BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 QICDRC Ton-up signs deal Sharma stars to become as India beat hub for Pakistan in dispute World Cup resolution published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11217 June 17, 2019 Shawwal 14, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief PM meets Chinese ambassador HGH to open ARAB WORLD | Unrest Sudan’s Bashir appears before prosecutor Fallen Sudanese leader Omar expanded al-Bashir was yesterday seen in public for the first time since being ousted, as he was driven in an armed convoy to the prosecutor’s off ice. Bashir was toppled on April 11 after weeks of protests against surgical ICU his reign. Dressed in a white traditional robe and turban, Bashir he third and fi nal phase of the Lab and Artis Zeego imaging technol- rode in a heavily-armed convoy new Surgical Intensive Care Unit ogy. from the notorious Kober prison in T(SICU) of Hamad General Hos- Dr al-Ansari said earlier this year the Sudanese capital Khartoum to pital (HGH) has been completed, a top HMC further expanded its surgical prosecutors’ off ice to face charges offi cial has said. capacity by opening the fi rst phase of alleged corruption. Page 7 The completion of the SICU ex- of a new specialised surgery centre at pansion marks the fi nal phase of the the former Women’s Hospital build- ARAB WORLD | Confl ict HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani met yesterday with the outgoing Hamad General Hospital Operating ing. He said the new Surgical Specialty Chinese ambassador to Qatar Li Chen. During the meeting, the Prime Minister wished the ambassador success in his future Theatre Expansion project that began Center will be completed in the coming GNA head promises mission and the relations between the two countries further progress. For his part, the ambassador extended thanks and in 2013. months and is also part of HMC’s long- elections in Libya appreciation to the prime minister and to the state’s off icials for the co-operation he received during his tenure in the country. “The SICU features a direct link term plan to reduce wait times and The head of Libya’s to both the Hamad General Hospi- increase access to specialised surgical internationally recognised tal Operating Theatre Suites and the services. Government of National Accord new Surgical Specialty Center. It has “The expansion of our surgical serv- announced yesterday a new 27 beds, four isolation rooms, includ- ices facilities, which includes com- political initiative and elections ing three negative pressure rooms, and pletion of the fi nal phase of the SICU, in a bid to move the conflict- family waiting rooms. The completion is part of our long-term strategy to wracked country beyond eight FIFA ‘explores legal options’ of the fi nal phase of the SICU expan- accommodate the growth of Qatar’s years of chaos. “I present today a sion project saw the unit’s capacity to population and in turn, our surgical, political initiative for a way out of care for patients almost doubled, mov- trauma, emergency care, and organ do- crisis...(involving) simultaneous ing from 15 to 27 beds,” said Dr Abdulla nation programmes. presidential and legislative over pirate beoutQ channel al-Ansari, acting chief medical offi cer, “We are working hard to improve ac- elections before the end of 2019,” HMC. cess to specialised services and to pro- GNA head Fayez al-Sarraj said “In addition to supporting HMC’s vide our patients with the most advanced in a short speech broadcast by orld soccer governing body Arabsat was stolen from its propri- across the Middle East, and broadcast general surgical services programme, medical facilities built to cater to the spe- Libya al-Wataniya TV, without FIFA yesterday said it is ex- etary content. it to Europe. the SICU will play a vital role in ensur- cialised healthcare needs of our popula- specifying a date for polls. Page 7 Wploring each of its legal op- This is not the fi rst time that FIFA Doha-based beIN Sports has said ing Trauma Center patients receive the tion and on a par with the world’s best tions as a means to address beoutQ’s has pointed the fi nger at beoutQ, a it may re-evaluate how much it pays best possible care and will complement hospitals,” said Dr al-Ansari. ASIA | Politics unauthorised broadcasts. channel which has been regularly air- organisations like the Premier League the 19-bed Trauma Intensive Care Unit Dr Yousuf al-Maslamani, medi- “FIFA is aware that unauthorised ing copyright content in fl agrant vio- for exclusive rights to its programme if (TICU),” he said. cal