BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 12 Rory McIlroy pulls out of Rio Games INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 6 – 12 COMMENT 30, 31 QEWC capex set to REGION 13 BUSINESS 1 – 7, 10 – 16 over Zika 17,791.32 9,919.41 49.13 ARAB WORLD 14 CLASSIFIED 8 – 10 jump to QR7.6bn in -38.41 +0.09 -0.72 INTERNATIONAL 15 – 29 SPORTS 1 – 12 fears -0.22% +0.00% -1.44% 2016-18: Moody’s Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10128 June 23, 2016 Ramadan 18, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Omani minister New fi rm In brief QATAR | Partnership to sell oil NBA to open stores in Doha The National Basketball Association (NBA) of the US and a Qatari fashion company said yesterday they would partner in opening the first NBA Stores in the Middle East during the products 2016-17 league season. The initial two stores will be located in Doha, The wholly state-owned Qatari the Advisory Council on the matter. with additional ones to follow later shareholding company will be According to the bill, civilian honours in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the established to market and sell are awarded through an Emiri decision United Arab Emirates. Page 8 petroleum products that fall under and come in the order of Sword of the HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meeting with the Minister Responsible for Foreign Aff airs of the Sultanate government regulation Founder Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed of Oman, Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, at Al Bahr Palace yesterday evening. Discussions during the meeting, which was bin Thani, Sash of HH the Father Emir BRITAIN | Referendum attended the delegation accompanying the Omani minister, dealt with bilateral relations and ways to enhance them as well he Cabinet yesterday endorsed a Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Rivals race as a number of issues of common interest. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin draft law amending some provi- Order of Al Wajba. Khalifa al-Thani also met with Yousef bin Alawi. Tsions of Law No 15 of 2007 un- An Emiri decision will create other for fi nal votes der which a wholly state-owned Qatari honours and specify their order. British Prime Minister David shareholding company will be estab- Whoever is awarded a civilian honour Cameron and his eurosceptic lished, and represented by Qatar Petro- receives a patent signed by HH the Emir opponents made final pitches for leum (QP), to market and sell petroleum and the granting decision is published in wavering voters yesterday on the products that fall under government the offi cial gazette. eve of a defining referendum on Brady heroics take Ireland into Euro last 16 regulation. The Emiri Protocol Department is re- European Union membership with The draft law has been referred to sponsible for all executive powers related the outcome still too close to call. the Advisory Council, the offi cial Qatar to the preparation of orders, their patents The vote, which echoes the rise of DPA a number of penalty appeals rejected Italy played a second string side as News Agency (QNA) reported. and following up on them. populism elsewhere in Europe and Lille, France and Wes Hoolahan missed a glorious they were already through to the last 16 The QNA report said “the text of Ar- Further, the Cabinet approved a draft the United States, will shape the chance just before sparing his own with a repeat of the 2012 fi nal against ticle 2 of the aforementioned (Decree) law on the State Audit Bureau and re- future of Europe. Pages 20 and 30 blushes by sending in the cross which Spain due on Monday at the Stade de Law No 15 of 2007 shall be amended to ferred it to the Advisory Council. obbie Brady sent Ireland fans Brady nodded home. France. Sports Pages 1, 2, 3 and 4 include the addition that the company The bill stipulates that the State Au- RAMADAN THOUGHT into ecstasy with an 84th shall delegate QP as a representative to dit Bureau is an independent regulatory Whoever desires to purify his Rminute header which clinched Late defeat against Belgium puts Sweden out of Euro 2016 market and sell government-regulated authority that has a legal personality, di- heart, let him prefer Allah over a 1-0 win over Group E winners Italy products on its behalf”. rectly follows HH the Emir, has a budget his desires [Ibn Al-Qayyim] and sealed their progression to the last A late goal by Premier League target minute. Belgium now take on Hungary After the regular weekly Cabinet annexed to that of the Emiri Diwan and 16 of Euro 2016 yesterday. Radja Nainggolan earned Belgium a in Toulouse on June 26. Sweden finished meeting chaired by HE the Prime Min- aims to oversee funds of the state as well Prayer times Ireland had to win to have a chance last-16 berth with a 1-0 win over Sweden third in the group and will look back