She was also fined 3,000 Qatari riyals or about €750.

The airline reported a profit of 1.97 billion Qatari riyals ($541 million) for the previous financial year.

Exchange company Travelex said on Thursday it had resumed purchasing the Qatari riyal globally after a brief suspension "due to business challenges".

I went for the basic, popular, three-hour Doha city tour, priced at 75 Qatari riyals, or about $30.

On Wednesday, 23 other shares fell but 12 advanced, including telecommunications operator Vodafone Qatar, up 1.6 percent to 7.74 Qatari riyals.

Barwa made 374 million Qatari riyals in the first half of the year from 277 million riyals in the same period last year.

Net profit in the three months to September 30 rose to 1.5 billion Qatari riyals ($412 million), according to Reuters calculations.

The 210.5 billion Qatari riyal ($57.83 billion) budget will go to complete infrastructure projects, including facilities for soccer's 2022 World Cup.

Rafiq's basic salary is still just 600 Qatari riyals (£125), far below the minimum wage of 750 riyals introduced with great fanfare last November.

Lynch says there has been no enforcement of the existing 10,000 Qatari riyals (£1,770) fine for passport confiscation, which affects almost every domestic worker.