BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 8 Futsal ‘will nurture technical INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 11, 32 COMMENT 30, 31 HIA achieves top REGION 12 BUSINESS 1 – 7, 12 – 16 skills of 17,849.14 9,919.32 48.85 ARAB WORLD 13 CLASSIFIED 8 – 11 ranking on list of +44.27 +94.07 -0.52 INTERNATIONAL 14 – 29 SPORTS 1 – 12 children’ +0.25% +0.96% -1.05% ‘coolest airports’ Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10127 June 22, 2016 Ramadan 17, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Economic affairs council meets 1.5mn workers In brief now under Wage JORDAN | Stance Qatar condemns bomb attack Qatar has strongly condemned the Protection System bombing that targeted a military HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the chairman of the Supreme site for refugee services at the Council for Economic Aff airs and Investment, presided over the council’s second The new salary payment scheme informed of any developments in the northeastern borders of Jordan, meeting in 2016 at the Al Bahr Palace yesterday evening. HE the Prime Minister requires companies to transfer streamlining process,” al-Nuaimi leaving six soldiers dead and and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, the council’s salaries electronically to said during the dialogue. 14 Jordanian army and security executive member, along with other council members, attended the meeting. employees’ bank accounts To address issues on recruitment personnel injured. Pages 8, 13 HE the Minister of Finance Ali Sherif al-Emadi, the council’s secretary-general, of employees, the minister said a told the off icial Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the meeting discussed topics on By Peter Alagos committee was formed “to solve the agenda, including follow-up to resolutions of the council and action taken, Business Reporter all obstacles faced by recruitment RAMADAN THOUGHT recent developments related to energy and investment aff airs, review of Qatar’s agencies”. The committee members, If you correct your hidden achievements in the 2016 edition of the annual World Competitiveness Yearbook he explained, would come from the deeds (i.e. what’s in your and adoption of Qatar Investment Authority’s list of tenders and auctions. even months since the imple- HE al-Nuaimi, left, and Sheikh Khalifa Ministry for Administrative De- heart) subsequently Allah will mentation of a new salary pay- bin Jassim during the consultative velopment and Labour and Social correct your outward deeds (i.e. Sment scheme last year, as many meeting with private sector companies. Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Qatar actions). [Ibn Taymiyyah] as 1.5mn of the 1.7mn labourers in Chamber and recruitment firms. Qatar are now receiving their sala- to the “great strides” taken by com- Al-Nuaimi also expressed op- Prayer times ries under the state’s Wage Protec- panies to comply with the new sala- timism on the implementation of Fajr....3.15 Zuhr....11.36 Asr....2.58 Croatia snatch top spot tion System (WPS), HE the Minister ry payment system, in co-operation the new labour law, which, he said, Maghrib.....6.30 Isha.....8.00 for Administrative Development and with “relevant agencies”. would take effect “later this year”. Labour and Social Aff airs Dr Issa During the meeting, the partici- The new labour law, he said, “will Fasting times with late defeat of Spain Saad al-Juff ali al-Nuaimi has said. pants raised their concerns before change the relationship between the Iftar today ............................6.30pm The minister made the announce- the minister, including issues on worker and the company”, refer- Suhoor tomorrow ..............3.15am ment before Qatar Chamber (QC) employment contracts, housing re- ring to the abolishment of the kafala DPA Croatia - who played without stars chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jas- quirements, change of sponsorship, (sponsorship) system. Bordeaux, France Luka Modric and Mario Mandzukic - sim al-Thani and other QC officials and cases of absconding workers, “Qatar is keen on developing leg- fi nished with seven points, Spain with during a consultative meeting with among other problems. islative and legal infrastructure in six. This means that Italy will face Spain business owners and representa- The employers also called on the line with the conventions and trea- roatia dramatically snatched in the round of 16 on Monday in a repeat tives of private sector companies ministry for the establishment of a ties signed by Qatar, and to achieve top spot in Euro 2016 Group D of the 2012 fi nal that Spain won 4-0. held at the chamber’s headquarters “labour court” that will handle and ease of doing business. The leader- Caway from Spain yesterday with Meanwhile, Croatia will go into the on Monday. decide on various labour and em- ship of this country places great im- a last-gasp 2-1 defeat of the holders in supposedly easier side of the knockout The WPS was implemented on ployment issues. portance on the implementation of Bordeaux. bracket and will face one of the third- November 2 last year, based on They also raised the issue on de- all security and safety standards for Alvaro Morata - who is tournament placed teams in the round of 16 on Sat- amendments to Labour Law No 14 lays, suspension or rejection, and foreign workers,” he said. joint top scorer - gave Spain an early urday. of 2004. lengthy procedures in the granting For his part, Sheikh Khalifa said: lead only for Croatia to turn the tables Turkey fi nished third with three The new salary payment scheme of visas to workers. “As a representative of the pri- with goals from Nikola Kalinic and Ivan points, with a 2-0 defeat of the Czech requires companies to transfer sal- “We have already discussed this vate sector in Qatar, the chamber is Perisic. Republic in Lens and will have to wait aries electronically to employees’ issue with the Prime Minister. A working hard to communicate with Spain captain Sergio Ramos had a to see if they go into the round of 16 as bank accounts. new mechanism will be created to all agencies in the state to solve all penalty well saved by Croatia keeper one of the four best-placed third teams. Al-Nuaimi attributed the “suc- streamline or simplify the issuance obstacles facing business owners Danijel Subasic. Sport Pages 1, 2, 3 cessful implementation” of the WPS of visas. The chamber will be duly and companies.” Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, June 22, 2016 QATAR Transport Minister meets US envoy HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti met US ambassador to Qatar Dana Shell Smith in Doha yesterday. The meeting discussed the relations between Qatar and the US in the field of transportation and information and communication technology and means of further enhancing them. Qatar slams Syrian regime’s move to bar international probe panel QNA Qatar said the interna- Geneva tional community should give the Syrian people hope that they have human rights atar has strongly de- and they deserve protection nounced the Syrian and that the international Qauthorities’ move to community should work prevent the International tirelessly in order to protect Independent Investigation and promote these rights. Commission on Syria from Al-Henzab said that Qa- entering the country in or- tar calls on the international der to carry out its tasks. community to remember, Addressing the 32nd Ses- in light of the serious de- sion of the Human Rights terioration of the situation Council on “interactive dia- of human rights in Syria, logue with the International including hundreds of Independent Investigation thousands of dead and ar- Commission on Syria,” am- Faisal bin Abdullah al-Henzab, Permanent Representative of rested, and the millions of bassador Faisal bin Abdul- Qatar to United Nations displaced persons and refu- lah al-Henzab, the Per- gees, mostly women and manent Representative of phe and gross violations and countable all who are guilty. children, and the collapse of Qatar to United Nations and atrocities committed by the Qatar also called for tak- almost the complete infra- other international organi- Syrian regime and its al- ing all necessary actions at all structure and services, that sations offi ce in Geneva, lies against the Syrian peo- international forums, particu- all this is a great price paid said that it is a shame that ple for more than fi ve years larly the UN Security Council, by the Syrians for demand- the international commu- and is so helpless to stop the in order to put an end to the vi- ing freedom and democracy nity remains a spectator to bloodshed and save the Syr- olations and crimes commit- and the elimination of in- the humanitarian catastro- ian people and to hold ac- ted against the Syrian people. justice and tyranny. 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