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PM attends World Teachers’ Day celebration Gong, Kaul, Naser claim honours

By Mikhil Bhat ny’s Niklas Kaul took full advantage tried to continue stopping short twice Doha of world record holder Kevin Mayer’s during the pole vault before pulling absence to become the youngest ever out. world champion in the event. “I am not ok, but it will be fi ne. I was packed and boisterous Kha- With only a 19-point defi cit to make disappointed because I was leading. lifa International Stadium played up on Estonia’s Maicel Uibo, 21-year- But this is sport,” Mayer said yester- Awitness to Lijiao Gong defend her old Kaul ran an impressive 4:15.71 in day. “Yesterday, I had an injury at my shot put world title after a few nervous the men’s 1,500m, just outside his per- right knee, but I was still able to do the moments, even as Salwa Eid Naser ran sonal best, to grab the gold. hurdles and discus. It was very diffi - the third fastest time in history to be- Maicel made it two silvers in the cult. But then my left hamstring hurt come the women’s 400m world cham- evening for the Uibo couple. Canada’s and I had to stop.” pion beating favourite Shaunae Miller- Damian Warner won bronze. Kaul went over 5m mark in pole Uibo for gold yesterday. Mayer’s title defence came to a teary vault with Uibo grabbing the overall Both women’s heptathlon and men’s end in the men’s decathlon as the lead with a 5.4m eff ort. decathlon events saw dramatic vic- Frenchman pulled out after he found However, Kaul roared back into con- tories as Britain’s Katarina Johnson- himself unable to continue during the tention with a mammoth 79.05m throw HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday attended the annual Thompson notched the biggest margin pole vault. in javelin, the penultimate event, to celebration of World Teachers’ Day held at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). HE the Minister of Education and of victory in over three decades when Mayer had taken the lead in decath- come within striking distance. Higher Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammmadi, who attended the event, said Qatar has become an attractive she won by 304 points, and Germa- lon after the discus throw, and he even To Page 16 destination for educators from around the world. Sheikhs, ministers and diplomats attended the ceremony along with a number of educators and school administrators. Page 2 Shot put winners Foreign journalists praise Qatar

QNA He noted that the media centre es- He said the organisation of the event Doha pecially was well equipped for report- was going as well as it could be. ers to do their jobs. Walker said he has covered four dif- He also praised the intensity of the ferent World Athletics Championships, everal foreign correspond- competition. but highlighted this one was complete- ents present in Doha to cover On 2022 FIFA World Cup, he ex- ly diff erent because it is organised in SWorld Athletics Championships pressed his belief that Qatar will host the Middle East. praised Qatar’s organisation of the a wonderful edition. He highlighted that the level of com- event and reserved special praise for He praised Qatar’s modern infra- petition among the athletes has been Khalifa International Stadium. structure and said he would gladly high. L’Equipe’s journalist told Qatar come back to cover the World Cup in The German noted that the level of News Agency that the effort made by three years’ time. organisation was superior, especially the Organising Committee was clear, SOJC Track’s Alex Castell praised inside the stadium. expressing his admiration of Khalifa the organisation of the competition He acknowledged that there were International Stadium and its cooling and Khalifa International Stadium. some challenges facing the marathon technology. He noted that despite the heat and due to the weather which may not be He also said it was healthy for other humidity, the weather inside the sta- suitable for all participants. countries from all around the world to dium was good thanks to the technol- Walker also said that the IAAF host the competition, as it should not ogy. should consider organising the event as be monopolised by major European Veteran German journalist Ewald an independent race in the future. nations. Walker who writes for Leichtathletik, He also said that there were many Kenya’s Daily National reporter which specialises in athletics, ex- special moments in this year’s event, said all aspects of the event are going pressed delight to be in Doha to cover such as organising the 4x400 relay for Gold medallist China’s Lijiao Gong, silver medallist Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd and bronze medallist Germany’s Christina well. the event. the fi rst time ever. Page 16 Schwanitz pose after the Women’s shot put final at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha yesterday. 400 metres gold Heptathlon gold Decathlon gold

Germany’s Niklas Kaul reacts after winning the Men’s 1,500m Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser celebrates after winning the Women’s 400m final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Britain’s Katerina Johnson-Thompson celebrates winning gold in Women’s decathlon final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha yesterday. heptathlon 800m at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, yesterday. at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Friday, October 4, 2019 QATAR

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Amir sends ‘Teacher is at the forefront congratulations to president of Germany

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness of Qatar’s National Policy’ the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday cables QNA celebrate World Teachers’ Day of congratulations to President of Doha this year, in which he empha- Germany Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier sised that teachers are the cor- on the anniversary of his country’s nerstone of future education Unity Day. Also, HE the Prime Minister E the Minister of Edu- systems. and Minister of Interior Sheikh cation and Higher Ed- Padilla pointed out that Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al- Hucation Dr Mohamed in the face of poor teachers’ Thani sent a cable of congratulations Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi wages, and not giving them to German Chancellor Dr Angela said that Qatar’s annual cele- their true value, attracting Merkel on the anniversary of her bration of World Teachers’ Day and retaining talent could be country’s Unity Day. is an appreciation of the role a challenge, as well as a lack of teachers in accordance with of resources for children with the joint recommendation of special educational needs, per- Condolences sent to International Labour Organi- sons with disabilities, refugees Indian president sation (ILO) and Unesco. and young multilingual stu- In his speech at Qatar Na- dents could deprive children of and prime minister tional Convention Center the basic need of education. yesterday, HE the Minister of Padilla stressed the urgency His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim Education noted that Qatar’s of taking the necessary meas- bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness National Vision aims to trans- ures in this context, and said the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah form the country by 2030 into that by reviewing the fi gures bin Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday a developed country capable of of the Unesco Institute for Sta- cables of condolences to President achieving sustainable develop- HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, HE the Minister of Education and Higher tistics (UIS), the world today of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime ment, adding that this can only Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi with off icials and teachers at the World Teachers’ Day celebrations yesterday. needs about 69mn new teach- Minister Narendra Modi on the be achieved through build- ers to meet the 2030 educa- victims of floods in east and north of ing an educational system that Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the implementation of criteria with national policies and in- keys to the future we want. tion agenda. Adding that these India. Also, HE the Prime Minister and meets modern international Qatar has achieved all interna- and selection methods accord- ternational conventions. In his speech, HE Dr al- problems were evident in rural Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah standards in which teachers tional standards and guidelines ing to high qualifi cations. This, HE the minister stressed Hammadi expressed his sin- and crisis-stricken areas in bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a play a pivotal role in preparing concerning the status of teach- he said, is because progress the importance of the role of cere gratitude and apprecia- developing countries, where cable of condolence to Prime Minister students for the future, and di- ers including their security and in education depends on the teachers in Qatar schools, to tion to HE the Prime Minister teachers, especially women, Narendra Modi on the victims of recting the human and knowl- job satisfaction. qualifi cations and experience renew the ministry’s vision of and Minister of Interior Sheikh faced isolation and violence, floods in east and north of India. edge capital of Qatar in its right HE Dr al-Hammadi said that of teachers and their human the teaching profession, in ac- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- and the migration of teachers paths. Qatar became a career attrac- qualities. cordance with an approach that lifa al-Thani for the continu- to urban areas left rural schools HE the Prime Minister and tion, and teachers working in He added that in light of the takes into account the diversity ous support and guidance to underemployed. Amir sends greetings Minister of Interior Sheikh Ab- the government sector are from future directions, the ministry and individual diff erences of the Ministry of Education and On behalf of the honoured to president of Iraq dullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa 56 nationalities, and those in will continue to develop its ed- children, and respect their dig- Higher Education. teachers, Saeed Salah al-Malki al-Thani attended the annual the private education sector are ucational visions to overcome nity and cultural specifi cities, He also welcomed the new from the Sumaysima Primary His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim celebration of World Teachers’ from 105 nationalities, which all the diffi culties and chal- and expand their perceptions, teachers who joined the teach- School for Boys praised the bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness Day held at the Qatar National indicates Qatar’s openness to lenges, especially the demo- so that they can compete with ing profession this year. During Ministry of Education’s keen- the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Convention Center yesterday. the world despite the unjust graphic challenge, and the in- their peers at the global level. the celebration, HE the Min- ness to organise this celebra- Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday cables HE Dr al-Hammadi added blockade. crease in demand for education HE the minister also called ister of Education and High- tion annually and to honour the of congratulations to President of that Qatar’s national policies He stressed that as the min- and the opening of new schools on students and all partners er Education honoured 100 teachers who spent years in this Iraq Barham Salih on the anniversary are centred on the advance- istry looks forward to a more annually, and this requires the of the educational process to teachers, in recognition of their profession. of his country’s Independence Day. ment of human resources, and eff ective role for teachers in recruitment of more teachers share the joy of the teachers in eff orts in the fi eld of education Qatar celebrates World Also, HE the Prime Minister and the teacher is at the forefront achieving Qatar National Vi- in light of the scarcity of quali- Qatar and express their grati- in Qatar. Teachers’ Day annually, as ap- Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah of this policy, and this cel- sion 2030, the ministry has fi ed teachers in the region. tude, respect and appreciation, On behalf of the direc- proved by Unesco, on the 5th of bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent ebration is a vivid indication stipulated the achievement of HE Dr al-Hammadi renewed and give them the considera- tor, Unesco Regional Offi ce October each year, in recogni- a cable of congratulations to Prime of Qatar’s interest in teachers, the highest indicators of in- the ministry’s commitment to tion and social status they de- in Doha, Anna Paolini, Dan- tion the role of teachers as the Minister of Iraq Adil Abdul-Mahdi and following the directives of tegrity and transparency in the support teachers and safeguard serve, because they are the iello Padilla delivered the joint main pillar of the educational on the anniversary of his country’s His Highness the Amir Sheikh educational system, through all their rights in accordance source of inspiration and the United Nations message to process. Independence Day. Media City’s Board of Directors issues decisions

The Media City Board of Directors held its third meeting yesterday under the chairmanship of HE Chairman of the Board of Directors of Media City Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani. The meeting reviewed the agenda, took appropriate decisions, discussed the regulations governing the Media City. It reviewed a number of diff erent tenders, especially the details of the tender for the selection of permanent buildings in Lusail City, as its infrastructure and environment, is an appropriate location for the Media City project, which contributes to achieving the objectives set for this project. HE Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed al-Thani said that HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani issued a decision to appoint Saud bin Abdullah al-Attiyah to the Board of Directors. HE the PM stressed that having Saud al-Attiyah onboard is a step forward and represents an integration of members with their diff erent special-ties. During the past period, the Board of Directors has adopted the organisational structures of the city, the charter of professional honour, in addition to the organisational decisions that facilitate the establishment of the Media City. (QNA)

Caterina Varchetta, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti and Pasquale Salzano at the opening of ‘No Boundaries’ exhibition. ‘No Boundaries’ exhibition opens

he ‘No Boundaries’ exhibition by ing Italian traditions and Qatari sym- based in Doha, where she lives with Italian artist Caterina Varchetta bols. As a consequence, her artworks her family,” Salzano said. Dr al-Sulaiti Topened at the Katara – the Cul- engage without limits and restrictions also inaugurated ‘A Journey Through tural Village on Wednesday, featuring in an open dialogue between two cul- My Stories’ exhibition by Portuguese a unique collection of canvas and por- tures,” Salzano said in his speech. artist Patricia Mouzinho, showcasing celains, highlighting the deep-rooted “Here it is the powerful message of 40 paintings belonging to the School relations between Qatar and Italy. ‘No Boundaries’. Art knows no borders. of Cubist Art. He stressed that the the “I fi nd harmony between light and It goes beyond any barriers and rejects two exhibitions serve as an opportu- shadow, tradition, innovation, fragil- labels, constrictions and divisions,” he nity for many people to learn about ity, and strength in all aspects of art noted. “This is exactly the approach new experiences, build relations, and refl ected on my work,” said Varchetta, that Italy and Qatar share towards art exchange of experiences. a Doha resident. and culture, which need to remain free “Katara is witnessing a remarkable The exhibition, organised by the and inclusive.” development at all levels, especially embassy of Italy in Doha and Katara, The envoy lauded the artist for in the diversity of exhibitions and art- will run until October 13 at Katara’s sharing her talent and sensitivity, ex- ists,” Dr al-Sulaiti said, adding that Building 22, Gallery 2. It is offi cially pressed through outstanding artworks the two exhibitions have an artistic part of the initiative supported by the that show the tight connections be- fl avour, which refl ects a deep vision Italian Ministry of Foreign Aff airs and tween Italy and Qatar. and a melting pot of diverse cultural International Co-operation, aimed at He also thanked Dr al-Sulaiti for experiences. Mouzinho said that her promoting Italian contemporary art “an excellent ongoing co-operation works have been an expression of many abroad. that signifi cantly contributes to the mixed feelings of being a journalist 27 The opening ceremony was at- strengthening of the relations between years ago as she visited diff erent coun- tended by Katara general manager Dr Qatar and Italy, while off ering cultural tries around the world. Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti, Italian programmes that benefi t our commu- “I am happy to be in Qatar and this ambassador Pasquale Salzano, as well nities.” unique and beautiful cultural village, as several other envoys from various “We have decided to resume our cul- Katara,” she added. missions in Doha. tural journey after the summer break ‘No Boundaries will run until Oc- “Exposed to local infl uences and in- from a unique collection of canvas and tober 13 (building 22) while ‘A journey spired by the landscapes of Qatar, Var- porcelains created by the Italian art- through my stories’ in the building chetta applies to canvas and porcelains ist Caterina Varchetta, precisely from 19 Hall 1 will continue until 14 of this a very personal artistic language, mix- Naples – where I come from – but month. Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 3 QATAR/REGION/ARAB WORLD QU graduates create Qatar participates in GCC Chiefs of Staff meeting fi refi ghting robot

our female Qatari gradu- ates from Qatar Univer- Fsity’s (QU) College of En- gineering have locally designed, built and tested a fi rst-of-its- kind robotic fi refi ghting vehicle, it was announced yesterday. Al-Maha al-Shamari, Jawaher al-Sulaiti, Ghader al-Sharshani and Bashayr al-Mehaiza, who graduated from the College’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, accom- The State of Qatar yesterday participated in the extraordinary meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) in plished the task under the super- Riyadh. Qatar’s delegation to the meeting was headed by HE the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces Lieutenant-General (Pilot) vision of Dr Jamil Renno. Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem. The meeting discussed a number of topics aimed at enhancing the future of the Gulf defence policy The remotely controlled ro- and strengthening co-ordination in the areas of military co-operation among member states in line with a unified strategy. — QNA botic fi refi ghting vehicle is kit- ted with a 360 degree panoramic The firefighting robot. camera that streams live video to a mobile phone or to a central hancing their design to make it deployment at sites in the coun- Sudan leader meets Qatar’s ambassador control room. more suitable for extinguishing try. The robot is also equipped fi res in oil and gas facilities. This eff ort fi ts within Qa- The President of the Sovereign Council of Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to ambassador his greetings to the Amir, with a gas detector that feeds The team has held several tar National Vision 2030 as a the Republic of Sudan Lieutenant General the president of the Council and his wishes wishing His Highness good health and back gas levels to the fi refi ghters fruitful meetings with govern- step towards diversifying the Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met Qatar’s of good health and success to him and to the happiness and the Qatari people further on the ground. mental and commercial stake- economy and contributes to- Ambassador to Sudan Abdulrahman bin Ali Sudanese people continued progress and progress and prosperity. The four engineers, now holders with a view to launch a wards the transformation into al-Kubaisi. development. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral adopted by Qatar Science and Qatari company that will pro- a knowledge-based economy, a During the meeting, the ambassador For his part, the president of Sudan’s relations between the two countries and Technology Park (QSTP), are en- duce these robotic vehicles for QU statement elaborated. conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Sovereign Council conveyed through the ways of enhancing them.

20 appointed as judicial officers Attorney-general meets Gambian offi cials

E the Attorney-General Dr Ali bin Fetais al-Marri Hyesterday met advisers and offi cials from the ministries of Foreign Aff airs, Trade and Economy in the Republic of The Gambia, at the end of their par- ticipation in a training workshop, organised by the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center (RO- LACC) in Doha under the title Corruption and Ribery in Civil in addition to other topics con- the series of workshops present- Services. cerning the rule of law and anti- ed by the ROLACC in the context ROLACC has concluded the corruption. technical and training support it The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Aff airs has granted 20 employees of the Labor Inspection three-day training workshop The workshop was delivered off ers to African countries. Department at the Ministry’s headquarters the status of judicial off icers in relation to the implementation of the provisions of the which was presented for the by a lineup of professors from Rule of Law and Anti-Corrup- Labor Law and its implementing decisions. HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Aff airs Yousef bin Gambian delegation, tackling the Sussex University, Hamad bin tion Center (ROLACC) activities Mohamed al-Othman Fakhro honoured the judicial off icers who contributed to accomplishing the tasks in an outstanding manner in legal and practical aspects of an- Khalifa University and Ahmed are carried in co-operation with the implementation of the Labor Law and its implementing resolutions. — QNA ti-corruption-related matters on bin Mohamed Military College. the United Nations and its agen- national and international levels The workshop comes within cies. — QNA

Lobby fi rm pays out $1mn Iraq toll climbs as unrest spreads for jailed Tunisia candidate

By Ahmed Rasheed and than 600 people have also been fae, including fi ve police, they said. Troops patrolled main roads ger at a government and political Ali Hafthi, Reuters wounded, began over unemploy- Four people were killed in clash- and public spaces, but by morn- class they say is corrupt and doing AFP Baghdad ment and poor services but have es overnight in another southern ing sporadic demonstrations had nothing to improve their lives. Tunis escalated into calls for a change of city, Amara. begun, and troops opened fi re with “The people are being robbed. government and pose one of the Amnesty International called live rounds to disperse them. The people are now begging on the raqi security forces opened fi re worst security challenges in years on Prime Minister Adel Abdul Residents of the capital queued street. There is no work, you come he publication by US authorities of a $1mn interna- on thousands of demonstrators in the war-weary country. Mahdi’s government to rein in the outside supermarkets and food to protest, they fi re at you. Live tional lobbying contract to promote a jailed front- Iwho defi ed a curfew in Bagh- They appear to be independent security forces and investigate the stores to stock up on supplies in gunfi re,” said a man covering his Trunner in Tunisia’s presidential election has trig- dad yesterday and exchanged fi re of any political party and seem- killings. case of a sudden rise in prices or face in a scarf. gered an uproar in the North African country. with gunmen in southern cities, ingly took the security forces by “It is outrageous that Iraqi se- further security restrictions by Iraq has the world’s fourth-larg- The US Justice Department published a copy of the bringing to 27 the death toll from surprise. curity forces time and again deal authorities. est reserves of oil, according to the deal with Canada-based Dickens and Maddison to lobby three days of anti-government “The bullets do not scare us. with protesters with such brutal- Iraq has struggled to recover International Monetary Fund, but for imprisoned media mogul Nabil Karoui “in the United protests. They do not scare Iraqis. This will ity using lethal and unnecessary since defeating Islamic State mili- much of its population of 40mn States, the Russian Federation, the United Nation...in or- The protests spread to other cit- all come down over their heads,” force. It is crucial that the authori- tants in 2017. lives in poverty and without de- der to attaining the presidency of the Republic of Tunisia”. ies in predominantly Shia south- said one protester in the capital. ties ensure a fully independent and Its infrastructure has been laid cent healthcare, education or The one-year contract, dated August 19, far exceeds Tu- ern Iraq, where policemen said At least 4,000 protesters gath- impartial investigation,” said Lynn to waste by decades of sectarian power and water supply. nisia’s limits on campaign spending. they increasingly encountered ered in Baghdad’s Tayaran Square Maalouf, Amnesty International’s civil war, foreign occupation, two Anti-government demon- The document, fi rst published by the Al Monitor news demonstrators carrying weapons. and attempted to march onto the Middle East Research Director. US invasions, UN sanctions and strations last year that began in site, was inked three months after Karoui formalised his Two policemen and two pro- central Tahrir Square but were met The United Nations urged the war against its neighbours. oil-rich Basra prompted a heavy candidacy and just days before he was arrested on August testers were killed late yesterday in with open fi re and heavy tear gas. government to “exercise maxi- With the country at last at peace crackdown by security forces and 23 on charges of tax evasion and money laundering. the city of Diwaniya some 160km Police used live ammunition in mum restraint” and allow peaceful and free to trade, many Iraqis say nearly 30 people were killed. It is signed by the fi rm’s president Ari Ben Menashe — south of Baghdad, according to the Zaafaraniya district of Bagh- protests. their government has failed to re- Prime Minister Abdul Mahdi who describes himself as a former Israeli intelligence of- police. dad, where three protesters were A curfew, lifted early in the build the nation. chaired an emergency national fi cer — and pledges the company will “strive to arrange In nearby Hilla one protester shot dead, and there were protests morning in southern cities, was The demonstrations began in security council meeting and or- meetings with the Honourable Donald Trump” and Rus- was bludgeoned to death, accord- in the northwestern Shula district. reimposed immediately in Nas- Baghdad on Tuesday and quickly dered yesterday’s curfew in Bagh- sian President Vladimir Putin. ing to police and hospital sources. Police said protesters had fi red siriya and later in Amara. grew and spread to other cities, dad. Tunisia’s electoral commission ISIE capped campaign Three more died in a district of at them in the town of Rifae near Curfews have also been declared mainly in Iraq’s south. Only travellers to and from the spending at 1.7mn dinars ($630,000) for the fi rst round of Baghdad and elsewhere in the cap- the southern city of Nassiriya in Najaf and Hilla. Police have fi red live rounds, airport, ambulances, some gov- the presidential vote on September 15 and 1mn dinars in ital protesters had set fi re to army where seven people were killed In Baghdad, the authorities at- tear gas and water cannon to dis- ernment employees and religious the lead-up to the fi nal runoff on October 13. vehicles, security sources said. overnight and another yesterday. tempted to head off protests by perse protesters. pilgrims were to be allowed on the Karoui came in second in the fi rst round with 15.6%, be- The protests, in which more Fifty people were wounded in Ri- imposing a curfew from 5am. Protesters directed their an- streets. hind independent law professor Kais Saied.

