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SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 RAMADAN 7, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Saudi TV star ‘Titanic’ music Morgan, Lloyd deploys new composer James lift USA over Emsak: 03:04 weapon Horner dies in 10-woman Fajer: 03:14 Shrooq 04:50 against IS plane crash Colombia Dohr: 11:50 Asr: 15:24 Maghreb: 18:51 13 39 20 Eshaa: 20:23 MP threatens to quit Min 33º Max 45º High Tide amid clashes, ‘insult’ 05:20 & 16:25 Oil minister says he met with KPC chief, downplays rift Low Tide 11:30 & 23:25 40 PAGES NO: 16561 150 FILS By staff reporter Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: Shiite MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan yesterday said he Meaning of Ramadan will resign from the National Assembly after a sectarian insult by fellow Sunni MP Hamdan Al-Azemi which was & benefits of fasting followed by yet another clash between lawmakers. Duwaisan said he will submit his resignation from the By Hassan T Bwambale Assembly today unless Azemi makes a public apology he word Ramadan comes from the Arabic root for the insult he made during a heated debate over the word, “al-ramadh,” which means “excessive heat.” National Assembly satellite channel. TPeople in the past used to fast during summer The Shiite lawmaker said that Azemi insulted his when the heat was at its climax. Sometimes fasting is beliefs when he said “you should rectify your sect” dur- observed in winter because the Gregorian solar calen- ing the heated exchanges. That prompted other Shiite dar is eleven days longer than the Islamic lunar calen- MPs to react angrily against the remarks and with some dar. of them insulting him. After the end of the session, Shiite MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi clashed with Azemi - Fasting throughout history both using the Uqal (head robe). They were later sepa- Fasting is not a new practice, people used to fast rated by other lawmakers. This is the second time that before the advent of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), MPs clash physically in the National Assembly. Two including ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks. weeks ago, MP Abdulhameed Dashti exchanged fists Prophets such as Adam, David, Joseph, Moses and with MP Hamad Al-Harashani. The problem was sorted Jesus (peace be upon them all) used to fast, as is men- out by the Assembly Bureau. tioned in the Bible. The incident began when MP Azemi strongly criti- cized the satellite channel of the National Assembly and Reasons for fasting claimed it received KD7 million funding from the Historically, people fasted as a means to expiate Information Ministry and the Assembly. At this point, a their sins, as a means to purify their hearts, or when- number of MPs and Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem ever afflicted with any calamity. However, the Muslim rejected the accusations. One of those who strongly fasts as an act of worship and obedience. God says KUWAIT: Photo shows part of Kuwait Airways’ old building in Kuwait City. A loader fell from a high place lashed out at Azemi was Duwaisan who praised the what can be translated as, “O you who believe! Fasting while demolishing the old Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) building in Kuwait City yesterday, killing an channel and said Azemi was himself interviewed several was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those operator. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 3) times on the channel. Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 Qatar’s pledge to abolish ‘kafala’ system in doubt DOHA: Qatar’s pledge to abolish its controversial that further consultations would take place on the “kafala” labor system by the end of 2015 is in doubt proposed changes to the system, which governs after Doha’s main consultative body expressed seri- Qatar’s vast army of foreign workers. ous concerns about proposed reforms. Despite expec- It means the timetable set in May by the country’s tations that Qatar was close to announcing the end of minister of labor and social affairs could now be in “kafala”, the country’s Shura Council said a draft law doubt. Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi said then that could not yet be introduced and needed further he was “90 percent” certain the “kafala” system, which examination, according to the Arabic-language news- critics have likened to modern-day slavery, would be paper Al Sharq yesterday. replaced by new legislation by the end of this year. The council’s chairman Mohammed bin Mubarak “Kafala” has been widely blamed for enabling the Al-Khulaifi also said there was “no need to hurry” in abuse of foreign workers, especially laborers involved introducing the reforms, despite the government say- in the country’s vast infrastructure projects, at the ing earlier this year that “kafala” would almost certain- hands of unscrupulous bosses. The Shura Council said ly be scrapped by December. The council also it wants to keep a two-year ban on issuing new appeared