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Unjust siege of Qatar harming GCC countries, Amir tells UN

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THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani has said the ongoing blockade of Qatar has left the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) paralysed. In a speech at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, the Amir said, “The blockade on Qatar has harmed the reputation of GCC countries, and the ensu- ing paralysis has reflected neg- atively on the councils’ aspired role towards regional and glo- bal issues.” “In fact, it is not reasonable that differences of views on han- dling some regional issues lead to paralysing the effectiveness of an important regional organisa- tion such as the GCC. We hope HUGE PRAISE FOR AMIR’S SPEECH that we will all transform the council’s current plight into an opportunity for reforming it and he speech delivered by the tweeted under the hashtag: “His phasises the role Qatar plays in putting forward binding mecha- TAmir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Highness’ speech today was achieving peace, security and nisms to resolve the differences Hamad al Thani at the 73rd strong in content and took a stability in the region. among its states through intra- session of the United Nations clear position on various issues Along the same lines, dialogue, to avoid any similar General Assembly in New York such as the unjust blockade Qatari journalist Jaber al Harami recurrence in the future,” the has received huge praise and and the different causes of the wrote the Amir has a journey Amir added. appreciation from citizens, Arab nation. The Amir stressed of honourable positions sup- “It is not sensible for our residents, experts, and officials on the role of the youth in the porting the causes of nations Arab region to remain hostage on social media platforms. development of societies, and and their people on the United to some marginal differences, A hashtag titled “Glorious his tone was full of confidence Nations’ podiums. which are fabricated in our case. Tamim addresses the world” in opposing injustice and stand- Moreover, Executive Editor More than a year after the ille- was the first trending hashtag in ing up for fair causes across the of Al Watan newspaper Fahed al gal blockade imposed on Qatar, Qatar before, during, and after world.” Emadi noted that the speech of many facts have been revealed the speech was delivered by Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed al the Amir was balanced as usual about a pre-arranged campaign the Amir. Thani, Director of GCO, wrote and contained many valuable of incitement against it, beside HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad that the speech of the Amir em- points. —MALEK HELALI the insinuation and fabrications used to create the crisis,” the Amir added. Despite all the measures We hope that we will all transform the Gulf THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani has announced Qatar’s pledge to taken to inflict harm on Qatar’s Cooperation Council’s current plight into an QATAR PLEDGES provide quality education to another one million girls by 2021. The Amir also announced security and stability, the Amir opportunity for reforming it and putting forward his support for the Charlevoix Declaration, especially since Qatar has always given prior- said, “Believing in the soundness binding mechanisms to resolve the differences TO EDUCATE ity to education at both local and external levels, as reflected in its international devel- of our legal position, and in the opment assistance programmes. The Amir said Qatar has led the efforts for the issu- necessity of peaceful settlement among its states through intra-dialogue, to avoid any ONE MILLION ance of the UN’s landmark resolution on the right to education in emergency situations of disputes, and in dialogue as similar recurrence in the future.” in 2010. This resolution indicated that a large proportion of the world’s out-of-school the best way to resolve crises, — The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani GIRLS BY 2021 children live in conflict-hit areas and in regions struck by natural calamity. (QNA) we have been, and still are, posi- tively responsive to all the appre- ciated efforts of brotherly and other countries have suffered said. but that has resulted in further legitimacy, foremost of which unity, independence and ter- supporting this vital effort.” friendly nations to end this crisis from digital piracy and dig- On the Palestinian cause, stalemate and complexity. Now, is the two-state solution, and ritorial integrity of Yemen. We On terrorism, the Amir said, through an unconditional dia- ital espionage, and that has the Amir said, “The political we are witnessing attempts to the Arab peace initiative, on the call upon all the Yemeni parties “We affirm the firm position of logue based on mutual respect prompted us to strongly em- process, which began 25 years liquidate the Palestinian cause basis of East Jerusalem as the to the national reconciliation to Qatar in rejecting all forms of ter- for the sovereignty of nations.” phasize this issue and to be will- ago, presented an example of a through the liquidation of issues capital of the Palestinian State, end the conflict.” rorism. We have developed leg- The Amir said the world ing to work with UN organisa- departure from the UN’s terms relating to the permanent solu- on 1967-borders. There can be The Amir said, “On this islative and institutional systems, faces serious security, politi- tions to regulate it legally.” of reference to frameworks tion such as Jerusalem, refu- no solution to the Arab-Israeli occasion, I announce Qatar’s fulfilled international obligations cal and economic threats and “We propose convening an outside the UN - some had per- gees, sovereignty and borders.” conflict without a just and last- agreement with the UN to fight related to the fight against terror- challenges that do not respect international conference to ex- ceived that as the best and fast- “We reaffirm the impor- ing solution to the Palestinian cholera in Yemen by supporting ism and its financing, and par- national borders and put to test amine ways to have this matter est way in settling and finding tance of negotiations and the cause,” the Amir added. projects related to combating ticipated in all relevant interna- the UN as a framework for col- regulated by international law. solutions to it - supported by the resumption of their tracks, but On Yemen, the Amir said, the causes of the disease and tional and regional efforts. lective security. We express our readiness to Arab states in line with respect- that will require commitment to “We confirm the firm position to halt its spread. We call upon The Amir said, “Qatar and host this conference,” the Amir ing the Palestinian decision, the resolutions of international of Qatar, which is keen on the other countries to join us in More on pages 2, 3 & 20 Ô

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HH THE AMIR ADDRESSES 73RD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY GCC crisis and unjust blockade More than a year after the illegal blockade imposed on the State of Qatar, many facts were revealed about a pre-arranged campaign of incitement against it, beside the insinuation and fabrications used to create the crisis. In the meantime, the international community recognised the falseness of the allegations that had been propagated against my country to justify these premeditated measures in a flagrant violation of the international law and the basis of relations between nations, and the values and norms of our peoples. Despite all the measures taken to inflict harm on Qatar’s security and stability and create hardships for its people, in addition to launching an economic warfare to hinder its Palestinian cause development process, Qatar’s economy Only a little progress has been made on the lingering continued to grow vigorously and issues of the Middle East, especially the Palestinian consistently. After the unjust siege, Qatar cause, which is the last vestiges of a colonial past in our world. remained an active player in the regional The political process, which began 25 years ago, presented an and international arenas. The blockade example of a departure from the United Nations terms of on Qatar has harmed the reputation of reference to frameworks outside the UN - some had perceived the GCC countries, and the ensuing that as the best and fastest way in settling and finding solutions paralysis has reflected negatively on the to it - supported by the Arab states in line with respecting the Council’s role in regional and global Palestinian decision, but that has resulted in further stalemate issues. We hope that we will all and complexity. Now we are witnessing attempts to liquidate the transform the Council’s current plight Palestinian cause through the liquidation of issues relating to into an opportunity for reforming it and the permanent solution such as Jerusalem, refugees, sovereignty putting forward binding mechanisms to and borders. Qatar will spare no effort to provide various forms resolve the differences among its states of material and political support to the brotherly Palestinian through intra-dialogue, to avoid any people and to continue to work with all the international actors similar recurrence in the future.” in the Middle East peace process to clear the difficulties that obstruct the resumption of the peace negotiations.” Syria conflict Stability of Iraq The failure to deter the Syrian regime from In brotherly Iraq, we once again express Human development committing crimes through the war waged our appreciation of the efforts of the Iraqi Qatar believes that educating youth and their compre- against its people on the one hand, and not to be government to restore stability and achieve hensive participation represents the first line of de- held accountable after committing them on the national reconciliation through collaboration with fence for the collective security system and is an important other, would render the international law and the all political parties and components of Iraqi factor in fighting terrorism and building peace and stability. human rights law meaningless. This will have serious community. We value the successes and Thus, we have committed ourselves to educating 10 million consequences for the prevailing values in our world sacrifices of the Iraqi people in the fight against children and providing economic empowerment to half a mil- by raising the existing ceiling for using violence to terrorism and extremism in all its forms and lion young people in our region and in collaboration with the suppress the aspirations of peoples and trampling reaffirm our keenness to support them in the United Nations we carried out projects to promote employ- on the rights of citizens and people in our region.” process of reconstruction and development.” ment opportunities for young people.” SC to unveil initiative to support refugees, displaced people globally, says Thawadi

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cordia Matthew Swift, Thawa- the various activities it will un- hopes for the SC to engage DOHA di highlighted how the 2022 dertake soon.” millions of fans on all five con- FIFA World Cup Qatar is help- Thawadi also highlighted tinents as partners in resolv- A DELEGATION from the Su- ing accelerate positive social other ways in which the 2022 ing the issues facing refugees preme Committee for Delivery change in Qatar and around FIFA World Cup Qatar has and displaced people around & Legacy (SC), led by SC Sec- the world. helped facilitate positive social the world. retary-General Hassan al Tha- He also announced that development, including the The Concordia Annual wadi, participated in the 2018 the SC is working with the IRC reforms witnessed by Qatar’s Summit, which launched in Concordia Annual Summit and FIFA to launch an interna- labour market. 2011, takes place on an annual taking place in New York City tional initiative aimed at sup- On his part, Miliband reit- basis in New York City on the on the sidelines of the 73rd porting refugees and displaced erated the important platform sidelines of the UNGA. session of the UN General As- people around the world. the 2022 FIFA World Cup It convenes the world’s sembly (UNGA). He said, “Qatar has al- Qatar can provide in shed- most prominent business, During the event, Tha- ways recognised the ability of ding light on important social government and non-profit wadi participated in a panel the FIFA World Cup and the issues, including those facing leaders to examine the world’s discussion alongside David power of football in facilitating the millions of refugees and most pressing challenges to Miliband, president and CEO positive development, which displaced people around the identify avenues for collabora- of the International Rescue is why we bid to host the tour- world. tion, foster dialogue and en- Committee (IRC) and former nament. We have utilised the He added that such mega able effective partnerships for UK Secretary of State for tournament as a platform to Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Hassan al Thawadi at the 2018 events provide an unprece- positive social impact. Foreign and Commonwealth launch several legacy pro- Concordia Annual Summit in New York. dented opportunity to support Alongside Thawadi, this Affairs, on the role of mega grammes, including Genera- resolving humanitarian issues year’s speakers included Pres- sporting events in facilitat- tion Amazing, which works on Jordan, Lebanon and others. foundation, we have built in porting refugees and displaced and help facilitate access to ident of Brazil Michel Temer, ing sustainable development. developing leadership and life More than 250,000 partici- facilitating sustainable so- people around the world, in basic rights for people in areas President of Colombia Iván During the discussion, which skills among youth in vulner- pants have benefited from the cial development. We are on collaboration with the IRC and including education, health- Duque Márquez and Chief Ex- was moderated by Co-Found- able communities in countries programme since its launch. course to launch an interna- FIFA. We hope to announce care and training. ecutive Officer of the World er, Chairman and CEO of Con- including Pakistan, Nepal, “Building on this strong tional initiative aimed at sup- the details of the initiative and Miliband also expressed Bank Kristalina Georgieva. Qatar has always recognised the ability of the FIFA World Cup and the power of football in facilitating positive development, which is why we bid to host the tournament. We have utilised the tournament as a platform to launch several legacy pro- grammes, including Generation Amazing, which works on developing leadership and life skills among youth in vulnerable communities in countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Jordan, Lebanon and others ~ Hassan al Thawadi Nation Wednesday, September 26, 2018 03 Amir announces Qatar’s pledge to provide good education for one million girls by 2021

AMIR MEETS RWANDAN PRESIDENT

QNA The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani met on Monday at his residence in New York with NEW YORK President of Rwanda and President of African Union Paul Kagame and his accompanying delega- tion on the sidelines of the 73th UN General Assembly. The meeting discussed means to sup- THE Amir His Highness port and promote the relations between the two countries in different fields, especially economy, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al investment and tourism. HH the Amir and Kagame also reviewed key regional and international Thani has announced the State issues of common concern as well as the efforts of Qatar in supporting security and stability in the of Qatar’s pledge to provide African Union nations. The meeting was attended by a number of members of the official delega- quality education to another tion accompanying HH the Amir. On the Rwandan side, it was attended by a number of ministers one million girls by 2021. accompanying the president. (QNA) This came during HH the Amir’s participation in the roundtable held on Monday, entitled ‘Leaders Dialogue’ on AMIR MEETS US OFFICIALS: providing education for girls in The Amir HH Sheikh the context of conflict and frag- Tamim bin Hamad al Thani ile conditions, at the invitation met at his residence in of Prime Minister of Canada New York with President Justin Trudeau within the of the US Council on framework of the ‘Charlevoix Foreign Relations Richard Declaration on Quality Educa- assistance programmes. regional educational initia- ers exchanged views on how Hass and Vice-Chairman tion for Girls, Adolescent Girls As part of the State of Qa- tives, expressing in this regard, best to address the obsta- of the Council’s Board of and Women in Developing tar’s keenness on education, pride in the Qatari initiative cles to girls’ and women’s Directors Blair Effron. The Countries’ which was issued at HH the Amir said that Qatar ‘Educate A Child’, which has access to quality education meeting dealt with friend- the G7 Summit 2018 in Cana- has led the efforts to issue recently succeeded in help- and skills development in or- ship relations and strategic da. HH the Amir participated the UN’s landmark resolu- ing 10 million marginalised der to advance their access cooperation between Qatar in the event which was held on tion on the right to education and out-of-school children to to quality education in the and the US. The two sides the sidelines of the 73th United in emergency situations in receive quality primary edu- context of conflict, crisis and also exchanged views on a Nations General Assembly. 2010. This resolution indi- cation, with 82 partnerships fragile conditions. number of regional and in- HH the Amir announced cated that a large proportion in 50 countries and a total of The event was attended by ternational developments. his support for the Char- of the world’s out-of-school $1.8 billion, of which, the gov- a number of heads of delega- The meeting was attended levoix Declaration, especially children live in conflict-af- ernment of Qatar contributed tion and senior officials par- by a number of members since the State of Qatar has fected areas and in natural one-third among global efforts ticipating in the 73th United of the official delegation always given priority to edu- disaster-stricken regions. between the private sector and Nations General Assembly, accompanying HH the cation at both local and glo- HH the Amir added that civil society organisations. in addition to governmen- Amir. (QNA) bal levels, as reflected in its several countries have sup- The roundtable addressed tal and non-governmental international development ported many international and several issues where lead- organisations. WISE hosts NY discussions on global education funding

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THE World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), held a series of New York-based roundta- bles and workshops with education stakeholders, with the aim of accel- erating progress towards the fourth UN Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG 4). The discussions took place in the build-up to WISE@NY, a forum held by WISE in New York City as part of the UN Global Goals Week, which saw over 350 innovators, education experts and thought- The New York discussions organised by WISE saw public and private sector leaders gather to discuss key topics stakeholders share strategies for financing education. and challenges facing education on a global scale. With funding being a major According to a report by the Education Commission, the element of ensuring that SDG 4 – average annual expenditure on education for low- and which reflects that quality educa- tion is the foundation of sustain- middle-income countries is $1.3 trillion, which repre- able development – is met by 2030, sents only a third of funding required to achieve the WISE believes that connecting the fourth UN Sustainable Development Goal for Education right stakeholders is pivotal to gen- erating productive outcomes in this area. According to a report by the bers of the Global Partnership for WISE@NY, enabled a wide range Education Commission, the aver- Education (GPE). of global expertise and insight to age annual expenditure on educa- “The roundtable discussions be applied to this issue, with the tion for low- and middle-income organised by WISE enabled con- aim of identifying potential solu- countries is $1.3 trillion, which versations to take place on new tions and pathways for progress represents only a third of funding and better ways of financing educa- and helping to ensure that chil- required to achieve SDG 4. tion, with the objective of achieving dren around the world have ac- The organisations involved in SDG 4,” said Zineb Mouhyi, Policy cess to the quality education which the New York discussions includ- and Partnership Development improves their lives, strength- ed the Education Outcomes Fund Officer, WISE. ens their societies, and equips (EOF), the International Education “Hosting these discussions them with the tools to innovate,” Funders Group (IEFG) and mem- in New York City, a day ahead of added Mouhyi. 04 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Nation

FM meets AU Commission chief

DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul- rahman al Thani met on Monday with Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. They discussed means to enhance cooperation between Qatar and the African Union, in addition to a host of regional and international issues of com- mon concern. (QNA) FM meets FM of Singapore DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fish market to open at Al Khor within 3 months: Rumaihi HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani met on HISHAM ALJUNDI Rumaihi made this remark ices there. uncovered load, which exposes CMC members of the min- of the CMC and their dedi- Monday with Minister of Foreign DOHA at the fortnightly Central Mu- The minister emphasised streets as well as commuters to istry’s commitment to look cation to look into the com- Affairs of Singapore Vivian nicipal Council (CMC) meeting the ministry’s constant sup- damages and risks of sorts. into the recommendations plaints of the people and their Balakrishnan on the sidelines MINISTER of Municipality which resumed on Tuesday. port to the Council for the The CMC also recommend- thoroughly and bring in more keenness on providing the best of the UN General Assembly and Environment HE Moham- Rumaihi also accepted the convenience and comfort ed opening separate rows for cooperation from all the con- services to them. He also con- in New York. They discussed med bin Abdullah al Rumaihi CMC’s recommendations for of people. diesel trucks at fuel stations, cerned bodies in the govern- veyed thanks to the Amir HH bilateral relations and means has said that a new fish market promoting and expanding the The Council also called for especially those located on ment to assist the Council in Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al of enhancing them, in addition will be opened at Al Khor with- existing fish markets, in addi- imposing restrictions on trucks outskirts, to avoid congestion. their duties. Thani for his generous support to a number of regional and in three months from now. tion to introducing new serv- leaving construction sites with The minister assured the Rumaihi praised the efforts to the Council. international issues of common interest. (QNA) Hammadi meets Kyrgyz official INJAZ Qatar fetes education Ministry finalising secondary SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr school curricula: Dr Hammadi Ahmed bin Hassan al Hammadi partners for the academic year met with Rector of the Diplo- MINISTER of Education Hammadi stressed that matic Academy of the Ministry and Higher Education HE of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan AILYN AGONIA Dr Mohammed bin Abdul the ministry pays great Chinara Adamkulova in Doha on DOHA Wahed al Hammadi has attention to students’ life Tuesday. During the meeting, they said that the Ministry has skills and works to discussed ways of promoting the MORE than 51,000 students completed the new elemen- improve them, including mutual cooperation as well as and 80 schools and univer- tary and preparatory school self-reliance, independent issues of mutual interest. (QNA) sities have taken part in the curricula for this academic INJAZ Qatar’s programme year and is now in the proc- thinking, financial analy- Edu Ministry since it was founded in 2007, ess of finalising the second- sis, decision-making and fixes mid-term according to Founding Chair ary school curricula for the entrepreneurial projects of INJAZ Qatar and Chair of coming year. exam dates INJAZ Al Arab HE Sheikha Speaking exclusively to THE Student Assessment Office Hanadi bint Nasser al Thani. Qatar News Agency on the quantum leap in the level of of the Ministry of Education In her remarks during an sidelines of a ceremony held students. and Higher Education has an- appreciation event in Doha on by INJAZ Qatar to honour He also praised the im- nounced the mid-term examina- Tuesday, Sheikha Hanadi out- education partners and vol- portance given to education tion dates for the academic year lined the achievements of the unteers, Dr Hammadi said by Qatar, noting that educa- 2019/2018 for day school stu- non-profit, youth-centred or- Over 51,000 students have taken part in INJAZ Qatar’s programmes in 11 years. (HANSON K JOSEPH) that the new curricula fo- tion claims the biggest share dents from grades 1 to 11. The ganisation for the past 11 years. cused on identity, values and of the State budget. mid-term exams will begin on Oc- The gathering – held to like communication, critical centres, colleges and univer- partnership with INJAZ Qatar, skills of the 21st century, as Hammadi stressed that tober 28 and end on November 4 honour INJAZ Qatar’s edu- thinking and problem solving sities across Qatar in support which inspired our students well as on improving both the ministry pays great at- for all classes, except grades 10 cation partners for the 2017- that they will need to thrive of the Qatar National Vision and enhanced their economic learning and the level of tention to students’ life skills and 11, whose tests will continue 2018 academic year – was and succeed in the global 2030. It provides youth with capabilities and expertise. We cultural development in the and works to improve them, until November 6. (QNA) graced by Minister of Educa- economy of tomorrow.” learning models, skills, practi- look forward to continuing State of Qatar. including self-reliance, inde- tion and Higher Education HE “We have come a long way cal entrepreneurship experi- this partnership that aims to “We have tried to come pendent thinking, financial MEC recalls Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wa- and we are very proud of what ence and advice to unlock tal- achieve self-development for out with a curriculum that analysis, decision-making Ferrari 488 GTB hed al Hammadi. we have achieved so far. With ent and inspire creativity for a students in schools and uni- encourages self-learning and and entrepreneurial projects, Sheikha Hanadi also increased cooperation and col- sustainable future. versities, and lead the way for builds the personality of the referring to what Qatar and THE Ministry of Economy and brought to the fore the con- laboration, we can continue The appreciation event, our youth to entrepreneurship student to become a good Qatar Banking Studies and Commerce (MEC), in collabora- tributions of over 2,000 vol- to build a stronger network of sponsored by ExxonMobil Qa- locally and internationally.” citizen,”Hammadi remarked. Business Administration and tion with Alfardan Sports Mo- unteers and 85 corporate capable and motivated young tar and Nasser Bin Khaled & On the occasion, INJAZ The minister further secondary technical schools tors, dealer of Ferrari vehicles in partners in fulfilling their com- minds who can lead us to a Sons (NBKs), gathered the or- Qatar CEO Emad al Khaja ex- said that the teacher must are doing in this regard. Qatar, has recalled Ferrari 488 mitment to providing interac- sustainable future.” ganisation’s sponsors and vol- pressed appreciation to their be trained enough to fully The minister pointed out GTB model of 2017 over incor- tive and creative programmes HE Dr Hammadi ac- unteers, university presidents, supporters and partners understand the new curricu- that all these bodies have rect NQS readings. The ministry aimed at unlocking the poten- knowledged the important school principals and other lo- throughout the years while lum and its requirements, long, distinguished and pio- said the recall campaign is part tials of the youth in Qatar. work INJAZ Qatar does to cal stakeholders. ExxonMobil Qatar Presi- adding that the students and neering experience in the of its ongoing efforts to protect She said, “INJAZ Qatar help transform young peo- Fawzia al Khater, assistant dent and General Manager their parents should also said fields, and are support- consumers and ensure that car was founded with the mis- ple’s lives and enrich their undersecretary for Education- Alistair Routledge hailed the help in improving the cur- ing the ministry in providing dealers follow up on vehicle sion of preparing students for learning experiences. al Affairs, said: “We are proud successful outcome of their riculum, which the ministry expertise and environment defects and repairs. (TNN) work in the 21st century by INJAZ Qatar offers pro- at the Ministry of Education partnership with INJAZ Qa- relies heavily on to make a to develop such skills. (QNA) helping them acquire skills grammes at schools, youth and Higher Education of our tar since 2007. QNA director-general meets Italian envoy DIRECTOR-GENERAL of Qatar WORKSHOP DISCUSSES QATAR’S DEVELOPMENT PLANS News Agency (QNA) Youssef Mall of Qatar’s Ibrahim al Malki met on Tues- day with Ambassador of Italy 2nd Fashion to Qatar HE Pasquale Salzano. The meeting discussed media Fest kicks off relations between the two countries. (QNA) on Sept 27 Parachute Jump in MALL of Qatar, the coun- Umm Al Shakhout try’s premier destination for shopping, dining and enter- THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) tainment, is hosting its sec- has announced that the Skydive ond Fashion Festival from Qatar centre will carry out para- Thursday (September 27) to chute jump drills in Umm Al Sha- October 6. khout area from October 30 to The event will feature 44 November 1, from 6am to 4pm. SPEAKER OF KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETS QATARI ENVOY: Speaker of the Kuwaiti shows dedicated to women’s, The Directorate of Moral Guidance National Assembly Marzouq Ali al Ghanim met with Ambassador of Qatar to Kuwait HE More than 45 individuals from 20 different expatriate communities in Qatar have men’s and children’s Fall/ at the MoD called on visitors to Bandar bin Mohammed al Attiyah. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations attended a special workshop organised jointly by the Ministry of Municipality and Envi- Winter collections coupled the area to take precautions for between the two brotherly countries and means of developing them, in addition to mat- ronment (MME) and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) to discuss with captivating entertain- their own safety. (QNA) ters of mutual concern. (QNA) Qatar’s development plans. (TNN) ment acts on the Ooredoo stage, as well as a variety of interactive and fashion-fo- cused activities. For us, it is an honour to have QFC, MADLSA & ILO join hands to The catwalk will feature Salvadoran pilots on this side shoppers’ favourite brands, Qatar and El Salvador of the world. I think the agree- boost human resource skills in Qatar showcasing new season ment will increase the strength trends available for anyone to between the countries. Next update their wardrobe at Mall sign ‘labour agreement’ year, we will have more of our of Qatar. nationals working in Qatar,” The shoppers will also Ambassador Molina said. have the opportunity to learn VICTOR IKOLI EL Salvador has reached an cellent experience.” He added, “It is a great op- more about their body shape, DOHA agreement with Qatar to “By September 2019, there portunity for Qatar consider- understand which colours are allow Salvadoran workers, is going to be the end of resi- ing the fact that it is hosting best for them, as well as get- EL Salvador has reached an especially those who may dent permits for Salvadorans the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It ting Fall/Winter style and agreement with Qatar to allow in the United States with the will need professionals and we trend advice from popular Salvadoran workers, especially be forced to leave the new government in the US. So, have quite a number of engi- stylist Marta Bevin at her very those who may be forced to United States, to work it won’t be easy for us because neers who studied and based in THE Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), the Ministry of Administrative own Stylist Booth. leave the United States, to work temporarily in Qatar from we have about 200,000 Sal- the US ready to take the oppor- Development, Labour and Social Affairs (ADLSA) and the Inter- A make-up tutorial booth temporarily in Qatar from next next year vadorans in the United States tunity to work here. We are in national Labour Organization (ILO) will collaborate on a series will be available for all to en- year, Ambassador of El Salva- with fear of deportation, in- the middle of Central America of capacity building workshops for private sector professionals joy free make-up sessions and dor HE Alfredo Samayoa Mo- HE Alfredo Samayoa Molina, cluding professionals. With which is a region that has not and government officials. At a ceremony in Doha on Tuesday, tips using the latest products lina said on Tuesday. Ambassador of El Salvador this agreement, they will have been explored. It is an opportu- representatives of MADLSA, QFC and ILO signed an agreement for and colours from MAC, De- The envoy said the next an opportunity to work in Qa- nity for Qatar to search the Cen- the programme, which will see a series of workshops and events benhams, Pari Gallery and phase will be signing the agree- tar,” he added. tral American region for invest- take place until 2022. The initiative forms part of the technical more. Visitors can also see ment into law at the Salvadoran Minister of Labour. It is a pro- El Salvador and Qatar ments and other opportunities.” cooperation framework between ILO and MADLSA. Training will various clothing displays Congress and by January 2019, fessional agreement with reg- have opened the possibility of Salvadorans community be carried out by the ILO’s International Training Centre (ILO-ITC). throughout the mall. workers will start coming to ulations from Qatar that the creating an air route between in Qatar is over 400 and the Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister of Administrative “The Fall/Winter Fashion Qatar. country will only need pro- the two nations as Qatar seeks country marked the 197th in- Development, Labour and Social Affairs HE Dr Issa al Jafali al Festival will help our style- He said there will be a joint fessionals from different sec- to expand its flights to Latin dependence anniversary on Nuaimi said, “This programme forms an important part of our col- loving guests to see what special committee to search tors - engineering, banking, America, the Salvadoran am- September 15. laboration with ILO in Qatar. It provides an excellent opportunity their favourite brands have in for the professionals and the communications, medical etc. bassador added. The Salvadoran embassy for labour inspectors to learn international best practices while store, live on stage and gives areas needed. The prospective workers must “We have about 48 pilots was opened in Qatar in 2006 sharing experiences with counterparts from the private sector.” them the opportunity to shop He added, “Finally, we be bilingual with English and with Qatar Airways. We have and Qatar has its diplomat- The partnership will kick off with a three-day workshop on nego- straight out of the catwalk,” have signed the labour agree- a higher education. We have about six pilots flying the A380, ic presence in the Central tiation skills to be held in Doha from October 1 to 3, 2018. (TNN) said Stuart Elder, Mall of Qa- ment with Qatar with the very qualified people with ex- one of the biggest airplanes. American country. tar CEO. (TNN) Nation Wednesday, September 26, 2018 05 First CAPA Qatar aviation summit in Feb

