Times of Oman - May 8, 2016

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May 8, 2016 1 Sha’aban 1437 AH

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

To the People, 1975

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ Meanwhile, as we continue to march forward, building with one hand and carrying our weapons in the other, we still hold out our hands to all those whose intentions are honourable.

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Founded 1975 . Volume 41 No. 65

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IT’S ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR. IF THERE IS A VALID AGREEMENT, IT CANNOT BE DONE: OFFICIAL

‘CUTTING WATER, POWER TO FORCE EVICTION ILLEGAL’ SALEH AL SHAIBANY REJIMON K

Any tenant who is being evicted by his landlord from his house by cutting off the basic necessities is against the law and liable to be challenged in court

saleh@timesofoman.com reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Cutting off electricity and water to force out tenants from their homes by breaching a valid agreement is illegal, a top official from a real estate association in Oman said.

“It is illegal and unfair. If there is a valid agreement, it cannot be done. If somebody is being victimised, they should approach the court,” Hassan Mohd Juma, the managing director of Al Osool Real Estate (ERA-Oman) and deputy chairman of the Oman

Real Estate Association, told the Times of Oman (TOO).

TOO has learnt that tenants are reportedly being forced out from their homes as ‘some landlords’ resort to cutting off electricity and water to make them pay arrears or sign new tenancy agreements with higher rates.

“To move out a tenant, the landlord has to give at least a threemonth notice if the lease period is one year. If the lease period is only three months, then the landlord should give half of this time as notice period. This is according to the law. This cannot be breached,” Juma said.

“Oman is a country where ex-

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M U S C AT H I L L S R E S O R T

Redefining beach entertainment SHAHZAD RAZA & RAHUL DAS

shahzad@timesofoman.com rahuldas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Beach entertainment will have a whole new meaning in Oman as Muscat Hills Resort gears up to develop matchless facilities in a short span of time.

From water villas to Maldivesstyle beach chalets, and a beach club where 400 people can party, a food and beverage outlet, nine hole golf course, tennis court, boating, swimming, diving etc, will all be a part of attractions that the new resort will be offering.

The resort at Oman Dive Centre is all set to provide wholesome entertainment to the people and plans to invite even international DJs to perform on its beach facility.

Speaking exclusively to Times of Oman, Chairman and CEO of Muscat Hills Group, His Highness Sayyid Al Rawy Kais Al Said, stated, “We are actually trying to

Anwar Al Khanjari and Ismael Nunez Herrera of Muscat Hills.

develop Muscat Hills Resort as a tourism and hospitality spot offering various activities in one location, like golf course, water sports and F&B services. In fu-

ture we are going to add recreation facilities like the gyms, tennis courts and much more to complement the whole resort so that there is fun for everyone in the family.”

Explaining the details, he announced that the first phase of the project will have a soft opening soon after Ramadan.

“The F&B outlet will have a soft opening in July while the grand launch has been planned for October. The construction work for the nine-hole golf course will begin next month and completed in about a year’s time,” he said.

Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club, Director of Golf, Ray Stopforth, said that the Muscat Hills Resort will feature a new ninehole, par 3 golf course which can be enjoyed by all who visit the resort.

“The construction of the golf course is planned to start in June/ July this year,” he said. >A6

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Precocious drummer Indian man found does Oman proud dead in Nizwa

Fanja’s Al Musallami named best player

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Santrupth G R Vedanthi, who can act as a role model for many in the society, is being featured in the Times of Oman’s #OmanPride campaign. Vedanthi, a young percussionist donates half of all his earnings to cancer patients in Oman. >A4

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An Indian expatriate was found dead in his room on Saturday morning in Nizwa, officials from the company he was working for said. The deceased, identified as Harish from the south Indian state of Kerala, was working with Al Naba company. >A5

Fanja Club’s Mohammed Al Musallami was toast of the evening as the curtains came down on Oman Football Association’s football season with the 2015-2016 Annual Awards Gala organised at the Crowne Plaza on Saturday. >C3

RESCUE EFFORTS: Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance searching the Salalah waters for the missing expat. – PACDA

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patriates and nationals are given equal treatment under the law.

Let it be an expatriate or a national, if he is been forced to move out through illegal ways breaching agreement, he should challenge it in the court,” he said, adding that tenants should read the agreement properly before signing it.

According to the current tenancy law in Oman, for residential buildings, the rent can be increased only once in three years and for commercial buildings, it can be done only once in five years.

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MUSCAT: An expatriate, who was missing since Friday afternoon in the Salalah waters, was found dead on Saturday.

“His body was retrieved from the water this morning,” the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA) tweeted in its official Twitter handle.

The authority had resumed its search and rescue operation this morning after stopping it late on Friday night due to lack of light.

Sarath, the Indian expat who drowned in Salalah.

Indian national Meanwhile, Manpreet Singh, the Indian consular agent confirmed the victim was an Indian national, who had gone missing in the waters near the Raysut Oasis Club.

Sources said the victim has been identified as Sarath, an IT administrator from the south Indian

state of Kerala, who was working with a company in Muscat.

“Sarath had gone to Salalah as part of work. He was on a pleasure trip on the tragic day,” sources added.

Last month, a child who had gone missing at Saham beach was also found dead by PACDA. >A6

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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 A series of Spanish films will be shown as part of the Sixth ‘Spanish Cinema Nights’, that will be held at Shatti City Cinema on May 15, 16 and 17 at 7 pm, according to a press note.

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People advised caution as rain reported in Jabal Al Akhdar Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Heavy rain and hailstorm fell in the Jabal Al Akhdar area yesterday leading to overflow of wadis, ONA reported.

Meanwhile, people have been advised to avoid low lying areas and crossing wadis by Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA).

Late on Saturday, Oman meteorology department predicted rain in different parts of Oman after due to presence of rain clouds over the Sultanate.

In its forecast, the Department

predicted chances of convective clouds development with isolated rain occasionally over Al Hajar Mountain and adjoining areas.

Despite repeated warnings by authorities, two Omanis were killed when their vehicle was swept away by flood waters in Wadi Kabeel of Quriyat province in April. Rain had claimed seven lives in March. Last week, a top official from Oman Meteorology Department said that tropical activities and storm season is approaching Oman as May has arrived, bringing high temperatures.

Tropical storms “Chances of tropical storms formation during this month and the beginning of June have been already indicated by several numerical weather prediction models,” the official said.

However, the forecasters have not yet announced the exact areas which will be hit by storms and accompanied with rain. In the first week of April, many areas of Oman witnessed heavy rain as weather monitoring station in Bahla recorded 107.4 millimetres (mm) of rainfall, while Samail recorded 22.6 mm and Bausher 13.2 mm.

MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Introductory seminar on Omani Labour Law MUSCAT: Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), represented by the Human Resources and Labour Market Committee, will on Monday organise an introductory seminar about the Omani Labour Law targeting managers of human resources and administrators from the private sector under the auspices of Hamad bin Khamis Al A’mri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower for Labour Affairs.

Legal awareness The seminar aims to discuss values and perception of legal texts by raising the level of legal awareness and develop the skills necessary for human resources managers by their understanding of the labour law and contributing to the stability in the work environment through the familiarising workers with their rights and duties. -ONA

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EVENT

‘Spanish Cinema Nights’ in Oman

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Two persons arrested by ROP for posession of drugs Times News Service MUSCAT: Two citizens were arrested by the police in two different places on drug charges and referred to Public Prosecution.

One citizen was arrested by the

THRILLER: The three films selected this year are intense thrillers. – Supplied photo

Times News Service MUSCAT: A series of Spanish films will be shown as part of the Sixth ‘Spanish Cinema Nights’, that will be held at Shatti City Cinema on May 15, 16 and 17 at 7 pm, according to a press note.

Organised by the Embassy of Spain in the Sultanate of Oman, the Department of Culture of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Omani-Spanish Friendship Association, Unión Fenosa Gas and Shatti City Cinema, three popular movies will be screened aiming at offering a glimpse of Spanish contemporary cinema according to the following schedule: Original Spanish versions of Marshland (18+) on May 15, Box 507 (PG) on May 16, and Thesis (18+) on May 17 with English subtitles will be shown to those interested in Spanish language and culture, and to the audience in Oman in general.

“The three films selected this year are intense thrillers that offer suspense, drama and mystery from different settings, angles and perspectives, showcasing the variety of Spanish cinema in this particular genre,” the release said.

Marshland Marshland (‘La Isla Mínima’, 2014, 18+) is set in 1980 in a remote town of the Spanish Deep South. Two ideologically opposed detectives will have to set aside their differences in order to successfully arrest a serial killer who for years has terrorised the local community. In the best tradition of ‘film noir’, Marshland offers a detective story with a subtle sociological subplot. Directed by Alberto Rodríguez, the movie was acclaimed by critics and became a box office hit in Spain in 2014, winning ten Goya Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Box 507 The movie Box 507 is about a forest fire and bank robbery by a criminal gang in a town alongside the glitzy Costa del Sol. It is also about the accidental discovery of documents that hold the key to a mysterious death that occurred seven years earlier, marking the transformation of a mild mannered middle-aged manager of a bank into a ruthless avenger seeking to discover the truth about the death of his daughter, while confronting powerful forces determined to prevent the disclosure of well kept secrets. Directed by Enrique Urbizu, Box 507 features many of the most prominent actors in Spanish cinema, including Antonio Resines, Jose Coronado and Goya Toledo.

Thesis Thesis is the “opera prima” of internationally acclaimed Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar. It is set in Madrid in the 1990s. The movie tells the story of a young student of visual arts who, while preparing her thesis on the use of violence in cinema, becomes entangled in a series of crimes related to the subject of her research.

By focusing on the psychology of the characters in the movie and avoiding explicit scenes, Alejandro Amenábar succeeds in creating an intense film, which also encourages the audience to reflect on the moral correctness of violence in cinema, and its limits. “Thesis” received 7 Goya awards in 1997, including Best film, Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

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Directorate General of Drugs and Narcotics Control at Royal Oman Police police in the Wilayat of Bausher on the charges of possession of drugs.

The Drugs and Narcotics Control at the ROP Headquarters of

North Al Batinah arrested another citizen in the Wilayat of Al Suwaiq on the same charges.

Both the arrested citizens have been referred to the Public Prosecution for further investigations.

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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 I have reached this level because of my parents support and more importantly the audience, who likes my style of drumming and there encouragement has brought me till here Santrupth G R Vedanthi, Drummer

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New survey data reveals students need greater practical training NCSI reported that 66 per cent of male students believe their degrees help them find jobs, while only 59 per cent of female students thought that the degree helps

The poll conducted by the NCSI revealed that 61 per cent of students believe that higher education, better qualifies them for securing a job, while 48 per cent said university education is just satisfactory

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MUSCAT: More than a third of private higher education students believe they will have a better chance of joining the labour market if they have a university degree.

According to a poll conducted by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), 61 per cent of students believe that

higher education better qualifies them for securing a job, while 48 per cent said university education is just satisfactory.

About 15 per cent of college students said that despite attending university courses, they do not feel it equips them with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the job market.

College student Faisal Miran said, “We live in an ever changing reality and the skills, which

are required in the job market are constantly evolving, changing and becoming more demanding.”

“Unfortunately, some of my college studies are not always rel-

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evant and up-to-date vis-a-vis our fast paced reality.”

“This is why when some students are exposed to the job market, the get shocked that most of

the things they’ve learnt over the years were unnecessary and redundant,” said Miran.

NCSI reported that 66 per cent of male students believe their degrees help them find jobs, while only 59 per cent of female students thought that the degree helps.

Labour market value Sixty-seven per cent of students pursuing business, social sciences and literature strongly feel that their degrees hold relevance and value in terms of meeting the requirements of the labour market, according to NCSI. More than two-thirds of private higher education students, accounting for 69 per cent, feel that there are limited opportunities for practical training and many of them feel it negatively impacts their chances of getting a job.

Miran said, “In my opinion, the skills and the amount of knowledge that I gain from a practical course in my college are much

more beneficial and valuable, compared to a completely theoretical course.”

Another student said colleges should teach them more practical things that can help them land a job. “In my point of view, I see that our college provides us with some skills, but we need more, for example, practice on writing business reports or ways of writing and presenting CVs, as well as practice job interviews,” said Saada Al Mamari.

“Moreover, I think that our college is taking care of theoretical studies more than practical tasks.

We need more practical courses,” said Al Mamari.

According to NCSI, 46 per cent of the respondents in the poll felt that their curriculum needs to be redesigned to better suit the requirements of the labour market. 42 per cent felt that the lack of English language skills gives them a lesser chance of landing a job while 43 per cent felt that they lacked proper research capabilities.

MODERN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND SCIENCE

Young expatriate drummer Students showcase 70 science does the Sultanate proud projects at college exhibition Times News Service

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mobinmathew@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Santrupth G R Vedanthi, who can act as a role model for many in society, is being featured in the Times of Oman’s (TOO’s) #Omanpride campaign today.

PRECOCIOUS TALENT: Santrupth G R Vedanthi class 10 student Vedanthi, a young percussionist at the Indian School Muscat has passed level eight at the Trinity donates half of all his earnings to College of London’s music exams. – Supplied photo cancer patients in Oman.

“Helping others comes naturally to me and I will try to help others in proud by passing level eight at the the teachers for their support.

“My second home Oman, has every possible way within my lim- Trinity College of London’s music it,” Vedanthi, class 10 student at the exams. According to his parents, always lent big support to me and my Band Red Khanjar and the othhe is the youngest to achieve this.

Indian School Muscat told TOO. er highly talented young Omanis The young and talented drumband members,” Vedanthi said. mer is all set for his maiden visit to First steps He also plans to enrol for a dithe prestigious Berklee College of “We have supported him since Music; in Boston, Massachusetts he developed his love for drum- ploma course in drumming.

Speaking about his experience ming at the age of three. We will on a scholarship.

The United States-based col- always support him in pursuing of sharing a stage with renowned lege is the largest independent his dreams,” his father G.V. Ram- Indian music director A.R. Rahcollege of contemporary music in krishna, who works as the Group man he said, “It was a dream come the world. It is also widely known Head—Sales and Expat Services in true and it was a big stage and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” as the world’s foremost institute Bank Muscat, said.

Vedanthi has also had an op“We feel honoured when his for the study of jazz and modern teachers and mentors appreciate portunity to play drums with faAmerican music.

Speaking about how he was se- him. We feel blessed to have Sant- mous Indian drummer Shivamani, whom he believes as a genius lected by the Berklee College of rupth as our son,” he added.

“I have reached this level because in percussion.

Music, Vedanthi said, “There was He also wants to build a career in a selection process where I had to of my parents support and more improvide my credentials and also had portantly the audience, who likes engineering and his ambition is to to upload videos of my stage perfor- my style of drumming and there take his music to the needy.

“I want to bring happiness in mance and then the panel decided encouragement has brought me till their life through my drumming,” here,” Vedanthi said. to offer scholarship or not.”

He also thanked his school and he explained.

He has also made his parents

MUSCAT: To build an academic environment that appreciates the spirit of scientific enquiry and innovation, the Wellness Club and Department of Computer Science at the Modern College of Business and Science held a science exhibition at the college campus recently.

As many as 150 students pursuing the General Education Course PHY 1, ‘How Things Work’, took part in the exhibition. Students showcased some 70 projects and working models based upon fundamental laws of physics. Some of the models focused on the following concepts: The greenhouse effect was explained through an ideal, pollution free environment using clean, renewable sources of energy; a Segway demonstrated basic principles of pollution free motion and acceleration; a model roller coaster demonstrated the idea of weightlessness; a model of gyroscopic precision explained the principles of torque and angular momentum; a model displaying magnetic levitation explained the concept of running magnetically elevated trains; models of hydraulic lift and press demonstrated the idea of lifting or pressing materials using the principle of Pascal’s law; the solar energy cooler demonstrated the idea of cooling air with non-polluting solar energy; the model of infinity mirrors explained the concept of geometric optics; the solar mobile charger demonstrated the charging of a mobile phone using solar energy; a solar traffic light explained the idea of running

EXPLAINING WORKING: Students explained the workings of their models based on the principles of physics. – Supplied photo

traffic lights using solar energy; a hot air balloon demonstrated the idea of a lifting balloon using the buoyancy of air; models on energy conservation demonstrated the idea of conversion of wind energy to electric energy, solar energy to electric energy and electric energy to mechanical energy.

Making understandable Commenting on the exhibition, Rajeev Rajendran, who coordinated the event, said, “The physical world around us is governed by the laws of nature, which are basically the principles of physics.

Science and technology in today’s world is an integral part of our day-to-day life, but for many of us, the modern world is impossible to understand. In fact, much of this world around us and the everyday technology we use is governed by a few basic principles of physics,

and once these principles are understood, the world and the vast array of technology in our lives become understandable. The students made a sincere effort to understand these basic principles of physics as part of their PHY 1 course project work, and made a good attempt to explain to others about their work”.

Rajendran added that the main purpose of this exhibition is to help students gain an understanding and appreciation of the basic principles of physics, to accelerate their skills in problem solving, logical thinking, critical thinking and seeing science in everyday life. Students explained the workings of their models based on the principles of physics. The exhibition will help students to maintain their scientific curiosity, which is essential for modern living.

POPULAR CLASSIC

Noted Malayalam actors to be honoured by the Indian community in Muscat Staff Reporter

worked with the most elemental in individual and society, communal and personal life, human emotions and yearnings, which may be the reason why it still holds its mercurial charm,” Mohammed Ali added.

MUSCAT: Indian actors who played the lead role in Chemmeen, a 1965 Malayalam romantic drama film, will be honoured in Oman.

“On May 13, Madhavan Nair who is fondly known as Madhu and Sheela will be honoured in Muscat. The movie was made in 1965. Now, 50 years have gone.

But still it is one of the very few ‘popular classics’ in Malayalam cinema,” OK Mohammed Ali, a Muscat-based photo journalist who ideated the celebration, said.

Success all the way Chemmeen not only won a national award for its artistic excellence, being the first South Indian film to win Indian President’s Gold Medal for the Best Film, it was also a huge commercial success.

“Very few films have succeeded in achieving both, and no wonder, its popularity and aesthetic

ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE: Madhavan Nair (right) and Sheela in a

poster from the 1965 Malyalam movie Chemmeen. – Supplied photo

appeal persists even today,” Mohammed Ali added.

Based on the celebrated novel

by ThakazhiSivasankara Pillai, and made in a decade when liter-

ary adaptations were the norm, filming this novel held tough challenges.

“Chemmeen is also about possession and greed. Chemmeen

Muscat Artists Sponsored by Shifa Al Jazeer Hospital Group, JK films will present the function at Al Bustan Palace in association with Muscat Artists.

“Both Madhu and Sheela together on stage itself will be a gift for film buffs in Muscat,” Jayakumar Vallikavu, the director of JK films, and Riju Ram from Muscat Artists, said.

Mohammed Ali added that the movie will be staged in a drama format on stage and Omani signer Mohammed Rafi will render the songs. Muscat-based choreogpaher Rajesh Master.

Lulu Hypermarket, Global Medical Equipment and Malabar Gold are the other sponsors.

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Expatriate found dead in Nizwa

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: An Indian expatriate was found dead in his room on Saturday morning in Nizwa, officials from the company he was working for said.

The deceased, identified as Harish from one of the northern districts of the south Indian state of Kerala, was working with Al Naba company.

“He was working as a supervisor with our company. As he didn’t turn up for duty, the security was sent to check,” an official from the company told Times of Oman.

“The security found that the room was locked from inside.

So, they used the duplicate key and opened the room. There they found him hanging from the ceiling fan,” the official added.

“Later on, the police was called,” the official from the company said.

The police have initiated investigations and the body is under police custody, he added. “Harish’s family has been informed,” the company official added.

Meanwhile, a person who has been a friend of the deceased for the last eight years, said that he was seen disturbed for the last few months. “Harish was working as a laundry service supervisor with Oman Air through Al Naba,” the friend added.

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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 A certain percentage of the villas will be on water and the rest on the beach. This is just a plan and we have to get approvals from all quarters before beginning the construction His Highness Sayyid Al Rawy Kais Al Said, Chairman and CEO of Muscat Hills Group

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hose who are writing off the Omani economy need to look at the broader gauge of the current performance and examine its economic data to see that the Sultanate has already beaten expectations for the first quarter of 2016.

Those same critics would also

see that Oman has experienced exceptional growth in the last two decades, due to its social achievements, increasing competitiveness, the rise of the middle class and significant urbanisation.

The critics see deficits and the stagnation of development projects, but not the solid foundation that is set to weather this challenging period.

In the first three months of this year, employment in the private sector increased by 4.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2015.

Also, average profits of private

companies experienced a growth of 2.7 per cent while registrations of new businesses have gone up 7.3 per cent. Bank lending to customers has not suffered, either, and financial institutions in the first quarter of this year have not slowed in financing the business sector.

There were no signs of consumers tightening their belts, because inflation only increased by 1.2 per cent in the last quarter, compared to the same quarter last year.

Critics are commenting about the freezing of important projects, such as the OMR6 billion railway projects, the delays in opening of new airports or the downsizing of some development ventures, such as construction of roads, schools and hospitals.

Delaying these projects might prevent the economy from ex-

panding, but will not slow it down. The state of microeconomics in Oman is still healthy and the signs are everywhere.

It is true that the government is tightening its spending, but it is mainly a precautionary measure shared by other GCC countries.

General gloom It is normal to respond to the general gloom when the global economy appears to be in a crisis. But, the truth is that Oman’s economy is not in a crisis.

In the short term, even a minor shock can generate fear and put many in a panic, including policy makers. It is true there are complex and short term challenges Oman has to face, but a modest deficit of OMR3.3 billion is not something the country should fear will sound its death knell. If there is any consolation, Oman’s

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deficit is the lowest in the region.

To say that critics are overreacting by dismissing the Omani economy is not an overstatement. Oman traditionally does not inflate its assets the way other GCC countries do.

It has remained realistic since the 1970s. By keeping its assets in real terms, the government has managed its deficits quite well in the last five years.

However, Oman needs to stick to its commitment on fiscal corrections. The path towards that target will not be easy, taking into consideration the challenges of low oil prices.

Major corrections have ups and downs. The commitment not to inflate the forecast deficit is one of them and should not catch the Ministry of Finance wrongfooted. But if one takes into consideration the commitment in

the adjustments of the economy so far this year, the Sultanate is already on its way to rein in its financial complexity. The deregulation of energy prices, subsidy cuts and taxation are expected to plug the holes in state coffers.

With these austerity measures strictly in place, the good performance in the first quarter of 2016 will continue to be seen in the second quarter. The outlook of the economy, based on the current quarterly performance, looks brighter and would quiet critics if the trend continues.

This should be a comfort to policy makers, but they need to focus on the driving forces of the current economy.

There should be no nasty shocks lying ahead, as long as the current fundamentals are maintained. The simple message should be, do not panic.

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CELEBRATIONS: With a tagline, Come, Experience, Believe, Oman

Avenues Mall is holding a month-long celebrations.

LUCKY FIND: Although the two young boys are delighted with their ‘treasure,’ the family would like it to be housed in an appropriate

Oman Avenues Mall events get good response

museum. -Jun Estrada

Staff Reporter

The curved sword is 31 inches long and has an eight-inch long hilt

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deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: What is thought to be an ancient 18th century Persian ‘Shamshir’ (sword) has been found at the Al Hail beach by a British expat family.

While on an early morning treasure hunting trip to the beach, the family with two young boys, Mackenzie, 4 and Dexter, 2, their mother and grandmother, were

searching the shore for interesting shells and unusual stones, while enjoying a bit of paddling in the cooling waters.

It was then that Samantha O’ Mahony, the mother of the two boys came across a long piece of corroded metal, caught among some of the larger rocks on the shore line. Assuming it was a discarded piece of junk metal, she walked past it; but after a few minutes of deliberating what the shape reminded her of, she decided to go back and have another look.

Having visited several forts and castles in Oman, she thought the item vaguely looked like a very rusted and blunt sword from one of their exhibits. Upon closer inspection, it became apparent that the piece of metal was in fact, shaped just like a sword.

The family assumed that after a particularly stormy high tide, the sword had washed up onto the beach and nestled among the

larger rocks. “It had clearly spent some time in the water due to the amount of corrosion and coral that had disfigured its once gleaming surface,” said O’ Mahony.

Curved blade “As the sword has dried out, the coral started to fall off revealing the curved blade, which is 31 inches long, with an eight-inch long hilt. Part of the guard and the scabbard are missing; there are no visible signs of engraving. The blade appears to have lost its tip, perhaps in battle or an enthusiastic dance, where it was subsequently tossed into the sea; and there are slight twists in the blade, perhaps due to the rough seas smashing it against the rocks,” she added.

Perhaps the sword has seen better days, but it is an exciting piece of history and you can’t help but sit back and imagine what adventures it has been through.

“Mackenzie was particularly ex-

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Delighted Although the two young boys are delighted with their ‘treasure,’ the family would like it to be housed in an appropriate museum since they have limited knowledge of Middle Eastern arms and their research has purely been based on comparing archived images with that of the actual shape of the sword.

If anyone has further information about the exact classification of the sword or would like to accept it as an exhibit in their collection, please contact the newspaper directly.

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“The 9-hole, par 3 golf course will be constructed in the basin of the main water outlet which leads into the sea at the entrance of the resort. The combination of manicured fairways and greens and water is what the view will be seen from the surrounding roads, as the golf course is designed around a water canal with an island green as a feature to get most players excited. The golf course will definitely soften the approach to Muscat Hills Resort and will also be aesthetically pleasing to the eye, the resort will be poised to offer outdoor lifestyle patrons activities for everyone from boating, swimming, scuba diving and now golf in the short form of the game,” he said.

Anwar Al Khanjari, Group Director, Human Resources and Administration, Muscat Hills said that they have already hired 40 staff and the resort will have around 300 people when the en-

cited to see the sword and was keen to share his enthusiasm with his father, Michael, who was working at the time, and so the sword was taken home. If we had left the sword on the beach, it may have been washed away, and then who would have believed us that we had found a sword on the beach? It’s not something that happens every day.”

tire project is complete. “Once ready it will attract tourists from all over the world,” he said.

Mediterranean, Arabic food Ismael Nunez Herrera, the F&B Manager, who has been recently hired from Spain, said that they will be serving Mediterranean and Arabic style food in the beach club restaurant.

“The beach club concept doesn’t exist in Oman where people can enjoy their food inside or outside the restaurant.

“Around 150 people can sit inside the restaurant while 400 guests can be accommodated outside, right on the beach,” he said.

The place will also host weddings, receptions and corporate meetings.

Regarding the hotel, His Highness Sayyid Al Rawy Kais Al Said explained that they were planning a mix of water villas and beach side residences, which

don’t exist in Oman. “A certain percentage of the villas will be on water and the rest on the beach. This is just a plan and we have to get approvals from all quarters before beginning the construction,” he said.

Responding to a question, Muscat Hills Chairman said he felt proud to be involved and contributing to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s vision about tourism development in Oman.

Earlier, Times of Oman had revealed how the site had been rebranded as the Muscat Hills Dive Centre after years of identity as ODC. The dive centre has long been a popular spot for tourists and Muscat residents.

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This year in February, two young Omani siblings, who had set off on a fishing trip also went missing and their bodies were found later on.

Last December, an 18-yearold Jordanian girl had drowned in the Al Mughsayl waters, some 40 kilometres from Salalah and in September, two girls had drowned in a wadi in Sohar province when they went for a swim while having been left unsupervised during a sightseeing trip.

Both the children, who drowned in September, were not aged more than nine, PACDA had tweeted then.

The children were holidaying with their family in Wadi Jizzi, where a number of small pools had sprung up after the area received heavy rainfall last week.

The family had pulled out one of the children from the water but couldn’t revive her. Civil defence personnel had retrieved the other child’s body later.

