeted President Dr Arif Alvi over alleged five Indian prisoners who com- prisoners were arrested by Paki- Tcontinued violations of the Constitution and pleted their jail terms had been stan military authorities and were asked him to resign voluntarily after release of the released, but cases of three more charged under section 59 of the Pa- recent detailed judgement by the Supreme Court in convicts who had also served their kistan Army Act, 1954, and provi- the Justice Qazi Faez Isa case. prison terms had been sent to “Re- sions of Official Secret Act, 1923. “I was expecting that after the release of (SC) view Board” to set them free. The petitioners say they have not judgment, the president would himself resign. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minal- committed any offences”. However, now a week is about to be over, but the lah, however, observed that there The petition further said these president has not yet resigned. was no need to refer the matter to “prisoners have completed their Therefore, keeping in view all the circumstances, the Review Board since the con- respective sentences and the Con- it will be appropriate for the president to resign in victs must be released after com- stitution of Islamic Republic of the light of the fi ndings of the detailed reasoning by pletion of their respective jail Pakistan, 1973, mandates in une- the SC,” PPP Senator Raza Rabbani said at a news terms and ordered the authorities quivocal terms that no person shall conference yesterday. concerned to release the three con- be deprived of life or liberty in ac- Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the latter’s off ice in Islamabad He said the resignation of Prime Minister Imran victs as well. cordance with the law. yesterday. Khan and removal of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Justice Minallah was hearing a This provision is quite similar to government was on the list of the demands of the petition of the Indian High Com- Article 21 of the Constitution of In- opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), mission seeking release of those dia which deals with protection of and “now the president’s resignation has also been eight Indian citizens who had life and liberty”. included in the list”. been convicted by Pakistan’s Mili- The petition said that any person When asked about the possibility of moving an tary Courts of spying and who had belonging to any country tried by PM, Bajwa mull security situation impeachment motion against the president, Rab- completed their respective prison Pakistani authorities expected that bani, however, said it would be decided by the PDM terms. this glorious protection of law to leadership. Aparna Ray of the Indian High their life and liberty would be ex- Internews the entire nation was united “against the cowardly He expressed the hope that the PDM’s special Commission filed the petition in tended to them as a matter of right Islamabad acts of the enemy”, the PMO quoted the prime min- committee would meet soon and devise a strategy the IHC through advocate Malik and dignity. ister as saying in a tweet. on how to raise the demand of the president’s res- Shahnawz Noon. The petition further said that He also paid tribute to personnel from Pakistan ignation and what strategy they should adopt for it. The petition sought release of Article 10(A) of the Pakistani Con- rmy Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa called Army, Frontier Corps and law enforcement agen- Reading out extracts from the SC’s detailed Birju Dung Dung alias Birchu, Vi- stitution ensured a fair trial of all on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad cies “who sacrifi ced their lives for the defence of the judgement in the Justice Isa case issued on Oct 23, gyan Kumar Ghnshyam Kumar and and Article 4 enjoined that “every Ayesterday and discussed “professional mat- motherland”. the PPP senator said the court had pointed out a Satish Bhog confined in Central other person for the time being ters pertaining to Pakistan Army, internal and ex- The meeting follows a bomb blast inside a mosque “clear confl ict of interest” in the process, stating Jail, Lahore, and Sonu Singh con- within Pakistan under the protec- ternal security situation”, the Prime Minister’s Of- in Peshawar, where a large number of seminary stu- that “the president had discussed the reference and fined in Central Jail, Karachi. It tion of law, rights of such individ- fi ce (PMO) said. dents were attending a class on Tuesday morning, its legal aspects with the attorney general and the said the four convicts had complet- ual to be dealt with in accordance While referring to “recent eff orts to stoke vio- which killed eight students and wounded about 120 law minister who were admittedly involved in the ed their respective jail sentences. with law”. lence in Pakistan”, the PM expressed the resolve that others. framing of the reference”. FM slams ex-speaker’s remarks over Indian pilot’s release

