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MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10223 September 26, 2016 Dhul-Hijja 24, 1437 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Qatar Rail celebrates Doha Metro Project milestone

In brief Qatar’s

QATAR | Motoring 428 cases of vehicles overtaking from right power The Traff ic Department reported 428 cases of vehicles overtaking from the right, which constitutes a violation of traff ic laws, on Saturday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) tweeted yesterday. The MoI also informed that there were 309 violations pertaining to motorists not using seatbelts, 52 for parking in slots capacity designated for persons with disabilities and another 52 for using mobile phones while driving. The ministry also stressed, through a series of tweets, the need for motorists to observe safe driving methods by complying with traff ic regulations on key aspects such as lane discipline, speed limit, wearing to surge seatbelts and using mobile devices, among others. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday attended Qatar Rail’s Qatar’s power capacity is expected REGION | Unrest celebration marking the completion of the tunnel digging works for the Doha Metro Project on the south side of the Red Line to rise from around 8,800MW now Yemen planning in Hamad International Airport (HIA) Station. The tunnelling works started in July 2014 and 111km were covered yesterday by to 13,000MW by 2018 UN complaint the tunnel boring machine (TBM). Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Turki al-Subaie, managing director and chairman of the executive committee of Qatar Rail, said that the completion of the drilling works was an important milestone in Doha Metro project’s By Pratap John Yemen plans to complain to the UN progress. Page 2 Chief Business Reporter Security Council over Iran’s “weapon transfers” to Houthi allies fighting the internationally-recognised Yemeni atar’s power capacity is expect- government, the foreign minister ed to reach 13,000MW by 2018 said yesterday. In an interview with Qand will cater to the country’s Reuters, Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi also ever-growing development needs, said said he hoped a 72-hour humanitarian Russia under fi re at UN as Fahad al-Mohannadi, managing direc- ceasefire would take eff ect early next tor and general manager of Qatar Elec- week. “There are new weapons coming tricity and Water Company. from Iran,” Mekhlafi said in New York The existing capacity is around where he was attending the annual UN 8,800MW, al-Mohannadi, also the gathering of world leaders. Mekhlafi air strikes pound Aleppo chairman of Umm Al Houl Power said his government was in the process Company told Gulf Times last night. of filing a complaint to the Security “Our future projects will take us to Council, with evidence including AFP 13,000MW, which is part of our readi- documents and pictures. United Nations ness for the development of 2022 (FIFA World Cup)”, he said on the sidelines of EUROPE | Health an event held to mark the arrival of Sie- ritain, France and the United mens’ 1000th gas turbine to the Umm 43 years in wheelchair States lashed out at Russia yes- Al Houl Combined Power Plant. on wrong diagnosis Bterday over the worsening carnage He said the peak electricity de- A Portuguese man spent 43 years in in Syria as Syrian and Russian warplanes mand in Qatar was currently around a wheelchair because of a mistaken pounded Aleppo in one of the heaviest 8,200MW. diagnosis, finally re-learning to bombing raids of the fi ve-year war. Asked whether more utility projects Fahad al-Mohannadi addressing the walk only in his fifties, a newspaper US ambassador Samantha Power ac- would be added beyond 2018, al-Mo- event yesterday. reported yesterday. When Rufino cused Russia of “barbarism” during a hannadi said: “There has been a steady Borrego was 13, he was diagnosed by Security Council emergency meeting increase in the demand for electricity ply. We are delighted to work with de- a Lisbon hospital as having incurable called to demand that Moscow rein in its and water in our country. This is obvi- pendable partners such as Siemens muscular dystrophy, the Jornal de ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, A bus is on fire following an air strike in the rebel-held Salaheddin district of Aleppo ously due to Qatar’s development and and Samsung to execute our long-term Noticias reported. After that he used and halt the intense air strikes. yesterday. population growth. plans for expanding Qatar’s power sec- a wheelchair to get around for more “Instead of pursuing peace, Rus- “Some of our existing projects are tor.” than four decades - until a neurologist sia and Assad make war,” Power said. carry out war crimes,” said British am- Russia’s ambassador Vitaly Churkin old. A case in point is the Ras Abu Fon- Dubbed as one of the largest power realised in 2010 that he in fact suff ered “What Russia is sponsoring and doing bassador Matthew Rycroft. conceded that the surge in violence over tas A plant. It is now 43 years old. Some and water projects in the region, the from a diff erent disease that weakens is not counter-terrorism. It is barba- Britain, France and the United States the past days meant that “bringing a of our new projects will replace the ex- Umm Al Houl Combined Power Plant the muscles, myasthenia. The rare rism.” had called for the urgent talks after days peace is almost an impossible task now”. isting ones and others will be new de- will have a production capacity of 2,520 disease can be treated simply by taking At least 124 people, mostly civilians, of intense diplomatic eff orts to salvage a Churkin again laid blame for the failed velopments.” megawatts of electricity and 136mn asthma medication - and just a year have been killed in the bombardment US-Russian ceasefi re deal ended in fail- diplomacy with the United States. A US- He said there would be another util- gallons of drinking water per day. after his new diagnosis, Borrego was of rebel-held eastern Aleppo since the ure at the weekend. Russian ceasefi re deal that would have ity project in Qatar between 2018 and The integrated power and water able to walk for the first time to his army on Thursday announced an opera- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon charted a way forward towards peace 2022. “The location is roughly known. project will help meet the rising power usual neighbourhood cafe. tion to take it, the Syrian Observatory warned that the “chilling” escala- talks was broken by the “sabotage by the But I cannot disclose it now. It depends and water demand and will cover the for Human Rights said. tion making use of advanced weaponry moderate opposition”, he claimed. on how the grid moves. There is more upcoming economic zones. AMERICA | Investigation “War crimes are being committed against civilians could amount to war Churkin however said that reviving than one option. It has to be done on Umm Al Houl is expected to be com- here in Aleppo,” French ambassador crimes. the ceasefi re was still a goal that Mos- techno-economical basis,” al-Mohan- pleted in two phases. The fi rst phase Motive sought Francois Delattre said, calling for ac- Ban called on world powers to “work cow could pursue if it was part of a “col- nadi said. will be completed by 2017, with a pro- in fatal shooting tion to ensure the atrocities do not go harder for an end to the nightmare” in lective” eff ort on all sides. Earlier, speaking at the event to cel- duction of 40mn gallons of water a day. Investigators were working to determine unpunished. Syria that has left more than 300,000 Despite the recriminations, UN envoy ebrate the arrival of Siemens’ 1000th The project will reach full capacity by what led a gunman to open fire and Britain’s envoy spoke of “a new hell” people dead and driven millions from Staff an de Mistura said a “tiny window gas turbine to the Umm Al Houl Com- mid-2018. kill five people in a department store unleashed on Syrians with bunker- their homes. of opportunity... still exists” for Russia bined Power Plant at the Four Seasons, Umm Al Houl Power Company CEO at a Washington state mall, police said busting bombs and more sophisticated To protest against the attacks in and the United States to help Syria. al-Mohannadi said: “As our country Jamal al-Khalaf told Gulf Times that yesterday after arresting a 20-year-old weaponry used in air strikes pummel- Aleppo, the US, French and British am- He appealed for renewed eff orts to makes big strides towards industri- once completed, the Umm Al Houl suspect in the deadly rampage. Police ling residential areas. bassadors walked out of the Security allow Syria to “step away from the brink alisaton and developing its infrastruc- project would increase the country’s took Turkish-born Arcan Cetin into “It is diffi cult to deny that Russia is Council chamber as the Syrian ambas- of more years of bloody confl ict which ture, this power plant will be integral current electricity output by 23% and custody on Saturday evening. Page 13 partnering with the Syrian regime to sador delivered his remarks. risks to become even worse.” to boosting its future electricity sup- water output by 26%. Page 6 Remittances from Qatar show marginal increase

By Santhosh V Perumal The remittances during the GVA of non-mining sectors expanded debit current transfers, MDPS data tar’s outbound foreign direct invest- Business Reporter fi rst quarter of 2015 amounted to 5.5% compared to 8%. found. ment plunged about 63% year-on-year QR10.86bn, which was more than 72% On a year-wise classifi cation, the Qatar accounted for more than to QR1.52bn in the fi rst quarter of this of the total debit current transfers, workers’ remittances from Qatar have $10.4bn in remittances to countries year. Similarly, foreign direct invest- orkers’ remittances from Qa- MDPS said quoting Qatar Central Bank had a rollercoaster growth pattern dur- across the globe in 2015, with South ments into the country plunged 88% tar witnessed a marginal in- fi gures. ing 2012-15. Asian countries receiving 70% of re- year-on-year to QR0.12bn in the review Wcrease of more than 1% year- Qatar’s real (infl ation-adjusted) The remittances in 2015 is estimated mittances from the country, Xpress period. on-year to QR10.98bn during the fi rst gross domestic product (GDP) had to have grown more than 8% year-on- Money had said earlier this year citing The outbound foreign direct invest- quarter of this year despite slowdown grown 1.1% year-on-year in the fi rst year to QR43.82bn, which constituted data from “World Bank Bilateral Remit- ments broadly followed a downward in the economy, according to offi cial quarter of this year compared to 1.9% about 74% of the total debit current tances Matrices”. path during 2011-15 except in 2012. fi gures. in the comparable period of 2015. transfers. India, the largest recipient of remit- The outbound direct investments from The remittances constituted about The real gross value added (GVA) in The remittances had reported a tances in the world, received $3.99bn Qatar was QR36.8bn in 2011, fell to three-fourths of total debit current the country’s mining and quarrying marginal 0.44% decline in 2014 to In 2012, the remittances were down from Qatar in 2015. Nepal followed QR5.26bn in the subsequent year but transfer in the review period, the Min- sector, under which hydrocarbon falls, QR40.37bn, which was about 61% of 0.29% to QR37.43bn (more than 64% at $2.02bn, Bangladesh ($525mn), Sri only to rise substantially to QR32.26bn istry of Development Planning and showed a 3% decline year-on-year in total debit current transfers; while they of debit current transfers). Lanka ($511mn) and Pakistan ($427mn), in 2013, after which it fell to QR20.78bn Statistics (MDPS) said in a report re- the fi rst quarter of 2016 against 3.2% had seen more than 8% growth in 2013 In 2011, workers’ remittances stood Xpress Money had said. in 2014 and further to QR10.75bn in leased yesterday. dip in the same period of 2015, while the to QR40.55bn (more than 70%). at QR37.54bn or more than 71% of The MDPS also highlighted that Qa- 2015. Gulf Times 2 Monday, September 26, 2016 QATAR

Shafaf cylinders demand up as exchange off er set to end soon

By Joseph Varghese change their steel cylinders. Staff Reporter Moreover, newcomers to the country are always going for the Shafaf cylinders. The current ex- any people are switch- change off er will come to an end ing over to Shafaf, the by September 30.” Mlightweight and trans- Of late, several residents have parent LPG cylinders, from the been complaining about the irreg- traditional steel cylinders, before ular supply of metal cylinders by an exchange off er comes to an the retailers. There have also been end on September 30, according unconfi rmed reports that Woqod to retailers . will discontinue the metal cylin- Woqod, the sole supplier of liq- ders in the very near future. uefi ed petroleum gas (LPG) in the Other than its lightweight, country, has been encouraging people prefer Shafaf cylinders customers to move over to Shafaf, for various reasons such as safe- the state-of-the- art, modern and ty. Shafaf cylinders are designed high-tech cooking gas cylinders. with high levels of safety and se- Woqod is the regional pioneer in curity in comparison to the pre- adopting these cylinders. vious generation. They are fi re Inquiries with the Sidra stores proof and do not explode, even at Woqod fuel stations where in the case of fi re. Additionally, Shafaf is sold, revealed that there these cylinders enable the users has been a growing demand for to monitor the gas levels so they the modern cylinders. Sales- can replace it promptly. men at these stores said more One customer who was at one people are visiting the outlets to of the Sidra stores said he had re- exchange their metal cylinders cently switched over to Shafaf on with Shafaf, which are made account of convenience. “I stay HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani is seen with HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti, from a fi berglass and plastic on the second fl oor of a small villa HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumahi and Qatar Rail off icials. composite. Each empty cylinder and carrying a steel cylinder up weighs only 5kg, half of regular the stairs is a diffi cult task. Many steel cylinders, and are therefore a time, the vendors either refuse are easy to carry and use. to carry it to my place or demand One of the salesman at a Sidra more money. In case of urgency, store said: “The campaign to I have to buy and carry the heavy promote Shafaf is doing well. cylinder by myself,” he explained. People who exchange the metal “ Now the retailers have also cylinder with a Shafaf cylinder started supplying the Shafaf cyl- Doha Metro ‘backbone can now get a QR100 discount. inders on the door steps which From these customers, we are has made it easy for us. We charging only QR 265, instead of can now avoid frequenting the QR 365 which is the normal price stores. Since it is transparent, of an empty Shafaf cylinder. An- there are no surprises. We know yone can go to a Sidra store and when the gas is going to run out,” get their cylinders exchanged.” added another customer. of transport network’ Another salesman said the Shafaf cylinders are available number of people who exchange for consumers in two refi ll sizes, QNA The event was attended by HE ger traffi c, HE al-Sulaiti said, highest international standards, march with dedication and fi rm the metal cylinders has gone up 12kg and 6kg, to fi t the various Doha the Prime Minister and Minister adding that these eff orts would the minister said. commitment in order to achieve recently. domestic household needs, or of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin increase Qatar’s gross domestic The Doha Metro Project will the vision of providing an inte- “Daily, we come across four- to be used outdoors during trips Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani. product (GDP). contribute to the national de- grated world-class railway serv- fi ve people who want to ex- and camping. he Doha Metro Project Al-Sulaiti said thanks to the Qatar Rail was able to achieve velopment and help achieve the ices, he said. represents the main wise leadership of HH the Emir several milestones including the Qatar National Vision (QNV) Yesterday’s ceremony pro- Tbackbone of an integrated Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- completion of tunnelling works 2030, the minister said. gramme included a presentation Eunic Cluster offers free crash public transport system, HE the Thani and follow-up and super- for the 111km fi rst phase of the Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Turki about the Doha Metro as well as courses in European languages Minister of Transport and Com- vision of HE the Prime Minister, Doha Metro Project, he said, al-Subaie, managing director a video on the 21 tunnel boring munications Jassim Seif Ahmed transport and communications noting that tunnelling works and chairman Qatar Rail said machines (TBMs) due to which The newly-established European 5pm to 9.15pm. al-Sulaiti said yesterday. projects were getting the neces- started in July 2014 and were that the completion of the drill- Qatar Rail was offi cially recog- Union Cultural Cluster in Qatar Free and open to everyone, this Qatar Rail’s projects such as sary support. completed three months ahead ing works was an important nised by the Guinness World (Eunic) is hosting its first event, event will allow the participants the Lusail Light Rail Transit The transport sector has be- of schedule. milestone in its progress. Records for the largest number ‘European Day of Languages in to attend several introductory (LLRT) network and the Long come an important indicator to HE al-Sulaiti stressed that He said all the necessary re- of tunnel boring machines oper- Qatar,’ today. classes of European languages of Distance Passenger and Freight measure a nation’s welfare, the Qatar Rail has overcome all ob- sources were harnessed to im- ating simultaneously in a single Each year, on September 26, the their choice (Bulgarian, Croatian, Rail transportation system will minister said. stacles over the drilling work as plement the project, adding Project, followed by the recent ‘European Day of Languages’ is Dutch, French, German, Greek, Ital- boost the use of public transport The Ministry of Transport 50% of the Doha Metro Project that adequate capabilities were drilling by TBM three months celebrated throughout the world ian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, services, the minister said. and Communications has devel- has been completed. employed to manage the chal- ahead of schedule. to promote the cultural and Spanish and Swedish). He was speaking on the occa- oped policies and strategies that Today’s achievement is an- lenges . Seventy percent of the total linguistic diversity of Europe and Some short European films are also to sion of marking the completion have contributed to the devel- other step towards accomplish- Al-Subaie thanked all those contracts were awarded to local elsewhere. be screened. Pre-registration is avail- of the tunnel digging works for opment of infrastructure of the ing the project according to the who have contributed to this companies in support of Qatar’s On this occasion, in Qatar, the able at anissa.harfouche@institutfran- the Doha Metro Project’s fi rst transport sector and promote timeline and budget and taking achievement, praising the economy. Eunic Cluster will be off ering free cais-qatar.com phase on the south side of the the use of the latest technology into account the highest qual- world-class quality of drilling With this, 50% of the Doha crash courses in 12 European More information about Eunic Red Line in Hamad Internation- in projects of this sector as well ity standards, the latest eco- work. Metro Project has been com- languages at the French Institute, could be had from https://www. al Airport (HIA) Station. as facilitate cargo and passen- friendly technology and the Qatar Rail will continue the pleted. 135 Al Inshirah Street, Doha, from facebook.com/EUNICQatar New benefi ts for members of Vodafone’s Falla Club

odafone Qatar has added Club members ‘buy 1 get 1 free’ All Vodafone sponsored apps new benefi ts, such as off ers at restaurants, cinemas can be found and downloaded Vmore data and discounts and spas. They can download from GooglePlay and AppleApp on lifestyle benefi ts, to its plat- Vodafone sponsored apps such stores. form for customers under 24 as ‘EntertainMe’ to get a ‘buy 1 Mohamed al-Sadah, chief years. get 1’ cinema entry. operating officer at Vodafone Members of the Vodafone Falla Every Tuesday, Falla Club Qatar said: “Vodafone recog- Club, which is free to join, can members get an extra free cine- nises that the needs of youth now choose any Vodafone plan ma ticket and drink plus popcorn are different, and feels that The Indonesian delegation with Qatari businessmen at Qatar Chamber. that suits them and get addition- combo when purchasing a ticket there is a real opportunity to of- al benefi ts. and drink plus popcorn combo. fer something unique to them, They will get more data every For the ‘Urban Point’ app, Falla that is fun while providing them month: double data on Red, 25% Club members can get a ‘buy 1 with the chance to stay con- more data on Connect, and 25% get 1’ meal and entertainment nected with their families and more data on Prepaid. off ers at restaurants, spas, and friends. Youth in Qatar have a Indonesia keen to enhance Customers under 24 will re- fun attractions in Qatar. For a greater use for local data, hence ceive the extra data upon signing discounted subscription of QR10 why we have decided to upgrade up to any Vodafone Red or Con- charged every second month, ex- our existing propositions to of- nect postpaid plan in one of Vo- clusive to Falla Club members, fer a lot more on that front and dafone’s retail stores. they can unlock all the discounts ensure exclusive benefits to our trade ties with Qatar: offi cial Customers on Prepaid can join it has to off er. young customers for what they Falla by dialling *100#. Once Members can track their Falla love doing.” they have joined the Falla Club, Club Data bonus by download- Launched in 2012, Vodafone QNA Dr Shihab stressed the impor- bin Ahmed bin Towar al-Ku- donesian delegation made a members will enjoy 25% extra ing ‘myVodafone’ app. It allows Falla is Qatar’s fi rst-ever telecom Doha tant role which could be played wari, said QC encourages Qatari presentation on the investment data every time they recharge young customers to manage their plan appealing to the youth with by the Qatar and Indonesian businessmen to promote co- climate and opportunities in In- with Vodafone’s Internet 60 and account and track their data us- great mobile deals, exciting ac- trade bodies in achieving con- operation and exchange expe- donesia and the most important 100 cards. age, including the Falla Club Data tivities and direct youth engage- he Special Envoy of the vergence between businessmen riences with their Indonesian sectors in which Qatari busi- Vodafone is also giving its Falla Bonus. ment. President of the Repub- in the two countries and engag- counterparts thanks to the sta- nessmen can invest. Tlic of Indonesia, Dr Alwi ing in eff ective partnerships that ble investment climate in both The visiting delegation also Shihab, yesterday stressed his would serve the interest of their countries. made a presentation on Indone- Safari launches BMW promotion country’s keenness to strength- economies. In this context, he praised sia Trade Fair 2016, which will en relations with Qatar in all He called on Qatari business- the historic ties between Qatar showcase the best Indonesian Safari Group has announced its November 7, Safari Group has said rated and valued cars, rather economic sectors. men to invest in his country and and Indonesia, pointing to the export products ranging from latest promotion, giving customers in a press statement. than just any car, when we had He was speaking during a meet- invited them to actively par- investment opportunities an- industrial, mining, agricultural the opportunity to win a total of 10 “We value our customers and a discussion about the next pro- ing between businessmen from ticipate in the 31st Trade Expo nounced by the president of In- to craft sectors. BMW 5 Series cars over five lucky always want them to get the motional event. We wish all our the two countries held at Qatar Indonesia 2016 and the Islamic donesia during his recent visit The volume of trade exchange draws. true value for their money. This customers a happy shopping Chamber aimed at developing co- Forum due to be held in Jakarta to Qatar which would open new between Qatar and Indonesia The promotion starts today and reflects in all our activities. This experience,” said Zainulabideen, operation and in particular ways to in October. prospects for future co-opera- has risen over to $1.6bn while two cars are to be won per draw, is also why we wanted to give director and general manager, enhance trade ties between Qatari For his part, Vice-Chairman tion between the two countries. Qatari exports of oil and natural with the first draw taking place on our customers one of the best Safari Group. and Indonesian private sector. of Qatar Chamber, Mohamed During the meeting, the In- gas rose to $1.2bn. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 3 QATAR

The new students at an orientation programme. HBKU welcomes 200 new students amad Bin Khalifa University that is proud to be pushing the bound- university also initiated a PhD pro- (HBKU), a member of Qatar aries of research education in Qatar. gramme in Computer Science and En- HFoundation for Education Sci- “The start of this new academic gineering this fall, complementing the ence and Community Development, has year is also an important milestone for university’s existing doctorate-level welcomed more than 200 new students the university. HBKU is growing and off erings in sustainable energy, sus- for the 2016-17 academic year, bringing thriving. Together with our existing tainable environment, and biological the total number of students enrolled at students, you represent the hopes and and biomedical sciences. the university to more than 450. aspirations of a university that is com- HBKU continues to expand its de- More than 90% of HBKU’s students mitted to building educational capac- gree programmes, inspire a spirit of are undertaking advanced study at ity in Qatar at the highest level.” innovation, and grow its research fa- master’s and doctoral level, and there Dedicated to delivering novel, high- cilities to better meet market demands is a heavy emphasis on research across quality academic programmes de- and cultivate strong leaders. This the university. The number of Qa- signed to meet the needs of Qatar and year’s new students come from a wide tari students continues to be signifi - the region, HBKU introduced three range of notable companies, includ- cant, accounting for around 70% of new graduate degrees this year. Two ing Qatar Petroleum, Ernst & Young, students enrolled on recently-added new master’s programmes, the Master Ashghal, Deloitte, Vodafone, Sidra programmes such as the Master of of Science in Cybersecurity and a Mas- Medical and Research Center, Kah- Science in Cybersecurity and the Juris ter of Science in Data Science and En- ramaa, and Qatar Central Bank. Oth- Doctor graduate law degree. gineering, are the fi rst of their kind in ers have previously worked with the Maryam Hamad al-Mannai, vice the Gulf region and off er students the Qatar Armed Forces, the Emiri Diwan, president of Students Aff airs at HBKU, opportunity to conduct novel research the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry told the new students at an orientation alongside HBKU’s world-renowned of Foreign Aff airs, and United Nations event that they are joining a university faculty members and researchers. The High Commissioner for Refugees. Gulf Times 4 Monday, September 26, 2016 QATAR Rasheeda interchange closed for months QCS to host breast cancer asheeda interchange The upgrade of Rasheeda on North Road, in- interchange comes as part Rcluding the bridge of the North Corridor En- and ramps, will remain hancement Project, which conference in October closed to traffi c, for two includes construction of months from tomorrow. service roads along North The closure is required Road, starting from Al Du- nder the patron- of care of breast cancer. continuous professional Overall learning objec- to facilitate the revamp hail interchange, on the age of HE the Prime Lectures will be delivered development opportunity tives of the conference are of Rasheeda interchange northern Doha to Al Shamal. UMinister and Inte- by speakers and top experts for healthcare providers to update the participants’ along with the access The project, designed to rior Minister Sheikh Ab- in the fi eld of breast can- in the field of breast can- knowledge of novel ap- routes to the newly con- enhance the connectivity dullah bin Nasser bin Kha- cer from Qatar, other GCC cer healthcare at local, proaches of prevention, structed service roads with the new development lifa al-Thani, Qatar Cancer countries, Austria, Canada, regional and international screening, diagnosis, and along Al Shamal Road. projects near the highway, Society (QCS) will host a US, and Egypt. levels. treatment of breast cancer During the traffi c diver- comprises construction of Breast Cancer Conference “There will also be a spe- The conference will be an without any branding; pro- sion, Rasheeda interchange two new interchanges in under the theme ‘Present cialised healthcare exhibi- excellent opportunity to ex- vide practical information users will instead be diverted Izghawa and Umm Salal standards and new per- tion, which is an important change knowledge with top to enhance the quality of to Umm Leshkhoot inter- Mohammed areas, in ad- spectives’ at Sheraton Doha opportunity for the health- international experts and care of breast cancer; famil- change, accessing the newly- dition to other improve- Al Kaaban interchange. Road and Umm Birkah on October 28 and 29. care industry companies to familiarise with the latest iarise the participants with constructed service roads ments to three existing Al Khor Road will also be Road as well. A cycle path Dr Abdul Azim Abdul keep the attendees abreast medical technologies in the the current standards of between the two interchang- interchanges, including Al upgraded with a link road will be constructed along Wahab, vice chairman, of latest innovations in fi eld of breast cancer. breast cancer care in Qatar; es (as illustrated on the map). Sakahma interchange and provided between North North Road. QCS, said the confer- the fi eld of breast can- The educational pro- highlight the importance of ence was developed for the cer care under one roof at gramme of the breast can- psycho-oncologic support healthcare practitioners international level.” cer conference is directed for breast cancer patients from all specialties, and will The QCS official point- toward all health care pro- and emphasise the impor- provide practical informa- ed out that the confer- viders involved in breast tance of life after treatment tion to enhance the quality ence is a unique accredited cancer care. for breast cancer survivors.

Safari holds promotion final draw

The final draw of the Safari ‘Win 6kg Gold’ promotion has been held at Safari Mall, Abu Hamour, in the presence of Ministry of Economy and Commerce off icials and the Safari management and staff . The first prize of 500gm gold was won by Bhaskaran (coupon number 2011979), while the second prize of 300gm of gold was won by Ramesh Bhandari (coupon number 1961767) and the third prize of 200gm gold went to Marsook KA (coupon number 1207555). Pictured are off icials at the draw. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 5 QATAR NHRC chief reiterates support for UN centre

he chairman of Qa- civil society institutions spare no eff ort in continuing For his part, Dr Obaid tar National Hu- in the Arab region. its support for the centre, thanked the NHRC for the Tman Rights Com- Dr al-Marri’s remarks while calling for building support extended to the mittee (NHRC), Dr Ali came during a meeting yes- bridges of communication centre since its inception bin Smaikh al-Marri, has terday at the NHRC head- and activation of co-oper- and praised the Commit- reiterated NHRC’s contin- quarters with the director of ation mechanisms with the tee’s contribution to the ued support for the United the centre, Dr Obaid Ahmed UN High Commissioner for success of its programmes, Nations Human Rights al-Obaid, who was appoint- Human Rights along with lauding the solid partner- Training and Documen- ed as director of the Offi ce continuing support pro- ship between the centre and tation Centre for South- of the High Commissioner vided by the State Qatar the Committee and between West Asia and the Arab Re- for Human Rights in Yemen. and the NHRC in the fi eld the centre and the Arab gion as a strategic choice The NHRC chairman of human rights in order to Network for National Hu- to build capacities of the stressed during the meet- achieve peace, security and man Rights Institutions in government bodies and ing that the Committee will stability in Yemen. Doha.

Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri during a meeting with Dr Obaid Ahmed al-Obaid in Doha yesterday. Mercury to touch 38C in Doha

trong winds, dusty cording to the weather re- inshore areas also says it will of 41C was recorded yes- conditions and low port. be hot during the day and terday in the Doha airport Svisibility are expect- The wind speed may go slight to blowing dust is ex- area, Al Rayyan, Wakrah, ed in parts of the country up to 22 knots in some in- pected in some areas by the Mesaieed and Turayna, fol- by this afternoon, the Qa- shore areas by the afternoon afternoon. Hazy conditions lowed by 40C in the Qatar tar Met department has and reach a high of 23 knots are likely by night. University area. said. in off shore areas at first. Slight dust is expected in Today, the mercury level Off shore areas, too, are Visibility, meanwhile, off shore areas, where the is expected to reach a high likely to experience strong may drop to 3km or less in sea level may rise to 7ft in of 39C in Al Khor and 38C in winds along with high seas some places at times. some places at fi rst. Doha, Mesaieed and Wak- in the early hours today, ac- The detailed forecast for A maximum temperature rah. Gulf Times 6 Monday, September 26, 2016 QATAR Sony launches external battery-operated TV

ifty One East, Qatar’s leading department store, and global Felectronics major Sony have an- nounced the launch of a new TV, KDL- 32R324D, which can be operated with external battery devices like power bank, car battery or AC adaptor to en- able easy out of home use. The TV also features X-Protection Pro technologies that protects the system against dust, lightning, power surge and humidity and supports the out of home usage. The new TV is described as ideal to Off icials and dignitaries celebrate at an event in Doha the arrival of Siemens’ 1,000th gas turbine at the Umm Al Houl Combined take along on picnics, desert safaris, Cycle Power Plant in Qatar. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil camping or placed in luxury cars and limos. This TV would also cater to expats, coming from countries with electric- ity shortage, to take back home for their family to enjoy even during times Siemens marks arrival of power outage. There are no ventilation holes on The new Sony TV KDL-32R324D. the back of the TV so dust and water stay out. troducing additional picture noise. supports a wide range of codecs. Advanced protection shields the TV It does this by reducing noise before Sony uses a powerful computer of 1,000th gas turbine against electrical surges, while a pri- scaling the image to the panel resolu- model to analyse and compensate for mary capacitor protects against un- tion. Pictures are clear and detailed inaccuracies in speaker response. It stable electricity. with enhanced contrast and depth. does this by ‘sampling’ the speaker By Pratap John solutions are responsible for trans- plant’s maintenance and servicing. An anti-humidity coating on the Motionfl ow XR ensures smooth and frequency with higher precision. Chief Business Reporter mitting and distributing over 60% of Siemens has been contracted by circuit board prevents short-circuits sharp details even in fast-moving se- This information is fed back to can- power generated in the country. Samsung C&T, which is building the caused by high moisture. quences. cel out any peaks or dips in the speak- “Qatar is witnessing rapid in- entire complex together with its con- External Battery Operation enables This innovative technology creates er’s natural response – resulting in lobal technology fi rm Siemens dustrial, economic and population sortium partner - Hitachi Zosen. the user to operate the TV using a 5V and inserts extra frames between the pure, natural audio with smooth, even organised an event in Doha last growth. With that comes greater de- The end-customer is the project power bank, car battery 12V or an AC original ones. It compares key visual reproduction of all frequencies. Gnight to celebrate the arrival mand for electricity and water sup- company, Umm Al Houl, a consortium adapter of 19.5V. factors on successive frames, then cal- The new KDL-32R324D will be of the company’s 1,000th gas turbine ply. Our innovative gas turbine tech- comprising Qatar Electricity and Wa- The TV can be used in luxury cars, culates the split second of missing ac- available at Fifty One East store locat- at the Umm Al Houl Combined Cycle nology will help ensure that the Umm ter Company (QEWC), Qatar Foun- limousines, outdoor, camping, pic- tion in the sequences. ed in Al Maha Centre on Salwa Road, Power Plant in Qatar. Al Houl power plant, an essential dation, Qatar Petroleum, Mitsubishi nics, desert safaris. The new TV facilitates playback of in addition to all branches of Virgin After journeying thousands of miles component of the country’s future Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Clear resolution enhancer upscales music, video clips and photos through Megastore as well as major retailers in from the Siemens factory in Berlin, the power infrastructure, will operate re- Company. low resolution images without in- super multi-format USB play, which Qatar at QR999. fi fth of the six 11m-long SGT5-4000F liably and effi ciently for many years to Besides Wood, the event was at- turbines has made it safely to the plant come. tended by a number of dignitaries, that will supply around a quarter of “We are delighted to work with our including Fahad al-Mohannadi, man- Qatar’s power generation capacity. partners at Samsung and the Umm Al aging director and general manager of One SGT5-4000F turbine has a Houl consortium to make this ambi- QEWC, who is also the chairman of Trust Exchange branch relocates to Umm Salal Ali capacity of 300MW, which translates tious project a reality and support Umm Al Houl Power Company; Umm into electricity for 1.8mn people. sustainable long-term development Al Houl Power Company CEO Jamal Speaking to journalists last night, in Qatar.” al-Khalaf; Siemens senior executive Siemens Qatar CEO Adrian Wood said: In addition to the six turbines, vice-president (Power Generation “Over the last several years, Siemens Siemens’ scope of supply includes Service - Mena) Gianluigi Di Giovanni; has been working with Qatar to pow- four steam turbines and 10 genera- and Samsung C&T executive vice- er its ambitious growth aspirations tors. The company has also signed president (Global Business and Opera- across various sectors. The company’s a 25-year service agreement for the tions) John Chang.