MUSCAT: Celebrations for loyal customers at Oman Avenues Mall is getting huge response, a top official from the mall said.

“Since the celebrations started the average footfall has been tremendous. On May 5, it was 100,000,” Ben Watson, the General Manager at Oman Avenues Mall, told Times of Oman.

With a tagline, Come, Experience, Believe, Oman Avenues Mall is holding a month-long celebrations.

“We’re all about quality. We want to be different and remarkable in everything we do. Come – We’re welcoming you to join us, Experience – Our quality offering and Believe – That there’s no better place to shop, dine and celebrate,” Ben added.

From May 1 till 31, 2016, customers who spend OMR15 or more can go into the draw to win a dream car Mercedes SLK AMG. “Customers who shop on

weekdays also get a double chance to win the luxury car. Additionally, OMR 1,000 in retailer gift vouchers will be given away every weekday to one lucky winner totalling OMR23,000,” the official added.

As part of the celebrations, amazing roaming entertainment, live performances and digital projection shows are held every weekend during the month giving customers even more reasons to visit beginning from 7pm.

“We’re excited to bring some amazing shows to the mall, and give away some incredible prizes to our loyal customers. May will undoubtedly be the most exciting month for us yet,”Mysa Al Hinai, Head of Corporate Communications, said. Oman Avenues Mall, a division of renowned LuLu Group International based at Abu Dhabi, is one of the largest and finest malls in Oman.

Oman Avenues Mall is spread across 72,000 sq.m. of built-up space in 145,000 Sqm.

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“If your tenant is not paying the rent, you need to take proper action. You have to start legal proceedings and file the case through the court and not cut off basic utilities,” the official, who did not want to be named as he is not authorised to talk to the press, told TOO. However, ‘some landlords’ said they resort to such moves to protect their interests.

“We have to protect our interest. For example, my livelihood depends on rentals and I cannot survive if the tenant does not pay the rent. The last resort is to cut off the electricity and water to force him to pay,” Khalid Al Maamary, a landlord of a block of flats in Al Baushar told TOO. With summer approaching, tenants will be left to sweat it out in the heat with small children. At the same time, they would also have to find out extra cash to pay for a new lease agreement.

“I missed only two payments but I already promised him to pay back by end of this month. He cut off the utilities and we have a two months old baby. This is inhuman and where can we go?” Rishi Sampat, an Indian expatriate, said.

Kabeer Khan, a Pakistani has a similar story. He said that even though he pays his rent regularly, his landlord is demanding a 20 per cent hike in the new agreement.

Extra cash “The last agreement expired in February. He gave me one month’s notice and I cannot come up with the extra cash. He cut off the electricity for 24 hours last week, but reconnected the second day with a warning that he would permanently shut off everything if I don’t pay the new rent,” Khan said.

In its latest report issued in November, Cluttons, the international real-estate consultancy, said that after five consecutive quarters of stability in the residential rental market, rents across Muscat had dipped slightly during the third quarter of 2015.

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Dhofar lobster season ends with bigger catch

GENDER EQUALITY

Honour for Oman at Jordan Summit AMMAN: The Sultanate has bagged the appreciation certificate for equality in gender in basic and post-basic education awarded

by Women in Parliament (WIP) Global Forum 2016 held in Amman, Jordan.

The Sultanate’s delegation to the forum was chaired by Dr. Suad bint Mohammed Al Lawati, vice chairperson of the State Council who received the certificate.

More than 260 woman parliamentary members have participated in the forum which is the first one to be held in the Middle East and North Africa.—ONA

PRIZED CATCH: Lobster season is one of the most important times of year for many fishermen because of the revenues they are able to

earn. -ONA

far came in first with 271 tonnes, followed by South A’Sharqiyah with 73 tonnes and Al Wusta with 62 tonnes.

Al Araimi remarked about the high value of lobsters, noting that one kilogram of lobster costs OMR3.5 to OMR4.5. Lobsters are both locally consumed and exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some Asian and European countries.

Lobsters are both locally consumed and exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar besides some Asian and European countries

JA’ALAN BANI BU HASSAN: Lobster season ended last Saturday in the Governorates of South A’Sharqiyah, Dhofar and Al Wusta.

The season began on March 1 and continued for two months.

Lobster season is one of the most important times of year for many fishermen because of the revenues they are able to earn.

Omani fishermen catch lobsters along the coasts in the Governorates of South A’Sharqiyah, Dhofar and Al Wusta overlooking

the Arabian Sea. Salim bin Sultan Al Araimi, Director of the Fisheries Department in the Wilayat of Ja’alan Bani Bu Ali in the Niyabat of Al Ashkharah pointed out that sizeable revenues have been reported due to the large lobster harvests in 2016 in some coastal villages in the Governorate of South A’Sharqiyah.

He added that the harvest has increased, in comparison with past years.

He also told Oman News Agency (ONA) that specialists from the ministry are collecting and analysing scientific, economic and statistical data concerning the current season in the Sultanate.

He added that, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries statistics, the catching of lobster in 2015 reached 416 tonnes, compared to 302 tonnes in 2014.

Largest lobster catches The Governorates of Dhofar and Al Wusta have reported some of the largest lobster catches. Dho-

ARCHITECT OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Ambedkar anniversary marked Times News Service MUSCAT: B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian constitution, had done commendable work in framing the constitution and his work in the fields of social justice and economics is also remarkable, Indra Mani Pandey, the Indian ambassador to Oman, said.

The Indian ambassador delivered a speech at a function organised to mark Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary in Muscat by the Ambedkar International Mission Oman (AIM Oman).

The event is being celebrated in various parts of the world to spread his thoughts and ideas.

The year 2016 has been declared as the “Equality and Social Justice Year” by India to commemorate the leader’s 125th birth anniversary, with an event having been celebrated at the Indian Em-

bassy Oman on April 14 and AIM Oman actively participating in the celebration.

Ambedkar was first Minister of Law in independent India and was given India’s highest civil award, the Bharat Ratna. He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who campaigned against social discrimination, and played a major role in championing the rights of women, labourers and the oppressed people of Indian society.

Speakers from India included

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Dr. Narendra Jadhav, a member of the Rajya Sabha, and a noted economist and celebrated writer, who has articulated the various roles played by Ambedkar in building India before and after the Independence.

Another accompanying guest from India was Dr. Said Parnerkar, a social servant, who in his speech appealed to the audience to follow the three main principles recommended by Ambedkar: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, on which the Indian constitution is based.

Seasonal rules He urged the country’s fishermen to abide by seasonal rules and regulations, as the Law on Marine Fishing and Protection of Living Aquatic Resources bans fishing during the fertilisation and reproduction period from May 1 to February 28 each year.

He pointed out that prohibitions remains in force during the period of fertilisation and reproduction that includes handling, transportation, sale, purchase and export, as well as all operations related to the lobster trade. -ONA

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REGION S TAT E S E C R E T S

YEMEN SHELLING ANNIVERSARY

Yemenis gather on Saturday at a small fishing port in Yemen’s government-controlled second city of Aden’s Tawahi neighbourhood to mark the one year anniversary of a shelling that hit people who were trying to escape by sea the country’s ongoing conflict. According to health officiasl at the time, at least 32 civilians were killed and 67 wounded in the shelling blamed on Houthi rebels. — AFP

Egypt court recommends death for journalists CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for three journalists and three others charged with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and documents to Qatar.

Jordanian national Alaa Omar Sablan and Ibrahim Mohammed Helal, who both work for Qatarbased broadcaster Al Jazeera, and Asmaa Al Khateeb, a reporter for Rassd, a pro-Muslim Brotherhood news network, were sentenced in absentia. They can appeal.

The sentence is the latest since a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood after an army takeover stripped former president Mohammed Mursi of power in 2013 following mass protests against his rule.

Following Saturday’s ruling, a final decision is expected on June 18, after the sentence has been referred to the top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for a nonbinding opinion.

Judge Mohammed Shireen Fahmy, who announced the verdict, also said that a ruling against Mursi and several others charged in the same case, would be postponed to the same date.

Mursi has been sentenced in three other cases, including the death penalty for a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising and a life sentence for spying on behalf of Hamas. — Reuters

AT TA C K S O N T U R K E Y T O W N

Coalition air strikes kill 48 IS rebels in Syria ISTANBUL: US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria killed 48 IS militants on Saturday, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said, quoting the Turkish military.

F-16 and A-10 warplanes killed 44 members of the militant group and injured others in Harjalah, Delha, Baragitah and Hawar Kilis, it said.

Four more members of the extremist group were killed in separate airstrikes in the Karakopru region. Gun installations and barracks were also destroyed in that attack, it said.

The airstrikes were in response to increasingly frequent IS attacks against opposition forces in northern Syria, Anadolu said, citing national security sources.

The Turkish border town of Kilis, which lies just across the frontier from IS-controlled territory of Syria, has been hit by regular rocket fire in recent weeks. The Turkish military usually responds with artillery barrages into northern Syria, but officials have said it is difficult to hit mobile IS targets with howitzers. — Reuters

Saudi names Falih energy minister to replace Naimi Khalid Al Falih is currently chairman of the state oil giant Saudi Aramco while Ali Al Naimi has been made an adviser at

Ali Al Naimi

Khalid Al Falih

Riyadh in 2014 introduced a new oil strategy aimed at defending its market share and allowing cheap crude to balance the market without cutting supplies, regardless of how low oil prices might fall.

Falih’s appointment is only likely to strengthen this strategy rather than lead to any change in thinking, Saudi watchers and analysts say.

“The appointment of Falih has been expected for some time,” said Saddad Al Hosseini, a Saudi energy consultant.

“He has the right industrial and executive experience to lead the

reorganisation of the energy and electricity sectors.”

Falih has for years been considered a possible successor to Naimi, who also stepped up to oil minister after heading Aramco.

After graduating in 1982 with a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, Falih has spent more than 30 years in Aramco, where he was chief executive from 2009 until he was named chairman last year.

He is one of a handful of Saudi figures whose views are closely watched by traders and analysts for any insight on the kingdom’s oil thinking.

the Royal Court

DUBAI/KHOBAR/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, on Saturday appointed Khalid Al Falih, chairman of the state oil giant Saudi Aramco, as its new energy minister, replacing Ali Al Naimi, who had held the post since 1995.

A royal decree quoted on state television said the petroleum ministry had been renamed to become the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, and that Falih would give up his other post, that of health minister.

S Y R I A C I V I L WA R

Naimi, who turned 80 in August, began his career in oil at the age of 12 as an office boy at Aramco, and ends it as one of the country’s highest-ranking non-royals.

He becomes an adviser at the Royal Court, the decree said.

Naimi has always tried to use Saudi financial muscle and oil supply scale to drive out highercost producers or rivals during oil market downturns.

He did so while helping to steer OPEC through a minefield of instability provided by the political travails of several member countries - including wars involving Iraq and Libya, and sanctions on Iran.

New central bank head According to Bloomberg, Ahmed AlKholifey was apponited as central bank governor, replacing Fahad Al Mubarak, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

AlKholifey was previously deputy governor for research and international affairs at the central bank, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.

Al Mubarak was named central bank governor in 2011 and was previously chairman and manag-

ing director of Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia. He oversaw Saudi monetary policy during a period of stress as the oil price slump depleted the government’s main source of revenue, led to a budget deficit of nearly $100 billion last year and ate away at the kingdom’s currency reserves, still among the largest in the world.

The governor had repeatedly reiterated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to pegging its currency to the dollar as the central bank’s net foreign assets declined by $115 billion last year. Twelve-month forward contracts for the Saudi riyal hit their highest level in two decades in January, reflecting growing bets by traders that the kingdom would allow its currency to weaken, though the speculation has since subsided.

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a comprehensive blueprint to prepare the world’s largest oil exporter for the post-oil era last month, dubbed “Saudi Vision 2030.”

Plans include selling shares in state giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Aramco, and creating the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. - Agencies

GAZA REFUGEE CAMP

Conditions worsen in besieged Hama prison: HRW and activists AMMAN: Conditions were worsening in a Syrian prison where nearly 800 mostly political detainees have launched a revolt, with security forces failing in an attempt to storm the facility overnight, rights groups and activists said on Saturday.

The prison has been surrounded by government forces since Monday after inmates rose up and seized several guards in protest at the transfer of five detainees sentenced to death to a feared high security prison, according to rights activists in touch with inmates and with New York-based Human Rights Watch. Security forces on Friday fired dozens of tear gas bombs and used rubber bullets in an attempt to end the rebellion.

Videos released by inmates on social media showed several men gasping for breath and coughing and saying they were suffocating from “poisonous gas”, with gunshots heard in the background and fires breaking out in the corri-

The prison has been surrounded by government forces since last Monday after inmates rose up and seized several guards in protest at the transfer of five detainees sentenced to death to a feared high security facility

dors after the gas cannisters were launched.

Syrian rights activist Mazen Darwish, a former detainee in the prison and in touch with prisoners said conditions were fast deteriorating with electricity and water cut for three days amid food shortages and serious medical conditions among some of the inmates.

“Inmates are running out of food and water and even medi-

cines are no longer being given to those in serious conditions,” Darwish said, adding prisoners wanted the Syrian Red Crescent to mediate on their behalf after an earlier deal that released at least 46 detainees before talks broke down. Inmates have demanded the release of political detainees held without charges and say their fears mainly stem from a wave of executions that could follow if they were to be transferred to the

Sadnaya military prison, north of Damascus.

International rights groups say thousands of detainees are held in Syrian government prisons without charge and many of them are tortured to death, a claim denied by the authorities Human Rights Watch expressed concern about the safety of the hostages and said an attempt to retake the facility risked high casualties.

“This standoff should not end in a bloodbath,” Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch was quoted as saying in a statement late on Friday.

“The situation in Syria’s detention facilities and prisons is deeply unstable and prison conditions should be a priority for the international community.”

Syria’s military field courts have secret, closed-door proceedings that do not meet basic fair trial standards, HRW said in the statement. — Reuters

MOURNING: The mother of the Abu Hindi family, left, mourns during the funeral of three of her sons who died in a fire caused by a candle at the family home, at the Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Saturday. — AFP

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‘Modi scared of arresting Sonia in chopper scam’ Questioning the progress of the investigation in the chopper deal, Kejriwal alleged that there hasn’t been an ‘inch’ of movement on the probe, despite the Modi government

PROTEST RALLY: Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Chief

Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaking at a protest rally against Agustawestland scam at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. - PTI

coming to power on the assurances that the corrupt will be taken to task

NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government and Congress over the AgustaWestland chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the prime minister does not have “enough courage” to arrest Sonia Gandhi and that the two parties have an “alliance in corruption”.

Questioning the Congress on the issue of PM’s alleged “fake” degree, Kejriwal also said that the two parties had a “setting”

that the BJP government will not arrest Sonia in chopper scam and the Congress will not raise the matter of Modi’s educational qualification.

“The Italian Court order also has names of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, certain officers and Congressmen, but Modi is not able to gather enough courage to arrest Sonia Gandhi, to ask her even two questions, to interrogate her...”

Modi ji you have been made PM to take action not to leave the task for Italy court...Our chest would also be of 56 inch if you would have sent her to jail...when my PM says that Italy’s court is taking Sonia’s name not and not him....I want to ask Modiji why are you scared of her?” Kejriwal said, addressing a rally at Jantar Mantar here.

INTERVIEW

Narendra Modi running a one-man ‘presidential government’: Shourie NEW DELHI: In a strong attack, former union minister Arun Shourie on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of “narcissism” and of running a one-man “presidential government” the direction of which was “dangerous” for India.

Shourie, a Cabinet minister in the Vajpayee government who has drifted away from BJP in recent years, called the Modi government “a presidential government without checks and balances” and said that the direction of the government under his supervision “is not good for India”.

In a 40-minute interview to Karan Thapar for India Today TV’s “To The Point” programme, he analysed the two years of Modi government and warned that over the next three years he expected “a more systematic attempt to curb civil liberties” and an increase in “decentralised intimidation” besides “choking” of “inconvenient voices”.

Bracketing Modi with leaders like Indira Gandhi and Jayalalithaa, Shourie accused the prime minister of indulging in narcissism, which he described as both “self-love to an exaggerated extent and insecurity”, and Machiavellism, which meant that he “exploits events to his benefit”, according to a press release issued by the channel.

The former minister, who has criticised Modi in the past also, said that the prime minister’s “attitude to people is to use and throw them”. He treats people “like paper napkins” and was “remorseless”, he alleged.

Asked about an impression it was hurt pride and anger at not

Arun Shourie

becoming finance minister that made him attack Modi, Shourie said “anybody who thinks like that thinks poorly of him. Let them think like that.”

Meanwhile, Congress on Saturday latched on to former Union minister Arun Shourie’s sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to embarass the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Allegation “Shourie has accused the Prime Minister of narcissism and of running a one-man Presidential government the direction of which was dangerous for India,” Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters here.

“What does BJP have to say about this allegation made by their own ideologue, fellow traveller and a former minister in the NDA Government?”

Tewari also sought to know the reaction of the ruling party to Shourie’s charge that there has been “complete mismanagement” of India’s relations with Pakistan and that the Modi dispensation has mishandled the economy. - PTI

Questioning the progress of the investigation in the chopper deal, Kejriwal alleged that there hasn’t been an “inch” of movement on the probe, despite the Modi government coming to power on the assurances that the corrupt will be taken to task.

Investigation “What investigation did they do in AgustaWestland case in two years? The Italian government completed investigation, filed the cases in court, judgment came and those who were involved in paying bribe were sent to jail.”

“When Anna agitation started, people wanted to change the government...they knew that both Congress and BJP are two sides of the same coin, but Modi ji gave

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such wonderful speeches before Lok Sabha polls that people’s hopes were build that corruption will end,” Kejriwal said.

Noting that during the poll campaigns, Modi said that he will take action against Congress President’s son-in-law Robert Vadra for alleged irregularities in the land deal, but despite being in power for two years, and having state governments in Haryana and Rajasthan, he (Vadra) hasn’t been interrogated even once.

“Modi had said that the corrupt will be sent to jail. It has been two years and not a single person has been sent to jail... the country has been cheated and hence we had to again gather against their ‘alliance’ four years after we had gathered at the same place to protest the corruption of these two parties,” he said.

Kejriwal said while the CBI raided his office, it could not even interrogate Vadra.

“They got a CBI raid conducted on me but could not get anything beyond four mufflers in a day long raid. But there is no raid on Sonia Gandhi. Why is Modi scared of her? Before elections he used to say Vadra is Congress’ son-in-law, now it looks like even Modi has adopted him.

“The papers of his (Vadra) land scam are lying in Rajasthan. They have government in Haryana, Rajasthan and Centre. What are they waiting for? Why is there no action against him? CBI hasn’t called him even once because Modi doesn’t have courage.

“You arrest her, interrogate her

for two days, the truth will come out automatically.

“Amit Shah says Sonia ji please you tell us who who all took bribe.

Manohar Parrikar says Sonia ji you please tell who all have taken bribe. Is any interrogation conducted like this? If you would have told earlier that you both (Congress and BJP) were hand in glove nobody would have voted for you,” Kejriwal said. He said that both parties possessed “secrets” of each other and claimed that the details of Modi’s degrees were given to them by Congress leaders from Gujarat, who were not “permitted” to raise the issue earlier by the Gandhi family.

“There is a very good setting.

Modi has assured Congress that he will just abuse them but not arrest Gandhi in Agusta issue and Sonia Gandhi has assured him that his degree’s issue will not be raised by Congress.

“UPA was in power for 10 years and during those years they have kept secrets of Modi’s all scams.

Modi knows that if Sonia is arrested, Vadra is arrested, his secrets will also be in public domain,” he said.

Again raising the degree issue, Kejriwal said the country will continue to respect him if he accepted that his degree was “fake”, but people will not tolerate fraud and forged degrees. He said his party MLAs were arrested over trivial issues and demanded that Modi should also be treated like former Delhi law minister Jitendra Singh Tomar, who was arrested in an alleged fake degree row. - PTI

ENCOUNTER

Three militants gunned down in Pulwama SRINAGAR: Security forces gunned down three suspected militants of Hizbul Mujahideen in an encounter on Saturday in Pulwama district of Indian-administered-Kashmir, after which some locals resorted to violent protests leading to suspension of train service between Srinagar and Banihal for the day.

The encounter in Panzgam village erupted after a joint team of police and army cordoned off the area to look for militants after receiving specific intelligence, an army official said.

As the forces were conducting a search operation, the hiding militants fired upon them, the official said. In the ensuing gunfight, three militants — all locals who belonged to Hizbul Mujhahdeen militant group — were killed, he said.

They were identified as Ashfaq Ahmad Dar, a resident of Dogipura, Ishfaq Ahmad Baba, a resident of Tahab and Haseeb Ahmad, a resident of Brao Bandyun, the official said.

Three weapons have also been recovered from the encounter site, he added. After the gunfight, a grenade lying there exploded, injuring a civilian who was among those who had assembled at the encounter site, a police official said.

The civilian, Wakeel Ahmed Shergujri, was taken to SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar where his condition is said to be stable.

When the news of the death of the three militants spread, some locals staged protests and pelted stones on security forces who fired teargas in retaliation, the official said. - PTI

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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 Twelve years ago I was chief minister. Each person has a time. It is best to stop singing when your voice is good A. K. Antony, Senior Congress leader

INDIA

Rajan for higher tolerance to wealth, not prohibition Reseve Bank Raghuram Rajan,

Rather than prohibiting the use of money and wealth, let us think about increasing society’s tolerance for its use

who recently drew criticism for comparing Indian economy as ‘oneeyed king in the land of blind’, also said he has no problem with India’s growth, but it

CONVOCATION: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan speaks during the annual convocation at the Shiv Nadar University in Dadri, on the outskirts of New Delhi on Saturday. - Reuters

Raghuram Rajan RBI governor

can do better

NOIDA: Calling money a “great equaliser”, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday called for raising society’s tolerance towards wealth rather than prohibiting its use.

Rajan, who recently drew criticism for comparing Indian economy as ‘one-eyed king in the land of blind’, also said he has no problem with India’s growth, but it can do better. “In a free market, all it takes to buy what you want is money. You do not need a pedigree, a great family history, the right table manners, or the right fashionable clothings or looks,” he said in his convocation address at

the Shiv Nadar University here.

“It is because money has no odour, because it is the great equaliser, that so many people across history have been able to acquire resources and invested them to make the world we live in.”

Reservation Making it easier for Dalits to start business can do more to social status than any reservation, he noted.

“Rather than prohibiting the use of money and wealth, let us think about increasing society’s tolerance for its use,” he suggested.

Lamenting that income inequality within countries is on the rise, he said the need of the hour is providing effective access

to school and healthcare, a nondiscriminating job market with many jobs and equal opportunities for advancement regardless of gender, race or background.

“Indeed, making it easy for Dalits to start businesses may do more for their social status because money empowers (more) than many other forms of affirmative action,” the governor said.

On the country’s GDP, he said: “I have no problem with India’s growth. It is doing great. It could do better”.

India has emerged as the fastest growing large economies in the world with a growth rate of 7.6 per cent in 2015-16. It is projected to expand by 7.5 per cent in

the current fiscal.

Rajan said there is a strong link between society’s support for free markets and the fairness with which wealth and opportunity are distributed among the population.

“Unfortunately, even while inequality between countries is diminishing today, inequality within countries is increasing.

Today, even well-run market economies seem to be favouring those who already have plenty,” he said. This, he felt, is because skills and capabilities have become much more important in well-paid jobs, and those born under good circumstances have a much better chance of acquiring the same.

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“The winner-take-all nature of many occupations, where a few of the most capable entrepreneurs and the best workers take most of the income, accentuates the value of early childhood preparation and hence, the benefit of being born to the right parents in the right community,” he said.

The governor said income inequality is on the rise, with some having colossal incomes and others worrying about the next meal.

“What can we all do to restore faith in markets? We have to work to provide effective access to schooling and healthcare for all, a non-discriminating job market with many jobs, equal opportunities for further advancement regardless of gender, race or background,” he said.

These measures will “increase the perceived legitimacy of wealth and society’s willingness to broaden the areas where it is spent,” he said.

To students, Rajan’s piece of advice was that they should earn by creating perceptible value and, equally, spend to create value.”Not only will your work be more enjoyable, but you will strengthen the economic freedom we sometimes take for granted,” the governor added.

Given the importance of broadening access to all the deserving, Rajan emphasised on the need for affordable educational degrees.

“We also should make sure unscrupulous schools do not prey on uninformed students, leaving them with high debt and useless degrees,” he added. - PTI

KERALA

No historical blunder of becoming CM again: Antony THRISSUR: Senior Congress leader A. K. Antony, whose all three terms as Kerala chief minister in the past were cut short, on Saturday said he would not commit the “historical blunder” of becoming the CM of the state again.

“I will not commit the historical blunder again...That era is over.

Even in my dreams, I am not harbouring plans to return to Kerala politics,” he told reporters here.

The former defence minister was replying to a question whether he was keen to return to state politics and take over as chief minister if the United Democratic Front (UDF) returns to power in the coming assembly elections.

“Twelve years ago I was chief minister. Each person has a time.

It is best to stop singing when your voice is good,” he said referring to a Malayalam proverb.

A three-time chief minister, Antony’s terms were cut short on all occasions.

He become the the youngest chief minister at the age of 37 from April 1977 to October 1978. In his second term, he held the office from 1995 to 1996.

Antony who had taken over reins of the state when the Congress-led UDF was voted to power in 2001, had to quit three years later after the front suffered a total rout in the then Lok Sabha elections and was succeeded by Oommen Chandy.

On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that he saw BJP emerging as a third force in the state, Antony said it was only his “wishful thinking”. - PTI

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Will Priyanka be the Congress face in Four terror suspects freed due to lack of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections? adequate evidence

AMULYA GANGULY

Uttar Pradesh is up for grabs in next year’s assembly elections.

With anti-incumbency stalking the Akhilesh Yadav government, Narendra Modi losing his earlier appeal and Mayawati yet to live down her statue-building extravaganza when in power, there is no obvious winner.

Seeing the empty field, the hero of Bihar’s mahagathbandhan or grand alliance, Nitish Kumar, decided to try his luck by cobbling together a motley combination of his own Janata Dal-United (JDU), Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, Babulal Marandi’s Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, the virtually unknown Peace Party of Mohammed Ayub Ansari and so on.

But the Bihar chief minister’s house of cards fell down even before it was readied with Ajit Singh walking out. Into this untidy scene walked Prashant Kishor, the US-trained election strategist with two successes under his belt — Modi’s and Nitish Kumar’s victories in 2014 and 2015.

He has been handpicked by Rahul Gandhi to deliver Uttar Pradesh to the Congress and it is a tribute to the putative election mastermind’s courage that he has had no hesitation in taking up what must appear to most as a lost cause. Prashant Kishor’s venture may also be a display of the overconfidence bred by his two successes. But those were predictable achievements since, in 2014, Modi was on a roll with a scamtainted Manmohan Singh government committing hara-kiri.

And, in 2015, Nitish Kumar was ready to continue his interrupted reign (he was chief minister from

RIGHT CHOICE: Priyanka Vadra during an election campaign for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Rae Bareli. - PTI file photo

2005 to 2014 when he resigned to atone for the JD-U’s poor performance in the general election) as the voters knew him as a clean and able administrator.

Besides, Modi’s image had started fading by then.

Biggest test Prashant Kishor, therefore, is facing his biggest test. His opening gambit was to suggest that Rahul Gandhi be projected as a chief ministerial candidate.

It was promptly shot down by, among others, Jairam Ramesh, who said that the Congress vice president was preparing to take over as the party chief in the near future. In any event, the average Congressman cannot conceive of the larger-than-life heir-apparent who is meant to rule the country becoming a mere chief minister.

