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Farmajo heaps PM MEETS OUTGOING MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR FIVE VICTIMS OF SIEGE VIOLATIONS GIVE TESTIMONIES praise on Qatar BEFORE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME for supporting Somali projects Somalia’s President Moham- med Abdullah Farmajo has ‘We call on global praised Qatar for supporting development programmes in his country. Farmajo thanked the government and people of Qatar under the leader- community to stop ship of the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani for supporting development and humanitarian projects rights violations by in Somalia. He appreciated the gains for Somalia from the projects, especially road projects. He said at a meeting between the So- siege countries’ mali president and General Manager of Qatar Fund for Development Khalifa Jassim Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani met with TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK al Kuwari, which was held to outgoing Ambassador of Malaysia to Qatar HE Ahmed Fadhel bin Shamseddin in Doha on Tuesday. BRUSSELS sign contracts and lay the The PM wished the Malaysian ambassador success in his future assignments and further progress and foundation stone for two prosperity for relations between the two countries. The ambassador extended thanks and appreciation THE European Parliament roads projects in Moga- to the PM and the state’s officials for the cooperation he received which contributed to the success of on Tuesday witnessed a dishu. (QNA) PAGE 19 his work in the country. (QNA) historic session that saw a strong presence of EU of- ficials and the international media to hear — for the first time – shocking testimonies given by five people who are victims of human rights vio- Initiative to boost local production, lations by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain. The five people are Qa- subsidise sheep prices launched tari student Jawahar Mo- hammed al Meer, who was The victims of siege violations speak at the European Parliament Cameras to keep TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Abdullah Khalifa al Kuwari participating in the national expelled from the Sorbonne in Brussels on Tuesday. DOHA said the initiative will be im- plan. Abu Dhabi University, Dr eye on hygiene plemented in two phases. The initiative stipulates Wafaa Yazidi, a Qatari na- Qatar to present Saudi violations before THE Ministry of Commerce The first phase involves that the applicant must have tional, Hatice Cengiz, the EU Parliament, UNESCO soon: Marri law violators and Industry and the Min- registration of farms and ag- a registered farm, he is com- fiancee of slain Saudi jour- THE Ministry of Munici- istry of Municipality and ricultural estates and the as- mitted to biosecurity regula- nalist Jamal Khashoggi, Brit- BRUSSELS Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee pality and Environment Environment have launched sessment of quantities. Fol- tions, and the participating ish academician Matthew (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri said that the committee will soon on Tuesday launched a joint national initiative to lowing which Widam Food farmhouse or farm should Hedges, who was jailed and start taking legal action before the United Nations and international the second phase of the promote local production Company will purchase live contain the basic facilities tortured in Abu Dhabi, and institutions regarding the Saudi violations and its politicisation of media plan for the public and subsidise sheep meat sheep directly from the farms and hygienic requirements Ali al Aswad, a member of religious rituals, adding the legal procedures will also be taken hygiene Law No. 18 of prices. and agricultural estates in for animal breeding, such as the Bahraini parliament sen- before the European Parliament and the UNESCO. He said there 2017. Director of the Gen- The initiative, which was accordance with the regula- hygiene, appropriate barns, tenced to life imprisonment. are no signs of positivity or hope that reflects the Saudi authori- eral Cleanliness Depart- launched on Tuesday, aims tions and requirements. feedstocks and clean water. The victims demanded ties’ willingness to stop their violations and to put an end to the ment at the ministry Safar to encourage local breed- The second stage will Kuwari said the initiative that EU governments and the obstacles that threaten to deprive citizens and residents of Qatar of Mubarak al Shafi said ers to develop their tools, regulate sale of sheep to citi- requires that the barns in European Parliament adopt performing their religious rituals for the third consecutive year. This surveillance cameras will improve their capabilities, zens at subsidized prices for the farm are suitable for the stronger and more effective came during a meeting in Brussels between Marri and Jan Figel, be installed on streets to to create strategic stocks of a period of five months and intensive breeding of sheep, stand to stop the grave hu- Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief monitor violations. He said local sheep to support food thirteen days. and the sheep must be local, man rights violations that outside the EU. the ministry will coordinate security and provide the re- He said the initiative, be in good health and free of have affected thousand of with authorities concerned quired quantities. which costs QR21.5 million, diseases and injuries. citizens and residents of siege imposed on Qatar. tions after a resolution that in the Ministry of Interior Director of Quality Li- has set out general regula- The age of sheep should be Qatar since the blockade be- He said the European has classified Saudi Arabia as to report violations through censing and Market Control tions and requirements for from 4 months and above, and gan. They also called on the Parliament will not allow a country accused of support- Metrash. PAGE 3 Department at the Ministry registering sheep and choos- the average weight should be EU lawmakers to take tough Saudi Crown Prince Moham- ing terrorism and laundering of Commerce and Industry ing the farmhouse or farm 30- 35 kg, he said. stand against the siege coun- med bin Salman to erase money. tries which have detained the stain of assassination Dr Wafaa Yazidi barely and held several people in of Saudi journalist Jamal managed to hold back her their prisons. Khashoggi no matter how tears as she recounted her Antonio Benzari, head of hard he tries. “Protecting hu- suffering in front of the Eu- the Human Rights Sub-Com- man rights in the world and ropean Parliament. “I came MoI’s ‘smart vests’ to help mission of the European Par- the Gulf region is our prior- to you today, thousands of liament, stressed the com- ity,” he added. miles from the US, where workers beat the heat mitment of the European The hearing witnessed I am currently undergoing Union deputies to defend hu- heated debates in which Euro- treatment for a chronic rare The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has introduced its latest man rights issues in various pean parliamentarians called disease, to represent a case innovation, the “smart vest”, which protects workers countries and specially men- for a halt to sale of arms to which has made thousands from the hot weather and alerts about the health status tioned the victims of human Saudi Arabia for human rights of other mothers like me a of the worker. The smart vest , among other innovations, rights violations resulting violations. victim of the blockade on my from the Gulf crisis. He said A number of MPs have country,” she said. was the winner of the golden medal in the latest the European Parliament vowed to move further in the International Innovation Fair (IIF) in Kuwait. PAGE 3 will spare no effort to lift the face of Saudi and UAE viola- Continued on page 3 Ô

Relief for students as 4th Indian school gets nod to operate in two shifts SATYENDRA PATHAK & School, Ideal Indian School and “Entrance test will be con- teachers were available for the ber of seats available in Indian SANTOSH CHANDRAN Shantiniketan Indian School to ducted for the selection of the evening classes. A new set of schools. DOHA get permission from the min- students for all the classes. qualified teachers would also Sources said hundreds of istry to run classes in morning The evening session will have be joining the school very soon Indian students find it difficult IN a major relief to Indian ex- and evening shifts. the same facilities, standards for the evening classes. to get admissions in schools patriate students still waiting According to OIS Chair- and features as the existing According to Edakulathur, due to scarcity of seats. for admissions, Olive Interna- man Davis Edakulathur, reg- morning shift. The school will a total of 700 students can be Some other Indian tional School (OIS) on Tuesday istration for admissions for offer the same fees structure admitted in the evening shift at schools are also planning to announced that the school has grade 1 to 8 in the newly-ap- for both the sessions,” Edaku- the campus in Al Thumama. apply for two-shift classes, got approval from the Ministry proved evening classes of the lathur said. Talking to Qatar Tribune, a according to sources. of Education and Higher Edu- school has already begun. Evening classes will only senior official at the Indian Em- “There is always high de- cation to operate in two shifts The evening classes will be be held in the Thumama cam- bassy in Qatar said that approv- mand for admissions in In- from the new academic session held from 1.50pm to 7.10pm pus of the school. The transfer al for evening shifts in the four dian schools in Qatar. The im- (2019-20) starting from April from Sunday to Thursday. For of students from other schools schools would go a long way in mediate solution to meet the this year. evening shift students, addi- would not be entertained for bridging the gap between large huge demand is to allow more OIS is the fourth Indi- tional classes from 8am to 1pm the evening shift. number of Indian students schools to run two shifts,” the Olive International School Chairman Davis Edakulathur (centre) at a an school after MES Indian on Saturday will also be held. The school announced that seeking admissions and num- official said. press conference in Doha on Tuesday. 02 Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Scintillating Jewellery and Exceptional Timepieces LQWKH6SRWOLJKWDW)LIW\2QH(Dʄ¶V3DYLOLRQDWWKH Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition 2019

Fifty One East, Qatar’s favorite department store, our loyal clientele. As part of our commitment alongside other novelties from their iconic has unveiled a collection of high-end jewellery, to bringing outstanding quality and choice, we collections, Serpent Bohème and Quatre. including bespoke, timeless pieces at this year’s continue to build our portfolio with many new highly-anticipated Doha Jewellery and Watches brands also waiting to be discovered at this year’s Another highlight during the exhibition is the Exhibition which is held under the patronage of HE Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition. Nothing special themed wing in which CHANEL Fine the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh can compare to experiencing these exquisite Jewellery presents a jewellery collection inspired Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani from examples of craftsmanship in person. I invite by the poetic universe of the coromandel. The February 20th to 25th at the Doha Exhibition and everyone to visit us and explore the scintillating Coromandel collection is made up of fifty-nine Convention Center. wealth of designs and illuminating inspiration.” pieces, twenty-four of them are entirely unique. These magical and virtuoso pieces offer an This year’s edition also marks a special occasion In the show, jewellery connoisseurs will be illustration of the incomparable savoir-faire of the for the Qatari brand which is celebrating its enthralled by a number of world-class brands. CHANEL Fine Jewellery workshop and the tireless 70th anniversary. Fifty One East, has been a Rolex is displaying their latest models from ingenuity of the Studio of Creation, inspired by the strong supporter and had major presence at the BASELWORLD 2018 focusing on GMT-Master II secret and precious universe of Gabrielle Chanel. Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition since its and the Deepsea. The GMT-Master II includes a inception, and this year will be no exception. Fifty brand-new Rolex movement, calibre 3285, a two- Moreover, TUDOR is showcasing their latest watch One East is showcasing Boucheron, Rolex and colour Cerachrom insert in red and blue ceramic models from BASELWORLD 2018, including the CHANEL in their dedicated wings along with a wide and is available in Oystersteel on a Jubilee bracelet. Black Bay Fifty-Eight which stole the lights last year. selection of premium brands within its pavilion, They are also featuring the new Oyster Perpetual The model is named after the year in which the first presenting visitors with a valuable opportunity to Rolex Deepsea in Oystersteel and equipped for TUDOR divers’ 200 metres waterproof watch was explore their much-loved favorites in an interactive the first time with caliber 3235, a movement at the introduced and dubbed the “Big Crown”. TUDOR is environment. forefront of watchmaking technology. also presenting the new Black Bay GMT sporting a distinctive, burgundy and blue bezel. Mr. Bader Al-Darwish, Chairman and Managing This year also, Boucheron is mesmerizing the The Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition is one Director of Fifty One East, said: “This is a particularly crowd with their innovative Nature Triomphante Along with the finest collections from Boucheron, of the largest and fastest-growing luxury exhibitions special year for Fifty One East, as we celebrate 70 collection. To honor more than 160 years of creation Rolex, CHANEL and TUDOR, other brands are in the region. 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MME unveils 2nd News MoI introduces innovative phase of media in brief plan for Public Amir sends condolences Hygiene Law to Liberian president ‘smart vests’ for workers THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani QNA on Tuesday sent a cable of condolences to President of the The new vests will protect workers from heat, send alerts about their health conditions DOHA Republic of Liberia Dr George Manneh Weah on the victims of a gold mine collapse in the north of the country, wishing the THE Ministry of Municipal- injured a speedy recovery. (QNA) ity and Environment (MME) launched on Tuesday the sec- Deputy Amir sends condolences ond phase of the media plan to Liberian president for the Public Hygiene Law No 18 of 2017. THE Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Tha- Director of the General ni sent a cable of condolences to President of Liberia Dr George Cleanliness Department at Manneh Weah on the victims of a gold mine collapse in the north the ministry Safar Mubarak of the country, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. (QNA) al Shafi presented the goals of the phase, its one year timeline, PM sends condolences the means of implementation, to president of Liberia Head of Security Technology at the Internal Security Forces (Lekhwiya) Major Ali Hassan al Rashed introduces the ‘smart vest’ and three other and the targeted groups which innovations by the Ministry of Interior, in Doha on Tuesday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) cover all citizens and residents, PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin especially workers and school Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani sent a cable of condolences to the HISHAM ALJUNDI with sensors that measure the ference at the Civil Defense items. The innovation won the students. President of Liberia Dr George Manneh Weah on the victims of a DOHA heartbeat of the worker and Officers’ Club on Tuesday, first prize at the IIF and also He also presented the vari- gold mine collapse in the north of the country, wishing the injured breath, which alert in case of Head of Security Technol- the Geneva International Inno- ous types of violations and the a speedy recovery. (QNA) THE Ministry of Interior emergencies. It is supplied by ogy at the Internal Security vations Prize. penalties imposed on each of (MoI) has introduced its lat- power through solar cells at- Forces (Lekhwiya) Major Ali Another innovation which these. Chief of Staff meets Tunisian Air, est innovation, the ‘smart tached to it and cools down Hassan al Rashed introduced got the gold medal at the IIF is He explained the aware- vest’, which protects work- temperature automatically for the three other innovations by a hi-tech face recognition robot ness plans and programmes Maritime Military Attache ers from the hot weather and the worker in hot weather. MoI which also got prizes at that operates at the HIA and for the phase and the activities CHIEF of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces HE Lieutenant-General also alerts about their health The smart vest has been the IIF. These include a smart detects counterfeit currency and events to be held using all (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen al Ghanem met with Tunisian Air and status. praised worldwide with the detective, a security robot and and credit cards. media. This includes rerunning Maritime Military Attache to the State of Qatar Brigadier-General The smart vest was one International Labour Organi- an automatic detector for ex- The automatic detector the audio clips of the violations Mohammed Jalal al Mime in Doha on Tuesday. During the meet- of the four innovations by the zation (ILO) prescribing it for plosives and drugs. for explosives and drugs was at local and foreign radio sta- ing, they discussed military relations between the two countries MoI that won a gold medal at workers in all hot climate coun- According to Rashed, the awarded the silver medal at the tions, broadcasting educational and the ways to strengthen them. The meeting was attended by the 11th International Inven- tries. It also proves Qatar’s smart detective was developed IIF. The device can detect even videos on school buses and put- Acting Head of International Military Cooperation Authority Briga- tions Exhibition in the Middle keenness to provide the best by the MoI for the Hamad In- small quantities of explosives ting awareness posters on public dier (Sea) Yousef Saleh al Hurr. (QNA) East held in Kuwait recently. conditions for labourers. ternational Airport to detect and chemicals using a new transport buses and restaurants. The smart vest is equipped Speaking at a press con- criminals, suspects and illegal technology of radiation. It also includes holding awareness workshops for stu- dents and foreign workers in 167 companies with 480,000 em- QMC CEO MEETS IRAQI OFFICIALS ployees, putting banners pro- ‘No end to woes of siege-hit families’ hibiting the hanging of laundry clothes on facades of residential Continued from page 1 Ô Today, I decided to stand here to speak for the first time “I was with my family and buildings and coordinating with about my suffering, because I am sure I will find someone learnt about the news of the youth centres to hold seminars “I am a divorced Qatari woman breaking of relations on Al Ja- on hygiene preservation. with three children (they hold who is listening to me, and because I believe that the zeera... I was shocked at what Shafi said surveillance Bahraini nationality); my chil- European Parliament can do something to stop the happened, because it was a cameras would be installed on dren lived with me in Qatar suffering of thousands of victims like me. sister country. I didn’t know streets to monitor violations, in since my divorce back in 1999, what I was doing or how I was addition to the participation of grown up in Qatar and Europe. ~ Qatari student Jawaher Mohammed al Meer doing. After a while, I con- the General Directorate of Traf- Europe allowed me to raise my tacted the university admin- fic patrols to monitor violations. children in humanitarian con- rain and all channels of com- achieve my dream of standing istration, who responded with He said the campaign would dition. We lived a normal life munication are banned. Fear in the European Parliament an e-mail telling me that I had coordinate with concerned au- without barriers or differences of punishment imposed by the to defend human rights is- been transferred to the Sor- thorities in the Ministry of the due to nationality, Emirati or siege countries through laws sues. Today, I decided to stand bonne in Paris. Interior to report violations Bahraini. that prevent sympathy with here to speak for the first time “It’s true that my dream Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) HE through Metrash. “My life has been turned the Qataris, even within the about my suffering, because was to study at the Sorbonne Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad al Thani met with Charge Shafi said the penalties and upside down since June 5, same family, prevails.” I am sure I will find someone in Paris, but not at this time, d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq to the State of fines are tougher than the previ- 2017, when diplomatic rela- In her first public appear- who is listening to me, and be- and within 20 days I had to Qatar Dr Abdul Sattar Hadi al Janabi and Director of Al Iraqiya ous law and start from QR300 tions with Qatar were cut off. ance to describe her suffer- cause I believe that the Euro- move my life entirely to Paris. Sport Channel Halim Salman. During the meeting, they discussed to QR6,000 in case of reconcili- From then on, my life became ing, Qatari student Jawaher pean Parliament can do some- But thank God I managed to the media relations between the two brotherly countries and the ation and would increase in case hell, my children can no long- Mohammed al Meer said, “I thing to stop the suffering of support my family to over- means of enhancing them. (QNA) of failure according to the type er talk to their families in Bah- always hoped that I would thousands of victims like me. come the ordeal.” of violation. 04 Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Nation

