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Shopping surge Emir to receive Entertainment well-wishers on Eid

DOHA: The Emiri Diwan announced yesterday that Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al galore during Thani will receive well-wishers on the occasion of the blessed Eid-Al- Fitr, at Al Wajba Palace on the first day of Eid, in the following order: Immediately after the Eid Eid holidays prayer until 6:30am, the Emir will receive Their Excellencies Sheikhs, Ministers, the Speaker of the Advi- sory (Shura) Council, Ministries’ Eid prayers at 5.03am undersecretaries, members of the Activities include Shura Council and citizens. walkabouts and DOHA: The Ministry of Endow- From 6:30am to 6:45am, the ments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) Emir will receive Heads of dip- special shows has prepared 298 mosques and lomatic missions. From 6:45am at malls. prayer grounds in the country to 7am, the Emir will receive the for the blessed Eid Al Fitr prayer, Armed Forces and Police officers including 35 mosques and places as well as directors of departments reserved for women. and national institutions. The Emir The Ministry announced that will also receive immediately after The Peninsula Eid Al Fitr prayers will be per- the Asr prayer to 4:15pm Their formed at 5:03am, reports Qatar Excellencies Sheikhs and citizens News Agency. Emir condoles DOHA: As the country gears up to Eid shoppers at a shopping mall in Doha yesterday. Buying has surged at shopping centres ahead of celebrate Eid Al Fitr, Qatar Tourism QTA with several partners will Eid-Al-Fitr with families looking for the best bargains. Pic: Kammutty VP/ The Peninsula with Saudi King Authority (QTA) has announced an offer entertainment activities and array of fun-filled family enter- shows at venues across the coun- DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim tainment programmes. QTA’s try, including at malls, beaches bin Hamad Al Thani sent yesterday entertainment package includes lei- and the Qatar National Theatre. a cable of condolences to the Cus- sure activities and interactive shows Activities will vary from plays for todian of the Two Holy Mosques for people of all ages during the hol- children, paragliding, horse riding King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al idays. and museum tours. Community events lined up Saud of Saudi Arabia on the death Hot but stable weather has been Activities at shopping malls of Prince Mansour bin Faisal bin forecast during the holidays. In a will be held between 5pm to 10pm Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, special weather report issued ahead including Drummers Parade, Frit- reports QNA. of the Eid holidays, the Meteorology ters, Hungry Chefs, Walkabout The Peninsula to showcase their talents in singing The Nepalese community will Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Department said, “The weather will Birds, Koka Stilt Walkers and Live and dancing on stage. Musical bands take part in the celebrations through Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani be stable and suitable for all kinds Statue. will be another attraction at each Non Residents Nepalese Association also sent a cable of condolences of activities”. Special shows will be Alice in DOHA: The Public Relations Depart- venue. (NRNA) by performing songs, group to King Salman. Prime Minister The weather chart, however, Wonderland (City Centre), Sleeping ment of the Ministry of Interior in Indian community organisa- dances and putting up folk and tra- and Interior Minister H E Sheikh cautioned against direct exposure Beauty (Dar Al Salam), The Little collaboration with Community tions registered under Indian Cultural ditional shows presented by Khatang Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa to sunlight during the day. Mermaid (Ezdan Mall), Snow White Policing Department will organise Center — Sanskriti Qatar, Thirumut- Samaj, Magar Samaj, Bishwakarma Al Thani also sent a similar cable Temperature is expected to (Lagoona Mall), IftahYaSimsim (Hyatt ‘Communities Eid Al Fitr 2016 Cele- tam, Vishwakalavedi and Bangiya Samaj and Fewa Cultural Family. to King Salman. be between 44 °C and 35 °C, with Plaza) and Dora’s Friendship Fiesta brations’ on first and second days of Parishad will be performing dances. The Eid Cultural Celebration of winds expected to be northwesterly (Al Khor Mall). Eid Al Fitr on a stage specially built Skills Development Center’s team Pakistani community will be held Emir congratulates – northeasterly light to moderate While several other shows such near Asian Town cricket stadium in will take part in the event by show- in the football stadium of Wakra with speeds between 5 to 15 knots, as Doctor Bubble, Equilibrium on the Doha Industrial Area for Indian, Sri casing Arabic dance and Indian folk Sports Club from 6pm on the first Belarus President but would reach up to 22 knots at Reels, Comedy Show, Tanoura Per- Lankan, Nepalese and Korean com- dance along with performance by day of Eid in which famous Paki- places on Friday and Saturday. formance, Ardha Traditional Dance, munities. Celebrations will be held SDC Music Club. stani artistes such as Khalid Malak, The QTA yesterday announced Oriental Dabke and Kids Magi- at Al Wakra Sports Club for Bangla- The Sri Lankan Coordination Hashmat Sahar, Gul Nawaz, Zardad DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim 15 locations where Eid Al-Fitr 2016 cian will rotate between the malls. deshi and Pakistani communities on Committee will participate in the Bulbul, Khalidah Yasmin, Nadiya Gul, bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday Festival will take place over five Entrance to all events at malls are the first day of Eid. celebration by presenting songs, dra- Radmi and Mina Gul will perform. sent a cable of congratulations days, beginning on the first day of free. The performances at Asian Town mas, folk dances while the Korean The Bangladeshi community’s to President of Belarus, Alexan- Eid, which is likely to fall tomorrow will begin at 5pm and continue until community will put up a Korean DJ cultural programme will start after der Lukashenko, on his country’s or on Wednesday. → Continued on page 4 11pm. Workers will be given a chance music show on the first day of Eid. Magrib prayers. Independence Day, reports QNA. Two-state solution New gold jewellery resale slipping away: 119 dead as truck bomb goes UN official off in Baghdad shopping area rule worries traders

Reuters Agencies By Sanaullah Ataullah gold shop in Doha. The Peninsula “I attended the meeting with JERUSALEM: A two-state solution BAGHDAD: A suicide truck bomb in a dozen other representatives of to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict downtown Baghdad killed 119 people gold shops. CPD gave us a sample is slipping away, the UN special and wounded nearly 200 others who of new sales invoice with full details coordinator for Middle East peace were out shopping and celebrating DOHA: The Ministry of Economy including date, invoice number, warned yesterday, after both sides early yesterday ahead of the holiday and Commerce has issued new sales names of the shop and buyer, means shrugged off criticism by interna- marking the end of Ramadan, secu- invoice for gold jewellery shops to of payment, number of items, spec- tional mediators. rity and medical officials said. protect the rights of customers. ifications, trademark, number of A report released on Friday by The attack, claimed by the The move is part of the Minis- pieces, weight, carat, colour, mak- the so-called Quartet — United Islamic State group, was the dead- try’s decision last month to bring in ing charge, total amount paid and States, European Union, United liest in months in the Iraqi capital, fresh regulation for the sale of gold seal and signature of the seller”, said Nations and Russia — called on and came despite a series of recent and jewellery. the salesman. Israel to stop its policy of build- gains against the extremists, includ- Market sources told The Penin- A number of other issues related ing settlements on occupied ing the capture of Fallujah, which sula the Consumer Protection to the sale of gold and jewellery were land and restricting Palestinian was believed to have been a source Department (CPD), which works also discussed at the meeting. development. of such attacks. under the Ministry of Economy and “At the meeting, the CPD officials Israeli policy “is steadily erod- The bomb went off shortly after Commerce, met with representatives wanted the shop owners to consider ing the viability of the two-state midnight in a crowded shopping area of gold shops in the country and cir- gemstones used in gold jewellery solution,” it said. It also urged in the central Karada district, kill- The site of the suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area of culated among them a draft copy of as gold when customers resell old the Palestinian Authority to take ing at least 115 people and wounding Baghdad yesterday. the new invoice explaining the fresh jewellery to gold shops. It is not rea- steps to end incitement to violence 187, according to a police official. The regulations. sonable because we buy gemstones against Israelis, condemn “all acts dead included at least 15 children, 10 According to the proposed regu- from manufactures at the rate of gold of terrorism” and do more to com- women and six policemen. At least multi-storey shopping and amuse- was heading home when I saw a fire- lations, jewellery shops are expected and sell it as it is. But when we sell bat them. twelve other people were still miss- ment mall, where dozens burned to ball with a thunderous bombing,” the to consider gemstones used in gold old jewellery to manufactures and ing and feared dead. death or suffocated, police said. father of three said. jewellery as gold when custom- factories they did not count gem- Karada is a major commercial It was the deadliest attack in Iraq “I was so scared to go back and ers resell used ornaments. At the stones as gold”, said a trader who RAMADAN area lined with clothing and jew- since July 2015 and among the worst started to make phone calls to my meeting, shop owners reportedly attended the meeting. The shop TIMING ellery stores, restaurants and cafes, single bombings in more than a dec- friends, but none answered.” He said expressed concern over this pro- owners expect the authorities to and was packed with shoppers ahead ade of war and insurgency. that one of his friends was killed, posal. “We received a notice from reconsider the proposal to consider Today’s Iftar 6 : 31 pm of Wednesday’s Eid Al Fitr holi- “It was like an earthquake,” said another was wounded and one was the CPD to attend a meeting on June gemstones as gold during the resale. Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 09 am day marking the end of Ramadan. Karim Sami, a 35-year-old street still missing. 29 to discuss new rules regulating Most of the victims were inside a vendor. “I wrapped up my goods and → See also page 6 sale of gold”, said a salesman of a → Continued on page 4 02 MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 HOME

Belarus President congratulated on Independence Day HBKU law students take on internships

DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh experience the practice of law and Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani solidify the theoretical understand- yesterday sent a cable of con- HBKU College of Law ing of legal issues and concepts learnt gratulations to Belarus President and Public Policy in the classroom. Alexander Lukashenko on his “The JD programmer is the first country’s Independence Day. celebrates the first of its kind in the region and fosters Prime Minister and Interior programme of legal innovation and resourcefulness Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah internships of Juris within our students while developing bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani their legal knowledge,” said Profes- sent a similar cable to President Doctor graduate sor Clinton Francis, Founding Dean Lukashenko. course. of the college. “I am grateful to all faculty mem- bers and staff who have been so Eid timings of supportive of such a pioneering pro- gramme and I am proud of what our QIB branches The Peninsula students have accomplished so far. “I’m delighted the students DOHA: For customers’ conven- are getting the opportunity to ience, Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), enjoy internships at a variety of Qatar’s leading Islamic bank, has DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa Univer- organisations in Qatar, and am announced that The Gate Mall, sity’s (HBKU) College of Law and grateful to all of those offering Dar Al Salam and City Center Public Policy held a Ramadan event internships. branches will open its doors from for students from its Juris Doctor (JD) “Such real-world experience the evening of the second day of graduate law programme. working alongside legal profession- Eid as per regular banking hours. The event aimed to bring students als can enhance their knowledge After Eid holidays, all 31 together with leaders from Qatar’s and build connections that will QIB branches will resume work legal community and celebrate the have a lasting positive benefit for all as per regular morning and college’s first programme of legal involved.” evening shifts. The branches at internships being held throughout Professor Francis was speaking Officials and students at the Suhoor gathering. the malls will be open from Sat- the summer. at a Suhoor gathering hosted by the urday until Thursday from 9am Last year, the JD programme was college which offered an opportunity to 2.30pm and 3.30pm to 9pm the first to be launched by the college. for the JD students to gather together firm and the Supreme Committee for after they graduate. For me, the society and involve interaction and on Friday from 4pm to 9pm. It delivers a customised legal curric- with local legal stakeholders and Legacy and Delivery were present. degree supplements my long with the community. Other initi- QIB e-channels will be available ulum that uses innovative methods discuss the practical aspects of Ibrahim Al Jabor, a JD student career in engineering projects and atives from the JD program include 24/7 through Internet banking, of instruction focusing on meeting their education. Representatives of interning at Siemens, said, “I was contracts.” a Legal Leadership Speaker Series, QIB mobile banking application, the needs of the Gulf’s most impor- Qatar International Court Dispute drawn to the programme because The summer internship is part where experts from the country call centre and over 170 ATMs and tant industries. Resolution Centre, Sultan Al of its academic and practical of an undertaking by the college are invited to visit the college to cash deposit machines across the The internships have been organ- Abdulla & Partners law firm, Ghada components that prepare students that students’ learning experience share knowledge and experiences country. ised to offer students the chance to M Darwish law firm, Al Sulaiti law to successfully enter the market be in line with the needs of Qatari with students. Dr. Ferguson appointed Chief Medical Officer at Sidra