The fact that Prashant Kishor at all suggested his name shows that for all his supposed expertise in electoral politics, he hasn’t

quite grasped the essence of the Congress’ feudal character which puts the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty above the party.

A belated awareness of this factor may have led to Priyanka Gandhi’s name being advanced as a chief minister. It is no secret that she has long been a favourite of many Congressmen who believe that she has greater charisma than her brother — if only because she tends to revive memories of Indira Gandhi among partymen and even ordinary people.

A third name has also been mentioned — that of Sheila Dixit.

But this is in the nature of a last resort, for it is unlikely that the 75-year-old former Delhi chief minister will set the Yamuna on fire if she enters the arena.

But there is little doubt that the person who is most likely to create a flutter, at least in election rallies, is Priyanka — even if this does not lead to a jump in the Congress’ share of votes.

Of all the states, UP’s association with the Nehru-Gandhis is expected to enthuse a section of voters if a member of the dynasty is named as a chief minister. The Brahmins and the Muslims are mentioned in this context. But the choice of the people and of the family may not be the same — whatever be Kishor’s game plan.

It goes without saying that the projection of Priyanka will put Rahul in the shade during the campaign and more so if the Congress shows signs of revival.

It is the possibility of outshining her brother which has made Priyanka keep out of national politics, engaging only in tending to the family’s balliwicks in Rae Bareli and Amethi.

How eager she will be to play a larger role is not known. So far as Prashant Kishor is concerned, he has made the right choice.

His has been a common sense approach, apparently aided by a lack of awareness of not only the Congress’s internal politics but also of the dynastic implications which recall the sibling rivalries of medieval times. The other contenders will no doubt feel somewhat apprehensive if Priyanka appears on the scene.

A fresh face is always welcomed by the electorate even if her party continues to be regarded as tainted, cynical and devoid of ideas, especially in the economic field.

However, the fact that the Congress is not too worried about Priyanka’s “baggage” of a husband embroiled in allegedly dubious business deals is evident from the posters that have appeared of Robert Vadra in the rally organized by the party on the Agusta affair. - IANS

NEW DELHI: Four of the 10 terror suspects who were detained by Delhi Police for their alleged ideological leaning towards banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were on Saturday released due to lack of adequate evidence, three days after being questioned by its Special Cell.

Delhi Police have also approached the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Government of India’s nodal agency that deals with cyber security threats, to help them in the investigation.

Of the four suspects who were detained on Saturday, three are residents of east Delhi’s Chand Bagh locality and the other is from Ghaziabad’s Loni area.

They were let off from the force’s anti-terrorism unit Special Cell’s Lodhi Colony office around 4pm.

“We have arranged for a Delhibased clinical psychologist and the four of them have been asked to visit him on a regular basis. The psychologist will provide us with a report on their progress every week,” Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Arvind Deep said.

He said during questioning it emerged that the youths had extreme anger within them as a result of which they were vulnerable, making them potential inductees in terror rings.

The four youths were freed after investigators said they did not find adequate evidence to prove their involvement in the suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed ring, which was busted earlier this week with the arrest of three youths and Improvised Explosive Device were recovered from their possession,

LET OFF: Delhi Police Special

Cell escorting Jaish terrorists after they were produced at Patiala House courts in New Delhi on Wednesday. - PTI

police sources said. Thirteen persons were picked up by the Special Cell after a late night operation on Tuesday.

Of them, three -- Sajid, Sameer Ahmed, and Shakir Ansari -- have been arrested, four let off and six are still being questioned by the investigators.

Meanwhile, the police on Saturday approached the CERT-In to help them in the investigation, with encrypted messages and decoding online conversations which have emerged as the biggest hurdles in the probe so far, Deep said. Most of the conversations over Whatsapp among the prime accused Sajid, his associates Sameer and Shakir, and the detained persons were found to be in Urdu, for which a translator has also been engaged.

CERT-In will make sure that access to the technical data do not lead to tampering of evidence in any way, a senior official said, adding that CERT-In will also help in decoding encrypted codes and accessing secured data, mainly exchanged during closed chats. - PTI

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Government accused of not sharing CPEC project details In its fifth

KARACHI POLICE

Perveen Rahman

consecutive

Prime suspect held in Perveen Rahman murder case

meeting, the Senate Special Committee on CPEC grilled officials to define the specifications of different sections and the expected time of completion of the agreed western route of the multi-billiondollar deal with China ATTRACT INVESTMENTS: A National Highway Authority representative informed the committee that the China-Pakistan Economic

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has once again voiced dissatisfaction over the government’s alleged secrecy on the progress made on projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

In its fifth consecutive meeting, the Senate Special Committee on CPEC grilled officials to define the specifications of different sections and the expected time of completion of the agreed western route of the multi-billion-dollar deal with China.

The 1,674-kilometre-long western corridor runs between Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gwadar in Balochistan via Zhob, Quetta, Sorab, Basim, Panjgur, Hoshab and Turbat. On Friday, Railways Secretary Parveen Agha told the parliamentary committee that a railway track was also planned alongside the western route, for which the feasibil-

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Corridor Western Route would be completed by 2018. - AFP file photo

ity would be completed in the next financial year.

She said the government was not just relying on the CPEC for the railway line but also expected to attract other potential investors. Senator Nauman Wazir pointed out that Pakistan was being charged an exorbitant 8 per cent interest rate whereas the international rate for energy projects was currently 1.6 per cent.

“Where are the government and our bureaucracy taking us?”

The planning and development secretary conveniently brushed off the question, saying the finance and water and power ministries were better equipped to respond to such questions.

However, no representative from either ministry was present in the committee meeting which

was strongly condemned by the members. Senator Farhatullah Babar also lamented that Chinese banks were charging a higher interest rate on loans from Pakistan.

He questioned if the loans that Chinese banks were extending to Pakistan were even exempt of taxes.

His question was also put off to be directed to the relevant ministry later.

The parliamentarians demanded that the minutes of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting should be shared with the parliament to enable the house to comprehend the true essence of the project and to prevent controversy and misunderstanding.

While underscoring the responsibility of JCC to implement the recommendations proposed

in the All Parties Conference, the lawmakers called for the participation of all four provincial chief ministers as well as the representatives from Gilgit-Baltistan in the JCC to bring everyone on the same page. A National Highway Authority representative informed the committee that the CPEC Western Route would be completed by 2018.

The Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob alignment, he added, is to be completed in 40 months, confirming the doubts of the committee members the government was only focusing on the western route without paying much heed to the eastern corridor.

Balochistan’s education minister said despite the fact the CPEC was to start from Gwadar, there has been virtually no headway on

the ground over the projects related to the province.

He blamed the federal government for keeping the provincial government in the dark over its plans and asked to be taken onboard in consultative sessions.

The minister said although 70 per cent of the projects were related to his province, there had been no visible development. The committee also pressed the officials for giving priority to the neglected provinces of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

The panel members asked if the planning and development ministry had any industrial policy in place regarding the Chinese import of crude oil via CPEC projects, to which the ministry’s secretary replied he would take up the matter with the high-ups. - Express Tribune

KARACHI: Karachi police on Saturday apprehended the prime suspect in social activist Perveen Rahman’s murder, a statement released on Saturday confirmed.

“Rahim Sawati was arrested by Karachi’s district west police,” SSP Azfar Mahesar said during a press conference at his office. According to reports, the accused was arrested from Manghopir’s Sultanabad area and a pistol was also recovered from his possession.

“It was very difficult to trace and arrest the suspect as he used various methods, including different SIM cards to keep his identity hidden,” SSP Mahesar said.

He further added that dozens of suspects involved in land grabbing, tanker mafia and extortion were also arrested for investigation by a joint interrogation team (JIT).

About 15 meetings were held by the JIT, following which a unanimous decision was taken that Swati who is an active worker of a political party, was the key player in Rahman’s murder and was also involved in ethnic, as well as religious terror activities.

Rahman, the director of the Orangi Pilot Project, was gunned down by unidentified armed motorcyclists in a drive-by shooting near Banaras Flyover on March 13, 2013. The very next day, the police claimed to have killed the alleged mastermind of the assassination plot, a Taliban operative identified as Qari Bilal, in an encounter.

- Express Tribune

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Government to invite bids for $1.7b Jamshoro coal plants ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power has decided to invite international competitive bids for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for installing $1.7 billion Jamshoro coal-based power plants.

An official said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given no-objection certificate for the bid document for setting up two coal-based power plants with 660mega watt generation capacity each at Jamshoro.

Jamshoro power plants are an important part of the government’s plan to increase the share of coal-based power generation to 24 per cent of the total fuel mix by 2019. This is to be achieved by reducing the share of oil-based power generation from 38 per cent to 14 per cent.

In February 2014, Pakistan signed a loan agreement amounting to $900 million with the ADB, terming it a big step towards achieving the goal of increasing the share of coal in power generation. Additionally, the Islamic Development Bank will also provide $220 million for the project.

In the first 15 years of the new millennium, 39 per cent of the power generated globally came from coal, while only 6 per cent was generated through oil, since it is considered significantly more expensive.

During 1980 to 2014, the US produced 44 per cent of power from coal, Russia 14 per cent, China 75 per cent, India 67 per cent and Pakistan 0 per cent.

At present, Pakistan is producing 30.82 per cent from hydro, 4.2

per cent from nuclear, 38.9 per cent through furnace oil and 25.3 per cent from natural gas compared to a minuscule 0.1 per cent from coal.

Throughout the world, most of the coal is used in the country where it is produced since transportation cost accounts for a large share of the total delivered price of coal.

Many countries, however, continue to import and use the cheap energy fuel.

Post-Fukushima plant disaster, Japan plans to build 43 coal-fired power projects to replace the loss of nuclear power capacity.

China has shut thousands of coal power plants but these plants were inefficient and are now being replaced by new state-of-the-art coal plants.

About 155 new coal-fired power plants received the green signal in

S TAT I S T I C S

ECP data shows dismal ratio of women voters in the country ISLAMABAD: The ratio of women voters was found to be dismally low in certain parts of the country, even in some urban centres, recently-updated electoral lists on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s website showed.

According to the lists, revised on March 17 this year, there were 90 tehsils across the country, where the ratio of registered women voters was less than 30 per cent of the total voters.

In North Waziristan, the ratio of women voters against men amounted to just 2.89 per cent.

The ECP data showed that the ominous trend was not just confined to remote, militancyhit areas. Statistics from urban centres such as Karachi were just as depressing. In Karachi’s Orangi Town neighbourhood, the ratio of registered women voters amounts to 39.89 per cent, in Gaddap Town (District East), it is 31.66 per cent and Gaddap Town (West), it is just 38.66 per cent.

Not only is there an overall gen-

ELECTORAL LIST: According to

the ECP lists, among the country’s 93 million registered voters, 56.26 per cent are males and 43.74 are females. - File photo

der-wise discrepancy in the country’s voters list, in certain areas, this disparity is even more glaring.

According to the ECP lists, among the country’s 93 million registered voters, 56.26 per cent are males and 43.74 are females.

In its first meeting of the newly-setup Gender and Disability Electoral Working Group at the ECP Secretariat, its officials made some startling revelations

and emphasized upon the need for improving the percentage of women in voters’ list.

According to Sher Afghan, an additional secretary in ECP, an estimated 10.1 million women, above the age of 18 years and eligible to get registered as voters, did not have Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs), a prerequisite to be enlisted in the electoral list.

Among other reasons, most women do not want to apply for CNICs because they wanted to avoid being photographed, a compulsory NADRA requirement.

ECP officials said they would suggest NADRA to allow such women to get their CNICs without a picture and use their thumb impressions for verifying their record. ECP statistics showed that in Rajanpur district of southern Punjab, the ratio of women in electoral lists was just 24.1 per cent while in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, it was only 20 per cent. - Express Tribune

China during the first nine months of 2015 alone. The US Energy Information Administration still predicts in its most recent annual energy outlook that coal will account for the largest share of the US electricity generation mix through 2034.

A World Resources Institute report says that currently 1,200 coal power plants are being planned in the world.

Affordable power is one of the key elements required for socioeconomic development of Pakistan.

Severe shortage of electricity has been a major impediment to achieving economic stability and sustainable growth for the country.

At present, the demand for electricity exceeds the current generation capacity by up to 5,500MW. - Exoress Tribune

POWER GENERATION: Two 660MW plants show government’s determination to push coal into energy mix. - Reuters file photo

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n April 22, dignitaries representing no fewer than 175 parties signed the global climate change agreement concluded in Paris in December, setting a record for the adoption of an international accord. The show of support is heartening. It provides hope that the momentum that led to the breakthrough deal in December remains undiminished.

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And yet, if the battle against climate change is to be won, the Paris agreement will not be sufficient.

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Opponents try to head off maverick mayor in final rallies for presidency MANILA: Philippine election hopefuls campaigned for a final day on Saturday amid the drama of a late intervention by the country’s outgoing leader to try to block maverick mayor Rodrigo Duterte from winning the presidency.

President Benigno Aquino caused a stir on Friday with a call for candidates to collaborate against Duterte in a last-ditch move to stop the “Trump of the East” from converting his runaway popularity into victory in Monday’s vote.

Philippine politics is no stranger to controversial characters and the firebrand Duterte is one of its most divisive, alarming opponents with his advocacy of extrajudicial killings as a deterrent against ram-

pant crime and illegal drugs.

There were no signs on Saturday of Aquino’s idea taking hold.

Some experts said it could backfire on his chosen successor, Manuel Roxas. Roxas invited rival Grace Poe for talks aimed at derailing Duterte, who has a double-digit lead in the latest opinion polls, but met a resounding “no”. Vice-President Jejomar Binay’s team described Aquino’s call as “hollow”.

Political analyst Prospero de Vera said the government had seen the writing on the wall for its candidate and it needed to change tack. “This is all part of the administration’s messaging to project that Manuel Roxas has the momentum,” he said.

“They need these dramatics

to prevent allies in the provinces from jumping ship,” de Vera said.

The five candidates have major rallies planned later on Saturday, the final day allowed for campaigning. Duterte was a clear leader in final opinion polling with a lead of 11 points over Poe, with Roxas close behind in third. Duterte, 71, is the alternative candidate who has lit up the race with his incendiary rhetoric and image as a loose cannon. Experts say his recent surge, and Poe’s popularity, represents public disenchantment with Aquino’s administration.

That sentiment has perplexed investors and some Western governments given the robust performance of the Philippine economy under Aquino.

However, criticism by opponents that it has not translated into jobs or better livelihoods for millions of poor appears to be resonating. Poe’s pro-investment, anti-poverty platform is striking a chord, however, as is Duterte’s promises of a war on crime and his profanity-packed speeches during a campaign that bears the emblem of a clenched fist.

Duterte’s campaign manager, Leoncio Evasco Jr, described Aquino’s call for a united front against the Davao city mayor as desperate.

“It also further unmasks the true character of the Aquino regime — one that in the face of debacle will abandon ship and run like a headless chicken,” Evasco said in a statement. - Reuters

CAMPAIGN RALLY: Supporters of Presidential candidate Mar

Roxas of the Liberal Party attend the presidential campaign rally in Manila on Saturday. - AFP

Despite objections, Nobel laureates visit Pyongyang North Korea is largely cut off from the outside world due to sweeping international sanctions imposed on it for its controversial nuclear programme

BEIJING: A group of Nobel laureates visited sanctions-bound North Korea over the last week despite objections from South Korea, saying they wanted to extend an olive branch by bringing nonpolitical, academic diplomacy to the isolated nuclear-armed state.

North Korea is largely cut off from the outside world due to sweeping international sanctions imposed on it for its controversial nuclear programme.

The country tested its fourth nuclear device in January.

The government, fearful of foreign influences, also keeps a tight grip on what its people know about the outside world and their interactions with foreigners.

The three laureates — Aaron Ciechanover, Finn Kydland and Richard Roberts — arrived on April 29 for a programme cover-

BRIEFING: Uwe Morawetz, centre, chairman of International Peace Foundation, speaks next to Nobel laureate Richard Roberts, left, and

Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein at a news conference in Beijing, China, on Saturday. - Reuters/Jason Lee

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Uwe Morawetz, the foundation’s founding chairman, told reporters in Beijing after returning from Pyongyang, that before going he had met with South Korea’s ambassador in Bangkok, where the group have their Asian office.

“We have been asked by the South Korean ambassador to postpone our visit until after the

party congress, but we have not (been) asked to cancel the visit,” Morawetz said, referring to the first congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years, which opened on Friday.

“The problem was simply that the Nobel laureates are very busy people and we cannot just switch an event that has been planned for two-and-a-half years to another date this year,” he added.

“So we made clear that we will go ahead with the visit but we have never been contacted by

the US government.” While on this trip they did not meet with senior North Korean politicians, Morawetz said he had previously met with titular head of state Kim Yong Nam, so he knew it had support at the highest levels. The group were there to discuss medical and economic fields, not nuclear ones, Morawetz said.

Ciechanover, who won a Nobel prize for chemistry in 2004, said he was a doctor and so was not asked about anything remotely related to the nuclear issue.

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Kazakh president completes reshuffle ASTANA: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing opposition calls for a demonstration in the business centre Almaty, completed a government reshuffle initiated this week in response to street protests against farmland privatisation plans.

Economy minister Yerbolat Dosayev and agriculture minister Asylzhan Mamytbekov, whose ministries were behind the planned land reform, both resigned after Nazarbayev who has run the Central Asian nation since 1989 reprimanded them for failing to adequately explain it to the public.

The 75-year-old president, accused by rights groups of intolerance of dissent, on Thursday delayed the reform which involved farmland auctions and would have allowed foreigners to lease farmland for up to 25 years, against 10 years under current regulations.

On Friday, Nazarbayev named their replacements.

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 36, was named economy minister.

He has previously run Baiterek, a state holding company which controls financial institutions such as the Development Bank of Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan Mortgage Company.

Askar Myrzakhmetov, 53, took over the agriculture ministry, a position he has already held in 2005-2006.

Hundreds of Kazakhs have taken to the streets over the last two weeks to protest against the land reform, saying they fear it would allow foreigners to take over farmland. - Reuters

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In North Korea, electric bicycles are the hottest new ride on the road PYONGYANG: Wheels have long been a sign of economic status for both individuals and nations, and on the lightly trafficked streets of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, electric bicycles are the hottest new ride on the road.

Almost unseen two years ago, the Chinese-made two-wheelers are a common site this week in the city, which hosts the first congress of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years.

Kim Jong Un, whose family has run the country for nearly 70 years, is expected to consolidate his leadership at the congress.

While pedal-powered bikes still predominate on Pyongyang’s wide avenues, the electric bike trend began in the last year, locals and foreign residents of the North Korean capital said. On Saturday, a Reuters journalist covering the congress saw six of the bikes in the space of 10 minutes.

“You can carry luggage,” said Kim Chol Jin, a computer science student at Kim Chaek University of Technology, who was riding his electric bike along Mirae Scientists Street.

“My wife bought me this to help shorten my commute,” he told Reuters journalists, who were accompanied by a government guide. The proliferation of electric bicycles follows another recent local consumer trend: a surge in residential usage of LED

“We didn’t come to criticise them, we didn’t come to ask about the meaning of democracy in their eyes,” he said.”We really came to converse and to exchange dialogue with students.”

Roberts, a 1993 Nobel laureate for medicine, said he had invited one of the students he met to spend time at his US laboratory.

“Maybe the US government just needs prodding,” he said, of the chances he could actually get a North Korean student to the United States. - Reuters

STREET PROTESTS

GROWING CONSUMER CLASS: A man rides an electric bicycle at newly built Mirae Scientists Street

in central Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday.

light bulbs and solar panels, to get around the country’s chronic electricity shortage.

A bike made by a Chinese company called Anqi was for sale this week in Pyongyang’s Kwangbok Department Store for 2.62 million won — around $330.

While that is well beyond the reach of the average North Korean, an expanding grey market economy has given rise to a growing consumer class known as “donju”, or “masters of money”.

Most residents still commute by foot or on the city’s crowded buses.

- Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Ou Xiongfei, sales manager at another company, Benling Cycle Tech Limited Co in Dongguan, China, said its electric bikes and motorbikes are exported via trading companies to countries including Argentina, Iran and North Korea.

Ease congestion “Lots of our e-bikes and e-motorcycles are exported to North Korea,” she told Reuters by phone.

Traffic is getting busier in Pyongyang, which last year began laying out its first dedicated bicycle lanes. To ease congestion,

authorities have even introduced a system to alternate the days vehicles are allowed on the once allbut empty roads.

Traffic is still far from gridlock, but electric bikes have now joined the taxis, a growing fleet of private cars, and the Soviet-era trolleybuses that have plied the capital for decades.

The trolleys are hooked up to the electricity grid, making them vulnerable to outages, so electric bikes are an increasingly popular alternative when power doesn’t flow to the people. - Reuters

Opinion poll shows tight contest in Australia polls race SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative government is running neckand-neck with the centre-left Labor opposition, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday, a day before elections were widely expected to be called for July 2.

Australian media has reported extensively that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would formally set in motion the election process on Sunday, starting a two-month campaign that will likely focus on Australia’s flagging economy and hot-button issues like its tough policy on asylum seekers.

A Seven-ReachTEL poll — the first to factor in reaction to Tuesday’s national budget — had the governing Liberal-National coalition and Labor both on 50 per cent support on a two-party preferred basis, under which votes for minor parties are redistributed to the two main blocs.

The coalition, which returned to power in 2013, has surrendered its lead to Labor.

The opposition however still needs a swing of 4.3 per cent against the government to rule in their own right, meaning that minor parties will likely play an important role in the election.

Turnbull has consistently outpolled Labor leader Bill Shorten in terms of personal popularity, but

The opposition however still needs a swing of 4.3 per cent against the government to rule in their own right, meaning that minor parties will likely play an important role in the election

his government has struggled to propose an alternative to Labor’s big-spending promises on health and education.

The Seven-ReachTEL poll found that only 7 per cent of the 2,450 respondents felt they would be better off under Treasurer Scott Morrison’s first budget. A third believed they would be worse off.

A decade-plus mining boom in resource-rich Australia and plummeting commodity prices has left the government struggling to raise revenue. - Reuters

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200,000 protesters march against Polish government Critics say the nationalist-minded administration is curbing democratic checks and balances and driving a wedge between Poland and its allies in European Union WARSAW: Tens of thousands of Poles waving national flags staged a huge protest march through Warsaw on Saturday, accusing the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party that took power last year of undermining democracy and putting Poland’s European future at risk.

The throng stretched at least 3 km (2 miles) along a ceremonial boulevard leading past the presidential palace, and Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, a

FURIOUS: People march during an anti-government demonstration organized by main opposition

parties in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday. — Reuters

member of the opposition centrist Civic Platform (PO), put the number of demonstrators at 200,000.

Critics say the nationalistminded administration is curbing democratic checks and balances and driving a wedge between Poland and its allies in the European

Union, which it joined in 2004.

They also say the PiS’s euroscepticism could push Poland, a former Soviet satellite, back into the Russian sphere of influence.

PO leader Grzegorz Schetyna told the crowd it was the largest demonstration since Poland

threw off communist rule in 1989.

Some PiS actions, including attempts to take more direct control of the judiciary and public media, have prompted the EU’s executive Commission to launch a “Rule of Law” procedure, which could result in a suspension of

Poland’s voting rights. The economically left-leaning PiS says it has to strengthen its hold over state institutions to share out the benefits of economic transformation more evenly, and that Poland needs to defend its interests more assertively in the EU. While anti-government rallies are frequent, the PiS continues to enjoy strong popular support.

A recent poll put it at 33 percent, only a few points down from October’s election, and still well ahead of the largest opposition party in parliament, the PO. The march was organised by various pro-European groupings and parliamentary opposition parties, including the PO and the liberal Modern (Nowoczesna) party.

The PiS released a video on Saturday in which party leader leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of late president Lech Kaczynski, said that “today, being in Europe means being in the EU”.

“We want to be a member of the European Union, because we want to have an influence on Europe’s fate. But our position depends above all on our strength.

We have to gain a strong position, become a strong, European nation,” Kaczynski said. — Reuters

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Demo held against plan to fence border post ZURICH: Around 400 protesters are expected to gather at the Brenner Pass between Italy and Austria on Saturday afternoon to protest a plan to restrict access through the Alpine crossing to control the movement of migrants, police said.

Austria has said it plans to erect a fence at the Brenner crossing it shares with Italy to “channel” people.

Part of Europe’s borderless Schengen zone, Brenner is one of the routes that migrants use as they head towards wealthy northern Europe.

Local police in Tyrol, Austria said they expected the demonstration to start around 2:30pm local time (1230 GMT), meeting at the Brenner station in Italy.

Italian newspaper Corriera della Sera reported earlier this week that the protest had been organised by an anarchist group from Trentino, northern Italy, and was expected to attract demonstrators from abroad.

Austria planned to send 300 police officers to the protests but were “ready to increase the number,” Tyrol police said, adding the Italian police were prepared to send the same number. — Reuters

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OUT OF CONTROL: Home foundations and remains of possesions

are all that remain in parts of a residential neighbourhood destroyed by a wildfire on Saturday in Fort McMurray, Canada.

— Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP

Canada wildfire growing, escape convoy underway LAC LA BICHE (CANADA): A raging Canadian wildfire that forced the evacuation of the Alberta oil town of Fort McMurray intensified on Saturday, helped by hot, dry weather, with police escorting a fresh convoy of evacuees out of the region.

The blaze, the largest of some 40 wildfires burning across the province of Alberta, has forced some 88,000 residents, the entire population of Fort McMurray, to flee for safety.

The weather, with temperatures on Saturday expected to rise as high as 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 Fahrenheit), was hindering efforts to fight the wildfire, said Matthew Anderson, a wildfire information official with the Alberta government.

“It’s going to be a very extreme fire hazard kind of day,” he told CBC News.”Today will certainly be a very, very challenging day and the (fire’s) growth potential is quite large.”

Earlier in the week most evacuees headed south by car on Alberta Highway 63, the only land route out of the area, in a slow-moving exodus that left many temporarily stranded on the roadside as they ran out of gasoline.

But other residents who initially sought shelter in oil camps and settlements north of the city found themselves cut off in overcrowded conditions.

They were forced on Friday to retrace their route back through Fort McMurray on Highway 63 as flames continued to spread.

Twenty vehicles Television footage showed the first convoys of about 20 vehicles getting underway around 6 am local time (1200 GMT) even as smoke from fires filled the sky.

The convoys on Friday moved about 2,500 vehicles of evacuees with 7,500 people south, accord-

The weather, with temperatures on Saturday expected to rise as high as 28 degrees Celsius, was hindering efforts to fight the wildfire, said a wildfire information official with the Alberta government

ing to a tweet from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

The northbound lanes of Highways 63 and 881 toward Fort McMurray were restricted, and parts of Highway 881, the only road in and out of some evacuated communities south of the city, remain closed, Alberta’s government said on Twitter.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt John Spaans told CBC authorities were not certain how many were still left to travel south.

The full extent of property losses in Fort McMurray has yet to be determined, but authorities said some 1,600 structures were believed to have been destroyed.

One analyst estimated insurance losses could exceed C$9 billion ($7 billion).

Entire neighbourhoods were reduced to ruins, but most evacuees fled without knowing the fate of their own homes.

The majority got away with few possessions, some forced to leave pets behind. — Reuters

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WORLD Historic Bosnia mosque reopens in Serb region The return of Muslim believers to the rebuilt Ferhadija mosque in the largely Serb city of Banja Luka, capital of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic, offered

ENCOURAGING TOLERANCE: General view of Ferhadija mosque

hope for change

during its opening ceremony in Banja Luka, May 7, 2016. Thousands flocked to the capital of Bosnia’s Serb statelet on Saturday for the event. — Reuters

BANJA LUKA (BOSNIA): Thousands of Muslims flocked to the capital of Bosnia’s Serb region on Saturday for the reopening of a historic mosque destroyed during wartime, a ceremony seen as encouraging religious tolerance among deeply divided communities.

