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WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 • 1 SHAWWAL 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6849 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar

Fireworks to mark Eid Emir exchanges Eid Rise in gold greetings with Arab and Islamic leaders

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin prices fail Hamad Al Thani has exchanged cables of congratulations with leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries on the occa- sion of the advent of the blessed Eid Al Fitr. The Emir also received cables to dent sales of congratulations from a number of leaders of friendly countries. The Emir exchanged greetings with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques “Higher prices haven’t adversely King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi affected gold sale due to Ramadan Arabia. The Emir also exchanged Higher prices haven’t and Eid-related demand. However, felicitations with Emir of Kuwait H H adversely affected high prices in the past few days Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al gold sale due to have forced people to cut down Sabah, King of Bahrain H M Hamad their jewellery buying plans,” said bin Isa Al Khalifa, King Mohamed VI Ramadan and Eid- a senior salesperson at a jewel- of Morocco, President of Mauritania related demand. lery showroom at D Ring Road in Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Presi- Doha. “Demand for gold in Qatar dent of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmed rises significantly a week before Al Bashir and President of Djibouti Eid. Compared to other weeks, we Ismail Omar Guelleh. The Emir also usually see demand rising by 30-50 exchanged felicitations with Crown By Sachin Kumar percent this week,” he added. Fireworks light up the sky in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, during celebrations ahead of Prince of Saudi Arabia Prince Moham- The Peninsula Due to steep rise in prices, gold Eid Al Fitr today. med bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. buying will be a costly affair this Emir also exchanged greetings with Eid Al Fitr compared to the past Heir Apparent of Bahrain Prince Sal- two years. man bin Hamad bin Khalifa. Emir and DOHA: The Brexit referendum and Gold of 22-carat traded in the President of Iran Hassan Rowhani, the ensuing market upheavals in the range of QR137 to QR122 in the pre- Muslim world condemns bombing exchanged Eid greetings. euro zone have pushed gold prices vious year while 22 carat gold was in Qatar to two-year highs, denting trading at QR150.50 per gramme customers’ ability to buy the yellow during Eid Al Fitr in 2014. AFP Muslim unity and the Afghan Tal- an attack on all Muslims. The head Emir receives greetings metal during Eid Al Fitr. A referendum in the UK was iban branded it “gruesome”. of the Saudi Shura Council, Saudi Gold prices have jumped around held on June 23 to decide whether “There are no more red lines left Arabia’s main government advisory from Speaker QR10 or 7 percent in the past two the country should leave or remain for terrorists to cross. Sunnis, Shias body, called it “unprecedented”. weeks after the Brexit decision rat- in the European Union. Around 52 RIYADH: A deadly suicide bomb- will both remain victims unless we Cairo-based Al Azhar, the high- DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim tled the global financial system. percent of the voters voted to leave ing near Islam’s second-holiest site stand united as one,” Iranian For- est authority in Sunni Islam, stressed bin Hamad Al Thani has received a The yellow metal was trading the 28-member European Union. in the Saudi city of Madinah sparked eign Minister Mohammad Javad “the sanctity of the houses of God, cable of greetings on the occasion of at QR145 per gramme for 22 carat The unexpected outcome cre- condemnation across the Muslim Zarif tweeted. especially the Prophet’s Mosque.” Eid Al Fitr from Speaker of the Advi- while 24 carat was trading at QR154 ated uncertainty in the euro zone world yesterday, with even the Tal- The Taliban said it “condemns “It’s an attempt to actually sory (Shura) Council H E Mohammed per gramme on June 23. A day later, and as a result investors exited equi- iban and Hezbollah denouncing this incident in the strongest of terms embarrass the Saudi government bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi. Al Khulaifi when the result of the referendum ties and invested in precious metals, the attack. Four people were killed and considers it an act of enmity and because it boasts of protecting the prayed the Almighty Allah for the best was announced the price of 22 carat which is considered a safe haven in the bombing near the Proph- hatred towards Islamic rituals.” pilgrims and the holy places,” said of health and happiness to the Emir jumped to QR152.50 while the price in uncertain times. This pushed et’s Mosque that came as Muslims Lebanon-based Shia group Hez- Middle East expert Madhawi Al and further progress, welfare and pros- of 24 carat rose to 161.50. up gold prices in the international prepared for this week’s Eid Al Fitr bollah also denounced it as “a new Rasheed said the attack appeared perity to the people of Qatar under the Since the start of this year, market. festival marking the end of the holy sign of the terrorists’ contempt for aimed at humiliating Saudi Arabia. wise leadership. prices of the precious metal have fasting month of Ramadan. all that Muslims consider sacred.” jumped by 25-27 percent. → Continued on page 2 Shia power Iran called for The United Nations said it was → See also page 6 Emir congratulates leaders of Venezuela, Cape Verde & Algeria Oil prices Time for celebrations Israel approves hundreds sink as Nigeria DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin of settlement homes Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of con- production rises gratulations to President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on the occasion of his AP itself. The plan also called for over country’s Independence Day. Emir sent AFP 600 new homes in an Arab neigh- similar cable to President of Cape Verde borhood of east Jerusalem. Jorge Carlos Fonseca on the occasion The official spoke on condition of his country’s Independence Day. NEW YORK: Oil prices fell sharply JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ben- of anonymity because he was not Emir also greeted Algerian President yesterday as news of increased jamin Netanyahu has authorised authorized to discuss the matter Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the occasion production from Nigeria and construction of hundreds of new with reporters. of his country Independence Day. a jump in overall Opec output homes in Jewish settlements in Israel captured the West Bank stoked fears of the crude surplus the West Bank and east Jerusa- and east Jerusalem in the 1967 war. persisting on the global market. lem, an Israeli official confirmed Most of the world opposes settle- Emir receives phone call Both key global contracts lost yesterday. ment construction in these areas, from Indian President more than $2.00 a barrel amid The government has presented where the Palestinians hope to ongoing worries as well that the the move as a response to a series of establish an independent state. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim economic impact of Britain’s vote to deadly Palestinian attacks against UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- bin Hamad AlThani received a tel- leave the European Union will also Jewish settlers. The Palestinians moon said the Israeli plans raise ephone call from President Pranab spell slower demand for oil. London have long viewed settlement con- “legitimate questions” about the Mukherjee of India, during which benchmark Brent crude for August struction as the biggest obstacle to country’s long-term intentions. he congratulated the Emir on the delivery finished the day down 4.3% the stalled peace process. Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi occasion of the blessed Eid Al Fitr. at $47.96 a barrel. In New York, the The official said construction said Israel is “bent on destroying the The Emir also held telephone Expatriate children getting their henna done before the celebration of West Texas Intermediate contract would include 560 new homes in viability, integrity and territorial conversation with Prime Minister of for August delivery lost 4.9% to Eid Al Fitr, in Doha yesterday. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula Maale Adumim, just outside Jerusa- contiguity of a future Palestinian India Narendra Modi. Modi wished $46.60 a barrel. lem, as well as nearly 200 in the city state.” the Emir a blessed Eid Al Fitr. Hoteliers expect 100% occupancy during Eid

By Fazeena Saleem of Ramadan, according to indus- Some hotels and resorts are Also, expecting a high demand The Peninsula try sources. organising special events for Eid for buffets and take-away meals Many tourists prefer staying in holidays with special rates to meet during Eid holidays, hotels and res- resorts and others choose hotels the expected demand for this year’s taurants have unveiled rich choices FIRST Portugal vs Wales 10pm located close to where Eid enter- celebrations. of culinary flavours. SEMI-FINAL DOHA: Hotels in Qatar are expected tainment events are held. “With our hotel running at full Some hotels say that almost 80 to witness high occupancy during Eid Also, tourists enjoy benefits of occupancy during this period, we percent of guests plan their Eid cel- Al Fitr holidays due to an increase in special Eid promotions and pack- have a lot of guests coming from ebrations well in advance and book bookings from regional tourists and ages provided by hotels and travel abroad wishing to celebrate Eid ahead, while others are walk-in domestic guests. agents. with their families, and we have customers. Hoteliers are set to welcome These packages include attrac- exactly what they are looking for The prices at most hotels and res- an influx of holiday makers during tive travel fare, hotel stay and — an attractive family-friendly envi- taurants vary between QR150 and Eid and expect 100 percent occu- vouchers for Eid events held at places ronment for a good package,” said a QR1000 or more. pancy. The occupancy rate was like Katara, Souq Waqif and other spokesperson at Grand Hyatt Doha 80 percent during the last days locations. Hotel and Villas. → Continued on page 2 02 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 HOME

Deputy Emir & Qatar in solidarity with Saudi Hotels and restaurants PM exchange Eid greetings offer special Eid buffets

Continued from page 1 DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Doha the City. They offer Eid buf- Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani fets for three days. exchanged cables of Eid greetings “Our Eid buffets are very “We have lunch and dinner with vice-presidents of Arab and popular and we are always fully menu for three days during Eid,” Islamic countries. booked,” said the spokesperson said a spokesperson at Remman Prime Minister and Interior of a hotel. Cafe Doha , a 24-hour dining out- Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin She said although the demand let that offers authentic Lebanese Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also for Eid buffets is mainly from menu. He claimed guests make exchanged Eid greeting cables regional tourists, there is a high reservations at least two days in with heads of government of Arab demand from Doha residents as advance. and Islamic countries. well “who choose to celebrate Besides luxury restaurants, with us with their families”. mid-range and ordinary eater- Qatar’s leading hotels and ies also witness huge rush for Eid Congratulatory restaurants offer special Eid buf- meals. Most of their customers are fets with a variety of traditional, families and single workers. Arabic and international cuisines. The manager of a popular Sri cables sent to Some of them diversify the menu Lankan restaurant said, “Cus- to include items like Japanese tomers started making enquiries Presidents sushi, pasta and tandoori. about our offers and have been Landmarks in Doha such as Aspire, towers in West Bay, hotels and other places, turned green in “There is a big demand for Eid making orders since the 20th of DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh solidarity with the government and people of Saudi Arabia following three suicide bombings in buffets as everyone wants to cele- Ramadan. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani Madinah, Jeddah and Qatif. Qataris used “# Saudi is not alone” (Suadiya List Wahdaha, in Arabic) and brate together in a big way. Some “Many of them are bachelors sent a cable of congratulations tweeted: “We are all with the land of the two holy mosques and we are all united against terrorists guests do reservations, while most and some are families. But many to Algerian President Abdelaziz targeting our holy sites and threatening our safety and stability.” are walk-in customers,” said a have ordered take-away packs,” Bouteflika on his country’s Inde- spokesperson at Intercontinental the manager added. pendence Day. The Deputy Emir also sent separate congratulatory cables to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Cape Verde’s Presi- dent Jorge Carlos Fonseca on their Demand for jewellery countries’ Independence Days. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent similar cables to President rise by 30% this Eid Bouteflika, President Maduro and President Fonseca. Continued from page 1 that prices remain low during Eid-Al-Fitr and it is the best time to buy gold,” he added. Civic team to Prices of the yellow metal in Qatar move in The prices are expected to remain firm in tandem with global prices because the prices the coming months because of uncertainties in here are linked to the international market, the global markets as the UK voted to exit from receive violation mainly the London bullion market. the European Union. “This Ramadan, the buying was mainly by The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to complaints families and customers bought bangles, chains, increase its interest rates in the near future necklaces and other such jewellery. due to the ongoing uncertainty. “The demand for 22 carat gold jewellery This will help prices rise as the yellow metal The Peninsula was higher. Overall, the demand was up by 30 is strongly dependent on the US Federal Reserve percent this Eid compared to the previous year,” interest rate hike decision. said a senior executive of a jewellery showroom An increase in US interest rates strengthens DOHA: Doha Municipality has in the gold market near Bank Street. the dollar, which prompts more fund outflows set up a team of experts to receive “We saw many Asian expatriates buying from gold and other commodities to the Amer- A buyer looks at gold jewellery at a shop in Gold Souq ahead of Eid-Al-Fitr yesterday. complaints from the public about gold jewellery yesterday. Buyers usually assume ican currency. Pic: Qassim R / The Peninsula violations of rules by commercial outlets, especially those selling meat, fish, fruits and vegetables round-the-clock during Eid-Al- Fitr holidays. Indian Ambassador “The team will coordinate HMC expert: Early treatment key with municipal inspectors and veterinary doctors to respond quickly to public grievances,” said offers Eid greetings to full recovery of stroke patients Mohamad Ahmad Bu Hashim Al Sayed, Head of the Health Mon- itoring Unit at the municipality, The Peninsula reports Al Sharq. The Peninsula The unit plans strict monitor- ing of all food outlets, abattoirs, and fish, fruits and vegetable DOHA: Indian Ambassador Sanjiv shops at the Central Market. Arora (pictured) has conveyed his DOHA: Recent advances in the Fruits and vegetables markets greetings and those of his family and management of acute stroke were at Central Market will be closed on colleagues and best wishes to every- discussed by a world-renowned the first day of Eid today and reo- one on Eid-Al-Fitr. neuroscientist in the most recent pen tomorrow. In a statement, Arora said: “My installment of Weill Cornell Med- Dozens of veterinary doctors family and colleagues join me in con- icine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Grand and inspectors will be deployed veying our warm greetings and best Rounds. for strict monitoring of these wishes to everyone, especially our Dr. Ashfaq Shuaib, Professor of places during the Eid holidays. Muslim brothers and sisters, on the Medicine and Neurology, and Direc- Abattoirs will work from 5am auspicious occasion of Eid-Al-Fitr. It families and friends to get together tor, Neuroscience Institute, Hamad to 5pm. Five slaughter houses have gives us immense pleasure in wishing and exchange Eid greetings by hug- Medical Corporation, gave a pres- served customers throughout ‘Eid Mubarak’ to the friendly people ging one another. entation to a full auditorium of Ramadan. But during Eid-Al- of Qatar and the Indian community “Traditional food delicacies, physicians, researchers, students Fitr, only two abattoirs (Al Ahali in Qatar. including sweets such as sewain, are and fellow healthcare professionals 1, the manual slaughterhouse, and “India is a multi-religious, multi- served. Elders shower their affec- at WCM-Q. another one for camels and cows) cultural and multi-lingual country. tion and blessings on children who He explained the importance of will remain open. Over 170 million Indians are Muslims, are dressed in colourful attires and recent advances in neuroimaging Veterinary doctors sometimes representing 14.2 percent of India’s receive Eidi (usually a token mone- technologies, data showing rates of get injured during work at abat- population of over 1.2 billion. tary present on Eid) from elders. By recovery and complications of stroke toirs. At least five were injured “Eid-Al-Fitr is a major festival of celebrating the festivals of India, we victims, and the need for hospitals Dr. Ashfaq Shuaib, Professor of Medicine and Neurology, and during Ramadan. India, and is celebrated with great celebrate India’s rich civilisational and to have dedicated stroke care units. Director, Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, giving They checked a large number joy and enthusiasm. Eid prayers are cultural ethos, her pluralism and her Dr. Shuaib, also Director of the a presentation. of animals before and after held at mosques across the length unity in diversity. We look forward to Stroke Programme at the Univer- slaughtering on a daily basis, said and breadth of the country. Eid Milan joining the festivities and celebrations sity of Alberta in Canada, said: “Data Al Sayed. gatherings are ‘Open House’ events for of Eid-Al-Fitr,” he added. shows us that if treatment is given form of X-ray to allow doctors to see been shown to be extremely effec- within the first 90 minutes after an image of the brain. These are tra- tive and a far better environment for stroke, then one in four patients will ditionally extremely large and heavy preventing complications than a gen- make a full recovery. If treatment and cannot be moved once in situ in eral emergency ward.” is not given until three hours have a hospital. Dr. Shuaib said research data had Qatar UAE Exchange hosts Suhoor for partners passed, that number drops dramat- Now, scanners that fit inside an shown that making healthy lifestyle ically to just one in fourteen who will ambulance are available, which have choices greatly reduced the risk of make a full recovery. the potential to allow doctors to diag- stroke. People who do regular exer- “For every minute that passes, nose a stroke and begin treatment far cise, do not smoke, do not have the patient loses about two million earlier than was previously the case. diabetes, have low levels of harmful brain cells. So you can see that it is Dr. Shuaib said: “This is a very cholesterol and have blood pressure crucial to treat patients who have new technology and not yet widely below 110/70 have very low risk of suffered a stroke as soon as possible.” available. I am pleased to say that last stroke. A stroke occurs when the brain’s week we put in an order to have one Dr. Sheila Qureshi, Senior Lec- blood supply is suddenly cut off, in Doha, which makes us part of an turer in Chemistry, WCM-Q, said: causing cells to die very rapidly. elite group of about 10 cities around “We are delighted to have heard from There are two types of strokes — the world where the technology is Dr. Shuaib, who is one of the most ischemic when a blood clot stops available.” gifted neuroscientists working today. the blood supply; and haemorrhagic He also explained that patients A very large number of people have when one of the blood vessels sup- suffer far less complications if they loved-ones affected by stroke, and plying the brain bursts. Around 85 are moved quickly from emergency it is something that becomes more percent of strokes are ischemic. care units to stroke wards. common with age, so it is encourag- Qatar UAE Exchange, the global money transferer, hosted a Suhoor gathering on June 29 at Crowne Dr. Shuaib said a key techno- “These are very simple, low-tech ing to hear that talented physicians Plaza Business Centre to celebrate Ramadan with its customers and partners. Mathai Vaidian, Country logical advance in stroke care is the and relatively low-cost units where are working hard to develop new Head of the exchange, and other senior officials and guests were present. development of smaller and more the nursing staff concentrate on pre- ways to manage the condition and portable CT scanners, which use a venting complications. They have improve patient outcomes.” HOME WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 03 QA increases capacity across its global network

Guangzhou became the first city in Qatar Airways’ China network to use Airbus A380 and the airline became the first to operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Geneva Reach Out to Asia officials and volunteers at the event. and introduce wide- body Airbus A330 to Warsaw. Qatar Airways’ inaugural Boeing 787 Dreamliner is welcomed at 250 ROTA volunteers praised Geneva International Airport. the world’s most modern and effi- operated by an Airbus A320, while The Peninsula cient aircraft, while illustrating daily flights to Zurich already oper- our confidence in the popularity of ate with the Dreamliner. for community service these cities as a place to visit and do The QA Dreamliner operates a business.” two-cabin configuration, compris- DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) cele- The inaugural A380 flight to ing of 22 seats in Business Class and brated capacity increases across Guangzhou received a warm wel- 232 in Economy Class. The Peninsula about volunteerism and community the importance of building a deeper its global network this weekend, come as it touched down for the first All seats include individual tele- service. sense of community.” as three of its destinations received time and now represents the airline’s vision screens, with Economy Class “Our volunteers have demon- Stephen Kelly, President and upgraded aircraft commencing July fourth A380 destination, after Bang- customers benefitting from a screen strated incredible commitment General Manager, OXY Qatar, 1, the day on which the world’s best kok, London and Paris. 10.6-inch wide, offering the latest DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) to our Ramadan initiatives. They said: “Oxy Qatar is honoured to airline also inaugurated its new QA became the first Middle East inflight entertainment comprising up hosted an Iftar gathering for the played an integral role in ensur- be sponsoring the initiative. We route to Marrakesh with a Boeing airline to fly to Guangzhou in 2008 to 3,000 options, complemented by volunteers who participated in the ing we were able to execute all our are committed to making positive 787 Dreamliner. with a Boeing 777. the airline’s award-winning service. Ramadan ROTA 2016 Project to community outreach programmes,” contributions to the wider commu- Guangzhou (China), Geneva The A380 is spread across twin QA also welcomed the expansion acknowledge and celebrate their said Essa Al Mannai, Executive nity in Qatar and we’re delighted (Switzerland) and Warsaw (Poland) decks in a tri-class configuration of of its service from Doha to Warsaw commitment to serve the wider Director, ROTA. to partner with ROTA, an organisa- received new aircraft types on their eight seats in First Class, 48 in Busi- this weekend as a new wide-body community in Qatar. “The Ramadan 2016 Project tion that shares many of our social daily flights from Hamad Interna- ness Class and 461 in Economy Class service to Warsaw Chopin Airport The event, sponsored by Occi- provides new volunteers with the responsibility objectives and is tional Airport (HIA), in recognition and will serve Guangzhou Baiyun commenced operation. The route dental Petroleum of Qatar Limited opportunity to participate in vol- involved in community outreach of continued demand for QA’s serv- International Airport, the third bus- was previously operated with the (Oxy Qatar), was held at Hamad bin untary service and contribute to and development.” ice, operated by the world’s newest iest airport in China, and the city of Airbus A320 aircraft. Khalifa University (HBKU) Student the development of communities ROTA is a member of Qatar aircraft types and expanding fleet. Guangzhou on the Pearl River Delta, The increase in demand for Centre. A total of 250 volunteers in Qatar. We are grateful for their Foundation for Education, Science Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief home to about 57 million people. travel to and from the country and were praised for dedication and dedication towards making a posi- and Community Development (QF). Executive, QA, said: “QA is delighted QA also commenced its second the airline’s steadfast commitment hard work in participating in the tive difference to the lives of others.” The project supports the Human to enhance the aircraft that serve Boeing 787 Dreamliner service to to the Polish market resulted in the month-long programme of com- Volunteer Khalid Albalushi Development and Social Devel- the important destinations of Switzerland this weekend. The inau- introduction of the 260 seat A330 munity service activities. said: “It has been an honour to be opment Pillars of Qatar National Guangzhou, Geneva and Warsaw, gural Dreamliner flight to Geneva aircraft on the daily flight. QA has Throughout Ramadan, volun- involved in the project. It enabled Vision 2030 by equipping Qatari almost doubling the daily capac- touched down and was greeted by seen rapid growth in 19 years of teers were involved in reaching out me to give back and engage with youth with skills to contribute to ity across all these routes from HIA. a water cannon salute, witnessed operations, flying a modern fleet to the wider community, develop- members of the community in a society, while developing a spirit “This is testament to our com- by media and senior representa- of 186 aircraft to more than 150 key ing and strengthening relationships meaningful way. Being a ROTA vol- of tolerance, constructive dialogue mitment to provide our passengers tives from QA and Geneva Airport. business and leisure destinations with partners and raising awareness unteer has taught me so much about and openness. with the greatest comfort on board The route was previously worldwide. 04 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 HOME Ibn Ajayan T20 cricket final today

A separate international cricket match between Qatar Starts and Pakistan Stars will be held on Friday at Asian Town Cricket Stadium.