The Peninsula in daily clinical services. He will be represents another milestone as experience and commitment to high- which is also the provider of state- involved in overseeing Sidra’s patient we ready for two facilities — our quality healthcare delivery is a great wide quaternary services, including and family centric focus via clinical outpatient clinic becoming fully fit with our key mission to provide liver transplant, spinal services and DOHA: Sidra Medical and Research advancements; quality improvement operational by January 2017 and the patients with world-class services in the Victorian Respiratory Support Center (Sidra) has announced the and patient safety; as well as adopt- preparation for the phasing of in- an innovative and ultramodern set- Service. Prior to Austin Health, Dr. appointment of Dr. John Ferguson ing the latest technologies and best patient services at the main hospital. ting,” said Peter Morris, CEO, Sidra. Ferguson was part of an Australian (pictured) as Chief Medical Officer. practice methodologies to ensure the “He will play a critical role in Dr. Ferguson joins Sidra from team tasked with developing two As CMO, Dr. Ferguson will provide effective care of patients. incorporating the latest advances in Austin Health, a major tertiary new hospitals and three new clinics critical physician input and counsel “Dr. Ferguson’s appointment paediatric and maternity services. His hospital in Melbourne, Australia, in Kuwait City. HOME MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 03

Timings for all Qatar Airways Kahramaa filling stations starts flying announced to Marrakech The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kah- ramaa) has announced timings The Peninsula for all its Tanker Filling Stations Qatar Airways Group (TFS) during Eid-al- Fitr holidays. Chief Executive Customers have been asked to call on 991 in case of emergency as DOHA: Qatar Airways added Akbar Al Baker said: customers service centres will be another feather into its cap by add- “It is our pleasure closed during Eid-al-Fitr holidays. ing tourist favourite Marrakech to On the last day of Ramadan its global route map. The airline’s to offer this vibrant and a day before Eid, Sailiyah and inaugural flight landed at Marra- destination to our Umm Salal Tanker filling Stations kech Menara Airport on July 1 and will be open from 6am to 12 mid- it opened up a world of more than customers.” night while Al- Wakra, Al Khor and 150 destinations to customers trav- Al Shihaniya, filling stations will elling from the Moroccan city. be operating in two shifts from On board flight QR1395 was a 6am to 4pm and 6pm to 10pm. Qatar Airways delegation lead by Qatar Airways Group Chief Al Shamal, Al Jumeiliya and Qatar Airways delegation lead by Dr Hugh Dunleavy, Chief Commercial Officer greeted by Morocco’s Minister Dr Hugh Dunleavy, the airline’s Executive Akbar Al Baker said: Mesaeid stations will be working Chief Commercial Officer, who was “Marrakech is one of Morocco’s of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad, and the Qatari Counsellor to Morocco, Mansour Abdullah Al Sulaiteen. from 6am to 11am and from 6pm greeted by the Marrakech Menara most popular cities for tourists, and to 10pm. filling station of Al Ghu- Airport General Manager, Nawal it is our pleasure to offer this vibrant tourist and business travel, and we and Sunday via Casablanca. The customers an opportunity to seam- wairiya will be closed. Mounir; Morocco’s Minister of tour- destination to our customers, while are pleased to offer the services of return flight from Marrakech travels lessly connect to destinations The filling stations at Sailiya ism, Lahcen Haddad; and the Qatari also opening up seamless connec- the world’s best airline to passengers directly non-stop to Doha. throughout Morocco, Spain, and north and Umm Salal will be open from Counselor to Morocco, Mansour tivity to more than 150 cities around travelling for all purposes.” Qatar Airways began its Morocco and west Africa, with additional bene- 2pm and operate round the clock Abdullah Al Sulaiteen. the world to those travelling from Flight QR 1395 was welcomed by operations in 2002. Today, custom- fit of enhanced frequent flyer benefits. on first Eid Day while Al- Wakra, To celebrate first flight, Qatar Morocco, through our hub at Hamad the water salute at Marrakech Menara ers can fly daily to to Casablanca Import and export businesses in Al- Khor and Al Shahaniya filling Airways hosted an Iftar for VIPs, International Airport. Airport Qatar Airways will operate from Doha. Additionaly through a Morocco will also benefit from the new stations will be open from 2pm to officials, trade and media, at La There is immense potential flights three times a week from Doha codeshare partnership with Royal service which provides up to 33 tonnes 10pm. Other filling stations will be Mamounia hotel in Marrakech. in Marrakech, both in terms of to Marrakech on Wednesday, Friday, Air Maroc, Qatar Airways offers of belly-hold cargo capacity a week. closed on first day of Eid. On the next day of Eid-ul- Fitr until last day of Eid vacation, Sal- iya and Umm Salal filling stations will be open round the clock while Katara to organise four-day events to mark Eid Al-Fitr Al Wakra filling station will be functional from 6am to 10pm and other filling stations Al Khor, Al The Peninsula A musical show under the theme follow to light up the night sky with their families and friends at our joyful focal message Katara has always been Shihaniya, Al Shamal, Al Jumeiliya of “A Childs’s Dream” will be staged brilliant colorful lights. shows during the Eid holidays”. keen to send: We are a platform of love, and Mesaeid will be functional on Kataraesplanade with three-daily General Manager of Katara, Dr He added: “The Cultural Village peace and human co-existence for all”. from 6am to 2pm. performances in Arabic and Eng- Khalid Bin Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, said: has become a prominent tourism Dr. Al-Sulaiti said: “Our exclusive Al Ghuwairiya station will DOHA: After concluding its 2016- lish. The first show will be in Arabic “It’s one of Katara’s known traditions destination in Qatar, and our hub programmes are aimed at attracting open on July 9 from 6am to 2pm. Ramadan Festival titled: “Human scheduled at 7 pm; while the second now that we culminate our Ramadan and services are widely appreci- wider audiences that add real value Customer services centers Creation in the Holy Quran”, the Cul- in English will begin at 8:30 pm. The Festival with Eid Al-Fitr extravaganza. ated. We promise our guests, from to Qatar’s cultural and tourism scene. will be closed during Eid-al-Fitr tural Village Foundation-Katara will third show in Arabic will begin at 9:30 We strive to offer children and fam- all age groups an unforgettable Eid Our reputation speaks for us and we holidays. Kahramaa has readied mark Eid Al-Fitr Festival, with a four- pm. Eid gifts will also be presented to ilies from Qatar and abroad happy experience with special shows through call upon all to join the KataraEid Fes- technical teams to tackle emer- day exclusive programme of fun and children at 6:45pm and 9:00 pm, and moments and special times, as it’s an full-range family-centric social, cul- tival and enjoy the spectacular shows gency cases during Eid. Customers excitement from the first day of Eid. a dazzling display of fireworks will opportunity for many to accompany tural and artistic programme. That is a and stunning displays of fireworks”. can call Kahramaa on 991. 04 MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 HOME

Wyndham Grand Eid shows & fun Regency Doha Hotel activities lined up offers Eid packages

The Peninsula Continued from page 1 priced from QR30 to QR300. Horse riding at Al Sam- A variety of shows, includ- riya Equestrian Academy will DOHA: Wyndham Grand Regency Doha ing live entertainment at be held from 8.30am to 6pm Hotel is offering special packages in cel- Katara Cultural Village, will and tickets for stagecoach ride ebration of Eid Al Fitr. start at 7pm and culminate in is priced at QR50. Book a room and get a 20 percent a firework spectacle at 11.15pm. An Arabian horse tour will discount all our restaurants and spa treat- A theatrical performance cost QR100. ments, including a breakfast buffet for two Tar Al Wazir — an Arabic More excitement is prom- people, access to the fitness centre and comedy about social issues ised by Qatar Air Sports swimming pool and free access to the in Qatar and the GCC — will Committee at the Sealine Internet anywhere in the hotel. be held between 6.30pm and beach for people who like aer- The offer is valid from today until July 9.30pm at Qatar National ial paragliding and a tour will 12 for a limited number of rooms and is Theatre. cost QR250. subject to availability and conditions Tickets are priced from Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim apply. It is for all GCC citizens and res- QR50 to QR500. Al Thani Museum will be offer- idents only. Children’s play, The Hunter ing free tours. The hotel wishes all its guests a happy and the Pirates, will be staged Entertainment options will Eid and a most enjoyable stay. The 246- at Al Rayyan Theatre in Souq be available at Aqua Park, Al room hotel offers single, double and suite Waqif between 4.30pm and Dosari Zoo and Game Reserve, accommodations. 6.30pm. the Pearl-Qatar and Aspire Rooms feature a harmonious blend of Tickets for the play are Zone Foundation. People shopping at a mall ahead of Eid Al Fitr. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula traditional architecture and contemporary design alongside all comforts and ameni- ties to be expected from a five-star hotel. Pakistani forum holds Special Eid buffet at Sohni Dharti Eid Bazaar Ramada Encore Doha DOHA: Ramada Encore Doha is offering an inspirational Eid dining experience at Hub restaurant. The Peninsula festival will be held on July 21 A specially crafted buffet with a lavish in Al Khor. feast of salads, hot and cold Mezzeh, and The bazzar featured col- a wide selection of Arabic sweets is being DOHA: The Sohni Dharti ourful stalls for ladies and offered at a promotional price of QR70 per Forum of Pakistanis in Qatar gents wear, delicious Pakistani person for lunch buffet and QR80 per per- organised Sohni Dharti Eid sweets and food, hena and tra- son for dinner buffet. Bazaar in Al Khor on Friday. ditional jewellery. Come and share great memories over It was inaugurated by Thousands of visitors a scrumptious spread and let our joyful Arbaab Qaisar, Commer- attended the bazaar. A major preparations ring in the festive celebra- cial Attaché at the Pakistan attraction was a stall for tions of Eid for you and your loved ones. Embassy, along with Sohni sweets brought from Pakistan The hotel management and team wish Dharti committee members. by Takreem. you and your family Eid Mubarak. Sohni Dharti Chairman The stall was owned by The hotel is the perfect location for Rana Anwar Ali said it is the Fatima Omar from Takreem. business and leisure 13km from Hamad most successful event of the Pakistani traditional sweets International Airport. forum. from Rehmat-e-Shereen and It is also minutes away from cultural He announced that the Today’s Fashion also featured and historical attractions and commer- Visitors at the bazaar. popular Sohni Dharti Mango at the event. cial areas.