MURAIKHI RECEIVES ETHIOPIA, DOMINICAN ENVOYS’ CREDENTIALS

MURAIKHI MEETS VENEZUELA DEPUTY : Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania of Venezuela Ruben Dario Molina in Doha on Tuesday. Talks during the meetings dealt with relations and the means of enhancing them, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al Muraikhi on Tuesday received copies of the credentials of HE Samia Zakaria Gutu as ambas- well as a number of issues of mutual interest. The meeting was attended by Ambas- sador of Ethiopia and HE Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo as ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Qatar. The minister wished the new ambassadors sador of Venezuela to Qatar HE Giuseppe Angelo Yoffreda and a number of officials success in their duties, assuring them of all support to enhance relations between Qatar and Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic in various fields.(QNA) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (QNA) MADLSA, QC sign QEWC, HBKU ink 20-year deal to pact for private institution expo address Qatar’s water challenge QNA The MADLSA is keen to The agreement aims to see construction of a pilot plant for desalination technology development DOHA enrich and activate the role SANTHOSH CHANDRAN high temperature anti-scalants THE Ministry of Administra- of the associations and insti- DOHA to increase the production of tive Development, Labour tutions and highlight their existing thermal desalination and Social Affairs (MADLSA), positive role, says Kuwari QATAR Electricity and Water technology. The pilot testing represented by the Private Company (QEWC) and Qatar programme would be extend- Associations and Institutions Environment and Energy Re- ed to include solar desalination Department, has signed a need to pay attention to the search Institute (QEERI), part with membrane technology. cooperation agreement with issues of development, as de- of Hamad Bin Khalifa Univer- For his part, Mohannadi Qatar Charity (QC) to launch velopment focuses on the in- sity (HBKU), signed a 20-year said: “Desalination is essen- the first annual exhibition of terdependence between gov- research collaboration agree- tial for Qatar to meet its water private associations and insti- ernmental and civil society ment to address Qatar’s water needs, and QEWC and QEERI tutions in March. efforts in building a real and security challenges mentioned are both committed to finding The agreement was signed effective partnership between in the Qatar National Vision better solutions and methods to by Assistant Undersecre- government agencies and non- 2030 mandate. enhance this process. Our part- tary for Social Affairs at the governmental organisations. The agreement was signed nership with QEERI will assist MADLSA Ghanim Mubarak He referred to the role of jointly by General Manager Qatar in achieving its water sus- al Kuwari and Chief Execu- civil society organisations to and Managing Director of The agreement was signed jointly by General Manager and Managing Director of QEWC Fahad Hamad al tainability goals in line with Qa- tive Officer of QC Yousef bin positively affect the lives of QEWC Fahad Hamad al Mo- Mohannadi and Executive Director of QEERI Marc Vermeersch in Doha on Tuesday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) tar National Vision 2030. We Ahmed al Kuwari. individuals, families and com- hannadi and Executive Di- are looking forward to develop- Kuwari said the agree- munities in the social, eco- rector of QEERI Marc Ver- for seawater desalination. The cal expertise of our scientists to research collaboration pro- ing a robust partnership with ment aims to highlight the nomic, health, cultural and meersch in Doha on Tuesday. MED pilot plant will enable the develop desalination technolo- gramme aims to install ad- the institute and forging ahead role of civil society organisa- other fields. The agreement will enable development of a new concept gies and to provide concrete vanced MED pilot plant for to achieve our intended goals.” tions in serving the Qatari He pointed out that the QEWC to leverage QEERI’s sci- that would reduce energy con- research data to QEWC. This testing the novel design. In the QEERI has a national man- community. agreement aims to contrib- entific and technical expertise sumption and improve energy is just the first step in this part- second phase, thermally en- date to address Qatar’s ongoing He said that MADLSA is ute to encouraging civil so- and will see the construction efficiency of MED technology. nership. QEERI looks forward hanced polymer tubes to miti- and impending challenges per- keen to enrich and activate the ciety organisations to make of a pilot plant for desalination Speaking on the importance to working closely with QEWC gate the corrosion and scale taining to water, environment, role of the associations and in- efforts, attain outstanding technology development (ther- of the agreement, Vermeersch across various aspects, aiming fouling experienced on the and energy. The institute oper- stitutions and highlight their achievements in terms of mal and membrane). It will be said: “Our collaboration with to achieve our common shared existing metallic tubes of MED ates four centres focusing on positive role. sustainable development and launched with a specific focus national partners like QEWC goal of helping Qatar tackle its technology will be investi- energy, water, environment and On his part, QC Chief Ex- encourage social and volun- on advanced Multi-Effect Dis- marks a new milestone and we water security grand challenge.” gated. The third phase aims to sustainability, and computa- ecutive Officer stressed the tary work in Qatar. tillation (MED) technology are keen on using the techni- The first phase of this investigate the performance of tional materials and chemistry. MoPH’s Qatar Health app to provide information about allergies, asthma TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK gies result in a large number of toms and the disruptions they DOHA emergency department visits can cause,” added Khater. each year. He said the new He said the service will not THE Ministry of Public service is not intended to re- only help those suffering from Health’s (MoPH) Supreme place medical advice or treat- asthma and allergies, but even Committee for Health- ment, though it does have the their families, friends and co- care Communications has potential to help those living workers. He said increasing The ISO certificate 2013:27001 is the internationally recognised standard for information security. launched a new smartphone with these conditions to better public awareness about these service, as part of its Qatar manage their health. conditions and specifically Health app, to provide the “There is no cure for asth- their symptoms and triggers, Ashghal gets ISO certification public with information about ma and allergies. For some will help improve the health asthma and allergies. people, these conditions are a and wellbeing of those living The service, which was de- minor nuisance, but for oth- with asthma and other com- for information security system veloped using the combined ers, it can be a major health mon immunological disorders. knowledge and expertise of the problem that interferes with The service contains ba- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK compliance with this standard quirements for the World Cup MoPH, Hamad Medical Cor- their daily activities and can Ali al Khatir sic information about allergic DOHA confirms the commitment of in 2022, in accordance with poration (HMC), and the Pri- even be life-threatening. Most diseases, asthma and other the information systems team the integrated national cyber- mary Health Care Corporation patients with these conditions conditions more accessible common immunological dis- THE Public Works Author- in the authority to data protec- security framework issued by (PHCC), was developed to help will need individualised, on- to the public, and specifically orders, management and ity ‘Ashghal’ has been awarded tion and continuous improve- the Supreme Committee for people with asthma and aller- going care to help them under- how to limit exposure to trig- treatment options, suggested the ISO/IEC 27001 certifica- ment of security software. Delivery and Legacy. gies to manage their condition. stand disease management, gers, we aim to improve the prevention measures, and tips tion for Information Security Ashghal’s information It is worth mentioning that Ali al Khatir, chairperson triggers, avoidance measures, quality of life for those living for avoiding triggers. Management Systems, after a systems conforming to these ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certifi- of Supreme Committee for disease monitoring and how with allergic diseases, asthma Qatar Health app was rigorous security checks car- internationally recognised cation requirements include Healthcare Communications and when to use prescribed and other common immuno- launched in May 2018 as a ried out by Certification Part- standards and its adherence joining standards of both the and chief communications of- medications,” said Khater. logical disorders. Proactive health awareness initiative ner Global (CPG) with its local to the code of practice is an International Organization ficer at HMC, said inadequate- “However, through mak- management of these condi- and is available in both Arabic partner Paramount Assurance. evidence of Ashghal’s com- for Standardization (ISO) ly controlled asthma and aller- ing information about these tions can help reduce symp- and English. The ISO certificate was mitment to applying the best and the International Electro- delivered to Meshal al Hitmi, practices in information secu- technical Commission (IEC). director of Shared Services Af- rity and proves its conform- Standards established by ISO fairs at Ashghal, and Mrs Abeer ity with the national security entail authentication of in- al Hajri, Information Systems regulations and policies of formation security controls HMC’s WWRC hosts Arab Board exam for Department manager, at a cer- the Ministry of Transport and of the organisation in fields emony attended by the Infor- Communications. like information security and mation Systems Department The Ministry of Interior, job continuity. The certificate obstetrics and gynaecology for first time team and Assistant Director of through the Cyber Security also implicate authentication the Cyber Security Centre Ma- Centre, has played an active across all infrastructural lev- have the knowledge and clini- jor Osman al Hamoud. role in achieving Ashghal’s ISO els of information technology Nine new obstetrics cal skills required to practice The ISO certificate certification. Combined efforts in Ashghal, including assets at the highest possible level of 2013:27001 is the internation- of both, Ashghal’s team and management, access control, and gynaecology competence. ally recognised standard for the centre continue to strive human resources security and residents join WWRC “This final examination is information security. Ashghal to meet the cyber security re- application security. the culmination of more than TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK five years of work on the part of DOHA these resident physicians. This Temporary closure of Al Waab Intersection exam tests both their practical HAMAD Medical Corporation’s and theoretical training. The TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE (HMC) Women’s Wellness and exam was supervised by six DOHA Research Center (WWRC) doctors from the Arab Board hosted the Arab Board of of Health Specializations, THE Public Works Authority Health Specialisations exam with Qatar, Libya, Jordan, (Ashghal) has announced the in obstetrics and gynaecology Dr Salwa Abu Yaqoub (third from left), senior consultant of Obstetrics Yemen, Syria and Sudan all temporary closure of Al Waab recently. Sixteen resident phy- and Gynaecology and head of the Resident Physician Training Pro- represented. To help prepare signal-controlled intersection sicians from HMC and various gramme at WWRC, congratulated those who passed the exam. our residents, we held a train- in all directions on the main medical facilities in Qatar took ing course prior to the exam, carriageway on Thursday, Feb- the exam, with nine joining the year marks the first time that venue for the exam is a reflec- which provided these young ruary 21. Free flow right turn obstetrics and gynaecology ser- the Arab Board exam for ob- tion of this reputation. physicians with a review of lanes will remain operational, vice at HMC’s WWRC after suc- stetrics and gynaecology has She said the Arab Board the various examination top- it said. cessfully passing the exam. been held in Qatar. exam for Obstetrics and Gy- ics and test-taking strategies,” The closure, which will The closure on February 21 will stay for 12 hours (12am-12pm) to facili- Dr Salwa Abu Yaqoub, Dr Abu Yaqoub highlight- naecology normally requires a said Dr Abu Yaqoub. be implemented for 12 hours tate completion of a temporary signal-controlled roundabout. senior consultant of Obstetrics ed the importance of the ex- resident to have undergone five Physicians who pass the (12am-12pm), will facilitate and Gynaecology and head of amination, saying Qatar and years of work in the specialisa- Arab Board exam for obstet- completion of a temporary from any direction can utilise road signs advising motorists of the Resident Physician Train- HMC have gained a strong tion before completing the test. rics and gynaecology are qual- signal-controlled roundabout. the free flow right turns and the traffic shift and requested all ing Programme at WWRC, reputation in the field of medi- She added that the nine ified to practice the obstetrics During the closure, road perform a U-turn at the next road users to abide by the speed congratulated those who cal training and that the Arab new doctors will be excellent and gynaecology specialty in users travelling through or available junction. limit of 50kph and follow the passed the exam. She said this Board’s selection of Doha as a additions to the WWRC and most Arab countries. turning left at Al Waab Street Ashghal said it would install road signs to ensure their safety. Nation Wednesday, February 20, 2019 05 Tarsheed Carnival begins at Kahramaa Awareness Park The 10-day event aims at creating awareness of protecting environment and preserving natural resources TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the Gold sponsor and Qatar DOHA Airways and ConocoPhillips The week-long carnival is part of a national programme promot- as the Silver sponsor. ing energy efficiency and conservation in a fun, accessible way. QATAR General Electricity The Carnival will also high- & Water Corporation (Kah- light the role undertaken by the ramaa), represented by the government and private sectors Ooredoo sponsors National Programme for in protecting the environment Conservation and Energy Ef- and in achieving sustainability ficiency (Tarsheed), opened goals such as the Ministry of Tarsheed Carnival the third edition of its yearly Interior, Civil Defence Depart- Tarsheed Carnival at the Kah- ment, Hamad International TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Organisers expect the ramaa Awareness Park (KAP) Airport (HIA), Qatar Olympic DOHA event to be popular with on Tuesday. Committee, Al Sadd Sports some 10,000 visitors pre- The 10-day event, which Club, Qatar Development Bank OOREDOO is the Diamond dicted to make their way to will run until February 28, is (QDB) represented by Bedaya Sponsor of the Tarsheed the Kahramaa Awareness being held under the theme Center, Protection and Social Carnival being held at the Park over the week. ‘Less Today. More Tomor- Rehabilitation Centre (AMAN), Kahramaa Awareness Park Manar Khalifa al Murai- row’. The carnival will have Ehsan Center, Qatar Cool, from February 19 to 28 un- khi, director of PR and Cor- several activities, interactive Qatar Racing and Equestrian der the theme ‘Less today. porate Communications at sessions, theatre performanc- Club, Al Shahbana Environ- More tomorrow’, the tel- Ooredoo, said: “Supporting es and competitions promot- mental Association, Al Dana ecom company announced events that promote envi- ing the theme of conservation The carnival is being held under the theme ‘Less Today. More Tomorrow’ and will have several activities ca- Girls Center, Girls Creativity on Tuesday. ronmental sustainability is and energy efficiency, cater- tering to all segments of the society. It will also highlight all ongoing sustainability-related projects in Qatar. Center among others. The week-long carnival, a key part of our corporate ing to all segments of the so- The Conservation and organised by Qatar Gen- social responsibility strate- ciety. It will also highlight all from 4pm 9pm, will be for and help achieve the Qatar Na- ing conservation and environ- Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) eral Electricity and Water gy and the Tarsheed Carni- ongoing sustainability-related general visitors. tional Vision (QNV) 2030. ment-friendly habits in the department of Kahramaa Corporation (Kahramaa), val is an excellent example projects in Qatar. This is one of the most im- The Carnival is aimed at youths and all for better living. contributes to promoting the is part of a national pro- of a community event that The carnival will be held portant environmental aware- creating awareness in the so- This year Carnival is being national economy by allocat- gramme promoting energy educates and informs our in two sessions. The first ses- ness events being held in Qatar ciety about protecting envi- sponsored by Qatar National ing places for coffee shops and efficiency and conservation citizens and residents about sion, from 8am to 12pm, will where both public and private ronment, preserving natural Bank (QNB) and Ooredoo as restaurants being run by Qa- in a fun and accessible way. sustainability. We look for- be exclusively for students sectors aspire and act together resources, reducing carbon the Diamond Sponsors, Al tari youths to encourage their The carnival will show- ward to a successful, enjoy- and the afternoon session, to protect the environment dioxide emissions, inculcat- Rayyan Satellite Channel as entrepreneurial activities. case several projects in able event for all.” keeping with the theme of The Tarsheed Carnival sustainability and will have is open from Monday to different sectors, including Thursday 9am to 12pm and a food and beverage area. on Friday from 5pm 9pm.

al khaliji football tourney promotes healthy living TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tions such as, Qatar Invest- DOHA The tournament served as a ment Authority, Georgetown University in Qatar, Ooredoo, AL Khalij Commercial Bank platform to foster the val- Mannai Corporation, Marsa (al khaliji), Qatar’s next gen- ues of community, sports- Malaz Kempinski, Gulf Eng- eration bank, recently hosted manship and positive team lish School, Q-CHEM, Qatar its annual football tourna- spirit among participants Airways and al khaliji. ment for the fifth year in a row Team Q-CHEM won the with the aim of promoting first place while Ooredoo health and wellness among tournament saw the partici- came second and Qatar Air- its community members. pation of teams from several ways came in the third place. The initiative was held in organisations. The tourna- The football tournament support of Qatar’s National ment served as a platform is one of al khaliji’s annual Sport Day and comes as part to foster the values of com- traditions held in the frame- of al khaliji’s Corporate Social munity, sportsmanship and work of the bank’s commu- Responsibility programme. positive team spirit among nity development efforts by Held on Saturday, Feb- participants. aligning its core values and ruary 16 at Al Saad Club, The competing teams strategies with the Qatar Na- the bank’s 5-A-side football were from leading institu- tional Vision 2030. Team Q-CHEM won the first place while Ooredoo came second and Qatar Airways came in the third place. 06 Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Nation Doha-Cologne Int’l Josoor Institute hosts 100 professionals Development Week to examine Deep Green Building design explores sustainable At the workshop, delegates develop skills to deliver a sustainable 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar development trends TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

THE Doha-Cologne International Development Week is being held this week under the theme ‘International Development, Natural Resources and Sustainability’. This comes as a joint activity between the Col- lege of Arts and Sciences (CAS) of Qatar Univer- sity (QU) and the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in Tropics and Subtrop- ics (ITT) of the Cologne University of Applied Sci- ences (TH Köln) in Germany. The week is hosted by QU and jointly organ- ised and co-sponsored by the ITT and the Centers The delegates who attended the Future of Sustainable Buildings workshop. for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD). The CNRD is an excellence network supported by TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK green building skills and practic- tectural as well as engineering experts in the field of sustainable Ghanim al Sulaiti, an entre- the German Ministry for International Develop- DOHA es in the local and regional mar- solutions were discussed. architecture, said, “Sports brings preneur working on plant and ment (BMZ) through the German Exchange Ser- ket construction industry. The workshop was presented people from all backgrounds to- health related projects who was vice (DAAD) of universities working on natural JOSOOR Institute, a centre of The workshop, which was at- by Jason F McLennan, CEO and gether like almost nothing else. a delegate at the workshop, said: resources, environment and development. excellence for sports and events tended by over 100 profession- founder of McLennan Design; When you have a captive audi- “The workshop enables busi- The event is the first Doha event to kick-off industries that is inspired and de- als in the sustainability field, Kevin Hydes, CEO & president ence that’s there to watch some- nesspeople in Qatar to embrace common work and prepare a long and promising veloped by the Supreme Commit- explored deep green building de- of Integral Group; and Pete thing, it’s the perfect opportunity the concept of sustainable de- collaboration between CAS from QU, and the ITT tee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), in sign as a solution to the current Muñoz, senior engineer and to also present to them issues of velopment and innovation. I am from TH Köln on joint education and research collaboration with the Sustain- environmental challenges such practice leader of Biohabitats. responsibility towards the envi- pleased to have attended this related to environment, sustainable development ability Department of the SC, re- as water scarcity and climate They discussed leading trends in ronment and natural resources.” workshop.” and natural resources. cently held a workshop titled ‘The change. The workshop posed a Green Building practice and the The workshop equipped del- The Future of Sustainable The Doha-Cologne International Develop- Future of Sustainable Buildings’. challenge to create net-zero en- future of architecture, focusing egates with knowledge of cutting- Buildings workshop enhanced ment Week is divided into a public conference, The workshop, delivered by ergy and net-zero water build- on best practices in water con- edge sustainable design projects the capability of the delegates an invitation-based symposium with local stake- international experts, was the ings in hot and arid climates. servation and treatment, and in multiple climate zones, the in helping Qatar deliver sustain- holders, several curricula development work- fourth sustainability workshop The challenge and concepts were mechanical and passive solu- benefits of Deep Green Design able outcomes in the design, con- shops and public student-organised events. Fur- delivered by Josoor Institute and presented through case studies tions for comfort. solutions, and advanced water struction and operation of the thermore, several off-programme activities for part of the SC’s efforts to leave of certified Living Buildings and McLennan, who is considered efficiency, reclamation and treat- 2022 FIFA World CupM infra- guests are also being organised. a legacy of green buildings and Net Zero energy facilities. Archi- one of the world’s most influential ment systems. structure. The event is marked by the attendance of both QU and TH Köln students and international guests to discuss the development of scientific outputs and opportunities for cooperation with international partners in the fields of education and scientific research. QU CENG hosts ‘Engineering Week’ for prospective students Attending the event is Professor Gamal Abdo, dean of engineering in University of Khartoum; TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Professor Abdin Salih, member in UNESCO Ex- DOHA ecutive Board; Dr Talal al Awadhi, head of geog- raphy, Sultan Qaboos University; and Ali Abdul- QATAR University (QU) is raising lah al Dabbagh, executive director of corporate the awareness among high school strategy, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD). students and the wider com- Prof Dr Rashid Ahmed al Kuwari, dean of munity of the importance of sci- the College of Arts and Sciences, said: “This col- ence and engineering in Qatar’s laboration connects researchers at Qatar Univer- growth and development through sity with their peers at the Cologne University of the 6th Engineering Week being Applied Sciences and other regional universities hosted by the College of Engi- such as Sultan Qaboos University and the Uni- neering (CENG). versity of Khartoum by identifying researchers The annual three-day event, and students for new research trends in sustain- being held from February 18 to Officials from Qatar University, Qatar Petrochemical Company and Raytheon Company able development. Sustainable development is a 20 with the sponsorship of Qatar cut a tape during the inauguration of the 6th Engineering Week. strategic path for Qatar to achieve economic and Petrochemical Company (QAP- social prosperity in the country. Sustainability is CO) and Raytheon Company, Hammuda, CENG Associate Dean saying, “This is represented in our Week comes as a part of CENG’s life,” he added. also a priority in Qatar University’s new strategy is a forum to provide secondary for Research and Graduate Stud- joint programmes and underlines outreach programmes with sec- Yezen Munir, president of Ray- in the period between 2018-2022, which will de- and preparatory school students ies Prof Abbes Amira, CENG As- our commitment to preparing ondary and preparatory schools to theon International Qatar, said, fine clear pathways that enable us to excel in edu- with an insight into CENG’s un- sistant Dean for Student Affairs Dr highly qualified engineers who will get them involved with the college. “Training and knowledge are criti- cation, scientific research, institutional develop- dergraduate programmes. It is Abdulaziz al Ali and CENG faculty, be able to achieve Qatar National The Engineering Week aims to cally important in today’s interna- ment and community participation.” also an opportunity to visit the students and staff, as well as repre- Vision 2030 and to contribute to explain the engineering principles tional business environment and Dr Esmat Zaidan from the Department of booths that showcase information sentatives of the event’s sponsors a knowledge-based economy. I to students in a simplified way to for future generations preparing International Affairs said: “This event is the first about CENG’s undergraduate pro- and participating companies at- hope that today’s event will help motivate them to join CENG and to enter the workforce. Raytheon event to be launched from joint work and is a long grammes and to participate in live tended the opening ceremony. students make a decision on the be a part of Qatar’s future. At the invests in programmes like this to and promising collaboration between the Cologne engineering experiences through Prof Hammuda highlighted majors they would like to join at Engineering Week, and through help cultivate the knowledge and University of Applied Sciences and the College of competitions, quizzes and techni- the well cemented relations be- the university.” “In addition to quizzes and competitions, stu- valuable science and engineering Arts and Sciences at QU, which focuses on joint cal demonstrations. tween the College of Engineering the other school competitions that dents will get clear ideas about skills that create sustainable ca- education and research related to sustainable de- CENG Dean Prof Abdelmagid and its partners from industry, CENG is running, the Engineering engineering and its importance in reers for future innovators.” velopment and natural resources.” HBKU’s TII opens registration for QCDC gears up to host Career Village 2019 business translation workshop TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK culture among members of the DOHA Qatari community through the THE Translation and Interpret- aim to promote continuous Turnarounds, and Pragmatic training workshops that will be ing Institute (TII), part of the learning and personal devel- Factors and Market-Specific QATAR Career Development held throughout the event. The College of Humanities and So- opment. Translation in the Differences. Center (QCDC), a member of event will also offer students cial Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad business and finance sectors After completing the work- Qatar Foundation, is finalis- the opportunity to meet with a Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is a specialised skill and one shop, participants will have the ing preparations for the 2019 number of entrepreneurs who is accepting registrations for that is in high demand across ability to manage the risks associ- edition of the Career Village, will brief them on how they se- its Translation in Business and businesses in the region. We ated with translation choices and an event aimed at instilling a cured support to kick-start their Finance workshop, from Febru- invite translators or those with decisions, be able to identify and strong career culture among projects.” ary 24 to 27. an interest in business transla- manage the pragmatic challeng- high school students and famil- A Mini Career Village will be The workshop, to be de- tion to enroll for the workshop, es in translating financial docu- iarising youth with the dynam- the latest addition to the event, livered by Hisham Ali, senior which will equip participants ments, use machine translation ics and challenges of Qatar’s enabling children aged 5-10 translation specialist, Transla- with the skills and confidence platforms efficiently as assisting job market. years to learn about various ca- tion and Training Center (TTC) to translate business docu- tools, search for business-spe- The three-day event, which reers and professions in an en- at TII, will help attendees de- ments seamlessly.” cific terminology in specialized takes place on February 26- The three-day event will introduce students to career fields that will tertaining and interactive way. velop the skills required to be- The self-paced workshop resources, and gain knowledge 28 at Multaqa (Education City enable them to best serve their country. Moreover, an exhibition come effective translators in the will introduce participants to in the peculiarities of the various Student Center), will introduce featuring a selection of photo- business sector using a range of the fundamentals of financial types of financial texts. students to career fields that communications, health, media lage will also host a number of graphs provided by participat- hands-on techniques. Attend- translation through a theo- The workshop is recom- will enable them to best serve and security. workshops that will help equip ing institutions will be organised ees will learn the fundamentals retical and practical approach mended for graduate students, their country. It will be open to Exhibitors will brief visitors students with a range of life on the sidelines of the event. The of working with business docu- that puts to work a plethora of bilingual financial profession- visitors from 8am to 1pm and on professions in their respec- skills. Ultimately, the event is images will show the stages of ments, including how to edit, practice-oriented translation als and professional translators. 4pm to 7pm. tive industries and familiarise intended to help visitors better development of the exhibiting revise, proofread and adapt ac- approaches. It will be held in room A015 at The event will bring to- students with career opportu- plan their future career path. institutions, as well as the sector counting documents and finan- Topics to be covered during the Penrose House (formerly gether representatives of lead- nities and required academic Abdulla Ahmed al Man- or professions they cover – from cial statements. the four-day workshop include LAS building) in Education City ing companies from across tracks, while engaging visitors soori, director, QCDC, said: inception to the present day. It Nada A al Mahmeed, act- the Genre of Financial Trans- from 4pm to 7pm. For more in- different industries in Qatar, in a series of interactive activi- “This year’s edition of the Career will also feature images of key ing director of Translation and lation, Risk Management in formation, or to enroll for the including education, culture, ties to provide first-hand insight Village seeks to introduce stu- personalities that contributed Training Center, said: “The Financial Translation, Machine workshop, visit www.tii.qa/ finance and business, energy, into the professions. dents to the concepts of career in establishing and developing workshop forms part of TII’s Translation in Managing Fast community. (TNN) manufacturing, transportation, Additionally, the Career Vil- guidance, and to instill a new these institutions and sectors.