Twenty years after the devastating war between its Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats, Bosnia remains split along ethnic lines, with rival groups blocking reconciliation and reform needed to join the European Union.

The return of Muslim believers to the rebuilt Ferhadija mosque in the largely Serb city of Banja Luka, capital of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic, offered hope for change to many, although some were more cautious.

Amid tight security, about 1,000 police officers patrolled

the streets as buses arrived with Muslims from across the country.

Traffic was barred from the city centre and alcohol banned.

Turkey’s outgoing Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose country contributed to the cost of rebuilding, reopened the mosque in front of a congregation of up to 10,000, saying the new building sent a message of peace.

“Bosnia-Herzegovina, with its Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox and Jews, is one body, one heart.

If there is any attempt to split it up, it means that this one heart would be split,” he said, apparently referring to secessionist threats by Bosnian Serbs.

The 16th-century mosque, under UNESCO protection as an outstanding example of Ottoman architecture, was blown up 23 years ago. A parking lot was built where it had stood.

Many believe its destruction was ordered by Bosnian Serbs

aiming to erase any traces of Muslim heritage in the once multiethnic city.

During a ceremony to lay a foundation stone for the mosque in 2001, Serb nationalists attacked visitors and dignitaries, wounding dozens and killing one Muslim.

It took another 15 years for Bosnia’s Muslims to obtain construction permits and funds to rebuild the mosque.

Thousands of pieces of rubble from the original building were used after being recovered from the Vrbas River and a garbage site where they were dumped.

The day it was levelled, May 7, is now the Day of the Mosques in Bosnia, where 614 mosques were destroyed during the 1992-95 war.

Today, only 10 per cent of Banja Luka’s pre-war Muslim and Croat population remains in the city following a wartime Serb campaign of ethnic cleansing. — Reuters

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Sadiq sworn-in as London’s first Muslim mayor Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver, beat Conservative Zac Goldsmith with 57 per cent votes — the largest mandate of any British politician in history

LONDON: Sadiq Khan was on Saturday sworn-in as London’s mayor after he won by a record margin to become the first Muslim to occupy the top post as he hailed his victory as a triumph of “hope over fear and unity over division.”

Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver, beat Conservative Zac Goldsmith with 57 per cent votes — the largest mandate of any British politician in history — marking the return of Labour rule to the UK capital after eight years.

Khan was officially sworn-in as the new mayor of London at a multi-faith ceremony in Southwark Cathedral here.

The first Muslim mayor of the British capital received a standing ovation as he walked into the hall after he won 1,310,143 votes to beat his nearest Conservative rival Goldsmith.

“Good morning. My name is Sadiq Khan and I’m the mayor of London. I will be a mayor for all Londoners,” he said, before signing his declaration of office.

MAKING HISTORY: Sadiq Khan attends the signing ceremony for the newly elected Mayor of London, in Southwark Cathedral, London, Britain, on Saturday. — Reuters/Yui Mok/Pool

The 45-year-old is the third person to become the elected mayor of London, after fellow Labour politician Ken Livingstone and Conservative Boris Johnson.

In his victory speech last night at City Hall, his new office, Khan described London as the “greatest city in the world” and said he had never imagined that “someone like me could be elected as mayor of London”.

Thank You London “Thank you London. London is the greatest city in the world.

I am so proud of our city. I am deeply humbled by the hope and trust you have placed in me today. I want every single Londoner to get the opportunities that our city gave to me and my family,” Khan said.

“The opportunities, not just to survive but to thrive,” he said.

Making a direct reference to the divisive campaign run by Goldsmith’s team, which has been criticised for its attempts to

link Khan with extremist personalities, he said, “This election was not without controversy and I am so proud that London has today chosen hope over fear and unity over division.”

“I hope that we will never be offered such a stark choice again.

Fear doesn’t make us safer, it only makes us weaker, and the politics of fear is simply not welcome in our city,” he said.

Khan received 57 per cent of the total votes in the so-called ‘Super Thursday’ elections , compared to Goldsmith’s 994,614, after the capital had its largest ever voting turnout at 45.6 per cent.

Khan’s win seemed inevitable as all first preference votes were counted, giving him a 46 per cent vote share, nine points ahead of Goldsmith.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had tweeted his congratulations to Khan way before the formal announcement, “Can’t wait to work with you to create a London that is fair for all! #YesWeKhan.” — PTI

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The first Oman Franchise Exhibition and Conference will start in October in order to enable SMEs to explore various business opportunities and the acquisition of knowledge and insights on the latest developments and opportunities in franchise industry. — ONA

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Dividend reinvestment to prop-up market liquidity Market experts believe that 25 to 30 per cent of total dividend money is expected to come back to the bourse as reinvestment A E JAMES

businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A sizable portion of dividend money is expected to be reinvested on the Muscat bourse, resulting in better cash liquidity, which in turn, will prop-up the market sentiment.

Companies listed on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) must have recently paid more than OMR350 million by way of cash dividend for 2015. Market experts believe that 25 to 30 per cent of total dividend money is ex-

pected to come back to the bourse as reinvestment, which will again depend on investor sentiment, trend in crude oil pricein the coming days and fundamentals of companies.

The shareholders have received their dividend money during March-April period, after annual general meeting.

As many as 130 companies are listed on the MSM, but a section of listed firms will not offer any dividend due to losses.

Traditionally, telecommunication, oil marketing firms and

utilities are the dividend pay masters in Oman. The five major blue chip firms that paid maximum cash dividend on the local bourse are Omantel (115 per cent, including 55 per cent interim dividend), Shell Oman Marketing (106 per cent), Oman Refreshment Company (100 per cent), Al Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Company (100 per cent) and Oman Cables Industry (90 per cent). Several firms have announced a combination of both cash and stock dividends.

The Muscat bourse witnessed a surge in liquidity, which was reflected in traded volumes, which surged ahead by more than hundred per cent on several days.

Muscat bourse index surged 8.69 per cent, or 475.3 points, to touch 5467.72 points in April. The recovery was aided by a firm trend in the oil market and partly due to better liquidity, which prompted investors to reenter the market.

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Ras Markaz coming up within Sezad MUSCAT: Duqm special economic zone area has been extended to include Ras Markaz crude oil storage terminal, which is coming up 70 kilometers away from Duqm wilayat.

A Royal Decree prepared the appropriate ground for that by annexing Ras Markaz to the Special Economic Zone of Duqm (Sezad).

The total area of Special Economic Zone Duqm (Sezad) has been raised from about 1,745 square kilometres to 2,000 square kilometres to accommodate oil storage activities in Ras Markaz area. The storage facility will open the door for the Sultanate to enter the global market for oil storage.

Oman is currently preparing to become one of the main centers in the world’s strategic and commercial storage of oil. Ras Markaz crude oil storage terminal will start with a capacity of about 6 million barrels, but it will gradually rise in line with the needs of the company’s clients. — ONA

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Regular grade petrol output surges by 127% However, Supergrade petrol output showed

Central Bank of Oman. – Times file picture

a decline of 11.1 per

Money supply grows

cent over the period

MUSCAT: Oman registered a 6.8 per cent year-on-year growth in narrow money supply, which increased to over OMR5.2 billion by the end of February, from OMR4.86 billion in the same period of 2015.

Broad Money Supply (M2) on the other hand rose 7.9 per cent to touch OMR15.21 billion during the period, against OMR14.1 billion last year, according to data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Narrow money supply in February was lower than that in January at OMR5.32 billion, while broad money supply was higher than that in January, which stood at OMR15.19 billion.

The total value of currency issued in February increased by 7.7

barrels, from 5.20

per cent to OMR1.66 billion, compared with OMR1.54 billion in the same month last year.

Foreign assets at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) slipped 7 per cent by the end of February to OMR6.41 billion from OMR6.89 billion last year, while Private Sector Deposits with commercial banks saw a growth of 12 per cent over the period to OMR12.74 billion fromOMR11.18 billion a year ago.

Commercial banks’ total credit

by February-end increased by 19.9 per cent to OMR20.54 billion, up from OMR17.13 billion during the same period of 2015.

Average interest rates for total credit fell by 3.4 per cent to 4.489 per cent in February, from 4.649 per cent registered in the same month last year. - ONA

to 4.62 million

million barrels in the same period in 2015.

VITAL RESOURCE: The total output of regular and super petrol at Orpic stood at 2.02 million barrels and 23.34 million barrels, respectively, last year. - Times file picture

MUSCAT: Oman recorded a significant 127.3 per cent yearon-year growth in the production of regular petrol during the first quarter of 2016, with output surging to 1.72 million barrels, compared with 758,900 barrels produced last year, according to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

However, Supergrade petrol output showed a decline of 11.1 per cent over the period to 4.62 million barrels, from 5.20 million

barrels in the same period in 2015.

The NCSI bulletin indicated that during the first three months, total petroleum output (petrol, jet fuel, oils, LPG, propylene, naphtha, long residual and others taken together) from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic) registered a 6.1 per cent fall, compared with last year, with production falling to 18.94 million barrels, compared with 20.16 million achieved in 2015.

There was a marked increase of 46.4 per cent in the production of

jet fuel (aviation fuel) by the end of March, which surged to 1.77 million barrels from 1.21 million barrels in the same period of 2015.

Fuel oil output, on the other hand, declined by 40.3 per cent to touch 258,400 barrels, down from 432,900 barrels last year. Gas oil output too suffered a production drop of 14.6 per cent to touch 4.34 million barrels, compared with 5.08 million barrels in the first quarter of 2015.

Meanwhile, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production in

the first quarter receded by 34.8 per cent to 521,900 barrels from 800,800 barrels in the same period last year.

In the case of long residual, the fall in output was 6.7 per cent, with production touching 4.62 million barrels, slumping from 4.96 million barrels a year ago.

Also, production of SR Naphtha fell by 6.5 per cent to 783,700 barrel, as against 838,200 barrel, while propylene production declined by 63.8 per cent to 198,700 barrels from last year’s 548,400 barrels.

Other products also reflected a 76.2 per cent slump in output over the first three months, compared with last year figures.

The total output of regular and super petrol at Orpic stood at 2.02 million barrels and 23.34 million barrels, respectively, last year. Interestingly, regular petrol production last year accounted for just 2 per cent of Orpic’s total petroleum products output, while super petrol took a share of 28 per cent. – ONA

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Omantel and Infoline unveil search engine ‘Daleel 1010’ Times News Service MUSCAT: Daleel1010, Oman’s first interactive search engine, is anticipated to transform information gathering in the Sultanate.

The service is a joint initiative of Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the Sultanate’s first integrated telecommunications services provider, and Infoline and is backed by a robust and state-of-art technology platform.

The service is a user-friendly tool for individuals both inside and outside Oman to find information on a wide range of businesses, products and services and features a user generated rating system to highlight independent customer feedback on the product or ser-

vice provided. Daleel1010 is also supported by a dedicated multilingual 24/7 call centre: 1010, as well as mobile apps for iOS and Android devices and a website: www. daleel1010.om.

Phone support A search engine with user reviews and 24/7 phone support, Daleel1010 features online brochures, locations maps and easy contact details. The new service offers a database of more than 148,000 businesses, 6,500 plus business categories and 3,000 plus brands in the local marketwhich will make browsing for information on businesses, products and services in the Sultanate easier than ever before.

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Daleel1010 offers a wide range of innovative and cost-effective marketing and advertising platforms for businesses by providing an easy connection with their

customer base to ensure ahigher return on investment. The marketing platforms include premium listing services, context based SMSs and emails, IVR advertisement, call patching and much more.

“This is ground-breaking innovate platform that caters to all enquiry needs of consumers and aims to deliver information easily to the people of Oman. With Daleel1010, people can liberate themselves from traditional and cumbersome ways of information gathering and instead be presented with multiple options to choose from before any purchase. The transparent information provided enables the user to feel confident that they are taking the right de-

cision,” said Haitham Abdullah Al Kharousi, Vice President at Omantel Consumer Unit.

“At Info line it has long been our endeavor to create innovative service solutions and industry synergies to guarantee value for consumers that are aligned to the nation’s innovative developmental strategy. Daleel1010 is a unique platform that everyone can benefit from on a daily basis through the ability to search for information and communicate with others. I invite everyone to check out this great new platform, which is unique in Oman, I am confident users will discover the many benefits of this innovative information guide,” noted Manoj Mahanta, senior vice-president, Infoline.

Multiple services Aligned with Oman’s 3.0 transformation vision for digitalisation, Daleel1010 offers the Sultanate’s citizens, residents and visitors multiple services including restaurant reservations, doctors’ appointment bookings and emergency vehicle assistance.

Investing in the future of the nation, Omantel connects even the most remote communities of the Sultanate to each other and the rest of the world. Omantel is the Sultanate’s first and leading integrated telecommunications services provider, enabling the digital society to flourish, allowing new ways of doing business and delivering a world of information, news and entertainment.

FIRST QUARTER

Business jet sales drop by 16 per cent DALLAS: Sales of new private aircraft fell 16 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago as demand weakened for the largest planes.

Jet airplane billings were about $3.53 billion in the first quarter, down from $4.2 billion a year earlier, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. That was the biggest decline in almost five years.

Demand for large-cabin business jets has deteriorated amid a dearth of spending from the oil industry, a strengthening dollar and low commodity prices that are sapping purchases in some emerging-market countries.

Business jet Manufacturers including General Dynamics Corp.’s Gulfstream unit and Bombardier Inc. shipped 34 large jets in the quarter, down from 46 a year ago.

Those jets fetch higher prices, which skew the sales amount.

A Gulfstream G650, the largest

Jet airplane billings were about $3.53b in the first quarter, down from $4.2b a year earlier

purpose-built business jet that can fly from New York to Tokyo, has a list price of more than $65 million. Shipments of mediumsized jets increased to 76 from 69, a sign that smaller US companies are still returning to the market as customers. Excluding Dassault Aviation SA, which doesn’t report first-quarter shipments, 122 total business jets were delivered in the first three months of the year, down from 128.

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Asia Express Exchange chief honoured in Forbes top list Times News Service MUSCAT: Forbes Middle East revealed the fourth Top Indian Leaders in the Arab World at a gala ceremony hosted at the Waldorf Astoria, Dubai Palm Jumeirah recently. The defining list recognises the most successful and groundbreaking Indian leaders in the Middle East.

T.P. Seetharaman, Indian Ambassador to the UAE, graced the occasion as the guest of honour and presented the awards to the winner.

Achievers from various sectors like retail, industrials, healthcare, banking and finance, among others were recognised during the event in two categories – top owners and

top executive management. Out of the 100 in the top owners list, 91 of them were based out of the UAE. Diversified companies dominated the awards list, followed by retail and industrials, while luminaries from 21 other sectors were also honoured at the event.

In recognition of his contribution to the banking and finance sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Adeeb Ahamed, managing director, Asia Express Exchange, was honoured for the second consecutive year. Under Adeeb’s leadership, Asia Express Exchange has grown to become one of the leading remittance and foreign exchange companies in the region. Many other noted owners and founders were also

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Foreign reserves of China rises in April BEIJING: China’s foreign-exchange reserves increased for the second month in a row as market sentiment toward the yuan improved and a stronger yen and euro boosted the headline number.

The world’s largest currency hoard rose by $7.089 billion to $3.22 trillion in April, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement on Saturday. That compares with the $3.20 trillion expected by economists surveyed

by Bloomberg.

The market’s confidence in the yuan has strengthened as data released in April showed a rebound across several indicators and the Federal Reserve signaled it will hold off on interest-rate increases.

Whether China’s momentum can be sustained remains to be seen, as some suggestions of a US rate hike in June may revive capital outflow pressures.

“Less demand for dollars with more confidence in the yuan eased capital outflows,” Tommy Xie, an economist at OCBC Bank in Singapore, said in an interview ahead of the release.

Even so, the headline reserves number may be stronger than it looks, as the yen and euro rose against the greenback last month, boosting China’s dollar-denominated multi-currency stockpile.

The hoard is also denominated

honoured during the ceremony, including, Yusuff Ali M A, Ravi Pillai, Dr. ShamsheerVayalil, Sunny Varkey and Dr. Azad Moopen, among others.

Leadership position In addition to entrepreneurs, Forbes Middle East also honoured Indians who have leadership position in the region, including Sanjeev Chaddah, chief executive officer of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa, Raghavan Seetharamn, Group chief executive officer, Doha Bank and Raghu Malhotra, president – Middle East and Africa, MasterCard, among others.

“It is a great honour to be recognised as a leader in your industry.

It was wonderful to celebrate the

occasion with other successful business leaders and my team. The recognition will help me reassert my commitment to set management benchmark standards in the region’s financial industry,” said Adeeb Ahamed on the sidelines of receiving the award.

“Sharing the evening with the stalwarts from a variety of industries was a great experience, but I don’t feel as though my contributions have been any greater than those of my incredible team of associates at Asia Express Exchange, who have been crucial in the growth of this company. I would also like to thank Forbes Middle East for this recognition and dedicate it to all my associates at the organisation,” he added.

WELL DONE: In recognition of his contribution to the banking and

finance sector in the GCC, Adeeb Ahamed, managing director, Asia Express Exchange, was honoured. - Supplied picture

Nigeria's oil production plunges to 20-year low self-proclaimed Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta between 2006 and 2009, which cost the Nigerian government billions of dollars of lost oil revenue. That violence abated after thousands of fighters accepted an amnesty from late-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and disarmed, in exchange for monthly payments from the government in some cases.

Even before that strike on Wednesday night, Nigerian oil production had fallen – Bloomberg file picture

below 1.7 million barrels a day for

in International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights, which stood at 2.27 trillion units in April compared with 2.28 trillion units a month earlier.

The reserves may fall below $3 trillion in the second half, Nie Wen, an economist at Huabao Trust, said prior to the release of data Saturday. The Chinese currency may come under more pressure in May and June, given rising market expectations of a Fed rate hike next month, Iris Pang, senior economist for greater China with Natixis Asia said before the figures were announced.

The Chinese central bank reiterated on Friday it wants to keep the yuan stable, according to its first-quarter monetary policy implementation report. — Bloomberg News

the first time since 1994, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

LONDON: Nigeria is suffering a worsening bout of oil disruption that has pushed production to the lowest in 20 years, as attacks against facilities in the energyrich but impoverished nation increase in number and audacity.

Chevron shut down about 90,000 barrels a day of output following an attack on a joint-venture offshore platform that serves

FRESH CHALLENGE: The Nigerian government is struggling to contain the economic damage of the slump in energy prices and separate attacks in the north of the country by the Boko Haram insurgency. - Bloomberg file picture

as a gathering point for production from several fields. Even before that strike on Wednesday night, Nigerian oil production had fallen below 1.7 million barrels a day for the first time since 1994, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“This is some very, very sophisticated brazen attack,” said Dolapo Oni, the Lagos-based

head of energy research at Ecobank Transnational. “It is a resurgence of militancy. These guys don’t seem to be after money. They just want to frustrate the government.”

The fresh round of attacks come after President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to stamp out corruption and oil theft. They echo a campaign waged by the

Facility breached Chevron said it shut down its Okan offshore facility after it was “breached by unknown persons” and had sent “resources to respond to a resulting spill.” The US company on Friday said that 35,000 barrels a day of its own net production was affected. Okan, which feeds crude and gas into Escravos, one of the country’s largest export facilities, is jointly owned by Chevron, with a 40 percent stake, and state-owned Nigeria National Petroleum Corp., which has the rest, according to NNPC’s website.

A group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said on its website that it was responsible for the attack. The authenticity of the claim could not be verified by Bloomberg News. — Bloomberg News

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New 2017 Kia Sportage earns ‘Top Safety Pick+’ The rating reflects top scores in each of five crashworthiness tests as well as the integration of driver assistance technologies to aid in crash prevention

MUSCAT: The exceedingly coveted title of Top Safety Pick+ is only given to a vehicle after a rigorous testing regimen by one of the most recognised and respected vehicle safety evaluation authority in the industry - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Now, demonstrating Kia Motors’ on-going commitment to safety and continuous improvement, the all-new 2017 Kia

Sportage has earned the highest designation possible – Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+) – from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) when equipped with optional front crash prevention, says a press release.

The rating reflects top scores in each of five crashworthiness tests as well as the integration of driver assistance technologies to aid in crash prevention.

“The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is one of the most recognised and respected organisations in the industry when it comes to evaluating vehicle safety, and as such, the Top

Safety Pick Plus designation is a significant achievement,” said Orth Hedrick, vice president, Product Planning, KMA. “We are especially proud to have our all-new Sportage earn that TSP+ rating in light of IIHS’ new, more challenging standards, validating the efforts of our engineers and the priority we place on safety.”

IIHS testing parameters were changed for 2016, requiring each vehicle to earn ‘good’ ratings in five crashworthiness tests – small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side impact, roof strength and head restraints – as well as an ‘advanced’ or ‘superior’ rating for

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front crash prevention in order to qualify for a TSP+.

The 2017 Sportage is available with a wide range of driving-assistance systems and safety features including autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning system, blind spot detection with lane change assist, rear cross traffic alert, and Bi-HID headlights with dynamic bending light technology, high-beam assist, and front and rear parking assist.

Furthermore, the structure of the all-new Sportage is significantly improved due to the extensive use of Advanced High Strength Steel. With 51 percent of the Sportage’s body-in-white consisting of AHSS, versus the outgoing model’s 18 percent, torsional rigidity has improved 39 percent.

In addition, the Sportage utilises more than a football field’s length (338 feet) of structural adhesives.

Reliable International Automotive, the distributor for Kia in Oman provides a rewarding ownership experience for customers.

Excellent product attributes and unmatched facilities easily ensure their absolute satisfaction, every mile of the way.

STUDENT COUNCIL

Indian School Mabelah holds annual investiture ceremony MUSCAT: Indian School Mabelah held its investiture ceremony for the academic session 2016-17.

The ceremony marked the inauguration of the student council and the house councillors for the new academic year.

P. Prabhakaran, the principal, welcomed the audience and introduced the ceremonial heads to the gathering, says a press release.

The class teachers of Grade IV pinned up the Blossom badges to the chosen leaders. On behalf of all the Blossoms, Alan Joy of Grade IV took a pledge to be true to their duties. The principal then introduced the house councillors and ceremonial heads to the audience.

The four house councillors of the Gandhi House, the Vivekananda House, the C.V. Raman House and the Abdul Kalam House took turns to introduce

their respective captains, vice – captains and prefects.

The school council members pledged to adhere to the values and principles upheld by the school in their oath of office.

Thereafter, Nishad Padiyarath, web editor of Times of Oman, who was the chief guest, pinnedup the badges and offered the sashes to the ceremonial heads.

The newly elected head girl, Maariya Raza and the head boy, Abin A. Thomas promised to be true to their duties in their acceptance speech.

In his vote of thanks, Mohanan P., assistant vice-principal of the school, encouraged the ceremonial heads to work with passion. Jolly Mathews, the convener of the school and Vandana Kelkar, assistant vice-principal of the primary department were also present.

FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

alizz receives student delegation Bank Sohar, Sohar Islamic from Paris Dauphine University sponsor HM’s Cup finals MUSCAT: alizz Islamic bank, one of the first dedicated Islamic banks in the Sultanate of Oman, welcomed a student delegation from Paris Dauphine University.

The visit was aimed at providing the international students with an insight on the bank’s experience in the field of Islamic finance, and its success in Oman, says a press release.

The visit included a comprehensive overview on the concepts of Islamic banking and the Sharia-compliant financial products offered by the bank as explained by the bank’s management. In addition, several presentations were addressed by the product development and the Sharia audit and compliance departments, detailing the stages of developing Islamic banking products and the phases they go through to provide Sharia-compliant prod-

ucts to the market.

Aisha Al Kharusi, chief marketing officer at alizz Islamic bank, said: “At alizz Islamic bank, we offer more than 25 retail and corporate banking products, all of which are Sharia-compliant.

We aim to educate the students about Islamic finance products and market them internationally through such visits, which will lead to an exchange of experiences and the development of Islamic

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banking globally.”

She added: “The postgraduate students specialise in disciplines related to Islamic banking, and their visit to the bank comes as a result of our great reputation both internally and externally. Our award-winning record, including ‘Best Banking Award’ and ‘Best Customer Service Award’, has enhanced the presence of alizz Islamic bank, placing it among the most distinctive banks.”

MUSCAT: In its most recent show of support to the sporting community, Bank Sohar and Sohar Islamic jointly sponsored the finals match of His Majesty’s Cup Football Tournament.

The match, between the teams of Khabourah and Saham, took place at the Sohar Stadium, with the team from Saham emerging as the victor with a final score of 1-0 against the team from Al Khaboura, says a press release.

The match, which took place recently, was held under the auspices of Lt. Hassan bin Mohsin Al Shariqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs. Representing Sohar Islamic at the event were Salim Khamis Saif Al Maskari, DGM and head of Sohar Islamic and Rashid Saif Al Maskari, district manager Al Batinah Regional and Abdul-

lah Hamed Al Mahmoodi, chief manager – Events & Promotions at Bank Sohar.

The finals was the highly anticipated conclusion of the HM’s Cup Championship organised by the Oman Football Association.

The tournament saw the participation of teams from amongst 43 of the best clubs in Oman over a period of the competition; culminating in the finals.

The finals match alone managed to attract large number of fans from across the country and was broadcast live on Oman TV and across the GCC. With a tournament of such scale, taking home His Majesty’s Cup trophy is undoubtedly the ultimate symbol of pride for the regional teams in the country.

Salim Al Maskari said, “Bank Sohar and Sohar Islamic have al-

MUSICAL PROGRAMME

EMERGENCY CARE

Bhojpuri Wing celebrates 10th anniversary

ISG CBSEi pays tribute to Shakespeare MUSCAT: William Shakespeare has been very rightly described as “The man of not of an age, but for all time”. It has been 400 years since the world bade goodbye to this master craftsman of words, plots and themes and the one who has helped shape the English we use today.

The students of ISG CBSE i organised ‘Mystery Mayhem Mayhew-The Bard is Back’, a befitting tribute to the most celebrated dramatist and poet, William Shakespeare, says a press release.

The students of Grade VIII presented a visual round-up of

the early life and work of the Bard of Avon. The inclusion of some lesser known facts, picture of the Globe Theatre and the eloquence of the narrators made the presentation impressive.

What followed transformed the stage into the 16th century society as the students from Grades IX, X and XI dramatised excerpts from Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The creative depiction and impressive oratory was indeed praise worthy. The students who staged this spectacular event were specially commended.

MUSCAT: Indian Social Club, Muscat Bhojpuri Wing celebrated its 10th anniversary with a ‘Musical Dhamaka Purwa Pawan’ recently at the Indian Embassy. The chief guest for the event was Indra Mani Pandey, Ambassdor of India to Oman.

The show was a big success with an audience of around 400. The show started with the lighting of a lamp by Sachi Gupta, Asha Tiwari, Payal Kanojia, Rashmi Tripathi, Seema Arun Pandey, Madhulika Gupta and Shikha Vishnu Pandey.

The welcome speech was given by Arun Kumar Pandey, the co-convenor of ISC Bhojpuri Wing, says a press release.

The musical show started with a performance by Prabhat Singh, Bhojpuri singer, who was cheered by the audience for his power packed act. Khushboo Kumari came next to the stage who sang many hit Bhojpuri as well as Hindi songs and made the audience dance on their feet. Pravin Kumar also performed on the stage. K. Santosh Ray, famous music direc-

ways placed great importance on promoting all sorts of sports in the country including traditional sports, and it comes as no surprise that no other sport in Oman has more active participants, spectators, and fans than football.

The Oman Football Association has done an incredible job yet again in organising a tournament of such scale and of such national importance, and it has been an honour for us to be a part of this championship as sponsors.

