ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 27 September 2013 21 Dhul-qa’da 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5835 Price: QR2 Real estate Simon deals rise, storms into says report quarter-finals Business | 14 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets Brahimi Controversial Arab forum Nepal envoy recalled call to set up DOHA: Nepal has recalled its Ambassador to Qatar Maya Kumari Sharma who came under fire back home following her controversial remarks and family courts actions in Qatar. “The ambassador has been recalled by the Nepalese govern- Heads of apex courts end meeting ment. Preparation to leave would start after papers are dispatched DOHA: The fourth confer- supervising the national judiciary formally,” a Nepalese embassy offi- ence of the presidents of Arab on rules of international arbitra- cial told The Peninsula yesterday. Supreme Courts concluded here tion in such disputes. The official said the “letter of yesterday with a call to set up The third topic dealt with spe- recall” might reach the embassy special courts to deal with fam- cialised courts as a means to pro- on Sunday and Sharma would ily disputes in Arab countries. mote justice. leave Qatar within seven days The meeting stressed the need On the sidelines, the heads of after receiving the letter. He, for using services of sociologists, the courts also discussed a draft however, didn’t disclose the rea- psychologists and specialists system of the federation of the The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met the Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi sons behind the recall. in family medicine while deal- Arab supreme courts (for judi- on the sidelines of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, yesterday. Sharma, 51, took over as ing with family disputes. They ciary and scientific cooperation) ambassador in May 2012, accord- can play a supportive role in the recommended by the third con- ing to information posted on the functioning of family courts, said ference and referred it to the embassy website. a statement issued at the end of Arab Centre for Judicial and She has been in the news the conference. Legal Research for study. Iran, US open nuclear talks after her controversial interview The forum also urged Arab The conference underlined with BBC Nepal service about countries to seek alternative solu- the need for providing technical UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s state and an Iranian foreign min- head negotiations on the nuclear six months ago in which she tions to family disputes through courts with qualified and special- new government began its first ister since a brief encounter in issue with the five permanent described Qatar as an “open jail” mediation committees before the ised people and reviewing legal talks on its nuclear programme May 2007. members of the UN Security for Nepalese workers. disputes land in the courts. procedures for investment and with the US and five other world Ahead of the talks, Kerry said Council and Germany, known as The comments were repro- It also called for observing business-related disputes to make powers yesterday, with the he looked forward to a “good the P5+1. duced by Britain’s Guardian caution while imposing punish- them simpler. Iranian foreign minister taking meeting” — the first involving the Rowhani has stepped up efforts newspaper yesterday in an arti- ments in family-related cases The delegates also recom- a seat next to US Secretary of newly elected government of cen- to moderate Iran’s image abroad cle investigating the plight of and avoiding punishments that mended specialised courts to deal State John Kerry in a rare high- trist President Hassan Rowhani during his visit to New York this Nepalese workers in Qatar, in the could hamper the freedoms of the with investment-related disputes level contact between the two — but would not specify what week. He has said Iran would context of the 2022 FIFA World dependants and threaten social to create a good investment envi- long-estranged nations. Iran should do to show a genuine never develop nuclear weapons Cup. security. ronment for Arab investors. Mohammad Javad Zarif went desire to address concerns about and called for a nuclear deal in The Unified CPN-Maoist The three-day conference dis- The conference proposed a joint into talks on the sidelines of the its nuclear programme. three to six months. Iran says its (UCPN-M) party in Nepal which cussed three major topics. The body for Arab courts and formed UN General Assembly with Kerry A US State Department official nuclear programme is for peaceful recommended her for the post first was the judiciary’s contribu- a special committee for the pur- as well as his counterparts from said Washington did not expect energy purposes. sought her resignation last week