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THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2015 • 16 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6332 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Sheikha Moza at GU-Q anniversary celebration Further rise in Petrol stations temperature forecast today to have CCTV DOHA: Strong winds and a further rise in temperature are expected today as the country would come under the impact of a ridge of high pressure extend- cameras soon ing from Saudi Arabia by this evening. The Meteorology Department Move to combat diesel smuggling has also warned of poor visibility in some areas due to heavy fog DOHA: Petrol stations across Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani early early morning today. the country will soon be asked last month, and chaired by a Qatar Temperature would reach up to have surveillance cameras Petroleum representative, with its to 26-29 degrees Celsius in Doha installed at their premises so deputy head being from the inte- and some other areas over the the devices could be linked rior ministry’s Civil Defence. next two days and the minimum to the interior ministry and The panel has members from temperature would settle between Woqod to clamp down on diesel various other ministries and has 15-18 degrees Celsius. smuggling. given its recommendations in a The high pressure would The State Cabinet yesterday record time of less than a month. weaken on Saturday and the approved the recommendations Knowledgeable circles say that wind speed would subside to of a high-profile committee that CCTV cameras installed at pet- moderate levels. was formed early last month to rol stations would help the inte- The Department has fore- combat diesel smuggling. rior ministry and Woqod control cast fresh north westerly winds One of the recommendations is rooms monitor closely the uptake H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, attending the 10th anniversary celebrations inshore and a fresh to strong to enforce a law that makes the of diesel from these outlets. of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) at Education City yesterday. The event also marked the end of wind offshore with speeds rang- smuggling of the key fuel an eco- For example, buses and heavy GU-Q’s two-day conference titled “Scapes of Power: A Critical Appraisal” featuring prominent scholars and ing between 15-25 knots. nomic offense punishable by law. vehicles are used by some, alleg- By Monday there would be academics from across the world. See also page 8 AR AL-BAKER Diesel is highly subsidised here edly in tandem with some officials another ridge of high pressure and sold to motorists and local of petrol stations, to fill diesel in from the south of Iran exten- companies for use in transport their tanks allegedly for smuggling sion to the Gulf and a trough of and generators at very low rates— as also for sale on the local black low pressure over Saudi Arabia, QR1.5 per litre. However, despite market. Another modus operandi accompanied by strong southerly- the price having been raised last adopted by the alleged smugglers is south easterly winds. year by 50 dirhams, alleged smug- to buy diesel and carry it in jerry Call to set up agricultural city The strong winds are expected gling of the fuel by shady opera- cans, again in nexus with some pet- to continue until February with tors remains a problem, and hence rol station officials. DOHA: The Qatar Chamber third section could be for chicken It is not a good idea to let Qatar chances of dust and low visibility. the latest government measure to Then, there are companies that has urged the government to set meat production and processing, remain reliant on external factors THE PENINSULA fight the menace. have permits to buy diesel from up an agricultural city devoted said Mohamed bin Ahmed Al to meet local poultry demand, he The other recommendation of petrol stations in large quantities entirely to poultry production Obaidly, head of the agricultural said. Al Obaidly cited the example the committee is to install CCTV for use in transport and genera- to help achieve self-sufficiency committee. of shortages of eggs being currently INSIDE cameras at all petrol stations in tors and their people may be mis- in the area. He told this newspaper yes- witnessed in Saudi Arabia which is the country and link them to the using the quotas. The Chamber, representative terday that response from the the main exporter to Qatar. interior ministry and local petro- With CCTV cameras installed at body of the private sector, has, authorities concerned on the pro- “This can have an instant Page 11 leum products distributor, Qatar the petrol stations, officials of the in fact, submitted a proposal for posal was still awaited. He refused impact on the Qatari market. Fuel (Woqod), QNA reports. interior ministry and Woqod would the agricultural city project which to pinpoint when asked which the Watch out. Egg prices can shoot ‘Discourse theft’ in The third and the last recom- be able to see if a bus or another could accommodate as many as 300 authorities concerned were. up here considerably due to the the Arab world mendation of the high-powered heavy vehicle comes to a petrol sta- to 400 hatcheries. The Chamber’s He said the agricultural city shortages in Saudi Arabia,” Al panel is to tighten monitoring tion several times or visits other agricultural committee, which has project assumed immense sig- Obaidly said. One of the direc- By Dr Mohammed over projects that are located petrol stations too frequently. mooted the project idea, says the nificance when we consider that tors of the Chamber, he said the Al Rumaihi near the seashore providing easy People carrying diesel in jerry hatcheries can have three sections. poultry production in Qatar was short supply in Saudi Arabia is access to the sea (for escape with cans and frequenting petrol sta- One of the sections could be for just 10 percent of the requirement. because it is a major exporter to smuggled diesel). tions can also be monitored by egg production, while the other “The remaining 90 percent the neighbouring countries. Saving the Islamic The panel was set up on the CCTV cameras, observers said. for breeding chicken so they could needs for poultry products is met Continued on page 7 and Arab world orders of the Emir H H Sheikh THE PENINSULA be sold live in the market. The through exports,” said Al Obaidly. THE PENINSULA By Khalil Ali Haidar Taiwan plane crash kills 26 Draft law okayed to prevent death Clerics call pilot’s by drowning killing unIslamic DOHA: The State Cabinet yes- terday approved a draft law DUBAI/AMMAN: Muslim clerics across the Islamic world that would make the authori- clerics widely denounced Islamist argued that inflicting death by fire ties declare which areas on militants in Syria over the burn- was always banned under Islam. the coast will be permitted for ing to death of a Jordanian pilot, “The Prophet, peace be upon swimming and from what time saying such a form of killing was him, advised against burning to what time and which areas considered an abomination under people with fire,” Sheikh Hussein will be prohibited. Islam, no matter the justification. bin Shu’ayb, head of the religious The draft law, once put in force, Islamic State militants released affairs department in southern will ask the Beaches and Islands a video on Tuesday appearing to Yemen, said. Saudi cleric Salman Department of the Ministry of show captured pilot Maaz Al Al Odah wrote on his Twitter Municipality and Urban Planning, Kassasbeh being burnt alive in a account: “Burning is an abomi- in coordination with the com- cage. Jordan responded by exe- nable crime rejected by Islamic petent agencies, to install signs cuting two Al Qaeda convicts on law regardless of its causes. It is and instructions that show the death row. rejected whether it falls on an places where swimming would be Egypt’s top Muslim author- individual or a group or a people. allowed, and the places where it ity, the 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar Only God tortures by fire.” would prohibited. The wreckage of a TransAsia Airways turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft is recovered from a river, in New Taipei University issued a statement Even clerics sympathetic to the The department would also be City, yesterday. The aeroplane with 58 passengers and crew on board careered into a river shortly after taking expressing “deep anger over the jihadist cause said the act would asked to raise public awareness off from a Taipei airport, killing 26 people and leaving 20 missing. See also page 15 lowly terrorist act” by what it damage IS. “This weakens the pop- about the dangers of swimming called a “Satanic, terrorist” group. ularity of Islamic State because we in prohibited areas. The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, look at Islam as a religion of mercy The draft law also stipulates that Ahmed Al Tayeb, said the killers and tolerance.