MWANI QATAR ORGANISES BLOOD DONATION DRIVE: Mwani Qatar recently organised a blood donation drive in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation under the title ‘Donate blood, save lives’. The campaign was part of the company’s social responsibility and its commitment to supporting community-oriented initiatives. (TNN) Nation Wednesday, February 20, 2019 07

STARK STAFF REWARDED FOR KEEPING DREAM ALIVE

Kenyan, Michael Onger, first realised his joy for running at Primary School in the Rift Valley. After joining Stark Security Services in November 2017, he continued his hobby despite working a 12-hour duty at the Mall of Qatar. He also manages to train for up to three hours every day; waking at 4am to run for two hours before work and for another hour after work. Given his passion, he joined Al Rayyan Sports Club to improve his skills and achieve his dream of competing at the high- est level. Through his incredible devotion to his sport, he came second and won a Silver Medal in a race organised by the University of Aberdeen on February 12, 2019. His reward for his outstanding achievement is a trip to Baku in Azerbaijan for three days. Michael said, ‘My goal is to get an athletic sponsorship and join the Qatari athletic national team.’ (TNN) QC, QFFD help reconstruction of quake-hit Indonesia village Qatar Charity to spend over QR9 million on projects TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

QATAR Charity (QC) will contribute to the reconstruction of a village in Lombok, Indonesia, which was af- fected by the earthquake and tsuna- mi that hit the region a few months ago, the charity body has announced. The reconstruction of the village will be carried out with funding from The aid included 25 tonnes of food and non-food items, benefiting 6,000 families the Qatar Fund For Development affected by the tsunami in the districts of Pandeglangin the Banten province. (QFFD). Qatar Charity has already dis- The beneficiaries of the aid ex- past months. The first batch of the tributed emergency relief assistance pressed their pleasure at receiving aid included a variety of food for to families affected by the tsunami, the support from the people in Qa- nearly 1,800 affected families with with support from people in Qatar. tar through Qatar Charity, and ex- around 10,000 people, in addi- Qatar Charity will reconstruct tended their thanks to donors for tion to providing water purification 180 homes, two schools along with delivering the aid which contributed equipment. the construction of new units, a to easing their hardship. Nearly 1,200 families benefited multi-service hall, two health clin- Shamsuddin, deputy president from the second batch of the aid, ics, one for women and another for of Pandeglang, thanked the benefac- which included food items and children in Lombok, at a total cost of tors and Qatar Charity for assisting clothes. more than QR9 million. the victims of the tsunami. Earlier, Qatar Charity carried out The aid, which came with the sup- Sontama, president of the Charita several development projects in the port of the people in Qatar, included district, expressed his deep gratitude island of Lombok between 2012 and 25 tonnes of food and non-food items, to donors and Qatar Charity for their 2016 in the areas of water, sanitation benefiting 6,000 families affected by efforts in helping families in need. and social housing. It has drilled 270 the tsunami in the districts of Pande- Qatar Charity has provided wells and built 32 apartments for the glang in the Banten province. emergency aid to Lombok over the poor and low-income people. 08 Wednesday, February 20, 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 No Case For US Military National Emergency Is Action In Venezuela In President’s Skull Only Threats or actual military intrusion are just the wrong and “ Th e g o a l o f a n a t i o n a l e m e r g e n c y i s f o r T r u m p t o s c a m t h e s t u p i d e s t dangerous actions to take when Venezuelans themselves already are taking matters into their own hands people in his base for 2 more years”

HILE facing sharp criticism na- to step up international pressure on the tionwide, including lawsuits dictator, who’s blocking at the Colombia from 16 states, for declaring a border millions of dollars in humanitarian national emergency over money aid from entering his country. W to build a border wall, President Sen Marco Rubio, who has taken a Trump, of course, spent Presidents Day in leadership role in the Venezuelan effort, friendly territory: and US Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart flew to He came to Miami-Dade and a packed the Colombia-Venezuela border over the Florida International University arena to weekend to attract international atten- show support for Venezuelans, but also tion to the blockaded food and medicine. Cubans and Nicarguans who support his Maduro is being given until Saturday to administration’s efforts to apply more allow the goods in. political pressure to end the illegitimate The unspoken plan is that if the aid regime of Nicolas Maduro and throw sup- gets in, the Venezuelan people, who are port to Juan Guaido as the South American experiencing tremendous shortages, may country’s interim leader. welcome it enough to turn on Maduro. Trump found a warm reception in the The Venezuelan military must now city of refugees from dictatorships and turn its back on Maduro and allow aid to political unrest _ and rightly so. Trump enter Venezuela, the president, senator deserves credit for being the only presi- and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis all said. dent since Ronald Reagan to take a hard “You must not block this humanitar- stand against dictators in Latin America, a ian aid,” Trump said. region often forgotten by administrations. “We seek a peaceful transition of pow- But more important, Trump may have er. But all options are open. If you choose given the thousands gathered a preview of this path, you will find no safe harbor, no VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN Over the last two years American vot- Trump’s Democratic opponent in the 2016 his 2020 reelection campaign battle cry. easy exit and no way out. You’ll lose eve- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE election–have recognized the danger the Going after undocumented immigrants, rything.” ers–the majority of whom supported president poses to the nation. Many of them as he touted as a 2016 campaign promise, Such talk attracted opposing demon- HEN Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Trump’s Democratic opponent in the have risen to the occasion, putting their lives is a perennial rant for the president. So strators to FIU who demanded that the announced he was running for 2016 election–have recognized the on hold to support Democratic candidates he’s now targeting old-school socialism United States keep out of Venezuela and president in 2015, he said he danger the president poses to the and even run for office themselves. and communism. opposed any US military action there. wanted to see America “no longer nation. Many of them have risen to the Others have helped the people Trump “America will never be a socialist coun- And the Editorial Board is in agree- Wbeing passive in the face of Chi- occasion, putting their lives on hold to threatens–refugees, those who missed pay- try,” Trump preached to the choir high- ment with them. US military action is nese and Russian aggression.” When Amy checks in the shutdown, victims of sexual lighting the troubles that have plagued just the wrong, and deadly, action to Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced her 2020 support Democratic candidates and violence –by taking to the streets and the Venezuela since it went down that road take when Venezuelans themselves al- presidential bid on Monday, she said, “I’m even run for office themselves. courts to defuse the real national emergen- under late leader Hugo Chavez. ready are taking matters into their own running for every parent who wants a better cy, the one in the White House. Such statements hark back to Ameri- hands –Guaido’s takeover being the big- world for their kids.” When Donald Trump That activism has allowed a new majori- ca’s past glories, much like Trump’s State gest first step. announced he was running for president ban, his decision to separate children from ty in the House to meet the president’s bull- of the Union address where he made nu- The US’ unending thirst for oil must in 2015, he said, of Mexican immigrants, their parents, and his inhumane internment headed brinksmanship head-on. Better yet, merous mentions of World War II. But not supersede Venezuelans’ desire to do “they’re rapists.” camps. Then he shut down the government dozens of Trump’s fellow travelers have run Monday, in the context of Venezuela, for themselves. Trump, so far, has deftly Why did anyone even air that clip for the longest it’s ever been shuttered. for lifeboats. To hear them tell it, they have Trump spoke directly to Maduro and his navigated our involvement in Venezue- without using seven-second delay to All this because he won’t budge on de- not been enjoying the music or the food on military. la. He can continue to do so without the bleep out Trump’s creepy racist rape- lusions that used to make rally-goers cheer. Trump’s Titanic. The Trump administration is hoping threat, or folly, of military intrusion. fantasy madness? Why did cable TV run The compulsive voice in Trump’s head, and The apostates include former White and rerun it? Maybe we couldn’t believe his preoccupation with it, continues to over- House special assistant Cliff Sims, former it, so it had to spool around and around take his rallies–demolition derbies where to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former so we could take it all in. But there it was: my eye dwindling crowds now appear skep- Defense Secretary James N Mattis, former Trump’s lecherous invocation of sexual tical, coerced or both. national security advisor HR McMaster, violence. His absurdist lying. And of Lest anyone believe Trump pursues his former White House chief strategist Ste- course his lynching-era pretext for racist border hallucinations because most Ameri- phen K Bannon, former chiefs of staff John subjugation and violence. cans share them, remember that in El Paso F Kelly and Reince Priebus, and dozens of That speech was a brick to the head. It last week, the sitting American president’s other people close to Trump who have in should have been inadmissible in the pub- crowds were equaled if not bettered by a their own words or as sources in news re- lic sphere. In three words, Trump told us Democratic also-ran without a bully pulpit ports proclaimed the president a danger- he was a vicious demagogue who would or a personal cable news network. ous, delusional fool. drag us all down to vanquish his imagi- Beto O’Rourke, who holds no public of- So dangerous and so delusional that for- nary demons. But at that moment, he also fice and whose convocation venue wasn’t mer acting director of the FBI Andrew Mc- wasn’t tracking. Donald Trump was run- ablaze with TV cameras, drew the same size Cabe says the Justice Department discussed ning for president because Mexican im- audience, and by some estimates a bigger using the 25th Amendment, with its protec- migrants, they’re rapists. Huh? Now, with one, than Trump did. tions against crazy commanders in chief, his Friday Rose Garden speech, Trump has Meanwhile, far-right media personali- to remove Trump from office after he fired declared war on our institutions because of ties like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter McCabe’s erstwhile boss, James B Comey. that same fantasy, in which he saves imagi- are loudly laughing at Trump _ and, weird- If McCabe can be believed (and there are nary women, bound with imaginary elec- er still, laughing at what’s left of his would- counter narratives), sober men and women trical tape, from imaginary rape by ineffec- be base. “The goal of a national emergency who know and work with Trump consid- tively and expensively walling out refugees is for Trump to scam the stupidest people in ered him a threat to the country. and immigrants on the southern border. his base for 2 more years,” Coulter tweeted The Trump shipwreck was apparent to It adds up to a national emergency in the Friday. Coulter is rude, but she has a point: many of us the day he announced his run. president’s skull only. Trump is playing his base for chumps. Sad- After Friday’s flagrant trespassing of the Long ago, shutting down the govern- ly, there are still some people determined to Constitution, and thus his oath of office (al- ment was a desperate and destructive ignore the idiocy and admire the bellowing. ready in tatters), even the farthest of the far measure. Trump blew right past desperate And yet, over the last two years Ameri- right ought to admit that Trump is democ- (Tribune News Service) and destructive with his proposed Muslim can voters–the majority of whom supported racy’s full catastrophe.

College Students Gave Up Their Phones. They Discovered An Addiction They went without. And what they discovered in doing so should inspire fear in us all

MARIA PANARITIS 20, sophomore, communications major, cake for the foundation of a skyscraper,” TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE from Reading, Pa. she wrote.... “As I sit on my couch for the “It’s like losing a limb,” she wrote. 30 seconds it takes my roommate to come HE Philadelphia Inquirer PHILA- “Your source of oxygen. Being stranded downstairs, I’m lost. I clench my phone in DELPHIA–They did it. A group that on a deserted island, isolated from the my right hand, thumb on the lock button, might as well be any of our kids. rest of the world.... I chose my 24 hours tempted to press down. In an attempt to They’re old enough for college but strategically, in a way that would inflict distract myself I look around the lounge T young enough that they know life the least amount of pain possible: so- area. An empty cup on the coffee table. mostly as a digital distraction driven by rority recruitment weekend.” Things go A blanket spread out next to me on the the smartphone in our hands, our pockets, haywire quickly. couch. Mail on the floor by the front door. our souls. They went without. And what “I have a mini panic attack because I Yet, my mind is completely consumed they discovered in doing so should inspire forgot to check what room recruitment with the smooth glass encircling its per- fear in us all. was in before I gave up my phone.... I wan- fect counterpart that is my thumb.” Fifteen undergrads went 24 hours der around the building until I find other “Our dependency on technology is with orders to keep their mitts off their people wearing the same Tri Sigma T- masked by our own excuses of wanting smartphones. As their professor, I hoped shirt.” A few hours later: “I reach unknow- to be more ‘efficient’ and ‘productive.’ To this would lead to some good copy. This ingly into the back pocket of my jeans for He went for a run. Got back and cleaned that sat with me are all sending messages stay ‘connected’ with the world. When did was a class in news column writing. My probably the 30th time that day only to his room because _ what else do you do or scrolling through Twitter. I feel a lit- staying connected turn into tagging the own full-day iPhone cleanse, done for have a miniature heart attack when my when you can’t waste time on the phone? tle lonely, and almost stupid, for sitting friend you are sitting next to in a People of this same group assignment I’d designed, phone isn’t there.... I feel naked.” “The tables never knew such pressure there staring at all of them.” Rebecca Walmart video rather than nudging them had been an eyes-and-ears-opening ex- On a break: “Everyone’s glued to their from a Clorox wipe, and the windows Lane, 22, senior, psychology major, Eng- and watching it together? periment. phones... too occupied for a conversation. suddenly shone with a deep clean, putting lish minor, Division 1 A-10 Conference “When did it become the norm to have I wish I could say impressions had I feel the first pang of envy. I also realize some back into it. In silence I smelled the lacrosse player attending SJU on schol- a sea of bright screens in a movie thea- been better for the St. Joseph’s Univer- how ridiculous it is to watch people stop fumes, wanting, yearning for even a sim- arship from Australia. tre?... I never thought it would happen to sity students. Some of you had asked, mid-sentence and purse their lips for a ple podcast to occupy my mind. But then I Rebecca spent three hours and 19 min- me but after countless hours of buzzing vi- in email to me, how the class had fared. Snapchat selfie not just once, but every sat. And stared.” (At the phone across the utes on her phone the day before giving it brations, taking and retaking photos, and With final drafts of their accounts now in two minutes.” Michael Kokias, 21, sen- room, if you must know). up. The next morning, she fell off the wag- word-by-word conversations I am now de- hand and permission to share excerpts, I ior, dual English-business major, from Paige Santiago, 21, senior, English on immediately. “Maria’s faith in us Gen pendent. As I type this piece right now, I deliver on your request. Norwalk, Conn. For Michael, a single major, from Ridgefield, Conn. “Looking Z’s to go without technology (is) proving am back and forth each minute with iMes- Read it and weep. Alysa Bainbridge, Saturday without the phone was tricky. around the dinner table, the nine people almost as strong as using a freshly baked sage, Snapchat, Instagram, and writing.”

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS PAGES ARE THE AUTHORS’ OWN. QATAR TRIBUNE BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY. Wednesday, February 20, 2019 09 Reports by L N Mallick For events and press releases email Pakistan Prism [email protected] or call (974) 4000 2222 ‘Pakistan Week’ offers fun & festivity to community members

The week-long event featuring a host of fun-filled activities saw children enjoying high-speed rides, even as their mothers relished a perfect shopping experience, buying costumes on special discounts

AKISTAN Week’ held at Enter- tainment World Village recently was a big hit with PPakistani families, especially Halqa-e-Ahbab Qatar with the children who thor- oughly enjoyed fun-filled ac- tivities spread over a week. holds colourful event The opening ceremony was graced by Sheikh Suhim bin Khalid bin Hamad al to mark ‘Sport Day’ Thani, Mohammed Hussain al Ali, Pakistan Embassy LARGE number of Pa- games and activities were Community Welfare Atta- kistani community organised for young girls che Hafiz Junaid Amir Sial, members including and women as well. Mohammad Idrees Anwar, A children and women Representatives of differ- Rashid Rafique Butt, Israr enjoyed a colourful event ent forums distributed priz- Malazai, Chaudhary Mo- organised by Halqa-e-Ahbab es among winners of sport- hammad Ajmal, Riyaz Baka- Qatar to mark Qatar Nation- ing competitions and games. li, Rana Anwar Ali and other al Sport Day at Al Shamal The prizes were sponsored prominent members of Park recently. by Qatar Charity while Pakistani community. Fun games and different beverages and ice creams Held days after the tri- activities were held for peo- were distributed by Dan- umph of Qatar in AFC Asian ple of different age groups. dy Company Limited. The Cup 2019, the organisers The participants were divid- guests were treated to a of the event also cut a cake Community leader Rashid Rafique Butt addresses the community gathering at the opening ceremony. ed into senior and junior cat- sumptuous lunch. to mark the emergence of egories. Over 130 children The prize distribution Team Qatar as the Asian took part in various events ceremony commenced with football champions. like bouncing ball, three-leg the recitation of the Holy The week-long event running, obstacle race and Quran followed by a word of featured a host of fun-filled mini basketball. Separate appreciation from Dr Iqbal. activities for families. While children spent their time enjoying high-speed rides, their mothers relished a perfect shopping experi- ence buying costumes on special discounts. The event was an ini- tiative of Pakistan Business Forum with active participa- tion of Pakistani educational institutions, socio-cultural Attired in traditional dresses, students present a national song. A cook prepares barbeque on charcoal. forums and restaurants. The objective of the event was well as promoting Pakistani While the entry to the A special Pakistani pa- Different restaurants spe- to provide healthy outdoor culture and products. Chil- event was free, a 50 percent vilion showcasing Pakistani cialising in Pakistani cuisines activities to the community dren presented tableaus discount was available to products, handicrafts, ap- offered mouth-watering members, taking advantage highlighting Pakistan’s rich Pakistani nationals on the parels, jewellery and foot- dishes at their stalls located of the pleasant weather, as culture and heritage. tickets for all the rides. wear were set up. near the enchanting beach.

