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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM meets GCC undersecretaries Plan to privatise New rules on bus services DOHA: The government is con- sidering privatising bus trans- port services, the Minister of sponsorship Transport H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti has said. He, however, added that no time frame has been set for the plan. “Currently, taxi transport serv- likely this year ices are semi-privatised, and the government is considering pri- vatising bus transport services, while rail and metro services Qatari quota in pvt sector may be hiked remain under state authority. There is as yet no timeline in DOHA: The new sponsor- health and safety on companies’ place for privatising public bus ship and exit permit rules can premises. If any violations are transport, but we believe the pri- be expected sometime this year, discovered, firms are blacklisted Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with undersecretaries vatisation will bring efficiency says Minister of Labour and and cannot receive visas until the of GCC interior ministries on the occasion of their meeting for the preparation of the 16th consultative meeting and improved quality of service to Social Affairs. H E Dr Abdullah violations are resolved.