As Libya’s war drags on, Tripoli drowns in waste as dump becomes a battleground

By Nawas al-Darraji, AFP But this only replaces the “I’m talking to the government of Rubbish sorting and recycling Tripoli stench of rotting garbage with the east (which supports Haftar) are out of the question. columns of nauseating smoke in and that of the west (the GNA): Glass, paper and plastic could the streets of the capital. keep your ministerial portfolios be recycled, but specialised fa- araj al-Doukali hastened to Tripoli’s trash turmoil isn’t and the money, but fi nd a solu- cilities “require a stable security unload the dozens of rub- a new phenomenon but it has tion to this rubbish crisis because situation”, Jadidi said. Fbish bags from his van onto reached alarming proportions in it’s making us sick.” Rouqaya al-Hachemi, an en- a sidewalk dump in Siyahiya, a recent months. Without long-term solutions vironmental researcher, recently residential district west of the Municipal rubbish trucks no and as long as fi ghting contin- conducted a study on the rubbish Libyan capital. longer collect waste because the ues, “the crisis will worsen”, said crisis in Tripoli. “Each weekend I collect the city’s main landfi ll is on a front- Tarek al-Jadidi, director of envi- She found that respiratory ill- rubbish from my four brothers at line. ronmental protection at the Na- nesses and skin conditions have the farm where we live and I look The dump is at Sidi al-Sayeh, tional Centre for the Prevention clearly increased among chil- for somewhere to dump it. I have 45km south of Tripoli, where of Diseases in Tripoli. dren, the elderly and pregnant no choice but to leave it here on forces loyal to the capital’s UN- “In addition to the lack of en- women. the footpath,” he said. recognised Government of Na- vironmental awareness among “People are aware of the envi- Across Tripoli, tonnes of waste tional Accord (GNA) are bat- citizens, the state is unable to ronmental risks and dangers of overfl ows from bins and piles up tling those of eastern strongman manage the rubbish in the streets, garbage fi res but they complain on roadsides. Khalifa Haftar, who launched an while ongoing confl ict prevents about a lack of skips,” she said. The rubbish crisis adds to off ensive on April 4 to seize the the implementation of plans like To resolve this chronic cri- the daily ordeal for residents of city. in other countries,” Jadidi said. sis, Hachemi recommends “the the capital, where life is already Doukali seems more angered In theory, waste management creation of a ministry of envi- punctuated by shortages of fuel, by the rubbish than the fi ghting. in Tripoli takes place in stages, ronment to manage the rubbish electricity and water. “Is it up to citizens to collect with rubbish being taken fi rst to situation, and laws to punish Fed up with the smell and the the garbage now? Why doesn’t collection points and then on- off enders”. Waste management sight of rats and stray cats feast- the government and the mu- wards to the main landfi ll. may not seem like Libya’s most ing in the garbage, some resi- nicipality provide skips in every But with the landfi ll in a com- pressing issue, but ultimately, Ruqaya al-Hashemi, researcher and academic at Libya’s National Centre for the Prevention of Diseases in dents have taken to burning the neighbourhood?” he asked. bat zone, collection points are Hachemi said, “it’s about the Tripoli, speaks during an interview with AFP at the centre’s headquarters in Tripoli. rubbish. A furious passerby interjected: overfl owing. health of citizens”. Gulf Times 4 Friday, October 4, 2019 AFRICA

PUNISHMENT ACCIDENT HEALTH OFFSIDE POLITICS Schoolchildren caned DR Congo gold mine Congo distributes mosquito Five Eritrean footballers Chad postpones election to over mobile phones collapse toll up to 21 nets in anti-malaria drive go missing in Uganda 2020, seeks funding

Human rights groups in Tanzania yesterday fired a At least 21 people have died after an illegal The Republic of Congo yesterday launched Five footballers from Eritrea’s national side Long-delayed legislative polls that Chadian volley of criticism after video footage emerged of 14 gold mine collapsed in Maniema in eastern DR a campaign to distribute anti-malaria bed have gone missing in Uganda during a regional President Idriss Deby Itno had vowed to hold school pupils being caned by a regional governor for Congo, the provincial governor said yesterday, nets to more than 90% of the nation’s tournament, an off icial said yesterday, raising by year’s end are likely to take place in the first breaking school rules. Footage of the punishment, a day after the accident. “There have already households. More than 3mn insecticide- suspicion they may be trying to seek asylum. Eritrea, three months of 2020, the country’s election which went viral on the Internet, showed Albert been 21 deaths,” Augustin Musafiri, the governor treated nets will be distributed over the five- which has been blocked from African football board said yesterday. The head of the electoral Chalamila, governor of Mbeya in southern Tanzania, of Maniema, said without giving details. On day operation, initiated by Prime Minister competitions in the past because players would commission, Kodi Mahamat, told a press giving three strokes of the cane to each student, all of Wednesday, Steve Mbikayi, the minister of Clement Mouamba in the capital Brazzaville. often flee while abroad, is considered among the conference “the realistic timeframe for holding them stretched out on the ground. They had violated national solidarity and humanitarian action, The cost of the operation, put at $13.39mn, is most repressive countries on earth. The five players legislative elections (is) the first quarter of a ban on having mobile phones in their school. tweeted that 14 people had died and three had being met by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, have been missing since Sunday, an off icial from 2020”. The last poll for the National Assembly The punishment was administered in front of the been hospitalised with serious injuries. A civil Tuberculosis and Malaria. Health Minister the Council for East and Central Africa Football took place in 2011, when the president’s party students’ schoolmates, police off icers and teachers. society activist Justin Kyanga Asumani said Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo said malaria was Associations said. Police have been roped into the gained a majority. The scheduled 2015 vote has Under a 1979 law, corporal punishment can only be yesterday there were 25 deaths “because 10 new the prime cause of death among children search eff ort around Jinja, in eastern Uganda, where been repeatedly delayed — a situation blamed administered by the school’s director, and only in the bodies have been recovered, including nine men aged under five, and the disease was a major the players were last seen and other members of the by Deby on a lack of funds in one of the world’s event of serious breaches. and one woman.” cause of absence from school. squad have been accounted for. most impoverished states.

Eight abducted ‘Early warning systems’ to from Nigeria school: police

AFP stop xenophobic attacks Kano

By Sofia Christensen, AFP unmen yesterday abducted six girls Pretoria and two staff members from a boarding Gschool in a northern Nigerian region no- torious for banditry and ransom kidnappings, he presidents of Nigeria and police said. South Africa yesterday agreed Armed men gained entry into the Engravers Tto share intelligence and set College, a mixed boarding school in a remote up “early warning mechanisms” to area just south of the city of Kaduna, police prevent attacks on foreign nationals, spokesman Yakubu Sabo said. weeks after xenophobic violence in “(They) took away two staff of the college Johannesburg stirred tensions be- and six female students to an unknown desti- tween the continent’s largest econo- nation,” Sabo said. mies. The school, which hosts girls and boys, is lo- Muhammadu Buhari and South cated far to the west of an area notorious for at- African counterpart Cyril Ram- tacks by the Boko Haram extremist group. aphosa discussed trade and political The police said they had deployed units “to ties at the start of Buhari’s three- the area for possible rescue of the victims and day state visit, the fi rst by a Nigerian arresting the perpetrators.” leader since 2013. It said offi cers were “doing everything pos- The talks were overshadowed by a sible to secure the release of all the victims un- recent spate of attacks against for- hurt”. eign workers in South Africa, where The bursar at the school confi rmed the kid- the unemployment rate stands at napping to AFP. 29%. “Unknown gunmen broke into the school Much of the violence was directed around 12.10am and took away six female stu- at Nigerians. dents and two staff who live inside the school,” Buhari and Ramaphosa said they Elvis Allah-Yaro said. would work together on policing and Abductions for ransom are common in Ni- shared intelligence to prevent similar geria and the highway from the capital Abuja to incidents. the city of Kaduna has seen a surge in attacks by “Early warning mechanisms will armed criminals, but raids on schools are rare. be set up so that when we see there is restiveness in both of our people... we will be able to inform one anoth- Tanzania says not hiding er,” Ramaphosa said. “Our condemnation of all forms of info on Ebola cases intolerance and acts of violence re- mains fi rm,” he said. anzania yesterday denied it was with- “We are equally committed to up- holding information from the World holding the rule of law and ensuring THealth Organisation (WHO) on suspect- that all those involved in criminal ed cases of Ebola, saying it was not hiding any activities, regardless of their nation- outbreak of the deadly disease in the country. ality, are prosecuted.” “Ebola is known as a fast-spreading disease, Buhari called for more tolerance Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari shakes hands with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting in Pretoria yesterday. whose impact can be felt globally. This is not and heightened security. a disease that the Tanzanian government can “Our respective police forces and Violent attacks targeting foreign- ophobia was only targeted at Nige- part of that population, which also “We want to address this im- hide,” Tanzania health minister Ummy Mwal- security agencies must be very alert,” ers erupted notably in 2008 and rians and stressed the importance includes people from Malawi, Zim- balance so that we have more and imu told journalists in commercial capital Dar he told the press conference. 2015, shocking a country that suf- of balancing economic relations be- babwe and South Asia. more slightly larger Nigerian com- es Salaam. “Police must be on alert not to al- fered racist white-minority rule for tween the countries. Most Nigerians in South Africa panies coming to operate here,” he “Reports suggesting that Tanzania has not low violence to escalate,” he said. decades and which now prides itself “Over 100 South African compa- work in small shops providing cell- said. been transparent about suspected cases of Ebo- A statement from the Nigerian as a “rainbow nation” for people of nies have made investments in Ni- phone repairs, hairdressing, me- In a joint statement, both presi- la and is not sharing information with the WHO presidency added that increased all colours and communities. geria,” Ramaphosa said, addressing chanics and tailoring services. dents welcomed “steps to increase are false and should be ignored.” competition in an era of globalisa- The latest violence sparked fury the SA-Nigeria business forum. South Africa’s business involve- trade volumes as well as private sec- Last month WHO said Tanzania had refused tion meant that security agencies in Nigeria and triggered retaliatory “South Africa is by far the largest ment in Nigeria is based on larger tor investments”. to provide detailed information on suspected “should show more interest in mar- attacks against South African busi- purchaser of Nigerian products in companies such as its telecoms gi- Buhari, meanwhile, exhorted his Ebola cases. ket operations, players and likely ar- nesses. Africa, accounting for nearly half of ant MTN, leading supermarket chain countrymen to respect the laws of The organisation said it was made aware on eas of tensions.” Hundreds of migrants were repat- Nigeria’s exports to the rest of Africa Shoprite and Standard Bank. the nation, they are living in. September 10 of the death of a patient in Dar es Mobs descended on foreign- riated by Nigerian authorities last in 2018,” he added. “South Africa has a number of “When you are in Rome,” he said, Salaam, and was unoffi cially told the next day owned stores in and around Johan- month. Africa’s most industrialised econ- large corporations that operate in “you do what the Romans do”. the person had tested positive for Ebola. nesburg in early September, destroy- Ramaphosa, who has repeatedly omy is a magnet for migrant workers Nigerian market. Ramaphosa also called for a re- Mwalimu said Tanzania has investigated ing properties and looting. apologised for the attacks, reiterated seeking better job prospects on the In the South African market, many vamp of the UN Security Council, some 28 suspected cases of Ebola over the past At least 12 people were killed, most his government’s “deep regret”. continent. of (the Nigerian players) are small and saying: “We want Africa to be repre- year, including two cases in September, but they of them South African. He rejected the view that the xen- Nigerians make up a signifi cant medium enterprises,” said Ramaphosa. sented. We want equity.” all tested negative. Burundian refugees return home from Tanzania

AFP the voluntary return of almost At least 1,200 people were Gisuru, Burundi 75,000 refugees since September killed and more than 400,000 2017, under a deal with Burundi displaced in violence between and Tanzania. April 2015 and May 2017 the UN early 600 Burundi- According to the agency, some says was mostly carried out by ans who fl ed political 225,000 Burundian refugees are state security forces. Nviolence in their home still living in three camps in Tan- In August the UNHCR said in a country to Tanzania were repat- zania. statement: “While overall secu- riated voluntarily yesterday, the Another 71,000 are in Rwanda, rity has improved, UNHCR is of UN refugee agency and witnesses 45,000 in the Democratic Re- the opinion conditions in Burun- said. public of Congo and 43,000 in di are not currently conducive to The move came after the Tan- Uganda. promote returns.” zanian government vowed that At the end of August, Tan- “Hundreds still fl ee Burundi from October 1 it would start re- zanian Interior Minister Kangi each month, and UNHCR urges patriating all Burundians, willing Lugola said that from October governments in the region to or not — a stance that some offi - 1, all Burundian refugees would maintain open borders and ac- cials appeared to be trying to roll be sent back home, arguing that cess to asylum for those who back. their home was now at peace. need it,” the UNHCR added. A UNHCR offi cial told AFP However government spokes- Burundian refugees in the on condition of anonymity that man Hassan Abbas said yester- camps who spoke to AFP by “590 Burundian refugees left day that “nobody will be forced phone said the situation was Tanzania in a convoy of voluntary to go back.” calm and that those seeking to returnees this morning.” Nevertheless he insisted “Bu- return voluntarily were register- The group arrived on eight rundi is peaceful and they are ing with authorities. buses in Gisuru in eastern Bu- busy preparing for elections next However they said some had rundi, where there is a transit year.” chosen to fl ee to Uganda, Rwanda centre for returning refugees, “Tanzania respects the inter- or Kenya because of pressure to witnesses said. national agreements on refugees return back to Burundi. “These returnees will stay in and will ensure the refugees re- “At fi rst they banned leaving the camp until tomorrow, before location process is handled care- the camp to work in the fi elds of being sent to their home towns fully,” he told reporters. Tanzanians, then they closed the with a kit of supplies to last them Burundi has been in crisis shops, the bars inside the camps. three months,” a Burundian offi - since 2015, when President Pierre Most recently they closed the cial told AFP, also on condition of Nkurunziza ran for a third term markets,” one refugee said in the anonymity. and was re-elected in a vote boy- Nduta camp in the northwest of Burundian refugees get off from a bus from Tanzania as part of a repartition programme at the Nyabitare transit site in the Gisuru commune, The UNHCR has facilitated cotted by most of the opposition. the country. Ruyigi province, Burundi. Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 5 AMERICAS

Pence says Biden and son should be investigated Vice-President Mike Pence has off ered a full-throated defence of President Donald Trump’s call for an investigation into former vice- president Joe Biden and his son’s dealings with Ukraine, saying that Trump openly calls the American people deserve to know the facts. “The American people have the right to know whether or not the (former) vice-president of the United States or his family profited from his position,” Pence told reporters in Scottsdale, Arizona. on China, Ukraine In a phone call in July, Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Biden, the leading candidate for Pence: The American people the Democratic presidential nomi- have the right to know. nation, and his son Hunter. That request is at the centre of an that Vice-President Biden was lead- impeachment inquiry launched by ing the Obama administration’s to investigate Biden House Democrats, who accuse the eff orts in Ukraine, I think (that) is president of abusing his off ice in worth looking into,” Pence said. AFP paign called the president’s com- alleging that the president be- an eff ort to gather dirt on a politi- “And the president has made it Washington ments “a grotesque choice of lies trayed his oath of offi ce and jeop- cal rival. very clear that he believes ... other over truth and self over the coun- ardised national security. Trump has repeatedly suggested nations around the world should try”. Volker could strengthen the that Biden pressured Ukraine to look into it as well.” S President Donald Kate Bedingfi eld, Biden’s dep- Democrats’ case. fire a top prosecutor because the “When you hold the second high- Trump openly called on uty campaign manager, said that The whistleblower com- prosecutor was investigating a est off ice in the land it comes with UChina as well as Ukraine Trump was “desperately clutch- plaint depicts him speaking with Ukrainian gas company where unique responsibilities – not just to investigate his potential 2020 ing for conspiracy theories that Giuliani “in an attempt to ‘con- Hunter Biden sat on the board, a to be above impropriety, but to election rival Joe Biden, dou- have been debunked and dis- tain the damage’ to US national claim for which the president has be above the appearance of im- bling down as Democrats began missed by independent, credible security” of Giuliani’s meddling off ered no evidence. propriety, and clearly in this case interviewing witnesses in an im- news organisations”. in Ukraine aff airs. Pence, who had remained largely there are legitimate questions that peachment investigation that has “Donald Trump is terrifi ed A day after the July 25 call, silent as the political controversy ought to be asked,” Pence added rocked the White House. that Joe Biden will beat him like a Volker met Zelenskiy and other erupted, firmly sided with Trump in a direct attack on Biden. Facing possible removal from drum,” she added. senior Ukraine offi cials and ad- in his remarks. Pence also took aim at Democrats offi ce precisely for seeking for- Trump ramped up his eff ort to vised them “about how to ‘navi- “My predecessor had a son who generally for what he termed as eign help against his political shape the public narrative just as gate’ the demands that the presi- was paid $50,000 a month to be “endless investigations” of Trump, challengers, Trump said that he the fi rst major witness in the im- dent had made of Mr Zelenskiy”. on a Ukrainian board at the time which he said should end. wanted Ukraine President Vo- peachment probe arrived in Con- House investigators received lodymyr Zelenskiy and Chinese gress to provide testimony on more potential evidence against leader Xi Jinping to go after Bi- allegations that the White House Trump Wednesday when the Trump, meanwhile, pressed and that Biden in fact viewed den, the leader in the race for the illicitly sought political help from inspector-general of the State forward with his strategy of de- Kyiv’s corruption prosecutor at Democratic presidential nomi- Ukraine for the 2020 election. Department handed over a pack- fl ecting the allegations by focus- the time as deeply compromised. nation next year. Former US special envoy to age of materials sent to Secretary ing the narrative on the Bidens, Trump is also seeking to paint “I would say that President Ukraine Kurt Volker was caught of State Mike Pompeo earlier this as his Republican allies in Con- his Democrat accusers “liars”. Zelenskiy, if it were me, I would up earlier this year in the eff orts year to support an investigation gress sought to put brakes on the “Schiff has now been proven recommend that they start an by Trump and Trump’s lawyer of the Bidens. impeachment probe. to be a liar ... he’s a stone-cold investigation into the Bidens,” Rudy Giuliani to pressure Ukraine Giuliani told US media that he House Minority Leader called liar,” Trump told reporters. “The Trump told reporters outside the to investigate Biden and Biden’s sent the package, which was in an on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whole investigation is crum- White House. son Hunter, who had business envelope labelled “White House”. to suspend the inquiry until bling.” “If they were honest about ties to a Ukraine gas tycoon. The Giuliani package con- “transparent and equitable rules Opinion polls showed increas- it, they would start a very sim- Those eff orts culminated in tained “disinformation, de- and procedures” could be estab- ing public support to impeach ple investigation on the Bidens,” a July 25 phone call between bunked conspiracy theories, and lished. the president, but also suggested Trump said of Ukraine. “Like- Trump and Zelenskiy, in which baseless allegations” regarding Anything less than a “through, his strategy to hurt Biden was wise, China should start an in- Trump appeared to tie getting the Bidens, Democrats said in a transparent, and fair process having an impact. vestigation into the Bidens, be- dirt on Biden to military aid for statement after meeting the in- would represent a supreme insult USA Today said 45% of Ameri- cause what happened in China Ukraine. spector-general. to our Constitution”, he said. cans support an impeachment is just about as bad as what hap- A US intelligence offi cer’s “These documents also rein- Trump and Giuliani allege that vote, against 38% opposed, ac- pened with Ukraine.” whistleblower complaint about force concern that the president Biden, as vice-president, tried to cording to a USA Today/Ipsos Asked if he would ask Xi to do the impropriety of Trump’s ac- and his allies sought to use the block a Ukraine corruption probe poll published yesterday. the same, Trump replied: “It’s tions, and a White House record machinery of the State Depart- into his son’s business partner, The poll, however, also showed Trump: I would say that (Ukraine’s) President Zelenskiy, if it were me, certainly something we can start of the call, both released last ment to further the president’s using US aid as leverage. 41% in favour of examining the I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens ... thinking about.” week, drove Democrats to open personal political interests,” they However, the record shows Bidens’ ties to Ukraine while 21% likewise, China should start an investigation into the Bidens. In a statement, Biden’s cam- the impeachment investigation, said. that there was no investigation, were opposed.