Barwa Bank concludes Lulu Exchange marks third anniversary QSTec workshops

DOHA: QSTec hosted workshops Ramadan campaign for children, enabling them to build solar lanterns out of recy- cled materials. As part of its Shams The Peninsula the needy. The tournament, which Generation programme, the week- saw the participation of 16 teams, long programme took place every concluded with a coronation cere- evening after Iftar at Katara Cul- mony for the QC team, where Talal tural Village as part of the Katara DOHA: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s most Ahmed Al Khaja, Chief Group Com- Ramadan Festival. progressive Shari’ah-compliant munications Officer at the bank, service provider, has successfully awarded cash and symbolic prizes Jewellers’ meeting concluded its Ramadan Campaign to the best performing teams and 2016 ‘#My_Ramadan_Moments’, players and presented financial con- Continued from page 1 with its message to highlight the Holy tributions to each both charities. The Month’s values and charitable work. QC team won the championship title, The campaign’s video, which Ezdan Holding team finished second “The CPD officials told us to aimed to invite the public to celebrate and Kafood team won the third place hold the next meeting after Eid Al the sacred month’s values, customs prize. Fitr for further discussion on the and traditions, managed to garner The bank hosted an Iftar event for issue and come to a decision,” the over 100,000 views on the bank’s Qatar Foundation for Elderly People sources added. Facebook page in record time. Care and honoured the elderly. It also Explaining how the outlets Followers and fans had remark- held its 2016 Annual Gala ceremony evaluate the resale value of gold able contributions that helped in along with a staff Suhoor event to jewellery, a trader said: “Ideally, delivering the bank’s message to celebrate Ramadan and honour 30 we deduct QR6 for customs duty, all segments of society. The bank top-notch talents with Business Excel- QR10 for making charges and also launched the sixth edition of its lence Award. Tribute was also paid about QR15 for our charges per Ramadan Football Tournament and to employees who completed five or gramme of old gold jewellery. A set provided QR64,000 to Qatar Char- more years in the Group and recog- Lulu Exchange Company, the leading worldwide remittance and foreign exchange services provider of gold jewellery worth QR50,000 ity (QC) and Eid Charity as part of its nition certificates were awarded to in Qatar, celebrated its third anniversary at D-Ring Road branch yesterday. Senior management of the has a resale value of QR40,000 promise to triple the registration fees ‘The First Investor’ employees who company and Lulu Group International and customers were present. if gold prices does not witness a of the tournament for the benefit of completed 10 and 15 years. steep fall.”

Al Mukhtar hosts Iftar party for staff Logic Group names 999 mega draw winners

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DOHA: Logic Group of Companies declared 999 winners of its mega raf- fle draw conducted at Logic Mall in Muaither. The first prize of a Toyota Land Cruiser went to Indian Peer Moham- med, and the second prize of a Toyota Camry to Egyptian Mohammed Asam Soophy. Other winners received LG Ultra HD TV, Samsung HD TV, 25-gramme gold coin, iPhone, Samsung refriger- ator, LG washing machine, Lenovo laptop, Samsung Galaxy phones, Paz- pot home appliances, including home theatre, washing machine, iron box, watch, torch, emergency light and Officials and other participants at the mega draw. kettle. Ali Mohammed J A AL Atab was Al Mukhtar Contracting & Trading Co hosted an Iftar gathering for its employees at Millennium Hotel, the Chief Guest at the draw. Logic Officer Mohammed Siraj, Group and outlet managers and staff were Doha recently. Group of Companies Managing Direc- General Manager Shamsudheen, Per- present. The Group will announce tor T V H Useph, Chief Operating sonal Manager P S Najeeb, division next offers to mark Eid Al Fitr. Ramadan Thoughts

MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 05 Zakatul Fitr and its purpose

the one who pays it before the Eid various people.” Moreover, we have to not, since the birth took place after prayer, and it is sadaqah for the one bear in mind that Zakatul Fitr is oblig- the prescribed time, while accord- There are two who pays it after the prayer.” atory for everyone who lives until the ing to the second view, it is obligatory purposes for Zakatul Al Qaradawi comments on this sun sets on the last day of Ramadan. because the birth took place within hadith by saying that there are two This is the point of view of the Shafi`is, the prescribed space of time Fitr: One is related purposes: one is related to the indi- Hanbalis, and Malikis. Accordingly, to the individual; for vidual; for completion of his fast and whoever dies before the sun sets on What type of food completion of his fast compensation for any shortcom- the last day of Ramadan is exempted. The jurists hold different views ings in his acts or speech. The other Likewise, a person who has a baby on as to the types of food which must and compensation is related to society; for the spread- the last day of Ramadan should pay be given as Zakatul Fitr. The Hanbali for any shortcomings ing of love and happiness among its Zakatul Fitr for the baby. The majority view is that the kinds of food which in his acts or speech. members, particularly the poor and of jurists argue that we should not pay can be given are five: dates, raisins, needy, during the day of Eid. It also Zakatul Fitr for an embryo. But Imam wheat, barley, and dry cottage cheese. The other is related purifies one’s soul from such short- Ahmad holds that Zakatul Fitr is also Imam Ahmad is reported to have said to society; for the comings as the adoration of property, obligatory for an embryo, because it that any kind of staple grain or dates spreading of love and and from miserliness. Furthermore, it is permissible to assign property to an are also permissible, even if the above purifies one’s property from the stain embryo by means of a will. five types are available. The Malikis happiness among its of unlawful earnings. It is also a cure and Shafi’ is are of the view that it is members, particularly for ailments. When Zakatul Fitr is due permissible to give any kind of food as the poor and needy, The Prophet (PBUH) said: “It would The jurists agree that Zakatul Fitr long as it is the main staple in that par- be better that you treat your patients is due at the end of Ramadan. They ticular region or the main food of the during the day of Eid. with charity.” In addition, it provides differ, however, about the exact time. person. As for the Hanafis, they per- for the needs of the poor and the indi- Al Thawri, Ishaq, Malik (in one of two mit paying the value of Zakatul Fitr in gent and relieves them from having to Fitr was obligatory for all Muslims, not makes this Zakah obligatory not only reports), and Al Shafi’i (in one of his money. Ibn Al Qayyim highlighted these ask others for charity on the day of `Eid. only those who possess the nisab stat- on the rich, but also upon nearly every two opinions), are of the opinion that different viewpoints and concluded that The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fulfil their ing that this is the view of the majority Muslim, for you can hardly find a per- it is due at the sunset of the night of the Prophet (PBUH), prescribed Zakatul very Muslim is required need on this day (i.e., the day of Eid)” of scholars. He said, “In essence, the son who does not possess one Sa` of breaking the fast, for this is when the Fitr as one Sa’ of dates, barley, raisins to pay Zakatul Fitr at the Zakatul Fitr is incumbent on every rationale behind it was stated to be food above his main staple food for fast of Ramadan ends. However, Al or dry cottage cheese. These were the conclusion of the month free Muslim who possesses one Sa` of the purification of one who fasts from the duration of one day and night. Layth, the Hanafi school, Al Shafii main staple kinds of food in Madinah. of Ramadan as a token of dates or barley which is not needed as any indecent act or speech. And since The wisdom behind this obligation, (in his other opinion), and the second As for people of other territories, what Ethankfulness to God for having ena- basic food for himself or his family every Muslim needs this, it is therefore therefore, is to prepare the poor to report of Malik say that Zakatul Fitr is they should pay is one sa’ of their staple bled him to observe fasts. Its purpose for the duration of one day and night. obligatory upon every fasting Muslim, practice benevolence and feel the due at the start of Fajr (dawn) on the grain, such as corn, rice, etc. But if their is to purify those who fast from any Every free Muslim must pay Zakatul whether rich or poor, who possesses dignity and honour of giving in char- day of Eid because it is an act of wor- main staple food is other than grain, indecent act or speech and to help the Fitrfor himself, his wife, children, and one Sa` in excess of his main staple ity. Allah described the believers ship connected with Eid, so the time of such as milk, meat, fish, etc., then they poor and needy. servants. This is the opinion of Imam food for the duration of one day and with these words, “Those who spend its payment should not be before Eid should pay one Sa` of that particular This view is based upon the hadith Malik, Al Shafi`i, and Ahmad. Imam night. This is because so long as the (freely), whether in prosperity, or in just as sacrifice on the Eid of Adha. food. This is the opinion of the major- which reads: “The Messenger of Allah, Abu Hanifah, however, said that it is essential rationale is shared by all adversity…” Thus if we contemplate These two different views acquire rel- ity of scholars and is the preferred point (peace be upon him) enjoined Zakatul only obligatory for one who possesses Muslims, then they also share the on this wisdom, we will not find it evance if a baby is born after sunset of view, since it achieves the purpose Fitr on those who fast to shield them a nisab (a minimum amount of prop- same obligation.” strange that the needy pay this Zakah, but before dawn on the day of Eid; the of fulfilling the needs of the poor on from any indecent act or speech, and erty) after fulfilling the costs of his Al Qaradawi also asserts the because it does not cause them to question then is whether Zakatul Fitr the day of `Eid with the staple food of for the purpose of providing food for house, servant, horse, and weapon. majority view when he says, “It is suffer any loss. He will pay only his is obligatory for the baby or not. In their region. the needy. It is accepted as Zakah for Al Khattabi explained that Zakatul a virtuous wisdom of Islam that it Zakah and then receive the Zakah of accordance with the first view, it is Source: islamonline 06 MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Turkish ship RAF rescues 550 loan defaulters from Gaza jail with aid to Gaza The Peninsula release. The remaining 250 default- ers were also set free to celebrate Eid with their families. RAF will launch a drive to collect money for the repay- DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdul- ment of their loans after Eid Al Fitr. reaches Israel lah Foundation for Humanitarian RAF, in cooperation with its local Services (RAF) has rescued 550 charity partner Jamiyat Tariq Al Palestinians serving jail term in Al Hayat” conducted a survey to register A compromise was eventually Katiba prison in Gaza for defaulting the cases of loan defaulting prison- reached allowing Turkey to send aid on loan payments to bring smiles on ers in Gaza and their dues. The loan A compromise was through Ashdod rather than directly the faces of their families ahead of amounts ranges between $1,000 reached allowing to the Palestinian enclave. Eid Al Fitr. and $15,000, totaling QR3.5m, said Israel says the blockade is nec- The initiative was implemented a statement. Turkey to send aid essary to prevent Islamist movement under a QR3.5m ($961,142) social A press conference was held in A defaulter is receiving release paper from a jailer after repayment of to Gaza through Hamas from receiving materials that project of the RAF. Loans of 300 jail facility to announce the release his loans by Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian could be used for military purposes, prisoners have been paid for their of the prisoners. Services (RAF). Ashdod rather but UN officials have called for it to be lifted, citing deteriorating condi- than directly to the tions in the territory. Palestinian enclave. Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted AKP party has friendly ties with Turkey detains Gaza’s Hamas rulers, and President UAE protests US arrest; calls to Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a three more over vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause. airport attack AFP Turkey and Israel were formerly avoid national dress abroad close regional allies, but fell out in 2010 when Israeli commandos killed Agencies 10 Turkish activists in a raid on an AFP in a phone call. The foreign ministry Menhali said, quoted in The National ASHDOD, ISRAEL: A Turkish ship aid flotilla seeking to run the block- said it expressed “discontent over the daily. carrying aid for Gaza arrived in ade on Gaza. abusive treatment by the Ohio police The Emirati foreign ministry, in Israel yesterday, a week after the Under the reconciliation deal, of a UAE citizen” as well as the post- a statement posted on Twitter, urged ISTANBUL: Turkey’s state-run two countries agreed to restore ties Israel will pay $20m in compensa- DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates ing of a video showing his arrest, citizens “not to wear the national news agency says authorities that soured over a deadly raid on an tion to the families of those killed. (UAE) summoned yesterday a senior which contained “defamation of the dress during their travel, especially have detained three new suspects aid flotilla. Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- US diplomat to protest the “abu- UAE national.” in public areas, to ensure their own in connection with the attack at The Lady Leyla container vessel yahu has promoted the economic sive treatment” of a UAE citizen as “The UAE cares for the safety of safety”. Istanbul’s airport that killed at docked at Ashdod port in the after- benefits of restoring ties, with talk it advised citizens to avoid wearing its citizens and, therefore, demands After confirming that Menhali least 44 people. noon after departing on Friday. of building a pipeline to Turkey to national attire abroad. clarifications about this incident,” it posed no danger, the policemen let It said the total number of Its contents were to be unloaded, export Israeli gas, and the need to The foreign ministry expressed said in a statement carried by Wam go of the Emirati man, who said he those detained in relation to the inspected and sent on to the Hamas- find allies in the turbulent Middle “discontent” to US embassy deputy state news agency. Goldrich “apol- collapsed and needed treatment in shooting and suicide attack at the run Gaza Strip, hit by three wars East. The deal received a mixed chief of mission Ethan Goldrich and ogised” for the incident, pledging to hospital. Menhali had been in the airport is now 27. Thirteen sus- with Israel since 2008 and under response in Israel. demanded clarifications over the get clarifications from authorities in United States since April for treat- pects, including three foreigners, an Israeli blockade. There were allegations that detention of an Emirati business- the state of Ohio, Wam said. ment after a brain stroke suffered last have been referred to Istanbul’s The Panama-flagged ship was it does not do enough to push for man suspected of being a militant. A video of the incident, posted on year, said Emarat Al Youm, another Bakirkoy Court after undergoing carrying 11,000 tonnes of supplies the return of four Israelis missing The 41-year-old, visiting the Youtube, shows several policemen UAE daily. medical checks, according to the including food packages, flour, rice, in Gaza — two soldiers who have United States for medical treatment, armed with rifles take down Ahmed Anti-Muslim incidents have report. sugar and toys, the Turkish state-run been declared dead and two civil- was wearing a white robe and Arab Al Menhali, and then handcuff and spiked in the United States on the Three militants armed with Anadolu news agency reported. ians believed to be alive and held headdress on Wednesday when he search him. back of deadly IS attacks in the West assault rifles and suicide bombs Turkey had initially pushed for a by Hamas. Several relatives and was arrested at a hotel in Cleveland, “They were brutal with me. that prompted presumptive Repub- stormed Istanbul’s Ataturk Air- lifting of Israel’s blockade on Gaza as supporters of the soldiers’ families Ohio after an employee suspected They pressed forcefully on my back. lican presidential nominee Donald port on Tuesday night. No one part of the negotiations to normalise protested against the deal outside he had pledged allegiance to the I had several injuries and bled from Trump to call for a temporary ban on has claimed responsibility for the ties, but Israel rejected this. Ashdod port yesterday. Islamic State (IS) group, apparently the forceful nature of their arrest,” Muslims entering the country. attack, but Turkish officials say they believe it was the work of the Islamic State group, which is based in neighboring Syria and Iraq and has operatives in Turkey. Terrifying scenes at site of deadly Baghdad blast Khamenei: Iran

