Times of Oman - November 12, 2016

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MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of the Republic of Angola on the occasion of his country’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes to President dos Santos and his country’s friendly people. -ONA

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REGION

Catch the Supermoon in Oman on Monday MUSCAT: Stargazers in Oman will get to see a ‘Supermoon’ on Monday.

When the moon is full and at its closest to the earth, it is called a Supermoon because it appears larger than usual.

The distance between the moon and the earth will be about 356,509 kilometres, during the Supermoon phenomenon and the moon will also appear brighter by 30 per cent.

Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi of the Oman Astronomical Society said the moon will be 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent

Iraqi special forces push deeper into Mosul

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Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from IS militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighbourhoods seized in the last 10 days. The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through IS defence lines to enter the city early last week and have since been embroiled in a brutal, close-quarter combat. >A4

brighter than usual at this time. It is a rumour that this is a rare phenomenon, he added. A supermoon was last seen on October 16 and will be seen again on November 14 and December 3 this year.

Al Mahrouqi noted that there is no scientific evidence to prove that the phenomenon is associated with any events on the earth, such as disasters.

The difference in the minimum and maximum distance between the moon and the earth is very small can be seen on an astronomical scale, he added. - ONA

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SPORTS

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Fatma in Casablanca ITF doubles final

Iran crude output nears 3.92mbpd

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Oman’s Fatma Al Nabhani and her Spanish partner Olga Parres Azcoita, reached Casablanca ITF Pro Circuit doubles final. >A11

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Iran, which wants an exemption from Opec’s accord to cut production, told the group it raised output to 3.92mbpd in October. >B1

Killer road needs safety upgrade

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Locals want to make one of Oman’s lethal

people lost their lives in a single accident in March and a further 14 were injured after a tour bus and truck collided

roads safer by making it a dual carriageway

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in a single accident in March and a further 14 were injured after a tour bus and truck collided.

hassan@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: One of Oman’s most lethal roads needs to be upgraded to a safer dual carriageway, local politicians say.

The Ibri-Fahud road can lay claim to being one of the most dangerous roads in Oman.

Eighteen people lost their lives

Safety upgrading plans The accident took place when a Salalah-Dubai passenger bus collided with a truck and a car at a roundabout on the road connecting Fahud and Ibri on March 1, 2016.

At the time, the government met with local roads officials to

draw up safety upgrading plans, including converting the road into a dual carriageway or at least, as locals have demanded, more speed breakers.

Eight months after the accident, the road remains the same.

Salim Al Sarkhi, head of the Project and Maintenance Department

at the Al Dahirah Municipality, confirmed that the road has not changed since the accident.

“It is still a one-way road. We urge the authorities to make it a dual carriageway,” he said.

Sultan Al Abri, a Shura member from Ibri, suggested a wider area for shoulders and more lanes on

the road. “This will help curb accidents,” he said.

The accident had happened as a bus of the Gulf Transport Company (GTC) headed to Dubai from Salalah and a truck headed to Salalah from Dubai crashed into each other.

A senior official of Gulf Transport Company (GTC) said the road has to be made dual as demanded of the people since the tragic crash.

Crazy driving “Though the Royal Oman Police is doing well trying to educate people, still many people are driving crazily on this road,” he said.

Shauakat Hassan Al Balushi, the Omani driver of the ill-fated bus, had earlier described to the Times of Oman that the Ibri-Fahud single-lane road stretch is

risky for driving. “Even a small mistake can lead to a disaster on these roads.”

“Accidents can happen at any time as there are no street lights,” Al Balushi, a Muscat resident, who has been driving heavy vehicles for the last two decades, said.

Using the Fahud-Ibri road saves time for motorists travelling between Ibri and Dhofar.

“This means drivers can avoid the Adam-Nizwa-Thumrait road, and as there are fewer vehicles, a lot of people tend to speed on these highways,” one driver said.

Experts said motorists need to be alert throughout this road as the road passes through many small coastal towns and villages, where pedestrians sometimes cross the road. >A2

UNDER THE KNIFE

Tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery on the rise in Oman come to the hospital looking to reduce weight, which prompts surgeons to tuck the skin after.

“There has been an increase in the number of people looking to lose weight. When they lose the fat, they will have loose skin, which will need tucking,” said Dr. Rohil.

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tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery were among the the main reasons for going under the knife in 2015, according to the Ministry of Health data.

Surgeons across the Sultanate performed 102,965 surgeries, of which 56,601 were minor and 46,364 were major surgeries in hospitals and health centres, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The total number of surgeries in 2014 was 94,830.

According to the Annual Health Report 2015 issued by the MoH, “other” operations, including tissue disruption, plastic surgery (cosmetic) and “other surgical procedures not otherwise speci-

fied” were the ones that involved the most surgeries, with 23,844 operations. The corresponding figure for 2014 was a little higher at 24,051.

That was followed by male and female genital organ cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Rohil, director of the Lifeline Hospital, said people mainly

Government hospitals “As for government hospitals, cosmetics is mostly for burns and cancer, where skin grafting is needed,” he added, explaining that plastic surgery in the government hospitals is more likely to treat deformities rather than aim for beautification. He added that the current era boasts more of a cosmetic environment, where people have the “notion of having a perfect figure.” >A2

HIGHWAY CRASH IN MUSCAT Six people were injured on Thursday morning in an accident that involved three vehicles in Muscat, the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) reported. The accident happened on the Sultan Qaboos highway and the victims sustained moderate injuries, PACDA reported. — Supplied photo

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016

OMAN

Mesmerising hues of Oman From mosques to wadis, from roads to arches, by day or by night, the landscape of the Sultanate provides

ECONOMIC AUTHORITY

Oman takes part in GCC meeting RIYADH: The first meeting of the GCC Economic and Development Authority was held in Riyadh today. The Sultanate’s delegation to the meeting was led by Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court and Representative of the Sultanate in the Authority. -ONA

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Senseless drivers raise risk

by Jithin Kano “Though there are speed breakers on the road, it would be better if we have more,” one resident of Ibri said. The highway is not fenced off and there are warning signs that animals cross the road to the other side to graze.

“Though this road cuts short the distance, I have seen so many terrible things and there is no end to this senselessness among some of the drivers,” said Monoj, an Indian expat who often takes this road.

Following the crash, Majlis Al Shura members held a meeting with top officials of the government officials to address the issue.

The suggestions from Shura members included better maintenance of the road, proper lighting arrangements and earmarking a wider area for shoulders along the road.

The Ministry of Transport declined to comment.

O P E R AT I O N S

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Data also showed that 39.6 per cent of major operations were performed in Muscat, followed by 12.3 per cent in Ad Dakhiliyah, and Dhofar hosting 10.8 per cent.

However, the Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate recorded the highest number of minor surgeries performed, recording 19.5 per cent of the total followed by North Ash Sharqiyah at 15.5 per cent and North Al Batinah with 15.4 per cent. Muscat recorded 14.8 per cent of the minor operations.

As of the end of 2015, according to ministry data, the Sultanate had 49 hospitals affiliated to MoH and a total of 4,998 hospital beds.

Some 8,914 doctors are registered with MoH, of which 3,116 are specialists, while the remaining 678 are consultants and nurses, which took the total to 19,331 at the end of 2015.

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REGION

Iraqi forces push deeper into Mosul, seize district Security forces and army infantry divisions are preparing to move on southern and northern districts of Mosul in coming days

KOKJALI/BAGHDAD: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from IS militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighbourhoods seized in the last 10 days.

The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through IS defence lines to enter the city early last week and have since been embroiled in a brutal, close-quarter combat with waves of suicide bombers and snipers. The special forces are the spearhead of a wider coalition of 100,000 fighters seeking to crush a few thousand IS militants who have ruled Mosul for the last two years.

The campaign, nearly four weeks old, is the most complex military operation in Iraq in the 13 years of turmoil.

Security forces and army infantry divisions, backed by a US-led air force, are preparing to move on southern and northern districts of Mosul in coming days, to step up pressure on the militants. Kurdish peshmerga and paramilitary forces are holding territory to the northeast and to the west.

On the eastern front, special forces pushed into the Qadisiya Al Thaniya district, on the northern edge of the small pocket of neighbourhoods they control so far, Sabah Al Numani, spokesman for the Counter Terrorism Service, told Reuters. “We have encountered heavy resistance from the enemy,” he said, describing what he called “obstructive patrols” of militant forces trying to hold up

IN ACTION: Soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division fire a mortar towards a position of the IS militant group on Friday in the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah. – AFP

the advance. “We are facing the most difficult form of urban warfare, fighting with the presence of civilians, but our forces are trained for this sort of combat.”

Military officers have told Reuters that the fighting is some of the most lethal they have seen, with small groups of militants using a vast network of tunnels and narrow streets to launch an apparently endless sequence of attacks against troops.

Civilians A Reuters correspondent in Kokjali, on the eastern edge of the city, saw US Apache helicopters overhead. Explosions, either from air strikes or suicide car bombs which the militants have deployed in the hundreds since the campaign started on October 17, could be heard against a backdrop of artillery fire. As smoke rose above the

city, hundreds of civilians were on the streets of Kokjali, some of them local residents but others fleeing the fighting in Mosul itself.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says nearly 48,000 people have been displaced by the fighting, still a relatively low figure compared to a United Nations warning before the campaign of a possible exodus of up to 800,000. Numani said the army had told civilians to stay indoors for their safety, adding that the counter terrorism unit aimed to hand over neighbourhoods which it had secured to other forces. In other cities retaken from IS, local police forces have moved in after the special forces have cleared territory.

IS’s two-year reign of fear in northern and western Iraq threatened the country with disintegration, and Prime Minister Haider

Al Abadi says it has cost Iraq $35 billion in economic damage.

On Friday Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani praised the forces battling IS, including thousands of fighters in the Popular Mobilisation paramilitary forces, for their sacrifices. Inside Mosul, a city of up to 1.5 million people, residents said this week that the militants had killed at least 20 people and displayed their bodies as a warning against acting as informants for Iraqi forces.

The UN human rights office said a total of 40 people were reportedly shot on Tuesday for “treason and collaboration” with Iraqi security forces, and a 27-year-old man was shot for using a mobile phone.

A mass grave with more than 100 bodies found in the town of Hammam Al Alil south of Mosul was one of several IS killing

grounds, spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said. She cited testimony from sources including a man who escaped after playing dead during the execution of 50 former Iraqi soldiers. She also said the militants were reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulphur in civilian areas, possibly for use as chemical weapons.

On Thursday, Iraqi soldiers advancing on the eastern side of the Tigris targeted two villages close to the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a military statement said. Troops from the Ninth Armoured Division took control of one of the villages, Abbas Rajab, 4km east of Nimrud, and raised the Iraqi flag, it said. The Iraqi government says Nimrud was bulldozed last year as part of IS’s campaign to destroy symbols. It would be the first such site to be recaptured from IS. — Reuters

P R I VAT E S E C T O R D E B T S

Saudi Arabia sets aside $26.7b to pay unpaid bills RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s government has set aside 100 billion riyals ($26.7 billion) to pay debts that it owes to private sector companies after payment delays that have lasted months, an official document seen by Reuters shows.

To help curb a huge budget deficit caused by low oil prices, the government of the world’s largest oil exporter has slashed spending and reduced or suspended payments that it owes to construction firms, medical establishments and even some of the foreign consultants who helped to design its economic reforms. But the payment delays have seriously damaged some companies, slowing the economy, and earlier this week the government said it would make all delayed payments by the end of this year.

Authorities have not disclosed the total size of the unpaid bills, but private analysts have estimated they may total tens of billions of dollars. The document, labelled urgent and issued by the finance ministry for transmission to all government agencies, says a royal decree has mandated the finance minister “to take the necessary procedures to pay all delayed payments by the end of the current fiscal year”.

“Payments should not exceed 100 billion riyals,” the document adds, saying the money will come from budget surpluses accumulated in previous years. It does not say whether the government expects actually to pay out all of the maximum allocation of 100 billion riyals.

Government agencies should register payment orders at a finance ministry website created for this purpose within three weeks, the document says.

Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan reiterated on Thursday that the government intended to make all delayed payments to the private sector “as soon as possible”, estimating these payments could total a “significant amount of billions” of dollars.

The government’s original budget plan for 2016 envisaged a deficit of 326 billion riyals, after a record deficit of 367 billion riyals in 2015.

Local analysts have been forecasting this year’s deficit, expected to be announced late next month along with the 2017 budget plan, will be smaller than the original projection by a large margin. — Reuters

H E AV Y S E C U R I T Y

Egypt imposes security clampdown, protests against austerity fails CAIRO: Egypt imposed a big security clampdown in its cities on Friday as mass demonstrations called to protest against austerity measures failed to take place.

Riot police and armoured vehicles filled the otherwise empty streets of central Cairo, but most people stayed home.

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has urged Egyptians not to protest and warned that there would be no going back on economic reforms,

no matter how much pain they might cause.

A little-known group calling itself Movement of the Poor had called for Egyptians to protest on November 11 against deepening austerity measures the government says are required to save the nation from financial ruin.

But big protests failed to materialise across the country. Police dispersed several small gatherings and there were some minor clash-

es. No one was killed or injured.

The calls to protest had been made since August, but gained traction on social media last week after Egypt raised fuel prices and floated its currency - a move welcomed by bankers but condemned by ordinary people as the latest blow to their diminishing spending power in a country that relies on imports.

The usually busy Tahrir Square was deserted except for armoured vehicles with tear-gas canister

launchers and dozens of riot police.

Authorities shut down the Sadat metro station to prevent potential demonstrators reaching the square, which has in the past been an epicentre for political protest.

Police shut down one central Cairo cafe and arrested its owner for opening on Friday in defiance of Interior Ministry orders, a cafe employee told Reuters. Police view downtown cafes as places where protesters gather. Most establish-

ments in the area were closed.

There was a heavy security presence in other areas of Cairo, such as Shubra, and other major cities across the country including Alexandria, Suez, and Minya.

Security sources said police chased dozens of protesters away from Arbaeen Square in Suez, near the place where the first protester was killed in 2011. Protesters on Friday chanted against high prices.

In the coastal province of Behei-

ra, police fired tear gas at protesters who threw rocks back. Security sources said 98 Brotherhood supporters were arrested in three cities in Beheira.

Muslim Brotherhood activists held a limited protest in the hometown of former president Mohamed Morsi but did not clash with police.

Many ordinary Egyptians and activists believe the heyday of street politics is over. — Reuetrs

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INDIA

India and Japan sign historic nuclear deal The nuclear agreement comes after tough negotiations for over six years between the two countries

TOKYO: Making an exception, Japan on Friday signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal with India, opening the door for collaboration between their industries in the field even as the countries signed nine other agreements in various areas to bolster bilateral ties.

The agreements, including the one for cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy, marks a historic step in their engagement to build a clean energy partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after wide-ranging talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. The nuclear agreement comes after tough negotiations for over six years between the two countries and Abe said at the joint media interaction with Modi that he was delighted over the signing of agreement on peaceful use of nuclear energy.

“This agreement is a legal framework that India will act responsibly in peaceful uses of nuclear energy and also in NonProliferation regime even though India is not a participant or signatory of NPT,” he said.

“It (the agreement) is in line with Japan’s ambition to create a world without nuclear weapons,” said Abe, whose country has traditionally adopted a tough stand on proliferation issues having been

BOLSTERING TIES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe looks on during their joint statement in Tokyo on Friday. - PTI

the only victim of atomic bombings during World War II. He noted that India in September 2008 had made its intention of peaceful uses of nuclear energy and also announced moratorium on nuclear tests.

Clean energy partnership “Today’s signing of the Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy marks a historic step in our engagement to build a clean energy partnership,” Modi said.

“Our cooperation in this field will help us combat the challenge of Climate Change. I also acknowledge the special significance that such an agreement has for Japan,” he said and thanked Abe, Japanese government and Parliament for their support to this agreement.

Other nations who have signed civil nuclear deal with India include the US, Russia, South Korea, Mongolia, France, Namibia, Argentina, Canada, Kazakhstan and Australia. In his remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as democracies, the two countries “support openness, transparency and the rule of law”.

“We are also united in our resolve to combat the menace of terrorism, especially cross-border terrorism,” he said.

Later, speaking at a Banquet hosted by Abe in his honour, Modi said there is also a lot that the two sides can do together as close partners, not just for the benefit of their societies, but also for the region and the whole world.

“Our capacities could also combine to respond to both, the opportunities and challenges that we jointly face in present times.

And, together with the global community we can, and we must, combat the rising threats of radicalisation, extremism and terrorism,” he said.

Abe pushed for universalization of the NPT, entry into force of Comprehensive Nuclear-TestBan Treaty (CTBT) and start of negotiations at the earliest on Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT).