Trudeau, Conservative rival Democratic candidates vow action on guns

Reuters to tie gun safety to the broader clash in fi rst Canada debate Las Vegas themes of their campaigns. Warren said gun violence has gone unchecked for the same AFP emocratic presidential reason that climate change and Montreal contenders on Wednes- drug prices remained unad- Dday vowed to pursue far- dressed in Washington: compa- reaching limits on guns, tackling nies have bought off politicians. rime Minister Justin Tru- an issue that has become a top “You have to stop and ask deau appeared for his fi rst concern for their party’s voters. yourself the question: What Pdebate of the 2019 election Nine of the leading candi- is so badly broken in this de- on Wednesday, clashing with his dates gathered in Las Vegas for mocracy that something that main rival Andrew Scheer of the an all-day forum on gun safety, the overwhelming majority of Conservative Party just three a day after the city marked two Americans want to see done weeks ahead of the knife-edge years since it suff ered the dead- doesn’t get done,” she said. vote. Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet, Conservative leader liest mass shooting in modern “And the answer is, there’s too They sparred in French over Andrew Scheer, TVA network host Pierre Bruneau, Liberal leader and US history, which killed 58 peo- Biden: Imagine if the same law existed for drug companies that much power in the hands of the heady topics such as laicism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pose ple. existed for gun companies. gun industry and the gun lobby.” abortion, doctor-assisted dy- on Wednesday evening before the French language debate for the The event – co-hosted by Biden, who has argued that ing, decriminalising narcotics, 2019 federal election at TVA studios in Montreal. the gun safety advocacy groups fi ssures among the Democrats man murdered 22 people in his defeating Trump is the most and gay marriage, as well as vote Giff ords and the student-led over other ideas. hometown of El Paso, Texas, two important thing for Democrats movers climate change and the prosecution of engineering giant 2015 debates that led to the Lib- “March For Our Lives” – rep- Former vice-president Joe Bi- months ago, echoed his vow to to accomplish, said he expected economy. SNC-Lavalin. erals’s landslide victory and resented an eff ort to keep gun den, who is leading most public force people to give up “weap- new laws would pass easily once Both were looking to sway Scheer has said that he would, seems at ease at town hall meet- violence at the forefront of the polls, released a gun reform pro- ons of war” through buybacks. “we get this guy out of offi ce”. votes in the key battleground of if elected, launch a judicial in- ings where he fi elds questions campaign, despite the looming posal hours before the event that Several candidates spoke Andrew Yang, the entrepre- Quebec, where one-quarter of quiry into Trudeau’s unapolo- from Canadians, he now has a spectre of an impeachment in- called for banning online sales about the particular toll gun neur whose signature proposal the 338 seats in parliament are up getic arm-twisting of his attor- target on his back and the most to quiry into US President Donald and repealing a law that gives violence has on communities is giving every American $1,000 for grabs. ney-general to settle the case in lose, Beland said. Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. gun makers special protections of colour, as well as the psycho- a month, argued that universal Going toe-to-toe with Scheer order to save up to 9,000 jobs. Ahead of the debate, Trudeau “We cannot wait for this hell against civil liability. logical damage done to children basic income would help amel- as well as fi elding attacks in The scandal, revealed earlier worked out in a boxing ring – to be visited upon your commu- “Imagine if the same law ex- fearful of school shootings. iorate much of the economic open fl oor exchanges from New this year, tarnished Trudeau’s bolstering the view that he is nity for you to be activated for isted for drug companies that US Senator Kamala Harris distress that contributes to gun Democratic Party leader Jagmeet golden boy image, while plung- against the ropes fi ghting for his this fi ght,” said US Senator Cory existed for gun companies,” Bi- said teachers had told her they violence. Singh and Yves-Francois Blan- ing his Liberals into a dead heat political survival and needs to Booker, who spoke passionately den said. have lollipops on hand to keep The forum also gave candi- chet of the Bloc Quebecois, Tru- with the Tories in polls ahead of land a knock-out blow in these about witnessing fi rsthand the But Biden does not support the youngest students quiet in dates an opportunity to push deau was animated in defending the October 21 election. debates. scourge of gun violence in his some other candidates’ propos- the event of an attack. back against arguments that his fi rst-term record. Photos that emerged last The Liberals are currently low-income, neighbourhood in als, such as a mandatory buy- “This is traumatising our their positions are impractical Scheer, who is untested and month of Trudeau wearing leading in Quebec, but the sepa- Newark, New Jersey. “It is a life- back programme for assault- children,” she said. or politically untenable. less comfortable speaking in “blackface” makeup to parties ratist Bloc Quebecois, which had and-death issue for people in style weapons or a national In Washington, the Repub- Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of French than English, needed to decades ago also sullied his per- been presumed dead after a dis- communities like mine.” licensing requirement. lican majority in the US Senate South Bend, Indiana, said the show Canadians that he’s ready sonal popularity but did not get a mal showing in the 2015 election The candidates’ forceful In his remarks, Booker – the has shown little appetite for new country has already established to be prime minister. mention in the debate. that resulted in only 10 seats for words provided the latest evi- fi rst presidential candidate to limits. that some limits on weapons are However, at times, he seemed For his part, Scheer has strug- it in parliament – two short of dence that the politics around call for licensing earlier this year Trump, whose 2016 campaign legal and appropriate. like a wallfl ower. gled to charm Canadians dur- offi cial party status – has seen an gun control have shifted follow- – noted most people already was bolstered by millions of “Anybody can have a wa- Scheer dodged questions on ing the campaign, while fending unexpected surge. ing a spate of high-profi le mass support the concept. dollars from the National Rifl e ter balloon; nobody can have his personal views on abortion, off attacks over his opposition Quebec separatism – after shootings in recent years. “You should not be a nominee Association (NRA), has off ered a Predator drone,” he said. and was criticised for expecting to same-sex marriage in a 2005 two failed referendums in 1980 Most of the Democrats were from our party that can serious- mixed signals. “Somewhere we’re going to other nations to take the bulk of speech. and 1995 on splitting away from broadly in agreement on certain ly stand in front of urban places On Wednesday, Trump draw a line. And all we’re saying climate actions, while promising He got one of the few laughs in the rest of Canada – is a no-go policies, including universal and say, ‘I will protect you’, if blamed the Democrats’ im- ... is that we need to draw the to roll back a Liberal carbon tax. the debate when he took Trudeau nowadays. background checks, “red fl ag” you don’t believe in gun licens- peachment investigation for a line a lot tighter.” “The Conservatives are strug- to task for having two campaign But the Bloc has tapped into laws that allow courts to remove ing,” Booker said. lack of progress on gun safety, a US Senator Bernie Sanders, gling with the fact that their aircraft, “one for Mr Trudeau and lingering Quebec nationalism to guns from dangerous people and Former US Representative claim that US Senator Elizabeth who had been scheduled to ap- values do not align with the pro- the media, and one for his cos- revive its fortunes, arguing that an assault-style weapons ban. Beto O’Rourke, who has made Warren decried as an “alterna- pear, was forced to cancel after gressivism of Canadians,” Tru- tumes and canoes”. it is best positioned to defend the However, the back-to-back gun safety the central cause tive reality”. his hospitalisation for a proce- deau said. The latter was a reference to province’s interests. appearances also exposed some of his campaign since a gun- Several candidates sought dure to clear a blocked artery. The incumbent prime minis- Trudeau paddling up to a podium Blanchet, a former provincial ter blasted provincial Tory lead- for a campaign announcement. minister and television ana- ers for going to court against a Trudeau clarifi ed later that the lyst, has also closely aligned his $800mn settlement announced in Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017 federal carbon tax, saying that Liberals bought carbon credits to party’s policies with those of the “Andrew Scheer is not going to off set his campaign jetsetting. hugely popular Quebec govern- A settlement of up to $800mn was people among a crowd attending an outdoor $800mn, depending on how many plaintiff s stand up to them” while touting a In such a close election, McGill ment of Francois Legault. announced yesterday for victims of America’s country music festival. take part in the settlement and drop their Liberal pledge to plant two billion University politics professor That includes restrictions on worst mass shooting – a rampage that left That hotel is owned by a chain that belongs lawsuits. trees over the next four years. Daniel Beland told AFP that the religious symbols and dress, and 58 dead and more than 800 wounded in Las to MGM Resorts International, which was The statement said the settlement does not However, he faced criticism debates “could aff ect the race in more say on immigration policy. Vegas. sued on grounds of negligence for allowing amount to an admission of liability by MGM from Singh for having national- a big way”. But its revival could split votes In the October 2017 massacre, a man Paddock to stockpile guns and ammunition Resorts. ised an oil pipeline. Two more debates – one in on the left, notably in rural Que- named Stephen Paddock opened fire with in his hotel room without being noticed. The two sides said they expect the process to Scheer also shot back, raising French and one in English – are bec where the Liberals must make high-power rifles from the 32nd-floor of the MGM Resorts International and lawyers for be completed by late next year. Trudeau’s ethics lapses includ- scheduled for October 7 and 10. gains, risking handing electoral Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, unleashing plaintiff s in the massacre said the settlement Paddock was found dead in his hotel room ing his meddling in the criminal Whereas Trudeau shone in victory to the Conservatives. more than 1,000 rounds as he mowed down would provide between $735mn and with a self-inflicted gunshot. Gulf Times 6 Friday, October 4, 2019 ASIA Indonesia accuses two Singaporeans over imported plastic waste

Reuters waste. Indonesia has tightened land, the Environment Ministry’s proper permits, Sani told a news comment. “We have to protect gles to deal with its own waste, ($1.06mn), Sani said. Restric- Jakarta customs inspections and sent back director general of law enforce- conference. Some of the waste our community’s health and our which often goes into landfi lls tions on importing plastic scrap containers of plastic trash amid an ment, Rasio Ridho Sani said. The was found to be contaminated environment. We don’t want our or is dumped in rivers. Indonesia have been resisted by some. increase in shipments from West- two were identifi ed only by their with hazardous items such as country to be other countries’ is the second biggest contribu- A plastics lobby group com- ndonesia is accusing two Sin- ern countries after China banned initials. printed circuit boards, used re- dump site. We must protect our tor of plastic pollutants in the plained in August that increased gaporeans of importing 87 imports last year. The two were accused of be- mote controls and used batter- sovereignty,” Sani said. ocean, a 2015 study in the jour- inspections had held up material, Icontainers of plastic scrap The two Singaporeans are a di- ing responsible for importing ies, he said. PT Advance Recycle The case is the fi rst since In- nal ‘Science’ showed. A person resulting in a plunge in exports without the correct permits, an of- rector and a commissioner of PT 87 containers of plastic scrap Technology declined to comment donesia passed a 2009 law on found guilty of illegally import- of recycled plastic products. Im- fi cial said yesterday, marking a step Advance Recycle Technology, a from Hong Kong, Spain, Cana- when reached by telephone. The protecting and managing the en- ing hazardous and toxic material ported waste also provides a live- up in the country’s eff orts to crack recycling company based in the da, Australia and Japan between suspects or their lawyers could vironment, he said. The South- could face up to 15 years in prison lihood for thousands in a village down on shipments of foreign province of Banten on Java is- May and June this year without not immediately be reached for east Asian country already strug- and a fi ne of up to 15bn rupiah in East Java. Indonesia says over 11,500 have fl ed violence-hit

Residents carry their belongings as security off icers stand guard following a riot in Ilaga, Puncak regency Papuan town in Papua, Indonesia.

Reuters In some of the worst bloodshed in cules planes, while 4,179 people Jakarta had left on commercial fl ights, decades in Papua, 33 people died and said Harry Hikmat, an offi cial at scores were hurt during clashes in Indonesia’s social ministry. Ah- ndonesian authorities said mad Musthofa Kamal, a spokes- yesterday more than 11,500 Wamena on September 23 man for the Papuan police, said Ipeople have been evacuated the situation in Wamane was from the town of Wamena in the taunted and attacked by a mob the country. Erizal, 42, a former now stable and that shops and easternmost province of Papua chanting racial epithets over ac- resident of Wamena who had markets were open again. since dozens died during clashes cusations they had desecrated left, said his child and wife died A former Dutch colony, Papua last month in the area. a national fl ag. In some of the during the unrest and he now was formally incorporated into Located on the western half worst bloodshed in decades in felt too traumatised to consider Indonesia in 1969, after a dis- of the island of New Guinea Papua, 33 people died and scores returning to the town. puted vote of about 1,025 hand- and long racked by a simmer- were hurt during clashes in Wa- “I am in my village in Padang picked tribal leaders. The result ing separatist insurgency, Pa- mena on September 23. now, maybe I will not return of the plebiscite was overseen pua encompasses Indonesia’s Government offi ces and back to Wamena,” he said by and endorsed by the United Na- two easternmost provinces and homes were burned down, and telephone from the Padang area tions. has a distinct ethnic Melanesian 250 cars and motorcycles de- on Sumatra island where he was Indonesian President Joko population. stroyed, as indigenous Papuans originally from. Widodo has opened the door to There has been a spike in pro- and security forces clashed. He said his shop had also been holding talks with separatists tests and unrest since late Au- The government and some burnt down in the unrest. Be- in Papua, a departure from the gust after Papuan students in Papuan independence activists tween Sept 23 and Oct 2 Indo- stance of previous governments Surabaya, Indonesia’s second say 25 of the 33 who died there nesia’s air force had fl own 7,467 and some of his cabinet minis- Security off icers stand guard as passengers wait to board an aircraft at Ilaga Airport in Puncak regency, city on the island of Java, were were migrants from elsewhere in people out of Wamena on Her- ters. Papua, Indonesia.

Soaring onion prices in Bangladesh Cambodian judge orders reinvestigation of spying case against Free Asia reporters

Reuters charges to make an example of Phnom Penh two brave professional journal- ists and to silence anyone else who dares to speak truth to pow- Cambodian judge yester- er in Cambodia.” day ordered a reinvestiga- Human Rights Watch’s Phil Ation of the espionage case Robertson said the case “was po- against two former Radio Free litically motivated from day one” Asia journalists, saying he could and should not continue. “The not rule on their guilt or inno- judge’s admission there is no real cence without enough evidence. evidence should have prompted The case has added to concerns the dismissal of the case, not about a crackdown on criticism a re-investigation which will and dissent by Cambodian Prime plunge these journalists back Minister Hun Sen, who extended into a never-ending nightmare,” his rule of more than three dec- Robertson said. ades in an election last year after The opposition has termed A salesman sells onions to a customer at Kawran Bazaar wholesale market in Dhaka. Onion the main opposition party leader Cambodia essentially a one- prices have skyrocketed in Bangladesh after India banned its export over local shortages, was arrested on treason charges party state after Hun Sen’s party forcing the government to import the vegetable from other countries and sell it at subsidised and his party banned. won all of the seats in parliament prices. Phnom Penh Municipal Court Cambodian PM Hun Sen in a 2018 election, after the Su- Judge Im Vannak had been preme Court disbanded the main scheduled to deliver a verdict in crackdown on the opposition. ing restricted and freedom being opposition party. the two-year-old case against The veteran leader has accused pressured,” he said. Authorities have arrested at the reporters, Uon Chhin and the United States of trying to end Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty least 30 opposition activists this Yeang Sothearin, but instead he his rule. Yeang Sothearin told International’s regional direc- year, accusing them of plotting to ordered a fresh investigation into Reuters outside the court he was tor for East and Southeast Asia, overthrow the government ahead Duterte’s relaxed style in Russia hard disks seized when they were disappointed with the judge’s or- called on the court to dismiss of the planned return from self- arrested in 2017. Radio Free Asia der for more investigation. “This the case. “The Cambodian au- exile of former opposition leader (RFA) and rights groups said the is another delay of my rights be- thorities are using trumped-up Sam Rainsy on November 9. comes under social media fi re case should be dropped. “These delays drag out an unnecessary ordeal that has unfolded for al- DPA Wednesday, during which he “The Russian Internet is hav- most two years,” RFA’s spokes- Manila noted the increase in defence, ing a blast: ‘Did he just leave the person, Rohit Mahajan, told Reu- military, trade, economic and pub?’, ‘Do Filipinos know what a ters. social exchanges between the (state visit) protocol is?’ people The two former reporters for hilippine President Ro- two countries, presidential ask,” tweeted Pavel Vondra, a Washington-based RFA, a non- drigo Duterte, currently spokesman Salvado Panelo Russian journalist. profi t broadcaster that receives Pvisiting Russia, has come said. But for social media users In Manila, netizens bashed funding from a US government under fi re for showing up with in the Philippines and in Rus- Duterte for “bringing shame” agency, were arrested in Novem- a loosened tie and shirt to a sia, the meeting was notable for on the Philippines, while some ber 2017. RFA had earlier shut meeting with Prime Minister Duterte’s unkempt look during asked Russia to keep him. down its Phnom Penh offi ce cit- Dmitry Medvedev. a handshake with Medvedev, “We apologise for this man,” ing a “relentless crackdown on Duterte met Medvedev on images of which went viral. one tweet said. independent voices” which made it impossible for it to guarantee the integrity of its journalistic Wild tiger kills woman in Nepal mission. The two were charged with providing information “de- A wild tiger has killed a 48-year- of Bardia National Park. “She security off icials were tracking structive to national defence to old woman who was collecting suff ered injuries to her head, the movements of the tiger a foreign state” after they were fodder for her cattle near a hands and face,” said Baral. In in the area.”We will decide on caught fi ling stories to RFA, the national park in south-western August, wild tigers killed two whether to capture it after court said at the time. Nepal, a wildlife off icial said people near the national park. analysing the footage from They denied the charges. Their yesterday. Baral said shrinking of the camera traps,” he told DPA. lawyer said they had merely been The woman was rushed to endangered animal’s habitat and Nepal is home to 235 doing their jobs as journalists. a nearby hospital where an increase in human activities endangered wild tigers that The arrests came as Hun Sen doctors declared her dead late near the protected area were live in protected areas in the was fi ghting a war of words with Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, former journalists from the US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA), who have Wednesday, said Apa Nath causing the attacks by wild country’s southern plains along the US embassy and State De- been charged with espionage, arrive at the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh for their verdict, in Phnom Baral, chief conservation off icer animals. He said wildlife and the border with India. partment over his government’s Penh, Cambodia. Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 7 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA N Korea says it successfully tested new ballistic missile

Reuters Test launch comes days ahead of Seoul fresh US nuclear talks; Kim Jong- un sends ‘warm congratulations’ to orth Korea said yesterday it had successfully test- launch team; Japan PM condemned Nfi red a new submarine- launch as violation of UN sanctions The test-firing of ‘the new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3’ in the waters off Wonsan Bay of the East Sea of Korea. launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea to contain external at dismantling North Korea’s new signal from the US side, so still incomplete, Yonhap news developing SLBM technology threats and bolster self-defence, the waters off the eastern city of mun newspaper, whose front two nuclear and missile programmes we’re going with great expecta- agency reported. Leader Kim before it suspended long-range ahead of fresh nuclear talks with Wonsan, KCNA said, confi rming pages featured the test, showed a have been stalled since a second tions and optimism about the Jong-un’s absence at the test is missile and nuclear tests and be- the United States. an assessment by South Korea’s black-and-white painted missile summit between Kim and US outcome.” “extremely unusual,” Kyungnam gan talks with the United States The launch on Wednesday was military on Wednesday that the clearing the surface of the water, President Donald Trump in Vi- The Pukguksong-3 appeared University’s Kim said, probably that led to the fi rst summit be- the most provocative by North missile was launched on a lofted then the rocket engine igniting to etnam in February broke down to be a new design that has en- meant to contain the political tween Kim and Trump in Singa- Korea since it resumed dialogue trajectory. propel it into the sky. in disagreement over nuclear hanced range and stability com- fallout that could result in the pore in June 2018. with the United States in 2018 “The successful new-type A State Department spokes- disarmament. North Korea fi red pared with a version tested in upcoming talks falling apart be- The latest version of the and a reminder by Pyongyang SLBM test-fi ring comes to be of woman called on Pyongyang to the missile hours after announc- 2016, three analysts said. It was fore they even start. Pukguksong may be the longest- of the weapons capability it has great signifi cance as it ushered “refrain from provocations” and ing it would resume talks with the probably launched from a test On Wednesday, South Ko- range North Korean missile that been aggressively developing, in- in a new phase in containing to remain committed to nuclear United States by holding work- platform and not a submarine, rea’s military said the missile uses solid fuel and the fi rst nu- cluding intercontinental ballistic the outside forces’ threat to the negotiations. ing-level negotiations on Oct 5. which would be the fi nal stage fl ew 450km and reached an al- clear-capable missile to be tested missiles, analysts said. DPRK and further bolstering its South Korea expressed strong North Korea’s chief nuclear ne- of testing, said Kim Dong-yub, titude of 910km. It was likely since November 2017, Ankit Pan- North Korean leader Kim Jong- military muscle for self-defence,” concern and Japanese Prime gotiator, Kim Myong-gil, arrived a military expert at Kyungnam a Pukguksong-class weapon, da of the US-based Federation of un “sent warm congratulations” KCNA said. DPRK is short for the Minister Shinzo Abe condemned at the Beijing airport yesterday University’s Institute of Far East- as the North’s earlier subma- American Scientists said. to the defence scientists who North’s offi cial name, the Demo- the launch, saying it was a vio- with other North Korean offi cials ern Studies in Seoul. rine-launched ballistic missiles North Korea has been devel- conducted the test, state news cratic People’s Republic of Korea. lation of UN Security Council and booked fl ights to Stockholm, State news agency KCNA re- (SLBMs) under development oping rocket engines that burn agency KCNA said, indicating The test “had no adverse im- resolutions. North Korea rejects Sweden, Yonhap reported, citing leased photos and a report in July were known. South Korean De- solid fuel, which has advantages he did not attend the launch as pact on the security of neigh- UN Security Council resolutions an airport offi cial. “We’re going of leader Kim Jong-un inspecting fence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo in military use compared with he has at previous tests of new bouring countries,” KCNA said that ban Pyongyang from using for the DPRK-US working-level a large, newly built submarine, said the Pukguksong, or Pole Star liquid fuel because it is stable and weapons systems. The new type but gave no other details about ballistic missile technology, say- negotiations,” the negotiator Kim but an unnamed South Korean in Korean, would have had a range versatile, allowing it to be stored of SLBM, called Pukguksong-3, the launch. Photos released in ing they are an infringement of its told reporters in Beijing, accord- military source said Thursday of about 1,300km on a standard in missiles until they are ready for was “fi red in vertical mode” in the North’s offi cial Rodong Sin- right to self-defence. Talks aimed ing to Yonhap. “There’s been a that the submarine appears to be trajectory. North Korea had been launch.

Killer Japanese fungus found in Australia’s far north for fi rst time

AFP in traditional medicine, and Fire Coral right in our backyard Sydney brewing it into a tea. James shows we have much to learn Cook University mycologist about fungi in northern Aus- Matt Barrett, who confi rmed tralia,” Barrett said. ne of the world’s deadli- the identity of the toxic mush- Ray Palmer, a self-described est fungi has been dis- room found in Australia, said “fungi fanatic” who found the Ocovered in Australia’s the discovery extends its known specimen told AFP he had spent far north for the fi rst time — distribution “considerably”. the past decade photographing thousands of miles from its na- Poison Fire Coral is the only various fungi in the rainforest tive habitat in the mountains of known mushroom with toxins surrounding his home city of Japan and Korea. that can be absorbed through Cairns. The Poison Fire Coral fungus the skin, and causes a “horrify- “It didn’t surprise me be- was discovered in a suburb of ing” array of symptoms if eaten, cause I have been fi nding quite Cairns by a local photographer including vomiting, diarrhoea, a few things over the years,” he and subsequently identifi ed by fever and numbness. If left un- said. scientists, James Cook Univer- treated, it can cause multiple “No one traipses around the sity announced yesterday. organ failure or brain damage rainforest up here photograph- Several people have died in leading to death. ing fungi. There are quite a few Japan and Korea after mistak- “The fact that we can fi nd (more) things to be found and ing the bright red fungi for ed- such a distinctive and medically they probably will be in the ible mushrooms that are used important fungus like Poison coming years.”

