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Amir, Pakistani PM discuss ways to bolster cooperation Qatar, Pakistan pledge to boost ties Amir to patronise in various fields Al Zaeem College graduation today QNA DOHA DOHA The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim will patronise the graduation bin Hamad al Thani and Prime ceremony of the 6th batch Minister of Pakistan Imran of the Al Zaeem (Leader) Khan on Tuesday discussed Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al bilateral relations and vari- Attiyah Air College at Al ous regional and international Udeid Air Base on Wednes- issues of common concern. day. (QNA) Investment, energy, food security and military coopera- tion were some of the issues that figured prominently dur- Sudan president ing the talks. arrives in Doha At the outset of official talks at the Amiri Diwan, the Amir DOHA President of the Republic welcomed the Pakistani Prime of the Sudan Field Marshal Minister expressing hope that Omer Hassan Ahmed al Bashir the visit would contribute to en- arrived in Doha on Tuesday on hancing cooperation between a work visit. The Sudanese the two countries to serve the president and his accompanying interests of their people. delegation were welcomed upon The Pakistani PM ex- arrival at Hamad International pressed his happiness at his The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan at the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday. MORE ON PAGE 20 Airport by Minister of State for first visit to Qatar, thanking Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin the Amir and the Qatari peo- Saad al Muraikhi, Ambassador ple for the warm reception and Qatar keen to hire skilled Pakistani I am delighted Khan assures compatriots of Qatar to Sudan HE Abdul- hospitality. He stressed his with the fruitful rahman bin Ali al Kubaisi and country’s keenness to develop workers for WC projects: Thawadi meeting with my of better days ahead Ambassador of Sudan to Qatar cooperation with Qatar in vari- HE Fatah al Rahman Ali Moham- ous fields. ATAR is looking to hire the services of skilled Paki- brother Imran OVERSEAS Pakistanis are real heroes of the coun- med. (QNA) The talks were attended by Qstani workforce for 2022 FIFA World Cup projects, Khan, the Prime try who strengthen the economy of their mother- Prime Minister and Minister of Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) Minister of land by sending their hard earned remittances, Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah Secretary-General Hassan al Thawadi has said. Talking Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani, to Qatar Tribune on the sidelines of his meeting with Pakistan. We have shared visions Addressing a community gathering at Al Wakra and a number of ministers. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Doha on Tuesday, of our bilateral relations and the Stadium on Tuesday, Khan said he holds overseas Marri announces From the Pakistani side, Thawadi said that hiring skilled workers from Pakistan for basic regional and international Pakistanis in great esteem since the age of 18 QR1 million Qatar the members of the official del- world cup projects was one of the main topics discussed files, and our two countries are years when he went to study in the UK. Khan said: egation accompanying the PM during the meeting. “Pakistan is very well-known for pro- “I would like to thank the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim support for were present at the talks. fessional and efficient security force. It is on the agenda bringing together a history of bin Hamad al Thani for the warm hospitality during anti-corruption fund Earlier upon arrival at the but that is something that the security committee would brotherly ties and constructive our visit.” This is Khan’s first visit to Qatar and PAGE 2 Amiri Diwan, the Pakistani be discussing,” he said. cooperation in various fields. sixth foreign visit after being sworn in as 22nd PM PM was accorded an official — SATYENDRA PATHAK PAGE 20 of Pakistan. —L N MALLICK PAGE 20 reception.

HIA REINFORCES POSITION Ooredoo makes region’s Gulf crisis hampered AS LEADING AVIATION HUB PAGE 5 first successful int’l 5G call ability of GCC to OOREDOO has success- Kuwait’s headquarters. It fully trialled the first In- took place using 5G CPEs ternational 5G call in the connected at 5G speeds Arab World, the telecom of up to 1 Gbps showcas- resolve disputes: FM provider announced on ing the incredible potential Tuesday. Ooredoo’s call of 5G. Ooredoo Qatar took place on Tuesday became the first operator TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK between Sheikh Saud in the world to launch a DOHA bin Nasser al Thani, live, commercially available chief executive officer 5G network in May 2018 THE ongoing Gulf crisis has para- of Ooredoo Group, and has since worked lysed the Gulf Cooperation Coun- FIFA, UEFA blast and Sheikh Moham- tirelessly to ensure it will cil (GCC) and hampered its ability piracy network med bin Abdulla bin Mohammed al Thani, be ready for use as soon as 5G devices to resolve disputes, Deputy Prime chief executive officer of Ooredoo Kuwait. become commercially available. 5G is set Minister and Minister of Foreign with Saudi ties The call was made by Sheikh Saud from to revolutionise mobile and fixed connectiv- Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin (PG 19 ) Ooredoo’s headquarters in Doha, and ity with super-fast internet speeds, extreme Abdulrahman al Thani has said. received by Sheikh Mohammed in Ooredoo throughput and low latency. PAGE 4 “The Gulf crisis has paralysed the ability of the GCC to contribute to resolving conflicts and disputes,” he said during a discussion on “Peace and Reconciliation in a Multipolar World” at the World Economic Fo- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister QATAR STORM INTO ASIAN CUP QFs rum in Davos on Tuesday. of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh “The GCC in itself is a source of Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al strength. Unfortunately, it is clear Thani speaks at the World Economic Al Annabi beat Iraq 1-0 to meet S Korea in QFs that the GCC as a regional body and Forum in Davos on Tuesday. organisation was not able to resolve atar continued their impressive march through the Asian Cup its internal conflicts,” Sheikh Mo- to resolve the Gulf crisis through Qwith a gritty 1-0 win over Iraq on Tuesday to set up a quarter-final hammed said. dialogue, but the other parties have meeting with Son Heung Min’s South Korea, who survived extra-time “There was a mechanism that always refused to do so. to beat Bahrain 2-1. should support peace and reconcil- “Despite the hostility we have Bassam al Rawi’s direct free kick just after the hour was a rare iation, and these countries should been subjected to, we tried as much moment of quality in a frantic encounter in Abu Dhabi and was worthy cooperate to understand the na- as possible to separate this crisis of winning the game for the 2022 World Cup hosts. Qatar will return ture of conflicts and resolve them. from the people because we have to action, again in the UAE capital, on Friday against two-time champi- It’s more than 20 months since the joint families who are allowed to ons South Korea, who progressed thanks to Kim Jin Su heading their siege of Qatar began and nothing visit Doha without any action. winner deep into the first added period. South Korea are chasing a happened. And nothing has been There are many citizens of the Gulf first title since 1960 while Qatar have not previously been beyond the done by the GCC as an organisa- states, including citizens of the last eight. tion. It has become very complex blockading countries in Qatar, I do Qatar were perfect in topping Group E. “I think in the second half and we need to control and act but not want to announce their names we dominated, we scored,” said Qatar coach Felix Sanchez. “I can there must be good will,” the FM because I do not want them to be just congratulate the players for their efforts against one of the best added. arrested in their countries,” he said. teams in the competition,” he added. (DPA) PAGE 16 Sheikh Mohammed pointed out (AFP) that Qatar has made great efforts Continued on page 2 Ô 02 Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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Sheikha Hind highlights need for innovation in education

Speaking at the world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers in London, Sheikha Hind called for global education to make a ‘quantum

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK implementation, impact and and QF’s own lifelong learning ing earthbound, has to make support the development of Qa- DOHA exponential success.’ model, and is now focusing on the sort of quantum leap that tar and its people, it has created In her speech to an inter- identifying and deploying inno- technology and communica- a pioneering model of educa- HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad national audience of education vative approaches to address- tion have made many times in tion that is constantly evolving al Thani, vice-chairperson and leaders at a keynote session ti- ing gaps and opportunities in a single generation.” and innovating. CEO of Qatar Foundation (QF), tled ‘Lifelong learning and life- Qatar’s society. Sheikha Hind was joined at By offering world-class has called for global education wide learning’, Sheikha Hind “We have never stopped the session by Esteban Mocte- education in a local context to make a ‘quantum leap’ driv- emphasised QF’s commitment looking to innovate in educa- zuma, secretary of Public Edu- – with eight international en by innovation. to providing quality education tion. In Qatar, we’ve already cation, Mexico; Prof Alexander partner universities standing She made the call while ad- and the importance of innova- seen what this makes possible,” Lorz, minister of education, alongside QF’s schools and dressing the Education World tion in shaping its unique edu- Sheikha Hind said. “But glob- Ministry of Education, State of its own research-focused uni- Forum in London, UK. cation ecosystem, which began ally, education has not experi- Hesse, Germany; and Commis- versity, Hamad Bin Khalifa The Forum, which will con- with the establishment of Qatar enced a truly major transforma- sioner J Prospero E De Vera III, University – and a diverse, clude today, is the world’s larg- Academy Doha more than 20 tion in my lifetime – a lifetime officer-in-charge, Commission experiential, and specialised est gathering of education and years ago. that has seen the cutting-edge on Higher Education, the Phil- learning experience, QF is skills ministers, with its 2019 She explained how this eco- of technology go from fax ma- ippines. nurturing lifelong learners theme being ‘What we should system has since been expand- chines, to personal computers, QF’s participation in this equipped to make their mark do with what we know: De- ed and advanced through the HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al Thani, vice-chairperson and CEO of Qatar to mobile and nanotechnology. year’s edition of the Forum re- on Qatar and the world, and veloping education policy for development of Education City Foundation addressing the Education World Forum in London, UK. Education, rather than remain- flected how, in its mission to be active global citizens.

Civil Defense holds mock SUDAN’S PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN DOHA ‘Qatar has succeeded in drill at IKEA building solving several conflicts’

QNA the fire that broke out on the Continued from page 1 Ô ted and willing to engage in DOHA first floor of the building. such operations, we cannot IKEA’s security and safety AS for the mediation role do much. We play the role THE General Directorate of staff carried out the evacuation played by Qatar in many of mediation as happened in Civil Defense on Tuesday held of employees and customers to countries, Sheikh Moham- Lebanon, and we helped and a mock evacuation drill at the reach the safe assembly points. med said, “We are living in a other friends helped in this,” IKEA building. The drill began The evacuation was carried very complex situation in the he noted. with an imaginary report of out by the Rescue Police De- region and Qatar has taken a With regard to the US smoke emission in the building. partment (Al Fazaa), Establish- different path in foreign pol- role and whether it can be a This was immediately re- ments and Authorities Security icy and has been successful. mediator for reconciliation, ported to the Civil Defense, who Department, and ambulance. We have proved in many ar- the FM said, “The US is still led a quick intervention with a After searching for missing or eas in solving conflicts such able to be a mediator for rec- fire brigade from the Civil De- imaginary patients, an imagi- as in Darfur and Lebanon. onciliation in conflicts in the fense Center at Umm Salal. nary injury was found and taken Qatar also contributes to the region as it has partners and The building’s alarm set off to an ambulance for treatment. Afghanistan peace process,” allies in the region. I am not and an announcement through The mock evacuations are a he added. talking about the GCC itself, the loudspeakers alerted the continuation of the efforts of the President of Sudan Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al Bashir arrived in Doha on Tuesday on a “Qatar has the ability to but in a wider sense such as employees and customers to General Directorate of Civil De- work visit. The president and his accompanying delegation were welcomed at Hamad International address all parties and try Libya and Syria. The US is a exit through the emergency fense to raise awareness about Airport by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi, Ambassador of Qatar to use our potential to bring superpower. This is a reality gates. safety procedures and train em- to Sudan HE Abdulrahman bin Ali al Kubaisi and Ambassador of Sudan to Qatar HE Fatah al Rah- peace in conflicting coun- and these superpowers must Meanwhile, the Civil De- ployees in different institutions man Ali Mohammed. (QNA) tries. But if the countries use their influence to enforce fense team arrived and doused on how to deal with risks. themselves are not commit- reconciliation.” HMC experts recommend pre-travel Marri announces QR1 mn Qatar counselling to prevent illness abroad support for anti-corruption fund TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QNA offers children and future gen- VIENNA erations a dignified life. HAMAD Medical Corporation Dr Marri called for con- (HMC) is advising residents QATAR’S Attorney-General tinued support for the IAACA who are planning to travel HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al Marri, and looked forward to creat- outside the country to seek chairman of International As- ing a UN agency from it to pre-travel counselling from sociation of Anti-Corruption fight corruption. a specialised travel clinic at Authorities (IAACA), has an- He said the IAACA was es- least four weeks before leav- nounced Qatar’s support for tablished to implement article ing the country. a fund to assist those affected Qatar’s Attorney-General HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al Marri at the tenth four of the United Nations Con- Dr Abdullatif al Khal, by the war on corruption with IAACA conference in Vienna on Tuesday. vention against Corruption. HMC’s deputy chief medi- Dr Abdullatif al Khal. Dr Muna al Maslamani. QR1 million. The attorney-general cal officer for Education and The fund will be named af- from United Nations Office on Dr Marri said the fund said since its establishment, head of Infectious Diseases, in communicable diseases and Dr Romaihi, who treats ter Prime Minister of Malaysia Drugs and Crime (UNODC). aimed at addressing anti-cor- the IAACA has provided the said any travel outside the travel medicine at HMC, said patients at HMC’s Travel Clin- Dr Mahathir Mohamad in ap- The idea of the fund was ruption issues, adding that the needed support to states, in- country carries some health entry into some countries re- ic, said pre-travel counselling preciation for his role in fight- launched by the Malaysian fund would encourage those ternational and regional or- risks and visiting a travel quires specific vaccinations. from a specialised travel clinic ing corruption. prime minister last December, hesitant to get involved in the ganisations and will continue clinic is one of the best ways He said pre-travel consul- will enable individuals to bet- The attorney-general was during the Amir His Highness war on corruption. to provide this support till the to protect one’s health. tations are helpful because in ter prepare. speaking at the tenth IAACA Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al He said the fund will fol- future generations live in less “Pre-travel counselling addition to providing vaccines, Dr Muna al Maslamani, conference, which kicked off Thani International Anti-Cor- low a transparent mechanism corruption. and a health assessment are travel medicine specialists can medical director of the CDC, in Vienna on Tuesday in the ruption Excellence Award. through IAACA, which will He said the path of fighting strongly recommended for recommend medication to said HMC is working to high- presence of the prime minister The idea included the es- monitor it closely. corruption is risky and those travellers planning to visit manage travel-related illnesses, light the importance of pre- of Malaysia, parliamentarians, tablishment of a fund to sup- He urged leaders to play a who fight corruption will not high-risk destinations. It helps such as traveller’s diarrhea, travel consultations. ministers of justice, heads of port those affected by the war heroic role to serve their na- come out safe, but the attempts them to understand the travel- malaria and motion or altitude She stressed need for mem- anti-corruption bodies and on corruption. tions and the global commu- of the corrupt in intimidating related health risks they could sickness, as well as provide per- bers of the public to take pre- heads of academic institu- Dr Mohamad announced nity, and to save the humani- those who fight corruption will encounter while abroad and sonalised travel health advice, cautions to safeguard them- tions from different countries, then a 500,000 Malaysian tarian cause in order to create strengthen their determination the options available to prevent including highlighting potential selves from contracting an in addition to representatives ringgit support for the fund. sustainable development that to continue the war. them,” said Dr Khal. exposures to infectious diseases infectious disease while on va- The US-based Centers for and other general risks. cation and also to avoid putting Disease Control and Prevention He said, “Pre-travel consul- others at risk by bringing these recommends pre-travel consul- tations provide an opportunity illnesses back to Qatar. tations for all travelers, educat- to educate travellers about any “Many people are not aware ing individuals about potential health risks they may encoun- of the availability of travel med- QPC Board of Directors holds second health risks that they might ter at their destination and icine services in Qatar so they otherwise be unaware of. Most travel medicine specialists can don’t take advantage of these travel clinics can provide both help prioritise vaccination and services before they travel. Our meeting, approves financial system protective advice and preventa- other healthcare needs. The Travel Clinic has highly quali- tive medications. typical pre-travel consultation fied staff who can advise on TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Public Benefit Enterprises and Located in the Communi- includes a comprehensive risk a variety of topics, including DOHA its amendments to be a private cable Disease Center (CDC), assessment and may also in- whether vaccines are required institution of public benefit. HMC’s Travel Clinic opened in clude a physical examination. and the best strategies for stay- THE Board of Directors of the Several media institutions 2017 and offers both vaccina- Dr Hamad Eid al Romaihi, ing healthy and safe. In the Qatar Press Center (QPC) on in the country have set up the tions and other preventative Health Protection and Commu- future, we also plan to add ad- Tuesday held its second meet- Centre to contribute to the de- measures including informa- nicable Diseases manager, ditional clinics to accommodate ing under the chairmanship of velopment of media and press tion and education. Public Health Department, the increasing number of trave- Saleh bin Afsan al Kuwari. work according to Qatar Na- Specialists at the Clinic Ministry of Public Health, said lers seeking our services,” said During the meeting, the fi- tional Vision 2030, which has also provide assessments, di- pre-travel counselling is espe- Dr Maslamani. nancial system of the Center was made investing in human be- agnostic tests, treatment and cially important for travellers Travel medicine services approved and implemented. ings a priority. counselling for residents who with chronic medical condi- are available at a number of The official headquarters of The Centre will be a me- have contracted travel-related tions such as diabetes, heart primary health centres, private the Centre was adopted and its The Board of Directors of the Qatar Press Center under the chairmanship dia and journalism club in illnesses. disease, chronic kidney dis- hospitals and clinics, and at the logo adopted after its approval. of Saleh bin Afsan al Kuwari during its second meeting on Tuesday. the Qatar and will hold events The Travel Clinic has cared ease, as well as those with im- Communicable Disease Center The meeting was attended throughout the year, conduct for around 1,700 patients since munosuppressed conditions, (by appointment only). by Vice-Chairman Dr Majed Sabah al Kuwari, Abdulaziz general manager. research and media studies, and opening in January 2017. especially if they are travelling For appointment inquiries al Ansari, Secretary Sadiq Mo- Ibrahim al Mahmoud, Abdul The Centre was established establish partnerships with rel- Dr Mohammed Abu Khat- to countries with a high preva- at the CDC’s Travel Clinic, peo- hammed al Amari and mem- Aziz Mohammed al Abdalghani in accordance with the provi- evant stakeholders, centres and tab, a consultant specialising lence of infectious diseases. ple can call 4025 4003. bers of the board Dr Rabia and Abdullah Hamad Al-Athba, sions of Law No 21 of 2006 on similar clubs worldwide. Nation Wednesday, January 23, 2019 03 SHURA SPEAKER MEETS AMBASSADORS OF GEORGIA, ARGENTINA Computing expert set to debunk blockchain myths at QCRI lecture TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

GLOBALLY renowned comput- ing expert and IBM Fellow Dr C Mohan will visit Qatar to deliver a lecture on ‘State of Public and Private Blockchains: Myths and Reality’ this month. His visit will form part of a blockchain workshop hosted by Qatar Computing Research In- Speaker of the Advisory (Shura) Council HE Ahmed bin Abdulla bin Zaid al Mahmoud met separately with Ambassador of Georgia to Qatar HE Nikoloz Revazishvili and Ambas- stitute (QCRI), part of Hamad Dr C Mohan. sador of Argentina HE Carlos Alberto Hernandez. During the meetings, they discussed the bilateral relations between Qatar, Georgia and Argentina, and the ways of developing Bin Khalifa University. them in various fields, especially in the parliamentary field. They also reviewed a number of topics of common concern.(QNA) For decades, Dr Mohan has few minds behind the database been a major influencer in the systems we know today. If you field of computer science. He is have ever used a database sys- a well-known inventor of AR- tem, you have probably used a IES, a database of algorithms piece of his work.” and a distributed commit pro- Dr Mohan, who now de- tocol called Presumed Abort. scribes himself as an “evangelist QC carrying out 7 relief projects Dr Mohan received his IBM for private blockchains” will dis- fellowship in 1997 and is cur- cuss some of the private block- rently an IBM Fellow at the IBM chain systems being developed Almaden Research Center in by the world’s biggest computer for Syrian refugees in Lebanon Silicon Valley, and was elected companies including IBM, In- to the US and Indian National tel, Oracle and Baidu. Academies of Engineering in He will also bust some of the These projects are aimed at providing winter assistance to more than 226,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon 2009 and named an IBM Master myths associated with public Inventor in 1999. He is also an blockchains such as Ethereum. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ACM and IEEE Fellow, a mem- Also participating in the DOHA ber of the US National Academy workshop are Professor Khaled of Engineering and the first IBM Bugrara of Northeastern Uni- QATAR Charity (QC), with India Chief Scientist. versity in Boston, Qatar Univer- generous support of the ben- QCRI’s Executive Director sity’s Husam al Jawaheri and efactors in Qatar, has started Dr Ahmed Elmagarmid said QCRI’s Dr Yazan Boshmaf and implementing seven new it would be a rare privilege Dr Mashael al Sabah. emergency relief projects to for people in Qatar to hear a The QCRI Blockchain provide winter assistance to scientist of Dr Mohan’s emi- Workshop will be held at more than 226,000 Syrian nence speak. Hamad Bin Khalifa Univer- refugees in Lebanon. He said, “I have known Dr sity’s Researchery Building These projects are being im- Mohan for about 35 years. He is (formerly HBKU Research plemented by QC at an estimat- a seasoned researcher and has Complex) on Tuesday, Janu- ed cost of nearly QR8mn as part made significant contributions ary 29 from 8:30am to 1pm. of its ‘Arsal Relief’ campaign for to the database industry since Interested individuals can the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Qatar Charity’s assistance includes distribution of blankets and heating material (diesel), winter clothes, food to thousands of needy families in the early 1980s. His is one of the register at qcri.org.qa QC’s assistance includes camps, and rehabilitation of uninhabitable tents in the Arsal camps. distribution of blankets and heating material (diesel), win- QC’s medical aid also in- food, heating fuel and treat- camps are facing a severe short- QC’s website (Qch.qa/sos) and ter clothes, food to thousands volves providing healthcare ser- ment to help families cope age of basic life necessities, es- mobile application. Donors can MoCI recalls Porsche Cayenne 2019 model of needy families in camps, and vices for 700 refugees, ensuring with the winter. pecially heating materials. also request for a ‘home collec- rehabilitation of uninhabitable medicines and treatment for During the distribution In light of the continued tor’ service through QC’s app THE Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in collaboration with tents in the Arsal camps. 3,000 Syrian refugee patients, of assistance, emphasis will suffering of the Syrian refu- (Qch.qa/app) or dial the char- Al Boraq Automobiles Co, dealer of Porsche vehicles in Qatar, has an- The assistance also in- and medical campaigns. be placed on refugees in the gees in the camps under the ity’s hotline, 44667711, to make nounced the recall of Porsche Cayenne 2019 model due to a seatbelt cludes provision of medical One of the projects seeks to camps, which are badly affected difficult economic and social their contributions. buckle in the rear right seat which does not meet the required speci- services to mothers, children provide relief aid to the families by the storm, and on the most conditions, QC has urged all Mobile donations can fications. The VIN of affected vehicles are as follows: WP1AA2AY0K- and the elderly, sending a mo- of Syrian refugee orphans in Be- vulnerable and needy families. philanthropists in Qatar to also be made. To donate DA05744, WP1AA2AY3KDA04636, WP1AA2AY3KDA05740, WP1AA2A bile clinic to remote and snow- qaa, Arsal, Akkar and Tripoli, Some 80,000 Syrian refu- continue their support to the QR100, QR200 and QR500, Y4KDA04533,WP1AA2AY6KDA05120, WP1AA2AY8KDA04597, WP1A- covered areas, and provision for the benefit 2,120 families at gees in Arsal are the worst hit ‘Arsal Relief’ campaign. one can send an SMS with B2AY0KDA60451, WP1AB2AY1KDA60457,WP1AB2AY2KDA60452, of children’s medicines to the a total cost of QR1mn. by the blizzard, which has cov- Donations towards the code (SYH) to 92642, 92015, WP1AB2AY3KDA60394, WP1AB2AY4KDA60453, WP1AB2AY5K- Arsal Medical Center. The aid includes basic ered their tents with snow. The campaign can be made through and 92428, respectively. DA60431, WP1AB2AY6KDA60390 and WP1AB2AY8KDA60455. (TNN) 04 Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Nation Temporary closure on Immigration R/A

