THURSDAY MAY 20, 2021 SHAWWAL 8, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5263 QR 2 Fajr: 3:21 am Dhuhr: 11:30 am FINE Asr: 2:56 pm Maghrib: 6:15 pm HIGH : 45°C LOW : 32 °C Isha: 7:45 pm World 5 Business 8 Sports 13 India logs global record with over Lulu launches British food Back to full fitness, Al Tamimi is 4,500 daily COVID deaths fest, 5k items on display set for the big action once again Cabinet approves draft law on Shura Council electoral system Government employees can run for Shura Council elections Cabinet calls on international QNA tion in voters’ lists and judicial DOHA appeals against decisions of the committees of voters and community to step up efforts THE Cabinet has approved a candidates draft law on the Shura Coun- Setting controls regard- cil’s electoral system. The Cab- ing electoral advertising, in- to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza inet referred the draft to the cluding setting a maximum Shura Council. of QR2 million for the can- QNA The Cabinet meeting was didate’s spending limit on DOHA chaired by Prime Minister and electoral advertising, with Minister of Interior HE Sheikh oversight over these spend- THE Cabinet has reiterated Qatar’s con- Khalid bin Khalifa bin Ab- ing and its sources of demnation and denunciation of the brutal dulaziz Al Thani. financing. Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, which The draft law has been To oblige the competent has continued for the last 10 days, leav- prepared for completing the municipalities to ensure equal ing hundreds of martyrs, including men, constitutional requirements access of candidates to places women and children. to elect Shura Council mem- where advertisements or elec- The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime bers, in implementation of the A candidate can spend a maximum of QR2 million toral statements are placed, Minister and Minister of Interior HE directives of His Highness the for electoral advertising and to allocate equal spaces for Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh the candidates. Thani on Wednesday, called on the inter- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Members of all military agencies, both military and Setting obligations for national community to intensify its efforts on holding the elections in Oc- civilians, will be permitted to vote to expand the base candidates when conducting to stop the repeated brutal Israeli attacks Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE tober. of participation election campaigning, includ- against civilians in Gaza and in all the oc- Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani. The draft law was prepared ing respecting the provisions cupied Palestinian territories. under the supervision of the Facilitating the process of registering in the voters’ of the constitution, maintain- It urged the international community The Cabinet praised the steadfastness higher committee chaired by lists, including the possibility of applying for registra- ing national unity and main- to stop Israel’s criminal practices contrary of the brotherly Palestinian people in Gaza HE the PM in line with Amiri taining the security of society, to international law and human norms of and all the Palestinian territories and their decision no 47 of 2019 estab- tion electronically avoiding any rhetoric that is of killing and terrorizing civilians, destroy- stance in the face of the Israeli war ma- lishing the committee and de- tribal or sectarian tendency, ing homes and facilities, and violating the chine, and the great sacrifices they have fining its powers. provisions related to the fol- military and civilians, to vote, or what conflicts with pub- sanctity of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque. made for the sake of their just cause. The provisions of the draft lowing: in order to expand the base of lic morality, prevailing tra- The cabinet also urged to stop plans for The Cabinet affirmed that Qatar, law came in line with Qatar’s Allowing government participation. ditions, or the religious and forced displacement from Jerusalem, which is currently making efforts to stop permanent constitution, with employees to nominate them- Facilitating the process social values of society or of- ethnic cleansing, racial discrimination, the attacks and violations of the Israeli an electoral system law set selves for membership of the of registering in the voters’ fending the other candidate or as well as forcing them to implement the forces, will remain with the Palestinian to be released that will de- Shura Council while preserv- lists, including the possibil- others, or stirring up tribal or decisions of the United Nations General people until they obtain their full rights, termine the conditions and ing their jobs and promotions ity of applying for registration sectarian strife among citizens Assembly and the UN Security