Doha, 18 Feb. 2019 Nakilat has signed an agreement with McDermott to form a joint-venture (JV) company providing offshore and onshore fabrication services in Qatar. The strategic partnership aims at increasing productivity levels at Nakilat’s world-class Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard and developing local construction capabilities to support the increasing demand for the construction...

Doha, 18 Feb. 2019 (QP) Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Qatar launched Qatar Petroleum’s Localization Program for Services and Industries in the Energy Sector “TAWTEEN” – an initiative to enhance localizing the sector’s supply chain and expand the small and medium enterprises base. Prime Minister also launched...

Daily Dawn, 18 Feb. 2019 The Taliban have postponed an unscheduled round of peace talks with the United States set for Monday in Pakistan saying “most” members of their negotiating team are unable to travel because they're on the US and United Nations' blacklists. The statement on Sunday offered no other details. It did not...

Islamabad, 17 Feb. 2019 (APP) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Sunday said with the signing of $20 billion memorandums of understanding (MoUs) between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the first phase, the bilateral cooperation between the two brotherly countries would further grow in the coming months and years. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Sunday...

Doha, 16 Feb. 2019 (WTO), By David Kane Something about this week felt predestined for Elise Mertens. Throughout the city she saw herself emblazoned on banners and posters, the word VICTORY written across her shoulders. “I saw that the first day already,” she said at the Qatar Total Open on Saturday. “I was like, ‘Oh...

Sri Nagar, 14 Feb. 2019 (BBC) At least 40 Indian paramilitary police have been killed in a bomb attack by militants on their convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. Police told the BBC that a car filled with explosives had rammed a bus carrying the troops to Srinagar. Pakistan-based Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad said it was behind the attack. It...

Doha, 14 Feb. 2019 (Amiri Diwan) Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received separately in his office at Al Bahr Palace on Thursday morning Nuran Niyazaliyev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan  and Carlos Velasco Mendiola, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to the State of Qatar , who called on Amir...

Doha, 14 Feb 2019 Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) has finalized all arrangements and is ready to host the FINA Marathon Swim World Series Doha (QAT) 2019. A total of 136 swimmers including 84 male and 52 female athletes from 24 countries are taking part in this spectacular event. It was announced at a press conference held...

Warsaw, Poland, 13 Feb 2019 (AlJazeera News) By Jan Smolenski & Virginia Pietromarchi A United States -led two-day conference on "peace and security" in the Middle East started on Wednesday - a gathering denounced by uninvited Iran as "dead on arrival". The meeting was first announced last month by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after...

Doha, 13 Feb. 2019 (QP) Qatar Petroleum, for and on behalf of Qatar Petroleum for the Sale of Petroleum Products Company (QPSPP), has concluded a 5-year sales agreement to supply Japan’s Marubeni Corporation an annual total of 200,000 metric tons of light naphtha starting from January 2019. The agreement is the third such agreement to...