SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 RAJAB 7, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Visa woes of Trump hosts Qatar to boost Kuwait Times Pakistanis Sisi in landmark output from infographic: set to be visit, praises world’s biggest NBA Power resolved2 soon ‘fantastic13 job’ gas21 field Rankings18 Russia subway blast kills Min 18º Max 31º 10; second bomb defused High Tide 06:12 & 16:29 Low Tide Moscow probes ‘act of terror’ • Entire St Petersburg metro shut 11:10 40 PAGES NO: 17188 150 FILS SAINT PETERSBURG: Russia opened a probe into a sus- conspiracy theories pected “act of terror” yesterday after 10 people were killed and dozens more injured in a blast that rocked the Saint Petersburg metro. Authorities shut down the Allah Kareem metro system in Russia’s second city as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing an “act of terror” but added it would look into all other possible causes of the blast. The Interfax news agency said law enforcement agencies were searching By Badrya Darwish for two suspects, and state TV showed a photo of one possible suspect wearing what appeared to be a skull- cap characteristic of Muslim regions in the former Soviet Union. Pictures screened on national television showed the [email protected] door of a train carriage blown out, as bloodied bodies lay strewn on a station platform. Above ground, emer- gency services vehicles rushed to the scene at the i guys. I was so busy over the week, I forgot Technological Institute metro station, a key transport to write about something important about hub in the city center. Health minister Veronika Hmy last trip through Kuwait Airport. I hope Skvortsova said the blast had killed seven people on the one day this airport will change and we will have a spot, with three more succumbing to their injuries later. new one. But please, until the new one is ready, Thirty nine people were hospitalized, including a 15- can’t you maintain the existing one that we are year-old girl, Skvortsova said. using? Firstly, can I ask if there is a maintenance “My mom was in the metro, I don’t know what’s hap- department at the airport? I have no idea. Whoever pened to her, I can’t get hold of her,” one woman, is in charge of maintenance, can I please bring to Natalia, told AFP outside the station as she was trying to his attention the problem with the escalator that make a phone call on her mobile. Pensioner Vyacheslav brings passengers from the gates downstairs to the Veselov told AFP he had seen four bodies at the station. “A station attendant in tears called on the men to help immigration hall? ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Blast victims lie near a subway train hit by an explosion at the Tekhnologichesky Continued on Page 13 carry the bodies,” he said. Institut subway station yesterday. — AP Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with member of the His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Health Dr senior scholars authority and special adviser to the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Dr Abdullah Al- Jamal Mansour Al-Harbi and members of the Gulf Union for Cancer Control. Mutlaq and his delegation. —KUNA photos His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with member of the His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Social senior scholars authority and special adviser to the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Dr Abdullah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Economic Mutlaq and his delegation. Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh. Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh. Amir meets member of senior scholars authority in Saudi KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah country. The meeting was attended by Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness Gulf joint conference on cancer control in sented a copy of the report to His Highness Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Kuwait. His Highness also received Minister of the Crown Prince as well. Also yesterday, His Bayan Palace yesterday member of the senior Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of Awqaf and Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Highness the Crown Prince received scholars authority and special adviser to the Islamic Affairs and State Minister for Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh who pre- President of the National Security Bureau Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Dr Municipality Affairs Mohammad Naser Al- received Minister of Health Dr Jamal Mansour sented His Highness a report on the develop- Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Abdullah Al-Mutlaq and his accompanying Jabri. The Saudi delegation later met with His Al-Harbi and members of the Gulf Union for mental planning march in the State of Kuwait and former education minister Dr Bader delegation on the occasion of their visit to the Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Cancer Control on the occasion of the first during the past 65 years. Sabeeh later pre- Hamad Al-Essa. —KUNA Cabinet OKs citizenship revocation panel KUWAIT: The Cabinet has consented to a decree forming an ad hoc committee entrusted with looking into Kuwaiti citi- zenship abrogation cases. The move was taken during a cus- tomary weekly cabinet meeting held yesterday at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The committee would also give appropriate practical overtures in this regard in line with law, and would even- tually report to the cabinet over relevant findings, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in a press statement following the meeting. The cabinet also instructed all state agencies to use the logo of activities pertinent to the choosing of Kuwait Capital of Arab Youth for 2017 on their respective websites, added Sheik Mohammad Abdullah, who doubles as Acting Minister of Information. At the onset of the meeting, the ministers were apprised of a letter addressed to His Highness the Amir from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, inviting him to attend a donor conference on Yemen due in Geneva on April 25. The ministers then listened to a briefing from First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah on the outcomes of His Highness the Amir’s participation in the 28th Arab Summit held in Dead Sea in Jordan. In the briefing, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled quoted His Highness the Amir as calling for a fresh approach to be adopted in order to address the grave challenges of the Arab world. The cabinet lauded the efforts of His Highness the Amir and other Arab leaders during this summit, and KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly regular session yesterday. —KUNA thanked Jordanian King Abdullah II for proper preparations posted on the outcomes of the 142nd session of the GCC extremism. Meanwhile, the cabinet condemned a recent wounded. The cabinet reiterated Kuwait’s unshakable posi- and successful organizing of the Arab gathering. Ministerial Council recently held in Riyadh, which under- attack that targeted a police training center in Tanta City in tions based on rejecting all terrorist act regardless of rele- Afterwards, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled kept the ministers lined Gulf positions and resolutions against terrorism and Gharbiya Governorate in Egypt, and left several policemen vant motives and goals. —KUNA Visa delay for Pakistanis to be resolved soon By Ben Garcia founding father Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali decades to come. China-Pakistan Economic Jinnah to build a democratic, stable and pros- Corridor (CPEC) is considered as a game changer KUWAIT: Visa delays for Pakistani nationals in perous Pakistan. “Despite many challenges that and has the potential to transform the fate of Kuwait is now under serious considerations and it faced for decades, Pakistan has made tremen- the region in terms of socio-economic develop- this matter will be resolved soon, said Hind Al- dous progress in terms of socio-economic devel- ment. The mega project, once completed, will Sabeeh, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and opment. It is a matter of great satisfaction that usher in prosperity and progress not only in State Minister for Economic Affairs. Pakistan has emerged victorious and stronger Pakistan but also in the whole region,” he added. Speaking with reporters at the Pakistan out of many challenges including fight against On the Pakistani community in Kuwait, National Day reception yesterday, Sabeeh said the menace of terrorism in its ongoing opera- Dastgir noted that it plays a very constructive the main subject being deliberated are on the tions,” he said. role in the progress and development of Kuwait. KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Economic procedural and technical matters being pre- Pakistan’s economy is on the rise, he said, and “Our community is also very active in social Affairs. Hind Al-Sabeeh, and Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Ghulam pared by the Ministry of Interior.