Gunman shot dead after opening fire on police stations Buildings are inundated by floodwaters from heavy rains caused by Typhoon Mitag in Gangneung yesterday. A gunman has been shot dead his head. Police said a number two shootings are linked to an after an hour-long shooting spree of shots were fired into the front earlier incident where shots were in western Sydney on Wednes- of St Marys Police Station on fired into a suburban home in day night, in which he opened Wednesday night. Shortly after, the western Sydney suburb of fire on a residential home and the same gunman, armed with a Marayong, police said. Six killed as typhoon lashes South Korea two police stations. New South pump-action 12 gauge shotgun, Local media identified the gun- Wales (NSW) Police declared fired a number of shots at police man as 32-year-old bodybuilder the shooting at a police station off icers at Penrith Police Station. Daniel King. Reports said the AFP of the country on Wednesday Safety said. A total of six people and earth slid down several hun- “a critical incident,” which left Police returned fire, fatally suburban home belonged to Busan night, prompting fl ood warnings were killed across the country dred metres and instantly buried multiple off icers with injuries, in- injuring the man who died at his estranged girlfriend, who is and triggering landslides in af- but the toll was expected to rise a house and a restaurant,” said a cluding one who is being treated the scene, NSW Police said in seven months pregnant with fected areas. with several people missing. In witness quoted by Yonhap news in hospital for a pellet wound to a statement overnight. The King’s child. t least six people were A woman in her 70s died af- the southern port city of Bu- agency. More than 100 homes killed and several others ter she was swept away by strong san - one of the hardest hit ar- were fl ooded and over 1,500 fam- Amissing after Typhoon winds in the southeastern city eas - around 600 rescue workers ilies evacuated their houses in Mitag lashed South Korea with of Pohang while another woman were trying to locate four people advance, the ministry said. heavy rain and strong winds, au- was killed after heavy rain caused believed to be trapped beneath a Mitag is the 18th typhoon this Protest against Moon Jae-in thorities said yesterday. her house to collapse as she slept, landslide. year and seventh to hit the Ko- The storm hit southern parts the Ministry of the Interior and “An enormous amount of sand rean peninsula. Australian PM Morrison echoes Trump with call to reject globalism

Reuters at the Lowy Institute think-tank. not have to choose between its a cyber-attack on its parliament Sydney “Under my leadership, Aus- closest historical ally, the United and three largest political parties tralia’s international engagement States, and its biggest trading before a general election in May, will be squarely driven by Aus- partner, China. China is a major fi ve people with direct knowl- ustralia should reject “un- tralia’s national interests.” consumer of Australian iron ore, edge of the matter told Reuters. accountable internation- Trump in September called coal and agricultural goods, buy- China denies responsibility for Aalist bureaucracy”, Prime on nations around the globe to ing more than one-third of the the attack. Morrison has also an- Minister Scott Morrison said embrace nationalism and reject country’s total exports and send- gered China by joining the United yesterday, echoing a recent call globalism, saying wise leaders ing more than a million tourists States in calling for it to drop its by US President Donald Trump put their own people and coun- and students there each year. “developing economy” status, for nations to embrace national- tries fi rst. Morrison last month But the Australian-Chinese which he reiterated yesterday. ism. skipped the UN Climate Action bilateral relationship has been “We would expect China’s obli- “We should avoid any refl ex Summit despite being in the strained in recent years as Can- gations to refl ect its greater pow- towards a negative globalism United States to visit the Trump berra grows increasingly con- er status,” said Morrison. Anti-government protesters shout slogans and wave placards at a rally calling for president that coercively seeks to impose administration at the time. cerned about Beijing’s activi- “The rules and institutions Moon Jae-in to step down, in central Seoul yesterday. Moon’s approval rating recently hit a a mandate from an often ill-de- While endorsing a key ele- ties in Australia and the Pacifi c. that support global co-operation record low after he appointed a scandal-tainted ally as justice minister. fi ned borderless global commu- ment of Trump’s foreign policy, Australian intelligence deter- must refl ect the modern world. It nity,” Morrison said in a speech Morrison insisted Australia did mined China was responsible for can’t be set and forget.” Gulf Times 8 Friday, October 4, 2019 BRITAIN/IRELAND Seriously ill girl can be taken to Italy for treatment: court

Guardian News and Media ness or prospect of recovering and MacDonald said: “Either the days to lodge an appeal but Mac- signs of awareness, producing pleading for her to be given time. judges have ruled in favour of London it is not in her interests to continue NHS trust or the Gaslini hospital in Donald and lawyers for Tafi da and videos shown to the court that she She said that if Tafi da’s functions NHS trusts against parents’ des- treatment. Italy or another hospital will have her parents urged it to expedite its claimed illustrated this. did not return, she would “still perate attempts to keep their But her parents, Shelina Begum, to continue treating Tafi da with decision given the circumstances Gollop said Tafi da could not cherish her life the way it is”. children alive, including those he parents of a fi ve-year-old 39, and Mohamed Raqeeb, 45, life-sustaining treatment.” David of the case. see, feel, taste or move and in the Speaking after the judgment, of Charlie Gard, Alfi e Evans and girl with a serious brain in- challenged that prognosis during Lock QC, representing Tafi da’s During the trial the court heard future was predicted to develop she said: “Our beautiful daugh- Isaiah Haastrup. Tafi da’s trans- Tjury have won a high court a week-long hearing at the Royal parents, thanked the judge for his that Tafi da could live for up to 20 a number of conditions. They ter, Tafi da, is not dying and we fer to Italy is being funded by the battle to take her to Italy for treat- Courts of Justice in which they ruling saying it had come as “an years on ventilation. They have include spasticity, spinal cur- are continuously seeing small but community platform CitizenGo, ment after UK doctors said her life pleaded for the chance to take her intense relief to them” after the now won permission to take her vature, dislocation of the hips, important signs that she is gradu- which intervened unsuccessfully support should be withdrawn. to the Gaslini children’s hospital in “intolerable pressure” of the last to the Gaslini so that doctors there double incontinence and poten- ally improving and we have always in those other cases. Her situ- Tafi da Raqeeb, from Newham in Genoa. few months. can perform a tracheotomy, ena- tially epilepsy. been hopeful that she might make ation diff ers from theirs in that east London, has been in hospital Judge Alastair MacDonald QC Katie Gollop QC, for the trust, bling her to return home and be But Begum, who said there had something of a recovery if she is because experts say she is not in since February after sustaining a yesterday ruled in favour of her said Barts would have to review ventilated there. been a breakdown of trust with just given the time and the right pain and her condition is stable, brain injury. Doctors at the Royal parents and against Barts Health the judgment and its ramifi cations Rejecting the doctors’ progno- the Royal London, said she re- treatment to continue to improve.” neither life-sustaining treatment London hospital, where she is on NHS trust, which runs the Royal for other children before deciding sis, Begum, an immigration law- mained hopeful that her daugh- The ruling follows a number nor transfer to Italy are consid- ventilation, say she has no aware- London hospital. whether to appeal. The trust has 21 yer, said her daughter had shown ter’s condition would improve, of high-profi le cases in which ered harmful.

Extinction Rebellion protests Media outlets in ‘bidding war’ for Arcuri scoop

Guardian News and Media her. She’s very angry about the London whole situation, particularly the aspects of recriminations against her supposedly taking media bidding war is public funds. She vehemently apparently under way denies that and says all her Afor the exclusive rights actions were legal and above to a tell-all interview with the board.” US businesswoman at the cen- The lawyer, a registered at- tre of a confl ict of interest row torney in California, said Ar- involving Boris Johnson, the curi would be going with “the Guardian has learned. best package … it may not A US lawyer claiming to act necessarily be for the highest on behalf of Jennifer Arcuri amount”. is inviting media outlets, in- He added: “She wants to get cluding British publications, her story out there and I’ve to bid six-figure sums for an been given my instructions.” interview with the tech entre- Asked how the Guardian preneur. could be sure he did represent California-based Michael Arcuri, he replied: “I do, I’ve Walsh – who says he repre- known her for 14 years.” On sents Arcuri, having known Wednesday, the Daily Mail her for 14 years – claimed fi ve tracked down Arcuri near her Police stands in front of the Treasury building during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London yesterday. Four people were arrested after the activists tried to spray fake outlets were in the running for Los Angeles home. “Someone blood at the Treasury from the top of a fire engine. an interview with $225,000 the has gone to great lengths to put highest bid so far. together a massive attack and I Walsh said there was a stand by the legitimacy of my “queue” of fi ve “interested par- business. I am in fact a legiti- ties”. He said Arcuri was willing mate businesswoman,” she re- to speak about her friendship portedly said. with Johnson in the next 72 The paper reported Arcuri hours but “the price has to be had been lying low since the al- right, that’s the way it is”. legations, quoting an unnamed It is the latest twist after friend as saying: “She is still revelations more than 10 days deciding how best to get her Johnson’s Brexit plan fails ago that firms run by Arcuri side of the story across. She is received £126,000 of public an astute and serious business- money, some of which was woman and knows she needs to awarded while Johnson was regain control of this situation.” London mayor. She also went News of the auction for Arcuri’s on three overseas trade mis- story comes two days after it to convince EU, Ireland sions led by Johnson, having was reported that her laptop, initially been turned down for containing personal details of Reuters Just 28 days before the United might work and that Dublin could mained fully united behind Ire- Besides the concession, how- two of them. Arcuri has said her time with Johnson, had Dublin/Brussels Kingdom is due to leave the EU, not sign up to a treaty that did not land. “We remain open but still ever, Johnson proposed giving all the allegations are false. been stolen. both sides are positioning them- safeguard an open Irish-British unconvinced,” Tusk said. John- Northern Ireland’s institutions On Tuesday, the Guard- The Daily Mirror reported selves to avoid blame for a delay or border. son made what his offi ce said was the ongoing power to abide by or ian revealed a Whitehall offi cial that the device had been stolen he European Union and Ire- a disorderly no-deal Brexit. Varadkar’s deputy, Irish Foreign his fi nal Brexit pitch to the EU on exit the regulatory zone — a possi- who ran the scheme that grant- in the UK in the past 10 days, land yesterday said Prime Johnson says he wants an Minister Simon Coveney, went Wednesday, off ering a possible ble step too far for Ireland and the ed Arcuri a coveted entrepre- quoting an unnamed friend as TMinister Boris Johnson’s agreement but insists there can be further, saying that if Johnson’s compromise on the most conten- EU. While the EU was careful not neur visa had worked for Boris saying: “Her laptop contains Brexit proposals were unlikely to no further Brexit postponement. proposals were fi nal then a no- tious issue that initially drew a to dismiss the British proposals Johnson when he was mayor. so much personal information yield a deal, with Dublin bluntly The cool reception from Brus- deal Brexit lay ahead. cautious welcome by the EU. outright, offi cials in Brussels were Johnson refused three times to covering the time she knew warning that Britain was heading sels to Johnson’s proposal indi- “My judgement is that Boris Johnson went further than extremely cool about the move. deny outright that he had had Boris. She is racking her brains towards a no-deal exit unless it cates just how far apart the two Johnson does want a deal and that many expected on trying to solve It can only be a starting point to an aff air with Arcuri during an as to what it may hold. There made more concessions. sides are on the fi rst departure the paper that was published on the dilemma over the border be- more talks, according to offi cials interview with Sky News earlier are pictures, emails and docu- The European Union said it ful- of a sovereign state from the EU, Wednesday was an eff ort to move tween British-ruled Northern and diplomats dealing with Brexit this week. ments on the laptop which she ly backed Ireland and that while which was forged from Europe’s us in the direction of a deal. But... Ireland and EU member Ireland in EU hub Brussels. “It does not Walsh told the Guardian on is terrifi ed could be hawked it was open to discussions, it was ruins after World War II. if that is the fi nal proposal, there — with a proposal for an all-island contain any decent solution for Wednesday: “I’m not going to around if someone gains access still unconvinced about Johnson’s Irish Prime Minister Leo Var- will be no-deal,” Coveney told regulatory zone to cover all goods. customs. And it erects a hard bor- put words in her mouth. I’ve to it.” plan — cast by British offi cials as adkar, who is key to any possible parliament. This would replace the so- der on the island of Ireland,” said a known her quite a while and it’s Arcuri did not respond to a the fi nal off er to avert a no-deal deal, said he did not fully under- European Council president called “backstop” arrangement he senior EU offi cial, saying the plan kind of a diffi cult situation for request for comment. Brexit on October 31. stand how the British proposals Donald Tusk said the bloc re- says he cannot accept. “can’t fl y” as it stands.

William visits Oxford London trial for new Scottish government driverless cars held

Guardian News and Media been conducting trials in Oxford extends fracking ban to examine what they called the London “ecosystem” around autonomous Guardian News and Media crisis and the expectations of plex west of Edinburgh. vehicles, such as potential prob- Edinburgh government to respond,” he said. The Scottish government won ork to bring driverless lems with hackers, communica- As a result “an unconventional but its lawyers admitted in court cars to Britain’s streets tions technology and the legal oil and gas industry would not that the moratorium did not Whas reached a milestone framework. aul Wheelhouse, the en- be of suffi cient positive benefi t to amount to a formal ban. It was with the fi rst demonstration of For now, the cars are operated vironment minister, said Scotland to outweigh its negative instead a policy of “no support”, an autonomous fl eet driving in a with a safety driver in the front Phis devolved government impacts”. a distinction which Wheelhouse “complex urban environment” in seat ready to take control, and would also refuse to issue licenc- Claudia Beamish, Scottish La- repeated yesterday. London. prompted by the technology to es for onshore unconventional bour’s environment spokeswom- Mark Ruskell, the Scottish Ford Mondeos fi tted with au- decide whether to intervene in oil and gas projects, including an, said that without legislation Greens climate spokesman, said tonomous technology from the diffi cult situations. On an oth- fracking, shale gas or coalbed this ban could be overturned by ministers should now follow UK tech fi rm Oxbotica operated on erwise autonomous spin around methane projects. another government in future. through by fi nally rejecting an public roads around the former Ol- Stratford’s East Village, through But Wheelhouse rejected calls The ban formalises a mora- application by Ineos dating from ympic Park in Stratford this week. A-roads, traffi c intersections and from climate campaigners and torium fi rst announced by the 2012 to produce coalbed methane Directors of the £13.6mn Driven residential streets, the safety driv- Scottish Labour for fracking to Scottish government in January near Airth. programme, a partially govern- er in the Guardian’s car only once be specifi cally outlawed by leg- 2015 after it came under intense Wheelhouse said that appli- ment-funded consortium, said it opted to grab the wheel as a pre- islation in Scotland. He said the pressure, fuelled by pro-inde- cation would now be decided had “exceeded their initial plan” caution, when an oncoming mini- government’s regulatory powers pendence activists and cam- and said the government’s chief and was a signifi cant step in con- cab swerved around a parked lorry. under its planning and licensing paigns in Scottish National Party planner had written yesterday fi rming autonomous vehicles Dr Graeme Smith, Driven’s pro- systems were strong enough. target seats aff ected by fracking to Scotland’s 32 councils to tell could operate in real-life situa- gramme director and Oxbotica’s Promising the government licences in central Scotland. them planning permission for tions in a large European city. senior vice-president, said the could consider legislation if it was It is understood there were any unconventional oil and gas Oxbotica said fi rst passenger project was making “autonomous needed in future, Wheelhouse said strong reservations about a per- project should now be refused. trials of a separate venture, an au- vehicles a reality on our roads”. fracking was incompatible with manent ban from Fergus Ewing, That planning direction would tonomous ride-sharing taxi serv- He said: “The car is a bauble on the Scottish parliament’s new tar- the then energy minister, but in be underwritten in the next na- ice planned with the cab fi rm Ad- top of the iceberg: underpinning get of cutting climate emissions 2017 ministers confi rmed the tional planning framework, giv- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge interacts with Bambam, dison Lee in the capital, could now that is a host of other things that to net zero by 2045, which was moratorium would continue. ing it statutory force. That is due a robot designed to understand the environment and pick start in June 2020. need to happen, from cybersecu- passed by MSPs last week. It led to a court challenge by to be passed by the Scottish par- up objects during a visit to off icially open the new graduate The Driven team – a combina- rity to ensure we have constant, “There has been a dramatic the oil and chemicals giant Ineos, liament before the next Holyrood building, the H B Allen Centre, at Keble College, Oxford tion of local authority planners, secure communication; insurers change in public perceptions of which runs the Grangemouth elections in May 2021, he added, University in Oxford, central England, yesterday. insurers, cyber-security and data for product liability and real-life the environment, the climate chemicals and oil refi nery com- but that could not be guaranteed. experts, as well as Oxbotica – have risk assessment.” Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 9 EUROPE

Migrant rescue boat captain Rackete wants EU-level rescue plan Four die in rampage

DPA til member states could strike Brussels agreements to take in the res- cued migrants on board. The 31-year-old Rackete was arola Rackete, the Ger- the captain of one such boat, at Paris police HQ man captain of a mi- and came to public attention Cgrant rescue ship who after taking 40 migrants to the AFP tack a “veritable tragedy” and illegally entered Italian waters, island of Lampedusa on June Paris described the perpetrator’s col- accused the European Union of 29, ignoring orders not to enter leagues as being “in a state of shirking its duty to rescue mi- Italian territorial waters. shock”. grants from the Mediterranean She remains a suspect in knife-wielding man who The assailant used a kitchen Sea in an address to EU law- Italian criminal investigations, worked at police head- knife to stab the three police of- makers yesterday. according to the German NGO Aquarters in central Paris fi cers in their offi ces before going Instead, the bloc had del- Sea-Watch for which she cap- went on a rampage yesterday, on to attack the female employee egated “responsibility for res- tained the rescue ship. stabbing to death four employees on the staircase. cues to a country at war, Libya”, The aff air has made her a before he was shot dead, offi cials In the courtyard, he was con- she said in the European Parlia- public – and polarising – fi g- said. fronted by an offi cer who ordered ment in Brussels, and called for ure, amid the wider and long- A fi fth person was critically him to drop the knife. EU-level shared responsibility running controversy over the injured and was being treated in When he refused, the offi cer for migrants rescued at sea. EU’s response to the infl ux of hospital after the deadliest attack shot him in the head, police Libya is not a safe place to migrants from North Africa. on police in France in years, the sources said. return intercepted migrants Rackete’s speech came ahead motive of which was still unclear. Heitz said he was “in constant to, Rackete said at the hear- of a meeting of EU interior Sources close to the inves- contact” with anti-terrorism ing commemorating the sixth ministers next week in Lux- tigation said the attacker, a investigators about the case but anniversary of the Lampedusa embourg, where a proposal for 45-year-old IT worker in the po- that for the moment it was being shipwreck, in which more than a temporary mechanism for lice intelligence department, had handled by his offi ce. 300 people drowned off the disembarkation and distribu- converted to Islam 18 months The police building was cor- Italian island’s coast. tion of migrants in the EU is ago. doned off after the lunchtime The EU suspended patrols by expected on the agenda. He killed three male offi c- attack and dozens of police and its own naval vessels in March Amnesty International and ers and a female assistant before emergency vehicles converged at amid a fi erce spat over how to Human Rights Watch said the being shot in the courtyard of the scene. distribute migrants rescued at plan was a “good start” to en- the square stone building next “People were running every- sea throughout the bloc, but suring certainty around disem- to Notre-Dame cathedral in the where, there was crying every- still supports and trains the barkation, urging EU member historic heart of Paris. where,” said Emery Siamandi, an Emergency personnel are seen Libyan coastguard. states to open their ports and The man, who was born in the interpreter who was in the build- stand near an air ambulance UN agencies have repeat- take their fair share of disem- French Caribbean territory of ing when the attack happened. helicopter on the Pont Marie, edly highlighted the hellish barked people. Martinique and had worked for “I heard a shot, I gathered it near the Paris police conditions migrants who have Furthermore, “EU minis- the police since 2003, had a hear- was inside,” he told AFP. “Mo- headquarters. landed in Libya whilst trying to ters should affi rm clearly that ing disability. ments later, I saw police offi cers reach Europe face in the coun- rescue vessels should not be Police searched his home in crying. They were in a panic.” against the backdrop of a spike try’s detention centres. bound to obey instructions to a quiet residence in Gonesse, Initial reports said investiga- in police suicides – 52 so far this Many rescue boats have disembark in Libya”, the two a low-income suburb north of tors believed a workplace dispute year. been also been left stranded human rights organisations Paris, and took his wife into could have sparked the incident. But the police have also been since last summer, with Euro- said in a joint statement yes- custody, Paris prosecutor Remy “Did he snap, or was there a recurring target of religious pean ports refusing entry un- terday. Heitz told reporters. some other reason? It’s still too extremist groups, such as the Interior Minister Christophe early to say,” Loic Travers, head of Islamic State (IS), behind a wave Castaner said that the assailant the Alliance Police union for the of attacks in France since 2015, had “never shown any behav- Paris region, told BFM television. from large synchronised assaults ioural problems”. Yesterday’s killings come to isolated knife and gun attacks. The police were “particularly amid growing tensions within In January 2015, two police stricken by this exceptionally the ranks of the police, who have offi cers were among 12 people grave incident”, said Castaner, been stretched to the limit after a killed when gunmen stormed the who postponed a planned trip to year of trying to contain weekly Paris offi ces of satirical weekly Soldiers stand guard near the Paris police headquarters after four Greece and Turkey to visit the “yellow vest” anti-Macron dem- Charlie Hebdo. off icers were killed in a knife attack. scene with President Emmanuel onstrations. A day later, a policewoman was Macron. Thousands of police offi cers shot dead in southern Paris. a man claiming allegiance to IS, opened fi re on a police van on the Addressing a public meet- marched in Paris on Wednesday In June 2016, a police couple who broadcast the attack live on Champs-Elysees in Paris, killing ing later in the southern town for better working conditions, were stabbed to death in their Facebook. an offi cer and wounding two oth- of Rodez, Macron called the at- a rare protest that took place home in a suburb west of Paris by And in April 2017, a man ers along with a pedestrian.

