BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Ali scores brace as Qatar beat INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 16 COMMENT 14, 15 Hamad Port import ARAB WORLD 3 BUSINESS 1-8, 10-12 Singapore 22,765.61 8,132.05 50.73 INTERNATIONAL 4-12 CLASSIFIED 9, 10 container volume +103.97 -20.93 +0.75 ISLAM 13 SPORTS 1-8 +0.46% -0.26% +1.50% in friendly Latest Figures doubles in September published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10598 October 6, 2017 Muharram 16, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals UN blacklists In brief Saudi coalition QATAR | Offi cial PM holds phone talks for killing with Moroccan and Algerian counterparts HE the Prime Minister and Interior HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani attending the review meeting Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser yesterday at Ashghal headquarters. Yemen children bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday held a telephone conversation with Moroccan Reuters brink of famine. The Houthis control Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani. United Nations much of northern Yemen, including The telephone conversation reviewed the capital, Sanaa. relations between the two fraternal The military intervention launched countries and means of strengthening he United Nations blacklisted a by Saudi Arabia in 2015, leading a coali- them in all fields. They also discussed Saudi Arabia-led military coa- tion of African and Middle East coun- the latest regional and international Tlition yesterday for killing and tries, has piled up miseries on the peo- developments of common interest. Premier reviews injuring 683 children in Yemen and at- ple of Yemen. HE the Prime Minister also held tacking dozens of schools and hospitals One of the biggest casualties of the a telephone conversation with during 2016. war has been healthcare, which suf- his Algerian counterpart Ahmed The blacklist attached to the UN an- fered near total disruption leading to a Ouyahia. They reviewed ties and nual report on children in armed con- massive outbreak of cholera of which means of enhancing them on all fl ict also named the Iran-allied Houthi most of the victims have been children. fronts, in addition to discussing the rebel group, Yemen government forces, The number of cholera cases in Yem- developments at the regional and progress of key pro-government militia and Al Qaeda en could reach 1mn by the end of this international levels. in the Arabian Peninsula for violations year, according to the International Red against children in 2016 as it did in last Cross. QATAR | Reaction year’s report. Alexandre Faite, head of the Inter- The report from UN Secretary-Gen- national Committee of the Red Cross Qatar condemns eral Antonio Guterres has been sub- delegation in Yemen has described the bombing in Pakistan Ashghal projects mitted to the Security Council. scale of the outbreak as “unprecedent- Qatar yesterday strongly condemned a The Saudi-led coalition was briefl y ed”. bomb attack which took place earlier in added to the blacklist last year and Faite said the number of suspected the day in Baluchistan in southwestern then removed by then-UN chief Ban cases now stands at about 750,000 – Pakistan, which resulted in a number of zAl Bustan Corridor project to be signed this year Ki-moon pending review. At the time, up from almost 276,000 as of July 5. deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Ban accused Saudi Arabia of exert- He added that “given this trend, we Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated ing “unacceptable” undue pressure could reach up to 1mn by the end of the Qatar’s firm stance rejecting violence By Ramesh Mathew president Saad al-Muhannadi said. eral Hospital, a multi-level car park- after sources told Reuters that Riyadh year.” and terrorism regardless of motives Staff Reporter Among the projects reviewed at the ing at Hamad Medical City and Al Khor threatened to cut some UN funding. Kevin Watkins, CEO of Save the and reasons. The statement expressed meeting was Barwa Commercial Av- Transfer Station are to be delivered Saudi Arabia denied threatening Ban. Children, said: “All sides in Yemen’s Qatar’s condolences to the families of enue (BCA) – Al Mashaf Road that links next year. In an eff ort to dampen controversy war have failed to respect international the victims, the government and the E the Prime Minister and Inte- Al Wakrah, Al Wukair, and Al Mashaf Al-Muhannadi said projects on more surrounding the report, the blacklist law, and children have paid a terrible people of Pakistan, and its wishes for a rior Minister Sheikh Abdullah with BCA Signal, Doha and F-Ring than 15,000 plots (including those this year is split into two categories. One price. As a cholera epidemic continues speedy recovery to the