Trust Exchange Company has relocated their Grand Hamad branch to Regency Shopping Complex in Umm Salal Ali yesterday. “The new branch’s location and amenities allows us to better serve our customers,” said KNS Das, an official of Trust Exchange Company. The Umm Salal Ali branch will be Trust Exchange’s first to go live with the eSigning facility, which allows customers to verify the details of the transaction and digitally sign on the receipt on an e-tablet at the counter. A receipt is sent automatically to the customer’s e-mail address in addition to providing a hard copy with signature. Trust Exchange Company has eight branches across Qatar.

Expats get jail term, fi ne over online scam

Doha Criminal the company’s name on a Court has sen- website. Atenced two Nigerian The offi cial told them that men to 10 years in jail and it had not posted any such subsequent deportation vacancy announcements. for being involved in an He then visited the web- online scam. site and found that his com- The court also fi ned pany’s logo and informa- them QR200,000 for the tion had been posted there, off ence, according to local along with some vacancies, Arabic daily Arrayah. without its approval. The two defendants Accordingly, he fi led a were convicted of running complaint with the gov- a fraudulent online fi rm ernment department con- and posting non-existent cerned. vacancies on behalf of real The subsequent inves- companies in the country tigation led to the two de- without their knowledge, fendants, who had allegedly the daily reported. collected big sums of money The matter came to light from jobseekers and sent when some job applicants them forged documents contacted the head of a — with fake government services department at a stamps and logos — online. local engineering com- The payments were pany, enquiring about made to them through a some vacancies posted in money transfer agency.

Qatar takes part in Postal Congress

Qatar is participating in the 26th Universal Postal Union (UPU) Con- gress being hosted by the Turkish city of Istanbul until October 7. Chairman of Qatar Postal Services Company (Q-Post) Faleh Mohamed al-Nuaimi, who headed Qatar’s delegation, handed over on behalf of the State of Qatar, which hosted the Doha Congress 2012, the presidency to PTT Corporation CEO Kenan Bozgeyik. Bozgeyik represents Turkey, having been elected by the members as the president. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 7 QATAR

Some of the renovated housing units at residential compound No.1 in Al Gharafa. Ezdan fi nishes Gharafa compound revamp

zdan Real Estate Doha compounds, and com- of its compounds in Doha maintenance and leasing Company, a subsidi- pleted multi-development for their “paramount im- into two main unifi ed and Eary of Ezdan Holding works in its compound No.1 portance” in the real estate convenient centres. Group, has announced the in Al Gharafa, covering all market, given their strategic Also, Ezdan Real Estate completion of maintenance its facilities, such as sport location in the heart of the Company has completed and renovation works in its courts and spaces, recrea- capital. The next phase will large-scale development residential compound No.1 tion amenities, painting the include buildings, facilities, works in 25 villages in Al in Al Gharafa area. buildings’ interior and exte- furniture, and appliances, Wakrah and Al Wukair The revamp covered 251 rior, in addition to replacing as well as the launch of oth- earlier this year, in con- units and included inte- ACs in all the compound’s er development packages junction with its prepa- rior and exterior paint jobs, units. covering facilities, mainte- rations to launch two maintenance of each of chil- These development op- nance, and the introduction important projects in the dren’s playgrounds, gyms, erations are part of Ezdan of new services. region – Ezdan Mall Al sport courts, the swimming Holding Group’s overall Earlier this year, Ezdan Wakrah and Ezdan Mall pool, banquet halls, in ad- strategy to strengthen its Real Estate Company Al Wukair. The latter has dition to the replacement of position and demonstrate launched Sakin Centre started opening its doors air conditioning units in 198 its leadership in the real es- for integrated services, a gradually, providing di- villas and 53 apartments. tate sector. The group aims communication channel verse shopping serv- Ezdan Real Estate Com- to achieve this by constantly that monitors custom- ices for residents of the pany has started “compre- meeting the needs of ten- ers’ requirements and to villages and compounds. hensive” refurbishment ants and timely response to identify their needs in The group has complet- operations in the fourth their demands, in line with terms of maintenance ed the conversion of all its quarter of 2015, involv- the group’s commitment to and renewal. residential units into water- ing all the group-owned rationalisation standards, This has helped the com- saving entities through the compounds and villages in preservation of environ- pany direct its eff orts to- introduction and instal- Al Wakrah, Al Wukair, and ment, and providing the wards improving its serv- lation of around 262,000 Doha. best quality services. ices and looking for new devices to rationalise water The group embarked on For the next phase, Ezdan ways to communicate with consumption in more than a campaign to change fur- is planning to carry on the public. The goal be- 15,000 housing units with a niture in Al Wukair villages comprehensive overhaul- hind Sakin is to merge all capacity to save up to 60% then gradually moved to ing programme in a number customer services such as of total water used. Gulf Times 8 Monday, September 26, 2016 QATAR QC gives clothing

Architect’s impression of an aerial view of Mall of Qatar. to 4,000 orphans Mall of Qatar to create 8,000 jobs

all of Qatar will generate about 8,000 “Our project will not only redefi ne the tra- as gift for Eid new jobs nationwide once the facil- ditional concept of a shopping centre, but Mity is operational in the last quarter also help create around 8,000 new job op- atar Charity (QC), with the support of Qa- of this year, it was announced yesterday. portunities and thus serve as a springboard tar’s philanthropists, distributed clothes With a total area of over 500,000sq m, when for Qatar’s economic growth.” Qand gifts among 4,000 orphans in 21 fully operational the sprawling complex will Mall of Qatar off ers innovative shopping countries during Eid al-Adha. have over 500 shops including over 100 restau- concepts with top-notch recreation and lei- Celebrations held on the occasion were attend- rants — in the fi t-out stage—each of which is sure options. This capital destination will ed by local dignitaries and diplomatic offi cials expected to produce a number of employment premiere the world’s fi rst resident troupe from diff erent Qatari embassies. opportunities spanning areas such as sales, – off ering mall-wide entertainment with QC sponsors more than 105,000 orphans management, operations and marketing. 52 weeks of spectacular headline shows on through its “Rofaqaa” initiative, off ering compre- “Mall of Qatar has been carefully designed a 360-degree custom developed revolving hensive educational, social and healthcare. to immerse visitors in a superior, unparalleled, stage, as well as a multilevel Family Enter- Khalid Abdullah al-Yaf’i, operations director at and multi-sensory experience—one that per- tainment Complex integrating an interna- QC’s executive management of operations, said fectly blends the best in shopping, dining, and tional edutainment concept, advanced gam- in a press release: “The Eid clothing project tar- Clothes and gifts were distributed among entertainment,” said CEO Ahmad al-Mulla. ing machines and enthralling rides. geted children aged under 12 years from among orphans in 21 countries during Eid al-Adha. orphans sponsored by QC in 21 countries around the world. The project focused on countries that orphans sponsored by QC in Somalia. suff er from exceptional circumstances.” The offi cial said he was thrilled to participate in He explained how children who had been dis- the ceremony. “I am so happy to be here with QC’s placed or become refugees comprised the “most offi ce to bring smiles to the little orphans’ faces. important category as it was important to fi ll their We thank all the philanthropists who have helped hearts with joy and happiness”. make this project see light,” he said. “We wanted to bring a smile to the faces of or- In Burkina Faso, 180 orphans benefi ted from the phans in Syria and other places. We also wanted project. The distribution took place in the presence to make orphans in Iraq, Yemen, Palestine and of Ivent Dumbly, director-general of social solidar- in Niamey, capital of Niger, distributed clothes and Somalia happy,” he said, adding that the items ity at the ministry of social aff airs and solidarity. sweets to 85 orphans at a special ceremony. delivered to the orphans included clothes, shoes, On behalf of her government, Dumbly com- Also, QC distributed Eid clothing among or- toys and sweets. mended the role played by Qatar and QC in pro- phans and children from poor families in Qa- A number of local dignitaries and diplomatic viding for the needs of orphans. “QC provides tar during Eid al-Adha, which cost more than offi cials from Qatari missions commended the monthly payments to the sponsored. It has prov- QR500,000. outcome of the project, noting how the QC initia- en its effi ciency and excellence,” she noted. It also carried out special initiatives such as a tive allowed to them to share “amazing moments” QC’s offi ce in Pakistan distributed Eid clothing pilgrim awareness activity at Gulf Mall, Al Khor with the orphans. among 245 male and female orphans in a number Mall and Lagoona Mall. At a ceremony held in Mogadishu, the chargé of regions and governorates. The children were In co-operation with the “Isna’ Khayran” ini- d’affaires of Qatar’s embassy in Somalia, Has- greeted on the occasion of Eid on behalf of the tiative, QC distributed Eid clothing among 200 san bin Hamza, participated in the distribu- sponsors and philanthropists in Qatar. children who participated in Qatar’s Future Lead- tion of Eid clothing among 100 male and female A few days before Eid al-Adha began, QC’s offi ce ers programme before Eid.

Four journalists attend course at Carter Centre

he World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) selected four Doha-based journalists to partici- Tpate in the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, a programme brought to Qatar through a partnership between WISH and The Carter Centre. The training took place at the Carter Centre, in Atlanta, Geor- gia, from September 12 to 14. The fellowship provides journalists with insight into mental health, off ering them a unique opportunity to en- hance their reporting on some of the greatest health chal- lenges facing the world today. Buthaina Mohamed al-Janahi, a Qatari columnist at Al Arab newspaper; Tarek Bazely, Al Jazeera English’s Sci- The journalists with former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter and a WISH off icial. ence and Technology editor; Kathy Hearn, a TV producer for Al Jazeera English and Aney Mathew, a contributor to provides journalists with training in Atlanta said former US fi rst lady Rosalynn Carter. Qatar Foundation’s publications, participated in the pro- in addition to various educational materials, For nearly two decades, the Carter Cen- gramme. mentorship, evaluation tools and technical tre has awarded one-year fellowship to 165 Egbert Schillings, chief executive offi cer of WISH, said: expertise to ensure a sustainable and tailored journalists, connecting them with resources “Under the guidance of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, programme for Qatar. and expertise to enhance their ability to cover Qatar is taking a proactive approach toward increasing “These fellows can reshape how the media mental health issues around the world. The support for those coping with mental health issues. Un- in the Middle East covers one of the most mis- programme is currently implemented in the fortunately, the stigmatisation of mental health issues understood public health problems and ulti- US, Colombia and the UAE, and was previ- can often deter individuals from seeking treatment and mately help to end unfair stigma and discrimi- ously in New Zealand, South Africa and Ro- support. Because the media plays a key role in combating nation against people with mental illnesses,” mania. negative views of mental illnesses, we are delighted to be working with The Carter Centre to help journalists report sensitively and accurately.” WISH will manage the fellowships in Qatar by facilitat- ing media training and adapting the programme to meet the needs of local media. The Carter Centre, meanwhile, Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 9 QATAR Mowasalat fl eet ferries 56,000 students each day

By Ramesh Mathew asalat is carrying only children larly painted in coming days and belts, emergency exits, fi rst aid Staff Reporter of the schools directly under the old buses would be phased out in kits, reverse cameras and sensors. Ministry of Education and Higher diff erent batches. They are also equipped with Education. It is also learnt that in a lit- stop signs that alert other vehi- he buses leased by Mow- The offi cial said other schools, tle over a decade, the number of cles when collecting and dropping asalat to the Ministry of Ed- if interested, could contact Mow- school buses delivered by Mow- children. Tucation and Higher Educa- asalat for school buses. asalat to the Ministry of Education The buses are also equipped tion are carrying more than 56,000 New school buses were launched has almost doubled. with such mechanical features as students of over 250 schools in the in a ceremony last week, attended In 2005, when the school buses ignition switch which doesn’t op- country every day. by HE the Minister of Transport started carrying children, there erate when the door of the engine A senior Mowasalat offi cial and Communications, Jassim Seif were around 1,150 units in service. compartment is open, automatic told Gulf Times that currently 255 Ahmed al-Sulaiti, and HE the Now the number, including spare fi re extinguishers in the engine schools are using the buses to ferry Minister of Education and Higher buses, is close to 2,300. compartment, and advanced mon- the students between their homes Education Mohamed Abdul Wahed For the travel requirements of itoring system. and schools. Ali al-Hammadi. children with special needs, 15 The buses also have LCDs for the “To and fro, they are conducting The fi rst batch of the new fl eet specially equipped buses are also display of educational materials close to 4,000 trips a day,” he said, of buses, designed in orange and provided to the schools. and water dispensers. adding that the schools are using cream colours, consisted of 150 The recently introduced new The giant sized stickers outside three types of buses with seating units. buses, all fi tted with Cummins en- would help others identify the HE the Minister of Transport Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti (right) and HE the Minister of Education capacities of 26, 35 and 40 seats. Inquiries with Mowasalat found gines (Germany), have many en- buses as those meant for ferrying and Higher Education Mohamed Abdul Wahed al-Hammadi look inside a new school bus at the The offi cial said currently Mow- all other school buses will be simi- hanced safety features, such as seat school students. launch ceremony at Karwa Training Centre.

Qatar National Library hosts colouring event for adults

he Qatar National Li- and positive environment, brary (QNL) recently which encourages both cre- Thosted a ‘Colouring ativity and peace of mind. for Adults’ event at Educa- As part of QNL’s function tion City. as a metropolitan public li- It was attended by a di- brary, we not only seek to verse array of community deliver library services for members who joined QNL everyone in Qatar to enjoy in exploring the popular reading, but we also want new trend. to help enhance community The new hobby, which is spirit.” taking the world by storm, Bushra Khalid, an artistic is likened to meditation, participant who took part with activities enabling in the event, said: “I am a participants to switch off , big fan of arts and colouring and allow their brains to en- and this event provided me joy some much needed rest. with a friendly atmosphere This, in turn, has been which helped me to enjoy a shown to reduce anxi- hobby which I love. ety, create focus and bring Spending my time col- about greater mindfulness, ouring was something I alongside the creation of really needed to do to de- general enjoyment for ama- stress, and I greatly enjoyed teur artists. a relaxing afternoon and Saadi al-Said, director of a chance to socialise with administration and plan- other members of my com- ning at QNL, said, “Host- munity.” ing this joyful activity al- In addition to its com- lowed us to engage with the munity events, QNL off ers A participant uses artistic flair to colour a pattern. community in a productive all residents and citizens of Qatar free access to an array of diverse online re- sources that promote cre- ativity and provide enter- tainment and social value. These resources are free to all of QNL’s reg- istered members and in- clude subjects such as arts, literature and music. Members can also read thousands of eBooks, lis- ten to audio books and stream music recordings and concerts.

Qatar Chamber supports Heya fashion expo

atar Chamber has signed a strate- Qgic partnership agreement to sponsor the 10th edition of Heya Ara- bic Fashion exhibition, scheduled to be launched on October 26. Qatar Chamber general manager Hamad Saleh al- Sharqi said this is part of the organisation’s keen- ness to support the pri- vate sector in the country, in particular business- women, to encourage them for further growth. He stressed that Qatari businesswomen has made considerable achieve- ments and some of them could be considered as excellent role models for women in business in the country. “Throughout the past few years, the participa- tion of Qatari women has increase considerably in the business fi elds. Also, the number of young women establishing suc- cessful private businesses has gone up,” pointed out al-Sharqi. Ibtihaj al-Ahmadani, Qatar Chamber board member and Qatari Busi- nesswomen Forum chair- person, said that the forum will off er the due support to make the exhi- bition a success as Heya is considered as an impor- tant platform for experi- ence change among the Qatari and GCC women in the fi eld of business. She stressed that the exhibition is an excellent opportunity for young businesswomen to meet and discuss their chal- lenges and new ideas, and how to enhance their par- ticipation in the economic sector in their countries. Gulf Times 10 Monday, September 26, 2016 QATAR/REGION

Albanian, Japanese, Kazakh among CMU-Q freshmen

or the academic year 2016- “We are educating our stu- a global marketplace,” he added. 17, Carnegie Mellon Uni- dents to be global professionals, For the new academic year, Fversity in Qatar’s students to understand how to negotiate Qatari enrolment has increased represent 40 nations, including and thrive in an international to 43%. CMU-Q off ers fi ve un- its fi rst-ever freshmen from Al- setting,” said Ilker Baybars, dergraduate degree programmes bania, Japan and Kazakhstan. dean and CEO of CMU-Q. in business administration, bio- In offi cial numbers released “Throughout their under- logical sciences, computer sci- last week, CMU-Q announced graduate education, our stu- ence, computational biology and that 413 students are currently dents work together, create information systems. Applica- enrolled, including 100 new projects and compete as teams, tions are now being accepted for students. building crucial skills to work in August 2017 admission.

Boat removal in progress. Inspectors detect food stored improperly CMU-Q dean addressing the new students nspectors from the Health Control Sec- tion at Doha Municipality detected a vio- Ilation yesterday evening when they found foodstuff - meant for a restaurant - stored in a workers’ accommodation unit in the Fereej Kulaib area of Doha. OIC condemns Aleppo bombing A violation report was accordingly issued and the off enders were referred to the Public Prosecution for necessary legal action. QNA According to OIC website, Madani called on the The inspectors found chicken, fi sh and Jeddah international community, particularly the parties meat stored at the above-mentioned place Waste dumped at an undesignated site. Removal of waste. that pledged to impose an end to the bloodshed without details such as their expiry date and in Syria and consolidate the humanitarian cease- source, while some changes also seemed to he Secretary General of the Organization fi re, to promptly step in to put an end to the ongo- have taken place in the physical attributes of of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) Iyad Ameen ing killings and massacres in residential areas. He these products, according to a press state- TMadani has vigorously condemned the un- pointed out that the relentless pounding, slaugh- ment. relenting bombing of civilians in Aleppo, Syria. ter, and destruction of humanitarian aid convoys The items, prepared and stored in unhy- He just as strongly denounced the shelling of hu- amount to war crimes for which the Syrian regime gienic conditions, were found unfi t for hu- manitarian aid convoys, causing the death and in- should be held accountable. The parties support- man consumption and constituted a violation jury of hundreds of civilians, and exacerbating the ing the Syrian regime take responsibility for the of food control regulations. desperate humanitarian situation and widespread continuation of these serious violations, he un- The General Control Section at Al Khor and havoc in the city. derscored. Al Thakhira Municipality conducted a cam- An environmental violation. Improper food storage. paign to fi nd and remove abandoned vehicles from August 1 until September 11. The cam- The Cleaning Section at Al Daayen Mu- nance permits, 602 advertisement licences paign resulted in the removal of several such nicipality conducted an intensive campaign and 108 permits for digging. Some 3,011 fi les vehicles. against rodents and insects during Eid al- were processed electronically during this pe- The Beaches and Islands Section at the Adha. The initiative covered 61 mosques and riod. Qatar for GCC cultural panel meet General Cleanliness Department of the prayers yards, four gardens and seven govern- The MME also tweeted yesterday that the Ministry of Municipality and Environment ment and residential buildings. Besides, live- Al Khor environmental patrols found waste atar will participate in the meeting of the In a press statement yesterday, Director of Culture (MME) removed a sunken boat that was stuck stock remains were treated with insecticides being dumped from a truck at an undesig- Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)’s Gen- and Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and in a platform at Al Khor beach. It was taken to at 1,930 garbage containers and 29 other sites. nated site and took necessary action against Qeral Cultural Committee which will be Sports Faleh al-Ajlan al-Hajri said that the commit- the designated place and destroyed. In addi- Meanwhile, the Building Permits Section the violator. held in Riyadh on 7 October. The meting will dis- tee held an extraordinary meeting in Kuwait recent- tion, some discarded wooden planks and iron at Al Rayyan Municipality issued 224 building Action was also taken against off enders for cuss aspects of consolidating GCC joint coopera- ly on the sidelines of the cultural strategy seminar to bars were also removed from the port. permits in August in addition to 28 mainte- an environment violation. tion in the fi elds of culture and arts. prepare for the scheduled meeting in Riyadh. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 11 REGION/ARAB WORLD

Israel destroys Writer in anti-Islam case national park near Hebron

QNA shot dead at Amman court Hebron

AFP sraeli forces yesterday destroyed Amman a national park in the Masafer IYatta area, south of Hebron in the West Bank, according to local prominent Jordanian writer was sources. shot dead yesterday on the steps The co-ordinator of the Anti- Aof a court where he was facing Settlement Committee in the area, charges for sharing an anti-Islam car- Rateb Jabour, told the Wafa news toon on Facebook. agency that Israeli army approached Nahed Hattar was struck by three the park, which is adjacent to the bullets before the alleged assassin was border fence between Israel and the arrested at the scene of the shooting in West Bank, before proceeding to re- Amman’s central Abdali district, said move the barbed wires surrounding the offi cial Petra news agency. the park and uprooting trees. The assailant shot Hattar, a 56-year- Jabour said the park was estab- old Christian, as he made his way up lished eight years ago with inter- the steps outside the court, a security national funding. It is planted with source told AFP. around 500 trees and has eight large Hit in the head, he was pronounced tanks for rainwater collection. dead on arriving at hospital, the source Also in West Bank, Israeli forces said. yesterday detained 10 Palestinians The gunman, a 49-year-old resident from diff erent places, including of the capital, gave himself up to police three from Jerusalem, according to at the court, the source added. security sources. Media reports said he was a former In Hebron, forces detained fi ve preacher in an Amman mosque. Palestinians, including two minors An AFP journalist saw blood on the aged 16 and 17, during a military steps of the building where police had raid into al-Aroub refugee camp to cordoned off the area of the shooting. the north. Israeli forces reportedly Mohamed al-Jaghbir, Hattar’s clashed with Palestinians, using friend, told AFP he had witnessed the tear gas canisters and stun grenades killing. against them. Several suff ocation “We were climbing the steps when cases were reported. a bearded man...got a pistol out of a Israeli forces detained a youth at bag he was carrying and fi red at Nahed a fl ying military checkpoint placed Hattar,” he said. to the south of the town of Dura, Hattar’s family said the writer had southwest of Hebron. He was led to no protection despite having asked for an unknown destination. it after receiving death threats on Face- In Jenin, Israelis detained a Pal- book and by phone. estinian police offi cer from Jenin at Hattar was a political commenta- a fl ying military checkpoint erected tor known for his antipathy towards to the south of Qabatiya. Islamists including Jordan’s Muslim In Jerusalem, a large Israeli po- Brotherhood and also his support for Jordanian police cordon off the area where Nahed Hattar was shot dead in Amman yesterday. lice force detained three Palestinian Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. youths from Shu’fat Refugee Camp, Hattar removed the off ending car- a leftist. services responsible for Nahed’s kill- and Dar al-Iftaa, the highest religious In recent years, extremists have at- after raiding a number of homes toon after it triggered outrage on social Prime Minister Hani al-Malki had ing,” Majed said. authority, also condemned the attack. tacked other publications for publish- in the area, which spurred clashes media. ordered Interior Minister Salam Ham- “Nahed Hattar was killed in cold Jordan is a leading member of the ing caricatures seen as insulting to Is- with residents. Forces used tear gas He was arrested on August 13 and mad to summon the writer and to initi- blood in front of the highest institution US-led coalition fi ghting IS in neigh- lam, including in Europe. canisters, stun grenades, and fl are charged with inciting sectarian strife ate legal proceedings against him. of justice in Jordan.” bouring Iraq and Syria, and was tar- In January 2015,militants killed 12 bombs against the camp’s residents, and insulting Islam, before being re- Hattar’s brother Majed, who ac- The government denounced the geted in a June 21 suicide bombing that people, including eight staff , in an at- however, no injuries were reported. leased on bail in early September. companied him to his trial, yesterday killing as “heinous” and said the law killed seven border guards. tack on the Paris offi ces of satirical Israeli police also detained three The attorney general had imposed a blamed the government for his death. would be “fi rmly applied to the person The kingdom has carried out air magazine Charlie Hebdo, which pub- other Palestinians while they blackout on media coverage of the case “We hold the prime minister, the who committed the crime”. strikes targeting IS militants and also lished certain drawings that are con- present near the gates of Al-Aqsa against Hattar, who was also known as minister of the interior and the security The opposition Muslim Brotherhood hosts coalition troops on its territory. sidered off ensive. mosque. Back to school Islamist party plays down royal tensions

Reuters lenging a royal establishment. thenticity and Modernity Party Rabat “These are the signs of vic- (PAM), promises to fi ght Islam- tory,” Prime Minister and PJD ism and cancel what it says are leader Abdelilah Benkirane told unpopular reforms carried out orocco’s governing Is- thousands packed into a sports by the PJD’s coalition, mainly the lamist party yesterday stadium in Rabat, where party pension system reform. Mopened its campaign supporters chanted slogans In an eff ort to calm recent for the kingdom’s parliamentary against corruption, one of PJD’s tensions between the PJD and election, playing down tensions main policies. some in the royal establishment, with the royal establishment. “In 2011 the PJD said no, we Benkirane said that his party’s The October 7 ballot will won’t risk our monarchy...now fi ve-year relationship with the be the second since the 2011 all that instability has disap- monarchy has been one of co- Arab Spring-like protests that peared thanks to the reforms.” operation rather than confronta- prompted King Mohamed to in- The elections will select law- tion. troduce a new constitution to makers for the country’s 395- The PJD and its junior ally have diff use unrest and give the elect- seat House of Representatives. accused the establishment of fa- ed cabinet more powers. The prime minister will be se- vouring their main rival PAM, the While rulers in Libya, Tunisia lected by the king from the party founder of which is now a palace and Egypt were felled by the 2011 that wins most seats, with PJD adviser. protests, King Mohamed suc- favourite to remain the dominant The palace says the king main- ceeded in containing the protest party. tains the same distance from all movement by devolving some Whoever wins, however, will political parties. of his absolute power, spending then face weeks of wrangling to Rabat’s mayor and PJD mem- heavily and tightening security. form a coalition with political ber Mohamed Sadiki said: “We The Islamist Justice and De- partners to comply with election have been working wisely and velopment party (PJD) is look- law that does not allow one party calmly and we will get the job ing to strengthen its position, to take full control. done, without confl icts and though it is not openly chal- PJD’s main rival, the Au- without battling.”

Students walk with their families to school on the first day of their new school year yesterday in Giza, south of Cairo. Colour fun Carrier apologises Shipwreck toll rises for labels on maps AFP The International Organisa- Cairo tion for Migration said most of those rescued were Egyptians man Air has apolo- Gulf to the Arabian Gulf but they also included Sudanese, gised for infl ight maps which is proven in our his- gyptian rescue workers Eritreans, a Syrian and an Ethio- Othat labelled the Gulf tory,” tweeted Hamad Midfa. have recovered 168 bodies pian. — the waterway separating In an offi cial statement Efrom a migrant shipwreck The tragedy sparked an emer- Iran from the Arabian Penin- released on Saturday, Oman off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, gency cabinet meeting and also sula — as the “Persian Gulf”. Air described the map as a the health ministry said yester- topped the agenda of talks be- Gulf Arab social media us- mistake, noting the planes day. tween President Abdel Fattah al- ers have been urging Oman had been leased from Kenya Survivors have said up to Sisi and Egypt’s security chiefs Air to change the label, Airways. 450 migrants were on board on Saturday. prompting the airline to tem- The Omani airline has the overcrowded fi shing vessel Prime Minister Sherif Ismail porarily disable the map on asked Panasonic, which headed to Italy from Egypt when ordered heightened patrols of its seatback screens. maintains its infl ight enter- it keeled over Wednesday off the harbours used by migrant boats “Given that you are an tainment systems, to change port city of Rosetta. and of the northern coastline. Omani airline and an Arab the map software without Egypt’s military has said it A new bill being submitted to one, I wish you would take delay, Oman Air said, and rescued 163 survivors and that parliament would include “de- Participants throw coloured powder at each other during the “Saida in Colour” event, part of the immediate measures to cor- “crew have been notifi ed to recovery attempts were con- terrent penalties” against people Sidon International Festival in southern Lebanon. rect the label of the Persian disable the disturbing maps”. tinuing. smugglers. Gulf Times 12 Monday, September 26, 2016 AFRICA Boko Haram leader Calm in Kinshasa resurfaces in video

AFP the embattled leader “may therefore Kano have few supporters in IS ranks to argue for his reinstatement over al- Barnawi.” he embattled leader of mili- “Shekau is therefore most likely tant group Boko Haram, to remain independent in the near TAbubakar Shekau, resurfaced future, which could mean that there in a video posted online yesterday, will be no limits to a more indiscrim- rejecting assertions by the Nige- inate killing campaign,” Zenn said. A riot policeman guards a street in Kinshasa. rian army that he had been seriously “This could garner Shekau great- wounded. er attention as compensation for “You have been spreading in on-the-ground losses and resource the social media that you in- defi ciencies.” jured or killed me,” Shekau said in Security analysts have said the the 40-minute video released on split could indicate a shift in focus YouTube and dated September 25. by the pro-Barnawi faction away “Oh tyrants, I’m in a happy state, from targeting crowded market- Quit or risk being killed, in good health and in safety.” places and mosques to hitting mili- The Nigerian army said on August tary and government targets. 23 that the longtime militant chief A screen grab from a video on YouTube of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Along with the tens of thousands had been seriously wounded in the Shekau making a statement at an undisclosed location. killed, Boko Haram has also made brother warns Zuma shoulder in an air raid in which sev- more than 2.8 mn people homeless, eral commanders were killed. schoolgirls kidnapped by the mili- have since been reported between fl eeing attacks on villages by ran- Nigerian authorities have report- tants more than two years ago. rival Boko Haram factions in Niger- sacking militants in a confl ict that Reuters Ngqulunga said he could not comment on ed him dead several times before, “If you want your girls, bring back ia’s northeastern Borno State, near has spilled over Nigeria’s borders Johannesburg family matters, while State Security Minis- but the army’s latest claim was bol- our brethren,” Shekau says. Lake Chad. into Niger, Chad and Cameroon. ter David Mahlobo told Reuters he could not stered when Boko Haram — which Boko Haram, which has killed at Barnawi, once a protege of Shek- But it was the mass kidnapping of comment on Zuma’s safety. pledged allegiance last year to the least 20,000 people since 2009 in au, has criticised his former men- 276 schoolgirls from the northeast- resident Jacob Zuma has received the “We never discuss any security details of Islamic State (IS) group — released its quest for a hardline Islamist state tor for his indiscriminate killing ern town of Chibok in July 2015 that latest call for his resignation from his the president,” he said. a video on September 13 without in northeast Nigeria, has been in the of civilians — most of them fellow brought unprecedented attention to Pown brother, according to a media re- The leader of Africa’s most industrialised Shekau in it. grip of a power struggle since late Muslims. He had also criticised the Boko Haram, sparking a global cam- port, as the South African leader clings to nation has faced calls to quit from several However, in the video released last year. brutal leadership style of Shekau, paign to “Bring Back Our Girls”. power despite a string of scandals. members of the African National Congress yesterday, Shekau points to a date Last month, IS high command alleging he has secretly killed top Nigerian soldiers, with the sup- Zuma’s younger brother Michael urged (ANC) after the ruling party suff ered its on an Islamic calendar correspond- said Shekau had been replaced as militant commanders who disa- port of regional troops, have recap- him to quit or risk being killed, the Sunday worst losses in municipal elections in Au- ing to yesterday’s date. leader by Abu Musab al-Barnawi, greed with him. tured swathes of territory lost to the Times reported. gust. Speaking in Hausa, Arabic and the 22-year-old son of Boko Har- But many experts say he is not jihadists since they launched a mili- The president has survived accusations But the ANC’s top echelons have backed English and in dialects spoken in am’s founder Mohamed Yusuf. a spent force. “He has more fi ght- tary campaign in February 2014. of corruption and even rape before he took the president. northeast Nigeria he appeared to be But Shekau has maintained he is ers than either al-Barnawi or Nur, Oil-rich Nigeria is facing secu- offi ce in 2009, showing no signs of leaving On Thursday, anti-apartheid campaigner in good physical health. still in charge. especially from the Kanuri ethnic rity threats on multiple fronts: Boko offi ce before 2019 when he is required by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a former fi rst He used the video to issue threats The fi rst signs of a rift appeared group around Lake Chad,” said Jacob Haram in the northeast, ethnic vio- law to step down after two fi ve-year terms. lady and wife of the late Nelson Mandela, against President Muhammadu Bu- after Shekau pledged allegiance to Zenn from the Jameston Foundation lence in the central region, Biafran “My brother is having a very diffi cult said South Africa needed fresh leadership, hari, who appealed to the United IS in March 2015 and changed Boko and an expert on the confl ict. separatists in the southeast and mil- time and I have never seen such diffi culty,” but stopped short of asking Zuma to resign. Nations this week for help in ne- Haram’s name to Islamic State West But Zenn said many of Shekau’s itants attacking oil infrastructure in said Michael Zuma, speaking from the fam- The opposition failed in a bid to remove gotiating the release of the Chibok Africa Province (ISWAP).Clashes backers in the IS were now dead and the south. ily’s rural home of Nkandla in the KwaZulu- Zuma through a motion of no-confi dence Natal province. in parliament in April following a scan- “My brother has such diffi culty in such a dal over lavish improvements including a way that you fear that they are going to kill swimming pool and amphitheatre at his him,” he said, without elaborating on any Nkanlda home. death threats. Zuma has since paid back the money Guinea-Bissau slave memorial eyes tourism boost Presidential spokesman Bongani spent on non-security features.

