Doha: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday chaired the weekly Cabinet session at the Emiri Diwan.
The Cabinet approved a draft law to amend some provisions of law No. 5 of 1965 on Identity Cards.
Card owners’ data will now be included in the ID which will be renewed upon a decision by the Interior Minister. Identity cards will be issued by the concerned department at the ministry after the applicant pays the prescribed fee and submits a request on the prescribed form and documents in accordance with procedures decided by the ministry.
The Cabinet reviewed a proposal by the National Committee for the Alliance of Civilisations on the general framework of plans for 2013 to 2016. It approved a draft memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation between Qatar and Colombia and took measures to ratify the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material of 1980.