“The two prime ministers welcomed the signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of India for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy which reflects a new level

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of mutual confidence and strategic partnership in the cause of clean energy, economic development and a peaceful and secure world,” said a joint statement.

Modi said deeper economic engagement, growth of trade, manufacturing and investment ties, focus on clean energy, partnership to secure the citizens, and cooperation on infrastructure and skill development are among key priorities.

“India and its economy are pursuing many transformations. Our aim is to become a major centre for manufacturing, investments and for the 21st century knowledge industries.

“And, in this journey, we see Japan as a natural partner. We believe there is vast scope to combine our relative advantages, whether of capital, technology or human resources, to work for mutual benefit,” he said in his joint interaction.

The prime minister said that the strategic partnership between the two countries also brings peace, stability and balance to the region. It is alive and responsive to emerging opportunities and challenges in Asia-Pacific, he said.

The successful Malabar naval exercise has underscored the convergence in the two sides’ strategic interests in the broad expanse of the waters of the IndoPacific, Modi said. On his part, Abe mentioned the high speed train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad that is being built with the help of Japan, saying the project symbolizes a new dimension in the special relations. Prime Minister Abe said the designing of the project will begin by the end of this year, construction will begin in 2018 and the high speed train will be in service from 2023.

He said Modi, who will travel by one such train to Kobe city on Saturday from here, will see for himself that it is the safest technology in the world. - PTI

CONCESSION

Rs500/1,000 notes valid for key utilities till November 14 NEW DELHI: Government on Friday extended use of old Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes for paying household utility bills, fuel, taxes and fees as well as purchases from cooperative stores by another 72 hours to November 14 as it struggles to make available alternative currency.

While withdrawing Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes from the night of November 8-9, the government had allowed use of the old currency at government hospitals, railway ticketing, public transport, airline ticketing at airports, milk booths, crematoria/burial grounds and petrol pumps for 72 hours.

This list was later expanded to include payments for metro rail

tickets, highway and road toll, purchase of medicines on doctor prescription from the government and private pharmacies, LPG gas cylinders, railway catering, electricity and water bills and ASI monument entry tickets.

The time limit set was to expire mid-night on Friday, but it has now been extended by another 72 hours, top government officials said. The government has allowed use of the old currency to make payments at cooperative stores subject to valid identity proofs being provided.

Public utility bills include only household bills. Court fee will also be allowed to be paid in old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. - PTI

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 We accept the SC decision. This case showed many shortcomings of the system. Khawja Asif successfully destroyed important record in connivance with the government machinery Naeemul Haq, PTI’s secretary information

PAKISTAN

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens, stands at $9.3b Exports increased to $1.8 billion during October. For fiscal year 2016-17, the government has projected exports would grow to $24.75 billion and imports may remain at $45.2 billion

The higher-thananticipated trade deficit, gap between exports and imports, has not rung any alarm bells in official circles yet, as the government is mum over recommendations submitted to improve the situation of the external trade sector

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded a trade deficit of $9.3 billion in the first four months of the ongoing fiscal year, widening 22 per cent year-on-year and far more than official estimates, as exports failed to recover while imports kept increasing during the JulyOctober period.

The higher-than-anticipated trade deficit, gap between exports and imports, has not rung any alarm bells in official circles yet, as the government is mum over recommendations submitted to

improve the situation of the external trade sector. Exports plunged 6.3 per cent to stand at $6.43 billion during the four-month period, reported the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.

In contrast, the import bill increased 8.6 per cent to $15.8 billion in the same period.

Resultantly, Pakistan posted a $9.3-billion trade deficit – higher by $1.7 billion or 22 per cent over the corresponding period, said the national data-collecting agency.

There was one positive aspect, as exports picked up slightly in October while pace of growth in imports reduced marginally as well. However, it was not sufficient to recoup losses in terms of contraction in exports during previous months.

Exports increased to $1.8 billion during October.

Projected exports For fiscal year 2016-17, the government has projected exports would grow to $24.75 billion and imports may remain at $45.2 billion. It had projected a $20.5-billion trade deficit for the entire fiscal year but the first four-month deficit has already covered 45.4 per cent of the annual target.

The government closed the last fiscal year 2015-16 at an eightyear low level of exports, which dropped to $20.8 billion despite preferential access to European markets. The exports have been declining since the current government took over, falling from $24.5 billion in 2012-13.

OVERSEAS WORKERS

Remittances edge up to $1.5b in October KARACHI: Overseas Pakistani workers sent home $1.5 billion in October 2016, slightly up by 1.2 per cent compared to October 2015, according to data of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

The flow of remittances in October was much better than the previous month when it slowed down significantly by 9.3 per cent compared with September 2015.

However, the remittances that the country received in first four months (July-October) of fiscal year 2016-17 stood at $6.258 billion, down 3.82 per cent compared with $6.507 billion in the same period of preceding year.

Like many other developing countries, Pakistan’s remittances have come under pressure due to world economic slowdown mainly because of low crude oil prices. Remittances play a major role in stabilising the country’s external sector, as they make up almost half the import bill and cover deficit in the trade of goods account.

Pakistan received remittances amounting to $19.9 billion in 2015-16, up 6.4 per cent from the previous year. Declining exports and a gradual slowdown in remittances are major challenges for economic managers of the country. However, SBP Governor Ashraf Mehmood Wathra is confident that the country faces no immediate threat from the slowdown in remittances and it is in a much better position to repay debts in the next four to five years. - Express Tribune

The continuous decline in exports is alarming when analysed in light of other developments taking place on the external accounts front.

Remittances have started shrinking while foreign direct investment is also not picking up.

Due to drying up of these important non-debt creating sources, the government has been heavily borrowings to build foreign currency reserves and meet external account requirements.

During the week ending November 4, central bank’s reserves further decreased to $19 billion.

The reserves are largely built by borrowing from external sources and purchasing dollars from the spot markets.

The IMF’s last report on $6.4

billion bailout programme revealed that Pakistan’s gross external financing needs would reach $10.9 billion in this fiscal year.

Since the trade deficit is more than official estimates, the gross financing requirements are also likely to go up.

The $10.9 billion estimated financing requirements are already $4.4 billion higher than fiscal year 2015-16 requirements.

In September this year, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had constituted a committee to address the issues faced by the country’s exporters within one week.

However, more than two months have lapsed and the government has yet to come up with a package that may address these issues. The sources said that the Ministry of Finance was sitting on the recommendations, as these carried financial implications for the budget.

In its assessments, the IMF has said that appreciation of Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), security and governance challenges and power outages were the reasons behind the fall in exports.

The IMF has also projected a significant rise in imports due to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

It has estimated CPEC imports at 11 per cent of the total imports in the years ahead. - Express Tribune

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NEW RESPONSIBILITY

Saeeduz Zaman sworn-in as Sindh governor KARACHI: Justice (retd) Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui took oath on Friday as the 31st Governor of Sindh, two days after Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan was removed from his position.

Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Sajjad Ali Shah administered oath to the new governor at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved Siddiqui’s appointment which was later notified by President Mamnoon Hussain. The decision for the change was reportedly made during a recent meeting between the president and the prime minister.

Later, talking to media, the former Justice said restoration of law and order in Karachi would be his first priority. “I will try my best to address the issues of people,” he said. On Thursday, Dr Ishratul Ebad told media that he wasn’t removed over any allegations as is the speculation.

He added that he considers and accepts the decision as a prerogative of the federation.

Ebad also said he planned to write a book wherein he will pen down his memories and experiences as Sindh governor for the last 14 years. - Express Tribune

POLL RIGGING

PTI loses court battle against Khawaja Asif ISLAMABAD: The ruling PMLN emerged victorious on Thursday after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf ( PTI) lost the legal battle on the veracity of 2013 polls in a crucial National Assembly constituency, NA-110, when the Supreme Court dismissed the latter’s petition against federal defence minister Khawaja Asif.

The detailed judgment is likely to be released in a few days, after which it will become clear if the petitions were dismissed merely on technical grounds or on merit.

In the short order, the apex court judges again highlighted inherent flaws in the country’s electoral system. NA-110 was one of the four constituencies PTI chief Imran Khan had demanded to open for a vote audit immediately after the 2013 elections.

Litigation on two constituencies went in favour of PTI. PTI secretary-general Jahangir Tareen won the by-polls from NA-154 Lodhran, defeating the PML-N backed independent candidate. In the by-elections for NA-122 in Lahore, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq was re-elected. Electoral dispute on NA-125 from where incumbent minister for railways, Khawja Saad Rafique, was elected is yet to be concluded.

“For reasons to be recorded separately, both these appeals are dismissed,” the three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, stated in its short order. More than three and a half years after the polls, Asif’s exoneration from charges of rigging came as a relief for the ruling party which is facing an-

RELIEF: More than three and a half years after the polls, federal defence minister Khawaja Asif’s exoneration from charges of rigging came as a relief for the ruling party. - Reuters file photo

other important inquiry in connection with Panama Leaks.

“I am humbled … I thank the Almighty. The Supreme Court has endorsed the will of the people of Sialkot,” exulted defence minister in a Tweet immediately after the SC issued the short order.

Similar statements were also made by other PML-N leaders.

PTI accepted the verdict with reservations. “We accept the SC decision. This case showed many shortcomings of the system. Khawja Asif successfully destroyed important record in connivance with the government machinery,” PTI’s secretary information Naeemul Haq said.

“We cannot hold the returned candidate responsible for tampering the ballot record. The Election Commission must have kept the poll records safe. Since they do not have such a facility, it was stored in government (cus-

tody) which makes it vulnerable to tampering,” the chief justice remarked before concluding the case. The judges were also critical of stakeholders who failed to reform the electoral system.

“We don’t see this happening in our lifetime. Status quo continues (unabated),” CJP remarked when Asif’s counsel contended that parliament was considering an electoral reforms package.

Petitioner Usman Dar claimed that his petition had been dismissed on technical grounds.

“I was not given a fair opportunity … to plead my case,” he said.

Almost a year after PTI’s three month long sit-in in Islamabad, a three-judge inquiry commission in its 237-page report endorsed the overall polls but pointed out several flaws on part of the ECP. The commission in its report also suggested some recommendations. The parliamentary committee formed in August 2014 to compile the electoral reforms package is yet to conclude its task, which was supposed to be completed within three months.

The vote audit mechanism adopted by the ECP after 2013 also failed to give satisfactory results. Many cases of alleged rigging are still pending with election tribunals. These tribunals were supposed to decide all complaints within four months.

NADRA’s thumb impression verification system also failed to provide concrete results. NADRA verified thumb impressions of voters in NA-110. Asif had won NA-110 seat with 92,803 votes, while the PTI’s Usman Dar bagged 71,525 votes. - Express Tribune

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WORLD Trump shifts tone, praises protesters for their passion ‘Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!’ tweeted Donald Trump

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised demonstrators for being passionate about their country, just hours after he accused them of being “professional protesters” incited by the media.

“Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!” Trump tweeted early on Friday.

On Thursday night, the president-elect had posted: “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”

Mostly peaceful and orderly protests took place in at least eight cities following the Republican businessman’s defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s election. Demonstrators have

SECURITY BARRICADE: Police block a freeway entrance during a protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Portland, Oregon, US, on Friday. – Reuters

voiced concern Trump would harm Americans’ civil rights.

East Coast protests took place on Thursday in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, while on the West Coast, demonstrators rallied in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland in California, and Portland, Oregon. After Clinton conceded defeat early on Wednesday, Trump took a far more conciliatory tone than he had often displayed during his campaign, promising to be a president for all Americans.

More anti-Trump demon-

strations were planned for the weekend. Trump takes office on January 20, succeeding President Barack Obama.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said anti-Trump protesters had to accept the election results. He pointed to Trump’s call for unity and meeting with Obama and Republican leaders as reasons for reassurance. “Everyone needs to just take a deep breath, take the weekend... count our blessings, and let’s come back on Monday,” Priebus said.

Police set up security barri-

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Taliban claim attack on German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif MAZAR-I-SHARIF/BERLIN: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four civilians and wounding scores, officials said.

A NATO spokesman said the explosion late on Thursday had caused “massive damage” to the building, shattering windows as much as 5km (3 miles) away.

Heavily armed attackers followed up the initial blast, battling with Afghan and German security forces before the attack was suppressed. “The extent of damage to the city is huge,” said Abdul Razaq Qaderi, deputy police chief of Balkh province. “This kind of an attack, bringing a truck full of explosives and blowing it up in the city, had never happened before.

“The city is still recovering from the shock.”

Noor Mohammad Faiz, the head doctor in Mazar-i-Sharif provincial hospital, said four bod-

DEADLY BLAST: Afghan security personnel inspect the site of an attack targeting the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif. – AFP

ies and 120 wounded, most hurt by flying glass, had been brought to the hospital. Qaderi said German troops had also shot two men on motorcycles who did not comply with orders to stop.

A foreign ministry spokesman in Berlin said all German employees of the consulate general were safe and uninjured.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was

in retaliation for NATO air strikes against a village near the northern city of Kunduz last week in which more than 30 people were killed.

The hardline movement’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said by telephone that heavily armed fighters, including suicide bombers, had been sent “with a mission to destroy the German consulate general and kill whoever they found there”. — Reuters

cades around two Trump marquee properties that have become focal points of protests - his newly opened Pennsylvania Avenue hotel near the White House and the high-rise Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he lives.

About 100 protesters marched from the White House to the new Trump International Hotel several blocks away. At least 200 people rallied there after dark.

Two Trump supporters stood off to the side carrying signs reading: “All We are Saying is Give Trump a Chance”. Protesters in

Portland threw objects at police and damaged cars in a dealership lot, police said, while local media reported graffiti on cars and buildings along with smashed storefront windows.

Portland police said they had arrested at least 26 people after using pepper spray and rubber bullets to try to disperse the crowd. They declared the protest, lasting into Friday morning, a riot.

“Many in crowd trying to get anarchist groups to stop destroying property, anarchists refusing.

Others encouraged to leave area,” the Portland Police Department said on Twitter. At least 35 protesters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles after blocking traffic and sitting in the street, local media said. A smaller band of demonstrators briefly halted traffic on a busy Los Angeles freeway before police cleared them.

In San Francisco, more than 1,000 high school students walked out of classes on Thursday morning to march through the financial district carrying Mexican flags, and signs decrying Trump.

Dozens in Minneapolis marched onto Interstate 94, blocking traffic for at least an hour as police stood by. In Baltimore, about 600 people marched through the downtown Inner Harbor area, with some blocking roadways by sitting in the street, police said. Two people were arrested. In Denver, a crowd that media estimated to number about 3,000 gathered on the grounds of the Colorado state capitol and marched through downtown in one of the largest of Thursday’s events. — Reuters

REMEMBRANCE

Britain, France fall silent to commemorate Armistice Day LONDON: French President Francois Hollande and Britain’s Prince Harry led commemorations as the two nations marked Armistice Day on Friday to remember those killed in war.

At 11am, millions across Britain observed two minutes’ silence, marking the time fighting ended on the Western front of World War One on November 11, 1918.

Hollande laid a wreath under the Arc de Triomphe during particularly solemn tributes in Paris which came roughly a year after 130 people were killed when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the city’s Stade de France sports stadium, cafes and the Bataclan concert venue. “November 11 marks the memory of the First World War and of a rising wave of nationalism that could not be contained. We must continue to remember it,” Hollande said.

In Britain, offices, schools and city centres fell silent while in Trafalgar Square in central London, traffic came to a halt, with crowds invited to put petals in the square’s famous fountains.

Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson who himself served with the British military on two tours of duty in Afghanistan, led commemorations at a service at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in central England. The Royal British Legion charity, which since 1921 has sold symbols to raise money for veterans of the armed forces, said this year it wanted people to “rethink Remembrance” to embrace veterans from recent conflicts. — Reuters

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Organisation starts with the move out: Pay attention when packing your boxes This simple trick will help you to organise your move: While packing your things, always consider what you want in each room so you won’t mix items from one room in other rooms’ boxes. That will help you to organise the unpacking.

Also labelling boxes will make your work way easier. Don’t consider the planning as a waste of time, it will help a lot to make packing, unpacking and cleaning up a smooth task.

How to clean: Basic tips After planning, start cleaning the rooms from top to bottom, never the opposite or you will get the bottom dirty while you clean the top. Don’t start in the middle of the room, start with one corner and go round to ensure that you won’t miss anything. An obvious tip is to make sure that you have enough space to clean the room, if it’s full of boxes, for example, the cleaning will be demanding and not effective. Always finish cleaning a room before moving on to the next one, so you can see the results of your work and be more motivated to clean the next. Also, unpack and organise the room as soon as you are done with cleaning, so you have a better overview and less boxes.

