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Page 15 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets baseball Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 / MUHARRAM 25, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17779 16 PAGES 150 FILS Airlines bid for flights to Egypt, India Focus on airport expansion 101 new cases KUWAIT CITY, Sept Projects: Cabinet holds extraordinary meeting 1: The Directorate General of Civil Avia- KUWAIT CITY, Sept 1, (KUNA): tions and IT Dr. Rana Al-Fares re- plans, the Cabinet discussed a pub- aiming to improve the country’s tion (DGCA) recently Kuwait’s Cabinet on Wednesday dis- garding the project. lic services committee suggestion community gardens, which are most- received the revised op- cussed progress related to ongoing The ministers discussed the devel- to provide such facilities across the ly located in residential areas. state projects, including the country’s opment’s stages, up until June 2021, country’s six governorates. Within the framework of the gov- erating requests from massive new airport terminal. alongside challenges and obstacles it It tasked Kuwait’s Public Authori- ernment’s great interest in studying the national airlines This came after ministers, led by faces. ty for Youth to follow up on the prog- recreational projects in a way that — Kuwait Airways His Highness the Prime Minister The efforts of ministries and the ress of these planned endeavors, with leads to meeting the needs of compre- Corporation (KAC) Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- civil aviation authority on the matter the aim of building entertainment hensive development, the Council of Sabah, toured the construction site of were commended for the significant centers that cater to family needs. Ministers discussed the recommenda- and Jazeera Airways Kuwait International Airport’s new progress witnessed in regards to the On other development projects tion of the Public Services Committee — in preparation for Terminal 2 building. project. in the works, the Cabinet asked the regarding the initiative of recreational the start of operating PM Diwan’s photo The visit was followed by a brief- As part of plans to prioritize rec- country’s agriculture and fisheries centers in the six governorates, which HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah commercial flights to Al Khaled chairs Wednesday’s extra- ing by the Minister of Public Works reational projects given their signifi- body, in conjunction with other state comes within the projects included in and State Minister for Communica- cance towards overall development institutions, to invest in a scheme the medium-term plan. Egypt, India and some ordinary Cabinet meeting. Asian countries, which the Cabinet recently Third of country in emergency approved, reports Al- Anba daily quoting sources. Taliban face hunger crisis Sources disclosed KAC submitted a request to operate KABUL, Sept 1, (AP): Food could run out this month in Afghanistan, flights to the Arab Republic of a senior U.N. official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger Egypt as follows: two flights crisis to the challenges facing the country’s new Taliban rulers as they per day to Cairo International endeavor to restore stability after decades of war. Airport and three flights per About one third of the country’s population of 38 million is facing week to Burj Al Arab Airport “emergency” or “crisis” levels of food insecurity, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the local U.N. humanitarian coordinator. With winter com- in Alexandria; in addition to ing and a severe drought ongoing, more money is needed to feed the India, Bangladesh, Pakistan population, he said. and Sri Lanka. The U.N.’s World Food Program has brought in food and distributed Sources added Jazeera Air- it to tens of thousands of people in recent weeks. But of the $1.3 billion ways submitted a request to op- needed for aid efforts, only 39% has been received, he said. erate fl ights to Cairo Airport with “The lean winter season is fast approaching, and without additional two fl ights per day, one fl ight per funding, food stocks will run out at the end of September,” Alakbarov day to India and one fl ight per said. week to Sri Lanka. The Taliban, who seized control of the country ahead of the withdraw- Sources clarifi ed no national al of American forces this week, now must govern a nation that relies airline has applied to operate heavily on international aid and is in the midst of a worsening economic fl ights to Nepal so far; indicating crisis. In addition to the concerns about food supplies, civil servants the Air Transport Department haven’t been paid in months and the local currency is losing value. Most in the DGCA will soon contact of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves are held abroad and currently frozen. the civil aviation authorities in Mohammad Sharif, a shopkeeper in the capital of Kabul, said that Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Pa- shops and markets there have supplies, but a major concern is rising kistan and Sri Lanka regarding food prices. the resumption of commercial “If the situation continues like this and there is no government to fl ights. control the prices, that will cause so many problems for local people,” Accordingly, DGCA will re- he said. ceive operating requests from the In the wake of the U.S. pullout, many Afghans are anxiously wait- national airlines in these coun- ing to see how the Taliban will rule. When they were last in power, tries; then the green light will be before being driven out by the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, they imposed given to resume fl ights, sources draconian restrictions, refusing to allow girls to go to school, largely KUNA photo revealed. confining women to their homes and banning television, music and Entertainment activities for children in Kuwait resumed on Wednesday after a year and a half of closure due to the COVID-19 Sources went on to say: “We even photography. pandemic. Concerned authorities imposed health requirements and precautionary measures to combat COVID-19, which con- expect the whole process to take sisted of developing a safe plan to organize the entry for rides and social distancing to ensure the safety of children and workers. about one week or 10 days to start operating fl ights by the end of next week or the week after. This depends on the speed of the Opinion Other Voices response of the civil aviation au- thorities in the fi ve countries.” Also: KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s daily Justice to ‘Bedoun’... we all came on coronavirus cases rose by 101 to One reckless act 409,961 as deaths increased by one to 2,420, the health ministry said on Wednesday. a camel or a ship and became citizens Another 252 people were cured of the virus, raising the against homeland total of those to have overcome the disease to 405,320, according By Ahmed Al-Jarallah to ministry spokesperson Dr Ab- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli mittee. On that day, I visited the dallah Al-Sanad in a statement. Day by Day The number of people hospi- SUDDENLY without any warning, Former Minister of Oil ambassadors of the United States, Britain and France; asking them to talised with the virus at COV- a Kuwaiti citizen whose father and WHAT one of the MPs in the As- ID-19 wards is 171, with 84 of grandfather were also Kuwaitis wakes WHAT prevents the state from is- years, and those who have married provide me with laws pertaining to sembly of Musical Chairs did or that committee in their parliaments, them in intensive care units, he up to find himself stateless. In this suing passports to the Bedoun in Kuwaiti women. added, revealing that another way, the number of Bedoun residents The experiences of those coun- did not do was a reckless act in ev- so they gave those laws to me. I the vast land of God? There are ery sense of the word. 2,221 are receiving regular treat- are increasing. This stain continues to many Bedoun who will find access tries are exemplary and deserve to then drafted a special law to estab- ment. widen on the forehead of Kuwait. It to countries that know how to invest be followed. This is a realistic solu- He did not stand like all others lish that committee in the Kuwaiti tion so that after five or ten years in the audience who stood when Some 12,561 swab tests were has become more evident that Kuwait in their abilities and talents. National Assembly. conducted over the last day out does not adhere to the international So, why Kuwait does not ben- we do not suddenly wake up to find the national anthem was played The draft law was discussed in the number of Bedoun has bloated during a celebration. He remained of a total of 3799129, mentioned conventions and treaties that it signed. efit from the experiences of other the Legislative Committee. I re- the offi cial. All this is happening amid the con- countries in this regard? The same into half a million people. seated playing with his mobile … Yet, tomorrow is another day. member the comment of an MP in He went on to urge nationals trol of fanaticism and racist tendencies can be said of the expatriates who phone under the pretext that the that committee regarding the draft and expatriates alike that abiding manifested in decisions and laws stem- have resided in the country for long Zahed Matar fatwas of backward clerics forbid law. He said: “Your law, Mr. Ali, by health precautions, mainly, ming from the fear of losing financial standing for the nation’s flag or for reminds us of the time when we following social distancing rules, privileges and welfare granted to Ku- national peace, while they do not is the only way to halt the spread waitis since birth.