THE Public Works Authority U-turn at the intersection with ‘Ashghal’ has announced a tem- Huwar Street to return to Al porary closure on Al Gharrafa Shamal Road or continue to Roundabout (known as Immi- Khalifa Street as shown in the gration R/A) for 14 days from map. East and westbound traffic January 24. will not be affected as shown in The roundabout will be the attached map. closed to the north-bound and The diversion comes as part south-bound traffic while the of Phase 1 of Ashghal project bridge will remain open. The aiming to convert Immigration closure will be from 12am to R/A to an intersection and to 9am on January 24 and 31 and develop parts of service roads on from 12am midnight to 5am on 22 February Road, in order to the remaining days. improve traffic movement and During this period, north- increase the intersection’s ca- bound traffic will be diverted to pacity. This phase also includes MURAIKHI MEETS KENYAN ENVOY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi Khalifa Street and drivers shall the development of the storm met with Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Kenya in Qatar HE Washington Oloo in Doha on Tuesday. Dur- make a U-turn at the intersec- water drainage system and the ing the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, the ways of boosting them and enhancing prospects for tion with Arab League Street or continue towards Al Luqta fic will be diverted to Al Luqta addition of new lighting poles at cooperation. The meeting was attended by a number of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.(QNA) to return to Al Shamal Road Street. The southbound traf- Street and drivers can make a the new intersection. (TNN) Ooredoo makes first int’l 5G call in Arab region Groundbreaking call connects Ooredoo Qatar and Ooredoo Kuwait via 5G TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK received by Sheikh Moham- DOHA med in Ooredoo Kuwait’s headquarters. It took place OOREDOO has successfully using 5G CPEs connected trialled the first International at 5G speeds of up to 1 Gbps 5G call in the Arab World, the showcasing the incredible po- telecom provider announced tential of 5G. on Tuesday. Ooredoo Qatar became Ooredoo’s call took place the first operator in the world on Tuesday, January 22, to launch a live, commer- between Sheikh Saud bin cially available 5G network Nasser al Thani, chief execu- in May 2018 and has since tive officer of Ooredoo Group, worked tirelessly to ensure it and Sheikh Mohammed bin will be ready for use as soon Abdulla bin Mohammed al as 5G devices become com- Thani, chief executive officer mercially available. 5G is of Ooredoo Kuwait. set to revolutionise mobile Ooredoo Kuwait CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed al Thani (left) speaks with Ooredoo Group CEO Sheikh Saud bin Nasser al Thani, marking the first 5G inter- Senior representatives and fixed connectivity, with national call in the Arab region. Ooredoo Qatar COO Yousuf al Kubaisi and Ooredoo Group Executive Director of Marketing Fatima Sultan al Kuwari are also seen. from Ooredoo Group, Oore- super-fast internet speeds, doo Qatar and Ooredoo Ku- extreme throughput and low tionary internet of the future both the Qatar and Kuwait 5G With this announcement, launch a live, commercially will be the first to enjoy the wait, in addition to govern- latency. across Kuwait in 2019. This networks, and plenty of the Ooredoo joins major global available 5G network, and incredible capabilities of 5G, ment officials and media Ooredoo Kuwait had an- comes in tandem with Oore- incredible possibilities of 5G telecom players in success- today, our pride increased is of paramount importance representatives were present nounced the launch of the doo Group’s plans to roll out have already been showcased fully trialling 5G calls. as we conducted the first in- to us and we are delighted to to witness the historic mo- trial of 5G for its customers 5G across its markets, follow- by Ooredoo, including a driv- Speaking about the land- ternational 5G call in the re- announce the success of this ment. in June 2018. The 5G trial ing the launch of the new high erless aerial taxi, 5G broad- mark call, Sheikh Saud bin gion. Being at the forefront of call, marking yet another The call was originated by launch came as the company capacity technology in Doha. band in a moving vehicle and Nasser al Thani said: “We technological development, crucial step along the way Sheikh Saud from Ooredoo’s prepares to release the big- Detailed 5G network test- never-before-seen gaming were immensely proud to to ensure our customers and to widespread, life-changing headquarters in Doha, and gest network of the revolu- ing is now underway across quality. be the first in the world to Qatari citizens and residents 5G adoption.” Dreama holds workshop on France launches Arabic website rights of orphaned children to attract more visitors from ME QNA The workshop DOHA was part of Dreama’s efforts THE Orphan Care Center ‘Dreama’, to improve the in cooperation with the Geneva In- services and stitute for Human Rights (GIHR), train the staff on recently organised a training work- the best meth- shop, aiming at developing the cen- ods of care and tre’s capacities related to the rights psychological of orphaned children and foster support provided families. to orphans and The workshop targeted special- other vulnerable ists as well as service and care pro- children as well viders at the Dreama Center in or- as their families. der to raise their competence in and Ambassador of France to Qatar HE Franck Gellet speaks at the launch ‘France.fr’, a website for Arabic speaking travellers to France. awareness of the rights of orphaned their families. ment of orphans, noting Dreama’s children and exchange experiences She added that the cooperation commitment to the promotion and TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK to share their experiences. User- application centre, are committed to with institutions concerned with between Dreama and GIHR came protection of human rights by tak- DOHA friendly and optimised for mobiles, make easier the process of visa de- children’s rights. It also sought to within the framework of expanding ing measures to raise the level of the new website contains informa- livery to France. New services, such increase awareness of beliefs and at- the base of integration in humani- services and care for children. ATOUT France, the national French tion on tourism in France as well as the France-Visas Portal in English titudes related to children, reach a tarian work and partnership with The number of children who tourism development agency, under as on hotels, restaurants, things to and Arabic, VIP lounge at CAPAGO deeper understanding of the princi- international institutions to develop are orphaned, abandoned and de- the patronage of the French Em- do, culture and heritage, events and centre in Al Jaidah Square, deliv- ples and applicability of the UN Con- strategic action. prived of a normal family environ- bassy, has announced the launch museums. ery of your passport directly at your vention on the Rights of the Child, “It is important to develop the ment around the world is currently of ‘France.fr’, the official dedicated An average of 30,000 Qataris house or worksite, are there to facili- and to incorporate the principles and policies of protection for children estimated as 150 million, while Arabic website for France as a des- visit France every year. The num- tate the procedures. A mobile bio- provisions of the UN Convention into and to enable them to know their about 98 percent of orphaned and tination. ber of Qataris visiting Paris grew metric system to collect applicants’ Dreama’s policies and programmes. rights,” she said, pointing out that neglected children are subjected to With the goal of welcoming 100 30 percent in 2018, reaching more fingerprints from their office, home Executive Director of Dreama children who lost both parents are painful events, more than just ‘loss’ million tourists to France by 2020, than 18,000 Schengen visas deliv- or travel agency has been launched Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser al Mis- at greater risk, and that painful situ- of parents. the Arabic version of the website ered for France. In addition, 14,200 for the first time in Qatar.” nad said the workshop was part of ation can be avoided through early Studies have also shown that the has been developed to increase in- visas were approved for non-Qatari Karim Mekachera, regional di- the centre’s efforts to improve the social interventions and health care. increasingly shocking events dur- terest and footfall from the region. residents last year. rector of Atout France in the Middle services it provides to orphaned chil- Executive Director of the Ge- ing childhood are associated with France.fr is fully adapted with At a press conference in Doha, East, explained, “The Arabic web- dren and train the staff on the best neva Institute for Human Rights psychological disorders and behav- the travellers from the Middle East Ambassador of France to Qatar HE site aims to boost France’s appeal methods of care and psychological Dr Nizar Abdelkader stressed the ioural problems in children that may in mind. Social Media platforms Franck Gellet said, “The French as a touristic destination, improving support provided for orphans and importance of this cooperation in continue until adulthood and lead to are also now available in Arabic to Embassy in Qatar, and its partner its ranking as a top travel destina- other vulnerable children as well as enhancing the status and empower- poor performance in schools. inspire and encourage followers CAPAGO MENA, the official visa tion for the Arab traveller.” Aspetar receives Accreditation Canada Diamond Level status

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK “This is a significant accom- step closer towards its vision DOHA plishment by Aspetar and I of being a global leader in offer my congratulations to sports medicine and exercise ASPETAR, the orthopaedic Suwaidi and his team. This science by 2020. and sports medicine hospital, achievement also demon- Aspetar adheres to a five on Monday officially received strates how Canada is current- pillar patient safety strategy the Accreditation Canada Dia- ly supporting Qatar in meet- that comprises implementing mond Level status. ing its goals outlined in vision leadership rounds, depart- Aspetar was awarded the 2030 and Qatar’s National mental safety huddles, safety Diamond Level status under Health Strategy. forums, an online incident the Qmentum International “Health sector cooperation management system, and a Accreditation Program, an between Canada and Qatar patient and staff engagement internationally-recognised remains one of the most bril- programme. Additionally, As- system that focuses on qual- liant examples of partnership petar has implemented all the ity and safety throughout all between the two countries. required organisational pa- aspects of an organisation’s Amongst the over 9,000 Cana- tient safety practices that are services, including governance dian expats living in Qatar, a part of the accreditation pro- and leadership, direct care and The award ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including Ambassador of Canada to Qatar HE Stefanie McCollum and Chief Medical considerable number of them gramme. Aspetar’s multi-dis- infrastructure. Officer of Aspetar Prof Jan Ekstrand. work in the healthcare sec- ciplinary approach provides Aspetar is the first hos- tor in the country, and we are patients with comprehensive pital in Qatar to be awarded HE Stefanie McCollum. commitment of our staff to im- organisations that use the been on the top of our agenda proud of their contribution.” treatment plans designed to this coveted Diamond Level Prof Jan Ekstrand, chief plement globally-recognised very best practices across their and it will remain so as we The award cements the ensure a safe and quick re- status. medical officer at Aspetar, on accreditation standards. The services. To reach this mile- continue to provide each one hospital’s standing as an covery. The hospital also uses The award ceremony, held behalf of Mohammed Khalifa Diamond Level is the highest stone as we celebrate 11 years of our patients with the best elite healthcare provider lo- the best available technologies at the hospital’s headquarters al Suwaidi, director-general at level of accreditation possible of patient safety and quality possible healthcare in line cally, regionally and inter- to support patients, including in Doha, was attended by sev- Aspetar, said: “Today’s cere- under the programme and is improvement is a wonderful with Qatar’s National Health nationally, particularly in advanced electronic systems eral dignitaries, including Am- mony is a celebration and rec- only awarded to highly-com- achievement for everyone Strategy.” the field of sports medicine. to store patient records and bassador of Canada to Qatar ognition of the hard work and mitted and quality-oriented involved. These have always Stefanie McCollum said: It also brings Aspetar one order medication. Nation Wednesday, January 23, 2019 05 HIA ranks 2nd best QA marks launch of 2nd gateway in Sweden in OAG’s on-time TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 22 seats in Business Class and DOHA 232 seats in Economy Class. Gothenburg, Sweden’s performance report TO celebrate the launch of Qa- second-largest city, is set to tar Airways’ new direct service grow by almost a third by the to Gothenburg in Sweden, Qa- end of 2035. It is an important 20% increase in passengers likely this year tar Airways Group Chief Ex- industrial and business cen- ecutive Akbar al Baker hosted tre, with the largest port in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK experience, our continued in- a press conference at the Clar- Nordic countries. DOHA vestments in infrastructure, ion Post Hotel in Gothenburg As one of the world’s lead- cutting-edge technology, and on Tuesday. ing international air cargo HAMAD International Airport front-line processing solutions At the press conference, carriers, Qatar Airways Cargo (HIA) witnessed remarkable will continue to shape HIA as a Baker highlighted the award- already has a large presence in achievements in 2018, with the leading aviation-hub and posi- winning airline’s robust ex- the Nordics region, operating five-star airport successfully tion us to set new standards and pansion plans, as well as its belly-hold flights to and from completing the first phase of records across the industry.” commitment to bringing Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen its Smart Airport Program, Amid the projected increase more visitors to Sweden and and Stockholm, along with launching phase two of its ex- in passenger traffic this year, to connecting Gothenburg four weekly freighters from pansion plan and receiving nu- HIA remains ahead of the curve to its extensive global net- QA Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker at a press conference in Gothenburg, Sweden on Tuesday. Oslo. The five weekly wide- merous international awards and accomplished an industry- work via the award-winning body belly-hold flights to and and industry achievements that leading transfer security screen- Hamad International Airport passengers even more con- Scandinavia’s largest economy into Stockholm. We are also from Gothenburg will increase continue to shape the airport as ing which resulted in signifi- (HIA) in Doha. venience and enhanced con- and one of Europe’s strong- delighted that in five years, Qa- the overall tonnage to 1,000 a leader in the aviation industry. cantly shorter queuing times at He said: “We are tremen- nectivity to an extensive choice est. New direct routes are an tar Airways has doubled traffic tonnes per week from the Nor- Experiencing steady year- security points by introducing dously pleased to launch our of destinations on our global important contributing factor on the direct route between dic region. Direct flights from on-year passenger growth with more services for transferring new direct service to Gothen- route network. We invite all to as improved market connec- Doha and Stockholm, signifi- Gothenburg will greatly benefit 8.1 million passengers just in passengers. This has ensured burg, our second gateway into experience the unique charm tivity is crucial for Sweden´s cantly increasing connectivity the automotive, pharma, high the last quarter of 2018 and a that at least 95 percent of the Sweden. Gothenburg is both an of Gothenburg and look for- tourism, businesses, ability to between Sweden and the rest tech and general industries projected increase of 20 percent airport’s transfer passengers important business centre and ward to welcoming passengers attract investments and ex- of the world.” in Sweden, and offer efficient in passenger traffic this year, queue for under five minutes. a growing tourist destination on board.” change of knowledge. Qatar Airways’ five week- connections to Middle East, the airport continues to deliver Phase Two of the HIA’s ex- which is becoming increasingly Swedavia President and We are very pleased to wel- ly flights to Gothenburg are Africa, Asia, Australia and New on its vision of becoming the pansion plan marks a key devel- popular with visitors. This new Chief Executive Officer Jonas come Qatar Airways to Goth- served with a Boeing 787 Zealand via the carrier’s state- ‘airport of the future’. opment in the airport’s growth gateway will offer our Swedish Abrahamsson said: “Sweden is enburg, its second gateway Dreamliner aircraft, featuring of-the-art hub in Doha. HIA ranked as the 2nd and in Qatar’s transportation best airport in the world for and communications sector. On-Time Performance (OTP) The expansion will enable HIA in OAG’s Punctuality League to accommodate over 53 million report. According to OAG, the passengers annually by 2022. leading global provider of digi- In addition to the immedi- Qatar Airways Cargo launches freighter tal flight information, Qatar’s ate benefits of increased space state-of-the-art airport ranked and capacities, the construction 2nd in the major airports cat- of the Airport City will also pro- operations to Almaty, Kazakhstan egory (from 20 to 30 million vide significant future invest- departing seats per annum) ment opportunities including a TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK rect connection for imports ity to and from Europe is with 85.41 percent of its flights free trade zone, office and busi- DOHA into Almaty from our hub more than 15,000 tonnes operating on time. ness complex, and hotels. A new in Doha and can count on each way. Engr Badr Mohammed al cargo terminal will also be con- QATAR Airways (QA) Cargo us for efficient and world- Qatar Airways Cargo vol- Meer, chief operating officer structed, increasing the HIA’s has commenced freighter class service for their air umes increased by 10 per at HIA, said: “This has been a capacity to 3 million tonnes operations to its second new freight requirements.” cent in 2018 compared to highly rewarding and success- per year and accommodating destination in 2019, Almaty Almaty is a key financial 2017. The carrier’s products ful year for the airport as wit- the expected surge in freight in Kazakhstan, offering more centre and the largest me- have also performed excep- nessed by our year-end results traffic. The developments in than 200 tonnes of capacity tropolis in Kazakhstan. Ma- tionally well with positive and multiple awards and ac- infrastructure play a key role in each week to the Kazakh city. jor imports into Almaty in- tonnage growth and several colades, including recognition Qatar’s preparations to host the The twice-weekly Boeing clude general cargo, fashion enhancements introduced, from OAG’s punctuality league 2022 FIFA World Cup, where 777 freighters depart Doha and high-tech products. such as the roll out of the for OTP. We are honoured by the country will witness a spike on Thursdays and Sundays, With the latest addition automated mail manage- this distinguished ranking, in tourists and visitors to expe- arriving in Almaty on the of Almaty, the cargo car- ment system across its net- among other awards and acco- rience the global sporting event. same day. rier’s freighter network in work that greatly benefits lades that acknowledge HIA’s HIA’s 2018 fourth quar- On the return, the Europe has increased to 16 postal mail and e-commerce success in providing passen- ter results saw the airport freighters arrive in Doha via The twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighters depart Doha on Thursdays destinations. Qatar Airways customers. gers with seamless, hassle-free welcome a total of 8.1 million Hong Kong. and Sundays, arriving in Almaty on the same day. Cargo also transports freight The carrier added belly- travel and an unparalleled pas- passengers, a 5.6 percent pas- Qatar Airways Chief Of- on the belly-hold of passen- hold cargo capacity to sev- senger experience.” senger increment compared ficer Cargo Guillaume Hal- 2019, just 10 days after the freighter network while ex- ger flights operating to more eral key destinations in its He added: “2019 will be a to the fourth quarter of 2017. leux said, “2018 was a great launch of freighter services panding our footprint in Eu- than 50 destinations on the network and also received continuation of success and key HIA further handled 57,831 year for us and we are ex- to Guadalajara, Mexico. rope, which is a key market continent. two brand new Boeing 777 developments for the airport, in aircraft movements, achiev- cited to launch our second “The new addition for air freight. Customers The cargo carrier’s com- freighters in 2018 as part of as phase two of our multi-story ing an increase of 14.3 percent, freighter destination in strengthens our global globally are offered a di- bined weekly cargo capac- its expansion strategy. expansion plan begins. As we as well as handling 570,337 deliver a world-class airport tonnes of cargo. QU’s Al-Bairaq Programme to launch 16th research cycle on Feb 20 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Under professional supervi- The programme offers students a unique opportunity on four prestigious areas of weight automotive applications. DOHA sion and guidance, the students research, the first of which is The final area is a research will experience hands-on re- to get involved in ongoing research conducted at QU ‘Qatar-robotic automation’, a on the synthesis, characterisa- QATAR University’s (QU) Al search by experimenting with and work with university professors and professional research on how to use robotics tion and application of a new Bairaq Programme, which is different materials in a labora- researchers from various scientific fields and the design-build-test ap- electro spun polystyrene/al2o3 under the university’s Center tory setting. proach in the field of firefighting nanocomposite super hydro- for Advanced Materials (CAM), The programme offers stu- and buildings evacuations dur- phobic coatings. will host the 16th cycle of ‘I am dents a unique opportunity secutive year, has generated a Qatari Schools - Al-Arqam ing hazardous condition. The students will also re- a Researcher’, a symposium to get involved in ongoing re- highly qualified generation ca- Academy for Girls, Omar Bin Another research will in- ceive various scientific work- for research and innovation on search conducted at QU and pable of leading and serving the Al-Khattab Secondary School volve the usage of polymeric shops to enhance their research February 20, 2019. work with university professors country to achieve Qatar Na- for Boys, Jassim Bin Hamad membranes in the field of skills such as how to write sci- The track is designed for and professional researchers tional Vision 2030. Secondary School for Boys and wastewater treatment. The entific research, presentations Qatari high school seniors with from various scientific fields. The cycle includes the par- Zubaida Secondary School for third research involves the fab- skills, safety and laboratory the aim to engage and stimulate This track, which is being ticipation of nine high school Girls. rication and testing of tough- regulation, critical thinking and their curiosity about science. presented for the eighth con- students from four different Students will be working ened epoxy composites for light many other workshops. QU pharmacy students get insights at Qatar Pharma factory and NCCCR JOB OPPORTUNITY TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK students visited the National DOHA Center for Cancer Care & Re- search (NCCCR), a part of Hamad AS part of the continuous collabo- Medical Corporation (HMC). A reputed company in Qatar requires ration between Qatar University The team at the NCCCR wel- (QU) College of Pharmacy (CPH) comed the students and faculty and the industrial sector, QU stu- under the supervision of Sandi Ali- experienced Male or Female outdoor dents and faculty visit the Qatar Adib, clinical lecturer in the phar- Pharma factory, the first pharma- maceutical sciences department. ceutical manufacturer in Qatar. The students toured the fa- Sales Executive with the below The visit is part of the phar- cilities of positron emission to- maceutics class curriculum to pography (PET) scan unit, while provide students with insight into Dr Hadi Fayad, medical physicist proper current manufacturing The visit comes as part of the pharmaceutics class curriculum to provide at the occupational health and TXDOL¿FDWLRQV practices for sterile pharmaceuti- students with insight into proper current manufacturing practices, best labo- safety department PET/CT Cent- cal products, best laboratory prac- ratory practices as well as understanding the business of drug production. er, gave a brief introduction and tices from a scientific perspective explanation on PET/CT scan at ‡%DFKHORU¶V'HJUHHRUHTXLYDOHQW as well as understanding the busi- a lot of interest among this batch The products are also export- Hamad Hospital. ness of drug production. of students. The team from Qatar ed to different parts of the world. The students were introduced The efforts are part of the Pharma provided highly profes- Plans for the local manufacturer to the production of radio-iso- ‡Minimum 2 Years of work experience boost in the pharmaceutical in- sional support and comprehen- include ampules, vials, tables, cap- topes by state-of-the-art cyclotron dustry in Qatar, particularly after sive descriptions of formulations sules and syrups etc. and also viewed the radio-phar- the Amir His Highness Sheikh and processes to best meet the de- Second year pharmacy stu- maceutical production quality in Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani called fined target product profile. dent Dhabya al Khater said, “I had control laboratory. for greater medicinal security. The students toured the facil- an amazing experience during my NCCCR members provided Dr Ahmed al Sulaiti, chairman ity and were introduced to many visit to Qatar Pharma. I was so brief presentations that en- ‡)OXHQF\LQ(QJOLVK NQRZOHGJHLQ of Qatar Pharma, welcomed the aspects of manufacturing and happy to learn more about drug riched the knowledge of stu- visiting students under the super- testing the parenteral. manufacturing. I was proud and dents in this field. vision of Prof Katerina Gorachi- Dr Halim Jaffer, general man- excited to know about the first Samira Soares Waquil, Radi- Arabic is a plus nova, professor of Pharmaceutical ager at Qatar Pharma, explained pharmaceutical factory in Qatar. opharmaceutical and Production Sciences at the College of Phar- how the factory has state-of-the- This experience opens new doors Manager at the Cyclotron Labo- macy and the organiser of the trip. art plant machinery without hu- to the future where we, as Qatari ratory, said: “It is always a pleas- The factory has been collabo- man intervention to limit contam- students and future pharmacists, ure to have pharmacy students ‡9DOLG4DWDU'ULYLQJOLFHQVH rating with the pharmaceutics lab ination. are inspired to build our own fu- from Qatar University visiting since 2009, developing and test- He also discussed the quality ture carrier in the industry and Hamad Hospital’s Cyclotron Lab. ing products and raw material. control measures at the plant. work to benefit and provide cen- It gives us the chance to share a Prof Gorachinova said, “The Qatar Pharma produces IV tred care that is high in quality and little bit of our knowledge and Interested applicants may send their position and role of a pharmacist solutions, hemodialysis for kidney safety for the patient.” experience in radio-pharmacy, in the industry, as well as formu- failure and a range of other prod- Beside, as part of the focus to a field that has been growing in lation and production of safe and ucts to meet Qatar’s hospital and combine theory with practice in recent years and is in much need CV to: [email protected] efficacious medicines, have raised clinical demands. education, third year pharmacy of new professionals.” 06 Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Reports by L N Mallick For events and press releases email Pakistan Prism [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222

Bazm-e-Ahbab gets new office-bearers

AK Bazm-e-Ahbab, a well-known socio- Pak Bazm-e-Ahbab cultural organisa- organises different Ption of Pakistanis events including quiz working in different com- and debate competi- panies in MIC (Mesaieed Industrial City) elected tions for students and its new office-bearers re- families cently. The new office-bear- ers are Muhammad Ab- Secretary), Muhammad dul Qudus (Chairman), Ishaq (Finance Secretary) Sekander-e-Azam Ghori and Tariq Yasin (Cultural (Vice Chairman), Farooq Secretary). Ahmad (President), Javed Pak Bazm-e-Ahbab Iqbal Bhatti (Vice Presi- organises different events dent), Furqan Ahmad including quiz and debate Group photo of attendees Paracha (General Secre- competitions for students tary), Muhammad Zahid and families. The forum Sharif, (Joint Secretary), also organises events to Romaiz Taskeen Qureshi mark Pakistan and Qatar ‘Sindhi Cultural Day’ (Media and Information national days. celebrated with colourful activities

lated QSindhis’ Core Committee for All the community members organising a graceful event and ap- including children thronged preciated the efforts to keep alive Muhammad Abdul Qudus Sekandar e Azam Ghori Sindh’s 5000- year-old culture. the venue dressed in grace- Speaking on the occasion, QSin- dhis’ Chairman Mushtaq Ahmed ful Sindhi traditional attires Shaikh and Co-Founders Asif Me- with ‘ajrak’ and ‘topi’ show- mon and Zeeshan Mumtaz Memon presented the annual report of QSin- ing continuity and pride dhis Social Forum. of Sindh’s millennia-old They also congratulated the members on 4th anniversary of the culture Mushtaque Shaikh sharing annual report of Qsindhis. forum and appreciated the contribu- tion of QSindhis Core Committee in dhis Social Forum, a forum repre- lennia-old rich culture. successfully running the forum. HE Sindhi community in senting Sindhis living in Qatar, at Kids presented tableaus and po- QSindhis Core Committee mem- Qatar marked ‘Sindhi Cul- Corp Executive Hotel Doha Suites. ems in Sindhi language. Faheem bers emphasised that they are am- tural Day’ with colourful All the community members in- Amur and Iftikhar Jatoi regaled the bassadors of Pakistan and will always activities. The culture of cluding children thronged the venue guests with melodious Sindhi songs. play their role in projecting a posi- Pakistan’s Sindh province dressed in graceful Sindhi traditional Chief guest of the event Nargis tive image of Pakistan contribute to isT more than 5000 years old. attires with ‘ajrak’ and ‘topi’ showing Raza Otho, Principal of Pakistan In- the betterment of their country and Farooq Ahmed Furqan Ahmad Paracha The event was organised by QSin- continuity and pride of Sindh’s mil- ternational School-Qatar, congratu- their second home Qatar.