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2 Moving in cleaning: The secret is planning Even if the previous owner has cleaned the place, you won’t really know how well it has been done. The house might look clean, but most people usually just clean away the dust and don’t sterilise all surfaces or pay attention to details. Before doing your move in cleaning, planning your clean is key. You need to think about the rooms and plan, for example, which rooms to start with, the size, the level of ‘dirtiness’ and so on. Then estimate the hours or minutes you want to spend in each room and the sequence.

A great tip would be to start with the bedroom and kitchen, as you will need to use them right away.

MOVING TO A NEW HOME? CLEAN IT UP IN 4 EASY STEPS When you are moving, there are lot of things to sort out. Usually you are already stressed from packing and moving out from your previous place, then you need to unpack, arrange everything, and also do a big clean up. To help you ease your stress, you can count on these four easy tips.

Final touch: Attention to details Pay attention to details, if you don’t clean every corner when moving in, it is likely that you will postpone the cleaning forever until you get used to it.

And after you set all your furniture in place, it will be twice as hard to manoeuvre around the corners and clean the hard to reach areas. Special care to clean door knobs, window handles, switches, faucets. These places are highly contaminated as everyone touches them all the time, but they are quite often overlooked when cleaning.

Also pay attention to the areas between the tiles, sometimes they have mould and they need to be cleaned to avoid it from spreading. Pipes are often covered with dust and dirt; so worth an effort to clean them up.-Helpling (Helpling.ae, is the online marketplace for household services in Middle East.)

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PRAYER TIMINGS

Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

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LIFESTYLE

(Exploring History, Science, and Nature)

FACT FILE

CAMPING Plenty to do Some people like to stay at one campsite; others prefer to visit several places by car, recreational vehicle, bicycle, canoe, or by backpacking or hiking to different campsites. One thing is for sure: Once the tent is pitched and the fire area is laid, there are lots to do.

Fishing, swimming, kayaking, rock climbing, observing nature, and hiking are just some of the fun activities.

At night, campers often sit by the fire, talking and telling stories. If the weather turns rainy, campers usually wait it out in their tents, reading, drawing or playing games.

Cooking on a stick Everyone knows how tasty marshmallows are when cooked on a stick over a campfire, but lots of things can be cooked on a stick. How about cooking a hot dog wrapped in meat, or toasting some bread? The options are as varied as your imagination and what you have in your backpack. TIP: When roasting a marshmallow, don’t let it get too close to the flame, or it will catch fire and burn. S’mores are a yummy camping treat made of roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate squished between two graham crackers.

Just a little respect Wherever you camp, it is important to respect the environment around you. Keep noise to a minimum and do not disturb the plants or animals.

Gather up your garbage and dispose of it in a designated trash receptacle, or take it home with you.

Don’t set up your tent too close to water. That’s where mosquitoes like to be. —lifestyle@timesofoman.com BIRTHDAYS OF THE WEEK

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SATYA NARAYANA REDDY TETALA November 14, 2004

SHREDDHA SUNIL November 9, 2005

SREENAND SUNIL November 12, 2009

SWAYAMPRAVA SATPATHY November 6, 1998

VIHAAN SANJAY CHAUHAN November 5, 2009

ZENAIDA D’COSTA November 3, 2009

Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 17 years) to lifestyle@timesofoman.com or extra@timesofoman.com

Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

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amping can be enjoyed in the backyard or deep in the wilderness. In the past, people camped out of necessity. Today, many people go camping just for fun.

Whether camping for one night or several weeks, being prepared is key.

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Deadly snake It’s really tacky Skunk’s defence Round Table knight Writer Franz — Spacewalk, to NASA Word of approval Distort, as data Humerus neighbour “Faint heart — won . . .”

11 Microbe 17 Cookbook amts.

19 Prefix meaning “recent” 22 Coronet 23 Samovar 24 Rx writers 25 Legislative assent 26 Fair grade 28 Barge pusher 29 Joule fraction 30 — day now 32 Round container 33 Nightstand spot 35 Impudence

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Ink partner Woods insects Not fatty Like a certain duckling 41 1899 gold-rush town 42 Main point 44 Quod — demonstrandum 45 Make much of 47 Wool cap 48 Retiree’s kitty 50 Shaq’s org.

1 In a dither 5 Vitally important 8 Like karaoke performances 12 Canada Dry product 13 Wide st.

14 “Fish Magic” artist 15 Lifeguard’s beat 16 Zipper or hook 18 Escapade 20 Throng 21 Become intense (2 wds.)

24 Port near Hong Kong 27 1040 org.

28 Leaves in a bag 31 Did batik 32 Catch some rays 33 Forget the roast 34 Take a gander 35 California’s Big — 36 Buddy Holly’s “— Sue” 37 Slackened off 39 Gill alternatives 43 Road-map feature 46 Conceited 49 Heavy metal 51 Mendicant’s cry 52 Ozarks st.

53 Finger-paint 54 Boris’ refusal 55 Kettle and Bell 56 Comics’ Miss Kett

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Children up to the age of 16 who would like to have their art considered for inclusion in “Art for the Ages” can e-mail their drawings or paintings (in jpeg or tiff format) to lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Art for the Ages Alfred Benoy, Grade 3, ISM

Mohammed Nabeel, Grade KG2, Indian School Al Mabela

Aakash Kumar, Grade 10, ISWK

Sugind Sugumar, Grade 10, ISWK

Aayisha Mehrin, Grade KG 1, Indian School Ibra

SreeNandhana Prakash, Grade 4, ISM

Nidhi Sivakumar, Grade 4, ISWK

KIDS CRAFT

Teleword

All the words below appear in the puzzle - horizontally, vertically, diagonally, even backward. Find them and circle their letters.

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

V B S T O N E L I O N I N N G

I R Y H H H D I M A N S I O N

S O E K I G T E E S N E T N I

I W S K C D I N G K C O H S R

O N I Q U E E N A N N E R R E

N P G U U L B T R G A S E E G

S A N E N I I N N E R H N T N

E L I E G I G G S U V O I N I

R U A C N I NM N D A E Q B G U H L R T A U O H M E U O L A

T E H A Y O E G E Y S O E C R

CLUE: HOTEL GHOSTS

C S S R D L O S E I T I T N E

I O O Y E X P E R I E N C E N

P T E L B A T T E G R O F N U

S L E E P S P I R I T A O L F

SOLUTION: 9 LETTERS

Becky, Body, Brown, Palace, Encounters, Entities, Experience, Float, Funeral, Hanged, Haunted, Hide, Intense, Lights, Lingering, Luker, Mansion, Meet, Miner, Morgan, Overnight, Pictures, Posada, Queen Anne, Queen Mary, Seen, Shining, Shock, Sleep, Sold, Spirit, Squiggly, Stone Lion Inn, Story, Tours, Unforgettable, Unique, Visions.

Answer: Sightings

Sudoku How to play Fill empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area.

SOLUTION Answer to previous puzzle

Homemade Doll Furniture for Kids

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hildren like to have a set house for their dolls.

No doll house is perfect without any furniture.

These days, there are ready made doll houses with built in furniture. But, it is real fun to create a doll house and the furniture for dolls.

You can make furniture for dolls with a bit of talent, without spending much money. One can make the best furniture for dolls with less money, using items found around your house. Kids can be encouraged to make furniture for dolls, by giving them ideas and support. It will be a challenge and fun for them. They can make use of ordinary unused items found in your house. By creating homemade furniture for dolls, kids can improve their creativity and skill.

It will be a perfect hobby for them.

This homemade furniture will be stylish and durable, compared to the one you buy from outside. You can save significant amount of money by doing it your own. One gets the chance to customise the furniture if it is home made. Since you have a

lot of unused items at home, the options for the design are not limited.

Your kid can make use of items like cardboard boxes, old containers and pieces of furnishings for making furniture. Beds for dolls can be made from small boxes. Old clothes can be used in the place of mattresses. The cot can be coloured with attractive crayons or water colour.

There are vast varieties of ideas for creating other furniture for dolls.

You can make living room furniture for dolls like sofa sets, side tables, and lamps. Sofa sets can be made from old unused cushions and small pillows. Small tables can be made from card board boxes and the legs can be fitted in. Matching chairs can also be made from these boxes. One can use small cans as lamp shade for dolls. Little bit of creativity is needed to build these things. One can refer to any designs of the real furniture and use the design for dolls furniture.

Most of the people consider this work of designing doll house furniture as a favourite pass time. Before starting one needs complete plan-

ning. Time should be scheduled for this task. Necessary items like scissors, glues, needles, art paper, and colours should be gathered. You should involve your children in all these preparation activities. By doing so kids will get an idea of organising which is essential for any activity.

You should ask your kids’ opinion regarding the designs so that their creativity can be explored.

Some kids will have an excellent observation skill which will be sometimes more than yours. Appreciate their works on each stage and they will definitely enjoy this type of team work. The most important thing you should remember before starting the construction of doll house furniture is that you have to find a perfect work space for this task. This space should also be well organised and free of clutter. By providing a good work space you can bring out the best ideas and work from your children.

At the end after finishing the work kids will be very proud to see the furniture which is the ultimate talent explored out of them. —Artipot

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S P O R S

Touhami, Saudi Arabia stay in front at Ghala Golf Club As Morocco’s Yassin Touhami marched towards glory, Saudi Arabia maintained a healthy lead over defending champions Morocco in the team competition of the Arab Golf Championship for men at the Ghala Club

MUSCAT: Morocco’s Yassin Touhami continued with his good run to top the leaderboard of the 36th Arab Golf Championship for men at the Ghala Golf Club on Friday.

Also maintaining a healthy run in the Team event was Saudi Arabia, who held on to a comfortable lead over defending champions Morocco.

After two good rounds on Wednesday and Thursday, Touhami ensured that he held a good cushion over his rivals with a 2 under par 70 in the third round on Friday for a total of 3 under 213, which was seven clear of his immediate rival Issa Abou El Ela of Egypt, who had a par score of 72 on Friday.

Gong into the final round on Saturday, Issa has a gross score of 4 over par 220 and appears to be no threat for Touhammi in his march to the coveted crown. In third place was Saudi Arabia’s Othman Al Mulla (5 over par 221),

ITF TOURNAMENT

BEST AMONG LOCAL CHALLENGE: Oman’s Azzan Al Rumhy, who is joint 12th after three rounds in the Arab Golf Championship, is seen in action during the third round at the Ghala Golf Club. – Supplied photo

who notched a 2 over par 74 in the penultimate round.

Oman’s Azzan Al Rumhy fell to a joint twelfth place after he struggled to a 6 over par 78 and will be hoping to finish among the top ten on Saturday. In the team event, following

Saudi Arabia were Morocco and Tunisia, while hosts Oman were tenth among the twelve teams in fray.

Meanwhile, the tournament will draw to a close on Saturday under the patronage of Dr Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy, the Minis-

ter of Oil and Gas. The closing ceremony will be held under the auspices of Sheikh Fahim bun Sultan Al Qasimi, the chairman of the Arab Golf Federation.

Meanwhile, Oman player Hussein Al Balushi said the competi-

tion was tough and the team is doing the best to achieve good results, The Arab Federation chairman Al Qasimi will also a chair the annual general meeting of the Arab body on Saturday, where important decisions will be taken.

FOOTBALL

Fatma makes doubles Osako’s double helps Japan beat Oman final in Casablanca MUSCAT: Oman’s Fatma Al Nabhani experienced a mixed day at the $10,000 Casablanca ITF Pro Circuit tournament in Morocco.

Fatma Al Nabhani, the top seed in this tournament, was upset in the quarterfinals of the singles, while in combination with her Spanish partner Olga Parres Azcoita, she reached the doubles final.In the singles quarterfinals Oman’s Fatma went down to fifth seed Cristina Adamescu of Romania 3-6, 5-7. Earlier, she had overcame an early resistance from Russia’s Ksenia Kuznetsova for a 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory and a place in the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, in the doubles, Fatma and Olga sailed into the final beating third seeds Cristina Adamescu (Romania) and Mariana Drazic (Croatia) 6-2, 6-4.

Fatma Al Nabhani

In the quarterfinals, Fatma and Olga eased to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Anne Sophie Forget of France and Sara Lanca of Portugal.

In the final, Fatma and Olga will now take on top seeded Romanian pair of Diana Negreanu and Oana Gerorgeta Simion 6-3, 6-4.

MUSCAT: Japan proved too good for the Juan Ramón López Caro coached Oman in a friendly played on Friday. According to information received from Kashima, where the match was played, Yuya Osako scored two goals and propelled the hosts past Oman for a comfortable 4-0 win.

For the outgoing Spanish coach Juan Ramon Lopez Caro of Oman, it was failed test for the team and he will be looking to return to Muscat with a win over Myanmar on November 14.

Oman are preparing for the Asian Cup qualifiers and also next year’s Gulf Cup, while Japan were tuning up for their World Cup qualifying showdown with Saudi Arabia. Vahid Halilhodzic’s Japan will welcome the Saudis to Saitama on Tuesday.

Osako’s first-half brace put Japan in front, with Hiroshi Kiyotake and Yuki Kobayashi completing the tally in the second half.

AT P F I NA L

TENNIS

World number one might be a step too far, says Wawrinka

I know I can beat every player, I need to do it more often in the year if I want to think about that Stan Wawrinka Switzerland

LONDON: A lack of year round consistency is likely to ensure that three-times grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka does not topple Britain’s Andy Murray from the top of the rankings, the Swiss has said.

Murray recently ended Novak Djokovic’s 122-week spell as world number one but might still need to win the final ATP tournament of the year in London to ensure he finishes the year at the top of the rankings.

Wawrinka, who won his third grand slam title by beating Djokovic at the U.S. Open this year, has been drawn in the same group as

MY BALL: Japan’s Keisuke Honda, left, fights for the ball with Oman’s Mohammed Al Rawahi during their football friendly match in Kashima. – AFP

Murray at the ATP Finals, but feels he does not have the consistency to leap to the top of the rankings.

“I don’t think so. Right now I’m 31,” the world number three Wawrinka told Sky Sports when asked whether he could become the top ranked player. “I know I can beat every player, I need to do it more often in the year if I want to think about that, but so far I’m way off that.”

Wawrinka expected the 29-year-old Scot, who won Wimbledon and his second Olympic gold medal as well as six other titles this year, would handle the pressure of being number one and

was the man to beat at the O2 Arena in south-east London.

“The ranking never lies. He’s been winning a lot this year, more than any other player, so he deserves to be number one,” Wawrinka added.

“He did really well with the pressure... so he knows how to deal with it. “I’m sure he would love to win the world ATP title here in London.

“I think every player tires at the end of the year but if you look at the last few tournaments, he’s in top form, a lot of confidence to take to this tournament here so he will be tough to beat.” - Reuters

France seeking major upset in Fed final PARIS: Outsiders France face a daunting task when they take on 2014 and 2015 champions Czech Republic at the Fed Cup final in Strasbourg this weekend. The Czechs have won four of the last five editions while France are in the final for the first time since 2005.

French pair Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic are ranked second in doubles but the holders have two top singles players in double grand slam champion Petra Kvitova and world number six Karolina Pliskova. Mladenovic and Garcia were picked by captain Amelie Mauresmo after their suspension, for damaging the French federation’s image at the 2016 Rio Olympics following a mix-up over clothing, was lifted in September.

Mauresmo, who as a player led her nation to their last title in 2003, believes her team can pull off an upset. “The rankings reflect the form of a season,” she told French media.

“What I want from my players is that they compete with their rivals for two days,” added Mauresmo who is hoping to become the fourth woman, after Margaret Court, Billie Jean King and Chris Evert, to win the Fed Cup as a player and captain. — Reuters

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SPORTS Tons by Pujara, Vijay boost India SCOREBOARD

Local boy Pujara struck his ninth Test hundred before he was out for 124 while Vijay fell in the penultimate over of the day for 126 after his seventh century

MURALI VIJAY

CHETESHWAR PUJARA

126

124

runs from 301 balls 9 fours, 4 sixes

runs from 206 balls 17 fours

RAJKOT: Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara hit centuries and shared a stand of 209 to lead India to 319-4 in their first innings on the third day of the opening test on Friday, trailing England by 218 runs.

Local boy Pujara struck his ninth Test hundred before he was out for 124 while Vijay fell in the penultimate over of the day for 126 after his seventh century.

India captain Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 26 after nightwatchman Amit Mishra fell without scoring in the last over bowled by left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari.

It was a tough day for England’s attack. They toiled through a wicketless second session but picked up three after tea.

The touring side, who posted a huge 537 in the first innings of the five-match series, made an early breakthrough after India had resumed on 63-0 when paceman Stuart Broad trapped Gautam Gambhir leg before with his first delivery of the morning.

The left-hander missed a straight delivery from Broad, who is playing in his 100th Test, and was out for 29.