Internews the comments made by him were well as Pakistan’s stance on the ians on the floor of the National theless handed over Abhinandan Islamabad “contrary to the truth”. matter. Assembly on Wednesday. to Indian authorities,” he said. He said the government had The opposition has attempt- Two senior PML-N lawmak- In February 2019, Indian Wing taken all parliamentary leaders ed to create a controversy over ers had shared details of a meet- Commander Abhinandan Var- oreign Minister Shah into confi dence regarding the an ordinance passed by the ing during which the release of thaman’s MiG-21 plane was shot Mahmood Qureshi yes- intelligence reports it had re- government in order to com- Indian pilot Abhinandan had down by Pakistan Air Force in an Fterday dismissed opposi- ceived, but the captured Indian ply with the ICJ’s ruling in the been agreed upon, alleging that aerial dogfi ght over Azad Jammu tion Pakistan Muslim League pilot was not mentioned in that Kulbhushan case, describing it the government took the deci- Kashmir. - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ayaz meeting. as a move to give the Indian spy sion under pressure. The aerial battle had almost Sadiq’s statement a day earlier “Highly irresponsible state- amnesty. “Foreign Minister Shah Me- brought nuclear-armed India regarding the circumstances in ments are being issued for The foreign minister said hmood Qureshi was present in and Pakistan to the brink of a which Indian pilot Abhinandan political gains; responsible that Pakistan simply did not the meeting, which Imran Khan new war. was released, regretting that people are talking irresponsi- want to give India another op- had refused to attend,” former After his capture, the Pakista- “responsible people are making bly, which is surprising,” the portunity to take the country to speaker Ayaz Sadiq said. He said ni military had released a video irresponsible statements.” foreign minister said. Qureshi the ICJ. it was Shah Mehmood Qureshi showing him sipping a cup of tea Qureshi said he had not ex- also slammed the opposition “These people are mislead- who had “urged the opposition and politely refusing to answer pected the former National As- for its stance on Indian spy ing the nation on the issues of ROW: Shah Mehmood Qureshi (right) and PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq. to release Abhinandan, other- questions. sembly speaker (Sadiq) to say Kulbhushan Yadav, advising Kulbhushan and Abhinandan,” wise, India would attack Paki- He was released after a 60- that Wing Commander Abhi- them to read the judgment of said the foreign minister. ing made controversial without The foreign minister was re- stan at 9pm”. hour detention period as a peace nandan Varthaman was let go by the International Court of Jus- He added the release of the any reason and simply for po- acting to statements made by “India never attacked Paki- gesture from Pakistan aimed at Pakistan under pressure, adding tice (ICJ) regarding the case as captured Indian pilot was be- litical purposes. senior PML-N parliamentar- stan, but the government none- defusing tensions. Gulf Times Friday, October 30, 2020 13 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH The Prophet’s rights

By Umm AbdurRahman have a question about something. We Hirschfelder must follow the laws that the Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, brought and judge by them, and rophet Muhammad, sallallaahu rule according to them. ‘alaihi wa sallam, deserves At the time of the Prophet, sallallaahu special rights, which are due ‘alaihi wa sallam, when he was once Ponly to the fi nal Prophet and reciting, “They took their rabbis and Messenger. These rights have been their monks to be their lords beside enjoined upon us by Allah and are part Allah, and the messiah, son of Maryam, of safeguarding the perfect religion of while they were commanded to worship Islam. Unfortunately many Muslims none but One deity, none has the right to today have become confused with regard be worshipped but He. Praise and glory to these rights and have innovated be to Him, far above is He from having practices that have no basis in Islam. the partners they associate.” (9:31) The Prophet himself knew that such A former Christian, Adi ibn Hatim, practices would happen and warned said, “O Allah’s Messenger. They do against them, “Beware of newly invented not worship them.” Allah’s Messenger matters (in religion that is) for every said, “They certainly do. They (ie, the invented matter (in religion) is a cursed rabbis and monks) made lawful things innovation which leads astray.” (Tirmithi as unlawful and unlawful things as and Abu Dawud) lawful, and they (ie, Jews and Christians) So as Muslims we must stick to followed them, and by doing so, they giving our Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi really worshipped them.” wa sallam, his rights as commanded We cannot put our own desires above by Allah and stay away from the the laws of Allah and that which the innovations that either ignore these Messenger brought. To do so essentially, rights or take them to extremes. is to believe that we know better than Allah sent Muhammad, sallallaahu Allah. Allah is our Creator and He knows ‘alaihi wa sallam, to all of mankind, with us better than we know our ownselves. the divine message of la ilaha illallah “Verily, he is the All Knower of what is (there is no deity worthy of worship in the chests.” (67:13) He knows what is except Allah). He brought glad tidings best for us and He has perfect wisdom of Paradise to the believers and warning and He is Just in all that He decrees. of the punishment of Hellfi re to the Ruling by other than what Allah revealed disbelievers. He called to tawheed, the is therefore tantamount to disbelief. belief that Allah is the sole Creator and Lord of the universe, and therefore He To send prayers and salaam alone should be worshipped. Believing in Masjid-e-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in the holy city of Madinah. The seventh right that is due to the Allah is also believing in His Messenger. Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alaihi I always did, and they were so sunk in a Sunnah and the people in command companions, avoiding things disliked in Hasan and al-Husayn, his grandsons, wa sallam, is saying the salah and salaam To believe in him gloom that they took no notice of me. I after him made sunnahs. To adopt them his Sunnah and what deviates from it.” “Whoever loves these two and their upon him. Allah says, “Allah sends His There is no doubt that the fi rst of our heard my uncle say to my father, ‘Is he is to confi rm the Book of Allah and to act As loving the Prophet, sallallaahu father and mother will be with me on the salah (blessings, mercy) on the Prophet Prophet’s rights is to believe in him and the one? Do you recognise him?’ Can on them is to obey Allah and strengthen ‘alaihi wa sallam, is an obligation, it day of rising.” Abu Bakr said, “Respect and His angels too (ask Allah to bless and to believe in the message he was sent you be sure?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘And what do you the deen of Allah. It is not for anyone to comes with an excellent reward. Anas, Muhammad by respecting the people of forgive him). O you who believe, send with. Allah says, “Believe in Allah and feel about him?’ ‘By God I shall be his change the Sunnah, or alter it, or to look radhiallahu ‘anhu, said that a man his house.” your salah on him and (you should) greet His Messenger and the light which He enemy as long as I live!’” into the opinion of those who oppose it. came to the Prophet and asked, “When It also includes respecting his him with the Islamic way of greeting (ie sent down.” (64:8) Qadhi Eyadh said in Believing in something is more than Whoever follows it, is guided. Whoever will the last Hour come, Messenger companions. Allah says about those who ‘assalamu alaikum).” (33:56) Prophet his famous and important book about just recognising that it exists. Satan, as seeks help by it, will have victory. of Allah?” He said, “What have you pledged allegiance to the Prophet at al- Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa the rights of the Prophet, Ash-Shifaa, explained in the Qur’an, recognises that Whoever opposes it and follows other prepared for it?” He said, “I have not Hudaybiyah, “Allah was pleased with the sallam, said, “Whoever blesses me once, that, “Belief in the Prophet Muhammad Allah exists yet he is the worst of the than the path of the believers, Allah will prepared a lot of salah or fasting or believers when they gave allegiance to Allah blesses him with 10 salahs and 10 is therefore an obligation for every disbelievers. entrust him to what he turns to and will charity for it, but I love Allah and His you under the tree.” (48:18) The Prophet wrong actions fall away from him and individual. Belief is not complete roast him in the hellfi re, which is a bad Messenger.” The Prophet said, “You will said, “Do not curse my companions. If he is raised by 10 degrees.” And he said, without it and Islam is only valid with To obey him ending.” be with the one you love.” He also said, any of you were to spend the weight of “The nearest people to me on the Day of it.” The second right, which is due to “Whoever loves me will be with me in (mount) Uhud in gold, it still would not Rising will be those who have said the Allah has linked belief in Him with our beloved Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi To love him the Garden.” reach the measure of one of them or even most salahs on me.” belief in His Messenger. They are wa sallam, is that we obey him. Allah A Muslim must love the Prophet, Love for the Prophet Muhammad, one-half of it.” The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa inseparable. This is what shahadah, the says, “O you who believe, obey Allah sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, truthfully. sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, manifests Likewise, it is forbidden to curse the sallam, taught one way in which to say declaration of faith, means. Even if a and His Messenger...” (8:20) Allah has Allah says, “Say, if your fathers, your itself in many ways. One will prefer what Prophet Muhammad. Allah said, “Those the salah on him. Abu Humayd as-Saidi person follows other prophets like Musa mentioned obedience to the Messenger sons, your brothers, your wives, your the Prophet came with, over his own who harm Allah and His Messenger, said that they said, “Messenger of and Eesa, alayhemas salam, he is not in connection with obedience to Him. tribe and the possessions you have desires. His anger against people will be Allah has cursed them in this world Allah, how should we pray on you?” He a believer until he completely follows You cannot have one without the earned, the commerce you fear may for the sake of Allah. He will mention the and the next world. He has prepared replied, “Say, O Allah, bless Muhammad the teachings of Muhammad. Abu other. Obeying the Messenger means, slacken, dwellings you love – if these Prophet often. He will have a yearning to a humiliating punishment for them.” and his wives and his descendants as Hurairah, radhiallahu ‘anhu, reported following his commands and staying are dearer to you than Allah and His meet him. He will exalt and respect him (33:57) The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi You blessed the family of Ibrahim and that the Messenger of Allah said, “I was away from what he has prohibited. Abu Messenger and to struggle in His and be humble when he hears his name wa sallam, said, “Whoever curses a grant blessing to Muhammad and his commanded to fi ght people until they Hurairah narrated that the Prophet, way, then wait until Allah brings His mentioned. He will have love for the prophet, kill him. Whoever curses my wives and descendants as You granted testify that there is no god but Allah and sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, said: “All command.” (9:245) Qur’an, which the Prophet brought. He companions, beat him.” blessing to the family of Ibrahim. You believe in me and what I have brought. of my ummah will enter Paradise except The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa will have compassion for his community, It is also not allowed to even joke are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.’” This is When they do that, their