Volunteers of ‘Action For Love’ initiative provide an Iftar bag to a needy person. The Peninsula

Shakespeare and Co. DOHA: After some spectacular cricket played on week days dur- ing Ramadan, it’s now time for the initiative a success grand finale. Asian Town Cricket Stadium will host the final of the Ibn Ajayan Tro- The Peninsula artisan chocolates to visitors at the phy T20 Cricket Tournament today The Centurion Cricket Club team will compete with the Warriors Cricket Club team for the top honours. branch. Rounding out charitable at 7.30pm. efforts during Ramadan, the com- Under the patronage of the pany hosted 15 children and staff Ministry of Culture and Sports, the The winners of the semi-final “The participation of the teams Automobiles and the trophy was won DOHA: Shakespeare and Co., a res- from Dhreima, Qatar Orphan Foun- tournament is jointly organised by matches Centurion Cricket Club and was inspiring and overwhelming. by Doha Cricket Club (DCC). taurant and chocolatier in Doha, dation, for a special Iftar gathering Ibn Ajayan Projects, one of the lead- Warriors Cricket Club will meet in The event is getting better year over “We are pleased to have kept the launched an initiative at its out- and giving them the opportunity to ing facility management companies the final. year,” said Riyas Cheeroth, Sports sporting spirit alive with the sports lets at Dar Al Salam Mall and the sample signature dishes from the in Qatar, and Pro Events, an event Sixteen national teams competed and Recreation Manager, Ibn Ajayan loving community. It has been heart- Pearl-Qatar to continue to engage company’s extensive menu. management company specialising in the tournament, which started on Projects. “We will work on organis- ening to see the huge group of fans with and give back to the commu- Sami Azrak, CEO of the com- in sports events, in co-operation with June 1. “This is the second time we ing more tournaments that will have cheering for their teams,” said Saj- nity during Ramadan. pany, said, “The company is Qatar Cricket Association (QCA). are organising Ramadan Cricket a greater echo in Qatar,” He added. jad Choudhary, Managing Director, The initiative ‘Action For Love’ honoured and humbled to have This year, the winning team will Tournament and we believe that it Ibn Ajayan Trophy is part of a Pro Event. “Pro Event is organising provided Iftar bags to needy people. launched charitable initiatives receive Ibn Ajayan Trophy along with has achieved one main objective of cricket tournament held every year. another international cricket match For every Iftar menu purchased by throughout Ramadan, which is a a cash prize of QR50,000 and the Ramadan — to closely knit the hearts Last year, the tournament was on Friday between Qatar Starts and customers, the company donated wonderful opportunity to give back runners-up QR25,000 with a trophy. of sports lovers. organised by Ibn Ajayan and How Pakistan Stars at the stadium.” one Iftar bag to an individual in to the community, particularly those need. less fortunate.” Action For Love has proven to The company has been a sup- be successful with hundreds of Iftar porter of local charities and Indian embassy bags already donated. initiatives with the Dar Al Salam Traffic department to start The company also celebrated branch supporting Qatar Autism closed for Eid Garangao on the 14th night of Ram- Centre on an annual basis and cov- adan with a visit organised for ering tuition costs for three children The Peninsula Um Khamas to the Dar Al Salam every year. It has also raised money ‘Make this Eid safer’ campaign branch and meet families and their on several occasions for Qatar Can- DOHA: The Indian embassy will children. cer Society and participated in One remain closed on the occasion of During Garangao celebrations Cup for Gaza, a part of Qatar Chari- Eid-Al-Fitr today, the mission said The Peninsula this time, the company handed out ty’s campaign to help rebuild Gaza. in a statement.

DOHA: The Traffic Department at the Ministry of Interior is launching a campaign titled ‘Make this Eid safer’ (Lenjaal Farhat Al-Eid Ammenah in Arabic) on the first day of Eid-Al-Fitr today. Sixty vehicles carrying the safety slogan will patrol the streets of Doha and near Hamad Interna- tional Airport. The aim is to reduce traffic acci- dents through the intensive presence of traffic police and raise awareness to ensure safety during Eid holidays when traffic is at its peak. Patrols will be present on roads A traffic police vehicle with the campaign slogan ‘Make this Eid safer’ leading to mosques and Eid prayer (Lenjaal Farhat Al-Eid Ammenah, in Arabic). grounds which witness large crowds, at commercial complexes, public movements, the patrols will also of motorists, encourage them not parks and other crowded areas. distribute brochures and aware- to use mobile phones while driv- In addition to monitoring traffic ness materials to reduce anxiety ing and promote the use of seatbelts.

Rehearsal for Eid show at Katara

Performers rehearse their act ahead of Eid-Al-Fitr yesterday. A musical show under the theme ‘A Child’s Dream’ will be staged on Katara Esplanade with three-daily performances in Arabic and English languages. Pic: Qassim R / The Peninsula

06 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 MIDDLE EAST Saudi King vows to fight extremists

Reuters the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah as holiest places.” Iran, the region’s “an attack on Islam itself” and many major Shia power, also condemned Muslims expressed shock that their the attacks. GENEVA/DUBAI: The Custodian of second-holiest site had been targeted. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince the Two Holy Mosques King Salman No group has claimed responsi- and anti-terror tsar, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Ara- bility but Islamic State militants have bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, sought on bia warned his country would strike carried out similar bombings in the yesterday to reassure Saudis of the with an “iron hand” against people kingdom in the past year, targeting country’s security. who preyed on youth vulnerable to minority Shias and Saudi security “The security of the homeland religious extremism, a day after sui- forces. is good, it is at its highest levels and cide bombers struck three cities in Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN thanks be to God it gets stronger an apparently coordinated campaign High Commissioner for Human every day,” the state news agency of attacks. Rights and a member of the Jordanian SPA quoted him as saying during a In a speech marking Eid Al Fitr, royal family, delivered his remarks visit to some of the wounded in the the holiday that celebrates the end of via a spokesman in Geneva. Jeddah attack. the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan, “This is one of the holiest sites in Prince Mohammed has been King Salman said a major challenge Islam, and for such an attack to take credited for ending a bombing cam- facing Saudi Arabia was preserving place there, during Ramadan, can be paign by Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia hope for youth who faced the risk of considered a direct attack on Muslims between 2003 and 2006. radicalisation. all across the world,” he said. “It is an Monday’s bombings happened a “We will strike with an iron attack on the religion itself.” day before the end of Ramadan, when hand those who target the minds Militant attacks on Madinah are Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. and thoughts... of our dear youth,” unprecedented. The city is home to Saudi security officials say the King said. the second most sacred site in Islam, Islamic State’s supporters inside the Four security officers were killed a mosque built in the 7th century by kingdom mainly act independently in Monday’s attacks that targeted US the Prophet Muhammad (peace be from the group in Iraq and Syria, its diplomats, Shia Muslim worship- upon him). main areas of operations. pers and a security headquarters at Attacks on Makkah, the Holiest Salah Al Budair, the imam of the a mosque in the Holy city of Madinah. place in Islam, have been extremely Prophet’s Mosque, warned young The attacks all seem to have been rare. The Al Saud ruling family con- people about being lured by the Damaged cars are seen after a blast near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah on Monday. timed to coincide with the approach siders itself the protectors of both “malignant” ideology of Islamic State. of the Islamic Eid holiday. sites. Saudis were rattled by the rare, “(The bomber) is an infidel who has The UN human rights chief yes- high-profile attack. congratulate you this Eid,” Kha- businessman, wrote on Twitter. “I of my brothers and the wounding sold himself to the enemies of his terday described the bombing outside “I apologise to everyone if I don’t led bin Saleh Al Shathri, a Saudi am shocked by the deaths of five of four others as they guarded the religion and his country,” he said.

Daesh a ‘dagger Pakistani man named as suicide bomber in Jeddah in chest of

AP explosion within hours of the blast. the contributions of Pakistani guest “That’s not an act that represents imploded.” Muslims’: Erdogan No group has yet claimed respon- workers. Islam,” said Altayeb Osama, a State-run news channel Al sibility for the Jeddah and Madinah “Terrorism is a global 25-year-old Sudanese visitor to Ekhbariya aired live video of the attacks, nor another at a Shia mosque phenomenon and is not country- or Madinah and resident of Abu Dhabi mosque filled with worshippers Anatolia DUBAI: Saudi Arabia yesterday iden- in the east of the country. The nature people-specific,” Zakaria said. who heard two large booms about praying hours after the explosion. tified the suicide bomber who struck of the attacks and their apparently There are around 9 million a minute apart as he was heading In 1979, extremists took over outside the US Consulate in Jeddah as coordinated timing suggested the foreigners living in Saudi Arabia, toward the mosque for sunset prayers Makkah’s Grand Mosque, home to the a Pakistani resident of the kingdom Islamic State group could be to which has a total population of 30 Monday. “People never imagined that cube-shaped Ka’aba, for two weeks ISTANBUL: Daesh is a “dagger who arrived 12 years ago to work as blame. million. Among all foreigners living this could happen here.” as they demanded the royal family stabbed into the chest of Mus- a driver. An Interior Ministry statement in the kingdom, Pakistanis represent The Prophet Muhammad’s abdicate the throne. lims”, President Recep Tayyip The suicide bombing near the issued yesterday identified the man one of the largest groups. (PBUH) mosque was packed on Iran condemned Monday’s Erdogan said yesterday fol- diplomatic post was the first of three behind the Jeddah attack as 34-year- Pakistani President Mamnoon Monday evening with worshippers blasts, with Foreign Ministry lowing a series of bombings in targeting the kingdom on Monday, old Abdullah Qalzar Khan. It said he Hussain, who had been visiting the during the final days of the month spokesman Bahram Qasemi called Saudi Arabia blamed on the ter- including one outside of the sprawl- lived in the port city with “his wife kingdom for a religious pilgrimage, of Ramadan, which ends yesterday. for regional and international unity ror group. ing mosque grounds where the and her parents.” The statement left Jeddah yesterday, the official Local media say the attacker was in confronting terrorism, according Speaking at an event in Prophet Muhammad (peace be didn’t elaborate. Saudi Press Agency reported. intending to strike the mosque when to the official Irna news agency. Istanbul to mark the end of upon him) is buried in the western In that attack, the bomber The Saudi ministry said the it was crowded with thousands of The attack near a Shia mosque Ramadan, Erdogan highlighted city of Madinah that killed four Saudi detonated his explosives after two attacker in the Madinah assault set worshippers gathered for the sunset in the eastern region of Qatif did to price paid in Muslim blood security troops and wounded five. security guards approached him, off the bomb in a parking lot after prayer. not appear to cause any injuries, in terror attacks committed by Millions of Muslims from around the killing himself and lightly wounding security officers became suspicious Qari Ziyaad Patel, 36, from said resident Mohammed Al Nimr. groups such as Daesh and the world visit the mosque every year as the two guards, the Interior Ministry about him. Several cars caught fire Johannesburg, South Africa, was at His brother, prominent Saudi PKK. part of their pilgrimage to Makkah. said. No consular staff were hurt. and thick plumes of black smoke the mosque when he heard a blast Shia cleric Nimr Al Nimr, was “This organisation called The Governor of Makkah, Prince Pakistani Foreign Ministry were seen rising from the site of just as people were breaking their executed in January after a court Daesh is a dagger stabbed into the Faisal bin Salman, who is a son of the spokesman Nafees Zakaria said the explosion as thousands of fast with dates. Many at first thought found him guilty of sedition and chest of Muslims,” he said. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques authorities in Islamabad were worshippers crowded the streets it was the sound of traditional, inciting violence for his role in anti- “Whoever supports this King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, working to get more details about around the mosque. celebratory cannon fire, he said. government protests — charges his organisation through sectarian was shown on state television visit- the man. He condemned the attacks Worshippers expressed shock “I actually felt the ground shake,” supporters reject. Qatif is home to fanaticism or any other motive ing security officers wounded in the and expressed solidarity with Saudi that such a prominent holy site could he said. “The vibrations were very many Shias, a minority in the Sunni- becomes a partner in the same Madinah blast and the site of that Arabia, saying the kingdom valued be targeted. strong. ... It sounded like a building dominated kingdom. sin.” On Monday, suicide bomb- ers targeted Madinah, Qatif and Jeddah. In Madinah, four security guards were killed Security vigil ‘Turkey’s issue with Egypt near the Prophet’s Mosque, which is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be not people but ruler’ upon him). A day earlier more than 200 Anatolia were killed in a bombing in Shia Muslim district of Baghdad and last week 45 people were killed when three terrorists attacked ISTANBUL: Turkey has no problem with Egyptian people, Turkish Presi- Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday. Erdogan also promised to go In remarks made following Eid Al Fitr prayer in Istanbul, Erdogan said: ahead with a plan to grant citizen- “The problem with Egypt is an issue with its administration, especially ship to Syrian refugees. with its ruler.” He first mentioned the pro- Ankara and Cairo have had troubled ties following the ouster of posal on July 2, when it was Egypt’s first democratically-elected leader Mohamed Mursi in a 2013 greeted with protests on social military coup led by Abdel-Fattah Al Sisi, then defence minister and media. now president. “There are also qualified Mursi has since then been slapped with life-in-prison and death sen- people among them, people who tences for allegedly “conspiring against Egypt” — with Palestinian group have a career,” he said. Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah — and for supposedly breaking out of jail “Let us not take them, [and in 2011. He has also been sentenced with a 20-year jail term for allegedly then] should they go to England, committing murder. The former president also faces charges of “insult- Canada or any other place? ... we ing” Egypt’s judiciary. do not discriminate.” Mursi and his co-defendants, along with a number of independent The president cited the Iraqi security forces keep watch at the site of a suicide car bomb attack which took place early on observers, say the charges are politically driven. Erdogan said he could example of Meskhetian Turks July 3 in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood killing at least 213 people and wounding more than 200. not condone such Egyptian rulings. The president also said that Ankara who escaped the conflict in Iraq’s Interior Minister submitted his resignation as authorities sought to contain the fallout from a would increase the pace of its anti-terror campaign following the Eid Al Fitr. eastern Ukraine to settle in bombing in Baghdad that triggered widespread anger. “As long as the unity and brotherhood continues, we will definitely Turkey’s eastern province of overcome this terror,” he said. Erzincan. EgyptAir pilots tried to put out fire in doomed plane Palestinian woman wounded

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian woman who tried to stab an Israeli soldier in AP The recordings were consist- The pilots made no distress call, and from radar about 2:45 am local time the occupied West Bank was shot and wounded, the Israeli military said ent with data previously recovered no militant group has claimed to have on May 19 between the Greek island yesterday. “Reacting to the immediate danger, a soldier shot the assail- from the plane’s wreckage that brought the aircraft down, deepen- of Crete and the Egyptian coast. ant and arrested her,” the military said of the attack at Gitai Avisar in the showed heat, fire, and smoke around ing the mystery surrounding its fate. Radar data showed the aircraft had northern West Bank. CAIRO: Pilots tried to extinguish a a bathroom and the avionics area, The Egyptian investigators say no been cruising normally in clear skies A deadly cycle of violence has rocked the Palestinian territories, Israel and fire on board the EgyptAir flight that they said, speaking on condition of theories — including terrorism — are before it turned 90 degrees left, then a Jerusalem since the start of October last year. It has cost the lives of at least 214 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea anonymity because an official press being ruled out, especially since it is full 360 degrees to the right as it plum- Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, accord- in May, Egyptian investigators said statement has yet to be released. rare for such a catastrophic fire to meted from 38,000 feet to 15,000 feet. ing to an AFP count. After a relative lull, on Thursday a 19-year-old Palestinian yesterday after analysing a recov- The crash of the flight from Paris break out so suddenly. It disappeared when it was at an alti- stabbed to death a US-Israeli girl, in her bedroom at the Kiryat Arba Jewish ered cockpit voice recorder. to Cairo killed all 66 people on board. EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared tude of about 10,000 feet. settlement near the flashpoint Palestinian city of Hebron.

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EDITORIAL Dhaka attack aftermath Erdogan’s Turkey is too important

here is nothing more exciting to terrorists than somebody else doing their job. Terror is what they specialise in, and there is an innate tendency among to be pushed off course terrorist groups to claim responsibility for bombings and attacks perpetrated by others. The claim of the TIslamic State that they carried out the attack in Dhaka must be seen in this light. The government of Bangladesh has said that the Organisation for Economic former President Mohamed Morsi the attack has no links to IS and was carried out by homegrown Cooperation and Development President Erdogan as a primary condition for recon- (OECD) was discussed. This was is facing a lot of ciliation with the Sisi regime in terrorists and the government version looks more plausible just after Israeli commandos had Cairo. This condition has to remain considering that the country’s intelligence services have been stormed the humanitarian Free- criticism for the on the table. able to identify the terrorists and glean crucial information dom Flotilla’s Mavi Marmara in deal he has struck Turkey’s spate of diplomatic about them. But this also points to another painful fact – that international waters off the coast with Israel. He has about-turns did not end with its of Gaza and killed nine Turkish cit- overtures to Egypt. It also featured homegrown terrorists were able to carry out an attack of the faced such criticism scale and brutality associated with global jihadists and the izens (a tenth died of his wounds an apology to Russia for the down- later). When asked whether Tur- in the past but has ing of an air force jet in November intelligence services failed to thwart them or at least issue key would block the Israeli OECD usually proved his last year. This was a sensible and warnings even though all the seven gunmen were locals and Dr Daud Abdullah bid, Erdogan’s answer was a firm practical move, because as long five were on a government militant “No”. Many people believed that it critics to be wrong; as the Syrian civil war continues watchlist. The militants killed 20 was perfectly justifiable for Turkey he is nobody’s the return to stability in Turkey The fight hostages, most of them foreigners, at the to use its veto, but for Erdogan it fool. As he steers is unlikely. It is, therefore, right ithin hours of was one battle too many, and one and proper that Ankara should against Holey Artisan Bakery in central Dhaka. Turkey through While Bangladeshis are yet to announcing the that could be avoided. reach out to Moscow which, at the terrorism in normalisation of its Six years on, Turkey has had an difficult waters, his moment, remains the only power recover from the shock, the attack Bangladesh relations with Israel, apology from Israel, compensation detractors should capable of influencing both the has also exposed a new, puzzling WTurkey suffered one of the deadliest for the families of the victims of Assad regime in Damascus and must be phenomenon – that the jehadists terrorist attacks in recent mem- the murderous Israeli assault on keep this in mind its Iranian backers. undertaken in were well-educated people and hailed ory. Not for the first time, Istanbul the flotilla and an easing of the and give him credit As it picks up the pieces after cooperation from wealthy families. Some of the was the target of indiscriminate blockade of Gaza. Nevertheless, where credit is due. the attack on Istanbul’s main air- men went to an elite public school in violence, resulting in carnage of official claims that all three of Tur- port, Turkey must not simply step with all a kind witnessed in cities like key’s conditions for normalisation away into the wilderness of diplo- Dhaka, Scholastic, and then college at political Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino have been met are not reflected matic isolation. Such a move would North South University in the capital and Orlando. Whatever its source, by facts on the ground. The third Egyptian army toppled in the 2013 be a victory for its enemies and a parties and and Monash University in Malaysia. domestic or international, Turkey condition in particular remains coup. Similarly, Palestinian Presi- massive loss for the region. The religious What inspired them to take up jihad must not let this vicious campaign unfulfilled, for everyone knows dent Mahmoud Abbas is content to Middle East would be worse off groups. and chop people with machetes is not succeed because, quite clearly, it that there is a huge difference keep the blockade in place because without Turkey, especially after known. When asked about it, Home is intended to ruin the country’s between “easing” the blockade in his view Hamas staged a coup the collapse and disintegration Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said: “It economy and force it into interna- and lifting it altogether. against his authority in Gaza in of Libya, Yemen, Syria and Iraq. tional isolation. The government of As Erdogan said at that meet- 2007, even though the movement President Erdogan is facing has become a fashion.” It could be fashion, but there is a macabre President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ing back in 2010, though, there is was the legitimate, democratically- a lot of criticism for the deal he madness to this fashion which the government must take has clear objectives and must not only so much that Turkey can do for elected government of Palestine has struck with Israel. He has seriously. allow itself to be pushed off course, Palestine by itself; others must also at the time. faced such criticism in the past Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to eradicate for the people of the Middle East step up and play their part. There When looked at in the wider but has usually proved his critics extremism from Bangladeshi soil and she is likely to win are depending on it. is no doubt that the outcome of the context, then, the announcement to be wrong; he is nobody’s fool. broad public support in this task because Bangladesh is a Given its deep-rooted geo- recent talks with Israel over the by Prime Minister Binali Yeldirim As he steers Turkey through diffi- graphical, historical and cultural blockade would have been differ- that Turkey is also aiming to nor- cult waters, his detractors should secular, peaceful country where people of different religions links to the region, Turkey will ent if other regional actors and the malise its relations with Egypt was keep this in mind and give him live in harmony. But this is an enormous challenge which the always be affected by events Palestinian Authority were fully no surprise. If nothing else, this credit where credit is due. His coun- government cannot undertake alone, but only collectively with across the Middle East. Even if it supportive of Turkey’s demands. could be a major step towards end- try is needed even at the best of support from all sections of people. The government must enlist wanted to, Ankara cannot escape The truth is, they weren’t. Egypt’s ing the 10-year blockade of Gaza, times — which these are not — so the support of all political parties, religious groups and non- the consequences of the politi- military establishment wants to which may be led by Israel but is Erdogan should not allow himself governmental organisations and a massive campaign must be cal upheaval that has gripped its maintain the blockade because — on the Rafah Border at least — to be pushed off course. Turkey is launched to help people to be on guard to identify extremists and southern neighbours since 2011. it regards the de facto Hamas enforced by Egypt. much too important for that. Whether providing shelter for authority in Gaza as part of the At this stage it must be remem- inform the authorities. Bangladesh is already reeling from the refugees fleeing war-torn Syria Muslim Brotherhood, which led bered that Erdogan has always The writer is the Director of Middle consequences of the attack. The $26bn garment industry, which or humanitarian relief for Pal- the elected government that the insisted on the release of the jailed East Monitor (Memo). provides livelihood for millions of workers in a poor nation, is estinians in the besieged Gaza extremely worried. Foreign countries have issued travel warnings Strip, Turkey’s responsibilities and will want better security for their citizens. are inescapable. Of course, all of the disasters that have plagued the region are entirely man-made; overcom- ing them has always depended on human effort and sacrifice. To Quote of the day this end, Turkey has paid a heavy price. The terrorist attack on Atat- The British decision urk International Airport this week is ample proof of that and, judging in no way impacts from the recent past, this may not on the engagements be the last such atrocity. Hence, it was absolutely right for the Turkish taken in respect to government to review its policies the Balkan nations. and, in particular, the “zero prob- lems with neighbours” approach. There is no doubt that Presi- dent Erdogan is acutely aware that Francois Hollande Turkey has to choose its battles. I French President remember a private meeting with him in Istanbul in 2010 in which Relatives of the ones, who were wounded in the terror attack at Ataturk International Airport, cry the issue of Israel’s accession to outside the Forensic Medicine Institution in Istanbul, Turkey recently.