Pak Shamaa School and Collage holds gala event to mark ‘Sport Day’

O celebrate Qatar National by playing of the national anthems Sport Day 2019, Pak Shamaa of Qatar and Pakistan. Students Pakistan Defence Attaché Commodore Irfan Taj, School Management Committee TSchool and College (PSS) organ- presented an impressive march President MA Shahid, Community Welfare Attache at the Pakistan embassy Hafiz ised a special programme named past and a spectacular physical Junaid Amir Sial and other guests stand up as mark of respect to national anthems. ‘Sports Gala’ featuring an array of training show. sporting activities on its premises Students from junior and sen- in Mesaimeer area, recently. ior sections took part in various Defence Attaché at the Pakistan sports and games. Zumba perfor- Defence Attaché at the Pakistan embassy Commodore Irfan Taj embassy Commodore Irfan Taj was mance by students drew applause and Principal Nabila Kaukab with award winners. the chief guest at the event while Com- from the guests. munity Welfare Attache Hafiz Junaid The winners were awarded tro- Amir Sial was the guest of honour. phies and prizes. The winners were The guests were welcomed by School selected on team as well as individ- Management Committee President ual basis. M A Shahid, Principal Nabila Kaukab Established in 1958, PSS is one and other school officials. of the oldest community educa- The function started with the tional institutions in Qatar having ribbon-cutting ceremony followed students of different countries. 10 Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Asia

India-Pakistan tensions cast shadow over TENSIONS ESCALATE Saudi prince’s Delhi visit AFP NEW DELHI

SAUDI Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ar- rived in New Delhi on Tuesday, with his business mission under threat of being overshadowed by soaring tensions between In- dia and Pakistan. The crown prince, who wants to persuade the world’s fastest growing major economy to consume more Saudi oil, was greeted at the airport by PM Narendra Modi, who gave his traditional bear hug for hon- oured guests. The prince arrived from a two-day stay in Pakistan as it clashed with its giant neighbour Indian security men inspect the site blast in Lethpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district some 20 kilometers from Srinagar, on 14 February. (EPA-EFE) over responsibility for a suicide attack in Kashmir last Thursday which left at least 40 members of Indian security forces dead. Imran seeks proof of Pakistan’s link to India rejects Pakistan PM’s attack “Our objective is to try to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, neighbour- Pulwama, warns India against attack probe offer as a ‘lame excuse’ ing countries, and to see if there is a path forward to resolving AFP US-Taliban talks will rorism with India. It was “easy AFP Indian army ready ian were killed in a gun battle those differences peacefully,” ISLAMABAD be affected if India to start a war”, he said, adding NEW DELHI for counter-attack, Monday, according to Indian Saudi minister of state Adel that he hopes “better sense will officials. The Indian military al-Jubeir said in Islamabad on PAKISTAN is ready to help ‘acts irresponsibly’ prevail”. Khan said on Tuesday INDIA on Tuesday demanded says defence minister has said the bombing was Monday. India investigate the deadliest KABUL: Pakistan’s ambas- that if any militant group was that rival Pakistan take “cred- BENGALURU: The Indian armed “masterminded” by Paki- Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan blast in Kashmir in decades, sador to Afghanistan said using Pakistani soil to launch ible and visible action” over a forces are ready for counter-attack stan’s Inter-Services Intelli- offered Tuesday to investigate but will retaliate if Delhi at- on Tuesday that peace talks attacks, “its enmity is with us. major suicide attack in Kash- as their morale is high despite the gence branch. the attack if India provided proof tacks, Prime Minister Imran between the United States This is against our interest”. mir as it sternly rebuffed Prime terror attack in Jammu and Kash- Pakistan has denied any of its involvement –but said his Khan said Tuesday as tensions and Afghan Taliban would be Earlier Tuesday, Pakistani FM Minister Imran Khan’s offer to mir’s Pulwama district on Febru- role in the attack and in a country would retaliate if at- between the nuclear-armed ri- affected if India resorted to Shah Mahmood Qureshi plead- investigate the bombing. ary 14, said Defence Minister nationally televised address, tacked. India rebuffed Khan’s vals soared. violence against Pakistan in ed with UN Secretary General “The prime minister of Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. Khan said that if his coun- comments and called in turn for Khan used a nationally response to a deadly bomb- Antonio Guterres to intervene Pakistan has offered to in- “The response of all Indians to try was attacked “Pakistan “credible and visible action” to televised address to demand ing in Kashmir. The remarks in the escalating row. vestigate the matter if India the terror attack in Pulwama has won’t just think to retali- rein in militants. Delhi share proof of Islama- by Zahid Nasrullah come as “The UN must step in to de- provides proof. This is a lame made our armed forces assert ate. Pakistan will retaliate.” Before Thursday’s at- bad’s alleged involvement in tension between the nuclear- fuse tensions,” wrote Qureshi in excuse,” said an Indian foreign they are ready to retaliate against - Election boost -Thousands tack, the agenda for the crown last week’s suicide blast, which armed neighbours has risen a message shared with journal- ministry statement. the enemy squarely,” Sitharaman have marched in Indian cit- prince’s visit had been domi- killed 41 people in Indian-held sharply over the killing 40 ists. On Monday Saudi Arabia “We demand Pakistan to told reporters that Jawans were ies in recent days to pay nated by oil and other key in- Kashmir and unleashed a fresh Indian paramilitary police vowed to “de-escalate” the situ- stop misleading the interna- ready to do their job. The terror at- homage to the dead and de- vestment decisions. Saudi Ara- diplomatic crisis over the dis- in a suicide bomb attack ation during a high-profile state tional community and take tack has not affected their morale manding a firm government bia currently supplies about 20 puted Himalayan region. reportedly claimed by Jaish-e- visit by Crown Prince Moham- credible and visible action at all. It is our duty to keep their response. percent of India’s crude oil and If India attacks, “Pakistan Mohammad. (AGENCIES) med bin Salman to Islamabad. against the perpetrators of morale,” she said. (IANS) The Indian government it would like to definitively push won’t just think to retaliate. Pa- He is also due in India this week. Pulwama terrorist attack.” has already withdrawn trade aside arch-rival Iran as a source. kistan will retaliate,” said Khan involvement of Pakistanis, give Kashmir is one of the Since last Thursday’s attack against Jaish-e-Mohammed privileges for Pakistan, end- “I think even in the back- in the address. it to us, I guarantee you that world’s most militarised zones, on the military convoy in the (JeM), which claimed re- ed police protection for four drop of this attack, the eco- Islamabad has denied in- we will take action,” Khan said with some 500,000 Indian Pulwama district of Kashmir, sponsibility for the bombing. Kashmiri separatist leaders, nomic ties–which are benefi- volvement. “If you have some Tuesday, adding that Pakistan troops deployed to fight a rebel- Indian forces have launched Three JeM leaders, four and halted some cross-bor- cial to both the countries –will actionable intelligence about was “ready to talk” about ter- lion that broke out in 1989. widespread operations Indian soldiers and a civil- der services. remain the focus of the meet- ings,” Kabir Taneja.

Kashmiri student rusticated from Police complicit in killings by cow vigilante groups: HRW SGT for Pulwama comments AFP tionalist government came to (HRW). “Indian authorities alleged. Police even filed com- an animal fair in the eastern NEW DELHI power in 2014. should stop egging on or jus- plaints against victims’ family state of Jharkhand. Their bad- GURUGRAM: A Kashmiri medical carnage that left 40 paramilitary Critics have accused Prime tifying these attacks, blaming members under laws banning ly bruised bodies were found student was on Tuesday rusticat- troopers dead. She was asked INDIAN police are often com- Minister Narendra Modi’s victims, or protecting the cul- cow slaughter, making them hanging from a tree with their ed from the SGT University here to leave the hostel immediately. plicit in killings carried out by governing party of pandering prits,” Ganguly said. afraid to pursue justice. hands tied behind them. for posting alleged “objection- “I don’t like this incident but if cow vigilante groups, Human to fringe groups to win votes. At least 44 people were The damning report said “If I stepped out, they able” comments on the February you rape Kashmiri women, use Rights Watch said Tuesday, “Calls for cow protection killed in such attacks between some members of the govern- would have killed me, too. My 14 Pulwama attack that hurt her pellet guns, kill innocent people calling on authorities to take may have started out as a way May 2015 and December last ing Bharatiya Janata Party son was screaming for help, co-students’ sentiments, a varsity and make Kashmiri children blind tougher action to halt lynchings. to attract Hindu votes, but it year, the report said. had justified attacks on mi- but I was so scared that I hid,” official said. with needles, what will you get?,” The slaughter of cows–re- has transformed into a free Thirty-six of the dead were nority Muslims and low-caste the report quoted the boy’s fa- Identified as Sadaf Zaffar, the Zaffar wrote on Monday. vered by Hindus–is a powder- pass for mobs to violently at- Muslims and in almost all Dalits who eat beef. ther as saying. In another case, second year student of Bachelor “This was not terrorist attack. keg issue in secular India. Men tack and kill minority group cases, police initially stalled In one case in 2016, a the murder of a Muslim man of Radiology and Imaging Technol- This is returns of what you did accused of killing or trading in members,” said Meenakshi investigations, ignored proce- vigilante group beat to death by a mob in June 2018 was de- ogy (BRIT) was asked to leave with Kashmiri people. Use love cattle have increasingly been Ganguly, South Asia direc- dures, or were complicit in the a Muslim cattle trader and a scribed in police records as a the institute after her Instagram not guns against Kashmir,” her targeted since the Hindu na- tor at Human Rights Watch killings and cover-ups, HRW 12-year-old boy travelling to “motorbike accident”. post in support of the Pulwama post on Monday said. (IANS)