blood and for those who refuse to.” They asked, “O sallam, said, “None of you will believe striving for their best interests. And about the Prophet or the religion of the tashahud, which is said in the sitting property are protected from me except Messenger of Allah, who will refuse?” until I am more beloved to you than another sign of love for the Prophet, Islam. Allah said, “If you ask them, of the salah. Another way is to say, for a right (they owe). Their reckoning is He replied, “Whoever obeys me will your children, your fathers and all sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, is that he they declare, ‘We were only talking idly ‘sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam’ when the with Allah.” (Bukhari and Muslim) enter the Paradise. Whoever disobeys people.” Umar ibn al-Khattab said to the who aspires to it, does without in this and joking.’ Say, ‘Was it Allah and His Prophet is mentioned. Believing in the Prophet, therefore, is me has refused.” (Bukhari) Prophet, “I love you more than anything world and prefers poverty. The Prophet ayah and His Messenger that you were The meaning of sending salaam upon about living according to his guidance. It except my soul, which is between my said, “Poverty for those among you who mocking?’” (9:65) It is reported that in the Prophet is asking Allah to preserve is much more than just mere recognition To follow him two sides.” The Prophet replied, “None love me comes quicker than a fl ood from the course of the campaign of Tabuk, him from any harm coming to him and of the fact that he is a prophet. Allah Allah says, “You have a good model of you will believe until I am dearer to the top of the mountain to the bottom.” a man came up one day and declared, it is also a greeting to the Prophet. Abu says, “When the hypocrites come to in the Messenger of Allah for one who him than his own soul.” Umar said, “By “We have seen no people with greater Hurairah said that the Messenger of you, they say, ‘We testify that you are hopes for (the meeting with) Allah and the One who sent down the Book to you, To respect him appetite, more lying, or more cowardly Allah said, “Whenever anyone greets the Messenger of Allah’ and Allah knows the Last Day.” (33:21) Commenting on I love you more than my soul which is Allah says, “O Prophet, We have in battle than the Prophet of Allah and me with peace, Allah will return my that you are His Messenger and Allah this verse, Imam Tirmithi said, “To between my two sides.” The Prophet, sent you as a witness and a bringer of his reciting companions.” Awf ibn Malik soul to me so that I can return the testifi es that the hypocrites are liars.” take the Messenger as a model means sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, said, “Now good news and a warner, so believe in rose and said, “It is rather you that are a greeting.” The Prophet also said, “I will (63:1) to emulate him, follow his Sunnah and O Umar, now you have it.” Allah and His Messenger and help him liar. You are a hypocrite, pretending to hear whoever blesses me at my grave. If At the time of the Prophet avoid opposition to him in either word Related to this love is nasiha. Nasiha and respect him.” (48:7-8) Respect be a Muslim. I shall tell the Prophet of someone is far away and blesses me, that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa or action.” We should strive to follow his is usually translated as good counsel for the Prophet includes honouring Allah about you.” is also conveyed to me.” sallam, the Jews who lived in Arabia mode of life, his sayings, and doings, his and sincere conduct. It is “used to him, exalting him, calling him with the Awf then went to the Prophet to Since Allah has commanded that had been waiting for the promised conduct and manners. designate the desire for what is good for noblest title such as the Messenger of inform him but found that revelation we send salah and salaams upon the Prophet that they knew of from their We can see from Prophet’s the one who is its object.” Linguistically Allah or Prophet of Allah. It includes had already preceded him. (When the Prophet Muhammad then it is a general scriptures. But when Muhammad came companions, the way in which they it means purity. The Messenger of putting his opinion over our own and news reached) the man, he mounted on obligation and not restricted to a specifi c they rejected him out of arrogance emulated the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi Allah said, “The deen is nasiha. The defending him if he is verbally abused. his camel, sought the Prophet of Allah time. The obligation is that we must do because he was not a Jew. Many of the wa sallam, followed his examples, deen is nasiha. The deen is nasiha.” Malik said that when he was asked and said, “But we were only joking, it at least once. However, saying it more rabbis, however, recognised that he was and modelled their behaviours upon They asked, “To whom, Messenger of about Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani he said, “I trying to pass the time while travelling.” than once is highly recommended and is a Prophet but did not accept him or his. This is what it means to follow Allah?” He said, “To Allah and His Book have not reported from anyone without Ibn Umar said, “He was clinging to the the Sunnah. believe in him. Allah says about them, the Prophet Muhammad. A man from and His Messenger and the imams of Ayyub being better than him.” He went saddle belt of the Prophet’s camel as it Other times include when one is “Those to whom We gave the scriptures Khalid ibn Asid’s family asked Abdullah the Muslims and the common people.” on, “I went on Haj twice and watched ran, his feet and legs being battered by supplicating to Allah for something. Ibn recognise him as they recognise their