ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 11 October 2013 6 Dhul-Hijja 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5849 Price: QR2 Qatar bourse Under-19: market cap Qatar maintain decreases perfect record Business | 13 Sport | 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Cabinet panel studying sponsorship rules: Al Marri DOHA: The State Cabinet has soon, said Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al would look into those hurdles and employment standards, equality, delegation. set up a committee that is stud- Marri, Chairman of National come up with solutions. dignity, wages, working and living The delegation has seen good ying the sponsorship and exit Human Rights Committee. Earlier, officials of the Geneva- conditions, grievances, access to working conditions in the Sidra permit system for a possible Based on the recommenda- based Building and Wood Worker’s information and training of for- hospital project of the Spanish review, the state human rights tions, the Cabinet will decide on International (BWI) disclosed eign workers. firm OHL and the Norwegian watchdog said yesterday. what changes are to be made to their findings about the situation The BWI delegation consisted project Qatalum with both firms Another key committee has the sponsorship and exit permit of migrant workers in Qatar and of workers’ health and safety having concrete policies and prac- been appointed under the super- rules, Al Marri said. submitted recommendations to experts, labour inspectors, and tices on workers protection. vision of the Ministry of Labour He was replying to questions improve workers’ rights. union leaders and they visited The delegation also held discus- and Social Affairs, tasked with by reporters at an impromptu labour camps and worksites sions on improving the situation forming what is likely to be a news conference he addressed TRADE UNIONS over the past four days to check of workers in Qatar with Hussein core group of Qatar’s first trade right after a press briefing by a The BWI, in its recommenda- facilities. Al Mulla, Undersecretary at the union. visiting delegation of an interna- tions, called on Qatar to abolish “While there are workplaces Ministry of Labour and Social This panel has some 50 mem- tional trade union headquartered the sponsorship and exit permit that are better off, it does not Affairs, and Hassan Al Thawadi, bers representing workers. in Geneva. system and allow the setting up imply that the situation is the Secretary General of the Qatar Dr Al Marri addressing the press The sponsorship review com- Al Marri said challenges of trade unions. same in the whole country,” said 2022 Supreme Committee. conference yesterday. mittee is expected to submit rec- remained and hinted he was opti- The recommendations outlined Ambet Yuson, General Secretary THE PENINSULA ommendations to the Cabinet mistic that the two committees suggestions on health and safety, of the BWI and head of the See also page 3 Pilgrims in Makkah SCH expands unified scrutiny system More private doctors, nurses asked to submit credentials DOHA: All private healthcare practitioners have not gone regarding the performance of pri- practitioners who were issued through the process since licences vate healthcare practitioners and licences before 2009 have been were issued to them before 2009. facilities had come down signifi- asked by the Supreme Council Their documents were scruti- cantly following stringent moni- of Health (SCH) to submit nised by other methods, but we toring by SCH. their credentials for a fresh want to make sure all undergo This May SCH had asked all verification. the same process,” Dr Jamal private hospitals and clinics not to The certificates have to be Rashid Al Khanji, Director of the impose any further hike in their submitted to Dataflow, an inter- Healthcare Quality and Patient prices until the national health national company specialising in Safety Department at SCH told insurance scheme is fully imple- document verification. In 2009, The Peninsula. mented. “This directive is still in Pilgrims arriving to perform the afternoon prayer in Makkah’s Grand Mosque yesterday. More than two million SCH assigned the company Asked what action would be force and we have not permitted pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for Haj. to scrutinise credentials of all taken if any practitioner fails any facility to increase fees since healthcare practitioners seeking the verification, Al Khanji said, then, but in a few exceptional a licence to practise in Qatar. “We are not expecting such cases cases, where the request was SCH has issued a circular to because all healthcare practition- found genuine,” said Al Khanji. Secretary general of private doctors, nurses and other ers in Qatar are aware of the con- He said SCH is working on a healthcare practitioners who can sequences of working with false plan to bring licensing and accred- Libyan premier briefly Cabinet appointed submit documents — educational documents.” itation of private healthcare facil- qualification