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SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 JAMADA ALTHANI 8, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait aims Querrey for minimum shocks Nadal power outages to lift ATP in summer Acapulco title 3 17 INSIDE Expat health fee increases Min 12º Max 25º ready to be implemented High Tide 06:05 & 16:55 Low Tide MoH to launch IVF centers, denies blood shortage in Kuwait 11:22 40 PAGES NO: 17159 150 FILS Revoked citizenships to be reinstated soon By B Izzak that Ajmi, the former spokesman of the opposition Popular Action Movement, was expected to return today. KUWAIT: National Assembly speaker Marzouq Al- Ajmi however denied on his Twitter account that he Ghanem said yesterday he was optimistic of imminent has received any intimation to repatriate him to the solutions to a number of issues amid moves by lawmak- country after he was deported in April 2015. Ajmi ers to find an amicable deal for the citizenships revoked thanked all those who made any effort to resolve his by the government over two years ago. Ghanem told ordeal. He was one of several dozen opposition activists reporters in a brief statement that MPs have made sev- and their relatives who had their citizenships revoked as eral moves and said that he is optimistic that such part of a crackdown on the opposition. efforts will result in solutions very soon. He did not elab- Pro-government MP Saadoun Hammad said a num- orate, but said that problems can be resolved through ber of lawmakers met with HH the Amir yesterday and dialogue and understanding and not through threats discussed returning the revoked citizenships. He said the and escalation. lawmakers felt “positive signs” from the Amir. He provided Ghanem’s statements came as a number of opposition no further details. Opposition MP Mohammad Al-Dallal lawmakers said that efforts were underway to bring back said meetings have been held between lawmakers and Saad Al-Ajmi, an opposition activist, who was deported the government over the revoked citizenships and that a to Saudi Arabia soon after his citizenship was revoked in number of ideas and proposals have been discussed. mid-2014. Activists on social media and former MPs said Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi opens a new health center in eastern Ahmadi yesterday. — KUNA KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that the proposed According to a report in Al-Rai daily, the sources Pakistani PM arrives on official visit fee increases for health services provided to expats are denied any intention to cancel the increases and in the final stages of implementation, and are awaiting stressed that not putting them into force in February as ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad tion level talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart HH Sheikh the signature and approval of the health minister. But previously promised by Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi Nawaz Sharif will pay a two-day official visit to Kuwait Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Both sides will some lawmakers have rejected increasing the fees col- did not mean freezing the decision recommended by from today. During the visit, Sharif will meet the Kuwaiti review the progress made so far under various existing lected from expats out of fear of such a move’s conse- the parliamentary health affairs committee. “The deci- leadership for an in-depth review of various aspects of agreements and MoUs in various fields. Sharif will quences on citizens and out of consideration of the cir- sion is made and it is only a matter of time,” the sources the traditionally close and brotherly relations between address gatherings of select Kuwaiti investors, as well as cumstances of ‘brotherly Arab expats’. Some have called emphasized. the two countries. The prime minister will hold delega- members of the Pakistani community residing in Kuwait. for the increases to be imposed after a well-studied law. Continued on Page13 MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 LOCAL KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with South Korean Minister of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Turkish President of the Court of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation Kang Ho-in.—KUNA photos Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. Amir meets South Korean Minister His Highness congratulates Kuwaiti jet ski champion KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accompanied by Highness the Prime Minister, Speaker of the Minister of State and Minister of Services National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, and Affairs Yasir Abul received at Bayan Palace yes- First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign terday South Korean Minister of Land, Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Infrastructure, and Transportation Kang Ho-in Sabah. In the meantime, His Highness the and his accompanying delegation. The meet- Crown Prince received Ghanem, His Highness ing was attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al- Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Khaled, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Director of Public Authority for Housing Bader Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Al-Wugayyan. Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Abul later introduced the visiting Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled minister to His Highness the Prime Minister Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. His audience for day also Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah; included Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, who later hosted Chairman of the Public Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Authority for Communications Salem Al- Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Othaina, accompanied by the visiting regional and Chief of the National Security Bureau chairman of Huawei Global. Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received Separately, His Highness the Amir sent a Kuwaiti HEAD of the Higher Court and cable to the 2016 World jet ski champion, Constitutional Court Yosif Al-Mutawa’a, Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Abdulrazaq, congratulating accompanied by Turkish President of the him on a feat that has become emblazoned on Court of Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. The meet- the pages of Guinness World Records. ing was attended by Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah and His Highness the Amir heaped praise on Director Kuwait Institute for Legal Judicial Abdulrazaq for his achievement, wishing him Studies Advisor Abdullah Al-Essa. The audi- further success in regional and global sports ence was attended by the Chinese events. His Highness the Crown Prince, His Ambassador to the State of Kuwait Wang Di. Highness the Prime Minister and Speaker Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir Ghanem sent similar cables to the world’s top His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Chairman of the Public Authority for received His Highness the Crown Prince jet skier. Communications Salem Al-Othaina, accompanied by the visiting regional chairman of Huawei Global. Foreign Minister hosts UN envoy for Yemen Amir to patronize KU KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- students’ graduation Hamad Al-Sabah hosted yesterday the visiting UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh On the skills they acquired during the Ahmad. The two sides during the audience Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is set to course of their academic careers, Ansari held at the ministry headquarters discussed patronize today a ceremony marking the said it would serve them well as they foray latest developments in Yemen and interna- graduation of Kuwait University’s (KU) stu- into the job market. Moreover, the KU tional efforts aimed at finding a political settle- dents for the academic year 2015-2016, as President revealed that an honorary doc- ment to the crisis. well as marking the University’s gold torate will be bestowed upon His Minister Sheikh Khaled renewed the State Jubilee. The ceremony will take place at Highness the Amir as a token of apprecia- of Kuwait’s support for all efforts exerted by 10:30 am (local time) at Sheikh Abduallah tion for his contributions, in a gesture the UN Secretary General Envoy for Yemen for Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the theatre in Shwaikh. reminiscent of when the United Nations sake of restoring security and stability to His Highness the Amir’s patronage of (UN) christened His Highness the Amir a brotherly Yemen. The meeting was attended the ceremony is the culmination of 50 years ‘Humanitarian Leader.’ On a mission that by senior ministry official and the Kuwaiti of excellence, KU’s President said yesterday. spanned 50 years, Ansari said that KU has ambassador to Yemen, Fahad Saad Al-Mai’a. In a statement to the press, Dr Hussein Al- become synonymous with quality educa- Separately, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled hosted Ansari said that top students will be tion and scientific research, two factors he the newly-assigned Ethiopian Ambassador to adorned with an honorary order for their described as cornerstones of development the State of Kuwait Abdulaziz Ahmad Adam. commitment and diligent efforts. and prosperity. — KUNA During the reception at his bureau, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled expressed good wishes to the new Ethiopian envoy and hoped to see the bilateral KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad relations between Kuwait and the African nation Doctor affirms family Al-Sabah meets with UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad. — KUNA ‘progress and prosper.’ The audience was attend- ed by senior ministry officials. —KUNA medicine’s necessity ABU DHABI: Family medicine has proven hereditary, psychological illnesses-thus quite instrumental in diagnosing illnesses saving some money and time for the in Kuwait and other countries for it partial- patients.