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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 30 January 2014 29 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5960 Price: QR2 Nakilat inks Australia down $669m deal England by 13 with QNB runs in T20 Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Rent dispute Emir attends Air Force graduation panels’ ruling may be final Appeals causing huge delays DOHA: Soon one might not be proposal to appoint a judge from able to challenge the decision the Court of Appeals and station of a Rent Dispute Resolution him at the premises of each Rent Committee in court and drag Dispute Resolution Committee. on a dispute for months on end. The judge would hear appeals Measures are being taken to against the verdicts of the make sure that disagreements Committee and pronounce his brought to a rent dispute settle- verdict on a fast-track basis. ment committee are decided on a The heads of Rent Dispute The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of the Air College’s officer cadets at Al Udeid fast-track basis — within a month Resolution Committees are Air Base yesterday. The ceremony was also attended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al or 45 days. appointed by the Supreme Thani, a number of ministers and armed forces officers. See also page 4 At present, as most decisions Judicial Council, while two mem- of Rent Dispute Resolution bers of each committee are from Committees are taken to the the Ministry of Municipality and Court of Appeals for review, cases Urban Planning. take several months to decide. The Court of Appeals judge to A proposal under study, if be stationed at the Rent Dispute Two more private firms to operate taxis implemented, would bar people Resolution Committees would from challenging the verdict single-handedly hear appeals DOHA: Two more private com- transportation company provid- Executive Director, Support office is taking stringent measures of a Rent Dispute Resolution and decide a case without wast- panies will soon start operating ing diverse services in the sector Services, Mohammad Al to intensify quality control,” said Committee in court. ing time. taxis under the Karwa brand, while the Profit Group has inter- Ahbabi, Chief Executive Officer the company. The five Rent Dispute “If the proposal is approved taking the total number of cabs ests in Qatar as well as other GCC of Ibin Ajayan Group, and P Profit Group is preparing to Resolution Committees in the and enforced, rent-related disa- in the country to an expected countries. Balasubramaniam, group direc- launch 300 taxis by the end of country are headed by judges greements would be resolved in 4,000 by the end of this year. The new franchisees were tor of Profit Group, among others. May and will add another 200 by from the preliminary court. 90 percent less time than they are Mowasalat has signed contracts announced at a press conference Mowasalat said the new fran- July. Ibin Ajayan Group will start The committees, thus, have presently,” said Ali Mohamed Al with the Profit Group and Ibin at the Mowasalat headquarters chisees will operate using latest with 300 taxis in August and add the legal status of a preliminary Hammadi. Ajayan Trading Group, to enable yesterday to mark 10 year of technology for auto dispatch and a another 200 taxis in three months. court, so one can move the Court Al Hammadi is in charge of the the two companies to launch 500 service by the state-backed public monitoring system under the uni- Like maroon-roofed Al Million of Appeals against their decisions. headquarters of all the five Rent taxis each by the year-end. transport company. fied call centre that is being set taxis and blue-roofed Al Ijarah This causes undue delays in Dispute Resolution Committees, The new operators join Al The event was attended by up for taxis. “This, we hope, will taxis, the new cabs will operate settling disputes between land- which was set up recently vide a Million and Al Ijarah, two private Khaled Al Hail, Chief Executive greatly benefit customers and taxi with a distinct colour for the roof. lords and tenants as the cases Cabinet decision. companies that operate about 650 Officer of Mowasalat, Ahmed Al operators to mobilise to busy loca- THE PENINSULA drag on for months. Continued on page 7 taxis each on a franchise basis. Mansoori, Executive Director, tions and meet customers’ needs. Mowasalat reviews taxi driv- Given this situation, there is a THE PENINSULA Ibin Ajayan is a local Operations, Nasser Al Khanji, The Karwa taxi management ers’ payment system — Page 6 Egypt to put Jazeera scribes on trial CAIRO: Egypt will put an In a statement, the prosecutor Two journalists from Al Jazeera Australian, two Britons and