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK event of its kind to be held in open skies and market access. constraints on international tion, Aeropolitical and Regu- DOHA the Middle East, the high-level Qatar Airways Group Chief cooperation and the future of latory Summit. In a rapidly forum will unite around 300 Executive, Akbar al Baker, said: open skies. We look forward changing global regulatory QATAR Airways (QA) an- senior decision-makers from “Qatar Airways is delighted to to welcoming senior avia- environment, the summit is nounced on Tuesday its part- across the airline, legal and host the upcoming CAPA Qa- tion executives, members of a timely and important fo- nership with leading aviation government sectors to discuss tar Aviation, Aeropolitical and the legal community, govern- rum for dissecting key issues market intelligence body, the latest developments in Regulatory Summit in Doha. mental officials and all guests around ownership and con- CAPA – Centre for Aviation international aviation regula- This conference, CAPA’s first to Doha in February for this trol, open skies and market (CAPA), for the inaugural tion, both within the Gulf re- aeropolitical event to be held important summit.” access. We invite all industry ‘CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aero- gion and globally. in the Middle East, will pro- CAPA Executive Chair- leaders to join us in Doha to political and Regulatory Sum- Among the key topics to be vide a forum for the discussion man, Peter Harbison, said: engage in dynamic discussions mit’, set to take place in Doha included in the agenda for the of key topical issues, including “We are pleased to be partner- and meet with senior decision on February 5 and 6, 2019. two-day event are issues relat- the rapidly evolving global reg- ing with Qatar Airways for the makers from the aviation in- As the first aeropolitical ing to ownership and control, ulatory environment, existing inaugural CAPA Qatar Avia- dustry and the government.” Ooredoo achieves Dell CRA joins FRATEL regulators network HBKU’s QEERI launches fourth EMC Gold partnership OOREDOO, the region’s lead- resources, we can meet our WITH its recent confirma- ing enabler of digital business business customers’ needs and tion in the Réseau Fran- Air Quality Monitoring Station innovation, announced on educate the customers on the cophone de la Régulation Tuesday that it has achieved business benefits of the full des Télécommunications TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the prestigious Gold-tier Cloud stack of Dell EMC hardware (FRATEL), the Com- DOHA Service Provider status with and software solutions.” munications Regulatory Dell EMC, the number one As a Dell EMC Cloud Service Authority (CRA) is now FOLLOWING its research provider of cloud infrastruc- Provider, Ooredoo is providing among over 40 global mission to help tackle Qatar’s ture, further providing cus- its business customers with in- postal and telecommuni- grand challenges in the fields of tomers with the most innova- dustry-leading hyper-converged cation regulators joining energy, water security and en- tive business solutions. infrastructure, which integrates hands to discuss innova- vironment, the Qatar Environ- As a Gold-tier partner, Dell EMC’s industry-leading tive approaches to regula- ment and Energy Research In- Ooredoo gains access to Dell cloud computing, storage, net- tion, regulatory trends and stitute (QEERI), one of Hamad EMC’s comprehensive partner working and virtualisation un- best practices. Bin Khalifa University’s three training and enablement across der one pre-configured system. Joining FRATEL is national research institutes, re- the full range of cloud-based so- Aongus Hegarty, presi- part of CRA’s wider stra- cently commissioned its fourth lutions. Worldwide, Dell Tech- dent, Europe, Middle East tegic approach to foster permanent Air Quality Moni- nologies’ global channel is a $43 and Africa at Dell EMC, said: dialogue with key inter- toring Station (AQMS) at the billion business in a $3 trillion “It is a privilege to be a part national stakeholders and American School of Doha. marketplace. of Ooredoo’s exciting journey industry leaders in the ICT The stations continuously Yousuf Abdulla al Kubaisi, of innovation where our part- and postal sectors. measure the concentration of Ooredoo COO, said: “Achiev- nership has resulted in an op- FRATEL facilitates pollutants in the air, including ing Gold-tier partnership with portunity to enhance the or- the coordination of its gases (e.g. ozone, nitrogen ox- Dell EMC is a major milestone ganisation’s competitiveness members. Membership ides, methane, etc.), particulate for Ooredoo. By leveraging and lead the frontlines of the of FRATEL will also give matter as well as meteorologi- Researchers establish network of stations that assess air quality by measuring major airborne gaseous and Dell EMC’s partner and sales digital future.” (TNN) CRA access to leading sec- cal parameters (e.g. tempera- particulate pollutants. tor events, databases, aca- ture, wind speed, direction, demic research and train- etc.) in high time resolution. the local community and guide air quality as well as adapting to luted air masses into Qatar. As ing programmes. In effect, the AQM sta- best-practice development in climate change. such, it forms the basis for the “In a sector growing and tions forge cooperative bonds the health and safety sectors. Commenting on the development of sustainable Samsung Galaxy Note9 changing as rapidly as com- between QEERI’s researchers Consequently, we have estab- AQMS’ role in positioning methodologies for future ad- munications, it is crucial and national stakeholders by lished a close working relation- Qatari technology at the fore- aptations to climate change.” that we can exchange in- collecting reliable data that ship with a number of private front of regional climate stud- “The first AQMS was com- available at Ooredoo sights and experience, and help quantify the impact of and governmental stakeholders ies, Air Quality and Climate missioned in 2014 and by the improve our cooperation poor air quality on environ- from across various industries Change Research Portfolio end of the year, we plan to es- OWING to popular demand, edge processor for lightning with leading global regula- ment, energy and health sys- to join forces on this nationally Lead at QEERI Mohammed tablish a total of six stations Ooredoo on Tuesday an- fast downloads and uploads tors. Membership of organi- tems in the country. significant initiative.” Ayoub said: “The monitor- across the greater Doha area. nounced fresh stock of the new on the Ooredoo Supernet and sations such as FRATEL will QEERI’s Executive Direc- QEERI’s growing Air Qual- ing network gives us a clearer Currently, four AQM stations Samsung Galaxy Note9 device enhanced face recognition, iris ensure that we continue to tor, Dr Marc Vermeersch, said: ity and Climate Change Re- understanding of the underly- are operational in Ash-Sha- in selected Ooredoo shops, as scanner and fingerprint scanner have a deeper understand- “We are committed towards search activities are designed ing causes of Qatar’s air qual- haniyah, Qatar Foundation, well as via the eShop. to make accessing your phone ing of the dynamics of our providing a better understand- to support the systematic de- ity, including the sources and Al Soudan and Al Wakrah. The Samsung Galaxy Note9 quicker, convenient and secure. industry,” said Mohammed ing of Qatar’s air quality, includ- velopment and evaluation of types of pollutants, the mech- The AQM stations at Hamad device has been designed to of- Device prices start from just Ali al Mannai, president of ing its primary causes and im- national policies, strategies and anisms that induce episodic Medical City and Al Thu- fer Samsung’s most powerful QR3,599 and devices come in CRA. (TNN) pact. This information can help technologies aimed at mitigat- days and the contribution of mama are under commission- battery yet, the largest Samsung Midnight Black, Lavender Pur- provide valuable information to ing the negative impacts of poor long-range transport of pol- ing,” he added. infinity display ever, a cutting- ple or Ocean Blue. 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THE PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A PHOTOGRAPHER In an interview with Qatar Tribune, Qatar-based Pakistani photographer Tahir Mehmood recounts his journey from an amateur photographer to a professional lensman

EFORE it hap- soon began to be counted pened, Tahir Me- among professional pho- hmood had never tographers,” remarked, thought that his Mehmood who was born passion for pho- and brought up in Lahore, tography$ will ultimately lead to capital of Pakistan’s larg- the hobby becoming his profes- est province of Punjab. sion and a source of livelihood. To a question if Pho- “I never thought that one ttoshop was making day I will adopt photographyy pphotography easier as my profession. It all started or damaging the in 2000, when like others I in- aart, he replied in dulged my passion for photog- tthe negative, say- raphy without knowing the ba- ing, “It’s a great sics and actual requirements. I ttool but I re- still remember when I took pho- aally don’t depend tographs of a wedding func- upon Photoshop tion. My joy knew no bounds when uunless my clients I saw the results. That was start of sspecifically re- my curiosity and I decided to en- qquest for it.” hance my skills,” said Mehmood Asked if who is a well-known Qatar-based eexpensive professional photographer and ccameras and videographer. other appa- Before moving to Qatar, he rratus were a worked for leading organ- ppre-requisite isations and television to achieve good re- channels like Samaa sults, he replied: “There is no denying TV, Hum TV, 360 the fact that high-resolution cameras and high-definition lenses are the ba- sic tools to achieve good results, yet skills play an important role. One can take best photos even with mobile phones these days.” He noted that amateur photographers TV, Fashion TV, greatly welcomed the digital cameras Evernew Group and when they rapidly replaced the cameras Independent Production using reels in 2000. Network. Mehmood, who mostly covers local In an interview with functions in Qatar, does not agree that Qatar Tribune, Mehmood working for big media houses is more described his journey from an am- rewarding than shooting for relatively ateur photographer to a professional small wedding functions, birthday lensman, winning accolades on the way. parties or fashion shows. “I never received any formal train- “I always find photography a thrill- ing, learnt the ropes of the art on job ing and exciting job, whether it is a shoot and from my seniors. I have a long list of for some television programmes or just mentors who helped brush up my skills. one-time photoshoot of a model. How- They always told me that passion alone, ever, while working for news and live not the tools, could help me achieve programmes, one does not get much my desired goals. I put my heart in my time for editing. This is the area where Tahir Mehmood work, and under the guidance of my se- one can prove his skills,” noted the niors honed my photographic skills and father of two sons.

Pakistani cinema makes comeback with a bang

HE overwhelming response Load Wedding, Saat Din Mu- only limited choice of Bolly- moon Abbasi, Adnan Jaffar, Tof cinemagoers to two habbat In, Waar 2, Maula wood, Hollywood and region- Shaz Khan, Shafaat Ali and Pakistani films – Parwaaz Jatt 2, Maan Jao Na, Project al movies,” said Nasir Meh- Mustafa Changazi. Hai Junoon and Jawani Ghazi, Zarrar, Jackpot, Shor mood, a regular cinemagoer. Jawani Phir Nahi Ani Phir Nahi Ani 2 – screened Sharaba, Wujood, Motorcy- “It is a matter of great 2 (youth won’t come again in Doha theatres recently is a cle Girl, Cake, Azaadi, Sherdil, pride that Pakistani film in- 2) is a sequel to the 2015 clear indication that Pakistani which did good business on dustry is on the road to re- film Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, cinema is well on the road the box office. Jawani Phir vival. We need movies full of directed by Nadeem Baig and to revival. Nahi Ani 2 broke all previous entertainment, which we can written by Vasay Chaudhry. Pakistani film industry records of first-day sales. watch with our families. After Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 is a till the recent past was pass- “Undoubtedly, the revival seeing Parwaaz Hai Junoon, romantic-comedy film. It is a ing through a bad patch but of Pakistani cinema has gen- I am confident that Pakistani (Soaring is Passion) was re- Force. It has been directed by joint venture of Salman Iqbal now it has reversed course erated excitement among the movie makers are quite ca- leased by Hum Films under Haseeb Hassan and produced Films, Humayun Saeed and and started doing pretty well, cinemagoers in Pakistan as pable of producing excellent the banner of Momina and by Momina Duraid. Farhat Shahzad Nasib’s Six Sigma successfully recovering the well as abroad. We are quite films. This movie must be Duraid Films. It is a roman- Ishtiaq has written the script. Plus, and Jerjees Seja’s ARY lost sheen. happy to see that Pakistani watched by the young movie tic flick which unfolds its The cast includes Hamza Ali Films. The cast includes This year, a number of movies are showcased in buffs,” said Ahmed Ali, a long- story against the backdrop of Abbasi, Ahad Raza Mir, Hania Humayun Saeed, Fahad good movies hit the screen Qatar with much regularity time Doha resident. war (aerial combat). The film Amir, Kubra Khan, Alamdar Mustafa, Ahmed Ali Butt and like Teefa in Trouble, Parchi, now-a-days. Earlier, we had Parwaaz Hai Junoon is a tribute to Pakistan Air Khan, Marina Khan, Sha- Vasay Chaudhry. Philippines / SE Asia / Pakistan / S Asia Wednesday, September 26, 2018 07

Duterte rating dips NEWS to lowest amid IN BRIEF rising inflation

Philippines ends REUTERS hunt for 20 missing MANILA landslide victims PHILIPPINE leader Rodrigo MANILA Philippine author- Duterte suffered the biggest ites have called off rescue ratings slump of his presi- operations for 20 people dency in the third quarter, an still missing after a landslide independent pollster said on killed at least 62 people in Tuesday, amid signs of pub- the country's north. lic unease about rising infla- The landslide in the village tion and the cost of staple of Ucab in Itogon town in the foodgrain rice. northern province Benguet, Duterte's approval rating, was the deadliest among a measure of his performance, dozens of landslides triggered dropped 13 points to 75 per- by Typhoon Mangkhut which cent in a survey of 1,800 vot- struck on September 15. ing-age Filipinos conducted by "We're now on retrieval Pulse Asia this month. operations. There are still 20 missing, who are yet to be Presidential spokesman retrieved. They're now pre- said Duterte was unper- sumed dead," Itogon Mayor turbed by ratings and was Victorio Palangdan said. (DPA) focused on doing his job Activists hire rock band to ‘occupy’ palm His trust rating, which oil plant in Indonesia gauges sentiment about his personality, fell 15 points to 72 JAKARTA Greenpeace ac- percent. A similar poll in June tivists on Tuesday scaled had scored him at 88 percent storage tanks at an Indone- and 87 percent respectively. sian palm oil refinery along Presidential spokesman with a popular rock band Harry Roque said Duterte, which played pro-environment who has been in office since songs, protesting against a June 2016, was unperturbed commodity found in every- by ratings and was focused on thing from soap to biscuits. doing his job. The green group said 30 Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV holds a press conference after posting bail in Pasay City, south of Manila, on Tuesday. (EPA-EFE) "We are not affected by it activists -- including several because the president will do foreigners -- and Indonesian his best to discharge his du- metal group Boomerang had ties," Roque told a regular news been "occupying" the site Duterte foe arrested after court briefing. "I believe that's still a on Sulawesi island to draw very good approval rating." attention to widespread Roque said rising inflation environmental destruction could have caused the drop caused by clearing forest for in the ratings because higher palmoil plantations. revives past rebellion charges prices for rice, have negated They painted ‘Dirty’ and the administration's gains in dropped a banner that read other areas. ‘Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now’ In 2003 and 2007, Senator Trillanes led failed attempts to seize power from then President Arroyo on storage tanks owned by Singapore-listed Wilmar Inter- REUTERS testify against Duterte. court warrant was necessary, national. (AFP) MANILA "This is a debacle and a de- Trillanes to ‘obsessed’ Duterte: following an outcry from op- Former Malaysian PM feat of democracy," Trillanes, You will undergo same arrest process ponents and legal experts who Briton, Thai wife PHILIPPINE police on Tues- a former navy officer, who ac- called it authoritarian and un- Najib’s wife to be murdered in day arrested a lawmaker who is companied arresting officers MANILA While he may be the one facing jail this time, Senator constitutional. quizzed in graft probe grisly manner among President Rodrigo Du- into a vehicle and was taken Antonio Trillanes IV believes President Rodrigo Duterte, who he The revival of the charges terte's most vocal critics, just to a police station to be photo- said has been “obsessed” on running after him, will soon have against the senator was "the BANGKOK The bodies of a minutes after a court issued a graphed and fingerprinted be- his time behind bars. latest in the relentless cam- wealthy British retiree and warrant on revived charges of fore posting bail, told reporters. Trillanes issued the warning after posting bail worth paign to silence those who his Thai wife were found rebellion that were dropped in "We expect other forms P200,000 before the Makati Regional Trial Court, which granted dared to challenge the presi- buried on their own property 2011 after an amnesty. of harassment in the days to a government petition to arrest him on account of rebellion dent's murderous drug war," on Tuesday a week after an The arrest of Senator An- come," he said, adding that he charges already dismissed by the same court seven years ago. Human Rights Watch said. alleged contract killing that tonio Trillanes IV is the latest expected the worst. “He (Duterte) must follow the process because in the future "Trillanes' arrest today implicated the woman's round in his sparring with Du- Presidential spokesman he will face the same arrest,” Trillanes told reporters in a brief- sends a chilling effect among brother, police said. terte, whom he accuses of hid- Harry Roque said it was time ing at the Senate. other critics of the Duterte Alan Hogg was shot while ing wealth and being respon- for Trillanes to stop grand- By the Constitution, Duterte as president has immunity from administration," said Carlos Rosmah Mansor his wife Nhot Suddaen was sible for alleged executions of standing. "The court has spo- suit and could not be jailed, but charges against him can, later Conde, a researcher at the bludgeoned to death with a thousands of suspected crimi- ken," he said in a statement. on, be filed after he steps down from office. (PHILSTAR) rights group's Asia office. REUTERS hammer at their villa in the nals and drug dealers, which "Let us stop the drama by press Trillanes received clem- KUALA LUMPUR province of Phrae by men Duterte denies. conference and allow the legal ency after involvement in a paid 50,000 baht ($1,540). Trillanes has backed sev- process to take its course." weeks since Duterte voided an in his office under the Senate's failed 2003 coup and a mutiny ROSMAH Mansor, the wife Three suspects have been eral complaints to the Interna- Trillanes, a household amnesty given him by pred- protection since Duterte's or- four years later, both aimed at of former Malaysian prime arrested, including Nhot’s tional Criminal Court seeking name in the Philippines for ecessor Benigno Aquino, cit- der for the police and army to overthrowing then-President minister Najib Razak, was elder brother Varut Rattanasa- the president's indictment for his efforts to bring down the ing flaws in the procedure, in- arrest him, although they were Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, an summoned on Tuesday for jjakit, the alleged mastermind crimes against humanity and president, has stolen the po- cluding a missing application reluctant to do so. ally of Duterte who is now low- questioning by the anti-graft accused of paying the killers. has protected people willing to litical limelight in the three form. He had been holed up Duterte later agreed a er house speaker. agency in its multi-billion dol- The bodies were discovered lar corruption probe at state Tuesday morning in graves two fund 1MDB. metres deep. (AFP) It was the second time Rosmah, 66, has been called Sri Lanka ready to Outrage as Pakistan scribe arrested over ‘treason’ UN probes ‘credible’ reports of 9 in by the Malaysian Anti-Cor- welcome toppled DPA stan on Tuesday called the ar- Afghan civilians killed in air strike ruption Commission (MACC) Maldives strongman ISLAMABAD rest order regrettable, saying since the shock defeat of Najib Almeida was being hounded AFP on Badrab village, UNAMA in the May general election. COLOMBO The defeated RIGHTS groups and unions for doing his job. KABUL added, citing "multiple, cred- Rosmah was first ques- strongman of the Maldives, for media workers in Pakistan The journalist tweeted ible allegations". tioned in June in connection Abdulla Yameen, is welcome have denounced a court order overnight that a warrant for THE United Nations said on "All the victims from the with the investigation, which in neighbouring Sri Lanka, Co- for the arrest of a journalist for his arrest has been issued and Tuesday it was investigating attack were from the same is looking into allegations of lombo said on Tuesday, two a story critical of the military. his name was placed on a list "credible reports" that nine family, including grandpar- corruption and misappropria- days after his surprise defeat A court in the province of individuals who cannot fly members of a family had been ents and children aged be- tion in state fund 1Malaysia in presidential elections. of Punjab on Monday issued out of the country. killed in an air strike in Af- tween two and 12," it said. Development Berhad (1MDB). Sri Lanka has long been a three arrest warrants for Cyril Pakistan Federal Union of ghanistan, but US Forces de- But local officials said they Her husband has pleaded not haven for dissidents from the Almeida, a correspondent Journalists called the order nied the victims were civilians. had not received any reports of guilty to charges of money nearby Maldives over years of at Dawn English-language Almeida has previously accused another attack on the freedom Women and children were civilian casualties. US Forces laundering, abuse of power political upheaval, including newspaper, and ordered au- PM Imran Khan of ‘selling Paki- of media and vowed to protest among those reportedly killed spokesman David Butler said and criminal breach of trust. for hundreds of opponents thorities to bring him before stan’ in a Dawn article in 2014. against the move. on Saturday after an "aerial Afghan ground troops in- The former first lady was of Yameen since he became judges on October 8. "This is unacceptable ... how ordnance" hit the home of a volved in a gunbattle had been served with a notice on Tues- president in 2013. Almeida faces treason Sharif, as well as his pred- can reporting facts be a crime," teacher in Tagab district in the forced to call in US air support. day afternoon to appear before In a phone call on Mon- charges for an interview with ecessor Shahid Khaqan Abbasi union head Afzal Butt said. eastern province of Kapisa, the "Only militants were MACC the next day, her lawyer day, Sri Lankan Prime Min- former prime minister Nawaz have been called to appear in #IStandWithCyril was UN Assistance Mission in Af- killed,” adding that US Forces K.Kumaraendran said, adding ister Ranil Wickremesinghe Sharif during which the ex-pre- court as well. trending on Twitter on Tues- ghanistan said in a statement. "suppressed the target, killing that she was asked to assist "informed Mr Yameen that mier indicated the army's sup- The independent Human day with politicians and col- Six other family members the militants who were firing with investigations under the he is welcome in Colombo port for some militant groups. Rights Commission of Paki- leagues criticising the order. were wounded in the attack against our partners". anti-money laundering act. at any time," the premier's office said.(AFP) US accuses Myanmar military of ‘planned Pakistanis lobby to free wives, China hails Maldives polls; seeks better ties and coordinated’ Rohingya atrocities kids trapped in China’s Xinjiang REUTERS more than a thousand inter- AFP WASHINGTON $185 million US views of Rohingya men and REUTERS from Chinese authorities, he BEIJING aid for Rohingya women in refugee camps in BEIJING told Reuters outside the Paki- A US government investiga- neighbouring Bangladesh, stan embassy in Beijing. CHINA vowed to "deepen co- tion has found that Myan- NEW YORK The United States where almost 700,000 Ro- PAKISTANI businessmen Beijing says it faces a se- operation" with the Maldives mar's military waged a "well- announced a 185-million-dollar hingya have fled in Myan- whose wives and children are rious threat from Islamist on Tuesday and congratu- planned and coordinated" boost in aid to Rohingya refu- mar's Rakhine State. trapped in China's restive Xin- militants and separatists in lated opposition leader Ibra- campaign of mass killings, gees on Monday. "The survey reveals that jiang are travelling to Beijing to Xinjiang and has rejected ac- him Mohamed Solih on his gang rapes and other atroci- US Ambassador to the the recent violence in Ra- lobby their embassy, in hopes cusations of mistreatment. election victory that ousted ties against the Southeast UN Nikki Haley said the US khine State was extreme, that the south Asian nation's Asked about the Pakistani Beijing-friendly strongman Asian nation's Rohingya was "proud to be the leading large-scale, widespread, and new government will pressure businessmen on Tuesday, Abdulla Yameen. Muslim minority. donor" to displaced Rohingya, seemingly geared toward both its ally for their release. Geng Shuang, a spokesman Solih, a candidate from The US State Department and said the bulk of the funds terrorising the population and Beijing has faced an outcry for the Foreign Ministry, told the main opposition alliance, report, which was released would go to those seeking driving out the Rohingya resi- from activists, some govern- a regular news briefing that he won 58 percent of the vote on on Monday, could be used to refuge in neighbouring Bangla- dents," according to the 20- ments and UN human rights Mirza Imran Baig shows a picture was not aware of the situation. Sunday in a surprise defeat for justify further US sanctions desh after being driven out by page report. "The scope and experts over mass detentions of him and his wife outside the Muslim majority nations Yameen, who had cultivated or other punitive measures Myanmar's government. But scale of the military's opera- and strict surveillance of the Pakistani embassy in Beijing on have mostly remained silent closer ties with China and bor- against Myanmar authori- stressed "we need other coun- tions indicate they were well- mostly Muslim Uighur minor- Tuesday. (REUTERS) over the situation in Xinjiang. rowed heavily from Beijing to ties, US officials told Reuters. tries to do their part as well" planned and coordinated." ity, and other Muslim groups, “A lot of people get mar- invest in infrastructure. But it stopped short of in a statement issued after a Survivors described in in the western region. in May and June 2017 and ried like us. It’s no problem. Beijing loaned Yameen's describing the crackdown as meeting on Myanmar on the harrowing detail what they Mirza Imran Baig, 40, who had been unable to leave her But in 2017 they start to seal government hundreds of mil- genocide or crimes against sidelines the UN General As- had witnessed, including sol- trades between his home city hometown since her release. everything off in Xinjiang,” lions of dollars for projects humanity, an issue that other sembly in New York. (DPA) diers killing infants and small of Lahore and Urumqui, the His wife, Mailikemu said Mian Shahid Ilyas, whose like the new "China-Maldives US officials said was the sub- children, the shooting of un- Xinjiang regional capital, said Maimati, 33, and their four- Chinese Uighur wife, a citizen Friendship Bridge" from the ject of fierce internal debate out for nearly a month. armed men, and victims bur- his wife was detained in a "re- year-old son, who are both of China, had been detained airport to the capital Male, that delayed the report's roll- The report resulted from ied alive. education" camp in her native Chinese nationals, are unable since April 2017, told Reuters which opened in August. Bachu county for two months to get their passports back by telephone. 08 Wednesday, September 26, 2018

