The only conclusion that can be drawn from this quote is that for an examiner to be able to observe the required number of tasks to be completed satisfactorily during (fair weather) MPL base training, a minimum of 9 T&L were found to be required--no doubt to save time and money for the airline, which are two very good reasons indeed. But you cannot use this data to broadly support any statements about the abilities of MPL-trained pilots.
I agree with this 100%. The students from the previous batch all told me that the number of T/O and Landings are not confirmed. Apparently there was a meeting with one of the officers from Air Arabia. He apparently told the students that they will change their programmes to suit the quality of the MPL programme