www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 14 SPORT | 23 IMF nominates Cavendish is back CChristine Lagarde in golden jersey at for second term Tour of Qatar FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2016 • 3 Jumada I 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6704 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar LNG deal ‘key Emir visits Al Qassar Metro Station project to Pakistan’s prosperity’ industries and power plants. The elec- tricity bill is also expected to come Premier Nawaz Sharif down because of LNG. I am very confi- urges Pakistani dent that this deal will bring prosperity to Pakistan,” he added. workers to leave Sharif urged Pakistani workers their professional in Qatar to become ideal employees through their dedicated service to footprint in Qatar their organisations. “I am very happy to meet our countrymen. I would like to say to Pakistani expatriates, espe- cially those working as doctors and DOHA: Pakistan Prime Minister engineers, to leave your professional Nawaz Sharif yesterday described footprint in Qatar to make our coun- the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) agree- try proud through their dedicated ment between Qatar and his country services,” he said. as historic, saying it will bring pros- He urged Qataris to make invest- perity to Pakistan. ments in Pakistan and promised With this landmark deal, signed good returns and called on Paki- between Qatar Petroleum and the stani expatriates in Qatar to invest Ministry of Petroleum and Natural in their country. Regarding foreign Resources, the trade volume between investments in Pakistan, the Prime both countries will increase remark- Minister said the foreign reserve had ably, Sharif told members of the reached a high point. Pakistani community at the Four Sharif also spoke about security Seasons hotel. situation in Pakistan and said internal “This is my second visit to Qatar security has improved. The security as Prime Minister. Our meetings with operation (Zarb-e-Azam) against ter- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is briefed on the project by Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti. the Qatari leadership were fruitful. rorist elements will continue until We have signed several memoran- the goal is achieved. Security situ- dums of understandings. The biggest ation in Karachi has also improved. QNA phases. The Emir also listened to a screened at the station. Prime Minister and Interior Minis- deal inked yesterday was for import On infrastructure development briefing on the design of the station The Emir also saw a replica of ter H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin of LNG from Qatar,” he added. projects in his country, he said work on inspired by Islamic architecture and the exterior of Rail Doha Metro and Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of Trans- With the signing of the deal, the the China-Pakistan Economic Corri- the local environment. He saw a model another for Lusail Light Rail Transit port and Communications H E Jassim volume of trade between both coun- dor is in full swing . Not only Pakistan DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin for its interior design that will be imple- (LLRT). Both designs are inspired by bin Saif Al Sulaiti, and other officials tries is expected to increase from and China but also the entire region Hamad Al Thani yesterday paid an mented in all stations. the horse and the dhow. accompanied the Emir during the visit. $300m to $1bn. “This energy deal will benefit, he added. inspection visit to Al Qassar Metro Sta- A documentary on the work plan, The Emir issued directives that Al Qassar Metro Station is in West is very important for Pakistan. The tion project to check on the mechanism construction phases and the drilling all paintings to be used in the project Bay and one of the Red Line stations LNG will be supplied to Pakistan’s → Continued on page 3 of work progress and the completed and construction mechanism was should be designed by Qatari artists. of Qatar Rail’s Doha Metro project. Six die in ‘criminal’ Emir condoles with attack on Saudi PM opens Police Training Institute headquarters German President and Chancellor education office The Peninsula completed last year. The project aims includes distance lectures where the headquarters, women police depart- to create a modern educational envi- speaker can deliver the speech from ments and music, languages, sports and ronment to enhance education and anywhere in the world. training sections. It also comprises a QNA AFP training at the ministry, supported The opening ceremony was mosque, barracks, two sports halls, a DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior with communication and information attended by several senior officials, weapons warehouse, a theatre, lec- Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser technology and delivering training officers and directors of the different ture halls and other facilities. bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday opened material in an easy and smooth way departments of the ministry. Built over 75,000sqm, the Public DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim RIYADH: A man killed six employ- the headquarters of the Police Training for trainees. There were 12 teams of 130 The 615,000-square-metre build- Guards Department building occupies bin Hamad Al Thani sent cables of ees at an education department Institute and Public Guards Depart- people working on the task to develop ing occupies 16 percent of the total 45,000sqm and the remaining space condolences to German President office in Saudi Arabia yesterday, ment in Sailiyah. the system and accomplish it within area and the training grounds, green hosts six residential buildings. The site Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Dr the interior ministry said, describ- He also inaugurated the Ministry the deadline. spaces and parking areas are spread also contains recreational and train- Angela Merkel on the victims of the ing it as a “criminal” attack. of Interior’s Educational and Training The project includes e-education, over the rest of the institute’s area. ing facilities. collision between two trains in the The attack in which two were Environment project (education and from which all departments of the min- The institute includes adminis- State of Bavaria. wounded occurred in the southern training system), the largest project istry will benefit. The education system trative buildings, the Police Sciences → Pictures on page 2 province of Jazan at about 2pm, min- istry spokesman General Mansour Iran President Al Turki said. “This is a criminal act,” he said, adding one suspect congratulated had been arrested. Festival opens to He was unable to immediately DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin confirm how the victims were killed Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a but state television reported it was promote Sidra tree cable of congratulations to Iranian a shooting. The suspect’s identity President Hassan Rowhani on his and motive were unclear. country’s National Day. Al Ekhbariya state television The Peninsula cited police and said the suspect was not an employee but had some Russia proposes business at the ministry. Officers responded to a report DOHA: Mazrouah Yard, the winter vegetable market in Syria ceasefire that a man “was shooting at a Umm Salal, yesterday launched the “Rhamnus” festival number of employees while they to promote cultivation of the native Sidra tree. DAMASCUS: Russia said it had were carrying out their duties,” ‘Rhamnus’ refers to the fruit of Sidra locally known as made a “quite specific” proposal the channel reported on its Twit- ‘kanar’. The two-day festival is organised by the Depart- for a ceasefire in Syria as foreign ter account. ment of Agriculture at the Ministry of Municipality and ministers gathered in Munich yes- On the Internet, purported pic- Environment. It aims to introduce various types of kanars terday to start peace talks derailed tures from the scene showed at least to the public and provide training to farmers on how to by the regime onslaught on the city five ambulances outside a building graft different types of the plant, a senior official from of Aleppo. “We made propositions resembling a low-rise apartment the ministry said yesterday. for a ceasefire that are quite spe- block. The attack occurred in the The Sidra tree and its fruit are the iconic symbol of cific,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov remote community of Ad Dair, sev- the country’s heritage, said Yusef Khalid Al Khulaifi, said before the talks. Visitors at the ‘Rhamnus’ festival at Mazrouah Yard in Umm Salal yesterday. eral kilometres from the Yemeni Director of the department. border. Pic: Baher / The Peninsula → Continued on page 3 → See also page 4 02 FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2016 HOME Condolences PM inaugurates Police Training Institute headquarters sent to Germany QNA DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent cables of condolences to German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel on the victims of the two trains colli- sion in the State of Bavaria. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent sim- ilar cables to Gauck and Dr Merkel. Iran President congratulated DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of con- Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani interact with officers after opening the headquarters of the Police Training Institute gratulations to Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on his country’s and Public Guards Department in Sailiyah. He also inaugurated the Ministry of Interior’s Educational and Training Environment project (education and training system), the National Day. largest project completed last year. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also sent a congratulatory cable to Rouhani. Qatar-Ukraine ‘How Women Work’ conference on March 8 ties reviewed DOHA: Minister of Municipality for employees and jobseekers; one for and Environment H E Mohamed individual women with ambitions and bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi yesterday Two high-profile aspirations and, for the first time, one met Andrey Artemenko, Chairman, keynote speakers for Arabic speakers.