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

While Trump Berates Sessions, Immigrants Suffer Nepal’s Military

There is a dire need for reform. Limiting the judicial independence of immigration courts or an arbitrary Diplomacy quota for the number of cases heard is not a solution

RESIDENT Donald Trump has made it tion, told us Sessions’ recent rulings are “go- clear, once again, that he is dissatisfied ing to make the backlog and dysfunction in More than ever before, Nepal is increasing its military outreach to China with his handpicked attorney-general, the immigration courts worse, not better.” PJeff Sessions. “I don’t have an attorney- Judges, he says, need to have the freedom to KRIPENDRA AMATYA | general. It’s very sad,” Trump told Hill.TV in rearrange their dockets to ensure due proc- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE an Oval Office interview on Tuesday. ess and the rights of individual immigrants, But unlike previous criticisms, which asylum-seekers and their families. N general practice, small powers are mostly stemmed from Sessions’ decision to Johnson says these rulings and other re- less likely to engage in military di- recuse himself from the Justice Department’s cent Justice Department actions “evidence plomacy as it is generally believed investigation into Russian interference in the a clear effort to systematically marginalise that the military is the tool of power- 2016 election, Trump said: “I’m not happy and minimise the role of judges in their own I ful states. However, Nepal, though a at the border. I’m not happy with numerous courtrooms.” This, he says, combined with small state, has been closely involved in things, not just this (Sessions’ recusal).” the rising quota numbers and a “preference military issues for centuries. We have no way of knowing how long for speed,” turns the courtroom into “even The Rana dynasty, which ruled Nepal Sessions will remain attorney general of the more of a deportation mill than it is cur- from 1846-1951, had deep ties with the United States. But we do know he has been rently.” British and in 1857-58 helped the British very active “at the border,” trying to stream- While we understand the dire need for suppress the Sepoy Mutiny in India. Ne- line the adjudication of removal procedures reform, we do not believe that limiting the pal later aided the Younghusband expe- and asylum requests in our immigration judicial independence of our immigration dition to Tibet in 1903-1904 and assisted courts and expedite the backlog of nearly courts or an arbitrary quota for the number the British government during the World 700,000 cases – often at the expense of the of cases heard is the solution. Wars. This long history established mili- independence of immigration judges and the Yes, technically immigration judges are tary diplomacy as a major technique for due process of those seeking asylum. employees of the Justice Department. But Nepal’s diplomatic relations, which also On the same day Trump delivered his stripping them of the independence they need brought Nepal closer to its southern scathing remarks, Sessions used his author- to properly adjudicate cases that are for many neighbour. ity as head of the Justice Department to fur- asylum-seekers a matter of life and death – Nepalis have a long history of en- ther erode the powers and independence of especially for the recent influx of Central gaging in foreign battles and working as our nation’s roughly 350 immigration judges, Americans fleeing gang violence and criminal a mercenary force for foreign powers. who, unlike state and federal criminal courts, networks – transforms them from arbiters of In particular, Nepal’s Gurkhas are re- are technically Justice employees and part of immigrants’ rights under US law to merely nowned for their martial culture around the executive branch, not the judicial branch. another branch of law enforcement. the world. However, joining the military That distinction allowed Sessions to de- As Mary Meg McCarthy, executive di- is attractive for Nepalis mostly due to the liver a decision Tuesday reversing immigra- rector of the National Immigration Justice hardship and poverty they face at home. tion judges’ authority to dismiss or terminate Center, told the Senate Judiciary Com- Many enlist, whether for Nepal or a for- cases or removal proceedings except in ex- mittee in April, “The immigration court eign country, in order to escape. tremely narrow circumstances and instead system’s dysfunction is largely due to its The term “Gurkha” is derived from have always sparked India’s concerns, as for trans-shipment. “refer these cases to me.” position within the Department of Justice, the kingdom of the Gorkhas, who con- New Delhi bitterly remembers the 1962 There may be a sense of distaste in This move follows the attorney general’s where it is vulnerable to the political whims quered Nepal and other Himalayan Sino-Indian war. the Indian military for the changing sta- May decision to end immigration judges’ of the executive.” Since taking office, she states; however, the ethnic communities Those governments of Nepal seen as a tus quo; Indian Army Chief General Bipin use of “administrative closure,” commonly continued, “the Trump administration has that serve in the Gurkha army have little threat by India have historically not last- Rawat remarked that Nepal and Bhutan used before this administration’s zero-tol- explicitly attempted to subvert the mission to do with this historic state. Generally, ed long. But this changed after the 2015 “will have to be with India due to the geo- erance policy to postpone a court date or of the immigration court system, trading the four ethnic groups – the Magar, Gurung, Indian blockade, when average Nepa- graphical conditions.” However, China’s removal proceedings to more thoroughly safeguarding of due process for the politics- Rai, and Limbu – are considered the top lis were greatly affected by Indian inter- Belt and Road Initiative may be working address a case. driven pursuit of increasing deportations.” choices for recruitment. As a result, some ference in the internal issues of Nepal. to break physical barriers that have ex- The Justice Department says these and As residents of the Lower 48’s largest members of other ethnic groups have The Communist Party of Nepal-United isted for centuries. other actions, including a streamlined hir- border state, we understand the dysfunc- changed their family name to boost their Marxist Leninist, which was running the In addition to the new military ex- ing plan for immigration judges and annual tion of the current immigration system chances of getting in the army. government at the time of the blockade, ercise with China, Nepal’s Armed Police quotas for the number of cases a judge must perhaps better than others. But that doesn’t The Nepali army is a contributor to benefitted from a boost in public support. Force continues to receive assistance hear, are necessary to reduce the tremen- mean we support this administration’s will- UN peacekeeping missions; in fact, many It became the largest part of Nepal after from China meant to protect both coun- dous backlog of cases. But others see the ingness to sacrifice due process for expedi- youths in Nepal join the army in the hope the 2017 elections, and thanks to party tries from unwanted activities along their recent Justice rulings as an attempt to turn ency. Sessions may not be the attorney gen- of having a short stint on a well-paying UN unification with the third largest party, shared border. In the past, Nepal’s pur- immigration judges into little more than ad- eral much longer, but we certainly hope his mission. Apart from serving in Britain, In- the Maoists, the rebranded Communist chases of weapons from China deeply ministrative enforcers of zero tolerance. legacy in our state will not be summed up in dia, and in the UN missions, Gurkhas of Party of Nepal holds a nearly two-thirds affected India, which caused regime Ben Johnson, executive director of the five words: Nepal till this day also serve in the Singa- majority in the parliament. The stage is changes in Nepal. Today, Nepal’s military American Immigration Lawyers Associa- Justice stops at the border. pore Police as the Gurkha Contingent and now set for the previously taboo: military diplomacy with China may strain Indo- in Brunei as the Gurkha Reserve Unit. ties with China. Nepal relations. Historically, Nepal’s relations with its Nepal still continues to conduct joint If China supports Nepal in increasing neighbours were determined because of military drills with India, with the latest its presence in UN peacekeeping mis- war and military affairs. Now there are being Surya Kiran XIII, which was held sions and continues to assist Nepal in changing winds in Nepal’s military di- June 2018. But Nepal has also started upgrading its security forces while pro- plomacy. More than ever before, Nepal is military drills with China, which gives viding training to the military as well as increasing its military outreach to China. an entirely new image to Nepal’s military police officials, this may indeed deepen In 1989, India imposed a blockade on diplomacy. In fact, Nepal recently backed the relationship between the two coun- Nepal, which was then ruled by the auto- out from a new joint military exercise in tries. More subtly, economic growth may cratic Panchayat regime. The real reason India planned for BIMSTEC states but help to wean Nepal’s youth from their for the blockade was that the government continued its military drill with China, desire to work for a foreign army – only of Nepal had purchased weapons from which started on September 17 in Si- then can it be sure that young Nepalis China. Within a few years the Panchayat chuan province. will not be recruited as soldiers in a war regime fell apart and multiparty democ- Those twin decisions may contribute against China, as happened in the Boxer racy was installed in Nepal. In 2005, Ne- to cooling relations between Nepal and Rebellion era. pal’s King Gyanendra had also purchased India. The Indian media was quick to no- weapons from China – a few years later tice that Nepal backing out from the joint (Kripendra Amatya is a Nepal he was deposed and Nepal was turned military drill with India, its largest trad- native and a graduate into a republic. Clearly, Nepal’s efforts ing partner, came just as Nepal signed a in international relations from to enhance military relations with China protocol to be able to use Chinese ports Jilin University, China.) Tribune News Service The Storm Passes & Its Lessons Recede After disasters, there are those who are spared and move on while others are more affected and suffer for a longer time

KRISTA BREMER | Now its roof was completely gone, its ceil- cern for me as Hurricane Florence gained our most valuable resource. Individualism onto my lap again and again. To be togeth- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ing the open sky. It was easier for me to strength off the coast of North Carolina. could be our undoing. er was the nourishment we needed. envision wolves and dinosaurs than to im- In Chapel Hill where I live, two hours On the second day of the downpour, Now the storm has passed and the sun AST year, nine months after Hur- agine Irma’s 185-mph winds. inland, my white friends and I weren’t as the wind picked up and the sky dark- has broken through the clouds. Sections of ricane Irma tore through the Carib- I was also stunned by the gratitude talking about the storm yet, despite the ened, I put on my rain jacket and went to our town flooded – the walking trail beside bean, I travelled from my home in people expressed for unexpected gifts media frenzy. Maybe we’d grown accus- my garden. Warm gusts bent the zinnia the creek, the public pool – but the dam- North Carolina to Anguilla to teach that came out of the storm. At night they tomed to seeing disasters unfold on screen bushes sideways, revealing the jet-black age was minimal. Our relief is tinged with L writing workshops to children and saw fires burning across the ocean in St and to other people – those who were poor centres of brilliant pink, yellow and or- guilt, because while we were spared, not adults as part of a literary festival. As a Maarten, where armed forces had moved and far away, whose skin was a different ange blooms. As I snipped the stems, my far from us houses are underwater – and prompt, I asked them to describe what in to stop the looting and violence. colour, who did not look or sound like us. foot sank into mud all the way up to my the worst may be yet to come. So far, 42 they could not forget about the storm. Even though their island was without Or maybe we’d seen too many terrifying calf. How could the hard earth suddenly are counted dead. The first photos of vic- When they read their work aloud, a large power for months, Anguillians experi- headlines, each announcing variations on have become so yielding? tims were African American faces, but lo- man wiped away tears as he described enced nothing like that. Instead people the same theme: We are doomed. The water rose over the next three days cal reporters did not consider race to be throwing his weight against his front came together. No power meant more But when friends in Anguilla messaged and I compulsively checked the headlines. part of the story. door in a failed attempt to keep it closed. human connection. One man told me he me to share what they knew about disaster I watched my backyard turn into a pond. In my cul de sac, meanwhile, the cri- As she described the sound of the wind, got to know his son as they played domi- preparation or to tell me they loved me, When the creek below my home burst sis that captivated us is over. Life is back a woman’s shoulders shook, and the per- noes by candlelight night after night. He I became uneasy. They knew better than its banks, I hiked down to take pictures. to normal – which is to say that the same son beside her laid a hand on her back to thought his son would become a mechanic, anyone what a storm like this could do. Scrolling through social media, I found challenges hang over us, quiet and perva- steady her. but in the dark his son shared his dream Two days before Florence hit, I went pictures of locals smiling for selfies even as sive as cloud cover: the escalating impact A student from a wealthier, more el- of becoming a therapist. I had no idea, he to the grocery store for supplies – and the water rose on the street behind them. of climate change. The persistence of racial evated neighbourhood expressed guilt for said. Now that we have power and Wi-Fi found the shelves already almost empty. Perhaps all those models and weather injustice. Rampant individualism. The as- how little she had suffered and lost. Chil- again, he added, we’re back to facing our A woman pushed past me in the parking charts and live updates about the storm sault of unbridled capitalism on family and dren invented new ways to describe terror: screens instead of each other. lot, her cart overflowing with the last avail- lulled us into feeling in control. community. And our seeming inability to The storm sounded like a pack of hungry I would like to say I learned a lot on able cases of water, avoiding eye contact Needing to feel less alone, I invited grasp that the ground beneath our feet is wolves, or dinosaurs on the doorstep. that trip – but as soon as I returned home with those left empty-handed. It doesn’t neighbours to dinner. Tired and restless, nowhere near as solid as it seems. Each day in Anguilla I drove past a to a flurry of text and email messages, I take much to reveal how fragile our supply we let silence seep into the conversation. large stone church – Ebenezer Methodist. forgot about most of it. I never imagined chain has become and how easily our food We watched their toddler son clamber up (Krista Bremer is the author of Built by enslaved Africans in 1830, it was that less than a year later, my friends in and water sources can be disrupted. And the arm of my couch, perch there precari- A Tender Struggle and associate the oldest house of worship on the island. Anguilla would reach out to express con- when that happens, relationships become ously while shrieking with joy, and dive publisher at the Sun.)

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News India sees big dip in employment, post-2013: Report Emergency evacuation: Indian in brief IANS 1 per cent increase in employ- flyer mistakes exit door for loo NEW DELHI ment," the SWI report said. "Between 2013 and 2015, total AFP GoAir said in a statement on Constitutional INDIA'S structural transfor- employment actually shrank MUMBAI Tuesday. Indian media re- validity verdict on mation has been slower than by seven million. ports said he was a first time Aadhaar today desired resulting in a situa- “More recent data from AN Indian passenger flier in his late 20s. tion where there has been an private sources show that the sparked panic in mid-air When fellow passengers NEW Delhi: The Supreme absolute decline in employ- absolute decline has contin- when he tried to open a asked him what he was do- Court will likely pronounce on ment post-2013, with the rate ued past 2015," it said. plane door, apparently mis- ing he told them he "needed Wednesday its verdict on the of unemployment among the "A recent study claims, to taking it for the toilet, the to use the washroom ur- batch of petitions challeng- youth now at 16 per cent, says the contrary, that the economy airline and reports said. gently and kept tugging ing the constitutional validity a report by one of the country's (File photo) Daily-wage workers wait hiring on a street side in an generated 13 million new jobs The man was travelling at the exit door", The Tel- of Aadhaar on grounds of it noted private universities re- industrial area in Mumbai. in 2017. Unfortunately, this on a GoAir flight from New egraph, a Kolkata-based being violative of the fun- leased on Tuesday. optimistic conclusion depends Delhi to Patna on Saturday newspaper, quoted an air- damental right to privacy. The State of Working In- hensively about employment between growth and employ- on selective use of data and when he attempted to open port official as saying. Besides the validity of Aad- dia (SWI) report by the Centre and for the government to ment generation has become unjustified assumptions. the aircraft's rear exit, the "Pandemonium pre- haar, the verdict on challenge for Sustainable Employment formulate a focused National weaker over time. Growth cre- As a result, the rate of carrier said. "A co-passenger vailed amid all this and he to the tabling of Aadhaar at Azim Premji University in Employment Policy. ates fewer jobs than it used to. unemployment among the raised the alarm and he was was restrained and finally as a money bill will also be Bengaluru said there is an "Even as GDP growth rates A 10 per cent increase in youth and higher educated has intercepted by the crew," handed over to us. important as it would have a urgent need to think compre- have risen, the relationship GDP now results in less than reached 16 per cent." bearing on the powers of the Lok Sabha Speaker. SC had reserved the verdict after hearing the petitions for over 38 days. (IANS) Hindutva a way of life ‘verdict’ Religious group India top court refuses to bar made political discourse moves SC against instant divorce lopsided: Ex-PM Manmohan NEW Delhi: The Samastha charge-sheeted candidates Kerala Jamiathul Ulema IANS cised Verma's judgment sug- on Tuesday moved the NEW DELHI gesting it virtually disturbed "a Supreme Court challenging kind of constitutional sanity" the Muslim Women (Protec- FAULTING the "famous but that was restored in the coun- tion of Rights on Marriage) from contesting elections controversial" 'Hindutva is a try's political discourse through Ordinance, 2018 on the way of life' judgement of late the Bommai judgment in which grounds that it invokes penal Justice J.S. Verma of the Su- a nine-judge bench of Supreme provisions against a class preme Court in the 1990s, Court found an opportunity to of people based on their Govt directed to enact laws to prevent criminals from entering legislatures former Prime Minister Man- reaffirm that secularism was a religious identity. The Muslim mohan Singh on Tuesday said basic structure of the Constitu- Women (Protection of Rights the judiciary as an institution tion. on Marriage) Ordinance, should never lose sight of its He said Justice Verma's 2018 -- commonly referred primary duty to protect the sec- verdict had a "decisive impact" to as triple talaq ordinance ular spirit of the Constitution. on the ongoing debate among -- abolishes the practice of This task, he said, has be- political parties about the prin- triple talaq and makes its come much more demanding ciples and practices of secular- punishable. (IANS) than before because the po- ism in the Republic. litical disputes and electoral "The judgment ended up SC to hear plea battles were increasingly get- making our political discourse against appointment ting overlaced with religious somewhat lopsided; and, many of Justice Gogoi overtones, symbols, myths and believe that 'there can be no prejudices. doubt that the decision re- NEW Delhi: The Supreme Singh was delivering the quires to be overruled'," Singh Court on Tuesday said it 2nd memorial lecture of the said. He said no constitutional will hear on Wednesday late Communist leader AB arrangement can be protected a plea challenging the Bardhan on "Defence of Secu- and preserved only by the ju- appointment of Justice larism and Constitution". The diciary, however, vigilant or Ranjan Gogoi as the next former Prime Minister criti- enlightened the judges may be. Chief Justice of India. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud asked advocate RP Luthra, Boko Haram attack on who mentioned the matter before it for early hearing, to file the mentioning memo Nigerian base repelled before the court master. Justice Gogoi, one of the four AFP have seen repeated attacks on judges who revolted against KANO, NIGERIA military bases in the north- CJ Misra earlier . (IANS) ern part of Borno, although NIGERIAN troops repelled Nigerian commanders have US presses Hong another attempt by Boko strongly denied reports of Kong on freedoms Haram militants to overrun heavy troop casualties. after party ban a military base in northeast The authorities maintain Nigeria, military and civilian the group, whose insurgency UNITED states: -The United sources said on Tuesday. has left more than 27,000 dead States on Tuesday urged Dozens of militant fighters in northeast Nigeria since 2009, Hong Kong to allow freedom from an Islamic State-backed is on the verge of defeat, despite of expression as it voiced Boko Haram faction attacked the ongoing violence. A senior concern over a ban on the the base on Sunday in the vil- military officer in the Borno pro-independence party. Sec- lage of Kekeno, near the gar- state capital, Maiduguri, said retary of State Mike Pompeo rison town of Monguno, in the Islamists were equipped in a statement said the US Borno state. Recent months with anti-aircraft guns. was "concerned" by the ban on the Hong Kong National Party. "The US supports the freedoms of expression, A view of the Supreme Court of India. peaceful assembly, and SC asks UP govt to declare association," Pompeo said. IANS MPs, MLAs, MLCs can continue *Political parties should "These are core values we NEW DELHI put up on their website the parts of Taj area as heritage share with Hong Kong, and legal practice in courts: SC criminal antecedents of the that must be vigorously pro- THE Supreme Court on Tues- candidates being fielded by IANS submit a detailed Vision Docu- tected," he added. (AFP) day declined to disqualify NEW Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that lawyers- them in the elections. NEW DELHI ment for protection and pres- candidates, against whom turned-lawmakers, both in Parliament and the state legislatures *Political parties and the ervation of the Taj Mahal. The 1 dead, 17 abducted courts have taken cognisance cannot be barred from practicing before the courts during their candidate will give wide pub- THE Supreme Court on Tues- court listed the matter for No- in new DR Congo of chargesheets, from contest- term as lawmakers. “To sum up, we hold that the provisions of licity to the criminal cases day asked Uttar Pradesh gov- vember 29. militia raid ing elections, but urged Parlia- the Advocates Act of 1961 and the Bar Council of India Rules pending against the contest- ernment to consider declaring Earlier, the bench had giv- ment to enact a law to address framed thereunder do not place any restrictions on the legisla- ing candidate both in print and certain portions of the area en time till October 15 to the BENI: One person was killed the malaise of criminals enter- tors to practise as advocates during the relevant period,” said electronic media after filing surrounding the Taj Mahal as state government, but on Tues- and 17 kidnapped in east- ing legislatures. the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar their nomination papers. heritage. day the counsels representing ern Democratic Republic of The apex court said it could and Justice DY Chandrachud in their judgment. The apex court said it could The Uttar Pradesh govern- the state sought extension to Congo late Monday in a raid not add any further disqualifi- The court said this while addressing a limited question not add any further disqualifi- ment told the apex court that prepare the 'vision document'. blamed on a notorious Ugan- cation to the law. whether legislators can be debarred from practising as advocates cation to the law and it was now it "would be difficult to declare On August 28, the top dan militia accused of a mas- At the same time, it di- during the period when they continue to be the members of Parlia- up to Parliament to make a law entire Agra as a heritage city", court had said that "if Taj sacre in a regional city two rected political parties to post ment or a state Assembly/Council. (IANS) to prevent persons with seri- adding that an Ahmedabad- Mahal goes, you will not get days earlier, sources said. on their websites full details of ous criminal cases against them based Centre for Environmen- a second chance," and had The new attack took place in the criminal charges the candi- from entering the legislature. tal Planning and Technology urged the authorities to see the town of Oicha, around 30 dates they are fielding in elec- law on criminals entering poli- against him/her in the forms The Chief Justice wished was assisting it on declaring the larger perspective while kilometres (18 miles) south tions were facing. tics should also address fake to be filed up at the time of fil- that such a law might come areas surrounding the Taj Ma- dealing with the monument's of Beni, where 21 people The information should cases being instituted against ing nomination papers. sooner than later before hal as heritage. protection in Agra. Recently, were killed on Saturday by also be publicised in the me- political opponents. *The candidate aspiring criminalisation of politics A bench of Justice Madan B the Uttar Pradesh govern- men wielding machetes and dia. Pronouncing the judg- The court directed that: to contest an election would sounds the death knell for Lokur, Justice S Abdul Nazeer ment submitted its first draft firing guns. The authorities ment, a five-judge Constitution *Each contesting can- be required to inform the po- democracy. It is necessary to and Justice Deepak Gupta also report of its 'vision document' are blaming both attacks on Bench headed by Chief Justice didate must state in bold litical party about the criminal cure the cancer of criminali- extended till November 15 for on protection and preserva- the Allied Democratic Forces Dipak Misra also said that the the criminal cases pending cases pending against him. sation of politics. Uttar Pradesh government to tion of the Taj to the court. (ADF), a militia rooted in Uganda. (AFP) Amnesty condemns Hundreds protest in ‘mass arbitrary Love in time of climate change: Film with a new take on romance Delhi over deaths arrests’ in Ethiopia of sewer cleaners THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION boyfriend, who sets out to es of the shoreline being lost ADDIS ababa: Amnesty BHUBANESWAR build a wall to keep towering to erosion. In June, the state NEW delhi: The relatives of International condemned the waves from destroying and government warned in a re- thousands of Indians who died recent arrests of thousands ESCHEWING the typical uprooting his village - a task port that fishermen's catches cleaning sewers protested in of people in Ethiopia's Bollywood storyline of young he must succeed at in order to could plummet with rising the capital on Tuesday, aiming capital, saying the deten- lovers facing family opposi- win her mother's approval. temperatures. to stop the practice of workers tions "threaten a new era of tion, an upcoming Indian "Fishing is the only liveli- India faces the most severe entering underground conduits to human rights gains" under film instead features a couple hood for them and the only threat from climate change, unclog drains and remove waste PM Abiy Ahmed. "While the battling climate change in or- skill they know. They are vic- followed by Pakistan, the with their bare hands. Hundreds Ethiopian authorities have der to be together. tims of climate change," film- Philippines and Bangladesh, of protesters shouted slogans in recent months made a "Kokoli", which is the name maker Snehasis Das said. HSBC showed in a March sur- accusing the government of commendable attempt to of the female protagonist and "Simultaneously, I focus on vey of 67 countries. delaying compensation for sewer empty the country's prisons also a type of fish, tells a story how love - a relationship - can Changing weather, along deaths, while others waved ban- of arbitrary detainees, they of a fishing community facing be disturbed due to calami- with more frequent droughts ners saying they came as Prime must not fill them up again the loss of livelihoods and land ties," said the 43-year-old. and heat waves, will hurt agri- Minister Narendra Modi pushes by arbitrarily arresting and as sea levels rise in the eastern "It is a lot about how cultural output and food secu- his "Swachh Bharat," or "Clean detaining more people with- state of Odisha. It will be re- they adapt to love and cli- mile) coastline, Odisha is home dia's most vulnerable to the rity in developing nations such India", programme. "I lost my only out charge," said Amnesty leased in November. mate change. Their future to many coastal communities effects of global warming, hit as India, according to studies by son," said Saroj, a mother among regional director. (AFP) The Oriya-language film hinges on adaptation." that depend on the sea. by rising sea levels, cyclones HSBC, the World Bank and the the protesters, who hails from centres on Kokoli and her With a nearly 500 km (300 The state is also one of In- and floods, with vast stretch- World Health Organization. Ludhiana in Punjab. (REUTERS) 10 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Gulf / Middle East Iraqi parliament to elect president by Two killed in land mine blast in Tunisia Mauritania closes ‘extremist’ Islamic October 2 Islamist hideout school BAGHDAD The Iraqi parliament plans to elect the country’s TUNIS Two people were killed in a land mine blast in a NOUAKCHOTT The authorities in Mauritania have closed a News new president by October 2, speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi mountainous area of central Tunisia near the Algerian border school of Islamic theology accused of promoting extremism in brief said on Tuesday. According to the constitution, parliament has used as a hideout by Islamist militants, the defence ministry and having links with the Muslim Brotherhood, a security of- 30 days from its first session, which was held on September announced Tuesday. “Two citizens in a truck were killed” in ficial told AFP on Tuesday. The measure comes on the heels 3, to elect a president. “October 2 was set as the deadline for Monday’s explosion on Mount Chaambi, ministry spokesman of a warning against politicised Islam issued by President the election of the president,” al-Halbousi said. (DPA) Mohamed Zekri told AFP, without identifying the victims. (AFP) Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. (AFP) 50,000 Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon this year: Official

