Qatar Hikes Petrol Price, Diesel Stays Unchanged
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar face Iran in bid for second INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 20 COMMENT 17, 18 RasGas delivers fi rst ARAB WORLD 3, 4 BUSINESS 1-12 successive LNG cargo to India’s 16,465.44 9,185.12 31.17 INTERNATIONAL 5-15,19 CLASSIFIED 9 +314.03 -220.26 +0.69 ISLAM 16 SPORT 1-12 Petronet under new deal +1.94% -2.34% +2.26% victory Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9968 January 15, 2016 Rabia II 5, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Qatar hikes In brief petrol price, QATAR | Reconstruction Houses for Palestinian families from tomorrow Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Mofeed al-Hasayneh, diesel stays and the Chairman of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohamed HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani met at his Emiri Diwan off ice yesterday with the UN High al-Emadi, announced in a joint press Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, they statement yesterday the start of reviewed a number of topics of mutual interest. the distribution of apartments of unchanged HH Sheikh Hamad residential city in the first phase from tomorrow. atar Fuel (Woqod) has hiked them from QR1/litre to QR1.50 for local The statement added that a big petrol prices steeply with eff ect companies, and QR1.80/litre for joint celebration will be held on the Qfrom yesterday midnight. ventures. territory of the city of Khan Younis Following the raise, the price of Su- The earlier rate of QR1 per litre had for distribution of 1,060 housing units UN hails progress in per 97 gasoline is now QR1.30 a litre, been eff ective since late January 2011 with an area 130sq m of each unit. an increase of 30% from the earlier QR1 when distributors suddenly raised the and the price of Premium 90 is QR1.15 a prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene. litre, from QR0.85, a hike of 35%. According to sources, the govern- ARAB WORLD | Confl ict There is no increase in diesel prices. ment decision not to increase diesel ‘Use of starvation a Qatar labour reforms The last hike in petrol prices was in prices will help curb infl ationary trends war crime’: UN chief 2011, while diesel prices went up in as the movement of goods will not be- QNA/Reuters and the positive developments with levels. He also met yesterday with HE 2014. come dearer. Qatar imports a large part The intentional starvation of the Doha regard to the foreign labour rights the Prime Minister and Minister of In- Woqod, a joint-stock company, is of its food and non-food requirements Syrian people in besieged areas record during his meetings with sever- terior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin exclusively responsible for the distri- by road from the UAE and Saudi Arabia. constitutes a war crime, said UN al Qatar offi cials and his visit to the La- Khalifa al-Thani, and a number of the bution of fuel needs in the country. Qatar was the last among the GCC Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. atar has made progress in its bour City, adding that all this progress State’s offi cials. In a circular sent out yesterday, Wo- countries except Kuwait to raise fuel “The use of starvation as a weapon eff orts to improve the lives would not have occurred without the He stressed that the steps taken by qod instructed petrol stations to inform prices in the recent past. Saudi Arabia, of war is a war crime,” Ban says. Qof migrant labourers, the UN political will of the authorities and of- the Qatari government about foreign all customers about the new prices be- Bahrain, the UAE and Oman revised “All sides - including the Syrian High Commissioner for Human Rights fi cials in Qatar. workers employment refl ect a real po- fore dispensing fuel. their respective fuel prices upwards in government which has the primary said in Doha yesterday. During his visit, the UN envoy spoke litical will to address the issues that The meters have to be readjusted in the last six months. responsibility to protect Syrians - are “From what we have seen there is with construction workers while on a relate to employment in the state. The accordance with the new prices. The UAE had increased petrol prices committing this and other atrocious progress. We are convinced there is tour of the new worker accommo- UN High Commissioner for Human “Boards and stickers announcing the by over 24% in July last year, followed acts prohibited under international genuine will to tackle rights issues,” dation camp built on the outskirts Rights welcomed the steps taken by petrol prices have to be replaced in the by Saudi Arabia which in December humanitarian law.” Ban called on Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told reporters in of Doha by the government to host Qatar regarding this fi le and said that shortest possible time,” it said consid- raised petrol prices by 50%. all international actors to press Doha after a two-day visit to the State. 100,000 foreign workers. the Commission will co-operate with ering the fact that there was only a few Bahrain had on Monday announced a warring parties to allow unimpeded Prince Zeid also condemned the ab- Replying to a question in this regard, Qatar in this regard. hours left to make the changes. hike of more than 50% in petrol prices, humanitarian access. Page 4 duction of a number of Qatari nation- Prince Zeid said: “We found that there Qatar has made progress: A wage Woqod has also asked petrol stations while Oman has set new selling prices als in Iraq, saying it represents a viola- is a clear and tangible achievement protection system requiring compa- to display the announcement about the for domestic gasoline and diesel fuels tion of human rights. regarding the foreign workers’ issue, nies to pay salaried workers by elec- petrol prices hike prominently, for the from today. AFRICA | Health He was speaking at a press confer- through the application of the legisla- tronic bank transfer came into force in benefi t of customers. Kuwait lifted subsidies on diesel and WHO declares end of ence yesterday evening at the conclu- tion, especially the new legislation of November. Petrol stations in Doha last night saw kerosene early 2015. sion of the conference on the role of Kafala system.” He also praised the results of the long queues of motorists rushing to fi ll In Oman, the revised price for gaso- Ebola in West Africa the UN High Commissioner for Hu- He said that he met yesterday with conference in Doha, expressing his up before the new prices took eff ect. line 95 octane will be 0.160 rials per li- The biggest Ebola outbreak in man Rights in the protection and pro- HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah deep thanks and appreciation to the Petrol prices in Qatar are still among tre, while the price for 90 octane will be history has ended after raging motion of human rights in the Arab bin Hamad al-Thani, where talks dealt leadership in Qatar, led by HH the Emir the most aff ordable in the world. 0.140 rials per litre. The price for diesel in West Africa for two years, the region. with a number of issues that relate to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for In 2014, Qatar raised diesel prices for will be 0.160 rials per litre. Oman is to World Health Organisation (WHO) He said he had noticed this progress human rights at the regional and local hosting this vital and important event. the fi rst time in three years by raising review the new prices monthly. Page 20 declared yesterday in Geneva. The announcement by the UN health agency came 42 days after the last case was confirmed in Liberia, the final of three West African countries with active transmission of the virus. Sierra Leone was declared free of IS suicide attackers hit Indonesian capital Ebola transmission on November 7 and Guinea on December 29. Page 5 sponsibility. Jakarta police said the at- National police spokesman Anton AFP Qatar condemns Jakarta blasts Jakarta tack - which also destroyed a police Charliyan said the Algerian managed AMERICA | Detainees post - was carried out by a network to escape with bullet wounds, but the Guantanamo transfer with links to IS in Syria and indicated second man was shot dead on the spot. Qatar condemned the blasts that rocked condemnation of violence and terrorism ‘signifi cant milestone’ slamic State suicide bombers and Indonesian extremist Bahrum Naim, “Soon afterwards, two men riding... Jakarta yesterday, leaving a number of in all its forms and manifestations, gunmen struck the capital of Indo- thought to have joined the militants, motorbikes, ran into a police post and people killed and injured. In a statement whatever its source or motivation are. The White House said yesterday Inesia yesterday, executing a West- may have been involved in plotting it. blew themselves up,” he said, adding issued yesterday, the Foreign Ministry The statement expressed Qatar’s sincere it had reached a “significant erner and blowing up a Starbucks in an Police said the fi ve-strong cell that four offi cers had been left in a critical denounced the criminal acts that in no condolences to the families of victims milestone” in reducing the number assault police said bore the hallmarks of struck yesterday included three suicide condition.