By Fabien Off ner, AFP was the fi rst place where Europeans to allow these people to rediscover a emotional pilgrimage to the land Uneasy calm returns to streets of Gabon Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau practised transatlantic slavery on an collective memory and dignity.” of their ancestors after identifying industrial scale,” said Alfredo Cal- Cacheu is home to fewer than their roots through their DNA. abon will return to normal after a is contested, Bongo said he was confi dent of deira, who heads the archives of the 10,000 people today, but was the cap- “They told us their stories. A bitterly disputed election, its newly a peaceful resolution. he museum’s fi rst display Mario Soares foundation — named ital of Portugal’s former colony from lot of people cried that day. Some Gre-elected President Ali Bongo said, Soldiers deployed yesterday along main spares little: a naked slave after the former Portuguese president the 16th century onwards, trading in of them asked themselves if they as soldiers patrolled and military aircraft roads and a helicopter hovered over Ping’s Tkneels with her hands tied, — which helped create the memorial. people until the late 19th century. were kin. We danced, we hugged, fl ew over a capital that has been bracing for headquarters. A fi ghter jet roared above the right shoulder freshly branded with Among the items on display are The Portuguese were the fi rst Eu- we shook hands,” said high school another explosion of violence. city. The red and white taxis that normally her owner’s mark by a white man wooden collars that slaves were ropeans to reach Africa in explora- teacher Augusto Joao Correia. The Constitutional Court late on Friday ply its palm-lined seaside avenues were with sleeves rolled to his biceps. bolted into two by two and a huge, tory missions dispatched in the ear- The Cacheu memorial’s founders threw out a challenge against the election mostly absent. The town of Cacheu on the coast rusty pot where slaves’ rations were ly 15th century. now hope for success akin to neigh- results by rival Jean Ping, enabling Bongo “Things are not normal. The people’s of Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese cooked. They would go on to trade, with bouring Senegal’s celebrated Goree to extend his family’s dynastic 50-year rule voice was stolen,” Richard Obame, 46, an trading post where millions of slaves “Despite its size, it wasn’t enough Brazil’s help, an estimated 5mn of island, another Atlantic “point of no over the small, oil-producing central Afri- unemployed Ping supporter, said, after the saw west Africa for the last time, to feed everyone. The portions were the 11mn humans believed to have return” for slaves that has become a can country. jet noise had died down. bound, branded and shipped off to very small and the dishes quite ba- traversed the Atlantic, according to must-see for visiting heads of state Ping swiftly rejected the ruling as biased, “If it was calm, would we need the mili- the Americas. sic. It was all cooked quickly so they historians. and celebrities. and many Gabonese feared a return to the tary presence on the streets and the heli- A new memorial has opened to could get back to work,” said tour The idea for the memorial came The country’s slave-trade story violence that killed at least six people — copters above the house of Mr Ping?” commemorate the exiled sons and guide Joachim Lopes. in November 2010 when the fi rst remains largely untold. One of the Ping’s supporters say it was more than 50 — And yet Ping, whom authorities have daughters of this impoverished na- After taking in the horrors, retail “Quilombola” festival was held in last traces was a 500-peso bank when the result was fi rst announced at the threatened to arrest for inciting violence, tion, not only to recall Portugal’s therapy is at hand, with t-shirts Cacheu, a name that refers to com- note that showed slaves lining up to start of the month. has so far refrained from calling people on brutal venture into Africa but also and caps splashed with a chain logo munities in Brazil formed by es- board two vessels on the beach. The But in a nation that usually manages to to the streets. to establish itself on the historical available from the shop. caped slaves. bank note, however, dropped out avoid the massive bloodshed that affl icts That raises the possibility of a peaceful tourism circuit. “The tourist aspect is important,” Their descendants from Bra- of circulation when Guinea-Bissau other countries in the region, like Congo resolution, although Ping insists that the “The idea is to show that Cacheu said Caldeira. “But the main thing is zil and the Caribbean had made an joined the CFA-franc zone in 1997. and Central African Republic, when power will of the Gabonese people be respected. Rampant poaching hits Shy pangolins need world spotlight to survive elephant population By Susan Njanji, AFP “Pangolins are notoriously diffi cult to Johannesburg keep in captivity — they only feed on wild Reuters Losses in some countries have ants and termites, and they are extremely Johannesburg been staggering. prone to stress and dehydration, so they Tanzania, which relies heav- eclusive, gentle and quick to roll die,” Ray Jansen, of the African Pangolin ily on wildlife tourism, saw a 60 % up into a ball, pangolins keep a Working Group, told AFP. frica’s elephant population decline in its elephant population. Rlow profi le. But they are also the In Chinese traditional medicine, pan- fell around 20% between “The surge in poaching for ivory world’s most heavily traffi cked mammal, golin scales are ground into a powder be- A2006 and 2015 because of a that began approximately a decade and experts at the Convention on Inter- lieved to cure conditions from headaches surge in ivory poaching, the Inter- ago — the worst that Africa has national Trade in Endangered Species and menstrual cramps to nose bleeding national Union for Conservation experienced since the 1970s and (CITES) conference this week are ringing and lack of virility. of Nature (IUCN) said in a report 1980s — has been the main driver alarm bells over their survival. The scales are sometimes even used as yesterday. of the decline,” the IUCN said. Demand for pangolin meat and body guitar plectrums. Switzerland-based IUCN is re- Elephant poaching has risen parts has fuelled a bloodbath, and driven In traditional African culture, some garded as the most authoritative to meet red-hot demand among the scale-covered, ant-eating mammal people believe in keeping a scale in their source on wild fauna populations fast-growing consumer markets in towards extinction. pockets to ward off evil. and the report’s release at a UN Asian economies such as China’s, More than 1mn pangolins are believed Zimbabweans used to present the conference on the global wildlife where ivory is a coveted commod- to have been poached from the wild in the mammals to President Robert Mugabe trade will lend a sense of urgency ity used in carving and ornamental past decade. during his early years in offi ce, but the as some countries seek to keep the accessories. Most are used to supply demand in practice has been discontinued. global ivory trade shut while others The IUCN noted that southern China and Vietnam, where they are high- “In Shona and Zulu culture, a pango- want to reopen it. populations in “Namibia, South Af- ly regarded as a delicacy and an ingredi- lin is regarded as the greatest gift you can “This is yet another set of data rica and Zimbabwe are stable or in- ent in traditional medicine. bestow on a chief, statesman or an elder,” clearly indicating that govern- creasing, and there is evidence of ele- At the CITES meeting in Johannes- said Jansen. ments must take all necessary ac- phant range expansion in Botswana.” burg, conservationists discussed moving Pangolin fat, blood and bones are also tions to address the crisis,” said But poachers are also training pangolins into the highest protection cat- highly valued in African traditional med- Susan Lieberman, head of interna- their guns on southern Africa with egory, which bans all international trade. icine. tional policy for the Wildlife Con- big declines noted in Mozambique, “The pangolin today is regarded as the According to Jansen, in South Africa servation Society. it said. most heavily traffi cked mammal in the a pangolin can sell for anything between The IUCN, which drew on a Namibia and Zimbabwe have world,” CITES chief John Scanlon told 10,000 rand ($730) to 80,000 rand de- range of estimates and census data, submitted proposals to the U.N.’s AFP. pending on the client. said it now had a fairly accurate Convention on International Trade “There has been a massive surge in the India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Ni- count of 415,000 elephants in Af- in Endangered Species (CITES), illegal take of the pangolin for its meat geria, Senegal and the United States are rica in the areas where extensive which is meeting in Johannesburg, and for its scales.” Zimbabwe game reserve guide Matius Mhambe holds female pangolin Marimba at co-sponsoring the proposal to impose a surveys could be taken, down from seeking permission to lift a global Currently CITES allows for trade in Wild Is Life animal sanctuary just outside Harare. total ban on pangolin trade. over 500,000 in 2006. ban on the ivory trade so they can pangolins but under strict conditions. The CITES treaty, signed by 182 coun- There are a number of regions sell stockpiles. “Existing laws are clearly failing to eaten to extinction, while populations in scales, and have pink, sticky tongues al- tries and the European Union, protects where systematic surveys could This is opposed by other African protect pangolins from the poachers. A Africa are declining fast. most as long as their bodies. about 5,600 animal and 30,000 plant not be taken and so it is diffi cult to nations such as Kenya which fear complete international trade ban is need- Research published in the early 2000s When physically threatened, they curl species from over-exploitation through say what is happening to elephants that illicit ivory can be laundered ed now,” said Heather Sohl, WWF-UK’s estimated populations in China to have into ball, making it easy for them to be commercial trade. in such places. with clean supplies and that it wildlife advisor. declined by up to 94%, said Dan Chal- picked up by hunters and put into a sack. The 12-day conference started Sat- These include South Sudan, Li- could stimulate demand for a com- There are four species of pangolin in lender, pangolin expert at the Interna- About the size of a small dog, they are urday and will sift through 62 proposals beria and savannah areas of Central modity which has one main source Africa and four in Asia. tional Union for Conservation of Nature. solitary, mostly nocturnal and cannot be to tighten or loosen trade restrictions on African Republic. — a dead elephant. Watchdogs say those in Asia are being Pangolins are covered in overlapping farmed. some 500 species. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 13 AMERICA Global Citizen Festival Police body cam videos fail to end controversy

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early a week of re- curring protests over Nthe police killing of a black man in Charlotte, North Carolina, showed no signs of A police body camera screen abating yesterday after police grab shows Keith Lamont released videos of the shooting Scott lying on the ground after that did not resolve the ques- being shot as a police off icer tion of whether the victim had approaches in Charlotte. a gun. Hundreds marched through lice statements that Scott was the centre of Charlotte on a carrying a gun. fi fth night of demonstrations Police released photos of a that continued into the early marijuana cigarette, an ankle hours yesterday and included holster they said Scott was white and black families pro- wearing, and a handgun, which testing police violence. they said was loaded and had One sign read “Stop police Scott’s fi ngerprints and DNA. brutality” and another showed But Scott’s family, which a picture of a bloody handprint released its own video of the with the phrase #AMINEXT, a encounter on Friday, said the social media tag about the fear police footage showed the fa- of becoming a victim of police. ther of seven was not acting Actress Priyanka Chopra onstage yesterday at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park, New York City. For the fi rst time in three aggressively and that the po- nights, police enforced a cur- lice shooting made no sense, few, saying they would arrest with no attempt to de-escalate violators. the situation. A crowd gathered outside The family video, shot by police headquarters dispersed Scott’s wife, was also incon- without any violence shortly clusive on the question of a after midnight. gun. The streets were quiet yes- In one of the police videos, terday morning, but city offi - a dashboard-mounted camera cials were preparing for extra from a squad car showed Scott Washington shooting security at a National Foot- exiting his vehicle and then ball League game between backing away from it. the Carolina Panthers and the Police shout to him to drop Minnesota Vikings. a gun, but it is not clear that Charlotte-Mecklenburg po- Scott is holding anything. lice chief Kerr Putney said his Four shots then ring out and department expects to “ex- Scott drops to the ground. suspect is captured pend signifi cant public safety A second video, taken with resources” during the game an offi cer’s body camera, fails Police say there is no man in his late teens or early 20s. Police said Cetin had one prior scourge of violence is unaccept- at Bank of America Stadium, to capture the shooting. evidence of a terror link Members of the public called arrest, last year, for assault. able.” which can host more than It briefl y shows Scott stand- in with numerous tips that It was the latest chapter in The shooter had walked in 70,000 people. ing outside his vehicle before AFP helped lead to the arrest, police America’s epidemic of gun vio- without a weapon, and appeared Police released two videos he is shot, but it is not clear Los Angeles said, adding that Cetin’s family lence. on security cameras about 10 on Saturday showing the fatal whether he has something in was cooperating. Burlington Mayor Steve Sex- minutes later with a rifl e. shooting on Tuesday of Keith his hand. While Cetin was born in Tur- ton’s voice trembled as he noted The mall was evacuated, po- Scott, 43. The offi cer then moves and uthorities have arrested key, he is a legal permanent that the randomness of gun vio- lice swarmed the area and medics Putney acknowledged that Scott is out of view until he is a Turkish-born man sus- resident of the United States, lence in America — which causes rushed to the scene after the mall the videos themselves were seen lying on the ground. Apected of shooting fi ve said lieutenant Chris Cammock, an estimated 30,000 deaths a was initially placed on lockdown. “insuffi cient” to prove Scott At least fi ve people who ap- people dead, including a teen- criminal investigations chief for year — had hit his small town. Local and regional law en- held a gun but said other evi- pear to be police offi cers are aged cancer survivor, at a shop- the Mount Vernon police depart- “We suff ered a devastating loss forcement from up to 27 agen- dence completed the picture. seen in the bodycam video. ping mall in the US state of ment. He is due in court today. of fi ve treasured members of our cies responded to the scene, with “There is no defi nitive visual Both videos show Scott Washington. A Facebook page that appeared community who had done noth- about 200 offi cers on site at the evidence that he had a gun in moving at a measured pace Police named the suspect as to belong to Cetin — and which ing more than what we all would height of the incident. his hand,” Putney said. “But with his hands at his sides. Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old resi- Turkish born Arcan Cetin. has since been taken down — have done on any given day: gone Police took hours to clear the what we do see is compelling Another lawyer for the dent of the nearby town of Oak said he was born in the southern to the shopping mall,” he said. sprawling building. evidence that, when you put Scott family, Charles Monnett, Harbor, saying he was arrested about 8,000 people some 110km Turkish city of Adana. “It changed those families for- “We are devastated by the all the pieces together, sup- said, the family did not know late Saturday about 24 hours af- north of Seattle. It also said went to Oak Har- ever. And we keep them in our tragic events that occurred last ports that.” enough of the facts to know ter the killings. Police are still trying to estab- bor High School, which is about a prayers. It changed our commu- night at Cascade Mall,” Macy’s Police said offi cers trying whether the offi cer who killed The FBI offi ce in Seattle said it lish a motive. 50km drive from Burlington, and nity, I’m afraid, forever.” said in a statement on its Face- to serve an arrest warrant for Scott should face charges. had no evidence the shooting was The youngest victim was had worked at a grocery store on The shooting came amid fi erce book page Saturday. a diff erent person caught site The two-minute video re- terror-related. named as Sarai Lara, 16, who sur- nearby Whidbey Island. debate in America over gun con- At a vigil held for the victims of Scott with marijuana and a corded by Scott’s wife on a cell The gunman opened fi re with vived cancer as a young girl. In February, he posted a link trol laws. Saturday morning in Burlington’s gun, sitting in a car in a park- phone showed the scene but a rifl e in the makeup section of Relatives named another vic- to a Call of Duty fi rst-person It is a hot issue on the cam- Maiben Park, Kelly Couture, who ing lot. not the shooting itself. a Macy’s department store late tim as 52-year-old Shayla Mar- shooter videogame practice ses- paign trail ahead of the Novem- exited the mall through a Target “They look in the car and In the video, Mrs Scott can Friday, killing four women and a tin, who worked as a Macy’s sion, in an eerie foreshadowing ber 8 presidential election. store as the chaos was unfolding, they see the marijuana, they be heard telling offi cers that man, according to police. makeup artist. of the real world violence he is “We are united in knowing that told The Seattle Times there were don’t act. her husband has TBI, a trau- He later left the store on foot, “We’re really having a tough suspected of perpetrating. the status quo is not good enough “just sirens and people were yell- They see the gun and they matic brain injury. triggering an intense manhunt. time right now,” her sister Karen YouTube users posted lewd when it comes to violence in our ing and running out of the build- think they need to,” Putney “Don’t shoot him! He has A weapon was recovered at the Van Horn told The Seattle Times. comments on that page and Ce- community,” said Washington ing.” said. no weapon” she cries as police scene of the violence, Cascade Authorities had initially de- tin’s Twitter page in response to Governor Jay Inslee. The mall was closed Saturday as Both Scott’s family and pro- yell at Scott, “Drop the gun!” Mall in Burlington, a town of scribed the suspect as a Hispanic the mall shooting. “Passivity in the face of this a mark of respect for the victims. testers have disputed the po- Then shots sound. No invite to ex-lover of Bill Clinton: Trump campaign

AFP get into the head of Hillary Clinton,” Trump is ahead of Clinton by more Washington she said, adding that Trump has no than four to one among white men plans to bring up Bill Clinton’s infi del- without college degrees, a gap that nar- ity at the debate. rows for white women without college onald Trump has hinted he Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump degrees and college-educated white might invite a former lover of are in a virtual dead heat in their bitter men. DBill Clinton to the fi rst presi- race for the White House on the eve of Among college educated white wom- dential debate, but his campaign said their fi rst head-to-head presidential en, Clinton leads Trump in the poll by yesterday it has no such plans. debate, a new poll showed yesterday. 57% to 32%. Rather, Trump’s tweet to that eff ect The Washington Post-ABC News poll The two candidates are still grappling was meant to show the Trump cam- found that Clinton’s slim margin from with high negativity among voters. paign has ways to “get inside the head last month has now vanished. Around 39% of registered voters of Hillary Clinton”, Kellyanne Conway, Instead, the Democrat and her Re- see Clinton favorably, compared to Trump’s campaign manager, said on publican rival tied at 41% support 57% who have an unfavourable im- CNN. among registered voters, with Liber- pression. “We’ve not invited her formally and tarian Party nominee Gary Johnson at For Trump, 38% had a positive im- don’t expect her to be there as a guest seven % and Green Party nominee Jill pression and 57% a negative one, a rat- of the Trump campaign,” Conway said Stein at two %. ing fi ve points lower than it was prior to of the ex-lover, former model Gennifer In a two-way match-up, Clinton and the two parties’ national conventions Flowers. Gennifer Flowers in 1998 during her Images of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on a CNN vehicle at Hofstra University, in Trump each got 46% among registered in July. The Clinton campaign ridiculed live interview on Larry King Live. Hempsted, New York. The university is the site of the first Presidential debate today. voters. While voters fi nd both candidates Trump’s mention of Flowers as frivo- While some other national surveys lacking in honesty overall, Clinton’s lous. Clinton has admitted having an aff air ban, a billionaire investor who is a vo- Trump, himself a billionaire real estate show Clinton with a lead, poll averages ratings were worse, with just 33% of “If this is what Donald Trump wants with Flowers in the 1970s while serving cal Trump critic and Clinton supporter, investor. show a low, single-digit margin. voters fi nding her honest and trustwor- this debate to be about, that’s up to as governor of Arkansas. agreed to sit at the front of the audience Further complicating matters, a Gender, race and education were thy and 66 % saying she is not. him,” Clinton campaign manager Rob- Clinton also had an aff air with White for the televised debate Monday night Twitter account linked to Flowers’s of- clear markers between the two candi- Some 42% of voters said Trump was by Mook said on ABC. House intern Monica Lewinsky in a in New York. fi cial website said she would attend the dates. honest and trustworthy, while 53% said “He is a reality TV star. scandal that led to his impeachment in It is expected to shatter audience showdown and suggested she backed Men back Trump by 54% to 55% of he was not. He’s very experienced at providing 1998. records with up to 90mn Americans Trump. women who said they support Clinton, Most voters (53%) who do not see television entertainment. Trump has criticised Hillary Clinton watching. Conway said yesterday that Trump’s the poll showed. Trump as qualifi ed to be president, The presidency’s not about enter- for not leaving her husband because of “If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Ben- tweet mentioning Flowers was meant Some 53% of white voters back while 58% said he lacks the tempera- tainment,” Mook said, referring to the his marital indiscretions. efactor fame wants to sit in the front as a warning to the Clinton campaign. Trump, compared to 37% for Clinton, ment to be an eff ective president and 55 show Trump once starred in, The Ap- Trump’s mention of Flowers came in row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flow- “Trump was putting them on notice while non-white voters back her 69% % said he lacked the world knowledge prentice. a tweet Saturday night after Mark Cu- ers right alongside of him!” tweeted we can certainly invite guests that may to 19% for her Republican rival. required for the job. Gulf Times 14 Monday, September 26, 2016 ASEAN

Sunrise yoga Police offi cer faces murder charge

Agencies Surat Thani

policeman who opened fi re on a crowd after a Abrawl at a pub on Koh Samui overnight was dismissed from the force and faces multiple charges of murder and attempt- ed murder. Two people were shot dead, one a fellow policeman, and fi ve others were wounded, two of them also policemen, during the rampage, Bangkok Post reported. Pol L/Cpl Narongsak Khamjai, of Bo Phud police station, fl ed the scene after the shooting and was later caught and arrested. Reports said he was charged with murder, attempted murder and carrying a gun in a public place. Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacha- roen, deputy spokesman to the Royal Thai Police Offi ce, said yesterday afternoon that Pol L/ Cpl Narongsak had been dis- People take part in a sunrise yoga class on the helicopter landing pad on the roof of the Grand Sahid Jaya hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. missed from the police force. The fi ve other policemen in- volved in the brawl before the shooting, including the wound- ed offi cers, had been transferred to inactive posts at the provincial police operations centre pending a disciplinary investigation, he said. The violence erupted at Camp Beer pub in tambon Bo Phud at around 2am, said Pol Lt Rat- Probe your own brother, thakarn Chanwong, a duty of- fi cer at Bo Phud police station. The shooting left seven men lying on the ground with bullet wounds — three policemen from Bo Phud station and four pub staff . All were rushed to hospitals, where two were later pronounced Yingluck tells junta chief dead. They were Pol L/Cpl Jaera- sak Sroisangvarn and Kraisorn AFP damages. The last two legal the contracts in a fair tender country of the Shinawatra po- Mingsakul, a guard at the pub. Bangkok cases stem from a popular but process and denied any wrong- litical clan. The other fi ve wounded were fi nancially costly rice subsidy doing. Yingluck’s billionaire brother identifi ed as Pol L/Cpl Sitthi- scheme that Yingluck’s govern- But it is not the fi rst time the Thaksin was ousted as prime sak Ngamkhom, Pol L/Cpl Krit- hailand’s fi rst female ment pushed. junta chief’s brother has had to minister in a 2006 coup. sana Boonyin, pub guard Voravit prime minister yesterday “The Prime Minister (Prayut) deny negative headlines. The Shinawatras have won Yimyong, pub manager Thep- Ttold the man who ousted says that all the legal actions Earlier this year he admit- all general elections since 2001 thinnakorn Thongphet and pub her government two years ago against me are based on the law ted helping another son land by promising greater wealth waiter Veerapong Jarusenee. to investigate his own brother and are not bullying,” Yingluck a well-paid offi cer’s job in the and opportunity to the nation’s Police investigators reported over corruption allegations, in wrote on her Facebook account military. poor, especially in the long- that seven policemen attached to an unusually strong broadside yesterday. And when the junta ordered neglected north and northeast. Bo Phud police station were hav- against the junta. “I would like the Prime Min- senior offi cials to reveal their But their parties were loathed ing a night out at the pub. Yingluck Shinawatra was ister to apply the same logic and wealth — part of a post-coup by a Bangkok elite and by south- While dancing they became in- booted from offi ce shortly be- justice given to me like he gives attempt at transparency — ern voters — backed by the mili- volved in a brawl with a group of fore army chief Prayut Chan- justice and protection to his Preecha had $1.2mn in his bank tary establishment — who ac- young men. Security guards in- ocha seized power in May 2014, brother and other people who account — money he said was cused them of corruption and tervened and asked them to leave. the military’s second coup in are on his side. Because the laws military assets he was looking nepotism. After emerging from the bar, less than a decade and their should be enforced for every- after and not his own personal Prime Minister Prayut ap- Pol L/Cpl Jaraesak pulled out a twelfth successful power grab one, not just used only against wealth. Such headlines have peared to distance himself from pistol. When the pub manager since 1932. my side.” stung Prayut, who has defended his brother in comments yes- tried to stop him, chaos erupted. Since then she has been hit Yingluck’s comments were his coup as necessary to root terday after returning from New Another policeman, identi- with a series of junta-led pros- a direct reference to new cor- out political corruption and York, the fi rst time he has ad- fi ed later as Pol L/Cpl Narong- ecutions including a retroac- ruption allegations that have end years of instability between dressed the issue in detail. sak Khamjai, fi red shots from his tive impeachment, an ongoing surfaced this month against Yingluck Shinawatra: strong broadside competing factions. “A brother is a brother, it’s 9mm pistol into the crowd gath- criminal negligence trial that Prime Minister Prayut’s brother However critics say his re- not the same as me,” he said.”He ering in front of the pub. could see her jailed for up to a Preecha Chan-ocha, who is also Preecha’s sons had won a se- Army, which Preecha used to gime has been selective in is not stupid. But I do not make The bullets hit three fellow decade and a separate move to a senior army general. ries of lucrative construction command. graft prosecutions, with the a guarantee for him because it is policemen and four pub staff , in- seize more than $1bn in civil Local media said one of contracts from Thailand’s Third Preecha insisted his son won main aim being to rid the his responsibility.” cluding the manager. Indonesia struggles to tap power of volcano

AFP ating capacity to around 7,200 complete the necessary paper- Wayang Windu, Indonesia megawatts by 2025, as part of a work, at the local level espe- broader plan to boost the renew- cially, also adds to the slow de- ables sector, which would likely velopment of geothermal,” said olumns of steam shoot make it the world’s top producer Wicaksana. from the ground at an of the power source. Green groups have also ques- CIndonesian power plant A major part of the drive is a tioned authorities’ commitment sitting in the shadow of an ac- law passed two years ago that to geothermal in the near term tive volcano, as energy is tapped means geothermal exploration is — a plan by the government to from the red-hot underbelly of no longer considered mining ac- ramp up electricity-producing the archipelago. tivity, as it was previously. capacity dramatically by 2019 Pipes zig-zag up rugged The old defi nition had held up seems more focused on building mountainsides covered in tea the industry as mining cannot coal-fi red power stations than plantations, carrying steam from be carried out in the country’s expanding the use of renewable the Earth’s core to power enor- vast tracts of protected forests, energy sources. mous, electricity-generating believed to contain about two- Wayang Windu, which is turbines at the Wayang Windu thirds of Indonesia’s geothermal jointly managed by independent facility on Java island. reserves. company Star Energy and state- Indonesia, a seismically-ac- The government is also seek- owned energy giant Pertamina tive island chain studded with ing to sweeten local administra- and takes its names from the scores of volcanoes, holds an Plant technicians inspecting machinery at the Wayang Windu tions — which had sometimes Plant controllers working in the control room of the Wayang Windu active volcano near the plant, il- estimated 40 % of the world’s geothermal power station on West Java in Indonesia. resisted the construction of the geothermal power station. lustrates some of the challenges. geothermal energy reserves, but steam-belching facilities — by Exploration fi rst began at the has long lagged behind in its use will be better in future.” abundant reserves of coal and off ering them up to 1% of rev- consultancy Frost and Sullivan the relatively low price off ered site in 1985 but it was not until 15 of the renewable power source. Geothermal, a clean energy oil. enue from any geothermal plant Indonesia. by the state-run power com- years later that the plant began Now the government is push- source which releases negligible It currently has installed ca- in their area. One of the biggest problems is pany to buy electricity from a producing electricity commer- ing to expand the sector fi ve-fold amounts of greenhouse gases, pacity to produce about 1,400 Abadi Poernomo, chief of the the high exploration costs need- geothermal facility, which they cially, while work on a new unit in the next decade, although the unlike burning dirty fossil fuels, megawatts of electricity from Indonesian Geothermal Asso- ed at the outset, as checking for claim usually doesn’t cover the to boost power generation has challenges are huge in a coun- is mostly found in seismically- geothermal, enough to provide ciation, which represents com- potential geothermal reserves large initial outlay. been delayed due to negotiations try where the burden of red tape active areas around tectonic power to just 1.4mn households panies involved in the sector, is is a complex, time-consuming To top it all off , Indonesia’s over cost. remains onerous, big projects plate boundaries. in the country off 255mn. upbeat about future prospects: business, that is not always suc- complicated bureaucracy puts Even offi cials admit achieving are often delayed and targets The Earth’s heat emanating That is less than fi ve % of “A lot of investors from abroad cessful. Building a geothermal many off — 29 permits are re- the government geothermal tar- missed. through the faultlines warms geothermal’s estimated poten- are coming to Indonesia with the plant costs the equivalent of $4 quired from diff erent govern- get will be tough. “The potential is tremen- underground reservoirs, and the tial and behind the world’s two intent to develop geothermal”. to $5mn per megawatt, com- ment agencies and ministries for Ego Syahrial, the head of the dous,” said Rully Wirawan, fi eld resulting steam can be chan- leading producers of the energy Still, the challenges are enor- pared to $1.5 to $2mn for a coal- a geothermal plant, and time- government’s geology agency, manager at Wayang Windu.”The nelled to geothermal energy source, the United States and the mous.While achieving the 2025 fi red power station, according to consuming negotiations with which assesses geothermal en- current government is trying to plants. Philippines. target may be possible, it will be the association. powerful local administrations ergy reserves conceded: “The tackle the challenges so I believe The majority of Indonesia’s But the government is aiming extremely diffi cult, said Daniel Investors have also com- can also hamper progress. progress is not very encouraging the development of the sector power is generated from its to increase Indonesia’s gener- Wicaksana, an energy expert at plained about what they say is “The level of complexity to to be honest.” Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 15 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA

China air force holds Largest radio telescope drills in Western starts operating in China Pacifi c AFP space programme as symbolis- relocated nearly 10,000 people Beijing ing the country’s progress. living within 5km (three miles) It plans a permanent orbiting to create a quieter environment Reuters space station by 2020 and even- for monitoring. Beijing he world’s largest radio tually a manned mission to the Cellphones in the area must telescope began operating moon. be powered off to maintain radio Tin southwestern China Chinese President Xi Jinping silence. hina’s air force said yes- yesterday, a project Beijing says celebrated the launch, with re- In the past China has relo- terday that it had fl own will help humanity search for ports yesterday that he had sent cated hundreds of thousands Cmore than 40 bombers alien life. a congratulatory letter to the of people to make way for large and other fi ghter planes through The Five-hundred-metre Ap- scientists and engineers who infrastructure projects such as a strait between Japanese is- erture Spherical Radio Telescope contributed to its creation. dams and canals. lands on their way to drills in the (FAST), nestled between hills The telescope represents a The area surrounding the tel- Western Pacifi c. in the mountainous region of leap forward for China’s astro- escope is remote and relatively Regular long range drills in the Guizhou, began working around nomical capabilities and will be poor. Western Pacifi c and patrols over noon, the offi cial Xinhua news one of several “world-class” tel- State media said it was cho- the East China Sea air defence agency reported. escope projects launched in the sen because there are no major identifi cation zone were for Built at a cost of 1.2bn yuan next decade, said Yan Jun, head towns nearby. the Air Force to protect China’s ($180mn), the telescope dwarfs of China’s National Astronomi- The villagers will be compen- sovereignty and national secu- the Arecibo Observatory in cal Observation (NAO), accord- sated with cash or housing. rity, China’s air force spokesman Puerto Rico as the world’s larg- ing to Xinhua. The budget for relocation is Shen Jinke said, according to a est single-dish radio telescope, In a test run before the launch, 1.8bn yuan ($270mn), it was re- statement posted on the minis- with twice the sensitivity and a the FAST detected electromag- ported, more than the cost of try of defence website. refl ector as large as 30 football netic waves emitted by a pul- constructing the telescope. China drew condemnation fi elds, it said. sar more than 1,300 light-years China has poured money into from Japan and the United States The FAST will use its vast away, state media reported an The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio telescope (FAST) is seen on its first day of operation big-ticket science and technolo- in 2013 when it imposed an Air dish, made up of 4,450 panels, NAO researcher as saying. in Pingtang, in southwestern China’s Guizhou province. gy projects as it seeks to become Defence Identifi cation Zone to search for signs of intelli- Earlier Xinhua cited Wu Xi- a high-tech leader, but despite (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, in gent life, and to observe distant angping, director general of the alien intelligence for six decades, searching for extraterrestrial yond our wildest imagination”, some progress, the country’s which aircraft are supposed to pulsars – tiny, rapidly spinning Chinese Astronomical Society, pointing radio telescopes at stars signals stirred interest among Douglas Vakoch, president of scientifi c output still lags be- identify themselves to Chinese neutron stars believed to be the as saying that the telescope’s in the hope of discovering sig- scientists, but experts said it was METI, a group seeking to send hind. authorities. products of supernova explo- high degree of sensitivity “will nals from other civilisations, but far too early to make conclusions messages to space in search of At the beginning of this The patrols were to “carefully sions. help us to search for intelligent have not yet found any evidence. about its origin. alien life, told Xinhua. month, reports said 600 apart- monitor and judge the foreign China sees its ambitious mil- life outside of the galaxy”. Last month a “strong signal” But the new FAST telescope Construction of the FAST be- ments had been built so far with military aircraft that enter the itary-run, multi-billion-dollar Experts have been hunting for detected by a Russian telescope could “lead to discoveries be- gan in 2011, and local offi cials the funds. anti-aircraft defence zone, to take measures to respond to dif- ferent threats in the sky and to protect national airspace”, the statement said. Aircraft of the People’s Liber- ation Army did the exercises af- Asia scoops top honours at San Sebastian ter fl ying over the Miyako Strait, a body of water between Japan’s islands of Miyako and Okinawa, AFP It had attracted attention ear- dez took home the best actor Sil- the air force statement said. San Sebastian lier this month at the Toronto ver Shell for his role in Smoke and This comes as China has been fi lm festival where it won the Mirrors, about a real-life a Span- increasingly asserting itself in International Federation of Film ish spy, Francisco Paesa. territorial disputes in the South sian cinema dominated Critics’ prize, with the jury hail- The festival’s “Latin Hori- and East China Seas. awards at the San Sebas- ing “its ambitious rendering of zons” section on Latin American China’s ties with Japan have Atian fi lm festival, with a woman’s Kafkaesque struggle fi lm honoured Chilean director been strained by a longstanding veteran Chinese director Feng as she takes on the Chinese legal Pepa San Martin’s fi rst feature territorial dispute over a string Xiaogang’s I am not Madame Bo- system”. Rara about the struggle of a les- of islets in the East China Sea, vary taking the top Golden Shell Among the other awards on bian judge who loses custody known in China as the Diaoyu prize while Fan Bingbing won the Saturday, prolifi c South Korean of her daughters because of her and in Japan as the Senkaku. best actress gong for her role in fi lmmaker Hong Sang-Soo won sexual orientation. The two countries have also the same fi lm. “best director” for his comedy The 64th edition of the festi- clashed over what China sees as In the satirical comedy, Chi- Yourself and Yours about the ad- val held in the northern Span- Japan’s refusal to take responsi- nese star Fan plays a cafe owner ventures of a painter seeking to ish seaside resort saw 17 fi lms in bility for its wartime past. Director Hong Sang-Soo caught in the bureaucratic maze win back his girlfriend, a woman competition from China, Spain, China’s navy has often used holds up the Concha de of the Chinese legal system after who while drinking tends to for- Argentina, Chile, France, Britain, the Miyako Strait, a key strategic Plata (Silver Shell) award for she is swindled by her ex-hus- get her fl irtations. the US, Sweden, Iceland, Poland, Fan Bingbing holds the Concha de Plata (Silver Shell) award for best route for the military, as a path- best director. band. Spanish actor Eduard Fernan- South Korea and Japan. actress at the San Sebastian Film Festival. way from eastern China to the Pacifi c Ocean. Earlier this month, Chinese bombers, fi ghters and early warning and aerial refuelling aircraft fl ew through the Bashi Moana’s ‘brown face’ controversy leaves Disney red faced Channel that separates Taiwan and the Philippines to exercises in the Western Pacifi c. AFP ditional Pacifi c tattoos, a grass There have been similar, thing actually Polynesian”. Wellington skirt and bone necklace. though less vociferous, com- “It’s more about re-creating A trickle of outraged tweets plaints about other Pacifi c cul- a piece of Americana, of that from Pacifi c activists soon tural faux pas in recent years. 1950s, 1960s style,” Thompson social media fi restorm turned into a fl ood, with Disney Haka parodies have been used said. that forced Disney to accused of cultural appropria- to sell everything from ginger- The diff erence between now Quakes off A withdraw a movie cos- tion and lacking respect. bread men in New Zealand to and the 1960s is that even a rela- tume amid accusations it rep- Global media coverage fol- soft drinks in Japan – all without tively small ethnic group such as resented “brown face” shows lowed, with the story fi nd- permission from the war dance’s Pacifi c islanders can use social Fiji, Tonga Pacifi c islanders will no long- ing particular resonance in the traditional owners. media to point out cultural of- er accept their culture being United States, where the cos- Samoans were also unim- fences. cheapened for profi t, experts tume was likened to the “black pressed in 2013 when Nike re- “Social media is holding a lot AFP say. face” make-up once worn by leased a pair of women’s leg- of these big companies to ac- Wellington Polynesian culture has proved white performers in minstrel gings mimicking the pe’a tattoo count, there’s more eyes and popular in recent years, spark- shows. – a sacred design reserved only ears on their product,” the Maori ing fads for island-style tattoos, Within days, Disney pulled for men. Party said. “It’s raising aware- powerful 6.8-magnitude hipster “tiki” bars in the United the costume from outlets world- New Zealand Maori have also ness around these issues.” earthquake struck off Fiji States and numerous imitations wide, off ering an apology for any objected to depictions of Poly- It also means companies rid- Ayesterday shortly after of New Zealand’s famous All off ence caused. nesian deities being used to sell ing roughshod over cultural val- another hit off Tonga but there Black rugby haka. New Zealand’s Maori Party, alcohol, a substance that has This combo of two file photos shows British singer Robbie William ues could now fi nd themselves was no threat of a tsunami. The latest attempt to capital- one of the costume’s harshest ravaged some indigenous com- (left) performing in Paris on June 22, 2003, and US boxing champion on the wrong end of a social me- The off shore quake occurred ise on the trend is Disney’s ani- critics, said that the controversy munities. Mike Tyson in Washington, DC on June 7, 2005, both sporting dia frenzy. at 9.28am (2128 GMT on Satur- mated feature Moana, a retelling could have been avoided if Dis- It’s not the fi rst time the Pa- Maori-inspired tattoos. “Polynesian people from day), centred around 100km (62 of ancient Pacifi c legends which ney had consulted properly. cifi c islands have found them- across the Pacifi c region voiced miles) northeast of the Fijian is- is slated for release later this “They’re obviously not mak- selves in the spotlight of West- designs transformed into the experienced a revival in the their views about this [Disney land of Ndoi at a depth of 594km, year. ing any approach or having ern popular culture. gaudy Hawaiian shirt, marketed United States, prompting Na- case] and it’s their voices that are the US Geological Survey said. Critics have lambasted the any deep engagement with the In the mid-20th Century, as a “wearable postcard”. tional Public Radio to ask the important,” Christine Ammun- It came 20 minutes after a entertainment giant over tie-in people of Polynesia, to whom troops returning from WWII There was also a craze for question: “Harmless fun or ex- son, from New Zealand’s Human 6.3-magnitude quake hit 124km merchandising that included that intellectual property be- helped popularise the notion of Polynesian-themed tiki bars, ploitation?” Rights Commission, told AFP. northwest of Tonga. a Halloween costume allowing longs,” a spokeswoman told the relaxed island paradise. featuring bamboo furniture, Owen Thomson, the owner “We encourage businesses to The Hawaii-based Pacifi c children to dress up as the demi- AFP. “They’re not talking with The result was a bastardised kitsch imitations of island gods of Archipelago tiki bar in Wash- keep talking and listening to the Tsunami Warning Centre said god Maui. the people from that culture, version of Pacifi c culture where and sugary cocktails served in ington DC, told NPR that such communities whose cultures neither quake posed a tsunami The full-body, zip-up outfi t the guardians of that culture, so traditional dancers became hula coconut shells. establishments had always been and ancestors they seek to por- threat. featured brown skin with tra- they’re not getting it right.” girls and ancient tapa cloth Such tiki bars have recently “three steps removed from any- tray.”

Hong Kong refugees protest to call for Snowden pardon

AFP curity Agency (NSA) contractor, The New York Times reported from Indonesia, who only gave “The Hong Kong government Hong Kong who released thousands of clas- that he stayed with at least four her name as Dede, told AFP. thinks refugees are criminals ... sifi ed documents revealing the refugees with the help of a hu- Around 50 protesters chanted but they are true heroes. They vast US surveillance put in place man rights lawyer in the south- “Pardon Snowden” and “We are helped Edward Snowden escape ctivists and refugees after the September 11, 2001 at- ern Chinese city. not criminals” as they marched the US government back in 2013,” staged a protest yesterday tacks, currently lives in Russia. Protesters said that the city’s to the US consulate, with some Sally Tang of Socialist Action Ain Hong Kong, calling on He fl ed with documents to refugees, many of them forced to holding placards that read “No told reporters at the rally. Washington to pardon fugitive Hong Kong, where he hid among live in slum-like conditions, and racism. Stop Oppressing refu- Amnesty International, Hu- whistleblower Edward Snowden, Sri Lankan refugees in cramped Snowden both suff ered rights gees”. man Rights Watch and the Amer- with protesters describing refu- tenements, and later received abuses. Protest organisers said that ican Civil Liberties Union have gees in the city as “heroes” for political asylum in Russia after “We are forced to leave our 11,000 refugees have applica- launched a campaign to pres- helping him evade authorities in the United States revoked his country like Snowden. We stand tions for protection pending but sure President Barack Obama to Refugees and protesters supporting Snowden demonstrate outside 2013. passport while he was en route to together with him to fi ght for have no offi cial status and no pardon Snowden, who is also the the US consulate in Hong Kong. The former US National Se- Ecuador. pardon,” a 36-year-old refugee right to work. subject of an Oliver Stone movie. Gulf Times 16 Monday, September 26, 2016 BRITAIN/IRELAND

EVENT NVESTIGATION FALLOUT POLITICS ACCIDENT Police arrest man in Actor sacked for Dissident republicans Ferry runs aground in Pippa royal photo ‘hack’ off ensive India tweets launch new political party Lochmaddy harbour crash

The police revealed that they had arrested A Pakistan-born actor has been sacked from A radical Irish republican party backed by New A ferry has crashed into a harbour wall and run a suspect following reports that 3,000 Britain’s most popular television soap after IRA prisoners has been launched. It is the first time aground at Lochmaddy Marina in North Uist. The photographs had been hacked from Pippa posting what broadcaster ITV called yesterday the disparate forces of dissident republicanism MV Hebrides, which had 76 passengers and crew Middleton, sister-in-law of Prince William, and “entirely unacceptable, racially off ensive” have united to form a political party, which will on board, was unable to slow down as it attempted were being touted for sale. The pictures were comments about Indians on social media. Marc stand in elections on a platform of opposing the to dock. It had been travelling from Tarbert on reported by The Sun and Daily Mail newspapers Anwar, 45, joined “Coronation Street”, the world’s power-sharing settlement in Northern Ireland. Harris when it is believed to have suff ered engine to have been stolen from Middleton’s iCloud longest-running TV soap opera, in 2014. The Saoradh, Irish for liberation, held its first ever problems. No passengers on board the Caledonian Sheep are driven over London Bridge in London account and included shots of her sister Kate, Sunday Mirror newspaper published screenshots conference in Newry in South Armagh on Saturday. MacBrayne vessel were injured in the incident. All yesterday. The Worshipful Company of Woolmen plus her and William’s children Prince George, of the messages posted on his personal Twitter The party will organise demonstrations in support services on the route have been cancelled for the are allowed to exercise their rights as Freemen three, and Princess Charlotte, one. Someone account. The posts hit out at India over the of republican prisoners and campaign for an all- day. A CalMac statement said: “A technical failure of the City of London to drive sheep across had been in touch with media via the encrypted Kashmir dispute and suggested Pakistani actors Ireland referendum on Irish unity. It has won the led to the vessel being unable to reduce speed London Bridge, in a ceremony that traces its messaging service WhatsApp to off er them for should refuse to work in the country. “Indians backing of New IRA prisoners at Maghaberry top suff iciently for the routine docking procedures and roots to medieval times. In modern times it is a sale, the reports added. The Sun said it had been killing our Kashmir brothers and sisters,” he security prison outside Belfast and other dissident she struck both pontoons in Lochmaddy harbour ceremonial fundraising event. asked for £50,000 for the shots. wrote. He also called Indians insulting terms. republican inmates. and the seabed.

McDonnell defends Labour chief comment against Tory MP reasserts

Guardian News and Media London authority over ohn McDonnell has defended describing a Conservative JMP as a “stain of inhuman- ity” by arguing that it is better if politicians are honest about the way they feel. The shadow chancellor con- divided party ceded “I was angry” when he made the comments in the Com- AFP Labour’s membership has ments were “unfortunate” but mons about Esther McVey in Liverpool soared since Corbyn fi rst became that “actually the party is very March last year, before she lost leader last September, and now united” on policy, citing its op- her Wirral West seat to Labour. stands at around 600,000. position to Conservative plans to McDonnell was facing ques- ewly re-elected Labour His victory over challenger bring back academic selection in tions in parliament from MPs leader Jeremy Corbyn re- Owen Smith was driven by the schools. annoyed about his refusal to Npeated calls for unity yes- new members, exit poll data He urged MPs to “move on and apologise for quoting a constitu- terday in his deeply divided party, shows. discuss policies...put your contri- ent who had shouted out that but risked antagonising MPs who Many moderate MPs publicly bution into making our party and they wanted to “lynch” McVey. had opposed him by promising accepted Corbyn’s re-election movement stronger”. He responded by saying that more power to his grassroots sup- and backed his call for unity, but But Corbyn did not rule out the there was nothing to say sorry for porters. the anonymous briefi ngs against possibility that some of his crit- about the substance of the com- Corbyn was confi rmed in his him continued in the Sunday ics may lose their seats in a forth- plaint, accused McVey of trying position on Saturday with 61.8% newspapers. coming shake-up of constituency to be a victim, and referring to of the vote among party members boundaries, amid speculation that the Tory employment minister as and supporters, seeing off a chal- his supporters are planning to oust “the stain of inhumanity”. lenger backed by the majority of hostile MPs next time candidates Asked about the controversy his lawmakers, who believe he can are selected. at Labour conference yesterday never lead them into government. Sadiq Khan, who as London morning, he told ITV’s Rob- But the main opposition party mayor is Labour’s most senior ert Peston: “I simply reported remains bitterly split between elected offi cial, warned against what was shouted out at a public left-wingers and moderates, at a any purge of moderates — or in- meeting.” time of major change in Britain deed the establishment of an anti- Pushed on his “stain of inhu- as Prime Minister Theresa May’s Corbyn group within the party. manity” comment, he added: Conservative government nego- “What I want is more power “If the Labour Party splits, it “Well, I was angry. Sometimes tiates the country’s withdrawal for members, more power could be the end of the party,” he you need to express honest anger from the European Union. for supporters, in order told The Sunday Times newspaper. and that was about what the last In his acceptance speech at to ensure we get policies More than 40 MPs resigned government was doing to people the party conference in Liver- that do have support from Corbyn’s shadow cabinet in with disabilities. It was appall- pool, northwest England, Corbyn throughout the whole a rebellion in June sparked by the ing, to be frank, and sometimes it pledged to “wipe the slate clean” party,” Brexit vote, which critics said the is better to be honest with people after accusations of bullying and leader should have campaigned about how you feel. fears of an irreparable breach in In a sign of the entrenched di- harder to prevent. “At times in parliament it the century-old movement. visions, Labour peer Lord Parry Reports suggest a dozen may means using strong language, The 67-year-old said yesterday Mitchell resigned from the party now return to the front bench, but if it refl ects your honest he was “reaching out” to his crit- saying that it was a “lost cause” although many prominent fi gures views it is better to be honest ics — but his proposal to give more under its current leadership. are likely to stay away. than to be in any way deceptive.” decision-making power to party He blamed Corbyn for being Labour’s executive failed to McDonnell said people were members risks being seen as an “lukewarm” about tackling anti- reach agreement on Saturday on fed up with “spin and triangula- attempt to sideline MPs. Semitism in the party and con- proposals to give MPs a vote on tion” and wanted politicians to “What I want is more power demned his left-wing supporters. members of the shadow cabinet, a express the “truth”. He conced- for members, more power for “Jeremy has no leadership move that the leadership is resist- ed: “There has to be an element supporters, in order to ensure we qualities whatsoever — his lit- ing. of expressing yourself in lan- get policies that do have support tle group like him and they think MP Lucy Powell, who had guage that doesn’t go too far – I throughout the whole party,” he he will rescue the party, but he served as Corbyn’s education accept that and occasionally I’ve told BBC television. will never become the leader and spokeswoman, told The Observer gone too far and I’ve admitted “There’s a lot of thirst for prime minister of this country,” he newspaper that the party was that, but we have to be straight Labour’s shadow home secretary Andy Burnham kicks the ball during the annual football match between change out there, people want to told the BBC. “more divided than I have ever with one another.” the Labour Party and journalists on the first day of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday. see things done diff erently.” Corbyn said Mitchell’s com- known”. Row over RAF club bid Challenge completed Synthetic drugs linked to 58 prison deaths to axe squash courts Agencies 2016, 39 were self-infl icted. London Some involved psychotic epi- sodes potentially resulting from London Evening Standard One member said: “The RAF the prestigious Bath Cup league the drugs, while in other cases London Club’s squash courts are mani- as well as in many friendly esigner drugs have been NPS use or associated drug debts festly under-used whilst its matches during the season, linked to the deaths of at appeared to exacerbate vulner- bedrooms are routinely fully players have been able to edu- Dleast 58 prisoners in Eng- ability, triggering suicide and self- ozens of squash fans have booked.” cate many of our opponents on land and Wales, it has emerged. harm. attacked proposals by a The club has 93 bedrooms, the way the military works and Revealing the statistics, Prisons Two of the deaths involved pris- Dprivate members’ club to with prices ranging from £44 become better informed about and Probation ombudsman Nigel oners being killed by a punch from demolish Britain’s oldest courts. for a single room for members to the challenges faced by those in Newcomen warned that new psy- another inmate. Trustees of the RAF Club on £218 for a family room for non- the commercial world.” choactive substances (NPS) have Newcomen said the availabil- Piccadilly want to replace the members. The courts will be Oliver Wharmby, the fi xtures become a “game changer” in the ity and aff ordability of synthetic two courts — built between 1919 replaced with 17 bedrooms with secretary of Lloyd’s of Lon- deterioration of safety in jails. drugs has made them “attractive and 1921 — with new facilities en-suite bathrooms, a business don squash club, said: “There NPS have been identifi ed as a to organised and semi-organised including extra guest rooms. lounge, a fi tness suite and of- is something so special about major factor in an upsurge of vio- crime.” Westminster council has re- fi ces. having a good game of squash lence and self-harm behind bars in He said: “These features com- ceived more than 50 objections England Squash, the game’s followed by a drink and a meal England and Wales. pound the diffi culty of reducing to the proposals, which critics national governing body, has at the RAF Club. It just won’t be Newcomen said: “I am clear supply and demand for NPS in claim would be a “travesty for urged trustees to reconsider, the same.” that NPS have been a game- prisons. the sport and London squash citing the courts’ heritage. They But retired wing commander changer in terms of reducing safe- “They also often make it diffi - history”. But members have hit were built before standard sizes C E Vary said: “More income- ty in prison, with troubling links to cult to draw defi nitive conclusions back, with support outnum- were agreed and are 17 inches generating facilities will help our rising numbers of suicides, as in my investigations about their bering opposition by fi ve to one narrower on each side than the club to sustain its position, well as to other types of death, in- health impact and links to fatali- among the 340 comments on the modern equivalents. to the great advantage of future cluding deaths from drug toxicity, ties.” council’s website. Squadron leader Philip generations of members.” Sophie, Countess of Wessex, arrives back at apparent natural causes and even Frances Crook, chief execu- Supporters of the changes Tilstone, a member for 30 years, The plans state: “The pro- Buckingham Palace yesterday having completed homicides.” tive of the Howard League for argue just 50 — or 0.03% — of said: “Whilst I understand the posal seeks to make the best a cycle ride from Edinburgh on behalf of the Duke He added: “It is important to Penal Reform, said the death toll the club’s 24,000 members are commercial reasons for the de- use of the available footprint of Edinburgh’s Award. The countess cycled from note that the link between NPS “shames the nation and under- regular players and claim only cision to close the courts I fi nd it and replace under-utilised and Edinburgh to London, a distance of 445 miles, in seven and the deaths were not neces- lines the urgent need for reform.” 17 players represent the club, extremely disappointing that no poor-quality space with bet- days, in support of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award sarily causal, but nor can they be The fi gures emerged days after which hosts the world’s old- other arrangements have been ter-quality accommodation.” (DofE), as part of her “Diamond Challenge” — to mark discounted.” an announcement that mandatory est tournament, London’s Bath proposed. Councillors are expected to de- the 60th anniversary of the DofE award. Of the 58 deaths which occurred testing for NPS will be introduced Cup. “By representing the club in cide tomorrow. between June 2013 and January in jails across England and Wales. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 17 BRITAIN/IRELAND

BBC could launch Bake Off rival before Channel 4 show: source

Guardian News and Media Channel 4 bought the Bake Off It is now only a matter of time make an announcement.” seas until 2028, is thought to be to retire,” Lindsay said. to Channel 4. A friend told the London format from Love Productions before the BBC announces its Bake It is understood that Channel 4 confi dent that a new baking show, A BBC source said: “It’s a given Sunday Mirror that the baker said earlier this month, but rumours Off battle plan, with “lots of ideas” may not be able to get its fi rst Bake with a diff erent name and format, that Mary is a priority for the BBC, his loyalty was to the show, not the about a BBC rival have been rife being discussed, a source told the Off show on air until summer 2018, would not infringe copyright. as long as the sun shines. We feel broadcaster. “His heart belongs in BBC show to rival The since Perkins and Giedroyc said Guardian. if the BBC enforces a clause allow- Fiona Lindsay, Berry’s agent, no need to reiterate how much we that tent, and the show lets him Great British Bake Off , they would not be “going with the “We have not ruled anything out ing the corporation to block fi lm- rejected a Sunday Mirror report love her and how important she is work with ordinary people who Afeaturing Mary Berry, Sue dough” and jumping ship. They and we could well reunite Mel, Sue ing until a year after next month’s claiming that she may work for to the BBC. We are delighted that share his love of baking,” they said. Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, could were followed in pledging their and Mary,” the source said. “And fi nale. The BBC looks set to air a another year before retiring. she has chosen to stay and the Meanwhile, Channel 4 is likely be launched before Channel 4 is loyalty to the BBC by Berry. yes, we could probably get a show festive edition of the show, fi lmed “That’s simply wrong; she has public are as well.” to face questions by a committee of able to get its version on screens, Paul Hollywood, Berry’s fel- out before Channel 4, if we chose in June, on Christmas Day. lots of exciting projects com- Hollywood has faced criticism MPs, who will ask if the broadcast- according to a source at the cor- low judge, will continue in his role to do so. We are looking lots of ide- The BBC, which has the right to ing up, including on TV with the from some fans of the show for re- er has upheld its duty to champion poration close to the show. when the show moves channels. as, although we are not yet ready to licence the Bake Off format over- BBC, and has absolutely no plans maining with Bake Off as it moves innovative programming.

