www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 London favourite West Indies destination for are Twenty20 Qatari investors champions MONDAY 4 APRIL 2016 • 26 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6756 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar PM meets Saudi official Women-and-kids Al Nadeeb cuts only days at Al Khor Park extended down customs The Peninsula DOHA: The recently-opened Al Khor Park has reserved one more clearance time day for women and children vis- itors. Previously only Tuesdays were reserved for women and children. Now they will have paperwork done and pay the cus- exclusive access to the park also toms duty. Now, it takes about five on Thursdays. The Al Khor and Clearing agents to 10 minutes to do that online,” said Dakhira Municipality has decided praise single-window an official of a customs clearance to increase the number of days for company. women and children after witness- system. All importers have a username ing huge rush on Tuesdays. and password to access the online Al Khor Park, which opened system, Al Nadeeb, introduced by after renovation in February, Qatar’s General Authority of Cus- receives hundreds of visitors eve- By Mobin Pandit and toms. The names of all customs ryday and on weekends it goes up Sanullah Ataullah clearance agencies figure on this to thousands. The Peninsula portal and the importer has to sim- It has turned into the most ply identify the agency of its choice Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met in Doha sought after picnic spot for fam- to authorise it to act on his behalf. yesterday the Undersecretary of Interior Ministry for Civil Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Nasser bin Abdullah ilies on weekends. The park has a The agency concerned can then Al Abdulwahab. They reviewed bilateral ties and issues of common concern. mini zoo, with animals and birds DOHA: The online single-window access the portal and fill up details shifted from the Doha Zoo which customs clearance system, popu- online about the imported goods and is undergoing renovation. larly known as Al Nadeeb, is very pay the customs duty and fines, if handy and has cut down the clear- any. But before that the importer, the ing time to a few minutes from an agency’s customer, hands the agency earlier three to four hours, say cus- some papers and they include Com- toms clearing agents. mercial Invoice, Certificate of Origin, Minister reviews New Orbital project progress All an agency needs now is a Bill of Lading (a kind of bill of ship- Manifest, obtained online after fill- ment) and if the imported goods are ing up details, with which to visit the food items, an additional document progress in work on two segments Ashghal’s Expressway Department, lanes of contracts two and four will be port of entry and collect an imported is needed — health certification. By Mohamed Iqbal of the project — contract two and and Abdulla Al Attiyah, Technical open to traffic by the end of next year. consignment on behalf of its cus- The agency must also get a The Peninsula contract four. Office Manager at Ashghal. The Orbital Highway connects tomer—the importer. Delivery Order from the shipping Orbital is part of Ashghal’s The minister received a briefing the south and north of Qatar. The Customs clearance procedures company or its agents. These papers expressway projects linking areas on all four contracts of The Orbital project is located to the west, north at the seaport, especially, used to are required to fill up details online north and south of Qatar. Highway from the project’s consulting and south of Doha, and will see the be time-consuming earlier, officials to obtain the manifest. DOHA: Minister of Municipality The Minister was received by Eng and contracting representatives construction of around 200km of new from two agencies this newspaper The Commercial Invoice is and Environment H E Mohamed Nasser bin Ali Al Mawlawi, President as well as Ashghal. Following the dual carriageway from Mesaieed in spoke to yesterday said. provided to the importer by the bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi visited of the Public Works Authority meeting, the minister went on to the south to west of Al Khor in the “We are enjoying our work now. exporter. the construction site of the New (Ashghal), Eng Jalal Yousef Al Salhi, inspect the progress on contracts two north. Earlier, we had to spend three to Orbital Highway and Truck Route, Director of Infrastructure Affairs, Eng and four and the milestones achieved four hours at the port just to get the → Continued on page 6 called The Orbital, and reviewed the Nasser Ghaith Al Kuwari, Manager of so far in this vital project. The main → Continued on page 2 Car dealer forced to Plea for help refund QR200,000 OIC slams Armenia to customer over Azerbaijan The Peninsula AFP that claimed some 30,000 lives, and DOHA: The Ministry of Econ- the foes have never signed