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By Josh Rogin The Washington Post

he US-Russia relationship is too big to fail, but it’s failing. The Obama administration came into office with a big idea Tabout this relationship: that these two world powers must work together on areas of mutual interest even if they still worked against each other where their interests diverged. The concept was sound, but as relations have deteriorated and Russia has taken a more antagonistic stance, the United States has failed to adapt. Last week’s revelation that the admin- istration is proposing increased military cooperation with Russia in Syria, in exchange for Russian agreement to abide by the cease-fire it had already agreed to, was a stark example of how the adminis- tration’s theory about how to work with Russia is being misapplied on the ground. Washington is offering Moscow both a reprieve from the political and military isolation it imposed after the invasion of Ukraine — and a reward for taking unilateral military action designed to A file picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and US President Barack Obama in 2013 in Northern Ireland. undermine US policy in Syria. The White House and the State Depart- ment believe that the only way to make distracted the world from the Ukraine The United States cannot afford to write determined not to cave to sanctions, and Russia continues to do the wrong things? progress in Syria is to work with Moscow, crisis, the Russian military continues a off the US-Russia relationship. There is if the recent vote in the French senate is even if that means setting the isolation medium-boil military campaign in vio- truth to the argument that the world’s any indication, the sanctions regime will effort to one side. That makes some sense, lation of the Minsk agreement. most pressing problems, including Islamic not last forever. but only if Russia actually honours its “Every single day they kill Ukrainian extremism, cannot be solved without some “Putin is a very smart, sophisticated agreements in Syria and makes progress soldiers, every single day the death toll is Russian involvement. But Washington can- political animal,” said Yatsenyuk. “He can toward resolving the Ukraine crisis. rising, every single day we’ve got civilian not ignore Russia’s increasingly horrendous wait and wait for a quite long and exten- But neither of these things is happen- casualties. There is no cease-fire on the behaviour. Russia’s dangerous military sive period of time. He knows how the ing. Ukraine’s recently departed prime ground,” he said. manoeuvres near US ships are now reg- Western powers act.” minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, told me last To Yatsenyuk, Russian President ular occurrences. Russian harassment The United States must establish a new week that while Russia has successfully Vladimir Putin’s strategy is clear. Russia and intimidation of US diplomats across relationship with Russia that is intellec- will pretend to work with Western pow- Europe is at an all-time high. Russian gov- tually honest about Moscow’s actions ers and even strike deals when the deals ernment cyber espionage and propaganda and intentions while preserving what- are sweet enough. But by selectively vio- campaigns have run amok. ever cooperation is possible. lating the agreements while manipulating “The fact is, they are engaged in a That may mean finding an endgame to The White House and the State other governments and the media, Putin new global Cold War against the US,” the Ukraine sanctions before they crum- Washington is offering will continue to make steady progress said Samuel Charap, senior fellow at the ble under their own weight. But it also Moscow both a reprieve Department believe that the only toward his anti-Western, anti- democratic International Institute for Strategic Stud- means pushing back more against Rus- way to make progress in Syria is objectives. For Yatsenyuk, there’s simply ies. “There’s absolutely no question about sian provocations and raising the cost for from the political and to work with Moscow, even if that no way to work constructively with the that. We have this festering wound on the Putin when he acts out on other fronts. military isolation it current Kremlin. relationship that nobody on the US side is Defence Secretary Ashton B Carter, means setting the isolation effort to “I don’t believe that you can agree on spending much time trying to fix.” who internally opposed President Obama’s imposed after the one side. That makes some sense, anything substantial with the Russian The United States has complicated new Syria proposal, said last week that if invasion of Ukraine — Federation because the US is an enemy relationships with lots of problematic Russia would “do the right thing in Syria but only if Russia actually honours to the Russian Federation in their view,” countries. China, for example, is inter- — that’s an important condition — as in all and a reward for taking its agreements in Syria and makes he said. “They can have talks, they can nally repressive and externally aggressive, cases with Russia, we’re willing to work unilateral military action progress toward resolving the have debates, they can even agree on but there’s no thought of cutting off rela- with them.” designed to undermine some non-existential issues. But there is tions with Beijing. Similarly, the policy The US government needs to come up Ukraine crisis. an existential difference. These are just of isolating Russia as punishment for its with a credible answer to the correspond- US policy in Syria. two different worlds.” invasion of Ukraine has limits. Russia was ing question: What is it willing to do if 900 million Indians live in two rooms or less

Vijay and elder brother Puran, who — live in India’s largest homes. no question of me liking it, I have to metropolitan region, home to about also lives in a Mumbai office corri- As many as 79 percent of rural do it),” said Vijay. 19 million people. dor — live in a three-room house. households and 84 percent of the In Tamil Nadu, Bihar and West With 43 percent of its urban Like Vijay, about 900 million Indi- urban population in Kerala live in Bengal, 48 percent, 44 percent and population living in one room or ans, or nearly 75 percent of India’s houses with more than three rooms, 43 percent of the population lives in homeless, Tamil Nadu follows households — with an average fam- data from the 2014 baseline survey one room or no room — which could Maharashtra; West Bengal is next ily size of five — live in two rooms for Sample Registration System of mean they are homeless. with 38 percent homeless or in one- or less, according to the latest data the Census of India shows. Last year, along with his brother room homes. released by the government in June Kerala is followed by Jammu Puran, who also works in Mumbai, Vijay is one of those who 2016. and Kashmir and Assam — 21st and Vijay started building a brick-cement- represents Maharashtra’s cramped Of the 900 million, 630 million, 27th in terms of per capita income mortar house for his family in his urban conditions: He lives in the or more than half of all households, — with 66 percent and 34 percent village; two rooms are complete. corridors of a commercial building The people of Kerala By Abhishek Waghmare live in rural areas, with 262 million, rural, and 60 percent and 45 per- To complete the renovation of to maximise his earning and minimise — India’s seventh- IANS or 20 percent, in urban areas. There cent of the urban population living his mud-house, Vijay needs to keep his expenses, as many of India’s 360 does not appear to be a correlation in relatively larger houses. earning money and holding down million migrants do. In June 2016, richest by per between income and the size of Jharkhand, Telangana and And- expenses. “Mumbai mein raho to IndiaSpend explored how this capita income — live homes, with some of India’s poorer hra Pradesh are the only states among har mahina paisa bhej sakte hai, aur economic imperative played out or 10 years, Degal Srimangar states boasting larger homes than the 23 big states for which the data kharcha bahut kam ho jata hai (If you with migrants forced out of their in India’s largest Sao, 26, has been sleeping in richer states and vice versa. has been released where more than stay in Mumbai, you can send money traditional homes. homes. As many as Fthe corridor of a central Mum- No more than 106 million urban half of all families live in two-room home every month and expenses are Although Vijay’s village is not 79 percent of rural bai commercial complex, where he households, or nine percent of all houses, both in rural and urban areas. low).” short of water and his father ploughs delivers tea every two hours to busy Indian households, live in homes with Vijay stays away from his family, Of India’s states, Maharashtra the land every monsoon and regularly households and 84 corporate employees. more than three rooms. About 185 wife, children and parents, except has the highest proportion of urban reaps a paddy crop, it isn’t enough for percent of the urban Vijay, as he prefers to be called million Indians in rural areas, or 15 for an annual two-week visit home. population that is homeless or lives the family. So, Vijay lives in Mumbai, in Mumbai, is from Kharkatto, a vil- percent of all Indian households, live Seven members of his family stay in in one room: Half. sleeps in a corridor and, slowly, population in Kerala lage of 300 homes and 1,765 people in houses with three or more rooms. a three-room mud house in their vil- Maharashtra also has the rebuilds the family home. live in houses with — nearly 1,800 km northeast of Mum- Data on the average size of rooms lage, which he detests. maximum proportion of “urban “In two years, my five-room pucca bai — in Hazaribagh district in the is not available with the Census of He is not sure whether he is slum units” (blocks of population (brick-cement-mortar) home will more than three Gangetic-plains Hindi-heartland India. really “content” in Mumbai or with living in slums), with 53 percent of be built,” said Vijay. “My father will rooms. state of Jharkhand. His nine-mem- The people of Kerala — India’s his home. “Pasand ka sawaal nahi all homes in slums, largely due to the be able to sleep in his own room, for ber extended family — seven without seventh-richest by per capita income hai saab; karna padta hai (There is slums that proliferate in the Mumbai the first time.”

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Philippine China and Japan President wants five top police warplanes in officials charged close encounter AFP MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday pub- licly named five top police officials Hagiuda denied the accusation Tues- he said should be investigated for The row over the day, telling reporters that Tokyo’s involvement in illegal drugs. The Self-Defence Forces had scrambled Presidentwas making good on an islands has seen F15 jets to monitor Chinese aircraft. earlier threat to publicly shame relations between “There are no facts showing that officers who were involved in or we took provocative action against protecting the illegal drug trade. the world’s second- Chinese military planes,” he said. “I order them relieved of their and third-largest In 2013, Tokyo demanded Bei- assignments and report to the jing apologise when it said a Chinese (national police) director-general economies plunge in frigate had locked its fire-control who would like to talk to them,” recent years. radar onto a Japanese destroyer he said in a speech to the air force. in international waters. The row He also ordered the police over the islands has seen relations commission to investigate the between the world’s second- and five, adding: “Don’t give me a AFP third-largest economies plunge song and dance. Find the truth.” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivering a speech during the Philippine Air Force’s 69th anniversary in recent years, before recovering He said information on the alleged slightly, although they remain poor. celebration at Clark air base in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila, yesterday. involvement of the five in drugs Beijing is also involved in a sep- had undergone “so many valida- BEIJING: Beijing and Tokyo were at arate set of territorial disputes with tions” but he did not elaborate on loggerheads yesterday over accu- other littoral neighbours over its the evidence against them. sations Japanese warplanes locked extensive claims in the strategic Duterte to China: Let’s talk National police spokesmen their fire control radar onto Chi- and resource-rich South China Sea. could not be contacted for comment. nese aircraft, as state-run Chinese It has rapidly built up reefs and One of the retired police generals media said the country needed to outcrops into artificial islands with AFP China’s claims extend even close to Philippines, which has far fewer dip- named by Duterte told ABS-CBN be ready for “military confrontation” facilities capable of military use. the coasts of the Philippines and other lomatic resources. In contrast, Duterte television that he was innocent, pro- elsewhere. The issue has raised tensions in the Southeast Asian nations. China has said had previously said he was open to testing that he was being subjected Beijing has long been embroiled region and with the United States, it would reject the ruling and refused talks with China, and even joint ven- to “trial by publicity”. in fierce territorial disputes with which has key defence treaties with MANILA: Philippine President Rod- to recognise the Permanent Court of tures to share resources in the sea. Duterte also reiterated his call Tokyo over Japanese-controlled Japan and other allies in the area. rigo Duterte yesterday offered China Arbitration’s jurisdiction over the issue. But Tuesday’s comments were the for the return of the death penalty islands in the East China Sea, and Yesterday, China began a week of conciliatory talks on a long-awaited Duterte has said he wants first since becoming president con- as well as his vow to pursue a cam- with a host of littoral states over the naval exercises in waters around the international tribunal ruling over Bei- friendly relations with China, a firming he was open to talks, which paign against illegal drugs. Scores South China Sea, which it claims Paracel Islands, in the northern part jing’s maritime claims, a week before departure from his predecessor have long been favoured by China of suspected drug dealers have almost in its entirety. of the sea. They came a week before the verdict. Benigno Aquino who angered Bei- because of its perceived advantage. been shot dead by police since Chinese vessels and planes regu- a United Nations-backed tribunal in Duterte, who was sworn into jing by launching the legal action and After assuming the presidency, Duterte won the May 9 elections. larly enter waters and airspace near The Hague rules on a case brought office last week, said he was opti- strengthening ties with the Philip- Duterte had said that he would not He has previously called on the East China Sea islands, called by the Philippines challenging Chi- mistic that the UN-backed tribunal pines’ longtime ally the United States. “taunt or flaunt” a favourable ruling. police to kill drug dealers and Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in na’s position. in The Hague would rule in favour Aquino’s government argued that Ahead of the ruling, Chinese President even urged the public and com- China. China’s defence ministry late Beijing has boycotted the hear- of the Philippines. China’s claims to most of the South Xi Jinping said Beijing was “not afraid munist rebels to join in. In his on Monday accused Japanese fighter ings and is engaged in a major “If it’s favourable to us, let’s talk,” China Sea and its massive island- of trouble” while state-run media speech, Duterte stressed, “Many jets of using their fire control radar diplomatic and publicity drive to Duterte said in a speech before the building programme in the disputed urged China to prepare for “military more will die.... It’s going to be a to lock onto two Chinese aircraft on try to delegitimise the process. In an Philippine Air Force at the former waters violated international law. confrontation” in the disputed waters. dirty fight, it’s going to be a bloody “routine patrol” in the Air Defence editorial, the Global Times — a news- US military base of Clark, about an Aquino had refused to hold direct Duterte yesterday reiterated he fight. I’m not apologising for it.” He Identification Zone (ADIZ) it declared paper owned by the People’s Daily hour’s drive from the capital Manila. talks with China on the issue, point- was against any armed conflict. “We told security forces that he would unilaterally in 2013. group that often takes a nationalistic An international tribunal will rule ing to Beijing’s insistence that its are not prepared to go to war. War is “assume full legal responsibility” The aggressive move generally tone — said China should accelerate on July 12 in a case the Philippines claims were indisputable and thus a dirty word,” Duterte said. He added for the campaign. He also said the means an attacker is ready to fire the build-up of its defence capabil- brought challenging China’s claims to there was nothing to negotiate. that even if the tribunal rules against military should join the effort, weapons at a target. Japan’s dep- ities and “must be prepared for any most of the strategically vital South Aquino had also feared nego- the Philippines, his administration adding he would need 3,000 more uty chief cabinet secretary Koichi military confrontation”. China Sea. tiations would disadvantage the would accept the judgement. policemen to crack down on crime.

Squeezing in Singaporean couple jailed Australian PM brushes for torturing off calls to resign toddler to death AFP responsibility for our campaign,” Turnbull told reporters in Sydney. AFP “The Australian people have voted, and we respect the result.” In sharp SYDNEY: Australian leader contrast to an angry speech in the SINGAPORE: A Singaporean Malcolm Turnbull took full respon- hours after the vote, he acknowl- mother who tortured her two- sibility yesterday for a disastrous edged there was a swing against year-old son to death for not eating election campaign which has left his Liberal/National coalition, but his breakfast and disobeying her his government in doubt, but said said general voter dissatisfaction was jailed along with her boy- he would not resign. also played a part. friend yesterday for what the court The final result from Saturday Millions of Australians cast their described as the couple’s “sense- polls is still unclear, but Turnbull’s votes for independents and minor less brutality”. conservative coalition has lost its parties, resulting in them likely win- District Judge Bala Reddy cited comfortable majority in Canberra’s ning at least five seats in the lower the “ruthless and unrelenting” vio- 150-seat House of Representatives. house. It is a similar story in the lence in the case and the couple’s The government and the oppo- upper house Senate, with anti-immi- lack of remorse before handing sition Labor Party are currently gration firebrand Pauline Hanson set down an 11-year term for 41-year- each short of the 76 seats needed to make a return to Canberra after People climb to board an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid-Al-Fitr, old mother Zaidah, who goes by one to govern, and with the vote count an absence of nearly 20 years. at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. name. Her boyfriend, Zaini Jamari, ongoing, there is the prospect of a “There is no doubt that there is a 46, was jailed for 10 years and sen- hung parliament. level of disillusionment with politics, tenced to 12 lashes of the cane. “I want to make it quite clear with government, and with the major The court heard how over a that as prime minister and leader parties. Our own included. We note five-week period last year, the of the Liberal Party, I take full that. We respect it,” Turnbull said. couple punished the boy by mak- ing him stand for hours wearing Bangladesh politician stunned only a nappy, kicking and slapping him whenever he got tired. More than 120 dead in China floods “For more than a month, the by son’s role in attack on cafe two of you in a ruthless and unre- BEIJING: Heavy rain around China’s Yangtze river basin has left 128 peo- lenting manner inflicted severe ple dead and scores missing, media said yesterday, with more damage torture on your two-year-old feared from a typhoon expected to land this week. Flooding has forced child who was unable to retali- some 1.3 million people to evacuate vast areas near China’s longest river AFP “I don’t know what changed had gone missing,” he said. ate or defend himself,” Reddy said. and its connected waterways, the official Xinhua news agency cited the him. There was nothing that Police initially identified all six The worst of the abuse hap- civil affairs ministry as saying. Millions more are threatened by the contin- would suggest that he was get- as suspected attackers, but yester- pened on November 22 when the uing downpour, which began at the end of June and has already destroyed ting radicalised. He hardly read day they said they were looking into couple hit and kicked the boy after at least 41,000 homes, it said. Water levels in Taihu Lake near Shanghai DHAKA: A Bangladeshi politician any religious books.” whether one was a kitchen worker he refused to eat breakfast, stomping are at their highest level in decades, according to Beijing News, which said spoke yesterday of his horror to Babul, an official with the rul- who was held hostage. Relatives on his chest and force-feeding him the area faces a serious risk of flooding if a typhoon hits Friday as forecast. learn his son was among the sus- ing Awami League party, said he of Saiful Islam Chowkider raised dried chilli pepper. The same pun- pects who murdered foreigners at believed his son may have been the alarm after recognising the ishment was repeated that evening a Dhaka cafe, and said many young “brainwashed” online. He had 39-year-old among the pictures of before the boy went to bed, where he US warns about possible attacks in Lagos men from wealthy, educated fami- not seen Rohan since travelling to the suspects police released after the was found dead the next morning. lies were gone missing. India in December with his maths siege. “We protested. We said he was An autopsy showed the boy LAGOS: The United States on Tuesday warned of possible attacks against Imtiaz Khan Babul said his teacher wife, leaving their three never a militant. He was hardwork- had 41 external injuries, includ- expatriates and foreign visitors in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, during pub- 22-year-old son Rohan Imtiaz, who children in Dhaka. ing man and one of the best pizza ing bruises on his chest and legs, lic holidays marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “The was killed when commandos stormed In the months following and pasta makers in Bangladesh,” and a large welt on his forehead. US Mission in Nigeria advises that groups associated with terrorist activity the cafe on Saturday, had been a top- Rohan’s disappearance, Babul Chowkider’s cousin Solaiman said. Zaidah claimed the boy fell in the might be planning attacks against hotels in Lagos frequented by interna- scoring student whose behaviour gave lobbied senior party officials to The 20 people killed included toilet and hit his head. The cou- tional visitors, including those located on waterfronts, during the Eid-al-Fitr no hint he was radicalised before he help find his only son and even nine Italians, seven Japanese, a US ple faced a combined total of 32 holidays,” it said. Tuesday and Wednesday are public holidays in Nigeria and disappeared last December. scoured the city’s morgues. As he citizen and a 19-year-old Indian charges including causing griev- the traditional end of a month of fasting and prayer is marked by celebra- “I was stunned and speechless to searched, he met other families student. Yesterday, the bodies of the ous hurt and physical abuse of the tions across the country. The US warning, posted on its embassy’s website, learn that my son had done such a who had suffered the same fate. Japanese victims arrived on a gov- child, who died a month short of is unusually specific but not the first about possible attacks in locations fre- heinous thing,” a tearful Babul said. “I met so many parents whose boys ernment plane in Tokyo. his third birthday. quented by expatriates. PAKISTAN WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 11

Festive shopping Government and Sharif eyes seat opposition to share names of adjustment in ECP members

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AJK elections ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Leader of the Opposition in the National and the Muslim Conference. Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Elections on 41 seats The PTI and MC have fielded Shah have agreed to “formally of AJK legislative joint candidates on seven seats of exchange” proposed names for the 48-member legislative assembly. appointment of four members of assembly are There is a possibility of the number the Election Commission of Paki- scheduled for July rising to 10 as elections draw closer. stan (ECP) soon after Eid. Meanwhile, the PML-N has Dar said he has spoken to 21. struck deals with JI for only two Shah on the issue of appoint- seats so far. The JI, which is field- ment of the ECP members and ing a total of eight candidates in the both agreed to hold formal con- valley, has struck a deal with MC for sultations any time after July 11. Internews one seat - in addition to the adjust- Replying to a question, Dar ment with PML-N. said they had so far not formally Sources in PML-N are of the A woman buys bangles and jewellery at a stall ahead of Eid Ul-Fitr in Islamabad. exchanged the names for the ECP view that party leadership is con- members, though they had dis- ISLAMABAD: Dissatisfied with the cerned about aggressive political cussed a few names during their Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s strategy adopted by opponents “informal discussion”.The minister ongoing campaign for the upcoming such as PTI and MC, the two ‘arch expressed hope that they would general elections in Azad Jammu & rivals’.“Given the history of MC’s Law to regulate Umrah operators on anvil complete the process within time- Kashmir (AJK), Prime Minister Nawaz hostility towards PML-N, there line given in the Constitution. Sharif is considering seat adjustments is hardly any possibility of a joint An official statement by with other political parties in the val- venture in the polls,” said a senior Internews business in the country as millions legislation,” said an official who finance ministry said Dar had ley to counter political opponents. PML-N leader who has substan- of pilgrims visit Saudi Arabia played a key role in drafting the informed opposition leader about However, he may find his options tial say in AJK’s political matters throughout the year. law.According to the official, the possible names proposed by limited. for the party. “The PP and PML-N ISLAMABAD: In a bid to tighten the But there is no fixed rate at major complaint against private tour Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The In this regard, Nawaz, who is stand poles apart, politically and noose on unbridled Umrah opera- which to charge people intending operators is accommodation. There four ECP members retired on June also the president of Pakistan Mus- ideologically. And PML-N and PTI tors, the Ministry of Religious Affairs to perform religious rites and every are reports that Umrah operators 12 and the law requires appoint- lim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has just do not go together. Problems are of Pakistan has finalised a draft leg- Umrah operator charges people misguide pilgrims and do not ment of their successors within 45 summoned a meeting of PML-N brewing and there are not too many islation to regulate their working in according to its devised rate. The provide them the accommodation days of their retirement. July 27 is Jammu & Kashmir chapter after options on hand for us,” the PML-N the country. At present, private travel new legislation will fix uniform they promised. the deadline for appointment of Eid-Ul Fitr, political sources said. leader explained. operators are registered with the rates, said the official who is privy In addition, complaints new members of the commission. Elections on 41 seats of AJK The PML-N chapter for the val- tourism department of the respec- to the development.The draft also regarding substandard food and Earlier, Information Minister legislative assembly are sched- ley is quite young, formed in 2011 as tive province. recommended penalties —including inadequate transport facilities are Pervaiz Rashid had claimed the uled for July 21. It is expected a breakaway faction of the MC led The ministry has proposed cancellation of licences for lifetime also rampant. government had proposed names that Nawaz will discuss strik- by former AJK Prime Minister Raja imprisonment for violating terms and different imprisonment under The Travel Agents Association of for the vacant ECP posts and was ing electoral adjustments with Farooq Haider. Haider formed the of their contracts with people, Joint the Pakistan Penal Code. Pakistan, however, has opposed the now waiting for a response from the Jamaat-e-Islami, to battle group after he stepped down as the Secretary (Umrah) Iftikhar Uddin “We have sent the draft to the government move, saying that the the opposition leader. But opposi- the electoral alliance between AJK prime minister in 2010 and sub- said. cabinet for final approval. Later ministry has no mandate to regulate tion denied receiving any list from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sequently left the then ruling MC. Umrah has become a lucrative it will be sent to parliament for their operations. the government.