Pujara joined Vijay at the crease

England 1st innings: 537 (B. Stokes 128, J. Root 124, M. Ali 117) India 1st innings: M. Vijay c Hameed b Rashid 126 G. Gambhir lbw b Broad 29 C. Pujara c Cook b Stokes 124 V. Kohli not out 26 A. Mishra c Hameed b Ansari 0 Extras (b-12, lb-1, w-1) 14 Total (for 4 wickets, 108.3 overs) 319 Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-277, 3-318, 4-319 To bat: R. Ashwin, W. Saha, R. Jadeja, M. Shami, U. Yadav, A. Rahane Bowling: S. Broad 20-7-54-1, C. Woakes 23-5-39-0 (w-1), M. Ali 22-6-70-0, Z. Ansari 17.3-1-57-1, A. Rashid 16-1-47-1, B. Stokes 10-1-39-1 Umpires: K. Dharmasena & C. Gaffaney TV umpire: Rod Tucker Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle

and soon found his rhythm with some crisply driven boundaries.

The 28-year-old Pujara, considered a specialist test batsman, thrived against England’s spin bowlers but needed all of his defensive guile to negotiate a hostile spell from Chris Woakes when the fast bowler hit him three times on the helmet.

Pujara scampered for a single off Woakes to get to three figures and the sparse crowd applauded.

He was finally dismissed when he guided Ben Stokes to England captain Alastair Cook at slip.

Vijay, who hit nine fours and four sixes, reached his century with two boundaries off Broad and put on 41 with Kohli for the third wicket.

Broad should have had Vijay’s wicket when the batsman was dropped on 66 by 19-year-old debutant Haseeb Hameed as he dived to his left in the covers.

Pujara was given out leg before off Ansari on 86 but overturned the umpire’s verdict through the Deci-

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Double strike Meanwhile, England’s morale received a huge boost when they picked up two wickets in the last four balls, said assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

Vijay was removed by leg-spinner Adil Rashid while nightwatchman Amit Mishra fell for a duck to leftarm spinner Zafar Ansari, 19-yearold debutant Haseeb Hameed taking both catches at short leg.

“It’s given us a huge lift in our dressing room,” Farbrace told reporters. “When you go the whole day with two wickets, to get two at the end is a real bonus.

“I think it’s perseverance to stick to a very disciplined way of bowling all day. We bowled to two outstanding batsmen ... on a very good cricket pitch.”

England’s plan was to restrict India from scoring freely after they resumed on 63-0, replying to the touring side’s 537.

Farbrace felt his team were successful as they restricted India to 256 runs in the day.

“Our plan was literally to stay outside off stump, make it difficult to score for them, score one side of the pitch and set a field for it,” the 49-year-old said. “We were never going to be attacking.”

Local boy Pujara made his century in front of his family and friends but was not completely satisfied. “I was hoping to get a double hundred,” said the 28-yearold who has struck two double centuries in his last 38 Tests.

“My thinking was because they had so many runs on the board, I did not just want to score a hundred. If I got a double hundred that would have helped the team.” - Reuters FORMULA ONE

Embattled Australia bid to avert full-blown crisis MELBOURNE: A mis-firing Australia head into the second test against South Africa in Hobart under pressure to save the series and avert a full-blown crisis which would almost certainly be triggered by a fifth consecutive Test defeat.

Selectors, staff and players are all under the microscope after the 177-run loss in Perth, which was Australia’s first series-opening defeat at home in 28 years and sparked acrimony from a disaffected public.

Australians have become accustomed to seeing Steve Smith’s side flop on foreign wickets but have little tolerance for failure at home.

They switched off in droves as their team crumbled against an undermanned South Africa attack at the WACA, and the television viewership figures will have raised alarm bells through the halls of Cricket Australia’s Melbourne headquarters.

Head coach Darren Lehmann said this week that every man would be playing for their career at Bellerive Oval but is unlikely to feel too comfortable about his own position, despite holding a lengthy contract.

His predecessor Mickey Arthur was sacked after Australia last lost four tests on the trot, on their 2013 tour of India.

Former coach Tim Nielsen was also packed off after the 2010/11 Ashes defeat, the catalyst for an exhaustive review of the team’s management.

As a selector, Lehmann has worn twice the flak.

The panel led by outgoing chairman Rod Marsh has been under fire, and was openly defied by top

sion Review System (DRS) that is making its debut in a bilateral series in India. Reviews showed the ball was going over the stumps.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid got Vijay’s wicket when he was caught at short leg by Hameed.

South Africa ponder four-pronged pace assault in Hobart MELBOURNE: The prospect of a rain-interrupted start to the Hobart Test has South Africa mulling a four-pronged pace assault to push for a series-sealing win over Australia when the match begins on Saturday.

South Africa routed the home side by 177 runs in Perth with just two fast bowlers and debutant spinner Keshav Maharaj after pace spearhead Dale Steyn was injured when bowling in Australia’s first innings.

Left-armer Maharaj took four wickets in a successful debut at the WACA but may be rested at Bellerive Oval as Faf du Plessis’ side bid for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

“There is a possibility of that,” Du Plessis told reporters. “If it becomes a really shortened game ... that’s something we will look at. It looks like there’s going to be a little bit of rain tomorrow, so if it rains for the

order batsman Usman Khawaja, who derided them as “fickle” for dropping himself and Joe Burns from the third test in Sri Lanka.

The selectors’ call to pick a 12man squad for the opening two tests against South Africa invited further derision, with underperforming players, including allrounder Mitchell Marsh, guaranteed a second start in Hobart.

whole day it becomes a four-day game. The pitch is going to be under covers, the ball is going to be wet.”

Heavy rain is forecast for the opening two days of the Test, which could frustrate both sides’ hopes of victory.

South Africa have Morne Morkel and Kyle Abbott vying to replace Steyn, who suffered a fracture in his shoulder and could be out of the game for more than six months. Towering seamer Morkel was left out of the test in Perth as he recovers from a back injury that has sidelined him for two months and coach Russell Domingo said they would need to test his fitness again before making a call on the side for Hobart.

Du Plessis gave no clue who was favoured, but Abbott may have the edge for Hobart’s heavier wicket which could mean long spells for pace bowlers. - Reuters

Only injuries have forced changes and Burns comes back into the squad after opener Shaun Marsh’s withdrawal with a broken finger.

Paceman Peter Siddle has also been scratched with a lower back injury, paving the way for a test debut for Joe Mennie, whose selection over Jackson Bird was sealed, oddly, due to his superior batting, according to selector Marsh.

AT THE PITCH: South Africa’s team captain Faf du Plessis talks with Curator Marcus Pamplin and team coach Russell Domingo. – REUTERS

Selectors have held off naming an 11 but Smith confirmed that middle order batsman Adam Voges will be fit to play after nursing a hamstring strain.

Smith said Australia could go in with six specialist batsmen, which would mean jettisoning Mitchell Marsh and a potential debut for South Australia veteran Callum Ferguson.

“You might not need to have that extra bowling option if there’s a lot of rain around,” Smith told reporters in Hobart on Friday.

The forecast has only added to Australia’s doldrums, with heavy rain expected on the opening two days. That will likely further crimp their chances of taking the threematch series into a decider in Adelaide later this month. - Reuters

Hamilton sets pace in first Brazilian practice SAO PAULO: Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton gave Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg a reminder on Friday that he will not hand over his Formula One title without a fight in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix.

The Briton, 19 points behind the German with two races remaining, was fastest in opening practice at Interlagos with a lap of one minute 11.895 seconds on soft compound tyres while Rosberg was third and 0.230 off the pace.

Red Bull’s Dutch teenager Max Verstappen was second on a sunny morning in Sao Paulo, a mere 0.096 slower than Hamilton, and looking like he could make life difficult for the two title contenders.

Rosberg, who is unlikely to lose too much sleep over the Friday times, can clinch his first championship title if he wins on Sunday, wherever Hamilton finishes.

On paper he has a good chance, having won the last two Brazilian Grands Prix from pole position, but Hamilton -- wearing an Ayrton Senna themed helmet this weekend -- has the momentum after victories in Texas and Mexico.

The weather at Interlagos can change from sunshine to torrential rain in a matter of minutes and the race has a history of surprises and drama, meaning there is still everything to play for. — Reuters

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Alibaba Singles’ Day sales race past $5b in first hour

SORTING OUT: An employee sorts parcels at a logistic centre of ZTO Express during the Alibaba 11.11 global shopping festival, in Beijing, China on Friday. — Reuters

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Bonds plunge by $1 trillion this week EDINBURGH: More than $1 trillion was wiped off the value of bonds around the world this week as US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies are seen boosting spending and quickening inflation.

The capitalisation of a global bond-market index slid by $450 billion Thursday, a fourth day of declines that pushed the week’s total above $1 trillion for only the second time in two decades, Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show. Global stocks gained $1.3 trillion in the same period. Yields on US 30-year bonds, which are more sensitive than shorter maturities to the outlook for inflation, jumped the most this week since January 2009.

European government bonds extended their selloff on Friday, with the yield on Italian 10-year securities climbing above 2 per cent for the first time since September 2015, while benchmark German 10-year bunds declined for a fifth day, pushing the yield to the highest since February.

“We do view the election of Donald Trump as a game changer,” said Adam Donaldson, head of debt research at Sydney-based Commonwealth Bank of Australia. “The strong bias toward fiscal expansion and inflationary policy represents a stark change to the malaise of recent years.

This opens the door for the Fed to hike in December, but also more quickly in 2017 and 2018 than previously expected.”

The market value of Bank of America’s Global Broad Market Index, which tracks more than 24,000 bonds around the world, has slumped by $1.14 trillion this week to $48.1 trillion. The only previous week it fell by more than $1 trillion was in June 2013, when the Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben Bernanke was threatening to reduce debt purchases, leading to a bond selloff that became known as the “Taper Tantrum.”

The benchmark US 10-year note yield has jumped 37 basis points this week through Thursday.

Treasuries are closed worldwide on Friday for US Veterans Day holiday. The yield on 30-year securities climbed 39 basis points. The 10-year yield will rise to 2.50 per cent in the first half of 2017, Commonwealth Bank predicts, compared with the close on Thursday of 2.15 per cent.

What promised to be a bumper years for bonds is in danger of evaporating. US government securities handed investors a loss of 2.9 per cent this week, paring this year’s gain to 6.3 per cent, according to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Treasuries Total Return Index.

There’s an 80 per cent chance the Fed will increase rates at its December 13-14 meeting, up from 76 per cent odds at the end of last week, according to data compiled

by Bloomberg based on futures.

Global bonds tumbled after Trump’s triumph boosted the view that he will ramp up spending and potentially widen the budget deficit, stoking inflation. — Bloomberg News

SHENZHEN: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding said it racked up more than $5 billion in transactions in the first hour of its annual ‘Singles’ Day’ sales blitz on Friday — a third more than in the first hour of last year’s spree.

The 24-hour event held annually on November 11 offers a benchmark for Alibaba’s performance and an insight into China’s swing to online shopping, especially via smartphones.

Launched in 2009, Alibaba’s version of the event was designed to encourage consumers without a partner to treat themselves.

Always accompanied by celebrity razzmatazz — sports stars David Beckham and Kobe Bryant attended Alibaba’s countdown this year — Singles’ Day shifts more goods than Black Friday

and Cyber Monday in the United States combined. Sales on Alibaba platforms, which include Tmall and Taobao, are tipped to exceed $20 billion this year, up from $14 billion last year. “Back in 2013, 35 billion yuan ($5.15 billion) was our one-day GMV (gross merchandise volume),” said Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang in a live microblog posting on Alibaba’s event. “Now we can achieve it in one hour.”

Mobile shopping surge Sales officially opened at midnight, releasing a wave of preorders that shoppers had placed ahead of the event and propelling the first billion dollars of transactions in just under 5 minutes, Alibaba said on its official microblog.

Alibaba is not the only retailer to mark on November 11 with a

massive sales drive. China’s no. 2 e-commerce player — and bitter Alibaba rival — JD.com and many others also offer discount deals on the day.

Racing online to shop The rise of Singles Day reflects how China’s consumers, armed with smartphones, are racing online to shop — to the detriment of bricks and mortar stores. Alibaba said on Friday 84 per cent of sales in the first two hours were via mobile devices, up from last year.

For Alibaba, extending the expansion of Singles Day could help consolidate sales growth this quarter after a 55 per cent surge in second-quarter revenue. The firm co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma beat analyst estimates for July-September on the back of strong core e-com-

merce sales as well as growth in media and entertainment.

Cut-throat competition But cut-throat competition for customers on Singles’ Day has caused concern over false advertising and massaged statistics.

This week China’s business regulator warned mainland online shopping platforms against suspect sales tactics.

In May, Alibaba said the US Securities and Exchange Commission was looking into how it reports its Single’s Day figures.

Alibaba said at the time it was cooperating with the authorities, and that the Securities and Exchange Commission advised it the investigation should not be seen as an indication the company had violated US federal securities laws. — Reuters

Iran crude output nears 3.92m barrels per day Freed from curbs on its oil trade in January, Iran said it increased output by 210,000 barrels a day to 3.92 million a day in October, according to a report from the Opec. That’s 230,000bpd more than estimated

by Opec itself

LONDON: Iran, which wants an exemption from Opec’s accord to cut production, told the group it raised output by the most since international sanctions were lifted, while Iraq — also insisting it should be spared — gave no reading at all.

Freed from curbs on its oil trade in January, Iran said it increased output by 210,000 barrels a day to 3.92 million a day in October, according to a report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). That’s 230,000 barrels a day more than estimated by Opec itself, whose members are due to finalise how much each will cut when they gather on November 30. Production from Saudi Arabia, which typically declines at this time of year, remained near record levels.

Oil prices climbed about 16 per cent in the weeks after Opec’s September 28 meeting in Algiers, where the group ended a two-year

PRECIOUS RESOURCE: Iran’s reported production increase of 210,000 barrels in October exceeds the combined gains of the previous five months, Opec’s data show. — Bloomberg file picture

policy of pumping without limits to agree a production cut aimed at clearing a global surplus. Yet prices have since retreated on doubts the deal can succeed when key members Iran and Iraq argue they shouldn’t need to cut while recovering from losses to war and sanctions.

Opec’s monthly report contains two sets of production data: one submitted by individual members, known as “direct communication,” and another compiled from external sources such as news agencies and intergovernmental institutions, referred to as “secondary sources.”

Iraq, Iran and Venezuela have said these externally compiled numbers, which will be used when

allocating production cuts, underestimate their output, and that their own government data should be used instead.

Trump wildcard Iran’s reported production increase of 210,000 barrels in October exceeds the combined gains of the previous five months, Opec’s data show. Secondary sources showed a more modest addition of 27,500 barrels a day for October.

Still, the country may be more willing to agree to a deal following this week’s US election victory by Donald Trump, who has threatened to scrap the nuclear agreement that brought sanctions relief, according to RBC Capital Markets.

Saudi Arabia, which has said

it wants other nations to cooperate in the production rollback, reported its production was little changed in October at 10.625 million barrels a day, even though supplies typically ease at this time of year as seasonal domestic demand slackens.

The secondary sources show that Opec output increased by 236,700 barrels a day to 33.64 million a day in October, as Nigeria and Libya recovered output lost to sabotage, militant attacks and political conflict.

That means the group would need to cut by between 640,000 and 1.1 million barrels a day to comply with the range it set out in Algiers. The organization estimates an average of 32.7 million

barrels a day will be needed from Opec next year, about 100,000 more than it forecast last month due to a slightly weaker outlook for non-Opec supply.

The organisation has sought help in lowering output from nonmembers such as Russia, which has indicated it may at least freeze if not cut supplies.

“Adjustments in both Opec and non-Opec supply will accelerate the drawdown of the existing substantial overhang in global oil stocks and help bring forward the rebalancing of the market,” the report said. Inventories remained more than 300 million barrels above their five-year average in September, it said.

— Bloomberg News

FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

EU seeks early resumption of FTA talks with India

Vice-President of European Commission Jyrki Katainen.

— Bloomberg file picture

NEW DELHI: The European Union on Friday sought a fresh push by India to restart negotiations at the earliest for long-pending free trade agreement (FTA) between the two sides, saying failure to finalise it will have adverse impact on trade as India’s bilateral investment pacts with several EU-member countries are expiring soon.

Vice-President of European Commission Jyrki Katainen held talks with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and apprised them about the urgency to start the stalled negotiations for the FTA. Katainen said India’s existing trade and investment agreement with The Netherlands will come

to an end in two weeks while similar pacts with several other EU countries will expire in the months of March, April and May which will make it difficult for the European countries go for fresh investment in India.

Bilateral trade As per European Union law, no member country now can go for bilateral trade and investment pact with India as the grouping is in negotiations for a EU-India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA). By end of 2017, India’s trade and investment pact with 23 countries are likely to expire, according to EU officials.

