QNA/Doha
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has announced the recall of 2014 Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee due to defects in the axle of the front wheels hub.
The move is part of an ongoing exercise by the ministry to ascertain the extent of car dealerships’ commitment to follow up vehicles’ defects and repair them to protect consumers’ rights.
The ministry stressed that it will co-ordinate with the dealers to check maintenance and repair operations and will communicate with customers to ensure implementation of the procedures to fix defects.
The ministry has urged consumers to report any abuses or irregularities by communicating with the Department of Consumer Protection and Commercial Fraud Combat which will receive complaints, suggestions and inquiries through its communication channels.
Emir sends cables of condolences to Saudi king
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent cables of condolences to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia on the death of Prince Ahmed bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.
FM meets British baroness, Turkish minister
HE the Foreign Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah yesterday held separate meetings during his visit to Strasburg. with the British House of Lords member Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, and Turkish Minister of EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir and a number of Qatar-European Friendship Society members.
During the meetings, bilateral relations and means to develop them were discussed, in addition to other topics of common interest.
The Foreign Minister also held separate meetings with a number of European Parliament members, during his visit to Strasburg.
HE Dr al-Attiyah met the Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group Syed Kamall, president of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) Jan Zahradil, president of the New Direction group Geoffrey Van Orden and a number of European Parliament members.
They discussed means to further develop co-operation between Qatar and the European Union (EU). they also reviewed a number of topics of mutual interest.
Qatar’s ambassador to the EU Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al-Thani and Qatar’s Ambassador to France Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad al-Thani were present at the meetings.
Emir receives message from Bangladesh leader
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has received a written message from the President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them.
The message was received by HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi when he met the ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar Sayyed Massoud Mahmoud Khandoukar yesterday.
Real estate transaction
Total trading of real estate sales contracts registered with the Land Registry Department of the Ministry of Justice from June 28 to July 2 reached QR3.4bn.
The sales centred in Doha, Umm Salal, Al Khor, Al Dhakira, Al Zain, Al Rayyan and Al Wakra.
Three Asian expatriates sentenced to jail for circulating fake currency
A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced three Asian expatriates, including a woman, to five years in jail and a fine of QR5,000 for circulating counterfeit currency of a Gulf country, local Arabic daily Al-Sharq reported yesterday.
A number of shops around Doha reported that a woman in Gulf attire and speaking Arabic gave them a 500 Dirham note, the currency of a Gulf country, claiming she did not have adequate Qatari currency to pay for her purchases, which were often less than QR100.
They shopkeepers accepted the note and gave her change after deducting the value of her purchases, only to discover later that they were duped. Investigations confirmed the incidents and the reports of the forensic lab confirmed that the currency used was fake. Eventually, the three culprits were arrested and the court established their guilt, the daily added.
Doha court reviews shoplifting case
A Doha Criminal Court is reviewing a case of a young man accused of shoplifting, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported.
The defendant’s lawyer has argued that his client suffers from kleptomania, which makes him lift items from shops regardless of his actual need or their value and it is hard for him to resist the urge.
The defendant, who is a university student, was arrested after he was repeatedly spotted taking small items from a shopping centre and leaving without paying. He continued to do so even after being warned by the management not to repeat the act. They then contacted the police and he was arrested.
It later came to light that the man had been accused in 11 similar cases earlier. While seven of these are still pending, he got jail terms in the other four, with one of them being a suspended sentence. He had already been jailed for three months for a similar theft and started stealing again shortly after his release.
His lawyer submitted a medical report on his condition and argued that the items he was accused or convicted of stealing were of no value to him. The lawyer accordingly requested that his client be referred to a specialised clinic for proper treatment, as giving him a prison term would only worsen his condition.
Qatar to attend Ebola meet
Qatar is taking part in the International Ebola Recovery Conference at the UN headquarters in New York, tomorrow.
Qatar’s delegation will be headed by Dr Saleh bin Ali al-Marri, assistant secretary general for medical affairs at the Supreme Council of Health.
The conference will offer an opportunity to discuss in detail country-based and regional anti-Ebola strategies, and provide a platform to secure pledges of international support that could guarantee enough finances for the recovery efforts.
The conference will be held in co-operation with the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and in partnership with the African Union, the African Development Bank, the European Union and the World Bank.