AFP of the shop. Kadhim said he brought won’t coordinate his friend Mustafa some juice from a nearby vendor moments before the with US on Syria blast, then went home to sleep. BAGHDAD: A weeping Zainab Mus- “After the explosion, there was TEHRAN: Iran will never coor- tafa brought a photo of her husband to nothing there except fire. I couldn’t dinate with the United States in the still-smouldering site of a bloody see Mustafa because his place” was Syria and other regional con- bombing in Baghdad yesterday, seek- ablaze, Kadhim said. flicts, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali ing word of him and their two missing Baghdad has been hit by a Khamenei said in remarks pub- children. number of bombings this year, but lished on his website yesterday. The three had gone out the night none nearly as deadly as the Sunday “We don’t want such a coordi- before to buy clothes for the upcom- attack, which combined explosives nation as their main objective is to ing holiday marking the end of the and shrapnel with raging flames. stop Iran’s presence in the region,” holy Muslim fasting month of Ram- Identifying all of the victims who Khamenei said in a transcript from adan, and Mustafa has not heard from are found will also be an enormous a speech to university students. them since. challenge. Iran and Russia support Syrian The suicide car bombing in the Civil defence members found President Bashar Al Assad’s fight Karrada area, which was claimed a body near where Kadhim was against armed rebels and jihad- by the Islamic State (IS) group and searching, but it was burned beyond ists, including those of the Islamic killed at least 119 people, sparked recognition and may require DNA State (IS) group. raging fires in nearby buildings, and testing to be identified. Tehran rejects any coordi- smoke still rose from charred struc- “It is not possible to know who nation with the US-led coalition tures more than 12 hours after the this body belongs to,” one of them that is also bombing the jihadists explosion. said. A list of victims posted at in Syria and Iraq. “We have looked everywhere; a nearby hospital listed some as Khamenei repeated demands members of my family are looking “unknown”. Black banners bearing for the US to stop interfering in the for them,” said Mustafa. the names of victims hang from some region and said Washington was The street in the Karrada area is shops in the area, which has been still acting aggressively despite last littered with rubble, and the search closed off by security forces. year’s nuclear accord with world for victims within the burned build- While dozens died in the bomb- powers to end Iran’s isolation. ings could take days. ing and subsequent fires, some made “Americans are still engaged “The lists of victims I saw narrow escapes. in hostility against the nation of included whole families — the father “A number jumped off the roofs of Iran, be it the Congress or the US and his sons, the mother and her Iraqis inspect the damage at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in buildings despite the height,” sustain- administration,” he said. daughters — whole families were Baghdad’s central Karrada district. ing injuries including broken feet, said Iran complains it has not ben- wiped out by this explosion,” a mem- shop owner Sari Mohammed. efited from the nuclear deal since ber of the civil defence forces said. Fadhel Salem is missing two of the store, but I can’t see anything shop where the ceiling had collapsed. And “three people hid inside a it came into force in January, with “We need a number of days to be his brothers who were in the fami- because of the heavy smoke,” he said. “I knew all of them; they are all refrigerator on the first floor, and after international banks still fearful of able to recover the bodies of victims. ly’s shop. Five people worked with shovels my friends,” said Sami Kadhim, one the fire was extinguished, they came doing business with Tehran due to It is a difficult task,” he said. “I think they are still there inside to try to find their friends at another of those digging through the remains out alive,” Mohammed said. remaining US sanctions. IS repels US-backed Egypt rights watchdog criticises disappearances and torture forces advancing on Syria bastion AFP country has not changed in spite of The cases were documented suspicions that security services related to abuses they are subject to the adoption of the new constitution between April 2015 and the end of had abducted Italian student Giulio in prisons and other detention facil- BEIRUT: The Islamic State (IS) two years ago,” the report said. March this year. “Human rights causes Regeni, whose mutilated body was ities, most notably torture and other group yesterday repelled an It added that the council had have not yet become a priority for the found on the side of a road, had harsh and degrading treatment,” the advance by US-backed forces on CAIRO: Egypt’s human rights raised 266 cases of enforced disap- state,” it said. been boosted by “the continuation council said. one of its main bastions in north- council said yesterday that the pearances with the interior ministry, Rights groups had accused Egypt of the phenomenon of torture” in The use of torture “continues to ern Syria, seizing back territory it authorities’ human rights record of whom 27 were since revealed of extensive abuses that spiked after Egypt. be widespread”, particularly in ini- had previously lost. had not improved, noting a string to have been released while 143 the military overthrew Islamist The report did not shed any light tial detention centres. The group said its fighters infil- of enforced disappearances by the remained in pretrial detention. president Mohamed Mursi in 2013, on Regeni’s disappearance, which Meanwhile, pretrial detention has trated villages and mountains police and abuse of prisoners. The ministry responded that 44 unleashing a bloody crackdown on created a diplomatic rift between become “a punishment in itself”. near the IS-held town of Manbij The National Council for Human of the missing people had not been his followers. Egypt and Italy, a close ally. Police Initial detention centres are esti- that were seized last month by the Rights, the country’s official rights arrested, and may have disappeared The report also criticised the state have denied involvement. mated to hold more than 300 percent Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurd- watchdog, made the remarks in an for other reasons, including to join for failing to pass effective legislation The council said it had received of their capacity, the report said. ish-dominated group aided by US annual report. militants groups, the council’s report to curb torture. 296 complaints during 2015. Detainees “take turns sleeping special forces. “The human rights situation in the said. The report noted that “Many of the complaints are because of lack of space”. ASIA / AFRICA MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 07 New Zealand Nigerian oil rebels claim new attacks seizes largest AFP According to a Nigerian state security officer, the yesterday morn- ing explosions in Warri happened LAGOS: Nigerian oil militant group simultaneously. the Niger Delta Avengers yesterday “I just spoke with my men in the claimed five attacks on the coun- area and they confirmed the attack,” cocaine haul try’s oil and gas infrastructure in a the source said, speaking on condi- revival of their sabotage campaign tion of anonymity. after a recent lull. “Preliminary investigations so far The largest-ever haul of the drug Since early this year, the Aveng- from our men in the field is that dyna- in New Zealand has been linked to ers have been bombing pipelines mite was used to blow up the facilities Detective the rebuild of the city of Christchurch, as they fight to win the Niger delta just like in previous attacks.” Superintendent Le severely damaged in a 2011 earth- region a bigger share of crude reve- Regional leader Eric Omare con- quake, and the Australian market. nue and greater political autonomy. firmed the Friday attack on the NNPC Bas says they were Detective Superintendent Virginia The sabotage is hitting the econ- pipeline saying people living in the still working to Le Bas, from the organised crime unit, omy -- the central bank governor fishing villages dotting the winding said they were still working to estab- has warned a recession is “immi- mangrove creeks heard the attacks. establish the final lish the final destination of the haul. nent” -- as the country is struggling “Yes, I got calls from locals in the destination of the “This is a significant win for New with lower revenue as a result of the area who heard the blast,” Ijaw Youth haul. Zealand,” she said. “This is a great A large diamante-encrusted horse head from Mexico from which low global price of oil. Council spokesman Omare said. success, we should be proud to have New Zealand police said they have seized a record $10m worth of In a series of statements posted The attacks break a relative lull detected it at the earliest of stages.” cocaine hidden inside. on Twitter, the Avengers claimed in violence and show that the Aveng- The 35-kilogramme (77 pound) that they bombed the state-owned ers are still capable of strangling AFP shipment had been air-freighted Hawaii and another Mexican was Christchurch were using the drug and Nigerian National Petroleum Cor- Nigeria’s oil production. from Mexico to Auckland where it detained in Christchurch. the rebuild had created a change in poration (NNPC) crude oil trunk line The Avengers, who are believed was detected in the bejewelled horse- Police believe at least some of the demand for some illicit substances. on Friday, and two Nigerian Petro- to be highly skilled former rebels WELLINGTON: New Zealand police head statue in May. drug was destined for Christchurch Drug researcher Chris Wilkins, leum Development Company trunk with insider knowledge of the said yesterday they have seized a Following a six-week investiga- which has attracted workers from from Massey University, told reporters lines in Delta state. region’s oil and gas infrastructure, record $10m worth of cocaine hidden tion, a Mexican and an American around the world to get involved in the drug may also have been destined Avengers also said that yester- have warned against repairing the inside a large diamante-encrusted were arrested in Auckland over the the rebuild over recent years. for Australia where demand was high day they bombed two Chevron oil pipelines until their demands are horse head from Mexico. weekend as they prepared to fly to Le Bas said some people in in cities like Sydney and Melbourne. wells in Delta state. met. Singapore to pursue firms over fires despite Indonesian ire

AFP Forest fires are part of an annual hazardous levels and thousands fell starkly, the bad guys that are causing -- but Jakarta has questioned how Afterwards, Indonesia’s Environ- dry-season problem in Indonesia, sick across the region. this problem,” he said in an interview. Singapore could pursue Indonesian ment Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said started illegally to quickly and cheaply Singapore has served notice to However, the city-state’s efforts to citizens for prosecution, especially in that she would be reviewing her min- JAKARTA: Singapore is refusing clear land for cultivation -- particu- six Indonesian companies it believes punish Indonesian companies under the absence of a ratified extradition istry’s cooperation with Singapore on to back down in its pursuit of those larly for palm oil and pulpwood. may have cleared land by burning but its own anti-haze law have become a treaty between the neighbours. environmental issues. responsible for haze-belching forest But last year’s haze outbreak was could target others as investigations flashpoint with Jakarta. The latest sabre-rattling came “Singapore cannot step further fires in Southeast Asia last year, despite among the worst in memory, shroud- continue, according to Singapore’s Singapore argues that inter- after Singapore issued a court war- into Indonesia’s legal domain,” Bakar struggling to bring the perpetrators ing Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of ambassador to Indonesia Anil Kumar national rules allow states to take rant in May to detain a director of an told reporters in June. Her spokesman before the courts and drawing a sharp Thailand in acrid smoke and forcing Nayar. action -- even if harm is being caused Indonesian company linked to the declined to comment further on the rebuke from neighbouring Indonesia. school closures as pollution reached “We are going after, to put it by activities outside its jurisdiction haze while he was in the city-state. matter when contacted.