News Philippine Supreme Court upholds Bangladesh shuts Philippines revokes registration third extension of martial law 20,000 websites in in brief anti-porn ‘war’ Bomb explosion of world’s first dengue vaccine MANILA: The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the DHAKA: Bangladesh au- kills six civilians in constitutionality of the third extension of martial law in the thorities have blocked almost east Afghanistan DPA country’s troubled south until the end of this year. 20,000 websites as part of MANILA The high tribunal voted 9-4 to junk four petitions by groups an anti-pornography “war”, a KABUL: At least six civilians of lawmakers, human rights lawyers and residents of the minister said Tuesday. Internet have killed after their car THE Philippines has revoked southern region of Mindanao questioning the legality of the providers in the conserva- hit a bomb in Afghanistan’s the registration of the world’s extension until December 31. tive Muslim-majority nation eastern Laghman province, first dengue vaccine, amid re- Last December, the Senate and the House of Representa- took down pornography and an official said Tuesday. The ports of deaths allegedly relat- tives voted to prolong martial rule in Mindanao in a bid to gambling websites in the past incident took place near the ed to the drug, a government prevent Islamic State-allied militants from regrouping and week under orders from the Kabul-Nangarhar highway in agency said Tuesday. escalating tensions in the conflict-wracked region. telecommunications regulator. Qarghayi district, according to The Food and Drug Ad- President Rodrigo Duterte first declared 60 days of martial “I want to create a safe and provincial governor spokes- ministration (FDA) said it (File photo) A child reacts during a measles vaccination in Baseco com- law in Mindanao on May 23, 2017. Congress extended the secure internet for all Bangla- man Asadullah Dawlatzai. No permanently revoked the pound, a slum area in Manila, Philippines. declaration until December 31, 2017 at Duterte’s request to deshis, including children. And group has claimed responsi- registration of Dengvaxia af- give troops more time to defeat the militants. this is my war against pornog- bility for the incident. Accord- ter its manufacturer, French Sanofi disputed that, say- dates from post-marketing At the end of the first extension, Duterte again sought more raphy. And this will be a con- ing to a quarterly report by pharmaceutical company Sa- ing it had provided the FDA studies. It said it had formal- time for martial law and Congress approved for the declaration tinuous war,” Mustafa Jabbar, the United Nation’s Assis- nofi Pasteur, failed to supply with post-approval docu- ly requested a reconsidera- to be effective until the end of this year. (DPA) the posts and telecommunica- tance Mission in Afghanistan post-approval documents. mentation and regular up- tion of the decision. tions minister, said. (AFP) (UNAMA), nearly 2,800 civilians were killed and more than 5,200 injured between Jan and Sept last year. (DPA) Duterte signs law to Bollywood celebs caught on camera taking cash to promote political parties create Human Settlements Deptt IANS ties were caught on camera accepted. Vidya Balan, Raza and former Aam Aadmi Party NEW DELHI accepting the cash-for-tweet Murad, Arshad Warsi and TV member Ashutosh during the MANILA: President Duterte offer during a sting operation actor Saumya Tandon were press conference. has signed into law 20 bills, MORE than 30 Indian film conducted by media portal Co- the only ones who refused He compared the celebri- including one creating the and TV industry actors/ar- bra Post over a period of 3-4 the offer. Celebrities were of- ties who accepted the deal to Department of Human Set- tistes agreed to spread the months last year. fered Rs 2 lakh to Rs 20 lakh “trolls” and called trolling a tlements and Urban Develop- propaganda of political parties Cobra Post on Tuesday per message according to their “paid syndicate mafia”. ment. The DHSUD will serve through their social media ac- released the sting operation brand value. Some celebrities Hartosh Singh Bal, po- as the primary national counts for money, which they in a video documentary titled even asked the reporters-cum- litical editor of Caravan government entity responsi- asked to be paid in cash, in ‘Operation Karaoke’, in which agents for up to Rs 20 crore magazine, also addressed the ble for managing housing, other words in untaxed black actors, dancers, singers and citing the sway they hold on reporters and termed the inci- human settlement and money, it has been revealed in models were caught accepting the Twitter sphere. dent a telling foreboding of the urban development. The new a sting operation. the offer for promoting po- These celebs agreed to pro- “dangerous times” ahead. law will merge the Housing Actors Vivek Oberoi, Shak- litical parties through hidden mote the party -- any which “We are going to see the and Urban Development Co- ti Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Ami- cameras. was proposed to them -- to consequences of this in the ordinating Council (HUDCC) sha Patel, Mahima Chaudhary The reporters, acting as create a favourable environ- coming elections,” he said. and the Housing and Land and Sonu Sood, and singers agents working on behalf of ment before the 2019 general Cobrapost editor Aniruddha Bahal addresses a press conference, in The impact most of these Use Regulatory Board. It will Kailash Kher, Abhijeet and the Congress, the BJP or the elections. New Delhi, on Tuesday. celebrities can have through also reconstitute the HLURB Mika were some of those Aam Aadmi Party, made an of- They swore to keep the en- their handles in denting or into the Human Settlements caught on camera accepting fer to pay 10-20 per cent of the tire exercise a secret and the through social media. If you fine... If we go by the trend, boosting a party’s image can Adjudication Commission. the deal for toeing the agenda decided sum in cheque or bank agenda hidden. reveal that you have taken these people may not shy away be gauged from the number of (PHILSTAR.COM) of a political party or endors- transfer, and the rest through “This way, you (celebrities) money for the promotion that from propagating a communal followers almost each of them ing it for money. The celebri- cash, which the celebrities are manufacturing an opinion you are doing, it would be agenda either,” said journalist has on Twitter. Gulf / Middle East / World Wednesday, February 20, 2019 11 Bernie Sanders launches second US presidential bid Democrats probe Trump over proposed Saudi nuclear deal WASHINGTON: Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday launched his DPA partnership with Jared Kush- of conflicts of interest among second bid for the White House, taking direct aim at Donald Trump WASHINGTON ner, Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House advisers that in an announcement that calls the US president a “pathological liar.” key envoy to Saudi Arabia - is could implicate federal crimi- Sanders, 77, joins an already crowded field of candidates seeking to MEMBERS of the Trump part of the IP3 consortium or- nal statutes. win the Democratic nomination and take on President Donald Trump administration explored the ganizing the planned nuclear They have also warned in 2020. He made the announcement in a radio interview with a sta- prospect of exporting nuclear sales to Saudi Arabia, the re- about a working environ- tion from his home state of Vermont. “I wanted to let the people of power technology to Saudi port said. ment inside the White House the state of Vermont know about this first,” Sanders said on Vermont Arabia, despite warnings over Cummings said efforts to marked by chaos, dysfunc- Public Radio. The self-described Democratic socialist gave an outline national security concerns, conclude the deal might still tion, and backbiting,” the re- Tuesday of how he will campaign. “What I promise to do is, as I go according to a new report by be ongoing. port said. around the country, is to take the values that all of us in Vermont are Democrats in the House of His report comes just as Saudi Arabia is already proud of -- a belief in justice, in community, in grassroots politics, in Representatives. Kushner is set to again head under increasing pressure in town meetings -- that’s what I’m going to carry all over this country,” The 24-page report by the to the Middle East, including Congress, where anger has he said. In a video announcing his candidacy, Sanders called Trump House Oversight Committee US President Donald Trump. Riyadh, later this month. grown over the humanitar- pathological liar and a racist. “We are living in a pivotal and danger- relies on whistle-blowers and Trump held a meeting last ian catastrophe its military is ous moment in American history. We are running against a president focuses on the earliest weeks in said the rush in the White ing done “without review by week with nuclear power ex- wreaking in Yemen and the who is a pathological liar, a fraud, a racist, a sexist, a xenophobe and Donald Trump’s presidency. House to get the deal done Congress, as required by law.” ecutives, an event that was not murder of journalist Jamal someone who is undermining American democracy as he leads us in Elijah Cummings, the could have violated the Atomic Brookfield Asset Management on his public schedule. Khashoggi at Saudi’s consu- an authoritarian direction,” Sanders said. (AFP)\ chairman of the committee, Energy Act and also was be- - which has a crucial property Whistle-blowers “warned late in Istanbul. News Dozens of civilians, in brief First redeployment in Venezuela armed fighters leave last IS forces on ‘alert’ for border violations Hodeidah could begin holdout in Syria: SDF CARACAS: Venezuela’s armed forces said Tuesday AFP militants were still refusing to they were on “alert” for NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA surrender and “many civilians border violations following remain” in the final jihadist threats by US President Don- today, says UN envoy US-BACKED forces said several holdout. The United Nations ald Trump who urged them to militants and dozens of civilians earlier expressed concern over back opposition leader Juan quit the Islamic State group’s “the situation of some 200 fam- Guaido. “The armed forces last patch of territory in Syria ilies, including many women will remain deployed and on UN envoy Martin Griffiths has told Security Council that the sides had Tuesday, and warned remain- and children, who are report- alert along the borders... to ing fighters should surrender or edly trapped” in the IS holdout. avoid any violations of territo- agreed to pull back from the rebel-held ports of Saleef and Ras Issa face death. “Many of them are appar- rial integrity,” said Defense Backed by air strikes by the ently being actively prevented Minister Vladimir Padrino, US-led coalition, the Kurdish-led from leaving by ISIL,” it said in reading out a statement in a Syrian Democratic Forces have a statement, using another ac- public appearance alongside trapped the militants in a seg- ronym for IS. top commanders. (AFP) ment of Baghhouz village that is A correspondent near the less than half a square kilometre Rebel British MPs (a fifth of a square mile). take up seats in “Dozens of civilians and Surrender parliament some fighters have handed themselves over”, SDF spokes- “Dozens of civilians LONDON: The seven MPs man Adnan Afrin told reporters and some fighters have who broke away from the at the nearby Al-Omar oil field. handed themselves over”, main opposition Labour Party He said a convoy of trucks SDF spokesman Adnan took their seats as an inde- had entered Baghouz on Tues- Afrin told reporters at pendent group in parliament day to transfer militants and the nearby Al-Omar oil for the first time on Tuesday their relatives out to SDF-held as rumours swirled of pos- territory. field. He said a convoy sible further defections. The Outside Baghouz, a corre- of trucks had entered biggest split in UK politics in spondent saw a convoy of trucks Baghouz on Tuesday to nearly four decades showed driving towards the village. transfer militants and up divisions in both Labour The SDF have slowed down their relatives out to SDF- and the Conservatives that their offensive as they seek to held territory have been stretched to break- evacuate civilians before a final ing point. One of the lawmak- push to defeat IS, which seized ers, said that he wanted swathes of Syria and Iraq in frontline heard three air strikes to establish a new centrist 2014 and declared a cross-bor- on Tuesday. Afrin said the “of- political party by the end of der caliphate. fensive has not stopped” but the the year at the latest. (AFP) Afrin said the departures SDF have slowed their advance from IS-held territory on Tues- to protect civilians, “who are Turkey seeks to day were the first by civilians now on the frontlines”. detain over 300 for in four days. He said foreigners “The positions we are alleged Gulen ties were among those who left the storming are the ones where pocket, but their nationalities we have detected activity by IS ANKARA: Turkish police on “have not yet been determined” fighters,” he said. “But there are Tuesday launched raids to and it was not clear if these for- positions where we can’t ad- detain over 300 people, eigners were civilians or fighters. vance or even strike because ci- including military person- Thousands of people -- vilians are among the fighters,” nel, suspected of ties to a mostly women and children he said. Earlier Tuesday, anoth- group blamed for a 2016 related to IS members -- have er SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali coup bid, state media streamed out of IS turf in recent said his forces were preparing reported. Prosecutors weeks. Afrin said some diehard for a final push. in Turkey’s three biggest provinces -- Istanbul, Ankara Conflict-affected Yemenis wait to receive food rations provided by Mona Relief Yemen in in a Sana’a neighborhood , Yemen, recently. (EPA-EFE) and Izmir -- issued arrest warrants for 324 people AFP UN relief chief warns aid money for the bulk of imported goods and as part of different probes UNITED STATES relief aid to Yemen, which the UK’s May in Brussels into followers of US-based Yemen could run out in six weeks United Nations has described Muslim preacher Fethullah THE first redeployment of NEW York: Aid agencies are running out of money to fund humani- as the world’s worst humani- Gulen, the private DHA and forces in Yemen’s flashpoint tarian efforts in Yemen and expect to use up their resources by the tarian crisis. for Brexit talks today the Anadolu state news city of Hodeida could possi- end of March, the United Nation’s relief chief said on Tuesday. Yemen’s rebels have been agency said. (AFP) bly begin later Tuesday or the The UN estimates that delivering all the life-saving and protec- locked in a war with govern- AFP ing... on resolving the out- following day, a UN envoy tion programmes will cost more than 4 billion dollars, according to ment forces backed since 2015 BRUSSELS standing issue of the back- said, marking the first con- the response plan released on Tuesday. by a Saudi-led coalition. stop,” holding up a divorce crete step toward de-escala- UN relief chief Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council that “There is momentum on THE president of the EU deal. The backstop is a clause tion in the war. funding is quickly becoming the biggest challenge facing the aid Yemen,” Griffiths told the Commission Jean-Claude in the withdrawal arrange- War of words Yemen’s government and operation - the biggest humanitarian relief operation in the world. council, insisting that since Juncker will host British ment that keeps Britain in the Huthi rebels agreed on Sun- Yemen’s currency has been losing value again, as the effects the ceasefire went into effect Prime Minister Theresa May EU customs union until a way escalates in day to the first phase of the of an injection of foreign exchange from Saudi Arabia in late 2018 on December 18, there had on Wednesday for talks on the is found to ensure there is no pullback of forces, which is wear off. The price of food is rising as a result, exacerbating the been a “significant and con- Brexit crisis. return to a hard border be- Nigeria as a key provision of a ceasefire humanitarian crisis, Lowcock said. (DPA) sistent decrease in hostilities” Juncker’s spokesman tween Northern Ireland and deal reached in December in in Hodeida. Margaritis Schinas told re- Ireland. rescheduled Sweden. Separate talks on an ex- porters that the pair would May hopes that if Cox is UN envoy Martin Grif- of the implementation of that houses, which are believed to change of thousands of prison- meet at the European Union’s able to tell British MPs that vote looms fiths told the Security Council part of the Hodeida agree- contain enough grain to feed ers held in Jordan are making headquarters at 6:30pm (1730 the backstop would not be that the sides had agreed to ment, we now have the oppor- 3.7 million for a month, UN aid progress, said the envoy, but GMT). The news Tuesday permanent under an updated AFP pull back from the rebel-held tunity to move from the prom- chief Mark Lowcock said. the Huthis and the government came a day after Britain’s min- deal it might pass a scepti- ABUJA ports of Saleef and Ras Issa ise made in Sweden to hope The fragile Stockholm are insisting on agreement on ister for Brexit talks Stephen cal House of Commons. But followed by a redeployment now for Yemen,” Griffiths told ceasefire deal for Hodeida the full lists of detainees. Barclay and Attorney General the EU spokesman reiterated NIGERIA’S main opposition from Hodeida port, also held the council, speaking by video marks the first step toward “I would like to think that Geoffrey Cox met EU negotia- that the other 27 EU member on Tuesday accused Presi- by the Huthis, and critical conference from Amman. ending a devastating war that we are not far off from agree- tor Michel Barnier. states will not renegotiate the dent Muhammadu Buhari parts of the city. The pullback would also al- has pushed Yemen to the brink ing and realizing the release Barclay’s office said they divorce accord, which they of paying “lip service” to de- “With the beginning, pos- low access in the coming days of famine. The Red Sea port of of a first batch” of detainees, had “held a productive meet- signed with May in November. mocracy, as a war of words sibly even today or tomorrow, to the Red Sea Mills food ware- Hodeida is the entry point for said Griffiths. escalated before resched- uled elections this weekend. Presidential and parliamen- tary elections were called off just hours before polling on Fashion world mourns star designer Karl Lagerfeld Saturday, with logistical dif- ficulties blamed for the dis- tribution of materials. AFP the “Kaiser” had been rife three brands he led. Friends glittering reality. In a state- Since then, the tone of the PARIS since he missed Chanel’s Paris had always said that the crea- ment on Tuesday, Chanel said two main parties has become haute couture week show last tor would die with a pencil in Lagerfeld was “an extraor- increasingly combative, even THE fashion world was month, with the brand saying his hand, and just last week his dinary creative individual... after all sides agreed to hold plunged into mourning on he “was tired”. own fashion line Karl Lager- a prolific creative mind with peaceful elections and to ac- Tuesday by the death of leg- Lagerfeld left many young- feld was still announcing new endless imagination”. cept the results. The harder endary designer Karl Lager- er creators in the dust well design collaborations. His longtime muse, Ines language prompted a warn- feld, the rapier-witted dandy into his 80s, turning out col- Chanel said the reins of the de La Fressange, one of the ing from the chairman of the who ruled over the industry lections season after season $20-billion empire had been world’s first supermodels, told Independent National Elec- for half a century. for Fendi and his own label, as handed to Lagerfeld’s right- said that he “never rested on toral Commission (INEC), Chanel, the iconic French well as Chanel. hand woman, his head of stu- his laurels, never doing the Mahmood Yakubu, and a fashion house he led for near- With his powdered white dio Virginie Viard. same thing twice. call for calm. ly four decades, confirmed pony tail, black sunglasses A man takes a photograph of the logo outside the Karl Lagerfeld store in The designer invited Viard “I saw him draw surround- “Please speak in a his passing at the age of 85, and starched high-collared the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, on Tuesday, in New York City. (AFP) on to the podium with him at ed by 15 people. He was the manner that does not prompting an unprecedented white shirts, Lagerfeld was as the end of two Chanel shows opposite of the great couturier contribute to heating the outpouring of emotion from instantly recognisable as his she was heartbroken, calling had visibly weakened, even last year to acknowledge how who had to suffer to create. polity and the political at- designers and celebrities. celebrity clients. him the “great love of my life”. if his extraordinary creative much he relied on a woman he He did nothing but work yet mosphere,” he said. Speculation about the state Lagerfeld’s friend, super- - Creative stamina -In re- stamina showed little sign of called “my right and left hand” he refused to make it look like of health of the man they called model Linda Evangelista, said cent years the prolific German flagging on the catwalk for the to transform his sketches into work,” she added. 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DOW25,894.72 QE 9,982.25 SENSEX 35,352.61 GOLD 1,343.00 At 9-year low, WTO indicator warns +11.47 PTS -52 PTS -145.83 PTS +1.58% of global trade slowdown PAGE 14 PRICE PERCENTAGE PRICE PERCENTAGE 15.97 BRENT 66.17 -0.50% WTI 55.94 +0.63% SILVER +1.41% QATAR-GERMANY TRADE MEETING IN BERLIN Qatar leads MENA IPO value in 2018 with Qamco listing the report said. one IPO each worth $9.5 Qamco raised In a statement in the re- million and $7.6 million re- $745.6 million, port, EY MENA Transactions spectively. Leader Phil Gandier said, The Algiers Stock Ex- the highest valued “The successful subscrip- change witnessed the first IPO of 2018: EY tion of Qamco reflects the SME to introduce its capital strength of Qatar’s economy, on the stock market, with the and the government’s man- IPO of AOM Invest Spa rais- SATYENDRA PATHAK date towards supporting ing $9.5 million during the DOHA capital markets and privati- fourth quarter of 2018. sation as it pursues diversifi- “While the capital mar- QATAR led Middle East and cation of the economy.” kets in the MENA region are North Africa (MENA) region moving at a cautious pace, we in raising funds through ini- saw a healthy diversification tial public offering (IPO) in The QSE performed well in in sectors when compared Minister of Commerce and Industry HE Ali bin Ahmed al Kuwari headed the Qatari delegation at the sixth session of the German-Qatari Joint 2018, Ernst & Young (EY) 2018 with prospects of to the dominance of REITs Commission on Trade, Economic, Commercial and Technical Cooperation, in Berlin on Tuesday. said in a report released on inflows from investors seen in the previous quarter Tuesday. tracking emerging-market of the year. Despite current According to the latest EY indexes after the relaxa- macroeconomic conditions, MENA IPO Eye report, Qatar tion on foreign ownership the MENA region witnessed witnessed the highest valued 26 IPOs in the year, which is IPO in 2018 in the MENA re- curbs,” the report said extremely encouraging,” the Oil hits 2019 highs but demand worries weigh gion with the listing of Qatar report quoted EY MENA IPO Aluminum Manufacturing The MENA region saw 26 Leader Gregory Hughes as REUTERS “I think the market is look- new positions before the out- prices, the group of OPEC and Company (Qamco) on the IPOs raise $2.94 billion in saying. NEW YORK ing for an excuse to follow come of the talks. allies like Russia, known as Qatar Stock Exchange rais- 2018. Compared to 2017, the Globally, the report said, through on the breakout, but In a warning sign about the OPEC+, began a new supply ing $745.6 million in the report said, IPO activity saw IPO activity continued to OIL steadied on Tuesday after there are still a lot of questions economic outlook, Europe’s cut of 1.2 million bpd on Jan. fourth quarter of the year. a decrease year-on-year with slowdown in the fourth quar- hitting 2019 highs as concerns surrounding the U.S.-China biggest bank HSBC warned it 1. The cuts have helped crude Owing to the positive volume declining by 23.5 ter of 2018 with 326 IPOs about global crude oil demand, trade deal” and the global may delay some investments to rise more than 20 percent response generated by the percent and value declining raising $53.7 billion, mark- coupled with uncertainty over economy, said Phil Flynn, an this year as it missed 2018 this year. IPO that was 2.5 times over- by 24.6 percent. ing a decrease of 34 percent the latest round of US-China analyst at Price Futures Group profit forecasts due to slowing In keeping with that aim, subscribed, the report said, North African markets and 10 percent respectively, trade talks, countered investor in Chicago. growth in China and Britain. Russian President Vladimir FTSE Russell announced the like Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, compared to the same quar- optimism around tightening A fresh round of talks The Organisation of the Putin and King Salman bin entry of Qamco to the FTSE and Tunisia recorded eight ter in the previous year. supplies. aimed at resolving the trade Petroleum Exporting Coun- Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Index within the first week of deals for a total value of “This can be attributed Brent crude slipped 32 dispute between the United tries last week lowered its Arabia, OPEC’s de facto lead- trading. $381.6 million in 2018. to current market volatility, cents to $66.18 a barrel, after States and China were sched- forecast for growth in world er, said they supported contin- “The Qatar Stock Ex- Egypt recorded the high- oil prices and ongoing global earlier hitting $66.65, close uled to start on Tuesday in oil demand in 2019 to 1.24 ued coordination on the global change performed well in est number of deals with trade issues which have de- to its 2019 high of $66.83 Washington, with higher-level million barrels per day and energy markets, the Kremlin 2018 with prospects of in- four IPOs in the year worth layed processes and left a reached on Monday. US crude discussions planned for later some analysts believe it could said on Tuesday. flows from investors track- $276.5 million, followed lot of uncertainty regarding was up 41 cents to $56.00 a in the week. be weaker still. The statement eased some ing emerging-market in- by Morocco with two IPOs the execution of IPOs in the barrel, maintaining its high Traders said they were To stop a build-up of in- doubts that Russia would stick dexes after the relaxation on worth $88 million, while Al- current environment,” the for the year. cautious about taking large ventories that could weigh on to the pact, investors said. foreign ownership curbs,” geria and Tunisia recorded report said.

Quick read Walmart Q4 profits Qatar industrial production index edges up in December 2018 jump 70% to $3.7 bn on higher US sales QNA to data published by Planning tor decreased by 0.3 percent month (November 2018), due Meanwhile, an increase in witnessed a decrease of 20.7 DOHA and Statistics Authority (PSA) compared to the previous to decrease in production in production was recorded in percent in December 2018 WALMART reported a jump in on Tuesday. month (November of 2018), five groups namely: “manu- two groups namely: “manu- compared to the previous fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday QATAR’S industrial produc- The IPI consists of three due to decrease in the quanti- facture of beverages” by 3.6 facture of rubber and plas- month (November 2018), and behind higher sales at US stores, tion index (IPI) of Decem- main components: “mining” ties of “crude oil and natural percent, “manufacture of re- tics products” by 0.5 percent, decreased by 3.1 percent on although executives acknowl- ber 2018 amounted to 105.6 with a relative weightage of gas” by 0.3 percent, and “oth- fined petroleum products” and “manufacture of cement annual basis. edged they had yet to solve the points, a decrease by 0.6 per- 83.6 percent, “manufactur- er mining and quarrying” by (3.1 percent), “manufacture & other non-metallic min- The “water” sector noticed profitability riddle of its fast- cent compared to the previ- ing” (15.2 percent), and “elec- 1.1 percent. of food products” (2 percent), eral products” by 0.4 percent. an increase of 0.8 percent in growing e-commerce business. ous month (November 2018), tricity and water” (0.7 percent A decrease of 1.5 percent “manufacture of basic metals” No changes were noticed in December 2018 compared The world’s biggest retailer, which and an increase by 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent respectively). was recorded in ‘manufactur- (1.4 percent), “manufacture of “printing and reproduction of with the previous month, and has been investing aggressively compared to the correspond- An analysis of the month- ing’ sector in December 2018 chemicals and chemical prod- recorded media”. increased by 6.6 percent com- to adapt its US stores to the digi- ing month of 2017, according ly IPI shows ‘mining’ sec- compared to the previous ucts” (1.2 percent). The “electricity” group pared to December 2017. tal era by adding more in-store pickup and delivery of smart- phone orders, reported profits of $3.7 billion in the quarter ending January 31, up nearly 70 percent from the year-ago period. Rev- enues increased 1.9 percent to CEOs in Qatar positive about growth outlook: OBG $138.8 billion. Higher compara- ble sales at Walmart’s namesake US stores -- the source of two- OBG surveyed 100 C-suite executives thirds of revenues -- offset sales Key findings declines in Walmart International from across Qatar’s industries and Sam’s Club. (AFP) O The survey found around TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 84 percent of respondents DOHA the International Monetary saying that they felt Dubai home prices Fund’s (IMFs) forecast of 3.1 positive or very positive to fall further in DESPITE facing fluctuat- percent, while almost one- about local business 2019, says S&P ing commodity prices and fifth (18 percent) gave an es- conditions in the near term a regional blockade for timation of between 3 percent DUBAI residential property 18-months, majority of chief and 4 percent. O 56 percent of executives prices will fall another 5-10 executive officers (CEOs) in When asked whether Qa- surveyed said they percent this year due to a con- Qatar are positive about the tar’s efforts to enhance its believed the sector in tinued gap between supply and economic outlook in the com- business climate are deliver- which they operate is demand, before steadying in ing months, according to a re- ing results, 56 percent of exec- 2020, S&P Global Ratings said cent Oxford Business Group utives surveyed said they be- ready to implement on Tuesday. The Dubai govern- (OBG) survey. lieved the sector in which they value-added tax (VAT) ment’s finances rely in large The OBG’s 2019 edition of operate is ready to implement ahead of its introduction part on real estate-related the Business Barometer: Qa- value-added tax (VAT) ahead income so they could suffer if tar CEO Survey on economy, of its introduction, reflecting had minimised disruptions to the downturn is exacerbated, asked 100 C-suite executives the IMF’s observations in No- imports by successfully seek- S&P said in a report. “We con- from across Qatar’s indus- vember when its delegation ing out new trading partners tinue to have a very grim view tries, a wide-ranging series praised the country’s prudent Just over half (51 percent) of those interviewed told OBG that they expected full-year economic growth had been crucial to boosting of the market,” Sapna Jagtiani, of questions on a face-to-face fiscal policy, healthy financial to reach between 2 to 3 percent in 2019 sentiment and securing con- associate director at the rating basis aimed at gauging busi- system and accelerated struc- tinued growth. . agency, told reporters. “Main ness sentiment. tural reforms that were taking viewed, 25 percent cited en- weigh on Qatar’s economy in “While one might under- “Moving into 2019, the culprit is supply,” Jagtiani said, The survey found around place. gineering skills as those most the short to medium term, be- standably suspect a case of country’s second National adding that other factors were 84 percent of respondents With a raft of infrastruc- in need, closely followed by yond movements in commod- over-bullishness here on the Development Strategy 2018- the volatility of oil prices and saying that they felt positive ture projects under way and management, which was cho- ity prices. part of Qatari companies, 22, launched in March 2018, rising interest rates. S&P said or very positive about local more in the pipeline as Qa- sen by 24 percent of respond- Commenting in his blog, digging down into the figures will come increasingly to the the residential property market business conditions in the tar’s preparations for the ents, well ahead of computer Billy FitzHerbert, OBG’s Re- reveals that the sentiment is fore,” he added. was unlikely to see a meaning- near term. 2022 FIFA World Cup gain tech, and research and devel- gional Editor for the Middle shared by both locals and for- “One key strategy area ful recovery in 2021. Prices Just over half (51 per- pace, there were also indica- opment, which placed third East, said the general consen- eigners alike: just under half is foreign direct investment, have fallen 25 percent to 33 cent) of those interviewed tions of the key skills that and fourth respectively. sus among business leaders (43 percent) of the CEOs we with the government recog- percent in nominal terms since told OBG that they expected business leaders believe are Unsurprisingly, respond- interviewed was that Qatar surveyed were heads of non- nising the importance of pri- 2014, the report said, citing full-year economic growth to in high demand locally, the ents cited regional political had not only weathered the local companies,” he noted. vate sector participation in property consultancy Asteco. reach between 2 percent and report noted. volatility as the top external storm of the embargo, but FitzHerbert said the speed the development of economic (REUTERS) 3 percent in 2019, just below From the executives inter- event they felt was likely to had come out fighting. with which the authorities infrastructure.” Economy & Business Wednesday, February 20, 2019 13 Commercial Bank E-connected Arab market extends support to ‘Tawteen’ initiative moves a step closer to reality TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ready an active contributor DOHA to the success of entrepre- neurs by providing tailored QC chairman leads COMMERCIAL Bank has support and advice to SMEs extended its support to under the ‘Al Dhameen’ Qatari delegation at Qatar Petroleum’s (QP) programme, the Bank’s ‘Tawteen’, a localisation partnership with Qatar De- Council of the Union programme for services and velopment Bank. Commer- industries in the energy sec- cial Bank facilitates the cre- of Arab Chambers tor. ation and growth of SMEs This major initiative is in key sectors of the Qatari held in Muscat aimed at developing and economy by offering busi- enhancing the localisation ness, financial and technol- process of the energy sec- ogy solutions to effectively TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tor’s supply chain and to ex- position new businesses in DOHA pand the small and medium the local competitive mar- enterprise (SME) landscape ket. EFFORTS to electronically link in Qatar. Joseph Abraham, all chambers of commerce in Commercial Bank is Group CEO, said: “Com- the Arab world got a shot in the happy to work on this im- mercial Bank supports arm at the 129th session of the portant national initia- the fundamental role that Council of the Union of Arab tive by QP to engage with SMEs play in developing Chambers held in Muscat on companies at the two-day the private sector as part of Monday. launch event held on the our commitment to the Qa- Qatar Chamber Chairman February 18-19, 2019 and tari economy. The creation Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin support SMEs in the stra- of the Tawteen initiative by Mohammed al Thani headed tegic oil and gas services QP is a realisation of the di- the Qatari delegation in the industry. rectives set out by His High- meeting, which was attended During the event, official ness the Amir which out- by Oman’s Minister of Com- bodies, entities, energy sec- lines the nation’s strategy merce and Industry HE Ali bin tor companies, and a wide towards economic diversi- Masoud al Sunaidy, Chairman range of service providers fication and self-sufficiency, of Oman Chamber of Com- will also be in attendance and we are committed to merce and Industry Qais bin as the nation works towards contribute towards this key Mohamed al Yousef as well achieving a resilient supply national initiative by pro- several chairpersons of Arab chain within the energy sec- viding Qatari SMEs with a chambers. tor. specialised banking plat- The QC delegation in- The Tawteen initia- form to meet their specific cluded board member Mo- tive aims to create valuable business needs.” hamed bin Ahmed al Obaidli Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed al Thani and board member Mohamed bin Ahmed al Obaidli at the 129th business prospects in Qatar Amit Sah, EGM, Con- and Chairman’s Advisory Al session of the Council of the Union of Arab Chambers held in Muscat on Monday. for local and international sumer Banking, said: “Be- Sayyed Ragab. entrepreneurs, contribute ing able to offer our innova- In the meeting, they dis- joint Arab-foreign chambers, percent of the total Arab trade Qais bin Mohamed al Yousef noting that the private sector to the sector’s supply chain tive and advanced banking cussed the Union’s 2018 fi- Arab-Russian Business Coun- volume. said the meeting’s attendees plays a key role in this program. and provide superior em- services to help the nation nancial report, final budget, cil and Arabia Expo scheduled Sheikh Khalifa said Qatar were keen to introduce rec- On the sidelines of the ployment opportunities. prosper is just one of the audit report as well as the in April in Moscow. supports all efforts to develop ommendations that help in meetings, heads of Arab del- Commercial Bank will play reasons why Commercial draft budget of 2019 and the Sheikh Khalifa said the joint Arab action, noting that enhancing the Arab economic egations met with Oman a crucial role in this, with Bank is the bank of choice appointment of an auditor for Union reviewed outcomes of Qatar Chamber is seeking to and investment integration Deputy Prime Minister for the Bank’s Relationship for many. Our excellent 2019. the meeting held in Kuwait cooperate with Arab chambers and developing intra-Arab International Relations, Af- Managers being effectively Relationships Managers at It also reviewed events and in January on the “Electronic to enhance trade cooperation trade. fairs and Cooperation, and trained to offer entrepre- the Bank are able to assist activities of the Union during Arab Market”. among member countries in The Omani Minister of His Majesty’s Special Repre- neurs all they need to suc- SMEs with all the necessary the current year, including He noted that the joint the aim of increasing trade Commerce and Industry Ali sentative HH Asaad bin Tarek ceed, from working capital elements required to help Transport and Logistics Con- electronic Arab market aims exchange, achieving the inte- bin Masoud al Sunaidy said al Said. The meeting reviewed and cash flow management, grow and maintain their ference in Arab World, seventh to link all Arab chambers elec- gration among Arab chambers that the Sultanate has adopted means of enhancing trade and to financial management business and, to drive self- Investment in Arab Food Secu- tronically. and developing Arab economy “Tanfeez” public-private part- investment relations among and technological solutions. reliance within the energy rity Conference, Arab Cham- He said this project would in general. nership program which aims Arab countries andstrength- Commercial Bank is al- sector in Qatar.” bers’ Executives Seminar, joint help develop intra-Arab trade, Chairman of Oman Cham- to develop industry, tourism, ening economic ties and pri- chambers meetings, affairs of which estimated at only 13 ber of Commerce and Industry mining, fisheries and logistics, vate sector.

