Cabinet Holds Regular Weekly Session

HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Wednesday chaired the cabinet’s regular weekly session at its Emiri Diwan premises.
After the meeting, HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud stated the following:
The Cabinet approved a draft decision of the Minister of Interior on some provisions for taxi cars.
The draft decision states that its provisions should be applicable to the taxi cars that Mowasalat Transport Company prepares to be operated in the streets in accordance with the concession granted to them.
Taxis should have turquoise color on their body and gray, blue, maroon or yellow on the roof depending on the circumstances.
A person is prohibited from painting his car with the same colors of taxis as defined above.
The taxi driver is prohibited from earning more than the value recorded by the taximeter, even if there are more than a passenger in one group. The taxis also prohibited to allow another person to ride with a passenger, even if their destination is similar.
The Cabinet also approved the validity of the provisions of Law No. (24) of 2002 on retirement and pensions on Qatari employees in the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
The Cabinet took the necessary measures to ratify the memorandum of understanding on the exchange of experiences and cooperation in legal and judicial affairs between the Ministry of Justice of the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Justice and the Law of the Republic of Colombia.
The Cabinet also reviewed the following topics and took the appropriate decisions thereon:
1- A letter by HE the Minister of Justice on the proposed amendment of the laws regulating judicial or quasi-judicial committees.
2- The two letters of Qatar’s Committee for the Alliance of Civilizations on the annual report on the implementation of the State of Qatar’s plan for the Alliance of Civilizations.
Established within the Foreign Ministry, Qatar’s Committee for Alliance of Civilizations oversees the development of Qatar’s action plan for the alliance of civilizations and follows up on its contributions in this regard. (QNA)