Heading to local roots

Motorists board a ferry heading for Java island from the port of Gilimanuk in Jembrana on the mainly Hindu resort island of Bali, yesterday. Millions of Indonesians, mostly migrant workers, have started heading to their hometowns to celebrate Eid Al Fitr, which marks the end of Holy Month of Ramadan. Three cases of Zika in Guinea-Bissau

AFP A former Portuguese colony of 1.6 year, about 1.5 million people have million people, Guinea-Bissau suffers been infected with Zika in Brazil, and from chronic poverty and instability. more than 1,600 babies born with BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau has recorded Previously, the only other country abnormally small heads and brains. three cases of Zika, becoming the in West Africa where Zika had been Zika is primarily spread by the second country in West Africa where detected was Cape Verde, an archi- female Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dangerous viral disease has been pelago in the Atlantic, where 7,500 which is active mostly in the daytime. detected, the government said on Sat- cases have been recorded since Octo- The mosquitos must feed on blood in urday. ber 2015. order to lay eggs. “Three cases of contamination by Saturday’s statement said the The true extent of the vectors is Zika virus have been confirmed,” a authorities were taking steps to still unknown. Zika has been detected statement quoted Health Minister prevent further spread of the mos- in many more species of Aedes, along Domingos Malu as saying. quito-borne virus. with Anopheles coustani, Manso- The cases occurred in the Bijagos It announced that an anti-Zika nia uniformis, and Culex perfuscus, archipelago, a group of 88 islands of commission had been set up, com- although this alone does not incrim- which 23 are inhabited, Malu told a prising several ministers under the inate them as a vector. cabinet meeting on Friday. authority of Prime Minister Baciro In January 2016, the United States The communique gave no fur- Dja. Centers for Disease Control and Pre- ther detail about the three cases, their Zika is benign in most people vention (CDC) issued travel guidance location or how the disease may have but has been linked to microceph- on affected countries, including the arrived on the Bijagos. aly -- a shrinking of the brain and use of enhanced precautions, and A hospital source said that inves- skull -- in babies, and to rare adult- guidelines for pregnant women tigations were underway but the first onset neurological problems such as including considering postponing case may have occurred early last Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which can travel. Other governments or health month on Bubaque, one of the Bija- result in paralysis and death. agencies also issued similar travel gos islands. In an outbreak that started last warnings 08 MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Bloodbath in Baghdad Britain’s battle for its slamic State militants fleeing their stronghold of Fallujah have struck Baghdad. In the deadliest attack on the capital this year, 120 people died in bombings on a shopping district in the central part of the city which the militants heart and soul said targeted the Shias. The bombings happened when familiesI were out on the streets after the breaking of fast late on Saturday evening. The carnage was shocking as it happened the voters, were duped into apathy the same intelligently debate their in the last days of Ramadan, when the faithful were preparing during the drawn out Brexit cam- objectives in the region with more paign; that when asked are you Anger and recourse to history than the 1980’s. for Eid Al Fitr. For Iraqis, it will be an Eid of utter distress and voting in or out, instead of the pas- frustration at the They had, in short, British good mourning. sion now on our streets, many of us manners. Suicide bombings are not new to Baghdad, but massacres could barely raise a wry shrug for close result of Farage is not even close to being of this scale are rare and shake the confidence of people in the a way of life which everyone under 51.9% to 48.1% in a political leader of real might. His system. Reports say Baghdad has been struck more than 1,000 forty has taken for granted. Free- favour of leaving UKIP party has precisely one mem- times, with the majority of attacks targeting crowded places like dom of movement to Europe - of ber of parliament. He is mocked course we’re British! Want to work in the one place he had a voice, markets, shopping strips, religious gatherings and shrines. was spiced at the in Spain for the summer, move to the EU. The former Belgian Prime The attacks once again expose the frailty of the security By Lauren Booth France (as I did for six years) trade march, with dry Minister Guy Verhofstadt said dur- system in the country and to some with 27 neighbouring national part- humour. Baguettes ing the televised debacle: “I am extent the inability of the government ners - yeah why not? were waved in shocked, Mr Farage. You are pre- to guarantee safety in a crowded city Having taken all these bonuses senting yourself as the defender of where it is easy for militants to merge as part of our existence for so long, the air by younger the little man, while you have an The bombings with the local population. Security we then marched ourselves lem- voters supporting offshore financial construction.” in Baghdad t the weekend, in Lon- ming-like to the cliff’s edge of Verhofstadt then added: “OK, let’s doesn’t come cheap. It involves huge don, tens of thousands international oblivion. So, here ‘Bremain’. be positive, we are getting rid of which killed investments in security equipment, of Britons teemed onto we are crying again over a loss the biggest waste of EU budget: nearly 120 manpower and in advanced training. the streets to protest the we collectively have to come to your salary.” Aexit of the UK from the European terms with - fast. What the world witnessed this For a country immersed in corruption people show and reeling under political and Union. The aim, according to march Is it possible for a nation to go week in the European parliament that the fight economic crises, these are huge organisers, was to stop the govern- to sleep fairly sensible one decade What was not traditional proto- during Nigel Farage’s outburst was ment from triggering Article 50, and awake in another emotionally col was for the underling from the what a stupid man who has been challenges and first would require against IS will the formal process of political and retarded? Yet this is what we are Foreign office sent to chat him out sacked might do. He took his met- be long and putting the house in order. But that’s financial divorce from our former looking at when Google crashes the door to know ‘nothing about aphorical pants down and wiggled a challenge Prime Minister Haider Al continental partners. with Briton’s, after the event, col- anything.’ his exposed derriere at those with tortuous. Abadi must take up, which can be done Anger and frustration at the lectively searching the terms ‘What ‘The graduate they sent to fob actual power. The jeers are still only by taking all the sectarian groups close result of 51.9% to 48.1% in is the EU.’ me off- he was…an idiot.’ The highly ringing in our ears. into confidence. He had assured the favour of leaving was spiced at the Then there is Nigel Farage’s educated Iraqi representative, a With no partners in the regional country that he would restore security march, with dry humour. Baguettes taunting of MEP’s in the Euro- specialist in international relations vicinity who right now love our were waved in the air by younger pean Parliament earlier this week and political history was rudely shattering little union (Scotland to towns and cities and fight corruption. Abadi will have to voters supporting ‘Bremain’. to choke down. Farage, lampooned walked out the door by a kid sent and N Ireland voted to Remain), start a process of political reconciliation with various sectarian Slogans chanted including the the political class of Spain, France, to appease him as his country shat- our last hope was perhaps the styl- groups and beef up security in all over the city. satisfyingly wry and alliterative Germany and 24 other states for tered beneath the military boots ish charm of Europe’s diplomats. The Islamic State is likely to spread its terror in the coming ‘Fromage not Farage.’ ‘never having had a real job’ and and political mismanagement of Instead, our political parties weeks as they come under intense pressure in their strongholds. It usually takes a war to draw ‘not living in the real world.’! Britons leaders. A newbie of little implode in ego-led power stug- The IS has lost more than half of the territory they were holding such great numbers onto UK streets, The usually bored circular to no intellectual caliber ‘spoke no gles. And we, the public, as in the such as happened in 2003 against chamber erupted from time to Arabic whatsoever and proceeded days after Diana’s death, jettison and is likely to be displaced from the remaining areas as the the invasion of Iraq, or a death. This time in a rare show of animation. to say ‘well these problems in Iraq the Dunkirk spirit to huddle tear- government forces are set to move into Mosul. is because this particular outpour- There were cheers from fellow have been going on for more than fully around screens bemoaning our The fact that the bombings follow a terrorist attack in Dhaka ing of shock, bordering on national right wing anti immigration par- a decade.’ rulers. Or we gather in public iron- in which several foreigners were killed, claimed by the Islamic grief, reminds us of another event ties such as Le Pen’s Front Nationale. A decade, seriously? The consul ically waving baguettes in the air. State but denied by the Bangladeshi government, shows that the almost two decades ago that sent a For the most part the MEP’s were representative was livid. He missed, world has a tough task ahead in fighting terrorism. Home-grown shudder down the collective spine broadly mocking of the man who he said they way in which the Brit- The writer is a journalist, broad- caster and media consultant: and international terrorism have created a deadly mix which - the death of the former Princess can take all the credit he deserves ish Foreign office and diplomatic of Wales, Diana. for ‘reshaping Britian’ into the mess corps had a classy touch to their www.laurenbooth.org , Twitter:@ governments are struggling to root out. And these bombings are I was in Hyde Park with the it’s currently in. empirical aims- where they could LaurenBoothUK leading to retaliatory attacks against Muslims. For example, crowd, watching her funeral on a His brash, unhelpful tirade, attacks against Muslims have gone up in the US after the Orlando hastily erected giant screen. The made me think of an Iraqi atta- shooting. scenes were nothing like I, as a che to the consul in London, who Londoner, had experienced before. questioned the changing face of There was a man behind me dressed British politics back in 2007 when in a butlers outfit. Maybe he was a Gordon Brown was briefly Prime butler. People were publicly weep- Minister. Iraq at the time was being ing. My fellow countryfolk were primed for the slow, withdrawal of shedding tears, wailing, in the open British troops. The Chilcott enquiry Quote of the day air for others to see. Where were released in a few days will bring we for heavens sake, Los Angeles? those memories into sharp relief. It is impossible for the The whole outpouring of At that time, Brown needed to deal FBI not to recommend love mixed with grief was just so gently with Iraqi leaders to broker - American. an exit that would (don’t laugh) leave criminal charges against There is something of the United the militarily occupied land in a Hillary Clinton. What she States about this vote too. Over ‘stable condition to move forward.’ did was wrong. there, it takes a monstrous mistake The attache speaking to me at to awake thinking folk from their the Arab Ambassadors Dinner, was sugar and CNN intellectual coma. a gifted diplomat, who spoke four How else could Donald Trump be languages. He talked about the way Donald Trump within arms reach of running for in which he had been kept waiting President? In the UK more than half by Prime Minister Brown for well US Republican presidential the country is struggling with the over an hour the day before. This, candidate growing certainty that we’ve all he pointed out was far from unu- A man poses for a photograph with his “EU Stay” hat in Parliament been really, really, dumb; that we, sual when meeting a world leader. invadeSquare and in Londonsteal certainly, yesterday. but at