Katainen said EU considers India to be a very attractive destina-

tion for investment but absence of the BTIA may dampen the enthusiasm as there will be no protection to investment. He said in such as scenario the cost of the capital will also go up significantly.

He said failure to finalise the agreement will create legal vacuum in trade and investment between European countries and India as bilateral pacts are expiring.

He also referred to India changing foreign investment model.

Asked about his meetings with Jaitley and Sitharaman, Katainen, who looks after issues relating to jobs, investment and competitiveness, said, “We did not get a clear answer on BTIA.” At the same time he hoped negotiations between the two sides will start soon.

“If BTIA is solved, everybody will be benefited. It is a strategic issue for us. India is strategically important for us... We are ready to fast-track the negotiations,” he told reporters.

The BTIA talks have been stalled since May, 2013, when both sides failed to bridge substantial gaps on crucial issues, including data security status for IT sector.

Launched in June 2007, negotiations for the proposed agreement have witnessed many hurdles as both the sides have major differences on crucial issues. In the EUIndia Summit in Brussels, the two sides had failed to make any announcement on resumption of the negotiations as many bottlenecks still remain. — PTI

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MARKET China’s new yuan lending declines Analysts polled by Reuters had expected new lending to have fallen back to 700 billion yuan from September’s three-month high of 1.22 trillion yuan.

BEIJING: Chinese banks extended 651.3 billion yuan ($95.56 billion) in net new yuan loans in October, below expectations and falling sharply from September, as policymakers pledged to prevent

asset bubbles in the increasingly debt-fueled economy.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected new lending to have fallen back to 700 billion yuan from September’s three-month high

of 1.22 trillion yuan. New bank loans totalled 10.8 trillion yuan in the first 10 months of the year — a record high, according to Reuters calculations based on central bank data.

Lending has been driven heavily by robust mortgage growth as the housing market booms.

Broad M2 money supply (M2) grew 11.6 per cent from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Friday, slightly above forecasts.

Outstanding yuan loans grew by 13.1 per cent by month-end on an annual basis. Outstanding loans had been forecast to rise 13 per cent, while money supply was seen up 11.4 per cent.

China’s total social financing (TSF), a broad measure of credit and liquidity in the economy, fell sharply to 896.3 billion yuan in October from 1.72 trillion yuan in September.

TSF includes off-balance sheet forms of financing that exist outside the conventional bank lending system, such as initial public offers, loans from trust companies and bond sales.

In October, new household loans, mostly mortgages, accounted for 66.5 per cent of all new lending, the central bank data showed, compared with 52 per cent in September.

China’s central bank said this

week that it will maintain ample liquidity in the economy while taking steps to prevent asset bubbles, adding that the balance between stabilising growth and preventing bubbles has become more challenging.

China’s economy expanded at a steady 6.7 per cent in the third quarter and looks set to hit Beijing’s full-year target, fuelled by stronger government spending and a red-hot property market that are adding to its growing pile of debt.

China’s overall debt has jumped to more than 250 per cent of GDP from 150 per cent at the end of 2006, the kind of surge that in

other countries has resulted in a financial bust or sharp economic slowdown, analysts say.

M1 money supply, which includes cash and short-term deposits, rose 23.9 per cent in October from a year earlier, versus September’s 24.7 per cent rise.

A widening gap between M1 and M2 growth has fuelled concerns about a “liquidity trap” in the economy where companies remain wary of investing regardless of how much stimulus policymakers pump into the system.

The gap narrowed to 12.3 percentage points in October from 13.2 percentage points in September. — Reuters ASIAN CURRENCIES

Asia struggles on forex and flows after Trump win HONG KONG: There is much uncertainty in Asia over what US President-elect Donald Trump will do when he takes office next year, but markets seem sure of two things — his policies will be inflationary, and there are unlikely to be any big winners in the trade-driven region.

US Treasury bond yields have surged to their highest levels since January on expectations Trump’s spending promises will push US inflation higher, and emerging Asian currencies have fallen, partly because uncertainty always prompts a flight to safer assets, but also because Trump’s campaign rhetoric has stoked fears of a more protectionist trade environment.

Global opportunity “As the global opportunity cost of capital rises alongside Treasury yields, and as the dollar surges simultaneously, investors once again will fear another exodus of capital from emerging markets,” Citi analysts said in a report, noting that the US 10year treasury yield has risen by 45 basis points in less than two days on expectations of expansionary fiscal policy.

The effect is already being felt in Asia. The Malaysian ringgit fell more than 5 per cent against the dollar in the offshore market on Friday, prompting a blowout in spreads and forcing the central bank to limit offshore-based transactions to check the slide.

The Indonesian rupiah has also come under selling pressure, prompting authorities to sell dollars to stabilise it.

Hong Kong and Singapore, Asia’s two city-state trading hubs, are among the most exposed, however, not only because of their big trade links with the United States, but also their use of the dollar in policymaking. Hong Kong has a direct currency peg with the greenback, while Singapore uses a currency basket in which the dollar forms a substantial component.

Pro-business policies “Trump’s fiscal and pro-business policies will lead to higher inflation and interest rates, putting Singapore and Hong Kong at the front and center for any adjustment,” said a portfolio manager at a US firm in Hong Kong.

Not only is a rising US dollar equivalent to tightening monetary conditions in those cities, but if the Federal Reserve raises rates faster than had been expected, it will drain the cheap funding that has kept emerging markets flush with cash.

Protectionist prospects?

Corporate leverage within Asia now accounts for half of the region’s debt to GDP, and companies in China and India have taken on the most debt, according to bond giant, PIMCO. Moreover, rising interest rates on US debt will erode the relative appeal of higher-yielding debt in Asian countries, causing an outflow of capital.

For example, the yield gap between 10-year US debt and a simple average of the three highest yielding countries in Asia — India, China and Indonesia — has narrowed by 41 basis points to 350 basis points in just two days. — Reuters

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StanChart plans to exit from most of private-equity investments LONDON: Standard Chartered, the UK bank reeling from losses in emerging markets, will seek to exit 70 per cent of its private-equity investments within 18 months as Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters reduces risk, people familiar with the matter said.

Executives discussed the plans this week at meetings in Singapore after Winters, 55, decided against selling the Standard Chartered Private Equity unit, or SCPE, to its managers, said the people, who requested anonymity because the talks were private. The business has invested about $2 billion in companies across emerging markets, from a Singaporean vendor of baking ingredients to a Nigerian energy producer that’s missed bond repayments.

Winters, 55, has been weighing options for the SCPE unit as he pushes through an overhaul to reduce risks at Standard Chartered after the commodities crash saddled the lender with losses in 2015.

While the private-equity business has made money in the past, the “principal finance” unit that houses it lost $197 million in the nine months through September. — Bloomberg News

Tata ‘stand-off’ intensifies as India’s biggest feud escalates Ratan Tata-led camp, which last month ousted Cyrus Mistry as chairman of the nation’s largest conglomerate, on Wednesday took steps to muscle Mistry out of the group’s largest subsidiary and accused him of being a poor leader who’s seeking to wrest control of some key units.

Ratan Tata. — Bloomberg file picture

MUMBAI: The standoff between Tata Group’s patriarch and his estranged successor intensified in India’s biggest feud since a quarrel between the billionaire Ambani brothers broke out more than a decade ago.

The Ratan Tata-led camp, which last month ousted Cyrus Mistry as chairman of the nation’s largest conglomerate, on Wednesday took steps to muscle Mistry out of the group’s largest subsidiary and accused him of being a poor leader who’s seeking to wrest control of some key units.

In response, people close to the deposed executive said Tata’s al-

legations were unsubstantiated.

They asked not to be identified as they’re not authorised to speak to the media.

Deepening dispute The deepening dispute threatens to prolong the turmoil roiling a $100 billion business empire that makes products ranging from table salt to Jaguar sports cars. The wrangling has also cost investors as Tata Group’s listed companies have lost more than $10 billion in market value, underperforming India’s benchmark index, since Mistry was abruptly ousted less than three weeks ago.

“The Tata Sons letter seems to refer to performance as the bugbear,” said Shriram Subramanian, founder of proxy-advisory firm InGovern Research Services. “However, it seems strange that individual boards haven’t pulled up the Chairman for non performance.”

Abruptly removed The feud emerged on October 24, when Mistry was abruptly removed as chairman of group holding company Tata Sons, less than four years after succeeding Ratan Tata.

Mistry balked back, saying he was wrongfully terminated and al-

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Shanghai Disney attracts 4 million guests, expects break-even in 2017 ed,” said Jennifer So, a tourism analyst at China Securities International, by telephone. “It’s a very different market for Disney in China — it’s a different culture, and their characters are not as well-known or popular here, and the ticket prices are high.”

SHANGHAI: Walt Disney said its new $5.5 billion Shanghai theme park attracted four million visitors in its first four months and will be close to breaking even in its first full year of operation in 2017.

About 50 per cent of the park’s guests are from outside the Shanghai area, a “big surprise” as the Chinese city had been expected to account for more than three-quarters of visitors initially, Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday. “The fact that it’s so balanced leads us to believe that word of mouth on this and the intent to visit from well beyond Shanghai is very, very high,” he said.

Largest foreign investment The Shanghai theme park, Disney’s first in mainland China and largest foreign investment, opened in June as the company races to capture the country’s growing middle class and dominate its $180 billion media and entertainment industry.

The company has also started producing movies in Asia’s largest economy.

In an earlier conference call with analysts after Disney reported fiscal fourth quarter results,

leging that constant interference from his predecessor undermined Mistry’s ability to fix problems at the group he inherited, according to a copy of a letter to the board of Tata Sons seen by Bloomberg.

Though Mistry was kicked out of the holding company, he retained his chairmanship at key listed units.

Outside directors at one of those subsidiaries, Indian Hotels Co., even issued a statement supporting Mistry days later.

On Thursday, independent directors of Tata Chemicals Ltd. said they support decisions taken by the former group chairman.

Tata in a filing to exchanges announced plans to remove Mistry from his posts at group crown jewel Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Indian Hotels, which operates the Pierre in New York.

The group also expressed surprise over why Mistry didn’t resign from the boards of other Tata units and alleged that the disgruntled executive is colluding with directors at Indian Hotels to take control of the company from the group — claims that people close to Mistry denied.

Mistry wasn’t available for an interview and his office declined to comment.

Tata also said that for the exception of the group’s two bestperforming businesses — Tata Consultancy and Jaguar Land Rover — the conglomerate floundered under Mistry. People close to the former chairman said those allegations were wrong.

The holding company also said that it received less dividend reflecting a decline in profit at its units. — Bloomberg News

WOOING ONE AND ALL: The Shanghai theme park opened in June as the company races to capture the country’s growing middle class and dominate its $180 billion media and entertainment industry. — Bloomberg file picture

Iger said some of them may infer from the first four months’ attendance the Shanghai park could get 10 million visitors in its first year, a number the company “would be thrilled with.” However, Disney won’t provide any guidance for the resort at this point, he said.

China Securities International tourism analyst Jennifer So had ex-

pected the park will get 15 million visitors in its first twelve months of operations, while Macquarie Capital analyst Tim Nollen estimated the park will get 15.7 million annual visitors by fiscal 2019.

Ticket price “The entire theme park industry is not doing as well as we expect-

Popular theme park Asia’s most popular theme park in 2015 was Tokyo Disneyland with 16.6 million visitors, followed by Universal Studios Japan with 13.9 million, according to Aecom’s 2015 Global Attractions Attendance Report. Within China, the most popular was the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Hengqin, part of southern Zhuhai city, which attracted 7.5 million visitors in 2015, according to the report.

“Over time, Shanghai Disney will continue to expand — sometimes there’s a slump in year two after the excitement fades,” said Chris Yoshii, Aecom’s vice president for economics in the AsiaPacific region.

“However, over time they generally grow attendance.”

Guests are staying longer than Disney expected, according to Iger, who visited Shanghai last week and said he was surprised by the number of young kids at the park on a weekday. — Bloomberg News

Allianz profit rises 36% Munich: Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer, said third-quarter profit rose 36 per cent, helped by higher earnings at the life and health insurance unit.

The shares rose.

Net income increased to 1.86 billion euros ($2.03 billion) from 1.36 billion euros in the year-earlier quarter, the Munich-based company said in a statement on Friday.

That beat the 1.59 billion-euro average of 10 estimates compiled

by Bloomberg. Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco) had its first quarterly net inflows in three years, with clients adding 4.7 billion euros in third-party assets.

“Allianz made a significant step towards achieving its 2018 targets,” Thomas Seidl, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote in a note to clients.

Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete, who took the top post at Allianz in May 2015, is selling less profitable operations and investing in technology to boost earnings amid headwinds from low interest rates and new regulation.

He reshuffled the insurer’s top management and oversaw the appointment of a new CEO at Pimco, the US bond manager owned by Allianz that has been struggling with client redemptions since the middle of 2013.

Allianz rose 3.3 per cent to 153.70 euros by 9:08am in Frankfurt trading, paring declines this year to 6 per cent. The Bloomberg Europe

500 Insurance Index declined 9.5 per cent over the same time.

Allianz confirmed a target for full-year operating profit of 10 billion euros to 11 billion euros. Operating profit at the life- and healthinsurance division advanced 53 per cent to 1.13 billion euros, mainly due to higher investment margins in the US and France, Allianz said. “Efforts to develop our business in a very difficult environment are paying off,” Chief Financial Officer Dieter Wemmer said in the statement. Baete a year ago also set a goal to raise the return on equity for all of the divisions at Allianz’s life and health unit to at least 10 per cent. He is also seeking to achieve annual earningsper-share growth of 5 per cent on average and an adjusted return on equity of 13 per cent by 2018.

He has agreed to sell part of Allianz’s life insurance portfolio in Taiwan and the insurer’s operations in South Korea as part of his push to focus on the most profitable businesses and release capital from ones that make less money.

Baete in March appointed Guenther Thallinger head of investment management and global life and health, and named Jacqueline Hunt to lead Allianz’s asset-management and US life-insurance divisions. Pimco, which has been plagued by client withdrawals since the departure of Bill Gross, hired a new CEO with Emmanuel Roman in July. — Bloomberg News

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SUBSIDY CRUNCH CUTS FUNDING FOR CLEAN ENERGY IN TOP MARKETS

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he green-energy industry is starting to feel the impact of an efficiency drive sweeping Asia, where governments from China to Japan are scaling back subsidies to constrain a boom in installations.

Investment in clean-power technologies in Asia slumped 41 per cent to $70.1 billion in the first nine months of the year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which hosts a conference on the issue in Shanghai recently. It’s the first decline in the modern history of an industry that’s barely a decade old. The ability of those plants to produce electricity is on track to surge 13 per cent, the research group said.

The findings underscore the concern of authorities about their ability to integrate a burgeoning number of wind and solar farms, which have strained the capacity of electricity grids. Officials are getting smarter about how they stimulate the industry, threatening to slow growth in what has been some of the biggest markets for manufacturers from Trina Solar to Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. A drop in investment “doesn’t

mean that the industry is declining,” said Justin Wu, head of Asia and Pacific for BNEF in Hong Kong. “It is self-correcting. Renewables have to be built efficiently and used more efficiently.

Solar is becoming cheaper, and there is more efficient build.”

In China, the world’s biggest market for the technology, subsidies were recalibrated at the end of last year because electricity demand stagnated and grid authorities struggled to keep up with the number of new wind and solar farms seeking connections.

Those factors reduced the need for new renewable energy capacity, giving the government the upper hand in negotiations over the price it will allow for power purchase agreements.

Japan had a similar experience.

The second-biggest market for solar in recent years has cut support for renewables to give utilities more time to integrate the variable flows of electricity from photovoltaics — and to take advantage of lower costs. The result was that worldwide, clean energy investment fell to its lowest in three years in the third quarter, according to BNEF data.

Those trends help explain why clean energy shares have underperformed the broader stock market so far this year even as companies reported record sales.

The WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index has fallen 5.7 per cent this year while the MSCI World Index has advanced 2.7 per cent.

Project returns have fallen so low that “companies are seeking a footprint in emerging markets,” said Wang Haisheng, executive general manager of the equity division at Ping An Securities Co. Even with less investment, total installations of clean-power plants measured by their capacity are on track to surge this year by as much as 20 per cent in developing Asia, according to BNEF data.

That’s partly because of a plunge the cost of photovoltaic panels and wind turbines means developers can build more capacity for the same money.

Cheaper project costs is allowing the developers to work in more countries, especially Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. All told, clean-energy capacity may rise by 24 gigawatts in Asia’s developing economies this year, more than

The findings underscore the concern of authorities about their ability to integrate a burgeoning number of wind and solar farms, which have strained the capacity of electricity grids.

all of what’s installed in Spain, according to BNEF. “The rest of Asia is the next big market, and its potential is huge,” said Zhai Yongping, technical adviser at the Asian Development Bank’s energy sector group. Electricity demand in developing Asia “will certainly rise because of the huge population.”