"On behalf of Bank Sohar and Sohar Islamic, I would like to commend all the teams for putting up such an amazing show of skill and talent throughout the competition. We would also like to congratulate members of both; Saham and Khabourah teams for putting up an excellent performance in the final match.”

tor was at key board and played two pianos at a time.

On the occasion of 10th anniversary of Bhojpuri Wing, the founder members and present working committee members were honoured with mementos by the chief guest.

Mohammad Irshad Ahmed, the founder convener of ISC Bhojpuri Wing, presented the memento to Indra Mani Pandey. Finally the vote of thanks was given by Manish Mishra, the cultural secretary of ISC Bhojpuri Wing.

The sponsors for the function were: Mobicell, Huawei, ABT Technology, Al Yam enterprises, Sunshine international, National Stone, Air India, Al Hajara Al Nafeesa Jewellery, Al Nahdha Overseas, Muscat Pharmacy and Stores, Malabar Gold and Diamonds Jewellery, Ramniklal B Kothari, Al Ansari Group of Company, Badr Al Samaa polyclinic, Unique Construction Co., Majan Events, Kalim Enterprises and Passage to India Restaurant.

SQUH organises symposium MUSCAT: The emergency department in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in collaboration with the Oman Society of Emergency Medicine organised a one day symposium on ‘Resuscitation Medicine’ which was held on May 2 at the Nursing College at the SQU. The theme of the symposium concentrated on different aspects of emergency medical care related to emergency department management of critically ill patients, says a press release.

The full day symposium had several local experts in the field from different specialities including emergency medicine, critical care and pre-hospital medicine. They discussed different topics concentrating on the recent advances in the field as well as providing a practical approach to the management of different life threatening scenarios.

More than 200 delegates attended the activity.

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Startup Oman set to host ‘Caribou Chats’ on May 11

Ooredoo’s website, Facebook page, and dedicated Ooredoo Oman App bagged four gold and two silver awards in the ICT & Telecommunication, Arabic Domain, Corporate, and E-Commerce categories

MUSCAT: Reflecting its commitment to service excellence, Ooredoo took home six prestigious awards at the Oman Tech Awards, the Sultanate’s biggest technology event of the year.

Held at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, the company’s website, Facebook page, and dedicated Ooredoo Oman App bagged four gold and two silver awards in the ICT & Telecommunication, Arabic Domain, Corporate, and E-Commerce categories,

says a press release.

Ooredoo’s ability to harness the power of technology to create unique and inspiring digital experiences was singled out for praise by the judging panel. The awards join a long list of accolades presented to the company for its consistency in developing innovative services that spur customer engagement and support today’s digital lifestyles.

Organised by the Information Technology Authority (ITA) un-

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der the patronage of Dr. Rasheed bin Al Safi Al Huraibi, chairman of the Tender Board, the Oman Tech Awards was established to identify and reward talent in the Sultanate for their contributions in the IT sector.

ISWK LAUDS TOOISQC ACHIEVERS

Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) organised a felicitation ceremony to honour the junior category winners and senior category first runners-up of the Times of Oman InterSchool Quiz Contest (TOOISQC). The school rewarded the young talents with cash gifts on behalf of the management committee. D. N. Rao, principal of ISWK awarded the cash gifts to junior category winners Chethan Sethu and Adithya B. Nair while K. Jayaprakash, viceprincipal senior school awarded the cash gifts to senior category first runners-up Rahul R. and Keerthan V. Times of Oman quiz organising team members were present during the felicitation ceremony and presented certificates to the students. — Purushothaman/TIMES OF OMAN

The event was inspired by the grand vision of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to transform Oman into a knowledge-based economy and is set to become the public and private sectors’ benchmark for success.

MUSCAT: Startup Oman, the Sultanate’s only platform created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and the gateway to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Oman is hosting another edition of the ‘Caribou Chats’, a monthly gathering for startups.

Every month Omani entrepreneurs and SME ecosystem stakeholders share powerful thoughts providing insights on the successes, learnings and the challenges they are facing on the journey to building great companies or delivering programmes for entrepreneurs.

This month’s ‘Caribou Chats’ is scheduled to take place on May 11 at Caribou Coffee outlet in Bareeq Al Shatti at 6.30pm and will feature serial entrepreneur Issa Al Ismaili, and Abdullah Al Jufaili, general manager of Sharakah,

one of the biggest supporters and players of the SME ecosystem, says a press release.

Modelled after the Kauffman Foundation’s “1 million cups” concept, Caribou Chats functions as a platform for strong community building and network creation in a de-formalised environment, simply over a cup of coffee.

It also provides entrepreneurs with the chance to identify the best success stories in Oman, and learn how they can aspire and grow to their level.

“Pairing entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders is proving to be a winning formula as it engages both sides of the equation in a candid, solution-based dialogue about entrepreneurism in Oman,” said Ali Kamal Daud, co-founder of Startup Oman.

MCDONALD’S OPENS NEW OUTLET IN BARKA

McDonald’s Oman (Al Daud Restaurants) opened its first outlet in Barka and 20th in Oman. Located just along the main highway close to Barka factory for Omani halwa, the outlet in Barka boasts of its world-renowned Drive-Thru, contemporary design, two-storey dining capacity, with spacious party area, play place for children and private section for families. The photograph shows Ali K. Daud (centre), development licensee and president of McDonald’s Oman together with McDonald’s Oman’s management and staff at the recent soft opening of McDonald’s Barka outlet. — Supplied picture

M O U T H -WAT E R I N G M E N U

The Yellow Chilli hosts Mango Festival until May 31 MUSCAT: The beginning of summers brings with it sheer happiness with mangoes aplenty! Mango, the king of fruits is back again in Muscat this summer, but with a difference. It is a tropical fruit known to have originated in sub Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent.

So, as the temperatures soar, the outlets of The Yellow Chilli, Oman gives you a reason to celebrate the finest part of this season with mangoes. This muchawaited Mango Festival initiated

by Mazaya Oman at The Yellow Chilli is being held from May 1 till May 31, says a press release.

Prepared with the finest handpicked mangoes, the delectable dishes at The Yellow Chilli include, Aam Rass Pani Poori, Amchur Papad, Nachos, Mango Salasa, Dahi Ke Kebab – Chhundo Chilli Dip, Arvi Aamiya Seekh, Achari Murgh Tikka,

Karara Ambi Jhinga - Mango Tartar, Khatti Tawa Machchhi –Dhaniya Pudina Tabouleh, Khatti-Meethi Nalli Boti and with desserts like Mango CoolFi, Mango Malai Cream to complete your authentic mangofilled meal experience.

The Mango Festival, a concept crafted by the head chef Manoj Radi, is an entire menu of dishes curated around the country’s favourite fruit, mangoes and inspired a number of mocktails, appetisers, main course and desserts.

Kalyan Bose, restaurant manager of The Yellow Chilli, speaking on the occasion said, “This menu is altered with a new collection of dishes chosen as per the availability of mango varieties. This year, the menu includes some brilliant dishes that Oman deserves to try. Eager to know what a main course inspired from mangoes

This menu is altered with a new collection of dishes chosen as per the availability of mango varieties. This year, the menu includes some brilliant dishes that Oman deserves to try Kalyan Bose

Restaurant manager of The Yellow Chilli

has to offer, we were quite taken to the uber-interesting dishes on The Yellow Chilli menu - a personal favourite being the Amchur Papad, Nachos and Mango Salasa, DahiKe Kebab.”

The Yellow Chilli, a flagship brand of Sanjeev Kapoor in col-

laboration with Mazaya Oman has been offering an interesting blend of innovative Indian delicacies true to its rightly earned titled ‘Redefining Indian Cuisine’.

The annual Mango Festival is among the most eagerly awaited festival at The Yellow Chilli at-

tracting thousands of patrons to the restaurant across the globe year after year. You may relish the once a year offering at its Almouj (The Wave) Muscat and Panorama Mall outlet of the restaurant and relish the finest mango treats ever.

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NBO conducts training on Muzn systems, operations overall operational proficiency so as to enable the employees to provide efficient and effective service to the customers

The courses were conducted for nine days and were held in modular format over weekends such that there was minimal disruption to customer service. The programmes were intensive and involved interactive, hands-on systems practice in a simulated environment.

One of the participants said: “The programme thoroughly covered the ins and outs of the system. I am now pretty confident of handling all sorts of system functionalities.”

Nasser Al Hajri, general manager, chief human resources officer and head of Corporate Affairs at the National Bank of Oman said: “The best Islamic

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Ooredoo supports local, regional SMEs at Bindera Village

The main focus of the courses was to build

MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman’s ‘NBO Academy of Excellence’, the learning and development wing of NBO, recently organised several training courses on Systems and Operations for the staff of its Islamic banking window ‘Muzn’.

The training courses were aimed at equipping participants with comprehensive, practical and up-to-date knowledge in Muzn Islamic banking system and operations. The main focus of the courses was to build overall operational proficiency so as to enable the employees to provide efficient and effective service to the customers, says a press release.

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banks embrace the latest technology to deliver products, services and operations that are the equal of anything found in the conventional sector. As a relatively young organisation, Muzn has been able to integrate cutting edge technology into its business model from the start, and this has played a key role in our ability to deliver outstanding products.

“We are committed to continually upgrade our systems, pro-

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cesses as well as the skills of our employees to deliver the best of the services to our customers.”

The Academy of Excellence has also been designing and delivering other relevant programmes to complement the technical programmes. The basics are set by foundational programs such as ‘Principles & Practices of Islamic Banking’ and the customer experience is enhanced by ‘Dhiyafa’ and ‘NBO Sales Star’ programmes.

MUSCAT: Proudly supporting Oman’s young entrepreneurs, Ooredoo was the gold sponsor of the Bindera Village Exhibition, a one-of-a-kind gathering of 72 SMEs from across the GCC. With Mohsin bin Khamis Al Balushi, adviser at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as guest of honour, 46 of Oman’s most exciting start-ups, in areas including food, fashion, technology and tourism, showcased their products and services and exchanged ideas with their counterparts from around the region, says a press release.

Speaking at the SME Exhibition, which was attended by a

host of popular celebrities from across the region, Kumail Al Moosawi, chief people and corporate affairs officer at Ooredoo said: “The entrepreneurial spirit of the budding businesses at Bindera Village is truly inspiring. One of the cornerstones of Oman’s economic vision for the future; our SMEs have an important role to play in the Sultanate’s ongoing prosperity. Ooredoo is delighted to support these fantastic examples of entrepreneurship as they fulfil their potential. We look forward to continuing to support and play a part in them realising their goals and ambitions.”

PA R T N E R S H I P

Joyalukkas honoured with ‘Best SBA launches Lukoil Lubricants Service Performance Brand’ award DUBAI: Joyalukkas Jewellery received the Dubai Service Excellence Scheme (DSES) Award for ‘Best Service Performance Brand’ from the Dubai Department of Economic Development at the Dubai World Trade Centre recently.

The Dubai Service Excellence Scheme is an initiative of the Department of Economic Development to promote excellence in customer service standard in the private sector and recognise businesses that provide excellent service for their customers, says a press release.

The DSES is designed to gain customer’s confidence and make the experience of ‘Shopping in Dubai’ a pleasurable one. This scheme binds all participating businesses to a common code of business ethics and core criteria for customer service excellence.

“I embarked on my entrepreneurial journey in the UAE with a simple goal: to be the best and world’s favourite jeweller. Thanks to the visionary rulers of UAE and their dynamic nature, I was able to grow ‘Joyalukkas’ brand to be, one

of the biggest and best jewellery brands in the world. I sincerely thank H.H Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the DSES for bestowing us with this honour and motivating us to keep at our path of excellence.

I also thank our customers and my committed team of employees for their patronage and support in helping us make this happen,” said Joy Alukkas, chairman and MD, Joyalukkas Group.

Some of the other prestigious

awards received by Joy Alukkas, include an award presented by, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, under the Dubai Quality Awards programme for creating and maintaining international standards across all business operations and departments, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi has also presented to them, on behalf of Retail ME the ‘Best Retailer of the Year’, Middle East.

MUSCAT: Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA) unveiled the Lukoil Lubricants range amidst media guests, international and local partners and select customers.

The official launch ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, presided by June Manoharan, managing director - Marine Lubes Mena & Asia region, Joginder Singh Dahiya, sales director for Automotive & Industrial Lubricants, Sandeep Malhotra, regional manager, Lukoil Lubricants, Ahmed Bahwan, chairman – Bahwan International Group Holding, Divyendu Kumar, managing director – Bahwan International Group Holding and senior representatives from Bahwan International Group Holding, says a press release.

In keeping with its business growth objectives, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles have recently partnered with Lukoil for its range of automotive oils and lubricants.

Lukoil is the leader of the Russian oil industry in exploration, production, refining and marketing of petroleum products, which is also registered with London, New York, Frankfurt and Hong Kong stock exchanges.

AUTOMOTIVE OILS: The official launch ceremony was held at the

Crowne Plaza Hotel. – O. K. Mohammed Ali/TIMES OF OMAN

It is one the world’s largest private oil company worldwide with proven hydrocarbon reserves and is the 2nd largest producer of base oils worldwide. For years Lukoil has been a leading base oil supplier to main lubricant manufacturers.

Furthermore, oils and lubricants production and sales are important part of Lukoil business. In 2005 LLK-International (Lukoil Lubricants), a company 100% owned by Lukoil, was formed, and lubricants became an independent business unit.

The company sells more than 1,000 different kinds of lubricants for the automotive sector, heavyduty transport, mining, power generation and general engineer-

ing in more than 40 countries across the globe.

Lukoil’s exhaustive product range includes passenger car oils, motorcycle oils, diesel engine oils, greases, gear oils, coolants, ATF, industrial oils, hydraulic oils, metal working fluid, marine lubricants, transmission oils, turbine lubricants, circulating oils, brake fluid and industrial oils.

In addition to having approved

by API, Lukoil lubricants have OEM approvals from all leading OEM’s like Porsche, BMW, MAN, MACK, Mercedes Benz, Scania, Cummins, Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, Renault, Siemens, WARTSILA, ZF, Detroit Diesel and many more.

SUB-AGENCY MEET

New India Assurance reviews business plan for 2016-17 MUSCAT: The New India Assurance Co Ltd, the multinational giant and one of the leading insurers in the Afro-Asian region, conducted its sub-agency meet recently for its entire sub-agency network in the Sultanate of Oman at its head office at Hamriya, Oman.

The main agenda of the seminar included review and analysis of sub-agents’ performance, business plan for 2016-17 and necessity of prudent underwriting of various policies and improving service delivery standards, in line with the guidelines of regulatory authorities and New India’s corporate guidelines, says a press release.

Dr K. P. Sebastian, chief operating officer for Oman operations of The New India Assurance (NIA), presided the seminar attended by the representatives of entire subagency network across the Sultanate. Majid Abdul Rahim Jaffar,

chairman of Abdul Aziz & Bros (chief agents for NIA in Oman) and I. M. Jacob, general manager (Agency Operations), Wilson Raj, chief financial officer and P Muraleedharan Nair, general manager (Marketing) also participated in the business review and analysis of all the sub-agencies. About 50 representatives of sub-agency firms from the Muscat governorate and the interior areas attended the seminar.

Dr Sebastian, in his speech stressed the need for generation of more businesses by the sub-agencies for the year 2015 -16 with an objective of improving the market share of the company to beyond 15% within this fiscal.

He further emphasised that all sub-agencies has to contribute their best efforts not for just achieving the premium targets but for transcending it with comfort-

able majority for establishing its presence and spreading in general insurance in the nook and corner of the Sultanate. He has thanked His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and people of Oman for sup-

porting New India Assurance.

Jacob briefed the operations of all agencies and conveyed NIA’s gratitude towards the contribution of each and every sub agency for attaining the target declared

by NIA head office - Mumbai. Subagents wise performance for the year 2015-16 was presented in the forum by V. Viswanathan, senior manager – Marketing along with a detailed analysis on each portfolio wise comparison with the previous year. The best performers among the sub-agencies for the year 2015 -16 and the top 3 Agents received the momentos and cash awards jointly presented to the best performers by Majid Abdul Rahim Jaffar, Sebastian, Jacob, Wilson Raj and Muraleedharan.

Aseel Al Khadra was adjudged as the best performing sub agency for the year 2015-16 and the second and third positions were bagged

by Eastern Associates, Sur and Al Jizzi Company respectively.

Presentations on various insurance schemes and its claims settlement were made and open house discussions were also a part of the

seminar, which was actively participated by all the members present.

Presentations on ‘Do’s and Don’ts in various insurance schemes and its claims settlement were made and open house discussions were also a part of the seminar, which was very actively attended by all the members present.

“NIA’s partnership with individual and institutional clients has set exceptionally high standards in the past four decades and NIA would continue to offer the best possible services to our customers. Of course, New India’s motto is absolute transparency of service beyond industry standards. Let me repeat, all our initiatives are aimed at ensuring the highest possible levels of customer satisfaction,” said Dr Sebastian.

Abraham concluded the meeting with vote of thanks followed by lunch.

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al Wathbah set to enrol new batch of entrepreneurs al Wathbah Academy was launched by Bank Muscat as part of its commitment to sustainable social development

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, as part of its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in supporting SMEs and youth to embark on entrepre-

neurial ventures, has announced a new training programme at al Wathbah Academy in Muscat.

The programme is targeted at Omanis who own 100 per cent of the business and are involved in its operations and have an existing relationship with Bank Muscat.

The business should have a track record of profitability over the last 2 to 3 years. Registration for the comprehensive SME training programme is open till May 15 and all applications must be emailed to alwathbah@bankmuscat.com The unique al Wathbah Academy was launched by the bank in August 2014 as part of its commitment to sustainable social development, complementing government efforts in strengthening the role of SMEs in the economic development of Oman. To date, al

Wathbah Academy programmes in Muscat, Sohar and Salalah have benefited 45 entrepreneurs.

The objective of al Wathbah Academy is to impart the required skills and guidance for entrepreneurs drawn from diverse fields to embark on successful SME business ventures. The 8 months training programme is offered in association with Amideast, leading to accredited international certification by Project Management Institute.

The unique SME initiative plays an important role in filling the gaps and empowering entrepreneurs to chart successful business ventures. The academy marks a clear progression of the well-defined strategy pursued by the bank in line with the directive of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to support the SME sector.

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Renowned expert to address ICT Security Seminar on May 18, 19 MUSCAT: Javed A. Abbasi, a multitalented visionary in the field of ICT security, will be speaking at the ICT Security Seminar, which will cover various topics including network security, security of the mobile devices, ethical hacking, penetration testing, cryptography, digital protection, social media hacking & security, cloud security, IOT security, banking security, and payment card fraud.

The seminar is being organised

by OmanAd and supported by Information Technology Authority and OCERT. The seminar will be held at Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort on May 18 and 19, says a press release.

“Today’s youngsters have really big advantages going for them if they are able to use the currently available resources effectively.

Others have a big responsibility to provide them with proper guidance, supervision, monitoring and mentoring,” said Javed in reply to a question about what he thought of today’s youngsters in the current cyber scene.

Javed, CISSP, CISA, CISM MBCP, CGEIT, CRISC and PMP, has nearly two decades of diversified experience in the field of Information Security and IT. He is director of IT and Operations at GISBA Group and has been involved in major information security implementations in the Middle East and Africa. Moreover, he is considered an authority in implementing standards for medium and large organisations using multiple standards and has implemented several of these in the past.

He has also contributed to various standards and best practices.

He has also made contributions to the Nasa Asteroid Project, with his unique set of strategies, for saving earth from catastrophic encounters with Apophis Asteroid in 2029 and 2036. He is also a contributor to PMBOK5 and has authored several books. He is the winner of CIO 2012 Top 50 Awards, FT Innovative Award and IBM Profes-

sional Excellence Award.

When asked about the challenges in the present ICT Security scenario, he replied that day zero attack, security of mobile devices, and unskilled workforce are the major challenges being faced by organisations in the region. While in the area of social media security the major threats are identity theft, data leakage and brand jacking.

On the topic of ‘ethical hacking’, Abbasi explained that ethical hacking was all about making use of the same techniques employed by hackers, to safeguard the assets of an organisation or individual.

Ethical hacking is a great tool, as it helps to secure assets, networks and other precious resources. He further added that mobile security and wearable security are the next big things that will soon catch on, without much consideration to security. The challenge is that companies will focus on rolling out the product as soon as possible without much regard to any security threats that might exist.

“Gone are the days when wars were fought by soldiers and at certain war fronts. Today anyone who is connected to the network is the soldier and he has to safeguard the asset. This seminar will update the participant with the current trends in cyber threats and also help to ensure that they are equipped with proper skilsets to ensure that they can safeguard

themselves, their businesses and even their family,” said Javed when asked about the general benefit of this seminar.

“Governments are increasingly using technology for public service delivery. IT officers at government institutions will be able to better decipher how technology can support the delivery of latest policies, frameworks and objectives within the public sector and help them in protecting critical and sensitive assets. Banks and financial institutions can ensure that they are equipped with the right tools and techniques to safeguard their organisations through better innovation and managing potential risks,” he added.

OmanAd officials said that the participants would be given an overall awareness of cyber security and threats with general tips and techniques to safeguard against these effectively. Oman has bright people with sharp thinking skills. This seminar will enhance their knowledge, skills and techniques and for IT students, it is going to be a peek into the future. It will not only update them but will also help them to plan for the future in the right direction, if they are interested in this field.

They added that those attending the seminar would be able to gain valuable insights from leading industry experts and practitioners, and cultivate lasting business relationships. It would be a time to engage in a series of seminars presented by industry experts that imparts the latest information about new tools and technologies. Participants would be able to share best practice with peers on tried and tested methodologies, new trends and emerging technologies while at the same time evaluating competing solutions. An opportunity to meet with key suppliers and understand how to deploy new solutions to improve workflow and business processes will be another highlight of the event.

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Kohli struck an unbeaten 108 off just 58 balls with the help of eight fours and seven sixes

BENGALURU: Captain Virat Kohli smashed his second century of the season in a magnificent batting display to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling seven-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants in an IPL match on Saturday.

Kohli struck an unbeaten 108 off just 58 balls with the help of eight fours and seven sixes in a display of batting pyrotechnics at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here as Bangalore chased down the challenging target of 192 with three balls to spare to notch up their third win in eight matches.

The RCB skipper entered into record books as he became the only batsman to score two tons in

a single IPL season. He also joined the likes of Brendon McCullum, Shane Watson, David Warner, AB de Villiers, Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag to hit two IPL centuries overall. The most number of IPL tons — five — though still belongs to Chris Gayle.

Kohli’s ton also overshadowed an amazing late assault of 13-ball 36 that included five fours and two sixes by Shane Watson which suddenly tilted the balance of the match in favour of Bangalore after it was poised evenly a couple of overs after the halfway stage.

Kohli smashed two sixes and a four off Adam Zampa in the 18th over and two sixes off RP Singh in the 19th over to steal 18 runs from each of the two overs. He hit Dinda for a four to finish off the match, as Bangalore reached 195 for three in 19.3 overs.

The match also witnessed Pune captain Dhoni introducing offspinner R. Ashwin only in the 17th over and he was not used after that.

Brief scores: Rising Pune Supergiants 191 for 6 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 74, Saurabh Tiwary 52, Shane Watson 3/24) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 195 for three in 19.3 overs (Virat Kohli 108 not out; Adam Zampa 2/35). - PTI

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Marauding MI face formidable SRH On a roll after three successive wins, Mumbai Indians got a welcome break for a week and will be rearing to go against the Sunrisers

VISAKHAPATNAM: Rejuvenated after a week’s break, Mumbai Indians will look to continue their rampaging run when they take on the formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here on Sunday.

On a roll after three successive wins against Punjab, Kolkata and Pune respectively, Mumbai got a welcome break for a week and will be rearing to go against the Sunris-

RAMPAGING RUN: Mumbai Indians team members Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Ricky Ponting and

Rohit Sharma pictured during a promotional event in Mumbai. – PTI

ers, who notched up a comfortable five-wicket win over Gujarat Lions last night.

Both Hyderabad and Mumbai are positioned midway in the

points table with 10 points each, having won five matches out of 8 and 9 respectively.

The last time the two teams faced each other on April 18, it

was the Sunrisers who had the last laugh by registering a seven-wicket win with 15 balls to spare and the Mumbai side will be itching for a revenge when they meet their

rivals at Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.

Both Mumbai and Hyderabad have been driven by the batting prowess of their respective skippers Rohit Sharma and David Warner, who have proven to be the run-machines for their teams with a total of 383 runs and 410 runs respectively so far in IPL-9.

For Mumbai, Ambati Rayudu and Parthiv Patel have stepped up whenever their skipper has failed, whereas for Hyderabad, Shikhar Dhawan has taken the responsibility of guiding their batting unit apart from Warner.

Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques too has proved to be an important cog in SRH’s wheels with some crucial contributions.

Hyderabad also now have the services of Yuvraj Singh, who made his IPL-9 debut last night after recovering from an ankle injury and though he did little yesterday, the man who has got the record of six sixes in an over can turn any match on its head and remains a dangerous customer.

Interestingly, both Mumbai and

Hyderabad have depended on their pace battery when it comes to restricting their oppositions.

While New Zealand’s Mitchell McClenaghan has led the Mumbai attack, claiming 13 wickets so far to be placed second in the top-wicket takers’ list, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has snapped 12 scalps to get the job done for Hyderabad side.

Among others, Jasprit Bumrah and Tim Southee have taken 11 and 7 wickets respectively to be the next best bowlers for Mumbai. Similarly, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman (10 wickets) has proved to be an asset for Hyderabad and Barinder Sran (six wickets) too has chipped in.

However, in the spin department, Mumbai has done better than Hyderabad with old warhorse Harbhajan Singh (5 wickets) and the brother duo of Hardik and Krunal Pandya (three wickets each) contributing for their team.

Compared to that, Hyderabad spinners -- Karn Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Deepak Hooda and Bipul Sharma have not been able to make much of an impact. - PTI

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KKR look to hunt down struggling Lions KOLKATA: Thrown off the top spot after three successive losses, Gujarat Lions face the challenging task of gathering themselves and bounce back when they square off against the consistent Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Sunday.

For the IPL debutants, who showed a lot of promise leading the table miles ahead of others, the Gujarat Lions have started wilting at the business end of the tournament and stand the risk of falling by the wayside after suffering a hat-trick of defeats with their five-wicket loss in Hyderabad last night.

“Tough luck @TheGujaratLions! You guys better buck up before Sunday, because we show no mercy at our fortress!” Kolkata Knight Riders tweeted a warning to Sunrisers Hyderabad camp.

Eyeing a record third title, the KKR have been in good form and with four more home matches in the offing, there’s no stopping Gautam Gambhir and Co. Gambhir has led by example and his successful opening combination with Robin Uthappa has been

UNDER PRESSURE: Gujarat Lions have started wilting at the business end of the tournament. – AFP

crucial for the team. The duo put on 101 — their third century-plus stand — in their seven-run win against Kings XI Punjab in the previous match. While other teams have relied on overseas stars, KKR have four Indians in top five and the likes of Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav too have impressed making it a winning combination to go with the fury of Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan.

Russell, with his big-hitting prowess to go with his effective bowling at the death, has been a vital cog. Another West Indian, Sunil Narine, who missed the last match with a finger injury, may return to action to boost their spin attack. As for Gujarat, Suresh Raina is beginning to show signs of struggle, weighed down by the burden of captaincy.

If their top heavy batting com-

prising the terrific trio of Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith is a boon, it’s also turning out to be their bane.

The trio’s failure has translated into the team’s losses as their Indian combination of Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Dinesh Karthik is hardly making any match-winning impact. Having relished the success provided by their overseas recruits, Raina is struggling when it comes to his individual contribution — averaging 27.20 — with a solitary half century.

