Al-Rajaan Extradition ‘Ongoing’ Ups for the Kuwaiti Ruler Who Discloses Little About His Health
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tennis Page 15 markets Page 9 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 / ZUL-QAADAH 27, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17733 16 PAGES 150 FILS Amir says he underwent successful medical checks DUBAI, July 6, (AP): The 83-year-old Amir of Ku- wait said Monday he un- derwent “successful” med- ical tests, state-run media reported, the latest check- Al-Rajaan extradition ‘ongoing’ ups for the Kuwaiti ruler who discloses little about his health. Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Poet arrest hit Al Sabah told the country’s crown prince by phone that the “usual” medical checks By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh the concerned British Court approved on Nov 6, 2017 the request of the had gone well and would be Arab Times Staff Kuwaiti judicial authority to extradite the fugitive – former Director of continued, state-run KUNA news agency reported, citing KUWAIT CITY, July 6: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Jus- the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) Fahd Al-Rajaan. He a royal court (Amiri Diwan) tice and Minister of State for Nazaha Enhancement Abdullah Al-Rumi added the case was referred to the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement. has responded to the queries of MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji, affirming that to issue the final decision on the extradition of Al-Rajaan. Al-Rumi revealed that the Public Prosecution issued a deci- sion for the Interpol to arrest Al- Kuwait wins TSA membership Rajaan, so the latter issued a red Opinion alert in this regard. KUWAIT CITY, July 6, (KUNA): The General Administra- However, Al-Turaiji sent more tion of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced Tuesday that Ku- queries to the minister, demand- wait has won a membership at the Transportation Security ing for additional information Administration Committee (TSA). and transparency in this regard ‘Revocable divorce’ with parliament, Your In a statement to KUNA, an official of the DGCA said that this to prove that Kuwait is serious membership would give Kuwait the hand to make decisions, and in arresting Al-Rajaan and to re- leads to creating more cooperation opportunities, the opening of cover the stolen money. Highness, the government’s wait is 100 days airlines and the return, gradually, to the full activation of Kuwait He asked about the Kuwaiti International Airport within the coronavirus security measures. Institution in charge of following up the execution of the decision issued by the British court. He By Ahmed Al-Jarallah jor deterioration as a result of a stifl ing said Al-Rumi did not mention Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times crisis left by decades of closure and to- the steps taken since 2017, as talitarian rule. the minister seemed contented in IN 1933, the US President Franklin D. In 1978, China hired the Iraqi-born saying that the extradition pro- Roosevelt, at the start of his presiden- British administrative development cess is ongoing. tial term, enacted the tradition of the scientist Elias Corgis. The fi rst thing MPs Osama Al-Shaheen, “fi rst 100-day mission in the White he started working on was the gradual Hamad Al-Matar, Abdulaziz House” during which he worked on transition to a market economy, and Al-Saqaabi, Al-Saifi Mubarak implementing his economic plan to Al- Saifi and Mubarak Al-Hajraf opening the door to foreign investment submitted a bill to establish an rescue his country from the Great De- especially industrial. Within a few pression that had devastated it for over independent public authority for years, China became the world’s fac- the cooperative sector. four years. tory and the largest international inves- Since then, this matter has turned This authority will be respon- tor in several fi elds. It has the largest sible for cooperative societies into a nightmare for every elected presi- sovereign investment fund among its and the the Union of Consumer dent, as the latter has to prove his worth peers, even though it was established Cooperative Societies, and it will and the extent of his strength through 13 years ago with 200 million dollars be affiliated to the Ministry of what is implemented during those three and is worth a trillion dollars today. Social Affairs. months and ten days. This period, by The above two examples are indica- Al-Shaheen explained that the the way, is the waiting period for wom- tive of good management and prudence establishment of the authority is en after divorce among Muslims. in seizing opportunities to develop the aimed at developing the coopera- Suppose that the current government capital cycle. If it is necessary to seek tive sector, which has contributed was born immediately after the an- the assistance of experts