REUTERS BEIRUT The Syrian conflict that erupted in 2011 has gen- FIFTY thousand Syrians have erated 5.6 million refu- returned home from Lebanon gees in the Middle East. so far in 2018 and the number could reach 200,000 in a year’s time if it continues at equivalent to a quarter of its this rate, a top Lebanese of- population. ficial said on Tuesday. Ibrahim is coordinating Major General Abbas Ib- with Damascus over the re- rahim, head of Lebanon’s turn of thousands of Syrians General Security directorate, who want to go home. told Reuters his security Their names are first sent agency had organised the re- to Damascus for approval. Ib- turn of 25,000 Syrians in co- rahim said on average 10 per- ordination with Damascus. cent of them are rejected by Another 25,000 had made Damascus. Anyone wanted by their own way home. the Syrian authorities is told Lebanon is hosting so they can decide whether 976,000 registered Syrian to stay or go home to “settle refugees, according to the UN their affairs”. High Commission for Refu- The Syrian conflict that gees (UNHCR). The govern- erupted in 2011 has generated ment says the total number 5.6 million refugees in the of Syrians in the country is Middle East. around 1.5 million. UN High Commissioner Lebanese politicians have for Refugees Filippo Grandi Syrians arrive at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on Tuesday, as they cross from rebel-held areas to regime-held areas. (AFP) been calling for Syrian refu- said during a visit to Beirut gees to go home as President last month that refugees were Bashar al-Assad wins back concerned about issues in- more of the country, saying cluding the lack of infrastruc- Lebanon cannot cope with ture and fear of retribution Turkey beefs up military hosting a number of refugees and military conscription. Netanyahu vows to continue positions in Syria’s Idlib anti-Iran operations in Syria (HTS), a jihadist alliance led he said. REUTERS to-air missile system to Syria in Hundreds of Islamic State members transferred by regime by Syria’s former Al-Qaeda af- They arrived in the eastern JERUSALEM two weeks despite strong Israeli filiate, controls more than half countryside of Idlib at dawn objections, a week after Mos- to the northwestern region from eastern Syria: Monitor of the rebel zone, while NLF on Monday, near areas where PRIME Minister Benjamin cow accused Israel of indirectly fighters hold sway over most other jihadist groups are Netanyahu said on Tuesday causing the downing of a Rus- AFP rebels’ top sponsor, agreed last rised zone around Idlib. of the rest. present, he said. Israel would continue its mili- sian military jet in Syria. SARAQIB, SYRIA week in Sochi on a plan meant Turkey already has 12 mili- The Syrian Observatory Abdel Rahman said the tary operations in Syria, after Russia, which fights in Syr- to avert a largescale regime of- tary “observation points” dot- for Human Rights monitor- transfer came after days of Russia announced it would ia to support the government TURKEY beefed up its mili- fensive on Idlib. ted across the province and on ing group reported that the negotiations and as the Syr- supply an advanced anti-air- against rebels and militants, has tary positions in Syria’s rebel The country’s last major Tuesday an AFP correspond- government had transferred ian army with allied Iranian craft system to its Syrian ally. said Syrian anti-aircraft batter- bastion of Idlib on Tuesday rebel stronghold is home to ent saw a convoy of reinforce- hundreds of rival IS jihadists forces threatened an operation “We will continue to act ies shot its IL-20 surveillance as the clock ticked down on a around three million people ments after they crossed the to the area. against IS. to prevent Iranian military plane down by mistake shortly mid-October deadline to re- and the United Nations had border into Idlib. On Monday, the head of “An agreement was entrenchment in Syria and after Israeli jets hit a nearby tar- move jihadists from the area. warned an assault could have Around 35 military vehi- the Britain-based Observato- reached with IS fighters in one we will continue the military get. Moscow accused Israel of Further complicating sparked a humanitarian disas- cles travelled south down the ry, Rami Abdel Rahman, said of their pockets in the desert coordination between the IDF creating dangerous conditions Turkey’s task, a war monitor ter on a scale yet unseen in the main highway near the town they were brought from an south of Albu Kamal to evacu- (Israel Defence Forces) and that caused the incident. said hundreds of members of seven-year conflict. of Saraqib after midnight. area where IS still holds a few ate them,” he said. the Russian army,” Netan- Israel, which has carried the Islamic State group were The deal reached in the The convoy was accompa- pockets near the Iraqi border Observers have already yahu told reporters before out air strikes in Syria many transferred by the regime to Russian resort puts the onus nied by pro-Ankara rebels of in Deir Az Zor province. warned that Turkey’s task was boarding a flight to New York, times during the civil war, said the northwestern region from on Turkey, which is now ex- the National Liberation Front “Regime forces transport- almost impossible and the where he will address the UN after the incident it would work eastern Syria. pected to get jihadists to hand (NLF), who control part of the ed more than 400 IS fighters presence of IS, over which it General Assembly. to improve “deconfliction” of Russia, the government’s over their heavy weapons and enclave on the Turkish border. late Sunday from the desert has very limited sway, will fur- Russia said on Monday it its missions with Russian forc- main ally, and Turkey, the vacate a U-shaped demilita- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near the town of Albu Kamal,” ther muddy the waters. would supply an S-300 surface- es, but would not halt them.

Macron says trampling Kuwait Airways Erdogan rails against use of sanctions as ‘weapons’ on Palestinians won’t resolve M-E conflict cannot be forced REUTERS 21 months. If found guilty, tariffs on US cars, alcohol and solving our problems through UNITED NATIONS he could be jailed for up to 35 tobacco imports. conducting a constructive UNITED NATIONS Trampling on the to carry Israeli years. He denies the charges. The lira has lost nearly 40 dialogue on equal terms,” Er- Palestinians and pushing unilat- TURKISH President Tayyip Turkey says the United percent of its value against dogan said. eral initiatives will not resolve the flyer, rules Erdogan said on Tuesday that States should respect the legal the dollar this year on con- However, the Turkish Lira Israeli-Palestinian conflict, French his country could not remain process for the pastor, whose cerns about Erdogan’s grip firmed slightly on Tuesday President Emmanuel Macron said German court silent over the use of sanc- trial in Turkey on terrorism on monetary policy and the as investors weighed up the on Tuesday, taking a swipe at his tions as weapons while it is charges has infuriated US diplomatic dispute between prospect of an improvement US counterpart Donald Trump’s REUTERS in a bitter standoff with the President Donald Trump. Ankara and Washington. in Turkey-US ties after US policy on the issue. BERLIN United States over the fate “None of us can remain The Trump administra- Secretary of State Mike Pom- “What can resolve the crisis of an American evangelical silent to the arbitrary cancel- tion has also imposed sanc- peo said he expected talks this between Israel and Palestine? A GERMAN court ruled on Christian pastor detained by lation of commercial agree- President of Turkey Recep Tayyip tions on two top officials in week over Brunson’s fate. Not unilateral initiatives, nor Tuesday that Kuwait Airways Ankara. ments and the use of eco- Erdogan Erdogan’s cabinet as part of Erdogan’s communica- trampling on the legitimate rights could not be forced to carry The United States has nomic sanctions as weapons,” its efforts to pressure Turkey tion adviser Fahrettin Altun of the Palestinian people to an Israeli passenger who had called for the release of pas- Erdogan said in a speech to thorised a doubling of duties into freeing Brunson. posted on Twitter a picture legitimate peace. “There is no bought a ticket from Germa- tor Andrew Brunson, who the United Nations General on alum;inium and steel im- “Today, some countries of Erdogan and Trump shak- credible alternative to the two- ny to Thailand, upholding a was moved to house arrest in Assembly. ported from Turkey. Turkey are persistently trying to cre- ing hands and smiling at the state solution.” (REUTERS) lower court decision that had July after being detained for In August, Trump au- responded in kind, raising ate chaos. We are in favour of United Nations. angered German officials and Jewish groups. The higher court in Frank- furt said a Kuwaiti ban on Is- raeli citizens was “unacceptable Hamas denies collapse of and irrelevant” in Germany. But Tunisia reforms face fresh strain after it was impossible in practice for Egypt-brokered Israel talks the airline to carry the man, be- cause Kuwaiti law would have president ends alliance with Islamists AFP ing of the Jewish state’s block- prevented him from changing GAZA CITY ade of the Gaza Strip. planes in Kuwait. REUTERS Nizar Makni, a journalist and UN officials have also been “As Israelis in practice are TUNIS analyst said. A SENIOR Hamas official de- involved in the indirect discus- not allowed to enter the transit “Reforms need broad con- nied on Tuesday that Egyp- sions between Gaza’s Islamist areas of Kuwait’s airport, the EFFORTS to rescue Tunisia’s sensus and the lack of compro- tian-brokered talks on recon- ruler Hamas and Israel, which plaintiff cannot demand trans- ailing economy face the pros- mise may lead to mass protests ciliation with the Palestinian have fought three wars since portation by the Kuwaiti airline pect of fresh turmoil after the in the streets, especially that Authority and a lasting truce 2008. from Frankfurt to Bangkok president declared his alliance powerful unions rejected all with Israel have collapsed, but Abu Zuhri accused Fatah with a stopover in Kuwait.” with moderate Islamists at an proposed reforms”, he added. admitted progress was slow. of obstructing the talks, while The plaintiff in the case, end, deepening divisions in a Although struggling with “The efforts of our Egyp- Fatah has accused Hamas of an Israeli man who was de- fragile coalition managing the high unemployment and in- tian brothers continue on the being intransigent. nied boarding on a flight from country’s transition from au- flation, the coalition of mod- file of Palestinian reconcilia- A senior Hamas leader told Frankfurt to Bangkok via Ku- tocracy. erate Islamists and secular tion and the calm with the (Is- AFP Tuesday that a delegation wait, had argued that the lower Political analysts say Mon- forces has been running what raeli) occupation,” spokesman would visit Cairo to continue court’s decision accepted a rac- day evening’s announcement has been hailed as the Arab Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. negotiations in the coming ist Kuwaiti law and allowed the by President Beji Caid Essebsi Spring’s only democratic suc- “We in Hamas are respon- days. airline to override German laws. could make it difficult for the cess, avoiding the upheaval sive to these ongoing efforts.” An Egyptian security del- Anti-Semitism remains a government to enact tough seen in Egypt, Libya or Syria. (File photo) Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (left) greets his son, Egypt has for months been egation travelled to Gaza for a sensitive issue in Germany, economic reforms sought by The Ennahda Islamist par- the Executive Director of Nidaa Tounes Party, Hafedh Caid Essebsi at seeking to broker two separate few hours on Saturday for a vis- one of Israel’s closest allies, international lenders. ty and secular Nidaa Tounes the Carthage Palace in Carthage near Tunis. (AFP) deals. it that included a meeting with more than 70 years after the “There will be no real risk agreed in 2014 on a constitu- One would bring Hamas Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. Nazi Holocaust, in which six of toppling the government in tion granting far-reaching po- But Tunisia fell into a po- of his government’s failure to and president Mahmud Abbas’ Hamas has encouraged million Jews were killed. parliament, but the problem litical rights, limiting the role litical crisis again this year revive the economy. secular Fatah party together months of violent border pro- Kuwait Airways said it is that division will deepen, of religion and holding free after Essebsi’s son, who is the His demand was support- a decade after a bloody split, tests against Israel. believed the lawsuit was a po- social tension will rise and re- elections, which stands out leader of Nidaa Tounes, called ed by the powerful UGTT un- and another would see a last- After a lull, protests have re- litically motivated campaign forms are threatened under a in a region often run by auto- for the dismissal of prime min- ion, which rejected economic ing truce between Hamas and gained strength in recent weeks against it and that it had great fragile government coalition,” crats. ister Youssef Chahed because reforms proposed by Chahed. Israel in exchange for a loosen- as talks were seen to stall. respect for Germany’s laws. Europe / Americas Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11 UN chief warns of ‘chaotic’ world order as General Assembly opens ciples are under siege." Today, world order man rights agenda is losing Syria, Yemen and elsewhere", Guterres says world leaders must confront ‘massive, Guterres did not single ground and "authoritarian- he said. "The Rohingya people existential threats to people and planet’ out a country for criticism, is increasingly ism is on the rise," he said remain exiled, traumatised but there are fears among UN chaotic. Power relations Guterres urged world and in misery, still yearning AFP the rules-based global order diplomats that the world is are less clear. Universal leaders to renew their com- for safety and justice." NEW YORK and among states was "at a being carved up into spheres mitment to a rules-based or- The two-state solution to breaking point" and interna- of influence and a return to values are being eroded. der, with the United Nations the Israeli-Palestinian con- UN Secretary-General An- tional cooperation was be- great power rivalry. Democratic principles at its centre to confront "mas- flict has become "more and tonio Guterres on Tuesday coming more difficult. Trump's administration sive, existential threats to more distant" while the nu- opened the world's largest "Today, world order is has made clear its distrust of are under siege people and planet." clear threat "has not eased". diplomatic gathering with a increasingly chaotic. Power international treaties, hav- UN Secretary-General Drawing a list of global Guterres zeroed in on stark warning of growing cha- relations are less clear," Gu- ing scrapped the Iran nuclear problems, Guterres acknowl- climate change as an urgent os and confusion as the rules- terres told the 193-nation as- deal, the Paris climate agree- Antonio Guterres edged that peace efforts were priority, warning that if no based global order comes un- sembly just minutes before ment and cut funding to the failing and that respect for concrete action is taken in der threat of breaking down. President Donald Trump was United Nations. view of the global order in "Today, with shifts in the international humanitarian the next two years to reduce Addressing the opening to take the podium. UN diplomats say the US which human rights take a balance of power, the risk of norms was unraveling. greenhouse gas emissions, session of the UN General As- "Universal values are be- stance has emboldened Rus- second seat to development confrontation may increase," "There is outrage at our the world risks facing runa- sembly, Guterres said trust in ing eroded. Democratic prin- sia and China to push their and sovereignty rights. warned Guterres. “The hu- inability to end the wars in way climate change.

White House, GOP At UN, Trump rejects globalism work to shore up Kavanaugh’s SC President praises N Korea but urges pressure on Iran saying ‘its leaders sow chaos, death & destruction’ nomination

Trump’s speech REUTERS draws laughter at WASHINGTON solemn summit THE White House and its Re- DONALD Trump, whose politi- publican congressional allies on cal ascent has been full of Tuesday delivered a message of firsts, on Tuesday achieved unwavering support for Presi- another rare feat -- bringing dent Donald Trump's Supreme laughter to the solemn UN Court pick Brett Kavanaugh af- General Assembly. ter the judge went on television Delivering his address to to fight back against allegations the annual gathering of UN of sexual misconduct that have heads of state, Trump began imperiled his nomination. in the hyperbolic style of a Senate Majority Leader domestic campaign as he Mitch McConnell reiterated boasted of his record. that the chamber will hold a "In less than two years, vote on confirming Kavanaugh my administration has to a lifetime post on the top US achieved more than any ad- court in the aftermath of a Judi- ministration in the history of ciary Committee hearing set for our country," Trump boasted. Thursday in which Kavanaugh As global dignitaries start- and a woman who has accused ed to chuckle, Trump inter- him of sexual assault will testify. rupted his prepared remarks and insisted, "So true." With the laughter audible, Trump smiled and said, "I didn't ex- Trump’s spokeswoman said pect that reaction, but that's the ‘absolutely appalling and okay." He proceeded to tout disgusting’ behaviour of low US unemployment before Democratic lawmakers who proceeding with the rest of have opposed Kavanaugh has his address. (AFP) US President Donald Trump speaks during the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. (AFP) turned the confirmation proc- ess into a huge public circus REUTERS alone views that have strained times raising his voice. "Our his economic record in less NEW YORK US relationships with tradi- Trump rejects meeting Iran’s Rouhani children are watching." than two years in office, used tional allies worldwide. NEW YORK President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would Trump aimed much of the same rhetoric before the Kavanaugh has denied the PRESIDENT Donald Trump His speech, while deliv- not meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as world leaders his remarks squarely at Iran crowd of world leaders and dip- allegations brought by Chris- used his annual address to the ered in a low-key fashion, was gathered in New York but signalled he was open to a future and its "corrupt dictatorship," lomats, telling them he had ac- tine Blasey Ford, a university United Nations on Tuesday to nonetheless a thunderous rec- meeting, despite ongoing tensions over Tehran’s nuclear deal. which the United States accus- complished more than almost professor who accused him of attack Iran's "corrupt dicta- itation of his "America First" Over the summer, Trump had said he would meet with es of harboring nuclear ambi- any previous US president. sexual assault in 1982 when torship," praise last year's bo- policies. He has disrupted the Rouhani without preconditions to negotiate a new deal, an offer tions and fomenting instabil- In May, Republican Trump she and Kavanaugh were high geyman North Korea and lay world order by withdrawing reiterated on Sunday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ity in the Middle East through withdrew the United States school students in Maryland, down a defiant message that the United States from the extended to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. its support for militant groups from the 2015 international and Deborah Ramirez, who ac- he will reject globalism and Iran nuclear deal and the Paris “Despite requests, I have no plans to meet Iranian President in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. deal to put curbs on Iran's nu- cused him of sexual misconduct protect American interests. climate accord, and threat- Hassan Rouhani. Maybe someday in the future. I am sure he is "Iran's leaders sow cha- clear programme in exchange during the 1983-84 academic "We will never surrender ened to punish NATO nations an absolutely lovely man,” Trump wrote on Twitter. (REUTERS) os, death and destruction," for easing sanctions. Foes for year at Yale University. America's sovereignty to an for not paying more for their Trump told the gathering in decades, Washington and Te- Trump's spokeswoman Sa- unelected, unaccountable, glo- common defence. the green-marbled hall. "They hran have been increasingly rah Sanders, speaking on Fox bal bureaucracy," Trump said, "Moving forward, we are interference in Syria's war or Defending multilateral- do not respect their neigh- at odds since May. The accord News, said the White House in language popular with his only going to give foreign aid its suspected meddling in US ism and collective action, bours or borders or the sover- with OPEC member Iran was would be "open to" Ramirez political base. "America is gov- to those who respect us and, elections. he warned that nationalism eign rights of nations." negotiated under Democratic also testifying before the Ju- erned by Americans. We reject frankly, are our friends. And Offering an alternative would lead to failure and if Macron, citing the example US President Barack Obama. diciary Committee. Sanders, the ideology of globalism, and we expect other countries to view when it was his turn at the countries stopped defending of Iran, which minutes earlier "Additional sanctions will however, said the "absolutely we embrace the doctrine of pa- pay their fair share for the cost podium, French President Em- basic principles, global wars Trump had called on the world resume November 5th and appalling and disgusting" be- triotism." of their defence," he said. manuel Macron told the dele- would return. to isolate, Macron said that more will follow and we are haviour of Democratic law- Trump's 35-minute ad- Besides calling out Iran, gates that the law of the surviv- "I do not accept the erosion this unilateralism push would working with countries that makers who have opposed dress was met largely by si- Trump also criticised China al of the fittest, protectionism of multilateralism and don't lead directly to conflicts. import Iranian crude oil to cut Kavanaugh has turned the con- lence from world leaders still for its trade practices but and isolationism would only accept our history unraveling," Trump, who begins his po- their purchases substantially," firmation process into a "huge not comfortable with go-it- made no mention of Russia's lead to heightened tensions. Macron told the assembly at litical rallies with boasts about Trump said. public circus."

News Labour set to vote in brief PM May: No-deal Brexit better than current EU offer against Brexit deal, REUTERS Northern Ireland adhere to open to referendum US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan NEW YORK EU open to free trade but not to ‘Chequers’ plan different customs rules. BRITAIN’S opposition Labour president’s wife, inner circle BRUSSELS EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free- Her position also effec- Party is set to vote against PRIME Minister Theresa May trade area after Brexit but say that, contrary to her “Chequers” tively rules out alternative any deal Prime Minister WASHINGTON The United States went after Venezuelan Presi- signalled on Tuesday that she plan, there must be a customs border that will make trade less Brexit proposals put forward Theresa May clinches with dent Nicolas Maduro's inner circle on Tuesday, imposing sanc- would prefer a 'no-deal' Brexit than “frictionless”, according to an internal EU document seen by by rebel eurosceptic members the European Union and is tions on his wife, vice president and other close associates. to the offer currently put for- Reuters on Tuesday. of her own party, which are open to a second referendum President Donald Trump said the penalties were aimed at ward by the European Union, The document -- three pages of “defensive points” for EU of- based on a wide-ranging free with the option of staying in the "repressive regime" in Caracas that is responsible for a stressing that Britain needs to ficials to make against the UK prime minister’s July proposal on trade agreement similar to the bloc, Brexit spokesman "human tragedy" in the once oil-rich nation. see counter-proposals from future ties with the bloc -- may offer May some comfort in show- that agreed between the EU Keir Starmer said on Tuesday. The US Treasury named Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, a the EU to move Brexit nego- ing a readiness to seal a free trade agreement (FTA) like those and Canada. Labour has listed six tests former attorney general and the president's wife, as one of the tiations forward. giving access to Japan or Canada’s goods and services. Speaking to reporters on it would apply to any deal, in- figures who has helped Maduro retain his grip on power, along May last week issued an her way to New York to at- cluding a strong future relation- with Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. angry edict to Brussels when tend the United Nations Gen- ship with the EU that delivers Trump said Maduro's socialism "has bankrupted the oil- a summit of EU leaders which May told reporters. "I think a Her spokesman said later eral Assembly, May said she the same benefits Britain has rich nation and driven its people into abject poverty." (AFP) had been billed as a chance to bad deal would be a deal that that May was specifically re- welcomed comments from as a member of the bloc’s generate momentum towards broke up the United King- ferring to the type of deal the European Council President single market and customs a deal in October or Novem- dom," May said when asked EU is currently offering on Donald Tusk that the bloc still union. “If May brings back a Bill Cosby sentenced Hundreds evacuated, ber ended in a blunt dismissal whether a no-deal Brexit was future trade, which Britain wanted to strike a deal, but deal that does not meet our to three to 10 years airport closed after of British proposals. better than one similar to the believes will split England, added that the onus was still tests, Labour will vote against for sexual assault forest fire in Italy "I've always said no deal existing Canada-EU trade Wales and Scotland from on the EU to break the dead- her deal.” (REUTERS) is better than a bad deal," deal. Northern Ireland by insisting lock on Chequers. NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania: ROME: Hundreds of people were US comedian Bill Cosby, 81, ordered out of their homes and has been sentenced to three Pisa airport was shut on Tues- to 10 years in a state prison day following a huge fire which Merkel ally loses Portugal, Spain, France, Germany agree to take in ship migrants for drugging and sexually as- swept wooded hills in Italy's senior party job saulting a woman more than a central Tuscany region. REUTERS grants seeking to reach Europe decade ago. Officials believe the blaze, BERLIN: German Chancellor PARIS/LISBON across the Mediterranean". Steven O'Neill, the judge which started late on Mon- Angela Merkel suffered an un- Malta said migrants would presiding over the trial in day, was started deliberately expected blow to her authority FRANCE, Portugal, Spain be transferred to a patrol boat Pennsylvania, also declared on Monte Mario, which lies on Tuesday when her conserva- and Germany struck a deal on in international waters and the man once called ‘Ameri- between the Tuscan art cities tives cast out long-standing Tuesday to take in migrants taken to the island, which will ca's Dad’ a "sexually violent of Pisa and Lucca. ally Volker Kauder as head of from the Mediterranean res- then send them to four other predator," meaning Cosby's Local authorities said some the parliamentary party, reflect- cue ship Aquarius sailing off European Union states. name will appear on a register 700 people were told to leave ing rising discontent with her the coast of Malta, the French It was not immediately of US sex offenders. their homes as a precaution in 13-year-old leadership. government said, after Italy clear how many migrants "No one is above the law the towns of Calci and Vicopisa- The upset, described as a refused to let the vessel dock. Spain and Germany had and no one should be treated no, while schools in the area "political thunderbolt" and "the The agreement marks the agreed to take in, though a differently because of where were all shut. There were no beginning of the end of the second such co-operation be- French government source they live, who they are, or immediate reports of injuries or Merkel era" by opposition, was tween European countries Migrants aboard the Aquarius rescue ship on Monday. (AFP) said France would take 18. because of wealth, fame, ce- of damage to properties. Some widely taken as a sign that law- since Italy's new anti-estab- The French PM’S office lebrity or even philanthropy," 600 hectares of woodland were makers want more say in shap- lishment coalition started rescued in the Mediterranean to take 10 of the 58 migrants said the Aquarius would head O'Neill said. (DPA) destroyed. (REUTERS) ing the policies of her fourth and turning away from Italian earlier this year. on board as part of a "response to Marseille once its passen- final government. (AFP) ports ships carrying migrants Portugal said it had agreed of solidarity to the flow of mi- gers had disembarked. QFC CEO heads www.facebook.com/QatarTribune start-up team www.youtube.com/QatarTribuneChannel to WEF in China www.twitter.com/Qatar_Tribune PAGE 14 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

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BOOSTING QATAR-US TRADE TIES Qatar an attractive destination for US investments: Sheikh Ahmed Minister says US, Qatar traded goods worth $24 bn in the last five years

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 332 US aircrafts, a deal that DOHA supports more than 527,000 direct and indirect jobs. QATAR, which is one of the More than 650 US compa- fastest growing economies in nies are established in Qatar, the region, is an attractive des- out of which 117 firms are fully tination for US investments, (100 percent) owned by US Minister of Economy and citizens, he added. Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Ahmed said around bin Jassim bin Mohammed al 15,000 US citizens live in Qa- Thani has said. tar, and 5,000 highly-skilled Qatar welcomes US inves- US individuals are currently tors who can benefit from the working in the country’s pri- promising investment oppor- vate sector. tunities offered by the Qatari He said Qatar achieved economy, Sheikh Ahmed said. positive growth rates last year, The minister said this while noting that Qatar’s real GDP chairing a roundtable with US grew by 1.6 percent at constant businessmen on the sidelines prices. of Qatar’s participation in the Sheikh Ahmed added 73rd session of the United Na- that numerous international tions General Assembly in New reports have indicated the York on Monday. strong performance of the Qa- Sheikh Ahmed said inter- tari economy. national trade and investment Quoting the latest report form a key part of Qatar’s fu- released by the World Bank, ture growth and diversifica- he said that Qatar’s real GDP tion, adding that the US is one growth is expected to increase of Qatar’s most valued and to 2.8 percent in 2018. Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed al Thani speaks at a business roundtable in New York on Monday. largest global partners. Qatar’s inflation rates have He said US and Qatar are also dropped to about 0.5 per- mining its position, emerging the freedom to transfer capital agreements and international Director Mohammed Barakat, bound by several agreements cent in 2017 compared to 2.7 stronger and more independ- and choose the legal entity of a conventions. and Ambassador of Qatar to and memorandums of under- percent in 2016, he said. ent than ever before. project in addition to exempt- Qatar’s private sector is US HE Sheikh Meshal bin standing, especially the TIFA Qatar’s foreign trade has He added that Qatar has ing assets and production re- also playing an important Hamad al Thani, along with Agreement, which led to the shown remarkable growth, in- successfully established di- quirements as well as exports role, Sheikh Ahmed said, not- a number of senior political, establishment of a joint coun- creasing by 16 percent. Qatar’s rect commercial routes with and imports from taxes and ing that the state is currently economic and trade figures, cil since 2004. total exports also increased by a number of strategic hubs duties, which would stream- working on a Public-Private as well as businessmen and Sheikh Ahmed said that 18 percent, contributing to a around the world, divert- Incentives line the flow of goods and serv- Partnership Law that will con- senior executives from major $24 billion worth of goods total trade surplus of 49 per- ing trade to its major trading Qatar offers investors ices to and from Qatar. tribute to supporting this sec- US companies. were traded in the last five cent, Sheikh Ahmed said. partners. numerous incentives including He added that Qatar has tor and foreign investors in the Sheikh Ahmed also partici- years, noting that 84 percent All these positive indica- The country has sought to the freedom to transfer capital established a single window Qatari economy. pated in high-level meetings of the trade balance was in fa- tors, according to the minis- take advantage of the excel- and choose the legal entity of where investors can extract all In his concluding remarks, held on the sidelines of the vour of US. ter, show that Qatar has over- lent business environment required licences, which only the minister voiced confidence 73rd session of the UN Gen- The US is also Qatar’s first come the siege by enhancing and investment opportunities a project in addition to require the approval of the in Qatar’s sustainable eco- eral Assembly in New York destination for imports, he its economic competitiveness available in Qatar to create a exempting assets and Free Zone Authority. nomic policies and its ability including the United Nations said, noting that 16 percent and cementing its position as sophisticated air fleet oper- production requirements as Sheikh Ahmed stressed to consolidate its position as a private sector forum 2018. of Qatar’s imports came from an attractive destination for ated by Qatar Airways. well as exports and imports Qatar’s firm commitment to regional business hub, stress- The ceremony was attend- US in 2017. Sheikh Ahmed US investments. He said that Qatar has from taxes and duties, which strengthening its position ing the government’s commit- ed by UN Secretary-General said that financial transactions He added that Qatar’s sought to mobilise its signed would streamline the flow of as a regional business hub, ment to investing its oil and Antonio Guterres, President from Qatar to US reached economy depends mainly on regional agreements with goods and services to and highlighting the country’s gas revenues to build a diversi- of the 73rd session of the $26.5 billion in 2017 alone, the oil and gas sector, despite Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Turkey, from Qatar success in establishing direct fied and competitive economy. UN General Assembly Maria including business profit, sala- the fact that the government’s Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan trade lines with a number of The roundtable, which Fernanda Espinosa Garces, ries, and payments. economic policies have con- and Central Asia to expand its strategic partners around the was organised by the Qatar , as well as high-level senior Qatari investments in the tributed to an increase in the trade activities by establishing tors the opportunity to own up world. Embassy in the United States, government officials and cor- US have also exceeded $45 bil- contribution of non-oil sec- a sea fleet that connects Qatar to 100 percent of investment The minister called on the the US-Qatar Business Coun- porate executives from across lion, equivalent to 23 percent tors to about 51.8 percent of with its major trading part- projects in various sectors, US business community to cil and the US Chamber of the world. of Qatar’s GDP, the minister GDP last year. ners in the world, targeting a Sheikh Ahmed said, noting benefit from Qatar’s strate- Commerce, brought together The minister also partici- pointed out. Sheikh Ahmed touched on market of 400 million popula- that the Free Zones Law allows gic geographical location, its Senior Vice President of the pated in the reception hosted Sheikh Ahmed said Qatar the measures that Qatar has tion in its first stage. 100 percent ownership across advanced infrastructure and American Chamber of Com- by South African President Airways alone provided a $92 taken to overcome the unjust The legislative framework many sectors. its investment and legislative merce for the Middle East Af- Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to billion boost to the US econ- siege imposed on the country, regulating foreign investments Qatar also offers investors environment, noting that Qa- fairs Khush Choksy, US-Qatar celebrate the centennial of late omy through the purchase of which was aimed at under- in Qatar offer foreign inves- numerous incentives including tar will continue to honour its Business Council Managing President Nelson Mandela.