Chief guest and Principal of Pakistan Internation School Nargis Raza Otho along with Javed Iqbal Bhatti Zahid Sharif Children at the function Asif Memon and Adnan Qureshi

Muhammad Ishaq Romaiz Taskeen Qureshi Children and adults alike enjoy the festive atmosphere at the ‘Sindhi Cultural Day’ celebration function.

Majlis-e-Frogh-e-Urdu Adab announces new members of managing committee

AJLIS-E-FROGH- ings, research and literary E-URDU Adab criticism. (MFUA), a promi- Last year in Novem- Mnent literary or- ber, MFUA organised 22nd ganisation based in Qatar, Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Award announced new members function at the City Centre of its managing committee Rotana Hotel, thus earning recently. the privilege of honoring 22 According to Majlis top Pakistani scholars and Chairman Mohammad 22 top Indian scholars since Atiq, the new office- bear- (Information Secretaries) Malik. States, Europe, USA, Can- Adab Awards annually 1996. ers include Dr Fartash Syed and Raza Hussain Raza (Fi- Museeb ur Rehman in MFUA’s sole objective is to ada, Russia, China, Japan, since 1996. These awards In the last 22 (President) Javed Humayun nance Secretary). Qatar in 1991. Its sole ob- promote Urdu language & Australia and other coun- comprise a gold medal and years, MFUA has also and Roase Mumtaz (Vice Atiq has been living in jective is to promote Urdu literature and hold interna- tries for literary seminars, a cash prize of Rs 150,000 been giving Special Frogh- Presidents) Obaid Tahir Qatar since March 1973. language and literature and tional Urdu ‘mushairas’ talks and lectures. for each award winner. It e-Urdu Awards to Urdu (Secretary General), Furqan He is also the Chairman of hold international Urdu (gathering of Urdu poets) In addition to hold- is given to two writers and scholars based outside the Ahmed Paracha and Qamar Shaeqee Ne Fun, a socio- ‘mushairas’ (gathering ing international Urdu scholars, one from Pakistan sub-continent and also to Uz Zaman Bhatti, (Joint cultural organization of Pa- of Urdu poets) and other Urdu poets, scholars and mushairas every year since and the other from India, some VIP residents in Qatar Secretaries) Engineer Abdul kistani expatriates in Qatar. events of purely literary na- distinguished dignitaries 1994, MFUA has been giv- for their life-time achieve- belonging to the sub-conti- Razzaq and Javed Bhatti MFUA was founded by Late ture by inviting prominent from Pakistan, India, GCC ing ‘Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu ments in creative writ- nent. Pakistan / S Asia / Philippines / SE Asia Wednesday, January 23, 2019 07 Pakistan JIT holds CTD officers responsible for Sahiwal killings THENEWS.COM.PK removed from their positions. victims,” he said, adding the It is a test case ed statements of three to four partment (CTD) on Saturday. ISLAMABAD “SSP CTD Sahial, DSP the incumbent government was three eyewitnesses. The CTD had claimed to CTD Sahiawl and all officers committed to provide justice. for the Prime Minister Imran have killed four terrorists in PUNJAB law minister Raja involved in the Saturday en- “Nobody is above the law,” Government of Punjab. Khan has assured the people Sahiwal near the toll plaza Basharat said that CTD offic- counter will be prosecuted un- he added. The investigating We will provide justice that strict action will be taken which later turned to be a fake ers have been held responsible der anti-terror law,” he said. team has found no links of against the culprits responsi- encounter. for the killing of Khalil’s family “SSP and DSP CTD Sahiwal Khalil’s family to terrorism, the to the heirs of victims. ble for the Sahiwal tragedy as The deceased were identi- in Sahiwal. have been suspended.” About sources said and added that Nobody is above the law he returns from Qatar. The fied as Khalil, his wife Nabeela, Speaking to media per- the murder of Zeehsan Javed, CTD mishandled the situation. assurance was given by him daughter Areeba and Khalil’s sons about the finding of JIT’s he said that the JIT head has The JIT was tasked to pre- Punjab Law Minister before embarking on a trip of friend. Minister for Human report submitted to Punjab asked for more time to investi- sent its report in 72 hours, end- Raja Basharat Qatar on Monday. Rights Shireen Mazari on Chief Minister and other top gate further. ed at 5:00PM today, however, Four people including Khal- Tuesday said that 16 officials of officials, Basharat said that “It is a test case for the Gov- earlier, the team head Punjab sain Shah said it is not possible Earlier, the JIT head along il, his wife, 13 years old daughter the Counter-Terrorism Depart- Additional IG police and Ad- ernment of Punjab. We will Police Additional Inspector to submit a final report on the with team members visited the and friend Zeeshan were killed ment (CTD) have been booked ditional IG CTD have been provide justice to the heirs of General (AIG) Syed Ijaz Hus- incident by 5pm Tuesday. site of the incident and record- by the Counter Terrorism De- under terrorism charges.

Indonesia sets terms for Malaysia PM defends Israeli release of ‘radical’ cleric athlete ban; likens move to Philippine senators oppose JAKARTA: An 80-year-old Muslim cleric imprisoned in In- donesia on terrorism charges Trump’s border wall plan should only be released if he pledges allegiance to the AFP Last week Israel said the president’s push to lower state, Indonesian President VIENNA decision was motivated by Joko Widodo said on Tuesday. “rabid anti-Semitism” on Ma- Last week, Joko said cleric PRIME Minister Mahathir hathir’s part. Abu Bakar Bashir, who is Mohamad on Tuesday de- Mahathir, now 93 and in serving a 15-year jail term, fended Malaysia’s ban on Is- his second stint as premier, criminal liability age to 9 would be granted compassion- raeli athletes, likening it to has in the past attracted criti- ate release because he was US President Donald Trump’s cism for verbal attacks on old and frail. But his security plan to build a wall along the Jews. Last week he denied minister, Wiranto, announced US-Mexico border. accusations of anti-Semitism, Duterte backs bill seeking confinement of children as young as nine years old Monday that the plan was Malaysia sparked a row saying: “It is my right to tell being reviewed, taking into ac- with Israel after saying it them they have been doing a count legal technicalities and would not allow Israeli swim- lot of wrong things. Why can’t other issues. mers to compete in a tourna- we say anything against Israel, “The conditions must be ment later this year that serves against the Jews?”. fulfilled, including a pledge of as a qualifying event for the On Tuesday he branded Is- allegiance to the Unitary State Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. rael “a criminal country”, add- of Indonesia and Pancasila,” “Every country has the ing: “If their people want to Joko said, referring to the right to accept or refuse entry compete in sport, they can go state’s secular ideology which of anybody,” Mahathir told a to some other country.” Israel includes recognition of one press conference in Vienna on has called on the International God. (DPA) Tuesday. “You can see that in Paralympic Committee to chal- America now they are erecting a lenge the decision or change very high wall to prevent Mexi- the venue of the competition. cans from going to America,” he Kuala Lumpur, which has said. “We have the same idea, no formal diplomatic ties with 27 killed in fire as that people who are undesirable Israel, has rejected pleas from for our country will be kept out the world sporting body to find bus hits tanker of our country,” Mahathir added. a solution to the row. near Karach

DPA Taliban ready for talks with US ISLAMABAD AT least 27 people have been as Afghanistan counts dead killed in southern Pakistan in a head-on collision between a DPA Taliban and US envoys bus and a fuel tanker, officials KABUL have officially met four times (File photo) Filipino students protest Duterte government’s drug war campaign. (AGENCIES) said on Tuesday. since July, in an attempt to The crash occurred in the PREPARATORY talks for find a negotiated settlement REUTERS require counterpart legislation and has said he has since real- the Children, while domestic town of Hub near the southern peace negotiations between the for the 17-year-long war in the MANILA and approval of the Senate, ised they were all on a greater activists said children should port city of Karachi late Mon- US and the Taliban will con- embattled country. members of which appear less scale than he had imagined. be protected from criminals, day, local administrator Shab- tinue on Tuesday, according to But it was not clear what SENATORS in the Philippines supportive. Despite a war on drugs not held liable for things they bir Mengal said. the Taliban, despite an attack effect the Wardak attack on Tuesday joined activists and “It is anti-family, anti-poor that has killed thousands of were forced to do. The bus with 33 people by the militants the day before would have on the Doha talks. child protection groups in con- and simply unjust. Moreover, people and graft-related scan- Agnes Callamard, a United on board was heading to the that left more than 100 dead at Provincial council mem- demning a lower house move it will promote a heartless and dals and resignations of his Nations special rapporteur who south-western province of an Afghan spy agency base. ber Nafisa Selai Wardak said to reduce the age of criminal ruthless society that has no re- own appointees, Duterte has has frequently locked horns Balochistan when it collided Taliban representatives at least 126 agency members liability from 15 to nine, calling gard for its own people,” said not lost his lustre among Fili- with Duterte, called it a “dan- head-on with the tanker, Men- have been meeting with US were killed in the attack, which it extreme and unjust. Antonio Trillanes, one of Du- pinos, who polls show back his gerous and potentially deadly gal said. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to began Monday morning when The proposal has Presi- terte’s biggest critics. morality-centred approach to proposal. Just shameful”. Both vehicles caught fire, pave the way for the talks. a suicide bomber detonated dent Rodrigo Duterte’s sup- Risa Hontiveros said the law and order. Justice committee chair- burning most of the victims Washington has agreed to talk his explosive laden-vehicle port and is being revived by idea went against Philippines’ Senator Panfilo Lacson man Salvador Leachon, beyond recognition, he added. about “ending the invasion of outside the base. There were his Congressional allies, hav- international commitments said nine was too young, but he however, said the bill was At least four people are be- Afghanistan and preventing 150 agents housed at the base. ing been filed on his inaugura- and a global trend of raising, supported lowering the age “to misunderstood, and was reha- ing treated at a hospital in Ka- the country from being used All the survivors suffered inju- tion day in 2016 along with a not lowering, the criminal age. a certain level”. Joel Villanueva bilitation-centred, and “pro- rachi, said doctor Asad Khan. against other countries.” ries, Wardak said. bid to re-introduce the death “Why do we want to slide said the bill needed a rethink, children”, with non-compliant DNA testing was being The Taliban issued a state- Another provincial council penalty - moves touting his back to the minimum, or even to target parents more. parents the ones who would go conducted to identify the bod- ment, following the Monday member, Mohammad Sardar crime-busting credentials. below the minimum? Is this a “Children in general have to jail. ies so they can returned to attack on the base in Wardak Bakhtyari, said 60 bodies had The plan was approved on race to the bottom?” she told a different levels of maturity and “The point here is there is their families, Mengal said. province, saying it expected been pulled out of the rub- Monday by the lower house’s Senate hearing. discernment,” he added. no punishment,” he told news Balochistan Chief Minister members to be at the talks in ble so far, and that up to 130 justice committee, but still Duterte campaigned ag- International organisa- channel ANC. “It’s rehabilita- Jam Kamal ordered an inquiry Doha. The United States has people may have been killed needs several readings before gressively on eliminating tions have expressed alarm, tion, reformative, taking care to determine the cause of the not commented. in total. a house vote. It would then crime, drugs and corruption including UNICEF and Save of the family.” crash. Aid groups plead with Myanmar for Heavy rains, snowfall paralyse northern Pakistan access to war-torn Rakhine state agencies on alert amid fears of DPA The Myanmar military has Hundreds stranded landslides in northern areas. YANGON since vowed to “crush” the in- Thousands of people visit surgency. It claimes it killed in the mountains the country’s north every year AID organisations petitioned five insurgents on January 16. DPA to enjoy snowy weather, but the Myanmar government on The fighting has sent thou- ISLAMABAD lack of infrastructure some- Tuesday for access to war-torn sands of civilians fleeing to time results in accidents. Prime Minister Imran Khan sections of northern Rakhine temporary shelters, but many HEAVY rains and snowfall “At least three members of state, where thousands of civil- remain deprived of basic ne- paralysed northern Pakistan a family were killed in sub- Pakistan PM Khan ians have been displaced this cessities. According to the sig- with landslides, blocking high- urbs of Abbottabad due to a month by fighting between natories of Tuesday’s petition, ways and leaving hundreds landslide,” said Taimur Ali, a offers condolence to Myanmar security forces and which include Oxfam, Save the stranded in the mountains, of- spokesperson for the Khyber people of Afghanistan the Arakan Army. Children, and the Norwegian ficials said on Tuesday. Pakhtunkhwa disaster man- over terror attack The recent clashes erupted Refugee Council, “this response Army and civil adminis- agement authority. on January 4, when the Ara- will not be sufficient to meet the tration teams rescued tour- People attend a funeral during heavy snowfall in Neelum Valley of The main highway be- ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister kan Army, which purportedly humanitarian needs of an esti- ists stranded in heavy snow, Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday. (EPA) tween Pakistan and China Imran Khan on Tuesday offered seeks self-determination for mated 5,000 people now dis- military spokesman Major remained blocked at multiple condolence to the people of Rakhine Buddhists, attacked placed with further fighting and General Asif Ghafoor said in a air force launched separate The National Disas- points due to due to land- Afghanistan at the loss of four police outposts, killing 13 displacement expected.” Eight- statement. rescue teams, each carrying ter Management Authority slides caused by heavy rains lives in terror attack in Maidan police officers. een groups signed the plea. He said that the army and medicine and food. (NDMA) put rescue and relief and snow. Wardak province on Monday. “My condolences go to the people of Afghanistan at the great loss of life suffered in the condemnable act of terror in Maidan Wardak province on Some poll observers cast doubt on Bangladesh vote credibility Monday; I pray that peace will return soon to our war-ravaged REUTERS from voters and officials pre- A Canadian observer who States, and British officials for neighbour,” he said in a tweet. DHAKA siding over polling booths that was brought in by the founda- irregularities observed during At least 65 people were killed the polling. in a Taliban-claimed attack on A TOP official at an observer “Now I have come to know everything, and can say that Transparency Internation- an Afghan intelligence base, group that monitored Bangla- the election was not free and fair,” says Mohammad al last week said its investiga- sources said Tuesday, in the desh’s election, as well as one tion into the Dec 30 election latest high-casualty attack on of its foreign volunteers, have Abdus Salam, a former high court division justice found irregularities at 47 of the beleaguered Afghan forces. said they regret participating 50 constituencies surveyed, The new toll from in the process, casting doubt activists from Hasina’s Awami tion has also said she now wish- including fake votes, ballot Monday´s Taliban-claimed on the credibility of a vote League stuffed ballot boxes es she had not been involved. stuffing, and voters and op- attack in central Wardak prov- won overwhelmingly by Prime the night before the poll and Bangladesh, which is an position polling agents barred ince is far higher than ear- Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rul- intimidated voters. important supplier of clothing from entering polling centres. lier figures of 12 dead, and ing alliance. “Now I have come to know to major Western High Street It found the ruling party was comes after a day of confu- The president of the everything, and can say that brands and is the second- alone in actively campaigning sion, with officials giving SAARC Human Rights Foun- the election was not free and biggest garments exporter in at all areas surveyed, some- conflicting casualty numbers (File photo) Supporters of Bangladesh Awami League attend a grand dation told Reuters he now be- fair,” said Mohammad Abdus the world behind China, had times with help from local law to media. (THENEWS.COM.PK) rally in Dhaka to celebrate its landslide victory in 11th parliamentary lieved there should be a fresh Salam, a 75-year-old former already faced criticism from enforcement officials and gov- election held on December 30. (AFP) vote after hearing accounts high court division justice. European Union, United ernment resources. 08 Wednesday, January 23, 2019

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ‘Punished’ For The ‘Sin’ China Built A Big, Of Being Poor Beautiful Wall, Too. Arrest the rich, and they can put up the full bail amount and walk free. The destitute, with no money to pay the court or the bondsman, must sit in jail, punished for their poverty It Failed “JUSTICE” system that frees people pended license–a misdemeanor–she was The ultimate lesson of Great Wall: A physical barrier, no matter how impregnable, will who can afford to pay while locking repeatedly charged, convicted and given the up those without means is not worthy “choice” to pay fines or go to jail. Jail meant fail if detached from a broader set of policies to alleviate the sources of insecurity of the name. Yet the American system missing work, losing income and letting of justice _ touted by the privileged as mounting debts go unpaid. But she had no MICHAEL SCHUMAN A TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE the world’s shining example of equality and money for the fines, so like too many other fair play is shaped by wealth and poverty. It impoverished Americans, her poverty chose rewards people with money and compounds for her. She went to jail. But at least her jail ROM the moment he launched his the misery of the poor. time lifted the financial burden of the penal- campaign for president, Donald The most obvious example is the bail ties, didn’t it? No, not in this Dickensian sys- Trump compared the barrier he want- system. Arrest the rich, and they can put up tem. The state has tacked onto fines a variety ed to build along the U.S. southern bor- the full amount and walk free. The middle- of fees and assessments that follow the im- Fder to China’s Great Wall. With the US income person can pay a lesser amount to a poverished offender out of jail, even after the government now shuttered by the standoff bond company and, again, go free, although at base fines are extinguished. There is a court over funding Trump’s wall, both he and his a cost. But the destitute, with no money to pay operations fee. A court facilities fee. And on Democratic opponents might want to take a the court or the bondsman, must sit in jail, and on. These fees have no rehabilitative val- closer look at the Chinese fortification–and punished for their poverty. ue and serve no punitive purpose. They’re just why exactly it failed. That’s one of the privileges of wealth. the way the state pays for some things. The Great Wall visited by tourists to- But it’s the privilege of race, too, in a society After the 2014 fatal police shooting of Mi- day is the handiwork of the Ming Dynasty in which wealth disproportionately belongs chael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a US Depart- (1368-1644) and was primarily construct- to whites and poverty disproportionately ment of Justice investigation into the local po- ed in the mid-to-late 16th century. The plagues African Americans and Latinos. lice department found that the city used fines, common perception is that the wall was And it’s not just bail. Wealth and poverty fees and court costs, imposed overwhelmingly conceived as a single, massive infrastruc- affect, and in a sense, pervert many levels of on impoverished African Americans, to pay ture project to protect China’s tumultuous the justice system. Consider Velia Duenas, an for municipal government. Failure to pay northern border from foreign invaders. It indigent, homeless and disabled mother of meant driver’s license suspensions, jail– and was nothing of the sort. The Great Wall was two whose case came before the California’s more fees. It’s an oppressive, racially unjust built to a great degree by default, by a po- Second District Court of Appeal this month. system, packaged as equal justice under law. litical system too paralyzed by infighting to Her story, detailed in the court’s opinion, The nation huffed its disapproval, but come up with anything better. reads as though it had been cribbed from a missed the fact that similar practices hold Border security had been a preoccupa- Charles Dickens novel. sway, to one degree or another, in other cities tion of China’s imperial court from its ear- As a teenager, Duenas received three traf- and states, including California. liest days. “Barbarians” from the northern fic tickets but couldn’t afford the more than Duenas had gone to jail because she steppe–whether Xiongnu, Turk, Jurchen, $1,000 in fines. As a result, her license was couldn’t afford the fines, so of course could Mongol or other–routinely threatened the suspended. Still, she kept driving. She had to. not afford the $30 court facilities assessment, Middle Kingdom. Some, such as Genghis For perhaps many thousands of Califor- the $40 court operations assessment or the Khan’s Mongols in the 13th century, man- nians, no car means no job, no income, and $150 restitution fine. The debt, and the cycle, aged to overrun the entire empire. perhaps no food and no roof. You scrape to- continued. And for what purpose? The fees do The long northern boundary ran Mongols to raid. They were usually shouted hazard defense policy. The tragedy is that gether what money you can for gas because not punish poor decisions. They punish the through inhospitable terrain that made it down by more hawkish mandarins who the Ming’s big, beautiful wall failed to fulfill a car is a lifeline. When that line is cut, and inability to pay. Dickens mocked 19th century difficult to defend. Chinese emperors had thought such policies smacked of appease- its sole mission: to protect China from in- when there are no parents and no savings to England’s justice system but often gave the tried a variety of methods to secure the ment. The latter argued that Mongol re- vasion. The Ming were still tinkering with fall back on, you go homeless and hungry. heroes of his books a magical escape through border, from buying off the barbarians to quests for trade relations were just a ploy the massive structure when the dynasty col- Because Duenas kept driving with a sus- some unlikely benefactor. mounting massive military expeditions by the untrustworthy barbarians to lull the lapsed in 1644. Amid the resulting chaos, a against them. The problem would always Chinese into a vulnerable complacency. new steppe power, the Manchus, descended return when a new batch of tribesmen ap- These hawks often favored military ac- from the north, snatched Beijing and ruled peared across the frontier. tion to push the raiders away from the bor- as the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty compounded the der. But, sending troops into the northern Maybe the Manchu conquest was be- usual difficulties of securing the border with a wastes to chase nomadic horsemen was cost- yond repulse. A China divided was bound combination of arrogance, division and inde- ly, difficult to organize and widely unpopular. to fall. But, the Ming clearly contributed to cision. The Ming court was an especially rau- Proposals often got entangled in the arcane, their own catastrophe. A court environment cous place where hostile factions were almost personal intrigues between palace notables that prioritizing defeating one’s internal ri- constantly at each other’s throats. The border jockeying for imperial favor. vals over cooperating on policy stymied any issue often got dragged into these contests for That seemed to leave the court with one hope of developing an effective solution to a palace power. option: building defensive barriers to keep serious problem. Generally, the Ming, having reclaimed the barbarians out. “Unwilling to trade with Emperors, coddled in luxurious palaces the empire from Genghis Khan’s descend- the Mongols, and unable to defeat them and lacking any real knowledge of condi- ants, leaned towards a tough line against militarily, by the middle of the sixteenth tions along the border, preferred looking their northern neighbors, often denying century the Ming had no policy choice left tough on foreigners to compromise. Resist- them the opportunity to trade with China. but... to attempt to exclude the nomads by ance to mutually beneficial trade deepened The Mongols were dependent on such trade building walls,” historian Arthur Waldron the causes of instability along the border. for the grain and other supplies they need- wrote in his exhaustive study “The Great Treating those others across the frontier as ed to survive on the inhospitable steppe. Wall of China: From History to Myth.” bandits to be thwarted rather than poor peo- So they were left little choice but to launch The strategy proved effective in blunt- ple in need doomed Ming policy to failure. raids into China to plunder what they need- ing Mongol raids _ where walls were built. Sound familiar? The ultimate lesson of ed. The attacks both hardened opinion in The problem was that the mobile horsemen the Great Wall of China is that a physical China against the Mongol tribes and height- could easily shift their assaults to undefend- barrier, no matter how expensive and im- ened the urgency for more border security. ed areas of the border. That’s exactly what pressive, will fail if detached from a broad- The fractured Ming court groped for a a large Mongol force did in 1550 when it er set of policies to alleviate the sources solution. Some officials advocated a more penetrated to the Beijing suburbs. The re- of insecurity along the border. The Ming diplomatic approach that would restore sponse of the court was to build more walls. never figured that out. Hopefully Wash- trade and alleviate the pressure on the The Great Wall was the result of this hap- ington’s mandarins will. (Tribune News Service)

Humans Made Drones by Copying Birds; Birds Are Fighting Back Birds are on record attacking drones, so drones may come to look even more avian, not to hide from us but to avoid aggressive birds

REBECCA GIGGS tiny parrots in tiny protective goggles surveyors operating in eagle habitats have TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE across a laser field suffused with aero- reduced, though not eliminated, damage to solized particles. Other researchers have their drones by avoiding the warm air cur- N the National Gallery of Australia’s per- used drones to study the complex undula- rents favored by wedge-tailed eagles. manent collection is a painting by Sidney tions (known as “murmurations”) made by But other birds, including hawks and INolan titled The Alarm. One in a series groups of starlings, while scientists in Eu- even geese, are also on record attacking of artworks chronicling the downfall of rope have looked to the in-air coordination drones. If consumer drones are to play a the Kelly gang—infamous outlaws of the of pigeon flocks for ideas about how drones successful role in e-commerce, designers late 1800s—it depicts a radiant peacock might tweak their flight paths alongside tasked with camouflaging them from other encountering a policeman. Peacocks, the one another. species will be compelled to imagine differ- painting’s interpretive text explains, were Beyond improving drone functionality, ent perceptual realities (for example, ea- in those days sometimes dragooned as sen- biomimicry can abet drone subterfuge. In gles’ eyes see individual rotor blades where tries. The birds can sight a threat two miles June, the South China Morning Post re- human eyes register a blur). away and tend to shriek in panic. A person ported on a new generation of inconspicu- They may have to find new ways of wishing to protect his property might have ous “dove” drones used to monitor citizens disguising machines, making drones ap- used one as an early-warning system—a in at least five Chinese provinces. pear and sound as innocuous as song- telescope and Klaxon rolled into one. These quiet, lightweight drones (com- birds (or, taking a cue from the Chinese, Today, a bird’s-eye perspective is ex- plete with flapping wings) purportedly go doves) in the hope that they are less con- ploited by nefarious enterprises and law unrecognized even by animals. One devel- lives there may be unwilling to cede its ter- line—a subgenre of nature-fights-machine. spicuous. So drones may come to look enforcement alike, in the form not of a oper has described deliberately testing them ritory. Australia, with its expansive terrain Such footage inevitably ends in a flurry: even more avian, not to hide from us but peacock, but of a drone. Drone innovators near sheep, which, despite being generally and favorable weather, is well appointed as talons ripping at the drone’s carbon-fiber to avoid aggressive birds. have made a close study of the biomechan- skittish and alert to novelty in their environ- a natural laboratory for commercial drone frame, a whirling fall, then hard impact. In the interim, the territorial instinct ics and behaviors of birds. Motorized load- ment, were oblivious of the robots overhead. testing. But drone operators on this conti- In Western Australia’s goldfields, a single of eagles has been identified as a potential grippers take inspiration from the grasping Ever greater numbers of drones are en- nent encounter a hazard that tracks their mining company reported that eagles had asset, first by the Dutch and now by other motion of raptors’ legs, and camera-lens tering the airspace not just as tools of sur- technology from above and descends on it inflicted more than $70,000 worth of dam- European authorities: The French and the designers strive to replicate the acuity of veillance but as instruments of commerce with destructive intent: the wedge-tailed age to its surveyor drones. Swiss are training eagles to bring down er- eagles’ eyes. and as playthings. This has led to an inter- eagle, which has taken to skirmishing with In the future, companies planning rant or hostile drones. As peacocks were To model wing aerodynamics, engi- esting moment. The airspace that drones drones. Videos captured from the drone’s- delivery networks of drones will need to once sentinels, so eagles may in time be- neers at Stanford University have flown occupy is far from empty; it is habitat. What eye perspective have proved popular on- factor in the risk of such hostilities. Some come tools of our countersurveillance.