Rackete takes part in a protest yesterday calling for migrants’ rights near the European Parliament in Brussels. Swedish court clears cops of Teachers ‘Urgent need’ to stop migrants from protest leaving Turkey, says EU commissioner killing Down’s syndrome man following EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said yesterday that there is an “urgent need” to stop illegal departures from Turkey as Greece struggles to cope with a sharp increase in the refugee Reuters Two of the shots, including not disproved the argument of tle reaction to the verdict in a colleague’s arrivals. Stockholm the one that killed him, hit him perceived self-defence and the country that has no organised “Irregular arrivals to Greece increased over the past weeks and in the back. violence used is not considered anti-gun lobby and a traditional months,” Avramopoulos told a news conference in Ankara, Two of the offi cers were manifestly unjustifi able,” the faith in the role of the authori- suicide alongside the Turkish and German interior ministers. hree Swedish police of- charged with misconduct and court said in a statement. ties. “There is an urgent need to further strengthen the prevention and fi cers were cleared yes- the third with causing another The prosecutor acknowl- Swedish police, who are rou- detection of irregular departures from Turkey,” he said. Tterday of shooting dead person’s death. edged during the trial that the tinely armed, have shot dead an AFP The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Tuesday that a 20-year-old man with Down’s The prosecutor had asked for police offi cers had been within average of one person per year Bobigny, France arrivals by sea from Turkey to Greece, mostly of Afghan and Syrian syndrome and autism who had a fi ne for the two offi cers and a their right to open fi re, but that over the past 20 years, accord- families, increased to 10,258 in September. sneaked out of his home in the suspended sentence and a fi ne they should have stopped once ing to police statistics. That represented the highest monthly total since the 2016 deal middle of the night to play with for the offi cer charged with kill- Torell turned his back on them. However, numbers have been housands of French teach- between Turkey and the EU to curb the flow of arrivals, according to a toy pistol, a Stockholm court ing Torell. The prosecutor said in a increasing, with six people shot ers took to the streets the refugee agency. said. The offi cers had denied statement he had not yet de- dead in 2018. Tyesterday in solidarity Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu however called on the EU Eric Torell’s death last Au- wrongdoing. cided whether to appeal against The average is 3.2 over the with a principal who committed to share the refugee burder as Ankara fears a new influx from Syria’s gust caused a public outcry and The court said in a state- the verdict. past fi ve years. suicide in the lobby of her school Idlib province near the border. raised questions over the use of ment that the offi cers believed The defence team had called In the United States, 992 peo- last month after complaining in Turkey “has fulfilled its commitments” under the 2016 accord with deadly force by the police. they were in severe danger and a stress expert as a witness to ple were shot dead by police in a letter about a work overload the EU, said Soylu. “We expect Europe to be in the same frame.” The offi cers fi red 25 shots at it could not be determined in argue that the situation was so 2018, according to the Washing- leaving her “exhausted”. He also warned that the hostilities in Idlib could trigger a massive Torell, who had the mental age which order the shots had hit stressful that the police offi cers ton Post’s database. Christine Renon took her own influx to Turkey, which is already home to 3.6mn Syrian refugees. of a three-year-old, believing the man, or his pattern of move- should not be found guilty. The population of the United life last month at her school in Avramopoulos said he appreciated the work already done by the toy was a real weapon. ment. Despite the outcry at the time States is about 330mn compared Pantin in northern Paris just Ankara, “especially as the migratory pressure on Turkey continues”. Torell was hit three times. “All-in-all the prosecutor has of the shooting, there was lit- with Sweden’s 10mn. days after outlining the pressure of her job in a letter, in a tragedy that has shocked teachers, pupils and parents in Paris. “We can all recognise our- selves in the letter,” said teacher Merkel warning on racism on anniversary of German reunifi cation Isabelle at the protest in front of the education headquarters for the Seine-Saint-Denis region in Reuters anti-Semitism, ‘No’ to living at bate about the anti-immigrant northern Paris. Kiel, Germany the expense of the weak and mi- speeches of some AfD leaders. “Our working conditions are norities.” The party has about 10% sup- terrible ... anyone could do what Merkel’s conservatives and port in western regions and is she did,” she said, trembling in hancellor Angela Merkel their Social Democrat (SPD) polling at 14% nationally. the midst of hundreds of fellow made a veiled attack on coalition partners have accused The report cited by Merkel teachers, principals, and parents Cthe far-right Alterna- the AfD, the largest opposition showed east Germany’s eco- of pupils. tive for Germany (AfD) party on party in parliament, of legiti- nomic strength has risen to 75% “I am Christine Renon,” said the 29th anniversary of German mising a language of hate that of the west German level from Isabelle’s poster, borrowing reunifi cation yesterday, saying spurs violence. 43% in 1990. from the “Je suis Charlie” (I am that economic grievances in the They have said the AfD ma- Employment is at a high in the Charlie) slogan adopted world- east were no excuse for racism. nipulates the grievances of east and wages there are 84% of wide after the religious extrem- In a speech marking the an- eastern Germans – about lower those in the west, it showed. ist attacks on French satirical niversary, Merkel cited a govern- wages and pensions, an exodus The report found that less magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. ment-commissioned report that of young people, plans to phase than 40% say reunifi cation was Another protester bore aloft found economic discrepancies out coal and the challenge of in- worth it and less than half are a cardboard placard imploring: between the eastern and west- tegrating a record infl ux of refu- happy with democracy in Ger- “Leave us to teach.” ern parts of Germany and which gees – to make political gains many. A caretaker at the school said people in the east feel like Merkel: It should never be the case that disappointment with politics .. be accepted as a legitimate through populism. “A lot has been achieved in in Pantin found 58-year-old second-class citizens. reason to marginalise, threaten or attack others because of their skin colour, religion, sex, or sexual The AfD, which entered par- the past 29 years. In the west as Renon’s body in the lobby on But she said this was no jus- orientation. liament two years ago in elec- well as in the east, people are September 23. tifi cation for verbal attacks on tions that were shaped by dis- all in all happier with their lives Two days earlier, Renon had foreigners under the guise of ing anti-Islam placards. that disappointment with poli- “The values of our constitu- quiet over Merkel’s decision in than at any other moment since written a letter addressed to free speech, and that such at- Merkel did not mention the tics, however signifi cant, be ac- tion must guide each and every 2015 to welcome almost 1mn reunifi cation. But we also know about 30 colleagues in which she tacks threatened democracy in anti-migrant AfD by name but it cepted as a legitimate reason to debate in our country,” she said. migrants, says it has always dis- that this is not the whole truth,” bemoaned the accumulation of Germany. has stronger support in eastern marginalise, threaten or attack “In concrete terms this means, tanced itself from extremists. Merkel said. “We must all learn “time-consuming tasks” and Shortly after she spoke, about parts of Germany and made big others because of their skin ‘Yes’ to open debate, ‘Yes’ to The deadly shooting of a to understand why reunifi ca- detailed her “exhaustion”. 600 people took part in a far- gains in elections in two eastern colour, religion, sex, or sexual tough demands from politics, pro-immigration conservative tion for many people in eastern Yesterday’s protests were or- right rally in Berlin, with some regions last month. orientation,” Merkel said in the ‘No’ to intolerance, ‘No’ to mar- politician in June and a rise in states is not only a positive ex- ganised to coincide with Renon’s carrying German fl ags and wav- “It should never be the case northern city of Kiel. ginalisation, ‘No’ to hate and anti-Semitism have fuelled de- perience.” funeral. Gulf Times 10 Friday, October 4, 2019 INDIA

ANGER DECISION POLITICS OPINION PEOPLE Kashmiri journalists ‘Miff ed’ Nirupam refuses Aaditya Thackeray files My dad will be back home Kumar surrenders to protest ‘media gag’ to campaign for Congress nomination from Worli soon: Karti Chidambaram complete bail formalities

Journalists in Kashmir yesterday staged a small In a pre-poll jolt for the Congress in Mahar- Aaditya Thackeray, the veritable ‘crown prince’ Former finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Making his first public appearance in 20 days, silent protest against what they say has been a ashtra, senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam of the Shiv Sena, yesterday filed his nomina- Karti Chidambaram yesterday expressed hope his during which he eluded the Central Bureau of “media gag” by authorities that has badly aff ected yesterday declared he will “not campaign” in tion papers from the Worli Assembly seat in father will be “be back home soon”, while reiterat- Investigation officials frantically searching for their ability to work in the region for the last 60 the October 21 Assembly elections. The former Mumbai for the October 21 Maharashtra As- ing it was “political vendetta”. The Sivaganga MP him, senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar yester- days. The government stripped Kashmir of au- Mumbai Congress chief and three-time MP’s sembly elections. Before filing his nomination said: “I am hopeful that my father will be back day surrendered before the Alipore court in tonomy on August 5, shutting off phone networks decision came after the party rejected his plea papers, Aaditya prayed before a portrait of his home soon.” However, he refused to comment on Kolkata and was given him bail in connection and imposing curfew-like restrictions in some for nominating at least one Muslim or minority grandfather and Sena founder-patriarch the late the recent order of the Delhi High Court dismiss- with the Saradha ponzi scheme scam. Kumar areas. Some of those curbs have been slowly candidate from each district in the state. “For Bal Thackeray at his family home ‘Matoshri’ in ing the regular bail plea filed by P Chidambaram gave himself up before the additional chief relaxed, but mobile and Internet communications Mumbai, I had recommended only one name Bandra. Thereafter, the 29-year-old stepped out in the CBI case relating to INX Media. Speaking judicial magistrate Subrata Mukherjee, as part in the Kashmir valley are largely still blocked, of a potentially winner Muslim candidate from to create history by becoming the first member to reporters outside Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, of formalities two days after he was granted severely impacting the ability of journalists to re- Versova, but that has been rejected without of the Thackeray family to discard the ‘remote Karti Chidambaram said: “The court has allowed anticipatory bail by the Calcutta High Court port. Carrying placards more than 100 journalists assigning reasons. This means the party has control’ and choose to make a direct connect home-cooked food for my father, it was kind of an in the case. The ACJM asked Kumar to furnish protested at the press club premises in Srinagar, no need for me. I shall sit at home during elec- with the public by plunging into the electoral interim relief. What is happening to my father is two sureties of Rs 50,000 each for availing of as street protests are restricted. tions,” a jilted Nirupam said. fray. because of political vendetta.” the bail. Mamallapuram Epidemic fears in Patna gets a makeover for Modi-Xi three-day meet

The state government has temples and stone carvings and sought the court’s permission is a Unesco World Heritage Site to put up welcome banners that has been brought under a from the Chennai airport to security blanket with police per- Mamallapuram sonnel maintaining a strict vigil. The authorities have already IANS removed roadside shops in the Chennai locality and installed CCTV cameras at strategic locations. The police have also advised ith Prime Minister the hotels and resorts to rent out Narendra Modi and rooms only to those having prop- WChinese President Xi er identifi cation papers. Jinping scheduled to meet at The residents have also been Mamallapuram near here from asked not to entertain guests till October 11-13, the Tamil Nadu the summit gets over. government is busy preparing According to police, checks are the ground for the summit, in- being conducted at lodges and cluding getting the Madras High hotels and those who are stay- Court’s sanction to put up wel- ing without proper identifi cation come banners. papers have been asked to vacate. The state government had Senior police offi cials are Residents of flood-aff ected Patna, in Bihar, fear an epidemic outbreak with stagnant rain water emitting stench and animal carcasses floating around. It has simply added to their sought the court’s permission to making regular trips to Mamal- woes of staying indoors for around a week, surrounded by four-six feet deep stinking water. put up welcome banners from lapuram to check on the security the Chennai airport to Mamal- arrangements. lapuram. Fishermen have been advised The court yesterday, while to keep away from the sea during permitting the state government the summit days. to put up banners, said that they The two leaders are also slated should not hinder the public. to visit the Shore Temple. Meanwhile, the roads are be- ing re-laid and the medians painted afresh. Apart from the positive results Modi govt ‘readying of the talks between the leaders of the world’s two most populous nations, in-bound tourism to Mamallapuram is expected to in- crease as a result of the summit. “Mamallapuram is already a Unesco World Heritage Site fa- for cabinet reshuffl e’ mous of its stone carvings and stone temples. The India-China IANS Prabhu earlier in Modi 1.0 had In spite of the economy not for the economic turnaround ment and panchayati raj port- summit will bring this tourist New Delhi handled commerce and indus- being in the best of shape and of the country. Remember, folios. Ravi Shankar Prasad is spot under focus,” Yangya Pra- try portfolio. He is also India’s continued job losses in key sec- Modi surprised many when S entrusted with responsibilities “Mamallapuram is kash Chandran, founder and ‘Sherpa’ at the G20. tors like automobile, Nirmala Jaishankar, a former foreign of law and justice, communi- already a Unesco World CEO, Crossway Hotels and Re- fter coming back to pow- One of the reasons Prabhu Sitharaman seems to have saved secretary was inducted in the cations, electronics and infor- Heritage Site famous of its sorts, said. er with a thumping ma- didn’t make the cut was an over- her meaty fi nance portfolio. cabinet this time. But his do- mation technology - three key stone carvings and stone He said Modi himself recently Ajority this May, the Modi whelming feeling within the BJP Sitharaman has been on a spree main expertise in international ministries. temples. The India-China said at a function at the Indian government is all set to go for its that Prabhu failed to garner div- to make amends to inject adren- diplomacy helped India sail Chances are, some of them summit will bring this Institute of Technology-Madras fi rst cabinet reshuffl e very soon. idends for the party in spite of aline rush into a weary economy, through after abrogation of may be relieved of the additional tourist spot under focus” (IIT-M) he would visit Mamal- Sources say, the reshuffl e can holding portfolios like railways including the latest cut on cor- Article 370 of the Constitu- burden, given the important role lapuram and also urged the peo- take place as early as in the next which plays a key role in infl u- porate tax from 30% to 22%, tion that gave special powers they play also for the organisa- On October 2, Chief Minister ple to start out on domestic tour- 15 days. encing the electorate. which was hailed by Modi as to Kashmir. tion. Tomar is the Haryana elec- K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief ism. Informed sources said a major But with the economy slid- “historic”. Right now there are 58 minis- tion-in-charge, while Prasad is Minister O Panneerselvam ac- Chandran said Tamil Nadu inclusion in the new cabinet can ing and the GDP projections Merger of banks and with- ters in the union council of min- the key BJP face to communicate companied by top administra- is already a top inbound tourist be Suresh Prabhu, who is likely taking a dip, Modi seems to be drawal of enhanced surcharge isters and just 24 out of them are from the party platform, after tive and police offi cials visited destination in the country. to make a comeback, after he falling back on people with core for FPI (foreign portfolio inves- of cabinet rank. Many minis- the death of Arun Jaitley. Mamallapuram also known as Apart from stone carvings at was dropped from the cabinet expertise. Prabhu is a chartered tors) are twin major decisions ters who are shuttling between It’s the fi rst ever cabinet re- Mahabalipuram and inspected Mamallapuram, the entire East when Modi took oath on May 30, accountant-turned-politician that seems to have done the many portfolios will be divested shuffl e after the Modi govern- the arrangements being made for Coast Road leading to the town this year. The former Shiv Sainik who was poached from the Shiv trick for her. of some of their responsibilities, ment swept back to power with the second India-China informal is dotted with several places of is tipped to head the commerce Sena when the BJP’s ally refused Modi, however is expected say sources. 303 seats. With the box of Ar- summit between Modi and Xi. tourist interest like the Crocodile and industry ministry. Right to send him to the cabinet from to bring in more technocrats For example, Narendra Singh ticle 370 ticked, the goal of this Mamallapuram, about 60km Park, VGP Marine Kingdom and now, the portfolio is being han- its share, during Modi’s fi rst and people with core expertise Tomar holds agriculture and reshuffl e will be economic turn- from here, is famous for its stone others. dled by Piyush Goyal. tenure. for ministries that are crucial farmers welfare, rural develop- around. HDIL chief arrested Hasina arrives Pala legislator faces over banking scam cheating allegations IANS to the CBI against Balakrishnan. Thiruvananthapuram John is using a forged letter and Reuters the bank’s board after uncover- mation about the charges against that’s what he has posted on the Mumbai ing lending irregularities. them. Facebook. I owe some money to PMC has been barred from re- Reuters was not immediately Mumbai-based Kerala Menon. I gave him Rs2.5mn and newing, or granting any loans, or able to contact the two Wadha- businessman, Dinesh a few cheques, which bounced,” he police yesterday ar- making investments without the wans. AMenon, has alleged that Kappen admitted. rested the head of a bank- RBI’s prior approval. HDIL did not immediately re- Pala legislator Mani C Kappen Menon told the media in Delhi Trupt realty company after Depositors have been in- spond to a request for comment. has cheated him of Rs32.5mn, a that he was introduced by Ka- lender Punjab and Maharashtra formed they can only withdraw In the past two years, the charge denied by the latter. ppen to Balakrishnan when he Co-operative Bank (PMC) ac- a maximum of Rs10,000 from country’s troubled banking sec- The issue resurfaced yester- was the home minister and it was cused executives of partaking in their PMC accounts over the next tor has been rocked by a multi- day after Revolutionary Socialist merely a courtesy meeting. a “criminal conspiracy” involv- six months. billion-dollar fraud at a state- Party of Kerala (Bolshevik) leader “I have had no dealings with ing forged audit reports that cost On Tuesday, dozens of ac- run lender, the collapse of a Shibhu Baby John posted an e- either Balakrishnan or his son. the bank some Rs43.55bn. count holders gathered outside major infrastructure lender, bad mail statement by Kappen, given It’s Kappen with whom I had In the latest case to roil the an RBI offi ce in Mumbai to pro- loan issues at state-run banks to the Central Bureau of Investi- dealings. He took Rs32.5mn banking sector, PMC made a test against the curbs and de- and a liquidity squeeze that has gation, on his Facebook. promising me shares of Kan- police complaint accusing its mand that the central bank and hit shadow lenders. Kappen in the e-mail stated nur Airport Ltd. But all I got was own executives and offi cials at government intervene to release Media outlets on Sunday re- that Menon - whom Kappen had a letter stating that the shares Housing Development and In- their funds. ported that PMC’s exposure to introduced to then Kerala home can’t be allotted. Kappen then frastructure Limited (HDIL) of Yesterday evening, the Eco- HDIL stood at Rs65bn, which minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan returned Rs2.5mn, and a few misleading the Reserve Bank of nomic Off ences Wing (EOW) of accounts for 73% of its overall (2006-11) and his son later - had cheques. He said he would give India (RBI) from 2008 to August Mumbai Police arrested HDIL’s Rs88.8bn loan book. some cash dealings with him for me two acres of land at the fa- 2019 by forging the audits to hide chairman Rakesh Kumar Wadha- That is well above the RBI’s allotment of shares of Kannur mous tourist destination Kuma- the fact that big accounts had be- wan as well as his son Sarang Wad- permissible exposure levels to a Airport Ltd. rakom in Kottayam. Later I found come non-performing assets. hawan, the bank’s vice chairman, single entity. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives at the Kappen threatened to take that he had pledged that land. The RBI last week took charge Mumbai Police spokesperson Pra- PMC could not immediately Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi yesterday legal action against Menon for After his cheques bounced, I fi led of the bank and suspended man- naya Ashok said. be reached for comment on the at the start of an off icial visit. spreading false allegations. a case which is pending in court,” aging director Joy Thomas and He declined to provide infor- estimate. “I have not given any statement Menon said. Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 11

LATIN AMERICA

LAW AND ORDER ACCIDENT ECONOMY PEOPLE DECISION Police probe mysterious Burst dam at gold mine Argentine economists Former Colombia senator Costa Rica to avail oil slicks on Brazil beaches leaves two injured forecast deeper recession flees police custody $350mn IDB loan

Brazilian police have opened an investigation A dam at a gold mine in western Brazil burst Argentine economists forecast a deeper Colombian off icials have ordered a probe Costa Rica’s congress has approved a $350mn into possible criminal activity surrounding leaving a 2km trail of mining waste and injuring recession and maintained a pessimistic following the daring escape in Bogota of loan from the Inter-American Development an apparent oil spill off beaches along the two people, according to the country’s National inflation forecast at a shade under 55% an imprisoned ex-senator from a medical Bank (IDB) to lower its debt, which is equal country’s northeast coast, federal prosecutors Mining Agency (ANM). No one was killed in in the latest central bank monthly poll of centre where she had gone to see a dentist. to more than half of the Central American said. The probe aims to establish the origin the incident in Mato Grosso state, ANM said analysts. The prediction follows weeks of Aida Merlano managed to slip away from her nation’s gross domestic product. Lawmakers of the oil slicks, which could represent in a statement. The dam is registered under political uncertainty and a plunge in the escorts, climbed out a window, and slid down voted unanimously for the loan, which “possible major environmental damage in the the name of an individual wildcat miner value of the peso after Alberto Fernandez, a cord, landing heavily on the sidewalk before Finance Minister Rocio Aguilar said will save region,” the police said in a statement. Brazil’s rather than in the name of a mining company. a Peronist candidate, soundly beat market- calmly escaping on the back of a waiting the government $13mn and help diminish northeast coast is famed for its sandy beaches Inspections of the dam had not turned up any friendly incumbent President Mauricio Macri motorcycle. A video of her bold escape shot by financing needs in the local market as well and is popular with tourists. Environmental problems, and it had been declared as stable on in an August primary election. Inflation was a nearby security camera went viral on social as reduce pressure on interest rates. The IDB agency Ibama said last week that the September 25, the agency said. Brazil remains seen at 54.9% for the year, according to the media. Merlano, a native of the northern city loan has a 20-year term with a five-year grace mysterious spill had contaminated beaches on high alert for dam ruptures after a tailings survey of 45 analysts, down from 55% in the of Barranquilla, was sentenced to 15 years in period, Costa Rica’s office of the president and coastline across eight states, and that dam at a Vale SA iron ore mine burst in January, same central bank poll which was released prison in September for buying votes during said. In an earlier effort to cut ballooning debt, some oil-coated birds and sea turtles had been killing at least 250 people in the second major last month, shortly after the shock primary the 2018 general election that saw her elected Costa Rica in July approved the placement of washed up and were being treated. disaster of its kind in four years. election result. senator for the Conservative Party. up to $1.5bn in bonds. Sumo wrestling Venezuela marks China anniversary looks to catch on in Brazil

AFP ing wrong,” he says. Sao Paulo Several of the men and women who practice sumo in Sao Paulo, including Junior, are getting very two weeks, Rui Junior ready for the World Sumo Cham- drives eight hours from his pionships, which will take place Ehometown of Londrina to later this month in Osaka. Sao Paulo for a training session Among the women, the best — in sumo, which is trying to get known is 40-year-old Fernanda its due in Brazil. Rojas, who will represent Brazil Even though the South Ameri- for the “sixth or seventh” time at can country is home to the larg- worlds. est Japanese community outside Rojas says sumo among Japan, the ancient form of wres- women got more popular in tling is still a fl edgling sport here, Brazil “when sumo was battling and training is not always all that to be recognised as an Olympic easy. sport.” “I’ve been going to Sao Paulo “Nowadays, there are a fair for years to practice,” says Junior, number of female sumos in the who is 25 years and weighs in at country, and that number is 160kgs. growing every day, as there are “It’s an eight-hour drive to get school programmes in place,” she there, and another eight hours to explains. get home. It costs me a fair bit of Mixed-gender training ses- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro applauds next to China’s ambassador to Venezuela, Li Baorong, during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of money, but it’s worth it. It makes sions help the women be more the People’s Republic of China in Caracas, Venezuela. me really happy,” he said. competitive, she adds. Junior is a 10-time Brazil “Sumo is not just a question of heavyweight champion and a strength; it’s also about agility,” three-time winner in all of South Rojas says. America. To help spread sumo across He is the main attraction at Brazil, the Japanese government weekly training sessions at the sent a coach under the auspices Mie Nishi gym in Sao Paulo, of the Japan International Coop- which claims it is the only pub- eration Agency (JICA). lic ring outside Japan solely for Guilherme Vaz, a 17-year- Honduras president rejects sumo wrestling. old who will head to the world Inside, about 10 men and championships for the fi rst time women in diff erent weight class- in the middleweight division, is a es — none of them of Asian de- promising prospect. scent — train together. “I’m very motivated. I could In their mawashis, the sport’s come back with a medal. My ‘false’ US drugs trial claims trademark belts, they warm up main rivals come from Japan and in a circle around the dohyo, or Mongolia,” says Vaz, who says his dirt ring where the fi ghters battle passion for sumo is part of a fam- AFP into the US, weapons off ences and organisation that distributed co- The prosecution also says Tony his US counterpart Donald Trump each other. ily tradition. New York making false statements. caine for years” in the US, with the Hernandez was involved in at least at the United Nations General As- But these amateur sumos are Vaz also trains at Mie Nishi “The defendant was protected goal of making millions of dollars, two murders of rival drug traffi ck- sembly in New York. far from achieving the level of the in Sao Paulo as he has no viable by the current president, who adding that corrupt “mayors, con- ers in 2011 and 2013. “The president of Honduras pros in Japan. training partners in his home- onduran President Juan has received millions of dollars in gressmen, military generals (and) Some of the cocaine he was has interacted with the US like With his thick beard and round town in the suburbs of the Bra- Orlando Hernandez took bribes from drug traffi ckers like police chiefs protected his organi- transporting was labeled with his any other president of any other stomach, Junior stands out from zilian mega-city. Hmillions of dollars in ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who person- sation.” initials “TH,” according to US at- country,” Malone said. his fellow gym mates, who are The teen explains that he tried bribes from drug lords including ally delivered $1mn to the defend- The charges run to four counts. torney Geoff rey Berman. Tony Hernandez, 41, wore a mostly rather slim. to convince his friends to do sumo, jailed Mexican kingpin Joaquin “El ant for his brother,” prosecutor If convicted, he faces from fi ve Defence attorney Omar Malone blue suit and appeared calm dur- Without a viable sparring but that he couldn’t because “it’s Chapo” Guzman, a US prosecutor Jason Richman said. years to life in prison. said Tony Hernandez was the tar- ing the selection process of 12 ju- partner in Londrina, Junior a sport that falls victim to a lot of said at the opening of his brother’s President Hernandez dismissed The US government alleges that get of violent criminals because rors and six alternates. started playing American foot- preconceived notions.” trial. the accusation as “absurd.” It “is Tony Hernandez, who served as a his brother’s administration au- For security reasons the jurors ball to stay in shape. “Some think it’s weird to fi ght The president’s brother, Juan 100% false, absurd and ridicu- member of the Honduran Con- thorised the extradition of drug will only be identifi ed with num- “I have to train on my own, bare-chested, to grapple with Antonio Hernandez — a former lous... this is less serious than Al- gress from 2014 to 2018, worked traffi ckers to the US. bers, as is typical for major drug- because it’s technically rather another man... I try to tell them Honduran congressman also ice in Wonderland,” he wrote on from 2004 to 2016 with others in He also referenced the cordial traffi cking trials. diffi cult. Even if I know the right that it’s not like that, to change known as Tony — was arrested at Twitter. Colombia, Honduras and Mexico relationship between Honduras The judge estimates the trial techniques, I need someone to their view of things, but it’s com- a Miami airport in November 2018 Richman said that Tony Hernan- to import cocaine into the US via and the US, which saw the coun- will last between 10 and 12 busi- train me, show me what I’m do- plicated,” Vaz admits. for conspiring to import cocaine dez belonged to “a state-sponsored plane, boat and submarine. try’s president shake hands with ness days.

