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The Peninsula Online Qatar Airways has warned the public to not fall for fake ticket offers from phishing sites that maybe targeting users to compromise personal information. The airline said that public are receiving links “where it falsely states that they can book travel tickets as part of an anniversary promotion, or receive two tickets for 1 Euro.” These false offers come...

QNA Doha: The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued Sunday Decision No. 73 of 2018 on restructuring the Board of Directors of Qatar Petroleum. The decision stipulated that the board of directors of Qatar Petroleum be restructured with the Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani as chairman and Minister of State for Energy...

QNA Doha: Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari's official visit to Doha, which began today, is within the framework of Qatar's keenness on opening up to the various friendly and brotherly countries and peoples and on developing and enhancing cooperation with them in various fields to serve common interests, goals and aspirations of the two friendly countries and peoples. The Amir H...

QNA Doha: The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued Monday Decision No. 69 of 2018 amending some provisions of Amiri Decision No 35 of 2014 regulating Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa). The decision stipulates that the affiliation of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation is to be transferred to the Minister of State for Energy Affairs. The...

QNA Doha: The Public Works Authority 'Ashghal' announced the partial opening of three main bridges to the public on Al Khor Expressway project. The newly partially opened bridges are the first major milestone accomplished on Al Khor Expressway project, which is scheduled to be complete in Q4 2019, as the project progress reached 60 percent. The 33 kilometre link strategically connects...

QNA Doha: The Chairman of Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), Dr Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri, called yesterday on UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while counter-terrorism Fionnuala Ni Aolain to take all the necessary measure to identify the location of four Qatari citizens detained by Saudi authorities, and to work...

The Peninsula DOHA: The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business Report 2019’ shows that Qatar has risen six places on its property registration procedure index, climbing from 26th in the world ranking 2018 to 20th spot in the 2019 report. This improvement comes in the wake of the reforms and procedure easing introduced by the new property registration and authentication systems, which links...

Qatar is working on overhauling its labour system so that all employees in the country are protected by the best possible employment laws and regulations, stressing that the State of Qatar was not ambivalent to the plight of its migrant workers, Qatar's Media Attaché for the UK Sheikh Thamer bin Hamad Al-Thani said. In a statement made to The Guardian,...

The end of exit permit for migrant workers covered by the Labor Law will come into power from tomorrow (October 28), as indicated by the Law No. 13 of 2018, that corrected certain arrangements of the Law No. 21 of 2015 controlling the section, exit and residency of expatriates. The amended law guarantees the right of the expatriate workers that...

Many expats who work in Qatar have thoughts about bringing their family with them either for a short-term stay or long-term. Bringing parents/spouse/children to Qatar for a visit would normally just require a tourist/visit visa. But those who are planning to want their families to stay longer, the Ministry of Interior-Qatar (MOI-Qatar) has posted the conditions for an expat...

When I posted the photo of my driving license back in November in my Insta-story, loads of people here in Qatar replied with the happiest congratulations and a bunch of wow reactions. My friends outside Qatar, on the other hand, replied with simple good-for-you greetings. That made me realize that being able to have a driving license here in...

For those of you new to Qatar and looking for a liquor permit, or wondering what to do to renew it, here are the steps: 1) IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A NEW PERMIT -- get a letter from your employer addressed to the Qatar Distribution Company confirming your name, ID number, position, basic salary, accommodation entitlement (or whether the company...

The following is the unofficial translation of the list of professions not eligible to apply for the Qatari driving licence. GROUP 1 ELECTRIC TECHNICIAN  , Gypsum worker,  technical assistant, service worker, watchman, horse trainer, labourer, sailor, servant, nanny, farmer, blacksmith, bakery worker, painter, herdsman, fisherman, tailor, calligraphy technician, shoemaker, grocery worker, tiles worker, builder, butcher, service worker, nutrition worker, industrial service worker GROUP...

  How many cabin bags can you take on board a Qatar Airways flight? How much checked luggage can you fly with? Avoid excess baggage charges with this handy table of luggage weights, sizes and fees, plus tips on making the most of your checked and hand luggage allowance. What about the laptop ban? Qatar Airways say that laptops and laptop bags are...