wounded. Hbin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani Road. There were also discussions on completed) in the Citizens Residential lists parties that have put in place meas- to infect thousands of children every yesterday reviewed several projects upgrade projects such as converting Development Programme would be ac- ures to protect children, which includes day, they are also being bombed in their QATAR | Finance such as Al Bustan Corridor and the bike roundabouts into signalised intersec- complished by the year-end. the Saudi-led military coalition, and the homes and schools, denied humani- and pedestrian path network on high- tions. Out of this, 10,221 plots will be served other includes parties that have not. tarian relief and forced to fi ght on the QCB’s foreign reserves, ways, to be signed later this year, at The Prime Minister praised the by infrastructure projects, 2,962 plots The report, which was produced by frontlines. liquidity rebound Ashghal headquarters. achievements of Ashghal in the projects by sewage projects and the remaining UN children and armed confl ict envoy “The secretary general has stood up The Qatar Central Bank’s international The Al Bustan Corridor, which in- completed in the fi rst half of 2017, in- 1,925 include land settlement projects. Virginia Gamba and issued in Guterres’ for Yemen’s children and for the rights reserves and foreign currency liquidity volves building four lanes on either cluding schools, kindergartens, the Ashghal offi cials also explained the name, does not subject those listed to of all children in confl ict with this de- rebounded in August after falling for side running parallel to the February Simulation Centre for Hamad Medical authority’s corporate development UN action but rather shames parties to cision. Now the UN and wider interna- two months because of a blockade, QCB 22 Street, is expected to reduce traffi c City and Aquaculture Research Centre plans, by increasing the number of Qa- confl icts in the hope of pushing them tional community must make sure the data showed yesterday. The reserves congestion on the vital path. The new in Ras Matbakh. tari personnel in the organisation. to implement measures to protect chil- violations by all parties to the confl ict and liquidity recovered to $39.0bn in road will join Al Shamal Expressway at Ashghal offi cials also briefed the Deliberations included the develop- dren. end. Being added to this shameful list August from $36.1bn in July. In May they the Landmark Mall area. Prime Minister on various projects im- ment and strengthening of the citizens’ Yemen has been devastated by more should act as a wake-up call to every had stood at $45.8bn. It was informed at the meeting that plemented in the educational sector, skills and capabilities, especially in than two years of civil war in which party in Yemen’s confl ict – and coun- Ashghal is committed to implementing which included nine schools and kin- such areas as the design, project man- President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s tries that are supporting or arming AMERICA | Decision all vital projects for hosting the 2022 dergartens. The progress on the works agement and maintenance sectors. government, backed by the Saudi- them.” FIFA World Cup on schedule. of four health centres in Muaither, Al The meeting was informed that Ash- led coalition, is fi ghting to drive the In August, human rights groups in- US ‘poised to lift ’ “As much as 60% of the work on Wajba, Al Jamiaa and Al Waab was also ghal succeeded in achieving Qatarisa- Houthis out of cities they seized in cluding Save the Children and Global Sudan sanctions 117km of highways and main roads and presented. These projects are expected tion ratios since the beginning of 2017 2014 and 2015. Citizen wrote a letter to the secretary The United States is preparing to lift 153km of internal roads, which are among to be delivered by the end of this year. besides enhancing the capabilities of More than 10,000 people have been general asking him to protect Yemen’s long-standing economic sanctions the requirements for the mega event, It was informed that the Trauma and the Qatari personnel through training killed and the confl ict has ruined the children by naming and shaming all against Sudan, citing improvement on have already been completed,” Ashghal Emergency Building at Hamad Gen- courses and workshops. Page 3 economy and pushed millions to the parties committing violations. human rights and progress on counter- terrorism, a US off icial said yesterday. President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to announce its decision as QMC chief meets German ambassador early as today, the off icial said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Thundershowers likely Qatar Media Corporation Chairman HE Sheikh BRITAIN | Honour hundershowers are expect- hours of the day.