Council, foremost of which is their right to estab- requirements to run for the throughout their membership, electronically. in any way. which rejected and condemned the occu- lish their independent state on the bor- elections. as well as permitting members Regulating the process pation and settlement and recognized the ders of June 4, 1967, with Al-Quds Al- The draft law stipulates the of all military agencies, both of complaints against registra- Continued on page 2 legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Sharif as its capital. Qatar sees record Arabic, Islamic education sales of local MESSAGE FOR AMIR FROM BURUNDI PRESIDENT produce in April His Highness the Amir subjects a must in private of State of Qatar Sheikh THE public agricultural markets Tamim bin Hamad Al schools, kindergartens have reported excellent sale Thani has received a of local produce in April. The written message from QNA Ministerial Resolution No. public agricultural markets in President of the Repub- DOHA (11) for the year 2021. AL Mazrouha, Al Khor and Dha- lic of Burundi Evariste The commitment of pri- kira, Al Wakrah, Al Shamal, and Ndayishimiye. The mes- THE Ministry of Education vate schools to evaluate the Al Sheehaniya sold a sage pertains to bilateral and Higher Education, repre- compulsory subjects for all TOTAL of 2,101 tonnes of veg- relations and the ways sented by the Private Educa- grades (grades one through etables, 726 tonnes of fruits, of enhancing them. The tion Affairs Sector, has issued twelve) according to the target 394 kg of honey, 1,003 kg of message was received the academic policy for com- groups in all educational cur- local dates and 1,123 kg of by Deputy Prime Minister pulsory subjects (Arabic lan- ricula and systems. mushroom. (TNN) and Minister of Foreign guage, Islamic education, Qa- These updates regarding Affairs HE Sheikh Mo- tari history) in private schools the academic policy of the hammed bin Abdulrah- and kindergartens — version three mandatory subjects, man Al Thani during his 2021, which is an update of which include Arabic lan- meeting with Chief of the same policy that was cir- guage, Islamic education and Kahramaa app wins Staff at the Burundian culated in the 2019-2020 aca- the history of Qatar, are in first place in WSIS President’s Ofce Gen- demic year. light of the interest and keen- eral Ildephonse Haba- The Private Schools Af- ness to promote the national competition (PG 3) rurema. (QNA) fairs Department stated in a identity and religious values circular that the most impor- among students in private tant items of the updated ver- schools and kindergartens. sion of the academic policy for This is also based on ob- compulsory subjects were: servations that have been re- The necessity of teach- ceived from the educational Record 40,769 vaccine doses given in a day: MoPH ing Arabic language and Is- field, schools and parents, and lamic education subjects the evaluation of the members starting from the pre-school of the educational system for TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK In a statement, the MoPH said The MoPH said Qatar saw 295 level (kindergarten and pre- the academic policy issued DOHA 40,769 COVID-19 vaccine doses were new COVID-19 cases — 196 from paratory) in all private schools in 2019, bearing in mind administered in the past 24 hours, tak- community and 99 from travellers and kindergartens. that this is the first time that THE National COVID-19 Vaccination ing the total to 2,150,749 in the country returning from abroad — in the past The necessity of teach- schools are obliged to apply Programme reached another milestone so far. 24 hours. ing the three compulsory the teaching of Arabic lan- as more than 40,000 vaccine doses About 54.7 percent of the eligible Also, 637 people recovered from subjects in all educational guage and Islamic education were administered in Qatar in the past population have now received at least the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing curricula and systems, in ac- subjects from the kindergar- 24 hours, according to the Ministry of one dose of the vaccine. the total number of cases recovered in cordance with the sequence of ten and pre-school stage. Public Health (MoPH). “About 89.5 percent of people over Qatar to 209,251, the MoPH said. classes. The ministry will hold pe- Qatar also saw a drop in the number 60 — the most vulnerable population Two people aged 50 and 56, who Schools’ commitment riodic forums and meetings to of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday group — have been vaccinated with at were chronically ill, succumbed to the to the terms and conditions follow up the application and after seeing a spike in the previous two least one dose, while 84 percent have virus, taking the death toll in the coun- of equivalency for grades (10, implementation of curricula days. received both the doses,” it added. try to 538.