His 51-ball 75 was not enough as they could only manage 135 for 8, a target SRH overhauled in 14.5 overs on a flat Rajkot surface.

It’s high time that the Team India regular duo of Raina and Jadeja fire down the order to give their batting some depth.

“We just need to be more positive with our batting plan. It’s not very difficult to be captain and player at the same time. Everyone has supported me well. Kolkata will be on the slower side -- we’ll see which combination we’ll go with over there,” Raina said after last night’s match. - PTI

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Berlusconi wants to leave AC Milan in good hands, preferably Italian ones MILAN: Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he would like to find an Italian buyer for his Serie A soccer team AC Milan, acknowledging that it had played dreadfully over the past season.

Two sources familiar with the matter said at the end of April that a Chinese consortium had offered to buy AC Milan valuing the club at around 700 million euros including debt.

“To those who tell me a sale is necessary, I say that I’ve been trying to do that for a year, but I’d like to leave Milan in good hands ... preferably Italian ones,” Berlusconi said in video published on his Facebook page.

“Any suggestion is welcome,” he added.

Despite his words, a source close to the matter said that the various parties were still trying to reach a deal with the Chinese investors. Last summer, a group led by Thai businessman Bee

Taechaubol signed a preliminary agreement to buy 48 percent of AC Milan, but a final accord was never struck. A person who followed the negotiations said Berlusconi changed his mind at the last minute.

Lost some of its shine AC Milan, seven times European champions, has been a central part of Berlusconi’s media and political empire since he became president of the club 29 years ago.

But the team has lost some of its shine in recent years, racking up debts. It won the most recent of its 18 Serie A championships in 2011 and is currently 7th in the table.

Berlusconi said he had invested more than one billion euros in the club during his time in charge, including 152 million this past season.

“And yet, you will agree with me that we have never seen Milan play so badly as this year,” he said. - Reuters

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BIG WICKET: Marcus Stoinis of Kings XI Punjab celebrates the wicket of Quinton de Kock of Delhi Daredevils. – PTI

Kings XI Punjab shock Daredevils MOHALI: Kings XI Punjab bowlers displayed exceptional death bowling skills as they shocked a formidable Delhi Daredevils by 9 runs in an IPL encounter here tonight.

Defending a target of 181, Kings XI Punjab restricted Daredevils to 172 for 5 even as the Zaheer Khan led outfit looked set to get 44 off 4 overs, which was considered par for the course on a flat batting wicket.

While KXIP’s third win does not change their position in the league table but certainly keeps them alive while Daredevils will rue a missed opportunity even though they stay put at third place in the table.

The hero for KXIP would be Mohit Sharma (0/21 in 4 overs) who did not get any wickets but should unbelievable variations to bowl 12 dot balls equivalent two maiden overs.

The 17th over bowled by Marcus Stoinis (3/40 in 4 overs) was an eventful one that saw the right-arm gentle medium pacer give only 4 runs gettimg Sam Billings (6) in the process. In the last three overs, Daredevils needed 40 from last 3 overs.

Carlos Brathwaite (12) hit a

four and a six off Sandeep Sharma before providing a simple catch for the fielder stationed at mid-wicket boundary trying a pull shot. With 29 needed off 13 balls, the match seemed like slipping out of Daredevils’ hands.

Mohit Sharma compounded their woes bowling a brilliant 19th over giving away only three runs as KXIP pocketed the match in that very over.

Sandeep then kept his cool in the final over where 25 was needed and he gave only 15 runs.

De Kock was watchful for the first few deliveries before hitting his first boundary off spinner KC Cariappa, sweeping him to the square leg boundary.

In the next over, he smashed Mohit Sharma over extra cover for another boundary.

De Kock’s own 50 came off 28 balls with a lustily pulled six off Stoinis.

But he did not last long after that as he tried to slash a Stoinis slower only to be caught at backward point.

Brief scores: Kings XI Punjab 181 for 5 (Stoinis 52, Saha 52, Morris 3-30) beat Delhi Daredevils 172 for 5 (de Kock 52, Samson 49, Stoinis 3-40) by 9 runs. - PTI

The annual ceremony saw the Sultanate’s soccer governing body felicitating the best teams, individual players, coaches and managers as well as the officials and the sponsors

Sports Reporter MUSCAT: Fanja Club’s Mohammed Al Musallami was toast of the evening as the curtains came down on Oman Football Association’s football season with the OFA Awards Gala at Crowne Plaza on Saturday.

Dr Abdullah bin Nasser Al Harasi, chairman of the Public Authority for Radio and Television, presided over the annual gala and handed over the prizes in the presence of OFA chief Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad Al Busaidi and other sports officials.

The annual ceremony saw the Sultanate’s soccer governing body felicitating the best teams, individual players, coaches and managers as well as the officials in all OFA competitions of the 2015-16 sea-

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Z-Corp supports Oman Volleyball Association championship MUSCAT: The Zubair Corporation (Z-Corp) has announced support for the Oman Volleyball Association to organise the ongoing championship trophy the winners of which will be decided on Sunday.

While Sohar Club and Al Salam Club will vie for the coveted trophy, the third-place playoff will see Seeb squaring off against Saham. The Oman Volleyball Association Championship, under the aegis of Ministry of Sports Affairs, is organising the volleyball tournament.

The initial matches for the championship started in March and in all eight clubs from the Sultanate have participated in them.

Supporting sports is an important part of Z-Corp’s strategy and social responsibility and it helps organise a diverse range of initiatives in the area of sports by supporting related associations, a statement from the company said.

Under its sustainability strategy,

Z-Corp aims to engage with the local community through different activities. Z-Corp’s objective of supporting a sports association is to connect with the community on a much deeper level.

It feels sports associations and players are in a unique position to advance positive social change in the society.

Fostering sporting spirit Ibrahim Al Salmi, Social Communication Manager at The Zubair Corporation, said: “The support is about the group’s on-going commitment towards sports, which is in line with the company’s corporate social responsibility policy to support a group such as the Oman Volleyball Association.”

He added: “With an objective of fostering sporting spirit and unity among youth, Z-Corp has been regularly supporting sports associations and events across Oman.”

The Zubair Corporation has been a partner and sponsor of

The OFA also honoured the national coaches — including beach team coach Talib Hilal, under-16 coach Yacoub Al Sabahi, under-19 coach Rashid Jaber and under-23 coach Hamad Al Azzani — with special awards.

different sports activities including football, handball, ice sports for many years, and its support for Oman Volleyball Association demonstrates their continuous commitment to all kinds of sports.

Z-Corp also wishes to support the development of sports in the country and encourage young talents. “We have been supporting a lot of sports activities in the country. We are happy to contribute to further development of volleyball,” Al Salmi said.

With volleyball getting very popular among youngsters, the company feels it deserves full support from the private sector.

By supporting Oman Volleyball Association, Z-Corp believes it will support the players who set a positive example and serve as role models to younger generations.

“It is extremely inspiring to see the passion, determination and talent in the youth of today who might one day go on to be players in the Oman’s national team,” said Al Salmi.

SEASON’S BEST: Fanja Club’s Mohammed Al Musallami receives

his best player of the season award. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

son. However, it was Fanja Club’s defender Mohammed Al Musallami who stole the limelight with the OFA declaring him the best player of the Omantel Profesional League (OPL) season.

For Fanja, Al Musallami’s individual honour has come as an icing on the cake as the club has recently sealed the record-equalling domestic league title and Al Musallami was elated on receiving the award.

“As a team we had a great season winning the title. And now I am delighted to receive this award. But I would like to attribute this to the team work,” Al Musallami said.

The international, who just underwent a minor ankle operation, also hoped to recover at the earliest and be ready for the future challenges.

“It is just a minor operation. I will be back in action in a week or two,” he said. “I will surely be ready for the coming matches.”

Asked about whether he will be with Fanja in the next season, he said: “The season has just con-

cluded and let’s wait till the new season starts.”

However, he refused to respond to question on whether he has received any offers from clubs in other GCC countries.

“Let’s wait for some more time.

Now is the time to enjoy our success,” he said with a smile.

While Fanja and Mohammed Al Musallami took the coveted trophies, second-placed Suwait and third-placed Al Arouba were also honoured during the ceremony.

Sohar’s Fedran was declared OPL’s top scorer and Al Arouba’s Riyad Subait was adjudged the best goalkeeper.

Salalah’s Hamdan Bait Said and Suwaiq’s Abdulaziz Khari won the best manager and best coach awards respectively.

Earlier, in his welcome speech, OFA chief Sayyid Khalid highlighted the achievements of the season and thanked all the government and private sector organisations for supporting the association’s activities.

List of awardees HM’s Cup: 1 Saham, 2 Al Khabourah.

U-16 league: 1 Saham, 2 Ibri, 3 Seeb, Fairplay: Seeb, Best player: Arshad Al Alawi (Al Arouba), Best manager: Sahin Al Yarubi (Ibri), Best coach: Moosa Juma (Seeb).

U-19 league: 1 Seeb, 2 Al Salam, 3 Suwaiq, Fairplay: Al Musannah, Top scorer: Ishaq Al Habsi (Al Mudhaibi), Best manager: Jassim Al Awadhi (Suwaiq), Best coach: Abdullah Al Ajmi (Al Salam), Best coach: Khalid Al Maamari (Salam), Best player: Salah Al Yahyaee (Seeb). U-23 league: 1 Bausher, 2 Sur, 3 Seeb, Fairplay: Seeb, Top scorer: Al Muntasseer Al Riyami (Seeb), Best manager: Yahaya Al Alawi (Sur), Best goalkeeper: Amar Al Shibli (Bausher), Best coach: Said Raqadi (Bausher), Best player: Ibrahim Sawafi (Bausher). 2nd division league: 1 Bidya, 2 Salam, 3 Al Wusta, Fairplay: Ittifaq, Top scorer: Idri Al Idrisi (Al Wusta), Best manager: Tariq Al Junaibi (Al Wusta), Best goalkeeper: Abdullah Al Harthy (Bidiya), Best coach: Mohammed Sabah (Bidiya), Best player: Fahd Al Zaabi (Salam). 1st division: 1 Seeb, 2 Oman, 3 Jalan, Fairplay: Seeb, Top scorer: S Raqadi (Bausher), Best manager: Jassim Al Hasani (Jalan), Best goalkeeper: Mohammed Adeeb (Oman), Best coach: S Mohammed (Rustaq), Best player: Isam Al Bahri (Rustaq). Mazda Cup: 1 Al Nasr, 2 Sohar, Fairplay: Al Musannah. OPL: 1 Fanja, 2 Suwaiq, 3 Al Arouba, Fairplay: Fanja, Top scorer: Fedran (Fanja), Best manager: Hamdan Said (Salalah), Best goalkeeper: Riyad Subait (Al Arouba), Best coach: Abdulaziz Khari (Suwaiq), Best player: Mohammed Al Musallami (Fanja).

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Al Nahdha, Powertech, ISC, NYDT record victories

FACILE WIN: Al Nahdha after their victory over Renaissance.

MUSCAT: Al Nahdha recorded a 40-run victory over Renaissance in a Khimji Ramdas-sponsored Senior Division Knockout match played at the Municipality Ground II during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, Al Nahdha scored 195 for the loss off eight wickets in 20 overs, largely thanks to Imran Nasir’s 48. In reply, Renaissance were bowled out for 155 in FOOTBALL

Boro promoted, Burnley lift title LONDON: Middlesbrough are back in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw with 10-man Brighton & Hove Albion in their lucrative, winner-takes-all promotion clash on Saturday while Burnley sealed the Championship title with a 3-0 victory at Charlton Athletic.

Middlesbrough needed just one point and Brighton three in the last game of the season to secure automatic promotion to the top flight in a game estimated to be worth £170 million ($245.28 million) to the side that came out on top.

The draw left both sides on 89 points but Aitor Karanka’s Boro will be back in the Premier League for the first time in seven years thanks to a superior goal difference by a mere two goals.

Meanwhile, already-promoted Burnley wrapped up the title with 93 points. - Reuters

19 overs. Ameen Khan top scored with 27. Mustaq Malik and Arif Hussain claimed three wickets.

Brief scores: Al Nahdha 195/8 in 20 overs (Imran Nasir 48) bt Renaissance 155 in 19 overs (Ameen Khan 27; Mustaq Malik 3/12 ).

In another Senior Division Knockout match, Powertech defeated OCT Seeb by nine wickets at the Municipality Ground I dur-

ISC STARS: Saud, Amandeep, Mahek Asher and Ansar Ansari.

EASY OUTING: NDYT pose for a group photo after defeating PDO.

ing the morning session on Friday.

Batting first, OCT Seeb scored 138 for eight in 20 overs. Samir Othman top scored with 47. Anburaj was the best bowler for Powertech with four wickets. In reply, Powertech scored 139 for one in 16.2 overs. Ramkumar and Prabhakaran scored an unbeaten 59 and 63 respectively.

69 and 61 not out respectively. In reply, MDC Enhance Eagles were bowled out for 126 in 15.5 overs. Ansar Ansari and Saud Haroon picked up three wickets each for ISC.

Brief scores: OCT Seeb 138/8 in 20

overs (Samir Othman 47; Anburaj 4/21) lost to Powertech 139/1 in 16.2 overs (Prabhakaran 63).

Meanwhile, Indian Social Club also recorded a victory in the Senior Division Knockout Tournament when they defeated MDC Enhance Eagles by 62 runs.

Batting first, ISC scored 188 for two of 20 overs with Amandeep Singh and Malik Asher scoring with

Brief scores: ISC 188/2 in 20 overs (Amandeep 69) bt MDC Enhance Eagles 126 in 15.5 overs (Saud 3/20).

Tournament, defating PDO by nine wickets. Batting first, PDO were bundled out for 71 in 14.1 overs. Sameer Othman and Jaspreet Singh claimed three wickets each for NYDT. In reply, NYDT raced to 72 for one in 8.1 overs. Mohammed Ali top scored with 35 runs.

The National Youth Development Team (NYDT) also tasted success in Senior Division Knockout

Brief scores: PDO 71 in 14.1 overs (Jaspreet Singh 3/5) lost to NYDT 72/1 in 8.1 overs (Mohammed Ali 35).

Champions Leicester party Jamie Vardy and Andy King scored the goals before captain Morgan and manager Ranieri lifting the trophy after the final whistle

LONDON: Leicester City celebrated their gloriously unlikely Premier League triumph in a fitting manner with a 3-1 victory over Everton in front of their overjoyed, partying fans at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Jamie Vardy, with a double, and Andy King scored the goals that left the home supporters in raptures even before they could savour the almost unthinkable sight of captain Wes Morgan and manager Claudio Ranieri lifting the trophy after the final whistle.

There were more celebrations

at the Stadium of Light where Jermain Defoe was again the toast of Sunderland after his winner in a 3-2 victory over Chelsea lifted them out of the relegation zone, leaving Newcastle United and Norwich City on the verge of the drop.

Defoe scored his 15th league goal of the season to lead a stunning comeback victory against Chelsea who had captain John Terry sent off in added time for a second bookable offence.

With Norwich losing 1-0 at home to Manchester United and Newcastle only able to draw 0-0

GLORY: Leicester City celebrate with the trophy after winning the Barclays Premier League. - Reuters

at doomed Aston Villa, the victory means Sunderland, with two games remaining, will be safe if they beat Everton on Wednesday.

Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle, a point behind north-east neighbours Sunderland in 18th place having played a game more, would then be relegated along with Norwich who are second from bottom.

After the nerve-shredding drama at the other end of the table, Leicester were able to relax in the

day’s late game and revel in the triumph that has been making headlines all over the world.

The “Jamie Vardy’s having a party” chant was belted out by the supporters as the England striker took his season’s goal tally in the league to 24.

The only false note came when the forward blasted his second penalty of the day high over the bar in the 72nd minute with Leicester already cruising at 3-0.

Leicester’s victory gave them a 10-point lead at the top of the table with the champions having one game to go, at Ranieri’s former club Chelsea next weekend.

United’s win at Norwich, courtesy of Juan Mata’s fifth goal against the Canaries, left them in fifth place, one point behind neighbours Manchester City who occupy the fourth Champions League qualification spot and face fellow contenders Arsenal on Sunday. - Reuters FOOTBALL

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Cameroon’s Ekeng dies after collapsing LONDON: Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng died on Friday after collapsing on the pitch during a match for his club.

Patrick Ekeng, 26, fell to the ground shortly after coming on as a 62nd minute substitute during a league match against Viitorul Constanta, his club said in a statement on their official website.

Media reports said he suffered a suspected heart attack and was pronounced dead in hospital two hours later.

“Dinamo lost tonight, forever, footballer Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng,” Dinamo said.

“On behalf of everyone at Dinamo, sincere condolences to the bereaved family. God rest his soul.”

The Cameroon FA also confirmed the news on Twitter.

Meanwhile, Patrick Ekeng’s former club Cordoba tweeted: “There are no words to express our sorrow for the death of Patrick Ekeng.”

Cameroon midfielder MarcVivien Foe also died after collapsing on the pitch, during a Confederations Cup match in 2003 against Colombia in France.

Ekeng had also played for Le Mans in France, as well as Swiss club Lausanne. - Reuters

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KNOW YOUR Story Swati Dasgupta

Are you suffering from an excruciating knee pain? Is it owing to arthritis, any kind of injury, or for being constantly exposed to the airconditioner? Find the cause and the right treatment.

THESE DAYS most people complain of knee pain irrespective of their age. It can begin anytime in one’s life and largely depends on one’s lifestyle and family history.

While for some it is a chronic problem, it might be a temporary condition for others depending upon the cause of the pain which varies from person to person.

Be it temporary or chronic, doctors repeatedly advise that it is essential not to ignore knee pain and one should watch out for the symptoms and consult a specialist. “If the knee pain persists for days or a week, if it pains while walking even if it is for a short period of time, or while one is resting or sleeping, it is essential to consult a doctor,” says Dr Nithin Patel, orthopaedic surgeon at KIMS Hospital Oman.

Dr Patel talks about the common knee pain that can be classified into

inflammatory and non-inflammatory or traumatic. Inflammatory causes are gout (owing to increase in uric acid), reactive arthralgia or joint pain, and degenerative osteoarthritis.

Traumatic causes include ACL injuries, that is tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), ligaments that connect the shinbone to the thighbone; meniscal injuries or tear in the knee while bearing weight; fractures, and knee bursitis, ie inflammation in the bursae or the small sacs of fluid that cushion the outside of the knee joint.

But, while there are several causes of knee pain, the most common cause is osteoarthritis, and one in two adults develop symptoms of osteoarthritis during the course of their lives.

Also known as degenerative arthritis, this occurs when the cartilage of the knee deteriorates

with use and age which can worsen with injuries, and obesity. An orthopaedic specialist can help determine if the knee pain is caused by osteoarthritis. If the pain continues it’s advisable not to push through the pain, and consult the doctor.

“If you have knee pain from mild to moderate osteoarthritis, it may be managed with pain medication, physical therapy or hyaluronic acid injections. These options are designed to help reduce pain, stiffness, and swelling in the knee,” tells Dr Patel. Referring to swollen knees Dr Patel says that swelling of the knees can be because of effusion, that is increased fluid collection in the knees.

“If the knee swelling continues or is companied by severe pain or other serious symptoms, it requires immediate medical attention,” adds Dr Patel. In certain cases doctors also recom-

mend treating a swollen knee with R.I.C.E, that is Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.

So when one has swollen knees one should refrain from sports and give the knee joints a rest. Also applying a cold compress to the knee can help to reduce the swelling.

Wrapping the joint or keeping the leg in an elevated position help to reduce inflammation. Our knees are the weight bearing joint and hence are prone to injuries. Dr Patel says that most of the knee injuries can be prevented by proper training, keeping the muscles around the knee stronger, doing regular warm up, and stretching before a game.

Highlighting on the knee pain that people get while climbing stairs or while bending the knee, he says that bending is usually experienced in the front of the knee, at the patellofemoral joint

(between the knee cap). Stiff knees occurs owing to osteoarthritis, post surgical procedures in the knee joint, and injury to the knee. “Regular exercises and physiotherapy can help to make knees flexible,” he says.

People often complain of cramps, when they sleep in the AC for long.

How should one overcome this problem? Discussing about this common condition found mostly in Oman, Dr Nithin says that dehydration, not drinking sufficient water during a day, is the most common cause of cramps.

“Keep hydrated to prevent cramps. Regular exercising and stretching of muscles help to overcome this problem. And if you want your knees to be in shape it is important to strengthen quadriceps muscles, by doing hamstring stretches and cycling,” he tells.—swati@timesofoman.com

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Want to live longer?

Keep your body in shape If you are able to steadily maintain a lean body all your life, you are likely to live longer in comparison to those who have since childhood a heavy body that has got heavier during middle age, new research reveals. The findings showed that people who had a heavy body shape from their childhood and also put on weight during their middle age are at highest risk of mortality with a 15-year risk of death being 19.7 per cent in women and 24.1 per cent in men. In contrast, those who remained stably lean throughout life had the lowest mortality, with a 15-year risk of death being 11.8 per cent in women, and 20.3 per cent in men. “Our findings provide further scientific rationale for recommendations of weight management, especially avoidance of weight gain in middle life, for long-term health benefit,” said Mingyang Song, doctoral student at Harvard University in the US. In addition, high body mass index (BMI) in adulthood can also increase the mortality risk. Obesity has become a public health crisis in most countries worldwide. But, these results indicate the importance of weight management across the lifespan, the researchers noted.

6 Ways to Purify Your Skin

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ou’ve heard of detox diets and ridding your body of toxins, but did you know the same is possible for your skin? Environmental toxins and pollutants not only cause breakouts, but also bring out a dull, less vibrant looking complexion.

Stressors from your environment and lifestyle can cause redness, irritations, and premature ageing, says Claire Larsen, skin category manager for LifeSpa at Life Time Fitness in the US. “Proper skincare goes beyond simply washing your face before you go to bed. Detoxing your skin can help prevent oily and itchy skin, and even age spots and wrinkles.”

1. Cut out one causing foods Often, what you eat will show up on your face and body. Forehead breakouts are usually due to eating foods your body has trouble breaking down, like refined sugars, carbs, wheat, and dairy. Between the brow breakouts are linked to the liver, so try cutting down on BRIEF

Obesity during pregnancy can make your baby fat In a warning to soon-to-be mothers, researchers have recommended healthy and nutritious food during pregnancy as excess weight and high blood sugar can make babies prone to childhood obesity. Being overweight with elevated blood sugar affects the baby’s metabolism in the womb. “When women have elevated blood sugar and gain excess weight during pregnancy, it seems to change the baby’s metabolism to ‘imprint’ the baby for childhood obesity,” claimed lead study author Teresa Hillier from Kaiser Permanente Centre for Health Research in the US. “We’re not sure yet of the exact mechanism of this change but it appears that the baby is adapting to an overfed environment whether from glucose or extra weight,” said Hillier in the paper published in the journal Maternal and Child Health Journal. Mothers who gained 18kg or more during pregnancy were 15 per cent more likely to be overweight or obese. “We need to help her with lifestyle changes that will result in healthy weight gain,” Hillier said.-IANS

alcohol and fatty foods, and adding in liver supporting herbs such as dandelion root, milk thistle seed or yellow dock root. No matter what you do, always be sure to drink plenty of water throughout the day.

2. Identify hormone imbalances Track the timing, location, shape, size, and sensation of your breakouts. Hormonal acne tends to flare up at predictable times and is likely located beneath the cheekbones and along the jawline. It’s also typically deep, cystic, and sensitive. Talk to your dermatologist or health care provider if you think you might have hormonal related breakouts.

3. Notice how your routine affects your skin Are you noticing temple breakouts? It could be from the products in your hair. Make sure you’re thoroughly cleansing your face each morning and night, making sure to concentrate on your hair line. It’s

Proper skincare goes beyond simply washing your face before you go to bed.

Detoxing your skin can help prevent oily and itchy skin, and even age spots and wrinkles. also important to regularly change your sheets and pillowcases. Studies show you should wash your bedding once every week.

4. Use detoxifying products Serums with vitamins C and E, help to neutralise free radicals before they can damage the collagen and elastin in your skin.

Products with antioxidants will fight against the toxins and

pollutants your skin faces every day. Additionally, a detoxing bath containing Epsom salt will help to clean out your pores.

5. Try a skin detox treatment When your skin feels like it needs some extra TLC, head to the spa for a hydra facial. It deep cleans with vortex extractions and a mild chemical peel while also infusing lots of hydration.

A lymphatic drainage can be added for a special focus on detoxification and an LED light treatment can also help with the clarity and smoothness of your skin.

6. Get your sweat on When you get your heart beating and your skin sweating, it’s easier for your body to release toxins. Try to work up a sweat at least three days a week. You could even consider trying out a hot yoga class or heated spa session to encourage the sweat beads to fall.-BPT

Short sleep linked to poor breast cancer survival Short sleep duration combined with frequent snoring reported prior to cancer diagnosis may influence subsequent breast cancer survival, says a study. One potential mechanism underlying this relationship is the adverse effect of poor sleep on inflammatory pathways, which may be a contributing factor in the development and progression of cancer, the researchers said.

The study found that women who typically slept less than the recommended seven hours of sleep per night and were frequent snorers in the years before their cancer diagnosis experienced a poorer cancer prognosis. “We were surprised to see that snoring, especially in combination with short sleep duration, had such a strong association with cancer survival for certain cancer types,” said lead study author Amanda Phipps from University of Washington. “To our knowledge, snoring has not previously been evaluated in relation to cancer survival, but our results suggest that it can be an important consideration,” Phipps added in a paper published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Breast cancer patients who reported sleeping six hours or less per night and snoring five or more nights per week before their diagnosis were two times more likely to die from breast cancer than patients who reported sleeping seven to eight hours per night and rarely snored. “Healthy, sufficient sleep is essential for individual well-being, population health and public safety,” Nathaniel Watson from American Academy of Sleep Medicine said. “Unlike so many things, sleep can impact cancer risk and cancer prognosis, sleep is something that an individual can potentially control,” Watson stated.-IANS

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A little cheese can go a long way in helping you to meet the three recommended cups of dairy per day.

Add fruits such as oranges or strawberries to try and hit the two cups of recommended fruit serving per day.

Crackers or quinoa can help you reach your allotment of three to four ounces of grains, half of which should be whole grains per day.

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Commercial Space Commercial Space For Rent in Al Khuwair. Ideal for Coffee Shop / Restaurant / Office Space / Showroom 27sqm / 68sqm / 128sqm

Contact: 96775026

3 BHK, 3 toilets near Indian School main Wadi Kabir & 2 BHK, 2 toilet near Honda road Junction.

Contact: 99737562 Office 55 SQ. Mtrs & 2 B /R new bldg in Bausher behind bank Muscat from owner. Contact: 92158031 3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.

18 November Street. Near Mars Hypermarket and The Chedi.

Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or Residential use. OMR 295/- month.

Call 94477222 Flats for rent near Indian School in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122 Super Deluxe 2 bedroom flat with swimming pool, Gym, at Qurum Shatti Al Qurum. Contact: 99369081 2 BHK at Al Mawaleh South near Masjid Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 7 room villa at split AC 18th November road Azaiba.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Flat for rent at Al Amerat at H.One mortaffat , 2 rooms, toilet kitchen.

Contact: 99313344 OFF / Shop 30 SQMT, W/Kabir R.O 200/-. Contact: 99384640 New warehouse for rent with office space 1150 sq mtr 9.5 height (rent negotiable), new Industrial area Salalah.# 96955505 / 96217297 1,2,3 BHK flats & villas.

Contact: 92144045 3 BHK without A/C Al Khuwair R.O 375/-. Contact: 92144045

1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available near Lulu Darsait (Main road, Opp. to Min. of Defense). Contact : 93202733 2BHK & 1BHK flats with split air conditioners are available for rent in new building in Al Qurum, near Rose Garden. Interested persons may contact on 95133331 / 96722449 Flat for rent : flat available at Hamriya & Wadi Kabir. Contact: 97380548 / 99680499 Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact – 97007934 / 92609232

1BHK M.B.D R.O 250/-.

