Mubasher: Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) on Tuesday announced that the ordinary and extraordinary general assembly approved distributing 77.5% of the share par value in cash dividends for the year ended 31 December 2017, which equals QAR 7.75 per share, according to a bourse statement.

QEWC’s profits rose 4.8% to QAR 1.61 billion in 2017 from QAR 1.54 billion a year earlier.