Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on the anniversary of her accession to the throne.
Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a similar cable to the queen.
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also sent a greetings cable.
Doha: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah is leading Qatar’s delegation to the 51st Munich Security Conference, attended by heads of states and governments, foreign and defence ministers, MPs and international experts. The conference which started 50 years ago is an international forum for dialogue on security policy. The two-day event is discussing issues related to global security, peace, international crises and foreign policy strategies.
Doha: The Advisory Council’s Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee held its 43rd session under the chairmanship of Rapporteur Nasser Serayea Al Kaabi.
It studied a draft law on the regulation of human organ transplants and decided to submit a report to the council.
Doha: The second batch of 94 workers of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning left for Umrah.
This comes within the second phase of a programme with Doha Municipality and Al Ansar Campaign for Hajj and Umrah.
The ministry, represented by the municipality, enabled over 1,500 workers to perform Umrah in the first phase.
Safety alert over paratroop drill
Doha: The Armed Forces General Command has announced that Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) will conduct training for paratroopers in Aspire Park on February 9-10 at an altitude of 5,000 feet. It urged people to take safety precautions.
Doha: Aspetar, the orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, has won the Gulf Excellence Award for Media for its website namat.qa
The awards ceremony was held in Riyadh on the sidelines of the 78th conference of the GCC Council of Health Ministers. Namat won first place as the best health web platform in the GCC. QNA