QIC board gives nod to India’s exports to Qatar jump 87% to establish new LLC company $1.5 bn after siege, says ambassador

environment industry began Doha likely to host ‘Made in India’ in Doha on Monday and fea- tures more than 240 compa- exhibition next year: HE P Kumaran nies from 21 countries. It will conclude on Wednesday. RAHUL PREETH While the ambassador at- The Indian pavilion at the DOHA tributed a part of the import expo is biggest with 49 exhib- Abdulla Al Mulla, official surge to a siege-induced trade itors, the representatives of spokesperson of QIC Group WITH an exponential jump diversion from the United whom mostly participated in in Indian exports to Qatar Arab Emirates, he said there Monday’s IBPC-CII network- QATAR Insurance Company over the past one year, time was a lot of room for Indian ing event. (QIC) board of directors have is ripe for a ‘Made in India’ businesses to grow in Qatar. CII’s International De- approved the establishment of exhibition in Doha, India’s “We should be able to host partment Director for Gulf a Limited Liability Company Ambassador to Qatar HE P the Made in India Exhibition and MENA Haridas Pan- (LLC) in accordance with the Kumaran has said. sometime next year,” the en- theeradi said the Big 5 Qa- rules set out by the Qatar Fi- In the last year alone, In- voy said while addressing a tar is getting a tremendous nancial Centre (QFC), QIC of- dian exports to Qatar jumped 49-member Indian business response from consumers in ficial spokesperson Abdulla al 87 percent to $1.5 billion, the delegation at a networking Qatar and could give a signifi- Mulla announced on Tuesday. ambassador said, highlight- event in Doha on Monday. cant push to the bilateral trade The new company will ing the Indian opportunities Next year would be apt, between India and Qatar. be established with an initial for growth in the Qatari mar- he said, as 2019 is to be cel- Ever since some of Qa- capital of QR1.8 million, he ket and the role the exhibition ebrated as the India-Qatar tar’s neighbours imposed said. The new company will can play in tapping them. Year of Culture. CII’s Haridas Pantheeradi addresses Indian business delegation as Indian Ambassador to Qatar HE an unjust siege, the bilateral be named Epicure Investment “It’s a phenomenal in- KM Varghese, the presi- P Kumaran (second left), IBPC President KM Varghese (left) and others look on, at an event in Doha trade between India and Qa- Management or any other crease. We don’t see this kind dent of the Doha-based Indi- on Monday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) tar has been on the rise. Indi- name that is approved by the of growth in one year. Basi- an Business and Profession- an imports from Qatar a year Qatar Financial Markets Au- cally, it shows the kind of op- als Council (IBPC), which Industries (CII), said up to pavilion at the ongoing The a diverse range of sectors,” grew to around $10.5 billion, thority (QFMA). The new com- portunities available for In- organised the networking 400 companies are expected Big 5 Qatar exhibition, but Varghese added. of which natural gas and oth- pany will carry out investment dian businessmen in Qatar,” event in collaboration with to participate in the expo. at a much bigger scale and The Qatar edition of the er crude oil products account business consultation, Mulla Kumaran said. the Confederation of Indian “It will be like the Indian comprising companies from Big 5 exhibition for the built- for nearly $9 billion. said. (TNN) Economy & Business Wednesday, September 26, 2018 13 Qatar all set to launch new FDI law this year: MEC official

MEC-TBY roundtable sheds light on Qatar’s latest plans to make the country more attractive to international investors

From left: Qatar Tribune Editor-in-Chief Dr Hassan Mohammed al Ansari, Rumailah Group Group CEO and Qatar Britain Business Forum (QBBF) Chairman Emad Turkman, MEC Business Development and Investment Promotion Director Abdulbasit Talib al Ajji, Seib Insurance Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO Elias R Chedid, KPMG Country Senior Partner Ahmed Abu Sharkh, QFC Authority Chief Project Officer Kamal Naji and The Business Year CEO Ayse Valentin at the roundtable discussion in Doha on Tuesday. (PHOTOS: HANSON K JOSEPH)

SATYENDRA PATHAK Qatar used to be in 2000 and what DOHA it is today. A sea change has taken New FDI law aims to position place in infrastructure related to QATAR is all set to introduce a health, education, recreation and new foreign direct investment tourism over the years in the coun- (FDI) law allowing 100 percent try. The standard of living is very foreign investment in all sectors Qatar as re-export hub, says Ajji high here. All these developments by the end of this year, a senior of- are playing a vital role in attracting ficial of the Ministry of Economy investors to the country.” and Commerce (MEC) said on SATYENDRA PATHAK world to highlight the benefits of investing under boost foreign investments in the country. Seib Insurance Chief Operat- Tuesday. DOHA the new FDI law in Qatar. He also highlighted the quality of the infra- ing Officer & Deputy CEO Elias R Participating in a roundtable In fact, he said, the ministry has already done structure and logistics in the country to support Chedid said the increased impor- discussion on ‘Qatar’s Business Cli- THE new FDI law will be instrumental in posi- road shows in the US and Germany. any investment journey in Qatar. tance to the non-oil sectors in the mate and the New FDI Law’, MEC tioning Qatar as the hub of re-export in the re- “We are telling investors to take advantage of “Hamad International Airport, Hamad Port economy has made Qatar an ideal Business Development and Invest- gion, MEC Business Development and Invest- the new law by investing especially in sectors like and the Free Zones is also playing vital role in destination for private firms to set ment Promotion Director Abdulba- ment Promotion Director Abdulbasit Talib al Ajji manufacturing, information technology, health promoting investments and positioning Qatar as up shops. sit Talib al Ajji said the new FDI law has said. and education,” he said. a key regional trade hub,” he said. “We have grown as a vital play- will exempt invested foreign capital Talking to Qatar Tribune on the sidelines of “We have already started receiving very good “Other government initiatives such as the er in the country’s insurance sector from income tax for up to ten years the roundtable discussion, Ajji said that Qatar’s response from investors from a number of coun- visa-on-arrival scheme for 88 nationalities are over the years. The insurance mar- for specific investment projects as strategic geographical location makes it an ideal tries like India,India, TurkeyTurkey and already having an impact on the dynamism of ket is quite vibrant here. While the well as abolishing taxes and cus- place to reach out to 400 million consumers in China,”China,” hehe said.said. ththee country’s economy,” hhee saisaid.d. existing law itself is very supportive toms duties on imported equip- neighbouring countries. QQataratar has witwit-- HHighlightingighlighting Qatar’sQatar’s economic growtgrowthh rates to investors, I am sure the upcom- ment and raw materials. “We want foreign investors to set up manu- nessed an impres-impres- aandnd efforts to enhance coordination and coocoop-p- ing FDI law will give further boost “The draft law that aims to at- facturing units in Qatar. It is not only about sivesive jjumpump iinn FDI eration among government agencies in a bbidid to to insurance sector. We are now tract non-Qatari capital to the Qatar, they can re-export their products to in the lastlast one proviprovidede an attractive investment environment planning to list our company on country and promote economic de- neighboring countries with huge number of con- year, the of-off- ttoo investoinvestors,rs, hhee said the ministryministry has established the Qatar Stock Exchange,” Chedid velopment is ready and is expected sumers,” he said. ficialficial said aann investor services centre that brinbringsgs totogethergether said. to be launched anytime soon,” he Foreign investors can take advantage of free addingadding thethe a qualiqualifiedfied national cadre to support investors The ongoing ambitious in- said. zones that are well-equipped to address all the newnew FDI and pprocessrocess investmentinvestment-- vestment and infrastructure pro- Moderated by Qatar Tribune requirements of manufacturers, he said. lawlaw will related pproceduresrocedures gramme in the run up to the 2022 Editor-in-Chief Dr Hassan Mo- Qatar has an understanding with a number furtherfurther in a pprofession-rofession- FIFA World Cup is acting as a cata- hammed al Ansari, the roundtable of regional countries like Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, al mannmanner.er. lyst for the diversified growth of shed light on the government’s lat- Oman, Pakistan, Turkey and others where prod- the country, KPMG Country Senior est plans to make the country even ucts manufactured in Qatar can be sold. Partner Ahmed Abu Sharkh said. more attractive for international “All these countries have a huge consumer The Business Year is currently investors. base. Investors can tap these markets by estab- working on its fifth annual publica- Organised jointly by the Min- lishing manufacturing units in Qatar,” he said. tion on Qatar. Featuring over 150 istry of Economy and Commerce Ajji said that companies owned by foreigners face-to-face interviews with top and The Business Year (TBY), the in Qatar will be given same preferences and fa- business and governmental lead- roundtable discussion was also cilities as the companies owned by Qatari nation- ers, The Business Year Qatar 2019 participated by QFC Authority als are given. will be among the most compre- Chief Project Officer Kamal Naji, “Foreign investors can operate with or with- hensive annual economic publica- Seib Insurance Chief Operating Of- out partnering Qatari nationals. Even if they tions available internationally and ficer & Deputy CEO Elias R Chedid, operate in partnership with Qatari nationals, reach a highly influential global KPMG Country Senior Partner they will have the freedom of owing the majority audience through a full spectrum of Ahmed Abu Sharkh and Rumailah share in the company,” he said. Abdulbasit Talib al Ajji interactive media platforms. Group Group CEO and Qatar Brit- The MEC official said that a number of road To be published in January ain Business Forum (QBBF) Chair- shows will be organised in different parts of the 2019, all the content will be also man Emad Turkman. available on three high-profile re- The panellists elaborated on the search platforms like Bloomberg incentives for investors under the The Business Year CEO Ayse as local companies to find out just Vision 2030. Thanks to QFC’s to Qatar’s business climate and the Terminal, Thomson Reuters Eikon, new FDI law, business confidence Valentin, who opened the event, why this is such a great place to in- unique ecosystem, we will continue new FDI law.” and Dow Jones Factiva. in the context of a new regional said, “Despite an economic block- vest in.” to provide an attractive platform Highlighting the emergence of Qatar’s roundtable is part of trade scheme, opportunities in the ade, Qatar is thriving and continu- Projecting Qatar as an ideal in- for firms to grow, while stimulat- Qatar as one of the prime cosmopol- TBY’s Global Roundtable Series, industrial production sector, the ing to attract investment with FDI vestment destination, QFC Author- ing market growth. As such, we are itan cities in the region, Rumailah which serves as a dynamic plat- 2022 FIFA World Cup and drivers up 27 percent year-on-year in 2017. ity Chief Project Officer Kamal Naji pleased to be part of this year’s edi- Group Group CEO and Qatar Brit- form for decision makers to share for growth in the aftermath, and This shows trust. It shows interest. said, “The QFC continues to focus tion of The Business Year roundta- ain Business Forum (QBBF) Chair- their views and thoughts on a the road to Qatar National Vision And The Business Year is here to on attracting foreign direct invest- ble as it provides a vital platform man Emad Turkman said, “There is country’s economy and the latest 2030. talk to the foreign investors as well ment in line with Qatar National to discuss important topics related a world of difference between what developments. 14 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Economy & Business Boost for construction sector QFC CEO heads start-up team to WEF in China The AMNC is the foremost global summit on innovation, science &tech

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK landscape in Doha. In August DOHA 2018, Qatar ranked first in the Arab World in the Global En- QATAR Financial Centre (QFC) trepreneurship Index, a key Authority Chief Executive indicator of innovation, growth Officer Yousuf Mohamed al and a healthy entrepreneurial Jaida led a delegation of Qa- ecosystem.” tari start-ups during the World Jaida added, “The QFC has Economic Forum’s 12th Annual made great strides in creating Meeting of the New Champions programmes and initiatives (AMNC), a press release said on aimed at developing the local Tuesday. workforce with the necessary Held from September 18 to skills and experience to further 20 in Tianjin, China, the AMNC contribute to and support in is the foremost global summit the transition towards a knowl- on innovation, science and tech- edge-based, self-sufficient, and nology, and promoting entre- robust economy. One example preneurship in the global public of this is the establishment of interest. Established in 2007, the Qatar Financial and Busi- the meeting convenes the next ness Academy (QFBA), an en- generation of fast-growing en- terprises shaping the future of business and society, and lead- ers from major multinationals, government, media, academia The exhibition showcasing the latest technologies of construction and innovation in Qatar has evoked huge response from the industry experts. and civil society. The entrepreneurs that took part include Mohammed al Saad from Akly, a new food delivery app aimed at provid- Big 5 Qatar expo focuses ing healthy menu options tai- lored to users, Khalid al Ali from Senseta, a world-leading data analytics and intelligence firm and Majed Lababidi from QFC CEO ousuf Mohamed al Droobi Health, a mobile app Jaida on sustainable cities that helps diabetes patients im- prove their health, as well as of- fering healthcare providers real- The QFC has made great time collaboration and decision strides in creating pro- Talks on sustainable cities have brought crowds to the Doha Exhibition & Convention Centre making tools. grammes and initiatives Jaida said, “I am delighted TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Hossam Samir Ibrahim, to have led the delegation of Qa- aimed at developing the DOHA Senior Urban and Regional tar’s entrepreneurs in the 12th local workforce with the Ashghal exhibits vital infrastructure Planning Expert for the Min- Annual Meeting of the New necessary skills MORE than just an exhibition, istry of Municipality and En- Champions. Qatar and the QFC The Big 5 Qatar is offering vironment added, “Evolving is committed to developing a the unique chance for indus- projects at Big 5 Qatar exhibition urban ways of life through the self-sufficient, robust economy, tity fully committed to devel- try professionals to enhance use of innovative technolo- which is aligned with the Qatar oping the business and finance their skills through free CPD TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Amal al Mulla from the tar Vision 2030 utilising latest gies is at the centre of sustain- National Vision 2030.” skillset of Qatar’s youth.” (Continuing Professional De- DOHA Technical Office of Ashghal technology in Project Man- able cities. The process starts He said, “A central aspect The QFC is an onshore ju- velopment) certified courses, a gave a presentation about agement, recycling, and BIM by defining goals around the of this self-sufficiency is entre- risdiction, allowing companies press release said on Tuesday. THE Public Works Authority Ashghal initiative “Construc- (Building Information Mod- quality of life and growth in a preneurship, and we are mak- to operate in and from Qatar These courses are held by ‘Ashghal’ is participating as a tion Excellence” which she eling). Technology, digital and green city, focusing on health, ing great progress towards de- within the QFC legal and tax leading professionals, shed- strategic project management considered as the Public BIM all have important con- mobility, energy, smart citi- veloping the entrepreneurial environment. ding light on the most current partner in the first edition of Works Authority’s legacy, of tributions to make, to improve zens and smart learning.” trends in construction. “Big 5 Qatar”, an International creating a better industry that productivity and also disrupt The Big 5 Qatar hosts a to- Talks on sustainable cities Building & Construction Show is working more collabora- the current delivery model tal of 40 free-to-attend work- have brought crowds to the being held in Doha from 24 to tively to improve construction through innovation to deliver shops, running until Wednes- Doha Exhibition & Conven- 26 September, a press release and project delivery by dem- superior performance.” day and covering a wide range Vodafone discusses tech tion Centre (DECC), eager to said on Tuesday. onstrating and sharing best Ashghal exhibited its vital of topics. Beyond Sustainabil- learn more about Qatar’s mas- The exhibition showcas- practices and innovation. programmes including imple- ity, visitors can listen to experts with 2022 WC committee ter urban plans and the smart ing the latest technologies of She added that learning, menting some of the mega in- in the field of Project Finance technologies used to develop construction and innovation teamwork and sharing best frastructure projects abroad, and Project Management, Ar- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK General, Tournament Affairs, them. in Qatar is organised under practices between different bringing Qatar to the list of chitecture and Building De- DOHA at the Supreme Committee of Roberto Molinos, Profes- the patronage of the Prime sectors will ensure continuous developed countries. sign, and the Women in Con- Delivery and Legacy. sor at Instituto De Empresa Minister and Minister of Inte- improvements and a better The Public Works Author- struction Series. SENIOR leaders from Voda- The team was given an in Spain, said, “Technology in rior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin built environment. ity considers the Big 5 Qatar On Wednesday, at Women fone Qatar including Sheikh overview of the tournament’s buildings is crucial to enable Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani. Mulla also said, “Adopt- exhibition as a platform for in Construction Seminar series, Hamad Abdulla Jassim al key features, including its the sustainable management As a strategic partner of ing lean methods in construc- thousands of stakeholders Omeima Ismaiel, Founder of Thani, Chief Executive Offic- compact nature, along with of a city. Great opportuni- the Big 5 Qatar exhibition, tion, health and safety, con- to invest in the construction The Architects Hub, will share er, Diego Camberos, Chief Op- other interactive exhibits ties arise by adopting these Ashghal presented the latest struction waste recycling are sector and to explore future her positive outlook on the con- erating Officer, and Khames highlighting the passion for technologies in the construc- technologies used in the con- examples of the commitment opportunities in Qatar’s infra- struction industry in Qatar. al Naimi, Chief Human Re- football in Qatar and the re- tion industry, and we see that struction sector. already made to meet the Qa- structure development. “As an architect and source Officer, visited the Su- gion and the tournament’s Qatar is extremely keen in do- through some of the projects preme Committee for Legacy impressive legacy plans. ing so.” the Qatar 2030 Vision utilis- through innovation to deliver Metro, Youssef A Wazni, Sen- on which I have worked, I am and Delivery’s (SC) Legacy The visit is the latest in Amal Yousuf al Mulla, ing latest technology in Project superior performance.” ior Sales Manager at Thys- always inspired by the willing- Pavilion, located in Al Bidda an ongoing programme or- Quality And Sustainability Management, recycling, and With experience across senkrupp Elevator Qatar said, ness to embrace novel experi- Tower, a press release said on ganised by the SC to build Engineer Technical Office at BIM (Building Information many leading projects in the “In Qatar, clients are early ences and innovative technolo- Tuesday. excitement ahead of the 2022 Ashghal, said, “Adopting Modeling). Tech, digital and country, including Hamad adopters of innovative tech- gies,” said Ismaiel They were taken on a tour FIFA World Cup by engag- Lean methods in construction, BIM all have important con- International Airport, Tor- nologies, always looking for She said, “With such an of the Legacy Pavilion – an in- ing Qatar’s biggest and most health and safety, waste recy- tributions to make, to improve nado Tower, Sidra Medical increasingly efficient and sus- open mind set, Qatar is surely teractive sporting and World important organisations and cling are examples of the com- productivity and also disrupt Research Center, Lusail Car tainable solutions to apply to a good place for trade fairs and Cup museum – by Nasser a highlighting potential oppor- mitment already made to meet the current delivery model Parks, Doha Oasis and Doha their projects.” business networking.” al Khater, Assistant Secretary tunities for partnership. Bosch home appliances opens new oultet in Lagoona Mall TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

FIFTY One East, Qatar’s fa- vourite department store, has added another feather to its cap with the launch of Eu- rope’s number one home ap- pliances brand Bosch’s new store. Customers can browse the dedicated Bosch store in Lagoona Mall to explore the full range of German Engi- neered home appliances. The opening celebration of the store was attended by HE Hans-Udo Muzel, Ambas- sador of Germany to Qatar, Chairman and Managing Di- rector of Fifty One East Bader Abdullah al Darwish, Vice Chairman of Darwish Holding, Saoud Abdullah al Darwish, Chairman and Managing Director of Fifty One East Bader Abdullah al Darwish (second right) opens Bosch Home Appliances is the largest home appliances manufacturer in Europe. Norbert Klein - BSH T-MEA- Bosch store at Lagoona Mall in Doha. CIS Region Head and Tomas Alonso, BSH Home Applianc- a legacy of excellence that we received back in March of this of our partnership with one of they are looking for in our La- washers, dryers, refrigerators, demand of the people of Qatar es FZE CEO and VIP clients. have nurtured over the years in year acknowledging Fifty One Qatar’s leading distributors″. goona Mall store.” and freezers to small appli- on reliable and trustworthy Speaking at the launch Qatar with our partner Bosch.” East’s outstanding perform- Alonso said, “We have Bosch Home Appliances ances like vacuum cleaners, home appliances. The new event, Darwish said, “We are He said, “I would like to ance. Moving forward, our confidence that Bosch appli- is the largest home appliances coffee machines, electric kettles store in Lagoona Mall reiter- proud to open the new Bosch take this opportunity to thank focus will remain on deliver- ances deliver the highest qual- manufacturer in Europe. Bosch and irons. This makes Bosch ates the strong collaboration store in Lagoona Mall. Fifty once again Karsten Ottenberg, ing high-quality products that ity and energy efficiency to product portfolio spans the en- the only full-range provider of between the two entities and One East has been providing BSH Hausgeräte GmbH’s match our ethos to provide the discerning customers who are tire spectrum of modern house- home appliances. provides shoppers with easy unparalleled service to its loyal Chairman of the Board of best to our customers.” looking for quality of design hold appliances that includes In 2014, Bosch opened its access to the wide range of clientele for almost 70 years, Management and Chief Ex- The launch of our new and product integrity, and that everything from stoves, ovens, dedicated store on Salwa Road products that meet their daily and we continue to strengthen ecutive Officer for the award store builds upon the success our customers will find what extractor hoods, dishwashers, in Doha to meet the increasing needs. www.guide.com.qa  Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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RAHUL PREETH tional Organisation of Securi- professional speakers from the regulator’s efforts to dis- DOHA ties Commissions (IOSCO). Washington, London, Paris, seminate a corporate gov- QFMA is organising the Oslo, Muscat and Doha. The ernance culture among the INTERNATIONAL market conference in collaboration heads of financial market stakeholders in Doha. regulators and advocates of with the non-profit organisa- regulators from Morocco, Al- It will also emphasise on corporate ethics will converge tion, Hawkamah Centre. geria and Oman will also join exchanging views and experi- in Doha next month as the Qa- While the first edition them. ences on the implementation tar Financial Markets Author- highlighted the progress made They will discuss a of the new corporate govern- ity (QFMA) is bringing back by the world — especially the number of topics related to ance law. the Corporate Governance United States, Europe and the corporate governance prac- Sultan pointed out that Conference for the second Middle East — in corporate tices at the local and inter- the conference will include time in the city. governance laws, the second national levels and corporate workshops on the reduction The regulator of the Qa- edition will create discourse governance reporting skills. of the face value of shares or tari market will organise the on Qatar’s regulations regard- QFMA Media and Com- stock split; reporting skills, conference for three days from ing the same, which came into munication Department Di- and business ethics in the fi- October 2 and it will coincide effect on May 4 this year. rector Ahmad Salem Sultan nancial markets, as well on with the World Investor Week The conference will at- on Tuesday said the confer- combating money laundering (WIW) promoted by Interna- tract financial, economic and ence is being held as part of and terrorism financing. Qatar Financial Markets Authority officials at a press conference in Doha on Tuesday.