ibn Umar, “Abu Abdurrahman. We Nasiha to the Messenger of Allah is him. Whenever the Messenger of Allah the rough ground and repeating, “But Mas’ud said, “When one of you wants sons. But verily, a party of them conceal fi nd the ‘fear salah’ and the ‘salah at confi rming his Prophethood, obeying was mentioned, he wept until his eyes we were only joking.” And the Prophet to ask Allah for something, he should the truth while they know it.” (2:146) home’ in the Qur’an, but we do not fi nd him, supporting and protecting him, and were red. When I saw him do that and insisting without turning his face to begin by praising and extolling Him as Ibn Ishaq reports in his biography the ‘travelling salah’.” Ibn Umar said, following his Sunnah. the respect he had for the Prophet, I him, “Joking? Joking with Allah, with He deserves, and then by blessing the of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa “My nephew, Allah sent Muhammad, Abu Bakr al-Ajurri said, “Nasiha for wrote down things from him.” His revelation? With His Prophet?” Prophet. Then his supplication is more sallam, that Safi ya bint Huyayy said, “I sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, to us when his sake includes two types of sincere Respect for the Prophet, sallallaahu likely to be accepted.” Likewise, during was the favourite child of my father and we did not know anything. We do as we conduct. One is nasiha during his ‘alaihi wa sallam, also includes To judge according to his Shari’ah the Aathan, on Friday, when entering my Uncle Abu Yasir. When I was present saw him doing.” lifetime and the other is nasiha after respecting his family. The Prophet, The sixth right of the Prophet the masjid and leaving the masjid, at they took no notice of their other When Umar, radhiallahu ‘anhu, his death.” During his lifetime it was sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, said, Muhammad is to judge by him and be the funeral salah, and when writing children. When the apostle was staying looked at the black stone he said, “You helping, protecting, and obeying him. “Recognition of the family of pleased with his judgement. Allah said, letters, are other highly recommended in Quba with the brother ‘Amr ibn ‘Auf, are a stone and can neither help nor After his death it is “by maintaining Muhammad is freedom from the fi re. “If you quarrel over anything, then refer times. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi the two went to see him before daybreak harm. If I had not seen the Messenger of esteem, respect and great love for him. Love of the family of Muhammad is it back to Allah and the Messenger.” wa sallam, said, “Whoever blesses me and did not return until after nightfall, Allah kiss you, I would not have kissed By persevering in learning his Sunnah crossing over the sirat. Friendship for (4:58) Therefore, it is incumbent upon in a book or a letter, the angels continue weary, worn out, drooping and feeble. I you.” Then he kissed it. Umar ibn Abdul and understanding his Shari’ah. It is to the family of Muhammad is safety us to look in the Qur’an and the hadith to ask forgiveness for him as long as my went up to them in childish pleasure as Aziz said, “The Messenger of Allah made love for the people of his house and his from the fi re.” He also said about al- of the Messenger of Allah when we name is on it.” Modesty is a part of faith t was related on the authority of in inappropriate behaviour. Such and we are not ashamed of doing the Modesty is of two types: 2. It is one of the most perfect and ourselves against indecency and from Abu Mas’ood al-Badri, may Allah people have no shame in front of act in front of Allah or the people, then Modesty is either natural or desirable characteristics to possess and acting indecently or uncultured, as be pleased with him, that: “The Allah and therefore, no matter what we are free to do it. However, if we are acquired. Natural modesty means an excellent state to be in. qualifi ed by Islam. IMessenger of Allah, sallallaahu course they take, it would not make ashamed to do it, then we should not. that the individual has this quality 3. Modesty only brings good to 9. We must never misconstrue ‘alaihi wa sallam, said: “One of the any real difference. In this case, it The Hadeeth gives a measuring stick by nature and does not need to exert individuals and is an indication of bashfulness or shyness with cowardice admonitions of the previous prophets would be as if the Hadith is stating: by which we can evaluate actions, both any effort to acquire it. Acquired faith. - Islamically they are far from which has been conveyed to people is “If you do not feel any shame from privately and publicly. modesty, on the other hand, is 4. Bashfulness and shame is in synonymous. that if you have no shame, you can do doing these prohibited acts, then Thus, the fi rst explanation relates attained by those who possess direct opposition to indecency and 10. Modesty, as mentioned, is a root whatever you wish.” [Al-Bukhari] do whatever you wish…” Modesty is to a lack of consciousness regarding knowledge concerning Allah, being shamelessness. virtue. One of the fruits of modesty is Explanation of the Hadith: the quality that prevents one from Allah and the second is regarding the cognisant concerning His Greatness, 5. Modesty is an element of faith, chastity. The saying of the Messenger : “… immodest behaviour, and the lack opposite, which is to be conscious Proximity and His Inspection of all and indecency has no relation to it. 11. There is no modesty when it If you feel no shame, you can do of it will only cause one to increase of Allah and of His watching over a that they do. 6. Modesty adorns one’s nature and comes to teaching the laws of Islam or whatever you wish” is in the command in distancing himself from Allah person