UNIQUE DRIVING EXPERIENCE Students of Oman’s University AAB Lexus hosts first female track of Buraimi visit QIIB in Doha TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK its establishment more than experience of new graduates DOHA 25 years ago and its different were discussed threadbare. development stages through At the end of the visit, the day in Lusail International Circuit QATAR International Islamic which the bank has become graduates and their accom- Bank (QIIB) recently wel- one of the most important des- panying professors thanked TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK evolution of Lexus as a life- comed a group of graduates tinations for Islamic banking QIIB for giving them the im- DOHA style brand that will surprise from the Oman’s University in Qatar and the region. portant opportunity to learn and delight customers. The of Buraimi as part of a tour of “The integral services of- more about its valuable expe- AAB conducted the first La- car symbolizes the beginning Qatar, which also included a fered by the bank to the dif- rience in Islamic banking. dies event in Lusail Interna- of a new phase for Lexus, number of universities and in- ferent categories of customers, They stated that the way tional Circuit in collaboration which is all about creating stitutions in the country. and its contribution to the Qa- they were welcomed at the with Grazia magazine and greater synergy between QIIB Deputy CEO Jamal tari economy by funding pro- bank and in other institutions other existing and potential engineering and design. The Abdullah al Jamal, along with jects help in contributing to they visited in Qatar, reflected Lexus owners. Guests were LC makes the strongest state- Head of HR and Public Ser- the nation’s development and the nobility and high ethics chauffeur driven from the ment yet about the brand’s vices Department Ali Hamad self-sufficiency. This is now an of the Qatari population and W Hotel in West Bay using future direction, and is the re- al Musaifri and Head of Busi- important objective, which we their love and affection for six vehicles that included the sult of painstaking craftsman- ness Development Omar Ab- are all seeking in light of the their brothers in the Sultanate Lexus LS, ES & GS hybrid ship, attention to detail and dul Aziz al Meer met with the attempts being made by some of Oman. sedans. Upon arrival, the an advanced, future-oriented students. neighbouring countries to im- It also reflected on the female guests that consisted approach to engineering. It’s Jamal welcomed the pact our prosperity and the country’s ambition to keep of influencers, social media RC-F engine 471 HP a car that offers a pleasur- Omani graduates, stressing welfare of our people,” he said. developing all aspects of na- bloggers and trend setters Attendees were amazed able driving experience which the importance of the deep- As part of the Buraimi tion building activities, and were welcomed by the acting with how far Lexus has ES Hybrid enhances the user’s lifestyle. rooted fraternal relationships graduates visit, an interactive cooperating with the different CEO RK Murugan on behalf come in the luxury sports An electrified hybrid between the Qatari and the session with QIIB executives institutions in both countries, of Abdullah Abdulghani and segment. The Lexus RC F powertrain was developed GS F Sport Omani people, and the role of was held. At this interactive including those in the private Bros Co, who wished them coupe has been designed for for the all-new ES. This third The GS conveys an en- different institutions, such as session, several matters re- sector. happy driving. optimum high-speed stabil- powertrain option combines hanced sense of confidence to banks, universities and other lated to bank jobs, linking The potential for growth Firas Mufti, Senior Mar- ity to support outstanding two power sources consisting the driver, with a redesigned centres of higher learning, in universities to the job market, and cooperation is unlimited keting Manager, Lexus, also performance. With its superb of a petrol engine and two chassis and a wide, strong deepening that relationship. educational and professional with the great support of the briefed the attendees about styling, unprecedented power electric motors, producing 176 stance that rewards driver The Deputy CEO present- experience and the relevant leaders of both the fraternal the objective behind the drive. and handling capabilities, the hp and 22.5 kg-m of torque participation with crisp and ed an overview of QIIB since role in enriching the practical countries. “Our aim today is to RC F coupe opens up a new and 118 hp and 20.6 kg-m of precise handling. The stylish provide our female guests a era of Lexus with a car which torque, respectively, deliver- premium sporty Lexus GS350 unique and amazing driving is distinguished by the purity ing acombined system output is powerfully packed with V6 experience where they will of its design which connects of 215 hp. This powertrain is 3.5l engine to generate 312 push our vehicles to their on visual and visceral levels. also mated to a new hybrid horsepower and 38.3 kg-m limits.” The RC F is the world’s first transaxle that provides the torque. Relish the overwhelm- Four models were avail- front-engine, rear-wheel- lowest fuel consumption value ing driving experience from able to be tested on the track drive car to make use of a of 22.4km/L, and highest the 6 speed tiptronic trans- including RCF, LC Hybrid, ES Torque Vectoring Differential driving performance of this mission with 4 drive modes Hybrid and GS 350. A co- (TVD) for guaranteed levels class. The hybrid transaxle - eco, normal, sport, and driver was available in each of extraordinary handling offers differential limit torque sport+. car to guide the female drivers and performance. Power is under certain conditions such Lexus paved its way in Qa- on the safety measures of the transferred through a newly as light loads or low rotational tar in 1991 through its relation track and the technological at- calibrated eight-speed trans- speed differences, to help with AAB the sole distributer tributes of the vehicle. In the mission. It has wider wheels realize excellent straight-line for Lexus vehicles in Qatar. welcome area, the Lexus UX and tires, an active rear wing, stability against external dis- The customer is always made was displayed highlighting its air scoops, cooling ducts and turbances as well as steering first when it comes to Lexus Cuba eyes Qatar, Algeria for oil functional benefits and aero- carbon fiber components all of stability. which until today remains the dynamic design. The Lexus which integrate to deliver the most trusted brand for Qa- UX was designed by a woman best from Lexus in terms of LC Hybrid taris due to the great service with top ally Venezuela in crisis for women. ‘functional beauty’. The RCF The Lexus LC is a flagship AAB provides in all levels of has a 5.0-liter 32-valve V8 coupe which represents the the business. AFP ister of Interior HE Abdul- highest levels of the Venezue- HAVANA lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al lan army. Thani, as well as with finance With Venezuela’s Presi- WITH top ally Venezuela and other authorities. dent Nicolas Maduro facing in crisis, Cuba is moving to Cuba is socialist Venezue- a serious crisis, “there is real cover its oil needs elsewhere, la’s closest international ally. concern (in Cuba) about the seeking possible alternative Since the 2000s, Venezue- loss of earnings,” a diplomat supplies in Qatar and Algeria, la has provided oil and eco- recently told AFP after meet- officials said Monday. nomic support to the Ameri- ing with Cuban Foreign Min- Foreign Trade Minister cas’ only Communist regime, ister Bruno Rodriguez. Rodrigo Malmierca was in while Havana has sent Ca- The loss of Venezuelan oil Qatar on Sunday, and headed racas thousands of doctors, would weaken a Cuban econo- to Algeria Monday, the for- sports coaches and military my that is already performing eign ministry said. advisers. poorly, with annual growth of In Doha, Malmierca met Many experts say there only about one percent and with Prime Minister and Min- are Cuban advisers in the shortages of food. 14 Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Economy & Business At 9-year low, WTO indicator warns of global trade slowdown

REUTERS low-trend growth in trade. volume in the previous quarter, may have been influenced by a GENEVA “This sustained loss of mo- export orders, international air front-loading of shipments be- mentum highlights the urgency freight, container port through- fore an anticipated hike in US- A quarterly leading indicator of reducing trade tensions, put, car production and sales, China tariffs, the WTO said. of world merchandise trade which together with continued electronic components and ag- International trade ten- slumped to its lowest reading in political risks and financial ricultural raw materials. Call to reduce sions could spike next month nine years on Tuesday, which volatility could foreshadow a “Indices for export orders if the United States and China should put policymakers on broader economic downturn,” (95.3), international air freight trade woes escalate their tariff war, a step guard for a sharper slowdown the WTO said in a statement. (96.8), automobile produc- This sustained loss of that could have negative con- if trade tensions continue, the The WTO forecast last tion and sales (92.5), electronic momentum highlights the sequences for the world trad- World Trade Organization said September that global trade components (88.7) and agricul- ing system, according to the on Tuesday. growth would slow to 3.7 per- tural raw materials (94.3) have urgency of reducing trade United Nations trade agency The WTO’s quarterly out- cent in 2019 from an estimated shown the strongest deviations tensions, which together with UNCTAD. look indicator, a composite of 3.9 percent in 2018, but there from trend, approaching or sur- continued political risks and A new round of US-China seven drivers of trade, showed could be a steeper slowdown or passing previous lows since the financial volatility could talks will take place in Wash- a reading of 96.3, the weakest a rebound depending on policy financial crisis,” the WTO said. foreshadow a broader ington on Tuesday, with follow- since March 2010 and down steps, it said. The index for container economic downturn, the WTO up sessions at a higher level lat- from 98.6 in November. A The quarterly indicator is port throughput remained rela- said in a statement er in the week, the White House Shipping containers from China and other nations are unloaded at the reading below 100 signals be- based on merchandise trade tively buoyant at 100.3, but that said on Monday. Long Beach Port in Los Angeles, California, recently. (AFP) Despite sanctions, HSBC 2018 profit jumps to Iran’s oil exports rise in early 2019 $12.6 bn despite Q4 jitters

REUTERS they have dropped steeply, Profit fell 1 percent LONDON views on flows can differ by to $3.4 bn in as much as several hundred IRAN’S exports of crude oil thousand barrels per day - Oct-Dec, missing were higher than expected enough to affect prices. $4.4 bn forecast in January and are at least The February ship- holding steady this month, ments are up from January’s according to tanker data and 1.1 million bpd, according AFP industry sources, as some to Refinitiv. The industry HONG KONG customers have increased source estimated January purchases due to waivers exports at 1.3 million bpd, HSBC profits climbed in 2018 from U.S. sanctions. close to February’s level. despite a bruising final quar- Shipments are averaging In any case, the Janu- ter as worries over the global 1.25 million barrels per day ary figures are higher than economy and the US-China (bpd) in February, Refini- initial estimates. Some had trade war began to bite, the tiv Eikon data showed and predicted Iranian crude ex- banking giant said Tuesday. a source at a company that ports would stay below 1 The London-headquar- tracks Iranian exports said. million bpd last month, a tered behemoth told inves- They were between 1.1 and similar rate to that in De- tors it was still aiming to meet 1.3 million bpd in January, cember. targets despite the looming higher than first thought. A source at a second twin storms of Brexit and the A high rate of Iranian company that tracks Iranian long-running trade impasse shipments would weigh on exports said shipments in between Washington and Bei- oil prices and work against a the first 10 days of February jing. global push to cut supply in were above 1.1 million bpd But analysts warned it re- 2019 led by the Organization and on a rising trend - high- mained vulnerable to any fall- of the Petroleum Exporting er than the source expected. out from either issue becom- Countries. OPEC member Washington gave waiv- ing a full-blown crisis in 2019. Iran negotiated an exemp- ers to eight buyers - includ- Overall, last year saw tion from the production- ing China, India, Japan and strong growth for HSBC with cutting pact. South Korea, which were all net profit ballooning 30 per- “We think people are purchasing Iranian crude in cent to $12.6 billion. taking more ahead of the February, according to Re- Profit before tax climbed deadline,” said the indus- finitiv. 16 percent to $19.9 billion. try source who tracks Ira- The rise in shipments The results capped the nian exports, referring to the raises the prospect of less first full year at the helm for scheduled end of U.S. sanc- generous waivers, should chief executive officer John tions waivers in May. Washington renew such Flint, who has vowed growth Increased exports from exemptions when those in while keeping a lid on costs. the Islamic Republic might place expire. The US special But the yearly growth prompt renewed US efforts representative for Iran said figures were dampened by a to clamp down on flows. last month there would be tough final quarter when the However, this would run the a much deeper reduction in markets – especially those in risk of driving up oil prices Iranian exports. Hong Kong and China – went as Washington is also seek- Shipments have dropped into meltdown over global ing to curtail exports from steeply from at least 2.5 mil- trade fears. another foe, Venezuela. lion bpd in April 2018, the Adjusted pre tax profit fell Iran’s exports have be- month before US President one percent to $3.4 billion in File photo of HSBC headquarters building in Hong Kong. (AFP) come more opaque since US Donald Trump withdrew the October-December, missing sanctions on the country’s United States from a 2015 the $4.4 billion forecast by grow as much as they were subsidiary in France, has pro- es between China and the US oil sector took effect in No- nuclear deal with Iran and analysts. expecting, so that their cost The bank’s leadership said vided a strong foundation for will likely continue to inform vember. While most agree reimposed sanctions. Analyst Dickie Wong from efficiency is not improved as us to build upon,” the bank sentiment in 2019,” he said. Kingston Securities said the expected,” he said. they were prepared to said Tuesday. Tucker added that pro- bank missed estimates to- HSBC’s share price was weather fallout from any Analysts have said that gress on trade deals between wards the end of the year down 4.2 percent at 635.8 failure of the trade talks while Britain crashing out the EU, Singapore and Japan partly because China and pence in midday deals on and Britain’s impending of the EU with no deal in – as well a large deal among Hong Kong are its “most re- London’s FTSE 100 index, departure from the EU place would hit banks hard, Pacific trading nations – lied (on) market”. which was 0.7 percent lower HSBC is more insulated helped cushion those jitters. “The slowing down of the overall. than many of its British HSBC posted a healthy economy, the trade war be- In a statement attached had increased by $165 mil- competitors partly because doubling of profits in 2017 but tween China and the US also to Tuesday’s earnings, the lion to $410 million because so much of its business is it faced some troubling years remain an uncertainty. That’s bank’s leadership said they of “the increased level of eco- based in Asia. before that. why it missed estimates,” he were prepared to weather nomic uncertainty in the UK”. Chairman Mark Tucker on The bank had to lay off told AFP. fallout from any failure of the HSBC had already an- Tuesday said “the fundamen- tens of thousands of staff as Jackson Wong, of trade talks and Britain’s im- nounced that some operations tals for growth in Asia remain part of a wide-ranging over- Huarong International Secu- pending departure from the were moving from London to strong in spite of a softer re- haul that also saw it sell its rities, said revenues were also EU. Paris because of Britain’s EU gional economic outlook”. Brazil operations in 2015 a little underwhelming. But in its annual report, departure next month. “The system of global and also had to pay out huge Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (REUTERS) “One of the key things I HSBC said its “expected cred- “Our existing footprint in trade remains subject to po- money laundering penalties see is their revenue didn’t it loss” impairment allowance the EU, and in particular our litical pressure, and differenc- earlier in the decade. Sensex marks worst losing India exempts small firms from angel tax streak in nearly 8 years REUTERS second term in national elec- in new ventures. REUTERS/IANS NEW DELHI tions due by May, faces criti- Companies will be barred MUMBAI The NSE Nifty marked its cism for not doing enough for from investing fund they have longest losing streak in INDIA eased taxes for some businesses to create jobs. raised in residential buildings, INDIAN shares erased early nearly 4 years new businesses on Tuesday, Under new rules, ventures shares and securities, jewelry gains to end lower on Tues- bowing to pressure to exempt that have raised up to 250 mil- Exemption or luxury cars, the government day, with the benchmark BSE ments were upbeat owing to them from an “angel tax” on lion rupees and registered with said. Sensex clocking ninth straight the transfer of interim dividend funds they have raised, in an the Department for Promotion Start-ups with an annual turno- New companies are ex- session of falls, its longest los- from the RBI to the govern- attempt to boost investments of Industry and Internal Trade ver of up to one billion rupees empted from income tax for ing streak in nearly eight years. ment and a possibility of easing and jobs. will be completely exempt. ($14 million) will be exempt up to three years, Taparia said, The broader NSE Nifty fell trade tension as a new round of Start-ups with an annual And the investment limit from paying after small adding the new rules could for the eighth straight session trade talks between the US and turnover of up to one bil- for start-ups to get income tax business groups wrote to benefit about 16,000 regis- and closed 0.34 percent lower China are set to begin. lion rupees ($14 million) will exemption has been raised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi tered companies employing at 10,604.35, while the bench- However, other factors be exempt from paying after one billion rupees, from 250 nearly 300,000 employees. mark BSE Sensex ended 0.41 like high crude oil prices in small business groups wrote million rupees, the govern- last month saying thousands Welcoming the govern- percent lower at 35,352.61. the range of $66-67 per barrel, to Prime Minister Narendra ment said in a statement. had received notices in the ment move, Nakul Saxena, of Both the indexes posted their weak rupee and continued ten- Modi last month saying thou- Suresh Prabhu, India’s last few months to pay angel iSpirit, another group of new worst closing levels since De- sions between India and Paki- sands had received notices commerce and industry min- tax of about 30 percent plus a ventures, said it has eased up cember 11. stan capped the gains. in the last few months to pay ister said a business would be penalty on funds raised in the the process for start-ups to The NSE Nifty marked its “Though the amount is angel tax of about 30 percent considered as a start-up for a last seven years claim tax exemption and si- longest losing streak in nearly not huge but it is a breather plus a penalty on funds raised period of up to ten years after panies,” said Sachin Taparia, multaneously expanded the 4 years. for the government keeping in in the last seven years. incorporation and registra- cess of “fair valuation” asking founder of Local Circles, a scope of new ventures able to IT stocks were the biggest mind the fiscal deficit. Markets The government has also tion, raising the period from them to pay angel tax on the network of about 30,000 busi- access tax exemptions. drag, with the sectoral index rejoiced as the RBI dividend raised the limit of investment the previous 7 years. “premium” paid by investors, nesses. “It now remains to be seen finishing 2.1 percent lower. will make way in the markets to 250 million rupees from Business leaders had com- treating it as income. He said new rules will ad- if these measures are imple- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, through welfare spending 100 million rupees on which plained after India’s income This had forced hundreds dress about 90 percent of mented with the same spirit the top drag on the NSE index, which will in turn boost rural tax exemptions would be tax department issued no- to shut and or even flee India. their concerns, and promote as they were formed,” said Na- closed down 3.3 percent. consumption,” Saurabh Jain, available. tices to businesses who had “Today’s announcement investments by non-Indian kul Saxena, of iSpirit, another Initially investor senti- AVP, SMC Global, told IANS. Modi, who is aiming for a received equity infusion in ex- is a big relief for small com- residents and big companies group of new ventures. www.guide.com.qa  Wednesday, February 20, 2019