a peace omy and Commerce has forced a deal despite a 1994 ceasefire. prominent car dealer to take back The region is still internationally a defective vehicle and refund the JEDDAH: A Saudi-based 57-member recognised as part of Azerbaijan and customer over QR200,000. Muslim body yesterday demanded the two sides frequently exchange The refund amount was Armenia’s “unconditional” with- fire, but the latest episode marked a decided after taking into account drawal from the Nagorny Karabakh surge in violence and sparked frantic depreciation of the car which was region after clashes with Azerbaijani appeals for peace from international used for a year. The Ministry took troops left 30 soldiers dead. powers. action following a complaint filed The Organisation of Islamic OIC Secretary General Iyad by the vehicle’s owner through one Cooperation (OIC), of which Azerba- Madani demanded “the immediate, of its communication channels ijan is a member, condemned “the unconditional, and complete with- regarding manufacturing defects. attack by Armenian forces on the drawal of Armenian forces from the The Ministry deputed its borders of occupied Azerbaijani ter- region and other occupied Azerbai- inspectors to investigate the ritories” and Yerevan’s “disrespect of jani territories.” complaint before notifying the the (unilateral) ceasefire” announced He called for increased inter- car dealer of the need to take the by Baku. national efforts, notably by the faulty car back and pay the cus- On Saturday, fierce clashes left so-called Minsk Group, to urgently tomer QR200,000 as per article 10 at least 18 Armenian and 12 Azerba- reach a political settlement that of law No. 8 of 2008 on Consumer ijani soldiers dead after both sides would “preserve” Azerbaijan’s Protection. The law stipulates that accused each other of attacking with territories. consumers are entitled to choose heavy weaponry across the volatile The Minsk Group, co-chaired whether to get repaired, exchange, frontline. by France, Russia and the United or return a defective product and A man holds his daughter at the port of Chios where refugees and migrants, who broke out from the Ethnic Armenian separatists States, leads efforts by the Organi- ask for a refund. The measure Vial detention centre, camp out yesterday in Greece. backed by Yerevan seized control zation for Security and Co-operation was part of the Ministry’s ongo- of the mountainous Nagorny Kara- in Europe (OSCE) to find a solution ing efforts to protect consumers bakh region in an early 1990s war to the conflict. and ensure that car dealers fol- low up on vehicles’ defects and repairs. The Ministry added that it will refer violations to authori- Yemeni president Hadi sacks PM; appoints new team ties for action to protect rights of consumers. The Ministry has urged peo- Reuters Khaled Bahah in a major shake-up countries in the Middle East. The president also appointed A Yemeni government official said ple to report violations through ahead of peace talks later this month. Yemen’s state television reported Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, a former the shake-up could undermine UN- the following. Call Center: 16001; Yemen has been in a civil war that Hadi had appointed Ali Mohsen official in Saleh’s General People’s sponsored peace talks, scheduled to Email: [email protected]; Twitter: RIYADH: Yemeni President Abd- for more than a year between Hadi’s Al Ahmar, a politically powerful Congress party before joining Hadi’s start in Kuwait on April 18. @MEC_Qatar; Instagram: MEC_ rabuh Mansur Hadi appointed a new supporters and the Iran-allied Houthi army general who split violently camp, to become new prime minister. “Bahah was in favour of a politi- Qatar; Ministry of Economy and vice-president and prime minis- group that has drawn in a Saudi-led with former Yemeni president Ali Bahah, who held both posts before cal settlement and the appointment of Commerce mobile app for Android ter yesterday, pro-Hadi state media alliance and caused a major human- Abdullah Saleh in 2011, as the new he was sacked, had been named as an Ali Mohsen is a victory for the hard- and IOS: MEC_Qatar. reported, sacking prime minister itarian crisis in one of the poorest vice-president. adviser to Hadi. line wing,” the official said. 02 MONDAY 4 APRIL 2016 HOME PM meets Sudan Doha Institute for Graduate President’s aide Studies awarded three The Peninsula & QNA research grants by QNRF DOHA: Prime Minister and Inte- The Peninsula students’ aspirations and future rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah orientations, including career bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani aspirations and beyond.” Another yesterday met Sudanese Pres- grant is titled ‘Transcultural ident’s Assistant Dr Ibrahim DOHA: Doha Institute for Gradu- identities: Solidaristic action Mahmoud Hamid and his delega- ate Studies has been awarded three and contemporary Arab social tion.