a said the four had published “lies” Arabic and Al Jazeera Mubasher Dutchwoman on trial for aid- that harmed the national interest Misr, Abdullah Al Shami and ing 16 Egyptians belonging to and had supplied money, equip- Mohamed Bader, have been in a “terrorist organisation”, the ment and information to the 16 detention for five months, accord- public prosecutor said yester- Egyptians. The foreigners were ing to Al Jazeera’s website. day, describing the four as Al also accused of using unlicensed Al Jazeera said its five detained Jazeera correspondents. broadcasting equipment. journalists had not been officially Three of the Qatar-based tel- The 16 Egyptians are to face informed of developments in their evision network’s journalists trial for belonging to a “terrorist case. “The world knows these — Peter Greste, an Australian; organisation”, an apparent refer- allegations against our journalists Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian- ence to the Muslim Brotherhood, are absurd, baseless and false,” Egyptian national; and Baher which has been protesting against the broadcaster said in a state- Mohamed — were detained in the government since the army ment. “This is a challenge to free Cairo on December 29 and remain toppled Islamist President speech, to the right of journalists in custody, Al Jazeera said. Mohamed Mursi in July. to report on all aspects of events, The identities of the other for- The government has declared and to the right of people to know eigners mentioned by the prose- the Brotherhood a “terrorist what is going on.” cutor were not immediately clear. group”. REUTERS Ice breaking in MPHC’s equity offer Syria talks GENEVA: The ice is slowly oversubscribed 5 times breaking in peace talks between Syria’s warring sides, UN medi- DOHA: The initial public 323.2 million shares were on offer ator Lakhdar Brahimi said offering (IPO) of Mesaieed through the IPO, and restrictions yesterday, warning that no sub- Petrochemical Holding Company on its trading by citizen-owners, stantive results were expected (MPHC) that was open to non-Qataris will have access to during this round. Getting the nationals for subscription was only a small percentage of the parties talking for the first time oversubscribed five times. company’s floating shares, ana- since the conflict erupted was a The share allotment process lysts said. big step forward, Brahimi said. is successfully over, the company The MPHC, promoted by See also page 10 announced yesterday. the state’s energy arm, Qatar A maximum of 1,633 shares Petroleum (QP), is expected to be Neutral govt were allotted to individual appli- listed on the Qatari bourse (Qatar cants. Those who applied for less Exchange) by February-end. in Tunisia were allotted the number of shares Nobody seems to be sure as to they wanted. what percentage of floating shares TUNIS: A government of inde- The IPO was priced at QR10.20, would be made accessible to for- pendents, meant to steer Tunisia and financial and stock analysts eigners for trading, but some ana- to fresh elections, took the oath expect the listing price of the lysts say they hope it is up to 49 yesterday, replacing an Islamist- shares to be anywhere between percent. led administration under a deal QR20 and QR60. As for the listing price, analysts’ to end political turmoil. Foreigners will be allowed to estimates vary widely. See also page 11 trade in the shares after list- Continued on page 7 AGENCIES ing, but due to the fact that only THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 TYC to empower 50 Qatari youth DOHA: The Youth to shape their leadership skills. QIP the module, and finally, a graduation Company (TYC) has also offers opportunities to enhance ceremony upon successful completion announced a new ini- and streamline the overall experi- of all modules. tiative, Qatarisation ences of its members. These include “QIP believes in youth as a role Integration Programme the online portal Takmeel to sustain a model in terms of economic, human (QIP) to empower 50 strong network between the members, and social development of Qatar. Qatari youth aged 18 to a survey booklet to be completed by International experiences are avail- 24. members as part of research training able to Qataris to learn and inspire To be launched in April, in the Tadreeb module, the production the world, because Qatar deserves to the six-month programme of ‘My Tabdeel Story’ by each member be the best,” said Aya Abu Issa, CEO aims at encouraging youth documenting their experiences during of TYC. THE PENINSULA to empower and develop themselves while provid- ing them with knowledge, skills and life-changing experience of learning, interacting, socialising and identifying within the glo- bal community.