MUHARRAM 10, 1440 AH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 Max 45º 28 Pages Min 26º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17641 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Opening of first phase of Jaber N Korea’s Kim to visit Turkey cuts investment criteria India rout Pakistan by 39Hospital in early Oct: Minister Seoul, shut missile site 24 for foreigners seeking citizenship 28 8 wickets in Asia Cup Municipality to deport cleaners caught begging, fine companies Municipal Council: Kuwait has humanitarian vision, provides help to all KUWAIT: The Municipality announced yester- day that it would deport any cleaning worker working for cleaning firms with contracts with First Deputy PM’s the municipality if caught begging or acting contrary to public order. “All companies work- recovery ‘excellent’ ing in all governorates were informed of these regulations,” the Municipality’s Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi said in a state- ment. Manfouhi added inspection campaigns will be held on Sunday in cooperation with the quartet committee which includes joint teams from the Public Authority for Manpower, interi- or ministry and commerce and industry min- Ahmad Al-Manfouhi Osama Al-Otaibi Saleh Al-Fadhala istry, in addition to the Municipality. “These measures were designed to reduce widespread in recent years, in addition to highlighting its effort in resolving the issue in accordance to begging by cleaner workers that affects future schemes aimed to enhance health and their specialized fields, Otaibi said, noting the Kuwait’s reputation,” he said. education in a number of sectors, he said. Municipality has allocated some private homes Separately, Municipal Council Chairman It also showed the apparatus’ latest activi- for illegal residents (bedoons) and is willing, if Osama Al-Otaibi said yesterday Kuwait has a ties and actions via statistics, documents and asked, to provide any help that serves the case. humanitarian vision and works within a frame- reports, Otaibi said, adding the rapid develop- Fadhala said the apparatus recently paid a work that constantly contributes in providing ment in the state body’s humanitarian services visit to the National Assembly and explained assistance to all, whether inside or outside the is very apparent. He expressed hope for a radi- different aspects and dimensions of the issue country. Otaibi made his remarks in a speech cal solution, with a humanitarian intention, to to the MPs. It is important to point out such on the sidelines of a presentation given by the the illegal residents’ issue, affirming Kuwait is issues to legislative bodies in the country Chairman of the Central Apparatus for Illegal still a humanitarian country with various contri- and shed light on the situation of illegal resi- Residents Saleh Al-Fadhala. The presentation butions on the global level. dents in order to hear lawmakers’ sugges- explained the apparatus’ role and achievements All state bodies in the country spare no tions, said Fadhala. — KUNA TASHKENT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem visits First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser “Under the instructions of His Highness the Prime Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday. — KUNA Young doctor’s Minister, the ministry of health will start working with the Secretariat of the Cabinet, the Public Institution for Social Security and the Civil Service Commission...to KUWAIT: Kuwait’s First Deputy “Sheikh Nasser assured us about death mourned ensure orderly disbursement of benefits to the bereaved Prime Minister and Defense Minister his health and recovery which has family,” Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah said Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- been taking place in an excellent By Meshaal Al-Enezi on Tuesday. KMA Chairman Dr Ahmed Thuwaini Al- Sabah’s recovery is “excellent”, manner, and we hope his recovery Enezi added all doctors are shocked by his death. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq ends quickly and he returns to his KUWAIT: Kuwait Medical Association (KMA) yester- Shemmari was the stateless grandson of a man who Al-Ghanem said yesterday. home,” Ghanem said before depart- day expressed grief over the demise of young doctor worked at Kuwait Oil Co in 1947 and the son of a man Ghanem made the remarks during ing to Baku, Azerbaijan. Ghanem is Talal Al-Shemmari, who was found dead during night who worked at the interior ministry since the 1960s and a short visit to Tashkent to meet accompanied by MPs Mohammad duty at Jahra Hospital early Tuesday. KMA also hailed was registered in the 1965 census. The father, who retired Sheikh Nasser, who is undergoing Al-Huwailah and Abdullah Al-Dosari instructions by HH the PM Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak three years ago, had sent his son to study medicine in the recuperation at the Uzbek capital, to participate in the 100th anniver- and Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah to con- Czech Republic and paid for his studies. Shemmari start- Dr Talal Al-Shemmeri according to a statement by Al- sary of establishing the Azerbaijan tinue paying his salary and benefits to his family. ed working for the health ministry in 2010. Dustour news network. parliament. — AFP the past helped Pakistan when Pakistan has ters spoke about “financial and economic coop- King Salman been in need,” he added. eration” between the two countries, SPA said in Former cricket great Khan, who assumed a brief statement. Khan is also due to visit the office one month ago, faces challenges includ- United Arab Emirates following his Saudi visit. hosts Khan as ing a faltering economy, militant extremism, His tour of the Gulf comes as former water shortages and a rapidly growing popula- Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was Sharif released tion. The most pressing is a looming balance- released from prison late yesterday to be met of-payments crisis, with analysts predicting by jubilant supporters after a court suspended RIYADH: Saudi King Salman hosted Pakistani Pakistan will have to go to the International his prison sentence for corruption pending an Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday on his Monetary Fund for a fresh bailout. The IMF appeal hearing. Sharif - who was ousted from maiden foreign visit since coming to power, has bailed Pakistan out repeatedly since the office last year by the Supreme Court for state media said, as Islamabad seeks to stave late 1980s. The last time was in 2013, when alleged corruption - was freed along with his off a financial crisis. Khan also met Crown Islamabad got a $6.6 billion loan to tackle a daughter. Sharif and Maryam Nawaz were Prince Mohammed bin Salman and energy similar crisis. arrested on their return in July from London to minister Khalid Al-Falih as he concluded his Pakistani media has speculated that Khan is campaign in elections. Hundreds of his support- two-day visit, the Saudi Press Agency said, eyeing Saudi Arabia and China to provide loans ers had gathered outside Adiala prison in the amid speculation that he would seek econom- to rescue Islamabad from the crisis and stave garrison city of Rawalpindi to await their ic assistance from the oil-rich ally. “Anyone off another IMF bailout. Khan was accompa- release. An AFP reporter at the scene said who comes to power in Pakistan will visit nied to Jeddah by Foreign Minister Shah Sharif, Maryam and his son-in-law Captain RAWALPINDI: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif (center back) sits Saudi Arabia first,” Khan told Saudi-owned Mehmood Qureshi and Finance Minister Asad Safdar were driven away in an SUV as it was in a vehicle with his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif (front right) following his Al-Arabiya television during his visit to the Umar, who met his Saudi counterpart showered with rose petals in celebration. release from Adiala prison yesterday. — AFP western city of Jeddah. “Saudi Arabia has in Mohammed Al-Jadaan. The two finance minis- Continued on Page 24 the country even after the top court’s order. The BJP has India outlaws long pushed for a uniform civil code for marriage, divorce and property. India’s constitution allows followers of each Shiites in Kuwait mark Ashoura faith to use their religious laws to govern such matters. ‘triple talaq’ But India’s 180-million-strong Muslim community has NEW DELHI: The Indian government yesterday issued an historically opposed such a move, saying it will erode executive order making the Islamic practice of “instant their religious identity and violate the constitution. divorce” a criminal offence punishable by up to three years Critics have long accused Modi, who is supported by in prison. The controversial move brings an outright ban on hardline Hindu nationalists and who is running for re- “triple talaq” - when a Muslim man ends his marriage by election in 2019, of demonizing Muslims for political saying “talaq” (“you are divorced” in Arabic) three times in ends. “The BJP’s stand on the Muslim plight is well succession - a step closer. Muslim women say they have known and they have little sympathy for the community,” been divorced over messaging apps like WhatsApp or in said Yogendra Yadav, an academic and politician who letters, leaving them without any legal remedy. heads the socio-political organization Swaraj India. India’s lower house, controlled by Prime Minister “This issue gives them a nice pretext to present the Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janta Party Muslim community in a poor light and themselves as (BJP), passed legislation outlawing the practice in defender of a retrograde practice,” he said. December. But it got stuck in the upper house, prompting R S Surjewala, a spokesman for the opposition the government to issue yesterday’s executive order. It now Congress party, said that the next step would be to ensure needs only approval from the president to become law.