and his actions. personality and is indicative of his searching for the truth. form, and can be looked at from two and make him indifferent to creed The former explanation relates to Points related to modesty: being Islamically cultured and refi ned. Article source: http://www. angles, each conveying a distinct or deed. an unbridled Nafs (base desires and 1. Modesty is one of the most 7. Indecency, on the other hand, islamweb.net/emainpage/. meaning: (2) The second meaning pertains to lower self), whereas the latter implies honourable attributes and is a shows that one lacks virtues and (1) The first is that it is a form doing that which is lawful. That is, if observance of due constraint over it, so consistent virtue found in all the is uncouth, dishonourable and of threat and a challenge thrown the action that one is about to do is not that it does not embark on the road to various laws sent down to each prophet uncultured. down against those who engage within the category of the unlawful, destruction. and messenger. 8. We are obligated to guard Gulf Times 14 Friday, October 30, 2020 COMMENT

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) are riding high in opinion polls but their popularity masks serious unease among senior party offi cials about damaging internal divisions triggered by a delay in voting for a new leader. A decision by the CDU top brass on Monday to postpone a December 4 party congress to choose a new leader has stoked internal divisions, with one candidate — Friedrich Merz — saying elements of the CDU establishment don’t want him to get the job. The upshot is the CDU faces a bitter leadership battle that risks dragging on until the spring at least, when the new leader will only have a brief period to emerge from Merkel’s shadow. Has Putin lost his mojo? Top CDU offi cials, who said they delayed the congress due to the coronavirus pandemic, are worried about party cohesion and discipline — usually a strength — going into election year By Nina L Khrushcheva to extend Putin’s rule — possibly for life focused on hunting enemies of the Putin’s response to the escalating 2021. Moscow — because only he could protect Russia people and ensuring the functioning confl ict over Nagorno-Karabakh, “Some are worried that a defeated (leadership) candidate from the turmoil that had engulfed the of the security apparatus — all else betrays a similar lethargy. When will not be able to rest easy after the election,” said one top rest of the world. be damned. After his death, piles of Armenia and Azerbaijan last clashed party official, adding that Merz had strengthened these fears hat a diff erence a year But as the Yeltsin-era prime minister, unopened, unsigned documents were four years ago, Russia was able to quell makes. In the fall of Viktor Chernomyrdin, once memorably found on his desk. the confl ict in four days. This time by crying foul over the postponement of the party congress. 2019, Russian President put it, “We wanted for the better, Putin seems to have become similarly around, the fi ghting has endured for At stake is the leadership of Europe’s biggest economy in the WVladimir Putin seemed to but it turned out to be like always.” bored with most of the demands of a month and counting. Meanwhile, in era after Merkel, who has vowed not to run again at elections be riding high. Upheaval in the West — Immediately after the referendum, leadership. To be sure, for the better Kyrgyzstan, widespread protests forced due next autumn after looming large including Donald Trump’s presidency, Putin’s “stable leadership” became part of the last decade, he has been the government to annul the results of Outgoing on the European stage since 2005 the Brexit drama, and European feuds not only erratic, but also somehow far less interested in solving domestic the October 4 parliamentary election and proving a winner with German over issues ranging from migration to dispirited. problems than in establishing Russia and compelled the cabinet to resign. voters. energy — had enabled him to nurture a Though Russia’s handling of as an important, even fearsome, player The Kremlin has said that an existing CDU chair reputation as a steady, assertive hand in Covid-19 has not been as disastrous on the world stage. But today, though security treaty obliges Russia to prevent An INSA poll for Bild newspaper global politics. Now, that steadiness has as America’s, India’s, or even Spain’s, there may be residual enthusiasm left the situation from breaking down. But has warned released on Tuesday put support begun to look shaky, with implications this is no thanks to Putin, who for meddling in the US presidential the country remains mired in chaos. for Merkel’s conservative alliance that extend far beyond Russia’s borders. remained safely ensconced in the election, sparring with the European The Kyrgyz government’s collapse the party’s of the CDU and its Bavarian CSU The Covid-19 crisis is often presented Kremlin, while governors and state Union over issues large and small seems may be off ering Putin a preview of his leadership sister party on 35.5%, far ahead of as an aberration — an unprecedented institutions competed for recognition less exciting. own fate. To be sure, he rebounded the Greens in second place on 17.5% crisis demanding an unprecedented of their “superior” management of the For example, Putin had little to from a similar slump once before, and the Social Democrats (SPD) on response. But, while that may be true, crisis. Not surprisingly, this produced say about the poisoning of his main when he returned to the presidency candidates many of the challenges it has fuelled in highly uneven results. In Moscow, the opposition rival Alexei Navalny. Whether in 2012. At the time, negative poll 14.5%. both Russia and the West were incipient