and experience cer- Since SCH hired Dataflow, ities under a single department. DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh tificates — online. hundreds of cases were detected “This department will be respon- seized by militiamen Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani A senior SCH official said the in which applicants tried to pro- sible for licensing and monitoring yesterday issued Decree No. directive was part of a process to cure a licence to work in Qatar all facilities. However, licences for TRIPOLI: Libya’s Prime He had distanced his govern- 57 of 2013, appointing Hamad bring all practitioners under a using forged documents. They healthcare professionals are now Minister Ali Zeidan was seized ment from US assertions it had Ahmed Hassan Al Hassan unified verification system. were blacklisted by SCH and issued by the newly set up Qatar and held for several hours yes- cooperated in Saturday’s capture Al Muhannadi as Secretary “We launched this sys- banned from working in Qatar Council for Health Practitioners,” terday by former rebel mili- of Abu Anas Al Libi, wanted for General of the Cabinet. tem in 2009, in collaboration and other GCC countries. he added. tiamen angry at the weekend the Al Qaeda bombing of the US with Dataflow. However, some Al Khanji said public complaints THE PENINSULA capture by US special forces of embassy in Kenya in 1998. But Lower temperature, a Libyan Al Qaeda suspect in the group which seized Zeidan Tripoli. appeared to hold him responsible strong winds today ‘Curved’ smartphone “Libyans need wisdom... not for helping US operation. DOHA: The Meteorology escalation... to deal with this Qatar, meanwhile, condemned Department has forecast strong situation,” he told his cabinet in the incident and a Foreign winds and a further fall in Canadian wins remarks broadcast on TV after Ministry source called on the temperature today, with Qatar his six-hour ordeal in the capital. Libyan people to place their coun- going through a transition from Literature Nobel Gunmen associated with the try’s interests above all else and summer to winter. Temperature STOCKHOLM: Canada’s fragmented Libyan security appa- support government efforts to in Doha is expected to hover Alice Munro won the Nobel ratus hauled him at dawn from achieve the goals of the revolution. between 25 and 35 degrees Literature Prize yesterday for the luxury hotel where he lives The source said the Libyan Celsius and could dip by one her short stories that focus on under heavy guard. Sources said people had sacrificed a lot during to two degrees in areas like Al the frailties of the human con- the group relented in the face of the revolution to gain their free- Khor, Al Wakrah and Mesaieed. dition. The Swedish Academy pressure from officials and freed dom, justice and unity and urged “Temperature will dip gradually described Munro, 82, as a “mas- him. all involved to exercise restraint in the days to come as Qatar is ter of the contemporary short Zeidan thanked some militia and have a meaningful dialogue witnessing the transition from story”, a genre that has rarely who helped negotiate his freedom regarding their differences, to summer to winter,” said a fore- been honoured with the prize. and urged them to join the mili- establish peace and stability. caster at the department. Full report on page 9 tary forces. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA Sachin to retire after 200th Test NEW DELHI: India’s record- breaking batsman Sachin Malala wins EU’s Sakharov prize Tendulkar announced yester- day that he will retire after his STRASBOURG: Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, Malala and Congolese gynaecologist Denis 200th Test next month, calling the teenage activist nominated for this year’s Mukwege dedicated to helping rape victims are the time on an extraordinary career Nobel Peace Prize, won the EU’s Sakharov human two most-hyped figures among pundits ahead of that lasted nearly a quarter of a rights prize yesterday, drawing a fresh threat of today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement. century. Tendulkar, the highest murder by the Taliban. Some experts have suggested the honour will go run-scorer in Test and one-day Announcing the prize, European Parliament to Malala, who defied the Taliban extremists who cricket and the only batsman to President Martin Schulz said, “Malala bravely stands shot her in the head by surviving and continuing her make 100 international centu- for the right of all children to be granted a fair campaign on the global stage. ries, said he had been “living a A model holds Samsung’s first ‘curved’ smartphone Galaxy Round, a education. This right for girls is far too commonly Giving the prize to Malala would “carry some very, dream” since his debut in 1989, 5.7-inch handset with a display that is slightly rounded on both sides, at neglected.” very important messages,” said the head of the Peace but recognised it was now time The parliament’s vote for Malala from a short- Research Institute of Oslo, Kristian Berg Harpviken.