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Ooredoo extends Silver Sword Race sponsorship for HH the Amir’s Sword Festival PAGE 19 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ATLETICO MADRID VS JUVENTUS Al Rayyan roar past Iran’s Saipa

Qatar’s Lions join Scoreline two-time champs Al Rayyan SC (QAT) 3 (Gelmin Rivas 27’& 90’, Al Ittihad , Wahda Sebastián Soria 89’) and Uzbekistan’s bt Saipa (IRN) 1 (Arman PFC Lokomotiv Ramezani 3’) in main round kick that the Rayyan custodian parried away. IKOLI VICTOR Rayyan continued to have the DOHA better of the possession and their pressure paid off when Tabata’s pass GELMIN Rivas scored twice as found Rivas inside the box, the strik- Qatar’s Al Rayyan advanced into er blazed the ball to the left corner of the 2019 AFC Champions League the post to beat Akbar Monadi. Group Stage defeating Iranian club Just before the break, Tabata Saipa 3-1 in the final play-off round saw his strike hit the bar with the at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium keeper having the slightest of touch in Doha on Tuesday. to push it for a corner kick. The visitors drew the first blood With just under 5 minutes to play, in the third minute when Arman Ghanaian Samuel Sarfo hit the left Ramezani’s shot from the centre of post with a shot from the centre of the the box went past goalkeeper Fahad box to the relief of the home bench. Baker. There was an appeal for a In extra-time, former Qatari in- handball by the Rayyan players but ternational Tabata delivered a long the referee allowed the goal to stand. ball from a set-piece that was neatly The hosts struck back when dispatched by Sebastian Soria’s Venezuelan striker Rivas, on his header to turn the table in favour of continental debut, equalised with a the home team with a minute to go. right footed shot from the left side Just when the visitors were try- of the box to the bottom left of the ing to build up an attack as they goal post in the 27th minute after re- threw men forward, Rayyan struck ceiving a perfect pass from captain again with Rivas doubling his tally Rodrigo Tabata. from South Korean Koh Myong-Jin With the game dragging into Al Rayyan players celebrate their 3-1 win over Iranian club Saipa in the AFC Champions League play-off tie at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Tuesday. fine pass. extra-time, substitute Sebastian So- The victory means Qatar club ria’s header from inside the box gave match performance with his second time. Rivas, who joined Rayyan in QNB Stars League last weekend. a golden opportunity from Lucca Al Rayyan join two-time cham- Rayyan the lead with another Tabata goal of the game with a blistering from Al Hilal, has now scored four It was an even game as both Borges’ shot in the 18th minute. pions Al Ittihad as well as UAE’s assist from a set piece situation. shot from the centre of the box to goals in two appearances for the Li- sides created chances following The visitors too had their own Al Wahda and Uzbekistan’s PFC Rivas capped a man-of-the the high centre of the goal in added ons, after his brace against Al Arabi Saipa’s early goal. Rayyan missed chance from Arash Rezavand’s free Lokomotiv in Group B. Zobahan make a comeback to edge Al Gharafa 3-2 AFC Scoreline DOHA Zobahan FC (IRN) 3 IRAN’S Zobahan completed a re- markable comeback to overcome (Ighodaro Christian Al Gharafa 3-2 in their 2019 AFC Osaguona 47’, Champions League Play-off tie on Amir Arsalan Motahari Tuesday. 63’, Mohammad Nejad The Iranian side had to overturn Mehdi 79’) a two-goal deficit in the second half to progress to the group stage. bt Al Gharafa (QAT) 2 Al Gharafa broke the deadlock (Ahmed al Aaeldin 21’, halfway through the opening period Mehdi Taremi 36’) after midfielder Abdelaziz Hatim chested down a long pass and set up fellow Qatar international Ahmed Action from the AFC Champions more and Osaguona’s headed pass Alaaeldin who fired first time with League play-off between Al Gharafa found its way to Mehdi who drilled his left into the top corner for the and Zobahan in Doha on Tuesday. on the half-volley to round off a fa- hosts’ first of the game. mous victory. Alaaeldin turned from scorer to Hatim then found space inside Zobahan retreated for the final provider in the 36th minute, laying Zobahan’s half and tried his luck 10 minutes and formed a compact off the ball to Mehdi Taremi who from distance but was denied by unit, denying Al Gharafa any clear slid home from the edge of the pen- goalkeeper Mohammad Rashid opportunities. alty box to double the Qatari side’s Mazaheri. The hosts resorted to long-range lead before the break. Aerial balls proved to be Al shots, but in the absence of the in- Whatever it was that coach Al- Gharafa’s downfall as Amir Motaha- jured Wesley Sneijder it was down ireza Mansourian said at the break, ri rose above Lucas Mendes to head to Hatim to try to rescue his side, it worked wonders as Zobahan re- home Zobahan’s equaliser from Mo- but the Qatari international was un- turned from the dressing room a hammad Reza Hosseini’s pinpoint able to replicate his 2019 AFC Asian completely different side. cross in the 63rd minute. Cup heroics which saw him score Within two minutes of the re- The Iranian side completed their two long-range drives. start, the visitors from Iran had miraculous comeback in the 79th Zobahan join Al Wasl from the pulled one back. Nigerian striker minute through Mohammed Nejad UAE, Al Zawraa from Iraq as well as Christian Osaguona powered in a Mehdi. Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr, who defeat- header past the helpless Youssef Al Gharafa’s defence failed to ed Uzbekistan’s AGMK in another Hassan to half the deficit. deal with the aerial challenge once play-off fixture on Tuesday.

PGA approves shorts for practice, pro-am

MIAMI: Players will be allowed to wear Rory McIlroy said of wearing shorts. shorts in PGA Tour practice and pro- “I don’t think there’s anything wrong am rounds under a change in player with professional golfers showing the appearance guidelines unveiled on lower half of their leg.” James Hahn, Monday. The change, effective imme- co-chairman of the PGA Tour Advisory diately, applies only to tournaments Council, informed PGA players of the on six tours operated under the PGA rule change in a video posted on Twit- Tour umbrella. Long pants will remain ter. PGA Tour caddies were first allowed required attire for all official competi- to wear shorts during competition days tion rounds. in 1999. The European Tour began This week’s World Golf Champion- a policy for players wearing shorts in ships Mexico Championship and the practice rounds in 2016.The PGA of US PGA Puerto Rico Open will be the America has allowed players to wear first tournaments offering golfers the shorts for practice rounds at the PGA apparel option. The move follows years Championship the past two years. Ti- of discussions about shorts being ger Woods said he would welcome the worn during non-competition days with chance to wear shorts in an interview positive feedback from players, fans, last year. Woods will have his chance sponsors and tournaments for the to don shorts for the first time in a change. “It makes the guys a lot more practice round at the WGC event in comfortable,” four-time major winner Mexico on Tuesday. (AFP) Sports Wednesday, February 20, 2019 17 Juve must not be afraid, says Allegri ahead of Atletico clash AFP MADRID

MASSIMILIANO Allegri told Juventus not to be afraid of Atletico Madrid but for one of these teams their worst fears in this season’s Cham- pions League are about to become a reality. Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba is congratulated by Crashing out in the last 16 teammates after scoring their second goal during the English FA Cup would be unthinkable for two fifth round match against Chelsea on Monday.(AFP) clubs that were among the fa- vourites when the draw for the knock-out stages was made in Sarri left frustrated December. “Those that have ambition are not afraid,” Allegri said, as Chelsea woes after his side were drawn to play Atletico, with the first leg on Wednesday at the Wanda mount after 2-0 FA Metropolitano. “It’s like a final, we can- not put a foot wrong,” Atletico Cup loss to Man Utd boss Diego Simeone said. Juventus and Atletico AFP is now in danger of being axed Madrid have reached 12 Eu- LONDON by ruthless owner Roman ropean Cup finals between Abramovich, with Thursday’s them, with last season’s game UNDER-FIRE Maurizio Sarri Europa League tie against Mal- in Kiev the first in five years in admitted his Chelsea flops mo and Sunday’s League Cup which neither had featured. played “confused” football final against Manchester City Atletico went on to win the as they crashed out of the FA looming as must-win matches Europa League instead, prov- Cup with a tame 2-0 defeat if Sarri is to save his job. ing themselves too strong for Juventus players attend a training session in Turin on Tuesday ahead of their UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. (EPA-EFE) against Manchester United on “I feel the pressure for Europe’s second-tier compe- Monday. results of course, not about tition, while Juventus were league since 2011. Juventus and Atletico away from rivals Real but do it this month failed to capitalise Sarri was subjected to something else,” he said when dumped out by eventual win- As Lionel Messi said: in the city they both call their on a rare Catalan dip. calls for his sacking from an- asked if he was concerned ners Real Madrid, undone “They already had a good Madrid have reached 12 own. Summer signings are yet gry Chelsea fans during the about being sacked. by a controversial Cristiano team and now they have Cris- European Cup finals “Of course we are inspired to fully fire and there is scepti- troubled team’s fifth defeat in “We have to work, we have Ronaldo penalty in the 98th tiano Ronaldo.” between them, with last by playing a final in our own cism about the January arriv- their last 10 games. to speak, we have to find more minute. Juve’s two decade wait season’s game in Kiev the stadium, in our own city, in al of Alvaro Morata, not just Booed off at the final whis- aggression and determination It was Ronaldo’s 10th -But with anticipation comes first in five years in which front of our own fans,” Sime- because of his links to Real. tle, the beleaguered Blues in both boxes.” goal in seven games against pressure. Juventus are on one said. When results waver, ques- manager felt Chelsea deserved United’s commanding dis- Juventus, having scored course to win an eighth con- neither had featured. “But it is pointless only to tions about Simeone’s style better after the FA Cup hold- play was the perfect way to twice in the first leg and secutive Scudetto but this is imagine it. The reality will be also invariably follow. ers started the fifth round bounce back after last week’s twice in the final in 2017 too. the one trophy they crave. very difficult,” he added. what we deserve,” he added. “It is a style I like, it makes clash on top. disappointing Champions Juve beat Real in the semi- Miss out again and it will Atletico’s own record sign- Simeone extended his con- us win,” Antoine Griezmann But he conceded they League last 16 first leg loss to finals two years earlier but be 23 years since they last ing last summer, Thomas tract as Atleti coach until 2022 told UEFA on Monday. lacked direction and focus in a Paris Saint Germain. even then, Ronaldo managed lifted Europe’s premier prize, Lemar, was not even born last week and while few can Winning a trophy on tepid second half surrender. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was a goal in each leg. this time with its most prolific when Gianluca Vialli hoisted question the remarkable pro- their own patch would be “Tonight we were unlucky delighted with the way his play- There was understanda- player ever among their ranks. the trophy in 1996 for the Ital- gress made during his tenure, even better. because we played a very ers responded to that setback ble relief, as well as joy, when “We have to be wary of ians but expectation weighs there are some that believe a “It’s an extra motiva- good first half and at the end and United’s interim manager the Portuguese switched Atletico,” Allegri said. heavy on them too. ceiling has been reached. tion for us and for the fans. of the half the score was 2-0,” was especially impressed with sides last summer and now, “And we have to find the Atleti have the chance to They are out of the Copa del The road to get there will Sarri said. their work-rate. there is belief. Ronaldo has right moment to score. It’s play a final at home this year, Rey and seven points behind be tough but we’ll give it “We gave them a few oppor- “The performance to- not finished in single figures crucial that we get a goal there, at the Wanda Metropolitano, Barcelona in La Liga, where our all,” World Cup winner tunities. We played confusing night was fantastic, our tactics for goals in the Champions otherwise qualification will be and not only snatch the cup back-to-back defeats earlier Griezmann added. football in the second half. worked. We asked our mid- “After the first half it wasn’t fielders to press higher and get easy to play with that score.” into the box and it worked,” Toothless Chelsea managed Solskjaer said. only two shots on target all “Chelsea are a good team, Clay king Nadal opens tennis night and the limp second half they have their way of playing display suggested the players but Juan Mata did a fantastic are hardly doing everything in job on Jorginho and we were academy in Mexico’s Cancun their power to save Sarri. absolutely perfect defensively. Sarri has publicly criticised We kept a clean sheet. his squad on several occasions “It is a massive result. We AFP in his first season in charge, had criticism after the PSG MEXICO CITY questioning their mentality and game and everyone did what motivation. The former Napoli we asked them tonight.” TENNIS superstar Rafael Na- dal has opened a new academy in Mexico at the Caribbean sea- side resort of Cancun. Quick read The Costa Mujeres center Jugurtha Hamroun poses with club officials after completing his loan is an extension of Nadal’s Squash queen and former world champion move to QNB Stars League side Qatar Sports Club. original academy based on his Nicol David to retire at end of season native Mallorca. “We’ve been coming here KUALA LUMPUR: Eight-time world champion Nicol David has an- Algerian Jugurtha Hamroun for many years and we know nounced she will retire at the end of the 2018-19 squash season, the area,” said the 11-time bringing down the curtain on the Malaysian’s illustrious career. joins Qatar SC on loan French Open champion at a The 35-year-old is the most successful woman squash player of all press conference in Cancun time and spent an unprecedented nine years as world number one on Monday. between 2006-2015. QNA the player’s agent Faisal al The tennis center includes Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal is pictured during the inaugura- David said she had thought long and hard about calling it a day. DOHA Otaibi. eight floodlit clay courts, a tion of the “Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre” at the Palladium Hotel in the “This decision has been thought through for quite some time and Hamroun will wear shirt paddle court, gymnasium and Mexican seaside resort of Cancun on Tuesday. (AFP) I do know that this is my last season,” David said in a statement QATAR SC announced on number 10, and will be a sports clothing and equip- posted late on Monday on the website of the Professional Squash Tuesday that it has officially placed in the Arab player’s ment store. former world number one who only ever appearance in the Association, the sport’s governing body. “My mind and body have signed Algerian player Jug- list on the team’s list, accord- Although the center will claimed the US Open title in team competition champion- battled it out to stay at the very top of my game for such a long urtha Hamroun on loan from ing to the decision of Qatar initially cater to tourists and lo- 1963. He also won three Grand ship decider. time that I feel that I only have this last big push left for the final Al Sadd, until the end of the Football Association. The cals, Nadal said “one of the me- Slam doubles titles and the World number two Nadal season to give it all I have before I enter the next phase of my life.” season. decree stipulates adding a dium- and long-term aims is to Olympic doubles gold medal in is due to play in the Acapulco David, the darling of Malaysian sports fans, has also won five Hamroun signed his con- fifth Arab professional play- contribute to the development 1968 when tennis was a dem- Open next week, an event he British Open titles, two Commonwealth Games gold medals, five tract in the presence of Qatar er on each team’s list except of tennis in Mexico”. onstration event. has won twice before although Asian Games gold medals and three World Games gold medals in a SC Vice President Rashid for the clubs participating in Mexico’s most successful He helped Mexico to the he had to pull out before his first glittering career spanning two decades. (AFP) bin Shaheen al Ateeq and AFC Champions League. ever player was Rafael Osuna, a 1962 Davis Cup final, their match last year due to injury. Djokovic and Biles win Laureus sports people of year awards

AFP triumph – accepted the award MONACO with some members of his backroom staff. NOVAK Djokovic’s stupen- “Being part of the French dous comeback from injury football team offers one the last year which saw him win rare privilege of bringing two Grand Slam titles earned happiness to the French peo- him the Laureus Sportsman of ple,” said Deschamps, who the Year Award on Monday at won the same award with his a lavish ceremony. Euro 2000 winning team- The 31-year-old Serbian mates in 2001. – who added the Australian Deschamps compatriot Open in January to the Wim- Arsene Wenger, credited with bledon and US Open crowns he revolutionising English foot- won in 2018 after coming back ball certainly in the early part from elbow surgery – won the of his over two decades in award for a fourth time beating Laureus World Sportsman of The Year 2019 winner Serbia’s tennis US skier Lindsey Vonn, winner of From (left) Neeta Kumari, Hema Kumari, Konika Kumari and Radha charge of Arsenal, received the the likes of France’s World Cup player Novak Djokovic poses with his award at the Sporting Monte- the Laureus Spirit of Sport Award Kumari pose with their Laureus Award for Good Award for the Indian Lifetime Achievement Award. winner Kylian Mbappe and Carlo complex in Monaco on Monday. (AFP) 2019 poses with her award. (AFP) social project YUWA. (EPA-EFE) The studious 69-year- NBA superstar LeBron James. old Frenchman received his Iconic American gymnast ing legends such as nine-time although now a naturalised challenged you should always Year gong. “When you are anointed award from one of his former Simone Biles won Sportswom- singles Grand Slam champion American citizen, presented look inside.” American golf great Tiger with such talent as he is there Arsenal stars Cesc Fabregas, an of the Year for a second time Monica Seles and Britain’s the award to Djokovic, who ad- Tennis had a golden night Woods was rewarded for his is always a way back.” who said he had been a father on the back of the 21-year-old’s six-time Olympic track cycling mitted it had been a long hard as women’s world number return from years in the wil- Mbappe may have missed figure to him. historic achievement last year gold medalist Chris Hoy. road back mentally as well as one Naomi Osaka -- who like derness due to injury and per- out on the main individual China’s Xia Boyu’s extraor- in adding a fourth all-around “Last year was an incred- physically. Djokovic added the Austral- sonal problems to winning the award but he along with his dinary achievement in climb- world championship to her full ible season for me, returning “Reflecting on it standing ian Open to her breakthrough Tour Championship with the World Cup winning team- ing Everest last May, four dec- to bursting medals cabinet. from injury to win Wimbledon here now it seems like a fair- Grand Slam success the US Comeback of the Year award. mates collected the team of the ades after losing both legs to Djokovic was delighted and the US Open is something ytale story but it tells me one Open -- became the first Jap- “There was a long list of year prize. frostbite in a previous attempt with his award – voted on by I’ll remember forever,” said thing,” he said. anese winner of a Laureus people who wrote him off but Manager Didier Des- to conquer it, won the Sporting the 68 members of the Laureus Djokovic. “In those moments of when award, the 21-year-old taking I was not one of them,” said champs – who also captained Moment of the Year which is Academy which includes sport- Seles, also born in Serbia you are facing adversity and the World Breakthrough of the former NFL star Marcus Allen. France to the 1998 World Cup voted on by the public. 18 Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Sports Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally 2019 Oman’s Zubair pairs up with local navigator Nasser al Kuwari Russian Yorobeyev to drive other South Racing Can-Am TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Russia Northern Forest Rally, the opening DOHA round of the new FIA World Cup for Cross- Country Bajas. THE South Racing Can-Am Team have entered Yorobeyev teams up with fellow country- a pair of Can-Am Maverick T3s for Oman’s man Kirill Shubin in the third of the South Rac- Abdullah al Zubair and Russian driver Fedor ing Can-Am Maverick X3s. The experienced Yorobeyev in this week’s Manateq Qatar Cross- duo finished 15th overall and sixth in T3 in last Country Rally. weekend’s Russian event that used snow-lined The Lusail-based event is the opening round forest tracks in the Republic of Karelia, close to of a revised FIA World Cup for Cross-Country the border with Finland. Rallies that features further long-distance ral- South Racing Can-Am Team’s Scott Abra- lies in Abu Dhabi, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan ham, said: “Abdullah and Fedor are looking and Morocco. The T3 category has become the forward to a cross-country event after coming most popular of the three FIA car racing catego- back from Russia a couple of days ago. Abdul- ries (T1, T2 and T3) on the back of the success lah is running in a full spec 2019 car. This rally of the Side-by-Side (SxS) section at the Dakar is much closer to his home country of Oman. I Rally. think his partnership with (Nasser) Kuwari will Al Zubair and Yorobeyev are running un- be a strong team and they will be looking for a der the AZ Racing Team and Zavidovo Racing good result. Team banners, respectively. The Omani has “Fedor and Kirill are an experienced team. teamed up with the experienced Qatari navi- They have competed a lot in Russia and have gator Nasser al Kuwari on this occasion. The raced for several years in the T3 category. They cousin of Porsche Super Cup racer Al Faisal al raced Russia in their own vehicle and this is the Zubair, he tackled the event in the National cat- first time that they are racing with South Racing Reinaldo Varela heads the T3 category at the Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally. egory last year and claimed silverware before Can-Am. We want to bring both cars to the fin- switching to his exciting new Can-Am project. ish and have a good race.” Last weekend, he and navigator Faisal al The Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally Raisi finished second overall behind Italy’s gets underway with the first of five desert stages Valera eyes T3 glory Michele Cinotto in the T3 category at the Baja of around 102km on February 22. in Manateq QCCR Monster Energy Can-Am Team hope to add to Dakar Rally exploits