ubiquitous workaholic mayor, Sergei the regime was directly behind the results served as a wake-up call, and against The CDU’s popularity has been long before Sars-CoV-2 existed. Sobyanin, has orchestrated an orderly botched job, it posed a serious question a reinvigorated Putin played a few boosted by Merkel’s competent In the United States, the pandemic response, despite some organisational mark, and the Kremlin’s half-hearted geopolitical cards — granting asylum to ‘ruinous handling of the pandemic, with far has deepened economic inequality, glitches. In other areas, such as denials betrayed his regime’s disarray. the former US intelligence contractor competition’ lower infection rates in Germany heightened racial tensions, and Magadan and Kalmykia, measures have Likewise, after protests over a Edward Snowden, annexing Crimea, than in neighbouring countries. exacerbated political polarisation. been spottier. rigged presidential election began in and intervening in Syria — that revived But outgoing CDU chairwoman Annegret Kramp- In Europe, it has clarifi ed just how Overall, the state off ered only Belarus, Putin waited weeks to express his reputation as a force to be reckoned unreliable the transatlantic relationship minimal support to small businesses his support for strongman Aleksandr with. Karrenbauer has warned the party’s three leadership candidates has become. And in Russia, it has and workers, despite their crucial role Lukashenko. And when he did, there But Putin’s approval ratings are also — Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Roettgen — against exposed the Putin regime’s inertia, in driving the economy. Even Putin was little of the old Putin fi erceness. He declining today — and it has not seemed “ruinous competition” after a new leader is elected, party fuelling what is essentially a “crisis of loyalist Alexey Kudrin, who heads the seemed like he was just going through to make much diff erence. The inertia offi cials say. stability.” State Accounts Chamber, recently the motions. and stagnation of his regime is palpable, The rivalry is already getting nasty and personal. This is the fl ipside of Putin’s acknowledged the folly in this approach, True, at the latest Valdai Discussion and so is the encroaching shadow of Merz told Reuters Monday’s decision by the executive committee supposed steadiness, which he and his which contrasts sharply with the Club session, Putin — speaking online — irrelevance. — Project Syndicate to postpone the congress was “against the party base”. minions have long presented as the Kremlin’s longtime use of “bread and affi rmed Russia’s status as the primary antidote to the West’s meddling. The circuses” — public fairs, free concerts, successor to the Soviet Union (while zNina L Khrushcheva, Professor of He also told the newspaper Die Welt he had “clear Kremlin had to intervene in Ukraine and national holidays — to keep the also citing the Belarusian example to International Aff airs at The New School, indications” that Laschet “got out the message that he needs and Syria, in order to stabilise regions people suffi ciently satisfi ed and claim, once again, that Russia doesn’t is the co-author (with Jeff rey Tayler), more time to improve his performance”. that were being disrupted by Western distracted enough not to protest. interfere in other countries’ aff airs). But most recently, of In Putin’s Footsteps: Michael von Abercon, a Merz ally and CDU lawmaker, infl uence or adventurism. And Russia There is a whiff of late Stalinism his declaration came across as detached Searching for the Soul of an Empire said eff orts by Laschet supporters to dismiss as “conspiracy had to rewrite its constitution, in order in this shift. In his fi nal days, Stalin and halfhearted. Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones. theories” the idea that the CDU party establishment doesn’t want Merz as leader show how “raw their nerves are”. The CDU’s executive committee — and Laschet — insist that the pandemic means it would be inappropriate for the party’s 1,001 delegates to hold their congress as planned in Stuttgart on December 4. Opinion polls show Merz is more popular with CDU members than Laschet, who is premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Roettgen, a foreign policy expert. But the party elite, to whom the delegates are close, favour Laschet. The German constitution allows parties to hold online meetings but votes to elect offi cials must be in person. This could be done by a postal vote, but as none of the three CDU leadership candidates is likely to win outright in the fi rst round, a second vote would likely be needed — meaning this option would be protracted. Rising infection rates mean a regular CDU congress might not be possible until well into next year. Germany must hold its next federal election by October 24, 2021 at the latest. The left-leaning SPD has already picked Olaf Scholz, who is fi nance minister in Merkel’s grand coalition, as its chancellor candidate. — Reuters