Energy demand is blossoming in Southeast Asia, with electricity consumption growth forecast to average 3.6 per cent a year through 2040, according to BNEF. The deal on climate change agreed to by more than 190 nations in Paris last year is putting pressure on governments everywhere to tilt policy away from fossil fuels.

China pledged to peak its carbon emissions by 2030, spurring governments across the region to set goals for cleaning up emissions from the power industry.

Indonesia plans to tender 30 geothermal concessions through 2018, Yunus Saefulhak, the geothermal director at Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said in August. It wants to boost geothermal capacity 11 per cent this year to 1.65 gigawatts.

South Korea in July outlined a 42 trillion-won ($38 billion) plan for clean energy by 2020. It would add 30 percent to wind and solar capacity this year, the fastest growth since 2005, according to BNEF. Taiwan approved a plan on October 20 that will spur competition in the power business, encouraging renewables and bringing nuclear reactors to a halt in less than a decade. Its president wants 20 per cent of Taiwan’s power to come from renewable energy by 2025, up from about 4 per cent now.

Pakistan is seeking $1 billion for clean-energy projects and expects China to provide half after the two agreed to joint infrastructure development, Syed Aqeel Hussain Jafri, director of policy at Pakistan’s Alternative Energy Development Board, said in January. Pakistan’s biggest solar farm, named ZTE Quaid-E-Azam, reached financial close in the second quarter, backed by China Metallurgical Group Corp. and Zonergy Co. “Pakistan has a good relation with China so geopolitical risk is low,” making Chinese companies optimistic about project develop-

ment there, said Xue Jiancong, director of public relations at project developer China Merchants New Energy Group Ltd. Manufacturers are shifting their footprint to satisfy demand from emerging markets.

JA Solar Holdings Co., a Chinese solar panel maker, is working to double capacity by expanding a cell factory in Malaysia and considering a second plant in Southeast Asia in Vietnam.

“Costs in Southeast Asian countries are low, while those in China are getting higher,” JA Solar President Xie Jian said.

Even so, the amount of money gushing into the industry is falling after growing at double-digit rates in each of the past 11 years, according to BNEF. Outside China and Japan, investment in developing Asia fell about 11 per cent to $12.5 billion in the first nine months of this year, marking both the lowest reading and the biggest drop since 2013.

The slowing investment “underscores the upcoming winter that manufacturers could face,” said Wang of Ping An. “The industry needs to further reduce the cost of clean energy.” — Bloomberg News

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FOR RENT Showroom & Labour camp in wadi Al kabir for rent. brand new building 1BHK/Basement/ Showroom & offices in Ruwi for rent

Contact: 91155779 hrm_gh@live.com

Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM 2 B/R new near Dolphin Complex Bausher directly from owner.

Contact: 92158031 Flats in Amerat 5 behind Oman oil close to the main street three rooms & hall, 3 bathrooms, kitchen with A/C 210/- R.O. Contact: 99112262 / 92125648 6 bedrooms villa in Qurum, opposite fun zone area. Real Estate Services Co. : 92146444 / 92905432 / 24222345 House for rent in Al Amerat near Sultan Center. 3 bedrooms, 3 toilets, sitting room and kitchen, the building area is 180 sq. rent is RO 250/- pm. Contact 99469203 Villa at Al Khuwair 33 – Very next to newly opened Al Shifa Hospital - Ground Floor - 3 Bed room/ 3 bathroom / Hall/ Dining area with A/C’s. R.O. 450/-. (Families).

Contact : 94934353 - 9 am to 7 Pm. Email : forrentksd@gmail.com Studio R.O 110/- Amerat.

Contact: 95311488

OFFICE PROPERTY FOR SALE/RENT DAYS AWAY FROM DELIVERY - PREMIUM OFFICE SPACE AT PRIME LOCATION AT BAUSHER ON 2ND FLOOR BUILD UP AREA – 163 SQ. MTRS. SALE PRICE RO.1,050/- PER SQ. MTR -RENT PER MONTH RO.10/- PER SQ. MTR. OPTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT FURNITURE.

PREMIUM VILLA FOR SALE SANTINI A3 TYPE 2 STOREY VILLA WITH 4 BEDROOMS PLUS MAID ROOM AT AL MOUJ PHASE 4.

GREAT LOCATION WITH CUL DE SAC FOR PARKING. PURCHASE OPEN TO NON-OMANIS AS WELL.

CONTACT NO. 91257475 Family flats in Wadi Kabir, MBD, Rent, Hamriya, Al Khuwair, Ghubrah, Bausher, Azaiba, Amerat.

Contact: 92125648 / 95250300 1BHK near medical Darsait Muttrah house R.O 180/-. Contact: 95076261 Apartment for rent full furnished, one room furniture Al Khuwair area.

Contact: 99389989 after 5 O’clock PM Flats sand shops for rent in Ruwi MBD area Mumtaz area and Honda road. Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 / 94579531 3BHK R.O 180/- Amerat.

Contact : 95311488

Flat for commercial use fit for offices in Bowshar main road (College Street). # 92125648 / 95250300 Flat for rent 2BHK split A/c near Kuwaiti Mosque in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

2 B/R furnished & unfurnished with split ACs & free available at Al Khuwair near KM Hypermarket.

Contact: 99460330

2 BHK Wadi Kabir. Contact: 92144045

2 bedroom flat luxury fully furnished at Al Khuwair, 1 bedroom flat - luxury fully furnished at Al Khuwair. For short or long term lease contract contact Atlas Real Estate & Rent a Car LLC. Contact 99436312 / 94617563 / 92888376, tel : 24833848 / 24833848.

2BHK Al Khuwair. Contact : 92144045

2 BHK near Oman house behind Khimji. H.O. Contact: 95865686

1 & 2 BHK Darsait. Contact: 92144045

Room in Azaiba. Contact:99555843

1 BHK Ghubra R.O 250/-.

Contact: 92144045

Fully furnished room for executive bachelor in CBD area, WiFi internet free, advance deposit. # 90631572 Flats and shop for rent in Ruwi, Honda road and Mumtaz area.

Contact 97293708 / 92433127 / 97103695

2 BR apartments available for rent, close to Muscat Grand Mall, next to Diwan’s Office, South Ghubra. Contact: 2456256 / 99833747 New flats in Al Amerat, Height 7, 3 bed rooms, 3 toilets, kitchen & hall.

Contact: 93631777

Flat for rent in Al Ghobra, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 family sitting room, 1 kitchen. RO 400/Contact - 95919059

1BHK, 2BHK flats available for rent in prime MBD South (near Spar) with excellent maintenance.

Contact: 99338401 / 99703564

Flat in Al Khuwair, ground floor, Majlis and 3 rooms.

Contact: 99242119

12 flats for rent in A Mawalih, 2 B.R & 3 B.R. Contact: 99222130

Flat for rent at Wadi Adai.

Contact 79099405 Wadi Kabir 5500 SFT ware house for OMR 2100/- available for rent ready to occupy immediately.

Contact: 92035574 2 BHK at MBD Ruwi, Bank Muscat building R.O 380/-.

Contact: 97312774 / 95455681 1 BHK flat in Wadi Kabir RO 160/-.

Contact: 99376454 Flat for rent Behind GMC Al Ghubra. Contact: 99373728

Flats for rent near Indian School in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122 6 Bedroom villas available for rent at North Al Hail, near Wave, complex with swimming pool and Gym. Contact: 99833747 Villa in South Mawaleh: 8 bedrooms, 2 Majilis, 1 Family Hall, 9 toilets, 2 kitchens with Split AC, ample car park Contact: 96775026 / 99463626 Villa for Rent behind mazoon mousqe 7 bedroom, living room, dining room . Contact 95150809 for 750 R.O nogotiable

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FOR SALE 1. Porta Cabin 2. Book Loader (New Holland) 3. Water Tanker (Hino 2000 Gallon) 4. Roller (JCB 3 Ton) 5. Roller (JCB & Wacker, 1 Ton) 6. Scaffoldings 7. HDPE Duct Pipes (300 mm to 1800mm) 8. Tower Hoist

AN EXISTING FARM FOR RENT in the Wilayat of Barka, with an area of 45 acres, out of which large area is planted with fodder and 7 acres are planted with vegetables. It has also 14 greenhouses as well as 3 artesian wells and a plowing tractor as well as cutting and bundling tools and plowing equipments with their accessories.

The farm has a good financial income.

Contact: 99340378

SITUATION WANTED BUSINESS

Contact 93990154 FOR RENT

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Wanted Construction Company for outright sale. With 20-30 labour and Engineer Contact 98201203/71168751

Good Condition Sanyo washing machine, semi automatic, RO 30 for sale in MBD Contact; 99737812

Wanted Partner for running building construction company.

Contact: 71100641

Twin Villa for sale in Azaiba near Sultan Centre. Each side has three floors, five bedroom plus maid room.

Each room has it’s own bathroom and one extra toilet between dining and sitting room. The villas are now about 5 years old and very clean and well maintained. It has split A/C’s.

OMR 215,000 each villa. Contact : 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955

WANTED Urgently required looking to immediately buy used Grit blasting & airless spray equipment 1 No each. Contact 968 24810930 / 93203772 / 93203773 /93203778

Coffee shop at Al Amerat for sales in very good condition. #96100005

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Trasit mixers for sale model 2007, make Mercedes Benz, capacity 8 CBM, QTY - 2 No. Contact: Planet International LLC. Contact: 99452010 / 98082127 Well running restaurant sale at prime location in Sohar City.

Contact : 94131656 Steel workshop for sale including 5 clearance at Wadi Kabir Sanaya area. Contact: 99466604 New 2BHK flats in Ghala near Al Maha 300/- O.R. Contact: 91403136

Shop for sale, Honda road, Ruwi.

Contact: 24705105, GSM: 92877958 / 94289164

Showroom in Ghala 435 SQM 1850/-. Contact: 91403136

Mobile phone shop for sale in Hamriya. Contact: 99342568

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabeer near India Primary School, 1BHK. Contact: 92222922

Industrial land in Rusail.4000 sqm.

Contact 99323957 / 95490842.

Flat for rent 2BHK split A/c near Oman house in Muttrah.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 3 bedroom ground floor house for rent in South Al Hail behind Al Hail Hypermarket.

Contact 95047657 1 BHK near Medical Darsait Muttrah house R.O 180/-.

Contact 95070201 Flats in Mumtaz, 1 bedroom, hall & 2 bed rooms, hall way no 3352 building no 3447 / 3668.

Contact: 90991079 / 98003444 For Rent studio TYPE flats for rent R.O 160/- monthly near Oman house. Contact: 98075028 / 95501858

Used & refurbished porta cabins, toilets unit available for sales. Contact: 99215560 Email: omegaunitedoman@gmail.com Shop for sale in Al Ghubrah.

Contact: 99030180/ 97003247 BUILDING MATERIAL SHOP FOR SALEWell-furnished running building material-electrical shop (4 shutter / 200sqm) in Al- Khoudh- 6, for immediate sale- shop with stock or stock only. Serious buyers may please Contact: 94320909 Land for sale in the village of Bimmah on the coastal road Qurayat/ Sur with a space of 604 square meters for an attractive price.

Contact 92905222 Beauty parlour for sale in Ruwi.

Contact: 92430239

BUYING Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

TRANSPORTATION Transportation available, pick & drop. Ruwi, Al Khuwair, Azaiba & Al Hail. Contact - 94297820 Transportation. Contact: 99664703

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

MV SALE Honda Accord 2008 model, 4 cylinder, number 1 full options with navigation/ camera, full insurance.

No accident history, 1640000 km, well maintained. OMR 3300/-.

Contact – 95919059 Mazda 6, model 2012 for sale in good condition.

Contact : 99839898 Mercedes C-230 , 6 cyl , 2006 252 km, R.O 1800/-.

Contact: 97312774 2012 Kia Sportage. Contact: 99336093 Ford Focus- An expatriate used car in very good condition, model 2017, manual gear, no accident and mulkiya is valid. Please contact 79082900 or 91677889 2008, Toyota corolla 1.6, 78000 km. Contact 92307916 Mitsubishi Pajero 2004, R.O 1700/-. Contact: 97692959 Dihatsu Terrios Trend 4WD, 2012 Registration, dealer service registration up to August 2017.

Contact No: 92812144

ACC. AVAILABLE Sharing accommodation available with W/E at Al Khuwair 33. For a small family or non-cooking bachelors. Contact - 92834145 Furnished single / sharing room for EXE. Bachelor at Rex Road (Kannada, Telugu , Tamil) .

Contact: 92873832 Available 1 BHK, 2BHK flat near Medical Darsait.

Contact: 24705742 Furnished rooms available at Ruwi. Contact: 91214897 Furnished room in ruwi and azaiba for rent for executive bachelors. Gsm 99058344

SITUATION WANTGOOD NEWS ED Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis massage, steam bath, obesity, spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic clinic, 18th November Street Al Ghubra (North).

Contact 99639695 / 97397320

Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

House shifting and transport.

Contact: 96737158 Transportation. Contact: 94087276 Transportation. Contact 94510847 Transportation. Contact 92015894 Pick & drop available 24 Hrs. Contact: 98522914

LOST MATRIMONIAL Sunni Muslim Hyderabadi girl, 29/5.4” Pharmacist seek alliance settled in Muscat.

Contact 95965041 Keralite Nair boy 36 years, working in Muscat, looking suitable alliance from Nair family (Shutha Jathakam). Contact: 96558699 Tamil Hindu boy 34 years, working as Marketing Senior Executive in reputed organization, with family status seeking for Hindu Tamil girl preferably working / home maker in Muscat , Wanted to finalized may. Contact: 94026388 Marriage makers widow/ divorce/ new for Indian Kerala & Indian Muslims. Contact: Whatsapp: 00968 98796982 & calling 98604960 Ezhavaboy age 28 height 174cm Star anizhamBTech working in Oman Seeks suitable alliance.

Contact 99430227

Shahid Ahamed has lost Pakistani Passport No. RW 1160712. Finder please handover to ROP MD Ilias Hossain has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. B 0413377.

Finder please handover to ROP Mohammad Sekantar has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. BF 0192734. Finder please handover to ROP Abu Taher has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. BH 0297389. Finder please handover to ROP Aslam Dein has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. AE 8859943. Finder please handover to ROP Monto Miyah has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. BK 0644038. Finder please handover to ROP Faruk Hossain has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. A 0043545.

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SALES SUPERVISOR/SALES CO ORDINATOR with Omani driving license HELPERS Experience 3 to5 years

Contact - 90372638

SIT. WANTED Wanted Female Gynaecologist , Female GP and One Female Dental Assist and Female Lab Technician, Asst Pharmacist.

(From India or Pilipino ). With or without MOH License and Data Flow for Al Saadi Specilised Medical Centre, Musanna.

Contact # 91262604, Email ID : chillapalli76@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED Staff Nurses, Pharmacists, Lab Technicians and Radiographers.

Physiotherapists & Receptionists (Preferable females) For Al Raazi Hospital in Salalah.

Forward resume to rafeekdr@gmail.com Reputed Cambridge Schools in Muscat require well Qualified Teachers for IGCSE & CP for (English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Sciences, KG- Teacher, lab assistant-Chemistry and Physics):

Urgently Required

PLANT OPERATOR Diploma / ITI in Electrical Engineering (Fresher’s / Experienced). Preference will be given to candidates with experience in MASA / HENKE / BESSER Concrete Block Manufacturing Plants.

1. Good English Language with an IELTS score of 7 or above 2. Hold a recognized MSc / BSc / BA / B.ED degree from a recognized university for primary/secondary 3. Minimum experience 3 years’ preferably in international school 4. Knowledge of Cambridge International Program for all levels is an advantage.

7. Attractive salary and bonuses based on experience and certification / degrees

Please submit C.V to:- wps1986@yahoo.com Please call: 24872424 , 24877402 and 24878182

Fax: 00968 - 24490463 E-mail : cfovacoman011@gmail.com

Email: info@durat.om ACCOUNTS Urgent requirement Accountant B.Com Graduate minimum 3 to 4 years experience in Accounts and Oman D/L is preferable.

Send CV to Email: omaniacademy@gmail.com Urgently required an “Accountant” with minimum 5 years experience, well versed in Tally for a reputed Construction Company in Muscat. Interested candidates those who can join locally may forward C.V. to e-mail: assaud@omantel.net.om or FAX: 24953530

SALES / MARKETING

DRIVER

Engineer company at Sohar required Oman driver with light license, must hold ROP license for atleast 3 years & able to converse in English. Send CV : binukkmuscat@gmail.com

Wanted Radiologist, Internal Medicine specialist (male/ female) for a reputed Polyclinic, in Sultanate of Oman.