Royals in Canada Army spied on Sinn Fein years after ceasefi re, claims soldier

Guardian News and Media Real IRA cell outside an army base London in Omagh just four years after the terrorist group’s bomb attack that killed 29 people in the County Ty- n undercover British rone town. army soldier has claimed The 40-year-old former mili- Ahe bugged a hospital and tary spy-technician, who was planted listening devices in the born in Cork in the Irish Republic, homes of senior Sinn Fein politi- said he would not return to the UK cians years after the IRA ceasefi re because he feared he could be ar- in 1994. rested and prosecuted for breach- The former intelligence soldier ing the Offi cial Secrets Act. told the Guardian that many of the In an interview in Ireland, Hart- tiny cameras and minute bugs he nett said he was certain the ad- secreted all over Northern Ireland vanced spying equipment his units were still in place years after he left used to monitor Real IRA and Ul- a secret military unit. ster loyalists was now being used Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kneels to talk to Prince George as his father Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, speaks with the Governor General David Senior Sinn Fein members, in- to watch Islamic State terror sus- Johnston and Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge holds their daughter Princess Charlotte upon arrival at 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron base, in Victoria, British cluding former IRA hunger striker pects in the UK. Columbia. The prince and his wife first visited Canada five years ago. This time they will take in the natural beauty of Canada’s Pacific coast. Raymond McCartney, were still Although, he added, the devices being targeted in secret surveil- he used while tracking Real IRA lance operations until the 2000s, suspects and gathering “political he said. intelligence” on Sinn Fein were “We put a bug into McCartney’s now even more advanced. house because we were not sure “The technical advances they which way the republican move- had made would lead even some- ment was going in the early part of one like me to struggle to pick out the 21st century.” say a hidden camera in a parked Sean Hartnett (not his real vehicle these days,” Hartnett said. name), who has just published a He said that, just like in North- Britain ‘has a lot to do’ book about his part in the secret ern Ireland, many of the cameras counterterrorism war, said re- and listening devices hidden in publicans were “still gathering homes, businesses, vehicles and intelligence on the security forces other places in the rest of the in the early 2000s despite being UK would remain in place long on ceasefi re, so we did the same after surveillance operations on them”. “The bug I know was were wound down. Asked where before triggering EU exit planted in McCartney’s house was the strangest place was that he so sophisticated I would be hugely had planted a listening device, Reuters voke the procedure this year. going on,” Johnson told the BBC’s taken by May. Jeremy Corbyn, for the government to involve surprised if it has ever been found.” Hartnett replied: “Defi nitely in Liverpool London is under pressure from Andrew Marr programme. who was re-elected as leader of parliament in the divorce after Hartnett revealed that British Altnagelvin hospital in Derry. It fellow EU members and millions “I think...what everybody the opposition Labour Party on ministers said it would play a so military intelligence in the early was 2002 and after the Omagh of Britons who voted to leave the wants...is clarity and getting on Saturday, added his voice to calls far undefi ned role. 2000s hid tiny cameras and bugs bomb atrocity of 1998 the Real ritain has a lot of work to bloc at a June referendum to start with it. And not letting the proc- in various places, including one IRA had a resurgence. They were do before triggering the the divorce, and May’s aides have ess drag on is the key phrase I Cameron was let down by May: books inside Altnagelvin hospital in Der- bombing again in Britain in the Bformal divorce procedure suggested that she hopes the for- would use.” ry, as part of its secret war against early 2000s; the rocket attack with the European Union but mal procedure will be started ear- May has promised to deliver a Prime Minister Theresa May repeat- Cameron in seeking to take a harder the Real IRA. He said many were on MI5’s headquarters and the once it is done, the country will ly next year. But some lawmakers “unique deal” for Britain — to get edly failed to back her predecessor line on immigration in his deal with probably still in place. bomb at the BBC come to mind. not let the process drag on, For- and government offi cials say the trade deals on good terms while David Cameron in his fight to keep Brussels to reform Britain’s relation- Hartnett’s memoir focuses “There was one suspect/pa- eign Minister Boris Johnson said government has not had time to limiting immigration, a com- Britain in the European Union and ship with the EU. A separate book on the seven years he served in tient from Derry in the hospital yesterday. form a clear negotiating stance bination ruled out by European hampered his attempts to rein in written by Cameron’s former head of the Joint Communications Unit who was being visited by another Last week, Johnson said Brit- and that, by triggering proceed- leaders, who say free trade is only migration, according to extracts from communications Craig Oliver details Northern Ireland (JCUNI), for- Real IRA operative and we wanted ain would trigger Article 50 of the ings too early, Britain may land a possible with free movement of two books about the referendum. May more than 10 occasions when May merly the controversial Force Re- to know what they were taking EU’s Lisbon Treaty to start its exit poor deal. people. backed staying in the bloc but was declined to back Cameron during search Unit, also known as the Det. about on these visits. So I was sent from the bloc early next year. “I think the crucial thing is that Her aides and ministers have largely absent from the campaign. the referendum campaign. Cam- He alleges that one of the un- in personally to place the listen- He was swiftly put in his place obviously we are not going to do told reporters the government Extracts from a book by Sunday eron’s team dubbed her “Submarine dercover units he was working ing device where they were having by Prime Minister Theresa May’s it before Christmas and I think will not off er a “running com- Times political editor Tim Shipman May” for disappearing when she was for was prepared to carry out a their chats. To be honest it’s prob- aides who said the policy had not we’ve got to do a lot of work to mentary” on the divorce but they said that May refused to support needed, Oliver said. shoot-to-kill operation against a ably still there.” changed — Britain would not in- get our ducks in order and that is are clear any decisions will be

Prince attends service Doctors suspend strike Amazon fined for plans over ‘care concerns’ air safety breach Agencies take into account the “massive re- London sources of the company”. Guardian News and Media planning other actions over the Hunt, decided to impose the new Amazon UK Services - the sub- London coming weeks,” the committee contract on junior doctors, fi ve of sidiary that was the subject of the said in a statement. whom last week sought to have mazon has been fi ned prosecution - had a turnover of The decision was prompted the decision overturned in the £65,000 for trying to ship just under £1bn in 2015, and made unior doctors have sus- by “feedback from members high court. Lord Justice Green’s Adangerous goods by air, in- a profi t of £38mn. pended plans to go on a se- from every region in England, ruling on that is due on Wednes- cluding batteries and fl ammable Charges covered four shipments Jries of five-day strikes to as well as the views of the wider day. aerosols. between January 2014 and June protest against changes to their profession, patients and the Union sources say hundreds of The online retail giant was sen- 2015. contracts after a “vigorous de- public in considering the next trainee medics voicing their con- tenced after being found guilty of Amazon was cleared of one bate” following a change in steps on the dispute”. cern about the proposed walkouts four aviation regulation charges other charge while a jury failed to leadership. “Our primary consideration had led to serious fears that strike at Southwark Crown Court earlier reach a verdict on six others. The British Medical Associa- in coming to this decision has turnout would be poor and that this week. The items were discovered tion’s junior doctors committee been our overriding concern the BMA would end up divided, Items involved included lithium when cargoes were screened by (JDC) said it would not go ahead about patient safety, the care weakened and lowered in public ion batteries - the kind that can be Royal Mail ahead of their intended with the industrial action, but we provide every day and the esteem as a result of the stoppages. used as spares for mobile phones departures and seized before they was “planning other actions ability of the health service to Many junior doctors were and tablets - as well as a small can could reach the aircraft. over the coming weeks”. deliver this care,” it added. also concerned that the long of Dove deodorant and Tresemme Amazon UK Services was pros- The decision follows a chal- “To be absolutely clear, the duration of the planned strike hair mousse. ecuted by the Civil Aviation Au- lenge to the leadership of Dr JDC still opposes the imple- would put patients’ safety at Martin Goudie, prosecuting, thority (CAA) for breaching avia- Ellen McCourt, chairwoman of mentation of the contract … risk and risk a backlash from told the court: “Under the right tion regulations. the committee, by doctors from The past few months have been the public if anything untoward circumstances the batteries, even The court heard Amazon tried justice for health. difficult and frustrating and we happened in a hospital while new, undamaged batteries, could to ship a lithium ion battery to Jer- McCourt fought off the chal- know that members are anxious they were protesting outside. overheat, potentially causing sey on a day before January 7, 2014, lengers but there were changes for information and practical Medics have also voiced confu- burns, explosion or a fi re.” and a fl ammable gas aerosol to Ro- to other members of the junior support.” sion about the objectives of the Judge Michael Grieve said mania on a similar date. doctors leadership, who held a Junior doctors have been in a stoppages, given that the un- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Lord Mayor of there were “few and compara- Another shipment, destined summit on Saturday to discuss long-running dispute with the ion’s leadership backed in the London, Jeff rey Evans walk down the steps of St Paul’s tively minor contraventions”. for Ireland on a day before July 17 their new strategy. government over its decision to early summer the new contract Cathedral after attending the National Police Memorial He said the jury verdict re- that year, contained another aero- “After a vigorous, passionate, change their contracts to make they had negotiated, only to see Day service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London yesterday. fl ected “fi ndings of systemic fail- sol, while Amazon illegally tried to thoughtful and wide-ranging it cheaper for the NHS to pro- grassroots juniors reject the im- The annual event is held to remember police off icers ure, albeit as a result of human send two more lithium ion batter- debate, the JDC has decided to vide weekend cover. proved terms and conditions by who have been killed or died on duty. error”. ies to Northern Ireland between suspend industrial action while The Health Secretary, Jeremy 58% to 42%. The judge added that he had to May 12 and June 3 last year. Gulf Times 18 Monday, September 26, 2016 EUROPE Swiss voters approve new surveillance law

AFP But the new law will change Parmelin had said that with the est-priority suspects, especially tion were on the ballot. Parmelin: Switzerland is ‘leaving the basement and coming up to the Geneva that. new measures, Switzerland was those implicated in terrorism- Overshadowing the vote was a ground floor by international standards’. The government has insisted “leaving the basement and com- related cases. scandal dating back to 1989 and that it was not aiming to set up ing up to the ground fl oor by in- The law was approved by par- the dying days of the Cold War, Criticising that tactic, Green deprived of using the full range of wiss voters have approved a vast data-gathering apparatus, ternational standards”. liament in 2015, but an alliance when Swiss citizens learned that party lawmaker Lisa Mazzone modern investigative tools. a new surveillance law, in a similar to the one developed by Parmelin insisted that the of opponents, including from the the security services had opened told RTS that the law’s approval “We were naive,” he said. Svictory for the government the US National Security Agency Swiss system was not compara- Socialist and Green parties, got fi les on 900,000 individuals, de- was won through “a campaign Separately on yesterday’s bal- which argued the security serv- (NSA) that came into the public ble “to the United States or other enough signatures to force Sun- tailing their political and trade about fear of attacks”. lot, a popular initiative calling for ices needed enhanced powers in eye in part through former con- major powers”, who have strug- day’s referendum. union affi liations. Rights group Amnesty Inter- a 10% rise in retirement benefi ts an increasingly volatile world. tractor Edward Snowden’s rev- gled to fi nd the right balance be- The poll was part of Switzer- The revelations sparked out- national said it regretted yester- was defeated, with 59.4% voting The proposed law won 65.5% elations. tween privacy and security. land’s direct democracy system, rage in a country where people day’s result, arguing that the new against. support across the wealthy al- “This is not generalised sur- Phone or electronic surveil- in which votes are held on a wide fi ercely guard their privacy, and law will allow “disproportionate” The government was against pine nation, fi nal results showed. veillance,” lawmaker and Chris- lance of a suspect will only be range of national issues four led to signifi cant curbs on police levels of surveillance and that it the measure, citing the cost. Switzerland’s police and intel- tian Democratic Party vice presi- triggered with approval by a fed- times a year, and even more fre- intelligence measures. posed “a threat ... to freedom of Sixty-four per cent of vot- ligence agencies have had limited dent Yannick Buttet told public eral court, the defence ministry quently at regional and munici- But the vote highlighted how expression”. ers also rejected an ambiguous investigative tools compared to broadcaster RTS as results were and the cabinet, according to the pal levels. public attitudes had shifted, with However, lawmaker Buttet measure calling for unspecifi ed other developed countries: phone coming in. law. Just 43% of voters took part in the law’s proponents invoking argued that Switzerland’s hand- cuts in the use of natural re- tapping and e-mail surveillance “It’s letting the intelligence Bern has said these measures yesterday’s poll, a slightly lower the string of recent attacks across cuff ed intelligence agencies had sources such as lumber and wa- were previously banned, regard- services do their job,” he added. would be used only a dozen times mark than recent referenda when Europe – including in Brussels, become too reliant on help from ter, which the government also less of the circumstances. Swiss Defence Minister Guy a year, to monitor only the high- fl ashpoint issues like immigra- Nice and Paris. other nations because they were opposed. Migrant dinghies wash up Teen girls from Railway Nice in custody explosion in Renaissance Florence over ‘terror plot’ injures AFP train driver Florence AFP Paris Reuters ed dinghies hang from the Diyarbakir facade of a Renaissance Rpalace in Florence in Chi- wo teenage girls from nese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s the French city of Nice he driver of a freight train latest exhibition, a homage to Tare being held on sus- was wounded yesterday those refugees who risk all to picion of planning an attack Twhen a bomb left on a reach Europe by boat. directed by a notorious Syria- railway track in southeastern “I have visited dozens of refu- based French Islamist militant, Turkey was detonated as the gee camps in Greece, Turkey, a source close to the investiga- train came past, security sources Syria, Israel and the Gaza Strip tion said yesterday. said, blaming Kurdish militants and talked with all these peo- The suspects, aged 17 and 19, Valls: has warned the threat for the explosion. ple,” said the 59-year old, an live in the same area of Nice as of a new atrocity remains at a The train’s locomotive was outspoken critic of the Chinese Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, ‘maximum’ level. damaged in the incident near government who was once ar- the radicalised Tunisian man the town of Saray in Van prov- rested for falling foul of the au- who drove the truck that killed terror investigators after he ince, near the Iranian border, the thorities. 86 people in the city on July 14. was found to be in contact on sources said. “Those who are fi ghting for Searches failed to fi nd any messaging app Telegram with There were no immediate their freedom are the heroes of weapons at their homes. numerous people who have claims of responsibility. today and my work is none other The teenagers have told in- either carried out attacks in The Kurdistan Workers Party than telling them the profound vestigators that they had been France or been arrested on (PKK), which has waged a three- respect that I have for them,” in contact with Rachid Kas- suspicion of planning terror decade insurgency against Turk- he told a press conference the sim, a French Islamist militant strikes. ish forces, has previously at- Italian city as he presented the Twenty-two rubber boats hang on the Palazzo Strozzi’s facade as part of the installation entitled based in the areas of Syria and He has appeared in several tacked railroads, pipelines and largest retrospective to date of Reframe by the Chinese artist Ai weiwei in Florence, Italy. Iraq held by the Islamic State Telegram videos made in Syr- other targets it considers as Tur- his work. (IS) group. ia and Iraq urging attacks in key’s strategic assets. Dubbed “Ai Weiwei libero” like other nations,” said Ai, who fl e feathers too, with messages the occasion: a series of por- “They admitted that they France. Four PKK militants were (free), the exhibition opened on hit the headlines in February by posted on the Strozzi Palace traits in Lego of famous Floren- had been planning a violent at- Kassim is believed to have killed in clashes elsewhere in the Friday and runs until January 22 posing for a photograph as the Facebook page denouncing the tines who were unafraid to take tack under the infl uence of Ra- inspired an attack this year mainly Kurdish region, the secu- at the Strozzi Palace in the Tus- washed-up body of Syrian tod- “horror”, “vandalism”, “aes- a stand for what they believe, chid Kassim before abandon- in which a senior French po- rity sources said on condition of can capital. dler Aylan Kurdi. thetic aff ront” and “ideological from the exiled poet Dante to ing their plans,” a source in the liceman and his partner were anonymity. The show includes some 60 His bid to draw the world’s attack on one of the fi nest build- executed friar Girolamo Savon- investigation said. knifed to death and another in Soldiers carrying out opera- works, from installations to attention to the migrants’ plight ings in the world”. arola. The 17-year-old, who was which an elderly priest’s throat tions against the PKK in Diyar- sculptures or photographs, by did not stop there: the artist Inside the Palazzo lies a treas- “These fi gures from history not on the intelligence servic- was cut. bakir province killed one militant China’s most controversial art- decked out the columns of Ber- ure trove of Ai works, some dat- challenged (the status quo) to es’ radar before, has admitted Investigators believe he also yesterday and seized weapons ist. lin’s Konzerthaus with 14,000 ing back to his time in New York change things, it will not be for- “hating soldiers”, the source directed three women sus- and narcotics, the sources said. It begins outside with Re- orange life jackets donated by in the 1980s and 90s under the gotten,” the soft-spoken, beard- said. pected of seeking to blow up a Further east in Hakkari prov- frame, an installation made up the Greek island of Lesbos, infl uence of masters Marcel Du- ed Ai said. She was charged on Septem- car packed with gas cylinders ince, Turkish warplanes bombed of 22 rubber dinghies which where vast numbers of people champ and Andy Warhol, and The painter, sculpture and ber with associating with ter- near Notre Dame cathedral in suspected PKK targets and killed “frame” the second-fl oor win- have landed. others from the 2000s. photographer helped design the ror suspects. central Paris this month. one militant, while soldiers dows of the 15th-century palace More than 1mn people Photographs of Ai’s “middle- Bird’s Nest stadium for the Bei- The 19-year-old is known to More than 200 people have killed two rebels when a fi refi ght in a political statement which reached Europe’s shores in fi nger salute” to the most fa- jing Olympics, but was detained investigators, having been in been killed in attacks in France broke out. has provoked both admiration 2015, the majority fl eeing war mous sites in the world – from in 2011 for 81 days and had his contact with another French since 2015, including 130 who The two-year ceasefi re be- and outrage among tourists and and persecution in Syria, Iraq the White House in Washington passport confi scated for four citizen who recruits IS fi ghters, died in November’s Islamic tween the PKK and the Turk- locals. and Afghanistan, and a further to the Eiff el Tower in Paris and years. Omar Diaby. State attacks in Paris. ish state collapsed in mid-2015, “I chose Florence for the ex- 300,000 have come by sea since Tiananmen Square in Beijing – He later travelled to Berlin At the age of 17 she had Prime Minister Manuel Valls sparking the worst violence in hibition because Italy is the January this year, according to line one of the rooms. where his wife and son live. planned to travel to Syria. has warned the threat of a new nearly two decades of fi ghting. country with the most refu- the UN refugee agency. The exhibition also features Ai told journalists he may Kassim is emerging as a ma- atrocity remains at a “maxi- Thousands of rebels, soldiers gees, it never rejects them, un- Reframe has not failed to ruf- a new installation made just for soon return to China. jor concern for French anti- mum” level. and civilians have been killed.

Bosnian Serbs vote on disputed ‘Statehood Day’ Two hurt in suspected

Reuters not discriminating against other charges against the organisers. Hungary bomb blast Banja Luka peoples, but only after the vote. While the United States, “This day is important for me which brokered the Dayton to confi rm why I took part in treaty, and the European Union AFP a gas explosion, although Hun- osnian Serbs voted yester- the war and lost my arm,” said called on the Serb Republic to Budapest gary’s rescue agency said no fi res day in a referendum over a 45-year-old war invalid Novak cancel the vote, fearing instabil- were caused. Bdisputed national holiday, Kajkut before casting his vote ity, Russia voiced support. Eyewitnesses also posted pic- defying Bosnia’s highest court in the region’s capital of Banja Some Bosniak politicians said large explosion “of un- tures on social media of some and Western pressure to call off a Luka. “We don’t dispute the it would weaken Bosnia’s deli- known origin” rocked a nails scattered on the road at the process that risks stoking ethnic right of the Muslim Bosniaks to cate structure, created to hold Abuilding in downtown scene. tensions in the divided Balkan mark their holidays but they can the country together in the af- Budapest late on Saturday, injur- A homemade bomb device was country. neither dispute this right to us.” termath of the war. ing two passing police offi cers, likely to have been behind the The referendum, on whether The Serbs celebrate the holi- Many in the region fear that authorities said. blast, an explosives expert Attila to mark January 9 as “Statehood day by hanging out Serb fl ags the Serb Republic could be pre- The blast occurred at 10.30pm Ladocsi told M1. Day” in the Serb Republic part of and holding Orthodox Christian paring to secede, bringing the local time (2030 GMT) inside or According to the channel’s Bosnia, will be the fi rst since the ceremonies in public institu- future of Bosnia as a whole into beside a ground fl oor shop on news programme, a person was 1992 vote on secession from Yu- tions, which non-Serbs say is doubt. a major intersection, a police seen by security cameras placing goslavia that ignited three years aimed at excluding them. Talk of a new war has in- statement said yesterday. a bag at the scene shortly before of ethnic war in which 100,000 Many believe that by defying creased tensions, prompting the Two police offi cers who were the blast. were killed. A man approaches a polling station in the western Bosnian town of the court ruling, Serb Republic Serb Republic police to raise the on patrol were injured and taken Police were due to give a de- Voter turnout was a little Laktasi. The citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Serb-dominated entity President Milorad Dodik is aim- security level at the weekend. to hospital, said the statement. tailed account of the investiga- more than 30% by 1100 GMT, of Republika Srpska voted in a referendum yesterday on the ing to highlight the weakness of The police said that no inci- The cause of the blast remains tion later, a government spokes- referendum organisers said. question: ‘Should January 9, become a national holiday’. post-war Bosnia’s central au- dents have been reported so far. unconfi rmed, although a news man Bence Tuzson told the MTI Polling stations closed at 1700 thorities and set the stage for a “There will be no war, nobody report on public television said news agency. GMT and preliminary results are living in the Serb Republic. persecution of Bosniaks and vote on secession. will destroy Republika Srpska,” security cameras had recorded a A session of the national se- expected within 48 hours. The court also banned the ref- Croats in the territory they ear- Dodik has insisted that the Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak bag being left at the scene shortly curity parliamentary committee The Sarajevo-based Consti- erendum. marked to become exclusively right to hold the referendum chairman of the country’s before the explosion. has been convened for today, its tutional Court has ruled that the January 9 is the date when Serb. should not be questioned, three-man inter-ethnic presi- Unconfi rmed police sources chairperson told MTI. holiday would be illegal because Bosnian Serbs declared inde- The region’s government has though Western diplomats have dency, said on Saturday. “We also told local media that an in- No information has been re- it coincides with a Serbian Or- pendence from Bosnia in 1992, said it would comply with the warned that it violates the 1995 shall guard this country and the vestigation had been launched leased on the injured police offi c- thodox Christian holiday and so precipitating Europe’s bloodi- court’s ruling on the “Statehood Dayton peace accords that end- Dayton peace agreement, and into attempted murder. ers’ condition, nor confi rmation discriminates against Muslim est confl ict since World War Day” and make changes to its ed the Bosnian war and could all citizens, the Serbs and the Initial eyewitness accounts of local media reports that one of Bosniaks and Catholic Croats II, marked by mass killings and law on holidays to ensure it was prompt sanctions or criminal Croats and the Bosniaks.” said the large blast sounded like the injured was a woman. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 19 EUROPE

Greenland ice melting faster than Basques, Galicians vote thought

AFP Miami in Spain regional polls AFP ing bad results in December’s many “barons” who think the the more radical, separatist EH reenland’s highly unsta- San Sebastian general election and again in a party should help put an end to Bildu grouping. ble ice sheet is melting June repeat vote – may prompt Spain’s nine-month deadlock Barcelona-based newspaper Gmore than 7% faster than the party’s dissenting “barons”, by admitting defeat, allowing El Periodico said in an edito- previously thought, scientists pain’s Basque country and or regional presidents, to push a right-wing coalition govern- rial that the polls would “have a said this week after discovering Galicia went to the polls party leader Pedro Sanchez out. ment led by acting Prime Min- domino eff ect on Spanish poli- a hotspot beneath the Earth’s Syesterday in regional elec- “If we don’t have a good score, ister Mariano Rajoy to come to tics” and put an end “to the end- crust that was distorting their tions that may help unblock the they will use that to try to over- power. less game of chess that the major calculations. long-lasting national political throw Pedro Sanchez,” a source Sanchez, however, refuses to Spanish parties are playing”. The study in the journal Sci- paralysis. close to the Socialist leader, who do so. Spain has never had a coali- ence Advances raises concern The country is stuck in limbo, wished to remain anonymous, The PSOE voted against a tion government, and many vot- about the increasing impact run by a government without told AFP. Rajoy-led government in a par- ers expressed frustration at poli- of melting ice on sea level rise, full powers following two incon- Parliament has until Octo- liamentary vote of confi dence ticians’ inability to reach a deal. since Greenland is the second clusive elections which the con- ber 31 to produce a government earlier this month, and is at- “We are making fools of our- largest ice sheet in the world af- servative Popular Party (PP) won or face an unprecedented third tempting to negotiate a left- selves,” said 61-year-old civil ter the one in Antarctica. without an absolute majority, general election. wing coalition alternative with servant Mercedes Solana, as she From 2003-2013 Greenland and which have seen parties un- Antonio Barroso, an analyst arch-rival Podemos, the far-left A man in a wheelchair casts his vote during the regional cast her ballot in the fashionable lost 2,700 gigatons (2,700bn able to reach any coalition deal. with political consultancy Te- anti-austerity party. parliamentary elections at a polling station in Vigo, northern Spain. Basque resort of San Sebastian. metric tonnes) of ice, not 2,500 As such, mainstream parties neo Intelligence, said that the But a weak result could put “No one reaches an agreement, gigatons as previously thought. are watching the regional elec- reaction in the PSOE in the event an end to this, either forcing western region of Galicia, the lose ground to Podemos and everyone looks after themselves, That means the ice sheet is tions closely to see if they lose of poor results “will provide a Sanchez out or pressuring him Socialists would lose their sec- possibly score its worst ever re- they don’t talk.” losing about 20 gigatons more ground to upstarts or national- signpost of whether there could into allowing the right-wing ond place to the En Marea coa- sult in the lush green region on “They have to fi x it and quit per year than the latest esti- ist groupings, and none more so be an internal revolt, possibly to coalition government through lition that includes Podemos, the Atlantic coast. politicking,” added 32-year-old mates. than the Socialist party (PSOE), get rid of Sanchez and change by abstaining in another vote of while the ruling PP is expected The moderate nationalist PNV bank employee Mikel Garcia as The diff erence of 7.6% was de- which surveys predicted would the party’s position ahead of the confi dence. to win again. party is expected to win again in he headed to the beach to read a scribed as “a fairly modest cor- fare badly. October 31 deadline”. Polls ahead of this weekend’s In the northern Basque coun- the region, though without an book after casting his ballot for rection” by lead author Michael A poor showing – follow- Sanchez is unpopular among vote indicated that in the north- try, the PSOE was forecast to absolute majority, followed by the PNV. Bevis, a professor of earth sci- ences at Ohio State University. “It doesn’t change our esti- mates of the total mass loss all over Greenland by that much,” Bevis said. “But it brings a more Paris mayor stages signifi cant change to our under- standing of where within the ice sheet that loss has happened, second car-free day and where it is happening now.” Using satellite data, research- ers discovered that a hot col- Reuters Seine near city hall. umn of partially molten rock Paris For Socialist mayor Hidalgo, in the Earth’s mantle – which who made the fi ght against also feeds Iceland’s volcanoes – pollution one of her top cam- had softened the rock beneath alf of Paris’ streets and paign themes in the 2014, the Greenland in a way that led sci- avenues were car-free goal remains to show that Paris entists to underestimate the Hyesterday as part of can operate without cars. melting. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s fi ght The city council decided last Bevis described Greenland’s against air pollution, allowing year to gradually ban any diesel ice sheet as the world’s “most families and tourists to wander vehicles made before 2011 by unstable” and said the latest on the roads around landmarks the end of the decade, build- research will “lead to better- such as the Eiff el Tower and ing on a greater public aware- informed projections of sea level Champs-Elysees. ness on air quality after several rise”. The car ban covered a larger episodes of oppressive smog in part of the city than last year’s Paris. event, closing off more than Since July 1, vehicles made Iceland green 650km of roads in the French before 1997 are not allowed to capital and off ering attractions drive during most of the day in lights the name such as skating sessions and the city, as well as motorcycles Angelina, Luna a picnic on the banks of the made before June 1999. Iceland will now allow parents to An art installation by Italian artist Maria Cristina Finucci, made of brightly-coloured plastic bottles forming giant letters that spell the word name their daughters Angelina ‘HELP’, is seen on the Mediterranean island of Mozia in Sicily. – just like one very famous American actress – a name which like many others has been prohibited until now in the name of linguistic cohesion. Iceland has a limited list of Italian art installation a call authorised given names, managed by the off icial Names Committee which regularly adds monikers to the list at parents’ request. for help over plastic waste The committee on Wednesday added 11 names, including Angelina with an acute accent By Crispian Balmer, Reuters State”, which highlights concern of this environmental disaster,” The word ‘HELP’ is only vis- on the ‘i’ in line with Icelandic Rome over the accumulation of plastic said Finucci. ible from the air. grammar rules, as well Luna, waste in oceans and seas that Her exhibits have been shown Just as archaeologists today Hofdis and Eilif for girls and Eyjar threatens marine life and biodi- in Paris, Rome, Venice and the sift through the remains of lost and Kiran for boys. ive million brightly-col- versity. United Nations’ headquarters empires, so Finucci imagined The committee’s role is to look oured plastic bottle tops Carried by winds and cur- in New York, but the Mozia in- people in the future trying to out for the child’s best interests, Fhave been laid out on a rents, plastic particles have stallation is her most ambitious make sense of our era. and ensure that names are Mediterranean island, spelling amalgamated with other de- installation to date. “Each and every one of us compatible with Icelandic the word “HELP” in an art in- bris to form gigantic, swirling The millions of bottle tops, has participated in the shap- traditions and language. stallation that aims to draw at- patches, or gyres, in the world’s weighing two tonnes and strung ing of this garbage patch, which However, many Icelanders, tention to marine pollution. oceans. out in red netting, are clustered is made up of bottles that were especially younger ones, The work, symbolising the The United Nations has esti- together in huge mesh cases that only used once ... fl ip fl ops left consider the rules somewhat “Age of Plastic”, was created by mated that they might cover as form giant letters on the sun on a beach, plastic cups and archaic. Italian artist Maria Cristina Fi- much as 16mn sq km (6.2mn sq soaked landscape and are lit up plates that were thrown away,” Icelandic names diff er from most nucci and opened yesterday on miles) of sea. at night. said Finucci. Western family naming systems. the tiny island of Mozia, just off “When I fi rst read about this They lie adjacent to ruins “It has taken us just 60 years A son born to a man whose first the coast of Sicily. phenomenon I felt a strong dating back to the civilisations to create this reality,” she point- name is Sigurdur will have the The project is part of a broad- compulsion to do something of ancient Rome and Carthage, ed out. surname Sigurdsson, and the er initiative that Finucci has about it. I wanted to raise some following a similar contour The Mozia installation will man’s daughter will have the been working on since 2013, sort of an image and outcry that to the piles of weather-worn remain open until January 8, A woman rides a bicycle along a street emptied of cars in Paris surname Sigurdardottir. entitled the “Garbage Patch would capture the sheer scale stone. 2017. yesterday. ‘Child pornography’ row engulfs US photographer’s Moscow show

AFP based Sturges’ work in Russia. Public Chamber, an advisory as Alexander poured a plastic “A non-governmental or- Moscow Around 20 activists in match- body made up of public fi gures, bottle fi lled with urine onto some ganisation supported by private ing uniform jackets and camou- then viewed the exhibition with of the photographs as journalists security guards sets the rules in fl age from a little-known group its organisers, before coming out watched. Moscow with complete lack of ro-Kremlin activists who called the “Offi cers of Russia” and announcing its closure. He shouted: “This should be police intervention,” radio pre- threw urine at pictures positioned themselves yesterday “The organisers accommo- the position of every Russian. senter Alexander Plyushchev Pby US photographer Jock outside the doors of the gallery, dated the Public Chamber and Our culture should be Russian. wrote on Twitter from the scene. Sturges – best known for nude as police watched, an AFP video the exhibition is closed from to- We don’t need European culture “Hello, don’t we have authorities images of adolescents and their journalist witnessed. day,” he shouted from the gallery here.” in our country?” families – yesterday forced its The Offi cers of Russia de- doorway to shouts of “shame!” He was then handed over to It is the second recent attack closure, a day after a government scribes itself as a patriotic associ- from supporters of the show. police, RIA Novosti state news on a contemporary art exhibi- adviser condemned the images as Activists in matching uniform jackets and camouflage from a little- ation of former and serving mili- He acknowledged however agency reported, although a po- tion in Moscow by conservative “child pornography”. known non-governmental organisation called ‘Off icers of Russia’ tary and “concerned citizens” that the show included only lice spokesman told AFP he could activists. Moscow gallery curator Na- stand outside the doors of the Lumiere Brothers Gallery, close to the with more than 100,000 mem- “semi-naked” pictures of chil- not immediately confi rm the In August last year, Ortho- talia Litvinskaya told journalists Kremlin, in Moscow. bers. dren. man’s detention. dox activists from a group called that the show had “nothing to do One activist standing outside Journalists were then allowed Sturges was not immediately God’s Will damaged sculptures at with paedophilia” but that she Mizulina on Saturday released weighed in, condemning it on Fa- the gallery, 20-year-old Timofei into the gallery where owner available for comment. an exhibition of non-conformist took the decision to close after a statement on her website call- cebook a few hours later as “child Bendas, told journalists that he Eduard Litvinsky told them: “We The summary closure of the Soviet artists in the Manege arts receiving “threats from abso- ing it “a public demonstration pornography”. had seen some photos from the took a joint decision to close the exhibition under pressure from centre, describing them as blas- lutely delusional people”. of child pornography materials” The exhibition, which was show which he called “dirty, vile exhibition. There was a public re- conservative activists and with- phemous. The closure of the exhibi- and said it “must be closed ur- opened on September 7 at the and disgusting”. action and we can’t do anything out any legal procedures sparked One activist is awaiting trial tion – “Jock Sturges: Absence of gently”. established Lumiere Brothers The organisation’s leader An- about this.” wide debate online, with hash- for damaging cultural objects and Shame” – came after infl uen- Russia’s children’s ombuds- Gallery close to the Kremlin, is ton Tsvetkov, who also heads the After he spoke, a man in a tags related to the exhibition faces up to three years imprison- tial conservative senator Yelena woman Anna Kuznetsova then the fi rst to show the California- security committee of Russia’s leather jacket who gave his name trending on Twitter. ment. Gulf Times 20 Monday, September 26, 2016 INDIA