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India detains Rohingya stuck in border standoff with Bangladesh On Thackeray’s birth anniversary, AFP which included 17 children, sharp criticism from the UN feuding BJP, Sena try to patch up NEW DELHI were stuck in limbo for three and rights groups. days after crossing barbed Bangladesh already hosts MUMBAI: On the eve of the 93rd birth anniversary of Shiv Sena THIRTY-ONE Rohingya wire fences on the Indian side around a million Rohingya founder Bal Thackeray, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday Muslims have been detained of the border, before Bangla- refugees in giant camps in the attempted to mollify its warring ally with a Rs 100-crore gift for the in India after a standoff at the deshi border guards handed country’s southeast–three- proposed Thackeray memorial. The Maharashtra cabinet presided country’s border with Bangla- them over to Indian authori- quarters of whom fled a brutal over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took the decision today desh when both sides refused ties. Myanmar military crackdown to sanction the amount for the memorial coming up at the erst- to accept the group, police The group were then de- in August 2017 bringing testi- while Mayor’s Bungalow at Shivaji Park, through the ‘Balasaheb said Tuesday. tained in northeastern Tripu- mony of murder, rape and ar- Thackeray Memorial Public Trust’. On Wednesday, the documents As many as 1,300 Rohing- ra state and charged with “en- son. Efforts to repatriate them pertaining to the premises owned by the BrihanMumbai Munici- ya have entered Bangladesh tering the country illegally”, A security official registers the names of Rohingya Muslims after they have stalled over fears of con- pal Corporation (BMC) will also be handed over to the BTMPT, from India in recent weeks in according to an Indian police were detained while crossing the India-Bangladesh border from Bangla- tinuing human rights abuses. paving the way for a ‘Ganesh puja’ at the site. Shiv Sena Presi- an exodus sparked by recent spokesman. desh, on the outskirts of Agartala, on Tuesday. (REUTERS) UN investigators have said dent Uddhav Thackeray, his family members and other party deportations to neighbouring “They are in police custo- senior Myanmar military offi- officials will perform the ‘puja’ while a bigger formal ‘bhoomi Myanmar, where the state- dy and will be presented to a in Indian custody and the live in India but in recent cials who participated in the puja’ will be held later which Prime Minister Narendra Modi less group have been subject local court tomorrow for fur- UN refugee agency would weeks New Delhi has arrested crackdown should be pros- may attend. The Rs 100-crore fund for the memorial will come to violence and persecution ther orders,” he said. also be alerted, the spokes- members of the persecuted ecuted for genocide, but the through the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Author- that the UN has called ethnic New Delhi had been noti- man added. minority and turned them country insists it was defend- ity (MMRDA), which is under the jurisdiction of Fadnavis. (IANS) cleansing. The latest group, fied that the Rohingya were Some 40,000 Rohingya over to Myanmar, prompting ing itself against militants. News Kerala govt did not in brief India and Mauritius Amit Shah says only send women to Modi can give ‘mazboot’ govt Sabarimala: SNDP MALDA : Dismissing the review cooperation, January 19 rally of opposi- IANS tember 28 SC verdict (which tion leaders in Kolkata as KOLLAM (KERALA) allowed entry to all women) is a “gathbandhan” (alliance) the creation of these three. of power-seekers and SREE Narayana Dharma “The Kerala government those only interested in strategic relationship Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam has no role in creating any is- serving their own interests, General Secretary Vellapa- sues there,” said Natesan, add- BJP President Amit Shah lly Natesan on Tuesday gave ing that the biggest looser in on Tuesday said these a clean chit to Kerala Chief the entire controversy would people only want to give India is Mauritius’s largest trading partner and exporter of goods & services Minister Pinarayi Vijayan be the Congress. the country a “majboor” on the Sabarimala issue but (helpless) government so faulted both the Congress and that they can “indulge in the BJP. corruption”, which is not The SNDP is a socio- possible under the “maz- cultural body of the Hindu boot” (strong) government Ezhava community in Kerala. of Narendra Modi. (IANS) Natesan of late has become a Censure strong supporter of Vijayan Putin, Abe talks and has been attacking the Natesan also came down fail to break Congress strongly. heavily on the Nair Service island impasse “The Kerala government Society (NSS), the body of the has no role in taking women to Hindu Nair community, the MOSCOW: The leaders of the Sabarimala temple. They Pandalam royal family and the Russia and Japan fell short only obeyed the Supreme Court Sabarimala tantri. “All the of agreement Tuesday over orders,” he told the media here. trouble that was witnessed in a disputed island chain “The meeting by the the Sabarimala temple town that has long prevented a Ayyappa Sanghom (held in since the September 28 SC peace treaty to formally end Thiruvananthapuram on Sun- verdict (which allowed entry to World War II. Japanese PM day) was organised by elitist Shinzo Abe’s visit to Moscow Hindus. These elitists find it all women) is the creation of marked the 25th time he and difficult to accept communi- these three. Russian President Putin have ties like ours,” he added. met since 2013, a reflection Natesan also came down “If you look at the employ- of their efforts to build coop- heavily on the Nair Service ees of Devasom Boards (the eration despite the territorial Society (NSS), the body of the body managing temples in disagreement. The Soviet Hindu Nair community, the the state), 95 per cent belong army seized the four Kuril Pandalam royal family and the to elitist Hindu groups. They islands, between the Sea of Sabarimala tantri. do not give space to backward Okhotsk and the Pacific, in “All the trouble that was Hindus. The Sunday meeting last days of WWII. (AFP) witnessed in the Sabarimala was meant to consolidate their temple town since the Sep- position,” he said. EU, AU signal support, but no acclaim, for Congo president-elect BRUSSELS: European and Centre attempts damage African leaders said on Tuesday they would work with Democratic Republic control on Citizenship Bill of Congo following Felix Tshisekedi’s heavily dis- IANS he added. Ministry sources also puted presidential election Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth during a meeting in Varanasi, on Tuesday. (IANS/PIB) NEW DELHI said the government was mull- win, but pointedly refused ing giving incentives to people to congratulate him. Their IANS is Mauritius’s largest trad- of Indian origin. Most of them statement said. Prabhu too IN an apparent bid to assuage seeking citizenship for settling response after a meeting VARANASI ing partner and has been the are descendants of indentured noted that the early finalisa- fears in the northeast over the anywhere in India except in the in Brussels to the Con- largest exporter of goods and labour taken from India be- tion of the CECPA would pave Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, northeast. stitutional Court’s certi- INDIA and Mauritius reviewed services to the Indian Ocean tween 1834 and the early dec- the way for giving a strong the Centre on Tuesday said that fication this weekend of the entire gamut of their bilat- island nation since 2007. ades of the 20th century. impetus to the close bilateral under the proposed law nobody The Bill provides for making Tshisekedi’s win marked a eral ties and discussed ways to “The various ongoing bi- Jugnauth arrived in New economic partnership. Later will get Indian citizenship with- frosty contrast to the hearty further expand cooperation in lateral development coopera- Delhi on Sunday on a nine- on Monday, External Affairs out the consent of the respective Hindus and other non-Mus- congratulations offered areas like Blue Economy dur- tion projects were discussed day visit to India. On Monday, Minister Sushma Swaraj also state governments. lim minorities eligible for by some individual African ing a meeting between Prime and new proposals for critical called on the visiting dignitary In fact, the government Indian citizenship after their leaders. (REUTERS) Minister Narendra Modi and partnership projects in health, in Varanasi. would like to encourage such stay in India for seven years. his Mauritian counterpart disaster management and en- “She noted that India- immigrants to take up residence Nigerian court grants Pravind Jugnauth on the side- ergy were agreed upon,” the Mauritius bilateral coopera- in states outside the northeast, jailed Shiite leader lines of this year’s Pravasi ministry statement. The two PMs reviewed entire tion was comprehensive and where there has been an uproar The Home Ministry clarifi- access to doctors Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the “The leaders also dis- gamut of the long-standing multi-faceted and that our over the legislation seeking to cation came amid mounting op- Indian diaspora conclave, here cussed ways to expand further and time-tested strategic bonds date back centuries,” give Indian citizenship to Hin- position to the Citizenship Bill, KANO: A Nigerian court has on Tuesday. cooperation in areas of Blue relationship between both the statement said. dus and other non-Muslims which has been passed by the ordered the secret police to “The two Prime Ministers Economy and collaboration in countries, based on deep “Our close multifaceted facing persecution in Pakistan, Lok Sabha and is now pending allow a detained pro-Iranian reviewed the entire gamut of Africa.” Earlier, delivering the relations have steadily devel- Bangladesh and Afghanistan. in the Rajya Sabha. cleric to see his personal the long-standing and time- keynote address as the chief emotional bonds of kinship oped over the years, based “Without the state govern- Critics say it will open the doctors as his health was tested strategic relationship guest at the inaugural ceremo- and culture on the secure foundations of ment’s recommendation, no floodgates for migration into worsening, his legal team between both countries, based ny of the PBD here, Jugnauth External Affairs Ministry kinship and family ties, and of one will be given Indian citizen- the northeast. The Bill provides said on Tuesday. Ibrahim on deep emotional bonds of lauded India’s economic shared values of democracy, ship,” a Home Ministry spokes- for making Hindus and other Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic kinship and culture,” the Ex- growth under Modi and com- tolerance, peace and develop- person said. non-Muslim minorities eligible Movement of Nigeria (IMN), ternal Affairs Ministry said in mended New Delhi’s efforts to he received Minister for Com- ment,” it stated. “Each and every individual for Indian citizenship after their has been held in Department statement. reach out to the Indian dias- merce and Industry Suresh On January 24, following application for Indian citizen- stay in India for seven years. of State Service (DSS) cus- It said the the talks fo- pora across the world. Prabhu in New Delhi. the conclusion of the PBD, the ship will have to be inquired BJP’s own Chief Ministers - tody since December 2015. cussed on initiatives to fur- He also announced that “The Minister reiterated Mauritian Prime Minister will into by the District Magistrate, Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam) He was arrested as part of ther strengthen the bilateral Mauritius is going to organise that India accords great im- visit Prayagraj for the Kumbh who will analyse each case and and Phema Khandu (Arunachal a military crackdown on IMN ties, including finalisation of a Bhojpuri Mahotsav. portance to the steady devel- Mela and then proceed to Mum- give recommendations to the Pradesh) - are said to be hav- supporters in the northern the Comprehensive Econom- Around 68 per cent of opment of umbilical relations bai where he will inaugurate the state government. The state ing reservations over the Bill N city of Zaria. (AFP) ic Cooperation Partnership Mauritius’s total population between our two countries,” wholly owned subsidiary of the government also has to do its Biren Singh of Manipur has ex- Agreement (CEPCA). India of over 1.2 million are people the External Affairs Ministry State Bank of Mauritius (SBM). inquiry through its agencies,” pressed his opposition to it. N Korea base serves as missile As Nigeria poll nears, govt favours 50 % minimum wage hike headquarters, says think tank REUTERS around two-thirds of gov- approved a minimum wage not consider a minimum WASHINGTON: One of 20 undeclared ballistic missile operating ABUJA ernment revenue, but lower of 27,000 monthly. wage increase, on its own, bases in North Korea serves as a missile headquarters, according prices pushed it into reces- A bill to this effect is to be inflationary, given the to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies NIGERIA’S government is sion in 2016. to be forwarded to the Na- current underperformance (CSIS) published on Monday. recommending a 50 percent Though it emerged from tional Assembly,” Ngige told of the economy, and sub- “The Sino-ri missile operating base and the Nodong missiles de- rise in the minimum wage the downturn in early 2017, reporters in Abuja. Some dued demand,” said Razia ployed at this location fit into North Korea’s presumed nuclear military weeks before a presidential growth remains weak and government workers could Khan, chief Africa economist strategy by providing an operational-level nuclear or conventional first election where the cost of inflation hit a seven-month receive a higher salary of at Standard Chartered. strike capability,” said the report co-authored by analyst Victor Cha. living has become a major high of 11.44 percent in De- 30,000 naira a month, the “The big question then is The discovery of an undeclared missile headquarters comes issue. cember. labour minister added. whether the minimum wage three days after US President Donald Trump said he “looks for- Labour Minister Chris Unions went on strike He did not say when the increase might prove to be ward” to another summit to discuss denuclearization with North Ngige said the government last year over the minimum bill would be sent to lawmak- the pre-cursor to other post- Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February. would send a bill to parlia- wage, initially demanding a ers. Ngige announced the bill election reforms,” she added. Kim vowed to work toward denuclearization at his first sum- ment proposing an increase rise to 50,000 naira a month. Nigeria’s President shortly before the central The government has pre- mit with Trump in June, but there has since been little concrete in the minimum monthly President Muhammadu Muhammadu Buhari. bank’s monetary policy com- viously argued that many progress. The White House did not immediately respond to a salary to 27,000 naira ($88) Buhari, whose bid for re- mittee decided to hold its of Nigeria’s 36 states strug- request for comment. CSIS, which last reported on the 20 mis- from 18,000 now. election on Feb. 16 faces a ary he would increase the benchmark interest rate at 14 gle to meet existing salaries sile bases in November, said the Sino-ri base has never been Africa’s top oil producer strong challenge from main minimum wage but had not percent. “The MPC already but unions said a review was declared by North Korea and as a result “does not appear to be and most populous nation opposition candidate Atiku specified by how much. “The made clear in its November needed because the last one the subject of denuclearization negotiations.” (REUTERS) relies on crude sales for Abubakar, said in Janu- National Council of State has statement that members do was seven years ago. 10 Wednesday, January 23, 2018 Gulf / Middle East Turkey in push for international Egypt police claim killing five Brotherhood ‘militants’ probe into Khashoggi murder in ‘shoot-out’ near Cairo 59 alleged extremists killed in Sinai Turkish FM says preparations are afoot to start an international investigation DPA country’s Armed Forces said CAIRO 59 militants were killed in recent operations in Sinai FIVE Muslim Brotherhood without giving a time-frame. militants died in an ex- It added that the opera- change of fire near Cairo, tions left an officer and six the Egyptian Interior Minis- soldiers dead. try said, as the military an- The Air Force destroyed nounced 59 extremists were 56 four-wheel-drive vehicles killed in the Sinai peninsula. used by the militants, and The Interior Ministry the troops destroyed 240 said a “terrorist cell affili- explosive devices and six ated with the Muslim Broth- tunnels on the border with erhood was planning to the Gaza Strip, it added. carry out a series of attacks Egypt has battled an against security forces and insurgency in the desert re- vital facilities in the coun- gion of Sinai since the 2011 try.” A shoot-out erupted uprising, which toppled au- when the forces raided the tocrat Hosny Mubarak. cell’s hideout in the city of However, militant at- al-Obour, north-east of Cai- tacks - mainly targeting se- ro, killing five of them. curity forces and the coun- The ministry said fire- try’s minority Christian arms, ammunition, explo- community - intensified sive devices and tools for after the army deposed the making them were found. It democratically-elected but did not mention any casual- divisive Islamist president ties among the forces. Mohamed Morsi of the Mus- Earlier in the day, the lim Brotherhood in 2013.

Protesters teargassed in Sudan’s Omdurman AFP SUNA news agency report- (File photo) People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain. (REUTERS) KHARTOUM ed, referring to the western region of Sudan that has REUTERS contradictory statements know and see what sorts of Erdogan has said Khashoggi’s SUDANESE police fired tear been ravaged by a conflict ANKARA about Khashoggi’s fate, Ri- deals are made. We see how killing was ordered by the gas at crowds demonstrat- between Sudanese forces yadh said he had been killed those who spoke of freedom of highest level of Saudi leader- ing in the capital’s twin city and ethnic minority rebels. TURKEY is planning to launch and his body dismembered There are Western countries press are now covering this up ship, but Riyadh has rejected of Omdurman on Tuesday Chanting “overthrow, an international investigation when negotiations to per- trying to cover this case up. I after seeing money,” Anadolu accusations that the prince against the death of a fellow overthrow” and “free- into the murder of Saudi jour- suade him to return to Saudi know the reasons. We know quoted him as saying. was involved. anti-government protester, dom, peace and justice,” nalist Jamal Khashoggi and will Arabia failed. and see what sorts of deals “We, however, will go until Saudi prosecutors are witnesses said. the catchword slogans of take further steps in coming Turkey has previously are made. We see how those the end. We made prepara- seeking the death penalty for The demonstration, the protest movement, the days, Foreign Minister Mevlut said it was working with other tions for an international in- five of the 11 suspects detained which came ahead of demonstrators had gathered Cavusoglu was quoted as saying countries on the Khashoggi who spoke of freedom of vestigation in the coming days over the murder, which has planned nighttime rallies near the home of their dead by state-owned media. investigation, and has accused press are now covering this and we will take the necessary caused international outrage in Omdurman and Khar- comrade. Khashoggi, a royal insider Saudi Arabia of not fully coop- up after seeing money steps,” he was cited as saying. and damaged the reputation of toum just across the Nile, The doctors’ branch of who became a critic of Saudi erating to uncover the journal- Despite a joint investiga- the 33-year old crown prince. was the latest in more than a the Sudanese Professionals’ Arabia’s Crown Prince Mo- ist’s killing. Foreign Minister tion with Saudi officials look- Saudi Arabia has come month of escalating protests Association (SPA) said he hammed bin Salman and be- Cavusoglu said in a speech Mevlut Cavusoglu ing at the Saudi consulate in under heavy international against President Omar al- had died on Monday from gan writing for the Washing- that some Western coun- Istanbul, the consul’s resi- pressure over the Khashoggi Bashir’s three-decade rule. wounds sustained when ton Post after moving to the tries were trying to cover up matter, the state-owned An- dence and several other lo- killing, including from the Bashir is expected to demonstrators clashed with United States, was killed in the Khashoggi’s murder, adding adolu reported on Monday. cations, the whereabouts of United States, its closest ally, discuss “efforts to achieve security forces in Khartoum kingdom’s Istanbul consulate that Turkey had made prepa- “There are Western coun- Khashoggi’s remains are still whose Senate has voted for a peace in Darfur,” the official on Thursday. on October 2. rations to launch an inter- tries trying to cover this case unknown. resolution blaming the prince After making numerous national investigation on the up. I know the reasons. We Turkish President Tayyip for the murder. Lebanon says Israeli ‘agent’ arrested over plot to kill Hamas official Jordan’s king approves limited cabinet reshuffle BEIRUT: Lebanon’s army said on Tuesday it has arrested a sus- pected agent of Israel’s spy agency Mossad over a failed bid to DPA by the royal court. pointed Minister of Municipal and an influx of refugees have assassinate a Hamas official in the south of the country. AMMAN Walid Salim al-Maani was Affairs. left the Jordanian economy In January 2018, Mohammed Hamdan, a security official appointed Minister of Educa- The ministers were sworn strained, prompting the gov- with the Lebanese branch of the Palestinian Islamist move- JORDAN’S King Abdullah ap- tion and Majd Shweikeh was in at al-Husseiniya palace in ernment to take a three-year ment Hamas, was wounded in the leg in a car bomb blast in proved a limited reshuffle on appointed Minister of Tour- the capital of Amman. loan from the International the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon. Tuesday, the second in Prime ism and Antiquities. Both Razzaz has been tasked Monetary Fund in 2016, Lebanon and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, and days Minister Omar Razzaz’s gov- posts have been vacant since with reviving the the economy amounting to 723 million after the January 14 blast Beirut authorities said they had ar- ernment since he took office previous ministers resigned in and implementing reforms re- dollars. The loan aims at rested a man suspected of involvement in the car bombing. last year. November, after flash floods quested by the International lowering the country’s public A statement at the time said he was “one of the main Anmar al-Khasawneh was killed 21 people, mostly school- Monetary Fund to decrease debt, which stands at around perpetrators of the crime, who confessed to being tasked by appointed minister of trans- children, in the kingdom. the budget deficit. 95 per cent of gross domestic Israeli intelligence”. (AFP) port, according to a statement Walid al-Masri was ap- King Abdullah II Neighbouring conflicts product. Toll from Israel’s Car bomb hits Syrian govt stronghold of Latakia; one dead Syria strikes hits AFP “The terrorist explosion Sea, has largely escaped the trative control of the whole of 21, says monitor DAMASCUS caused the death of one civil- violence that has devastated the opposition bastion under a ian and wounded 14 others,” it other regions of Syria since the deal with rival rebels. DPA A CAR bomb shook the Syrian said, citing a top health official conflict began in 2011. According to the Observa- BEIRUT regime’s coastal stronghold of in the province. But the province has been tory, Tuesday’s blast in Lata- Latakia on Tuesday, killing one Earlier it had reported that targeted by “sporadic strikes” kia was caused by an explosive THE death toll from Israeli at- person and wounding more the person killed was the driv- by rebels or jihadists, accord- device hidden inside the car tacks on Syria a day ago has than a dozen others, state news er of the vehicle. ing to the Syrian Observatory or near it. Observatory head risen to 21 people, a monitor- agency SANA reported. Most of those wounded for Human Rights, a Britain- Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP ing group said on Tuesday. Authorities found a second were hit by shrapnel, the di- based war monitor. that the driver was not a sui- The Britain-based Syrian Ob- explosive device in the same rector of the city’s Tishrin hos- The region abuts the last cide attacker. servatory for Human Rights place and defused it just before pital, Louay Naddaf, told state major area outside of the re- In September 2015 a car said the dead included six Syr- it was due to blow up, it said. television. gime’s control and which in- bomb had exploded in the ian army soldiers and 12 fight- The other bomb exploded in Latakia is the fiefdom of cludes much of Idlib province same square, killing dozens of ers from the Iranian Revolu- the city’s Al-Hammam square, President Bashar al-Assad’s as well as adjacent parts of people. The latest explosion tionary Guards. according to SANA, which family. Hama and Aleppo provinces. comes days after a blast -- the It added that the attacks published video footage show- The city, the capital of La- Earlier this month an alli- first in more than a year -- hit caused damage to Iranian ing a burnt-out car surrounded takia province located on the ance led by Syria’s former Al- Security forces gathered around a burning vehicle in the city of Latakia Damascus which has also been arms depots and military by firefighters and soldiers. shores of the Mediterranean Qaeda affiliate took adminis- on Tuesday. (AFP) largely insulated from the war. posts in Syria. On Monday, the watchdog put the death toll at 11, but said that number was likely to increase due to serious in- Palestinian govt refuses remaining US aid over lawsuits threat juries. Israel conducted a series of AFP thority.” US President Donald attacks on the outskirts of the BETHLEHEM Trump had already pledged to Israeli shelling kills Hamas ‘militant’ capital, Damascus, at dawn on cut almost all humanitarian after soldier hurt on Gaza border Monday, targeting posts of the THE Palestinian government aid to the Palestinians amid a Iranian Revolutionary Guards will refuse all US government dispute with president Mah- GAZA: An Israeli tank fired into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing and their ally, the Lebanese aid for fear of lawsuits, offi- mud Abbas, but projects were a Hamas militant in what the army described as retaliation for Shiite movement Hezbollah. cials said on Tuesday, throw- being phased out gradually. the wounding of a soldier and a brief incursion during a violent The strikes were the dead- ing the future of security coor- The planned expansion of a Palestinian border protest. liest in more than half a year, dination and projects already school near Bethlehem will now Palestinian medics in Gaza said another two Hamas mili- the Observatory said on Mon- under way into doubt. not be completed, while infra- tants were hurt in the Israeli shelling of a lookout post near the day. Senior official Saeb Erekat structure projects in Jericho fortified frontier in the central sector of the enclave ruled by the Israel said it was target- confirmed US media reports and other towns will also stop. Islamist group. Hamas confirmed the three Palestinian casual- ing Iranian military forces and that the Palestinians had de- The US also provides ties as its members. said that Iran had launched manded all funding stop at roughly $50 million in an- The border has simmered since Palestinians launched a missile at the Israeli-con- the end of the January for fear nual support for Palestinian weekly demonstrations last March to press for the lifting of an trolled Golan Heights. they would expose themselves Medics raise their hands as they rush forward to help wounded Pales- security services, including to Israeli-led blockade on the impoverished territory and rights to Israel says the Iranian to costly law suits under the tinians during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the south- support security coordination family lands lost to Israel in the 1948 war of its foundation. military presence in Syria is a US Anti Terrorism Clarifi- ern Gaza Strip recently. (REUTERS) with Israel that Israeli officials Gaza’s health ministry has said more than 220 Palestinians threat to its national security. cation Act (ATCA) which is say is crucial for maintaining have been killed by Israel during the protests. Israel says its Prime Minister Benjamin about to come into force. ity, including assistance to the legislation, under which the fi- calm in the West Bank. troops have resorted to lethal force to prevent border breaches Netanyahu said Monday that “The government sent an Palestinian security services,” nancial aid provided by the US This funding was not cut by Hamas, against which it has fought three wars since 2008. Israel will not turn a blind eye official letter to the US admin- Erekat told AFP. could be used as a means “for off by the US government de- Earlier on Tuesday, the army said one of its officers was shot to acts of aggression by Iran in istration requesting it stop all He said the main reason various groups to file lawsuits spite humanitarian aid cuts at as he faced Palestinian rock-throwers at the fence. (DPA) Syria. aid to the Palestinian Author- for the move was the ATCA against the Palestinian Au- but will now be stopped. Europe / Americas Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11 Almost 500 migrants brought back to Libya Top US diplomat on Europe quits at trying time for alliance