Fire destroys factory Brazil pension recast Russia PM visits Cuba clears fi rst hurdle

Reuters ternative,” Bolsonaro said in a in eff ort to renew ties video on his Facebook page. Brasilia “There is no plan B...other Reuters said William LeoGrande, a pro- cial fi nancing is drying up due to governments have tried to do it Havana/Moscow fessor of government at Ameri- growing US hostility. razil’s Senate has approved but failed. That’s the reality.” can University. Russian companies have a landmark pension reform Lower house Speaker Rodrigo “That’s a message to the US, signed various modest, multi- Bbill in a fi rst round of vot- Maia was sanguine about the ussian Prime Minister but also to the Cuban people that million dollar deals with Cuba in ing, in a relief for far-right Presi- cuts to the bill’s potential sav- Dmitry Medvedev began they should not despair because recent years to upgrade its indus- dent Jair Bolsonaro, although ings. “The fundamental part is Ran offi cial two-day visit they have other friends abroad.” trial sector and infrastructure. senators voted down an amend- guaranteed, it’s approved,” he to Havana yesterday in a strong Russia has in particular the During Medvedev’s visit, the ment in a move that dilutes the said. show of Russia’s support for the capacity to help Cuba out of its Russian Export Center (REC) reform’s projected savings. Overhauling the costly social island as it faces escalating pres- current fuel crisis which Ha- plans to sign a deal with Cuba’s The bill will now pass to a sec- security system is Bolsonaro’s sure from the US. vana blames on US sanctions on Aviaimport to fi nance around ond and fi nal voting round. economic priority this year. Moscow has sought to renew energy shipments to the island, 21mn euros worth of projects Senate president David Alco- Through a mix of unpopular its commercial, military and po- although it remains unclear to provide technical assistance lumbre said the process is likely measures such as an increase litical ties with Cuba in recent whether it is willing to make such for airplanes produced by Rus- to be completed by October 10, to the minimum retirement age years, as part of a broader strate- a large commitment. sia, REC director general Andrei or perhaps slightly later in the and to workers’ pension contri- gy to expand its presence in Latin Throughout the Cold War, Slepnyov said. month. butions, the bill aims to save the America as a counterweight to Moscow propped up Fidel Cas- Separately, REC and Banco On Tuesday, senators had eas- public purse more than 900bn China and the US. tro’s government, providing it Exterior de Cuba plan to sign ily approved the bill’s main text reais over the next decade. It has also backed Cuba’s left- with billions of dollars worth a fi nancing deal worth around but rejected a key amendment, The head of Bolsonaro’s politi- ist allies Venezuela and Nica- of grain, machinery and other 33.8mn euros to upgrade a steel which reduced bonus salary pay- cal party in the senate, senator ragua, under attack from the goods. bars and wire factory. ments to low-paid workers, dilut- Major Olimpio, warned on Tues- Trump administration. Those subsidies disappeared This would allow Cuba’s Aci- ing the bill’s overall fi scal impact day that the second-round vote Medvedev’s visit — the highest with the 1991 collapse of the So- nox Comercial to upgrade rolled by 76bn reais ($18bn). Bolsonaro scheduled for next week might profi le Russian tour since that of viet Union and trade plunged. steel production capacity to on Wednesday urged senators to not take place if the govern- President Vladimir Putin in 2014 Relations got a boost once more 170,000 tonnes per year from approve the legislation, which re- ment reneges on promises made — is symbolically important, an- in 2014 when Russia forgave 90% 40,000 tonnes now, he said. quires two rounds of voting in the to lawmakers in return for their alysts said. of Cuba’s $35bn Soviet-era debt “This can help to enhance upper house because it will change support. “The symbolism is that the US and started providing export fi - (Acinox’s) competitive positions the constitution. The government, central bank strategy of economic strangula- nancing to Russian companies including international ones... “Reform is necessary. If it and many economists insist that tion will fail because Cuba can looking to sell to the island. and result in infl ows of forex rev- Workers of the Caribbean Craft factory clear the remains of doesn’t come, Brazil will be pension reform is needed to boost turn elsewhere for support — just That has become increasingly enues to the country,” Slepnyov arts and crafts burnt in a fire, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. bankrupt in two years. Sorry, you confi dence, investment and ulti- as it did during the Cold War,” important as western commer- said. have to approve it, there’s no al- mately economic growth. Gulf Times 12 Friday, October 4, 2019 PAKISTAN

Navy aims to create Pakistan, Taliban call for jobs for women

Internews Afghan talks to resume Karachi

Reuters/DPA/AFP/Internews of the peace process,” Pakistan’s Pakistan for eight years before not clear if he would have any Islamabad/Peshawar Foreign Offi ce said in a statement being released in 2018. contact with the Taliban. nder the theme of Em- yesterday after Foreign Minister Representatives from the ex- The latest development fol- powering Women in Mar- Shah Mehmood Qureshi met a tremist militant group arrived in lows a meeting last week be- Uitime Community, the eace talks in Afghanistan Taliban delegation that is visit- Pakistan overnight. tween Trump and Prime Minis- Pakistan Navy recently observed must resume as soon as ing Islamabad. “War is not a so- Baradar was greeted with hugs ter Imran Khan on the sidelines the World Maritime Day. Ppossible, Pakistan and the lution to any problem. Talks are and smiles by Qureshi and spy of the United Nations General The day is observed interna- Taliban militant group urged the only and positive solution to chief Lieutenant-General Faiz Assembly in New York. tionally during the last week of yesterday, after US President establish peace in Afghanistan.” Hameed, footage released by the A pause in the bloodshed September every year under the Donald Trump broke off negoti- The US embassy in the Pa- ministry showed. would help smooth the way to auspices of International Mari- ations last month seeking to end kistani capital did not imme- Pakistan was one of only three an agreement, Pakistan’s foreign time Organisation. the United States’ longest war. diately respond to a request for countries to recognise the Tali- minister said. This year’s theme was aimed Trump halted talks with the comment. ban regime. “It was emphasised that re- at creating environment and group, aimed at striking a deal The United States has long The visit is part of eff orts to duction of violence by all parties developing career opportunities for US and other foreign troops considered Pakistan’s co-opera- reach out to regional countries to the confl ict was necessary,” for women in the maritime do- to withdraw in exchange for Tal- tion crucial to eff orts to end the after their talks with the United the ministry said, adding that main. iban security guarantees, after it war in Afghanistan. Stated broke down last month. such a step would help to speed In his message on the occa- carried out a bomb attack in Ka- The Taliban delegation was The meeting came as Zalmay resumption of the peace eff ort. sion, Chief of the Naval Staff bul that killed 12 people, includ- led by the group’s co-founder Khalilzad, the top US envoy in- “The Taliban were very, very Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi ing a US soldier. and head of the political wing, volved in the peace talks, also positive and they want to resume In this handout released by the foreign ministry shows Foreign said that with renewed impetus “Both sides agreed on the Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, visited Islamabad for talks with talks,” a Pakistani offi cial told Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi receiving members of the Taliban on the maritime sector following need for the earliest resumption who was detained in custody in the government, although it was DPA, requesting anonymity. delegation in Islamabad. development of the China-Paki- stan Economic Corridor, mari- time activities in Pakistan were bound to increase manifolds. “Therefore, building capaci- ties to capitalise on the econom- Imran to visit China Over 500,000 complaints resolved ic opportunities off ered by the maritime sector, especially par- ticipation of women constitut- next week for talks ing about half of our population, through the premier’s citizen portal is considered vital for accruing benefi ts off ered by our maritime Internews potential. Islamabad Internews sented to the cabinet, the fed- It was told that on the basis These included provision “There is a need to create en- Islamabad eral government had resolved of the nature and feedback re- of assistance to the citizens in vironment and career develop- 509,153 out of 553,125 com- ceived from the citizens, various cases of non-co-operation from ment opportunities for women rime Minister Imran plaints. policy initiatives were taken to government offi cials and offi ces, in maritime administration, Khan will pay an offi cial he Pakistan cabinet has In Punjab, 392,292 com- facilitate them. action against high-handedness ports and maritime training in- Pvisit to China on Octo- been informed that the plaints were resolved with 88% These policy initiatives in- of police offi cials, recovery of stitutions which has become a ber 7-8 with the main agenda Tfederal government is redressal rate. clude, among others, enforce- abductee, blackmailing, taking fundamental imperative for long of “revival” of stalled China- leading the provincial govern- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa secured ment of SOPs (standard operat- action against police offi cials term development,” he said. Pakistan Economic Corridor ments in redressal of citizen 87% on the score card by resolv- ing procedures) for facilitation who had colluded with culprits On the occasion of World (CPEC) projects. complaints received at the ing 100,635 out of 116,050 com- of persons with missing fi nger involved in rape of a girl, bring- Maritime Day 2019, the navy “Removal of all bottlenecks Prime Minister’s Pakistan Citi- plaints. prints, exemption of overseas ing back of a Pakistani citizen undertook a range of activities in CPEC projects and their zen Portal. In Islamabad, 9,909 com- Pakistanis from withholding who was stuck in Saudi Arabia to underscore the importance timely completion is the top The cabinet was informed re- plaints were resolved out of tax, payment of outstanding due to bankruptcy of a company. of maritime sector with special priority of the government,” Prime Minister Khan: Removal cently that so far 1.173mn users 11,137. stipends to more than 29,000 The cabinet was informed emphasis on the contribution of the prime minister reiterated of all bottlenecks in CPEC had registered themselves on The Baluchistan government interns who were hired by the that eff orts were afoot to insti- women in this fi eld in line with while chairing a meeting on the projects and their timely the portal, with 100,300 inland resolved 6,166 complaints out previous government but were tutionalise the system and cre- the United Nations Sustainable economic corridor on Wednes- completion is the top priority users, 103,000 overseas Paki- of 7,782, securing 79% redres- not paid their stipend, and fa- ate greater awareness among Development Goals (SDGs). day. of the government. stanis, and 4,000 foreigners. sal rate. cilitation of females and persons people about the facility. A colourful Maritime Gala at He said he would soon visit Province-wise data shows Sindh, however, lagged with with disabilities. Eff orts were also being made the Pakistan Maritime Museum, China and meet its leadership tire education system to create 568,000 users from Punjab, merely 40% redressal rate and It was informed that on the to stop misuse, blackmailing a seminar on the topic of Em- to strengthen friendship be- social harmony in the country, 284,000 from Khyber Pa- could only resolve 38,268 out of basis of the complaints, strict and mala fi de through imple- powering Women in Maritime tween the two countries. adding that reforms were being khtunkhwa, 137,000 from 95,894 complaints. action was taken and senior lev- mentation of Citizen’s Respon- Community by the National In- It has been learnt that most introduced in the education Sindh, 35,000 from Islamabad, The cabinet was informed el offi cers were taken to task for sibility Index. stitute of Maritime Aff airs, an of the CPEC-related projects system which would help uplift 12,000 from Baluchistan, 7,000 that out of the 37,029 com- dereliction of duty. Prime Minister Imran Khan awareness campaign about the have stalled due to reasons in- the lower section of the society from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, plaints that had been pending Various success stories where and the cabinet members ex- protection of marine environ- cluding prevailing fi nancial with the provision of equal op- and 1,000 from Gilgit-Baltistan, in the past 90 days, 84% com- the citizens were provided relief pressed appreciation for the ment and harbour cleaning ac- crunch confronting the gov- portunities to progress. are registered with the portal. plaints pertained to the Sindh were also shared with the cabi- performance of the Pakistan tivities were carried out at Ka- ernment and “non-co-opera- Highlighting the plight of According to the report pre- government. net. Citizen Portal. rachi. tion” of the bureaucracy due to the Kashmiris, the prime min- “fear of the National Account- ister said that 8mn people had ability Bureau”. been locked in an open jail that ‘Elite’ Punjab off icials get big pay hike Minister for Planning and Indian-administered Kashmir Sunset walker Development Khusro Bakhtiar had become for two months. Four months after the controversial raise given to the political apprised the meeting about At present, Khan said, three elite of the Punjab inviting the ire of prime minister, the Buzdar CPEC-related projects and the education systems are in vogue government raised by 150% the basic salary of bureaucratic elite – progress so far made. in Pakistan, which was leading this time without consulting the provincial assembly. Railway Minister Sheikh to injustices and divisions in Sources in the Prime Minister’s Off ice said that Prime Minister Imran Rashid Ahmed briefed the the society. Khan is being told that the raise was in the name of “executive meeting on Main Line-1 (ML- “The Pakistan Tehreek-e- allowance”. 1) projects being executed to Insaf government had decided The beneficiaries predominately belong to the ex-DMG (District lay a new railway track from in its early days that the stu- Management Group, now known as the Pakistan Administrative Karachi to Peshawar under the dents of seminaries will be im- Service, PAS) and ex-PCS (Punjab Civil Services, presently called the umbrella of the CPEC. parted contemporary modern Provincial Management Service, PMS). Meanwhile, addressing a education so that they too can Interestingly, this raise was approved by the provincial cabinet, and prize distribution ceremony get important positions in dif- the off icial notification issued on July 29, within weeks after the for madrassa students who had ferent professions,” he added. Punjab Assembly passed the provincial budget. performed distinctively in the Underlining importance of The Usman Buzdar-led cabinet of the province, which has more examinations of contemporary education, the prime minister than 2mn employees, granted this huge raise to a select group of education boards and seminar- said Islam laid special empha- 1,700, ignoring all others, including professors, teachers, doctors, ies, Prime Minister Khan said sis on education and that the engineers, and civil servants not belonging to the services now the government’s plan to intro- “Muslims had ruled the world treated as “elite” PAS at the federal level and PMS in Punjab. duce uniform curriculum in the for 700 years not because of The posting earmarked “executive allowance” include almost country would be implemented sword but education”. all posts of provincial secretaries, additional chief secretaries, by March next year so that all “Muslims are weak today members of Board of Revenue, additional secretaries, deputy graduates could have equal mainly due to lack of educa- secretaries, section off icers, commissioners, deputy commissioners, opportunities to grow in their tion,” he deplored. assistant commissioners, revenue off icials, and special judicial practical life. “The graduates of Speaking on the occasion, magistrates. the new education system will Federal Education Minister The eff ort in choosing the posts for the hefty “executive allowance” have understanding of religion, Shafqat Mahmood said a uni- appears to clearly benefit off icers belonging to the PAS and the contemporary knowledge and form curriculum is being pre- PMS. science and technology.” pared for government-run and It is also relevant to mention here that all those who were involved He said the government private schools as well as ma- A child walks during sunset along Karachi’s Clifton beach. in the initiation and processing of the finance department’s plans to synchronise the en- drassas. summary, are beneficiaries of this raise. India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill 100mn, says research paper

AFP/Internews visaged more than 100mn imme- border,” Alan Robock, a profes- hit by weapons of mass destruc- This most extreme scenario losses would be about twice “I hope our work will make Washington diate deaths, followed by global sor in environmental sciences at tion. would involve the use of 100 those of India. people realise you can’t use nu- mass starvation after megatons Rutgers University, who co-au- Pakistan has declared that it kiloton weapons, more than six However, nuclear Armageddon clear weapons, they are weapons of thick black soot block out sun- thored the paper in Science Ad- would only use nuclear weapons times as powerful as the bombs would be only the beginning. of mass genocide,” Robock told he year is 2025 and mili- light for up to a decade. vances, told AFP. if it could not stop an invasion by dropped on Hiroshima. The research found that the AFP, adding the paper lent more tants have attacked India’s It comes at a time of renewed India’s Prime Minister Naren- conventional means or were at- A single airburst from such a fi restorms could release 16mn to evidence to support the 2017 UN Tparliament, killing most of tensions between the two South dra Modi scrapped the autonomy tacked fi rst with nuclear weap- bomb could kill 2mn people and 36mn tonnes of soot (black car- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nu- its leaders. Asian rivals, which have fought of the part of Kashmir control- ons. injure 1.5mn – but most of the bon) into the upper atmosphere, clear Weapons. New Delhi retaliates by send- several wars over the Muslim- led by New Delhi in August, with The authors wrote that al- deaths would occur from the rag- spreading around the world Johann Chacko, a column- ing tanks into the part of Kashmir majority territory of Kashmir his Pakistani counterpart Imran though their scenario had Paki- ing fi restorms that followed the within weeks. ist for Quartz India and doctoral controlled by Pakistan. and are rapidly building up their Khan warning the United Na- stan pulling the trigger fi rst, they blast. The soot in turn would absorb student at SOAS in London, said Fearing it will be overrun, Is- atomic arsenals. tions late last month that the did not mean to imply they be- “India would suff er two to solar radiation, heating the air up the work “helps the global com- lamabad hits the invading forc- They currently each have dispute could escalate into nu- lieved this was more likely. three times more fatalities and and boosting the smoke’s rise. munity evaluate the cost of nu- es with its battlefi eld nuclear about 150 nuclear warheads at clear war. Based on their current popula- casualties than Pakistan because, Sunlight reaching the Earth clear war for everyone, not just weapons, triggering the dead- their disposal, with the number The two countries last fought tions and the urban centres that in our scenario, Pakistan uses would decline 20% to 35%, cool- the combatant nations”, particu- liest confl ict in history – and expected to climb to more than a border confl ict in February, but would be likely targeted, the re- more weapons than India, and ing the surface by 3.6° to 9° larly its climatic impacts. catastrophic global cooling, with 200 by 2025. they pulled back from the brink searchers estimated up to 125mn because India has a much larger Fahrenheit (2° to 5° Celsius) and However, he added: “There’s temperatures not seen since the “Unfortunately it’s timely be- after Pakistan returned a downed could be killed if both countries population and more densely reducing precipitation by 15% to very little in the history of Indo- last Ice Age. cause India and Pakistan remain pilot to India. expended the bulk of their high- populated cities,” the research 30%. Pakistan kinetic confl ict to sug- This scenario was modelled by in confl ict over Kashmir, and India has a “no fi rst strike” est yield weapons. paper said. Worldwide food shortages gest that leadership on either side researchers in a new paper pub- every month or so you can read policy, but reserves the right to Around 75-80mn people were As a percentage of its urban would follow, with the eff ects would continue escalating until lished on Wednesday, which en- about people dying along the mount a nuclear response to any killed in World War II. population, though, Pakistan’s persisting up to 10 years. they annihilated the other.” Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 13 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH ‘No contagion, no pessimism, no Haammah and no Safar’