Roundtable sheds Qatar-India trade exchange light on Qatar’s investment climate, hits $10.5 bn in 2017: Tawar say participants The year 2019 will be celebrated as the Qatar-India Year of Culture

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK these projects. DOHA “We are looking for- ward to holding investment DURING the roundtable projects with Qatar in light discussions on the side- of the economic openness lines of Qatar’s participa- and the state-of-the-art tion in the 73rd session of business environment that the UN General Assembly, a represents a key factor in number of businessmen and terms of attracting inves- CEOs of major Qatari and tors,” he said. US companies emphasised Bythewood expressed the importance of bilateral his interest in the topics Qatar-US meetings. raised during the round- Participants said the table and said he looked meetings shed light on the forward to investment part- numerous opportunities to nerships with Qatar. bolster trade in light of the Meredith Marshall, a economic potential and re- New York property devel- sources of both countries. oper and managing part- Managing Partner of ner and founder of BPR, Polaris Advisory Group Al- said, “We visited Qatar last bert E White emphasised spring as part of the US- the importance of the topics Qatari Business Council being discussed during the delegation, which is an im- roundtable, noting his par- portant initiative that has ticular interest in the panel enabled us to access infor- on Qatar’s preparations to mation that the Ministry of host the 2022 FIFA World Economy and Commerce Cup and the opportunities has discussed during this for investment partnerships roundtable.” Qatar Chamber First Vice Chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Tawar al Kuwari and Ambassador of India to Qatar HE P Kumaran with other dignitaries at an event in Doha on Tuesday. in this field. “We are looking forward President of La Cite to establishing a company in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Rashid bin Hamad al Athba overcome the unjust siege im- ties for Qatari businessmen in for health sector, where Qatar Development Daniel Qatar to develop residential DOHA and Ambassador of India to posed by three neighbouring all sectors. can utilise this talent to set up Bythewood Junior said, facilities for families and Qatar HE P Kumaran. countries thanks to the wise Kalra noted that India is super-specialty hospital, he “I am participating in this we hope to be able to iden- THE trade exchange between Kuwari pointed out that a vision of our leadership and full of trade opportunities that added. meeting to gain a better un- tify Qatari partners in this the Qatar and India reached total of 24 fully owned Indian the strength of our national attract Qatari investors, saying Indian ambassador to Qa- derstanding of the policies field,” Marshall said, noting more than $10 billion last companies and an estimated economy. that both countries’ trade ex- tar HE P Kumaran said that adopted by Qatar to positive- his interest in roundtable year, Qatar Chamber First 6,000 Qatar-India joint ven- Qatar’s economy is open change significantly increased Indian community in Qatar is ly impact the US business discussions that touched on Vice Chairman Mohamed bin tures operate in various sec- and welcomes all world inves- and it is highly skewed in fa- the largest. community. This event has Qatar Sovereign Fund’s in- Ahmed bin Tawar al Kuwari tors of the Qatari economy tors and there are a host of in- vour of Qatar. It positively participate in contributed to the consolida- vestments. said. including infrastructure, in- vestment incentives that draw Kalra called on Qatari the development projects be- tion of this positive message “We were pleased to He said Qatar and India formation and communica- foreign investments, he added. businessmen to visit India to ing held in Qatar for develop- that was confirmed across all meet with Citibank and to enjoy strong economic rela- tion technology, energy and He said that Qatar Cham- find out cooperation opportu- ing infrastructure for the 2022 events organised by Qatar in learn about the state’s in- tionship, noting that India is other areas to the mutual ben- ber is open for establishment nities with their Indian coun- World Cup, he said. the US since last March.” vestments in real estate,” he an important trade partner to efit of both sides. Qatar-India of trade partnerships between terparts in hydrocarbon, tour- He said that Qatar has “We are very thrilled said. Qatar. cooperation covers all areas Qatari and Indian companies. ism, IT and other sectors. made great progress in labour that Qatar is keen on Senior Vice-President This came during a meet- not only economic fields. He urged the Qatari busi- We are seeing reforms and and business legislations and strengthening trade and in- of the US Chamber of Com- ing hosted by Qatar Chamber The year 2019 will be cele- nessmen to explore the invest- regulatory changes to make laws. vestment relations with the merce, Middle East and with a large Indian trade dele- brated as the Qatar-India Year ment opportunities available India an attractive place and He stressed his coun- US in areas such as real es- Turkey Affairs Khush Chok- gation headed by CEO of M/s. of Culture, he said. in India. an easier place to do business, try’s interest to boost coop- tate, health care and health sy praised Qatar’s legisla- K-flex India Triviyan K Kalra. Elaborating Qatar’s suc- He noted that India has he noted. eration between the Indian technology. tive environment and laws, The meeting was attended cess to beat the siege, he said huge potentials and there are India has an abundant private sector and its Qatari “We look forward to be- which contributed to estab- by QC’s second Vice Chairman that Qatar has successfully lots of investment opportuni- supply of technical manpower counterpart. ing Qatar’s partners in the lishing an investor-friendly US, similar to their part- business environment. nership with Boeing,” he He stressed the impor- added. tance of laws that allow up CEO of La Cite Devel- to 100 percent ownership Qatar Chamber meet opment Daniel Bythewood for foreigners, visa waiv- Senior praised Qatar’s ers as well allowing foreign commitment to pursuing companies to access the discusses obstacles policies to attract investors stable domestic market of and businessmen to join Qatar. faced by car agencies TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The meeting discussed DOHA about commercial fraud THE Qatar Automobile including counterfeit Agents Committee at the Qa- spare parts tar Chamber has held its sec- ond meeting of the year under tee, electing Sheikh Nawaf the chairmanship of Sheikh bin Nasser al Thani as Chair- Nawaf bin Nasser al Thani. man, Bader Omar al Mana The meeting was attended as Vice Chairman and nine by Qatar Chamber Chairman members. Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassem al The meeting also dis- Thani. The meeting dealt with cussed on commercial fraud the most important obstacles including counterfeit spare faced by car agencies and pro- parts, and asked the con- posed solutions to overcome cerned authorities not to al- US businessmen participate in the roundtable discussion in these obstacles. low the import of counterfeit New York on Monday. The meeting also included parts, in addition to the sub- Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassem al Thani speaks at the Qatar Automobile Agents restructuring of the commit- ject of commercial fraud. Committee meeting in Doha. UN chooses Qatar as pioneering country in statistics transformation: Minister

QNA In a speech delivered on process of updating the sta- research on new sources of of investors and businessmen The minister said that the communication with users, DOHA the opening of the second tistical system includes many data such as administrative to data. workshop focused on discuss- which aimed at building an workshop about modernisa- aspects related to modernis- records, multi-source data, He stressed the impor- ing priority actions and meas- excellent reputation for the THE United Nations Statistics tion of the statistical system ing the understanding of the production of high-quality tance of building effective ures with partners to improve statistical system as a pro- Division has chosen Qatar as a in the state, the minister said importance of data collected, data and delivery to users. partnerships with ministries accurate and reliable statistics vider of data and indicators to pioneering country in statisti- that the workshop, which is an managing the process of mod- The modernisation also and government bodies, pri- to support the monitoring of decision-makers, converting cal modernisation and trans- implementation of the recom- ernization, mutual coopera- includes the preparation of vate sector, universities and national and international data and statistics into specific formation, Assistant Under- mendations of the United Na- tion with partners and the ac- standards, guidelines and in- research centres, civil society development goals. information used for develop- secretary for Statistics Sultan tions Statistical Commission, quisition of knowledge as well novation in technology and organisations and the public to The workshop also high- ment planning, emphasising Ali Al Kuwari said on behalf seeks to identify priorities for as learning from the best inter- methods, in addition to de- achieve the required progress lighted several priority is- innovation in many statisti- of the Minister of Develop- transformation in the national national lessons in this regard. veloping new methods of data in updating a statistical sys- sues that contribute to make cal areas, data collection and ment Planning and Statistics statistical system in partner- The MDPS minister collection and accurate iden- tem and enabling it to produce a quantum leap in the official processing, statistical prod- (MDPS) HE Dr Saleh bin Mo- ship with various stakeholders. stressed that the modernisa- tification of their strategic and use the necessary data in statistical system. ucts and provision to users hammed al Nabit. He pointed out that the tion process requires constant pathways regarding the need decision-making. such as the process of and new data sources. Woods back on top, bidding to end Ryder Cup struggles as the US hope to end 25-year drought in Europe PAGE 18

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Qatar Olympic Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the FIFA Best Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Monday. Shahzad stars in epic ‘World gymnastics meet will send strong message tie against India to detractors of Qatar’s pioneering march’

Qatar has the infrastructure needed to host world class events, says Ali al Hitmi

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THE President of Qatar Gym- nastics Federation Ali al Hit- mi has said that Qatar’s host- ing of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha 2018 from October 25 to No- vember 3 is a strong message to those who want to stop the country’s pioneering march in the region. Qatar Gymnastics Federation President Ali al Hitmi. Speaking exclusively to Qatar News Agency (QNA), world gymnastics champion- be meetings with the Inter- al Hitmi said that the un- ships in Doha would be of a national Gymnastics Federa- precedented participation global configuration and also tion during the tournament, Afghanistan batsman Mohammad Shahzad celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the Asia Cup One Day International (ODI) in the tournament, which is show “our readiness if we are Al Hitmi said there are peri- cricket match against India at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Tuesday. (AFP) being organised for the first to host the Olympic Games odic meetings being held al- time in the Middle East, and in the future.” ready between officials of the AFP India Aftab Alam finished with two see more than 700 athletes On the Qatari team’s par- International Federation and DUBAI Scoreboard K. Rahul lbw b Rashid ...... 60 A. Rayudu c Zadran b Nabi ...... 57 wickets apiece. representing 83 countries, ticipation in the tournament, the Organising Committee, Afghanistan D. Karthik lbw b Nabi ...... 44 Despite crashing out with confirms the full confidence Hitmi confirmed that the but there will not be a con- STOCKILY built Mohammad Mohammad Shahzad c Karthik b Jadhav ....124 M. Dhoni lbw b Ahmadi ...... 8 two defeats Afghanistan can and support of the world in Qatar team will participate gress meeting in Doha dur- Shahzad knocked a brilliant Javed Ahmadi st Dhoni b Jadeja ...... 5 M. Pandey c Shahzad b Alam ...... 8 hold their heads high as they Qatar as sports capital be- with gymnast, Ahmad Nabil ing the World Championship Rahmat Shah b Jadeja ...... 3 K. Jadhav run out ...... 19 hundred as spirited Afghani- Hashmatullah Shahidi st Dhoni b Yadav ...... 0 R. Jadeja c Zadran b Rashid ...... 25 beat Sri Lanka and Bangldesh cause of its long-standing and Ahmed al Deyani who because it is scheduled to be stan pulled off a last over tie Asghar Afghan b Yadav ...... 0 D. Chahar b Alam ...... 12 in the first round and only lost reputation in organising will compete with the world held in Baku, Azerbaijan. against India in the Super Four Gulbadin Naib c Jadhav b Chahar ...... 15 K. Yadav run out ...... 9 to Pakistan in the final over. and hosting major sporting champions on all six men’s A delegation represent- match in Dubai on Tuesday. Mohammad Nabi c Yadav b Khalil ...... 64 S. Kaul run out ...... 0 Earlier, Shahzad knocked a events and because of the se- apparatus events. ing the directors of the tech- Najibullah Zadran lbw b Jadeja ...... 20 Khaleel Ahmed not out ...... 1 Shahzad’s 124 laid the foun- Rashid Khan not out ...... 12 Extras: (lb 5, nb 1, w 3) ...... 9 fighting hundred and Moham- curity and safety it provides. Qatari gymnast Jana El- nical committees of the In- dation of Afghanistan’s fighting Aftab Alam not out ...... 2 Total: (all out; 50 overs) ...... 252 mad Nabi scored 56-ball 64 to “The World Gymnastics kiky will compete in the floor ternational Federation will total of 252-8 in 50 overs before Extras: (b1, nb1, w5) ...... 7 Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Rayudu), 2-127 (Rahul), lift Afghanistan after they won Championships will be the exercises and pommel in ap- be present in Doha on Octo- bowling out India in 49.5 overs Total: (eight wkts; 50 overs) ...... 252 3-142 ( Dhoni), 4-166 (Pandey), 5-204 (Jadhav), the toss. first stop that will keep the paratus for women. ber 15 and 16 to make sure of 6-205 (Karthik), 7-226 (Chahar), 8-242 (Yadav), for the same total at Dubai sta- Did not bat: Mujeeb Ur Rahman 9-245 (Kaul) The 31-year-old Shazad world’s eyes on us before re- He said that Qatar gym- the full readiness before the dium. Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Ahmadi), 2-81 (Shah), 3-82 Bowling: Alam 10-0-53-2 (1nb), Mujeeb 10-1-43- smashed seven sixes and 11 turning again when Doha will nasts will certainly gain start of the tournament on Needing seven to win off (Shahidi), 4-82 (Asghar), 5-132 (Naib), 6-180 0 (1w), Naib 4-0-41-0, Nabi 10-0-40-2 (1w), fours in his 116-ball 124 – his host the 2019 IAAF World in experience through the October 25, he informed. the final Rashid Khan over, (Shahzad), 7-226 (Zadran), 8-244 (Nabi) Rashid 10-0-41-2 (1w), Ahmadi 4-0-19-1, Shah fifth one-day century but first Championships, the 2022 world championships. Ali al Hitmi thanked the Bowling: Khalil 10-1-45-1 (1w), Chahar 4-0-37-1 2-0-10-0 Ravindra Jadeja hit a bound- (2w), Kaul 9-0-58-0 (1w), Jadeja 10-1-46-3 (1w), Result: Match tied against a top nation. World Cup and the 2023 Al Hitmi added that the sports officials in the coun- ary off the second ball before Yadav 10-0-38-2, Jadhav 7-0-27-1 Toss: Afghanistan So dominant was Shah- World Swimming Cham- Qatari participation will not try and HE Sheikh Joaan bin taking a single off the next. Last zad that fellow opener Javed pionships,” said Al Hitmi, be limited to athletes only, Hamad al Thani, the Presi- man Khaleel Ahmed then took Ahmadi was only five in a also the Executive Director as there will also be Qatari dent of the Qatar Olympic a single but Jadeja holed out The winner of Wednesday’s Rahul hit five boundaries stand of 65, before India and Tournament Manager of participation as referees in Committee and Chairman of off the fifth to give Afghanistan match between Pakistan and and a six in his 66-ball knock struck four times within the the 2018 Gymnastics World the tournament being repre- the Organising Committee of a morale-boosting tie with the Bangladesh will meet India in while Rayudu's 49-ball innings space of 17 runs. Championships. sented by Mahmoud al Saad the championship. defending champions. the final in Dubai. had four sixes and as many Left-arm spinners Jadeja He explained that the and Abeer al Buainain. He also thanked the of- India rested five top play- India were helped to 110 boundaries. (3-46) and Kuldeep Yadav (2- sports world puts its full con- Al Hitmi said the prepa- ficials of the Ministry of ers – skipper Rohit Sharma, by openers Lokendra Rahul Dinesh Karthik made 44 38) derailed the innings but fidence in Qatar because “we rations are under way at the Culture and Sports for their Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra (60) and Ambati Rayudu (57) and Jadeja scored 25 to bring Shahzad held one end, adding have the infrastructure need- venue and that the equip- efforts with the Organising Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah and and at 166-3 they looked on India closer but India could not 50 for the fifth wicket with Gul- ed at the highest level, stadi- ment will be installed by a Committee and everyone Bhuvneshwar Kumar – as they course for an easy win but Af- cross the finish line. badin Naib who made 15 and ums and modern facilities.” Chinese at the Aspire Dome. concerned with the success had already qualified for Fri- ghanistan pulled back through Spinners Rashid and Mo- another 48 for the sixth with He added that the infra- In response to a ques- of the World Championship day’s final. key wickets. hammad Nabi, and paceman Mohammad Nabi. structure being provided for tion on whether there will in Qatar. 18 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Sports

News in brief Croatia hails Modric, Ronaldo turns to Juventus challenge after FIFA best player snub MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo slams Ronaldo no-show turns his focus back to Ju- ventus's quest for a treble this season on Wednesday after losing out in the FIFA's He won the adidas Golden Ball at Russia 2018, also lifted the UEFA Champions League with Madrid best player of the year award. Five-time Ballon d'Or DPA winner Ronaldo skipped the BELGRADE awards ceremony in London on Monday as his former CROATIAN newspapers and Real Madrid teammate Luka websites Tuesday hailed the Modric beat him for the crowning of Luka Modric as award. the world's best footballer, The 33-year-old Portu- but lambasted Cristiano Ron- guese star also lost out to Liverpool's Mohamed Salah for the aldo for missing the ceremo- Puskas Award for the best goal. ny. He had been nominated for his superb overhead bicycle Modric was named top kick for Real Madrid against Juventus in last season's Cham- men's player at the 2018 FIFA pions League quarter-final, which even drew a standing ovation Best Awards in London on from Juventus supporters in Turin. Monday, the first time since Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri had backed Ronaldo -- 2007 that a player other than who has scored three goals in his last two league games -- for Ronaldo or Lionel Messi had the award, as he led the way in the Champions League with 15 picked up FIFA's top acco- goals to help Real to a third straight title. "With no offence to lade. Luka Modric, I'd give the Ballon d'Or to Ronaldo for what he did Portugal and Juventus last season. I think he deserves it," said Allegri. forward Ronaldo was on the The Italian champions face a heavy week in Turin with three shortlist along with Mohamed games in their Allianz Stadium in the space of seven days. Salah but was not present to After Wednesday's game against 18th-placed Bologna, who see his former Real Madrid shocked Roma 2-0 at the weekend, Juventus play Carlo Ance- team mate Modric reward- lotti's Napoli in a top-of-the table clash on Saturday. ed for another Champions Juventus have had a perfect start to the season with five League triumph and inspir- wins and 15 points -- three points ahead of Napoli. ing Croatia to the World Cup Allegri's side also play Swiss club Young Boys in the Champi- final. ons League a week on Tuesday, a game which Ronaldo will miss "Ego greater than foot- after his controversial sending off against Valencia in Spain. ball class: Ronaldo's van- ity fair overshadowed by the Croatian maestro's triumph," Werder Bremen beat Hertha Berlin 3-1 Sportske Novosti said. "Why to go second in Bundesliga hasn't he attended? "Ronaldo provided ma- BERLIN: Werder Bremen continued their strong start into the terial for worldwide media. Bundesliga season with a 3-1 victory over Hertha Berlin on When he isn't the best, then Tuesday and climbed into second place in the standings. he doesn't show up for the Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric (centre) during a training session at the Valdebebas sports facilities in Madrid no Tuesday. Luka Martin Harnik's back-heeler in a goalmouth scramble and award ... he is unwilling to see Modric received the best player award at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 in London on Monday. Real will face Sevilla FC in their Spanish La Milos' Veljkovic's header gave Bremen a 2-0 half-time lead in a anyone's back, and even less Liga match on Wednesday. (EPA) duel of unbeaten teams. Youngster Javeiro Dilrosun pulled one willing to congratulate them," back for Hertha but Max Kruse's 66th-minute penalty settled it added. and was named player of champion Ronaldo - prompt- "Modric received no ac- the real Ronaldo were among the affair. The Berlin club became the first in league history Modric, who also won the World Cup, did receive ing Croatian media to have a knowledgement from Cris- the first to congratulate him," to concede a penalty five games in a row, and they next face Europe's top award this year praise from 2002 Brazil world dig at his namesake. tiano Ronaldo, but Pele and the news portal Index.hr said. mighty Bayern on Friday. Bremen moved one point ahead of Hertha into second with 11 points, one behind leaders Bayern Munich. Munich first aimed to continue their perfect start into the season later Tuesday against Bavarian rivals Augsburg. Barcelona coach Hanover faced Hoffenheim and bottom side Schalke were at Klopp praises Chelsea Freiburg in search of their first points of the season. Valverde bemoans Successful Euro 2024 bid can help for league hot start unite Germany, says Lahm AFP award circus after BERLIN: Former Germany captain Philipp Lahm has backed the LONDON country to successfully host the 2024 European Championship if they are selected and said it could help them come closer LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp Modric wins together in the lead up to the event. Lahm, who guided his has expressed his admiration for country to the 2014 World Cup title, is a bid ambassador as Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri AFP it then means there is more the German candidacy competes with Turkey to host the con- and stressed that the Blues are BARCELONA noise, more controversy and tinental competition. European soccer's governing body UEFA strong contenders for the Pre- controversy makes everyone is set to pick the winning bid on Thursday. "You come together mier League title. BARCELONA coach Ernes- listen. and that is one of the great things about football - it unites peo- Chelsea -- in Sarri's first sea- to Valverde has lamented "People are interested, we ple from all different backgrounds and that is wonderful. That's son at Stamford Bridge -- have the hype around individual can't deny it. There's too much why we want to host the tournament," Lahm told Reuters TV in 16 points out of a possible 18 in awards in football after Luka noise now but it is where we London on Monday. "We showed in the past that we can host the Premier League so far, two Modric was named FIFA's have ended up. This is sup- big tournaments, we can organise, we have the stadiums, we fewer than leaders Liverpool. Best Men's Player. posed to be a sport. But all the have the infrastructure and we are friendly hosts. We like having The two clubs meet in Modric beat Juventus' time it is becoming more like guests in our country, we like being a host for a lot of different London on Saturday but on Cristiano Ronaldo and Liver- show business." nations." Germany crashed out of the group stages of the World Wednesday they clash in the pool's Mohamed Salah to win Modric's success recog- Cup in Russia this year and midfielder Mesut Ozil later quit the third round of the League Cup. the prize on Monday after Li- nised how he inspired Croatia team citing "racism and disrespect" over his Turkish roots. At his pre-match press con- onel Messi was surprisingly to reach the World Cup final in ference on Tuesday, Klopp said left off the final three-man list. the summer. He also played a when asked about Sarri: "It is Messi was named in FIFA's key role in Real Madrid win- Real Madrid coach says VAR not the biggest change of system I Fifpro World XI instead but, ning the Champions League perfect but helps improve football ever saw in such a short period like Ronaldo, the Argentinian for a third consecutive year. of time. Wow. Style completely Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool coach, is all set for a clash with Chelsea man- caused a stir by not attending "Everyone has their opin- MADRID: Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui said on Tuesday (different). What a manager he ager Maurizio Sarri in the English League Cup on Wednesday. the ceremony in London. ion," Valverde said. "We are that the use of video assistant referee (VAR) has contributed is, to be honest. FIFA split from the Ballon not here to compare, Modric to improving football, but is still not a perfect solution. "I'm pretty much a supporter won the title already -- I'm not ter coming off in Saturday's 3-0 d'Or in 2016 to launch its own had a great year but the prize The coach made his remarks at a press conference ahead of him since I saw them playing sure, but 80 per cent of them win over Southampton due to a set of accolades, which means says 'The Best' and he was of his side's La Liga away game against Sevilla on Wednesday, at Naples (Sarri's Napoli team). probably twice, and they know rib issue. there will be a repeat when not the best. For us the best is reports Efe. "(VAR) helps make tough decisions in football to That's outstanding football, and how it works. So that's a really Klopp said he will name a the Ballon d'Or selects its own Leo." give clarity. It is not the be-all and end-all, because perfection now (he is) doing it in a very in- good group, a really strong foot- strong side for Wednesday's winners in December. Valverde also would not doesn't exist, but it's better than what we had before," Lo- terrupted pre-season, without ball team." match, in a competition often "Now everything is magni- criticise Messi and Ronaldo petegui said. a lot of players involved -- Eden Klopp confirmed goalkeeper considered the lowest priority fied," Valverde said at a press for their absence from the cer- The Spanish coach avoided commenting directly on Barce- (Hazard), (Olivier) Giroud -- and Simon Mignolet will make his for sides involved in Champions conference on Tuesday. emony. "When you have a par- lona's complaints about VAR after the La Liga titleholder drew starting the season, and you see first appearance of the season in League football. "There are so many ty you can invite who you like 2-2 against Girona on Sunday. immediately the impact." Wednesday's cup tie as Alisson "It's not about the other awards, so many ceremonies and those invited can choose Lopetegui congratulated his players who won at The Best Klopp said Chelsea are real- Becker rests. three competitions tomorrow and every ceremony is an ego- whether they go or not," he FIFA Football Awards on Monday, but did not single out individu- istic title contenders and is sur- Dejan Lovren, having re- night, it's exactly one we have to trip for the organiser. said. al awards, saying he prefers to focus on the squad as a whole. prised they are not being tipped covered from injury, could join play in, not four, and that's how "They gather together lots Barcelona face a trip to "I always want my players to win awards, but the team more widely. Mignolet in getting a first run we will take it, with all concen- of stars from the world of Leganes on Wednesday but comes way before any individual prizes," he insisted. "This team is experienced," out of the season while Virgil tration, all focus, all intensity, football and it sells. The fact will be without defender Clem- said the Liverpool boss. "They van Dijk is being monitored af- normal game," he said. there's so much written about ent Lenglet, who is suspended. Woods back on top, bidding to end Ryder Cup struggles

that hopefully we can change. around four feet drew gasps thodical DeChambeau, and that Tiger hopes he can help the US end "We haven't won as a US from the crowd surrounding looks increasingly likely after squad here in 25 years on for- the green, as did a sumptuous the two spent much of Tuesday their 25-year wait for a win in Europe eign soil, so hopefully that will pitch to the third. morning locked in conversation change this week, as well." Woods said that he on the fairways. AFP brought about the opportunity The 42-year-old, at Le couldn't wait to experience the Woods has appeared to in- SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, FRANCE to have another crack at the Golf National for the first time atmosphere of a Ryder Cup as timidate partners in the past, Ryder Cup in France, where since in 1994 as an amateur, a player for the first time since with major champions Mickel- TIGER Woods rediscovered he looks more relaxed and at unsurprisingly looked in an 2012. son, Mark O'Meara and Furyk his former glories by claiming ease among his teammates af- upbeat mood playing along- "It's going to be fun. It's go- among those to struggle along- his first title in over five years ter serving as a vice-captain at side possible partner Bryson ing to be an awesome environ- side him. last weekend, but now he turns Hazeltine two years ago and at DeChambeau, old adversary ment," he added. But he and DeChambeau his attentions to a competition the 2017 Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson and Patrick "There's a lot of nerves. It's should, on paper at least, form he has never dominated -- the And Woods is hoping that Reed in practice on Tuesday. excitement. I mean, it really is. a formidable foursomes com- Ryder Cup. in the new stage of his career, Woods looked to have car- "It's something we don't bination on the tight, tricky The 14-time major cham- and after his stunning victory ried his strong play from tee to get to experience in that regard course where placement will pion was peerless for 11 years at the Tour Championship, he green from East Lake to Paris, because basically it's the final be more important than brute as an individual, although can help the United States end as he and his teammates took round of a tournament on the power. "It would be awesome to struggled with the team dy- their 25-year wait for a win on their time trying to come to very first hole and every match play with him," said DeCham- namics of the match-play European soil. grips with the vagaries of the US golfer Tiger Woods during a press conference ahead of the 42nd you tee it up. beau. "Is it going to happen? showdown and has only been "We haven't done well," undulating areas around the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National Course at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in "It's a different atmosphere We're still working on it. on the winning side once in he admitted to reporters at Le Albatros greens. Paris on Tuesday. (AFP) and one that we absolutely "We're still trying to figure seven previous appearances. Golf National on Tuesday. A different reception will love." out who is going to best fit with His return from the wil- "My overall Ryder Cup surely face him when the com- Tuesday by the French spec- fore. American captain Jim Fu- each other, not me personally derness of back surgeries record, not having won as a petition starts, though, after tators, many of whom would A tee shot on the danger- ryk has long been expected to but for everyone that's going and personal problems has player since 1999 is something he was greeted warmly on never have seen him play be- ous par-three second hole to pair Woods with the more me- out that day." Sports Wednesday, September 26, 2018 19 ElShorbagy headlines world's top players at Qatar Classic