ister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin as other entities under its jurisdiction. Fajr....3.15 Zuhr....11.36 Asr....2.59 of going through and ended up as one making superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic with regret on a flat performance in their Khalifa al-Thani at the Emiri Diwan yes- The bill includes provisions related to Maghrib.....6.30 Isha.....8.00 of the four best third-placed teams end his international career with a opener against Ireland. terday, HE the Deputy Prime Minister entities under the oversight jurisdiction having amassed four points. They defeat. The Roma midfielder, reportedly Facing elimination if defeated, both and Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs of the State Audit Bureau, the types of Fasting times now face hosts France in Lyon on Sun- wanted by Chelsea, controlled a cross teams pushed forward to attack which Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud said oversight the bureau handles, review re- Iftar today ............................6.30pm day. from Eden Hazard outside the area produced a pulsating first half hour in the session took the necessary measures ports, investigation into fi nancial irregu- Suhoor tomorrow ..............3.15am The Irish prevailed after being frus- and powered it into the net in the 82nd balmy Nice. to issue a draft law on civilian honours larities and the formation of the bureau trated for much of the game. They had after reviewing the recommendations of and its staff system. Page 9 Gulf Times 6 Thursday, June 23, 2016 QATAR PM meets French defence minister HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani met French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian in Doha yesterday. They discussed aspects of co-operation between Qatar and France as well as regional and international issues. Singaporean magazine praises scientifi c research in Qatar QNA the article said. very attractive to him. He is tributed systems; she ex- Singapore The rest of the articles ex- a professor of Life Sciences plores how industry can use amined the reasons behind in the College of Science powerful machines better, that development. One of and Engineering at Hamad scheduling tasks to make ingaporean magazine the reasons it found was the bin Khalifa University and everything run more effi - El Sevier has praised increased investment in sci- new acting executive direc- ciently. Sthe progress Qatar is entifi c research, which now tor of Qatar Biomedical Re- The third interview was seeing in the scientifi c and stands at $100mn a year. search Institute (QBRI). His with Hareb al-Jabri, who is education fi eld, highlight- Qatar also spends 2.8% of its research focuses on neuro- manager of the Algal Tech- ing in particular the fl our- GDP on scientifi c research. degenerative diseases, spe- nologies Programme at ishing scientifi c research in The magazine said it ex- cifi cally Parkinson’s disease. Qatar University, where he the country. pected Qatar to progress Senior scientist at the supervises an international The magazine said yes- even more in that fi eld over Qatar Computing Research team of researchers from In- terday it conducted an the next 20 years as it at- Institute (QCRI) of Hamad dia, Holland, Morocco, Tu- analysis on the research tracts more and more top bin Khalifa University Dr nisia, Jordan, the Palestin- statistics of 77 countries. researchers. Xiaosong Ma said Qatar is ian territories, Bangladesh, One of the fi ndings was that The magazine also con- developing fast. “Thanks and Qatar. He believes this many more researchers are ducted two interviews with to government investment investment has improved moving to Qatar (18%) than three researchers based in and good infrastructure re- Qatar’s reputation, attract- out of the country (7%), re- Qatar. searchers from around the ing people from overseas. sulting in a net researcher The fi rst was with Omar world can fi nd state-of- He said that fi ve years ago, it infl ow of 11%. el-Agnaf. The researcher, the-art facilities and insti- was diffi cult to order chemi- The numbers make Qatar originally from Libya, said tutions to work at”. cals and equipment but now “a top research destination,” that the vision of Qatar was She is working on dis- it’s much faster and easier. Gulf Times 8 Thursday, June 23, 2016 QATAR NBA League Dana Alfardan’s song to open fi rst is HIA theme music stores in Doha ana Alfardan, a distin- ist, it is always rewarding to have AFP guished Qatari composer your work recognised and I am New York Dand songwriter, has been humbled that my song will now honoured by the Hamad Inter- have HIA as its platform.” national Airport (HIA) recently “HIA is a symbolic location he National Basketball after her song titled The Begin- for Qatar both within Qatar and Association (NBA) of the ning was chosen as the airport’s the region, and I look forward to TUS and a Qatari fashion offi cial theme music.