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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 22 Central banks sit Tendulkar to help tigtighth as Brexit threat pick new India sparks upheavals coach FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016 • 12 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6830 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir meets Sudan President Emir extends Advisory Council’s New law on term for 3 years DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Emiri Decision No. 25 of real estate 2016, extending the term of the Advisory Council for three years starting July 1, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2019. The decision is effective on July 1 and will be published in the offi- under way cial gazette. QNA Palestinian estate ownership limit for Qataris as well as terms and conditions for reg- President arrives Draft law being istration, fines and jail for violators. prepared proposes It said real estate ownership is DOHA: Palestinian President Mah- limited to Qataris without violating moud Abbas arrived yesterday on imprisonment for provisions of the law regulating own- a fraternal visit to Qatar. He was up to three years ership of GCC citizens and foreigners, greeted at Hamad International said the daily. There must be legal Airport by Minister of Culture and and ﬁnes of up to evidence for registration and must Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem Al QR500,000 for fulfil legal requirements. When the Ali and Palestinian Ambassador existing law was issued, it was the to Qatar Moneer Ghanam. QNA obtaining documents best in the region, making real estate in an illegal way. registration mandatory in the coun- → Picture on page 2 try. It also stipulates that the owner must have ownership document, said Clinton’s running Prominent lawyer Yusuf Al Zaman. By Mohammed Osman “Upon the issuance of this law, mate could be The Peninsula all real estate owners were invited to register properties. Earlier, people were not doing that. They were Warren: WSJ depending on a customary law and DOHA: A new law regulating real prevailing traditions in their areas,” WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is estate registration and ownership in Al Zaman told this daily. considering US Senator Elizabeth Qatar is in the making. Once enforced, The law remained without Warren for her running mate for the it will replace the existing 52-year- changes despite substantial changes Democratic presidential ticket, the old law. in the real estate sector because it Wall Street Journal reported yes- A draft law is being prepared, fulfilled requirements and met the terday, citing people familiar with which proposes imprisonment for needs as real estate ownership then the process. up to three years and fines of up to was limited to residential and com- Warren is among Democratic QR500,000 for obtaining real estate mercial properties. Thanks to this Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Sudan’s President Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed presidential candidate Clinton is documents in an illegal way, Al Sharq law, disputes over real estate were Al Bashir at Al Bahr Palace yesterday. They discussed cooperation between the two countries, means vetting for the vice-presidential reports. Anyone found guilty of forging the lowest compared to neighbour- of enhancing relations and the latest regional and international developments. Ministers and Al position and not her rival Bernie a real estate ownership document could ing countries, Al Zaman said. Bashir’s delegation were present. The Emir also hosted an Iftar banquet in honour of Al Bashir and Sanders, the newspaper said. be punished with a fine of QR10,000. his delegation. The draft law has specified the real → Continued on page 2 → See also page 12 Black box found at EgyptAir Five stalls at exhibition closed down British MP shot dead crash site ahead of EU vote The Peninsula error, the Ministry said yesterday. found unfit for human consumption. The violations include a failure The Ministry has intensified AFP to announce the prices and details inspections at eateries, fish outlets, of products and giving false informa- stores, fruit and vegetable shops and AP Witnesses described a man shoot- DOHA: In a rare move, the Minis- tion about the products, among others. butcheries since the beginning of the ing Cox several times and appearing try of Economy and Commerce has The erring outlets were caught dur- Holy Month. It has also provided 347 to stab her as she lay on the pave- CAIRO: A search team yesterday shut down five stalls at a commercial ing an extensive inspection campaign garbage bins at 199 Iftar tents through- ment. Police said they had arrested a recovered the cockpit voice recorder exhibition being organised at Doha launched by the Ministry in the begin- out the country, said Safar Al Shafi, LONDON: A British lawmaker who 52-year-old man and were not look- of the EgyptAir plane that crashed Exhibition and Convention Center ning of Ramadan, said a statement. Head, Cleaning Department. The campaigned for the country to stay in ing for anyone else. into the Mediterranean on May 19 adjacent to City Center. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Munic- number of tents has increased by 18 the European Union was killed yes- “Our working presumption... is in a major step towards establish- The stalls have been closed down ipality and Environment destroyed percent to 169 compared to last year. terday by a gun- and knife-wielding that this is a lone incident,” said Dee ing the cause of the tragedy. temporarily for violating the consumer around 500kg of fish at Al Wakra fish attacker in her small-town constit- Collins, Acting Chief Constable of West The device was found broken protection law, until they rectify the market, as the entire quantity was → Picture on page 2 uency, a tragedy that brought the Yorkshire Police. Security officials into pieces but the salvage experts country’s fierce, divisive referen- said the shooting didn’t appear to be retrieved its crucial memory unit, dum campaign to a shocked standstill. related to international terrorism, Egypt’s civil aviation authority said. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old Labour Party but domestic terrorism has not been Officials are preparing to trans- legislator who praised the contribution ruled out. Residents identified the sus- fer the recorder from a search Air strikes shatter Aleppo truce of immigrants to Britain and champi- pect to the BBC and other media as vessel in the Mediterranean to Egypt oned the cause of Syrian refugees, was Birstall resident Tommy Mair. Neigh- for analysis, a statement said. attacked outside a library in Birstall, bours said he was a quiet man who The recorder keeps track of con- Reuters northern England, after a meeting did gardening jobs for local people. versations and other sounds in the with constituents. Police would not pilots’ cabin. The breakthrough came speculate on the attacker’s motive. → See also page 11 hours after a deep-sea robot located pieces of the main body of the plane BEIRUT: Air strikes hit rebel-held at the bottom of the Mediterranean. parts of Syria’s Aleppo city yesterday just hours into a 48-hour ceasefire announced by Russia to try to curb weeks of intense fighting as govern- RAMADAN ment forces battle for control of the city. Russia, an ally of President Bashar TODAY’S TIMING Al Assad, announced the brief truce Italy vs Sweden 4pm GROUP in the northern city late on Wednes- Czech Republic vs Croatia 7pm day but did not say which parties had STAGE Spain vs Turkey 10pm agreed to it. There has been no public MATCHES comment from Assad’s government Smoke and ﬂame rise after US-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij or factions fighting his forces on the where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo Governorate. truce announcement. The Britain-based Syrian Observ- government-held territory in Aleppo, said strikes on residential areas had atory for Human Rights said aerial the observatory said, and fighting and caused fires and damage. “The truce strikes hit neighbourhoods in the oppo- air strikes continued in the surround- was supposed to have come into effect Today’s Ifthar 6 : 29pm sition-held sector and that there were ing countryside. at midnight, but now there is no truce.” Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04am reports of one death and some injuries. Bebars Mishal, a Civil Defence Rebels had also fired rockets into chief working in rebel-held Aleppo → See also page 4 02 FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016 HOME Palestinian President arrives QF’s Garangao events tonight traditionally marks the 14th night of Ramadan. project that extends community develop- QF will activities for the whole family, ment assistance in Qatar by renovating and Activities for the whole including pony rides, traditional games and refurbishing houses of less fortunate fam- family will be held at Al arts and crafts, traditional Qatari food and ilies. Several National Reading Campaign henna painting, among others. Following activities will also be held. The campaign, Shaqab’s Indoor Arena the games, children will receive prizes from a QF initiative in association with several from 7.30pm to midnight. Al Shaqab. organisations, aims to foster a nationwide Qatar Solar Technology (QSTec), a QF culture of reading. member, will facilitate creative lantern-mak- National Reading Campaign events in the ing sessions using solar panels, while children evening will include a Book Hangout, where can blend their own healthy smoothies by children can dress up as their favourite story- The Peninsula cycling to generate energy through ‘Sahtak book characters and act out specific scenes; Awalan: Your Health First’, an initiative of bookmark-making sessions; games and over- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). sized puzzles. The public is also invited to The Quranic Botanic Garden (QBG) will join in the festivities and enjoy traditional DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Education, offer planting activities, 3D puzzles and vir- songs and games such as Gaiss, Sack races, Science and Community Development (QF) tual reality games, while Qatar Green Building Dahouri, Tak taqieh and other fun family is inviting the entire community to join its Council (QGBC) will stage a puppet show activities.

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