Contact: 92144045 1BHK Mumtaz R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045 Flats in Muttrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

2BHK with A/C Ghubra R.O 325/-. Contact: 92144045

Offices and Flats in Ghala.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Room for rent near Al Daser Rex road Ruwi. Contact: 92099367 / 99797645

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats In Qurum. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.

Contact: 92277419 1 BHK flat for rent R.O 180/Near Medical Darsait.

Contact: 24705742

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

Flats in Ghobrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Darsait. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

1BHK Studio flat near Star Cinema RO 180/-. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288

Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Warehouse for rent at Ghala Ind. Area. 800 & 2500 approx sqms Near Hotel Al-Madinah Holiday, Ghala. Container can enter. Immediate access to roads & highways.

Contact : 94583320

Spacious room with bath and passage, kitchen available for sharing at Darsait (near ISD School).

Contact: 99419390

House rent 2 bedroom, Majlis, 2 toilets, kitchen & parking in Mawalah near City Center.

Contact: 96968104

House for rent 1 bedroom & sitting room, 1 toilet & kitchen in Mawalah near City Center.

Contact : 96968104

2 BHK flat at Ruwi Mumtaz area RO 320/-. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288

For rent flat in Darsait office CBD. Contact: 95345909 / 92820734

Room at Al Khuwair RO 110/-.

Contact: 95317247 1BHK with A.C Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact: 92144045 3 Bedroom well maintained flat (villa TYPE only 2 flats in villa) in Al Khuwair, Behind Al Akhtam Restaurant Villa No 1841, Way No 3922 Block No 239.

Contact: 99462980 4 BHK villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181 2 BHK flat in Ghubra 18 November Street. Contact 99792181 2 BHK flat in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181 2 Bedroom flat near Kuwait Masjid, Wadi Kabir. Contact: 98498823 / 97608564 Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

2 Bed room flats available in Al Amera Mahj5 (Opp. Sultan Center. Contact: 99108822 150 + 180 + 200 Sqr mtrs office in Al Khuwair. Contact 99792181 3 BHK villa in Qurum heights.

Contact 99792181 Room or apartment for rent in Qurum. Contact: 99664703 Luxury fully furnished 2 bedroom flat at Al Khuwair for short or long term lease contract. Contact Atlas Real Estate & Rent a Car LLC. Contact Atlas Real Estate & Rent a Car LLC. Contact 94617563 / 92888376, tel : 24833848 / 24834888 Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz area 2 bedrooms. Contact: 24291500 / 91409667 Villa for rent, 4 rooms, big hall, 6 toilets, big living room, kitchen & store Bousher 750/-OMR. Contact: 91153933 Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35) Contact 94051789 / 97201688

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REQUIRED Sub-Contractor For Indoor and Outdoor Telecom works including Fiber, RF and In building cabling work experience

FOR RENT

FOR RENT IN RUWI 1 BHK – SPILT A/C, BUILT IN WARDROBE &CENTRALIZED GAS. SPACIOUS 2 BHK.

Contact : 990 49 722 Shops for rent in Ibra Main road opposite technical college. Contact: +968 93894290 / 99419496 Villa in Bousher consists of 5 rooms, 1 hall & living room.

Contact: 91153933 Villa in Al Khoud consists of 6 bedrooms, 1 sitting & living room.

Contact: 91153933 Villa in Al Ghubra consists of 5 bedrooms, 1 hall and living room.

Contact: 91153933 Room with 9 bathrooms in Bousher for rent. Contact: 91153933 Apartment in Al Khoudh consists of 2 room & hall. Contact: 91153933

Contact - 91409326

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For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required.

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total area 3500 sqm - covered warehouse (500sqm), office, accommodation (1000sqm), open area (2000sqm) please contact: 99273774 - 99202278

Laundry for sale Ruwi near Camelia. Contact: 92868123 / 92841089

Four bedroom two floors luxurious and spacious residential villa in Al Hail North, near to the sea and Oman oil. Each room has its own bathroom. It has splits A/C’s and shaded car park. OMR 750 monthly. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955

Luxury Apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 95056808 / 97201688

1 BHK in Azaiba. Contact: 99385835 / 99428143 2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120 Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact 97007934 / 92629232 Flats in Darsait. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/- in AL Khuwair.

Contact 95154331

2 Bedroom centrally air conditioned flat in CBD prime location.

Contact: 24714625 / 94460790

Flats in Muttrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flat for rent near Royal Hospital.

Contact: 99346793

Offices in Ghala. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

01 Bedroom in Darsait, 1,2,3 Bedroom flats at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 24707340 / 95282986 / 99472457

Shops / flats available in Honda Road, Ruwi & Mabellah Industrial area. Contact 24833972/ 24833974/ 99367448

Villa for rent room, toilet, hall, kitchen, store with furniture water & electricity included Bowsher OMR 300/-. Contact: 91153933

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate Tel : 00 968 95158570

Office for rent in Mabela.

Contact: 99355330 Duplex villa in QURUM 29.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Room for rent big room, toilet, washing place including water & electricity Bowsher OMR 200/-.

Contact: 91153933 Villa for rent, big hall, 4 room, 5 toilets, kitchen, store living room in Ghubra OMR 650/-.

Contact: 91153933 Flat for rent in South Mabela.

Contact: 95331177 / 95230355 Office space small in Azaiba.

Contact: 99428143 1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Villa for rent 8 big room, 7 toilets, big hall, Kitchen & store Al Khoud.

Contact: 91153933 Brand new double bed room flats with two and three toilets, split ac, elevators available at Al Khoudh next to Al koudh health center.

Contact 99022675 Furnished office (61M2) for sale / rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi Mosque. Contact: 95611569

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Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3 floor 400. Contact 99420346 Flats, shops and store for rent in Ruwi, MBD & Mumtaz. Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 2BHK Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045 Offices & Showrooms in Mutrah.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah 3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580 2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building good location Barka Market. contact 99342661 2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454, 24815012.

02 BHK residential flat opposite to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241 For rent and investment Land industrial shops in Rusayl.

Contact: 99323957 / 95490842 Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah near Oman Oil of 18 November Street. OMR 330 Monthly.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955.

Investor with fixed returns also welcome.

Please contact – 95213273

Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

Empty shop for sale in Ruwi near Camelia. Contact: 92841089

1100.00 m2 com. & Res. plot at heart of Ruwi. Contact: 93666944 Porta Cabin Office for sale in Sohar 40 Ft length contains 2 office room, 1 Open meeting hall, 1 pantry, 1 toilet and 1 security cabin.

Contact National Gas Company: Badar (9546 9929) Travel agency for sale or lease very well established travel agency at Rex Road is for sale or lease with two staff and one clearance. Contact 99704304 Coffee shop for sale in Al Khuwair 33. Contact: 92294415 A well running pharmacy for sale at prime location.

Contact 99627621, 93240949 20 x40 containers.

Contact: 99354909 Villas in Al Khoud.

Contact 95056808 / 97201688 HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift), Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine, Steel Fabrication Machinery (Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding) including tools for immediate sale: Contact 99273774/ 99202278 Shop for sale near Oman House, Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Residential land in Mabela Phase 5 Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 Dental chair, mobile dental X ray, instruments, 5 year old, sale for 1000 Rials only in Al Buraimi.

Contact: 92737149 Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 /What`s up No 97290565 Beauty Salon for urgent sale in Al Khoud/ Seeb prime location next to Rameez shopping centre. With sponsor and 1 staff and 1 ready visa clearance. Call: 95318629 / 95169411 Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery. Contact 99328430 Car accessories, upholstery, oil & battery shop for sale in Seeb.

Contact: 92262284/96733523 Luxury Apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 95056808 / 97201688 Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale.

Contact 99273774/ 99202278 Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457 Urgent sale of steel scrap only serious buyers kindly contact +968 96725423 for viewing the items.

SALE ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS items for bulk sale at Muscat.

Contact 99883067/ 92429917 ACC. AVAILABLE 1 BHK appartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque for rent (next to alkhoud medical center and squ) MOB: 93913224 Small old house for rent in Ghobra. Contact: 97165972 Sharing ACC available for bachelor in Al Khuwair near the Muscat Pharmacy rent R.O 100/- only.

Contact: 94297820 Furnished room available for Executive bachelor in Ruwi area.

Contact: 99054542 Room for rent near Hamriya roundabout for bachelor only.

Contact: 97443614

FOR HIRE Crane trailer, hiab. Contact: 99354909

MV SALE

NRI

INDIAN RAILWAYS Ticket Reservation Hotel & Bus Tickets

Star Travel Single room sharing B/K at Mumtaz area. Contact: 95212017 Single room available near Darsait Lulu. Contact: 92120626 Room with attached bathroom for working ladies in a flat in M.B.D. Contact: 99764307 Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM. Rooms available with Kitchen facility at Ruwi.

Contact: 91214897 Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794 Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 97167857 Room for rent with furniture.

Al Bustan village.

Contact 93687466 Sharing Accommodation available for working ladies opposite Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably Indians. Room with seperate toilet and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717 Room available in Mumtaz area 1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1 room, common bathroom. Interested pleasecontact 92680041 Mr. Altaf Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket. CONTACT 96202458/96761960

Honda Accord 2009 expat driven, well maintained under Honda service, good condition silver color, new tyres. Contact: 93210061 Hyundai Elantra 1.8, 2001 fully A/T 270000 km, 600/-.

Contact: 92531535 Mazda Cx 9, in immaculate condition, expatriate driven, single owner, no accidents, serviced regularly by Towel Auto, 2013 model, mileage 8500KM.Expected price: RO 7000.000 (negotiable).

Contact Pradeep 94194071 Nissan Altima 2.5S purchased & registered Oct 2012 Golden color dealer maintained new tyres & battery, excellent condition.

Contact: 97717152 Pajero 2015 GLS V6 3.5L for sale, R.O 7,700. Contact: 97798368 Hyundai Accent 1.6, 2014 model, good condition. Contact : 95212017

ACC. AVAILABLE

92820665 / 24711734 910 SQ FT, 1 B/R fully furnished flat at Quepem – Goa. Contact: 97094797 Lands sale in Trichur Kerala.

Contact 91637137 / 91 9746573948 NRI selling his properties in following places : -Bangalore (Sobha Garnet, 4 bed room apartment), Hosur (25 cents), Cochin (20 cents), Trivandrum (11 cents, opposite to KIMS Hospital), Shertala (20 cents), Kanyakumari ( 175 cents along National Highway) Nagercoil ( 3 plots of 11 cents, 100 cents and 20 cents). Please send e mail to drkpraman@gmail.com or call Pradeep 94194071

BUYING Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.

Contact: 90202090

ACC WANTED

Furnished apartment for rent, two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen. Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776

1/ 2 BHK flat required in Al Khuwair/ Ghubra. Contact 96026943

Sharing accommodation near ISD. Contact: 99657340

Wanted one room.

Contact 98026234

Room available for Executive bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708 Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir Contact 93049849

WANTED IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up.

Mobile no: 92927880/ 99012165

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

HR & ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Should hold Bachelor degree & Diploma in HR, coupled with 6-7 years experience in Oman.

Managing HR related functions, Annual budget, Renewal of all types of documents and well versed with Government Laws & Policies.

Email CV: jobs@alkhonjiholding.com

LOOKING FOR ELECTRICIAN Required urgently experienced Electricians with ITI Certificate.

Contact 99878180, narrowstreet@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Wanted part time Accountant (Tally). Contact: 99419390

BEAUTICIAN Wanted experienced beautician for the reputed ladies beauty center at Muscat. Contact: 99791572 / 97453246 Email: souzawilfred@gmail.com

Beautician required for Al Gazala beauty parlour, visa available.

Contact: 92534941

CATERING Urgently required an experienced Waiter for a food restaurant. Visa available. Contact: 96026615 / 99816262

DOMESTIC HELPER Required Gardener for part time job at Al Rabiat Qurum.

Contact 95890531

DRIVER Experienced light duty driver.

Contact: 94647631 Wanted Light duty Driver cum house boy for an Indian family in Oman. Kindly contact 99425610 / 99211030

Wanted driver. Contact: 97165972

DESIGNER Architect Interior designer diploma / degree having minimum 2 yrs experience in Revit AutoCAD / MEP / Conceptual presentation drawing.

Contact: info@cscoman.com

DRAFTSMAN Urgently required: Civil Draftsman- with experience 5 years experience in building and with NOC for immediately join.

Interested candidates may call us to our office telephone: 00968-24696584/24696585 or fax: 00968-24605955 or email us to sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com

EDUCATION Private School seeks to employ teachers with experience and high efficiency in the following specializations: Class teacher, English KG Teacher, Science Teacher, Math Teacher for grade 6,7,8,9 experienced in teaching field with not less than 5 years experience, University degree in the field of Sociology.

Contact: 99573791 / 24489721 / 24489536 Email: omfajer@hotmail.com

ENGINEER/MECHANIC. Construction company seeking Marketing Executives, Electrical Diploma Engineer & Civil Engineer. Should have Omani driving license. Email : info@greencover.net Required Indian Engineer road Construction 5/10 years experience Eligibility BE or Diploma Civil AutoCAD Estimation with Oman (D/L) & Indian Heavy Duty drivers.

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

REQUIRED Marketing manager/ Sales Executives Experience in Sales/Marketing of Building Materials(Sanitary wares & Kitchens). Not less than 5 yrs exp Sound customer Base Contact email-

rgeorge@omantd.com & atalibus@omantd.com

ENGINEER/MECHANIC. Urgently Required: Construction Project Manager- with experience 10 years experience in building and with NOC for immediately join. Interested candidates may call us to our office telephone: 00968-24696584/24696585 or fax: 00968-24605955 or email us to sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com

IT Required Shop Sales man + Hardware Technician for IT Company with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806, Email: info@rns-group.com

MEDICAL Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact: 95081010 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com Required GP doctor for running clinic in Salalah. Contact 92732491 / 93129219, email : clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com Care Medical Centre Al Seeb requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to: sarita_h23@yahoo.com Urgently required Staff Nurse with MOH license to work in a reputed clinic, permanent or for leave vacancy.

Salary negotiable. Contact 99048170

SITUATION WANTED SALES / MARKETING Sales & Marketing degree holder having min 2 yrs experience for interior design company with Omani D/L prefer to having exp in hospitality & hotels.

Contact: info@cscoman.com Require Marketing Manager, experience 5 years plus, Omani driving license. Tel: 24548382 Email id - towershr70@gmail.com Wanted Staff with 3 years experience in Oman in real estate field.

Contact: +968 95910186 Email: aburashid94dd@gmail.com Required marketing / PR manager for a modern restaurant group in Oman , proficient in illustrator & Photoshop charismatic , proactive , creative & flexible excellent writing / Editing skills degree in relevant area fluent in English. Send CV to marketingpr2016@gmail.com Looking for Salesman with experience in vegetable and fruits sales, good conduct, fluent in English.

Should have driving license. Email CV on: info@eigllcoman.com Contact - 96339339 Salesman required for electrical equipments with driving license & 5/7 years working experience. Fax your C.V 24833043 (Jinan Enterprises)

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Urgently required 1 No. ITI Electrician, minimum 2 years of experience & should be able to read electrical drawings.

Send CV to Fax: 24591610 or email: qaisllc@yahoo.com Printing male Indian single colour four colour painting exp.

Contact: 99740206 Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experience in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com Electrician for Heavy Machines : experienced with mobile cranes and Wheel Loader (shovel) with a background in troubleshooting and reading a diagram . #98856565 . email : hr@wadibaad.com Crane Hydraulic Mechanic : experienced with Mobile Cranes and should have knowledge with troubleshooting and hydraulic system diagnosis . Contact : 98856565 . email : hr@wadibaad.com

SIT.WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Wanted G.P doctor & Nurse in Muscat. Contact: 95631779 / 99722457 Urgently required Staff Nurse with MOH license for a private clinic in Sohar (leave vacancy for 3 months).

Contact: 99797459 GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. Preferably with MOH license or with Dataflow & Paramatics pass Contact: 95388934 Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC. Attractive salary offered. Email: clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Juice cum ice-cream maker.

Contact: 92841089 Required candidates for following posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers.

Candidates with Omani driving license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

SALES / MARKETING Looking for a Staff who is having 3 years experience in Oman in real estate field.

Contact: +968 95910186 Email: aburashid94dd@gmail.com The following vacancies are urgently required for a printing press in Wadi Kabir, General Manager, and Sales representative. With well knowledge and experience in printing press, holding valid Omani driving license. Send your CV to: info@albatnapp.com Urgently required Marketing Executive for a reputed Company in Oman with valid Oman D/L. Contact 94293209, career@ruwaishad.com

Accountant / Marketing, BBA, Tally, Dip in logistics, can work on my current visa. Contact 98269281 Accountant Indian male B.Com with 8 years experience in Oman knowledge in tally ERP, SAP AX, MIS up to finalization NOC available. Contact: 96989872 Email: radhakrishnank2007@rediffmail. com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE 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 Male Accountant M.Com (Accounts & finance) having 3 years experience in accounts looking for suitable job on visit visa. ontac: 94648575 Accountant, Indian male, with 6 years experience up to finalization in tally with reporting knowledge and good knowledge of payroll, having valid driver’s license, with NOC. Contact: 94035577 Email: azu090@gmail.com 25 years, Pakistani male with a qualification of BBA (Hons) & valid Omani driving license looking for suitable job in Muscat.

Contact: 93557510 Part time Accountant up to finalization audit & assignments.

Contact: 91126314 Indian male M.Com, PGDCA, 10 years of experience in Oman as Senior Finance Executive good experience in finance and accounts looking for suitable placement with reputed organizations.

Contact: 95392251 BBA finance 2 years experience as Accountant 6 months experience Assistant Marketing offer looking for jobs in accounts and marketing.

Contact: 90291297 BBA finance fresh Graduate knowledge of accounting balance sheet income statement, tally, advance, excel looking for jobs accountant. Contact: 93150918 Indian male 28 Accountant / Senior Audit Associate ACCA finalist having 6 years experience in Accounting upto finalization currently on visit visa. Contact: 95193650 or 99078853 Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com Finance-Indian with 7 years experience in Finance & Accounts up to Finalization. Currently employed in Oman. Having D/L & NOC. Mob: 94122464, cammk13@gmail.com 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement.Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Part time Sr. Accountant with 19 yrs experience in Accounts, finance, Audit Tax Management.

Contact: 95857199

Financial Controller 23 years Oman experience in financial management MOUs feasibility studies available.

Contact: 91302906

Male B.Com Graduate Assist.

Accountant with 2 years experience in Accounting administration.

Contact: 94736742

Chief Accountant well experienced with reputed group available for immediate joining.

Contact : 98803439 / 97413784.

Indian male 36 (M.Com) 10 +2 yrs IND / Oman experience, expert in Accounts upto finalization looking for accounts or sales, NOC available. Contact: 90389456 Email: mns.muscat@gmail.com

Chief / Senior Accountant having 12 years of Oman experience seeks suitable position.

Contact: 97385562 Indian Accountant M.Com, 3 years experience in Oman, with valid NOC & driving license looking for a suitable position in accounts & sales.

Contact: 94744575 Indian male qualification MBA Finance Marketing experience 2 years express visa seeking for placement, presently on express visa. Contact: 93991882 Accountant, Indian female, B.Com Graduate 1 & half year experience up to finalization in tally with reporting knowledge, pursuing ACCA, having valid GCC D/L. Contact: 95373751 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

A Graduate of Alexandria Mechanical Power Engineering and certified International Procurement Manager CIPM basics of supply chain management BSCM - APICS seeking suitable job for his Qualifications. Contact: 20 01222399139 Oman 99602608 C/O Osman Email: samer_ henawy@hotmail.com Indian male 7 years experience as Accountant in Oman having Oman driving license looking for job, currently in Oman. NOC available. Contact: 92859733 Email: parthasarathy67@gmail.com Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394 Indian male , 29 B.com ICWA (pursuing) 7 years experience in accountant / audit with valid Omani D/L seeking for suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 94706954 Email: ajurn33@gmail.com

IND female 12 years exp in Banking, Insurance customer service Secretarial skills analysis communication, client handling, coordination, Team handling, qualification, M.COM looking for suitable position currently on visit visa. Contact: 95166496 Indian CA, male 34yrs, 14+ Yrs exp. in A/Cs, finance, auditing, consultancy & knows SAPB1, Tally ERP. Oman D/L .Currently in Oman. NOC available. PLZ contact: 94704800, Email: omanjobca@gmail.com.

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 A Graduate of Alexandria in Accounting has freelance interior designing, experience in different design programs & recorded projects achievements, willing to join suitable job for his qualification and talents. Contact: +201003966769 Oman: 99602608 C/o Osman.

Email: shadyhenaawy@gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193 Indian female MBA in finance currently on visit visa seeking suitable placement in Accounts / HR / Admin. Contact: 92896110 Email: anoopodiyan@gmail.com

DRIVER Light driver looking for job exp 2 years in Oman. Contact: 91929556 Experience driver looking for job.

Contact: 95113612 Light vehicle driver 6 years in Oman. Contact: 94260369 / 94035746 Light Duty Driver seeks placement. Contact: 96250185 Looking for Office driving job in Muscat, have been driving in Muscat for 7 years & known all the fluent speaking in Arabic, English com join work immediately.

Contact: 99640986 Email: sheka786@gmail.com Bangladeshi driver want job.

Contact 93822195 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver 15 yrs Kuwait exp & 3 yrs Oman exp looking for job.

Contact: 98440049 Male 3 years have experience in driving. Contact: 96457875 Indian light driver having 2 years experience in Oman know language English, Hindi, Arabic need job. Contact: 97366822 Looking for driving job or transportation job, have Nissan Sunny 2012 model. Contact: 97224035 Light duty driver Pakistani seeks placement. Contact: 97762974

36 years, male with M.Com Finance having 15 yrs of insurance & banking experience in India, on visit visa for 15 Days seeks suitable jobs. Contact 91159284 / 99429589

Indian light driver looking for job.

Contact: 99089441

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

12 years experience driver with Pajero 2015 GLS V6 3.5L need job.

Contact: 97798368

ADMIN Indian male, 10 yrs exp seeks placement in Off Coordination, HR, Admin, Customer service, on visit visa. Contact: 95762646 With 15 years of Gulf experience in HR / Admin / logistics looking for suitable position. Fluent in Arabic / English with D/L. Contact: 95824598 Indian male Post Graduate in HR 19 years (8 Years in Oman) well experienced in HR / Admin in Oil & Gas, Construction fields with Oman D/L seeks suitable position.

Release / NOC available.

Contact 92854993.

Indian male, 20 years experience in Oman as personal assistant / office manager / executive secretary / administrator / business development assistant looking for a change. holding Omani driving license. local release available.

Contact 99168054 Lady Expat looking for full time job with visa. Interested fields are Admin, teaching, HR, back office.

Contact: 91739424 Email: jinsijobs@gmail.com A Young dynamic post Graduate with 10 years experience of Office Administration cum transport in charge in Oman to manage large fleet of PDO / Non PDO vehicles in addition having experience of managing the labor camp and staff with their mess valid Omani D/L. Contact: +968 - 92700274 Email: naqvi8084@gmail.com Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 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 Indian looking for customer service, purchase front office Admin 5 years experience in UAE. Contact: 91744032 Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288

Driver LTV computer opt store keeper office boy, shop keeper.

Contact: 94801189

GCC experienced Driver 10 years requires suitable placement.

Contact: 94801679 Experienced driver available 20 years in Oman.

Contact: 99040186 Driver with car.

Contact:91362320 Looking for job as light vehicle driver 5 years experience.

Contact: 92640278 8 years experience in driving heavy D/L (PDO) H2S. Contact: 92091528 Light driver looking for job.

Contact: 96798075 Looking for light driving job 2 yrs exp. Contact: 91625977

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Autocad works, free lancer / part time, experienced, arch, MEP, structural. Contact : 97103168 Architectural Draftsmen diploma in construction technology with 6 years experience in drafting and detailing as per British standard in Oman with valid Omani license looking for suitable opportunity Noc available. Call 94375897.

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.

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 99739415 / 92091528 Teacher 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

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman.Contact:98921022 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784

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Contact 96715420 / 91265020, Email : jijosrgo@gmail.com, simonjosephjc@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Procurement Coordinator Indian male 30 yrs B.Com (computers) 4 years experience in Saudi Arabia in Construction Company, looking for any suitable position on visit visa till 15 May 16.

Contact: 0968-98590811 Email: ibrahimhashmi220@gmail.com Indian female Mech. Engineer with 1 & half years experience looking for suitable placement.

Interested in Sales & Marketing also. Contact: 94743992 Email: selveena054@gmail.com Indian female B.Tech (Civil) looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 93480346 Email: deepasajish@gmail.com Electrical Engineer 5.5 years experience and 2 years Gulf experience. Valid GCC driving license ph:+968-95527936 Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 Mechanical Engineer (Indian male, 24 years) with three years experience looking for suitable job.

Currently on visit visa, ready to join immediately.

Contact: 92175441 Email: ihabeeb24@gmail.com 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.Sc Civil Engineer, MBA experience 5 years (15 months in Oman) English & Arabic, driving license looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 94162443 Indian male BE Mechanical Engineering having 1 year experience seeks suitable position available in Oman on visit visa.

Contact: 96630091 Email: acv4111@gmail.com Female MCA qualified Software manual testing Engineer with 5 years experience looking for suitable position in Muscat on family joining visa. Contact: 0091 9884095301 / 00968 94231305, Email: devibala@yahoo.co.in Indian male Mechanical Engineer with 2 yrs of experience on visit visa, looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 90551526 Email: akhilgeorgiwilson@gmail.com Indian female, M. Sc B.Ed, 5+ years experience in Oman seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93992958 / 96203570 Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, 94001961 Electrical Engineer experience 9 years in Oman. Contact: 98148034 Indian male civil Engineering Diploma holder, 31 years, 4 years experience in Oman, 2 years in road division looking for placement. N.O.C available.

Contact: 93298395 Architect Engineer bachelor Sudanese 7 years experience in building and construction and design (AutoCAD – Archicad) Contact: 95140464 Pakistani male 48 yrs Diploma electrical technician with 21 yrs exp . Contact : 98262600, Email: muhammedakram41@gmail.com Diploma in Civil Engineer with 5 yrs experience in Oman seeking a suitable job N.O.C available.

Contact: 93630296 / 93264828

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ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com 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 HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over 10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter (NOC) available), seeking suitable placement, Mob:97061817, Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com B.E Mechanical Engineer, Indian male 34 years, having 10+ years experience in MEP building construction field (HVAC, Firefighting and Plumbing) with Omani D/L. NOC available.

96978380;prajithks@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 92835952. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Indian 14 yrs exp SR MEP – Elect Engg with NOC, searching suitable job, in field PMC, Fire consultants , Testing & com, project supervision. Contact: 92437865 Email: maimran.mtech@live.com Indian 24 yrs exp SR civil Engg with NOC, searching suitable job, in any project Supervision.

Contact: 96602718 mishteyaqh@yahoo.co.in Indian female diploma Architecture having 5 years exp in Engineering consultancy in Oman seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 96683293 18 years experienced Civil Engineer with NOC looking for suitable opportunities in Contracting companies - Nationality Indian immediately available.

Contact: 92855910 Email: jk2_anu@yahoo.co.in Mechanical Engineer (UK), having 4 yrs exp in the field of technical, sales & maintenance Engineer seeking suitable placement having valid Oman D/L& NOC is also available. Contact: +968 97612297 Email: ymirza11@caledonian.ac.uk Telecommunication Engineer Sudanese male having 3 years for experience in Telecom RF3 optical fiber seeks for job.