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK wild card entries for the tour- DOHA nament. Historically, England's Pe- THREE-TIME winner Mo- ter Nicol secured the tourna- hamed ElShorbagy of Egypt ment's first title in 2001 after will be leading a star cast of defeating Australia’s David the world's top players as they Palmer in the final. He thereaf- descend at the Khalifa Inter- ter repeated the same feat the national Tennis and Squash following year against the same Complex in Doha from October opponent. 27 to November 2 for the Qatar Former World No.1s Lee Classic 2018, the 16th edition Beachill and James Willstrop of the annual tournament. kept the title in English hands About 50 players, including either side of a short break in the world's top 30, will contin- 2004 while the World Cham- ue their battle for points on the pionship was held in Qatar, be- PSA World Series Standings at fore Egyptian trio Ramy Ash- the $177,750 total prize money our, Amr Shabana and Karim tournament considered to be Darwish took up the mantle one of the richest in the series. of the Qatar Classic champion Defending champion over the next three tourna- ElShorbagy won the tourna- ments. ment for the third time in his This PSA World Series career last year courtesy of a event is the second stage on 3-1 win over Tarek Momen, his the Road to Dubai series – af- Thailand’s Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon (left) with Pakistan’s Mohammad Bilal after winning the Asian 6Reds Championship final in Doha on Tuesday. (Right) QBSF officials with Asian compatriot and surprise final- ter the US Open– which will 6Reds Team champions Muhammad Asif and Babar Masih of Pakistan with runners-up Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra after the ceremony. (PHOTOGRAPHS: HANSON K JOSEPH) ist. culminate with the World Se- The 27-year-old Egyptian ries Finals in Dubai next year. will no doubt have a real battle With the top eight players on in his hands in his quest for a the Road to Dubai standings successful defense of the title earning a place in the end-of- as he squares up against the season Dubai finale, the Qatar Tirapongpaiboon seals likes of compatriots Ali Farag, Classic offers another chance to Marwan ElShorbagy, Tarek the world’s top squash players Momen, Germany's Simon to accrue points and qualify for Rosner, Colombia's Miguel An- the lucrative season-ender. gel Rodriguez and the player Tournament Direc- Asian 6Reds crown he defeated in last year's semis, tor Tareq Zainal said, "Once Gregory Gaultier of France, again, we are proud to host the and others. world's top players in Doha. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK RESULTS Qatar's challenge will be It has always been our tradi- DOHA led by Abdullah Mohammed al tion to organize a tournament ASIAN 6REDS FINAL Tamimi, the world No. 28, who whose memories will linger on TALENTED Thanawat Ti- Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon (Thailand) beat broke into the world's top 30 for a long time in the minds of Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan) 7-3 (2-36, 38-4, 50-4, rapongpaiboon secured the 45-38, 43-36, 45-0, 43-10, 36-20, 43-33, 40-31) rankings after his remarkable all participants and this year's Asian 6Reds title as the Thai victory at the $35,000 Malay- edition is not an exception. player tamed Pakistan’s Mo- SEMI-FINALS sian Open title in July. Squash is growing in leaps and hammad Bilal 7-3 in the final Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon (Thailand) beat Babar The 23-year-old will be bounds in Qatar and we are Masih (Pakistan) 6-1 (52-0, 31-24, 65-0, 6-60m here on Tuesday. 52-5, 41-8, 36-0) joined by compatriots Syed proud of what we've been able The 24-year-old Tirapong- Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan) beat Cheung Ka Wai Azlan Amjad (146 ranked) and to achieve over the years. All paiboon, the former IBSF (Hong Kong) 59-8, 28-11, 40-0, 39-8, 44-6, 0-40, Abdulrahman al Malki (ranked hands are definitely on deck World Under-21 champion, 56-0, 0-71, 69-0, 37-0) 242) in their quests to bring to ensure the best tournament trailed 2-3 at a stage before glory to Qatar. The duo are ever." hitting back with vengeance frames after another impres- and emerging the champion sive 52-point break to seal the with 2-36, 38-4, 50-4, 45-38, victory. 43-36, 45-0, 43-10, 36-20, In other match, it was a 43-33, 40-31 scoreline. dong-dong affair between Tirapongpaiboon, the Bilal and Wai till 4-4 with youngest player to pull off an the latter coming up with a official maximum break at 16 fine 71. Another feature of years and 312 days against Officials and Asian 6Reds championship finalists after the podium ceremony in Doha on Tuesday. the clash was neither of the Barry Hawkins during the two was giving any chance to 2010 2010 Rhein–Main the sixth frame and clinched outclassed Pakistan’s former Starting the match with other. Masters, collected two good it at 45-0. World Team champion Babar a flourish, the Thai player Bilal, who had already got breaks of over 40 during the After that the Pakistani Masih 6-1 to grab a spot in the notched up a brilliant 52 two breaks of 44 in the fifth match. player attempted to fight, es- final. Bilal had to stretch him- break of followed it up with and 40 in the seventh, put Potting effortlessly and pecially in the sixth frame. But self a bit too much against the a 63 in the third to go 3-0 together another break of 69 precision, he first notched up then it was a little too late and 2011 IBSF World Under-21 up. Masih responded with under pressure and went up 43 during the third frame that Tirapongpaiboon stayed clear champion Cheung Ka Wai of a 60-point sequence to cut 5-4. In the 10th, he did not he won 50-10. His second one of any trouble, putting finish- Hong Kong before wresting down the deficit 1-3. give any opportunity to his ri- came at the right time when ing touches to his victory. a 6-4 triumph in other semi- Off his turn, Tiripongpai- val and went on complete the Mohamed ElShorbagy of Egypt with the Qatar Classic winner’s trophy he fell 2-3 behind. He started Earlier, Tirapongpaiboon final. boon reeled off the next three win with a 37 break. after the final last year. Du Plessis, Amla out Starc ready to carry lone pacer’s burden of Zimbabwe series REUTERS to capture 20 wickets in the "If I need to bowl long run-up to prevent further in- ber 7, and Abu Dhabi 11 days DUBAI absence of injured pace duo spells and be the only out-and- juries but retained his old one later. AFP not fully recovered from a Josh Hazlewood and Pat out quick, then I can definitely as he was losing pace, went "It's something I'll prob- JOHANNESBURG shoulder injury he sustained MITCHELL Starc is ready step Cummins. fill that role. We've got guys wicketless in his first Test in ably look at and try to take in Sri Lanka in August. He up and do the heavy lifting as Cummins played the lone like (all-rounder) Mitch Marsh the region but has been Aus- little things out of to take into SOUTH African captain Faf du could be fit for a three-match Australia's sole specialist pace paceman role in Bangladesh who's back bowling now, I'm tralia's most successful bowler this series on the subcontinent Plessis and batsman Hashim Twenty20 international series bowler should the tourists opt last year when Australia se- sure he'll be a big part of the in South Asia since that 2013 with where and how I bowled Amla were on Tuesday ruled against Zimbabwe starting on for a three-pronged spin at- lected three specialist spinners team with bat and ball. match in India. -- the lengths and some re- out of a three-match one-day October 9. tack in next month's two-Test for the first time in 40 years "We've got other part- The left-arm paceman took verse swing," Starc added. series against Zimbabwe be- Amla, having an injured series against Pakistan. and the 28-year-old Starc is timers to call on if need be. If 24 wickets on the 2016 tour of "In the UAE we'll use the cause of injuries. tendon in his left little finger Using a trio of slow poised to emulate his fellow conditions suit spin and they Sri Lanka, the biggest haul by Kookaburra ball like we did in The first match is in Kim- while he was playing in the bowlers in the United Arab quick against Pakistan. go down the road of the extra an Australian in a three-Test Sri Lanka -- hopefully we can berley on Sunday. Caribbean Premier League Emirates remains a strong "I haven't had to do that spinners, I can change my role series, and will look to repli- get it moving around and I can Cricket South Africa an- in the West Indies, will need possibility for the Austral- before," Starc told cricket. slightly again." cate that form in Dubai, which get a few wickets and help the nounced that Du Plessis had three weeks to recover. ians as they explore means com.au on Tuesday. Starc, who tested a new hosts the first Test from Octo- team out."

Countering Yasir is Australia's first Gulf Lights post easy victory priority: Siddle

REUTERS over Talib XII in opener DUBAI TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 30 for four in the Powerplay. Ehsan scalped two players, SURVIVING the wiles of Pa- DOHA Talib XII could never re- while Feroz and Abid had one kistan spinner Yasir Shah is cover from these blows and wicket apiece. Australia's “number one plan” GULF Lights defeated Talib were eventually shot out for Gulf Lights skipper Mo- in the upcoming Test series in XII by seven wickets in the in- 90 runs in the 18th over. hammed was adjudged the the United Arab Emirates, fast augural match of the Zaffran Feroz batted with patience to man of the match. bowler Peter Siddle has said. Cafe Cricket Tournament at post 24 with two sixes. Firnas Yasir played a key role in the West Bay Cricket Complex. and Waqar were other play- OTHER MATCHES Australia's unravelling dur- Siddiq Fahad, Business ers to contribune in double Oryx Challengers beat I.I.S. by 9 wickets ing the last UAE tour in 2014, Development Manager of Zaf- digits. I.I.S. (103 runs in 18.3 overs - Ashfaq 20 with two when the legspinner took 12 fran Café, inaugurated the sixes and one four; Mahaveer two for 9, Jignesh 2 Mohammed (three for 13) for 25 runs) lost to Oryx Challengers (106 runs for wickets at an average of 17.25 tournament in presence of and Ibrahim (three for 18) 2 wickets in 12.4 overs - Jignesh 36 three sixes to drive the hosts to a thump- players and Qatar Veterans were the leading bowlers for and two fours, Vimal 28 with three sixes) by seven ing 2-0 win in the two-test Cricket officials. Gulf Lights. Shariq and Mo- wickets. series. The tournament is played han shared four, while Na- Man of the match: Jignesh of Oryx Challengers Looking to counter Ya- with new rules, including the deem goe one. sir and 19-year-old prodigy introduction of Powerplay in Gulf Lights had a breezy Allianz beat McDonald by 17 runs Shadab Khan, Australia have first six overs for the veterans start and raced to the victory Allianz B (157 in 20 overs (Sandesh 24 runs with re-hired spin bowling con- cricket. in 9.4 overs for the loss of 1 six, and a four, Firdous 23 with two sixes and two sultant Sridharan Sriram and After winning the toss, the fours, Riyaz 3/13, Sujeewan 2 for 14, Yasir 2 for only four wickets. Adam had 19, Fasmin 2 for 20 runs) beat McDonalds (140 flown in two Indian wrist- decision by Talib XII captain a match-high 25 off 11 balls all out in 19.3 overs - Imran 40 with two sixes and spinners, including Pardeep Maqsood to bat first proved with three sixes and a bound- two fours, Iftikar 24 in with three sixes and one Sahu, who has played for disastrous. Rival captain Mo- ary. Baba added 22 with three four; Firdous 16; Sandesh 3 for 15, Prakash 2 Indian Premier League side Zaffran Cafe Business Development Officer and chief guest Siddiq Fahad plays a shot to inaugurate the hammed grabbed three quick sixes. Sabir and Mohammed wickets for 17 runs) by 17 runs. Kings XI Punjab. Zaffran Cafe Cricket Tournament in presence of Qatar veteran’s cricket officials in Doha. wickets to restrict them to only made 12 each. Man of the match: Sandesh of Allianz B 20 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 The Last Word

HH THE AMIR ADDRESSES 73RD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘Global issues put UN to test as a framework for collective security’

QNA NEW YORK

THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Tuesday said that the world faces serious security, political and eco- nomic threats and challenges that do not respect national borders of countries and put to test the Unit- ed Nations (UN) as a framework for collective security. Addressing the 73rd Session of the United Nations General As- sembly, HH the Amir said that the international community, if it wants to achieve global security and stability, should go beyond managing crises and seek compre- hensive and just solutions to them in accordance with the provisions of international law and away from selectivity, double standards and policy of imposing a fait accompli by force. “We realise the importance of the existence of a comprehensive international reference reflected in a legitimate international order in which the rule of law prevails. It has become necessary to expedite the reforms required for the Unit- ed Nations organisations to shoul- der their responsibilities to achieve the noble goals of the organisation and to respond to the aspirations of peoples for peace and sustain- able justice, which is the theme for the discussion at this session. “More than a year after the ille- gal blockade imposed on the State of Qatar, many facts were revealed about a pre-arranged campaign of incitement against it, beside the in- sinuation and fabrications used to create the crisis. In the meantime, the international community rec- ognised the falseness of the alle- causes; studying the political, so- gations that had been propagated cial and cultural backgrounds that against my country to justify these FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM contribute to its breeding, and premeditated measures in a fla- The international commu- working earnestly to achieve just grant violation of the international nity if it wants to achieve ‘The fight against terrorism is among our priorities at national, regional and inter- settlements to lingering issues that law and the basis of relations be- feed anger and frustration. tween nations, and the values and global security and stability, national levels. We have developed legislative and institutional systems, fulfilled 4. Avoid giving partisan con- norms of our peoples. should go beyond international obligations related to the fight against terrorism and its financing notation to the term ‘terrorism’ “Despite all the measures tak- managing crises and seek and participated in all relevant international and regional efforts.’ that allows nations with narrow en to inflict harm on Qatar’s secu- comprehensive and just interests to justify tyranny and re- rity and stability and create hard- In our view, there are necessary prerequisites to make the war on terrorism pression of political opponents and ships for its people, in addition to solutions to them in affects the credibility of the fight launching an economic warfare to achieve its goal and not to turn into a self-contained goal: against terrorism. hinder its development process, accordance with the “Qatar believes that educating Qatar’s economy continued to provisions of international International cooperation in combating violence resulting from extremism youth and their comprehensive grow vigorously and consistently. law and away from and violence directed against civilians to terrorise them and to damage participation represents the first After the unjust siege, Qatar re- 1 line of defence for the collective mained an active player in the re- selectivity, double standards civilian facilities for political ends. security system and is an impor- gional and international arenas. and policy of imposing a tant factor in fighting terrorism Qatar has also maintained its ad- Unifying the standards of fighting terrorism so that its definition does not and building peace and stability. vanced and leading rankings vis- fait accompli by force Thus, we have committed our- a-vis the countries of the region 2 selectively depend on the religious or ethnic identity of the perpetrator. selves to educating 10 million in global indicators, especially in children and providing economic the areas of human security and perceived that as the best and fast- Addressing its roots and causes; studying the political, social and cultural empowerment to half a million human development. This has est way in settling and finding solu- 3 backgrounds that contribute to its breeding, and working earnestly to young people in our region and strengthened the Qatari people’s tions to it - supported by the Arab in collaboration with the United faith in their potentials, values states in line with respecting the achieve just settlements to lingering issues that feed anger and frustration. Nations we carried out projects to and principles, and cemented so- Palestinian decision, but that has promote employment opportuni- cial cohesion. resulted in further stalemate and Avoid giving partisan connotation to the term ‘terrorism’ that allows nations ties for young people. “Believing in the soundness complexity. Now we are witnessing with narrow interests to justify tyranny and repression of political opponents “Human development and the of our legal position and in the attempts to liquidate the Palestin- 4 protection and promotion of hu- necessity of peaceful settlement ian cause through the liquidation and affects the credibility of the fight against terrorism man rights are at the forefront of of disputes and in dialogue as the of issues relating to the permanent the priorities of Qatar which pur- best way to resolve crises, we have solution such as Jerusalem, refu- international actors in the Middle in accordance with the Geneva-1 to restore stability and achieve na- sues its efforts at the legislative been, and still are, positively re- gees, sovereignty and borders. East peace process to clear the dif- Communique and relevant Secu- tional reconciliation through col- and institutional levels to imple- sponsive to all the appreciated ef- “Just national issues can’t be ficulties that obstruct the resump- rity Council resolutions.” laboration with all political parties ment its National Vision 2030 that forts of brotherly and friendly na- solved by being subjected to the tion of the peace negotiations, in “Regarding the Yemeni issue, and components of Iraqi commu- emphasises human development. tions to end this crisis through an balance of power between the accordance with the terms of ref- we confirm the firm position of nity. We value the successes and This month, Qatar has acceded unconditional dialogue based on occupier and the occupied, but erence and resolutions of interna- Qatar, which is keen on the unity, sacrifices of the Iraqi people in to the International Covenant on mutual respect for the sovereignty can only be solved in accordance tional legitimacy.” independence and territorial in- the fight against terrorism and ex- Civil and Political Rights and the of nations. In fact, it is not rea- with principles such as the right “On Syrian crisis, HH the Amir tegrity of Yemen. We call upon all tremism in all its forms and reaf- International Covenant on Eco- sonable that differences in views to self-determination and inad- said: “After the elapse of more than the Yemeni parties to the national firm our keenness to support them nomic, Social and Cultural Rights. about handling some regional is- missibility of annexation of ter- seven years, the international com- reconciliation to end the conflict in the process of reconstruction “Qatar has recently promulgat- sues lead to paralysing the effec- ritories of others by force, which munity is still unable to find a so- on the basis of the Security Council and development.” ed a law regulating the issue of po- tiveness of an important regional have become part of the interna- lution to the exacerbating Syrian Resolution 2216, the Gulf Coop- “There is consensus that ter- litical asylum in the country to fol- organisation such as the Gulf Co- tional legitimacy. crisis with all its aspects and dan- eration Council Initiative and the rorism has become one of the most low suit the developed countries, operation Council. The blockade “The deterioration of the situ- gerous consequences. In addition outcomes of the National Dialogue. outstanding challenges facing the and another law granting the right on Qatar has harmed the reputa- ations in the Palestinian territo- to the tragedies experienced by the “From this platform, I appeal world because of the real threat to permanent residence in the tion of the GCC countries, and the ries, particularly the inhumane Syrian people, they are worried to active states in the international it poses to international peace State under conditions prescribed ensuing paralysis has reflected conditions in the Gaza Strip, the and frustrated that the crimes of community to help the brotherly and security. We affirm the firm by law. It has also decided to invite negatively on the Council’s role suffocating siege it reels under, genocide, mass displacement and Yemeni people by taking measures position of Qatar in rejecting all several international human rights in regional and global issues. We and the continued construction of wholesale death in prisons under to address the grave humanitarian forms of terrorism anywhere in the organisations to establish regional hope that we will all transform the settlements in the occupied Jeru- torture could become a common situation there and to facilitate free world, regardless of the reasons offices for them. Council’s current plight into an salem and the West Bank, portend practice that the international access of humanitarian assistance and pretexts. “No one doubts the utmost im- opportunity for reforming it and grave consequences and lay a his- community can get accustomed to. to all areas in Yemen. On this oc- “The fight against terrorism is portance of the development of in- putting forward binding mecha- toric responsibility on the Security “The failure to deter the Syrian casion, I announce Qatar’s agree- among our priorities at national, formation and digital technology nisms to resolve the differences Council. regime from committing crimes ment with the United Nations to regional and international lev- and digital means of communica- among its states through intra- “We reaffirm the importance of through the war waged against its fight cholera in Yemen by support- els. We have developed legisla- tion. However, a series of events re- dialogue, to avoid any similar re- negotiations and the resumption people on the one hand, and not ing projects related to combating tive and institutional systems, cently experienced by several coun- currence in the future. of their tracks, but that will require to be held accountable after com- the causes of the disease and to fulfilled international obligations tries reminded us that new needs “It is not sensible for our Arab commitment to the resolutions of mitting them on the other, would halt its spread.” related to the fight against terror- have emerged that were previously region to remain a hostage to some international legitimacy, foremost render the international law and “As for the Libyan crisis, which ism and its financing and partici- unknown, such as the freedom of marginal differences, which are of which is the two-state solution, the human rights law meaningless. has recently witnessed develop- pated in all relevant international access, and the need to protect the fabricated in our case, and which and the Arab peace initiative, on This will have serious consequenc- ments posing threats to its security and regional efforts. private sphere of citizens from the consume efforts and energies and the basis of East Jerusalem as the es for the prevailing values in our and territorial integrity, we look In our view, there are necessary risk of hacking. It also alerted us to waste funds exceeding what we capital of the Palestinian State, on world by raising the existing ceil- forward to restoring security and prerequisites to make the war on the cyber security of nations. These need to allocate to the just causes 1967- borders. Moreover, there can ing for using violence to suppress stability to the country despite the terrorism achieve its goal and not are cross-border issues because of that are supposed to be agreed be no solution to the Arab-Israeli the aspirations of peoples and enormous challenges. We note that to turn into a self-contained goal: the nature of the technology itself. upon by us.” conflict without a just and lasting trampling on the rights of citizens foreign intervention in Libyan af- 1. International cooperation in Qatar and other countries have suf- HH the Amir added: “Only a solution to the Palestinian cause. and people in our region. fairs further complicates the crisis, combating violence resulting from fered from digital piracy and digital little progress has been made on “We abide by this position, “We are facing a humanitar- preventing a national consensus extremism and violence directed espionage, and that has prompted the lingering issues of the Middle which is consistent with interna- ian, moral and legal catastrophe sought by the Libyan brothers, and against civilians to terrorise them us to strongly emphasise this issue East, especially the Palestinian tional legitimacy and dictated on that obligates the international contradicting the Security Coun- and to damage civilian facilities for and to be willing to work with Unit- cause, which is the last vestiges of us by the human conscience. But community to speed up reaching cil’s resolutions. We reiterate our political ends. ed Nations organisations to regulate a colonial past in our world. The Israel rejects this just settlement. a political solution that stems the support for the Skhirat agreement 2. Unifying the standards of it legally. We propose convening an political process, which began 25 “Qatar will spare no effort to Syrians bloodshed, fulfils their as- signed in December 2015 and all fighting terrorism so that its defi- international conference to examine years ago, presented an example provide various forms of mate- pirations for justice and freedom, its outcomes. nition does not selectively depend ways to have this matter regulated of a departure from the United Na- rial and political support to the maintains Syria’s unity and sov- “In brotherly Iraq, we once on the religious or ethnic identity by international law. We express tions terms of reference to frame- brotherly Palestinian people and ereignty and achieves security and again express our appreciation of of the perpetrator. our readiness to host this confer- works outside the UN - some had to continue to work with all the stability in Syria and the region the efforts of the Iraqi Government 3. Addressing its roots and ence,” HH the Amir concluded. *1 -  9 $1,1)250$7,9($1'('8&$7,21$/+($/7+6833/(0(17 :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 ,668( 6321625('%<7+(0,1,675<2)38%/,&+($/7+ HE Dr Al Kuwari visits HMC’s Enaya Specialized Care Center for chronic patients HEALTH CHECK TEAM DOHA

HE Minister of Public Health Her Excellency Dr Hanan Mohamed al TKuwari visited patients and staff at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Enaya Specialized Care Center recently and inspected the construction site of the new Daam building. Opened in early 2015, the Enaya Special- ized Care Center provides an advanced care system for long-term patients with chronic illnesses and degenerative diseases that re- strict their ability to care for themselves. The facility offers a healing environment with over 150 patient beds, state-of-the-art facili- ties and round-the-clock monitoring and treatment from specialist nurses and doctors. “The care that our teams at Enaya are providing is so important to patients and their families. Dedicated care teams provide specialised medical care while also working to enhance the ability of patients to function independently, to engage more with family and friends, and where possible, to bring a sense of normalcy into patients’ lives. Our plans to expand Qatar’s community-based care facilities in 2019 with the opening of the Daam Specialized Care Center will ensure we can continue to provide patient-centred medical care to even more people in the future,” said HE Dr Al Kuwari. Late last year, HE Dr Al Kuwari and Qatar Central Bank Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sports and Social Activities Support Fund (Daam) HE Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud al Thani signed a Memo- randum of Understanding (MoU) to estab- lish the Daam Specialized Care Center. The donation from Daam covers 100 percent of the costs to retrofit and commission the new facility, which has already commenced con- care centre will provide an advanced care providing more privacy for patients who Enaya Specialized Care Centers, the Cor- struction in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City. system for patients who are well enough require long-term medical care outside of poration operates two community-based The new facility, which will join HMC’s to be discharged from hospital but still re- the hospital setting. facilities in Muaither and a busy multi-dis- existing Enaya Specialized Care Center, quire specialised medical treatment that is In recent years, HMC has made major ciplinary Home Healthcare Service which is expected to open in late 2019 and will often long term. It will expand the capacity strides towards redefining continuing care currently cares for thousands of patients have 67 beds. This inpatient specialised of the current Enaya facilities while also in Qatar. In addition to the two existing across Qatar.

 H*1'*)0,01'0H'* KC40, LC'H*"*&KC1-34"*&)1L3,Hk(,&41LI*#| Professor Riadh Abdul Sattar Fadhil, the director of the Qatar Organ Donation PARENTS of school going children these days struggle with Center at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), was recently named a World Health one issue every morning- what to put in the lunchbox that their Organization (WHO) advisory expert in the field of organ donation and transplan- children would eat. Mothers scolding children for not eating their tation. Professor Fadhil has been appointed to the newly formed WHO Taskforce lunches at school and children concocting excuses are a com- on Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues. PAGE 05 mon sight in almost every household. PAGE 09  DEVELOPMENTS :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 Reaccreditation by JCI reflects quality of HMC’s Palliative Care Programme’

Palliative care is provided for people who have a life-limiting illness and for whom the primary goal is quality of life. Palliative care takes a holistic approach to address the full spectrum of a patient’s needs, from the physical and emotional to the spiritual and social.