director of Hamad General Hospi- HK leader apologises transmissions of the FIFA Women’s lation of international laws. games can be seen widely for free. In addition to the 27-bed SICU, the tal said last month’s start of a limited as rally chokes city World Cup 2019 are being made avail- Last week, the Premier League re- Yousef al-Obaidly, CEO of beIN 10,000sq m Operating Theatre Expan- number of services at the new Trauma Some 2mn protesters choked able across the Mena region, prima- ceived a boost after a French court Media Group, said: “The latest legal sion project saw the commission of 20 and Emergency Center is also part of Hong Kong’s streets in a powerful rily Saudi Arabia, via the pirate broad- ruled that the Saudi Arabian satellite ruling in France shows that even if we state-of-the-art surgical theatres, a the expansion work being undertaken rebuke of a reviled extradition law, caster known as beoutQ,” a statement provider has pirate-broadcast every are illegally denied access to justice in 19-bed TICU, the addition of a da Vinci to increase HMC’s capacity to care for organisers said yesterday, piling issued by the organisation said. game so far of the Women’s World Saudi Arabia, we will use every means Xi surgical robot, and real-time imag- the county’s most critically ill patients. pressure on the city’s embattled “beoutQ’s unauthorised transmis- Cup to Europe. possible to hold beoutQ and Arab- ing capabilities through CT, MRI, Brain To Page 6 pro-Beijing leader who apologised sions of the FIFA Women’s World A hearing in France found that sat to account for their daily theft of for causing “conflict” but refused to Cup 2019 are made available by way Riyadh-based Arabsat was illegally rights holders’ intellectual property. step down. Page 10 of Arabsat satellite frequencies. FIFA transmitting the tournament on the “But we are not fi ghting this battle is therefore seeking the co-operation rogue channel, beoutQ. alone – the weight of the internation- AMERICA | Politics of Arabsat in addressing the misuse of The Premier League, the Bundes- al community is now coming to bear FIFA’s intellectual property. liga, LaLiga and FIFA have all begun fi rmly on Saudi Arabia to end its safe New poll: Biden with “In addition, FIFA continues to joint legal proceedings against beoutQ haven for piracy, which is destroy- big lead over Trump explore each of its legal options as a in Saudi Arabia over piracy, which ing not only the economic model of A nationwide Fox News poll means to address beoutQ’s unauthor- could damage how much rights-hold- the global sports and entertainment released yesterday shows ised broadcasts. In this regard, FIFA is ers pay them in future. industry, but also the livelihoods of President Donald Trump trailing working with a number of other rights The court actions have so far got no- content creators all around the world.” former vice president Joe Biden holders whose rights have also been where, but it’s hoped the ruling by the Tri- Besides the Women’s World Cup and no fewer than four other infringed by beoutQ.” bunal de Grande Instance in Paris will pile in France, beoutQ has also pirated Democratic contenders as The statement from FIFA comes pressure on the Saudis to stop the theft. the men’s tournament in Russia last early campaigning for the 2020 after beIN Media Group announced beoutQ is able to steal content year, the UEFA Champions League, election begins to gain steam. that all the FIFA Women’s World Cup from a Qatari channel, which owns two seasons of the Premier League, La A section of the new Surgical Intensive Page 8 France 2019 broadcast by beoutQ and the rights to the Women’s World Cup Liga and Formula One. Dr Abdulla al-Ansari Care Unit of HGH. Qatar shake up Copa with thrilling draw Qatar to host MSC Qatar fought their way back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Paraguay in their first ever Copa America game yesterday at the Core Group Meeting Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2022 World Cup hosts are one of two guest teams at the South nder the patronage of His High- will also present creative ideas and American championship along with ness the Amir Sheikh Tamim strategies on universal cybersecurity. Japan. Paraguay’s Oscar Cardozo Ubin Hamad al-Thani, Doha will Under the theme “Safe, Smart Cities”, smashed in from the penalty spot host the Munich Security Conference the event is now in its fi fth edition and in the fourth minute to score the (MSC) Core Group Meeting, which will has emerged as one of the top tech events first goal of the match.