Tamil Nadu Roundup ISRO to use multiple burn technology for fi rst time By Umaima Shafiq IANS for the launch of Indian rocket tested by the Indian Space Re- the one provided by the former The two other Indian satel- between the cutting off of the en- Chennai Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle search Organisation while fl ying will be blended to erase errors lites are: Pratham (10kg) built by gine and its restart is not an issue. (PSLV) that will carry the eight its PSLV rocket on December 16, and to generate a precise data. Indian Institute of Technology- The PSLV rocket is a four- Murder of two satellites is progressing smooth- 2015 and in June 2016, the tech- Today, a 320 tonne PSLV rock- Mumbai and Pisat (5.25 kg) from stage/engine rocket powered ndia’s space agency will, for ly at the rocket port Sriharikota nology was again demonstrated. et will put its main cargo the 371 PES University, Bengaluru and by solid and liquid fuel alterna- rightwing Hindu the fi rst time, make com- in Andhra Pradesh. About the challenge to be kg SCATSAT-1 - for ocean and its consortium. tively. leaders sparks Imercial of use its own mul- It began on at 8.42am on Sat- faced today, Sivan said: “After weather related studies - into a After putting into orbit According to ISRO, SCAT- tiple burn technology while urday and the rocket is expected cutting off the engine, its condi- 730km polar sun synchronous SCATSAT-1, the rocket’s fourth SAT-1 is a continuity mission tension, violence launching today eight satellites to blast off at 9.12am today. tion should be brought to such a orbit, 17 minutes into the fl ight. stage will be shut down and will for Oceansat-2 scatterometer to - fi ve foreign and three domes- “We will be using the mul- stage that it could be restarted The remaining seven satellites be restarted and cut off one hour provide wind vector data prod- Two rightwing Hindu leaders were tic - in diff erent orbits, a senior tiple burn technology for the again. The next challenge is to will be placed in a 689km polar 22 minutes twice after the blast- ucts for weather forecasting, murdered in separate incidents offi cial said. fi rst time for launching satel- control the engine and bring it orbit nearly two hours later. off from Sriharikota. cyclone detection and tracking sparking communal tension Multiple burn technology is lites. Earlier we switched off and so as to eject the remaining sat- These include fi ve foreign Two hours and 11 minutes into services to the users. and violence and leading to the the switching off and on of a switched on the fourth stage ellites into a diff erent orbit.” satellites: three from Algeria the fl ight the fourth stage will be The satellite carries Ku-band imposition of curfew in several rocket’s engine in space. (engine) of PSLV to test the He said the rocket has GPS- (Alsat-1B 103kg, Alsat-2B 117kg, restarted. Four minutes later all scatterometer similar to the one districts. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre technology,” said Sivan. aided navigation system so that Alsat-1N 7kg), and one each the seven satellites will be put fl own onboard Oceansat-2. On September 18, Suri, 45, the (VSSC) director K Sivan also said He said the fi rst time the mul- data generated by the rocket’s from Canada (NLS-19, 8kg) and into their intended orbit. The mission life of the satel- district secretary of the Vishwa that the 481/2-hour countdown tiple burn technology was fi rst inertial navigation system and US (Pathfi nder-44kg). Sivan said the long time gap lite is fi ve years. Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Krishnagiri was hacked to death by an armed gang while he travelling in his car at Nehru Nagar. The four assailants came on bikes Fan dance and reportedly stabbed him to death. Three days later, C Sasikumar, 36, a spokesman of the Hindu Munnani political party was Rafale jet deal killed by an armed gang at Subramaniyampalayam in Coimbatore district. He died of stab wounds. Both murders sparked public outrage and police stepped up highlights the security. Hindu Munnani state president Subramaniam said that such brutal killings showed the failure of police administration. The VHP and Hindu Munnani are rightwing Hindu organisations obstacles faced with aff inity to India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. 800 medical seats added by arms fi rms to TN colleges The country ranks 130 out of their door, so they are well posi- not prevent old demons resur- The Medical Council of India (MCI) 189 on the World Bank’s Ease tioned to do so.” facing. has added 800 medical seats of Doing Business index - the Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault In 2013 the government to the existing quota in seven worst of all G20 countries Aviation, has gained experience scrapped a $748mn contract with self-financing medical colleges in of India’s bargaining tactics in AgustaWestland helicopters fol- Tamil Nadu. AFP recent years. lowing allegations it was won Candidates appearing for single New Delhi “India is a school of patience,” through kickbacks. window counselling in this session he said. Deals are also complicated need clear the National Entrance The country ranks 130 out of because India is determined to Eligibility Test (NEET). he less-than-superson- 189 on the World Bank’s Ease of achieve its goal of being less de- The seven colleges are Sree ic sale of French Rafale Doing Business index - the worst pendent on foreign trade for its Moogambikai Institute of Tfi ghter jets to India has of all G20 countries - and regula- military equipment. Medical Sciences, Kanyakumari; highlighted the obstacles facing tions vary capriciously across its Its tenders are accompanied by Madha Medical College, foreign arms fi rms seeking to do 29 states, where even the same signifi cant technology transfer Kundrathur; Karpagam Faculty business with the world’s biggest law can be interpreted in baf- requests. of Medical Science and Research, weapons importer. fl ingly diff erent ways. For example, one mooted deal Coimbatore; Dhanalakshmi India has signed a series of key Allegations of corruption have was to have seen Dassault assem- Sreenivasan Medical College, defence deals under Prime Min- scuppered Indian defence deals as ble 108 out of 126 fi ghter jets on Perambalur; Ponnayan ister Narendra Modi as part of a far back as 1987, when then-prime Indian soil. Ramanujam Institute of Medical $100bn upgrade of its Soviet-era minister Rajiv Gandhi’s govern- But the French refused to as- Science and Annai Medical military hardware, making it an ment collapsed over charges of sume responsibility for all the College Hospital and Research attractive proposition for arms kickbacks paid to Indian offi cials planes that were to be built in Centre in Sriperumbudur exporters. by the Swedish group Bofors to India. and Melmaruvathur Adi But a series of corruption clinch a $1.3bn artillery deal. “The Indians insist on such Parasakthi Medical College in scandals have made India a chal- Fears of further corruption deals, but without always having Melmaruvathur. lenging environment, with huge meant that “the modernisation the means or the expertise to carry delays and a tough negotiation of the armed forces stalled,” said them out. As a result, suppliers are process. Gulshan Luthra of the Institute reluctant to embark on this sort of Visaranai chosen After nearly a decade of dis- for Defence Studies and Analyses agreement,” said St-Mezard. for Oscar entry cussions and setbacks India in New Delhi. Faced with an urgent need to signed a deal on Friday to acquire To erect safeguards against modernise its military, Modi’s Tamil film Visaranai has been 36 Rafale fi ghter jets for €7.9bn graft India ramped up its army of government fi nally opted for the chosen as India’s 2017 entry for ($8.8bn) as it seeks to bolster its bureaucrats dealing with weap- direct sale of 36 ready-to-fl y Ra- Oscar Awards in the foreign film military against an increasingly ons sales, with contracts becom- fale jets, which will be manufac- language category. assertive China. ing trapped in a paper maze. tured in France. The film is a dramatised version Defence experts say the air- The smallest comment on an But Dassault will be contrac- of Tamil novel, Lock Up, by auto- craft, manufactured by France’s arms deal required from a gov- tually bound to reinvest nearly ricksshaw driver Chandrakumar. Dassault, will provide a much- ernment department can delay a half of the value of the deal in The plot is about three Tamil needed boost to the Indian Air case for several months. India, an obligation known as the immigrants who are arrested for a Force. “In recent years, the authori- off set clause. crime they did not commit. They But the fi nal windfall was ties have tried to clamp down “The off set rules are very com- are also forced to confess to the much less than had been hoped on graft. As a result, offi cials in plicated and opaque,” said Rahul crime after a fortnight’s police for by the French. charge of issuing contracts fear Bedi, a Jane’s Defence Weekly torture. “The Indians always conduct exposing themselves to suspicion analyst. Visaranai is directed by very tough negotiations. They of corruption and are reluctant to “We are talking high-tech and Vetrimaran, produced by are known for it,” said Isabelle engage,” said St-Mezard. the Indian industry does not have film actor Dhanush and has a Women participate in the ‘largest fan dance’ as they attempt to break the Guinness World Saint-Mezard, a specialist in For a contract to succeed, “it the sophistication to absorb such newcomer cast. In 2015, Visaranai Record, at the Trilium Mall in Amritsar yesterday. Five hundred and eight-five women took South Asian strategic issues at usually takes strong political will off sets.” became the first Tamil movie to part in the attempt to break the existing record in order to highlight the ‘save the girl child’ the University of Paris. at the highest level of the state,” India has signed several big- be premiered in the Orrizonti campaign. “They have all the major she added. ticket deals since Modi took (Horizons) section of the 72nd weapons suppliers knocking at But all these precautions do power in 2014. Venice Film Festival, where it won the Amnesty International Italia Award. It also bagged Cinema for Human Rights’ award at the festival. Mobile association Congress activists greet Brazilian arrested on drugs charge is biased, says Jio Kejriwal with black fl ags

The Narcotics Control Bureau IANS nullity and their presence or not IANS will ruin Punjab. As Kejriwal (NCB) has arrested a Brazilian for Mumbai will always be inconsequential,” Chandigarh landed in Amritsar, the Con- carrying 3.64kg of cocaine from the letter said. gress activists raised black his hotel room near the Chennai The Jio letter said that the de- fl ags and shouted slogans airport. eliance Jio yesterday said cision-making process of the as- omen activists of the against him and the AAP. Acting on a tipoff , the NCB the regulations of Cellular sociation is replete with instances Congress Party yes- They were pushed back by recovered the haul stuff ed inside ROperators’ Association of of sending out communications Wterday greeted Delhi police when they tried to inter- four notebooks and children’s story India (COAI) are overwhelmingly in utter disregard to fairness, ac- Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- cept his car convoy. books. Jailson Manoel Di Silva, 43, biased and lopsided, framed to countability and transparency, wal with black fl ags when he Dutta alleged that she suf- confessed that he had brought the subserve the vested interests of even as issues are taken up to- reached the Sikh holy city of fered injuries on her face consignment from Rio de Janeiro the three incumbent dominant wards which there is no mandate Amritsar and Jalandhar to cam- when she was “pushed” and to Chennai via Dubai. He said operators - Bharti Airtel, Voda- or power vested in its charter. paign for his Aam Aadmi Party, “shoved” by the police. that he was a conduit. The NCB is fone and Idea. It has, accordingly, Among various examples, the and asked him to go back. After landing at the Sri Guru investigating who his suppliers and sought their complete overhaul. company said the association The activists were protest- Ramdas International Airport, receivers were. In a letter to association chair- conveyed its position to the au- ing against the alleged involve- Kejriwal went to Jalandhar man Gopal Vittal and director thorities on the issue of intercon- ment of AAP legislators in Delhi where he was scheduled to at- general Rajan S Mathews, Jio nection between the networks of in crimes against women. They tend Agrasen Jayanti Samaroh. Fire at LIC said incumbent players com- Reliance Jio and the incumbent were holding black fl ags and In Jalandhar too, the Con- building mand 68% of the total votes in players without seeking the views placards, saying “Kejriwal Go gress women workers raised the association and that quorum of Reliance Jio. Back.” black fl ags and shouted slo- A fire broke out on the second in any executive council meeting “As a matter of fact, on a specifi c Punjab Mahila Congress gans against him. Placards read floor of the Life Insurance Corp is based on voting power, rather occasion, the association had the president Mamta Dutta said “Delhi ko barbad kiya...Punjab (LIC) building, at Anna Salai than number of members. audacity to send a mail (containing in Amritsar that AAP legisla- nahi (You have ruined Delhi... in Chennai, damaging off ice “It is imminently clear from a draft letter purportedly supposed tors were involved in outraging Don’t do it in Punjab).” equipment and files. the above that the entire decision to be sent to the government) to Re- the modesty of women and the Earlier this month, Kejriwal It took 25 fire fighters two hours to making power and authority rests liance Jio to seek its views whereas leader of such persons would faced similar protests by the extinguish the fire. Police suspect only with the incumbent domi- the letter had already been sent to not be tolerated in Punjab. Bharatiya Janata Party, Akali that an electrical short circuit nant operators. The other core the government even before the Congress activists stage a demonstration against Delhi Chief She said the AAP has failed Dal and Congress activists in caused the blaze. members have been reduced to a mail was sent to Reliance Jio.” Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Amritsar yesterday. miserably in Delhi and now it the state. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 21 INDIA Kashmiris say war is not a solution to their problems

IANS have suff ered immensely in the at peace with each other,” asked but they are more concerned “Times have changed. We are phere in the valley, where 87 ci- issues and do not resolve them, Jammu/Srinagar 1947, 1965 and 1971 (wars with a disgusted Sarwar Hussain, 76, because it is the over-26-year- in 2016 and this is neither 1947, vilians have died in the ongoing especially if these occur between Pakistan),” said Bodhraj, 57, a of Rajouri district. long insurgency in the valley nor 1965, nor 1971. Arguments unrest. nations militarily equipped to resident of the Akhnoor sector Education of children, agri- that plagues relations between that use of a nuclear warhead is “TV news channel debates are destroy each other,” said Shakeel he heightened tensions of the international border in cultural operations, grazing of the two countries. only a blackmail are essentially the main culprit. Sometimes a Ahmad, 45, a political science between India and Paki- Jammu district. cattle and even venturing out “Newsrooms of TV channels fl awed. If the integrity of either retired general says an India- teacher in one of valley’s colleges. Tstan in the aftermath of “Even in times of peace, we of homes become luxuries the have already become war rooms. India or Pakistan is challenged Pakistan confl ict has already “An India-Pakistan war in the Uri attack have generated fi re shells, they fi re shells and border residents cannot aff ord I am sure if the leaders of India through full-fl edged armed ag- been ‘war-gamed’ in the army’s 2016 would not be a war between an intense debate in Jammu and these rain on our homes and on during skirmishes and confl icts and Pakistan listen to what these gression, nobody can say with operational headquarters and a country far superior in military Kashmir’s public and political the homes of those living on the between India and Pakistan. channels say and propagate, the certainty that the bomb would the outcome is a foregone con- strength and a country far infe- circles - and everyone believes Pakistani side,” he said. “The scars of the 1999 Kargil two countries will have to go to not be used,” said Khwaja Nisar clusion,” said Riyaz Ahmad, 42, rior. Modern wars are not about that a military solution is not the The fears voiced by Bodhraj confl ict are still fresh. Shells war twice every day,” said Muz- Hussain, 65, a retired chief engi- a resident of Srinagar’s old city. numbers, but about technology answer to their woes. are also echoed by others living would fall right and left in our aff ar Ahmad, 58, a college prin- neer in Srinagar. “Other channels want surgical and striking capacity. Indeed, the hawkish approach close to the Line of Control (LoC) town and we had to leave for saf- cipal. “War is basically a state of strikes and still others demand “For God’s sake, don’t ever to settle issues between India and in Poonch and Rajouri districts er places, leaving behind all our Interestingly, while people madness and if you expect san- encouraging strife and uprisings talk about war. Let us pray for Pakistan has, in the past, brought of the Jammu region. properties and belongings,” said seriously debate the fallout of a ity and better sense to prevail in Pakistan. This is what sends a peace and sanity in both Delhi more death and destruction to “Life has always been hell for Iqbal, 61, a resident of Kargil town. major armed confl ict between during madness then you are ex- chill down a Kashmiri’s spine,” and Islamabad. Anybody advo- the lives of the people. us. You are talking of an impend- People in the Kashmir Val- India and Pakistan, they hope pecting too much,” he added. he added. cating war as a solution is voic- “Tensions between India and ing or possible war between In- ley might not be in the direct and believe neither country can What has been adding to the Expecting that war would ing anger and frustration whose Pakistan have cost us lives since dia and Pakistan? Please tell me line of fi re if hostilities break aff ord a war since both have nu- unease over the war hysteria is solve matters seems preposter- result would only be destruction 1947. Our lives and livelihood when were these countries ever out between India and Pakistan, clear weapons. the already surcharged atmos- ous to most locals. “Wars create and nothing else,” Ahmad added. Climate pact to be ratifi ed on Oct 2: PM

Agencies to keep the increase in global Kozhikode temperature below 2 degrees Celsius as provided in the Paris agreement. ndia, the world’s third-larg- “Such was the perception of est emitter of greenhouse other nations that India is being Igases, will formally join the a spoilsport...but at COP21 the Paris agreement on climate whole world praised India saying change on October 2, Prime it played a forward and positive Minister Narendra Modi said role (in allowing the negotia- yesterday. tions at COP21 go smoothly),” he The ratifi cation by India, added. which follows that of the United In his speech, the prime min- States and China, the world’s ister also stressed the need for biggest greenhouse gas emit- creating alternate politics as ad- Shoppers and commuters pass through Lal Chowk, the main market in central Srinagar, yesterday. Markets across Kashmir opened for the first time in 79 days after separatist ters, will help accelerate the en- vocated by Upadhyaya who had leaders called for businesses to open at 2pm. More than 80 Kashmiris have died in the two months since rebel leader Burhan Wani was killed, making it one of the worst bouts actment of the landmark Paris always suggested that no sec- of violence since a full-blown armed rebellion was at its peak in the 1990s. The Kashmir Valley and the summer capital Srinagar have seen ongoing curfews amid the unrest. agreement on climate change tion of people should be left ne- forged last December. glected or considered as tools to “Now the time has come to garner votes. ratify the COP21 protocol. India Citing the “vikrut paribhasha will do it on Gandhi Jayanti, on (distorted defi nition)” of secu- October 2,” Modi said. larism propagated in the coun- Modi said he chose Mahatma try, he recalled that long back, Gandhi’s birth anniversary as he Upadhyaya had said that Mus- gave an example of how to live lims should not be mere tools to Modi urges calm, vows with a low carbon footprint. garner votes nor neglected. COP21 refers to the Confer- Deendayal had said Muslims ence of Parties protocol that should not be treated as “sub- commits both rich and poor stance of vote market,” said nations to rein in rising car- Modi. bon levels and aims to eliminate “It is in this context, we have greenhouse gas emissions from launched our developmental to punish Uri culprits human activity. programmes based on the spirit Modi was speaking at the of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,” The prime minister urges ously said the four attackers who many occasions to speak and we war, Indians had similar senti- Modi said, was inspiring for all to Bharatiya Janata Party’s national Modi said. countrymen to channelise struck at the army base in Jam- do speak. But the army doesn’t ments, similar anger. At that take the “nation to new heights.” meeting in Kozhikode, in Kerala. “We have always tried to up- the anger into a constructive mu and Kashmir on September speak. They speak through their time, (the then prime minis- Modi also referred to hardships In June, India indicated it hold his principles and today we nation-building approach 18 had come from across the Line bravery,” the prime minister said. ter) Lal Bahadur Shastri gave a faced by the Kashmiri people be- would work towards joining the again pledge ourselves to rededi- of Control (LoC). The Uri assault has plunged message to channelise this en- cause of an ongoing unrest that agreement on climate change cate for the cause of such inclu- IANS “Recently, we lost 18 brave- the already frosty India-Pakistan ergy towards nation-building has disrupted life in the valley for this year. sive development,” he said. New Delhi hearts in a terror attack in Uri. ties to a new low amid apprehen- through his ‘Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan’ over two-and-a-half months. It was also on October 2 last Modi said it was time “we ex- I salute and pay my tributes to sions that it may even trigger an slogan.” Schools, colleges, offi ces and year that India had submitted its tended a helping hand to the last these martyrs,” the prime min- armed confl ict between the nu- The prime minister men- other businesses have remained action plan, called the ‘Intended man - the poorest man in each rime Minister Narendra ister said. clear-powered neighbours. tioned about a Class 11 student closed due to the turmoil and Nationally Determined Contri- corner of the country.” Modi yesterday said there “This cowardly act was Islamabad has denied the al- named Harshvardhan who, dis- there are no signs of a respite bution’, to the United Nations “A country such as ours - full Pwas fury across India after enough to shake the nation. legation that the attack origi- turbed by the attack, had written from daily protests and shut- Framework Convention on Cli- of young people - should have the Uri terror attack in which 18 There is sorrow and deep resent- nated from its soil even as New to him saying that he wanted to downs called by Kashmiri sepa- mate Change (UNFCCC), which youthful dreams and youthful soldiers were killed, but urged ment in the country. This is a loss Delhi says it has incriminating do something for the country. ratists. At least 87 people have eventually led to a deal at COP 21 pace,” he said and added that the people to exercise restraint not only for those who lost their evidence to prove that the four The young man took a “resolve been killed in the violence af- in Paris. the BJP’s original character was and channelise their energies in sons, brothers and husbands. attackers, who were killed in that he would study for three ex- ter the July 8 killing of militant Modi also noted Jan Sangh based on the principles of wel- a constructive way to help the It is a loss for the entire nation. the Uri gunfi ght, belonged to tra hours daily, be a good citizen commander Burhan Wani. founder and ideologue Pandit fare of the people and the party country progress. And that is why I reiterate today the Jaish-e-Mohamed and had and serve the nation.” “Every (Kashmiri) parent Deendayal Upadhyaya had said had never compromised with its Opening his monthly ra- what I had said on the day of the come from Pakistan. “This is another way for eve- wants schools and colleges to that “we should exploit natu- ideals. dio broadcast ‘Mann ki Baat’ attack: The culprits will be pun- In his address, Modi avoided ry citizen to show love for the open as soon as possible. Farm- ral resources only to the extent The prime minister also criti- with condemnation against the ished for sure.” taking on Pakistan and rather country amidst the din of bombs ers also want that their produce, which does not cause imbalance cised Kerala’s ruling Communist “cowardly” cross-border terror Modi expressed his confi dence chose to calm the tempers and and bullets. This was shown ripened fruits, etc, should reach in the nature else its cycle will be Party of India (Marxist), accus- strike, Modi vowed that its per- in the capability of the armed urged the countrymen to chan- by Shastriji, just as Mahatma the markets of entire India. Eco- destroyed.” ing it of indulging in the politics petrators would not be spared. forces to fi ght terrorism. nelise the anger into a construc- Gandhi did during the freedom nomic activities should become Expressing concern over cli- of violence. He, however, refrained from “We have full confi dence in tive nation-building approach. struggle.” normal. For the past few days, mate change, Modi said the “Tolerating violence is pro- naming Pakistan even as the the Indian Army and are proud “This anger is valuable. Dur- The “healthy” and “construc- trade activities have begun to whole world was endeavouring moting it,” Modi said. government has unambigu- of them. We, the politicians, have ing the 1965 (India-Pakistan) tive” thinking of this young man, function normally.”

Flood warning for Telangana Ready for Dandiya Police probing ‘missing’ as Godavari water level rises Ishrat documents case

IANS registered under ‘stealing’ cat- IANS bad, Karimnagar, Warangal and a result, the level was increasing New Delhi egory on September 22,” the Hyderabad Khammam districts to be on every hour. sources said. alert as the water could rise to a Rao said offi cials need to be on An offi cial panel was ap- danger level due to huge infl ows alert along the entire river course olice have started in- pointed by the government uthorities yesterday from upstream Maharashtra. from Kaleswaram to Bhadracha- vestigating the case of to probe the “missing docu- sounded a fl ood alert in National Disaster Response lam. Pmissing fi les pertaining ments” after former home ATelangana as water level Force (NDRF) teams swung into Meanwhile, the Indian Air to the Ishrat Jahan shootout secretary G K Pillai sparked a rose in Godavari river due to action to evacuate people from Force (IAF) yesterday rescued 24 case after the Home Ministry row by claiming that some pa- huge infl ows following heavy four villages in Karimnagar dis- construction workers who were lodged a case that had seen a pers related to an affi davit in rains. trict, where an under construc- stranded by fl oods in Medak row between the Bharatiya Ja- the case were changed by then With all projects across the tion project across Godavari was district since Saturday, offi cials nata Party and the Congress. home minister P Chidambar- river overfl owing, administra- overfl owing due to huge infl ows. said. “We have fi led an FIR in the am. tions in fi ve districts were put Water was fl owing above the The rescue operation, which Ishrat Jahan missing docu- The Congress and on high alert to prevent loss of bund of Mid Maneru project. was aborted on Saturday evening ments case and are planning Chidambaram have denied the life by taking up evacuation from Irrigation Minister Harish Rao due to heavy rains, resumed in further proceedings,” Deputy charge and instead charged the low-lying areas in towns and vil- and Finance Minister Etela Ra- the morning and lasted for more Commissioner of Police Jatin government with “politicis- lages. jender visited the project to re- than an hour. Narwal said yesterday. ing” the issue. Chief Minister K Chan- view the situation. Two Chetak helicopters air- The FIR seeks a probe “why, Ishrat Jahan and three oth- drasekhar Rao, who reviewed the The chief minister said all lifted the migrant labourers how and under what circum- ers were killed in an alleged situation, asked ministers, MPs projects in Godavari basin were stranded on an island in Man- stances” fi ve documents re- staged shootout in Gujarat in and state legislators to remain in full to the brim. As Sriram Sa- jeera river at Yedupayala, offi - lated to the case went missing, 2004. Police had claimed that their constituencies and closely gar, Nizam Sagar, Mid Maneru, cials said. A girl gets her arm sketched with a body paint tattoo sources said. they were Lashkar-e-Taiba monitor the situation. He asked Lower Maneru, Singur and other While the state government depicting the traditional Dandiya dance, ahead of Navratri “The complaint from Home militants on a mission to kill collectors and superintendents projects were full, water was be- put the number of rescued work- festival, in Ahmedabad, yesterday. Ministry was fi led on August then Gujarat chief minister of police of Adilabad, Nizama- ing released downstream and as ers at 24, IAF put the fi gure at 23. 26 and a police case has been Narendra Modi. Gulf Times 22 Monday, September 26, 2016 LATIN AMERICA

CO-OPERATION COMMENT REACTION CRIME China premier seeks new Morales accuses Chile of Nicaragua rejects Mexican priest disappears tack in ties with Cuba restricting access to ports US bill for loans after two others killed

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said it was time for Bolivian President Evo Morales told the United Nicaragua has criticised a proposal by US A priest has disappeared in Mexico’s troubled a new direction in relations with Cuba, during a Nations Human Rights Council that Chile had lawmakers that would require the Central western state of Michoacan along with a teenage landmark visit to the Americas’ lone communist- restricted access to ports on its coast in violation American country to make political changes in boy, off icials said, the same week two more clerics ruled state. During the first visit by a Chinese of free passage treaties, in the latest flare-up order to receive loans. “We reject as a violation of were killed in another region. Jose Alfredo Lopez premier since the two countries established of tensions between the traditional rivals. international law and the United Nations Charter, Guillen has vanished and his parish house in the diplomatic relations 56 years ago Li pledged to “Hundreds of testimonies of aff ected Bolivian the proposals and initiatives presented in the village of Janamuato, within the municipality “inject a new dynamic in (bilateral) relations,” men and women – poorly treated and victims of House of Representatives and Senate of the US,” of Puruandiro, was “looted,” Cardinal Alberto Cuban state media reported. Li met with President recurring violations of their human rights – tell the government said. Nicaragua was responding Suarez Inda said. Suarez, the archbishop in the Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution, with a story of racist and discriminatory practices,” to the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act state capital Morelia, called it a “kidnapping,” but the two communist countries signing about 30 Morales said in Geneva. Chilean authorities passed by the US House of Representatives. The the state prosecutor’s off ice said no ransom has co-operation agreements in a wide range of areas, denied they had impeded transit by Bolivians to bill proposes blocking Nicaragua from obtaining been demanded so far. “We beg that the life and Cuba’s President Raul Castro shakes hands with including a protocol cancelling Cuban debts the ports. Chile and Bolivia have long had thorny loans from international financial institutions personal integrity of the priest are respected so Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting and four loan deals for projects on the island, relations, starting with a war in the 19th century unless the country “is taking eff ective steps to that he can return to his pastoral work as soon as at Havana’s Revolution Palace, Cuba. according to local television. that left Bolivia landlocked. hold free, fair, and transparent elections.” possible,” Michoacan’s cardinal said.