TRIPOLI/GENEVA: The United Nations criticised European countries on Tuesday for not allowing WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat for Europe resigned Tuesday, citing personal reasons, opening migrants to disembark at safe ports, as Libya’s coastguard said almost 500 migrants trying to a new vacancy at time of uneasiness among traditional US allies with President Donald Trump’s NEWS reach Italy by inflatables had been brought back to the North African country. approach. IN BRIEF The 473 people found trying to cross the Mediterranean on inflatables in different res- A Wess Mitchell said he would step down as the assistant secretary of state for European and cue operations since Saturday included some who were rescued by a cargo ship, coastguard Eurasian affairs effective February 15 to spend more time with his two children. spokesman Ayoub Qassem said. Qassem said Tuesday’s figures included more than 140 “As the administration starts its third year, I feel I have completed what I set out to do -- de- migrants rescued at sea by the ‘Lady Sham’ cargo ship. (AFP) velop the department’s Europe strategy,” Mitchell said in a statement. (AFP)

Top court allows Trump restriction Pompeo hails ‘disruption’ in global politics on transgender military service AFP shutdown. “I’d argue that this is out of touch with ordinary WASHINGTON disruption is a positive devel- people’s economic anxieties. AFP The court decided by a nar- opment,” he said. Pompeo also listed as an WASHINGTON row 5-4 majority to allow the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that in recent example of the world’s new restrictions as litigation moves Pompeo on Tuesday praised a years, “voters have tuned out directions last year’s electoral THE US Supreme Court on forward in lower courts. wave of “disruption” in world politicians and political allianc- comeback of Malaysian Prime Tuesday allowed President Under the Obama-era pol- politics, citing Donald Trump es that they thought were not Minister Mahathir Mohamad Donald Trump’s restrictions icy, transgender recruits were and Brexit but also pointing representing their interests.” after corruption allegations on transgender military ser- to start being accepted by July to elections in France and He cited Trump’s 2016 election against his predecessor. vice to take effect pending the 1, 2017. The Trump adminis- Malaysia. and Britain’s referendum four The 93-year-old Mahathir outcome of litigation on the tration postponed that date to Addressing the world’s months to leave the European is known for his firebrand sensitive issue. January 1, 2018, before decid- business elite in the Swiss ski Union -- both of which stunned remarks on the West and re- The White House had ing to reverse the policy en- resort of Davos, Pompeo re- elites -- as well as more recent cently cited Trump’s proposals asked the Supreme Court to tirely. But the ban leads to an newed Trump’s criticism of election triumphs by Italy’s to build a wall on the Mexican intervene after lower courts updated policy that also con- international institutions and anti-establishment Five Star border in defending a ban on prohibited Trump’s adminis- tained major restrictions. the US president’s calls for Movement and Brazil’s far- athletes from Israel. tration from implementing the It barred military service “strong borders” to protect na- right president, Jair Bolsonaro, Pompeo, responding to a controversial restrictions. by people who had undergone tional sovereignty. who addressed Davos earlier question in Davos, acknowl- The Trump administration gender reassignment surgery “New winds are blowing on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen on a screen during his edged that Trump’s criti- has said there is “too great a risk as well as people who have across the world,” Pompeo More surprisingly, address via satellite at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in cism of international insti- to military effectiveness and been diagnosed with gender told the World Economic Fo- Pompeo pointed to the 2017 Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. (AFP) tutions has ruffled feathers, lethality” to allow transgen- dysphoria -- unless they could rum, speaking by video after election in France of President although he denied that the der people to serve openly -- a demonstrate an absence of the his trip was scuttled by Emmanuel Macron -- a politi- the party system but who re- by protests from the Yellow United States has become policy enacted under Trump’s the condition for 36 consecu- the ongoing US government cal centrist who broke out of cently has been beleaguered Vest movement which says he more isolated. predecessor Barack Obama. tive months.

EU parliament France, Germany boost to start ratifying Frustrated British MPs try ties to tackle EU crisis deal next week tional Rally, Marine Le Pen, REUTERS Macron and Merkel ink accused Macron of “an act that BRUSSELS to take control of Brexit a new friendship treaty borders on treason”. And a co-chief of Germa- THE European Parliament to deepen alliance ny’s far-right AfD party, Alex- expects to start next week Lawmakers seeks to force a new approach which could include holding a 2nd referendum AFP ander Gauland, charged that its procedure to endorse AACHEN, GERMANY Paris and Berlin were seeking the Brexit deal negotiated to create a “super EU”. between the bloc and Lon- FRANCE and Germany on “We as populists insist that don, lawmakers said on Tuesday signed a new friend- one first takes care of one’s Tuesday, despite the fact ship treaty to deepen their al- own country,” said Gauland. that Britain is still strug- liance at a time of crisis for the “We don’t want Macron to gling to finalise the divorce EU, drawing fire from the far renovate his country with Ger- agreement. right which President Emma- man money.” Macron con- Britain’s Labour op- nuel Macron slapped down for demned the allegations, say- position party on Tues- “spreading lies” about the pact. ing that “those who forget the day edged towards a new Macron and German value of French-German rec- Brexit referendum as the Chancellor Angela Merkel onciliation are making them- deadlocked UK parliament inked the accord to deepen ties self accomplices of the crimes looks for ways forward, as Britain prepares to leave the of the past”. keeping the EU waiting for European Union and tensions “Those who... spread lies what sort of majority could rise with populist leaders. are hurting the same people emerge. The treaty pledges strong- they are pretending to defend They EU has told Brit- er political, economic and de- by seeking to repeat our his- ain it awaits its proposals fence ties and restates their tory.” Macron said the treaty but that the already nego- commitment to the European “shows that our friendship tiated - and voted down Union. between France and Germany, in the House of Commons The document has come our common project and our - legal withdrawal agree- under attack from the far ambition for Europe are what ment was the best Britain right, which accuses the pair really protect us, and what al- could get. It has stressed, of signing away national sov- low us really to take back con- however, that it could work ereignty. trol of our lives and to build further on an accompany- The leader of France’s Na- our destiny”. ing text laying out future ties for Britain and the EU should London opt for a closer relationship. John Kerry to Trump: ‘Resign’ “Hopefully, at the end of January we will start our DAVOS: Former US secretary of state John Kerry said on Tuesday procedure,” lawmaker Da- he was not ruling out another tilt at the White House in 2020 but nuta Hubner said on Tues- that in the here and now, Donald Trump should quit. day of the parliamentary A pro-EU placard outside the British Parliament in central London on Tuesday. (EPA) “I’ve told people I have not taken it off the table, but I’m not consent necessary for the sitting around actively planning a (2020) campaign, or doing some- deal to take effect. AFP late Monday setting the stage These would include votes if there is no Brexit deal by thing, no,” Kerry, 75, told CNBC television at the World Economic She expected the Brexit LONDON for the discussions, and groups on leaving the EU with no February 26, the government Forum in Davos. He was the Democrats’ defeated candidate in deal to be referred to the of MPs have already begun deal, holding a second refer- must delay Britain’s departure 2004 and if he did pursue a long-shot bid again, he would join a European Parliament next BRITISH MPs frustrated with proposing amendments. endum or renegotiating with from the bloc until December growing field from his party. Wednesday-Thursday so Prime Minister Theresa May’s What do the MPs want? Brussels. 31, 2019. Trump was guilty of “lies”, not least over the Paris climate ac- the lawmakers can final- Brexit strategy are seeking to CUSTOMS UNION OR SEC- MPS TAKE CONTROL: This has the support of cord, Kerry added during a discussion with UN oceans envoy Peter ise their ratification by the force a new approach, which OND REFERENDUM: An Former Conservative govern- some former ministers in Thomson and Rebecca Shaw, chief scientist for environmental group Brexit date of March 29. could include delaying Brit- amendment introduced by ment lawyer Dominic Grieve May’s Conservative party. WWF. Asked what message he would give Trump were the president The parliament’s Brexit ain’s exit from the EU and opposition Labour leader Jer- has introduced a cross-party The only thing that can sitting opposite him, Kerry said to laughter: “Resign.” (AFP) pointman, Guy Verhof- holding a second referendum. emy Corbyn demands parlia- amendment that would force force an unwilling government stadt, told the same session The House of Commons mentary time to debate and the government to allow six to act is legislation -- which is on Tuesday that starting rejected May’s withdrawal vote on options to avoid a “no days throughout February and why Cooper has introduced the process would send an deal last week, leaving Britain deal” Brexit. These include March for MPs to debate and her own bill. However, she Senate to vote on Trump plan to important signal. on course to exit the EU on negotiating a new UK-EU cus- vote on Brexit options. might struggle to get this re-open government this week “This means there is March 29 with no deal. She toms union and a “strong rela- The latest of the dates would through parliament in time. no renegotiation possible has promised to try once again tionship” with the EU’s single be March 26, just three days be- - Are they right to try? -In- WASHINGTON: US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for us of the Withdrawal to amend the agreement, but market, and holding a second fore Britain leaves the EU. ternational Trade Secretary said on Tuesday the Senate would vote this week on President Agreement. If there is rene- critics say she will not succeed referendum. DELAY BREXIT: Labour Liam Fox accused MPs of try- Donald Trump’s proposal to end a partial government shutdown. gotiation possible, it’s only -- and that parliament must INDICATIVE VOTES: MP Yvette Cooper has pro- ing to “hijack Brexit” and defy McConnell made the remarks on the Senate floor, three the Political Declaration now take control. Senior Labour MP Hilary posed an amendment to force the 2016 vote to leave the Eu- days after Trump called on lawmakers to approve $5.7 billion in which we have nothing May has promised a de- Benn has proposed an amend- the government to make time ropean Union. in funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico in against a more deep future bate and votes on the way for- ment demanding the govern- in the Commons to debate her But Corbyn said the gov- exchange for temporary protections for so-called Dreamers who relationship between the ward on January 29. ment hold a series of votes own bill preventing a “no deal” ernment has no new ideas and illegally immigrated to the United States as children and for peo- EU and the UK,” he said. The government intro- designed to test what the Com- Brexit. “MPs must now act to break ple who hold temporary protected immigration status.(REUTERS) duced a parliamentary motion mons wants. Under this legislation, the deadlock”.

Davos talks start with call for cooperation ‘Roma’, ‘The Favourite’ lead Oscars nominations with 10 each AFP nominees, and perhaps some moment in cinema where LOS ANGELES surprises in store. diversity is embraced by au- Schwab calls for an interconnected world For longtime Oscar diences,” Cuaron said in a ALFONSO Cuaron’s ‘Roma’, watcher Sasha Stone, who statement released by Netflix. that puts humans at the centre an ode to his childhood in runs Awards Daily, “all bets That diversity is exempli- 1970s Mexico City, and off- are mostly off. Truly anything fied by ‘The Favourite’, which DPA called for an interconnected beat royal romp ‘The Favour- could win at this rate.” The scored a bit of a surprise with DAVOS, SWITZERLAND world that puts humans at ite’ on Tuesday topped the sweeping success of ‘Roma’ its stellar haul. the centre, instead of making Oscar nominations with 10 is history-making for Netflix While nominations for its INTERNATIONAL coop- them “slaves” to new technolo- each, as streaming giant Netf- -- not only did it earn its first trio of stars -- Olivia Colman, eration is the solution to the gies. lix earned its first-ever best crack at the gala’s top prize, Emma Stone and Rachel world’s challenges, World However, some of the picture nod. but it also is a major contend- Weisz -- were seen as a near- Economic Forum founder young social and environmen- Popular musical romance er in other coveted prizes like lock, its flight to the top of the Klaus Schwab said on Tuesday tal activists who are the chair- ‘A Star Is Born’ and Dick best director and best actress. list was not. as he opened this year’s meet- persons of this year’s meet- Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Cheney biopic ‘Vice’ scooped The black and white film Director Yorgos Lanthi- ing of global leaders in Davos. ing pointed out that it would Schwab delivers a speech at the opening of the World Economic eight nominations each, while also snatched up nods for mos earned a nod -- instead “We are at the crossroads be more important to talk Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. (AFP) superhero blockbuster ‘Black best supporting actress and of Bradley Cooper, who was of history of humanity. We about concrete, local action to Panther’ finished with seven. best foreign film. widely expected to get a nom- now have to shape the fu- tackle fundamental problems we have all the solutions but and managers were kicking off The stage is thus set for For Cuaron, it was a per- ination for his debut directo- ture,” Schwab said in his such as migration or climate so little is happening?” Swed- the four-day meeting in the the 91st Academy Awards sonal triumph, as he earned rial effort on ‘A Star Is Born’, speech. change. ish activist Noura Berrouba Swiss mountain resort, a ma- in Hollywood on February four nominations himself. the latest take on the classic Talking about his concept “What does it tell us about asked at a press conference. jor annual event in the diplo- 24 -- with a crowded field of “We are living a great musical romance. of “Globalization 4.0,” Schwab the global commitment when Three thousand politicians matic calendar. Renault convenes board meeting to turn page on www.facebook.com/QatarTribune Ghosn era www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel PAGE 14 www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune

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Kuwari PAKISTAN PM MEETS TOP QATARI BUSINESSMEN attends WEF 2019 summit Khan woos Qatari investors, says in Davos TNN DOHA opportunities galore in Pakistan

MINISTER of Commerce and Industry HE Ali bin Imran Khan discusses establishing joint projects between Qatari and Pakistani businessmen in food and industry sectors Ahmed al Kuwari, attended the opening session of the 49th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday, a press statement said. Kuwari will partici- pate in several sessions organised and will hold meetings with Ministers and senior government officials from participat- ing countries, in addition to representatives of in- ternational organisations and private sector institu- tions. The meetings will take place on the sidelines of the forum, the state- ment said. About 65 heads of state and leaders of 40 interna- tional organisations along with business executives, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at a meeting with Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al Thani (left), and Qatari Businessmen Association Chairman Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al Thani, in Doha on politicians, ministers, Tuesday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) academics, technology pioneers, representatives SATYENDRA PATHAK which reviewed ways of en- 2018 reaching $1.8 billion.” ventures and commercial alli- ister also met with Qatari of civil society organisa- DOHA hancing trade co-operation “This significantly reflects ances with Qatari firms in all Businessmen Association tions, and intellectuals and investment opportunities how the trade ties between sectors, especially in food and (QBA) Chairman Sheikh are participating in the PAKISTAN Prime Minister available in both countries, the countries developed, es- agricultural sectors. Faisal bin Qassim al Thani to forum. Imran Khan, who is on a two- Khan also discussed the possi- pecially after the launch of Quoting the latest figures discuss various investment Meanwhile, Kuwari day visit to Qatar, has urged bility of establishing joint pro- of Qatar Chamber, he “There opportunities for Qatari busi- met with his Omani coun- Qatari businessmen to invest jects between Qatari and Paki- $1.8 billion are 1,250 Qatar-Pakistan nessmen in Pakistan. terpart Ali bin Masoud al in all sectors of Pakistan’s stani businessmen,especially The trade volume between Khan invited Qatari public joint companies currently op- Qatar Chamber Board Sunaidi, on the sidelines economy including energy, in food and industry sectors. Qatar and Pakistan grew 100 and private sectors to erating in Qatar in different Member Mohamed bin of the minister’s partici- petroleum and petrochemi- Highlighting the deep- percent from $782 million in become partners in his sectors.” Ahmed al Obaidli, who also pation in the WEF 2019 in cals, agricultural research, rooted relationship between government’s drive for Haling Pakistani expatri- attended the meeting, told Davos on Tuesday. food processing, culture, the two countries, Khan said 2016 to $1.6 billion in 2017. ates in the development of Qatar Tribune that possibil- The meeting discussed tourism, education and infra- that Pakistan was eager to It registered a further growth construction of 5 million Qatar, he said, “There is a big ity to set up various joint the promotion of bilateral structure development. further strengthen the ties of 12.5 percent during the low- cost housing units Pakistani community work- ventures especially in food relations and develop- “There are opportunities with Qatar in all aspects. first nine months of 2018 over the next five years ing in Qatar and they have and manufacturing were dis- ment of joint cooperation, galore for Qatari investors in Qatari business leaders reaching $1.8 billion played a vital role in the eco- cussed during the meeting. particularly in the fields Pakistan,” he said. expressed great interest in in- nomic boom Qatar is witness- He said that a large dele- of trade, investment and In his meetings with Qatar vesting in Pakistan and took a maritime route between ing today.” gation of Qatari businessmen industry. Chamber officials and top Qa- stock of various ready-to- Highlighting growing Hamad Port and Pakistan’s “Qatar Chamber welcomes and investors would soon The World Economic tari businessmen, Khan invit- invest projects in the country. trade ties between the two Karachi Port, which contrib- Pakistani firms to participate visit Pakistan to take stock of Forum, founded in 1971 ed Qatari public and private Qatar Chamber Chairman countries, he said, “The trade uted to the increase in im- in the projects which are be- the various opportunities for is an independent in- sectors to become partners Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al volume between Qatar and Pa- port and export movement ing implemented in Qatar. It trade and investment in the ternational non-profit in his government’s drive for Thani, who led the Qatari del- kistan grew 100 percent from between the two countries,” also encourages businessmen country. organisation with a mis- construction of 5 million low egation, said that Qatari busi- $782 million in 2016 to $1.6 Sheikh Khalifa said. from both sides to establish “Our last visit to Pakistan sion to promote global -cost housing units over the nessmen were very eager to billion in 2017. It registered a He said that there was an partnerships that serve both yielded very positive results. development. next five years. take part in various projects further growth of 12.5 percent immense scope for Pakistani economies,” he said. We expect the same this During the meetings, of Pakistan. during the first nine months of companies to establish joint The Pakistan prime min- time,” he said. QEWC, Siemens sign MoU to train Qatari engineers QNB is the most valuable TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK banking brand in MEA DOHA

QATAR Electricity and Wa- ter Company (QEWC) and Has brand value of $5.4 billion; the MEASEA region.” Siemens signed a memo- David Haigh, CEO of randum of understanding bank’s BSI increased to 79 out of 100 Brand Finance, said, “The im- (MoU) on Monday, to coop- pressive growth reflected in erate on exploring oppor- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ued to drive growth in South- QNB’s brand value cements tunities for training Qatari DOHA east Asia in support of its vi- its status as the Middle East engineers. sion to become a leading bank and Africa’s most valuable The MoU also supports the QNB Group, the largest finan- in the Middle East, Africa, and banking brand. QNB is to be development of local engineer- cial institution in the Middle Southeast Asia (MEASEA) by commended for servicing ing talent, boosts knowledge East and Africa (MEA), has 2020, the statement said. its customers in Qatar bet- transfer and enhances the once again been recognised In addition to its brand ter, while also developing the maintenance and operational as the most valuable bank- engagement, the Group deliv- brand’s presence across in- efficiency of QEWC power ing brand in the MEA, with a ered a solid set at the year-end 19% jump in ternational growth markets plant assets and the IPPs, a brand value worth $5.04 bil- of 2018 with a net profit of and maintaining several high- press statement said. lion, according to the annual QR13.8 billion ($3.8 billion), brand value profile global sporting spon- The MoU was signed by report prepared by Brand Fi- up by 5 percent compared to sorships.” QEWC General Manager and nance and published by The same period last year. Total QNB’s brand value Brand Finance, the Managing Director Fahad bin Banker magazine. assets increased by 6 percent grew to $5.04 billion world’s leading independent Hamad al Mohannadi and QNB’s brand value grew to reach QR862 billion ($237 compared to $4.2 branded business valuation Adrian Wood, CEO of Sie- to $5.04 billion compared to billion), the highest ever billion in 2018, a and strategy consultancy, mens Qatar. QEWC General Manager and Managing Director Fahad bin Hamad al $4.2 billion in 2018, a 19 per- achieved by the Group and 19% year-on-year is the company behind the The two organisations Mohannadi and Adrian Wood, CEO of Siemens Qatar, shake hands cent year-on-year increase, one of the best set of results in increase, defending Brand Finance Banking 500, agreed to collaborate on Sie- after signing a memorandum of understanding, in Doha on Tuesday. defending 61st place in the top QNB Group’s history. 61st place in the top a league table of the world’s mens- supplied technology at 500 banking brands world- Yousef Darwish, General 500 banking brands biggest banks published every QEWC facilities, including gas various segments of the power utor to the country’s energy, wide, the bank said in a state- Manager of QNB Group Com- worldwide year in collaboration with The turbines, steam turbines, gen- sector.” mobility and city infrastruc- ment on Tuesday. munications, said, “The stra- Banker, a Financial Times erators, ancillaries and con- Adrian said, “This MoU ture. The company has recent- The Group’s brand also tegic initiatives we have un- publication. trols, the statement said. further strengthens our long- ly handed over operations of continued to be market domi- dertaken through 2018 have ues, commitment, and excel- Each brand is rated on the Mohannadi stressed the standing relationship with the 2.5 gigawatt (GW) Umm nant in the MEA amid an av- allowed us to strengthen our lence to deliver outstanding basis of benchmarking study keenness of QEWC to develop QEWC, ensuring their power Al Houl Combined Cycle Pow- erage regional brand value brand and maintain our rank- banking services and products of the brand’s strength, risk the Qatari engineers’ skills. assets continue to operate re- er Plant, which will deliver al- increase of 9 percent. ing as the most valuable bank- to customers thanks to our and future potential relative He said, “We are highly liably and efficiently. most a quarter of the nation’s The Group reaffirmed its ing brand in the MEA. creative approach towards to its competitors and the a committed to fulfill the goals “We believe strongly that installed power generating AA+ brand strength rating “The QNB brand is on a continuously building our summary measures of the of Qatar National Vision knowledge transfer through capacity, and ensure adequate with a positive outlook, mak- continuous increase which brand image and values. businesses’ financial strength 2030 by contributing to hu- education and training is an power and water supply for ing it the highest rated bank- provides a tangible indication “This new achievement and delivery. man development, and build- important part of social and seasonal fluctuations and ma- ing brand in Qatar. of our growth and diversifica- is a true testament to the QNB Group’s presence ing capable and skilled Qatari economic development, and jor events. QNB’s Brand Strength tion, along with our keenness Group’s market leading capi- through its subsidiaries and workforce. “Through these I look forward to working Siemens is also building Index (BSI) continued to in- to secure a stronger share of tal ratios and strong growing associate companies extends initiatives, our engineers have with QEWC to further devel- 35 turnkey substations as part crease to 79 out of 100, driven the regional and global mar- international footprint, driven to more than 31 countries the opportunity to advance op the skills of the country’s of the nation’s plan to expand by its strong financial perfor- ket.” by a robust financial perfor- across three continents pro- their skills and knowledge engineers.” and strengthen its power net- mance and growing interna- Darwish added, “QNB en- mance towards achieving viding a comprehensive range where they will be working Siemens has been working work, under Phase 13 of the tional footprint. joys an award- winning brand our 2020 vision aimed at be- of advanced products and alongside local and interna- in Qatar since the 1960s and Qatar Power Transmission The Group’s brand contin- platform that reflects our val- coming a leading bank in the services. tional professionals, across continues to be a key contrib- System Expansion project. Economy & Business Wednesday, January 23, 2019 13