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seats. Counting was less clear in another seven seats. Though the initial count showed Labor ahead, mail-in and early ballots have tradi- tionally favored the conservatives, meaning Turnbull’s party is likely to gain seats once those are factored in. The final tally was not expected to be known until Tuesday. Opposition leader Bill Shorten did not speculate on a Labor victory but celebrated the strong swing to his party just three years after it was convincingly dumped from power in the last election. By Rod Mcguirk “Whatever happens next week, Mr. The Washington Post Turnbull ... will never again be able to promise the stability which he has com- pletely failed to deliver tonight,” he said in a ustralians awoke yesterday to a speech to cheering supporters on Saturday. government plagued in uncer- Given the close result, just two possi- tainty after a stunningly close bilities remain: Turnbull’s coalition will national election failed to deliver a win by the slimmest of margins, or there Aclear victor, raising the prospect of a hung will be a hung parliament. parliament. Independent lawmaker Andrew The gamble by Prime Minister Malcolm Wilkie said Turnbull telephoned him on Turnbull to call a rare early election may Sunday morning, apparently because the have failed, with his conservative Liberal prime minister was contemplating a hung Party-led coalition on track to lose a swathe parliament. of seats in the House of Representatives Turnbull called the early election — — and potentially control of the country. dubbed a “double dissolution” because both One day after the election, the race the House and the Senate are dissolved — remained too close to call, with mail-in in a bid to break a legislative deadlock over ballots and early votes yet to be counted. a bill that would have created a construc- Still, Turnbull sounded a confident tone tion industry watchdog. But the result of during a speech to supporters early Sun- the election may bring further deadlock: day morning. If neither party earns a majority of seats “Based on the advice I have from the in the House, both Labor and the coalition party officials, we can have every confi- will be forced to try to forge alliances with dence that we will form a coalition majority independent lawmakers to form a minor- government in the next parliament,” Turn- ity government. Nick Xenophon (centre), leader of the Nick Xenophon Team political party, speaks to the press in front of his team bull said. Hung parliaments are extremely rare candidates Rebekha Sharkie (left), Skye Kakoschke-Moore and Stirling Griff (right) in the Adelaide Hills town of Stirling Parties need to hold at least 76 seats in in Australia, with only two since 1940. The yesterday. the 150-seat House of Representatives to most recent was in 2010, when then-Prime form a government. When the count was Minister Julia Gillard’s ruling Labor Party suspended early Sunday, the Australian was forced to secure an alliance with the and reducing problem gambling in the Economou said Turnbull’s leadership had Australia’s universal health care system Electoral Commission said the center- minor Greens party and three independ- community. been terminally damaged by his decision known as Medicare. left opposition Labor Party was leading ent lawmakers, including Wilkie, to form a The elections continue an extraor- to call the early election. It involved the “Even today people were talking about in 72 seats, Turnbull’s coalition in 66 seats, fragile minority government. Three years dinarily volatile period in the nation’s longest campaign since 1969 and appeared not being able to afford health care because and minor parties or independents in five later, the coalition swept to power after politics, where internal party squabbling to have delivered several hard-line social we were going to get rid of Medicare. It winning 90 seats. and fears over sagging poll ratings have conservatives and right-wingers to the was utter rubbish,” Liberal Party Deputy Nick Xenophon, leader of the Nick Xen- prompted five changes of prime minister Senate that the moderate prime minis- Leader Julie Bishop told the Australian ophon Team minor party, would not say in as many years. ter would have difficulty working with if Broadcasting Corp. “But what do you do on Sunday which side his party’s sole law- Amid the chaos, Labor and the coali- his government survives, Economou said. when one party relies on a monstrous lie The gamble by Prime Minister maker in the House of Representatives tion each tried to paint themselves as the “What an amazing amount of political to get elected?” might support in a hung parliament. safer, more stable choice. But selling sta- damage Malcolm Turnbull has been able Two weeks before the election, Shorten Malcolm Turnbull to call a rare “It still looks more likely than not that bility was a tough job for either party, both to inflict in a very short period of time as ramped up his campaign on health policy early election may have failed, with Malcolm Turnbull will have the numbers of which have been marred by infight- prime minister,” Economou said. “I think by describing the poll as a referendum on his conservative Liberal Party-led — just,” Xenophon, a senator, told Nine ing in recent years. Shorten played a key his credibility is shot to pieces.” the future of Medicare. A Labor govern- Network television. role in ousting two of Labor’s own prime Opinion polls had predicted a close ment introduced the government-funded coalition on track to lose a swathe of “But If he doesn’t, then it’s a question of ministers in the space of three years, and race, but had largely tipped the govern- program in 1984 to provide free or subsi- seats in the House of Representatives sitting down in good faith with both sides Turnbull himself ousted Abbott less than ment to win by a narrow margin. Several dized health care for all Australian citizens to go through a number of key issues ... a year ago. Up until 2007, conservative government ministers blamed the sur- and permanent residents. Labor accused — and potentially control of the that are in the national interest,” he added. John Howard served as prime minister prisingly strong result for Labor on what the government of planning to privatize country. These issues included maintaining man- for nearly 12 years. they dubbed a dishonest campaign that Medicare — a claim Turnbull dismissed as ufacturing and farming jobs in Australia Monash University political expert Nick claimed the conservatives were threatening an audacious scare campaign. What would have happened if Joe Biden had run?

offering Clinton a ride. But then Sand- candidates and how it broke down if and Sanders was also somewhat con- outcomes for the Democratic primary ers kept closing. we reallocate Biden’s support to vot- sistent. This is not necessarily a fair (with the actual exit-poll-based results As voting began, thanks in part to ers’ second choices. What’s interesting assumption, any more than it was fair for the sake of comparison). Clinton’s decision not to take the gloves about these two polls is that they reflect to assume that Sanders was D.O.A. once If Biden had only pulled as much off against Sanders in a number of con- two very different moments in the race. Biden dropped out. But it allows us to from Clinton and Sanders as he did in tests, Sanders caught up. By April, the The September poll was a particularly revamp the field in light of the best October, Clinton would still have won two were nearly tied nationally. It was bad one for Clinton, putting her at just data we do have, from September and a plurality of the pledged delegates at too late for Sanders to catch Clinton over 40 percent -- one of her lowest October. stake. But if Biden had pulled from the in delegates, but it showed that there levels of support of the campaign. By Exit polling conducted in primary two candidates at the rate he did in was still a big appetite for a non-Clin- October, she’d rebounded somewhat. and caucus states gives us a sense of September, the contest would would ton in the contest. In that September poll, Clinton how demographic groups voted over the have been much closer. So: What if? What if Biden had earned the support of 42 percent of course of the Democratic nominating It’s critical to note that the exit poll By Philip Bump stayed in? What if voting in Iowa the Democrats and Democratic lean- process. We can use exit poll figures to figures here don’t include a number of The Washington Post and New Hampshire kicked off with ers that were surveyed. Take Biden out, approximate the breakdown of dele- large states in which exit polls weren’t Biden joining Clinton and Sanders on though, and her support jumped to 56 gates won by each candidate, thanks to conducted. They don’t include Wash- the ballot? percent. Which means that Biden not the Democrats’ relatively simply pro- ington, for example, which Sanders Fundamentally, this question is being in the race gave Clinton a 14-point portional distribution process. There won by a wide margin. They also don’t t’s the first thought that enters Vice impossible to answer. So much changes boost -- and that one-third, 33 per- are gaps and flaws in this (including include New Jersey, Arizona or Cal- President Joe Biden’s head every and evolves over the course of a cam- cent, of her support in a one-on-one that not every state is included in exit ifornia, won by Clinton and which Imorning, the moment his bedroom paign that it’s hard to simply imagine contest with Sanders came from peo- polling), but it at least serves to approx- offered a lot of combined delegates. windows at One Observatory Circle a realistic counterfactual that incor- ple who would otherwise have backed imate how the candidates would have If Clinton and Sanders ended up that grow light from the sun. “What if,” Joe porates every possible scenario. Joe Biden. For Sanders, the numbers were done against one another. close in states with exit polling, once Biden thinks. Biden has an unfortunate habit of say- 24 percent with Biden and 28 percent How? By taking the support Clin- we include Biden, it’s hard to know “What if I had run?” ing things he’s not supposed to say, for without -- so 17 percent of his one-on- ton and Sanders got in exit polling by who might have come out on top. It The race for the Democratic presi- example, like when he made conde- one support came from Biden. gender, race and partisanship -- the wouldn’t have been Biden, if these Then Biden made dential nomination was never supposed scending and racially loaded comments We can do a similar calculation for three categories that overlap well with numbers hold, but it might not have to be as close as it ended up. Last spring, about Barack Obama early in the 2008 all of the demographic groups with large our poll data -- and taking out those been Clinton. his announcement Hillary Clinton led her possible oppo- primary cycle. You can’t account for enough sample sizes to be significant. chunks that would otherwise have gone That’s based on September polling, and, as expected, nents by a country mile; by July, 12 things like that. And we can do it for both September to Biden. So if we’re basing this esti- of course. Those September numbers months ago, she still led Bernie Sanders But if Biden had stayed in and not and October, to get a sense of how mate on the figures from the September didn’t even last until October, so it’s Clinton saw most of by nearly 50 points. But over the sum- shot himself in the foot, there would much support Clinton got thanks to poll, one-third of Clinton’s statewide unfair to assume they would somehow the benefit. Why? mer and into the fall, her lead narrowed, clearly have been a shift to the dynam- possible Biden backers during a bad support would be sliced off and put have stuck around until May. Maybe and by the time Biden announced that ics -- especially in one important way: month and how much she got during in the Biden pile, along with 17 per- Biden would have surged past Clin- Because Clinton and he wouldn’t run in late October, Clin- Clinton’s margins of victory (if not her a good month. cent of Sanders’s. ton. Maybe Sanders and Biden would Biden shared similar ton’s lead over Sanders had been as victory itself) were due to her massive Let’s now assume that those fig- We can do that calculation in each have allied. Maybe Biden would have bases of support: small as 13 points. advantage with black voters. That’s a ures didn’t change much. One of the demographic category; that is, how undercut Sanders’ support with young Then Biden made his announce- voting bloc with which Biden also did things we know is that margins of many delegates Clinton, Sanders and people. None of this is captured in our Those without ment and, as expected, Clinton saw most well. So: What if? support from demographic groups Biden would have gotten if the poll- rough calculation. All we can say is college degrees, of the benefit. Why? Because Clinton We can try to answer that ques- remained fairly consistent for Clinton ing for whites and non-whites was our that if Biden pulled from Clinton and and Biden shared similar bases of sup- tion by looking at how polling last fall and Sanders even as Sanders gained. guide, or how many each would have Sanders as he did in September and if those earning lower port: Those without college degrees, looked with and without Biden in the As he improved, he improved across gotten if we used the polling for gender. nothing else had changed, then maybe incomes and, most those earning lower incomes and, most race. The Washington Post and ABC the board, but the gap between male Then, we can do the calculation using Clinton wouldn’t have won a majority importantly, non-white voters. News polled in September and Octo- and female and between white and the polling from September and Octo- of pledged delegates. importantly, non- Once Biden declined to run, it was ber, and we can look at the results of non-white didn’t change much. ber, giving Biden bigger and smaller We can put that another way: The white voters. fair to assume that was it. For her clear those two polls through two lenses: How So let’s assume that the percentage slices of Clinton’s totals, respectively. answer to the what-if question that no path to the nomination, Biden was now support broke down among all three of support Biden drew from Clinton Doing so gives us two theoretical doubt plagues Biden is: Who knows?