Opposition fi rm on Cracks in US recall vote against drugs case president

Reuters Caracas against Maduro

oes of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have vowed Fto push for a recall referen- dum against him this year, defying the country’s election authority wife’s relatives which said any vote to remove the unpopular socialist leader could Tribune News Service case is not getting better. It’s eral director of the country’s not take place until early 2017. Washington getting weaker.” narcotics offi ce, with participat- The timing of a potential plebi- Today, prosecutors and de- ing in drug traffi cking. He’s now scite is key: if held this year and fence attorneys are expected to the interior minister. Maduro loses, new elections he once “slam-dunk” fi le competing briefs on whether But the New York prosecutors would be triggered. If a vote is drug case against the US district judge Paul Crotty of have yet to make a direct con- delayed to 2017, however, Ma- Tnephews of the Venezue- the Southern District of New nection between Campo’s and duro would be replaced by his vice lan fi rst family is looking more York should suppress the de- Flores’ alleged crimes and their president, as per the Constitution. fragile after a two-day hearing fendants’ alleged confessions powerful aunt or Maduro. The Oil-rich Venezuela is in the and subsequent court fi lings and audio and video recordings strength of the evidence they do throes of a major economic crisis revealing that prosecutors’ key of the informants’ meetings with have also has seemed to wane as that has families skipping meals confi dential sources are tainted the defendants, including im- more details emerge. due to food shortages and gallop- with credibility problems. ages of the defendants allegedly The prosecution argues the ing infl ation. Maduro’s popularity When Efrain Campo, 29, handling a brick of cocaine. defendants voluntarily con- has sunk in tandem with the cri- and Francisco Flores, 30, were The trial is expected to begin fessed after their arrest. The sis, and polls currently show he charged last year with conspir- November 7. defendants say agents told them would lose a plebiscite on his rule. ing to smuggle 800kgs of co- The case against the nephews they might never see their kids “The referendum will be in caine into the US, the federal of Cilia Flores, a powerful Ven- again if they didn’t cooperate. 2016,” Jesus Torrealba, head of government touted what it said ezuelan lawmaker and wife of The DEA says an informant the Democratic Unity coalition, was a strong case: undercover the country’s president, Nicolas was contacted by a Venezuelan said, promising protests and recordings of a massive drug Maduro, is being closely watched offi cial with the same name as slamming the election authori- deal, alleged confessions from across the hemisphere as the two Cilia Flores’ brother. The de- ties as undemocratic. the two defendants and inform- sides trade accusations of politi- fendants say they were “lured” The opposition, made up of a ants who later said the cousins cal corruption. by the informants who contacted disparate multiparty coalition, had done the deal to make mon- It’s largely seen in the US as them about a lucrative narcotics is expected to unveil its strategy ey for the congressional cam- further proof of corrupt ties be- deal and that the informants said today, Torrealba added, a delay paign of their aunt, fi rst lady tween the Venezuelan govern- they would supply the planes, that frustrated some supporters Cilia Flores. ment and illicit drug traffi cking. the cocaine and the buyer. anxious for a swift response. But now the US attorney’s of- But the Venezuelan government “They were picked out and With some seeing a referen- fi ce is facing questions about considers it another example of a targeted for a narcotics ‘sting’ dum this year as doomed, fi s- their case: whether the so-called vicious US campaign to discredit operation, possibly for reasons sures were starting to appear voluntary confessions were in the Maduro government and of raw international politics,” between opposition politicians. fact coerced, how the informants drive him from power. defence attorney Randall Jack- Opposition leader Henrique got in touch with the defendants Going back to president son said in a court motion seek- Capriles said he would make a and the propriety of accepting George W Bush, the US has long ing the identity of the inform- comment today. But hardliner the word of informants, who charged that the Venezuelan ants. Maria Corina Machado said on acknowledge improper conduct government fails to adhere to Last week, prosecutors had to Twitter it was time for “civil while receiving money from the international narcotics agree- disclose new details about their disobedience.” US, including snorting cocaine ments, but President Barack informants that they themselves Other politicians may argue and hiring prostitutes. Obama has gotten tougher, issu- learned after the hearing. The the coalition should shift its fo- There are questions also about ing a presidential determination informants, a father and son cus to removing Maduro next how much the US Drug En- this year that the Venezuelan combo known as CS-1 and CS-2, year. “The moderate faction is forcement Administration knew government and security forces respectively, also brought an un- more likely to prevail, but keep- about what its informants were are “engaged in or facilitated authorised man into Venezuelan ing hopes alive that a referendum doing. drug traffi cking.” meetings to talk about and test can lead to genuine change will be “If I were them, I would be Eight current or former Ven- the quality of the cocaine. CS-2 an uphill struggle, and opposi- nervous,” David Weinstein, a ezuelan offi cials have been sanc- paid for the man’s trip using tion divisions risk coming to the former federal prosecutor who tioned for narcotics traffi cking money received from the DEA on surface, exactly as the govern- oversaw the narcotics division activities since 2008. In August, a past deal. CS-2 also promised ment intended,” said Nicholas at the US attorney’s offi ce in federal prosecutors charged the man $50,000 to $100,000 if Watson, an analyst with Teneo Miami, said of the prosecutors. Venezuelan General Nestor Luis the alleged cocaine deal was suc- Intelligence. President Nicolas Maduro salutes while riding a horse during a visit to a farm in Cojedes state, Venezuela. “The way things are going, the Reverol Torres, the former gen- cessful. Elections may help ease Crew safe after fi re migration crisis: Haiti on Pemex tanker Reuters and transport ministry said. Mexico City The fi re follows a series Reuters support after the October 9 elec- border are struggling to fi nd of other mishaps at Pemex, United Nations tion. enough resources to interview which is coping with major “The new leaders will urgently and temporarily detain Haitian fi re broke out on an oil losses, increased competition need to address the structural migrants, most of whom are tanker of Mexican state at home, sharp budget cuts aiti’s October presiden- problems which persistently un- travelling from Brazil. Aoil company Pemex in and lower revenue due to the tial election will be im- dermine Haiti’s eff ort to move Panamanian President Juan the Gulf of Mexico on Satur- oil price rout. Hportant to easing pov- out of underdevelopment,” Priv- Carlos Varela said this week day, forcing all the crew to be In April, more than 30 peo- erty, acting President Jocelerme ert said. that stability in Haiti is the best evacuated in the latest acci- ple died and dozens were in- Privert told the United Nations The US, responding to a surge way to ease the flow. “We have dent to plague the struggling jured in an explosion at a pet- General Assembly, as the United in Haitian immigrants, will end to pay attention to the electoral fi rm. rochemical plant in southeast States toughens its stance to- special protections for them process in Haiti, to support its The blaze on the tanker Veracruz state, a joint venture ward a wave of Haitian immi- dating back to a devastating institutions and its economy. If “Burgos” occurred off the between Pemex and another grants. earthquake there in 2010, the not, there will be the new crisis coast of Boca del Rio in Ve- fi rm. More than 5,000 Haitians department of homeland secu- in America. It’s not going to be racruz state and all the crew In 2013, at least 37 peo- have entered the US without rity said. people from Central America were safe, Pemex said in a ple were killed by a blast at visas this fi scal year through If conditions improve at or Mexico any more. It will be tweet. Pemex’s Mexico City head- October 1, according to US de- home, fewer Haitians would risk Haiti,” Varela said in an inter- Mexico’s Navy said there quarters, and 26 people died partment of homeland security the hazardous journey to the US view. were 31 crew members and in a fi re at a Pemex natural gas offi cials, up from 339 in fi scal and Canada. Many Haitians who found that all had returned to port. facility in northern Mexico in year 2015. In February, Michel Martelly work in Brazil through a visa Images tweeted by Pemex 2012. “The credibility of the up- stepped down as president of programme off ered after the showed the vessel giving off A 2015 fi re at a Pemex plat- coming election is vital to break Haiti without a successor, but earthquake are starting to leave plumes of smoke as another form in the Bay of Campeche with the cycle of instability and only after a deal was reached for because of a recession and boat hosed the tanker. aff ected oil output and cost the uncertainty which has beset my a provisional government. shrinking work opportunities Early on Saturday evening, company up to $780mn. country for too long,” Privert In the running next month is now that the Rio 2016 Olympics Pemex said that fi refi ghting Marine Traffic, a website said. Maryse Narcisse, a medical doc- has come and gone. teams were still working to put that tracks vessel move- He said the government was tor and longtime activist who Central America has been out the blaze. ments, showed the 11-year- aware of the many Haitians leav- could become the fi rst woman to fl ooded with Haitians trying to The tanker was carrying old tanker en route to the port ing to seek a better life elsewhere be elected Haiti’s president. make their way north, forcing 80,000 barrels of diesel and of Veracruz from Coatzacoal- and that the Caribbean nation US immigration authorities cash-strapped countries to build 70,000 barrels of gasoline, cos in the southern part of would need more international along the Mexico-California refugee centres. A fire rages on a tanker belonging to Mexican state oil company Pemex. Mexico’s communications the state. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 23 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN Afghan forces PTI may rethink timing kill top Taliban of rally against Sharifs commander AFP former TTP chief Hakimul- Internews he said, was stirring up war hys- “It’s our constitutional right heads of key state institutions, many as an allusion to the military. Peshawar lah Mehsud, who was killed in Karachi teria in the region with its irre- to protest,” Khan said, citing at like FBR, SECP, SBP, NAB and “My umpire is no one but Al- a US drone strike in Pakistan sponsible reporting and skewed least three articles of the 1973 FIA, reportedly expressed their lah Almighty,” Khan said. “Pan- in 2013. analyses. constitution. helplessness to investigate the ama expose is a Godsend, which fghan security forces In 2009 the Pakistani gov- he Pakistan Tehreek-e- The PTI is scheduled to lead “We will remain peaceful, Panamagate. is why I hope this time the um- have killed one of the ernment off ered $5mn for in- Insaf chairman, who is a march to Raiwind, where the but if the dandabardar (baton- “They are telling lie. Dr Arif pire will give the verdict against Atop Pakistani Taliban formation leading to the cap- Tscheduled to lead a pro- residences of the Sharif family totting) force tries to mess up Alvi told them that they have a the Sharif family.” commanders along with at ture of TTP commanders. test in the residential estate of are located, to press the PML-N with our workers, then they will mandate to hold an inquiry into With reference to Karachi, the least 10 other militants in a the ruling Sharif family, said government to order an inde- retaliate.” the scam,” Khan said pointing to PTI chairman said the megac- border area operation, sources “I confi rm the killing of his party might reconsider the pendent inquiry into the Pan- Imran said the Supreme his party colleague who was sit- ity generated 70 per cent of the said yesterday. Azam Tariq along with at timing of the Raiwind march, if amagate scandal. Court and the election com- ting next to him. Wouldn’t street country’s revenue. “And this Raeas Khan, also known as least 10 other Pakistani tensions between Pakistan and “It will be a historic march. We mission would be taking up two agitation lead to derailment of money is embezzled by the rul- Azam Khan Tariq, had a 20mn Taliban in Paktika India boiled over, though he are expecting a huge turnout on cases next week and the Raiwind democracy in the country? ing clique,” he said. rupee ($190,740) bounty on his province” doesn’t see that happening. September 30,” Khan said, but he march would send a message to “I’m not asking for winding up “Karachi would have been at head and was the fourth-high- “We will stand by our armed would not say if they would stage the two institutions that peo- the government. I’m just calling par with, if not ahead of Dubai, est ranking commander in the Tariq was top of the list as forces and the nation, if ten- a demonstration or wind up the ple wanted accountability of the for the accountability of [Prime had its security situation been Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan three other commanders had sions with India escalate,” Imran protest that day. Sharif family for looting nation’s Minister] Nawaz Sharif,” Khan better. He welcome the MQM- (TTP). been killed - either in US drone said during an interaction with What if the Raiwind protest wealth. said. “He is the biggest thief. If Pakistan decision to disown its “I confi rm the killing of strikes or in Pakistani military senior journalists at a hotel in fails to bring the government on Reiterating what he has said we don’t hold him accountable, founder Altaf Hussain whom he Azam Tariq along with at least operations. Karachi. In the same vein, how- its knees? umpteen times, Khan said his then we cannot hold anyone.” called a ‘known terrorist’.” 10 other Pakistani Taliban in He had been working as ever, he said he didn’t think India “I’ll announce the next step party had exhausted all options. He sought to quash the im- Later, the PTI chairman also Paktika province,” a senior spokesman for the Mehsud could go beyond sabre-rattling. on Friday,” Imran said. When re- “When state institutions are re- pression that he wanted to come addressed a workers’ convention commander loyal to Tariq said, faction of the TTP prior to his He was asked if his party peatedly pressed for specifi cs, he luctant to hold an inquiry into to power by any means. “I’m not at the Insaf House in Karachi. requesting anonymity. death. would reconsider the date of the laughingly said, “I myself don’t the Panama Papers, then what power-hungry. “These are defi ning moments The nature of the operation Pakistan has demanded that Raiwind march, if ongoing ten- know what I’ll announce that option do we have except for In the 1988, I was off ered for Pakistan. was unclear, but three sources Kabul hand over fugitive TTP sions with archrival turn into a day.” staging street protests?” he said by the then military ruler, Gen If we succeed in our mission, in the militant group said Tariq chief Maulana Fazlullah, who military showdown. PML-N workers have raised while posing a cross question to Ziaul Haq, to become a mem- then we will be able to mater- and his associates were killed is reportedly hiding in eastern Imran said India was using a force, called Janesaraan-e- the audience. ber of parliament. Similar off ers iliase the dream of Naya Paki- in the Laman area of the Af- Afghanistan. Uri attack to shift international Nawaz Sharif, to deter PTI “I hope our street protests would were made in 1993 and 1997,” he stan,” he said and exhorted his ghan province, which is near Both nations have accused spotlight away from its fl agrant supporters from marching to put pressure on the state institu- said and recalled how he turned supporters to participate in the Pakistan’s South Waziristan each other of allowing mili- rights abuses in the disputed Raiwind. Footages of baton- tions to hold an inquiry into the down an off er from Gen (retd) ongoing movement against cor- region. tants to shelter in the border Kashmir state. wielding members of the force mega tax evasion scandal.” Pervez Musharraf in 2008. ruption in great numbers to con- Tariq worked as chief TTP regions and launch bloody at- He was particularly critical of were aired on some private tel- In its September 21 meeting of He said his reference to ‘third tribute their bit in the making of spokesman from 2009 until tacks that threaten regional the jingoist Indian media which, evision channels. the Public Accounts Committee, umpire’ was misconstrued by Naya Pakistan. 2013 and was a close aide to stability. Hekmatyar all set Rock climbing to return to Kabul

Internews Diplomatic sources in Is- Another Hezb-i-Islam Islamabad lamabad are optimistic about source claimed that the majori- returning of Taliban to nego- ty of returning Afghan refugees tiation table after Gulbaddin especially from Shamshatoo s Hizb-i-Islami Af- Hekmatyar’s joining main- camp in Peshawar steadfastly ghanistan (HIA) entered stream politics by shunning belonged to HIA who would Ainto a peace agreement arms struggle. strengthen party’s vote bank with Afghan President Ashraf He said there were also in- for any future elections. Ghani’s regime last week, dications that Hekmatyar It may be recalled that so far preparations are afoot for the might start dialogue with his 0.375 million Afghan refugees return of Gulbaddin Hekmat- party’s reneged leaders to reu- have returned and more than yar to Kabul. nite and make HIA more for- 0.4 million are more about to A source in Kabul said that midable political force which leave and many of them are big many HIA leaders, who had shares major share in the local and small traders. distanced themselves from the administration. The source said that Hek- armed struggle of the party but Before retreat from Sarobi, matyar had reached the con- did not disconnect their politi- south of Kabul after Taliban clusion of discarding armed cal association with Hekmat- taking over country’s reigns struggle and instead joining yar, have already reached the of the country, Hekmatyar the active politics was driven Afghan capital to welcome him has been rapidly changing his by the perpetual and constant back most probably in a next places. persuasion by the world Is- couple of weeks. Hekmatyar also extended his lamic movement’s leadership Hekmatyar has been as- support to the Taliban forces who wrote him letters citing sured of full security by Turk- against US occupation of the many examples where the dia- Members of the Islamabad rock climbing club practise in the hills skirting Islamabad yesterday. ish commandos during his stay country but then withdrew his logue was preferred over path in Kabul as he has also hinted cooperation and kept himself of armed struggle. at visiting Saudi Arabia, Tur- quiet while many of his party They argued that Hizb- key and Pakistan soon after his men entrenched themselves in i-Islami Afghanistan could homecoming, the sources close country’s politics by changing be more eff ective as a politi- to HIA’s political wing based in their positions. cal force than a second fi ddle Islamabad and Peshawar said. The source said that with the fi ghting force. Seminary torched in 2013 riots to reopen A source claimed, “The age and experience, Hekmatyar Hekmatar’s party has former prime minister of Af- has fi nally come to the conclu- branches in many of European ghanistan of seven Mujahideen sion that war is no solution to countries including Germany Internews Rawalpindi on November 15, said that the building had been the local administration and po- coalition outfi ts is likely to en- the Afghan problem and decid- and France and he also received Islamabad 2013. The provincial government reconstructed some time ago, lice had been directed to ensure gage in intensive dialogue with ed to join the political forces to advice from these organisa- then allocated Rs240mn for their but the inauguration would be that speakers at the event do not his friends in Taliban ranks drive the country out of crisis. tions to play role in safe exit of reconstruction. held on September 29. indulge in hate speech. and also inviting Pakistani au- Gulbaddin Gulbaddin has foreign troops from Afghani- he newly-built Taleemul The seminary’s administra- He admitted that students “The local administration was thorities to join a joint eff ort to a strong presence of his like- stan and turning the country Qur’an seminary in Pa- tion has invited several key fi g- had shifted to the new building worried, but the District Intel- pave the way for foreign troops minded and former party offi ce into an Islamic state would Tkistan’s garrison city of ures and religious scholars from around four months back. ligence Committee reviewed the exit from Afghanistan when holders in Afghan Parliament only be possible by the start Rawalpindi, which burned down across the country. “Construction on some wash- case and decided to let the semi- complete peace returns to the and the Kabul administration of pragmatic political process during riots triggered during The timing of the inaugura- rooms is not yet complete and may nary go ahead with their event, war-torn country.” as they had paved the way for although he (Hekmatyar) was Muharram procession in the city tion ceremony, however, has take about a month, so we were because if they denied permis- A team of journalists who re- his party’s entering into politi- already involved in indirect three years ago, is set to be in- raised eyebrows among locals, waiting for the right time to sched- sion, it would also create ten- ported the long armed struggle cal dialogue and an agreement politics. augurated with the permission with many fearing that such an ule the inauguration,” he said. sions in the area,” he said. of Afghan nation against Soviet under which his name would He decided to go all out for of the district administration on event held in such close proxim- Before greenlighting the in- He said that the law enforce- army’s invasion of the country be removed from the US list of bringing peace to the country September 29. ity to the beginning of Muhar- auguration, the City District ment and intelligence agen- for more than ten years may terrorists as well as restored which has been mired in the The seminary was torched ram may heighten tensions in Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) cies recommended surveillance also visit Kabul as soon Hizb- Afghan passport and offi cial fi re of civil war, guerrilla wars along with a nearby cloth mar- the area. called a meeting of law enforce- of foreign elements so that i-Islami Afghanistan chief sets recognition of his party as Ka- and freedom wars for over 35 ket during violence that led Head of the Taleemul Qur’an ment and intelligence agencies. they do not participate in the foot in the capital. bul regime’s partner in peace. years now. to the clamping of curfew in Seminary, Maulana Ashraf Ali, A senior CDGR offi cial said inauguration function.

Man fractures wife’s leg, arm over mobile feud New projects to curb seafood smuggling A man has allegedly fractured an arm and a leg of his wife for not charging his mobile Internews laboratories of marine fi sher- hygiene deckhand, navigational The sources, while enumer- small and medium enterprises They said to meet require- phone. Islamabad ies department at Gwadar, up- electronic equipment, mod- ating the steps taken by the gov- and export sectors of leather, ment of EU and other import- Faraz Khan, of Hassan Town gradation and accreditation of ern fi shing techniques among ernment to enhance export of pharmaceutical and fi sheries. ing countries, two laboratories in Pakistan’s Dera Ghazi quality control laboratories for others. seafood products, said a model The EDF board also approved (microbiology and chemical) Khan district, asked his wife our new development environmental contamination shrimp farm in district Thatta Rs96mn for establishment of have been accredited from Pa- Aneesha Bibi to charge his projects are being imple- and reactivation of hatchery The appropriate has been established by Fish- Pen Feh farm of sea bass and kistan National Accreditation mobile phone but she refused. Fmented by Pakistan in or- complex for production of fi sh trainings and guidance eries Development Board with groupers along coastal belt of Council. It infuriated Faraz and he der to enhance seafood exports and shrimp seeds. of fi shermen on funding from Export Develop- Sindh. Moreover, 2,000 fi shing boats allegedly beat his wife. and curb smuggling of seafood The appropriate trainings diff erent aspects ment Fund (EDF) to enhance The sources said after a peri- have been modifi ed to meet the The accused also fractured an to Afghanistan and other coun- and guidance of fi shermen on resulted in increase supply of raw material to local od of about six years, the Euro- requirement of EU and other arm and a leg of his wife. tries from Peshawar, sources diff erent aspects resulted in in- in seafood export seafood industry. pean Union allowed resumption importing countries. The victim was shifted to the at the commerce ministry said crease in seafood export reve- revenues Under the Strategic Trade of export of fi sh and fi sheries Guidelines have been pre- district headquarters hospital. yesterday. nues, which reached to $324mn Policy Framework 2015/18, products from Pakistan to EU pared and distributed to 137 The victim demanded The projects, they said, in- during the last fi scal year of Training of around 2,500 matching grant of up to a countries. fi sh exporters and processors to immediate arrest of the cluded establishment of region- 2015/16. fi shermen and fi sheries related maximum of Rs5mn for speci- Two fi sh processing plants ensure quality of seafood, pur- accused. al offi ce and testing laboratory The sources said the trainings personnel on diff erent aspects fi ed plant and machinery or have been enlisted by EU and suant to the requirement of EU Police said that a case would of marine fi sheries department were aimed at reducing post- was arranged to bring high specifi ed items is provided case of enlistment of fi ve more and other importing countries be registered after receiving a at Peshawar, establishment harvest losses on board fi shing quality products, which fetch to improve product design processing plants is in the proc- on hazard analysis and critical medical report. of regional offi ce and testing vessels and were imparted on higher price in market. and encourage innovation in ess with EU. control points. Gulf Times 24 Monday, September 26, 2016 PHILIPPINES Fishing trip 20,584 minors with drug links surrendered to police

By Vino Lucero rendering at 3,783. Zamboanga Manila Times/Tanay, Rizal region came in far third with 2,196. The PNP tally of minors he fresh wind blowing surrendering, by the other through the spacious administrative regions of the Trundown facility can country, from July 1 to August make one feel relaxed, ener- 28, 2016 are: Davao Region, gised, or even nostalgic. 1,988 minors; Caraga, 1,821; But many of those who had Soccsksargen, 953; Negros Is- taken temporary residence land, 729; Bicol Region, 719; here had been constantly plot- Autonomous Region in Mus- ting to escape—until recently. lim Mindanao, 696; Eastern “They tell me, ‘we no longer Visayas, 642; Calabarzon, 534; want to get out of here because Cagayan Valley, 511; Central of what we hear from TV,’” re- Luzon, 479; Western Visayas, counts resident psychologist 408; Ilocos Region, 387; Metro Lucia Larracas. Manila, 276; and Cordillera In fact, one former resident Administrative Region, 228. was killed in his community This two-month tally of mi- just a few weeks after his re- nor surrenders is a quantum lease from here. A current leap from comparative fi gures resident, meanwhile, has told gathered by the PNP from 2010 Larracas that supposed vigi- until June 2016 and the Philip- lantes recently killed three of pine Drug Enforcement Agen- his friends back home. cy (PDEA)’s record of rescued According to the boy, his minors from anti-drug opera- A resident casts his net as he fishes in shallow waters near the shore in San Fernando, La Union in northern Philippines yesterday. friends’ lifeless bodies were tions from 2011 to June 2016. found separately, but in the According to the PNP, the same manner: each hidden minors involved in illegal drugs under a car. during the 78-month period This is Tanay Boystown— covering 2010 until June 2016 offi cially known as the Na- included 5,110 illegal drug us- tional Training School for Boys ers and 371 “traders/sellers.” (NTSB)—which houses minors Meanwhile, PDEA recorded in confl ict with the law. Most 889 rescued minors from an- of the residents here have a ti-drug operations across the history of illicit drug use, but country during the 66 months Govt tells world not to youthful restlessness could running from 2011 to June 2016. also have been another factor Of this number, 383 were noted in the urge of many to break as drug possessors; 343 as drug free from the facility. These pushers; and 92 as drug users; days, however, that urge has 40 as “visitors of a drug den”; been overtaken by the fear of eight as drug runners; seven getting caught in the govern- as illegal drug cultivators; four interfere in drugs war ment’s anti-drug campaign as drug trade “cohort”; four as and ending up dead. drug- den “maintainer”; three Reuters have amused many Filipinos, but The Boystown’s residents as drug traffi ckers; three as United Nations worried foreign governments — are apparently not the only mi- drug-den employees; and two not the least the United States, nors thinking this way. Among as drug couriers. which sees Manila as a vital the hundreds of thousands of Forty-six percent or 410 of hilippines Foreign Minis- partner in Asia in the face of a people who have surrendered the children were 17 years old ter Perfecto Yasay told the rising China. to authorities in President at the time they were rescued. PUnited Nations on Satur- Some analysts predict Du- Rodrigo Duterte’s war against Among the youngest of the day his country’s new President, terte will seek to diversify for- drugs, tens of thousands are rescued during this period was Rodrigo Duterte, had an “un- eign relations beyond Washing- minors, or those under the age a six-year-old alleged pusher, precedented” mandate and the ton, including by seeking better of 18 years. followed by a seven-year-old world should not interfere in his ties with erstwhile maritime foe From July 1 to August 28, or supposed drug runner, and an- crackdown on crime. China. Yasay said core values roughly the fi rst two months of other alleged pusher, aged nine. Addressing the annual UN enshrined in the Philippine con- President Duterte’s term in of- The law prescribes a dif- General Assembly, Yasay said stitution included the mandate fi ce, 20,584 minors have sur- ferent handling of minors to the Duterte government was “to pursue an independent for- rendered to local police offi ces, that of legal-age off enders. “determined to free the Philip- eign policy, to promote the na- according to the Philippine For example, police refer to pines from corrupt and other tional interest.” National Police’s Women and the actual rescue of minors as stagnating practices, including At the same time, he said Ma- Children Protection Centre “initial contact,” as opposed to the manufacture, distribution nila would remain “a responsi- (WCPC). Surprisingly, nearly “arrest” that is used for legal- and use of illicit drugs. ble partner of the international 30% of the minors who gave age off enders. “Our actions, however, have community,” committed to the themselves up did not even Processing of child drug grabbed both the national head- rule of law — including an in- have fi les with the police. surrenders and rescued minors lines and international attention ternational court ruling this year Some 65% or more than are also diff erent, according for all the wrong reasons,” he in favour of the Philippines and 13,000 had previous records to PNP Women and Children said.“We urge everyone to al- against China over competing with the police as “fi rst-time Protection Centre chief Ro- low us to deal with our domestic claims in the South China Sea. off enders” while about 8% or sauro Acio. For instance, he challenges in order to achieve A soldier and a policeman guard a “shabu” (meth) laboratory making equipment that was seized by In spite of Duterte’s criticisms 1,595 were repeat off enders. says, drug tests can be done our national goals without un- government authorities, which drug enforcement officials said can make a daily production of about of the world body, Yasay said the More than 98% of these mi- on rescued minors only if they due interference.” 100 kilos of “meth”, in a remote village in Arayat, Pampanga in northern Philippines. United Nations had demonstrat- nors admitted to being drug have a determined drug-relat- Duterte won a landslide elec- ed “continuing resilience and users, while only 273 or 1.33% ed off ence. But when a child tion victory on May 9 after vow- drawn widespread international invited them to come to investi- “To him, this trust is sacro- relevance” and added in appar- surrendered as drug pushers or surrenders, Acio says, “he or ing to wipe out drugs and crime. criticism, including from the gate his crackdown. sanct,” Yasay said. “It cannot ent reference to the US alliance: sellers, and 66 (0.32 percent) she will be subjected to a drug Police said this week that in United Nations, drawing angry Yasay said Duterte had won be breached, under no circum- “Our domestic concerns compel as drug couriers or runners. test upon surrendering. Be- the past 11 weeks, nearly 3,000 responses from Duterte. “an unprecedented and re- stance must it be compromised.” us to partner with like-minded Of this total, 3,971 were cause the child volunteered, people had been killed in Du- On Thursday, the Philip- sounding electoral mandate” Duterte’s defi ance of high- countries in the areas of mari- children from Central Visayas. and we have to determine what terte’s war on drugs, a fi gure pine leader hurled insults at UN and now enjoyed a 92% approval profi le organisations and his time security, counter-terror- Northern Mindanao, mean- substance he or she is taking— adjusted from the 3,800 they Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rating. As such, he had to deliver insults of anyone from US Presi- ism, disaster response, and tran- while, has the second highest if it’s marijuana, shabu, or ec- cited last week. The killings have and the European Union, then on a “sacred” call for change. dent Barack Obama to the Pope snational crime.” number of children drug sur- stasy.”

Gun-for-hire group Eff orts stepped up to suspects killed Anti-dynasty law ‘not in shootout Two alleged members of a gun- conserve Lanao Lake for-hire syndicate operating in the eastern part of the province were killed in a shootout with By Moh Saaduddin man, Quezon City. The sign- needed in federal system’ policemen in a checkpoint along Manila Times ing ceremony was witnessed by Sitio Awed in Baranay Palina East DENR Secretary Regina Lopez, recently, Manila Times reported Mindanao Development Au- By Llanesca T Panti gion having the authority to families can send their kids to “It is negative in this part of from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. he government has fi - thority (MinDA) chairman Abul Manila Times craft its own laws and manage school. If you are going to ban the world, but political dynasty Police Provincial Director Senior nally decided to con- Khayr Alonto and Autonomous its own resources. a relative up to second degree is not necessarily bad. Canada’s Supt. Ronald Oliver-Lee said Tserve Lake Lanao be- Region in Muslim Mindan- The pending Anti-Political of consanguinity, you will limit Prime Minister (Justin) Tru- one of the slain suspects was longing to the Maranao tribe ao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv n anti-political dynasty Dynasty bill provides that only the candidates to just anybody, deau is from a political dynasty, only identified as “Bacunano,” and the habitat for 18 endemic Hataman, among others. law is not necessary un- two candidates belonging to the regardless of educational back- and the US (leaders)are part of said to be from Munoz City in species of freshwater fi sh. The memorandum stipulates Ader a federal system of same family within the second ground, just because he or she political dynasties as well. I see Nueva Ecija. The other suspect The decision came after a implementation of parts of the government, a political analyst degree of consanguinity or af- is not related to the incumbent it as a family of particular pro- remained unidentified. memorandum of agreement Integrated Natural Resources said. fi nity (parents, spouse, chil- (offi cial),” Tayao stressed. gression. When both parents Recovered from them were two was signed on September 21 and Environmental Manage- Political science professor dren, siblings, grandparents He added that it is not the are doctors and their children caliber 45 pistols, cellular phones between the provincial gov- ment Programme (INREMP) Edmund Tayao of the Univer- and grandchildren) will be al- political dynasty that would turn out to be all doctors, we and a motorcycle without plate ernment of Lanao del Sur and with funds obtained through a sity of Santo Tomas explained lowed to run in a certain elec- pose problems in the shift to don’t call them medical dynas- number. Meanwhile, two men the Department of Environ- loan grant of $100mn from the that passing an anti-political tion for either one national and federalism but the unstable and ty,” Tayao said. wanted for rape, one of them ment and Natural Resources- Asian Development Bank and dynasty law will bring more local position, both national blurry nature of political par- He said the draft for a new listed as most wanted in Agno Region 10 (DENR-10) in order co-fi nancing of SDR 13.25mn harm than good under a fed- positions or both local posi- ties that are formed based on constitution should include town, were arrested in separate for the lake “to meet its water from the International Fund for eral set up because it creates a tions. The measure covers those personalities rather than public political party reform which operations recently. requirements needed for hy- Agriculture Development. restrictive environment amid affi liated to a certain candidate policies. would mandate political parties They were identified as Manuel dropower, irrigation, fi sheries Aside from Lake Lanao Ba- an already limited constitu- through extra-marital aff airs “Dynasty tends to be bad here to think of policies and provide Deocares, 21, of Barangay and domestic uses and to sus- sin in Mindanao, the INREMP ency. and even those children outside because they get elected in var- them government subsidy. Buenlag in Calasiao and Aguedo tain its biodiversity resources.” also covers other three upper Tayao issued the statement of marriage. ious elective positions. But that “The political party reform Nerpio of Barangay Baruan The memorandum was river basins in the country– during a two-day forum on fed- “I don’t see the need for an happens because there are no should be included in the draft in Agno town. Deocares was signed by Lanao del Sur Gover- Chico River Basin in North- eralism that tackled the coun- Anti-Political Dynasty law. stable political parties, so the (new) constitution already to charged on the complaint of his nor Soraya Alonto-Adiong and ern Luzon, Wahig-Inabanga try’s prospects under a federal I am from Pangasinan, and dynasties fi ll the gap that the expand the constituency and 16-year-old cousin, while Nerpio is DENR -10 Director Ruth Ta- in Central Visayas and Upper set-up wherein the country will chances are, I will have a rela- political parties are supposed to allow as much number of po- facing two counts of rape filed by wantawan in formal rites held Bukidnon River Basin, also in be divided into 12 autonomous tive in every few blocks. In achieve in the fi rst place,” Tayao litical actors as possible,” Tayao his own daughter. at Sulu Riviera Hotel in Dili- Mindanao region. states or regions with each re- the countryside, only affl uent pointed out. explained. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 25 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL Tamil prisoners launch hunger strike for release