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The Monster Energy Can-Am wins during their defence I think we are well prepared DOHA Team heads that field with of that SxS title last month. for a good result at this race.” the Brazilian duo of Reinaldo They have both taken part in After attending a pre-event THE Monster Energy Can-Am Varela and Gustavo Gugelmin the Qatar event before (when press conference at Souq Al- Team will be hoping to follow wheeling out a Can-Am Mav- it was based at Sealine, south Medina on the iconic Pearl- up a superb second and third of Doha) and are fully aware Qatar, Varela and Gugelmin overall at last month’s Dakar “We have done some of the tricky navigation and will get their Manateq Qatar Rally by challenging for out- challenging desert stages that Cross-Country Rally challenge right victory in the T3 category development after Dakar lie in wait on the hidden route underway with the first of five at this week’s Manateq Qatar and have adapted the cars laid on by the QMMF. desert stages of around 102km Cross-Country Rally. to the FIA rules from ASO Scott Abraham of the on February 22. The Lusail-based event is Dakar rules. That has Monster Energy Can-Am They will then tackle four the opening round of a revised entailed the introduction Team, said: “This is the start selective sections across much FIA World Cup for Cross- of a restrictor of 25mm. of the 2019 season for Re- of the desert terrain of Qatar Country Rallies that features This has created its own inaldo and Gustavo. After a on February 23-26 with timed further long-distance rallies strong performance on the sections of 313km, 338km, Abdulah al Zubair of Oman in action in Russia last weekend. in Abu Dhabi, Turkmenistan, technical challenges, but I Dakar, winning several stages, 350km and 270km planned – Kazakhstan and Morocco. The think we are well prepared they are looking to kick off the totalling 1,367km - for the re- T3 category has become the for a good result at this FIA Cross-Country World Cup maining four days before the most popular of the three FIA race,” said Abraham. challenge with a good start in finish on the Pearl-Qatar. car racing categories (T1, T2 Qatar. The switch to a date in and T3) on the back of the suc- “We have done some de- February for the first time, MotoGP riders to make final cess of the Side-by-Side (SxS) erick X3 being run by South velopment after Dakar and as opposed to the customary section at the Dakar Rally. Racing. have adapted the cars to the slot in the calendar at the end The Qatar event is being Varela and Gugelmin fol- FIA rules from ASO Dakar of April, means that outside preparations at Losail organised by the Qatar Motor lowed up a stunning victory rules. That has entailed the temperatures are around 10 and Motorcycle Federation in the SxS section at the Da- introduction of a restrictor of or 15°C cooler with crews set (QMMF) and has attracted a kar Rally in 2018 with third 25mm. This has created its to race in temperatures of cially designed homologation provisional 13 entrants in T3. overall and a pair of stage own technical challenges, but around 22-25°C. The second & final preseason test in unit that judges the legality of Qatar from February 23 the fairing – if it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t race. At Sepang, Da- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the start of the season factories nilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow DOHA aren’t able to make changes Ducati Team) and Jack Miller CSK to play and the very same Suzuki (Alma Pramac Racing) crashed Ooredoo extends Silver AFTER three days of testing at showed in 2017 how a slight on their different aero fairings RCB in IPL Sepang, it’s over to Losail for misstep can wreak havoc on they were trying so they’ll want those last changes before the the season as a whole. to get a little more track time Sword race sponsorship 2019 opener season begins at Losail Inter- There’s no sign of that from under their belts in Qatar be- national Circuit from March 8 the Hamamatsu factory so far fore decisions are made, and to 10. in 2019 though, and Ducati past Ducati, traditionally the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK (class 2) for the thorough- lights Qatar’s heritage and tra- IANS From February 23 to 25, and Honda both also seem masters of aero innovation, we DOHA breds (class 1). This 1,600m ditions as we look forward to NEW DELHI MotoGP makes its first visit of happy after Sepang, the latter saw plenty of different options race will carry a prize money enjoying amazing horseman- the year to the Losail Interna- trying two specs. Yamaha, after up and down pitlane. “There OOREDOO on Tuesday an- of $200,000. ship and memorable races.” LAST year’s winners Chennai tional Circuit in Qatar for the a more difficult couple of sea- are always positives and nega- nounced it is to renew its spon- The third and final day of Nasser bin Sherida al Super Kings (CSK) are to take second and final pre-season sons, also saw plenty of positive tives,” said Viñales of aero, and sorship of the Silver Sword the tournament will the big- Kaabi, QREC Chief Executive on Royal Challengers Banga- test of 2019, two weeks before comments about the engine the Qatar Test is the last chance race at the upcoming HH the gest one. Eight races will be Officer, said: “We are proud to lore (RCB) in Bengaluru in the the lung-opener at the same coming from Maverick Viñales for teams to decide which posi- Amir’s Sword Festival, which run and the sixth one is the have Ooredoo as partners for opener of the Indian Premier venue. (Monster Energy Yamaha Mo- tives outweigh which negatives. is slated to begin on February Silver Sword race sponsored sponsoring the Amir’s Silver League (IPL) 2019 that will be- Track activity for the Qa- toGP) in Malaysia. They’ve had Another man who will fi- 21 at Qatar Racing and Eques- by Ooredoo. The 1,850m race Sword Race which is consid- gin on March 23. tar Test will be from 4pm to one to work with and no direct nally be able to continue his trian Club Racecourse in New is for Arabian horses is car- ered one of the most important The schedule of the 2019 10pm with free entrance to the choice in 2019 per se, but the own adaptation in Qatar is Al Rayyan. rying $250,000 as the prize of all, as it is exclusive for Ara- edition of the IPL will be re- Grandstand for all the spec- Spaniard specifically pointed Jorge Lorenzo. After breaking The Amir’s Sword Festival money, with the winner taking bian horses. Qatar is known leased in parts by the Board tators and all fans have the out improvements in accelera- his scaphoid and being forced is one of the most prominent home $142,500. for its interest in this breed of of Control for Cricket in India chance to enter the Paddock tion. That’s been a key issue for to miss the Sepang Test, the international horse racing Speaking about the excit- horses, and the global festi- (BCCI) in view of the coming during the test just showing the Japanese factory, so that five-time World Champion will events in the region, with the ing event, Yousuf Abdulla al val has attracted well-known Lok Sabha elections. A total of your ticket for the Grand Prix bodes well…but will that re- be able to get back on his new best local and international Kubaisi, COO, Ooredoo, said: trainers and jockeys from 17 matches will be played dur- of Qatar. main true at a different venue? Repsol Honda machine at Lo- horses taking part. “We are committed to sup- around the world. The festival ing the two-week period from After the first outing in Aerodynamics – formerly sail and continue getting up to The premier annual event porting events and activities also contributes to the vision March 23 to April 5 across the Malaysia, teams now have to winglets, now “aero fairings”; speed. will see eight races every day aimed at preserving the herit- of the Racing and Equestrian eight home venues of the re- make their final preparations specificity important – are So as well as the final ad- for three days. The first day’s age and traditions of Qatar, in Club to become a world-class spective franchises. for the year on everything from another key component that justments to the machinery, final race will be dedicated to line with our corporate social equestrian centre. I am confi- All teams will play a mini- aero to engines, and they’ll be teams must make a final deci- he’s sure to be a key talking the Zubarah Arabian Horse responsibility strategy. We are dent that this partnership with mum of four matches with the trying new things as well as sion on during the Qatar Test. point of the Qatar Test come Award (local breed), while proud to sponsor the Silver Ooredoo will create more op- newly-christened Delhi Capitals comparing new data with their This year it’s a simple choice struggle or shine, as will new the second day will see the fi- Sword race at the His High- portunities for cooperation and RCB playing five matches. findings from the very different of two fairings for the year, teammate Marc Marquez after nal race dedicated to the Irish ness the Amir Sword Festival. and joint ventures to serve the venue of Sepang. So what are one of which must be decided surgery on his shoulder. Will The schedule is: Thoroughbred Marketing Cup This prominent event high- Qatari equestrian sport.” March 23 - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal we looking out for? upon before the season begins, their fights back to fitness steal Challengers Bangalore - 8 p.m. Engines, for those with- the other mid-way through, the headlines from Honda’s Match 24 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers out concessions – which now and neither of which can be testing program? And is that Hyderabad - 4 p.m. includes Team Suzuki Ecstar changed once homologated. because – cue the Jaws music March 24 - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals - 8 p.m. after their stellar 2018 – are And this time around, – it’s all going so scarily well Match 25 - Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab - one of the biggest keys. From they also have to fit in a spe- behind the scenes? 8 p.m. March 26 - Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings - 8 p.m. March 27 - Kolkata vs Kings XI Punjab - 8 p.m. March 28 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - 8 p.m. March 29 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals - 8 p.m. March 30 - Kings XI vs Mumbai Indians - 4 p.m. March 30 - Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata - 8 p.m. March 31 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 4 p.m. March 31 - Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - 8 p.m. April 1 - Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals - 8 p.m. April 2 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 8 p.m. April 3 - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai - 8 p.m. April 4 - Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers - 8 p.m. Yousuf Abdulla al Kubaisi, COO, Ooredoo, and Nasser bin Sherida al Kaabi, QREC Chief Executive Officer, April 5 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata MotoGP riders will be back to Qatar for a three-day test from February 23 for fine-tuning their machines with other officials after the sponsorship signing ceremony in Doha on Tuesday. Knight Riders - 8 p.m. before the season-opening race at Losail next month. Nation Wednesday, February 20, 2019 19 Independent judiciary essential Somali president lauds Qatar govt for support for world peace, says Dr Marri QNA DOHA

Attorney General participates in World Jurist Association’s annual conference PRESIDENT of the Federal Republic of Somalia Moham- med Abdullah Farmajo ex- pressed his thanks and grati- tude to the Government and people of Qatar under the leadership of the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, for Qatar’s develop- ment and humanitarian pro- jects in Somalia and assistance to the people and Government of Somalia in various fields. The president appreci- President of Somalia Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo with General ated the great gains made Manager of QFFD Khalifa Jassim al Kuwari. from those projects, especially road projects, because of their positive impact on the Somali economy. This came during a meet- ing between the Somalia presi- On the sidelines of the annual conference of the World Jurist Association, the attorney general met with a number of legal experts and experts dent and General Manager of participating in the conference. Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) Khalifa Jassim al Ku- QNA Arab world contributed to ig- the situation in any society. the principle of international wari, to sign contracts and lay MADRID niting these revolutions. With Therefore, states must imple- peace and security. the foundation stone for two the absence of justice and law, ment these principles so that A number of jurists, judi- road projects in the Somali THE independence of the ju- life becomes unbearable, he the society can live in peace,” cial figures and public pros- capital, Mogadishu, under the diciary and law enforcement pointed out. he said. ecutors from several countries auspices of the president and are key for global peace, At- In this context, the attor- In the absence of justice participated in the round table. under QFFD supervision. torney General and the UN ney general spoke about Qa- and the spread of corruption, The participants focused QFFD General Manager Advocate for the Prevention tar’s pioneering experience the only option today is to on a number of topics, includ- Khalifa Jassim al Kuwari of Corruption HE Dr Ali bin in the separation of powers, have a real independence of ing institutional and objective signed a contract for two road Fetais al Marri has said. including the judiciary. He the judiciary and the appli- aspects in the judicial organi- projects, the Mogadishu-Jow- Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, as try. In his speech at the 26th said the judiciary in Qatar cation of justice to all so that sation and its decisions, the har Road and the Mogadishu- well as number of Somali min- These two important pro- annual conference of the enjoys full independence and people can live in peace before judiciary being subject to hu- Afgooye Road, and a contract isters, officials and parliamen- jects are also part of QFFD’s World Jurist Association in the legislative and executive the situation explodes because man rights laws, the judicial to provide consultancy ser- tarians. interest in development pro- Madrid, he said respecting authorities are separated. of the spread of corruption control of the constitutionality vices with Astad Qatar Project The length of Mogadishu- jects, which are considered as the law and the principles of “The issue of linking and inequality among mem- of laws, and the relations be- Management Company. Jowhar road is 90km, while two long-term development justice, integrity and trans- world peace to judiciary may bers of society, Dr Marri said. tween different jurisdictions. The foundation stone for the length of Mogadishu-Af- projects that ensure stability parency are all key to bringing surprise some, but there are At a round table on de- On the sidelines of the the two projects was laid by gooye is 22km. for the people of the region peace to the world. experiences in the world, in- mocracy and independence of conference, the attorney gen- Prime Minister Hassan Ali The two projects aim to and enhance security and fa- Linking the cause of cluding the revolutions of the justice held on the sidelines eral met with a number of le- Khayre on behalf of the presi- support Somali people by pro- cilitate their lives to meet daily the revolutions of the Arab Arab Spring that began in Tu- of the conference, Dr Marri gal experts and personalities dent of Somalia. viding adequate infrastruc- life requirements, in addition Spring and justice, he said nisia in 2011. This confirms spoke about the importance participating in the confer- The signing ceremony was ture to stimulate the country’s to their contribution in trans- the absence of justice, law that the absence of real justice of the principle of the inde- ence, in the presence of Am- attended by the Ambassador economy, as well as creating porting goods to and from the enforcement and lack of inde- in the Arab world and lack of pendence of the authorities bassador of Qatar to Spain of Qatar to Somalia HE Has- new job opportunities in the port of Mogadishu in order to pendence of the judiciary in independence of the judici- and its role in establishing the HE Mohammed Jaham al san bin Hamza Hashim, and market, which will accelerate strengthen the internal and a number of countries in the ary are enough to explode rule of law and consolidating Kuwari. a delegation from the Public the development of the coun- external economy. Mural to be unveiled at Katara in ‘My Identity’ visual arts exhibition to memory of late Qatari artist today open on Feb 24 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QNA on the evaluation of the outputs DOHA of the residency programme THE Cultural Village Foun- last summer and the extent dation - Katara - will unveil THE Ministry of Education and to which the students benefit on Wednesday a mural titled Higher Education on Tuesday from them in order to provide ‘Challenge’ in the memory of announced the details of the the community with promising late Qatari artist Yousef al Sada exhibition for the creators of artists, Obaidli said the experi- at Building 39. visual arts under the title ‘My ence of student residency pro- The artwork consists of Identity’, which will be held gramme was distinctive as it more than one million mosaic from February 24 to March 7. is simulating the programme art pieces that decorate the Head of the Visual Art Unit of artistic residency for profes- walls at the entrance of Katara. of the Ministry of Education sional and amateur artists. The large-scale artwork was and Higher Education Suad al He added that the sum- made using the mosaic tech- Salem said the exhibition, in its mer vacation days prompted nique to enlarge the original third edition, witnessed a real an increase in the number painting. boom with the participation of of beneficiaries of the pro- Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al 197 schools, an increase of 94 gramme of technical residen- Sulaiti, general manager of schools compared to 2018, not- cy next summer. Katara, said the painting was ing that the exhibition is char- On her part, Salem ex- selected for its lovely pattern The artwork titled ‘Challenge’ consists of more than one million mosaic art pieces that decorate the walls at the entrance of Katara. acterised by its distinctive dis- plained that the ministry seeks that goes well with Katara’s plays of creativity of students to provide the society with theme and because Katara very unique and valuable and face of a sailor with a brunette memorate a noted Qatari artist He added that Sada had and teachers. promising artists and strives to always supports local artists. should be commemorated,” face that glows with the reflec- who left us at a young age, but a vision and a great taste in Salem pointed out that the enhance the creativity and in- “Although the late artist had Sulaiti noted. tion of the blazing sunlight. whose legacy will remain for- art which motivated Katara to exhibits reflect the extent to novation among the students. very few artworks, they were The painting features the “This artwork is to com- ever,” Sulaiti said. adopt his artworks. which the students adhere to She stressed that the teach- their original Arab customs, ing of visual arts is an essential traditions and heritage, calling foundation for the develop- on intellectuals and educators ment and training of students’ to visit the exhibition in order thinking on creativity. to see the poetry and the rising Salem added that technical Katara photo expo sheds light on life in Arctic talent that interact with the is- exhibitions should play an ac- sues of its society. tive role in activating creativ- On his part, Fire Station’s ity and artistic production, and Director Khalifa al Obaidli said advancing the progress of its the partnership with the Min- ideas, innovations and diverse istry of Education and Higher experiences, to affirm the edu- Education has resulted in a dis- cational values to build a prom- tinguished exhibition, which ising generation with Arab and has been developing every year, Islamic identity. and will be seen by the public. In the first edition of the Obaidli revealed that sum- exhibition of visual artists in mer scholarships for outstand- 2017, 70 public schools and ing students in the field of vis- nine private and internation- ual arts will be increased to 15 al schools participated. In scholarships in July and Au- 2018, 84 public schools and gust to provide students with 19 private and international the opportunity to acquire schools took part. The third new skills that enrich their edition will see the partici- personality and enhance their pation of 197 public schools, artistic talents. including 24 private and in- In response to a question ternational schools.

Organised by the Youth Hobby Centre, the opening of the gallery was attended by Saif al Dosary, HR manager at Katara along with photographers and enthusiasts. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Shura panel discusses THE Cultural Village Founda- food security aspects tion - Katara - opened a photo gallery called ‘Below Zero’ in THE Economic and Financial tary for Agriculture and Fish- Building 18 on Monday. The Affairs Committee of the Ad- eries Affairs at the Ministry of gallery depicts the journey of visory (Shura) Council held a Municipality and Environment professional Qatari photogra- meeting on Tuesday, chaired Sheikh Dr Falih bin Nasser al pher Ali Saifaldine in the Arc- by its Rapporteur HE Ali bin Thani, Chief Executive Officer tic region. Abdul Latifal Misnad al Mu- of Hassad Food Company Mo- Organised by the Youth ceremony, head of photogra- and have a long trip full of ad- searching for the best shots. profession, Saifaldine devel- hanadi. hamed bin Badr al Sada and Hobby Centre (YHC), the open- phy section at the YHC Ab- ventures. Saifaldine started his trip oped photography as a hobby At the meeting, the com- secretary of the committee ing of the gallery was attended delaziz al Kubaisi said each The unique collection of from Doha, crossed Norway during his stay in Australia mittee held a general discus- Masoud Jarallah al Marri. by Saif al Dosary, HR manager photograph in the gallery has a 45 photographs displayed in to reach Svalbard Island from where he was studying more sion on food security in the The committee decided at Katara along with photogra- story behind it, and Saifaldine the gallery were all taken by where he boarded a ship to go than 15 years ago. Later, he presence of members of the to submit its recommen- phers and enthusiasts. is the first Qatari photogra- Saifaldine at the North Pole to the North Pole. decided to have a career in Food Security Committee, dations on the topic to the Speaking at the opening pher to reach the Arctic region where he spent around 10 days A mechanical engineer by photography. namely, Assistant Undersecre- Shura. (QNA) 20 Wednesday, February 20, 2019