Citizens and expatriates who intend to get married in Qatar should undergo a mandatory pre-marital checkup for genetic, infectious and chronic diseases from September, the National Health Authority announced yesterday.

A TOTAL of 32 additional emergency services stations will be built across Qatar with 22 for the Al Khor community, a senior official told Gulf Times yesterday.

This is a sad story of a citizen and his family, including three children, who has opted to live in a tent 20km deep in the Al Shahaniyah desert in harsh conditions, despite having a decent job.

Qatar's economy is expected to pick up this year and inflation will ease to around 11.5 per cent as the country moves to halt a rapid rise in rents that have been blamed for most of the inflation, according to official estimates.