Send CV: arunjeni11@gmail.com or contact 97101062 Fusion Medicare Polyclinic, Muscat wants GP, staff Nurse holding MOH license & Receptionist (Omani) Contact 97698004 email: medicare@fusionlogicoman.com Required General Physician, Gynecology & LAB & X ray Technician. Contact: 99681325 Email: altaqwamedicalcentre@gmail.com Wanted Orthodontist, Pedodontist and oral surgeon, implantologist for a specialty dental clinic. Email medident5000@gmail.com Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other benefits. Contact 92989109, Email: medicoport@gmail.com

MANAGER MEDICAL Required Optometrist for a leading Optical group in Oman.

Email : albasilopticals@gmail.com contact 93822557 Nurse Staff required having NOC for well known clinic in Bidbid Call 96746460 Looking for a female Nurse on temporary basis for 2 months to look after an elderly patient contact 95777797

Indian Chartered Accountant with 17+ years experience in Accounts , Finance and Business management working in reputed group in Muscat looking for suitable change. Oman Driving License and NOC available Contact 95562708, pandukp2016@gmail.com

Required cleaning supervisor with 5 years experience can speak English & little Arabic. Should have driving license.

Contact : 92876832

MISCELLANEOUS Urgent required : Store labors.

Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must.

Email: mohammad.jwabreh @bearingcitysc.com, Fax: 24509312

Carpentry workshop located at Muscat looking for expert Marketing executive with Oman driving license & NOC. Send C.V to kwk585@gmail.com Required Indian Marketing man or woman Omani license required.

Contact: 99378253 Business Executive for experience in Sales & Marketing with Omani D/L. Contact: 98492112 Send CV to mirrorgo1396@gmail.com Required sales and marketing executive for a 4-star hotel in muscat. candidate with excellent communication skills and having 3+ years experience need apply. driving license will be an advantage. email: hoteljobsmuscat@gmail.com Wanted Sales man for a printing press Whatsapp: 94756618

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance.

Contact 99284193 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Accountant 8 Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 8 yrs exp. in Admin & Accounts (3 yrs in Oman), MBA, exp. in Tally ERP 9, Indian (F) seeks placement.

Contact 97243806 Indian (M) MBA (F) more than 6 years of experience in accounts, proficiency in various A/C software, SAP(F1/CO) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 95920740, Email: abdulhameed1527@gmail.com

Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

Indian male MBA (fin) 5 years experienced looking job on visit visa. Contact: 97127584

Chief Accountant / Senior Accountant having 16 years experience can handle accounts up to finalization, MIS, C FLOW, Budgeting, ERP, Costing & liasing with auditors, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact: 97205058 / 94885686

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, WITH Oman D/L & 9 yrs experience, 8 yrs Oman & 1 yr India in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, independently handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement, Contact Email: srjob12@gmail.com Indian female 22 years, B.Com with 1 year experience in India as Accountant / Clark, looking for suitable opening. Now on visiting visa. Contact: 97754830 Indian male 24 years MBA in finance 3 yr experience in Auditing, Accounts / Admin on visit visa.

Contact: 94003325 Email: shafiqujive32@gmail.com Male MBA Finance, 10 Year experience in Accounting, Finance, Business Development, Administration & Banking (Import & Export), Proficient in Quickbook & Microsoft Suite, Valid Oman Driving License. Contact # 91462125

SKILLED LABOUR

Indian Keralite Accountant male 27 yrs, B.Com tally, 3 years experience in Oman, 1 year in India. presently working in Muscat Municipality, valid Omani D/L, release available.

Contact: 93826450 / 99656398 Email: renjith78078@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL / OFFICE

Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license. NOC available. Contact 95588565

Manager Accounts / finance professional, 15 years Oman experience looking for a opening.

Contact: 92168401

Post Graduate M.Com (finance) having 20 years experience in Accounts in seeking suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 96275019 Email Id: vjkmr9583@gmail.com

Wanted Office clerk having two years experience. Contact: 92891888

Indian Accountant having 8 years experience in Accounts (5 years ) in Saudi, Oman driving license excellent knowledge in tally, focus, quick books & MS. Office, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 93878624 Email: arunjames88@gmail.com

Indian male working in Oman for last 8 years as an Accounts Executive having driving license and NOC. Looking for an opportunity.

Contact 95731665.

Required well experienced dynamic candidate in Real Estate Evaluation Field beside Building Management Techniques. #91246444, Email: rescooman@gmail.com

Required Experienced Auto Electrician and Automobile Mechanic for a reputed service station.

Contact : 91232638 hashim@ramainvestment.com

Female Accountant, B.Com Graduate with 10 years experience in Oman with D/L looking for suitable position. Contact 91443796

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible.

Contact 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Accountant & Administrator, 18 years experience (7 yrs in UAE) Accounting software’s knowledge.

Contact: 91729724

MEDICAL

ENGINEER

Qualified CA, ACS, 10 +years Managerial experience, working in Bank, looking for suitable opening, Open to any GCC, MBL: +968-90788509, Email: kartirevy@gmail.com

Pakistani male 23 years B.Com 1 year of accountant experience, looking for a good opportunity.

Contact: 79096696 Email: aizazalishah1@gmail.com

Accountant 2-3 years experience.

Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must.

Email: mohammad.jwabreh@ bearingcitysc.com. Fax: 24509312

House maid required full time for an Indian family, salary RO 150/- , visa not available. Contact : 96999333

Male MBA Finance, 10 Year experience in Accounting, Finance, Business Development, Administration & Banking (Import & Export).

Proficient in Quickbook & Microsoft Suite. Contact 91462125.

Valid Oman Driving License.

Sri Lankan Senior Accountant having BBA, MBA,CA Foundation with 6 Years (2.5 Years in Oman) of experience up to finalization of accounts. Oman D/L, NOC Available Contact; 93598736

Interested Candidates to send CV to below email.

DOMESTIC HELPER

Sri Lankan Chartered Accountant (female), Graduate in B.Com (SP) having 2 years visa. Working experience in Accounting & banking sectors, looking for a suitable position in Muscat. Contact: 96356974 / 97488363 Email: hansikamail@yahoo.com

Well experienced Accountant looking part lime accounting job.

Contact: 96558699

Site Engineers (Civil), Senior MEP Engineer, MEP Engineers, QA/QC Civil, HSE Supervisor, Foreman (Civil), Foremen Electrical, Foremen Plumbing.

Draft Man - Civil, Draft Man - Mechanical, Draft Man - Electrical, QS - Civil, QS - MEP, Experienced Purchaser, Store Keepers, Experienced person in Water Proofing Combo System.

Wanted Driver for heavy (sewage vehicle) and light vehicle with valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 97991654 / 97991652 Kindly send CV at Email: construction@remasalseeb.com / remaschandran2020@gmail.com

Male MBA (marketing & Finance) B. Com with SAP ERP & Accounts (SAP Certified), diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards (IAAP-UK), peach tree and experienced seeks placement.

Contact- 92324692

Indian male with NOC , 12 yrs Oman experience in Operations, facility management banking project coordination with Oman D/L looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98183667

Excellent Grade Construction Company Requires the following:-

Required Driver / Business Coordinator should speak Eng/Hindi/ Arabic. Contact: 95327813

ACCOUNTS

Indian Senior Accountant, B com, Having 8yrs Experience in Oman, Up to Finalization, Oman D/L, Release Available, Contact - 93484122

Omani female Accountant, 32 years, having 10 years exp in admin/accounts seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93295953 Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790 Indian female 26 yrs, MBA finance 2 yrs exp with MNC. Email: rilooozmali@gmail.com.

Contact : 90551366.

Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job. Contact 93953613, Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Indian female B.Com having 3 years experience in MS Office programs and Tally ERP 9, currently on family visit visa.

Contact: +968 91968254 Email: krishnapriyas206@gmail.com Indian female, 26 years,brought up in oman,M.COM(FINANCE) CA Foundation(CPT),CA INTER(DOING) presently on family visa seeking for immediate and suitable placement.

Contact -97174201/99663957 Email-anishasasi@gmail.com Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available.

Contact 968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Indian female B. Arch 3 years experience in Oman seeking job as Architect have valid driving license.

Contact: 98726932 / 95121139, Email: sharonjohn177@gmail.com Architect Indian male 10 yrs exp design, coordination & site (resident arch) Autocad, Revit , valid Omani D/L. Contact: 95876247 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

ADMIN Indian Female, MBA HR & Admin with 3.5 years Oman Experience in HR/Admin, NOC available.

M:99791008 8 years experience in administration and guest relations department in Oman With valid omani driving licence. Seeking suitable jobs. Ph: 98145825 email: getcb@rediffmail.com Omani, male, 26 yrs experience looking for job in reputed Companies as PR, having experience at airport / Emigration, Ministries/ Manpower with Oman D/L. Contact 95445779 Male BBA, Admin officer, HR, Procurement Account Assistant, 6 years experience with NOC. Contact : 95526871

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement.

Contact : 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Indian female 33 years with 9.5 years experience (1 yr in Oman) as Executive Secretary, Administration, Sales Coordinator, and HR coordinator seeks suitable placement. Contact 97985059, Email: sarithajbinu@gmail.com

Certified Public Accountant (Filipino, Male, 27-yrs-old) with four years experience, seeking suitable placement in accounting/ audit, currently on visit.

Contact; 94959606, email: czesar.42@gmail.com

Indian male, MSc & PG diploma in Computers with 20 years of experience as Office Administrator & IT Manager looking for suitable administration related position in schools or reputed companies, on visit. Contact: 90104334

7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact 90191628 / 96175780

Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/ HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa, looking for suitable position.Contact 90196235 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817

CATERING Part time Cook seeks placement in evening. Contact: 95799643

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Hospitality professional Indian, currently working as General Manager in a leading Hotel in Muscat.

with over 25 years in varied industries, presently working with a reputed group in Muscat, looking out for a suitable change.

18+ years experience in Middle East & India. With release / NOC, seeking General Manager / Operations Managers jobs in Hospitality sector.

96491030

Contact - 968 99589495, Email : mct2016job@gmail.com

Indian male, 33 yrs, M.Com, Having 7 yrs experience in Accounting with knowledge of Tally & focus ability of finalization of account, financial reports looking for a suitable job, with valid D/L, NOC available.

IT Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

Contact - 93864278

Female, master in mass communication, B.Ed, experience in media channel and teaching PH : 99362024

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Autocad d/man / Site Supervisor, experienced knows 2d/3d arch stru, interior civil ITI / Diploma PH : 99506977 Indian, Kerala male having 2 years experience in designing & town planning currently on visiting visa ready to join as easily as possible.

Contact: 90861200 / 92929906, vineeshkrvini@gmail.com Canadian-Graduate interior designer. Proficient in many 3D & 2D design software. Speaks English, Arabic, and conversational French. Mobile: 97945233 Freelance / part time 3d design works, interior /exterior.

PH - 97103168 Tunisian girl looking for job in media field, has 8years experience in publishing Contact 97816917 Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 mkgroupoman@gmail.com Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH : 92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Looking for driving job Executive education speak good English and Arabic 4 years experience in Oman. Contact: 99474870 Pakistani male 34 years LTV driving license of Oman with 1 year experience, looking for a good opportunity. Contact: 95365879 Looking for any driving job.

Contact: 98549627 Looking for driver job experience 6 years in Oman & 7 years in K.S.A, Education H.S.C. Contact: 93940319 Looking for driver job, 3 yrs exp.

Contact: 94987031 5 years experience of light duty driving in Oman. Contact: 95746203 Looking for L.T.V driving job.

Contact: 94986972 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 97418036 Looking job for driving (with car).

Contact: 92005311 Private driver Bangladesh , age 25 light driver looking for job 1 yr exp ,knows English, Arabic & Hindi education. Contact : 94338977 Looking for driver job, 9 yrs exp.

Contact: 96216699 Driver available with Car Hyundai Creata model 2016 pick & Drop or permanent. Contact: 95983125 Looking for job exp having driving license. Contact: 97363138 Driver looking for job.

Contact: 95892363 Bangladeshi, light driver looking for job, 4 yrs exp. Contact: 92681457 18 yrs exp driver seeks job.

Contact: 95541940 Experienced driver available with 4WD willing to work fulltime / part-time, familiar with all tourist destinations in Oman.

Contact: 24814231 / 91941545

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Mechatronics Engineer with NEBOSH and three years experience in Oman with license.

Contact: +968-94180383, khalid_khogli@hotmail.com Syrian Civil Engineer with 2 years experience in construction with driving license. Contact: 94799791

HSE Engineer 10+ years experience having NOC & valid driving license Contact: 97717468 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer with 6 years Gulf Experience in Oil & Gas, MEP and HVAC. Contact : 92730137 Indian Male 22, BE Civil Engineer with few site and internship experiences looking for a suitable position in your firm. Got knowledge in (Primavera, Autocad, Staad pro).

Currently In visit visa. 98327644 or shakib842@gmail.com Electronics Engineer (BE) with 6 years experience in projects & maintenance of CCTV, access control, fire alarm & PA systems, on visit. Contact: 99097485 Civil Engineer 8 yrs Exp with Autocad & D/L. Contact : 98484123, Email: vinodpmani@gmail.com Electrical Engineer 2 years exp in construction & distribution seeking job available on visit. Contact: 98361217 / 94110178 Email:shariqsiddiqui09@gmail.com AutoCAD Civil Draughtsman with diploma in Civil Engineering, more than 8 yrs exp in Oman, valid D/L, NOC available. Contact: 96785348 / 93129804 HSE Engineer, NEBOSH IGC and IOSH certified, having 3 years experience looking for a suitable position. NOC available. Please contact +968 91476537.

Civil Engineer 5+ years experience in Building construction & Steel structural building with having valid D/L. Contact: 93850440/ shahadat033@gmail.com Electrical Engineer (BSc) 8 Yrs Exp in Telecom Industry looking for Job Cell: 93872547 email: daniyal.badar@gmail.com 2 yrs well experienced Structural Engineer with good knowledge on ETabs & fast in using AutoCAD looking suitable for suitable placement. Contact: +968 96118135 Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 6 years exp in Gulf HVAC fire protection plumbing with D/L. Contact: 90609377 Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in switchgear / Transformer / over head lines & trading for Sales / Procurement & Project Execution with valid Omani D/L, also available on contracts basis. Contact: 968 - 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com Piping Engineer with 10 years experience. Contact: +968 96745181 Email: khan121008@gmail.com Indian male Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) with MBA HR & marketing, on visit visa looking for suitable placement. Contact : 93353097, Email: jbabu4@gmail.com Young Engineer with 2 years working experience as Business Analyst, Data Analyst and Business Strategist looking for suitable position in the field of Research & Developing Marketing strategist is on a visiting Visa. Contact : 91983892.

Email: utkarshgupta8@hotmail.com

Male, 25 yeas Diploma Instrumentation and Control Instrument Technician, 2 years experience, looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 96946408 Email: anfeeranfu4@gmail.com Indian male 26 years Mechanical Engineer with 2 yrs exp in Oman.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 91328079 Civil Engineer looking for a job, 3.5 years experience in Oman in building construction and infrastructure have Omani license.

Contact: 98826802 / 94903195 Email: eng.mn12@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. #92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Eng (DAE) with 4 years exp with Chinese company also good operator of AutoCAD, 3D Max, office etc. Contact: 90979849 Electrical Engineer, 23, Indian female having 1.5 year exp at 400KV substation(KSEB). Certified in electrical cad, looking for suitable vacancies. Contact-96278955/ steffysunny999@gmail.com Pakistani, Land Surveyor, experience 5 years, 3 years in Pakistani & 2 years in Oman Muscat, building and roads and 3 years civil diploma, NOC available.

Contact: 94791214 / 98489700 Indian female B.Tech (CSE), 22 with 4 months experience as System Engineer in leading MNC on visit visa seeks suitable opportunity as family resides in Oman.

Contact: 71198596 Email: divyamarch94@gmail.com Civil Engineer has N.O.S for immediately join, 7 years total experience, 3 years oman experience.

Contact +968 97983610 Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. Contact 96570891 Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact: 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com Indian male Mechanical Engineer having knowledge in fire Alarm and fire fighting system & AutoCAD with valid visa and NOC available. Contact: 968 90355201 Email: jkkannan6@gmail.com

Indian male 23 yrs, B.Tech Mechanical Engineer 1 year experience in India having piping engineering and quality control certification looking for suitable job, currently on visit visa. Contact: 90957740 Email: nishadphoenix@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer: Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Electronics & Communication Engineering Graduate male 23 yrs seeking for an entry technical job, on visit visa. Contact: 91329719

Diploma in Civil Engineering looking for part time job, 6 years experience in Oman with driving license. Contact: 94013285

Mechanical Engineer with 4yrs exp in PAEW, Maintenance, Design and having GCC D/License Contact:+968 95712436 & tejab17@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, 5 yrs Experience, Automobile Diploma, HVAC, On Visit Visa, Contact – 93042025

Iraqi Civil Engineer has Master degree in Project management with 14 years experience.