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Hall and Ridsdel have since been beheaded after ransoms failed to be I am willing to talk paid, and Flor freed. with anyone for “I told the person that I was ready and willing to talk with any- the release of the one for the release of the hostages LEFT: A policeman searches a man on the road leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O’Kitchen Restaurant after gunmen attacked, in hostages provided and save lives provided that it would not be about a ransom. I gave a Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. RIGHT: A man lights a candle at a makeshift memorial, to pay tribute to the victims of the Dhaka estaurantr attack. that it would not secure phone number for him to con- be about a ransom: tact me. I am still waiting,” he said. The Abu Sayyaf is demanding $6 Peace Adviser million for Sekkingstad ‘s release. The move comes after Askali Bangladesh denies IS link in cafe attack called in to DXRZ Radio Mindanao Network and said on Friday that the Anatolia Abu Sayyaf had opened a line with AFP had targeted a gathering of “citizens the siege, but one was taken alive and international extremist groups, the the government for dialogue. of crusader states” at the Western- was being interrogated by Bangla- government must own up to the real- He warned, however, that the style cafe on Friday night. deshi intelligence. ity that the footprints of the IS in this ZAMBOANGA CITY: The newly- group would execute Sekkingstad DHAKA: Bangladesh said yesterday But Home Minister Asaduzzaman Security officials said most of the country is very real and no amount of appointed peace adviser to President if had not heard from the govern- the attackers who slaughtered 20 Khan said the killers -- six of whom victims -- 18 of whom were foreigners denying can alter the fact,” he wrote. Rodrigo Duterte has said he is willing ment by July 9 and added that the hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka were shot dead in the siege -- were -- were slaughtered with sharpened There was mass condemnation of to open talks with a Daesh-affiliated group wanted Dureza to negotiate, so were well-educated followers of a members of the homegrown militant machete-style weapons. the killing in Dhaka, where flags were militant group to discuss the release he could relay grievances to Duterte. homegrown militant outfit who found outfit Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bang- Hasina’s government has pre- being flown at half-mast at govern- of a Norwegian hostage. The spokesman declined to extremism “fashionable”, denying ladesh (JMB), a group banned over a viously blamed a string of deadly ment offices, while prayer services Yesterday, Jesus Dureza said divulge their “concessions” from links to the Islamic State group. decade ago. attacks against religious minorities were being held across the country. he has told the Abu Sayyaf’s Mua- the government, saying it would only As the country began two days “They have no connections with and foreigners on domestic opponents Italy was mourning the death of mmar Askali, alias Abu Rami, that talk to Dureza. of mourning for victims, details have the Islamic State,” Khan said. but the latest will heighten fears that nine citizens in the attack while seven he is ready to talk with anyone from “If they will just disregard us, as emerged of how the assailants spared National police chief Shahidul IS’s reach is spreading. Japanese were also killed. the Abu Sayyaf about the release of soon as possible, we will no longer the lives of Muslims while herding Hoque said that investigators would Analysts say that the government Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Kjartan Sekkingstad. issue any ultimatum and we will foreigners to their deaths. explore the possibility of “an interna- is wary of acknowledging that groups spoke of his “profound anger that so “I got word from someone in execute him (Sekkingstad),” Askali Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tional link” but added that “primarily, such as IS or Al Qaeda have gained a many innocent people have lost their Zamboanga City this morning that said in a statement. vowed to drag Bangladesh back from we suspect they are JMB members”. foothold over fears that it will frighten lives in the cruel and nefarious ter- one Abu Rami wanted to talk to me He did not mention the fate of the brink, warning of a concerted bid The bodies of twenty hostages off foreign investors. rorism”. Pope Francis also joining the directly about the remaining Norwe- seven Indonesians who were kid- to turn one of the world’s most popu- were found in pools of blood after But Shahedul Anam Khan, an welter of condemnation. gian hostage,” Dureza said. napped from a tugboat in the Sulu Sea. lous nations into a failed state, while commandos stormed the Holey Arti- analyst for the Dhaka-based Daily Bangladesh’s main Islamist party Sekkingstad was kidnapped Army Chief Lt Gen Eduardo Ano her government has continued to san Bakery cafe to end the standoff, in Star newspaper, said the attack meant has been banned from contesting from a high end resort in Septem- of Armed Forces of the Philippines deny links between the assault and which two policemen were also shot the government could no longer plau- polls and most of its leaders have ber along with Canadians Robert said yesterday that he will try to international jihadist networks. dead in a fierce gunbattle at its outset. sibly deny their presence. been arrested or else executed after Hall and John Ridsdel, and Filipina neutralize the Abu Sayyaf within The Islamic State group claimed Six of the gunmen were killed by “While one is not sure that these recent trials over their role in the 1971 hostage, Marites Flor. the year. responsibility for the attack, saying it the commandos in the final stages of people are organically linked to the war of independence from Pakistan. Restless Myanmar state sees mass demonstrations

AFP “Bengalis” -- or illegal immigrants Thailand’s king from nearby Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi’s new govern- recovering after YANGON: Myanmar’s bitterly- ment has sought to defuse the row divided Rakhine State saw mass over the term Rohingya instead heart treatment protests yesterday as thousands of ordering officials to refer to “Mus- Buddhists, including monks, dem- lim communities in Rakhine”. Bangkok: Thailand’s onstrated in a show of opposition But protesters yesterday said that 88-year-old king, the to a government edict referring to too was unacceptable as it hands world’s longest reigning mon- Muslim communities in the restive Muslims recognition in a Buddhist arch, is recovering after being province, organisers said. state. treated last month for “water Anti-Muslim rhetoric has spiked “We reject the term ‘Muslim on the brain” and narrow- across Myanmar recently, with two communities in Rakhine State’,” ing of the arteries, the Royal mosques torched by Buddhist mobs Kyawt Sein, protest organiser in Sit- Household Bureau said in a in just over a week in a country twe said, adding more than 1,000 statement yesterday. where sectarian violence has left people, including monks, had joined King Bhumibol Aduly- scores dead since 2012. the rally in the state capital. adej has been treated Home to around one million Rally-goers there shouted slo- for various ailments over stateless Rohingya Muslims, Rakhine gans including ‘Protect Rakhine the past year in hospital State has been hardest hit by reli- State,’ while a protest in the town in Bangkok. He was last gious violence that has left tens of of Thandwe drew similar numbers. seen in public on January thousands of the persecuted minor- “Bengalis should be called Ben- 11, when he spent several ity in fetid displacement camps. galis,” Phoe Thar Lay,a leader of a hours visiting his palace The Rohingya are reviled by local Rakhine youth group said, add- in the Thai capital. Rakhine Buddhists who refuse to ing that 17 townships across Rakhine Anxiety over the king’s recognise any shared rights to the were participating in protests yester- Myanmar Buddhist monks participate in an anti-Muslim demonstration in Sittwe, Rakhine State, yesterday. health and the succession province and instead call them day afternoon. has formed the backdrop to over a decade of polit- ical upheaval that has included two coups and sometimes violent street Police examine poll-day protests. China to hold drills in disputed sea Chinese court texts as govt cries foul AFP no jurisdiction over the issue and has states within the region, namely Bru- to execute man boycotted the proceedings. nei, the People’s Republic of China, Basing its claims on a vaguely the Republic of China, Malaysia, over bus blaze Reuters laying the blame on the opposition BEIJING: China will hold military defined “nine-dash” Chinese map the Philippines, and Vietnam. Non- Labour Party. drills in the disputed South China dating back to the 1940s, it has rap- claimants want the South China Sea Beijing: A court in The Queensland state branch Sea, the government said yesterday, idly turned reefs into artificial islands to remain as international waters, northern China yester- SYDNEY: Australian police yes- of Labour told Fairfax Media on ahead of an international tribunal capable of hosting military planes. with the United States conducting day sentenced a man to terday said they are considering Saturday that it had sent the mes- ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims Manila contends that the “nine- “freedom of navigation” operations. death for starting a bus an investigation into allegations sages, and said they was not meant in the resource-rich area. dash” line has no basis under The interests of different nations fire in January that killed of political skullduggery involv- to appear as though they had been The drills will be held in waters international law and Beijing has no include acquiring fishing areas 18 people, the govern- ing text messages sent to voters as sent by Medicare. around the Paracel Islands from July “historic” claim to the ocean. around the two archipelagos; the ment said. the nation went to the polls on the The text message said: “Time 5 to 11, with other ships prohibited Tensions in the South China Sea potential exploitation of crude oil Flames engulfed weekend. is running out to save Medicare,” from entering the waters during that have alarmed other nations, and and natural gas under the waters of the bus in front of a The messages, which appeared according to screenshots published time, a short statement by the mari- most notably the United States which various parts of the South China Sea, furniture store in the on voters’ phones as though they by Fairfax and News Corp. time safety administration said. has key defence treaties with many and the strategic control of important northern region of had come from state health insurer Labour made the prospect of pri- The military exercises come allies in the region, and in a show of shipping lanes. Ningxia, the state media Medicare, warned that public health vatisation of Medicare a key point of as an international tribunal in The strength has sent warships close to In February 2016, President has previously reported. services would be privatised under a attack in its election campaign. Hague prepares to rule on a case some of the Chinese claimed reefs. Obama initiated the US-ASEAN Thirty-three people were Liberal Party-led coalition govern- The Australian Federal Police brought by the Philippines challeng- But President Xi Jinping said in Summit at Sunnylands for closer injured. ment, although the conservative confirmed that the matter had been ing China’s claims in the strategic a speech last week that China will engagement with the Association of The court in regional ruling party says it has no such referred to them. waterway. never compromise on sovereignty, Southeast Asian Nations. capital Yinchuan sen- policy. “This matter is now being evalu- Manila lodged the suit against and that the country was “not afraid Territorial disputes in the South tenced Ma Yongping Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ated and whilst this occurs it would Beijing in early 2013, saying that of trouble”. China Sea were a major topic, but to death after find- called the message “an extraordi- not be appropriate to provide further after 17 years of negotiations it had In an apparent stab at the US, Xi its joint statement, the “Sunnylands ing him guilty of using nary act of dishonesty” in a speech comment,” the force said in a state- exhausted all political and diplomatic said: “We will not show up at other Declaration”, did not name the South an “extremely cruel to party faithful on election night, ment yesterday. avenues to settle the dispute. people’s front doors to flex our mus- China Sea, instead calling for “respect form of crime”, the Yin- as counting from Saturday’s poll A federal election to determine Beijing, which asserts sovereignty cles. That does not show strength or of each nation’s sovereignty and for chuan government said showed the government was at risk all 226 members of the 45th Par- over almost all of the South China Sea scare anyone.” international law”. on its official microblog of losing its majority. liament of Australia took place on despite rival claims from Southeast The South China Sea disputes Analysts believe it indicates divi- recently. “It’s a pretty shameful episode in Saturday, after an extended eight- Asian neighbours, insists that the involve both island and maritime sions within the group on how to Australian political history,” he said, week official campaign period. Permanent Court of Arbitration has claims among several sovereign respond to China’s maritime strategy. PAKISTAN MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 11 43 people dead Canada to set in overnight up solar plants in Balochistan ISLAMABAD: The gov- flash floods ernments of Canada and Pakistani province of Balochistan have signed with Afghanistan, where the flood an agreement to set up waters killed 41 people in the village solar plants of 1,000MW The worst hit district of Ursoon near the Afghan border, in different parts of the was Chitral where the which is home to some 100 families, province. district mayor Maghfirat Shah said. Using its constitu- flood waters killed 41 Eighty-two homes in the village tional powers devolved people in the village were affected by the waters, a rescue to it under the 18th services statement said, with some Amendment, the pro- of Ursoon near the of them swept away, along with a vincial government held Afghan border. mosque and an army post. “Sixteen direct talks with the of the dead were offering prayers in Canadian government the mosque when it was swept away for investment in the Children affected by flooding sit on higher ground in the village of Nagar in Chitral, yesterday. by the flood,” said Latifur Rehman, a energy sector. According AFP spokesman for the provincial disas- to official sources, Chief ter management authority. surrounded by mud and debris where collapse during the annual spring and farming along the river Indus in the Secretary Saifullah Chat- At least eight of the victims were their village once stood. monsoon rains in July-August south is believed to have exacerbated tah signed the agreement soldiers, and another eight bod- Nearby villages had received In April rains and landslides killed the effects of the annual floods. with the Canadian offi- PAKISTAN: Overnight flash floods ies were swept over the border into flood warnings from the local author- 127 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Energy-starved Pakistan relies on cials a few days back in killed at least 43 people in northern Afghanistan, senior local official ities, but Ursoon was not alerted in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and Paki- a multitude of dams and barrages to Islamabad. Pakistan, the majority in a remote Osama Waraich said. time, the reporter said. stani Kashmir.During the rainy prevent Himalayan rivers from flood- Under the agreement, village that did not receive an evac- Rehman said a military-led rescue Separately, two Chinese engineers season last summer, torrential down- ing and help meet its power needs, but a Canadian firm would uation warning before the waters hit and relief operation was now under- were killed and five Pakistani workers pours and flooding killed 81 people some academics believe the slowing establish 50MW plant washing away most of the settlement, way, with helicopters being used to injured when the heavy rains caused and affected almost 300,000 across of rivers due to the structures mean each in different areas of officials said yesterday. reach the affected people and provide the roof of a construction site to col- the country. that silt accumulates, decreasing their the province to meet the The heavy monsoon rains began them with tents, food and medical aid. lapse at Tarbela Dam, also in Khyber The worst flooding in recent times capacity. A research paper commis- electricity requirement. late on Saturday and were concen- Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation, Pakhtunkhwa province, Rehman said. occurred in 2010 and covered almost sioned by conservation group WWF trated mainly in the northwestern the charitable wing of the banned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s a fifth of the country’s total land mass. and published in 2000 looked at var- province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, were office issued a statement expressing Nearly 2,000 people were killed, 20 ious countries, and warned of similar 27 million which has been badly affected by among the first at the scene provid- his grief and sorrow. million affected and huge tracts of consequences. It noted the drainage flooding in recent years that some sci- ing relief. Heavy rains and flash flood claim prime farmland destroyed. of wetlands as well as deforestation mobile phone entists have linked to climate change. An AFP reporter in Ursoon said many victims each year, with poorly Rapid deforestation brought about associated with dams led to a loss of The worst hit district was Chitral, survivors who had lost their homes built homes across the country, par- by decades of illegal logging in the natural “sponges” to absorb flood users to be added on the country’s northwest border were waiting for aid under open skies ticularly in rural areas, susceptible to country’s north and the growth of waters during rainy season. KARACHI: At least 27 mil- lion people are likely to be added in Pakistan’s mobile phone users’ base Martial celebration during the next five years, Centuries-old flour an international report said, making the country among the top 10 around the world in terms sub- scriber growth. mills still in use “Of the top 10 markets across the world in terms of subscriber growth Internews a long time and I charge less than over the next five years, what machine-run flour mills do. six are in Asia Pacific,” For grinding 2,000 kilogrammes of said a latest report by flour, we take 50kg of flour,” said London-based Groupe ISLAMABAD: Residents of the Nisar Khan, the owner of another Spéciale Mobile Associa- katchi abadi along the Haro River in jandar. tion (GSMA), representing Hassanabdal have kept their centu- He said the mill has been in his 800 mobile operators ries-old water-run flour mills known family for generations. worldwide.The GSMA as jandars. The mills are powered by Because it does not need elec- intelligence said Indone- fast-flowing water from the nearby tricity to run, people of the area do sia, Pakistan, Myanmar river, which turns the heavy grind- not have to worry about the short- and Bangladesh will see stone to produce flour. age of flour when during prolonged significant further growth Though there are many hours of load-shedding, said Sha- in their subscriber bases machine-run flour mills in the hid Khan, a local flour mill operator over the period. area, residents of Hassanabdal and whose family has been in the pro- The mobile phone its surrounding areas prefer to grind fession for many decades. subscription has already their wheat grains in the traditional The cost of machine-ground crossed the mark of 130 water-run mills due to a wide-held flour increases with increases in million in Pakistan.Total belief that wheat from jandars is of the prices of fuel, he said. 2.5 billion people, 62 per Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers march during a ceremony at the military base in Herat, yesterday. better quality and tastes better than “Jandar-produced flour is cheap cent of the Asia Pacific’s mass produced flour. because the owner only keeps a kg population, were sub- Owners do not charge money for of flour for grinding 5kg,” he said, scribed to mobile services grinding wheat, rather take a share adding that there were no factors in 2015. from the ground flour. such as fuel to drive the price up. “Flour ground in water mills “Flour from water-run mills Govt aims for high rice production remains safe from insects and tastes better which is why people PM to return a other pests for many months. That come from far away to grind their is why you see so many people wheat,” said Sadaqat Ali, who had day before Eid Internews rice crop in five districts of central adding that in local terms, this jump waiting with sacks of wheat to be travelled 20 kilometres to the mill. Punjab the basmati belt that produces means Rs10 increase in each kilo- ground,” said a jandar owner Kha- Another regular customer at the ISLAMABAD: Pakistani bulk of the variety. The area has been gram. If the recovery trend continues, lid Mehmood. mill, Dr Arshad said flour from the Prime Minister Nawaz having good showers and is expected the farmers may make some money Mehmood has been operating mill does not spoil for month and Sharif after permission LAHORE: As rice sowing starts in to have more up to the end of August. on the rice crop this year, he hopes. his watermill since he was a young that the mills also do not harm the of his doctors is likely Punjab province, farmers and the “Apart from the weather, inter- “It is not international price but boy and said he will continue with environment as it does not require to reach home one day agriculture department hope to meet national price, which has recovered the behaviour of the exporters that his forefathers’ business. fuel. before Eid-Al-Fitr. both acreage (4.4 million acre) and a bit, is also favouring basmati rice,” determines the crop,” insists Hamid In reply to a question, he said The traditional jandars cater to Though usually heart production (3.4 million tonnes) tar- says Muhammad Ajmal a rice grower. Malhi, chairman of the Basmati that while there is a long list of ben- the flour requirements of the local patients who undergo gets due to increasingly favourable As compared to $700 per tonne Growers Association. efits of watermill ground flour, the population. Comprising of a small open surgery are advised weather and market conditions. till few weeks back, the world prices By $800 per tonne calculations, one disadvantage is that the proc- 12x14 foot room and only requir- complete rest for at least The early onset of the monsoon, have gone over $800 per tonne which local price of paddy should not be less ess is very time consuming. ing a small capital investment, these one and half months, PM which has threatened the cotton should help the farmers, psycho- than Rs1,750 per maund whereas it It takes several hours to grind mills grind wheat and maize flour in Nawaz Sharif will take crop on one hand, has turned cli- logically at least at this stage when has not gone beyond Rs900 to a kilogramme of wheat, he said. “I fine and super fine quality in addi- minimum rest. matic conditions favourable to the sowing is getting underway, he says, Rs1,200 per maund, he says. have been operating this mill for tion to chokar (chaff) and sooji. Govt preparing to bring displaced tribal families home from Afghanistan

Internews in the last week of July or first week and other places.Kamran Afridi said displaced families to provide details in Frontier Region Bannu. Like the government. At the time, Afghan of August. return forms have been sent through of their livestock, vehicles and other other temporarily displaced persons, officials claimed 22,722 Pakistani “Initially, the plan was to start tribal elders to Afghanistan to be assets. they too would be provided the Watan families totalling 186,711 had shifted bringing them home from July 20, but filled up by the dislocated Pakistani He said a jirga of elders of the cards for getting compensation,” he to Afghanistan’s Khost and Paktika PESHAWAR: The government has it was delayed so that the computer- families. sub-tribes that shifted to Afghani- said.As the government is planning province from North Waziristan.Paki- started preparations to bring home ised national identity cards (CNICs) He explained that every family stan was held at the border town of to send home all the remaining dis- stani authorities had later claimed around 7,000 families who had of these residents of North Waziris- has to provide details about the names Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan to placed families from North Waziristan that about 30,000 Pakistanis had migrated to Afghanistan when the tan could be first verified by Nadra,” of their members and CNIC along with consult them about the plan to bring by November this year, those return- returned home from Afghanistan military operation Zarb-e-Azb was he said. their tribe and village. them home.According to Kamran ing from Afghanistan would also be due to the tough conditions across launched in North Waziristan Agency He put at 30,000 to 40,000 the He added that the identification Afridi, the Afghanistan-based Paki- sent to their villages around that time. the border. in June 2014. total number of Pakistanis from North process would be completed once the stani families would be asked to enter The figure of 30,000-40,000 Some of these families living in Kamran Ahmad Afridi, politi- Waziristan presently living in Afghan- CNICs are verified by Nadra while Pakistan at the Ghulam Khan border Pakistanis who migrated from the areas bordering Afghanistan had cal agent of North Waziristan, said istan. He said about 30 per cent of taking care that militants aren’t in batches of 200. North Waziristan at the time of the hurriedly left North Waziristan as it that efforts are being made to start them were living in camps and 40 able to come back along with the “The government would provide launching of the operation Zar-e-Azb was easier to cross the border than the return process of the displaced per cent with their relatives while returnees.He said some preliminary transport to carry the returning Paki- provided by Pakistani authorities is reach Bannu due to the rush of peo- Pakistani families from Afghanistan the remaining had gone to Kabul work was done earlier by asking the stani families to the Bakkakhel camp much below than given by the Afghan ple on the roads and lack of transport. 12 MONDAY 4 JULY 2016 INDIA

NPCIL gets Border vigil Four held for first nuclear beating three minors BENGALURU: Four per- sons were arrested for liability policy allegedly severely beat- ing three minor boys for “stealing” money in Ben- a known insurance industry official. galuru Rural district The central government had last week, police said We recently got the announced in June 2015 the setting yesterday. insurance policy up of the `1,500 crore India Nuclear “A criminal case has Insurance Pool to be managed by been booked under the covering all our national reinsurer GIC Re. Pocso Act against six atomic power plants. The insurance policy on behalf accused, but only four of clutch to non-life insurers was have been arrested, as The total premium issued by the country’s largest non- two others are abscond- came around `100 life insurer New India Assurance ing,” Superintendent of Company Ltd. The policy would Border Security Force (BSF) personnel use a speedboat to patrol along the Teesta River on the border Police, Bengaluru Rural, crore for a risk cover cover the liability towards public as a with Bangladesh near the Barun border post, some 80km from Siliguri yesterday, after an attack and Amit Singh told IANS from of `1,500 crore: consequence of any nuclear accident seige in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Hoskote, 30km from here. Sharma in the plants covered under the pol- The arrested are Masthan, icy and also the right of recourse of Pasha, Zabiulla and Ayub, NPCIL aga