Contact: 91403123 Email: alrsheed88@hotmail.com Telecom Engineer Sudanese male having 4 years experience in telecom RF 3 optical fiber looking for job. Contact: 95614243 Email: rshe0029@gmail.com

Indian male 26 B.Tech Civil Engineer 3 year’s 8 months Experience at building construction. In Oman 2 year’s experience N.O.C available seeking suitable placement Contact : 97396269 Email : usmanshaik42@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 Sudanese Civil Structure Engineer 3 years looking for job in reputable company AutoCAD, Etabs, Staad Pro Omani driving license available. Contact: 97906770 Quantity Survey works part time / freelance (civil).Contact: 95719108 Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male with 1 year experience looking for job, qualification in Qa-Qc, HVAC & piping engineering.

Contact 90510800, Email : muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com Civil Engineer diploma 3 years Sudanese National experience 4 years at construction sites.

Contact: 91183608 5 years experience in supply chain (warehouse logistics) procurement. Contact: 90644186 Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187 syam036@gmail.com Quantity Surveyor (Civil) 11 years with Omani driving license, local release available. Contact: 95719108 Electrical B.E.C Engineer Pakistani male 24 years looking for a job. Contact: 94049812 / 92958112 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in switchgear / transformer / over head lines & trading for sales / procurement & project execution with valid Omani D/L. Contact: +968 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com 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

AutoCAD Draughtsman Indian male 8 years exp Civil, Interior, precasting, GCC driving license.

Contact: 95685028 Email: vimalg.kannur@gmail.com

Civil Engineer experience March 2013 to July 2015.

Contact: 91034688

Telecommunication Engineer 35 years experience with Omantel company, Hindi , English & Arabic.

Contact: 91204243 / 94372096 / 99751612

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

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer +13 years experience in heavy equipments maintenance experience in Oil field. Contact 96583270 Indian male (Kerala) 24 yrs, B.E Civil Engineer, residing in Oman on visit visa looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92724814 / 99473131

Indian male B-tech 8 years experience as senior electrical project engineer / QC engineer on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543 Email: anwar425@gmail.com

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Geologist position Pakistani male 27 years applied Geology looking for any Geologist position in any oil & gas construction or mining company in Oman on 1 month visit visa of Oman, experience total of 2 years. Contact: 96390458 Email: gulfamhussain17@gmail.com

Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact: 98660672

A/C Tech with Electrician and plumber looking for maintenance job, have D/L. Contact: 95308363

Female 24 yrs, 3 years in IT programmer now in Oman looking for suitable job. Contact: 96350234

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759

Sr. Sales & Marketing Specialist Indian male, Diploma Engineer with BBA & 16 yrs experience in Oman, worked with MNC in retail (Telecom/ Lubricant sales) and with construction industry handling various products & subcontract projects.

Holding valid Oman D/L, NOC available.

Qualified Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA) and cost and management accountant (ACMAIndia) with over 25 years experience in Sultanate of Oman in finance, banking and administration is seeking a suitable placement. NOC available.

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SALES / MARKETING

B.E (CSE) Graduate Indian male 25 years with 3 years experience in IT field, seeking suitable placement currently on visit visa.

Contact: 91228492 Email: ajishanish@gmail.com

Indian Female, 24 Years - MSc Biotechnology. Worked in International Crops Research Institute For The Semi Arid Tropics for project work as trainee. Looking for suitable job. Mobile: 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

10 years ICT Business development & project management exp in Oman looking for suitable senior position. Contact: 98987654

IT PM available 10+ years experience six sigma black belt certified diverse background U.S Citizen.

Contact: + 968 94699818 Sudanese IT Developer with 2 years experience.

Contact: 94360181 5 years of experience in the post of Networking Engineer holding (CCNA – MCITP) Very good in Arabic & English valid driving license.

Contact: 99813988 IT support MCSA Network Virtualization 1 year exp.

Contact: 98207829 B.Tech Information Technology with one year experience in I.T field looking for job on visit visa.

Contact: 92312978, Email : quazi13026nehal@gmail.com B.Tech (IT) experience in Networking server & desktop management in corporate environment looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 92954613

MEDICAL Quality Analyst Medical Coding CPC ICD-10 testified qualification M.Sc biotechnology holding 4+ years of experience seeking suitable job, currently in India, age 27 yrs. Contact: +91 9500515933

SALES / MARKETING

Indian 7 years experience in Hospitality Industry looking for customer service Indoor sales purchase front – office reception. Contact: 91744032

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

13 years experienced Salesman seeking job, holds valid Omani driving license. NOC also available, needs visa change urgently, experience in mobiles and electronics sale. Contact: 97900338

Filipina, looking for an administrative job with experience in Law office and Logistic planning.

91384939/ 91961348, nadia.navelgas@gmail.com

Male Indian 36 years marketing Sales 12 years experience M.A degree currently on visit visa ready to join. Contact: 00968 94068878 Email: sureshmailme79@yahoo.com

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

4 years experienced Automobile Marketing/Sales Manager of Indian origin, 25yrs age on visiting visa seeks suitable job in Oman.

Contact 95298876.

Indian male looking for jobs as driver storekeeper or salesman.

Contact: 93925621

Female Nurse passed Oman prometric and viva completed dataflow searching for vacancies preferably from Salalah region.

NOC available. Contact: 91737898

Indian male BBA in Marketing & finance have 3 years work experience in Oman with driving license seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 96007885

Female Indian MOH licensed dentist looking out for job opportunities in Nizwa. Has 14 yrs experience as dentist after graduation.

Can be contacted on 93329964

Procurement / Estimation male 15 years experience in Oman working with reputed company seeks suitable placements. N.O.C available.

Contact: 93508898 Email: reghunair01@gmail.com

Young Dynamic MBA Post-Grad with 2 yrs exp as Procurement officer at Muscat & 3 yrs exp in Marketing-Interior construction in India with NOC and Driving License. Mob 98238260.

Manager Indian experience FMCG Company & supply chain logistics solid organizational skills looking suitable position currently on express visa. Contact: 98826074

MISCELLANEOUS Operations Coordinator Indian Male 27 ,5 Years Exp call:90649152 Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge with driving license, w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 Male having visa, 3 years in Oman with valid D/L seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95453393 Indian female master degree one year experience seeking suitable placement in any field. #97792820 Email: pnjli.1991@gmail.com BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com 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: 920 66 523

Electrician looking for a job, 6 years experience. Contact: 96001823

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady General Dentist available for leave vacancy. Contact 92732491 / 93129219, email : clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com

MANAGER

SKILLED LABOUR

Indian male 26 years looking sales & marketing job, having 2 years experience in Oman valid license & NOC available. Contact: 96155259

MBA (Marketing) Sales & Marketing Executive with 4 years of experience in Sales & Business Development in FMCG sector is looking for best opportunity in Muscat at present available in Muscat on visit visa. GSM: 95840153.

Mail: akbarshareef786@gmail.com,

Sudanese female Medical Laboratory specialist with M.S.C in hematology, 3 years experience seeking for suitable job. Contact: 97996545

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Indian male 12 yrs experience in sales & administration seeks suitable placement. Contact: 97205114 Sudanese in Oman bachelor in Business Management & diploma in Sales & Marketing with experience seeking for a job. #93909910 Looking for job in shop, 6 years experience. Contact 96001823 Indian male, M. Tech (CS), MBA Marketing, 25 years experience, Country Manager, seeks suitable placement valid D/L, NOC available. Contact: 92279972 Pakistani male, Graduate over 9 years experience in Procurement, Warehouse & Logistics, looking for suitable placement currently on visit visa. Contact: 968 91257663 , waqasmehar1@gmail.com D/L, NOC available looking for salesman job, 1 year experience.

Contact: 91210380 Senior Sales Executive, 10Yrs Exp, India seeking immediate job.

Contact #+968 98444359, +91 9880637906.

E: ahmed.shabbirsyed@gmail.com 35 years male, Lebanese holding British passport, 10 years of experience in procurement, Omani Government tenders, setup marketing plans & strategies, importing, Organizing events, management, have car, NOC available. Contact 94123939 Email: 002015r@gmail.com 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 10 yrs experience in Oman in logistics / purchase have Oman D/L looking for suitable placement.

Contact 96410767. email :harishkts@yahoo.com

MISCELLANEOUS Import & Export professional, Experienced as Asst. Commercial Manager for 15 years, Proficient in MS office, Male Indian, Seeks suitable placement, on Visit, Contact 95484684 Indian male, 33 yrs, MBA-HR generalist with 10 yrs including training of Omani nationals.NOC possible .Seeking a suitable job.

Contact :saiprasad_18@yahoo.com, 94179499 Safety officer, 3 years of experience in safety certifications: BE (electrical and electronics engineering), NEBOSH, IOSH, DHSE, first aid. Contact +97474018995, mail:midhunmich@gmail.com, skype:midhunmike Electronics Technician , 4 Years experience as Electronics service engineer. Knowledge in all type of Electronics items. Looking for suitable placement. GSM- 99105043 Indian/male(25)/MBA /2 years experience in channel sales and distribution management. on visit visa. available for immediate joining. Contact: 96914068, email: mailanasap@gmail.com Light Duty Driver, Fluent in English, Arabic. Well knowledge of Oman Areas looking for suitable placement.

Contact 97950869 Indian male 34 years MBA finance & marketing 7 years experience in India accounts & Administration, currently in Muscat on family visa. Contact: 98104991 Email: sureshkr01@gmail.com Indian male, network cabling technician (19 years Gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement. NOC available. Contact : 0091-8089909265 (India), E mail: mohithavp@gmail.com Indian male 26 years, Graduate in BBM & having Diploma in Logistics with 3 years of experience in Banking and Accounts looking for suitable placement. Contact : + 968 97166820/ +91 9895102356 Email :afsalrahman1989@gmail.com Indian male,B.Com + Dip. Logistic 2year experience looking for a job in Accounts/Logistics Field.

Presently on Visit Visa Mobile: 93884951, Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com, having 10 years experience in Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for suitable placement ( NOC and Oman driving license available) Tel- +91 89 43 109897 Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com HSE Engineer, Indian male, 5.5 Plus years Experience in Oil & Gas Working in Shclumberger.

NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE, CONTACTkrish.569@gmail.com, Mobile- +91 9867016808

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SITUATION WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian female 10 years exp as cook in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati special looking for job, company or restaurant.

Contact 90559292

Indian Male B-Com Graduate 1 year, experience in market survey, Valid Driving License, looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 92567020 / 96930392

Indian female 27 yrs, Diploma in Aviation & Hospitality management, seeking suitable placement.

Curnetly in Oman, NOC Available.

Contact 94880684

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving license and past experience as project coordinator looking for a suitable position. Project Coordination, Sales Executive, Marketing Executive or any other suitable post. Contact number -97070427

Indian Female, M.Sc Computer Science, Seeking suitable placement in Muscat Area.

Contact : 98660672

Safety Officer 3 years of experience in safety certifications: BE (Electrical and Electronics Engineering),NEBOSH, OSH, DHSE, first aid. Contact +97474018995, email:midhunmich@gmail.com skype:midhunmike

Assistant Accountant - B.Com Graduate with excellent overall skills. 2 Years of experience. Ready for immediate joining.

Contact: sharonravi00@gmail.com, 968-92049215 Tea boy looking for job Name: Man Bahadar Contact: 97859837 HSE Engineer,Indian male, 5.5 Plus years Experience in Oil & Gas Working in Shclumberger NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. CONTACTkrish.569@gmail.com Mobile- +91 9867016808 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com Finance-Indian with 7 years experience in Finance & Accounts up to finalization. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:94122464, caammk13@gmail.com Software Engineer with 5 + plus years of experience in Infosys ltd on visit visa seeking suitable vacancy in oman. Email : steffyraphel@gmail.com mob: 96896246205 / 96897032284 Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Graduate more than 1 year experienced in accounts planning to come for a family visit in oman seeking for a suitable placement .

Contact : 99339544 / 99743709 A/C & Fridge Technician 25 years experience in Oman India seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95680380 Indian Female looking for a part time opportunity (Graphic Design/ Teaching/Research Assistant/ Business Development/Administration) Contact: 95811820 or sankarikm06@gmail.com IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support/Retail sales.

Contact: 91496939.

Indian male, Fire & Safety Engineer having 1 year experience on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 95208305 Email: nirmalk558@gmail.com Indian female, 27 yrs, B.E (Telecom) with 3 yrs exp in IBM (India) as Senior Security Delivery Analyst. Now on family visa seeking for suitable position.

Contact: 95600437 Electrical & Electronics diploma engineer Indian male 22 years, 2 years experience currently in visit visa. Contact 93047707 adilm89@gmail.com Indian Female, 29 Yrs Age, M.Sc Microbiology, looking for Job any reputed organization / Hospitals, seeks suitable position.

Contact : 95218424 / 9610 6604.

On Family Residence Visa.

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support/Retail sales.

Contact 91496939.

Indian male, M. Com with 3 yr Oman Exp in Accounts with valid NOC & D/L on Visit Visa, available to join immediately .

GSM :94744575 Indian B-Com Graduate 1 year Experience in market survey, Valid Driving License, looking for any suitable post. Contact: 92567020 / 96930392, shwayanad@gmail. com Indian male, M. Com, 11 years experience in the field of accountancy and Stores. Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733 Senior Accountant, NOC available, more than 5 years exp., born & bought up in Oman, Accounting upto finalization, computer skills tally9, Sage ERP ACCPAC 500(6.0A), Vcams, Audit ,valid Oman driving license, languages known English, Arabic, Hindi. Can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com) Indian male, M.Com, 7 years Oman experience in the field of accounts and valid oman driving license & NOC . Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733 Looking for a part time accounting & admin job. Contact 99196621.

Indian male 42, BE-Civil 13 years experience in Road construction. looking for suitable placement. having valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 95225214, Email: Sudheerrokkala73@gmail.com Indian Male 28 years, Mechanical Engineer (Diploma) with 2 years’ experience, Automobile ITI NCVT, CSWI-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2, NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor QA (IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric Drawings, WPS & WPQR, available on Visit Visa, looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 90653733, libinthomaslt@gmail.com Bachelor in Hotel Management Having 13 years experience in Catering Industry in all aspects of Operations with D/L looking out for a suitable placement.

Contact 90654826 Email: mailingsaikiran@gmail.com HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4 Plus years experience in Oil & Gas, Working in Shclumberger, NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com Mobile- +91 9867016808 Indian Female on a visit visa having master degree seeking suitable placement in any field, 1 ,5 year experience in HR .Contact 91467576.

The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Exp. 15 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: construction(Very strong and qualified to bringing business for civil work Or any type of the construction work for many million per year with a good experience in pricing and collect payment and cash flow & marketing projects & investments & tenders & real estate. #92385033

9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil & Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughtsman (HOLDING OMANI DRIVING LICENSE) seeking job.

Contact: 93790601 Indian with 3 years for experience in sales and marketing fluency in English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam looking for suitable job.

Also hold valid Driving License, currently in oman Mob : 93451439 Indian male network cabling technician (19-years Gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact 0091-8089909265 (India), Email: mohithavp@gmail.com Indian female, MBA, Diploma in Aviation & Hospitality mgt (IATA), having 4 yrs of exp, on family visa seeks job in Oman.

Contact-9910 4529, 95679557, e-mail-jkramya91@gmail.com 27 years old Indian male looking hospitality jobs in Hotel. Experience in customer service, front desk, housekeeping supervisor, captain, cashier,guest relation manager.

Contact. +968-90351742Email. samubaid6@gmail.com Indian male, 26 years old BA Graduate having 1 year experience in accounts finance field. Looking for suitable Job On visit visa immediately available.

Contact. 9565 9415 anishkhan991867@gmail. com LAND SURVEYOR: Male, more than 12 years’ experience in land/ pipe line surveying in Oman and UAE. Looking for suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact 91215843 ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/ male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics & Communications,ITI,1.7 Years experience as Service Technician in India, on visit Visa, looking For a Suitable Placement.

Contact :92794176 , E-mail: prathyushkp9@gmail.com 27 yearsold Indianmale looking Jobs in documents Collection executive.Experience in collection executive. Contact. +968-90358068 Email wasimsaif04@gmail.com ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/ male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics & Communications,ITI,1.7 Years experience as Service Technician in India. On visit Visa, Looking For a Suitable Placement.

Contact :92794176, E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com Pakistani male 23 years old experience in travel agency - ticketing looking for a suitable job, NOC available. Contact: 93253759 Indian male physiotherapist with 3 years of experience, with (moh license and NOC available. seeking suitable placement.

Contact 99767528, 91317863 HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4 Plus years exp. in Oil & Gas, Working in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. #krish.569@gmail.com, Mobile- +91 9867016808

Indian Male, 40 Years, B. Com, having 10 years experience in Oman, Tally &ERP- looking for suitable placement ( Local release and Oman driving license available.

Tel- 92469789

Indian Pediatric consultant, md with 20 years experience and wife gynecologist md with 15 years plus experience seeking opportunities with reputed hospitals in Muscat. deemaild@gmail.com

14 years experienced light driver with valid Oman license looking for suitable job. Contact 99442481

Indian male: 24 years, diploma in computer science and B.E(CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 91170912, Email- sales2@witoman.com

Electrical diploma Engineer Indian male 22 years, 2 years experience in control panel contact 93047707 adilm89@gmail.com Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr. Material controller having 12 years experience in Oman with reputed companies. Having Oman driving License, Seeks suitable replacement immediately. Available NOC. Cont. 00968-92944026, Email – charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Indian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics & Comm,1.7 Years experience as Service Engineer in India. On visit Visa, Looking For a suitable placement. Contact : 92794176 E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. #99514286 Indian male Kerala, B.com & B.PE. Currently on visit visa, looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store keeper etc. Ready to join as early as possible. Contact:-93301023, email:- sajith3969@gmail.com NOC available, Indian Male - MBA (HR) and B.E (E.I.E) with total 9 years of experience in HR & Admin and Business Development (3 yrs of Gulf exp.) can join immediately - # 91240251 /kvaradhan@ hotmail.com Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr. Material controller having 12 years experience in Oman with reputed companies. Having Oman driving License, Seeks suitable replacement immediately. Available NOC. Cont. 00968-92944026, Email – charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in Female Dentist with MOH license and NOC, 7 years experience 2 yrs out of them in Oman looking for a job. Contact 97401243 IT System Administrator 6 yrs experience, male, Filipino Desktop, Laptop and printer Support, Backup administrator, Router and switch Network, Server Administrator. +968 94134295 Female dentist with MOH license and NOC ready to join 7 years experience 2 of them in Oman.

Contact 97401243 M. Sc Computer Science – 2 year Experience – in India, looking suitable Placement. Email:-elvisgt6@ gmail.com, Mob:-+91 9497482305 (INDIA), Oman:-98291626.

Indian, 30 years, B. Com with 2 years Oman experience in Tally ERP-9 available in Muscat seeking suitable positions. #95186652 Having 10 years exp. in Admin & HR in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat and seeking for suitable placement.

Contact No.: 97693456. email : muralimahdav77@gmail.com ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Indian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics & Comm, 1.7 Years experience as Service Engineer in India, On visit Visa, looking for a suitable placement. Contact : 92794176, E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com B-tech Civil with honours, Civil Engineer (structures) Experience more than six years.

Contact 91431483. Email mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4 Plus years experience in Oil & Gas .Working in Shclumberger NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail. com contact +91 9867016808 PART TIME ACCOUNTANT available, well experienced in accounting up to finalization. knowledge in tally also. contact. 92643875 Chief Accountant 25 years experienced looking for part/full time accountant job.

Contact: 95598477 / 98803439 Mechanical Engineering 6 years experience. contact 00968998907110091 - 9841867534 Email: sayed.fortuner88@gmail.com

Indian male auto cad draughtsman (civil) 8 years experience, seeking for part time job. mobile no: 0096899070584. email: remluvp@gmail.com Civil Engineer (roads and structures) Education B. Tech Civil Engineering with honours experience more than six years.

Contact no 91431483 ,Email mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com Indian male 6 years exp in different field, with valid Oman driving license. Languages known Hindi, English, looking for any job(Driver for executives). Contact 98696795 Indian Female living in Ghubra Muscat near Emirates Shopping Center. 20 years of experience in Teaching. Able to handle all subjects till grade 6. Need suitable job.

Contact- 94406552 Indian male,16 years Oil & Gas experience ( Down Hole Tools ), 3 years in Oman, Dip. Mechanical Engineer, Having D/L and NOC. Email – jajisuni@yahoo.com, Mob : 965 956 18.

PROCUREMENT OFFICER, IndianMale 34yrs,M.Com with 14 yrs work Exp.(8 yrs in Oman) working in Construction Co LLC( for ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHANICAL & Others Projects ) and having valid LT D/L, NOC available & ready to join within a month-M:94064650, Email: nagauae@gmail.com Sudanese male, 5 years experience in warehouse management and logistics services#90644186 Draughtsman, 15 years’ experience, Indian male currently in Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 95358115, 96977289, Email : pillairp41@gmail.com Experienced B.Com graduate + IATA Diploma holder looking for Accounts/Admin/Travels related job. Mob. 91142997. NOC available .

Indian male B.A degree & diploma in hotel management with 16 years experience as restaurant & catering manager in Oman & Saudi with V/L Oman D/L seeks suitable placement. Contact : 92100141 HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4 Plus years Experience in Oil & Gas .Working in Shclumberger.

NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE, contact krish.569@gmail.com Mobile- +91 9867016808 MBA Graduate (Indian male 26 years) having 2 years experience in Qatar as admin assistant looking for suitable placement.

Contact 93041141 Email: mahinmehboob@gmail.com Indian male Network cabling technician ( 19-years gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact : 0091-8089909265 (India), Email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian Female, 24 MA Eng. Litr with 2 yrs experience in teaching & 14 months in Administration cum Secretary, Currently on visit visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 92613704/99260702, Email:rohinis2010@gmail.com Diploma(Electrical Engineering) From Government polytechnic.

Age 27years, 6 years Experiance in Maintenance, troubleshooting and managing and Technical in substation as a Electrical Engineer.

Seek suitable placement. GSM92995899,(a.abbas31@gmail.com) Indian male, 8.5 yrs experience, B.Com Graduate with GCC exp & valid driving license looking for better job opening in Muscat.

Contact: 92609935 / 94771365 Bangladeshi Male, University MA, Working as Store In-charge cum Logistic Manager in Muscat; searching better job. Phone:91997605. mohamednazrulislam2@gmail.com Indian male with 1 yr exp looking for job in I.T as Web developer, presently in Muscat on visit visa.

Contact: 92312978 Indian Female on a visit visa having master degree seeking suitable placement in any field, 1 and half year experience in HR .#91467576 .

2 years experienced male seeking job related to safety. M. Tech in HSE, MSc in Environmental Science and IOSH certified. Contact: 94653264 Sri Lankan Male 34 BSc. (Physics) 5 years experience as a site manager and administration supervisor in Oman with valid D/L looking for a suitable position. contact 99153061 or v.chandramohan@yahoo.co.uk Indian male 37 YEARS, BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE having More than 8yrs of experience with well exposure in PDO, DALEEL & OXY as IT SUPPORT / DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER. Seeking suitable placement. Contact 968-99758320 / rangaraj_vck@yahoo.co.in Sr Material controller, having 13 years experience in material controlling in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat (NOC Available). Contact 92944026, Email charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in MBA Indian male 2 years experience in firefighting & security systems sales & marketing.

Seeking suitable job. Contact – 90634050 B.Com Graduate with 4 year experience as an Accountant in Oman.

Also have Oman Driving License.

Best fluency in English, Arabic, Hindi& Malayalam. Looking for Job. Currently in Oman.

Contact +968 93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com Female Junior Architect Graduated from School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada. Excellence in Autocad, Sketching & Modelling. Internship - KHAM Designs, Bangalore. Presently with Atulya Architects & Associates. Email saatvika.frozenmusic@gmail.com #00968-94057427.

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Indian female, MBA with 9 yrs of experience in finance & procurement currently on family visa looking for suitable position in finance & supply chain.#95622568 Admin Assistant. Having 5 years experience in admin department in reputed companies, presently working in Muscat (NOC Available).

GSM. 00968-98404122, mail panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.com 8 plus years of experience in Events /Marketing Communication /conferences / Trainings / Media representation. Having UAE D/L. seeking Suitable Placement: Contact: 95792820. suheal.ma@ outlook.com Indian Male,Kerala,B.COM & B.PE having 13Years of Physical Education Teacher experience. Currently on visit visa Looking for a suitable job. Contact:- 968 94106834. email:-akhilrajkj@gmail.com.

14 years experience in 5 star hotel as sales manager in UAE & INDIA on tourist visa looking for suitable opportunity please contact 91305978

TRANSPORTATION Transportation available in Ruwi, MSQ, Al Azaiba, Al Hail, Al Khoud area. Contact: 94297820 Transportation. Contact:91310107 Picking and drop Al Khuwair to Rusayl. Contact 91287470 / 98957524 Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909 Transportation. Contact: 95190627 Transportation required from Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165 Transportation. Contact 99508282 Transportation. Contact 92015894

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Umrah Package by Road & Air Bus Departures- Apr 19, May 03, 17 & 31.2016 Ramadan Schedule - Jun 06, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 & 30.2016 Contact: Tariq Al Balushi - 99218069 Ahmed Maseehuddin - 99353611, Oĸce: 24790746/24706217

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636 We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman.

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTED BUSINESS

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Required partner investor to build an apartment in Al Mobelah.

Contact: 99355330 WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price.

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

Contact: 99839898

MATRIMONIAL Invite alliance for Sunni Muslim Urdu girl B.E, M.B.A 25 years 5.1” fair, Tamil Nadu India.

Contact: 99502581 Parent of Thrissur based Hindu Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham star, Studying for B. Pharm seeking alliance from well employed Graduates, preferably in Engineering Contact :96425102 Keralite RC boy 35 / 184 working as 3D Animator and Graphics designer in Salalah.

Contact: 92936076 / 95605527 Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

GOOD NEWS Investment opportunity for lucrative building and decorative product. Contact: 99421513 Email: borderlineomn@gmail.com Tender board registered Construction Company for lease / run.

Contact: 92841089 Business Partner required for a running insurance company.

Contact: 92821312

MATRIMONIAL Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steambath, obesity, Spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact: 24475280 / 95371664 / 2504980 www.siddhayur.com FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know more about Islam, please call: 99425598, 99250777, 99353988, 99253818, 99341395, and 99379133. For ladies: 99415818, 99321360, 99730723 Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

RENT A CAR Best Rates for Saloon Contact: 97869042 / 95730550 sales@modernreem.com

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CATERING SERVICES We do industrial catering service, Canteen / mess, 3 times packed meals and all types of catering events.

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Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476 Split unit & widow unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 95323517 / 93769089 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217 /24788722

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MANPOWER Split & window A/c installation & maintenance specialist package & ducted units. Contact 98667326 GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998

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

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months

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Tel: 95244310

A/C Maintenance & Servicing, Fridge, Washing machine & Dish washer repairing, Painting & Cleaning services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281 Service & maintenance of split & window A/C. Contact: 95273713 We do building maintenance all kind of works. Contact 99247663

Wanted partner handover 20% to 30% running building Construction Company. Contact: 97491117

Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

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

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 /94285064

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. contact 24793614/ 99314807 Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC Contact 99344723

Window & split unit A.C servicing & repairing. Contact: 99557080 Split & window A/c servicing & maintenance. Contact 93769089 / 95323517 House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

House shifting. Contact 99708138 Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC. Contact 99344723 Muscat Driving School established for over 15 years drive safe with MDS. Meet our professional friendly Instructor.

Contact: 99773651 / 95840670 Sohar 26844412 Ruwi / Darsait 24781123 MGM 24399951 AL Khudh 24536348 Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC Contact: 99344723

All MEP & Civil shop drawings.

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