from abroad, to the development of national nouncement of the start of the summer Kuwait, which was the fi rst to establish production and the economy for recess of the National Assembly, which a sovereign fund in 1953, fell in the decades. He thanked the Devel- lasts about three months. This currently ranking of such funds by several levels, opment Committee formed by is suffi cient time to implement some of the Union of Consumer Coopera- while other countries that are most re- tive Societies for its vital role in its plans it had announced during the cent in this fi eld had surpassed it. Interior minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah checks on health of attack victim. oath-taking session, especially with re- laying down the fundamentals of In this regard, there is no place for the proposed public authority. gard to the economic aspect, which is the size of the countries or the size of very similar to the case of the United Offi cer injured in second stabbing MP Mubarak Al-Arow sub- population, but for awareness of the mitted a bill to amend Law No. States in the 1930s. requirements of the stage, and ways Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah of a security officer while performing his duty in Al- 25/1996 on the disclosure of This is a great opportunity for the to advance the state, for which clean commissions related to govern- government to benefi t from all the tools visited a police officer who was stabbed in Al-Jahra Jahra Governorate, stressing that they firmly will hands and good morals are not enough. Governorate earlier on Monday. handle anyone who violates the law. ment contracts. The bill is aimed available to it, especially for manag- The opportunity is presently avail- at expanding the monitoring of ing public money, and improving in- The minister checked on the police officer’s health, The ministry stated that the police officer suffered able for the government, and there are made sure that the officer got all the care he needs, a small injury in the left shoulder. contracts in which the govern- dicators and classifi cations that have a hundred parliamentary days off. In and praised his dedication to work through providing Meanwhile, an unidentified bedoun who stabbed ment is represented by compa- sparked pessimism among the general other words, there will be no parlia- security and safety for citizens and residents. the traffic policeman on duty in the suburb of Jah- nies where it owns at least 25 public. mentary headache that would prevent it In a statement, the ministry of Interior said that ra has been admitted to the Jahra Hospital under percent of the capital. The cur- It is useful to compare us with some from working. one person was arrested after the stabbing incident heavy police guard, reports Al-Rai daily. (Agencies) rent law specifies the share of the countries that, despite the negative It has a Constitution that allows the government as at least 50 percent consequences of the COVID-19 pan- issuance of decrees of necessity, with of the company’s capital to be demic on the global economy, were which it can work. If the parliament Direct flights to Azerbaijan covered by the law. able to achieve huge gains, including does not accept them in the next ses- Proposal the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, which Newswatch sion, the two will divorce by dissolv- Al-Arow affirmed his proposal achieved USD 46 billion during the ing the Parliament. This is because the fi rst quarter of this year, and its wealth will contribute to ongoing efforts most important thing is the appease- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Minis- Cabinet briefed on COVID to protect public funds. reached USD 1.2 trillion, and all indi- ment of people, not the satisfaction of try of Health on Tuesday said that cators rose to the highest levels in Nor- Meanwhile, MP Marzouq a handful of MPs and some dissonant 1,993 people were infected with KUWAIT CITY, July 6, (KUNA): In addition, the Cabinet studied Al-Khalifa forwarded queries way. voices on social media. the novel coronavirus (COV- The Kuwaiti Cabinet, in its weekly the recommendation of the Public to Minister of Interior Sheikh We are making this comparison due The future of Kuwait is more impor- ID-19) over the past 24 hours, session on Monday, approved a re- Services Committee on the request of Thamer Ali Al-Sabah about the to some similarities between Kuwait tant than everything else. bringing the total infected cases quest presented by the Ministry of the Minister of State for Communica- recent attacks on securitymen, and that Scandinavian country, at least to 367,642. Health on recruiting Pakistani doc- tions and Information Technology to especially the murder of Abdu- in the management of the oil income, Email: [email protected] Some 1,887 people recovered tors, nurses and technicians to back form a higher committee to approve from the disease in the same laziz Al-Rashedi.