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By Robert Malley and Stephen US the way the US often looks at ballot counting proceeds without Pomper younger, less robust democracies disruption. Media outlets that have Brussels around the world, it would see not already done so should establish a country still experiencing the policies to avoid declaring a winner lasting legacies of slavery, civil prematurely, and the major social- he 2020 US presidential war, lynching, segregation, labour media platforms will need all hands on election is unlike any other strife, and the ethnic cleansing of deck to police disinformation. in living memory. Previous indigenous peoples. It would observe Foreign heads of state and Tcontests have been rancorous a country awash in firearms, where government also have an important and some were described in existen- the number of gun homicides each role to play. Trump might try to tial terms. But never, at least in recent year is unmatched by any other declare victory pre-emptively on times, have Americans faced the realis- high-income country. It would find November 3, claiming that only votes tic prospect of the incumbent rejecting that there is a deeply rooted white- tabulated that day should count, and the outcome, and rarely have partisan supremacy movement that the US pressuring his foreign counterparts divisions risked escalating into armed government’s own experts warn is to recognise his purported success. confl ict. growing in virulence. They must resist doing so. Until one We at the International Crisis Group The wider world would also shake candidate concedes or the process (ICG) have a mandate to end, prevent, its head at the racial discrimination, has run its course, foreign officials and mitigate violent confl icts wherever economic inequality, and police should refrain from making any they emerge. While our eff orts over the brutality that constitute chronic congratulatory calls. And should past quarter-century have taken us all sources of tension in the US, things take a turn for the worse, around the world, not until this year periodically bubbling over into street those with direct channels to Trump have they required us to focus squarely demonstrations and, sometimes, and his inner circle should send a on the United States. civil unrest. It would note that many clear message: “If you interfere with In many countries, elections often major American cities have heavily the vote count or refuse to accept a come with a risk of bloodshed, owing militarised police forces that deploy peaceful transfer of power, you will to such factors as extreme political weapons and tactics similar to those be on your own.” polarisation, winner-take-all stakes, used by US soldiers in warzones and With luck, and perhaps a little help a proliferation of weapons in the interventions abroad. It would see from its friends, the US can dodge the hands of armed groups with political that the dominant political parties RIGID: President Donald Trump continues to insist that the only way he could lose is if the election is rigged, and he has yet 2020 election bullet and start repairing agendas, and fl awed electoral processes are at loggerheads over profound to call on his supporters to refrain from violence. the social fractures that have helped that leave many citizens doubting questions of national identity, with bring it to this dangerous precipice. the results. Under these conditions, many Democrats framing the election both sides can be expected to fi ght any the streets, they will most likely be lack, including an apolitical military, For that to happen, it will need to apply elections can be particularly dangerous as a make-or-break moment for dispute over the result fi ercely. And, challenged by activists from the left; a vibrant press, and a well-developed some of the lessons it so frequently when each candidate has a sizeable and democracy, and many Republicans given how convoluted US election violent fringe actors could join in the civil society. Leaders from both dispenses to others. — Project committed base of support. viewing Trump as a bulwark against laws are, a contested or inconclusive mix, raising the risk of bloodshed. A parties (including, notably, senior Syndicate These risk factors are all in some cultural and demographic changes to result could lead to months of tense clash that disrupts voting or ballot Republicans) have already signalled measure present in the US today. But the nation’s character. indecision. counting in a crucial state could that their candidate could lose, which Robert Malley, a member of the the one that stands head and shoulders In short, outside observers can Equally worrying is the gathering escalate quickly, particularly if Trump helps to head off demagogic claims of National Security Council staff under above the others is the incumbent’s see in the US today a lot of what the threat posed by armed far-right cells, claims victory before the formal vote rigging after the fact. former presidents Barack Obama and refusal to commit to respecting the US historically has warned others like the 13 men who were recently procedures are complete and calls his Nonetheless, the situation warrants Bill Clinton, is President and CEO of will of the voters. US President Donald about. Moreover, the 2020 US election arrested for plotting to kidnap backers into the streets. extraordinary precautions. State and the International Crisis Group. Stephen Trump continues to insist that the is being held under the cloud of a Michigan’s Democratic governor, To be sure, the US has a fair chance local offi cials, along with the relevant Pomper, a member of the National only way he could lose is if the election runaway pandemic. A massive increase Gretchen Whitmer. These groups of making it through this diffi cult civil-society groups, should be Security Council staff under former is rigged, and he has yet to call on his in mail-in voting will likely create may try to intimidate voters at the moment without a spike in violence. acquainting themselves with the legal president Barack Obama, is Senior supporters to refrain from violence. openings for Trump to contest the polls, and could stir up trouble if the It still has advantages that other tools at their disposal and preparing Director for Policy at the International If the world were to look at the outcome. Given the perceived stakes, outcome is disputed. If they take to countries studied by the ICG typically to use them to ensure that voting and Crisis Group.

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