Risking lives KP province seeks accreditation for six teaching hospitals

Internews health secretary to College of Physi- to induct them for training. There- cians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) fore, work is in progress to bring new yesterday. hospitals into the system of the CPSP It says the number of candi- accredited institutions and enable PESHAWAR: The Khyber dates passing FCPS-1 has reached candidates to continue their training. Pakhtunkhwa province’s health 850 compared to 400 of last year in The proposed teaching hospi- department has decided to seek Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to which tals have teaching faculty in general accreditation for six teaching hos- it required more slots to accommo- medicine, general surgery, obstet- pitals to enhance number of slots for date all the passed candidates. rics and gynecology and pediatrics trainee medical officers in view of The passing percentage has risen and the health department is in the the increasing candidates graduat- due to CPSP’s departure from con- process to upgrade them in line with ing from the new medical colleges. ventional to online system of part-I CPSP’ requirements so the faculty “We plan to get accreditation for examination and health department may get accreditation, says the letter. teaching hospitals and induct Fel- is now looking for ways to induct The letter has sought college’s low of College and Physicians and them for part-II training in the cooperation for granting relaxation Surgeons (FCPS) in teaching hos- hospitals, recognised by Pakistan to teaching faculty to fulfil require- pital in Bannu and Kohat Institute Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). ments for becoming supervisors. It of Medical Sciences, King Abdullah The letter stated that graduates has proposed that CPSP’s represent- Teaching Hospital Mansehra and of four newly set up medical colleges atives may visit and accord provisional district headquarters hospitals of have also qualified the examination accreditation to teaching hospitals to A man passes through a railing while another disembark a train as they make their way home, at the Abbottabad, Haripur and Charsadda due to which the province’s FSPS enable them to play supervisory roles Cantonment railway station in Karachi, yesterday. owing to the increasing number of quota for part-II doesn’t allow to for part-II training, especially in gen- graduates,” says a letter written by accommodate them but it is important eral medicine and surgery.

Japan to help Holiday rush Pakistan install One month of roadside Iftar face recognition system at airports kindness for the needy

Internews handling their assigned tasks, which daily wage to help with Iftar prepa- Internews includes washing dishes, unloading rations,” said Arif. food, water and juices, laying down Every day after work, Sakina, a the dastarkhawan, shifting all liquids maid meets her friends and family ISLAMABAD: The government of KARACHI: For 28 days, 45 vol- from bottles to jugs and streamlining outside Jinnah hospital. “I told my Japan has agreed to extend a grant unteers, clad in customised black people and settling them down into friend Mariam about this Iftar, she for economic and social develop- T-shirts, religiously gathered outside organised groups before the Maghrib loves it,” said the delighted woman. ment programme worth 200m Jinnah hospital in Karachi to prepare azaan. The entire preparation process “It felt good to come here,” said Japanese Yen to install face recogni- and serve Iftar to more than 400 takes at least an hour. Irfan, who works as a labourer. He said tion systems at airports to improve needy people. Aik Naiki has kept a simple menu his working hours are such that it is security measures in Pakistan. These are a group of young, - dates, water, sherbet and a rice impossible to reach home in time for The face recognition system is a enthusiastic university students from dish. Iftar is wrapped up by 8:30pm. Iftar. Aik Naiki’s arrangement allows computer application which iden- Aik Naiki, an independent charity “There are never any (leftovers). him to not only break his fast but also tifies or verifies an individual from group, with the sole aim of making We make sure we distribute abso- enjoy the feeling of togetherness. a digital image of human face. It is a lasting and positive impact on lives lutely everything. It’s a good feeling,” With strategy depending on used more in security systems as it of underprivileged people. said Khan. “All utensils and equip- Facebook and word-of-mouth, the can be used for mass identification “We (a group of friends) gave ment are taken back to home of students have set their daily budget and there is no need for physical out Iftar boxes every Ramazan but, one of the members,” said Raheel for the Iftar drive at Rs 20,000. How- exercise such as fingerprints. this year, we decided to step it up Arif, another member of the group. ever, the first few uploads of Iftar Facial recognition systems and formalise ourselves into a big- Khanzada, a labourer living behind pictures were hit and donations have been installed at several ger, volunteer group,” Aik Naiki Jinnah hospital, called Aik Naiki a started pouring in. “People became places where people gather in member Ahsan Khan said. “People blessing for him. interested in our Iftar campaign large numbers, including airports. spread the word and bring their fam- “I came here for Iftar and offered and started donating. We col- A contract in this regard was ily and friends. They start to come to help these boys since I was look- lected around Rs 1m!” Khan shared signed between Takashi Kurai, from 6:30pm and mingle around ing for employment,” Khanzada happily.“We finished most of it and Japanese ambassador to Pakistan, while we prepare the food.”Every said. “He (Khanzada) was worried still had a decent amount left so we Passengers wait for their train to arrive as they leave for hometown and Economic Affairs Division day, the volunteers gather around and came to us but he did not want decided to add meat to the menu for during the festival holidays, at a railway station in Karachi. Secretary Tariq Bajwa, yesterday. 6pm outside Jinnah hospital, each money directly so we hired him at a the last few days ,” he added. 12 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 INDIA

Kerala misses the Modi inducts 19 faces & axes five ministers bus in cabinet expansion

The five Ministers IANS of State who were dropped were THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sanwar Lal Jat, Absence of any Keralite in 19 new Nihalchand, Ram central ministers means the BJP leadership isn’t ready yet to make Shankar Katheria, good on its promise that the state Mansukh Bhai Vasava would get representation in the cabinet if the party performs well and Mohanbhai in assembly polls. Kundaria. The BJP opened its account in Kerala assembly in elections held in May with O Rajagopal winning the Nemom seat. IANS In seven other constituen- FROM LEFT: Prakash Javadekar, M J Akbar, Ramdas Athawale and Anupriya Patel cies, the party finished second, up from just three second places major surprise and replaced high- (held currently by Jaitley) apart from Environment replacing Javadekar. At the swearing-in at Rashtrap- in the previous election. NEW DELHI: In a major ministe- profile and vocal Irani, who has been his existing Urban Development and Vijay Goel, also inducted on Tues- tai Bhjavan yesterday morning, Vice That does not seem to have rial shake up two years since he at the eye of storm with former Envi- Housing portfolio, said an official day, will be the new Minister of State President Hamid Ansari, Modi, BJP been a “good” performance for took over, Prime Minister Naren- ronment Minister Prakash Javadekar, source. (Independent Charge) of Sports and President Amit Shah and several the BJP national leadership which dra Modi yesterday inducted 19 new who is credited for being industry Chemicals and Fertilisers Min- Youth Affairs. union ministers including Jaitley, otherwise hailed the party’s debut faces, elevated Minister of State Pra- friendly. ister H N Ananth Kumar will be the M J Akbar has been appointed Rajnath Singh and Gadkari were in the state assembly as “historic”. kash Javadekar to cabinet rank and In another key move he removed new Parliamentary Affairs Minis- Minister of State for External Affairs. also present. There is no Keralite among the sent him to replace Smriti Irani in the lacklustre D V Sadananda Gowda of ter also. Jayant Sinha, who was junior However, BJP veteran L K Advani 19 who took oath yesterday as new Human Resource Development Min- Karnataka as Law Minister and gave Irani has been made Textiles minister in the finance ministry, now and External Affairs Minister Sushma members of Modi cabinet. During istry, while also making changes in the responsibility to Ravi Shankar Minister, replacing Santosh Gang- becomes Minister of State for Civil Swaraj missed the event but for dif- the assembly election campaign key portfolios like law, communica- Prasad. Gowda has been moved to war who will be now be Minister of Aviation. ferent reasons. in March-April, several national tions and parliamentary affairs. the ministry of Statistics and Pro- State for Finance. Former bureaucrat Manoj Sinha will now hold the Among other changes, Mahesh leaders of the BJP had hinted that All the 19 new ministers sworn in gramme Implementation. Arjun Meghwal, who was inducted in Communications portfolio too Sharma, who was earlier Minister if the state leaders put up a credi- at a solemn function at the Rashtra- As expected, Modi left four major Tuesday’s expansion, has also been as Minister of State (Independent of State for Civil Aviation under ble performance, one of them will pati Bhavan are from the Bharatiya portfolios of Home (Rajnath Singh), made Minister of State in this cru- Charge) besides being MoS Railways. Ashok Gajapati Raju, has been left be given a central cabinet berth. Janata Party (BJP) barring RPI leader Sushma Swaraj (External Affairs), cial ministry. The five Ministers of State who with his independent charge of Air of expectancy in Kerala Ramdas Athawale of Maharashtra Arun Jaitley (Finance) and Manohar Among other cabinet changes, were dropped were Sanwar Lal Jat Culture & Tourism. S.S. Ahluwalia heightened after O Rajagopal and Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel of Parrikar (Defence) untouched while Rural Development and Drink- (Water Resources), Nihalchand (Pan- will be the new Minister of State became the first BJP legislator to Uttar Pradesh. senior ministers Nitin Gadkari (Road ing Water and Sanitation Minister chayati Raj), Ram Shankar Katheria for Agriculture and Parliamentary enter Kerala assembly. Hours after the ceremonial Transport, Highways and Shipping) Chaudhary Birender Singh from (HRD), Mansukh Bhai Vasava (Tribal Affairs, sources said adding MoS There was more buzz after the swearing-in of new ministers includ- and Suresh Prabhu (Railways) have Haryana now would swap portfo- Affairs) and Mohanbhai Kundaria Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan has central government nominated ing Javadekar and allies Apna Dal’s retained their earlier assignments. lios with Steel and Mines Minister (Agriculture). been moved as junior minister for Suresh Gopi to the Rajya Sabha. leader Anupriya Patel and Repub- Prasad was divested of Com- Narendra Singh Tomar of Madhya “Whatever the reason I was Water Resources. But Gopi’s chances to get a cab- lican Party of India-A’s Ramdas munications and allotted Law while Pradesh, who will also hold charge dropped, I have been told by party Delhi too got representation inet berth got clouded when some Athawale by President Pranab Parliamentary Affairs has been taken of Panchayati Raj. president that I should be working in the Union ministry. Vijay Goel, state party leaders opined that since Mukherjee, the Prime Minister allot- away from M. Venkaiah Naidu. According to sources, newly- for the BJP,” Katheria told reporters. although elected from Rajasthan to he has already got the benefit of a ted the portfolios. Naidu, however, has been given inducted Anil Madhav Dave will Katheria has been lately vocal in the Rajya Sabha, is a former BJP Pres- surprise nomination, another boon In the exercise, Modi sprang a additional charge of the I&B Ministry be the new Minister of State for favour of hardline Hindutva politics. ident in Delhi. for him would be unwarranted. Telangana charges India and Hungary agree to boost bilateral trade

IANS “Foreign Minister Szijjarto pos- focus areas for cooperation: auto- in science and technology. Andhra with itively assessed Indian investment motive industry (31.5% of Hungary’s A joint India-Hungary science in Hungary which had reached GDP comes from the automotive sec- and technology fund of €2m has $2bn and was providing employ- tor); construction industry especially been created to promote research NEW DELHI: India and Hungary yes- ment to more than 10,000 people,” for affordable housing in which Hun- in agriculture, pharmacueuticals, stealing online data terday agreed to boost bilateral trade the sources said. garian companies were keen to enter information and communication that has touched $600m across mul- There are around 15 Indian the Indian market; water and sani- technology, nanotechnology and tiple sectors, including automobile companies operating in Hungary, tation to assist Clean India Mission; molecular biology. IANS states to top EoDB rankings. industry, IT and pharmaceuticals. including Apollo Tyres, TCS, WIPRO, and innovative industries. According to sources, both sides Rama Rao, who is son of Chief According to sources, External Mahindra Satyam, SMR Group and The two ministers discussed also discussed defence cooperation Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Sun Pharma. prospects of India-EU Bilateral Trade and Hungary’s participation in the said the spirit of the EoDB is get- visiting Hungarian Minister for For- Sushma Swaraj called for wid- and Investment Agreement (BTIA) in Make in India initiative. HYDERABAD: The Telangana ting affected when some states eign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, ening cooperation in IT education, the wake of Britain’s exit from the According to a joint statement, government yesterday alleged are trying to resort to unethical expressed satisfaction at the increas- innovation and research and European Union. both ministers jointly affirmed the that the Andhra Pradesh govern- practices. ing bilateral trade which has touched development. The two ministers also discussed need for comprehensive reforms of ment resorted to unethical means He appealed to the Union min- $600m. On his part, Szijjarto listed four cultural, educational and cooperation the UN Security Council. by stealing the online application ister to give priority to only those submitted to the Centre for Ease of states who have brought qualitative Doing Business (EoDB) ranking. changes at the field level and not Taking a serious view of this, those states who resort to unethi- Priyanka to be the Telangana government lodged cal means. For the giant procession a complaint with the Cyber Crime He requested that the reports ‘lead campaigner’ Police, which registered a case submitted by the respective states after preliminary enquiry that after June 30 should be looked into website information and tem- thoroughly. for Congress in UP plate copyrights theft has been For awarding EoDB rankings committed. to the states, the DIPP had given Telangana alleged that the a a questionnaire comprising 340 IANS commercial court fee and process questions and set up an online dash- fee online payment’ application board to answer these questions. developed by its law department on Though the deadline for submis- NEW DELHI: Congress president June 28 and submitted the same to sion of EODB questionnaire ended Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priya- the Union government’s Department on June 30, the DIPP has extended nka Gandhi Vadra will be “lead of Industrial Policy and Promotion the deadline till July 7. campaigner” for the party in com- (DIPP) for EoDB ranking was sto- The Telangana government ing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, len by Andhra. claimed it submitted Commercial party sources said yesterday. The officials pointed out that Courts application on June 28 while “This is confirmed that she has their Andhra counterparts even Andhra had not done this till June agreed to become the lead cam- copied the spelling mistake on the 30. After the DIPP extended the paigner. This will be formally page. deadline, Andhra copied and sub- announced by the AICC (All India Telangana brought the issue mitted the same, officials said. Congress Committee) in a day or to the central government’s notice They alleged that Andhra two,” a source told reporters. with Industries Minister K T Rama improved its ranking through There has been specula- Rao dashing off a letter to the unethical practices. tion that Priyanka Gandhi and Union Commerce Minister Nirmala EoDB ranking on DIPP website former Delhi Chief Minister Sitharaman. on July 5 shows Telangana at second Sheila Dikshit may play a major The minister submitted the place and Andhra at third. Telan- A mahout paints his elephant on the eve of the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, outside the role in the 2017 assembly polls. proofs and also explained the ways gana was at second and Andhra at Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, yesterday. Dikshit said on Monday Priyanka and means being resorted by certain 19th position on June 12. would be the “right” person to be the chief campaigner for the Congress in the country’s most populous state. Congress spokesperson Ran- World’s largest spinning wheel inaugurated at Delhi airport deep Surjewala said “We refuse to indulge in any speculation. If a decision is taken vis-à-vis the IANS “The charkha is a symbol of our ”The idea behind displaying the of high-quality Burma teak wood, Mishra told the gathering. role and responsibility of Priyanka glorious heritage, and an inspiring world’s biggest spinning wheel at is nine feet wide, 17 feet tall and 30 On the occasion, Delhi Inter- Gandhi Vadra, we shall be happy reminder of our freedom struggle, led the country’s busiest airport is to feet long. national Airport Limited (DIAL), to share it with the media.” by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma highlight India’s quest to foster an It was built in 55 days by a which manages the IGI airport Asked if Priyanka would NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Gandhi.” egalitarian society as demonstrated team of 42 carpenters hailing from here, announced that it will adopt assume any formal responsi- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Unveiling the charkha at Ter- by the Father of our Nation,” the min- Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Khadi for the summer and win- bility in the party, Surjewala Kalraj Mishra yesterday unveiled the minal 3 of the Indira Gandhi ister said. ”The charkha represents ter uniforms for its staff at Delhi said: “Lots of Congress leaders world’s largest charkha (spinning International Airport, Mishra said it He said the positioning of the Swadeshi, self-sufficiency, and at airport. and workers have expressed wheel) at the Indira Gandhi Inter- is a symbol of the Gandhian values spinning wheel at the departure the same time interdependence, The announcement was made their opinion from time to time national Airport here. and “shows the government’s prior- lounge forecourt will help promote because the wheel is at the centre of by G M Rao, Group Chairman, GMR on various issues including the In his message on the occasion, ity for khadi and village industries India’s rich cultural heritage. a network of cotton growers, carders, Group. The GMR Group leads a con- role and responsibility of vari- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: in the country”. The four-tonne charkha made weavers, distributors and end-users,” sortium that owns the DIAL. ous individuals. EUROPE WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 13 French PM forces through labour law

The labour bill now continues on Putin chairs its bicameral shuttle. It returns to the This country is Senate before its definitive adoption meeting on air too used to mass by the lower house on July 22—when safety over Baltic unemployment, Valls is expected to again resort to the 49-3 manoeuvre for the final step. Manuel Valls told In the streets meanwhile, pro- MOSCOW: Russia’s Secu- parliament as many testers staged their 12th show of rity Council, chaired by opposition to the controversial pack- President Vladimir Putin, members booed and age, seen as too pro-business and a yesterday discussed avia- several walked out of threat to cherished workers’ rights. tion safety over the Baltic However the numbers were sea, where there have been the chamber. down from previous protests. A a number of close encoun- Paris protest drew up to 7,500 peo- ters between Russian air ple according to police and 45,000 force jets and Nato aircraft, AFP according to the hardline CGT union. the Kremlin said. Demonstrations peaked on Kremlin spokesman March 31 at 390,000 people across Dmitry Peskov said the the country, according to official meeting discussed ways to PARIS: French Socialist Prime Minis- figures, while the unions claim the build confidence between ter Manuel Valls yesterday bypassed figure was 1.2 million. Nato and Russian air forces parliament to force through labour Unemployment in France stands operating in the area. reforms that have sparked four at a stubborn 10 percent overall, but months of strikes and street protests. for young people the figure is closer “This country is too used to mass to 25 percent. Union- and student- Berlusconi leaves unemployment,” Valls told parlia- backed demonstrations against the ment as many members booed and reforms began nearly four months hospital saying he several walked out of the chamber. ago, with some protests descending He said a “coalition of immobil- into violence. still wants to serve ity” had stymied the reforms, which MPs have 24 hours to decide French trade union employees march behind a banner during a demonstration against plans to reform aim at reducing unemployment by whether to call a vote of no confi- MILAN: Silvio Berlusconi, French labour laws in Marseille, yesterday. freeing up the job market—notably dence in Valls’ government, which Italy’s former prime minis- by making it easier for employers to the rightwing opposition has already began in early March, with some pro- But pressure from the street, as on working hours. ter, left hospital yesterday hire and fire staff. ruled out. The government survived a tests descending into violence. well as parliament’s back benches, “Compromise was possible, it looking frail after major It was the second time the embat- vote of no-confidence by a comfort- The worst unrest was seen in caused the government to water was even within reach,” said Chris- heart surgery, but said he tled government used the so-called able margin over its use of the 49-3 Paris on June 14, just four days after down the proposals, which only tian Paul, head of the Socialist rebels. still wanted to serve the 49-3 provision for this package of clause in May. the start of the Euro 2016 football angered bosses while failing to sat- Pierre Gattaz, the head of the country. reforms, as it could not count on votes The head of the Republicans’ par- championships in France, when isfy the unions. employers’ federation MEDEF, “I feel better but now of legislators on the Socialist Party’s liamentary group, Christian Jacob, around 40 people were hurt and doz- The main sticking point has said last week that he was “very I will have to have two left flank.It used the same meas- yesterday said the centre-right party ens were arrested. been a measure giving precedence disappointed” with the bill in its months of convalescence ure to force a package of economic would not call such a vote this time President Francois Hollande, who to agreements negotiated between watered-down form, calling it a and then I hope to be still reforms through parliament last year, around. faces a re-election bid next April, companies and their staff over “monument of complexity, absolutely useful for Italy and Italians,” also to prevent the rebel left flank of Union- and student-backed had hoped for a signature reform to deals reached with unions across illegible” for small and medium-sized he told reporters. the party from sinking it. demonstrations against the reforms reverse his dire approval ratings. entire industrial sectors—notably businesses. Berlusconi had an aortic valve replaced on June 14 after suffering a life-threat- ening cardiac disorder. Belgian court sentences terror cell Two women lead French magazine fined over snaps leaders of up to 16 years in jail PM race in Britain of Hollande

AFP men, he pointed to the fact that two vehicles and a flat in Verviers. Paris: French celebrity mag- explosives of the kind used by IS and The documents were provided by Reuters within 24 hours as too many inves- azine Voici was ordered weapons were found in the property, small-time criminal El Abdi. tors tried to pull out their money yesterday to pay symbolic and that some of the men had spent Damache, an Algerian, was at the same time. damages to President Fran- BRUSSELS: A Belgian court yester- time in Syria. arrested at an address in Athens The £4.4bn ($5.7bn) Property cois Hollande’s alleged day jailed four leaders of a terror cell “These elements left no doubt where police believe they had zeroed LONDON: Interior minister Theresa Portfolio run by M&G Investments, girlfriend, actress Julie broken up in a deadly raid in 2015, about the fact that the Verviers cell in on Abaaoud. Damache was later May yesterday opened up a com- the fund arm of insurer Prudential, Gayet, for publishing pic- which had alleged links to the jihad- was planning an attack,” Hendrickx extradited to Belgium. manding lead over her nearest rival, was the latest to go yesterday after- tures of the couple inside ists who staged attacks in Paris and said. Two suspected members of the Abaaoud was killed by police Andrea Leadsom, in the contest to noon. Insurer Aviva’s fund arm had the presidential palace. Brussels. group were killed on the January days after the Paris attacks, in which become Britain’s next prime minis- earlier stopped trading in its £1.8bn- Gayet, 44, pressed The men received jail terms of 2015 raid on the house in Verviers, 130 people were murdered. ter, but the race was overshadowed pound UK Property Trust, while rival charges against the mag- between eight and 16 years for their located 120km east of Brussels near The two men killed in the Verv- by post-Brexit carnage for property Standard Life Investments suspended azine after images of the role in leading an Islamic State group the German border. iers raid were Sofiane Amghar and investors and the pound. a £2.9bn-pound fund late on Monday. couple on a terrace inside in the eastern town of Verviers that Prosecutors described the cell Khalid Ben Larbi who went to Syria In a first ballot of Conservative Shares plunged in other property- Hollande’s official residence was allegedly planning to kill police as the “rough draft” of the terror to join IS in April 2014. The two then members of parliament, May won related funds, and asset managers were published in 2014. officers. cell that attacked Paris on Novem- slipped back into Belgium to the 165 votes and Leadsom, a junior and insurers were also hit. The magazine was ordered Marouane El Bali, Souhaib El ber 13 2015. Verviers hideout. energy minister, won 66, increas- The pound, which has borne to pay a €1,500 fine, while Abdi et Mohamed Arshad were They said the group was under The raid on Verviers also ingly the likelihood that Britain will the brunt of market concern about Gayet was awarded sym- jailed for 16 years each while Omar the orders of Paris ringleader Abdel- occurred just two weeks after a set get only its second woman prime potential damage to the economy, bolic damages of one euro. Damache was jailed for eight years hamid Abaaoud. of jihadist attacks in Paris against minister after Margaret Thatcher. plumbed new 31-year lows. by the court in the capital Brussels. Main suspect El Bali was charged the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspa- Former defence minister Liam “There is evidence that some Judge Pierre Hendrickx said with attempted murder for firing at per and a Jewish supermarket that Fox won the fewest votes, 16, and was risks have begun to crystallise. The German police there was evidence that the Verviers police during the Verviers gunfight. left 17 people dead. eliminated from the battle to replace current outlook for UK financial sta- cell was planning a gun and bomb He denied the charge. Authorities have said the Novem- David Cameron, who has said he will bility is challenging,” the Bank of smash migrant attack on Zavantem airport in Brus- Arshad meanwhile told the ber Paris and March Brussels attacks step down after Britons voted in a England said, announcing measures sels of the same type as the one that court he acted on instructions from were the work of the same cross- June 23 referendum to break away to encourage banks to keep lending. smuggling ring eventually happened on March 22. Abaaoud to buy walkie-talkies, border jihadist group with deep roots from the European Union. Voters were bombarded in the Passing sentence on the four ingredients for explosives and rent in the Belgian capital. The drawn-out selection run-up to the referendum with BERLIN: Germany has bro- process, in which justice minis- warnings from Cameron and a host ken up a ring of human ter Michael Gove won 48 votes of financial institutions and think traffickers who smuggled and works and pensions minister tanks that Brexit would plunge Brit- mainly Syrian migrants into English junior Stephen Crabb 34, will ultimately be ain into a self-inflicted recession by the country via Hungary A royal touch decided by about 150,000 Conserv- jeopardising its access to the EU’s and Austria for a charge ative party members in September, tariff-free single market. of up to €1,500 euros doctors reject once MPs have whittled the field The Leave campaign derided such ($1,671.00) each, federal down to two candidates. arguments as ‘Project Fear’, arguing police said yesterday new contract But signs are already multiply- Britain would prosper by regaining The main suspect, a ing that concern about the impact ‘independence’ from Brussels and 48-year-old German man, of Brexit on trade, investment and freeing itself to set its own laws, clinch and six other people were AFP business confidence are starting to its own trade deals and set a cap on arrested during raids in hit the economy. immigration - something it cannot do Wuppertal and four other Three British commercial under EU rules allowing free move- towns in western Germany. LONDON: Junior doctors in Eng- property funds suspended trading ment throughout the bloc. land yesterday rejected a new government contract, ramping up a long-running row that has already led to an all-out strike. Physicians voted 58 to 42 Hungary to hold vote on EU migrant quotas percent in favour of rejecting a proposed package on work and pay conditions. Reuters Orban took an anti-immigration EU country to host a share of the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt stance during the migrant influx to migrants over two years. Along with said deal had been agreed after Europe last year. Hungary was the Slovakia, Budapest has launched a weeks of talks with British Medi- main entry point into the EU’s bor- court challenge against the plan. cal Association and the government BUDAPEST: Hungary will hold a ref- der-free Schengen zone for migrants But the EU is also discussing a would now “consider the outcome”. erendum on October 2 on whether travelling by land until Orban shut change to asylum rules that would “It is disappointing the junior to accept any future European Union the Croatian and Serbian frontier. require member states to accept a doctors have voted against this quota system for resettling migrants President Janes Ader said yester- quota of refugees or pay a penalty for contract, which was agreed and as Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s day that the vote will be about the them to be housed elsewhere. endorsed by leader of the BMA government steps up its fight against following question: “Do you want the Antal Rogan, Orban’s cabinet junior doctors’ committee and the EU’s migration policies. European Union to be entitled to pre- chief, said the flow of migrants had supported by senior NHS leaders,” Emboldened by Britain’s shock scribe the mandatory settlement of to be stopped. “The Hungarian gov- he said. Junior doctors—roughly vote to quit the European Union, non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary ernment asks Hungarian citizens to equivalent to interns in North Orban is forging ahead with his own without the consent of parliament?” say no to mandatory resettlement American medicine—are graduates Britain’s Prince Harry meets members of The Queen’s Own referendum which he hopes will give Hungary is already fighting an and to say no to the immigration pol- with years of experience but who Yeomanry regiment during a visit to The Blair Project at Three him a mandate to challenge Brussels. EU relocation scheme established icy of Brussels,” Rogan told reporters. have yet to complete their training, Sisters Racing Circuit in Wigan, north west England, yesterday. A massive pre-referendum campaign during the height of the crisis last “Only Hungarians can decide with and work notoriously long hours. has already been underway. year, which will set quotas for each whom we want to live in Hungary.” 14 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 AMERICAS FBI recommends no charges in Hillary email probe

