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Plans are afoot to develop the northern areas of the country in a big way. The move will additionally check the influx of people from these areas into Doha, which is bursting at its seams.

Qatar is sprucing up efforts to control pollution and monitor the operation of all the retail fuel outlets, Saad Ali al-Kubaisi, the chairman of the petrol station executive committee, said yesterday.

Some 1,000 leading opinion leaders, decision-makers and academics from diverse sectors in over 120 countries will gather in Qatar later this year to participate in the first-ever global summit dedicated to monitoring the 21st century’s challenges to education: WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education).

Qatar Airways’ long-awaited entry into Australia will be realised with the launch of Melbourne flights on December 6.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel), ictQatar, the Ministry of Interior and Kahramaa recently launched a new secure Government Network initiative.

Extensive rules are being framed to ensure safety at petrol and service stations across the country. There are currently 77 such stations all over the country.

The Legislative Department of the General Secretariat of the Cabinet and the Permanent Committee for Legislative Affairs are taking necessary steps to ensure that some provisions of new rent law enforced early last year are amended to facilitate a landlord to take a rented property back from a tenant for personal use.

More than 800 respondents from North Africa, the Gulf, Levant and Iraq took part in the online survey conducted between June 4 and June 9.

Barwa and Qatari Diar, two leading real estate companies in Qatar, will soon embark on establishing a research institute right at the heart of Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), following QSTP’s recent approval of their application, officials announced at a press meet yesterday.

The United States government is committed to reinforcing and building a better relationship with Qatar, a US official said yesterday.