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HE National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), part of Hamad Medical Corporation’s T(HMC) network of specialist hos- pitals, recently announced the successful re-accreditation of its Supportive and Palliative Care Programme by the Joint Commission International (JCI). Palliative care is provided for people who have a life-limiting illness and for whom the primary goal is quality of life. Palliative care takes a holistic approach to address the full spectrum of a patient’s needs, from the physical and emotional to the spiritual and social. Commenting on the significance of the international accreditation, Professor Alex- ander Knuth, CEO and medical director at NCCCR, said: “We are proud of this achieve- ment and honoured to be re-accredited by an internationally recognised organisation such as JCI. This highlights HMC’s approach to developing excellence in healthcare in Qa- tar and it recognises the outstanding quality of care we provide to our patients. Our vision Dr Azza Ibrahim Hassan, senior con- patients with late-stage disease, identifying member of the Supportive and Palliative Care is to deliver an internationally recognised sultant of Oncology at NCCCR and director those who may need immediate assistance team”, Dr Hassan concluded. Supportive and Palliative Care Programme of the Supportive and Palliative Care Pro- and accepting referrals for symptom control The Palliative and Supportive Care Pro- and to become a regional leader in palliative gramme said coping with advanced illness and psychological support for both patients gramme was initially accredited in 2012, fol- care clinical services.” is stressful for patients and their families. and their families. The programme also lowed by a second re-accreditation in 2015. Professor Knuth continued: “This is the She said the goal of HMC’s Supportive and provides advice on the direction of care and The JCI accreditation recognises hospital only palliative care programme accredited as Palliative Care Programme is to maintain an assistance in communicating difficult medi- programmes that demonstrate exceptional a clinical care programme by the JCI in the optimal quality of life for patients and car- cal information,” said Dr Hassan. care to optimise the quality of life for patients Middle East and Gulf region. This achieve- egivers. “We are grateful to have the Supportive with serious illnesses. It acknowledges com- ment reflects HMC’s commitment to provid- “The patient is at the heart of everything and Palliative Care Programme reaccredited, pliance with the highest standards. ing the best quality services to our patients we do here at HMC and our Supportive and highlighting the quality of this programme In 2016, the supportive and palliative care by offering world-class cancer therapies Palliative Care Programme is focused on the and its focus on delivering optimum care. team developed a fellowship programme and support. Our Supportive and Palliative patient. It is tailored to meet patient needs, This accreditation is a major achievement focused on palliative care for patients and Care Programme meets the highest quality using proven tools and techniques to bet- not only for our division but for the hospital families at diagnosis, during active treat- standards and our teams are committed to ter integrate, coordinate, and communicate as a whole. Our success is the result of the ment, and at end-of-life. The first fellow the provision of exemplary care.” patient care. The programme prioritises significant contributions made by every joined the programme in 2017. :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 DEVELOPMENTS  ‘Advancements in MS treatment enhance patients’ quality of life’ “MS is a very unpredictable disease that has both physical and emotional effects. Researchers believe a combination of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of MS. The causes of MS are not well understood. There is no cure, but there are effective medications and therapies that modify the disease outcome. We are continuing to learn more about what causes MS and are zeroing in on ways to prevent it.” — Professor Dirk Deleu, HEALTH CHECK TEAM years in the approval of disease-modify- ers believe a combination of genetic and Director of HMC’s MS Programme DOHA ing drugs used to treat MS. According to environmental factors contribute to the him, Qatar is one of the leading countries development of MS. “The causes of MS are ULTIPLE sclerosis (MS) in the region to introduce many of these not well understood. There is no cure, but is a potentially disabling new treatments. there are effective medications and thera- disease of the brain and Prof Deleu says early diagnosis and pies that modify the disease outcome. We Mspinal cord (central nerv- treatment are critical to preventing re- are continuing to learn more about what ous system), but treatments lapses and may help delay or prevent causes MS and are zeroing in on ways to are emerging that can help prevent irreversible damage. “We are able to help prevent it,” Prof Deleu remarks. relapses and halt the progression of the many patients with MS effectively manage Most patients with MS are diagnosed disease in most patients, says Director of their symptoms and these patients are able between the ages of 20 and 40, although Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) MS to live full and active lives. However, early it can occur in children as well as in older Programme Professor Dirk Deleu. detection is the key to getting the disease adults. Professor Deleu says MS can be dif- He, however, adds that the neurologi- under control. If symptoms are ignored or ficult to diagnose because of the diversity cal condition remains one of the most discounted and a person has several at- of symptoms it causes and the multiple misunderstood diseases. tacks, we may have lost the critical win- ways in which the symptoms present. “The According to Professor Deleu, MS is dow for treatment.” average age of diagnosis among the Qatari one of the most common disabling neuro- The symptoms of MS can vary widely population is 35 years old. There is a clear logical conditions affecting young people, and depend on the amount of central female preponderance with the female-to- but it is also one of the most misunder- nervous system tract damage and which male ratio being 1.83,” adds Prof Deleu. stood. “No two patients with MS tracts are affected. Professor Deleu says MS is rarely fatal, but it is a lifelong experience the same symptoms the initial presenting symptoms often condition that requires careful monitor- or have the same journey. include blurred vision, numbness or loss ing and ongoing management. Professor This makes understanding of sensation, incontinence, extreme weak- Deleu explains that treatment plans are MS all the more difficult. It ness, coordination problems and double individualised and designed around the also highlights the signifi- vision. The disease is more common patient, depending on the type and stage cance of raising aware- in women than men and while it is not of their disease. ness of the condition and believed to be hereditary, family members “Early diagnosis and treatment are the importance of early have a slightly higher risk of developing important for MS. A neuro-inflammatory diagnosis and treat- the disease. disorder like MS leaves a lot of lesions ment,” he says. The MS Programme at Hamad Gen- (scars) in the central nervous system and He adds that the eral Hospital is currently caring for over with every lesion there is a potential loss MS Program at HMC 700 patients who have been diagnosed of function,” he points out. was established to with the disease. Over the last four years, “Depending on the severity of the dis- provide excellence almost 45 percent of those diagnosed ease, the patient will be recommended for in care for patients have been Qatari, with the majority of first-line or second-line treatment. Some who have the patients being women between the ages MS drugs have the potential for complica- disease, noting of 31 and 40. tions that can be quite serious so it is of that tremendous Prof Deleu says MS is a very unpre- critical importance that the patient under- progress has been dictable disease that has both physical stands the pros and cons of each therapy,” made in recent and emotional effects. He says research- adds Prof Deleu.  LIFESTYLE IMPACT :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 Pay undivided attention to your child: Dr Afana CATHERINE W GICHUKI sense of being disrespected.” DOHA He advises parents to schedule their activities at home so that they can pay ITH internet and social adequate attention to the children when media addiction taking its they need it. toll on actual communica- According to Dr Afana, a psychological W tion between people in our disconnect prevails in families these days fast-paced world today, a because most people prefer to remain glued HMC expert has warned parents against to internet, TV and social media to commu- continuing with this habit for the good of nicating with one another while they are their children. physically together, which gives a wrong Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) message to the children who do the same. Psychotherapy Consultant and Trauma Dr Afana points out that since children Specialist Dr Abdelhamid Afana says that learn from their parents, the latter must try such parents are unable to give proper to be good role models for the former. attention to the children when they most “Parents should ask children about need it, giving children a feeling of being their experiences at school. If a child does disrespected by them. not want to go to school, parents should Dr Afana adds: “Parents nowadays try to find out why it is so. They should often talk to their children nonchalantly listen to their children, their feelings and while they are doing something on the offer them reassurance. The parents must internet or watching television. Their ensure to spend quality time together cold response often gives children a with their kids.” ((*13C,+0H3CH)3%342 K)024C41"KL*I3C IANS According to Professor Louise Kenny of the University of Liverpool, that tokophobia ORROR stories of childbirth shared was seriously under-researched and there Hby new mothers on online forums was little literature on the condition. and social media platforms like “(Stories) shared in safe environments Facebook could be driving the rise in toko- can be quite healing and informative but phobia — a pathological terror of pregnancy some women are predisposed to developing and childbirth — leading to more C-section a phobia due to stories taken out of context requests and abortions, a media report said. or experiences that are graphic,” she noted. “You just have to Google childbirth Kenny added that the main causes and you’re met with a tsunami of horror of the condition varied depending on stories,” BBC Health quoted Catriona whether you were pregnant with your first Jones, a lecturer at the University of Hull or second child. as saying. “Some women develop it due to an If you go to any online forums, “there adverse birth experience but for others the are women telling their stories of childbirth main cause can be a history of childhood - ‘Oh, it was terrible’, ‘it was a bloodbath’, or adult sexual assault or abuse. It can also ‘this and that happened’. I think that can be be due to previous exposure to a story or quite frightening for women to engage with something they have seen on TV or social and read about,” she added. media,” she explained. Tokophobia is a mental condition de- Treatment for tokophobia includes cogni- fined as a severe fear or dread of childbirth. tive behaviour therapy, one-to-one educa- It affects around 14 per cent of women, and tional sessions with midwives, and “graded can be serious enough to lead to requests exposure”, a process that involves having for caesarean sections, and abortions, the access to labour rooms or operating theatres Guardian reported. in a gradual and non-threatening way. :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 ACHIEVEMENT  HMC doctor elected to WHO panel on organ donation and transplant

“It is as a result of our culture of respect for human dignity, autonomy, equity and well-structured and resourced public education, that organ donation and transplantation programmes are accessible to all nationalities here in Qatar. There have been significant changes in the mindset of Qatar’s multicultural society, as demonstrated by strong participation in the organ donor registry and in the deceased and living donation and transplantation programmes.”

— Professor Riadh Abdul Sattar Fadhil, Director of the Qatar Organ Donation Center at HMC Professor Riadh Abdul Sattar Fadhil, Director of the Qatar Organ Donation Center at Hamad Medical Corporation.

been significant changes in the mindset Fadhil joins other eminent experts, advis- HEALTH CHECK TEAM of Qatar’s multicultural society, as dem- ing on policy and strategy. DOHA onstrated by strong participation in the “It is a great honour to be chosen as organ donor registry and in the deceased a member of this taskforce; we have a ROFESSOR Riadh Abdul Sattar and living donation and transplantation lot of experience and knowledge we can Fadhil, the director of the Qatar programmes,” said Professor Fadhil. share with other countries,” Professor Organ Donation Center (Hiba) According to Professor Fadhil, since Fadhil said. Pat Hamad Medical Corporation the Qatar Organ Donor Registry was The most recent data from the WHO (HMC), was recently named a launched in 2012, around 300,000 donors, Global Observatory on Donation and World Health Organization (WHO) advi- or 15 percent of the country’s adult popu- Transplantation (GODT) shows that more sory expert in the field of organ donation lation, have registered as organ donors. than 130,000 solid organ transplants are and transplantation. Professor Fadhil has “Trust in the system is now well es- performed worldwide each year, and al- been appointed to the newly formed WHO tablished and 2017 was the best year ever though impressive, it is estimated that this Taskforce on Donation and Transplanta- since the launch of the transplant pro- number represents less than 10 percent of tion of Human Organs and Tissues. The gramme in 1986. Last year 47 patients the global need. taskforce is comprised of experts from received 12 livers and 35 kidneys from Dr Fadhil is a professor of Urology and around the globe who are specialists in ethically approved living and deceased Transplant Surgery. He joined HMC as a their fields, which cover the areas of medi- donors, compared to 2008 when only two senior consultant surgeon in 2004 and cine, surgery, ethics, law, patients’ rights, transplants were done. This explains why is currently director of the Qatar Organ public administration and health systems. Qatar has become a model for other coun- Donation Center (Hiba) and the Doha In- “It is as a result of our culture of re- tries to emulate, thanks to the support of ternational Academy for Organ Donation. spect for human dignity, autonomy, equity our wise leaders and the Minister of Public In addition to his recent affiliation to the and well-structured and resourced public Health Her Excellency Dr Hanan Moham- WHO, Dr Fadhil also works internationally education, that organ donation and trans- ed al Kuwari,” added Professor Fadhil. with the Transplantation Society Ethics plantation programmes are accessible to The WHO has identified organ dona- Committee and the Declaration of Istanbul all nationalities here in Qatar. There have tion as one of its priorities and Professor Custodian Group Board of Councilors.  :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5







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L Ahli Heart Center has signed an education affiliation agree- ment with Weill Cornell Medi- Acine for the elective teaching of medical students. The agreement was signed by Mr Khaled Emadi, the CEO of Al Ahli Hospital, and Dr Abdurrazzak Gehani, Chairman of Al Ahli Heart Center. Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar was represented by the Vice Dean for Clinical and Faculty Affairs, Dr Robert Crone, and the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Dr Thurayya Arayssi. The agreement outlines the rules and regulations for medical students from Weill and education among its development aims with all of our affiliate institutions are incred- all this is the welfare of the patient, as medi- Cornell Medicine to spend an elective period for the institution, and wants it to operate as a ibly important to the education of our stu- cal students who are trained by experienced of training at the Heart Center. This enables teaching hospital so that it contributes to the dents, and their support ensures we graduate consultants will practice medicine to the same students to have bedside clinical teaching, as education of medical students in Qatar. The doctors who deliver world-class healthcare to high standards. This is the basis for which the well as attending all investigations carried out hospital’s efforts are to advance medicine, and the people of Qatar and beyond.” management wishes to pursue the collabora- in the center, including attending procedures medical education has a fundamental role in Dr Thurayya Arayssi, Senior Associate tion between Weill Cornell Medicine and the in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, and this goal. Dean for Medical Education, said the agree- Heart Center at Al Ahli Hospital. open-heart surgery. Mr Emadi further emphasized that Al ment would bring real benefits for students, Finally, Dr Gehani, the Chairman of Al The program will be directed by Dr Gehani Ahli Hospital is always ready to contribute doctors and patients. Ahli Heart Center added that there is a keen with the teams in the Heart Center. Patients’ to medical education in Qatar and, as a pri- She said: “We are extremely happy to be interest from all parties to aim for the high- privacy, confidentiality, dignity and consent vate institution, believes that such contri- forming this important new collaboration be- est standards of patient clinical care and that will be at the center of all conduct, as is the butions are at the very core of the hospital’s tween WCM-Q and Al Ahli Heart Center, two medical education is the main pillar that standard in all teaching institutions. social responsibilities towards the State of elite institutions that share the same com- guarantees healthcare advances in hospitals Mr Khaled Emadi, the CEO in Al Ahli Qatar. mitment to providing excellence in patient and specialized centers around the world. Hospital expressed his delight at the signing Dr Robert Crone, Vice Dean for Clinical & care. We are excited by the benefits that this He added that he wishes that this milestone of this affiliation with Weill Cornell Medicine, Faculty Affairs at WCM, said affiliation agree- collaboration will bring to patients, healthcare will contribute to the great advances that the which provides an educational opportunity ments are vitally important for doctor training. professionals and our students as we move nation witnesses, not only in Al Ahli Hospi- for medical students and affirms the culture He added: “The agreement with Al Ahli forwards.” tal and its Heart Center, but health services of proper medical practice, while also rais- Hospital Heart Center provides a new train- Mr Jamal Hamad, the Deputy CEO of throughout Qatar. He also emphasized that ing the standards of service. He also affirmed ing dimension for our students, allowing Al Ahli, explained that this agreement illus- it is this combination of excellent national the commitment of Al Ahli Hospital towards them to learn from experts and to experience trates the fundamental trust between Al Ahli health care, with medical education and excellence in the fields of medical training both complex and basic medical procedures Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine in the clinical and basic research, that has raised and education. provided to the people of Qatar in the private expertise of physicians working at the institu- Qatar to the forefront of global medical care, Mr Emadi added in his opening speech sector. tion and its heart center, and their capability and earned it its distinguished ranking from that Al Ahli Hospital has included training “Weill Cornell Medicine’s agreements in training future doctors. The ultimate aim in international organizations.  HEALTHY LIVING :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 PHCC offers tips to tackle insomnia

HEALTH CHECK TEAM and in some cases poor quality of sleep. DOHA PHCC Head of Mental Health Pro- gramme Dr Fatema Musa said, “Sleep is RE you suffering from insom- a vital part of leading a healthy lifestyle. nia? If yes, Primary Health Care But, many people suffer from insomnia ACorporation (PHCC) has given or symptoms of insomnia and we would tips for those experiencing like to provide some simple tips and ad- insomnia in an effort to improve the vice that may support people with their overall health and wellbeing of Qatari sleep, which hopefully improve overall citizens and residents. health benefits”. According to international research, PHCC accords highest priority to the approximately 30 percent of adults report health of citizens and residents of Qatar, one or more of the symptoms of insom- with a focus on knowledge sharing to im- nia: difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty prove health awareness, health promotion maintaining sleep, waking up too early, and eventually health outcomes for all.

Tips for sound sleep O Maintain a sleep schedule of the same bedtime and wake up time, even on the weekends. This helps to regulate your body’s clock and could help you fall asleep and stay asleep for the night. O Set aside at least an hour of ‘wind-down’ time dedicated to relaxation before bedtime, for instance, meditation, deep breathing, reading a book or magazine. O Turn off electronics such as laptops and phones before bedtime as bright light from the screens can make it harder to fall asleep. O Avoid alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and heavy meals in the evening as they can disrupt sleep. O If you have trouble sleeping, avoid having short naps during the afternoon. Stopping short naps during the day time may help if you are unable to fall asleep at bedtime. O Make sure your sleep environment is cool in temperature quiet and dark. You can use blackout curtains to block the light, or buy earplugs or a fan to block noise. O Exercise daily. Vigorous exercise is best, but even light exercise is better than no activity. O Make sure the mattress and pillows are comfortable as the one you have used for some time may have exceeded its life expectancy. O If you are still having trouble sleeping, please speak to your doctor at the primary health care centre.

IANS week) while 18 percent believe their teenage kids struggle with sleep three C'0432L'&(0*/ OST parents believe that an or more nights per week. Mexcessive late night use of In addition, 10 per cent of parents gadgets has significantly believe their teenage kids’ sleep prob- 2CH20'(,0C%0(-3H( hampered the sleep patterns of their lems are associated with their health teenaged children, leading to poor aca- conditions or medication. demic performance, researchers warn. “Other reasons of sleep disturbanc- According to them, 56 per cent of es included irregular sleep patterns (,00KH0K)3%0H['&H" parents fall in this category. due to homework or activities which In the study, published by C.S. Mott accounted for 43 per cent, worries Children’s Hospital National Poll on about school (31 per cent) and con- Children’s Health at the University of cerns about social life (23 per cent), the Michigan, 43 per cent of parents said study noted. their teenage children are struggling to The parents have encouraged their fall asleep or wake up. children to try different strategies at “The poll suggests that sleep prob- home to help them cope up with sleep lems are common among teenagers problems, including limiting caffeine and parents believe late-night use of in the evening (54 per cent), turning off electronics are a main contributor,” said electronics and cell phones at bedtime Sarah Clark, poll co-director at M.P.H. (53 per cent), having a snack before bed For the study, the researchers (44 per cent) and natural or herbal rem- included responses from 1,018 parents edies, such as melatonin (36 per cent). with at least one child aged between Twenty-eight per cent of parents 13-18 years. said their kids have also tried some type Teenagers’ hectic schedules and of medication to address sleep problems. homework load — as well as anxiety “Parents whose teen continue to about school performance and peer have frequent sleep problems, de- relationships — are also seen by par- spite following recommendations for ents as contributing to sleep disorders. healthy sleep hygiene, may want to talk Some parents also reported that to a health care provider, particularly their child experienced occasional when considering which type of medi- sleep problems (one to two nights per cation to try,” said Clark. :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 HEALTHY LIVING  What do you pack in your child’s lunchbox?

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ARENTS of school going children these days struggle with one issue every morning- what to put in the lunchbox that their children would Peat. Mothers scolding children for not eating their lunches at school and children concocting excuses are a common sight in almost every household. According to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Senior Clinical Dietitian of Pediatrics Dr Mona Shaat, this happens because children are not involved in the packing of their lunchboxes. Dr Shaat says that parents should allow their children to decide on what they want to be put in their lunchboxes. She adds that if a child makes unhealthy food choices, such as candy let them know the adverse impact that it may have on their health and how it can lead to tooth decay. “Gradually, the child will stop asking for it”, she points out. She advises parents to start educating children about healthy food choices at an early age so that they do not de- viate later on. “If a parent educates the child about healthy food, he/she will not be influenced otherwise by friends when they are at school.” Dr Shaat further notes that the lunchbox should include at least four of the six groups of food including carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables, dairy, proteins and oils. “Parents should prefer the whole meal including cereals, vegetable and fruit and milk or yoghurt instead of fruit juices for the lunchbox. The lunch box should also be colourful”, she says. According to her, the processed juice contains lots of sugar and it’s not healthy. “This sugar makes the child ac- tive for a short time and then leads to fatigue making him/ her unable to concentrate well in the classroom.” Dr Shaat further points out that instead of chocolate spread, parents should use peanut butter since the choco- late one contains a lot of sugar. “This is a calorie that is not helpful to the child. Peanut butter contains fat that is good for the child,” she stresses. She added that a child should take at least 500ml to 700ml of water while at school before going back home. Dr Shaat says it is important for children to start their day with a healthy breakfast. She says parents should en- courage their child to have breakfast before going to school, even if it is just a small amount of yoghurt and cereal. “Since many children do not like vegetables, parents should try to make patterns and shapes that will attract the child, for example shapes in baby carrot or cucumber.” She says it is important to be mindful of food safety. She recommends keeping food in a air conditioned room and consuming it within three to four hours of prepara- tion. “Some children have a habit of eating their lunch in the bus on their way back home. It’s not healthy.” According to her, if the child wishes to keep the food until lunch time, they can keep the non-perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. “For instance, one can sprinkle orange or lemon juice on bananas and apples to prevent it from turning brown after it has been prepared. This will help to prevent it from going bad.”  HEALTHY LIVING :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 Keep black ants away to avoid allergic reactions: HMC expert

HEALTH CHECK TEAM the kitchen and other areas of the home they experience breathing difficulties,” Dr DOHA where food is prepared or consumed Adeli remarks. can help deter ants, pointing out that it He says black ant bites often cause E wary of black ants because they is important to be proactive and diligent, minor swelling, redness, pain and itch- can trigger allergic reactions, an quickly cleaning spills with soap or vine- ing. These mild reactions are common B expert has advised. gar to help eliminate food odours. “These and may last from a few hours to a few According to Senior Consult- ants are attracted to the smell of food, so days. Dr Adeli says it is essential to seek ant of Pediatrics and Allergy and Im- it is important to keep the kitchen clean, medical attention if the child has a pro- munology at Hamad Medical Corpora- to cover cooked food properly and to nounced local reaction, such as severe tion (HMC) Dr Mehdi Mohammad Adeli, store sugary foods in airtight containers,” swelling, redness, pain or an infection. household ants can trigger allergic reac- Dr Adeli stresses. He adds that babies and young chil- tions and asthma symptoms. He notes He says using pesticides with caution dren may be more affected by ant bites that families, especially those with young and professional pest control services can than adults, noting that it usually is not children who have allergies, should be help to eliminate ant colonies in the case necessary to seek medical attention for aware that black ants can cause respira- of an infestation. He notes it is important mild reactions. “If there is not a severe tory problems. to be cautious when using chemicals, allergic reaction, home-based remedies Adeli adds, “Qatar is situated in the especially if there are young children or such as applying a cold compress over warm Eastern Arab Peninsula, so black pets at home. the area for 20 minutes to prevent itching ants are very common throughout the Dr Adeli explained that children are tions and full-blown anaphylactic shock. is recommended. Taking an antihista- year. However, most infestation occurs often the target of black ants because “When a case involving a black ant bite is mine is also a good option, especially if during summer due to the warm weather. they spend much of their time playing on referred to us, we watch out for anaphy- there is minor pain, itching, or a localised Black ants are particularly attracted to the ground without shoes. lactic shock signs and symptoms. These allergic reaction,” says Dr Adeli. the scent of sugar and grease, so good He says while severe allergic relations symptoms will usually appear within a To help prevent ant bites, Dr Adeli housekeeping is often the key to keeping from black ant bites are not common, few seconds to minutes after a black ant recommends children avoid going bare- them out of the home.” they are not unheard of. According to Dr bite. While these symptoms might not be foot, cover exposed skin using long Dr Adeli says that proper food stor- Adeli, the symptoms of black ant bites can serious or life-threatening, it is important sleeves, pants and a hat, and use insect age and regular and thorough cleaning of vary widely between mild allergic reac- to treat the patient promptly, especially if repellent creams. :('1(6'$<6(37(0%(5 LIFESTYLE IMPACT 

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NUMBER of school children suffer from back pain because of the heavy backpacks they carry to school A on a daily basis. According to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Associate Consultant of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Dr Omar Alnori young children, as young as 13 years old, visit his specialty complaining of back pain and the problem is more common today than it was before. “They come complaining of back, neck, shoulder pains and it is because of the heavy school bags that they have to carry every day”, he remarked. He said that the weight of the bag with books, notebooks, stationary and other things inside should be proportional to the size of the child. “The bag should not weigh more than 10 to 15 percent of the child’s weight with the books. “Besides, while buying school bags, parents Heavy schoolbags should make sure that it is made of lighter mate- rials. Even the trolley bags should be very light”, said Alnori. He further pointed out that the height of behind back pain the bag should ideally be from the shoulder to the waistline of a child. “It should not be below that otherwise it will pull the child’s back and hunch it forward”, he said. among children According to Dr Alnori, heavy and improp- er backpacks cause arthritis, which is common among people aged over 45 and 50 years, in the younger folk aged between 16 and 18 years Tips to consider for a safe back: these days. “HMC sees children with early degenerative One should choose the right backpack which is made of light disease-early arthritis in the lower back. There material are 16 and 18 year olds affected by the disease. Students should only carry books they need for that day Heavy backpacks may not affect the child in The bag should be well packed-the weight should be well distributed the short term, but in the long run the child may not escape its impact.”

Students should wear the backpack properly-not using one shoulder The straps should rest comfortably The bag should have multiple compartments so on the shoulders without rubbing the that the weight can be properly distributed child’s neck or underarms. Straps should be wide and on both shoulders Straps should be tight enough and not hang below the waist Hamad Medical Corporation Associate Consultant of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Dr Omar Alnori

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HEALTH CHECK TEAM stop and keep an eye out for children 10 years of age walk or bike to school without DOHA walking in the street before proceed- adult supervision. If children are walking or ing, especially where there are no biking to school, it is a good idea for them to AMAD Medical Corporation’s (HMC) sidewalks. wear bright-coloured clothing so motorists HHamad Trauma Center, through its c Adults should be good role models. can easily see them. Bicycle helmets should Hamad Injury Prevention Program Always buckle up, wear a helmet whenn fit properly and be strapped in place to reduce (HIPP) recently urged the public to take extra biking, and always follow pedestrian the risk of brain injury in the event of a fall or care on the roads to avert accidents. road safety rules. Do not text or talk on a collision,” explains Dr Consunji. As tens of thousands of children started your mobile phone while driving. Dr Consunji says the beginning of the their new school year recently with a large c Children, especially those under 10 school year is an opportune time for families number of cars, buses taking to streets, pe- years of age, should be supervised as of HIPP, to turn their attention to safety, be it develop- destrians and road users are at an increased they walk or bike to school, or as they which is the community out- ing home safety plans in case of emergency risk of road accidents and injury. So, the HIPP wait at the school bus stop. reach arm of HMC’s Trauma Surgery Section, or reviewing school bus safety tips. is encouraging all families and residents to be c Ensure safety seats are of the proper it is important for parents to teach children “All children, 12 years and younger, must extra cautious and is offering the following specification. All passengers should wear about road safety. be properly restrained in the rear seat of ve- road safety advice: a seatbelt and/or an age- and size-appro- “We caution parents to be realistic about hicles. They must either be wearing a seatbelt c Be aware of school buses. Red flashing priate car safety seat or booster seat. their child’s understanding and awareness or be in a car seat that is appropriate for their lights and an extended stop arm indicate c Obey traffic rules. Slow down and obey all when walking around traffic. Children can be age and size. It is essential that all children are the school bus is stopping to load or un- traffic laws and speed limits. impulsive and less cautious around vehicles. properly restrained, and this includes when load children. Slow down to a complete According to Dr Rafael Consunji, director We recommend that only children older than travelling on a school bus,” said Dr Consunji.

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