Khutbah by Shaykh Saalih Aal Ash-Shaykh When the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa wa sallam) said: “Run away from a person with of his Lord, which was the belief of the people incumbent on us to pay attention to facts like sallam) said: “No contagion.” He certainly did leprosy as you would run away from a lion.” during Jahiliyyah. Due to these reasons, the these and convey them to the masses. By doing not mean that contagion itself does not exist, (Ahmad and Bukhari). This is because mixing Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) forbade this we are going back to the fundamentals and believers in Allah and His messen- nor did he mean that diseases and sicknesses do with such a person is a means of spreading the us from being pessimistic by saying: “No pes- bases of these false concepts and cutting them ger! Fear Allah and glorify Him as He not spread from one person to another due to sickness from a person with leprosy to a healthy simism.” off from their roots. Therefore, in this particu- deserves to be. Know that this life is them coming into close contact, rather, this is one. So this Hadith of the Prophet (sallallaahu Then, he (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said lar case, we know that believing that Safar as an Onothing except a very short period something that obviously occurs. However, what ‘alaihi wa sallam) explains that although these “No Haammah” which refers to the bird already ‘unlucky’ month is a false and frivolous belief, of time, so act righteously herein. He who does the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) was are nothing but means and that their eff ect will mentioned which the disbelievers had false both from the words of the Prophet (sallallaahu so will have a great and pleasant consequence doing was refuting the belief that the disbeliev- not take place without the decree of Allah, we beliefs about. For example, they believed that ‘alaihi wa sallam) and by practical experience by the mercy and favour of Allah and he who is ers had which was that if a sick person happened still have to exert our utmost eff orts in avoiding a person who was murdered would have this of the fact that there has been a lot of goodness neither conscious nor fearful of Allah will not to come close enough to a healthy person, then these means that may result in disease, destruc- bird in his grave screaming for revenge. They in this month throughout history. Therefore, all have a way out of his hardships and will have an sickness would defi nitely be passed onto the tion or tribulations. Moreover, we must rely on also thought that the Haammah bird contained forms of pessimism regarding minutes, hours, evil end. healthy person. The disbelievers used to believe Allah in all cases. the soul of a dead person and fl ew it between days and months are negated by Islam – our Servants of Allah! Abu Hurairah (radhiallah that this transfer was beyond the control and will This is why on one occasion the Prophet diff erent neighbourhoods. There were count- faith must be sound and distinct from that of ‘anhu – May Allah be pleased with him) narrated of Allah and that it was bound to happen. (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) sat next to a man less other false beliefs which were prevalent at the disbelievers. that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) Therefore, what the Prophet (sallallaahu who had leprosy and ate with him from the same that time, so the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa The Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “No contagion, no pessimism, no Haam- ‘alaihi wa sallam) was explaining was that sick- plate, he (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) even put sallam) had to refute and negate them because exerted all possible eff orts in explaining these mah and no Safar” (Bukhari). The meaning of ness does not spread simply by mixing healthy his hand in the same food that the man was eat- these beliefs were contrary to the sound creed concepts to us. He (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) this Hadith is as follows: Haammah is a type people with sick ones, rather, it happens with the ing from to prove to people that diseases spread that a Muslim is commanded to have. The made it clear that we need to purify our hearts of bird; the pre-Islamic Arabs used to think decree and command of Allah; contagion may or only if Allah wills for them to do so. He (sallal- Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) clarifi ed from thinking evil of our Lord or being pessimis- that whenever this bird landed on anyone’s may not occur because it is not necessarily the laahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) also did this to show the concept that everything occurs due to the tic regarding places, times or dates. For example, house, somebody who lived in that house case that every contagious disease will spread that it is not a must that contagious sicknesses decree and command of Allah and nothing else. we must refute and negate the belief that some would defi nitely die. This is of course a type of from a sick person to a healthy one unless and will spread and that it is only Allah who gives the Another falsehood which the Prophet (sal- have which is to think that Wednesday is a day superstition. As for Safar, this is another type of until Allah permits this to occur. If Allah does ability for these means to take eff ect. Then, after lallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) wanted to eliminate on which all evil takes place, so they avoid doing superstition; one group of Islamic scholars held not permit it to happen then it cannot and will eating, he (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: from its roots was regarding the month of Safar. certain things on that day. the view that the pre-Islamic Arabs were highly not ever occur, because that is by the decree and “No contagion and no pessimism.” Many scholars are of the view that Safar was Dear believers! We must pay close attention superstitious regarding the month of Safar while command of Allah. He (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: a month in which the pre-Islamic Arabs were to such matters, our belief must be sound and another group held the view that Safar is in fact a Contagion is nothing but a means that will “No pessimism” because during Jaahiliyyah, particularly pessimistic. Therefore, when the correct, and we must not allow our hearts and worm which used to dwell in the bodies of some only have an eff ect if Allah decrees for it to occur, or the pre-Islamic period of ignorance, the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, minds to be invaded by such falsities. We must animals (as a disease) and that this disease was it is not something that necessarily takes place. disbelievers were extremely pessimistic about “No Safar”, this was an indication that he (sal- not be pessimistic regarding specifi c times and contagious. Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, everything. Ibn Mas’ood, may Allah be pleased lallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) wanted to refute and places because the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi In this Hadith the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi reported that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa with him, said that “Each one of us had this negate all the false beliefs that the disbelievers wa sallam) forbade us from doing this. Also, it wa sallam) negated and refuted the prevalent sallam) said: “A sick one should not go into the (i.e., pessimism), but Allah replaced it with our used to harbour regarding that month. The dis- goes against the sound belief that we are required belief of the disbelievers at that time. These false presence of a healthy one, nor should a healthy reliance on Him.” (Abu Daawood and Tirmi- believers used to think that during the month as Muslims to possess. I ask Allah to guide me beliefs would aff ect the hearts of the people so one go into the presence of a sick one.” (Mus- dhi). This saying means that at that time, the of Safar, all problems, disasters, calamities and and you all and to make us among those who greatly that it would weaken their reliance on lim). He (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said this people’s hearts were full of pessimism. For other evils would occur. Therefore they would always think highly of their Lord. Allah and lead them to doubting Him and even regarding camels because allowing them to mix example, people used to feel pessimism when avoid getting married in this month as they Also, we must know that favours and bounties attributing evil to Him. Also, these beliefs would is a means of spreading disease among them. they felt the wind blowing strongly, or if some thought that such a union would be doomed; cannot be attained except by being obedient to lead people to attribute defi ciencies to Allah, Therefore, in this Hadith, the Prophet (sallal- of them intended to set out on a journey and nobody would trade during this month as they Allah and that hardship, calamities and problems either by them claiming that He has incapabili- laahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) proves that contagion subsequently saw something that they disliked, thought that it would be fruitless; they also can be reduced if not terminated by supplicating ties or by them ascribing partners to Him in acts actually exists, but he (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa they would be sure that they would meet a thought that all other endeavours during that to Allah or by being obedient to Him. Therefore, of worship, or in controlling destiny. sallam) only proved its existence as a means and calamity or even death during the forthcoming month would end in problems, hardships and whoever relies on Allah, He is suffi cient for him. So the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) not as an end. trip, so they would be overcome by pessimism. even death. These are the types of beliefs that Allah says that which translates as: was addressing all those who truly believe in Al- This is exactly the same as saying, for exam- However, a believer must completely rely the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) “...And whoever fears Allah – He will make for lah and in His control over everything by saying: ple, that if a person were to do something that on Allah as Ibn Mas’ood, may Allah be pleased countered due to their falsity. him of his matter ease.” (At-Talaaq: 4). “No contagion, no pessimism, no Haammah and could result in his death, then by doing it, he with him, said: “Allah replaces pessimism with Safar is just one of 12 months that Allah has Nothing can avert the decree and command no Safar.” would die – if Allah decreed that to happen. It reliance on Him.” Pessimism is a false and futile given us; nothing happens in this month except of Allah except supplication. Destruction and The words “No contagion” mean that conta- is also the same as saying, for example, that if concept; it has no eff ect in determining events what Allah has decreed to happen within it, Al- calamities cannot be stopped except through gion is not independently eff ective, because the a person were to eat and drink then he would because they are all under the control and lah did not specify a certain month of the year obedience to Allah. I ask Allah to make me and Pre-Islamic Arabs used to believe that contagion satisfy his hunger and quench his thirst. In real- decree of Allah. This is why the Prophet (sallal- where all diffi culties, hardships and calamities you all among those whom He has mercy upon. was itself a characteristic of a disease and that ity, these actions are nothing but means to an laahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) used to hate pessimism would affl ict people. In fact, if one looks at his- Allah says that which translates as: “By time, it had no external control over it. They also be- end that will only occur if Allah has decreed it to and love optimism; for one who is always tory, he will discover that many conquests and Indeed mankind is in loss, Except for those who lieved that there was nothing that could prevent do so. optimistic has a high opinion of his Lord, which victories occurred during the month of Safar have believed and done righteous deeds and ad- contagion from occurring and that nothing Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, the believer is commanded to have. As for pes- for the Muslims; it may be that some people vised each other to truth and advised each other could eliminate it. narrated that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi simism, this leads a person into thinking evil are ignorant of this and therefore it becomes to patience.” (Al-Asr: 1-3). The arrows of Satan

atan readies himself and his mind and soul, igniting his sexual adultery of the tongue is uttering (what chooses his prey carefully. He desire, which dominates the heart that it is unlawful to utter), the adultery of is determined as he shoots the commands the body to disobey Allah the hand is doing (what is prohibited), Sarrows of looks to go through The Almighty, and so on in a consecu- the adultery of the legs is walking (to your eyes, tearing the veils of modesty tive sequence. The more the images what is prohibited) and the heart de- and chastity. This arouses the desires vary, the easier arousal and falling into sires and wishes for (adultery) and the of the weak heart, which commands sin will be. On the other hand, the less private parts affi rm that or contradict the body to pursue the satisfaction of the images and scenes, the weaker it.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] such desires. The tongue speaks, the their impact and infl uence on the In Sharh Saheeh Muslim, An- legs walk, and thus, unlawful acts are heart will be. According to a saying, Nawawi, may Allah have mercy upon committed and the soul falls into the “Patience over lowering the gaze is him, said, “The meaning of the Hadith mire of sin. easier than patience over the pain of its is that a share of adultery is written for consequences.” the son of Adam. Some people commit “That is purer for them” O Muslim who does not lower his actual adultery such as a male com- In order to ward off this Satanic cy- gaze, if your eyes roam around looking mits sexual intercourse with a female cle, Allah The Almighty instructed his at the charms of beautiful women, you who is unlawful to him. Other people believing slaves, both men and women, would plant in your heart thorns of commit adultery in the fi gurative to lower their gaze. He told them that loss and regret. sense by looking at the prohibition or this would purify them. Allah The listening to adultery and its relevant Almighty Says (what means): {Tell the “Allah knows that which deceives aff airs, or by touching with the hand a believing men to reduce [some] of their the eyes” non-Mahram (marriageable) woman vision and guard their private parts. Allah The Almighty Says (what or kissing her, or by walking to com- That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is means): {He knows that which de- mit adultery, seeing, touching, or acquainted with what they do. And tell ceives the eyes and what the breasts forbidden talking with a non-Mahram the believing women to reduce [some] conceal.} [Qur’an 40:19] This is a great woman, or by inner thoughts. All these of their vision and guard their private verse and the interpreter of the Quran, things belong to metaphoric adultery. parts.} [Qur’an 24:30-31] Ibn Mas‘ood, may Allah be pleased By “The private parts affi rm that or Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have with him, tells you its meaning, “It contradict it” it means that adultery mercy upon him, said in his well- refers to a man who enters a per- might actually happen through the known book Al-Fawaa’id: A collection son’s house where there is a beautiful private parts or might not take place of Wise Sayings that Sahl ibn ‘Abdul- woman among them, or that a beauti- by entering the male genital organ into lah, may Allah have mercy upon him ful woman passes by them, and while the female genital organ even if he is says, “Abandoning the order is greater they do not notice him, he looks at her; close to doing it. Allah knows best.” than committing the prohibition in the when they see him, he lowers his gaze. The Great Mosque of the Mourides in the Senegalese capital Dakar. The mosque which can accommodate 30,000 Sight of Allah because Adam, may Al- However, Allah The Almighty Knows Destruction of homes worshippers is touted as the largest in West Africa. lah exalt his mention, was forbidden to that he inwardly wishes to see her It is noticeable that one of the most eat from the tree and when he, may Al- private parts.” important causes of problems in many lah exalt his mention, ate from it Allah The great scholar, Al-Ameen Ash- homes is failing to lower the gaze. When accepted his repentance, but Satan was Shinqeeti, may Allah have mercy upon the husband releases his gaze, a com- ordered to prostrate to Adam, when he him, said in his book Adhwaa’ Al- parison will seep into his heart between refused and Allah did not accept his Bayaan, “The verse contains a warning his wife and the corrupting programmes War against an open enemy repentance.” for the one who betrays with his eyes made by some people to tempt others. Again Ibn al-Qayyim, may Al- by looking at what is unlawful for him. This comparison causes many problems he greatest thing that can be If the person follows what has come foods is all part of following in the foot- lah have mercy upon him, says in The slave of Allah will stand before in homes, when the husband asks his used as a defence against dev- from Allah in his beliefs, actions, steps of Satan that has been declared his another famous book in Ad-Daa’ Allah and be questioned about his wife to give him what he sees from dis- ils is sticking to the Book and words, worship, law, and so on, and prohibited for us. wad-Dawaa’, “Look at the accuracy senses. Allah The Almighty Says (what solute women and provocative images Tthe Sunnah, by one’s knowl- avoids what He has forbidden, then “O mankind! Eat that which is law- of the Qur’anic expression in the means): {Indeed, the hearing, the sight are imprinted in his mind. edge and by one’s actions. The Book he will be protected from Satan. Allah ful and wholesome in the earth, and order to lower the gaze, as if Allah The and the heart - about all those [one] It is also noticeable that releasing and the Sunnah present the straight says in the Qur’an: follow not the footsteps of the devil. Almighty reminds us that not lower- will be questioned.} [Qur’an 17:36] the gaze is one of the main reasons for path, and it is Satan (Shaytan) who “Oh you who believe, Come, all of Lo! he is an open enemy for you” (al- ing the gaze causes the doom of the If you will be questioned on the Day the delay in marriage. That is because struggles to steer us from this straight you, into submission (unto Him); and Baqara 168). doer and his suff ering in this life and of Resurrection about your stares and the young man already has in his mind path. Allah says in the Qur’an: follow not the footsteps of Satan. Lo! Sticking to the Book of Allah and his in the Hereafter. Failing to lower one’s looks, have you prepared an answer multiple examples of beautiful girls, “And He (commands you, saying:) He is an open enemy for you” (al- Sunnah in one’s words and actions will gaze is the basis for the problems that for this? especially those whom he watches on This is My straight path, so follow it. Baqara 208). The Arabic word al-silm in rebuke Satan and will greatly infuriate affl ict man. An unlawful look gener- television and searches hard to get one Follow not other ways, lest you be part- that verse refers to Islam while some say him. It is recorded in Sahih Muslim, ates thoughts, then thoughts generate The fornication of the eyes like them. Yet, he will not get what he ed from His way. This has He ordained it means obeying Allah and Muqaatil Musnad Ahmad and Sunan Ibn Majah ideas, then ideas generate desires, then To make this act more repugnant wants, because what he sees on televi- for you, that you may ward off evil.” says it refers to all acts in which there is on the authority of Abu Hurairah that desires generate will, which develops to the souls, the Prophet, sallallaahu sion is generally deceptive beauty and (al-Anaam 153). The Prophet (sallal- righteousness. From that we see that it the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa into resolve and determination, then ‘alaihi wa sallam, called it adultery false femininity, and thus leads him to laahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) explained this is an order to apply all of the branches of sallam) said, the action inevitably takes place if of the eyes. It was narrated on the delay his marriage and aff ects the mar- verse. He once drew a straight line with Islam and all the aspects of its laws ac- “When the son of Adam reads a there is nothing to prevent it.” authority of Abu Hurairah, may Allah riage of Muslim girls with him. his hand and said, “This is the straight cording to one’s abilities; and the verse verse of prostration and then pros- This is the destructive cycle of Sa- be pleased with him, that the Prophet, path of Allah.” Then on its left and on prohibits the following of the footsteps trates, Satan departs from him and tan, which traps the one who does not sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, said: Article source: http://www.islamweb. its right he drew other lines and he said, of Satan. Whoever does not follow any cries, saying, ‘Woe to me. The son of lower his gaze, then records the images “Allah has written for the son of Adam net/emainpage/ “These paths all have Satan calling part of Islam has, in fact, followed in Adam was ordered to prostrate and he and scenes seen by his treacherous his inevitable share of adultery. The (people) to them.” And then he recited some of the footsteps of Satan. There- did so and, therefore, he will be granted eyes. The cursed Satan waits for the adultery of the eye is looking (at what the above verse. [This was narrated by fore any kind of allowing what Allah has paradise. I was ordered to prostrate and moment of weakness in man’s faith is prohibited), the adultery of the ears Ahmad, al-Haakim, who called it sahih, prohibited or vice-versa is a following disobeyed and, therefore, I will get the to release these images and scenes in is listening (to what is prohibited), the and al-Nasa’i] of Satan. Eating any forbidden and foul hell-fi re.” Gulf Times 14 Friday, October 4, 2019 COMMENT

CHAIRMAN Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka Deputy Managing Editor K T Chacko P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar [email protected] 44350478 (News), 44466404 (Sport), 44466636 (Home delivery) 44350474 facebook.com/gulftimes twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar GULF TIMES The toxic cocktail that fuels xenophobia in South Africa A cocktail of unemployment, inequality and poverty, mixed with South Africa’s violent past, are to blame for attacks on foreigners that so tarnished the country’s image last month. The deadly assaults rocked South Africa’s relations with its neighbours but especially with Nigeria, whose President, Muhammadu Buhari, began a state visit there yesterday. At least 10 South Africans and two foreigners were killed after mobs descended on foreign-owned stores in poor districts in and around Johannesburg. The violence - the latest in a rash of such attacks over the past decade - is Echoes of the Nixon tapes? The mainly rooted in a sickly economy and faltering politics, stirring rivalry for jobs, especially in manual labour. South Africa is a magnet for poor migrants from neighbouring Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, but transcripts that could doom Trump even further afi eld, including Nigeria and even South Asia. The country has a terrible combination of extremely high unemployment and the highest inequality rate in the world. By David Smith Last week the Washington Post deference remains one of the great everybody said, ‘Oh, my god! This can Competition for jobs, social services and housing Washington reported that in 2017, Trump told mysteries of the age. do it.’” Russian offi cials in the Oval ceOffi that Adam Schiff , the chair of the House The West Wing tapes included the create a fertile terrain for mobilisation along identity lines. he was “unconcerned about Moscow’s intelligence committee, told NBC’s “smoking gun” evidence that Nixon Reliable figures are sketchy, but the last census in hat did the president interference in the 2016 US presidential Meet the Press on Sunday: “If those told aides to order the CIA to shut down 2011 counted just over 2.1mn “international migrants”, say and when did he election because the United States conversations with Putin or with other the FBI’s investigation into a break-in around 4% of South Africa’s population at the time. say it? Donald Trump’s did the same in other countries,” an world leaders are sequestered in that at the Democratic National Committee Joblessness hit a record 29% this year, reaching above Wpolitically catastrophic assertion that prompted alarmed White same electronic fi le that is meant for offi ces at the Watergate complex. It phone call with the leader of Ukraine, House offi cials to limit access to the covert action, not meant for this, if confi rmed testimony by John Dean, 50% for youth. suffi cient to prompt an impeachment remarks to an unusually small number there’s an eff ort to hide those and cover the former White House counsel, that According to Loren inquiry, might just be the tip of an of people. those up, yes, we’re determined to fi nd Nixon tried to cover up the burglary. The country Landau, a researcher for iceberg that could doom his presidency. Then there was the Ukraine call out.” The president’s once seemingly the African Centre for On Monday it emerged that Trump with its request for an investigation But whereas the White House was invincible support among Republicans has a terrible Migration & Society, the urged Australia’s prime minister during into former vice president Joe quick to release a rough transcript of collapsed and he was forced to resign country’s politicians were a recent phone call to help the US Biden, a potential opponent in next the Ukraine conversation, implying before he could be impeached. combination of attorney general gather information year’s presidential election. White a failure to comprehend its gravity, it While Nixon’s off ence was purely also indirectly to blame that he hopes will undermine Robert House officials moved the summary is unlikely to be so forthcoming next domestic, Trump directly solicited extremely high for stoking the mood. “It’s Mueller’s investigation into alleged of it to a “standalone computer time. Putin has already warned against the intervention of a foreign power, an anti-immigrant but it’s not collusion with Russia. system reserved for codeword- it and independent observers warn that act that history may judge to be more unemployment an immigrant issue,” Landau The White House restricted access to level intelligence information, such disclosures would set a dangerous heinous. While Nixon’s fate was sealed says. the call’s transcript to a small group of such as covert action,” according precedent, given foreign leaders’ by big and clunky tapes, the key to and the highest presidential aides, the New York Times to an intelligence community expectations of confi dentiality. Trump’s downfall may be locked in a Rhetoric tinged with reported, noting this was an unusual whistleblower’s complaint. Yet secrets fi nd a way, and the hi-tech computer server. inequality rate xenophobia ran high in the decision similar to the handling of the A note in the complaint’s appendix political momentum could become Kamarck added: “Now, I would run-up to elections this July call in which he pressed Ukrainian said: “According to White House irresistible. Elaine Kamarck, a senior assume that at some point in this in the world year. Both the ruling African president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dig offi cials I spoke with, this was ‘not the fellow in the governance studies process a subgroup of Democrats National Congress (ANC) for dirt on a political rival. fi rst time’ under this administration programme at the Brookings Institution and Republicans with the properly It raised questions: how many more that a Presidential transcript was placed think-tank in Washington, told an high security clearances are going to and rival Democratic Alliance (DA) pledged to crack down on compromising conversations have there into this codeword-level system solely audience there on Monday: “It is very have a look at that server and they’re irregular migrants. been? Will the transcripts inevitably leak for the purpose of protecting politically interesting how this issue may begin going to have to say, ‘What’s in here? Another factor is South Africa’s own troubled past, whose out with the help of more whistleblowers? sensitive – rather than national security with Ukraine but end with Russia Is it all covert operations and military trauma is felt today. And could their combined eff ect be sensitive – information.” or another country because it has movements, or is it something else?’ In 1994 the country inherited a deeply wounded society. enough to persuade Senate Republicans Indeed, the transcripts appeared now come out that there are hidden “What makes you suspicious is that it is time to dump Trump, just as an to have been concealed to avoid communications. server began to be used the day after the Old patterns of power, property and wealth haven’t been incriminating tape led to the downfall of embarrassment rather than security “It reminds me of the revelation of famous meeting between Trump and fundamentally transformed. That translates into deep- President Richard Nixon? reasons. Democrats pursuing the White House taping system during the Russian foreign minister and the seated anger and high levels of violence. “I think the conversations between impeachment would give much to get Watergate. Again, it was a throwaway: Russian ambassador, where they threw That brutality is also a legacy of the anti-apartheid Trump and world leaders stored in the their hands on this material, not least it was something that nobody ever out the Americans and let the Russians struggle. Townships were deeply politicised and organised White House server are critical, and the content of the president’s dialogues even knew about, nobody knew it was stay. So there’s just a lot more to happen could very well seal his fate,” said Chris with Putin, to whom his continued going to happen. Once it was out there here.” — Guardian News and Media by groups that used violence as part of their anti-apartheid Whipple, author of The Gatekeepers: campaign. Those people remained and didn’t give up their How the White House Chiefs of Staff violent ways. Defi ne Every Presidency. Successive governments have since failed to fi ll the gaps “A single conversation, recorded in social provision created by white supremacy. In many in black and white by a notetaker, has already been a game-changer. Trump’s communities, failures of the state have led people to rely on mafi a-style shakedown of the president informal systems of power. With rampant crime levels and a of Ukraine has moved the needle thin police force, those who cannot aff ord to live in privately dramatically. If there are other, similarly secured areas are confronted with thugs and mob justice. damning conversations to be found in Gang leaders use the hardship of townships to stoke anti- the White House server, impeachment could gain critical mass in a hurry. And foreigner sentiment and “reinforce their authority at the even this Senate might convict when local level. confronted with that kind of evidence: Amnesty International has condemned the government’s Facts are stubborn things.” failure to prosecute suspected perpetrators of xenophobic Whipple added: “The House must crimes. move quickly to preserve the notes of those conversations.” The attacks are “a direct consequence of years of impunity Unlike Nixon, or indeed any other and failures in the criminal justice system,” it said in a US president in history, Trump had no statement last month. prior political or military experience. Former president Jacob Zuma has been charged with 16 His shallow knowledge, short attention counts of corruption during his time in offi ce. span and tendency to wing it have been brutally exposed on the world The accusations prompted his resignation last year, stage. The public comments at a joint although prosecution has been sluggish. press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, siding with the Russian president against his own intelligence To Advertise agencies, were bad enough. But what he has said on the line from [email protected] the Oval Offi ce, White House residence Display or Air Force One, with offi cials typically producing a rough transcript straight 44466621 44418811 away, may be worse. According to CNN, the president’s Classified phone calls with Putin and some 44466609 44418811 other leaders so alarmed White House offi cials that aides took “remarkable Subscription steps to keep from becoming public”. This included storing reconstructed [email protected] transcripts of the calls on “a highly classifi ed computer system” normally intended for closely guarded © 2019 Gulf Times. All rights reserved government secrets. Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Florida yesterday. Experts say the Ukraine call could be the tip of the iceberg. Gulf Times Friday, October 4, 2019 15 COMMENT Preventing digital feudalism