Al Rayyan grabs lion’s share in real estate market Nakilat – Keppel welcomes first FSRU at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Steven Kobos said: “Over DOHA the past months, we have enjoyed a fruitful working NAKILAT-KEPPEL Offshore relationship with Nakilat & Marine (N-KOM) has re- and this is today strength- cently received its first float- ened by the award of the ing storage regasification FSRU repair project to their unit (FSRU) project at the world-class shipyard, prior Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalah- to its deployment in Bang- ma Shipyard. The FSRU ladesh. We look forward to owned by Excelerate Energy the growing partnership be- (USA) will undergo drydock- tween both companies and ing, maintenance and up- the successful delivery of grades at the facility, which is the project.” renowned for its expertise in Earlier last week, Nak- handling gas carriers. ilat’s floating storage regasi- During its drydock- fication unit (FSRU) ‘Exqui- ing, the FSRU will undergo site’ achieved a milestone several modifications and by completing the 200th retrofitting of new systems, ship-to-ship transfer of liq- including the installation uefied natural gas (LNG) at of a ballast water treatment the Engro Elengy terminal system (BWTS). To date, (EETL) in Pakistan’s Port N-KOM has completed six Qasim. Nakilat acquired such BWTS installations for a 55% interest in its first various types of vessels such FSRU ‘Exquisite’ back in as LNG and LPG vessels as 2018, after forming a joint well as very large crude car- venture agreement with Ex- riers (VLCCs). celerate Energy-USA. This Nakilat Chief Executive strategic acquisition paved Officer Eng. Abdullah Al Su- the way for Nakilat to widen laiti said: “We are proud to its international footprint be entrusted with this repair and take its first step into a project from our partner new business segment. According to ValuStrat, Qatar’s hospitality industry saw 1,730 more rooms being added to its total pool in the last three months of 2018. Excelerate Energy (USA), Ship-to-ship transfer which is made even more operations occur in the significant since it is the first open ocean, in a protected FSRU to be repaired at our body of water at a location shipyard. between the LNG load port Al Rayyan proves popular among “This goes to show the and the market delivery remarkable progress the point, or at a dockside LNG shipyard has made since receiving terminal. it first began operations in It involves the transfer 2011 to where it is today – of cargo from one vessel Qatar home-buyers: ValuStrat a centre of excellence for to another moored along- marine repairs and offshore side it. In this instance, fabrication that has safely LNG vessels are moored declined 10.8 percent year-on- Only 26 percent of the and reliably delivered more alongside the FSRU and Homes in Al Rayyan accounted for year and 2.2 percent quarter- anticipated 960,000 sqm than 880 projects to clients transfer their cargo to the on-quarter. GLA was completed during worldwide.” Excelerate En- latter, which acts as a re- nearly 27 percent of all residential Due to increased availability Median monthly asking the year, making the total ergy’s Managing Director gasification terminal. unit sales in the last quarter of 2018 of residential facilities in rents for apartments fell 2.3 office stock 4.1 million sqm certain areas such as Doha percent quarterly and 10.6 at the end of 2018. Around Al Jadeed, Lusail, Al Wakrah, percent annually. The highest 125,000 sqm GLA was added RAHUL PREETH Daayen accounted for 18 per- Musheireb and Old Aiport, quarterly fall in rentals was to stock with completion of DOHA cent, sealing the first three seen in Al Sadd, West Bay, office buildings in Energy spots in domestic home mar- tenants were offered Al Mansoura and Fereej Bin City (Lusail) and Al Khor in THE rather quiet but lively ket popularity. incentives in the form of Mahmoud. the fourth quarter. neighbourhoods in Al Rayyan The median prices of rent-free periods of up to “Due to increased avail- Rents ranged from QR80 emerged as the most sought- homes sold in the final three three months and waiving ability of residential facilities to QR220 per sqm depend- after place for home-buyers in months of last year hovered utility expenses in certain areas such as Doha ing on the quality of the office Qatar towards the end of 2018, around QR2.7 million, with Al Jadeed, Lusail, Al Wakrah, space and building age, the re- according to the latest figures the juiciest deals taking place ValuStrat report Musheireb and Old Aiport, port said. from ValuStrat. in The Pearl, New Slata, Nu- tenants were offered incen- The hospitality industry Homes in these suburbs aija, Al Sakhama and Umm tives in the form of rent-free also witnessed a lot of ac- accounted for nearly 27 per- Salal Ali. Plots ranging from October 2018, transactional periods of up to three months tivities in the last quarter of cent of all residential unit 1,500 square metres (sqm) to volume in The Pearl and West (minimum 1-year contract) 2018. According to the re- sales in the last quarter (Q4) 7,000 sqm proved to be the fa- Bay Lagoon was 526 units, and waiving utility expenses,” port, 1,730 more rooms were of 2018, the valuation firm vourites, the report said. with a total value of QR1.15 the report said. added during the period, said in its quarterly review of As many as 60 transactions billion, the report said. As regards sale of office leading to total number of ho- the real estate market in Qa- were recorded for residential When it came to rental space, 2018 began with an tel rooms and service apart- A view of the Engro Elengy terminal (EETL) in Pakistan’s Port tar. While 22 percent of the buildings with a median price rates, the ValuStrat report estimated 3.89 million sqm ments to 26,665 units within Qasim, Karachi. sales took places in Doha, Al of QR6.75 million in Q4. As of said, the median asking rents Gross Leasable Area (GLA) 127 establishments.

‘Dispute Avoidance in Construction Sector in Qatar’ QICCA, RICS review construction disputes avoidance, sign MOU

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK to enhance co-operation in administered. QICCA’s Assis- main reason of disputes in this (DAS) will help the market DOHA setting up disputes avoidance tant Secretary General Ibrahim sector were posed by inefficacy tackle the various issues out- service (DAS) in the Center Shahbik, who inaugurated the and lack of productivity. lined above. Such DAS where THE Qatar International Cen- as well as working together seminar, said that the seminar He added that there are implemented elsewhere in the tre for Conciliation and Ar- to promote and enforce local addresses mechanisms of dis- seven issues that have to be world have delivered massive bitration (QICCA) at Qatar and international standards, putes settlement in construc- taken into account. These are benefits and had a significant Chamber and the UK-based delivering industry events and tion projects which require all regulation and transparency, positive impact on investor Royal Institution of Chartered seminars to the public, join- parties to exert combined ef- rewiring the contractual frame- confidence in the sector. Surveyors (RICS) joined hands ing hands in organising train- forts to implement these pro- work, rethinking the design and As an early intervention to host a seminar at Qatar ing programs and exchanging jects without any delay. engineering process, improving strategy to avoid and con- Chamber headquarter to high- knowledge and expertise. He noted that the lack of procurement and supply chain trol disputes in construction light the ways of avoiding dis- The MOU was signed by coordination among these management, improving on- projects before they escalate putes in construction sector. QICCA Board Member for parties could result in dis- site execution, infusion of digi- to arbitration or litigation, The seminar titled ‘Dispute International Relations HE putes and impact on the pro- tal technology, new materials DAS encourages a culture Avoidance in Construction Sheikh Thani bin al Thani ject schedule as well as hin- QICCA Board Member for International Relations HE Sheikh and advanced automation and of cooperation between par- Sector in Qatar’ was attended and RICS Regional Director der its progress. Thani bin al Thani and RICS Regional Director Robert Jackson re-skilling of the workforce. ties. “Conflict avoidance can by a number of lawyers, ar- Robert Jackson. Addressing the seminar, shake hands after signing MoU. RICS believes that the be the catalyst for change, bitrators, businessmen and The seminar discussed the RICS Regional Director Rob- industry as a whole needs without initial sweeping representatives of construc- multiple benefits that dispute ert Jackson explained ways standards that impact on con- construction disputes in the to move towards a more col- changes to contracts, and tion companies in Qatar. On avoidance services (DAS) will and mechanisms of avoid- struction and real estate sec- Middle East last year with the laborative delivery model can provide a new way for- the sidelines of the seminar, bring to the Qatar market, ance disputes in construction tors. Jackson said that there length of dispute averaging and believes that the usage of ward for built environment QICCA and RICS signed MOU and how the process will be projects as the fundamental were $56 million worth of 13.7 months. He noted that the Dispute Avoidance Services disputes in Qatar,” he said. Wall St drops over 1.5 % as global growth worries resurface Oil drops nearly 3 % on rising supplies & China slowdown REUTERS global economy will grow at a sector slid 1.48 percent, led WASHINGTON lower pace than it had expected by chipmakers, which have a REUTERS ate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 in October, mainly reflecting huge exposure to China. The HOUSTON fell $1.57, or 2.9 percent, to US stocks tumbled over 1.5 signs of weakness in Europe. Philadelphia Semiconductor $52.23. Data from Saudi Ara- percent on Tuesday on con- Meanwhile, China’s econ- index dropped 2.67 percent. OIL prices fell 3 percent on bia on Monday showed its cerns of global growth after omy cooled last quarter un- The trade-sensitive industrial Tuesday over concerns the crude exports in November the International Monetary der pressure from faltering sector also dropped over 2 world’s stumbling economy rose to 8.2 million barrels per Fund cut its growth forecast, domestic demand and bruis- percent. could pinch fuel demand as day from 7.7 million bpd in Oc- China reported a sharp slow- ing US tariffs, dragging 2018 “It’s a risk-off trade today U.S. crude output climbs to tober, as production climbed down and a few US compa- growth to the lowest in nearly and a lot has to do with just new heights and cuts by Saudi to 11.1 million bpd. nies gave disappointing earn- three decades. concerns over global growth,” Arabia and its allies are small- US government data last ings outlooks. “What’s concerning is half said Ryan Nauman, market er than advertised. week showed the nation’s The three major indexes the profits from the S&P 500 strategist at Informa Finan- Gloomy new global crude production reached a dropped to their session’s low companies come from over- cial Intelligence in Zephyr growth forecasts by the In- record 11.9 million bpd. after the Financial Times re- seas and in particular from Cove, Nevada. ternational Monetary Fund “They weren’t expecting ported the United States had Europe and Asia. If there is Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in At 1:36 p.m. ET the Dow and signs of a spreading that (nearly 12 million bpd turned down China’s offer of significant signs of a slow- New York, US, on Tuesday. (REUTERS) Jones Industrial Average was slowdown in China weighed production record) for a few preparatory trade talks. down in those regions then down 361.74 points, or 1.46 on crude prices as traders months,” said Tariq Zahir, All the 11 major S&P sec- it will weigh on sentiment,” Johnson and oilfield services cent after it forecast lower percent, at 24,344.61, the S&P worried about supplies rising managing member at Tyche tors were in the red, a re- said Michael Geraghty, equity provider Halliburton Co gave revenue in key business areas 500 was down 40.95 points, in 2019 despite lower prices. Capital in New York. “We treat that threatened to snap strategist at Cornerstone Cap- weak forecasts. J&J’s 2.3 in the first quarter. That, cou- or 1.53 percent, at 2,629.76 Brent oil futures LCOc1 saw a very large drop in (US a four-day rally and pull US ital Group in New York City. percent drop led healthcare pled with another drop in oil and the Nasdaq Composite were down $1.82, or 2.9 per- oil drilling) rigs on Friday, stocks from 1-month highs. Adding to the worries, stocks down 0.94 percent. prices, dragged energy stocks was down 133.68 points, or cent, at $60.92 a barrel by but it comes down to wheth- The IMF forecast that the healthcare giant Johnson & Halliburton fell 4.8 per- down 2.12 percent. The tech 1.87 percent, at 7,023.55. 1:45 p.m. EST (1845 GMT). er Saudi Arabia is really go- U.S. West Texas Intermedi- ing to do these cuts.” 14 Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Economy & Business Huawei seeks Global stocks turn lower fast resolution of detained as trade worries seep back executive case In Asia, Tokyo skidded 0.5%, along with Sydney while Singapore was 0.4% off and Seoul dropped 0.3% REUTERS the company welcomed re- DAVOS quests to see the tech giant’s product development busi- CHINA’S Huawei Technolo- ness as well as other units. gies will call for a quick res- Relations between olution of the case regard- China and Canada turned ing its detained executive frosty after the arrest of in Canada who is accused Meng, with China detaining of violating US sanctions on two Canadian citizens and Iran, the company’s chair- sentencing to death a Cana- man, Liang Hua, said on dian previously found guilty Tuesday. of drug smuggling. Liang, who was ap- Liang said the issue of pointed acting chief finan- Canadians being arrested cial officer of Huawei in De- in China had no relation to cember following the arrest Huawei. of the company’s CFO at the The company has request of the United States, launched an unprecedent- was speaking to media on ed public relations blitz, the sidelines of the World thrusting its low-key found- Economic Forum in Davos. er in front of international Huawei, the world’s big- media as it seeks to ease gest producer of telecom- concern among Western munications equipment, nations bent on shutting it faces intense scrutiny in the out of their markets. West over its relationship In addition to allega- with China’s government tions of sanctions-busting and US-led allegations that and intellectual property its devices could be used by theft, Washington has Beijing for espionage. been pressing allies to re- Huawei has repeatedly frain from buying Huawei’s rejected such allegations. switches and other gear be- Former CFO Meng cause of fears they will be Wanzhou, who is also the used by Beijing for espio- daughter of Huawei found- nage. er Ren Zhengfei, was arrest- Company founder Ren ed in Canada on Dec. 1 over denied this week that his alleged violations of US company was used by the sanctions. She was released Chinese government to spy. on bail last month and is The arrest of Meng has due in court in Vancouver put a further dampener on The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, recently. (REUTERS) on Feb. 6. Chinese relations with the “We operate our busi- United States and Canada AFP intellectual property, which is Tokyo skidded 0.5 percent, er referendum. ness globally, and in every at a time when tensions LONDON a key source of anger in Wash- along with Sydney while Sin- The pound “has been country we fully comply were already high over a ington. gapore was 0.4 percent off and helped by ongoing optimism with local laws and regula- trade war and the espionage STOCK markets fell on Tues- While headlines regarding Seoul dropped 0.3 percent. that a hard Brexit will be tion,” Liang said, adding suspicions. day as profit-takers stepped in the talks earlier this month Concerns about the out- avoided on 29th March”, said following a recent run higher, were upbeat, and eyes turn look l ed the International Ray Attrill, strategist at Na- while a report fuelled worries to another meeting including Pound gains Monetary Fund on Monday tional Australia Bank. about the progress of China- Beijing’s top negotiator Liu to lower its growth forecasts He pointed out that MPs US trade talks. He at the end of January, the On currency markets on for the global economy, citing from both sides of the aisle While there were few ma- Bloomberg story, referencing Tuesday, the pound gained the trade row, Brexit and other had proposed a bill pushing jor catalysts to drive business, unnamed sources, provided a against the dollar and the problems. for a delay if an agreement investors were keeping tabs reality check. euro, extending gains after On currency markets on cannot be agreed in parlia- on developments in various Also, China’s Xinhua news British Prime Minister Theresa Tuesday, the pound gained ment by February 26. issues including the US gov- agency reported that President May said she would try to against the dollar and the euro, “There’s a good chance this ernment shutdown, Brexit and Xi Jinping had told top pro- hammer out changes to her extending gains after British gets up. If so, it further flattens China’s stuttering economy. vincial leaders the Commu- Brexit deal that was roundly Prime Minister Theresa May the tail risk of a hard Brexit on European markets were nist party “is facing long-term rejected by MPs last week said she would try to hammer March 29, though note all 27 half a percent or more lower and complex tests in terms of out changes to her Brexit deal EU nations will need to agree in the mid-afternoon, a de- maintaining long-term rule, that was roundly rejected by to an extension, so it wouldn’t cline roughly matched by Wall reform and opening-up”. The rising. If China falls back to MPs last week. eliminate the risk completely,” Street at the opening bell. comments suggest he is grow- earth, we will all feel the trem- While there is no plan in Attrill added. Earlier optimism sur- ing worried about the effects or,” economists at Northern place to leave the EU on March Oil prices extended Mon- rounding trade talks was of slowing economic growth. Trust said in a note. 29, markets are confident law- day’s losses that came in re- jolted by a Bloomberg News “Recent signs suggest that Earlier Tuesday in Asia, makers will avoid a damaging sponse to data showing Chi- File photo of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies Co’s chief report that said the two sides China is struggling to sustain Hong Kong closed down 0.7 no-deal Brexit, with options na’s economy grew last year financial officer. (REUTERS) were struggling to reach agree- economic momentum, and percent, while Shanghai fin- being touted including a delay at its slowest pace for almost ment on the crucial matter of risks of a hard landing are ished 1.2 percent lower. to the leaving date and anoth- three decades. India seeks $11 bn from state asset sales in 2019-20 fiscal year

REUTERS carrier Air India, and the sale also sell shares in a number will not be part of any future will depend how strong is the the government will be able NEW DELHI of an insurer to be created of state-owned companies sale, one of the sources said. mandate of the next govern- to reach the goal. With about by the merger of three state- through initial public offer- The receipts target could ment, and its commitment to two months to go before the THE Indian government is owned firms, the sources said. ings, the sources said. Possible change if the government privatisation,” said the first current year closes on March likely to seek to raise about It will also involve the sale of candidates for these include of Prime Minister Narendra official, who declined to be 31, the government has so far 800 billion rupees ($11.21 units in an exchange traded Telecommunications Consult- Modi gets less of a mandate named as the budget details managed to raise only 351 bil- billion) through the sale of fund consisting of minor- ants India, Indian Railways’ from voters in the next general are not public. lion rupees, about 43 percent state-owned assets in the next ity stakes in about 20 state- subsidiaries IRCTC, RailTel election, which must be held If Modi got a strong man- of the 800 billion targeted. fiscal year, beginning April 1, owned companies, they said. Corporation India and Nation- by early May. Modi’s ruling date, the government could And some of those re- two government sources with Finance Minister Arun al Seeds Corporation (NSC), Bharatiya Janata Party lost even consider selling majority ceipts are the result of state- direct knowledge of budget Jaitley, who is currently in they added. The government failed to some key state elections at the stakes in some of India’s many owned companies buying discussions told Reuters on the United States for a medi- The government has pro- attract bidders for Air India end of last year, opening up the state-owned banks, the official their own shares back from the Tuesday. cal check-up, is expected to posed merging three state- when it tried to sell a major- possibility that it might lose said. government. The target, which is the announce the target while owned general insurance com- ity stake in 2018. But the air- power or only get returned by Any change would be made The government sources same as for the current finan- presenting an interim budget panies — National Insurance, line is now being restructured forming a coalition with some in a full-year budget, likely to said they expected there would cial year, includes proceeds on February 1, said one of the Oriental Insurance and United and to make it more attractive other parties. be presented in July. be significant progress to- from the expected privatisa- sources. Insurance - and then listing just over half of its debt will be “The actual receipts from There are also likely to wards this year’s target in the tion of loss-making national The government could the single entity. placed in another company and the privatisation programme be concerns about whether next few weeks.

CLEAN-UP Renault convenes board meeting to turn page on Ghosn era settled, French officials want work Michelin’s Senard to be named chairman, TOKYO COURT DENIES GHOSN’S BAIL REQUEST to resume on a new ownership structure cementing the partner- and Ghosn’s deputy Bollore as CEO CARLOS Ghosn is likely to remain in Japanese custody for the fore- ship - which Ghosn had been man- seeable future after a Tokyo court denied him bail Tuesday despite a dated to explore when his Renault REUTERS not respond to questions about its last-ditch personal appeal by the former Nissan boss, as Renault set a contract was renewed last year PARIS agenda or Ghosn’s replacement. date to replace him. The court’s decision was expected as it had previ- with government backing. The decision, two months ously judged him to be a flight risk who could potentially tamper with Nissan is wary of any such RENAULT has called a board meet- after Ghosn’s November 19 ar- evidence. Even Ghosn’s own lawyer has said his client will likely remain move. In an interview last week, ing to replace Chairman and Chief rest and swift dismissal as Nissan in jail until his trial. Ever since his arrest out of the blue on November Saikawa acknowledged share- Executive Carlos Ghosn, in a move chairman, turns a page on his 19 on allegations of financial misconduct, Ghosn’s case has been a holders’ concerns that the cur- that may begin to ease tensions two decades at the helm of the rollercoaster ride that has kept Japan and the business world gripped. rent structure undervalues their with alliance partner Nissan in the partnership he transformed into a Carlos Ghosn (AFP) A public pledge by the auto tycoon to stay in Japan and wear an elec- investment, but added that chang- wake of Ghosn’s arrest in Japan for global carmaking giant, following tronic tag if necessary appears to have left the Tokyo District Court ing it was “really not the current alleged financial misconduct. Renault’s acquisition of a near- denied a separate breach of trust unmoved. (AFP) priority”. The board, which meets at bankrupt Nissan in 1999. charge over personal investment “The subject is not on the table 0900 GMT on Thursday, will Ghosn has been charged with losses he temporarily transferred today,” Finance Minister Bruno consider the proposed appoint- failing to disclose more than $80 to Nissan in 2008. Nissan has er, called for leadership change control and resisted its attempts Le Maire said on Sunday amid ment of outgoing Michelin boss million in additional Nissan com- said it takes the matter seriously and his bail requests were rejected to nominate new directors to the Japanese press reports that France Jean-Dominique Senard as chair- pensation for 2010-18 that he had and pledged to improve corporate by the Japanese courts. Japanese carmaker’s board. was actively pushing for a Renault- man and the promotion of Ghosn’s arranged to be paid later. Nissan governance. Senard, 65, now faces the im- Nissan currently owns a 15 per- Nissan merger. deputy Thierry Bollore to CEO, director Greg Kelly and the com- Ghosn has now agreed to mediate task of soothing relations cent non-voting stake in its French The widely anticipated rejec- three sources said. pany itself have also been indicted. resign from Renault, three sources with Nissan, which is 43.4 percent- parent and 34 percent in Mitsubi- tion of Ghosn’s latest bail applica- Renault confirmed an emer- Both men deny the deferred familiar with the matter told owned by Renault. Since Ghosn’s shi Motors, a third major partner tion raises the likelihood that the gency board meeting was planned pay agreements were illegal or re- Reuters - but only after the French arrest, Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa in their manufacturing alliance. 64-year-old executive will remain for Thursday, but a spokesman did quired disclosure. Ghosn has also government, its biggest sharehold- has sought to weaken Renault’s Once its new management is in custody until his trial in Japan. www.guide.com.qa  Wednesday January 23, 2019

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India captain Virat Kohli becomes the first AUSTRALIAN OPEN PAGE 19 to sweep top three ICC awards QUARTER-FINALS BASSAM’S STUNNING FREE KICK TAKES QATAR INTO QF