tion to enhancing social security pose with representatives from Britain, France, Russia, China any issues to be resolved at the Addressing a UN meeting on saying her activities in Qatar were in family affairs, focusing on the Algeria, Sudan. Oman, Palestine and Germany at a session aimed meeting, but added: “We are nuclear disarmament, Rowhani against diplomatic etiquette and principles of the Shariah and the and Egypt. at jump-starting efforts to resolve hopeful that we can continue to said: “No nation should possess could spoil Nepal-Qatar relations, role of social workers and psy- Representatives from 18 Arab a decade-long stand-off over chart a path forward. We hope nuclear weapons, since there are according to the Nepalese media. chologists in family courts. Use of countries participated in the Iran’s nuclear ambitions. that this new Iranian government no right hands for these wrong Meanwhile, Qatari authori- penalties and social recruitment conference, which discussed 34 It was a very uncommon will show that it is prepared to weapons.” He said Israel, widely ties are investigating allegations procedures as an alternative to research papers on the three top- encounter between top officials engage substantively to address assumed to be the Middle East’s in the Guardian that dozens of traditional measures was also ics on the agenda. of the US and Iran, which have these long- standing concerns and only nuclear-armed state, was migrant Nepalese workers have discussed. The President of the Supreme been estranged since the 1979 we will see today and in months the reason for the failure of glo- died in recent weeks, Reuters The second topic focused on Judicial Council, Masood bin Islamic Revolution that toppled ahead whether they will follow bal efforts to establish the region said, quoting a statement by the the role of the judiciary in imple- Mohamed Al Ameri, chaired the the US-backed Shah. words with action.” as a nuclear weapons-free zone. Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee. menting international conven- conference. Yesterday’s meeting was the Zarif is a US-educated dip- REUTERS THE PENINSULA tions in investment disputes and THE PENINSULA first between a US secretary of lomat appointed by Rowhani to See also page 8 Continued on page 2 Pakistan quake island Plane repair unit SEC hotline for parents in Doha soon DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has set up a hot- DOHA: Quality Aviation line 155 for parents and guardians of students to make any queries Instruments, Inc. (QAI) and they have. The move aims to save their time and efforts if they visit Gulf Helicopters, Inc. (GHC) the council. The hotline was announced on SEC’s Facebook page. announced yesterday in London However, SEC did not say if it is available 24-hour or only during that they had entered into a working hours, Al Sharq reports. THE PENINSULA joint venture for component repair facilities in Doha. Al Jazeera scribe’s custody extended The agreement covers compo- nent repairs of accessories, avion- CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors have extended the detention of Al ics and instruments. “This new Jazeera’s Egyptian journalist Abdallah Elshami for 45 days, his law- facility will enable us to expedite yer said yesterday, amid accusations of a crackdown on the chan- service, reduce downtime, and nel for pro-Islamist reporting. Elshami was arrested on August 14 reduce costs for our customers,” along with about 700 protesters in Cairo. said QAI President Robert Sieber. “The repair shops will be certified Last chance for peace: Abbas by the FAA and EASA and are expected to begin operations in UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas late 2013 or early 2014. warned the UN yesterday that US-brokered peace talks offered the “last chance” as he demanded an agreement with Israel that US, Russia agree permanently resolves all disputes. Speaking before the UN General Assembly, he urged no let-up in international pressure on Israel to Syria resolution People use boats as they visit an island that rose from the sea following an earthquake, off Pakistan’s Gwadar stop building settlements on Palestinian land. AGENCIES coastline in the Arabian Sea yesterday. See also page 12 UNITED NATIONS: The US and Russia will today submit a resolution on destroying Syria’s chemical weapons to the UN Security Council, diplomats said. The resolution could be Ministry announces new rules for winter camping the first to be passed by the 15- member council since the start DOHA: The Ministry of Environment camps by carrying out unnecessary by logging on to the ministry’s website www. Mazrouh, Umm Al Afai, Al Hashi, Rawdat of the Syria conflict in March has announced new rules for winter activities. moe.gov.qa or visit the nearest department Aisha (east and west), Rawdat Rashid, 2011.