some more people just about to jump ship...
And it won't just be expats, if my experience in that dump holds true to form!
I reckon that if liquor permits aren't available in Doha anymore then the Emir's going to be snowed under with applications to replace the idiot diplomat that was recently recalled from the US posting because of his mind-numbing stupidity of doing what he wanted when he wanted despite it being illegal.
Nothing strange about encountering that sort of behaviour if you've done time in Qatar, I'm sorry to say.