She and Obama arrived in Char- And while they did not find proof lotte, North Carolina aboard Air Force that her email had been successfully The FBI’s assessment, One for the first in a series of high- hacked, Comey said FBI investiga- which found profile rallies that Clinton hopes will tors “assess it is possible that hostile energise voters, particularly minori- actors gained access to secretary that Hillary was ties who remain enamored with the Clinton’s personal email account.” “extremely careless” outgoing president, in crucial battle- The FBI accusations of care- ground states where the November lessness are sure to fuel Trump’s in sending classified election will be decided. narrative that the Clintons have oper- information via her The rally comes hours after ated above the law for years. Federal Bureau of Investigation “FBI director said Crooked Hil- personal email, is far director James Comey said he will lary compromised our national from the complete recommend that Justice Department security. No charges. Wow!” Trump exoneration she prosecutors file no criminal charges said on Twitter. “The system is in the Clinton email investigation. rigged.” hoped for. Comey said that after an exhaus- While not as legally damaging tive probe, carried out with no as a prosecution would be, Comey’s political agenda, investigators found judgment is far from the all-clear no evidence of “intentional miscon- that the Clinton team would have AFP duct” by Clinton or her close aides. hoped for. Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon House Speaker Paul Ryan said the campaign was “pleased” by weighed in, slamming Clinton for the FBI’s recommendation. “recklessly mishandling” classified CHARLOTTE: The FBI yesterday But in a damaging rebuke to the information and saying Comey’s recommended that no charges be former top diplomat, Comey said the announcement defies explanation. brought over Hillary Clinton’s email FBI found that Clinton and her team “Based upon the director’s own use while secretary of state, taking “were extremely careless in their statement, it appears damage is being US President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greet supporters as they a weight off the presumptive Dem- handling of very sensitive, highly done to the rule of law,” warned the arrive together aboard Air Force One to hold a campaign in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. ocratic nominee as she campaigned classified information.” top Republican. with Barack Obama for the first time. Comey’s conclusion that Clinton With just three weeks until the The former first lady came under respect FBI and prosecutors’ decisions in November, Clinton will need the But the FBI’s assessment, which did send and receive information Democratic convention formally renewed fire after it emerged that on whether to bring charges in the case. embrace of Obama as a top character found that Clinton was “extremely that was deemed classified, and in anoints Clinton as the party nomi- her husband Bill met briefly with With the Justice Department witness who can draw sharp distinc- careless” in sending classified some cases top secret, at the time of nee, Republicans have seized on the Attorney General Loretta Lynch at yet to decide how to proceed in the tions between her and Trump. information via her personal email transmission contradicts Clinton’s email case to highlight her lack of an airport in Arizona last week— email probe, White House spokes- Obama is at his highest approval account, is far from the complete repeated assertion that she never trustworthiness among voters. prompting Republicans to cry foul man Josh Earnest told reporters rating in years and can still rally the exoneration she had hoped for as she sent classified information through Clinton was interviewed for three- over possible government interfer- en route to Charlotte that Obama Democratic base, crucial for Clinton rallies Democrats in her showdown her personal email account or home- and-half hours on Saturday by the FBI ence with the probe. would not touch directly on the case whose popularity is deep in the red, with Republican Donald Trump. brew server. as the investigation came to a close. Lynch pledged in response to while at Clinton’s side. To prevail as is Trump’s. No jury for Baltimore 3 shot to death and dozens hurt in Chicago officer charged in AP The weekend also ended with we thought the violence was going to The weekend did bring into focus three fewer homicides and six fewer go off the charts,” said the Rev. Mar- a cornerstone of the department’s shooting victims than the Memorial shall Hatch, a prominent minister on strategy to reduce the violence: A Freddie Gray death Day weekend. Chicago’s West Side. “I think it would concerted effort to target the city’s CHICAGO: The July 4 weekend in The dramatic rise in number of have been a lot worse if it weren’t for street gangs. In two raids last week, Chicago ended with three people homicides and shootings in the first these (police department) efforts.” the latter ending on late Friday, the AP prosecutors had yet to produce shot to death and nearly 50 others half of 2016 compared to the same During a press briefing yesterday, department reported that more than evidence proving a crime was wounded by gunfire, as the police time last year—culminating in 72 Johnson suggested the department’s 110 gang members were arrested on committed by the officers who left force flooded the streets with thou- homicides and 447 shooting victims crime fighting measures he imple- drug and gun charges. Gray handcuffed and shackled but sands of officers and arrested dozens in June alone — had raised fears in mented over the weekend paid off. The majority of those are on a BALTIMORE: There will be no unrestrained by a seat belt inside of gang members. some of the city’s most dangerous But he hinted that it might be diffi- list of people police have identified trial by jury for highest-ranking Goodson’s van. Yesterday, a day after pointing neighbourhoods that the long holi- cult to dispatch the same number of as most likely to be suspects or vic- police officer charged in death of Their ranking officer was Rice, to the statistics as “progress” in the day weekend would be particularly officers to the streets every week- tims in gun violence. The department a young black man whose broken a 17-year Baltimore Police veteran fight against the city’s street violence, bloody. end during the summer, when the hopes that as more of those people neck inside a police van caused civil before Gray’s death, now suspended Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson But after 5,000 officers hit the number of violent crimes typically are taken into custody, the number unrest in Baltimore. without pay. said that while this July 4 weekend streets — 1,000 to 2,000 more than climbs. of shootings will drop. Johnson has Lieutenant Brian Rice has cho- Rice’s personnel file includes was one day longer than last year’s, a typical summer weekend — there “Some parts of it (are) sustainable said there will be more raids in the sen to be tried instead by a judge, his some troubles of his own: He was there were three fewer homicides was a feeling of relief. and some will be a bit of a challenge,” coming months like the ones the lawyers said yesterday— the same hospitalized over mental health and just two more shooting victims. “We were on a pace this year that Johnson said. department conducted last week. one who already acquitted two fel- concerns and twice placed on low officers in Freddie Gray’s death. administrative suspensions. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry In 2012, police confiscated Williams denied a defence motion Rice’s official and personal fire- Four major US to dismiss the case against Rice, arms after fellow Baltimore police Celebration time whose trial begins tomorrow on officer Karen McAleer, the mother charges of manslaughter, assault, of Rice’s child, requested a welfare airports to open reckless endangerment and mis- check. conduct in office. But the judge said A police union attorney attrib- automated prosecutors can’t use Rice’s in-service uted Rice’s 2013 suspension to a training records — a trove of 4,000 protective order filed by McAleer’s security lanes pages police recently handed over — then-boyfriend, and said such issues because prosecutors failed to share “had nothing to do with his ability them with defence team soon enough. to perform his duties as a Baltimore Reuters Chief Deputy State’s Attorney police officer.” Michael Schatzow said they had Baltimore State’s Attorney Mar- been asking the police department ilyn Mosby vowed to bring justice WASHINGTON: Four major US for these files “for months and to an aggrieved citizenry when she airports plan to speed up secu- months,” but only recently received announced the charges last year. rity checks by automating the them. She has yet to find success in court. distribution of bins for travelers’ But the judge said the state After the acquittals, the other carry-on bags, the US Transporta- should have used its subpoena two officers charged in the 25-year- tion Security Administration (TSA) power, if it had to, so that the old prisoner’s death, Sergeant Alicia and American Airlines Group Inc defense could have time to prepare White and Officer Garrett Miller, said yesterday. before trial. filed motions to dismiss their cases. American’s hubs in Los Ange- “Your office didn’t do what it Five of the officers, all but Good- les, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth was supposed to do,” Williams said. son, have filed defamation suits and Miami will open the auto- The first of the six charged against her, and a law professor at mated lanes this fall, which are officers to go to trial, William Por- George Washington University, John expected to decrease wait times ter, faced a jury and ended with a Banzhaf, filed a formal complaint by 30 percent, the airline and TSA mistrial. The next two chose bench with Maryland’s Attorney Grievance said in a joint statement. trials instead, and were acquitted. Commission alleging Mosby pur- Long security lines at US After finding officers Edward sued the charges without probable People watch the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks from Brooklyn Bridge Park, in the Brooklyn borough airports this spring caused thou- Nero and Caesar Goodson not cause, which would violate her pro- of New York City. The celebrations marked the nation’s 240th Independence Day. sands of travellers to miss their guilty last month, Williams said fessional oath. flights and prompted criticism of TSA by airlines and other indus- try groups. In an interview last month, American’s CEO Doug Parker Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner to appear in court today in fraud case said the world’s largest airline was working with airports to roll out the faster lanes, already in place at AFP alleged links to money laundering. the new conservative government. ministers went to court on yester- rival Delta Air Lines Inc’s Atlanta Those searches were ordered by Macri is separately implicated in day in a bizarre case that saw him hub. Claudio Bonadio, the same judge who the “Panama Papers” scandal over arrested while trying to hide cases At the four airports, auto- summoned Kirchner on Wednesday offshore accounts. of cash in a monastery. mated conveyer belts will move BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s ex-pres- over the first case. He is expected to When Kirchner was called to Another prominent Kirchner ally, bins for carry-on luggage through ident Cristina Kirchner (pictured) notify her on Wednesday of formal testify for the first time in the dol- Hebe de Bonafini, has been called for X-ray machines and divert those goes before a judge today to face charges against her. lar-trading case in April, she turned questioning in that case. She leads with suspicious items to a sepa- charges in a fraud case over alleged Bonadio is an open opponent of the event into a media spectacle as the rights group Madres de la Plaza rate area, preventing bottlenecks. dodgy dollar transactions last year Kirchner, who in the past tried to crowds of her supporters rallied out- de Mayo which campaigns for victims After screening is complete, the when she was a leader. have him dismissed from his post. side the courthouse. of Argentina’s former dictatorship. belts automatically move the bins It is one in a series of cases Kirchner and her former gov- Also, Kirchner’s former planning Kirchner’s allegations of a ven- back to the start of each lane. against Kirchner and her allies that ernment are accused of mishandling minister, current lawmaker Julio de detta against her fueled tensions in American and TSA also said have erupted since her conservative public funds by making speculative Vido, 66, will appear in court today Argentina. Macri is pushing through they plan to add computed tom- rival Mauricio Macri replaced her in dollar transactions in September. to answer allegations of corruption sensitive economic reforms and try- ography, or CT, scans for carry-on office in December. week searched properties belonging Kirchner has rejected the vari- in a public housing project. ing to mend foreign relations in Latin bags at a checkpoint in Phoenix In a separate case, police last to the leftist former leader, 63, over ous accusations as a political plot by One of Kirchner’s former America’s third biggest economy. by year-end. BREAK TIME WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 1517

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16 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 MORNING BREAK ONLINE CHART BUST Nasa’s Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Exhibition on Muhammad Ali to MIAMI: Nasa celebrated a key triumph 1 open at Museum of Islamic Art on Tuesday as its $1.1bn Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Gulf Craft launches second Jupiter on a mission to probe the ori- 2 award-winning Majesty 122 gin of the solar system. Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Petrochemicals to weigh in Pasadena, California, erupted in 3 on GCC’s Q2 earnings cheers as the solar observatory entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighbourhood at 11:53pm (0353 GMT on Tuesday). TWEET OF THE DAY “We are there. We are in orbit. We conquered Jupiter,” said Scott Bolton, Nasa’s principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. “It is almost like a dream coming true.” Juno launched five years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and has traveled 1.7 billion miles (2.7bn km) since then. Its arrival marks the start of a 20-month mission during which scientists hope to find out more about how much water Jupiter holds and the makeup of its core to figure out how the gas giant — and other plan- FROM LEFT: Diane Brown, Nasa Juno Programme Executive; Scott Bolton, Juno Principal Investigator; Rick ets including Earth — formed billions of years ago. Nybakken, Juno Project Manager; and Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin Director of Space Exploration, celebrate “This amazing universe that we at a press conference after the Juno spacecraft was successfully placed into Jupiter’s orbit, at the Jet Propulsion see, how does that work and how did Laboratory in Pasadena, California. it begin?” asked Nasa project scientist Steve Levin. “That is one of the amaz- and its disciples going around it,” he from Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Juno’s times before finally making a death INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY ing things about working for Nasa said. “To me, it is very significant. We inaugural lap around the solar sys- plunge in 2018, to prevent the space- and working on big projects. You get are finally able to see with real video, tem’s most massive planet — the fifth craft from causing damage to any of to answer big questions.” with real pictures, this movement and from the sun — will last 53 days. Sub- Jupiter’s icy moons, which Nasa hopes The spacecraft is equipped with we have only been able to imagine it sequent orbits will be shorter, about to explore one day for signs of life. A man buys tra- nine science instruments, including a up until today.” two weeks each. Although Juno is not the first space- ditional garments camera, which prior to orbit captured All non-essential equipment was The first mission designed to see craft to orbit Jupiter, Nasa says its path ahead of Eid Al Fitr, a video of Jupiter and its moons gliding turned off for the approach, but the beneath Jupiter’s clouds, Juno was the will bring it closer than its predecessor, which marks the around it at different speeds. first post-orbit pictures from the wife of Jupiter in ancient mythology. Galileo, which launched in 1989. That end of the Mus- “In all of history we’ve never really spacecraft’s on-board camera should The spacecraft orbits Jupiter from spacecraft found evidence of subsurface lim holy fasting been able to see the motion of any arrive in a few days, Nasa said. pole to pole, sampling its charged par- saltwater on Jupiter’s moons Europa, month of Ramadan, heavenly body against another,” said “The spacecraft worked per- ticles and magnetic fields for the first Ganymede and Callisto before making in Benghazi, Libya, Bolton, after showing the video dur- fectly, which is always nice when time and revealing more about the a final plunge toward Jupiter in 2003. yesterday. ing a post-orbit press conference for you’re driving a vehicle with 1.7bn auroras in ultraviolet light that can be Juno’s orbital track is closer than the first time. miles on the odometer,” said Rick seen around the planet’s polar regions. Galileo’s — this time within 3,100 miles “This is the king of our solar system Nybakken, Juno project manager Juno should circle the planet 37 (5,000km) above the cloud tops. ‘Mosque-mobile’ makes praying easier Three-decade study

AFP confirms saturated fats are bad for health JAKARTA: As the call to prayer rang out across the Indonesian capi- tal, Sutikno faced a dilemma — the AFP professionals every two to four devout Muslim needed to set off years about their diet, lifestyle, and through Jakarta’s notorious traffic health for up to 32 years. Trans fats, to pick up his wife but did not want including partially hydrogenated oil to miss out on worshipping. MIAMI: Saturated fats in butter, products like margarine, had the However for him and others lard and red meat raise the risk of most severe impact on health. juggling the demands of hectic, 21st early death, but replacing these with The study found that every century life and piety in the crowded fats like olive oil can offer substan- two percent higher intake of trans capital of the world’s most populous tial health benefits, a three-decade fat was associated with a 16 per- Muslim-majority country, a solution study confirmed yesterday. cent higher chance of dying early. has just pulled up. The research involving more than Every five percent higher increase in The “mosque-mobile” started 120,000 people was published in consumption of saturated fats was cruising through Jakarta in June as the Journal of the American Medical linked to an eight percent greater the Islamic holy month of Ramadan Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. risk of dying. Indonesian men offering prayers at a ‘mosque-mobile’ outside a sports complex in Jakarta. drew to a close, aiming to ensure “There has been widespread confu- But eating large amounts of Muslims did not miss out on prayers sion in the biomedical community unsaturated fats “was associated by setting up in busy places, such as The mosque started operating concerts, festivals and football sports events typically failing to and the general public in the last cou- with between 11 percent and 19 near festivals and sports events. in Jakarta with a team of four in the games. Sometimes people intend provide facilities for praying, the ple of years about the health effects of percent lower overall mortality Sutikno, a middle-aged office final week of Ramadan, a month of to pray, but because there are no foundation believes the “mobile- specific types of fat in the diet,” said compared with the same number worker who like many Indonesians fasting and piety, but plans to con- facilities, they skip it,” said Ham- mosque” will be a great help. lead author Dong Wang, a doctoral of calories from carbohydrates,” goes by one name, came across the tinue afterwards. zah Fatdri, director of the mosque It is the latest innovation to offer candidate at Harvard University’s T said the study. These included pol- van parked between a sports stadium The van offers its services foundation. relief to residents of Indonesia’s boom- H Chan School of Public Health. “This yunsaturated fats like omega-3 and and shopping malls, and it proved between 3pm and 7pm for two prayer The Jakarta mosque-on-wheels ing but overcrowded, traffic-choked study documents important benefits omega-6 found in fish oils as well a godsend. “I was supposed to go to sessions, at a time traffic is bad as has hit the streets after the foun- cities, where hundreds of new vehi- of unsaturated fats, especially when and soy and canola oils. a mosque that is quite far away but millions flood out of downtown areas dation launched a mobile place cles are hitting the roads every day as they replace saturated and trans fats.” “People who replaced saturated then I saw this one,” he said. “I just and head back to satellite cities. Mus- of worship in the city of Bandung, the middle class rapidly expands due Among the key findings of the fats with unsaturated fats — espe- parked my car and performed my lims are supposed to pray five times a southeast of the capital on the main to strong economic growth. study were that people who ate cially polyunsaturated fats — had prayers here. I can save time and go day. During Ramadan, the crew run- island of Java. Motorbike taxi-hailing apps that more saturated and trans fats had significantly lower risk of death and pick up my wife faster.” ning the Jakarta “mosque-mobile” The Bandung mosque proved whisk passengers quickly through higher mortality rates than those overall during the study period, The green and white van has also serve snacks to people stuck a success, offering prayer sessions the gridlock have been a chief ben- who consumed the same number of as well as lower risk of death from been specially adapted to become a in gridlock when it is time to break at 50 different locations in its first eficiary, and have expanded their calories from carbohydrates. cardiovascular disease, cancer, mobile place of worship. At prayer their fast. year of operation, and the foundation businesses into other areas such as It also found that replacing sat- neurodegenerative disease, and time, the sides of the vehicle open up The van is run by the Archipelago hopes the van in the capital — which food delivery and courier services. urated fats like butter, lard, and fat respiratory disease, compared with and a small stage is extended, from Mosque Foundation, an organi- is slightly larger than the Bandung Still, some worshippers were not in red meat with unsaturated fats those who maintained high intakes which the imam preaches. sation that sets up and maintains model — can do even better. immediately taken by the mosque- from plant-based foods — such of saturated fats,” said the study. Prayer rugs are rolled out in front mosques, with funding provided Indonesia is already home to on-wheels. “Maybe because this as olive oil, canola oil, and soy- While some outside experts of the van, with space for up to 100 by Adira Sharia, a group that pro- some 800,000 mosques, includ- was a new experience, I felt a bit bean oil — could offer “substantial noted that the study was obser- people, and a handful can worship vides Islamic-compliant financing ing a large number in Jakarta and awkward and embarrassed to pray health benefits and should con- vational in nature and relied on inside the vehicle. It also provides for motor vehicles. other major cities. But with many in an open, public space,” student tinue to be a key message in dietary surveys, which can introduce bias, special robes for women and a tank “We were concerned that there people stuck in gridlock at prayer Mahtashal Harbi said after worship- recommendations.” the overall result is in line with of water for the faithful to ritually was a lack of places of worship time — particularly during Ram- ping for the first time at the Jakarta The findings were based on many other large studies on diet cleanse themselves before praying. at crowded spots such as music adan — and ad hoc festivals and van. questionnaires answered by health and health. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 9,964.26 -15.85 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 17,822.61 -126.76 PTS Bank of England takes Sri Lanka’s central steps to meet Brexit FTSE100 6,545.37 +23.11 PTS bank chief to challenge, pound falls BRENT $47.66 -$2.44 uphold credibility