Qatar striker Bassam al Rawi (No. 15) unleashes a fabulous free kick in the 62nd minute to find the net of Iraq goal during their AFC Asian Cup 2019 Round of 16 clash at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Son ‘unhappy’ Impressive Al Annabi set as Koreans given fright AFP up date with South Korea DUBAI TOTTENHAM Hotspur star Son Heung-min told his South REUTERS/AFP Korea team-mates “we’re bet- ABU DHABI ter than that” after they needed extra time to scrape past Bah- QATAR wrestled their way past Iraq rain’s part-timers 2-1 in the into the quarter-finals of the Asian Asian Cup last 16 on Tuesday. Cup on Tuesday when a stunning Kim Jin-su’s diving header free kick from the son of a former at the end of the first extra Iraqi international gave them a 1-0 period was all that separated victory at Al Nahyan Stadium. South Korea’s well-paid pro- Defender Bassam al Rawi found fessionals and a Bahrain squad the net in the 62nd minute to decide who mostly have day-jobs. a scrappy contest in favour of the Paulo Bento’s South Korea, 2022 World Cup hosts and set up a runners-up in 2015 and one of date with South Korea across town the favourites for the title, sur- at Zayed Sports City on Friday. vived to reach the last eight, Iraq, the 2007 champions, gave where they will face Qatar. their all but paid the price for failing “It was a tough game. We to take their chances and departed played against a team who the continental tournament before packed the defence and played the quarter-final stage for the first counter-attack, so it’s not time since 1972. easy,” said Son. Iraq were cheered on by a noisy “It’s all about attitude as majority of the 14,000 crowd in well, and I’m a bit unhappy the boutique ground, with barely a South Korea’s Kim Jin-Su celebrates with our performance. I think handful supporting the Maroons. Qatar’s players celebrate their victory over Iraq at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. (AFP) scoring against Bahrain in Dubai we’re better than that.” “I think in the second half we on Tuesday. (REUTERS) Son took a boot to the head dominated, we scored,” said Qa- Results & QF Line-Ups ther out in the 78th minute and twice fans when they celebrated with as he weathered some robust tar coach Felix Sanchez. “We had Iraqi forwards flashed headers wide as them at the end. took time to settle into their rhythm. challenges in a first half which 10 minutes, our best spell when we South Korea 2 (Hwang Hee-chan 43’, Kim Jin-su they lay siege to the Qatar goal But from the half-hour Son South Korea dominated with could have scored more. 105+2’) bt Bahrain 1 (Al Romaihi 77’) in the last few minutes. South Korea survive started to make his presence felt 73 percent of possession. “I can just congratulate the play- Qatar 1 (Bassam al Rawi 62’) bt Iraq 0 But the Qataris Bahrain scare with some typically direct run- The Koreans took a while ers for their effort against one of the QF LINE-UPS: Vietnam v Japan; China v Iran; held them out to Earlier in Dubai, Son ning which caused panic in the to settle before Son started to best teams in the competition.” South Korea v Qatar; UAE v Australia register a fourth Heung-min’s South Ko- Bahrain defence. make his presence felt with Qatar, who scored 10 goals and clean sheet in four rea needed an extra-time South Korea broke the deadlock some typically direct running conceded none in the group stage, but his touch woefully betrayed him, matches at the winner to beat world two minutes from half-time, when which caused panic in the made the brighter start and left back and the ball trickled harmlessly to tournament, almost ranked 113th Bahrain 2-1 as Son laid off to Lee Yong whose cross Bahrain defence. Abdelkarim Hassan hit the bar in Iraq keeper Jalal Hassan. outnumbering their they stumbled into was parried by the goalkeeper to South Korea broke the the fourth minute. It was a foul on the dangerous small band of quarter-finals. Hwang Hee-chan, who snaffled the deadlock two minutes from That was pretty much the extent Afif on the lefthand corner of the Kim Jin-su’s diving easy chance. half-time, when Son picked of their threat on goal until he had box that led to the breakthrough just header at the end of the first South Korea threatened to run out Lee Yong whose cross was a shot deflected onto the post just after the hour mark, Bassam step- extra period proved the dif- riot after the break before Bahrain parried by goalkeeper Sayed before the break, though, as the Qa- ping up and curling the ball over the ference as the two-time cham- hit back and it took a magnificent Shubbar Alawi to Hwang taris were muscled out of the game wall and into the bottom left-hand pions met unexpected resist- flying stop from Kim Seung-gyu Hee-chan, who snaffled the in midfield. corner of the net. ance before winning. to keep out Jamal Rashed’s easy chance. Iraq fared little better at the The Qataris were charged But Paulo Bento’s side, thumping effort. other end with Mohanad Ali hav- with confidence by the goal runners-up in 2015 and one And against all expectations, ing their best chance of breaking the and poured forward to pep- of the favourites for the Bahrain were suddenly level with 13 deadlock in the 23rd minute as the per Hassan’s goal with title, survived minutes remaining when Mohamed 2007 champions started to make shots in the next to reach the last Al Romaihi smashed in the rebound some progress with the ball over the 10 minutes eight. from Mahdi al Humaidan’s shot. top of the Qatari defence. before Tottenham The goal stunned South Ko- The young striker raced Iraq re- star Son took a rea, who had only conceded twice through on goal but Saad boot to the head as at an Asian Cup game since 2011 – al Sheeb bravely dived at he weathered some the 2015 final, which they lost 2-1 his feet, with the goalkeep- gained robust challenges in to Australia after extra time. er getting a boot to the their grip a first half which South Hwang Ui-jo nearly snatched the face for his efforts. on the midfield. Korea dominated with 73 percent victory in injury time, when a defen- A defensive er- Iraq defender Qatar’s Bassam al of possession. sive mix-up put him one-on-one ror put Qatar winger Ali Adnan went close to Rawi celebrates Bahrain nearly stunned the Ko- with Sayed Shubbar Alawi, but he Akram Afif through matching Bassam’s effort after scoring. reans with Mohamed Marhoon’s spooned his shot wide to set up the Son Heung-min of South Korea in early in the second half from a free kick slightly fur- stinging early shot as South Korea additional 30 minutes of play. action against Bahrain in Dubai on Tuesday. (EPA-EFE) Sports Wednesday, January 23, 2019 17 Ronaldo avoids jail but hit by hefty fine for tax fraud in Spain

Ronaldo, 33, smiled broad- tween 2011 and 2014. appeared at the same Madrid Prosecutors accuse ly as he arrived at the court His lawyers argued there court on Tuesday for the first him of having used dressed in black trousers, a had been a difference in inter- time on a separate tax evasion black turtleneck and dark sun- pretation of what was and was charge. companies in low-tax glasses, holding hands with his not taxable in Spain, and deny Public prosecutors are seek- foreign jurisdictions girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. any deliberate attempt to evade ing a five-year jail sentence and Police officers escorted him. tax. But under the deal between a fine of four million euros. to avoid paying the He had played for Juven- Spain’s tax authorities and his The trial was suspended tus on Monday night, missing lawyers, Ronaldo pleaded guilty while the court considers tax due in Spain for a penalty as the Italian league to four counts of tax fraud. whether it has jurisdiction to his image rights leaders eased past bottom club The agreement allowed hear the case. Chievo 3-0. Ronaldo to avoid sitting through “I never hid anything, I a long trial that could have dam- have to defend myself,” Alonso, AFP Offshore companies aged his image and seen him 37, told reporters as he left the MADRID Madrid prosecutors opened handed a heftier sentence. court. a probe into Ronaldo in June Ronaldo is one of several Ronaldo is also facing ac- JUVENTUS star Cristiano Ron- 2017 and he was questioned in footballers to have fallen foul of cusations in the United States aldo avoided jail on Tuesday but July that same year. Spain’s tax authorities in recent where a former American mod- was ordered by a Spanish court “I have never hidden any- years. Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, el accused him of raping her in to pay 3.57 million euros for thing, nor have I had the in- once Ronaldo’s big La Liga rival, Las Vegas in 2009. committing tax fraud when he tention of evading taxes,” he paid a two-million-euro fine in Police in the US city recent- was at Real Madrid. told the court then, according 2016 in his own tax wrangle and ly asked Italian authorities for The court sentenced him to to a statement from the sports received a 21-month jail term. a DNA sample from the foot- a two-year jail sentence that it Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo arrives with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez to appear in court on a trial for agency which represents him, The prison sentence was baller. immediately reduced to a fine of tax fraud in Madrid on Tuesday. (REUTERS) Gestifute. later reduced to a further fine Ronaldo has always denied 365,000 euros, which adds on Prosecutors accused him of of 252,000 euros, equivalent to the accusations. to another penalty of 3.2 million agreed to pay Spain’s taxman the court appearance which the crowd of reporters gathered having used companies in low- 400 euros per day of the origi- In a New Year’s Eve inter- euros, the sentence read. under a deal reached in June lasted around 40 minutes as the outside of the court in north- tax foreign jurisdictions -- no- nal term. view with Portuguese sports A court spokesman said with the player’s lawyers. deal was officially presented to eastern Madrid as he left the tably the British Virgin Islands daily Record, he said he had he did not know whether this Ronaldo, who last year the judge. hearing. He signed a few auto- and Ireland -- to avoid paying Alonso faces trial a “calm conscience” and was would be added on to the 18.8 joined Italian champions Ju- “I am very well,” the five- graphs before leaving in a black the tax due in Spain on pay- Ronaldo’s former Real Ma- “confident that everything will million euros that Ronaldo had ventus, returned to Madrid for time Ballon d’Or winner told van. ments for his image rights be- drid team-mate Xabi Alonso very soon be clarified”. Training at Khalifa Int’l Stadium inspired England stars: Neville

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THE England women’s team has been inspired by training at one of Qatar’s FIFA World High Standard A file photo of Argentinian Cup stadiums as they aim for forward Emiliano Sala. (AFP) glory in two major tourna- I preach to the players every ments this year. day about raising standards Channel rescuers The Lionesses arrived in – and we’ve come to a Doha last week for a week-long country where nothing but the suspend search training camp at Khalifa Inter- best is acceptable. The national Stadium. Led by head facilities, weather and for missing coach Phil Neville, the players conditions are great, and footballer Sala are preparing for next month’s what I’ve witnessed over the SheBelieves Cup in the United past few days is that the States, while also having one players have risen their AFP eye on the FIFA Women’s LONDON World Cup, which will kick off standards. on June 7 in France. POLICE on the British island Neville, who won six Eng- ing to get out here. I don’t see of Guernsey on Tuesday sus- lish Premier League titles and the negativity – all I see is great pended a search for a missing the UEFA Champions League infrastructure, great ambition plane carrying new Cardiff with Manchester United, told and the legacy the Qataris want City striker Emiliano Sala, www.sc.qa his side had been to leave. It’s the first World Cup warning that survival chanc- inspired by their surroundings. Supreme Committee Chief of Tournament Readiness & Experience Nasser al Khater, with Phil Neville, Baroness Sue Campbell and David in this region and when you talk es were “slim” if the aircraft “I didn’t tell the players we Faulkner during their visit to the SC’s Legacy Pavilion. about the World Cup, you want landed on water. would be training at Khalifa to inspire the world, so you’ve Guernsey police said a Stadium – I kept it as a surprise Cup are going to be absolutely got to take it to other parts of 15-hour search covering a for them – and when they came amazing and the unbelievable the world. Coming to Qatar is 3,000-square-kilometre area into the stadium, they were warmth of the people means the next step on the World Cup in the Channel spotted “a blown away. To be in a World this could be one of the greatest journey,” the former Manches- number of floating objects in Cup stadium was a big moment World Cups of all time.” ter United great added. the water”. for them,” he said. Neville, who took over as England’s women will head “We have been unable “I preach to the players head coach of the Lionesses into the World Cup as one of to confirm whether any of every day about raising stand- a year ago, said he was im- the favourites after finishing these are from the missing ards – and we’ve come to a pressed with Qatar’s compact third at the last tournament in aircraft,” the police said in a country where nothing but the tournament plans – saying Canada in 2015. statement. best is acceptable. The facilities, they’d be a massive boost for Neville, who won 59 caps “We have found no signs weather and conditions are players and fans. for England, said: “When I got of those on board. If they did great, and what I’ve witnessed “The relatively short dis- the job I said on day one that land on the water, the chanc- over the past few days is that tance between venues means I want to win the World Cup. es of survival are at this stage, the players have risen their England women’s national team trains at the Khalifa International Stadium. you can play a game at lunch- We’ve talked a lot about the unfortunately, slim.” standards. This was the perfect time and then go and watch jump from third to first. Those The search included air- setting to get people thinking he expected the 2022 men’s there’s been more develop- oness Sue Campbell, Head of Brazil play at night. This is players with a bronze medal say craft and sea vessels from the about winning the World Cup,” tournament to be one of the ment,” said Neville, who visited Women’s Football, and David something that’s probably it felt special but now they want Channel Islands, the UK and Neville added. greatest ever. the SC’s Legacy Pavilion with Faulkner, Head of Women’s never happened before at a gold. I’ve been brought up with France, and will resume on A regular visitor to Qatar “I’ve been here about 15 two colleagues from the Eng- Performance. World Cup. a mentality that finishing first is Wednesday, the police said. in recent years, Neville said times and every time I come lish Football Association: Bar- “The facilities for the World “If I was a player, I’d be dy- the only thing that matters.” Sala, 28, was flying to Cardiff aboard a small plane that disappeared from radars around 20 kilometres north of Guernsey on Monday night. Boateng prepared for bit-part role The Argentine striker was signed by the Welsh side on Saturday from France’s Nantes for a reported fee of 17 at Barcelona after shock loan move million euros. He scored 13 goals in all said. “I think it’s a plus that I competitions this season and The Ghana midfielder can play in different positions signed a three-and-a-half- will provide cover up but I feel very comfortable as a year contract with Cardiff, number nine.” subject to receiving interna- front for Suarez and Boateng added: “I’m here Juventus’ Daniele Rugani scores against Chievo during their Italian tional clearance. Messi after Munir El to play well and to try to stay Serie A match at Allianz Stadium in Turin on Monday. (EPA-EFE) for more years here. That’s Haddadi was sold to my goal.” Sevilla Alongside Boateng was Bar- Juventus go nine points clear Balo on the move celona’s sporting director Eric AFP Abidal, who was asked about with win against Chievo Balotelli to join Marseille BARCELONA the club’s pursuit of Ajax mid- from Nice on six-month fielder Frenkie de Jong. DPA The guests’ goalkeeper deal: Report BARCELONA’S new signing The 21-year-old is consid- ROME Stefano Sorrentino saved a Kevin-Prince Boateng accepts ered one of the most talented Cristiano Ronaldo drive on 33 PARIS: Italy striker Mario he has joined the club to be a youngsters in Europe. SERIE A leaders Juventus beat minutes and on 52 deflected Balotelli has agreed to join back-up after the 31-year-old “This question has to be bottom-side Chievo 3-0 Mon- his penalty after Mattia Bani Olympique de Marseille from was officially unveiled at the asked to the player, he knows day to stay nine points clear of used his hand to block a Doug- fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on Camp Nou on Tuesday. there is interest from many chasers Napoli as they wrapped las Costa shot. a six-month contract, French Boateng has moved to Barca Barcelona’s new Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng poses with clubs and he will make his deci- up matchday 20. The Portuguese ace then sports daily L’Equipe reported from Italian side Sassuolo on a the club’s technical secretary Eric Abidal (right) and vice president sion,” Abidal said. “We can only The unbeaten Turin cham- botched two chances in the box on Tuesday. six-month loan deal worth an Jordi Mestre during his official presentation at the Camp Nou Stadium wait, like everyone else.” pions advanced on a record 56 but remained joint top scorer The newspaper added that initial one million euros, with in Barcelona on Tuesday. (AFP) Boateng is Barca’s second points, while the Neapolitans in the league on 14 goals with the 28-year-old, who has also the option to buy for eight mil- January signing after defender beat Lazio 2-1 Sunday as the Sampdoria veteran Fabio Qagli- played for Inter and AC Milan lion euros in the summer. Copa del Rey. lan, Borussia Dortmund, Tot- Jeison Murillo also joined on league resumed after a three- arella and Duvan Zapata. as well as Manchester City and He will provide cover up “I have not talked to the tenham and Portsmouth. He loan from Valencia. Abidal said week break. Earlier action saw AC Milan Liverpool, would have a medical front for Luis Suarez and Li- coach,” Boateng said at a press also has experience of La Liga, departures are also possible this Douglas Costa drilled the retain fourth place by winning on Wednesday. OM were not im- onel Messi after Munir El conference. “But I know I have having spent a season at La Pal- month, with Malcom and Denis opener into the right corner 2-0 at Genoa thanks to second- mediately available to comment. Haddadi was sold to Sevilla not come to play in the start- mas in 2016-17. Suarez among those linked with on 13 minutes after a run from half goals from Fabio Borini Balotelli’s contract was due to earlier this month. ing line-up because there are Deployed more as an at- moves away. the midfield and Emre Can and Suso. The Devils stayed expire in June. Marseille are Ernesto Valverde’s side incredible players in this team. tacking midfielder earlier in “We are happy with the netted his first this season one point ahead of Roma, who seventh in the standings, level have already played 31 games I’m here because of my experi- his career, Boateng believes squad but there is always a on 45 after Paulo Dybala set beat Torino 3-2 Saturday, and on 31 points with eighth-placed this season and, as well as ence and to help.” he is now best suited to the chance,” Abidal said. “Players him up in the box. Defender occupy the last Champions Nice who have played a game leading the title race in La Boateng, who turns 32 in role of striker. who are not playing very much Daniele Rugani nodded in the League place at the start of the more. (REUTERS) Liga, are into the latter stages March, has represented 10 dif- “At my age, the role of num- can stay or leave, all scenarios third on 84 minutes off a Fed- season’s second half. Genoa are of the Champions League and ferent clubs including AC Mi- ber nine is perfect for me,” he will be evaluated.” erico Bernardeschi free-kick. six points clear of the drop zone. 18 Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Sports Emotional Kvitova in semis Off the court with Tsitsipas and Collins

AFP MELBOURNE Djokovic AN emotional Petra Kvitova swept into her first Grand concerned Slam semi-final on Tuesday since a terrifying knife attack about almost ended her career as the fairytale runs of Stefanos Open’s Tsitsipas and Danielle Col- lins continued at the Austral- ‘Big Brother’ ian Open. The Czech had not gone cameras past the last eight at a major since a burglar slashed her AFP left hand in December 2016, MELBOURNE forcing her out of the game for six months and leaving WORLD number one Novak her with lasting nerve dam- Djokovic has expressed con- age in the fingers of her rac- cern about “Big Brother” sur- quet hand. veillance cameras that capture behind-the-scenes footage of players at the Australian Open, making the season-opening Grand Slam resemble a reality Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova turned emotional during the on court interview with Jim Courier after her television show. victory against Australia’s Ashleigh Barty at the Australian Open on Tuesday. (AFP) The cameras dotted around Melbourne Park, which show players walking But the eighth seed has the corridors and making bounced back and is on a Danielle Collins of the US celebrates defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchen- their way to the courts, were sensational 10-match un- kova of Russia in the women’s singles quarter-final at the Australian introduced this year and are beaten streak after claiming Open on Tuesday. (EPA-EFE) not seen at any other major. the Sydney International Many of the candid clips warm-up title. have gone viral, with social She proved too much RESULTS (QUARTER-FINALS) media users amused when for Ashleigh Barty, crush- MEN’S SINGLES security guards asked high- ing the local hope 6-1, Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x14) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP x22) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) profile players such as Roger 6-4, and was in tears af- Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Federer and Maria Sharapo- terwards as she reflected WOMEN’S SINGLES va for identification. Danielle Collins (USA) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on her long journey back Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS x15) 6-1, 6-4 Others have been more to the top. personal, including Croa- “Really, I didn’t imagine tian 31st seed Petra Martic to be back on this great sta- TODAY’S MATCHES slumping to the floor and dium and play with the best,” breaking down in tears after the two-time Wimbledon MEN’S SINGLES: Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA); N. Djokovic (SRB) vs Ken Nishikori (JPN) her third-round elimination. champion said. “It’s great.” WOMEN’S SINGLES: Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs Ashleigh Barty (AUS); Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs Djokovic, who is chair- Kvitova will face un- Danielle Collins (US). man of the men’s player seeded American Collins in council, said he had privacy the semi-final on Thursday ing hard for,” said the 14th be in the finals of these tour- concerns, particularly for and she desperately wants to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during the quarter-final match against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut seed, who lives in Cyprus but naments,” he said. women players who were reach Saturday’s decider. at the Australian Open on Tuesday. (REUTERS) trains at the academy of Ser- “But here I think Rafa moving between the recovery “I want it bad, that’s ena Williams’ coach Patrick and Novak are my favour- centre and the locker rooms. right,” Kvitova said. Collins, who has spent But, yeah, I think I’m really to reach the semis at Mel- Mouratoglou in France. ites.” But the Serb said if that Collins, the world num- long stretches of her career embracing it. It makes it a lot bourne Park since Andy Rod- “I feel a bit emotional but Nadal, meanwhile, looks issue was fixed he had to re- ber 35, had never won a playing small tournaments easier when you play in front dick in 2003 and the first not too much – I know I re- to move another step clos- luctantly accept the intrusion. Grand Slam match before to build up her ranking of great fans and really good player from Greece – man ally worked hard to get here, er to winning an event he “That’s the only thing I entering this year’s tourna- points, was in big trouble af- energy.” or woman – to get so far at playing in semis of a Grand has only claimed once be- mind a little bit, you know. ment but she stunned three- ter losing the first set to the Greek sensation Tsitsi- Grand Slam. Slam.” fore among his 17 major But other than that, you time major champion and world number 44. pas was also living the dream Bautista Agut, seeded 22, titles against Tiafoe, who know, we live in Big Brother second seed Angelique Ker- But she fearlessly battled after powering into the last Living the dream acknowledged Tsitsipas was announced himself on the society. I guess you just have ber in round four. back into the match to again four with a measured 7-5, His exploits line him up with playing well, but with Nadal world stage by beating fifth to accept it,” he said. And the 25-year-old from stamp her mark on the tour- 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) win over semi-final against 17-time and Novak Djokovic still in seed Kevin Anderson in the Federer said tennis stars Florida continued her Cin- nament. “This has all been a Spain’s Roberto Bautista Grand Slam-winning Span- the tournament he doesn’t second round. were now used to having derella run by bouncing back really incredible experience,” Agut. iard Rafael Nadal, who beat give him much chance of The Spaniard, who has their every moment captured spectacularly to down Rus- she said. The 20-year-old, who American Frances Tiafoe 6-3 winning the title. been in ominous touch so far, on camera, although he did sia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchen- “This time last year I was ended Swiss great Roger 6-4 6-2. “Of course, he has a lot of is wary of the threat posed not appreciate intrusions on kova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the playing a challenger (tour- Federer’s tournament, be- “I’m just living the dream, time to improve, a lot of time by the 21-year-old, who has his down time. quarter-finals. nament) in Newport Beach. came the youngest man living what I’ve been work- to get enough experience to nothing to lose. “Now it’s just like every- where all the time. It’s hard to find the corner where you can actually sort of relax a bit, but I can deal with it. It’s no problem,” he said. Rafa slays giantkiller Tiafoe, puts Stefanos in crosshairs Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou was a AFP ing foot surgery. strong supporter of the camer- MELBOURNE The Spanish second seed “I feel lucky to be where I as, saying showing the human continued his relentless am after what I went through to side of players helped draw in RUTHLESS Rafael Na- For me is always the same: progress by slaying giant- be able to compete at this level,” a new generation of fans. dal brutally swatted aside a you (Tsitsipas) are in the killer Frances Tiafoe 6-3, he said. “That’s why I get up in “If they root for a player bright young star in the Aus- semi-finals of a Grand 6-4, 6-2 in just 107 min- the morning and go to the gym or they hate a player, that’s tralian Open quarter-finals Slam, you can’t expect utes of power-packed, pre- and work hard.” Nadal had great, because they feel emo- Tuesday, before setting his an easy opponent. cision tennis never faced the world number tion when they watch ten- sights on the leading new 39 before but decided rather nis,” he said. kid on the block, Stefanos Rafael Nadal on his semi-final than feel his way into the match “They need to know the Tsitsipas. opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas need to play my best, and that’s he would bludgeon Tiafoe from players. All those behind the The Spanish sec- what I am looking for.” the start. scenes (clips) that show the ond seed continued Unseeded Tiafoe, 21, had An immediate break of personalities of the players... his relentless pro- as the Spaniard would be at shocked fifth seed Kevin An- serve was the result and a con- it’s great to show they are hu- gress by slaying his best in Thursday evening’s derson and Grigor Dimitrov, trolled romp to the opening set man and they are not machines giantkiller Frances semi-final. seeded 20, but the 17-time in 31 minutes as he imposed his and they have emotions. They Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 “For me is always the same: Grand Slam champion proved authority. have good emotions, they have in just 107 minutes of you are in the semi-finals of a too formidable for the popu- He repeated the lesson at bad emotions.” power-packed, precision ten- Grand Slam, you can’t expect lar American in his first major the start of the second, continu- Mouratoglou said ten- nis. an easy opponent,” he told re- quarter-final. ing a game plan that seemed nis was a conservative sport And Nadal, 32, warned porters. The Spaniard has been in to be based on overpowering but needed to move with the the 20-year-old Tsitsipas, who “Stefanos is one of the best irresistible form in Australia in the speedy young pretender times to stay relevant and Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Frances Tiafoe of the US at knocked out Roger Federer in players of the world. To have his first tournament since limp- by keeping him pinned to the appeal to fans. the Australian Open on Tuesday. (EPA-EFE) the fourth round, to be ready the chance to be in that final, I ing out of the US Open and hav- baseline.

