Doha 2nd Nov. 2016 Qatar-based Abuissa Holding, one of the leading conglomerates in the Middle East, expands its operations in Dubai with the opening today of its first restaurant in the Emirate, Divan Patisserie at Dubai Mall. The company manages diversified business interests in segments ranging from arts and photography to high-end retail, distribution and...

Doha, Qatar, 2 November 2016: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) and Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Department of Geriatrics collaborated recently on a community engagement event to raise awareness about dementia. The event, held at Qatar Foundation Headquarters in Education City on 26th October, was designed to evaluate the increasing effects and growing challenges...

Doha 02 November 2016 Qatar welcomed 2.18 million visitors* in the first nine months of 2016, including 1,087,846 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nationals, according to Qatar Tourism Authority’s Tourism Performance Summary for the third quarter of 2016. 746,598 visitors from Saudi Arabia arrived in Qatar between January and September this year 2016; an 8% increase...

Doha 02 November 2016 Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, Director General of Public Security inaugurated the new Al Khor Service Center. New complex includes service center of the Ministry of Interior and other governmental services. Present on the occasion were Muhammad Abdullah Saeed Al-Subaei, Director Consular Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited today the worldwide exhibition of internal State security Milipol Qatar being held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. Emir of State of Qatar viewed the latest security technologies that major global companies had on display at the exhibition. Emir also listened...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) Halul Offshore Services Company, the marine offshore services arm of Milaha (Qatar Navigation) has won the Offshore Marine Award for Owners and Operators at The Seatrade Maritime Awards for the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Africa, the company said in a press release. The award comes in recognition of the company's...

Doha, 02 November 2016: Vodafone today unveiled their new data packs which for the first time in Qatar will be charged by hour not by Mbs. These packs give unlimited data for as low as QR 3 for 1 hour and QR 5 for 2 hours allowing customers to enjoy a worry free data experience....

Doha, November 01 (QNA) Newly released figures have underlined the positive impact of Qatar’s Wage Protection System (WPS), as the scheme reaches its one-year implementation anniversary. Since the WPS was enacted on November 02, 2015 all private-sector employers in Qatar have been compelled to open bank accounts for their workforce and to transfer wages electronically....

QNA Doha, November 01 (QNA) Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani attended 20th anniversary of Al Jazeera Media Network. It was held at its headquarters. Present on the occasion were Sheikha Moza bin Nasser, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior...

APP Islamabad November 1, 2016 Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms of Pakistan announced on Tuesday that 10,000 Pakistani scholars will be sent to the United States for study in the next 10 years under the US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor. He said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project an economic game changer, while the...