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Oil prices slip Fitch affirms Nakilat’s bonds rating over 4% on

and strategic ties to the state of Qatar which benefits from strong opera- one large vessel to Rasgas. in Qatari waters. This expands and global jitters; (AA/Stable), as assessed by Fitch’s tional strategic links and moderate Qatar’s rating is largely under- strengthens Qatar’s marine industrial The $850m series A Parent and Subsidiary Linkage (PSL) legal ties. Its rating is aligned with pinned by the financial strength capabilities in the Port of Ras Laffan senior secured bonds criteria, the ratings agency noted that of Nakilat. Qatar National Bank it has due to the LNG value chain. and together with the Qatarisation supply builds due in 2033 has been yesterday. is rated at ‘AA-’, only one notch below Under Qatar Petroleum and through of its workforce develops the local “Qatar is heavily dependent on the rating of Qatar reflecting the sys- its Qatargas and RasGas operations, knowledge and skill base, which is affirmed at ‘A+’ with hydrocarbon revenues and Nakilat temic risk posed by the banking sector the LNG produced in Qatar is sold to a strategic goal of the state. Reuters stable outlook. is a vital component of the hydro- as well as the flag ship status of the customers around the world typically Fitch noted that Nakilat’s 2015 carbon value chain as it provides bank. via long-term contracts, which pro- revenues increased marginally vessels for exporting LNG. Conse- The parent/subsidiary rela- vides stable revenues. (+0.3 percent) from 2014 reflect- quently, we believe that despite not tionship with Qatar is established Nakilat provides the essential ing the availability-based nature NEW YORK: Oil prices slid more The Peninsula having explicit parent guarantees, through the strong representation transportation link in this value of the project and in particular the than 4 percent yesterday as inves- the project is strategically and oper- of the government on Nakilat Inc’s chain. The entire value chain enjoys absence of volume and market risk tors worried that Britain’s exit ationally important to the sovereign parent company QGTC’s board and strong sponsorship from Qatar. This that affects the upstream producers’ from the European Union would and therefore is rated two notches the vertical integration of Nakilat into is reflected in the high profile of Nak- revenues. slow the global economy, and as DOHA: Fitch Ratings has affirmed below Qatar’s sovereign rating.”, the the LNG supply chain, with revenues ilat’s parent company QGTC’s board The debt service coverage ratio data showed a build in stockpiles Nakilat Inc’s senior bonds and the Fitch said. coming from majority state-owned composition, with representatives (March 2015-April 2016) increased at the delivery point for US crude junior bonds. The $850m series A The senior bond rating is aligned LNG producers Rasgas and Qatargas. from Qatar Petroleum, the state- slightly to 1.40x from 1.39x from the futures. senior secured bonds due in 2033 with the ‘A+’ rating for Ras Laffan Liq- Operational ties are established owned oil-and-gas company and previous year. This reflects Naki- Traders said oil prices were has been affirmed at ‘A+’ with stable uified natural Gas Company Ltd II and through the strong interdependence the government. lat’s strong operating performance also pressured by data from mar- outlook. The $300m series A sub- 3 (Rasgas)’s senior debt. Rasgas is a between the LNG upstream projects In addition QGTC is developing with availability of over 99 percent ket intelligence firm Genscape ordinated second priority secured Qatari LNG producer. Like Nakilat, and Nakilat. into a globally recognised shipping resulting in no off-hire reduction to showing a build of 230,025 barrels bonds due 2033 has been affirmed Rasgas is viewed as an essential part The availability of LNG tankers company with the extension of its revenue. Fitch expects debt metrics at the Cushing, Oklahoma storage at ‘A’, also with stable outlook. of the Qatari LNG supply chain and is essential for the shipment of LNG vessel fleet, the operation of the to remain solid, helped by the imple- hub for US crude futures, during The affirmations reflect the stable is also assessed under the PSL crite- to the consuming markets. Nakilat Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Ship- mentation of some operating cost the week to July 1. operating and financial performance ria. Corporate and bank peers include provides the majority of LNG vessels yard and offering a comprehensive savings in future as the vessel man- Brent crude LCOc1 was down of Nakilat and its close operational Qatari telecoms company Ooredoo, serving Qatargas 2, 3 and 4 as well as range of marine services operating agement is to be transferred in house. $2.44, or nearly 4.9 percent, at $47.66 a barrel by 1:09 pm. US crude fell $2.20, or 4.5 per- cent, to $46.79. “There are risk-off trades Osborne & UK bankers across the board,” said David Thompson, executive vice-pres- ident at Washington-based commodities broker Powerhouse. meet to calm markets “Stocks, commodities, sterling are all off while US bond and T-bills are soaring.” Agencies Building Society, Barclays and Lloyds Oil prices are up almost 80 Banking Group. percent from 12-year lows of Osborne and the leaders of Brit- around $27 for Brent and $26 for ain’s main banks are pledging to rise US crude. The rebound was fueled LONDON: Some of Britain’s biggest to the “economic challenge” that the by supply outages from Canada to financial institutions said they were country is facing following the vote Nigeria that created the percep- ready to lend more after a decision to leave the European Union. tion that a two-year-old supply by the Bank of England to cut their Osborne and the leaders of eight glut may be easing. capital requirements, according to a major institutions met in London as Yet, a partial recovery in Nige- joint statement with British Chancel- part of a concerted effort to calm rian output helped boost Opec lor of the Exchequer George Osborne markets. crude production last month, a yesterday. The bankers seemed intent to survey found last week. “Now the UK’s main lenders, underscore that — unlike the 2008 Several tankers carrying meeting with the Chancellor this financial crisis — they are not at gasoline-making components morning, have agreed to make the fault. have, meanwhile, dropped anchor extra capital available to support The Bank of England, which is off New York harbor, unable to lending to UK businesses and house- trying to ease the hit to the economy discharge as onshore tanks were holds in this challenging time,” the from last month’s vote to leave the full. In Libya, where oil output has lenders and Osborne said. European Union, said it would lower slowed to a trickle due to conflict, Osborne met with the chair- the amount of capital banks are British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (second left) holds a meeting with senior bankers including the National Oil Corp has agreed men or directors of Virgin Money, required to hold in reserve, poten- Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Conservative politician Harriet Baldwin, Lloyds Banking Group Non- to merge with its domestic rival, Santander UK, HSBC, Metro Bank, tially freeing up an extra £150bn for Executive Director Alan Dickinson, Metro Bank CEO Craig Donaldson, Barclays Chairman John McFarlane, HSBC raising hopes the Opec member Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide lending. Holdings Group Chairman Douglas Flint and RBS Chairman Howard Davies at 11 Downing Street, in London. could start to pump more. Siemens’ new electric motor makes first flight

The Peninsula maiden flight on June 24th 2016. design. said Siemens Chief Technology This advance means that hybrid- In addition, the company will be Officer Siegfried Russwurm. electric aircraft with four or more contributing this technology to the “To continue this journey suc- seats will now be possible. “This day cooperative project that Siemens cessfully, we need disruptive ideas DOHA: Siemens researchers have will change aviation,” said Frank and Airbus agreed to in April 2016 and the courage to take risks. That’s developed a new type of electric Anton, head of eAircraft at Siemens’ for driving the development of elec- why the development of electric motor that, with a weight of just central research unit Corporate trically powered flight. propulsion systems for aircraft is 50kg, delivers a continuous out- Technology. Electric drives are scalable, also the first project for our new put of about 260 kilowatts — five “This is the first time that an and Siemens and Airbus will be start-up organisation, next47.” times more than comparable drive electric aircraft in the quarter- using the record-setting motor as Siemens is determined to estab- systems. megawatt performance class has a basis for developing regional air- lish hybrid-electric propulsion This record-setting propulsion flown.” liners powered by hybrid-electric systems for aircraft as a future area system successfully completed The Extra 330LE, which weighs propulsion systems. “By 2030, we of business. its first public flight yesterday nearly 1,000kg, serves as a flying expect to see initial aircraft with up Germany’s Aeronautics at Schwarze Heide Airport near test bed for the new propulsion sys- to 100 passengers and a range of Research Program(LuFo)supported Dinslaken, Germany, where it — tem. As an aerobatic airplane, it’s around 1,000km,”explained Anton. development of this motor. The Record-setting propulsion system powering an Extra 330LE aerobatic airplane almost silently — powered an Extra particularly well suited for tak- “The first flight of our propul- Extra 330LE was created in cooper- 330LE aerobatic airplane. The new ing the components to their limits, sion system is a milestone on the ation with Siemens, Extra Aircraft, completing its first public flight at Schwarze Heide Airport near Dinslaken, drive system had already made its testing them and enhancing their road to electrification of aviation,” MT-Propeller and Pipistrel (battery). Germany. 18 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 BUSINESS

China revises BoE takes steps as Brexit again GDP risks appear; pound falls calculations

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confidence plunged after the vote, uncertainty. Cameron has left it up Sterling hit a fresh a survey showed, and retailer John to the next government to decide how Lewis said its sales grew more slowly Britain might rework its ties with BEIJING: China has altered its 31-year low against last week. the EU, something which could take gross domestic product calcula- the dollar after three The BoE, which is trying to cush- years to negotiate. tion method for the second time ion the economy from the June 23 Sterling resumed its fall, sinking in less than a year, officials said big investment firms referendum result, said it would as much as 1.7 percent to its lowest yesterday, amid doubts among halted trading in lower the amount of capital banks level against the dollar since Sep- overseas investors about data real estate funds, must hold in reserve, freeing up an tember 1985. It was down 1.4 percent accuracy. extra £150bn ($196bn) for lending. against the euro. Yields on 10, 20 and The change in the treatment reflecting fears of Governor Mark Carney recalled 30-year British government bonds hit of research and development a Brexit hit to the the central bank’s warnings in March new record lows as investors around spending by the National Statis- that the referendum was the biggest the world sought the safety of sover- tics Bureau (NBS) added $131bn property market. near-term domestic risk to financial eign debt. to the size of the world’s second- stability. “Some of those risks have The pound slid after the fund largest economy last year, it said begun to crystallise,” he said. arm of insurer Aviva suspended its in a statement. The BoE’s move represented a 1.8 billion-pound UK Property Trust, It also revised the GDP figures Reuters reversal of a decision it took earlier following a similar move on Monday going back to 1952, changing the this year, when it started tightening by Standard Life. Later M&G, the fund growth statistics for 22 out of the the screws on lenders because the management arm of insurer Pruden- 63 years in question. economy had appeared set for more tial also temporarily closed its fund. Most recently, growth rates for LONDON: The Bank of England (BoE) growth. The BoE said foreign flows of 2012 and 2013 were raised to 7.9 took steps yesterday to ensure British “It means that three quarters of capital into commercial real estate percent and 7.8 percent respec- banks keep lending as the financial UK banks, accounting for 90 per- dropped 50 percent in the first three tively, up from 7.7 percent in both consequences of the country’s deci- cent of the stock of UK lending, will months of 2016 and transactions fell years, the NBS said in a statement. sion to leave the European Union immediately have greater flexibility further in the second quarter, an Bank of England Governor Mark Carney speaks during the Bank’s The increases come with began to materialise, especially in to supply credit to UK households and extreme example of concern among Financial Stability Report press conference in London yesterday. global investors worried about commercial real estate. firms,” Carney said. investors about the referendum. slowing growth in China, a key Sterling hit a fresh 31-year low It remains to be seen if con- Although the closure of the driver of the world’s economy. against the dollar after three big sumers and businesses will want funds brought back memories of On the stock market, housebuild- monitoring investors’ willingness to Questions have repeatedly investment firms halted trading in to borrow while Britain’s economic the aftermath of the financial cri- ing firms were trading sharply lower, fund Britain’s large current account been raised about the accuracy real estate funds, reflecting fears of prospects remain uncertain. sis in 2008-2009, Eduardo Gorab, a with shares in Berkeley Group, Bar- deficit, high levels of household debt of official Chinese economic sta- a Brexit hit to the property market. Prime Minister David Cameron property economist at consultancy ratt Development, Taylor Wimpey and the subdued global economy. tistics, which critics say can be There were other signs of how has said he will resign but his suc- Capital Economics, said the limits on and Persimmon all down more than “The current outlook for UK subject to political manipula- the fallout from the referendum cessor is not expected to take office outflows could help prevent a col- 6 percent. financial stability is challenging,” tion. Even Premier Li Keqiang was hitting the economy. Business until September, deepening the lapse in values. The BoE said it was closely it said. has reportedly expressed doubts about the data. The latest changes reclassi- fied research and development expenditure as fixed capital for- mation rather than intermediate Russia to empty one of its sovereign funds next year consumption. They come after China switched to quarter-on-quarter Reuters long-term deficits in the pension Reserve Fund — which at the start of The finance ministry proposal investment projects. calculations in September, rather system. 2014 stood at $87bn — would run out states that there will be 980bn rubles According to the finance ministry than using cumulative data, in a The finance ministry proposal, around 2017. ($15.27bn) in the Reserve Fund by the proposal, Russia would spend 783bn bid to adhere more closely to which contains recommendations on The fact that assumption is now end of this year, dwindling to zero at rubles from the fund in 2017, followed “international” standards, the MOSCOW: Russia will exhaust one spending, has been submitted to the included in the finance ministry pro- an unspecified point in 2017. by a further 883bn rubles in 2018 and NBS said at the time. of its two sovereign funds next year, government for its consideration but posal shows officials have not been The proposal also assumes an 87bn rubles in 2019. Also in September, the Inter- according to a finance ministry pro- not yet approved. able to find savings or sources of average Urals oil price of $40 per A sizeable part of the fund national Monetary Fund called posal seen by Reuters, having by that Russia’s budget deficit has swol- additional revenue elsewhere to stop barrel in 2017-19, and a freeze in is already invested in long-term on China to improve its economic point run through $87bn since the len as oil prices fell sharply from 2014 that happening. budget expenditures at 15.8 trillion projects, limiting the amount that data, especially its growth rate. beginning of 2014 to fill holes in the and the West imposed sanctions over Finance ministry officials have rubles per year. can be spent on covering the budget “It’s important that China budget left by a slump in oil prices. the Ukraine crisis. The deficit stood been pressing for some time for The National Wealth Fund, which deficit. does continue to improve its data Russia will also spend over the at 4.3 percent of national output in spending cuts to reduce the budget at the start of July contained $73bn, Once those investments are quality to reflect the fast-chang- next three years about a third of the first half of 2016, up from 2.6 per- shortfall, but implementing cuts is not intended for covering budget excluded, Russia would have just ing structure of its economy,” IMF another of its funds on covering cent last year and against 0.5 percent could be politically damaging shortfalls. 500bn rubles left in the National spokesman Gerry Rice said then. the budget shortfall, the proposal in 2014. because Russia votes in a parlia- It was originally intended to pay Wealth Fund by the end of 2019, China’s GDP figure has con- showed, even though that fund At current rates of spending, it mentary election in September and for future pensions but a portion according to the finance ministry sistently hit targets set by the was originally intended to cover has been clear for some time that the a presidential election in 2018. of the fund has been committed to proposal. ruling Communist Party.

US factory orders Solar-powered cars on display fall, but rising BlackBerry to stop backlogs hint at making Classic stabilisation smartphone REUTERS

Reuters dominant Android software and plans several more. BlackBerry WASHINGTON: New orders for Chief Executive John Chen last US factory goods fell in May on month expressed confidence the weak demand for transportation TORONTO: Smartphone pioneer company’s trimmed-down hand- and defense capital goods, but BlackBerry Ltd will stop making set business can turn a profit by a growing order backlogs and lean its Classic model, the company said self-imposed September deadline. inventories suggested the worst yesterday, some 18 months after BlackBerry has turned from its of the manufacturing downturn launching the device it had hoped once-dominant smartphones to the was probably over. would entice users who prefer a software that companies and gov- The Commerce Department physical, rather than touchscreen, ernments need to manage their said yesterday new orders for keyboard. devices. Some analysts and inves- manufactured goods declined 1.0 Blackberry’s move is the latest tors have suggested BlackBerry percent after two straight months shift away from its money-losing jettison handsets entirely. of increases. May’s drop was in Hanergy’s solar-powered cars on display during a launch event in Beijing. Thin-film power giant handset business and toward its Separately, an internal US line with economists’ expecta- Hanergy Holding Group Ltd introduced four full-solar power vehicles in Beijing, in a bid to expand its software. Shares in the Canadian Senate memo sent by IT staff and tions and followed a 1.8 percent business scope and enter the country’s promising new-energy vehicle industry. technology company fell more than obtained by Reuters on Tuesday increase in April. 3 percent after an executive con- said BlackBerry had told major U.S. Orders for non-defense capi- firmed the move in a company blog carriers Verizon Communications tal goods excluding aircraft fell 0.4 post. “The news is another nega- Inc and AT&T that all BlackBerry percent in May instead of the 0.7 tive for this handset business,” said devices running BlackBerry 10 had percent drop reported last month. Morningstar analyst Brian Colello. been discontinued. These so-called core capital goods Australia holds interest rates “It seems more and more likely that Asked specifically about the are seen as a measure of business the company is going down the path memo, a spokeswoman for Black- confidence and spending plans on of exiting handsets.” Berry said its device strategy is equipment. Colello said BlackBerry needs based on a cross-platform model Core capital goods shipments, AFP to recent events. “Financial markets announced, although Stevens made a hit mid-range, Android-based and it will continue to support which are used to calculate busi- have been volatile recently as inves- no mention of domestic politics. device. Without that, he said, the BlackBerry 10. Verizon and AT&T ness equipment spending in the tors have re-priced assets after the UK Three days after polls closed the segment will likely be shut down. did not immediately respond to gross domestic product report, referendum. But most markets have result is still too close to call, with the He said he would not expect it to be requests for comment. dropped 0.5 percent in May as SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank continued to function effectively,” he ruling Liberal/National coalition and sold to another company. The company will no longer reported last month. US finan- yesterday held interest rates steady said in a statement. “Any effects of the the opposition Labor each short of the The Classic was launched early manufacture the Classic as it cial markets were little moved by at an all-time low of 1.75 percent, with referendum outcome on global eco- 76 seats needed to govern, raising the last year, with a physical keyboard updates its device lineup “to keep the report. Manufacturing, which uncertainty about the Brexit impact nomic activity remain to be seen and, prospect of a hung parliament. in the vein of its Bold predecessor innovating and advancing our accounts for about 12 percent of and inflation outlook making it “pru- outside the effects on the UK economy On Monday, the major ratings and powered by the company’s own portfolio,” Ralph Pini, who joined the economy, has been squeezed dent” to stay on hold. itself, may be hard to discern.” agencies warned political paralysis overhauled BlackBerry 10 operating BlackBerry in May as its new chief by a strong dollar and weak glo- The Reserve Bank of Australia Most economists expected the through a hung parliament, where system, which has failed to regain operating officer and devices head, bal demand, which have undercut cut the official cash rate from 2.0 central bank to hold fire given Brit- whoever is in power has to get legis- market share ceded to Apple Inc’s said in a blog post. BlackBerry’s exports of factory goods, as well percent in May but has not moved ain’s decision to exit the European lation past often obstructionist minor iPhone and others. stock has withered in recent quar- as efforts by businesses to reduce since, with governor Glenn Stevens Union and weekend elections in Aus- lawmakers, threatened the nation’s BlackBerry has since launched ters as its revenue fell. In Toronto, it an inventory bloat. keen to see how the economy reacts tralia where a winner has yet to be coveted AAA credit rating. a phone powered by Alphabet Inc’s was last down 3.8 percent at C$8.55. BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 9,964.26 0.16 % QE Total Return Index 16,121.51 0.16 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,866 0.12 % QE All Share Index 2,775.1 0.10 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,690.53 0.42 % QE All Share Industrials 3,062.36 0.25 % QE All Share Transportation 2,482.97 0.49 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,526.36 0.47 % QE All Share Insurance 3,976.01 1.11 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,111.1 0.31 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,512.86 0.08 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 05-07-2016 Today 04-07-2016 Previous day Index 9,964.26 9,980.11 Change 15.85 55.64 % 0.16 0.56 YTD% 4.46 4.31 Volume 1,909,846 2,335,630 Value (QAR) 100,288,357.61 106,429,932.32 Trades 1,547 1,767 Up 28 | Down 11 | Unchanged 02

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They are still keeping an eye on the UK and probably don’t want to over commit here,” said John Callany, chief economic strategist at LPL Financial in Boston. “There is also some catch up that’s happening, because Sri Lanka’s central bank chief to uphold credibility our markets were closed yesterday and people need to readjust with the jobs report right around the corner.” At 12:42 pm ET (1642 GMT), the Dow Jones indus- trial average was down 122.62 points, or 0.68 percent, AFP primary responsibility, argua- become politi- at 17,826.75, the S&P 500 was down 17.28 points, or 0.82 The new bank chief bly the primary responsibility cised in recent percent, at 2,085.67 and the Nasdaq Composite was of the governor, is to uphold this years. down 50.11 points, or 1.03 percent, at 4,812.46. also promised to reputation and credibility,” said “When I The S&P 500 had briefly recovered from a session COLOMBO: The new head of work independently the 66-year-old former direc- met the presi- low after FBI Director James Comey said no reasona- Sri Lanka’s central bank Indra- tor of economic affairs at the dent he just told ble prosecutor would bring a case against presumptive jit Coomaraswamy (pictured) following Commonwealth Secretariat, me one thing — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her pledged to uphold its credibility allegations that an intergovernmental agency ‘Do your work use of a private email server while secretary of state. after allegations of insider deal- of Commonwealth countries in in a straight Seven of the 10 major S&P sectors were lower. The ing that forced his predecessor the office of the London. “I can assure you that I way and do not materials sector fell 1.65 percent. to leave. governor had will do my utmost to do so at all fear anybody The financial sector, which is heavily exposed to Sri Lanka’s president bowed times.” in discharging UK markets, was down 1.56 percent with JPMorgan, to pressure to replace Arjuna become politicised Mahendran, a Singaporean your duties’. Wells Fargo and Citigroup fell between 1.7-3.3 percent. Mahendran after he was accused in recent years. national of Sri Lankan origin, My intention The utilities index a safe-haven index, jumped to an of leaking information to his son- has consistently maintained his is to follow all-time high, before paring some gains to trade 0.47 in-law’s firm, which allegedly innocence and had indicated he his direction,” percent higher. made millions of dollars in profits wanted to stay on after his term Coomaras- Investors have been seeking safe-haven assets in from central bank bond auctions. the International Monetary Fund. expired on June 30. But a group of keep him on. wamy told his staff. He said he an uncertain economic environment. US government The scandal came with Sri On Monday, Coomaraswamy Sri Lankan academics and pro- The new bank chief also wanted to ensure strong macro bond yields were at an all-time low as weak data from Lanka’s economy under stress told staff the bank was “one of the fessionals had gone to court to promised to work independ- economic fundamentals to win China added to the nervousness stemming from Brit- — last month the country began great institutions in this country”. demand action against him and ently following allegations that the confidence of people both in ain’s vote to leave the European Union. receiving a $1.5bn bailout from “I am acutely aware that a the government decided not to the office of the governor had and outside the country. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016

Brexit-like populist London’s startups face pressure may spawn ’70s-style stagflation their own exit debate