‘India lacks system to generate quality tennis players’

IANS ings high,” he added. Open but could not continue MELBOURNE “First we have to start with the momentum in the first the system then with tourna- Grand Slam of the year. INDIAN tennis star Rohan Bo- If each state in India has a ments then obviously to have “Nothing went wrong in panna has blamed the system one challenger tournament good academies in place. So this tournament. I have to give for not producing quality play- then we build constantly that entire system, once that credit to the opponents who ers and demanded more tour- number of athletes comes into play, we will have is playing in this circuit for naments in the country itself. travelling and getting the more players coming out of it.” such a long time so they are Rohan Bopanna at the Bopanna, who had bad out- Bopanna, who had paired more experienced than us,” Australian Open. ings in the both the categories sport and rankings high. up with Zhaoxuan Yang, went Bopanna said. (men’s and mixed doubles) in Rohan Bopanna down 6-3, 3-6, 6-10 to Robert “Yes we were seeded higher the ongoing Australia Open Farah and Anna-Lena Groene- but if you look at the experience here, also said the country feld in the opening match of the in the Grand Slams our oppo- needs to have more academies 30 weeks of just tournaments mixed doubles category at the nents were more experienced and strong grassroots pro- alone which makes a differ- Australian Open recently. than us. grammes to produce more ten- ence,” Bopanna told IANS. In the men’s doubles cat- For me playing with the nis players. “Tennis is an expensive egory, Bopanna has paired up left-hander is something new “We don’t have a system in sport so to travel constantly with fellow Indian Divij Sharan this time and it takes time to place to generate that many of week and week out is tough. If and lost his opening round build a partnership and that na said the tie against Italy will earlier five. might come into the top 100 but players. And not only the sys- each state in India has a one match to the Spanish pair of what we are working on as a be tough but the new format “The Davis cup tie is very apart from this they still have a tem but we need to have tour- challenger tournament then Pablo Carreño Busta and Guill- team,” he added. might help India. very tough tie because the Ital- lot more top players,” he said. naments in India. We have only you can travel only in India and ermo Garcia-Lopez. India will host Italy on According to the new ians have four or five players in “So we will surely going to one ATP tournament and two make international points and Divij is a left-handed player grass court in the qualifiers rules, the tie have been cut the top 100 which makes a big have a tough tie against them challengers in India which is that way we build constantly and Bopanna has paired up for the Davis Cup in Kolkata from three days to two and difference which we don’t have but having new format of best not enough. If you look at Eu- number of athletes travelling with him for he first time. The next month. each rubber will be decided anyone currently. Yes after this of three sets I think we do have rope or USA, they have 25 to and getting the sport and rank- duo had won the Maharashtra Taking bout the tie, Bopan- over three sets, down from the week Prajnesh(Gunneswaran) a chance.” Sports Wednesday, January 23, 2019 19 ‘King’ Kohli first to sweep top three ICC awards AGENCIES ICC AWARDS skipper Mahendra Singh Dho- scored heavily in all three for- DUBAI The 30-year-old, a ni completed the chase with mats. superstar in cricket- Test team of the year an unbeaten 91. Few predicted Kohli averaged 60 as cap- INDIA captain Virat Kohli Tom Latham, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, then that Kohli too would later tain between 2015 and 2016 capped a memorable 2018 mad India, first came Virat Kohli (captain), Henry Nicholls, Rishabh Pant become one of India’s greats when he scored five Test hun- (wicketkeeper), Jason Holder, Kagiso Rabada, season by becoming the onto the radar in 2008 Nathan Lyon, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Abbas. and even be compared with dreds and ushered in a new era, first to win the Internation- when he captained Tendulkar. with India regaining the num- al Cricket Council’s (ICC) ODI team of the year Fired up ber one Test ranking. cricketer, Test and one-day India to victory in the Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Virat Kohli (captain), Along with his ability to He took charge of the lim- Joe Root, Ross Taylor, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Ben international (ODI) player of Under-19 World Cup Stokes, Mustafizur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Kuldeep score lots of runs at a fast pace, ited-overs side in 2017 and re- the year awards, the ICC said Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah. Kohli gained a reputation for cently became India’s only cap- on Tuesday. being unnecessarily aggressive tain to win a Test and bilateral Kohli, the top scorer in and keep bringing in consistent ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year on the field. The in-your-face ODI series in Australia. Virat Kohli (India) both Tests and one-dayers in performances.” Delhi boy turned up the vol- 2018, was also named captain Kohli, who won cricketer Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year ume during the 2014 tour of Records & recognition of the ICC Test and ODI teams and ODI player of the year Virat Kohli (India) Australia, firing some verbal “King Kohli” smashed re- of the year. in 2017, was the unanimous shots at Mitchell Johnson and cords by the dozen come 2017 Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year The 30-year-old top-order choice for the former award Virat Kohli (India) Brad Haddin. as he established himself as a batsman scored 1,322 runs in in 2018, with South Africa fast His on-field barbs went new cricket icon alongside Joe 13 Tests at an average of 55.08, bowler Kagiso Rabada finish- Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year down badly with the umpires Root (England), Steve Smith and scored 1,202 runs in 14 ing runner-up, the ICC said. Rishabh Pant (India) and Indian cricket legends (Australia) and Kane William- ODIs at an average of 133.55, Rabada also finished sec- Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year who questioned his attitude. son (New Zealand). notching up 11 centuries across ond in the Test player category, Calum Macleod (Scotland) “Kohli’s verbal duels can be He became the fastest ever the formats. while Afghanistan leg-spinner counter-productive and it to 10,000 ODI runs, reaching - Rashid Khan was runner-up to India’s Virat Kohli is the first player to win all the three top ICC awards. Men’s T20I Performance of the Year can affect the Indian team,” the mark in 205 innings last “It feels amazing. It’s a re Aaron Finch (172 off 76 balls v Zimbabwe) ward for all the hard work that Kohli for the ODI award. (Australia) said former captain Sunil year -- surpassing Tendulkar you do throughout the calen- The 30-year-old, a super- Late spark It was a meaningful knock Gavaskar. He has since mel- who was first to reach the mile- dar year,” Kohli said in a state- star in cricket-mad India and Kohli scored his first interna- for Kohli, coming against the Umpire of the Year - Kumar Dharmasena lowed - a bit. stone in 2001, in 259 innings. ment. husband to a Bollywood ac- tional century in 2009, more same side he faced in his 2008 Spirit of Cricket - Kane Williamson (New Zealand) Kohli capped off a strong “To be rewarded in this tress, first came onto the radar than a year after making his debut in Dambulla -- when he Captain’s call 2018 by being named cricketer manner... is a very proud mo- in 2008 when he captained In- one-day debut. His 107 off 114 made just 12 runs. Dhoni surprised followers of the year as well as Test and ment for me and something dia to victory in the Under-19 balls during a 224-run third- bai after the legendary Sachin of Indian cricket by retiring ODI player of the year by the that gives you more motiva- World Cup. wicket stand with Gautam Winning among greats Tendulkar was out in the 2011 from Tests in December 2014 ICC. The recognition showed tion to keep repeating the same AFP Sport selects five key Gambhir in Kolkata helped Kohli walked out to bat in World Cup final against Sri and handing over the reins a superstar at the top of his things because you have to moments of the prolific run- India win the match and the stunned silence at a packed Lanka. to the flamboyant Kohli, who game as this year’s World Cup keep the standard of cricket up getter’s career so far. series against Sri Lanka. Wankhede Stadium in Mum- Kohli scored 35 before relished the captain’s job and approaches. FIFA to lead Can’t be daunted by Qatar edge Kuwait in global efforts to end piracy 300-plus scores in Super Over thriller issues New Zealand: Virat IANS years or so, we have really TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK NAPIER evolved as a batting group,” DOHA Kohli said. Tanveer of Qatar named Man of the Match for his fifty and a wicket INDIA captain Virat Kohli on “We are more sure and THE Fédération Internation- Tuesday said the key for his more aware of our abilities, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the latter was dismissed for ale de Football Association team will be not to get flus- and we are ready to counter all DOHA 18 with four boundaries. Khan (FIFA) will lead a concerted tered by 300-plus scores as the things that are going to be had a six and two fours in his efforts to protect the intellec- they begin their limited overs thrown at us. QATAR hauled themselves 19-ball 25. tual property rights of partner series against New Zealand back into the match at the Initially, Qatar sent Kuwait broadcasters and end the pi- here on Wednesday. right time and pulled off a on backfoot, grabbing their racy issues soon. “The last time we played dramatic Super Over victory four wickets for just 59 runs The following joint state- (here), we probably didn’t against Kuwait in the ACC in 9.2 overs. However, Kuwait ment has been issued on be- have that kind of compo- Western Region Twenty20 counter-attacked. Muham- half of the FIFA, Union of Eu- sure, to be relaxed in the Cricket Tournament in Mus- mad Kashif and Meet Bhavsar ropean Football Associations field in terms of chasing cat, Oman on Tuesday. brought them within sight of (UEFA), the Asian Football close to 300 After both teams were the victory after they reeled off Confederation (AFC), Football tied in a roller-coaster finish 84 runs in just 51 deliveries. Association Premier League with 155 each, Iqbal Hussain At this stage, Kuwait had Limited (The Premier League), When the sides clashed in Chaudhry bowled brilliantly just required 13 runs off 14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Pro- India last year, Kohli’s men in the one-over eliminator, balls. But Qatar staged a pul- fesional (LaLiga) and DFL clinched a closely-fought series bagged a wicket to put pres- sating comeback and grabbed Deutsche Fußball Liga (Bun- India captain Virat Kohli 2-1. “The fact that they are the sure on Kuwait and allowed four wickets for just 12 runs to desliga): No.3 ranked team in the world only five runs. force the tie. The turn-around “Collectively, we, as rights- “New Zealand always have speaks about their consistency Man-of-the-match Mo- started in Chaudhry’s over holders in various football fields that make the game high- over the last couple of years.” hammed Tanveer smashed with Sajjad running Bhavsar competitions, condemn the pi- scoring. The key is not to panic “We played them in India as a boundary in his five and out brilliantly at 143. At the rate entity beoutQ, which con- too much in the field when you well and we got beaten in Mum- Tamoor Sajjad got one, help- same total, Chaudhry dis- tinues to abuse the operations see 300 being posted regularly. bai. All the games were compet- ing Qatar win the match in Oman Cricket Association Board Member Maqbool Moosa al Lawati missed Imran Ali for naught. of rights holders and legiti- You just have to back yourself to itive, and we felt they had a re- just three balls. Another fea- presents the man of the match award to Mohammed Tanveer after Iqbar ended Kashif’s su- mate broadcasters through its get those runs, and set a big tar- ally good balance in their team ture of Qatar’s triumph was Qatar’s exciting win over Kuwait in the ACC Western Region T20 in perb knock at 53, including persistent and illegal screening get when you’re batting first,” - a great mix of youth and expe- their fielding as they affected Muscat on Tuesday. two sixes and four bounda- of events for which it has made Kohli told reporters on the eve rience - and the bowling attack four run-outs, two by Moham- ries, getting him short of the no effort to secure the rights; of the first match. is experienced and not that old. med Rizlan Iqbar, to rattle formance. ing 54 runs in just 24 balls for crease in the 19th over to knot the latest example of which is “The last time we played Asked about his Kiwi coun- their opponents. Team Manager Gul Khan the unfinished seventh wicket the match. He repeated his the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019. (here), we probably didn’t have terpart Kane Williamson and Qatar Cricket Association Jadoon said the victory was shared by Noman Sarvar (13 act as he send back Morshed “The activities of beoutQ that kind of composure, to be the experienced Ross Taylor, President Yousef Jeham al the outcome of a superb team not out in eight balls with two with his throw and off the re- are a clear and flagrant breach relaxed in the field in terms of Kohli said: “He’s (Williamson) Kuwari was extremely pleased effort. “All the players did fours). maining two balls, Chaudhry of our intellectual property chasing close to 300. one of the best players in the with the national team’s second their best, kept cool even when Tanveer was also involved denied Arjun Makesh any rights. beoutQ’s piracy harms “We take that as a challenge world. When he is on song, he consecutive success in the tour- the match went up and down. in another useful partnership run to take the game into the not only us, as rights holders, and we’re looking forward to is the most attractive to watch.” nament and sent his wishes to Our brilliant fielding turned with Sajjad. The two added 33 Super Over. but also our legitimate licen- doing what we did in Australia “Kane is always going to be the entire team and officials for around the game. Till now, runs for the fifth wicket as Saj- sees and, ultimately, the fans - believing in our abilities and a very big factor but at the same more victories in Oman. we’ve beaten two strong teams jad hit 19 with two fours in 17 BRIEF SCORES of our competitions. giving in a balanced perfor- time Rosco (Ross Taylor) and QCA Operations Manager and hope to continue keep fly- balls that he faced. Qatar beat Kuwai in Super Over “We will work closely with mance every time we step on all the other guys as well - you Manzoor Ahmad thanked Al- ing Qatar’s flag high.” Tanveer fired four sixes Qatar: 155 for 6 off 20 overs (M.Tanveer 53 not partners and relevant authori- the field,” he added. can’t take anyone lightly. out; I.Ali 3-26) lah for the success of the Qatar Earlier, Mohammed Tan- and four boundaries in his 39- Kuwait: 155 for 8 off 20 overs (M.Asghar 35, ties to enforce and uphold our In 2014, India fared poorly “Their batting usually re- team in the Super Over. He ap- veer boosted Qatar, asked to ball cameo. Faisal Javed Khan M.Kashif 53, M.Bhavsar 38) intellectual property rights and in this part of the world, not volves around Kane and Ross, preciated the all-round efforts bat first, to an impressive 155 and skipper Inam-Ul-Haq Super Over – Kuwait: Five for one put an end to this widespread winning anything across the and the other guys bat around by the players and urged them for orsix in 20 overs with his opened the innings and got Qatar: Six off three balls piracy issue for everyone’s two Tests and five ODIs. them. We are aware of that and to keep up their high level per- thrilling unbeaten 53, muster- 32 for the first wicket before Man of the match: Mohammad Tanveer (Qatar) benefit,” the statement added. “If you see the last three we are working on our plans.” Van der Dussen lifts SA AIPS awards ceremony held in Lausanne AIPS to series-levelling win LAUSANNE ON Monday night at the AFP The match went through beautiful Beau-Rivage Palace DURBAN several phases. An early finish amongst a crowd of significant seemed likely when Pakistan sports figures such as Inter- HENDRICK ‘Rassie’ van der crashed to 112 for eight after national Olympic Commit- Dussen and Andile Phehluk- being sent in to bat. But Hasan tee President Thomas Bach, wayo guided South Africa to a Ali, batting at number ten, hit 24 finalists received awards series-levelling win in a roller- a career-best 59 off 45 balls throughout eight different cat- coaster second one-day inter- and helped captain Sarfraz egories at the inaugural AIPS national against Pakistan at Ahmed (41) put on 90 for the Sports Media Awards. Kingsmead on Tuesday. ninth wicket to enable Paki- Marca journalist José Ig- The pair came together stan to reach 203. nacio Pérez received the first when South Africa were 80 for Left-arm fast bowler prize for Best Colour Piece for five in reply to Pakistan’s 203. Shaheen Shah Afridi took his reportage about Football They put on an unbeaten 127 wickets in each of his first in Auschwitz. Igor Rabiner as South Africa won by five three overs to reduce South won the other writing catego- wickets with eight overs to Africa to 29 for three. ry, Best Column. Winners of different categories on stage after the AIPS sports media awards night in Lausanne on Monday. spare. Van der Dussen and David Video documentary went Van der Dussen, 29, play- Miller (31) put on 51 for the to Emanuela Audisio (Mexico ceived $3.000, and third place was recently killed after tell- fortunate incident. But we ing in his second one-day in- Rassie van der Dussen of South fourth wicket but leg-spinner 1968) and Athlete Profile for received $2.000. ing stories of football corrup- will never surrender, because ternational, made an unbeaten Africa bats during the second Shadab Khan struck with his The People’s Fighters, a film One very special moment tion in Ghana. journalism is not a crime,” 80 after scoring 93 on debut in ODI against Pakistan on Tuesday. second and third deliveries to about Teófilo Stevenson and during the ceremony occurred In his opening speech, emphasised Anas after receiv- South Africa’s five-wicket de- swing the odds back towards Cuban boxing. when Ghanaian journalist Bach expressed that “the IOC ing his trophy. feat in the first match in Port African captain Faf du Plessis. Pakistan. After narrowing down Anas Armeyaw Anas was ac- was very sad to hear of the The Awards were widely Elizabeth. Phehlukwayo was named 1,273 submissions from 119 knowledged by AIPS Presi- loss of Hussein-Suale, being regarded as the Oscars of “What you look for in new man-of-the-match after two Brief scores countries worldwide, an dent Gianni Merlo with an murdered for exercising his sports journalism. players is composure and career-best performances. He South Africa 207 for 5 (Van der Dussen 11-member jury and the presi- award for investigative report- profession.” And so the curtains closed calmness at the crease. We’re took four for 22 in Pakistan’s 80*, Phehlukwayo 69*, Shaheen 3-44, dent determined the winners ing. He entered the stage and “I receive this award in on the successful first edi- looking for big-match players. innings and then scored 69 Shadab 2-46) beat Pakistan 203 (Hasan of each category. Each award asked for a minute of silence honour of my colleague, tion of the AIPS Sport Media He’s smashing that door down not out to share Du Plessis’s 59, Sarfraz 41, Phehlukwayo 4-22, Shamsi winner received a trophy and as he dedicated his award to Ahmed. I know he would have Awards, following a celebra- for a permanent position in praise for what he said was an 3-56) by five wickets first place received prize mon- Ahmed Hussein-Suale, part been here with me to receive tion of journalism and sports our strongest XI,” said South outstanding partnership. Man of the match: Andile Phehlukwayo ey of $8.000, second place re- of his investigative team, who this award if not for the un- media excellence. 20 Wednesday, January 23, 2019 The Last Word Amir, Pakistani prime minister discuss cementing ties

THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani welcomed the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at Amiri Diwan on Tuesday expressing hope that the visit would con- tribute to enhancing cooperation between the two countries to serve the interests of the two brotherly peoples. For his part, the Pakistani prime minister expressed his happiness over his first visit to the State of Qatar, thanking HH the Amir and the Qatari people for the warm reception and hospital- ity. HH the Amir also hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Pakistani premier and the delegation accompanying him. The luncheon banquet was attended by the Prime Min- ister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani and a number of Their Excellencies ministers. Earlier, Khan was accorded an official reception at Amiri Diwan. The Pakistani premier left Doha on Tuesday after the official visit to Qatar. He was seen off at Hamad International Airport by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi, Ambassador of Qatar to Pakistan HE Saqr bin Mubarak al Mansouri and Ambassador of Pakistan to Qatar HE Syed Ahsan Raza Shah. (QNA) ‘Qatar seeks to hire Pakistani Pakistan PM assures expats of better days ahead workers for WC projects’ L N MALLICK DOHA

OVERSEAS Pakistanis are real he- roes of the country who strengthen the economy of their motherland by sending their hard earned re- mittances, Pakistan Prime Minis- ter Imran Khan said on Tuesday. Addressing a community gath- ering at Al Wakra Stadium, Khan said he holds the overseas Paki- stanis in great esteem since the age of 18 when he went to study in the UK. Addressing more than 15,000 Pakistanis, Khan said: “I would SC Secretary-General Hassan al Thawadi with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. like to thank the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani for SATYENDRA PATHAK that the security committee would be the warm hospitality during our DOHA discussing,” he said. visit.” “There are some manufacturing This is Khan’s first visit to Qa- QATAR is looking to hire skilled Paki- projects that we have discussed,” he tar and the sixth foreign visit after stani workers for the 2022 FIFA World said. taking office as the 22nd prime Cup projects, Supreme Committee for Asked if Pakistan-made footballs minister of Pakistan. Delivery and Legacy (SC) Secretary- will be used for the 2022 World Cup Khan said he has waged a war Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at a community gathering at Al Wakra Stadium on Tuesday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) General Hassan al Thawadi has said. matches in Qatar as they were used in against people involved in corrup- Talking to Qatar Tribune on the Russia for 2018 World Cup, Thawadi tion cases, adding that those who search of jobs. historic sites like Mohenjo-daro, mission’s top priority is to resolve sidelines of his meeting with the visit- said, “This is something that is in FI- have plundered national wealth He cited the example of gas- cities like Peshawar, Lahore and community-related issues. ing Pakistan Prime Minister Imran FA’s hand. They were in Russia. So def- and were involved in money laun- rich Qatar, which has progressed Multan, as well as the holy sites of Khan arrived in Doha on Janu- Khan in Doha on Tuesday, Thawadi initely, I believe that it is on the table.” dering would not be spared. by leaps and bounds due to the the Sikh, Hinduism and Buddhism ary 21 on the invitation of the Amir said that hiring skilled workers from Thawadi said that he also briefed He stressed that not a single wise policies of the Qatari govern- religions. He pointed out that Pa- His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Pakistan for World Cup projects was Khan about the progress Qatar has case of corruption has been reg- ment. kistan’s mountains are considered Hamad al Thani. During the visit, one of the main topics discussed dur- made in preparation for the 2022 istered since he took over as the Khan noted that Pakistan has to be the best in the world. Khan was accompanied by Paki- ing the meeting. World Cup. prime minister of Pakistan on Au- great potential for progress and Pakistan’s total trade is worth stan’s ministers of foreign affairs, Other than skilled workers, he “We presented latest develop- gust 18, 2018. prosperity and it will soon come $24bn, he noted. finance, petroleum and adviser to said, there are areas like security ser- ments in terms of the World Cup. We He assured his compatriots out of its present-day crises. “I Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah the prime minister on commerce, vices and manufacturing where the two also provided an update on a number that the country’s green passport know how to play under pressure,” Mehmood Qureshi addressed the special assistant to the prime min- countries can cooperate as far as the of initiatives that we have launched would bring them honour soon. said Khan pointing to his brilliant gathering and thanked the Paki- ister on overseas Pakistanis, chair- World Cup is concerned. in Pakistan. The generation amazing Khan said Pakistan is en- cricketing career, which earned stani community for their warm man of the Board of Investment, “Pakistan is well-known for profes- programme has become a big hit in dowed with rich resources and a Pakistan the World Cup in 1992. reception. chairperson of Prime Minister sional and efficient security force. It is Pakistan as it has reached over 25,000 time would come when Pakistanis Khan said Pakistan has im- Pakistan’s new Ambassador Energy Task Force and the foreign on the agenda, but that is something people,” he said. would not need to go abroad in mense potential in tourism with HE Syed Ahsan Raza Shah said his secretary. NTC promotional film featuring PSG stars all set to air soon

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QATAR National Tourism Council (NTC) recently hosted Paris Saint-Germain’s football stars Neymar Jr, Angel Di Ma- ria, Gianluigi Buffon and Thi- ago Silva for the Qatar Winter Tour 2019. During the tour, the soc- cer stars took part in a special training session in the Inland Sea enjoying the refreshing winter sun, exciting activities and an open training session PSG players Neymar Jr,, Angel Di Maria, Gianluigi Buffon and Thiago in one of the FIFA World Cup Silva recently took part in a special training session in the Inland Sea, 2022 venues, Khalifa Interna- one of the few places in the world where dunes meet the sea. tional Stadium. around the world will enjoy the all the tour has helped with He continued, “As our the numerous promotional ac- The players’ curated expe- Saint-Germain’s football stars in its infrastructure and sports promotion film we shot with team-bonding and motivation CEO and Chairman Nasser tivities done during our stay.” riences will be the subject of a during this week’s winter tour. facilities, making it a pre- some of the team’s players this while the open training session al Khelaifi had wanted, the Since 2012, QNTC and Paris promotional feature film that The strategic partnership we ferred destination for some week.” was a huge success at Khalifa Paris Saint-Germain players’ Saint-Germain have worked on will air soon and bring desti- enjoy with Paris Saint-Ger- of the world’s leading sports Jean-Martial Ribes, com- International Stadium with visit has put Qatar firmly in the a strategic partnership to pro- nation Qatar to life to millions main plays an important role clubs and federations to host munications director at Paris over 15,000 local fans attend- global media spotlight, thanks mote Qatar’s sport and leisure of viewers and football fans in our efforts to shine a spot- training camps and enhance Saint-Germain added, “The ing as well as media and VIPs. to over 60 one to one player tourism offerings. QNTC has around the world. light on Qatar’s sports and their performance. It’s always Qatar Tour 2019 has been The now famous Paris Saint- interviews with press from all hosted several tours for Paris Rashed al Qurese, chief leisure tourism offering, and a pleasure to welcome Paris a success at every level. The Germain Camel Race was the over the world. The tour has so Saint-Germain teams, includ- marketing and promotion of- to amplify our message of wel- Saint-Germain back, allowing training conditions at the As- highlight of the tour with huge far generated over 2,500 arti- ing the Qatar Handball Tour ficer at Qatar National Tour- coming the world.” them to benefit from Qatar’s pire Zone were ideal as always pick-up in the international cles in 85 countries and nearly 2014 and the Qatar Ladies Tour ism Council commented, “We He added, “Qatar contin- facilities, and giving their fans and greatly appreciated by press and social media all over 20,000 social media posts, and 2015 and the Qatar Winter were delighted to host Paris ues to witness developments a treat. We hope sport lovers both players and staff. Over- the world.” we were very pleased with all Tours in 2013, 2015 and 2017.