MONDAY OCTOBER 15, 2018 SAFAR 6, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4423 QR 2 FINE Fajr: 4:15 am Dhuhr: 11:21 am HIGH : 36°C Asr: 2:40 pm Maghrib: 5:08 pm LOW : 28°C Isha: 6:38 pm Gulf / Middle East 10 Business 12 Sports 16 Jordan king vows to fight QDB launches ‘Derwazaa’ to sell Qatar’s gymnastics trio graft after protests ‘made at home’ products in Qatar gears up for Doha Worlds Quick read RUMAIHI OPENS EXPO OF PROCESSED LOCAL DATES Amir sends cable Reveal fate of of condolences to US president The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sent on Sunday a cable to US President Donald missing Qatari Trump, expressing his sincere condolences on the victims of the Hurricane Michael in Florida and wishing the injured a speedy recovery. (QNA) citizens: NHRC Amir sends cable of condolences to Nigerian president chief to Saudi The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sent on Sunday a cable to President of Nigeria Marri calls for UN fact-finding team to know Muhammadu Buhari expressing his sincere condolences on the about the disappearance of Qatari nationals victims of the explosion of an oil pipeline in the Abia State, south- QNA derlined that the NHRC has “serious ern Nigeria, wishing the wounded LONDON concerns” about the fate of the Qatari Minister of Municipality and Environment HE Mohammed bin Abdullah al Rumaihi visits the stalls after inaugurating the a speedy recovery. (QNA) nationals held in Saudi Arabia. He de- exhibition of processed local dates at Souq Waqif in Doha on Sunday. More than 50 farmers and Hassad Food are partici- NATIONAL Human Rights Committee scribed the Saudi actions as shameful pating in the expo which will run until October 22. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) PAGE 2 (NHRC) Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh al and inhumane, which will leave psy- PM holds telephone Marri demanded Saudi chological effects on fu- conversation with Arabia to immediately ture generations. Iraqi counterpart reveal the whereabouts So far, the NHRC of the four Qatari na- and the families of the Qatari actor PRIME Minister and Minister tionals who are the vic- missing Qatari nationals UK, France, Germany want of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah tims of enforced disap- don’t know their where- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani pearance and arbitrary abouts and are not even Abdul Aziz held on Sunday a telephone detention by the Saudi able to communicate ‘credible’ Khashoggi probe conversation with Prime Minis- authorities. with them, he said. Jassim ter of Iraq Adil Abdul-Mahdi. The The NHRC chief Dr Marri praised the PM congratulated the Iraqi PM also called for sending cooperation of the inter- BRITAIN, France and Germany insisted Erdogan, Saudi king discuss passes away on his mandate to form a new a UN fact-finding mis- national organisations on Sunday that “light must be shed” on joint working group formation government. (QNA) sion to know the fate of with the NHRC, urging the whereabouts of journalist Jamal the three Qatari victims them to exert more pres- Khashoggi as they called for a credible TURKEY’S President Recep Tayyip of enforced disappear- sure on Saudi for the re- investigation into his disappearance. Erdogan and Saudi King Salman on Qatar likely to get ance and of another cit- Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri lease of the Qatari nation- In a joint statement, Britain’s for- Sunday discussed Khashoggi case in izen who was arbitrarily als before it is too late. eign minister Jeremy Hunt, his French their first telephone talks. “They empha- rains this week detained, saying Saudi authorities are “The NHRC has provided interna- counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian and sised the importance of creating a joint QATAR is likely to receive rains fully responsible for their safety. tional organisations and the UN with all Germany's Heiko Maas said whoever working group within the framework of next Wednesday and Thurs- Their fate is unknown since they information about the missing and de- was responsible for the Saudi journalist’s the investigation,” said a Turkish presi- day, according to Qatar Mete- were arbitrarily and unfairly detained by tained Qatari citizens in Saudi Arabia,” disappearance must be held to account. dential source. (REUTERS) orological Department (QMD). the Saudi authorities, Dr Marri said. Dr Marri said, adding that the commit- Khashoggi, a Washington Post con- “The clouds over the country He also urged the Working Group tee is in constant contact with the two tributor, vanished after entering the Saudi issued by the Foreign Office in London. are expected to strengthen on on Arbitrary Detention and the Working working groups. consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to ob- Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia warned Wednesday