By Mariana Mazzucato of economic rents. democratise the platform economy. London Just as landowners in the 17th To realise that potential, we will century extracted rents from land- need to rethink the governance of data, price infl ation, and just as robber develop new institutions, and, given he use and abuse of data by barons profi ted from the scarcity of oil, the dynamics of the platform economy, Facebook and other tech today’s platform fi rms are extracting experiment with alternative forms of companies are fi nally garner- value through the monopolisation of ownership. Ting the offi cial attention they search and e-commerce services. To take just one of many examples, deserve. To be sure, it is predictable that the data that one generates when With personal data becoming the sectors with high network externalities using Google Maps or Citymapper world’s most valuable commodity, – where the benefi ts to individual – or any other platform that relies will users be the platform economy’s users increase as a function of the total on taxpayer-funded technologies masters or its slaves? number of users – will produce large – should be used to improve public Prospects for democratising the companies. transportation and other services, platform economy remain dim. That is why telephone companies rather than simply becoming private Algorithms are developing in ways grew so massive in the past. profits. that allow companies to profi t from our The problem is not size, but how Of course, some will argue that past, present, and future behaviour – network-based companies wield their regulating the platform economy will or what Shoshana Zuboff of Harvard market power. impede market-driven value creation. Business School describes as our Today’s tech companies originally But they should go back and read “behavioural surplus.” In many cases, used their broad networks to bring in their Adam Smith, whose ideal of a digital platforms already know our diverse suppliers, much to the benefi t “free market” was one free from rents, preferences better than we do, and of consumers. not from the state. can nudge us to behave in ways that Amazon allowed small publishers Algorithms and big data could produce still more value. to sell titles (including my fi rst book) be used to improve public services, Do we really want to live in a society that otherwise would not have made working conditions, and the well- where our innermost desires and it to the display shelf at your local being of all people. manifestations of personal agency are bookstore. But these technologies are currently up for sale? Google’s search engine used to being used to undermine public Capitalism has always excelled at return a diverse array of providers, While we all benefit immensely from digital services, we didn’t sign up to have our behaviour catalogued, shaped, and sold. services, promote zero-hour contracts, creating new desires and cravings. goods, and services. violate individual privacy, and But with big data and algorithms, But now, both companies use While some allocations may refl ect upon which the platform economy would operate diff erently or develop destabilise the world’s democracies – tech companies have both accelerated their dominant positions to stifl e real competition, others are being relies. new, less exploitative algorithms. all in the interest of personal gain. and inverted this process. competition, by controlling which driven by value extraction rather than Rather than talking about Creating an environment that Innovation does not just have a rate Rather than just creating new goods products users see and favouring their value creation. regulation, then, we need to go further, rewards genuine value creation and of progression; it also has a direction. and services in anticipation of what own brands (many of which have Thus, we need to develop a new embracing concepts such as co- punishes value extraction is the The threat posed by artifi cial people might want, they already know seemingly independent names). governance structure, which starts creation. fundamental economic challenge of intelligence and other technologies lies what we will want, and are selling our Meanwhile, companies that do with creating a new vocabulary. Governments can and should our time. not in the pace of their development, future selves. not advertise on these platforms fi nd For example, calling platform be shaping markets to ensure that Fortunately, governments, too, are but in how they are being designed and Worse, the algorithmic processes themselves at a severe disadvantage. companies “tech giants” implies they collectively created value serves now creating platforms to identify deployed. being used often perpetuate gender As Tim O’Reilly has argued, over time, have invested in the technologies from collective ends. citizens, collect taxes, and provide Our challenge is to set a new course. and racial biases, and can be such rent seeking weakens the ecosystem which they are profi ting, when it was Likewise, competition policy should public services. – Project Syndicate manipulated for profi t or political gain. of suppliers that the platforms were really taxpayers who funded the key not be focused solely on the question Owing to concerns in the early While we all benefi t immensely from originally created to serve. underlying technologies – from the of size. days of the Internet about offi cial z Mariana Mazzucato is Professor digital services such as Google search, Rather than simply assuming that Internet to GPS. Breaking up large companies would misuse of data, much of the current of Economics of Innovation and Public we didn’t sign up to have our behaviour economic rents are all the same, Moreover, the widespread use of not solve the problems of value data architecture was built by private Value and Director of the UCL Institute catalogued, shaped, and sold. economic policymakers should be trying tax arbitrage and contract workers (to extraction or abuses of individual companies. for Innovation and Public Purpose To change this will require focusing to understand how platform algorithms avoid the costs of providing health rights. But government platforms now have (IIPP). She is the author of The Value of directly on the prevailing business allocate value among consumers, insurance and other benefi ts) is There is no reason to assume that enormous potential to improve the Everything: Making and Taking in the model, and specifi cally on the source suppliers, and the platform itself. eroding the markets and institutions many smaller Googles or Facebooks effi ciency of the public sector and to Global Economy.

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House report casts substantial doubt on same results as they did in previous Within the next decade or so, China’s becomes hot daytime Generally speaking, the reason the credibility of that alarmist claim. decades. economy will likely surpass that of the with slight dust at times, that we have so many “issues” is that Between the 1970s and the start of And here, throwing around sweeping US as the largest in the world. humid by night Offshore : Misty at times with the international capitalist model the new millennium, politics in many accusations of “populism” and the end To my mind, Western policymakers some clouds has stopped functioning as it should, Western countries moved rightward – a of democracy won’t help. should be countering Sinophobia and WIND particularly in the years since the 2008 trend epitomised by New Labour in the In trying to explain the current encouraging their societies to live Inshore : Northeasterly-North- westerly 05-15 KT fi nancial crisis. United Kingdom and the Democratic moment, too many of my liberal comfortably with China. Offshore : Southeasterly-North- This has become increasingly Leadership Council in the United States. colleagues are relying on a mistaken Economic progress in China will easterly 03-13 KT apparent to many Western voters, even For a while, this mode of politics narrative. not prevent America’s 327mn people Visibility : 4-8/3 KM as experts have struggled to understand seemed to work fi ne. 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The far-left policies being proposed protecting their users from sophisticated Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a Incumbents’ reported profi ts seem to by UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn propaganda, scams, and the like. former UK Treasury Minister, is Chair of rise persistently – often with the help almost certainly would not work. But the real question is why those Chatham House.

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Around the world Typing speeds on mobiles rival keyboard users Weather Weather today Max/min tomorrow Max/min Athens S T Storms 28/18 M Sunny 27/17 By Ian Sample sentences on her mobile phone at a On average, those who took part in Beirut Sunny 28/23 M Sunny 28/24 London blur-inducing 85wpm, far exceeding the study spent six hours per day on Bangkok S T Storms 33/26 T Storm 32/26 the 52wpm that people typically reach their devices. Berlin Rain 12/07 P Cloudy 13/02 on a standard keyboard. Spending more time on Cairo Sunny 36/23 Sunny 36/22 hink of it as an upside While the study involved smartphones only partly explains why Cape Town P Cloudy 19/11 Sunny 22/12 to spending hours on a participants from around the world, people are getting faster at screen Colombo S T Storms 29/24 S T Storms 29/24 smartphone. Thanks to all the majority were women in their 20s typing. Dhaka T Storm 31/26 T Storm 32/26 Tthat dexetrous thumb work, and about half were Americans. Mobile devices are often improved Hong Kong Sunny 29/24 Sunny 30/24 people can now type nearly as fast on a “One of the most surprising things with technical tricks that help people Istanbul M Sunny 28/19 Rain 21/16 screen as they can on a keyboard. we found is that some people can type type more quickly, such as autocorrect Jakarta M Sunny 34/24 M Sunny 34/24 Researchers made the discovery surprisingly fast with smartphone and word prediction. Karachi S T Storms 31/27 S T Storms 31/24 during a study of typing skills in which keyboards,” said Anna Feit, a co- The scientists found that London S Showers 16/10 Cloudy 16/12 more than 37,000 volunteers from 160 author of the study and computer autocorrect improved typing speeds Manila T Storm 31/25 T Storm 31/25 countries took a speed and accuracy scientist at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Teenagers tapped out sentences at by nearly 9wpm, but word prediction Moscow Rain 15/03 M Cloudy 10/03 test on their mobile phones. “We showed, at a large scale, that an average of about 40wpm, while slowed people by 2wpm, distracting New Delhi M Sunny 34/23 Sunny 34/23 People who tapped out messages with people who type using both thumbs those in their 40s and 50s managed them and making them choose New York Sunny 18/07 Sunny 16/12 a single fi nger managed on average only are very much faster than those who only 29wpm and 26wpm. suggested words. Paris Cloudy 17/13 S Showers 17/13 29 words per minute (wpm), but those use just one fi nger.” “We see a clear trend due to “If you want to be fast, make use Sao Paulo Sunny 31/17 M Sunny 34/19 who mastered the two-thumb technique People who could remember experience in typing on these devices,” of both your thumbs and turn on Seoul P Cloudy 27/15 P Cloudy 21/11 hit a blistering 38wpm, only 25% slower when mobile phones were only good Feit said. autocorrection, even though it might Singapore S T Storms 30/26 S T Storms 31/26 than an average typer on a full-sized for phone calls were considerably “Young people are growing up with be annoying at times,” said Feit. Sydney Cloudy 29/14 Rain 17/13 Qwerty keyboard. slower than younger users, the study them and some do all of their typing “And then just keep using it.” – Tokyo Rain 30/24 Clear 31/22 One volunteer thumbed out suggested. on mobile phones.” Guardian News and Media Gulf Times 16 Friday, October 4, 2019 QATAR Police College fetes graduates he Police College yesterday host- ed convocation of the third batch Tof offi cials who completed div- ing and paragliding courses organised by the Ministry of Interior (MoI). In all, 112 candidates attended the training in diving, swimming and skydiving. The graduates underwent intensive training programmes prepared and handled by experts. The graduation ceremony was at- tended by HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet The graduates with HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, Aff airs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, Minister of Interior’s adviser and deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of Police College Major General Dr Abdullah and Minister of Interior’s adviser and Yousef al-Mal, Police College director general Brigadier Mohamed Abdullah al-Muhana al-Marri and other off icials. deputy chairman of the Supreme Coun- cil of Police College Major General Dr capacity, facing emergency and endur- the supervision of the experts on jump- keen to organise specialised courses Abdullah Yousef al-Mal, along with di- ing diffi culties. ing, altitude and safety proceedings. for its students in order to help them rectors of various MoI departments and Besides, the course helps them ac- During the sessions, the students achieve additional professional skills. HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs Dr Issa parents of the graduates. quire skills that increase effi ciency and were divided into groups and one train- He also praised the eff orts of the Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, Minister of Interior’s adviser and deputy chairman of The Police College is the fi rst institu- professional skills as police offi cers. er assigned to each group. Qatar Amiri Air Force and Lekhwiya the Supreme Council of Police College Major General Dr Abdullah Yousef al-Mal, tion in the region that off ers specialised The training programme was in two During the convocation, Major Gen- for their co-operation in organising and the Police College director general Brigadier Mohamed Abdullah al-Muhana courses in diving and paragliding in sessions. Apart from practical sessions eral Dr Abdullah Yousef al-Mal praised the training. The function also marked al-Marri attending the convocation ceremony yesterday. PICTURES: Shemeer order to help enhance the candidates’ on diving, swimming and parachuting, the eff orts by Police College to make the honouring of Lekhwiya and Qatar Rasheed self-confi dence and decision-making theoretical classes were also held under course a success and said the college is Amiri Air Force offi cials. IAAF offi cial praises Asian participation

QNA He added that the Organising He also said it was healthy for Doha Committee has on more than one other countries from all around occasion welcomed the unprec- the world to host the competi- edented number of athletes from tion, as it should not be mo- resident of the Asian Ath- the world and that all Asian teams nopolised by major European letics Association (AAA) attended the tournament, which nations. Pand vice president of the is another proof of the interest of Kenya’s Daily National reporter International Association of countries in this event. said all aspects of the event are Athletics Federations (IAAF), He said that the association is going well. Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad, yes- constantly working on plans to He noted that the media centre terday praised the great Asian develop the game and that will be especially was well equipped for participation in the Doha IAAF achieved only when there is co- reporters to do their jobs. World Athletics Championships operation from all national asso- He also praised the intensity of and the results achieved so far. ciations. the competition. Many of the continent’s cham- Al-Hamad said the AAA is On 2022 FIFA World Cup, he pions have been crowned with planning in the next phase to or- expressed his belief that Qatar medals and achieved new per- ganise a new tournament, the will host a wonderful edition. sonal records, which clearly in- AAA Cup, in order to increase the He praised Qatar’s modern in- dicates the great work done by participation of all athletes and frastructure and said he would the national federations in Asian allow them to fi ne tune their skills gladly come back to cover the countries, al-Hamad, who is also before participating in world World Cup in three years’ time. vice chairman of the Supreme Or- championships. SOJC Track’s Alex Castell ganising Committee and director Coe praised Qatar’s successes praised the organisation of the general of the Organising Com- in hosting the world champion- competition and Khalifa Interna- mittee of the IAAF World Athlet- ships, which he considered the tional Stadium. ics Championships Doha 2019, best so far, while praising the He noted that despite the heat said. achievements of the Asian cham- and humidity, the weather inside Speaking at a ceremony held pions in diff erent competitions the stadium was good thanks to by the Organising Committee and races the technology. President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) and vice president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Dahlan of the heads of national asso- Meanwhile, several foreign cor- Veteran German journal- Jumaan al-Hamad, with delegates of the World Athletics Championships. ciations in the presence of IAAF respondents present in Doha to ist Ewald Walker who writes for president Sebastian Coe, al- cover championships praised Qa- Leichtathletik, which specialises cause it is organised in the Middle marathon due to the weather the 4x400 relay for the fi rst time 2022 FIFA World Cup for the fi rst Hamad said Qatar has managed tar’s organisation of the event and in athletics, expressed delight to East. which may not be suitable for all ever. time in the Middle East, he said it to provide all the potentials for reserved special praise for Khalifa be in Doha to cover the event. He highlighted that the level of participants. Walker said the services pro- is evident now that the country success, and at the same time International Stadium. He said the organisation of the competition among the athletes Walker also said that the IAAF vided by the Organising Com- can do it. provided an opportunity for all L’Equipe’s journalist told Qatar event was going as well as it could has been high. should consider organising the mittee to journalists were very He highlighted that the capa- Asian champions to hold camps News Agency that the eff ort made be. The German noted that the event as an independent race in good. bilities inside the stadium and and preparations before the start by the Organising Committee was Walker said he has covered four level of organisation was superior, the future. He also said that the availabil- outside, in addition to the friend- of the Asian event, as is the case clear, expressing his admiration diff erent World Athletics Cham- especially inside the stadium. He also said that there were ity of transport makes it easier for liness of the Qatari people will en- for many teams from other con- of Khalifa International Stadium pionships, but highlighted this He acknowledged that there many special moments in this journalists to cover the events. hance the ability of the country to tinents. and its cooling technology. one was completely diff erent be- were some challenges facing the year’s event, such as organizing On Qatar’s ability to host the host a memorable event. Gong, Kaul and Naser claim honours From Page 1 fi rst attempt eff ort of 14.42. Amer- at a major championships when ican Keturah Orji hit the mark on the fi fth fastest athlete this year As she got closer to the fi nish her fi rst attempt, while the 2017 topped the third heat of the men’s line in the women’s 400m fi nal, silver medallist Caterine Ibarguen 1500m heats and also the time- Naser ran like a machine, with of Colombia needed two eff orts to charts for the evening for a place in an expression-less face. But just reach tomorrow’s medal round. today’s semifi nal. as she crossed the line, her poker Venezuelan World champion The silver medallist from Lon- face transformed into a feeling of Yulimar Rojas, the only one in the don, Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya, disbelief as the Bahrain athlete line-up to cross the 15m mark this won the second heat as he looks tried processing her world title- year, was through to the fi nal after to go for gold in the absence of his winning run, beating Bahamian a second attempt 14.31m training partner, compatriot and favourite Miller-Uibo. “It means a lot to me to qualify as defending champion Elijah Mo- The victory came in the third the fi rst jumper at the world cham- tonei Manangoi. fastest time in history – 48.14 sec- pionships. I am happy to come out Both the Ingebrigtsen broth- onds. there and get the job done in the fi rst ers from Norway, Jakob and 2017 Naser had picked up pace going round,” Ricketts said. bronze medallist Filip, are in the into the fi nal bend even as Miller- Germany’s Niklas Kaul reacts after winning the decathlon gold with “It takes a lot of pressure off and next round too. Uibo inched closer to the front, Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson celebrates after winning the Germany’s Tim Nowak, Germany’s Kai Kazmirek and Estonia’s Maicel I can go back and get ready for the but the former had snatched the Women’s heptathlon. Uibo who won the silver. fi nal on Saturday. I am still hoping GOOD NEWS advantage on to the fi nal straight, to be able to get to the 15m, hope- During the course of the day, and there was little that the Olym- is also a British record. settled for silver with a 19.47m fi - country’s fi rst women’s medal at a Romani of Brazil, Darrell Hill of fully it comes on Saturday. Any two appeals – one each from Team pic champion from Bahamas could Belgian Nafi ssatou Thiam (6677 nal attempt, ahead of Germany’s Worlds throws competition. the US, Konrad Bukowiecki of Po- mark to be on the podium would Poland and Team Spain – ensured do other than settle for silver. points) fi nished seventh in the Christina Schwanitz. Schwanitz, the 2015 world land, this year’s world leader Ryan be satisfactory.” that their athletes were elevated to Jamaican Shericka Jackson won heat behind the Liverpool runner “I am really excited to defend champion, threw a 19.17m for her Crouser of the US, Walsh’s com- the medals podium yesterday. bronze in a time of 49.47 seconds. to settle for silver, with Austrian my title in Doha, because it will bronze to cap a fantastic season patriot Jacko Gill and 2017 silver TACTICAL RACE In the fi rst, the Polish contin- “This is crazy… I’m world Verena Preiner taking bronze with help me to increase my self-con- for a mother of twins. “Incred- medallist Joe Kovacs of the US, Women’s 10,000m champion gent brought into question the fi rst champion. I am really short of a haul of 6560 points. fi dence in the future competitions ible! This was the hardest medal needed only their fi rst attempt for Sifan Hassan ran a tactical race in eff ort of the Hungarian bronze words to describe how I am feel- Jamaican Danniel Thomas- and also in the training. I have a for me in my life after giving birth a spot in the medal round. the 1500m semi-fi nal as she moved medallist in the men’s hammer ing,” Naser said after her win. “To Dodd must have given Chinese saying that there is nothing better to my twins. I am mega happy. The “I wanted to put the speed up as into the fi nal with a Heat 1 win in a throw fi nal, Bence Halasz, claim- cross the line and see that I am a shot put star Lijiao Gong a few you can stick to than your dream. season had a lot of ups and downs, fast as I can. I think if you can man- modest 4:14.69. The second heat, ing that he touched the ground world champion in that amazing nervous moments, when the This season was very long and squeeze in my studies of social age a good throw around 22.50, which as almost 13 seconds faster, outside the circle. time, I couldn’t believe it.” former hit the 20m tape during the hard, so all my hair turned white,” work and education studies, plus it may give you a chance to win a was topped by three-time World The jury upheld the appeal and With a 137-point lead going into women’s fi nal yesterday. That was said 30-year-old Gong, who has the kids in between,” Schwanitz title,” Walsh said after the qualifi - Championships medallist, Jenny added European champion Wo- the 800m run, the fi nal event of until the offi cial raised the red flag now won a medal at every Worlds said. cation yesterday. For context, only Simpson of the US. jciech Nowicki, who had fi nished the women’s heptathlon, Britain’s citing a foul. going back to 2009. All 12 athletes in tomorrow’s Crouser and Romani have cleared The 2017 and Olympic cham- fourth in the standings, to the po- Katarina Johnson-Thompson had Gong had only one attempt left “It’s defi nitely a big accom- men’s shot put fi nal cleared the 22.50m this year, with Walsh’s best pion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya dium with a bronze. the gold medal in touching dis- at the time with her best a 19.55m plishment for me. In 2017, I was automatic qualifi cation mark of being a 22.44. fi nished fourth behind Hassan, Spain’s Orlando Ortega too was tance. fourth attempt, which eventually very disappointed but it was my 20.90m with defending cham- In the women’s triple jump, with American Shelby Houlihan and awarded a bronze for the men’s The 26-year-old confi rmed it proved enough as the Chinese sen- fi rst world championships and I pion Tomas Walsh of New Zea- the automatic qualifi cation mark Morocco’s Rababe Arafi in the fi rst 110m hurdles after Jamaican Omar when she ran a personal best of sation, the only woman to go past had to take everything in strides land leading the way with a 21.92m set at 14.30m, Jamaican champion heat. McLeod’s tumble in the fi nal was 2:07.26 in the 800m leg for a world 20m this year, had successfully de- and make a mark for myself,” said opening act. Shanieka Ricketts was the fi rst to Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman deemed to have impeded the Span- leading haul of 6981 points, which fended her title, as Thomas-Dodd Thomas-Dodd, who won her Six more, including Darlan book her spot in the fi nal with a once again made his presence felt iard while he was third in the race.