By Rich Miller economies can grow without gen- Bloomberg erating inflationary pressures. “What it’s doing is creating a general stagnation in the devel- oped countries which is causing desperation on the part of their t’s practically become con- electorate,” as exemplified by ventional wisdom among the the June 23 UK vote to leave the Ieconomic pundit class that EU, he said in an interview with central bankers have been playing Bloomberg Surveillance on June far too big a role in managing the 27 in Washington. global economy. If only other pol- In a follow-up email, Green- icymakers came off the sidelines span said the United States is and joined in from the fiscal side, eventually heading toward stag- all would be right with the world. flation if money-supply growth Well, maybe not. Following continues at its recent, stepped- Britain’s vote to leave the Euro- up pace. But he added that he had pean Union, the odds are growing no time frame on when that might that governments will be jolted occur. “I would not be surprised into action by mounting populist to see the next unexpected move pressures worldwide. The danger, to be on the inflation side,” the though, is that the steps they take former Fed chairman said. Prices end up being inimical to growth in that instance would be driven — think protectionism and severe higher by self-imposed limits on curbs on immigration — rather supply — through import barri- than supportive of it. ers and the like —as well as via Financial firm employees at Level39, a financial startup business accelerator in London. The danger, as countries turn excess demand, said Allen Sinai, inward and inefficiencies pro- chief executive officer of Decision liferate, could be a return to the Economics Inc. in New York. bad old days of the 1970s and early Presumptive Republican pres- By Ylan Q Mui the referendum. Now, even as the market the heavily international financial com- 1980s, when economies suffered idential candidate Donald Trump The Washington Post panic subsides, Brexit is raising existential munity particularly hard. At Bankable, from a toxic mix of stagnant out- recently threatened to slap puni- questions about London’s future as one of for example, one of the startups housed at put and elevated inflation, some tive tariffs on products from China the world’s great financial capitals. Level39, the chief executive is French and analysts say. and other US trading partners to “We’ve got a healthy ecosystem,” said the employees hail from Thailand, Nepal, “Longer-term, there is a rising level a playing field that he argues he skyscrapers rising between the Lawrence Wintermeyer, head of Innovate the United States, Italy and France. Only risk of a stagflationary scenario,” is heavily tilted toward Ameri- eastern bends of the River Thames Finance, which represents financial tech- two are British. Joachim Fels, global economic ca’s competitors. His likely rival, are emblazoned with some of the nology firms. “And now? A serious blow One of the central underpinnings of adviser for Pacific Investment Democrat Hillary Clinton, has also biggest names in banking: Bar- has been dealt to London as a financial the European alliance is that residents Management Co, said in an email. promised to take a tougher stance clays, HSBC, JPMorgan and Citi. center as a result of the referendum.” can move and work freely among mem- Protectionism “raises import on trade, saying she would appoint TBut the future of finance hangs out on the Before the vote, Britain’s econ- ber nations. Companies can hire workers prices and benefits less efficient” a chief prosecutor to represent US 39th floor of the tallest building of them all. omy was one of the standouts amid the across the EU without filing cumbersome and more expensive domestic pro- interests. That’s the home of Level39, a tech- sluggish growth and persistently high paperwork or applying forspecial visas, ducers, said Fels, whose company In Europe, mounting disillu- nology incubator where millennial unemployment plaguing much of Europe. processes that can take weeks to complete. manages $1.5 trillion in assets. sionment with the EU isn’t limited entrepreneurs share open workspaces, Now, forecasters expect that uncertainty But it’s unclear what EU immigrants’ status “Greater barriers to immigration to Great Britain, according to an a communal kitchen and a daily ritual over the country’s next steps will slow its will be once Britain abandons the part- reduce competition for domestic opinion survey published last of snack breaks featuring freshly baked expansion and possibly even push it into nership or how difficult it might become workers and thus lead to higher month by the Washington-based cookies. The startups are rethinking every recession. to hire new workers. wage growth than otherwise” that Pew Research Center. aspect of money, from checking accounts The financial sector is one of the larg- “If nothing happens, okay, we’re lucky,” fuels unwanted inflation. While the opposition has to crowdfunding to the complex networks est industries in Britain, driving nearly 12 said Rashee Pandey, head of marketing Bond market investors are been turbocharged by a flood that power the world’s stock exchanges. percent of the economy. It employs about and communications at Bankable. “But if buying into the “stag” part of the of refugees into the region, it’s Top bank executives regularly drop by to 1 million people, and 1 million more work something happens . . . where is Plan B?” Fels scenario as they push yields also been driven by a backlash scout new ideas, and investors poured in ancillary fields such as law, accounting, Also critical to the financial industry down to record lows in antici- against globalisation, said Jacob $900m into the fledgling industry last year consulting — and, increasingly, technology. are “passporting” privileges, which allow pation of an even weaker global Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow - creating a heady fusion of Wall Street and Alain Falys co-founded mobile payment British companies to provide services economy post-Brexit. They’re at the Peterson Institute for Inter- Silicon Valley that was supposed to drive and rewards app Yoyo Wallet in London across the EU’s common market yet answer skeptical though of the “flation” national Economics in Washington. the next generation of three years ago, and the company is an only to their domestic regulators. In fact, forecast, as shown by the lagging Mohamed El-Erian, whose London’s financial dom- industry success story that is now becom- experts said, the arrangement helped Lon- performance of inflation-pro- 2016 book “The Only Game in inance in Europe. ing one of Brexit’s cautionary tales. don edge out Paris and Berlin over the past tected securities. Town” crystallised the argument But Britain’s historic Yoyo Wallet briefly operated out of 15 years as the financial capital of Europe Fels agreed that both glo- that central banks can’t do it all vote last month to leave Level39’s office but soon took over its own as firms flocked to a government known bal growth and inflation will be on their own, said the Brexit vote the European Union is space. It now handles 400,000 transac- for a light regulatory touch. France and held down over the next six to has accelerated the world econo- now forcing the country’s tions a month and employs about three Germany have already begun eyeing Lon- 12 months as depressed demand my’s journey to a fork in the road. most promising young dozen people in London. Falys said he don’s lucrative business as a clearinghouse and a stronger dollar cap price On one spur, governments companies to reevalu- wants to hire 10 more — but they may not for euro-denominated trades. pressures. Over a longer period, finally swing into action, lifting ate whether to stay in the be in Britain. After the vote, he moved up Maintaining those rights is one of the though, inflation could acceler- global growth and enhancing The city’s high-energy island nation or aban- plans to establish an outpost in Portugal, top priorities for the industry in any post- ate as a result of populist-driven financial stability by increas- startup scene suddenly don ship. The debate is part of the 28-nation European alliance, Brexit regime. Without them, companies policy changes, he argued. ing infrastructure investment one of the many ways a that would allow him to freely hire workers say, they could be forced to split their oper- Former Federal Reserve and reducing income inequal- has an uncertain British exit, or Brexit, has from across the continent. The “referen- ations, with one division serving Britain Chairman Alan Greenspan ity and indebtedness. On the future after Britain’s upended the country’s dum result has created a greater sense of and another for continental Europe. pinpointed a key economic char- other, already-stretched central historic vote last economy — and prob- urgency for us,” said Falys, who flew to So far, London’s biggest banks say it’s acteristic common to both the bankers remain left on their own, ably no industry more Lisbon days after the vote. business as usual as they wait for the out- 1970s and today: poor produc- increasing the risk of recessions month to leave the than finance. Banks saw Businesses across the United Kingdom come of Britain’s negotiations with Europe tivity. That constrains how fast and market disruptions. European Union. steep drops in their stock are worried that Brexit will lead to limits over the terms of departure, and it could be prices in the days after on immigration, a stance that would hit years before there are any clear answers. How millionaires under 40 manage their money

By Jonnelle Marte total assets in cash, including physical cash who neglect to invest at least part of their by buying a sizable stake in a company or by The Washington Post and money kept in the bank, like a check- funds in stocks, real estate and other assets starting a small business can boost wealth ing account, according to the report. When may miss out on potentially higher returns and lead to big payouts when a business does asked why it was important for them to have over time, he said. well. But because such investments always so much cash, 17 percent of young investors They spread their bets. As for the part of require more risk, business investments tend said they wanted to be ready to pounce on their wealth that is being invested, the young to make up a smaller portion of the overall las, there are some people who the right investment opportunities when they and wealthy are not relying too much on any portfolio — about 13 percent - when com- are lucky enough to be both young arise. Thirty one percent said they wanted single approach. Roughly 30 percent of their pared to cash. and rich.And a report released money on hand to be able to live the life- assets were held with wealth managers who They consult friends and the web. When last month by Capgemini Consult- style they want. could help them build a portfolio of stocks, seeking advice on how to best manage their Aing showed some interesting trends in the Millennials who are more concerned bonds and other traditional investments. But money, younger millionaires are more likely strategies young millionaires use to man- with paying off their debt and covering about 40 percent of their portfolios were to turn to family, friends and the internet age their money. the bills may have a hard time relating to split up among less traditional investments for guidance than they are to hire a profes- In many ways, millionaires under 40 are that mentality. But some of the motivations including real estate, a business and other sional when compared to older generations. even more conservative than their boomer pushing young millionaires to have cash alternative investments. Consider, among the under 40 group, just 17 counterparts. They are more likely to hold in the bank aren’t that different from the That broad category of alternative percent of assets were with a primary wealth on to cash, less likely to invest in stocks and reasons encouraging other millennials to investments can include gold, hedge funds manager, compared to 27 percent for mil- Looking at the ways more prone to stashing money in alternative build up a cash cushion. About 28 percent or other asset classes that are expected to lionaires of all ages in North America. And investments. The findings, combined with of young millionaires said it was important behave differently than the stock market, a separate study from TD Ameritrade found that the young and rich other studies on how the younger-than-40 for them to have cash as a way to protect financial advisers say. For example, while that 28 percent of millennials turn to their manage their money may crowd handle their money, may even offer themselves from market volatility, according stock markets were plunging on the day after friends for financial advice, compared to 15 lessons for people who don’t have much to Capgemini. It’s in line with other stud- Britain announced it had voted to leave the percent of boomers, who were more likely offer some lessons for wealth yet but are striving for it. ies suggesting that millennials are nervous European Union, the price of gold soared. to turn to a professional. people who don’t have Here are some of the money manage- about taking on too much risk with their By branching out into real estate, which “More and more we know that for this ment strategies that stand out among the savings, even if they won’t need the money can lead to rental income, investors are cre- newer generation, traditional wealth man- much wealth yet — but young and wealthy. for a while. But there is a cost to holding ating additional income streams that are not agement does not work,” said Tej Vakta, are striving for it. They have plenty of cash on hand. Mil- too much cash, said Greg Popera, a private tied to the stock market or to their main jobs, senior leader of global capital markets with lionaires under 40 held about a third of their wealth adviser with Merrill Lynch. People financial advisers say. Investing in a business Capgemini Financial Services. SPORT WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 21 Qatar’s Nasser eyes gold at Rio Games

Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah (right), winner of the bronze medal in shooting is seen on the podium during the London 2012 Olympic Games victory ceremony.

Attiyah has managed to find massive relentless opponent, Valeriy Shomin worth it for Al-Attiyah, who started international success in two entirely from Russia to claim the bronze his love affair with shooting 22 years My goal is to win a separate sporting fields. In addition medal. ago: “I loved it because it was excit- medal, I hope it is a to his skeet shooting success, he is “My experience in the London ing and was full of action.” also one of the most accomplished Olympics was very successful and More than just an exciting sport, gold medal. I’m going rally drivers in the history of the competing in London was a very skeet shooting also requires a consid- to give it all that I Middle East with numerous med- special thing for me,” he said, adding, erable amount of technique, as well als in World Championships and the “Maybe it is because I visit London so as an intimate relationship with the have – focus, hard grueling Dakar rally. often, especially during the summer, gun. work and dedication, “I started rally driving before I that I felt like I was at home.” “I don’t like changing my gun began shooting,” Al Attiyah said, add- Success however does not come – I’ve used the same one for seven says London 2012 ing, “I wanted to do something that without sacrifices, and for Al Attiyah years. The weight has to stay the Games bronze would help me with my rally driving, that means an arduous and extremely same or else it effects how it sits on medal winner especially my focus.” demanding schedule. your cheek or shoulder and thus your delegation to the Olympic Games Attiyah’s Olympic Dreams on QOC’s After realising his talent for “The hardest thing about shoot- aim.” Al Attiyah said, adding, “I con- since its debut in Los Angeles 1984. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and skeet shooting, which is a form of ing is that it takes up a lot of time in sider the gun a part of me in skeet Recent qualifiers in boxing, beach YouTube channels under the hash- clay pigeon shooting where clay tar- your life. It requires between four to shooting because if you aren’t con- volleyball and weightlifting have tag #YallaQatar. gets are flung into the air from two six hours of training daily,” he said, nected to your gun you will not shoot taken the Team Qatar tally to 40 ath- The Rio 2016 Olympic Games take The Peninsula towers, Al-Attiyah dreamed of repre- adding, “My schedule is very difficult 100 percent.” letes across 10 sports – with other place from August 5 to 21. Learn more senting Qatar at the Olympics. as I wake up at 5 am and do physical For Rio, Qatar’s shooting star is sports including athletics, swim- about his hopes and ambitions for Rio “When I started shooting in 1994, fitness exercises followed by shoot- looking forward to the conditions, ming, shooting, handball, equestrian, 2016 in his “Olympic Dreams” film it was my dream to compete in the ing practice at the federation.” “Rio may be more suitable for me table tennis, judo and weightlifting. found on the Qatar Olympic Com- DOHA: Qatar’s sporting egend Olympics,” he said. Al Attiyah worked Nasser describes why having the because of the high temperature and To support its athletes on their jour- mittee’s (QOC) social media channels Nasser Al Attiyah will join an elite hard towards his dream and went on highest possible levels of fitness is a humidity – much like the weather ney in Rio, the QOC has launched http://bit.ly/29K9R7H. The Rio 2016 group of Olympians from around the to compete in the next five Olym- crucial part of achieving success in in Qatar.” the #YallaQatar campaign across its Olympic Games will mark the first world when he competes in his sixth pic Games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney shooting, With his typical steely determi- social media channels with the aim time the Olympics are held in South consecutive Olympic Games in Rio in 2000, Athens 2004, (where he placed “The athletes have to be very fit nation, Al Attiyah has his sights set of showcasing Qatar’s athletes and America and will see over 10,000 just over a month. an agonising 4th), as well as Beijing because shooting requires a lot of at the very highest level. their incredible feats. The Olympic athletes from 206 nations compete The experienced skeet shooter 2008 and, of course, London 2012. concentration. And concentration “My goal is to win a medal,” he Dreams film series are profiling each in Rio de Janeiro. The best athletes hopes to better his success at Lon- It was in London that Al-Attiyah can be lost at any time if your phys- said, adding “I hope it is a gold medal. team and athlete, and exploring the from around the globe will challenge don 2012 where he won the bronze found what he describes as his big- ical fitness is not up to par with your I’m going to give it all that I have – highs, lows, motivations and dreams themselves to the absolute limit of medal. gest achievement after an intense mental focus.” focus, hard work and dedication”. of Qatar’s Olympians. their ability before a global TV audi- Highly unusual for any athlete, Al shoot-off with his experienced and The many hours of training is all Qatar will send its biggest You can follow the Nasser Al ence of 4.8 billion people.

Russia says 68 Mourinho targets glory athletes asked to at Man United unveiling compete in Rio AFP

Reuters former position of dominance. the sudden departure of Giggs from “There are some managers who the club after 29 years, denying that MOSCOW: Russia’s athletics fed- won the title 10 years ago, some have the decision had been down to him. eration yesterday published a list not won a title ever. The last time I “It’s not my responsibility that Ryan of the 68 athletes who have for- LONDON: New Manchester United won the title was one year ago. So if is not in club. The job Ryan wanted mally requested to be allowed to manager Jose Mourinho announced I have something to prove, imagine was the manager’s job and the club compete at the Rio Olympics fol- his return to English football on the others. decided that was the job for me. lowing a decision to suspend the Tuesday by reminding the world that “For Manchester United fans for “Ryan wants to be a manager and track and field team. he is a proven winner who will tell so many years success was just rou- made a decision, which was brave and The athletes have “met the his players to forget the past three tine but the last three years I want to honest. I would never stop him coming criteria” to participate and were years of under-achievement and forget. I will never be able to work back, I would always say yes.” approved by Russian coaches, said instead target success. without success. I feel a bit frustrated Mourinho bridled at suggestions the federation (ARAF), which last In a news conference at Old Traf- that I am not playing Champions he did not promote young players, month had its suspension over ford before 25 camera crews from League. I do not hide I chase Sir Alex saying he had promoted 49 players allegations of institutionalised around the world, Mourinho covered (Ferguson’s) records in the Champi- from academies, but admitted he and pervasive doping upheld by a wide range of issues from trans- ons League.’’ intended to sign another big-name athletics’ ruling body the IAAF. fer targets to the need for Wayne Turning to Rooney, Mour- player to bring to four the number “Every athlete has sent in an Rooney to continue playing as a inho suggested the 30-year-old’s of close-season signings at United. individual request to participate striker and the departure of Ryan future lay up front and not in mid- “We decided four targets. From in the Olympic Games, for confir- Giggs. field where England manager Roy these targets, we have three. Until mation by the IAAF,” ARAF said. He seemed determined to deflect Hodgson employed him in a failed we don’t have the fourth, we are still The list includes track and attention away from himself to experiment at the European Cham- working hard. Myself and the struc- field stars like world champion “the biggest club in the world”. The pionship in France. ture. When we have the fourth, I will hurdler Sergey Shubenkov, long- 53-year-old, who described himself “In football there are many jobs breathe.” jumper Darya Klishina, and pole as “the Special One” and then “the but the most difficult to find is the guy United have already signed Vil- vault tsarina Yelena Isinbayeva. Happy One” during similar media who puts the ball in the back of the larreal defender Eric Bailly and PSG The IAAF’s ruling on June 17 conferences to announce his arriv- net. (Rooney) will never play 50 metres striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic while said that Russia’s athletics feder- als at Chelsea in 2004 and 2013, away from the goal. He will be a nine, Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhi- ation was up to two years away adopted a more serious and less 10, 9.5, not a six or an eight. You can tell tyaran is on his way to the club. from returning to operational showy approach on Tuesday. me his pass is amazing but my pass is They have also been heavily compliance with anti-doping “I want everything. I want to win amazing too without pressure.” linked with a 100m-pound move for requirements. matches, I want to play well. I want Mourinho, who was out of work Juventus’s Paul Pogba, their former But it left the door ajar to to score goals, I don’t want to con- for five months after being sacked player, but Mourinho did not say if some competitors not tainted cede goals. I want everything,” he by Chelsea, said former United man- the Frenchman was a target. Unit- by doping to compete as neu- Manchester United’s new Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho poses said. ager Ferguson had offered him two ed’s first game under Mourinho trals in Rio. Improving on last year’s fifth pieces of advice on joining the club: will be against Borussia Dortmund with a football shirt on the pitch at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, The International Olympic place would not be sufficient, he to bring an umbrella to cope with the in the International Champions Cup northern England, yesterday. Mourinho officially started work as Committee went a step further said, indicating that he intended to notorious Manchester weather and in Shanghai on July 22. Their Premier Manchester United manager at the club’s Carrington training base and said athletes who pass an return United, who won the last of a bottle of wine for them to share. League season begins with a trip to yesterday. The 53-year-old was appointed as United boss in May after individual test by the IAAF can their 20 league titles in 2013, to their The Portuguese also addressed Bournemouth on August 13. the sacking of Dutchman Louis van Gaal. compete under their nation’s flag. 22 WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 SPORT