and Thursday with Group on Enforced Disappearance to He renewed his call to the interna- tain official documents for his upcoming it would retaliate against any sanctions TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK chances of rain, accompanied conduct a joint field visit to Saudi Ara- tional community to put more pressure marriage. “Defending freedom of expres- imposed on it over Khashoggi's disap- DOHA by thunder at times, in some bia to find details about the four Qatari on Saudi Arabia to compel it to respect sion and a free press and ensuring the pearance, as the Riyadh stock market areas,” QMD said in a tweet nationals. international laws and reveal the fate of protection of journalists are key priorities plunged on growing investor jitters. RENOWNED Qatari actor Ab- on Sunday. (TNN) In press statements issued dur- the Qatari citizens as well as to release for Germany, the United Kingdom and dul Aziz Jassim died on Sun- ing his visit to the UK, Dr Marri un- them immediately. France," the ministers said in a statement More on page 10 Ô day in Bangkok after illness. He was 61. Abdulaziz Jassim was one of the main pillars of Qatari and Gulf theatre. He had around 30 Qatar athletes excel at 2018 Youth plays and 56 television dramas US Navy aircraft carrier to his credit. Olympics in Buenos Aires Jassim started acting in Essex arrives in Doha QATAR’S promising athletes Owaab Barrow and Abdelaziz Mohamed stood out 1977 after joining Al Sadd thea- with their superb performances in the ongoing 2018 Youth Olympic Games in tre and his successful career US Navy’s aircraft carrier Essex (LHD-2) arrived at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Barrow and Mohamed finished on top in the Stage 1 spanned across Qatari theatre, Doha Port on Sunday on a predefined visit. The qualifying events of men’s 110m hurdles and men’s 200m respectively. While radio and television. He also visit of the assault ship, the largest American the Stage 2 event for Barrow will be on Tuesday, Mohamed will be in action in participated in many Gulf pro- warship ever to visit Qatar, comes as part of the Stage 2 finals on Wednesday.(SEE PG 19) ductions, which are engraved military cooperation between Qatar and the US in the memory of the audiences. for combating terrorism and extremism. Abdelaziz Owaab A comedy duet he conceptu- Essex carries members of the Mohamed Barrow alised along with Ghanem al Su- US Navy’s 13th reconnais- laiti was performed successfully sance squadron consisting across the Gulf for several years. of nearly 1,600 personnel He wrote and acted in ‘Deira of the total of 3,000 people Ezz’ in November, his last play, on board. Essex was welcomed by with a group of artistes from the officers of Qatar Armed Forces and Qatari theatre. It was centred Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy in on the blockade of Qatar. Doha HE William Grant. (SEE PG 20) Continued on page 2 Ô Ashghal opens new intersections on Wholesale Market Street Two more winter markets to open this year HE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed the con- Tversion of four signal-controlled intersections and opened SANTHOSH CHANDRAN Salal), Al Khor-Dhakhira the cultivation area by more benefiting wholesale dealers them to traffic as part of the upgrade plan of the Wholesale DOHA and Al Wakrah. than four times. This is in who have signed long-term Market Street. These are the Wholesale Market Intersection, Al According to sources, addition to the half square contracts with hypermarkets Mashatil Intersection, Wadi Al Ghadeeriyat Street Intersection QATAR will see the opening the MME expects more ag- kilometres of green-houses.” and hotels.” with Bu Hamour Street and Al Sidr Street. The new intersec- of two more winter markets ricultural produce to reach “Earlier, marketing was The winter markets tions will facilitate smooth flow of traffic in the densely populat- this year, one in Al Shahani- the markets this season, a challenge for mid-level achieved remarkable suc- ed areas of Bu Hamour and Al Wa’ab where several economic, ya and the other in the north thanks to the intensified ef- farmers due to the inflow of cess in the past five seasons, educational and health facilities are located. (SEE PG 2) of the country, the Minister forts by the ministry to boost low-priced vegetables from attracting a large number of of Municipality and Environ- vegetable production in the the neighbouring countries. customers. The sale of local ment HE Mohammed bin country. Now, we have stable local vegetables at the markets Abdullah al Rumaihi told Farmers in Al Khor, Al market,” he said. surged six times to 5,383 Qatar Tribune on the side- Shahaniya, Umm Salal Ali The winter markets will Director of Arab Indian tonnes last season (2016-17) lines of the local dates exhi- and Al Shamal have expand- function from Thursdays Vegetables in Central Veg- from 884 tonnes in 2012-13.