ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 13 March 2014 12 Jumadal I 1435 - Volume 19 Number 5602 Price: QR2 Muntajat and Barcelona and Milaha sign PSG reach transport pact quarter-finals Business | 22 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets new OIC Secretary-General Qatar provides Law to tighten additional aid to Gaza Strip DOHA: Under the directives of noose on real the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar has decided to supply the Gaza Strip with necessary fuel to run power plants in the Strip at a estate brokers value of QR110m. The additional aid comes due to the bonds of brotherhood and due Registration to be made mandatory keenness of Qatar to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people DOHA: All real estate bro- on Tuesday that regulates the real in the Gaza Strip. Qatar had ear- kers in the country will have estate sector, by protecting the lier supplied the Gaza Strip with to be licensed and registered, rights of buyers and investors. fuel at a value of QR115m, after according to a draft decision of Real estate experts believe that the stoppage of power plants in the Ministry of Economy and the decision is strong enough to the Strip as fuel ran out. Commerce that was approved create a trust on brokers. The The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim by the State Cabinet yesterday. brokers and middlemen with a The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Iyad bin Amin Madani, who has assumed his duties as bin Hamad Al Thani, spoke on The draft decision also pro- licence mean that he/she will have new Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), at Al Bahr Palace, yesterday. The Sunday with Hamas’s Gaza prime poses to maintain a record with to strictly follow the law. Emir wished him success in his mission. minister, Ismail Haniyah, and told complete details of the people “Middlemen legally do not him that “Qatar will continue to involved in real estate brokerage. represent any of the two parties support and help Gaza.” Under the existing law, a — buyer or seller. His role is to The conversation came days licence is mandatory for real bring the two parties together and after the governments of Saudi estate brokers but illegal agents facilitate negotiations. But if the Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE still rule the roost in the mar- broker represents one of the two Man jailed for Gaza militants fire scores withdrew their ambassadors from ket. The Ministerial decision is parties he should do it in a legal Qatar in protest over Qatar’s sup- expected to further regulate the way and needs to be licensed and stealing shoes port for Muslim Brotherhood and sector and plug the loopholes. registered,” said Qatari real estate of rockets at Israel Hamas. QNA/AGENCIES According to the draft deci- expert Abdullah Al Khater. DOHA: A Criminal Court sion, the officials concerned must He said, currently some people has sentenced an Asian to six GAZA CITY: Islamic Jihad mortar rounds at areas all over respond to an application from are coming straight from the air- months in jail for stealing shoes militants in Gaza fired scores the south. Lost jet may have the potential brokers for regis- port and entering the real estate of worshippers from a mosque of rockets at southern Israel The army put the number at tration within 30 days. sector seeing it an open market. and ordered him to be deported yesterday, causing no casualties “more than 30 rockets,” saying strayed to west The registration will be given “They have no knowledge of the after serving jail term. but prompting Prime Minister eight of them had struck urban KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s for two years, renewable for the country, its laws and traditions and The convict used to go to a Benjamin Netanyahu to warn of areas, and another three were military has traced what could same period. The licence for oper- they still operate as middlemen famous mosque in the markets area a tough response. intercepted by the Iron Dome anti- have been the jetliner missing ating as the real estate broker/ and brokers. This is putting peo- to steal the shoes. While they were The attacks were claimed by missile system. for almost five days to an area middlemen will be nullified with ple’s rights at risk and complaints busy in late night prayer (Isha) the the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, Police raised the level of alert south of the Thai holiday island the cancellation of the registra- in the court are on the rise. There convict ran away with their shoes. which said it had fired 90 rockets in the south, saying the rockets of Phuket, hundreds of miles tion of his company/office. is no monitoring from the authori- The convict was identified by the at Israel in response to an air strike struck along the length of Israel’s to the west of its last known The decision includes an ties concerned,” said Al Khater. footage of CCTV camera installed on Tuesday that killed three of its border with Gaza. One hit near a position. Rodzali Daud, the amendment in the law that He said the new law should in front of the mosque. The police militants in southern Gaza. public library in the town of Sderot, Malaysian air force chief, said attaches a fee to be paid by the clearly set the criteria for anyone nabbed him while he was waiting As tens of thousands of peo- and another near a petrol station. that an aircraft was spotted on real estate brokers/middlemen to to be licensed to work as a real for the worshippers to go to prayer. ple living in southern Israel Israeli warplanes pounded 29 military radar at 2:15am, 320km all the services being provided by estate agent/middlemen, includ- The convict denied the charge rushed to seek shelter from the Palestinian targets in the Gaza northwest of Penang Island off the ministries concerned. ing experience and knowledge of and did not appear in the court. bombardment an Israeli secu- Strip yesterday night in response Malaysia’s west coast. The Cabinet approval follows the market. THE PENINSULA The court issued the verdict in rity source said militants had to heavy Palestinian rocket fire, REUTERS the issuance of Law No. 6 of 2004 Continued on page 5 absentia. THE PENINSULA fired more than 60 rockets and the military said. AFP See also page 14 THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME PM attends Arab Interior Ministers’ meeting UN chief praises ‘Qatar Projects 2014’ Qatar’s role DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani conference next week yesterday received a telephone call from UN Secretary- DOHA: MEED’s ‘Qatar Projects life of its mature oilfields, and infra- General Ban Ki-moon. 2014’ conference will discuss structure project opportunities The UN chief expressed thanks upcoming mega project delivery associated with the $40bn worth and appreciation to the Emir for challenges and solutions, includ- of roads, ports and rail work; $19bn Qatar’s efforts and vision to find ing presentations on the coun- construction projects, and $3.2bn a solution to the humanitarian try’s water reservoirs project social infrastructure projects,” said crisis in Syria and efforts that and Al Karaana petrochemical the statement. resulted in the release of nuns of complex, the largest green field On the first day of the confer- the Monastery of Saint Takla in project in Qatar, said a press ence, Sheikh Abdulla Saoud Al the town of Maloula, and Syrian statement yesterday. Thani, Governor, Qatar Central The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani took part in women from prisons. Talks The conference will be held Bank, will deliver the keynote the 31st session of Arab Interior Ministers’ Council which began in Marrakech yesterday. Representatives also dealt with latest regional from March 17 to 19 at Grand address on latest developments and of Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union, Interpol, International Civil Defence Organisation, Arab Tourism developments. Hyatt under the patronage of the initiatives undertaken to achieve Organisation, Arab Civil Aviation Commission, Nayef Arab University of Security Studies and Arab Police Minister of Energy and Industry Qatar’s National Vision 2030. Sport Federation are also attending the two-day session. Qatari-French H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Mohammed Al Hajri, Director Sada with support of Public Works of Downstream Ventures, Qatar drill concludes Authority (Ashghal). Petroleum, will share the organi- Qatar’s investments in projects in sation’s vision, including upstream, DOHA: The Qatari Armed the energy and infrastructure sec- refining and transport and distri- Forces concluded in Qalayel tors have seen a remarkable boost bution plans and opportunities for Recall of envoys won’t hit Area the scheduled joint exer- in the past six months, with new international partners. cise codenamed Tareq 2014 developments being announced and The conference features between the Emiri Land Forces existing projects moving forward. two tracks — Infrastructure & and the French forces. “Under the leadership of the Transport Track and Energy and GCC ties, says Omani FM The drill was attended by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Utilities sector — to ensure sector- Minister of State for Defence Hamad Al Thani, momentum in specific content and extended net- DOHA: The Omani Minister ire and discomfort due to some shared responsibility to main- Affairs H E Maj.-Gen.