IANS Prison offi cials said they are rested over alleged links to Tamil it will replace the laws while have in the past given a fi gure of Colombo considering transferring some Tiger rebels. maintaining national security. more than 650 Tamil detainees of the prisoners on hunger The 23 pending cases and In October 2015, some 223 and Hussein said there was also an strike to the Jaff na prison for the trials under the controversial inmates went on hunger strike urgent need to investigate reports ore than 20 minority convenience of their relatives. Prevention of Terrorism Act fast in jails in Colombo, Anurad- of secret and unacknowledged Tamil political prison- Most of the prisoners were (PTA) that are before Sri Lan- hapura, Jaff na and Kandy. Some places of detention. Mers lodged in prisons arrested during and soon after ka’s High Court will be con- of the prisoners were held with- The government had reha- across Sri Lanka have com- the country’s 30 year civil war sidered by the attorney gen- out charge since the 1990s. bilitated and freed some 12,000 menced a hunger strike protest- against Tamil Tiger rebels which eral’s department to facilitate The UN’s human rights chief, former Tiger fi ghters after de- ing against their detention, local ended in May 2009. a plea. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said in a feating the rebels in 2009. media reported. The government this week The ministry of resettlement landmark report last Septem- Nearly 30 prisoners of var- The prisoners have urged the announced that it had de- and rehabilitation said the 23 ber that the government had ied ethnicities died in prisons government to release them cided to off er rehabilita- suspects who will be off ered re- acknowledged holding 258 men during a rioting in 2012. without further delay and have tion to some suspects ar- habilitation had been arrested and women under the PTA but The Sinhala-language media demanded that if their cases are rested under a controversial for minor off ences. only 54 of them had been con- – which dominate national dis- being further prolonged, then anti-terror law. The former Sri Lankan gov- victed of anything. course – frequently refers to the Khaleda Zia’s BNP seeks public support against the proposed the cases must be transferred to The ministry of resettlement ernment used anti-terror laws He said 60 had not been Tamil prisoners as “terrorists”, power plant near the Sundarbans. a court in the northern towns of and rehabilitation said that the to arrest Tamil Tiger rebel sus- charged while 144 of the cases while many of the Tamil popu- Vavuniya and Jaff na which are rehabilitation off er is being made pects and their supporters but were still pending. lation regard them as political Tamil-dominated. to 23 of 96 minority Tamils ar- the current government has said Human rights campaigners prisoners. BNP slams Lanka PM launches govt’s rigid Techno City as part stance on of development plan power plant IANS Sri Lanka’s strategic location in tion of the new Techno City will Colombo the region. commence by dividing Malabe By Mizan Rahman and equipment to be used to He invited all Sri Lankan aca- into three technical zones and Dhaka check environmental aff ect to demics and professionals re- Homagama into seven technical the Sundarbans. ri Lanka has launched the siding overseas to return to the zones, the government said. He called upon people ir- fi rst phase of the Techno country and help develop the The ministry of megapolis and ajor opposition respective of their party and SCity initiative aimed at nation. western development said that is- Bangladesh Nation- opinion to get united against transforming the country into “I do not think there is any sues such as unemployment, pov- Malist Party (BNP) yes- the government’s obstinate a strong economic and techno- other country which is as well erty and the lack of opportunities terday slammed the govern- attitude towards setting up logical hub in the Indian Ocean located as Sri Lanka. Our aim for the youth which pose a great ment over its ‘rigid’ stance on the power plant. region. is to now transform this coun- threat to the country’s economy the Rampal power plant near The BNP leader also criti- The Techno City initiative try into a strong economic and will be addressed through these the world’s biggest mangrove cised the prime minister for which will begin from Homaga- technological hub and Techno development projects. forest Sundarbans despite her remarks that there is ad- ma in the outskirts of the capital City is our fi rst step towards it,” A new direction is now needed Unesco’s advice to relocate it equate scope for doing poli- aims to uplift the living stand- Wickremesinghe said. for the country to move forward, to any other safer place. tics in Bangladesh now, saying ards of Colombo and its out- The regions from Malabe to the ministry said, adding that “Unesco has recommend- there is no iota of truth in her skirts and help attract new for- Homagama in the country’s the Techno City will address all ed shifting of the power plant comment. eign investments. western province has been se- those issues. project to a safer place as the Prime Minister Sheikh Speaking at the inauguration lected as the most suitable en- Sri Lanka is to construct new Sundarbans will be badly af- Hasina, now in the USA, in ceremony, Sri Lankan Prime vironment for the construction cities and strategic towns as fected if it is set up at Rampal. an interview with the Voice Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of the new Techno City as those parts of its mega development The entire nation is surprised of America said, “We’ve not said that the Techno City was Sri regions have been identifi ed as projects which will then trans- Ranil Wickramasinghe: “Our aim is to now transform this country as the government is showing snatched anybody’s right of Lanka’s fi rst step towards devel- heavily populated. form the island country into an into a strong economic and technological hub and Techno City is our its rigid stance over it ignor- expression … they (BNP) are opment and it will help promote Accordingly the construc- ideal location for investors. first step towards it.” ing public interest and Sun- holding meetings, taking out darbans’ risk,” BNP senior processions and all other ac- leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu tivities. Undoubtedly, there’s Cannot amend charter to please ‘others’: Oli said. adequate scope for doing The BNP leader was re- politics in Bangladesh.” Nepal’s new constitution cannot be said: “It is fully democratic and it has acting to comments of State Reacting to the prime min- amended on the wishes of any other guaranteed all the democratic rights Minister for Power and Energy ister’s remark, he said there Nepal nationals country, former prime minister KP and it is inclusive as well.” Nasrul Hamid that work on is no normal political atmos- Sharma Oli has said. He further said that the constitution Rampal power plant will not phere in the country now as “The present government of Nepal was endorsed by over 90% be suspended. they cannot freely hold any doesn’t seem to be interested in members of the CA members. The minister said the gov- meeting and rally. “We’re al- safeguarding and implementing “The constitution can be amended ernment will respond to the lowed to hold indoor meet- train for healthier the constitution of Nepal that for greater interest and well-being Unesco’s letter about the ings within a very limited was promulgated through the of the people and the country. But Rampal power plant by a week. time. But, there’s no scope for constituent assembly (CA) last year,” it cannot be amended at the wishes Bangladesh and India holding any outdoor meeting. Oli, chairman of main opposition of any other country,” Oli said in an are jointly constructing the Even, we get permission for CPN-UML, said during a party rally in apparent reference to India. Rampal project to build a indoor meeting 12 or 24 hours lifestyles Kathmandu. Slamming the government’s move to 1,320 megawatt coal-fi red before the programme.” “However, the government is amend the constitution to address power plant at a site near the Dudu also slammed the engaged in the exercise for the demands of the agitating Madhesi Sundarbans. government for showing ar- IANS The female teacher said social worker, without sci- amending the statute for serving the parties, he said, “The slogan raised Dudu, a BNP vice chair- rested Gazipur City Corpora- Kathmandu excitedly, “This training entifi c knowledge and self- interest of others,” he said, adding by some disgruntled groups for man, said Indian power com- tion Mayor M A Mannan in is very important and we protection awareness, most that both national interest and incorporating the provisions of more pany BHEL, which has been a fresh case after he got bail learned many things. Now of the citizens living in the welfare of the people should be kept autonomy, self-decision making power awarded a contract to build in all the cases fi led against round 10km away we know how to do these area eat only for survival, not as focal point while amending the and identity in the constitution are the plant, did not provide him. “We strongly condemn from the downtown daily things correctly and we for health. constitution. deceptive and aimed at disrupting the Unesco with adequate infor- and protest the government’s Aarea of Nepal’s capi- will now train our students Homemakers do not wash Supporting the new constitution, Oli stability of the country.” mation about the technology move.” tal Kathmandu last week, what we have learned here their hands before cooking a special graduation cer- in the same way to change food and students are not emony was held at a tempo- society.” aware of the need to wash rary school whose previous their hands after defecating, buildings were completely “Our trainer taught us Thapa observed. Mountain life destroyed by the devastating a great deal about food, In view of the fact that earthquake in 2015. water, personal hygiene washing hands can dramati- More than 50 teacher and environment cally reduce the occurrence trainees, who completed protection in a short of diarrhea, respiratory dis- a training programme for period, which was eases as well as the death of nutrition, water, sanitisa- very meaningful for infants, a “six steps” proce- tion and garbage manage- us, as even though we dure for proper hands wash- ment, beamed with pride do these things on a ing is a compulsory part of while sitting at simple desks daily basis our trainer the re-education course. in a rather crude classroom instructed us on how to “All the health-based at the Balhodh Secondary do them correctly” knowledge I bestowed on School. these communities are new “I am very happy to attend More than 100 teach- things for them, they are so this training programme,” ers, 150 students and 600 simple, but very useful, “ Raghunath Luitel, a 35-year homemakers from three said Thapa. old teacher, told Xinhua. wards of Nagarjun munici- The data made public by “Our trainer taught us a pality, Kathmandu district Nepal’s ministry of health great deal about food, wa- comprised the trainees, ac- and population in 2012 ter, personal hygiene and cording to Keshav Pokharel, showed that 54% of the environment protection in a branch chairman, Safa Sun- country’s 27mn population short period, which was very aulo Nepal, a local NGO and do not know how to wash meaningful for us, as even partner of CFPA that organ- their hands properly with though we do these things ised the training programme. soap and water. on a daily basis our trainer As the main trainer, Top Pokharel said the pro- instructed us on how to do Bahadur Thapa, an assist- gramme had become a crowd them correctly.” ant doctor from Aniko Soci- puller and quite a catch in Gyanu Rimal, 45, another ety, the technical supporter the Nagarjun municipality. newly-qualifi ed teacher ex- of the programme, is well All 14 wards of this munici- pressed a similar view at the aware of both unhygienic pality, home to over 100,000 temporary school after re- and unhealthy daily routines people, expressed a strong ceiving the certifi cate from which are a result of a lack of willingness to implement Zou Zhiqiang, director, Ne- understanding of the basic similar training plans. pal offi ce of the China Foun- principles of sanitation and The Himalayan nation is dation for Poverty Allevia- cleanliness. one of the least developed Villagers of the Pupal valley in Rukum district of Nepal carrying firewood, which they use to cook food and warm homes. tion (CFPA). According to the young countries in the world. Gulf Times 26 Monday, September 26, 2016 COMMENT

Chairman: Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah Production Editor: C P Ravindran Mothers at the forefront

P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar of human-rights activism [email protected] Telephone 44350478 (news), Women’s groups more similar groups from Africa to Serbia Matter movement. In India, they for my son where I heard shots fi red. I 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) generally have played to Los Angeles, and brought them have marched to raise awareness of was so desperate to fi nd my son that I Fax 44350474 together in the mid-1990s as the widespread sexual assault. And in did not care about myself,” recounted a critical role in the International Gathering of Mothers Colombia, they have been active in Sánchez’s mother. and Women in Struggle. As Professor the peace process, ensuring that the August 30 was the International human-rights movement, Marguerite Bouvard of Brandeis proposed agreement to end the Farc Day of the Victims of Forced pursuing economic, social, University documented in her 1996 insurgency focuses on the lives of Disappearance. Around Mexico, book Women Reshaping Human women. mothers of victims of disappearance and cultural justice Rights, women’s groups more generally Flores and her fellow activists have and femicide organised protests. In GULF TIMES have played a critical role in the committed themselves to a long road. Juárez, mothers marched to demand By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Alice human-rights movement, pursuing In 2007, Mexico’s government adopted that governor-elect Javier Corral Driver economic, social, and cultural justice the General Law on Women’s Access to adopt policies to prevent forced Washington and emphasising the importance of a Life Free of Violence, which defi ned disappearance. human dignity and mutual respect and codifi ed the term femicide in These mothers refuse to allow The truth about among citizens and between citizens Mexico. But it had to be ratifi ed by their children to be forgotten. Paula We were seeking justice. We and the state. each of Mexico’s 31 states, and only the Flores founded a kindergarten in her wanted to prevent disappearance, more liberal states did so. neighbourhood, Lomas de Poleo, for it to end. Unfortunately, I still In the United States, In 2009, mothers and activists named after the Carmelite martyr the fi ve-second rule “see girls disappearing. I don’t brought the case of the “Cotton Field” María Sagrario. She recently worked want to be negative, but I don’t know femicides – eight girls and women with a local artist to design a mural when this will stop,” said Paula Flores of mothers have been whose bodies were discovered in of Sagrario in front of her house. Juárez, Mexico, on July 3, 2016, 18 years active in protesting Juárez in 2001 – before the Inter- She and her daughter Guillermina for dropped food after the disappearance and murder of American Court of Human Rights. have for years organised groups of her daughter, María Sagrario González police brutality in the The Court charged the government mothers to paint crosses around the In a very interesting development, a latest study has Flores. with failing to investigate the city at sites where girls and women debunked the belief that it was safe to eat food fallen on the Women like Flores, especially Black Lives Matter murders properly, and required the have disappeared, a visual reminder fl oor if picked up within “fi ve seconds”. mothers of victims of violence, are government to construct a monument of a problem that the city has failed constantly at the forefront of human- movement to the victims and compensate to address for two decades. When Professor Donald W Schaff ner, a food microbiologist at rights activism on issues like forced families for their loss. the crosses fade, the mothers repaint Rutgers University in New Jersey, said a two-year study he disappearance, femicide and abuses by Even among women’s groups, For many mothers like Paula, change them. Other mothers’ groups march led concluded that no matter how fast you pick up food that the military. Where state institutions however, mothers have a special is measured in decades. But their work wearing shirts or holding posters with or elected offi cials fail to take action place. They operate in countries continues. In 2014, 43 students from the faces of their missing children. falls on the fl oor, you will pick up bacteria with it. against such violence, these women that typically refuse to recognise the the Ayotzinapa Rural Teacher’s College The writ of habeas corpus is one The fi ndings in the report — “Is the Five-Second Rule have fi lled a vacuum, challenging agency of women beyond the role of on buses heading to Mexico City to join of the fi rst and oldest protections Real?” — appeared online this month in the American Society traditional gender roles in the process. mothers, wives and daughters. They protesters on the anniversary of the in Western legal systems, requiring for Microbiology’s journal, Applied and Environmental Demanding justice in Mexico, a use their given role as a badge of moral 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre (in which up jailers – those who “have the body” – country where 98% of crimes fail to authority, taking their voices and to 300 students were killed ten days to provide a reason for the prisoner’s Microbiology. result in convictions, is no easy task. their truth out of the home and into before the opening of the Olympic detention. If a citizen disappears Researchers at Aston University’s School of Life and The country’s activist mothers and the streets to fi ght not for abstract Games). Local police stopped them due to another citizen’s actions, Health Sciences in England reported in 2014 that food grandmothers follow in the Latin concepts of justice, but for sons and near an army checkpoint. They were the kidnapper or murderer must be picked up a few seconds after being dropped is “less likely to American tradition of predecessors like daughters with names and histories. “disappeared” in what appears to have brought to account. Mothers bring the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who When renowned Honduran activist been a co-ordinated state action to a direct, emotional, and personal contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time,” in 1977 began to march in front of the Berta Cáceres was murdered on silence young activists. It was mothers component to this age-old struggle, giving rise to news accounts suggesting that eating the food presidential palace in Buenos Aires, March 3, 2016, it was her mother, who immediately organised and took insisting on their children’s existence might be harmless. Those fi ndings, and research done at Argentina, to protest against the mass Austra Bertha Flores Lopez, a midwife action to demand justice. as citizens and human beings whose disappearance of children under the and social activist, who took the During the 2016 clashes in the rights must be upheld. Project the University of Illinois in 2003, did not appear in a peer- military dictatorship. They marched lead in holding the Honduran state Mexican state of Oaxaca between Syndicate reviewed journal, Professor Schaff ner noted. weekly for years, forcing public responsible for her death. the military and teachers protesting Even though the fi ve-second rule is a bit of folklore, it discussion of human rights abuses In the United States, mothers educational reforms, the military killed zAnne-Marie Slaughter is President still raised important public health issues that demanded under the dictatorship. have been active in protesting ten people, including 19-year-old and CEO of New America. Alice Driver The Plaza de Mayo mothers inspired police brutality in the Black Lives Jesús Cadena Sánchez. “I went to look is an independent journalist. closer scrutiny, he said. He cited research by the Centers for Disease Control, which found that surface cross- contamination was the sixth most common contributing factor out of 32 in outbreaks of food-borne illnesses. Professor Schaff ner and a master’s thesis student, Robyn C Miranda, tested four surfaces — stainless steel, ceramic tile, wood and carpet — and four diff erent foods: cut watermelon, bread, buttered bread and strawberry gummy candy. They were dropped from a height of fi ve inches onto surfaces treated with a bacterium with characteristics similar to salmonella. The researchers tested four contact times — less than one second and fi ve, 30 and 300 seconds. Because germs A total of 128 possible are out of sight, combinations of surface, food and seconds were the belief is there replicated 20 times each, yielding 2,560 is no harm in measurements. picking up fallen The research found that the fi ve-second rule food from the has some validity in that fl oor and eating it longer contact times resulted in transfer of more bacteria. But no fallen food escaped contamination completely. “Bacteria can contaminate instantaneously,” Professor Schaff ner explained. Carpet had a very low rate of transmission of bacteria compared with tile and stainless steel; transfer rates from wood varied. The composition of the food and the surface on which it falls matter as much if not more than the length of time it remains on the fl oor, the study found. Watermelon, with its A mother holding an infant partakes in a mass rally in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 6, 2014, to protest against the disappearance of 43 student teachers. moisture, drew the highest rate of contamination and the gummy candy the least. William K Hallman, an experimental psychologist and a professor at the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University, said people do not put every decision through Brain drain worsens healthcare crisis in Africa a risk-benefi t fi lter and instead rely on cognitive shortcuts called heuristics to help in their daily lives. By Cesar Chelala Despite progress, however, In the health area, although of doctors and nurses. There is only But sometimes those shortcuts can be based on fl awed New York important problems remain such as considerable progress has been made one doctor for every 40,000 people in assumptions or missing information. Because germs are out youth unemployment. It is estimated in the fi ght against HIV/Aids (South the country, according to WHO. that 70% of the population in Sub- Africa will become the fi rst African Health problems in Africa cannot of sight, the belief is there is no harm in picking up fallen started travelling to Africa on Saharan Africa is under the age of country to fully manage its HIV care be considered in isolation. Foreign food from the fl oor and eating it. health-related missions at the 30 and that 60% of the unemployed and treatment programme in a few technical and fi nancial assistance is People also do not recognise the symptoms of food-borne beginning of the 1980s. From are also young people. New policies years), other challenges remain. needed. More eff orts must be made to illnesses and tend to blame them on the last thing they ate, Ithe beginning, Africa caught should be developed to incorporate HIV/Aids, however, is not the only increase access to primary healthcare, my interest and my imagination. It them into the labour force. To do that, concern. especially in rural areas, accompanied so they do not connect how their earlier actions might have is, after all, the continent where my it is important to provide them with South Africa has the highest by health promotion, disease made them sick. So, if food falls on the fl oor, it should only father was born – when my Lebanese the basic skills that would enable them tuberculosis death rate per capita prevention and improved health be discarded. grandfather went to work providing to live up to their earning potential. worldwide, followed by Zimbabwe education activities. food to miners in Transvaal. That I and Mozambique. The situation is Eff ective aid must bypass corrupt went on public health missions was a worsened by the high number of cases governments and fi nd ways of helping To Advertise big advantage since it allowed me to Health problems of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis people directly. Aid to Africa should go to places and see situations that no in several countries. In addition, be aimed at strengthening civil society [email protected] tourist normally sees. in Africa cannot diarrhoeal and respiratory infections, and community-based organisations. Display From the beginning I realised that be considered in malaria, measles and malnutrition African governments need to Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 there are two Africas: one normally represent big threats to children’s provide education for all age levels, portrayed in the media, a land of isolation health. Malaria is the leading cause of and they need better trade conditions Classified poverty, disease and war; and the death among children under fi ve. for their products. They need fi nancial other, a vital, energetic continent The continuing exodus of assistance given in a carefully planned Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 of hardworking men and women, a Unesco and the International physicians and nurses to industrialised and responsible way. Subscription continent of beautiful children and Labour Organisation (ILO) have countries makes health problems [email protected] young men and young women, a recommended that governments, even worse. The World Health zCesar Chelala, MD and PhD, is continent of humour and a continent international donors and the private Organisation (WHO) estimates that an international public-health of hope. sector develop integrated policies to 23,000 healthcare workers leave consultant. He has carried out health- 2016 Gulf Times. All rights reserved Today six of the 10 fastest growing create jobs for young people and ease Africa annually. Malawi, a country of related missions in 50 countries, many economies in the world are in Africa. the transition from school to work. 15.38mn people, has a severe shortage of them in Africa. Gulf Times Monday, September 26, 2016 27 COMMENT A feat of incredible resilience

Misbah receiving the consensus on according that clerk’s unfancied Islamabad United team to room museum status. the maiden T20 crown in the inaugural mace at the very venue Yes, Lahore! This was where Pakistan Super League! where the shop was shut terrorists struck an empathetic That he is, in the Test arena, visiting team, but really at the heart Pakistan’s highest scoring captain, the in 2009 and the world of Pakistan cricket more than seven fastest century-maker, the top six- left Pakistan in the years ago. hitting stalwart as well as the world’s This was where a security lapse premier averaging skipper are but just lurch was poetic justice overrode all sacrifi ces Pakistan had stats on a broad canvas. rendered on the world’s behalf to fi ght Still this space will not be enough By Kamran Rehmat the war-on-terror in no time. to draw home the injustices Misbah Doha This indeed was where stumps suff ered along the way by being forced were drawn, hastening the end of to retire from both the shorter formats international cricket, for now – the where Pakistan continues to struggle t’s a story that begs to be told, short Zimbabwe series last year being in his absence, but suffi ce it to say, he if only to draw on the depth of little more than an aberration with has already ensured his place in the achievement that has propelled a fi nancially weak African board pantheons of greats by becoming the IPakistan – still a pariah for being agreeing to draw on the generous most successful Pakistani Test captain, a no-go area for international teams – rollout of the greenback by the PCB. who is now so respected both at home the World’s No.1 Test team. Poetic justice, therefore, didn’t and abroad that the very idea of seeing To see this epoch-making triumph get any better than Misbah wearing a him hang up his gloves - an eventuality as a mere sporting zenith even in a broad smile upon receiving the mace under whose shadow he has played all cricket-mad nation like Pakistan would from International Cricket Council his six-year career as Test captain - be to undermine its value as a modern- chief executive Dave Richardson at the makes Pakistani fans squirm. day template for hard-earned glory. very venue where the shop was shut But the greatest service he has Back in 2010 after the abyss was in 2009. rendered in the cause of Pakistan reached following the match-fi xing Fittingly, the ICC offi cial had to Cricket actually transcends the sport saga on a tour of England that later come to Lahore to accord the honour. itself: restoring the country’s integrity saw three Pakistani stalwarts go But if this bit was poetic, starker and pride as a cricketing nation after behind bars, the chairman of Pakistan still was the irony that Pakistan the dark events of 2010. Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt called created history by rising to the top by A culmination of this was a squared a secret meeting with Misbah-ul- being the only team to have won the series against England last month that Haq in a clerk’s room at the PCB honours without playing at home – an included an emotional Test victory headquarters and asked him if he inconceivable idea for the rest of the at Lord’s with Mohammad Amir would care to mind the store. world. claiming the last wicket - this was the Once a nod was elicited, Butt This, more than anything else, MACE FOR THE ACE: Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq with the ICC mace in recognition of the country’s rise as the world’s same venue where both Amir and the directed the 36-year-old “scapegoat” makes it a stunning feat of human top team. country’s image was sullied six years to keep the rendezvous a secret. endurance. ago - and a symbolic victory at The Misbah, ever the statesman, took it All this has been made possible by without civilian consent – Misbah’s is But Misbah’s response to this variety off ered by the likes of Shahid Oval to draw the series on Pakistan’s to the next level by not even disclosing the magnifi cent Misbah, who himself a fascinating, if personally unsought, tirade all along has been dignifi ed Afridi but minus the temperament, Independence Day. it to his family! He recently justifi ed continues to defy age, norm and encore to keep serving as captain till silence with a Buddha-like poise, intelligence and staying power of the Long after Misbah walks in his that silence of yore as a call of the dark tradition in holding fort at the ripe old the spirit is willing – well, almost! and an uncompromised work ethic man from Mianwali. country’s colours for the last time, it times. age of 42. And yet, it was not always thus. premised in discipline and unreserved But while Afridi has always profi ted is this redemption that will defi ne his But last Wednesday as Misbah He now has a slew of ‘oldest to In fact, far from it. commitment to his country’s cause. from an image of a stuntman with legacy for posterity. held aloft the famed mace at the PCB make/break’ records that, in time, No Pakistani cricketer has endured Over time, fans began to convert a shelf life of an item number in a For now, Pakistan, which boasts headquarters in Lahore that offi cially will become a benchmark for what is more insults from past players, and realised they had misunderstood Bollywood fl ick, it is some irony that one of the highest youth-based anointed Pakistan as the world’s possible if the spirit – and in case of commentators and fans alike for his Misbah’s measured approach, Misbah ended up with a world record populations on the planet, has a super leading Test nation, there was no Misbah, even the body – is willing. style of play that also earned him the patience and a steely resolve to reset for the fastest Test century that was role model to derive inspiration from. word on how or where Butt was even In a country where only army unfl attering sobriquet of “Mr Tuk the House of Pakistan Cricket - only recently broken by Brenden though it wasn’t diffi cult to reach a chiefs secure extensions – with or Tuk” (slow poke) than Misbah. weaned as they were on the slam bang McCallum, and earlier this year led his zThe writer is Community Editor. 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Whatever their goal, they Facebook friends would simply assume been hurt. shoplifted my photograph and set up an I’d deliberately split myself into the me Evil Fake Gina is Eventually, Evil Fake Gina took WEDNESDAY imitation Gina Barreca profi le. nascent personalities I’d previously probably a robot, that down the stolen photo and replaced it High: 38 C Do you remember the television kept in check via diligent mental health with a silhouette of a person wearing a Low: 29 C game show To Tell The Truth? A panel of care, and that they would agree to start such identity theft pageboy haircut. Sunny celebrities had to decide which of three sending these new personalities wads But my tribe knew that, even if I were contestants was the real person and of small, non-sequential bills or major happens all the time appearing anonymously in disguise which were imposters. organs on ice. as part of the witness protection Fishermen’s forecast Basically, that’s what I spent most Here’s the good news: The smart on Facebook programme, I would never choose to OFFSHORE DOHA of last week doing, except instead of cookies who are my Facebook friends display myself a pageboy. Wind: NW-NE 10-20/23 KT performing in front of Orson Bean, discovered Fake Gina before I did and Brave souls had already done this, My tech friends tell me Evil Fake Gina Waves: 3-6/7 Feet Don Ameche and Kitty Carlisle, I was alerted me to what was happening. and they’d notifi ed me as well. “Did you is probably a robot, that such identity INSHORE DOHA Wind: NW-NE 08-17/22 KT trying to convince a series of nameless That’s the sort of watching-out-for- just send out a new FB friend request theft happens all the time on Facebook Waves: 1-3/4 Feet Facebook team members that I was each-other I expect from The Tribe of or did your account get hacked?” they and that I shouldn’t take it personally. myself. Loud Smart Funny Women and the Men asked. Fine. But if you get a friend request Around the region I spent days sending detailed Who Laugh With Us, as I refer to my Even braver companions had engaged from an English teacher who can’t spell Weather Weather e-mails to a generic Facebook address friends. with the hacker to see whether they “helo” and who chirps “u funny”, please today Max/min tomorrow Max/min essentially explaining “I Gotta Be Me”. They make up for the bad behaviour could track down useful information, don’t accept it. Abu Dhabi Sunny 38/28 Sunny 40/28 They didn’t care and it didn’t work. of the scoundrels, but I’m not sure they accepting the “friend requests” sent out This is Gina Barreca, and I have Baghdad Sunny 37/21 Sunny 40/22 Dubai Facebook said I didn’t have a make up for Facebook’s laissez-faire by Evil Fake Gina. approved this message. Sunny 38/28 Sunny 38/28 Kuwait City Sunny 41/26 Sunny 41/26 problem. Apparently pretending to attitude. Yale’s John Squeri did the computer Manama Cloudy 37/28 Sunny 38/28 be somebody else and sending out Instead of relying on Facebook’s equivalent of wearing my colours zGina Barreca is an English professor at Muscat Sunny 32/27 Sunny 31/27 greetings under that person’s name experts, I turned to my tribe for help. into battle. John agreed to join a the University of Connecticut. She can be Riyadh Sunny 41/24 Sunny 41/24 while posing under that person’s face Susan Kastan, a pal from college, conversation with Evil Fake Gina via reached at www.ginabarreca.com Tehran Sunny 30/18 Sunny 32/18

Live issues Good systems help protect relationships

By Judi Light Hopson, Emma H you from worrying too much. “The assistant, a college student, Hopson and Ted Hagen A man we’ll call Don told us he was not following through with phone Tribune News Service figured out a way to deal with his ex- calls,” says Elizabeth. “We were failing wife. They were always at odds over to line up interviews and research for their kids. Don’s new wife wasn’t local stories. o your anxiety levels rise happy with all of the late-night “When I sat down with the when see the mess in your phone calls coming in from the ex. assistant, I learned that she was teenager’s room? Or, do you “Mary Ann, my fi rst wife, is not a overloaded. Our newspaper publisher, Dfeel you’re neglecting an diffi cult person,” says Don. “But, she who was back in college for a master’s ageing parent? Things can start to fall just needed to know how to manage degree, was having my assistant Around the world apart when we have too much to do. a few things with our kids. This was do online research for some of his Weather Weather Consider a mom we’ll call Kathy. wrecking my new wife’s nerves, so I classes! today Max/min tomorrow Max/min Kathy has three teenagers, and she just had to come up with a system.” “I knew I had to put the brakes on Athens P Cloudy 26/16 P Cloudy 26/16 got a divorce. Don came up with a plan that is something!” says Elizabeth. “So, I Beirut Sunny 27/21 M Sunny 27/22 T Storms S T Storms 32/26 “I can handle the divorce, the working well. He calls his ex-wife went to the publisher to have him come Bangkok 32/25 Berlin M Sunny 23/11 M Sunny 22/12 money issues and my loneliness,” says every Wednesday night around 8pm. up with a system.” Cairo Sunny 31/20 Sunny 32/21 Kathy. “What I can’t handle is how They discuss issues about their Elizabeth reports that her publisher Cape Town P Cloudy 18/12 Showers 15/11 my teenagers won’t help with the two children. Don actually meets said he would change the plan. He now Colombo T Storms 29/26 T Storms 29/26 chores.” his ex-wife every two weeks to talk pays the assistant to do three hours of Dhaka S T Storms 31/26 S T Storms 32/26 Hong Kong P Cloudy 31/28 P Cloudy 34/29 This mom’s stress is rising because about issues further. They meet at his research on weekends only. He pays Istanbul Showers 21/14 Rain 21/14 she never taught her kids to help in the bathtub or sweeping out the garage brother’s house. her $20 per hour, so the assistant is Jakarta S T Storms 31/25 T Storms 31/25 fi rst place. She emphasises that fi nding count as two chores. “This system keeps the tension at making an extra $240 per month. Karachi Sunny 32/26 M Sunny 32/26 time to visit her parents or balance the zShe visits her parents two bay,” says Don. “My present wife is “A good system works for everybody London Cloudy 18/13 Showers 21/12 T Storms T Storms 29/26 not thrilled with the plan, but it beats involved,” says Elizabeth. “It doesn’t Manila 31/26 chequebook is driving her crazy. mornings per week. Kathy has Moscow M Sunny 13/06 M Cloudy 11/06 We advised Kathy to get a few a fl exible work schedule, so she the alternative. I will always have a throw anybody off track.” New Delhi Sunny 35/26 Sunny 37/26 systems in place. A system is a plan has breakfast with her parents on connection with my ex-wife because New York M Sunny 22/19 Rain 23/14 that works well over time. Kathy took Wednesdays and Saturdays. of our children, so I have to deal with it zJudi Light Hopson is the executive Paris P Cloudy 20/12 P Cloudy 22/14 our advice and now does the following: zShe pays the bills on Sunday like an adult.” director of the stress management Sao Paulo P Cloudy 19/11 M Sunny 22/12 Seoul P Cloudy 29/20 Showers 25/18 zShe gives each teen two small nights. After dinner, Kathy takes an A well-designed system can smooth website USA Wellness Cafe at www. Singapore T Storms 32/25 T Storms 32/25 chores per day. Her list includes tasks hour to balance her chequebook and out work relationships, too. For usawellnesscafe.com. Emma Hopson Sydney M Sunny 19/08 P Cloudy 19/08 such as loading the dishwasher or write out bills to put in the mail. example, a newspaper editor we’ll call is an author and a nurse educator. Ted Tokyo Cloudy 27/21 Cloudy 30/22 sweeping the kitchen. Cleaning a large Creating good systems will keep Elizabeth was ready to fi re an assistant. Hagen is a family psychologist.