RESULTS Trescothick Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anas- tasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x21) 6-4, 6-4. keeps Pakistan Serena and Venus close Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x19) 6-2, 6-2. Angelique Kerber (GER x4) bt at bay Simona Halep (ROM x5) 7-5, 7-6 (7/2). AFP Venus Williams (USA x8) bt Yarosl- in on Wimbledon final ava Shvedova (KAZ) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2. Men’s Fourth Round TAUNTON, UK: Former England Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) bt Jiri Ves- batsman Marcus Trescothick ely (CZE) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10/8), 6-7 rolled back the years as he defied Serena reaches (9/11), 6-3. Pakistan with an unbeaten 95 for WOMEN’S PATHS TO Somerset at Taunton yesterday. semis with win over SEMIS Somerset, set an unlikely 468 Pavlyuchenkova as for victory, were 157 for two at tea Serena in their second innings. Venus outsmarts Serena Williams (USA x1) vs Elena Trescothick was now just five Shvedova to advance Vesnina (RUS) runs shy of his 47th first class- First Round: bt Amra Sadikovic hundred for Somerset – the same (SUI) 6-2, 6-4. number as West Indies great Viv- Second Roud: bt Christina McHale ian Richards managed for the (USA) 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-4. south-west county. AFP Third Round: bt Annika Beck (GER) Left-hander Trescothick put 6-3, 6-0. on 98 with Tim Rouse, who made Fourth Round: bt Svetlana Kuznet- a gutsy 41 on his Somerset first- LONDON: Serena and Venus Wil- sova (RUS x13) 7-5, 6-0. class debut after being hit on the liams closed in yesterday on a fifth QF: bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova head by Mohammad Amir. all-sister Wimbledon final while (RUS x21) 6-4, 6-4. Somerset had collapsed to 128 beaten quarter-finalist Dominika Vesnina in their first innings, with left-arm Cibulkova prepared to rush back to First Round: bt Tamira Paszek paceman Amir taking an impres- Slovakia to get ready for her wed- (AUT) 7-5, 6-2. sive three for 36. ding. Second Round: bt Andrea Petkovic However, a sunny day at Taun- Six-time champion Serena (GER x32) 7-5, 6-3. ton meant there was now less reached her 10th semi-final at the Third Round: bt Julia Boserup (USA) swing in the air for Pakistan’s All England Club with a 6-4, 6-4 7-5, 7-5. pacemen. win over Russia 21st seed Anastasia Fourth Round: bt Ekaterina The 40-year-old Trescothick Pavlyuchenkova. Makarova (RUS) 5-7, 6-1, 9-7. was caught behind off Amir for She goes on to face Russian world QF: bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK just eight in the first innings. x19) 6-2, 6-2. number 50 Elena Vesnina tomorrow Elena Vesnina celebrates during her quarter-final However, he drove both Amir Angelique Kerber (GER x4) vs Venus for a place in the final. against Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova on the ninth and Sohail Khan down the ground Five-time champion Venus, Williams (USA x8). yesterday. day of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis seeded eight, enjoyed a 7-6 (7/5), Kerber But Adam Hose was out off Club, yesterday. INSET: US player Serena Williams 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan’s world First Round: bt Laura Robson (GBR) what became the last ball before number 96 Yaroslava Shvedova to reacts after a point against Russia’s Anastasia 6-2, 6-2. lunch when he was lbw to leg- reach her first Wimbledon semi-final Pavlyuchenkova during their quarter-final match. Second Round: bt Varvara Lep- spinner Yasir Shah for eight after in seven years. chenko (USA) 6-1, 6-4. he missed a ball that went straight The 36-year-old will now face Third Round: bt Carina Witthoeft on. German fourth seed and Australian (GER) 7-6 (13/11), 6-1. Rouse had made 14 when he Open champion Angelique Kerber dropped a set to her opponent since Venus is the oldest women’s fell apart in the second set. Kerber Fourth Round: bt Misaki Doi (JPN) ducked into a sharp Amir short who reached her second Wimble- their first meeting in 2010. But the semi-finalist since Martina Navra- now has 33 match wins in 2016, joint- 6-3, 6-1. ball, turning his head away in don semi-final with a 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) match was decided in the ninth game tilova in 1994. Venus, who won the best with Cibulkova. QF: bt Simona Halep (ROM x5) 7-5, the process, and was struck on win over Simona Halep, the fifth seed of both sets with Williams carving last of her seven Grand Slam titles “I have had a great year so far. 7-6 (7/2). the helmet. from Romania. out the only breaks of the match at Wimbledon in 2008, is back in the I think I am playing my best ten- Venus A concerned Amir raised his Vesnina made her first semi-final against Pavlyuchenkova, playing in last-four of a Grand Slam for the first nis. Hopefully I can play a few First Round: bt Donna Vekic (CRO) hand in apology and Rouse, who at a major, by seeing off bride-to-be her first Wimbledon quarter-final. time since the 2010 US Open. more matches here,” she said. The 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. changed helmets, needed at least Cibulkova, the Slovak 19th seed, 6-2, The American finished the match The eight-time Wimbledon 28-year-old Kerber, who also made Second Round: bt Maria Sakkari five minutes of on-field treatment 6-2. with an 11th ace. finalist trails 3-2 in her five career the semi-finals in 2012, came out on (GRE) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. before resuming his innings. “They showed Venus’ score on “It was good. I am excited to be meetings with 28-year-old Kerber, top in a big-hitting battle with Halep, Third Round: bt Daria Kasatkina But soon afterwards he court and I was like ‘yaaaay’. I want able to win and get through, it felt who won their only meeting on grass who was a semi-finalist in 2014. (RUS x29) 7-5, 4-6, 10-8. gamely cover-drove Amir for four. her to win so bad, but not in the final really good,” said Serena, who is bid- in the 2012 Olympics at Wimbledon. Cibulkova is due to marry fiance Fourth Round: bt Carla Suarez Nav- Trescothick drove Shah for if I’m there,” said defending cham- ding to win a record-equalling Open “I love playing the game. When Miso Navara in her hometown of arro (ESP x12) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. six over long-on and then struck pion Serena, who took her Grand era 22nd Grand Slam title. you are winning matches it makes it Bratislava on Saturday -- the same QF: bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) two boundaries in as many balls Slam match win record to 302 -- On the potential of an all-Wil- that much sweeter,” the German said. day as the women’s final -- and the 7-6 (7/5), 6-2. off Khan. four behind Martina Navratilova’s liams final, Serena refused to get “You can’t always have these 27-year-old was willing to post- But Rouse fell in similar fash- all-time mark. too far ahead of herself even though big moments. I guess if you are Ser- pone the ceremony if she won her Grand Slams switched to 32 seeds in ion to Hose when he was lbw to It is the 11th time that the sisters she has a 4-0 winning record over ena Williams it happens a lot, but quarter-final. 2001. “Serena is one of the greatest. Shah’s quicker ball. have advanced to the semi-finals of Vesnina. for Venus Williams this is an awe- But 29-year-old Vesnina took I always watch her matches,” said Earlier, Azhar Ali made an the same Grand Slam event. “We don’t really talk too much some day.” advantage of a distracted display Vesnina who dropped out of the top unbeaten century in Pakistan’s Serena took a 5-0 career lead about it but we are playing doubles The first set tiebreak was key for from Cibulkova to become the fifth 100 last year. second innings 236 for four over Russian 21st seed Pavlyuchenk- later so we are just happy to be in the Venus on Tuesday as she over-turned unseeded woman to reach the All “I have to go on to the court with declared. ova into Tuesday’s match, having not semi-finals,” she said. a 2/5 deficit before Shvedova’s game England Club semi-finals since the all my heart and take my chances.” Ali (101 not out) and Asad Shafiq (69 not out) shared a stand of 138 in 30 overs. Pakistan resumed yesterday on 140 for four, with Ali 50 not out and Shafiq unbeaten on 26. Nadal on track to compete at Rio Games, says doctor The pair were especially severe on Somerset’s spinners with the 31-year-old Ali hoisting Reuters 27 after injuring a tendon. He was the world number four will be ready to get into a rhythm,” Ruiz-Cotorro teenager Dom Bess for two huge forced to pull out of the French for Rio. “I see him strong,” he said. said. “But we have to be careful. He sixes over long-on in successive Open after two rounds and miss “He is following the normal recovery is strengthening the wrist and that balls. Wimbledon. schedule and meeting the timeframe is the most complicated aspect and As soon as Ali had gone to his LONDON: Spanish tennis player “We are all working towards get- we set.” where we have to be more careful,” century, in 168 balls including 12 Rafael Nadal (pictured) is recover- ting him ready for the Olympics,” Nadal, 30, is expected to return he added. fours and two sixes, Pakistan cap- ing well from a left wrist injury and Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, a doctor at the to play at the Toronto Masters at the Nadal, who won gold at the tain Misbah-ul-Haq declared. is on track to compete at the Olym- Spanish Tennis Federation, told AS end of July before travelling to Brazil. Olympics in Beijing eight years ago, Amir took three wickets in 11 pics in Rio, his doctor said yesterday. newspaper. “He is working very well and the is eager to compete in Rio after miss- overs in Somerset’s meagre first The 14-time Grand Slam cham- Ruiz-Cotorro, who has treated sooner he can recover and start to ing the 2012 Games in London due innings as he swung the ball late pion has been sidelined since May Nadal since he was 14, is optimistic compete the better it will be for him to a knee injury. at sharp pace. Kittel back at the top with stage win

Reuters the Tour de France,” said Kittel. “The plan “But when Grand Tours can be won or was to take the yellow jersey after the first TOUR DE FRANCE: STAGE FOUR lost by seconds, we’ve got to be up there stage but that did not go as expected.” fighting. Kittel suffered a virus that plagued his “That’s the nature of our sport. When LIMOGES: Marcel Kittel burst back into 2015 season and his Giant-Alpecin team there’s so much at stake -- a stage win at the limelight when the German snatched omitted him from the Tour roster, prompt- the Tour means so much to so many peo- his ninth Tour de France stage win yes- ing the 28-year-old to sign for Etixx-Quick the sprint started and could only finish ple -- guys are going to put their bodies terday, prevailing in a tough bunch sprint. Step who were looking for a replacement eighth, surrendering the lead to Sagan in on the line for that.” The Etixx-Quick Step rider, who had a for the departing Mark Cavendish. the points classification. While Froome had been seen sprint- disappointing start to the Tour and missed Kittel failed to beat Mark Cavendish Sagan has 147 points to Cavendish’s ing hard at the end of Monday’s third stage, last year’s race following a virus, held off in the massive sprint in the opening stage 142. coming 22nd at the line, he was almost the late charge of Bryan Coquard (Direct last Saturday, and came home a medio- Meanwhile , Tour de France champion caught out by a traffic island just before Energie), beating the Frenchman by less cre seventh on Monday, which suggested Chris Froome was on the defensive yes- a roundabout in the run-in to Tuesday’s than a tyre’s length. he was struggling for form. terday following criticism from sprinters. fourth stage. He clawed his way back Slovak Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) was third Yesterday, the German was perfectly His fellow Briton Mark Cavendish on through the field to finish 37th, though, and retained the overall leader’s yellow led out by his team and, although the Monday hit out at Froome’s Sky team for and avoided losing any time to his rivals. jersey at the end of the fourth stage, at final straight was slightly uphill, he never keeping their leader near the front of the And he said today’s fifth stage should 237.5km the longest in this year’s race. looked back, raising his arms to celebrate peloton in sprint finishes, consequently provide some fireworks amongst the over- Frenchman Julian Alaphillipe (Etixx- a few minutes after crossing the line as he getting in the way of the bunch’s fast men. all contenders. Quick Step) is in second place, 12 seconds and Coquard waited for the photo finish. But following Tuesday’s fourth stage The 216km stage has a decidedly off the pace, with a decent chance of “It’s a very, very important day in won by Marcel Kittel, Froome, 31, said he lumpy final 75km with five categorised claiming yellow in Wednesday’s fifth my career, to show that I’m back. The had no choice, even claiming he’d rather climbs, including two second category stage, a 216-km trek in the Massif Cen- team had so much pressure in the last not be near the front. ones in the final 30km. Etixx-Quickstep rider Marcel Kittel of Germany crosses tral mountains. three days,” said Kittel. “It feels like an “It makes for a lot of stress -- we don’t “I think it’s a bit too early to see a real “There is a lot of emotion. I had to achievement.” want to be up there, we want the sprinters GC (general classification) battle but it’s the finish line ahead of yellow jersey leader Tinkoff fight to come back, I had a tough start to Cavendish, looking for a 29th Tour to do their thing and not be in the way,” definitely somewhere where there will be rider Peter Sagan of Slovakia at Tour de France stage the season but the goal has always been career stage win, was boxed in when he said. time gaps,” said Froome. four from Saumur to Limoges, yesterday. WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 23

New 24-team Brazil memories buoy battered format for Euro a success, says UEFA

Germany for France semi-final Reuters

PARIS: UEFA believes the 24-team format introduced for the first time Injury-hit world at Euro 2016 is a success and will champions face boost soccer in some of the conti- nent’s smaller nations, tournament strong hosts in director Martin Kallen said. do-or-die Euro tie Europe’s governing body opted eight years ago to expand the competition from 16 to 24 teams. The additional eight places AFP allowed Albania, Iceland, North- ern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales to qualify for the first time. Some of the newcomers have EVIAN: Germany face hosts France been particularly successful, in the Euro 2016 semi-finals tomor- including Northern Ireland, who row in the midst of an injury crisis, reached the last 16, and quar- but buoyed by memories of their ter-finalists Iceland. Wales have flooring of Brazil at the same stage reached the semi-finals where they of the 2014 World Cup. take on Portugal on Wednesday in The Marseille clash will be Lyon. another test of Germany’s met- “People were anxious the for- tle after their historic quarter-final mat might not work but it has defeat of Italy. worked,” Kallen told reporters. Die Mannschaft are without three “We have seen two teams (Ice- stars with defender Mats Hummels land and Wales) going further than suspended, plus striker Mario Gomez German players warm up during a training session at the team’s training grounds in Evian- anybody believed they would and and midfielder Sami Khedira injured. les-Bains, south-eastern France, ahead of their Euro 2016 semi-final match against France. that’s positive.” Captain Bastian Schweinsteiger Some people have criticised is highly doubtful with a knee the new format, saying it has strain, but nevertheless the world There were 200 million behind the But a new face is set to be seen As it was against Italy, who Ger- remembered for a brutal incident. not increased the excitement of champions are relishing the French team and we coped well,” he said in the middle. many had never previously beaten at France’s Patrick Battiston was the tournament and suggesting challenge. with a heavy hint of understatement. Either Emre Can of Liverpool or a major tournament, this is another knocked unconscious, with two that Wales and Northern Ireland Joachim Loew has compared the A scoreline similar to the sensa- Borussia Dortmund’s Julian Weigl is tie steeped in history, while France teeth missing and three cracked ribs, would have qualified for a 16-team situation to two years ago when Ger- tional 7-1 drubbing is very unlikely, set to parter Toni Kroos in the defen- will want revenge. after a collision with Germany goal- tournament. But Kallen said the many stunned hosts Brazil 7-1. but the message from the German sive midfield with Khedira out and Les Bleus lost to Germany in the keeper Harald Schumacher. less glamorous teams have been France’s 5-2 hammering of min- camp is clear -- challenge accepted. Schweinsteiger struggling. 2014 World Cup quarter-finals at Rio Although no foul was given by supported by some of the most nows Iceland in the quarter-finals “France will have gained a lot of “We’re going to have to make de Janeiro’s Marcana, thanks to Mats the referee it did nothing for dip- passionate fans in the tournament. on Sunday means the hosts come to confidence from their victory, but changes and find solutions,” said Hummels’ first-half header. lomatic relations between the The 24-team format will con- Marseille with hopes high -- game they know, regardless of our personal Loew. And France has never fully for- European neighbours. tinue at the 2020 finals and Kallen on, says Loew. situation, what we can do. I’m look- I trust any of my players in the given Germany for their penalty Loew deflected any questions suggested UEFA might stick to it “The majority of the people in the ing forward to the game,” said Loew. squad, but I won’t play anyone who shoot-out defeat in the controver- of the 1982 match, but talked up after that. UEFA has no problems stadium will be behind France, the Thomas Mueller and Mario is not 100 percent fit.” sial semi-finals of the 1982 World the current French team, who he with the organisation or security country is now full of this euphoria, Goetze, who will replace Gomez, are He was full of praise for France’s Cup finals in Spain. believes will be harder to beat than at the tournament which has been this energy,” said Germany’s head likely to start up front in Marseille star-studded attack of Olivier Giroud, An epic 3-3 draw, with four Italy. largely incident-free since violent coach. as Loew hinted at a 4-4-2 line-up, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griez- goals scored in extra-time, came “France are harder to predict, clashes marred an early game “It’s great when it’s like this. rather than the 3-5-2 which beat mann, all of whom scored against down to a penalty shoot-out which they are more flexible,” said Loew between England and Russia in “In Brazil, it was just the same. Italy. Iceland. Germany won 5-4, but the match is after their win over Iceland. Marseille. Zaza sorry as dancing penalty goes viral

AFP predictions by winning their European Cham- pionship group and toppling holders Spain 2-0 in the last 16 to set up a quarter-final clash with Germany. MONTPELLIER: Juventus striker Simone Zaza With the match 1-1 after extra-time, it took has pleaded for leniency from angry social a penalty shootout to decide who goes into a media followers after a crucial but comical semi-final match-up with hosts France tomor- penalty miss in a Euro 2016 quarter-final row. Zaza was not the only player to miss the shootout with Germany. target during an epic 18-kick shootout. No goals, “What happened will stick with me for the But his attempt drew the most ridicule. As rest of my life,” Zaza said in a post on his Insta- he stepped up to try and beat Germany goal- gram account. keeper Manuel Neuer, Zaza started jogging “It was a crucial moment for the team, and on his tiptoes before blazing the ball over the for me, and I failed. Once again, I’m sorry.” crossbar. no problem But three days after Italy’s 6-5 loss to Ger- Social media was quick to react with a many in Bordeaux, the 25-year-old Zaza’s series of videos showing people and animals dancing lead-up to his penalty miss is still appearing to do the ‘Zaza dance’ going online. riling fans angry at Italy’s absence from the Zaza said: “I take responsibility, as I always semi-finals. have, and move forward, knowing that we for Mueller Italy, the beaten 2012 finalists, had upset made Italy proud.

AFP Germany are at the contest as world cham- Mueller has the support of Germany’s pions “and the chance to win two titles management as they prepare to face the back-to-back is not something you get eve- French. ryday. Reaching that goal is what drives me “If we need a goal, then Mueller will score EVIAN: He is the big-name forward yet on. I haven’t had that many chances here and one for us,” head coach Joachim Loew said to score at Euro 2016, but Thomas Mueller the ones I have missed were by a matter of on Monday. (pictured) says his main concern is helping centimetres. Team manager Oliver Bierhoff said it was Germany beat France in tomorrow’s Euro “I’m not driving myself crazy about it. just a matter of time. 2016 semi-final. “Scoring goals isn’t the fuel which drives “Thomas Mueller is just keeping his pow- Mueller, top scorer at the 2010 World me, it’s just the varnish which makes the der dry. Then he’ll explode,” said the former Cup in South Africa and who hit 32 goals for car look good. I was the top-scorer in South striker yesterday. Bayern Munich last season, has yet to open Africa and we went out in the semi-finals. The mood in the German camp is of Italy’s forward Simone Zaza is consoled his account at the European Championship “I haven’t changed anything and I’m not confidence, despite considerable personnel after missing a spot-kick during a finals. The self-confident forward says his bothered. Sure, a goal would calm me down, problems. Mats Hummels is suspended, Sami penalty shoot-out in their Euro 2016 sole concern is helping Germany win in Mar- as it would mean I wouldn’t have to answer Khedira and Mario Gomez are out injured, quarter-final match against Germany. seille in their bid to add the European crown any more questions about it,” he told report- while captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is to their 2014 World Cup title. Mueller said ers in Evian with a grin. struggling with a knee strain. www.thepeninsulaqatar.comom PAGE | 22 PAGE | 2323 Nadal on track to No goals, compete at no problemem Rio Games for Muellerer

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Five landmarks in Ronaldo-Bale relationship

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LYON: Real Madrid team-mates Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale go head-to-head hoping to carry Portugal and Wales respectively to Euro 2016 pitch the Euro 2016 final on Wednesday. Here are five key factors in the often tricky relationship between will be ‘good’ but the two most expensive players in football history: ‘not excellent’ Bale’s first day After prolonged transfer talks AFP with Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale finally arrived in the Span- ish capital on September 2, 2013 PARIS: The Stade de France pitch for the Euro 2016 amid much speculation at how (From left) Wales’ defender Neil Taylor, Ashley Richards, midfielder Joe Allen and final will be good but not excellent, a top UEFA offi- Cristiano Ronaldo would treat the cial warned yesterday. forward Gareth Bale take part in a training session in Dinard, France yesterday. pretender to his crown as king of The pitches at three Euro venues have been the Santiago Bernabeu. criticised and the Lille pitch had to be relaid in The initial encounter was a mid-tournament. friendly one. A much more timid The pitches at Marseille, to be used for Thursday’s Bale than the one that will take to semi-final between France and Germany, and the the field in Lyon appeared almost Stade de France have also been attacked by coaches. awestruck by Ronaldo’s presence UEFA operations director Martin Kallen said the as he was welcomed by the three- Stade de France pitch for the France-Iceland game time Player of the Year at Madrid’s Wales out to inflict on Sunday was “much better” and it would be treated luxurious Valdebebas training further before Sunday’s final. ground. “It will not be excellent of excellent but it will be good,” added the official. Bernabeu boo boys Kallen said the pitch for Thursday’s semi-final target Bale would be “the best pitch in Marseille since the By his own admission Bale beginning.” struggled with his form and fit- more semi-final The poor conditions forced UEFA to move the ness in his second season at final stadium training before several Euro 2016 Madrid. games. His case was not aided by Ronaldo’s demonstrative dis- content on a number of occasions when Bale went for goal him- UEFA not happy self instead of picking out the Portuguese. woe on Portugal In the worst example, Ronal- about Bale’s do’s rage left Bale facing whistles from the Real crowd in a 3-0 win over Espanyol in January 2015. Should they lose to Wales, daughter on pitch playing their first major tourna- Bale scores, Ronaldo In-form Wales look ment in 58 years and their first fumes for a better show ever semi-final, it would be a AFP Ronaldo is one of the most sin- devastating blow. gle-minded players ever and this in contest between Yet Wales are arguably the could be clearly seen in a routine the two most form team coming into the PARIS: UEFA are not happy with Gareth Bale and Real Madrid 2-0 win over Levante match. other Wales players parading their children on the in March last year. expensive players Chris Coleman’s side have Euro 2016 pitch in Paris after their last 16 win over After Ronaldo’s initial acro- in the world revelled in their underdog sta- Northern Ireland. batic effort had been cleared, tus to win their group, which “It is always cute when the kids are there,” said Bale expertly swept home the also included England, Russia UEFA operations director Martin Kallen. “But it is a rebound to the delight of every- and Slovakia, ease out Brit- European Championship not a family party.” one with a Real affiliation other Reuters ish rivals Northern Ireland Bale hugging his daughter Alba on the Parc des than Ronaldo. in the last 16 and sweep past Princes pitch after the 1-0 win over Northern Ireland The Portugues stormed off heavy favourites Belgium in became one of the images of Euro 2016 after. Other disbelieving his wait to score with the quarters. players also had their children on the pitch. a bicycle kick continues. LYON: It will be virgin terri- Portugal are yet to win “We are not 100 percent against it, but we are tory for Wales when they face a match at the tournament cautious. We have to guarantee security,” Kallen said. World record Bale Portugal in the Euro 2016 semi- inside 90 minutes, having “There should be a certain order. There are also fee revealed finals yet their opponents could drawn all three group games, certain safety issues behind it. In a bid to placate Ronaldo, be forgiven a sense of deja vu beaten Croatia in extra time and Real had tried for nearly three as they step on to the pitch in squeezed past Poland on pen- years to insist the fee paid to Lyon today. alties. Things are yet to click for bring Bale from Tottenham had This will be Portugal’s Portugal, and by extension for not surpassed the £80m paid for fourth semi-final in the last captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who Pepe trains alone Ronaldo to Manchester United in five editions of the competition has at times looked exasperated 2009. stretching back to 2000, but for by his team mates’ attacking However, any doubts of all their success in reaching the shortcomings. Yet Portugal for Wales semi s Bale’s true cost were dispelled latter stages of the tournament, are unbeaten in 12 competitive on January 21 this year when there has been little glory along internationals since Fernando Portugal’s skipper whistleblowing website Foot- the way. Santos took over as coach at the Cristiano Ronaldo in action AFP ball Leaks published a copy of Only once have they over- start of the Euro 2016 qualify- during a training session the contract Madrid signed with come the last-four hurdle and ing campaign. at Portugal’s base camp Spurs, detailing a total deal then they were beaten in the With Ronaldo’s Real Madrid MARCOUSSIS: Portugal’s veteran defender Pepe in Marcoussis, outskirts worth 100,759,417 euros (£85m). final by Greece as hosts at Euro team mate Pepe marshalling an trained alone yesterday as he battles to be fully fit of Paris, on the eve of 2004. increasingly assured defence, for his country’s Euro 2016 semi-final against Wales. Bale wins respect If you include their defeat they will be tough to break their Euro 2016 semi-final While coach Fernando Santos took control of the Ronaldo unleashed a stinging in the semi-finals of the 2006 down. match against Wales. main group of players, Pepe worked with Portugal’s attack of some of his lesser- World Cup and a loss at the Especially for a Wales side physiotherapist Antonio Gaspar. known Madrid teammates after Euros in 1984, they are becom- deprived of one of their most Valencia midfielder Andre Gomes, who is a 1-0 defeat to Atletico in Febru- ing all too familiar with the talented creative influences in reported to be wanted by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ary, claiming Real -- then third in pitfalls of this stage of major midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who been arguably their most influ- play a record third European and winger Raphael Guerreiro took knocks in the La Liga -- would be top if every- tournaments. will be suspended after pick- ential player, scoring one and Championship semi-final, and quarter-final win over Poland but trained normally. one met his high standards. Portugal’s conquerors in ing up a booking in the win over producing four assists in the run his Real Madrid team mate Bale. Pepe played a key role in keeping Portugal in the Bale missed the match their recent last-four clashes Belgium. to the last four. Perhaps ominously for game against Poland which ended 1-1 after extra time. through injury and Ronaldo have included football power- While Gareth Bale has been The match is likely to be Wales, Ronaldo has netted If the 33-year-old does not make the cut he is likely admitted he could not carry houses France, at Euro 2000 Wales’s attacking talisman, billed as a contest between the twice in each of his last two to replaced by Ricardo Carvalho or Bruno Alves for Madrid to victory on his own and the World Cup in 2006, and scoring three times to lift them two most expensive players in games in Lyon for club and the Wales game in Lyon today. without Bale by his side. Spain at Euro 2012. out of their group, Ramsey has the world -- Ronaldo, who will country.