Contact : 79038461 Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.PH: 93837973 Sudanese Civil Engineer male 6 years experience looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 95376205 Mechanical Engineer 7 years exp in oil & gas (PDO) piping / pipeline.

Contact: 90106204 Email: shivcb600@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com B. Tech Mechanical HVAC site Engineer 4 years experience, currently on visit. Contact 92837696 / mdabdulather@gmail.com An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 B.Sc (Hons) & B.Tech (Electronics & communication) 2.5 years experience as B.T.S & microwave link installation & commissioning engineer currently on family visit visa. Contact: 96756964 Project Engineer (Electrical) 6 years experience in OHL distribution & primary substations, Arabic nationality driving license. NOC available. Contact : 99410588 / 99007049 BE Mechanical Engineer 1 year experience, diploma Mechanical Engineer QA/QC Mechanical inspector. Contact: 99865023 Email: sachu.s17@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience Quantity Surveyor civil in Oman, looking for a job around 21 years experience in civil works. # 92801589 Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 mail: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com Graduate Civil Engineer 20 yrs GCC experience with Omani D/L, seeking job NOC available.

Contact: 98621645 Email: imtiazcv@gmail.com Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com Indian male 8 years experience in electrical field with managerial, office, site supervision, fault debugging and exposure to electrical devices now in visiting visa.

Contact: 90181566 Email: jittoandrewsnesto@gmail.com Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Contact : 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment.

Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961

LOGISTICS ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable.

Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact: 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. #99739415 / 92091528 Indian female 24. Masters in Computer science engineering, seeking job in colleges, schools and institutes. Having in good skill in teaching and advanced technologies. Contact : 93356858 Email id : annielino11@gmail.com Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualified, distinction holder with 6 yrs teaching experience in colleges.

Contact : 91360147.

Indian Female-B.com, MBA, having 12 years Gulf experience in teaching seeking suitable position in school or college.Contact-99822708 Maths Teacher 30 years experience IGCSE bilingual I.B, A& AS levels. Contact: 98016336 Indian Female, Phd in Chemistry having 3.5 yrs of Experience in India. Staying here on Family Visa & seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact – 99675828, Email anupam.tiwari67@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree,03 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has Oman driving license.

Contact No 99859150.

IT IT Support Engineer Indian male 5 years experience seeking suitable jobs in Oman. Contact: 90117664 IT Engineer male, 28 yrs, over 7 yrs experience with NOC, D/L available seeking placement in IT / Network / Telecom field. Contact: 93563297 Email: monuzv24@gmail.com MSC IT, male, 2 yrs exp in .NET, PHP, HTML, CSS looking for suitable position. Contact : 98143759 Oracle DBA/ EBS developer, 9+ years experience in IT, Banking, financial, supply chain domain, currently in Muscat, NOC available.

Contact: 96494216 CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.

Contact 95818892 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact 94672759 Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact 98660672

Experienced Indian Male seeking placement in “Stores & Logistics”.

Contact: 91927039

MEDICAL Looking for job Dentist Indian female with 2 years experience.

Contact: 95894258 Female Staff Nurse having 3 .5 yrs experience in India (Micuxpicu) now in Oman on visit visa Oman prometric passed with 74% having B.L.S certificate looking for suitable job in Muscat G.N.M. Contact: 95790958 An Arabic speaking Assistant Pharmacist with MOH license & over 5 years of extensive experience in public and hospital pharmacies (Mobile: 94109327) 33 yrs, male, Graduate (Physiotherapist, 8 yrs experience having Oman driving license looking for any kind of job. Ph : 91904191 / 91168482 Mail:davismchittetu84@yahoo.com Indian, 24, BSc, Nursing, 2.6 yrs experience in Apollo Emergency Chennai MOH license, with NOC. Contact: 92694514 Pharmacist, D Pharm, experienced, prometric finished, on family visa.

Contact : 99825501 Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: 92610394 Dr.Ayman Abduljalil Ali, E.N.T Specialist (Otolaryngologist), Yemeni-male, looking for job.

Mobile: 00201096542706, Email: aymanjalilorl@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS 9 year experienced industrial painter and sand blaster with Oman driving licence. NOC available. Seeks suitable placement.

Contact ZakeerHussain 96681934.

Indian male, 29 yrs, Diploma in Polymer Technology & Fire Safety,7 yrs of experience in Polymer Production Supervisor (Plastic & Rubber Industry).Seeking suitable placement. Contact : 9818 8418 21, Indian female B.com graduate on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Holds valid Omani Driver’s license.

Contact: 97208869 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable placements.

NOC available. Contact: 92066 523 BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848 B.Com,IICL Certified Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. Phone 90880935,99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com.

MANAGER / SUPERVISOR Manager FMCG distribution / Supermarket expert 15 years Oman experience looking for a opening.

Contact: 92787747 Kaleem Indian 31YROLD Commerce Graduate, 10yrs Experience in Oman Retail/Administration.

Contact 968 97048622 Email: kaleem.ghori04@gmail.com Indian male 26 Graduate looking for suitable vacancy having 3 years experience in Supervision & Management.

Contact: 98847095

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SITUATION WANTED SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Indian male, Executive Secretary with 17 years experience seeking suitable position, release available. Contact: 94142594 Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Contact: 95244761 India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office administration independently, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in hallenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license.

Contact 99120500 Secretarial & Office: Indian(F), MBA in Finance, 2 years experience as Associate in Branch Operations (Record Keeping, Desk job)on family visa. Ph: 93186865 ; email: ddthoppil@gmail.com Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

SALES / MARKETING Mktg Indian M.Sc Oman exp 2 years NOC available.

Contact: 90947859 Email: wilsonvarghese1@gmail.com MBA Qualified lady Purchase Executive with 8 years Oman experience seeks employment in a reputable organization.

NOC available. Contact: 95834242 Procurement, Warehouse & Logistics, Pakistani Male, Graduate, Over 10 years experience, Looking for Suitable Placement, Currently on Visit Visa Contact Oman : +968-91257663 E-Mail:waqasmehar1@gmail.com Purchase officer 5+ experience in Oman, CPP & Eppm certified.

Contact: 95605084 Email: abdulsmr44@gmail.com Indian male 30 MBA visit visa seeking job in sales marketing experience 5 years.

Contact : 98934277 / 96264642 Email: safi18058@gmail.com Multinational FMGC experienced, qualified Sri Lankan lady seeking employment in Muscat. Marketing, Brands, Sales, Communication. Oman exp & DL available.

98250829 MBA (UK), raised in Oman & with 2 yrs work experience holding valid Oman driving license, seeks job in sales / business development. Contact: 99513132 Graduate 38 years with 07 years experience in sales seeks jobs in sales valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 92453375 Indian male, 15 years Gulf experience in store in charge, sales and office assistant job in Auditing firm, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92305353 Proactive sale pro male, 30 MBA (Marketing), 5 yrs exp seeks immediate placement in leading company, NOC available. Contact: 95656162 India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office independently administration, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in challenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license.

Contact 99120500 Indian male, looking for sales & marketing job, Oman license holder. Contact: 95642740 Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com Indian male 26 yrs, Graduate, 3 years experience with Air India seeking suitable opportunity with reputed firms. Contact: 98847095 24 yrs, B.Tech Engineer seeking job in sales, marketing and business development having 2 yrs Indian experience, valid Omani driving license. Contact: 92839558 Indian male, 28 yrs, B.Tech (Marketing) 5 yrs experience in Oman, seeking job in Marketing or sales valid Oman D/L, Noc available.

Contact 98726183, Email: sudeshsk@outlook.com

SALES / MARKETING Indian male working as Sr. Sales / Marketing Executive with thorough knowledge of Oman market in Trading as well as in procurement for 10 years seeks suitable position. Contact: 99045512 Sales professional (Graduate) additional qualification CCNA & MCSE having more 10 years experience in handling IT hardware, Networking & security products (project based) and experience in Education and training Industry in Oman, seeking employment in relevant IT companies. Contact: 99354209, Email: sandy6673@gmail.com Indian male MBA and Diploma in management from Australia. On visit visa, looking for a suitable job in sales & marketing.

Contact – 71189884 Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Conatct 96001877 NOC available Indian male, 30 yrs, MBA (marketing), BE, (ECE), 7 yrs exp in Oman in sales, projects & marketing seeks suitable placement, valid Oman D/L. Contact: 98518776 Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import fireworks for festivals, NOC available, have car. Contact 94123939.

Email: 002015r@gmail.com Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95337665 Client Relations and Sales Professional with 8 years in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, looking for suitable opportunity in Muscat. Contact +96879050752 Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 Indian male 28 yrs, Sales Engineer 3 years experience in Oman looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Contact: 93938727 Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India. +918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

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Contact# 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. #96143430 / 99875919 Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820

SKILLED LABOUR Watch repair and service looking for job, 24 yrs experience.

Contact: 99530405

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Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian Male, Expert in AutoCad, Revit Arch, Staad, Primavera seeking for a suitable placement. Contact : 90198202, nanduchandran94@gmail.com

Electrical supervisor having 10 years gulf experience in different construction project (Grid, primary s/s, etc) seeking suitable position.

GSM: 95710831

Filipino, Female, 37 years old having 9 years’ experience in office administration. Looking for Admin/HR related jobs, on visit visa.

Contact 96209384. Email: rechie.labandria@gmail.com

Indian male 27 MBA Graduate with experience looking for job in finance, Logistics or new field in Oman. Contact: 90884252, Email: tamjeedruk@gmail.com

Bangladeshi Male, University M. Com, Working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone:94864966, Email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com Indian Male, 27 Yrs Age, MSW (HR) looking for Job any reputed organization. Having more than 1.5 years in India in the area of HR & Admin seeks suitable position.

Contact : 93353912 B.COM Graduate, Indian-Kerala, 4 Years of experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license.

Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Sales & Admin. email:jobhuntmuscat@gmail.com .

Indian male Sr. Sales / Marketing Executive, with thorough knowledge of Oman market in trading as well as in procurement for about 10 years seek suitable position.

Contact: 99045512 Indian male, Accountant looking for part time accounting job / data entry / office job. Contact: 93884951 Email: mehreenraiz@gmail.com Indian male, Engineer, Procurement Officer, Construction. 23 years experience in Automobile Supply Chain, Production Planning, IT - Delivery Management, Business Analysis and Operations set-up. Contact: 90215985.

Mechanical/Production Engineer, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B. Tech in Mech Engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified. Contact arn9895@gmail. com, Mob 00919895233155 Indian Male Wood Designer & Wood works 7 Years good working experience searching for suitable job. +919698637279, GSM : +96891894487 Indian Male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures, Aware of int. Standards, B tech in Mech engg.

Contact-Mob-00917741032368, rahulkunnath23@gmail.com 9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil & Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughtsman (holding Omani driving license) seeking job.

Contact : 93790601 BE-Diploma Mechanical Engineering with 4 years experience in Oman as QA/QC in production, looking for valuable offer, with valid driving license.

Contact-99335742 3 yrs exp. in accounts field in construction and contracting trading co Muscat Oman, looking for suitable placement. Release available and immediately ready to join.

Contact: +968 94574596.

Highly Qualified male wanted decent driving job. Contact 91243132 Pak. (Male), M.B.A (Management) having 2 years experience Admin + Accountant. Good Knowledge of Tally and M.S office in Oman on visit visa looking for job.

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Email: kvraj30@gmail.com Indian Female Nurse with MOH License, looking for suitable placement in Muscat. Contact: 95537685.

Filipina, Female, 37 years, having 9 years experience in Office Administration with good communication skills and knowledge in Microsoft Office. Looking for Admin/ HR related jobs, currently on visit visa. Contact: 96209384, Email: rechie.labandria@gmail.com HSE Engineer, 3+years of experience, bachelor of Engineering (EEE), Nebosh,Iosh,Dhse,First Aid. Contact : +97474018995, email: midhunmich@gmail.com, skype: midhunmike Indian Male, age 23, B.E. in Mechanical engineering. Looking for suitable job. Oman D/L available.

Contact 93027183 Pakistani experienced male, masters in economics with valid Omani driving license, fluent in English, needs any suitable job like accounting, teaching, management, marketing or decent driving. Contact:91243132 Heavy Driver looking for job.

Contact 95651928 28,male, ACCA finalist, BSc Honors, have 4 years of professional experience in Accounts, handling work of 15 companies independently. NOC available, seeking for permanent replacement at a Senior Position,GSM-97654769,email id-abdullah.nooralam@gmail.com Document control, office admin, sales coordinator, Indian male, seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97906386 / 99073690 Indian Male Store Keeper and Sales Person have Four Years Good experience searching for suitable Job. E-mail Id ajinantony9@gmail. com, Contact: +918056761888, GSM +9695694990 Indian Male, Kerala,B.Com, having 4-years of experience in OMAN, with Valid Oman Driving License, looking for a suitable job in Sales, Accounts & Administration. mail:- jobhuntmuscat@gmail.com 33 years Indian Male MSC, MBA-HR having 8.5 yrs experience (HR / Payroll / Admin) with Oman valid DL. Seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/ backend jobs.

Contact:00968-99322978 B.E Mechanical Engineer, Indian.

Currently on family visit OMAN. Looking for job in various mechanical fields of production, manufacturing, technical and designing.

Contact 92113987,email : mohammedthanzeel@gmail.com Senior sales executive. Experience in trading industries with thorough knowledge of Oman market and wide customer contacts.

Driving license and NOC available, seeks senior position. #98487311 Indian Male 23 yrs B.E Mechanical with 02 years experience, Currently on visit seeking for suitable job. Contact : 79063064, Email id : sayedwasif@gmail.com Bangladeshi male, University M.Com, working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone:94864966, email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

in Azaiba and Ruwi

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Indian Male 22 years B.com graduate well versed English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam, Holding a valid Oman driving License searching for a suitable placement.

Contact : 96799287 B.Com, 2 yrs experience in Oman, Indian Male, 25 yrs with Driving License. Handling day today accounts activities upto finalization. Proficient in Tally. Looking for suitable placement. Ph. 91470665 Bangladeshi Male, University M.Com, Working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone: 94864966, email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com Indian male, MBA Finance & Marketing 28 yrs,6+ Exp, with oman D/L & NOC, Hospital, Pharma, Herbal, FMCG, F&B Marketing,construction A/c & sales , Contact 93379044

Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. Contact: 98294551

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SITUATION TOURS Enjoy Camping in Wahiba desert & all over Oman & tour.

Contact: 92226866 We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898

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25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP speciďŹ cation for monthly rent & small car with driver.

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SITUATION WANTFOR LADIES Special packages, Facial, Pedicure, Eyebrow, only 10 RO. Al doom Beauty Parlour Contact- 99619409

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Contact 95795971 Bangladeshi Male, University M.Com, Working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone: 94864966, email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com

Omani Male 35 years have an experience more than 10 years as a PRO , Looking for a placement as PRO and Admin job, Driving license is available. Contact : 98098089 Indian male 28, Heavy Driver having one & half year experience with release letter looking for a suitable placement.#91242867

MANPOWER Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning tiles / Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Indian Male, 24 years, B.com, MBA (Finance) with overall 3 years experience in accounts/finance field.

On Visit Visa.Contact:90115058/ safwanmeadows@gmail.com

SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Office boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir National Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

WE SERVE OMAN

Indian Male 6 years’ experience in Sea and Air Logistics of import and export documentation and clearance with valid “G” card.

Looking for suitable openings in shipping and Logistics.

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DRIVING

Marble polishing & crystallization, building cleaning floor, floor polishing, carpet, sofa shampooing, pest control, anti termite, shifting maintenance. Contact: 99504275

Indian Female, B.Com with 9 years experience currently working in an hospital visa seeks suitable placement preferably in Accounts or Admin in and around Al Khuwair. Contact 93675079.

28,male, ACCA finalist, BSc Honors, have 4 years of professional experience in Accounts, handling work of 15 companies independently.NOC available, seeking for permanent replacement at a Senior Position,GSM-97654769,email id-abdullah.nooralam@gmail.com

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998

Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 House shifting packing.

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We undertake new construction & maintenance & gypsum works.

Contact 92711506, ammarayyub@gmail.com

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. Contact 24793614/ 99314807 Carpet & Sofa Shampooing General Cleaning & Polishing Ocean Center L.L.C. Contact: 24707833 Affordable rates all types of curtain blind. Contact 99539521/ 95615642 Painting & plumbing work.

Contact: 95963682 Pest Control Treatments.

Ocean Center L.L.C. Contact 99344723

Marble Crystallization & Grinding, Ocean Center L.L.C. # 92705130 Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing,Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact 24810137, 99450130

We undertake building construction and maintenance, we have 40 Indian skilled & labors.

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