to propose introducing other reforms, papers to expat workers who leave Qatar after the including punishing foreign workers who “deliberate- cancellation of their work visa. ly” create problems. Government officials confirmed Continued on Page 13 Iran ‘shipped nuclear equipment’ to Sudan DUBAI: Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran commented on specific documents. If the cable is shipped advanced nuclear equipment including cen- authentic, it does not provide details on the source of trifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document the embassy’s information or any further evidence of leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the the shipment. embassy. “The embassy’s sources advised that Iranian There have been no previous reports of Iran sending containers arrived this week at Khartoum airport con- nuclear equipment to Sudan, which has no known taining sensitive technical equipment in the form of fast nuclear program. A Sudanese munitions factory was centrifuges for enriching uranium, and a second ship- destroyed in a mysterious explosion in October 2012, ment is expected to arrive this week,” the document, eight months after the date on the cable, which the dated February 2012 and marked ‘very secret’, read. Sudanese government blamed on an Israeli air raid. WikiLeaks last week released more than 60,000 There were no indications that the factory had a nuclear cables and documents which it says are official Saudi dimension. An Iranian official declined to comment and communications, and plans to release half a million in Sudanese officials were not immediately available for total. Saudi Arabia said they might be faked and has not comment. — Reuters Heatwave kills 692 in Pakistan KARACHI: More than 690 people Mangnejo, a senior provincial have died from a three-day heat- health official, adding that the toll wave in southern Pakistan, officials may rise further. The deaths came said yesterday, as medics battled to as the overwhelmingly Muslim treat victims after a state of emer- country of around 200 million peo- gency was declared in hospitals. ple observes the Islamic holy The majority of the deaths month of Ramadan, during which occurred in the port city of Karachi, eating and drinking is forbidden Pakistan’s economic hub of around from sunrise to sunset. Semi Jamali, 20 million people, where tempera- a doctor at Karachi’s largest hospi- tures reached 45 degrees Celsius tal said they had treated about KARACHI: A Pakistani resident helps (111 Fahrenheit) at the weekend. 3000 patients. “More than 200 of a heatstroke victim at a market area “The number of people who them were either received dead or during a heatwave in Karachi yester- have died in the heatwave has now died in hospital,” Jamali said. day. — AFP reached 692,” said Saeed Continued on Page 13 LOCAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets HH the Amir receives a memento from IEEE Office HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Sayyed Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Sayyed Ammar A-Hakim. Chairman Abdul-Rahman Al-Ghunaim. Ammar A-Hakim. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Amir receives Iraqi leader, officials KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Country Constructive efforts solid relations between the two countries, Crown Prince’s Protocol Chief Sheikh Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yester- Office Chairman Abdul-Rahman Khaled Al- HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- expressing his gratitude to the State of Mubarak Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- day the visiting Sayyed Ammar A-Hakim, Ghunaim and heads of GCC institutes of elec- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah also met with Kuwait for its support for Iraq. He wished Sabah and Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of trical and electronics engineers. In addition, Hakim, as he lauded the Iraqi leader’s con- Kuwait further progress and prosperity. Mohammad Hussein Bahrul Uloum attend- Iraq, along with the accompanying delegation. HH the Amir met with HH Sheikh Nasser Al- structive efforts in bringing views of Iraqi Capital Governor retired Lt-General Thabit ed the meeting. HH the Crown Prince also Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and National political parties closer. HH Sheikh Nawaf also Mohammad Hassan Al-Muhanna, HH the met with HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah attended the meeting. HH Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem at wished Iraq constant security, stability and Crown Prince’s Diwan Chief Sheikh and Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al- the Amir also received Institute of Electrical Seif Palace. prosperity. Hakim meanwhile praised the Mubarak Al-Faisal Al-Saud Al-Sabah, HH the Sabah.— KUNA Kuwait condemns militants’ takeover of Syrian lands GENEVA: The State of Kuwait has voiced deep concern at fall of large swaths of lands in Syria in the hands of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization.