Times of Oman - June 11, 2016

SATURDAY

June 11, 2016 5 Ramadan 1437 AH

RAMADAN PRAYER TIMINGS

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

IFTAR

Dhuhr

12.12pm

6.59PM

Asr

3.30pm

Maghrib

6.59pm

FAJR 3.52AM

Isha

8.21pm

Fajr (Tomorrow)

3.52am

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COMMON NUISANCE

CABLE

HM sends greetings to Portugal MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of the Portuguese Republic on the occasion of his country’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President de Sousa and the friendly people of Portugal further progress and prosperity. -ONA

LONG QUEUES: Slow driving results in a long line of vehicles.

Slow driving in fast lane to invite fine and jail term

TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

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Jobs in Muscat draw people from interiors

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Aid convoy reaches Syrian town of Daraya

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An international aid convoy reached the Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya to deliver food supplies for the first time since 2012, when the town came under siege. >A5

MARKET

Oman raises $2.5b from foreign bond

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Oman, the largest Arab oil producer that’s not an Opec member, raised $2.5 billion from its first international bond sale in almost two decades as it seeks to plug a budget deficit. >B1

CHECK JOB CONTRACT BEFORE VISIT TO OMAN, INDIANS TOLD After a young woman was duped, the Indian envoy has advised countrymen to check the employment offer before boarding the flight REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: India’s Ambassador to Oman, Indra Mani Pandey, has warned Indians travelling to the Sultanate to be 100 per cent sure about the job they have been offered before boarding the plane.

The envoy said his department would gladly check, vet and corroborate offers of employment and living conditions arranged by employers in Oman before any Indian national flies here for work.

A young Indian woman, who believed she was coming to Oman to work as a receptionist, was put to work as a housemaid in Salalah, prompting the embassy to issue

this warning.

She had travelled, unwittingly, on forged documents and middlemen had kept her passport.

“Those who wish to seek opportunities for employment abroad have to follow the official process and refrain from travelling abroad on any kind of visa other than an employment visa,” Pandey said.

“The system is aimed at protecting the rights of Indians working abroad, including female domestic workers, ensuring their wages, working and living conditions,” the ambassador said, appealing to Indian nationals to follow the right process under eMigrate system.

“They should ensure that their

contract clearly specifies their wages as well as working conditions,” the ambassador said, adding that the embassy is ready to provide any information required

by Indian nationals who want to come to Oman on employment visas including verification, if required, of the working conditions promised by their employers.

After the intervention of embassy officials and social workers, the 22-year-old woman from the south Indian state of Kerala was repatriated back on Tuesday.

Talking to the Times of Oman, the Indian woman, who is also a graduate degree holder, was offered a receptionist’s job in Oman and was brought on a tourist visa.

“I was given an offer letter and I was told that I would be employed as a receptionist in a company. I paid INR100,000 (approximately OMR577) for the visa and air ticket back in India to the agents.

As nobody was there to guide me, I trusted them. They betrayed me,” she said. >A3

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI

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MUSCAT: Slow drivers using the fast (left-most) lane on a highway could face jail term and a fine, according to an Omani traffic law.

A common nuisance in Oman is when people drive slowly in the fast lane on the Sultan Qaboos Highway, which results in a long line of vehicles.

“Whoever is driving on the fast lane and doesn’t speed much, causing inconvenience to the drivers behind will be booked for a violation,” said a senior official at the Royal Oman Police (ROP).

“If the driver wants to drive at his own pace, the middle and the right lanes are there for him,” added the official.

According to the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law, Article 91, a driver shall keep to the further most right side of the road; especially if his or her actual speed is less than the maximum speed limit.

Some members of the public have also voiced their frustration over such drivers.

“Those people really drive me nuts. The worse is when they don’t want to move. You flash your lights and they don’t want to move even though the middle and

the right lanes are free,” said an Omani national on the condition of anonymity.

“Sometimes you see all three lanes driving at the same speed, blocking the road,” he added.

Melanie Crasta, an expat said, “We have to be at work at a certain time, so we leave our homes at a particular time so that we can reach our predetermined destinations at the right time without crossing speed limits, but these kinds of people delay us and sometimes even force us to drive faster and maybe even rashly.”

Slower fast lane drivers usually force vehicles behind them to break the law by overtaking them.

“These types of drivers create anxiety on the roads because some people might be in a hurry or need to get somewhere urgently.

God forbid there is an emergency or an ambulance needs to get by.”

According to Article 51 of the traffic law, 30 days imprisonment and a fine of OMR150 or either one shall be handed to those who violate Articles (61/part 2, 71, 81, 91) of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law. Those who drive slowly on Oman’s highways are advised to drive in the furthermost right lane so as to not cause any inconvenience to other drivers.

Q U E E N ’ S 9 0 T H B I R T H D AY

UK resident gets award for boosting Oman ties Times News Service

Dar Al Atta’a to give Iftar meals across Sultanate

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MUSCAT: British resident, Maggie Jeans, has been awarded Order of the British Empire at the Queen’s 90th birthday in the honours list released on Friday.

The citation is for boosting Omani-UK relations. Maggie is Partner and Director of Al Manahil International LLC and Educational Consultancy. She came to Oman from Bristol in January 1990 with her husband, Professor William Dampier Jeans, who helped establish the Radiology Department at Sultan Qaboos University.

She also worked at the Universi-

ty as Education Officer in the College of Medicine, where she set up the Overseas Elective Programme for students among other things.

Many of their former students are now heading up departments in Oman hospitals.

“Muscat is a very supportive and special place. I am delighted to receive this award on behalf of a whole host of people and I am de-

British resident Maggie Jeans.

termined to work to reinforce the special ties that already exists between Oman and the UK. I would also like to acknowledge the sup-

port of my husband in everything I have done, although sadly he died in November last year,” she said.

“Oman is in many ways a young country reborn in 1970 so, of course, there have been challenges and frustrations but I think that being a woman here actually has many advantages in terms of getting things done,” she added.

In 1996 she set up Al Manahil which specialises in the supply of books and educational material to the government and private sector.

Maggie has run the British Business Forum www.bbfoman.org for many years which aims to promote UK/Oman business links.

$10,000 IS THE LIMIT

Omani arrested at Lahore airport with excess currencies Times News Service MUSCAT: An Omani citizen was arrested at Lahore Airport on Wednesday night for carrying large amounts of foreign currencies.

The 45-year-old Omani citizen was caught by the Pakistan Customs officials at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore as he was carrying a large amount of UAE dirhams and Omani rials out of the country.

The Allama Iqbal International Airport is the second largest civilian airport in Pakistan, serving Lahore, the capital of Punjab province as well a large number of travellers from other regions

of the country. Customs officials recovered around OMR24,925 and UAE dirham 45,500 from the Omani citizen, according to a source at Lahore Airport.

He was then taken away for further investigation. Pakistani law allows passengers travelling out of Lahore to carry a maximum of $10,000 or equivalent in other currencies.

An Embassy of Pakistan, Muscat official said they were not aware of the incident, which was initially reported by NNI, a local news agency in Pakistan.

According to the news agency, the Omani citizen was travelling on Oman Air flight WY344 to Muscat.

COLOURFUL GARDENS OF MUSCAT

Muscat is well known in the region for its greenery and spectacular gardens. The Sultanate’s capital boasts of a number of wellmaintained green areas. These gardens are favourite outing spots for the expatriates and residents. >A2

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Colourful gardens of Muscat Muscat is well known in the region for its greenery and spectacular ower gardens.

The Sultanate’s capital boasts of a number of well-maintained green areas. Along with the pristine beaches and the sand dunes of the interiors, these gardens with the bare mountains in their backdrop, offer scenic locales that leave tourists asking for more. These are also favourite outing spots for the expatriates and residents of the Sultanate. Times of Oman photographers have captured some of the splash of colours with their cameras

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Jobs in Muscat draw people from interiors People from the interior regions of Oman are migrating to the capital city for better employment opportunities

DEEBA HASAN

deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: More jobs and better opportunities have made Muscat a favourable destination for people from interior regions, according to fresh graduates and HR managers in Muscat.

Jaber Al Ajmi, a media researcher at one of the companies in Muscat came to work in the capital in 2011, the decision to move to Muscat was not forced on him, but he was determined to live and work in Muscat after studying in Salalah and Nizwa for five years.

According to Al Ajmi, “People are coming to Muscat from everywhere in the interiors, a lot of my friends have also moved to Muscat in search of more exposure, better jobs and career growth.

Working in the interiors is fine, but Muscat is a different world for some of us from the interiors, there is a lot more to see and do here than back home.”

Economic migration He further said this trend of economic migration is not a new thing, but has been happening all over the world.

“People all over the world want to move to the top cities because of the centralisation of the companies, so when we speak of Muscat,

MIGRATION: People are coming to Muscat from the interiors, in search of more exposure, better jobs and career growth.

all the public sector companies are in Muscat, the private sector companies’ headquarters are also here, so it is obvious that the availability of jobs will be much more in the urban areas.”

Al Ajmi hails from Saham, near Sohar, which is the second fastest growing city after Muscat, but he still prefers to work in the capital because of the career growth opportunitie s here.

Opportunities “Sohar is thriving with lots of opportunities, but there is a lot more I can expect to learn by working in Muscat, you also get exposed to others cultures, so you learn.

Besides I work in the media sector and if I started in the interiors, I would probably not go too far in my career.”

He spent three years at the Salalah College of Applied Sciences (CAS) and two at the Nizwa CAS, but did not think of working in any of these cities, because of the lack of international exposure. Al Ajmi said he would love to go back to his hometown in Saham, but that will have to wait.

“I would go to Saham, but that

will be when I become an expert in whatever I am doing, I will eventually go there to share my knowledge with the new generation there.”

Badriya Al Amri, from Sur in the Sharqiyah region, also spoke of a similar feel when choosing to move to Muscat after studying in the Sur University College.

“It is a little difficult to get jobs back in the interior regions because there are not too many companies there, some of my friends got jobs there but I did not, plus I was also very ambitious and would not settle for working in the interior, because that would not help me go forward in my career.”

Al Amri has been working for a private company in Muscat for the last three years and is happy with the decision she made.

Exposure “Initially, it was a little tough, especially with the sudden exposure to too many cultures and the way of working all at once, but I have adjusted to this now and live in a female hostel, which works for me.”

Said Al Saadi, advisor at the Ministry of Manpower, thinks

S E AW I N G S

Seaplane service launched Times News Service MUSCAT: Seawings, a Dubaibased seaplane touring company that offers scheduled and chartered flights, is now operating in Oman.

“Individuals who frequently fly from Oman to Dubai can now avoid airport queues, (reduce) waiting time and create their own itinerary as the schedule can be as per their convenience,” a spokesperson from Seawings told the Times of Oman.

Besides flying to Dubai, Seawings will fly to all the other emirates, as well as Doha. “This adds a lot of flexibility to a frequent flyer’s schedule,” the spokesperson said.

Flight prices vary depending on routes chosen but a recent quote to fly between Muscat and Dubai was OMR1,100.

The spokesperson also said that currently they are operating a fleet of three air taxis and are ready to fulfil any commercial requirement out of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Oman. “We have already commenced operations (but this is

INAUGURATED: Seawings will fly to all the other emirates, as well

as Doha. – Supplied picture

the first time we are promoting the destinations and Air Taxi Services),” the spokesperson said.

“These are customized requests that completely depend on the guest and their preferences of routes. As you can see there are multiple landing locations in Dubai hence the pricing will depend on the routes and the options available. I will not be able to quote a specific amount due to the diversity of options available,” he said.

Given their ability to land on

water, these seaplanes are now offering direct flights to UAE and Qatar from the Muscat International Airport.

“We flew our first guest in December 2015 and since then the response has been good,” the spokesperson said.

When asked if they have all the requisite permissions, the spokesperson said that they are a full-fledged charter airline, which is allowed to operate international flights within the Gulf region.

TRAFFICKING

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Taken for a ride by touts

“When I landed here, they took me to Salalah to work as maid in a house there,” the woman revealed.

“I was shocked when I realised that I had been duped. However, the employer was kind enough to send me back. But the middlemen were demanding money.

I have assured them that my mother will pay them,” the Indian woman added.

Documents provided by the woman reveal that she came on a tourist visa to Oman on May 24, which was later converted to a housemaid visa.

Shameer PTK, a Muscat-based Indian social worker, said he suspects this to be a clear case of human trafficking.

“She was brought here on a tourist visa. Seems, back in India also, somebody has played a dubious

game in this regard,” Shameer said.

“Recently also, we had come across a case where an Indian housemaid was brought to Oman without following the norms. Recruitment agencies have their own dubious ways. At times, the housemaids find themselves stranded without any proper protection as they had not come through the legal channels,” Shameer added.

According to Indian immigration rules, Indian women under 30-year-old cannot migrate as a housemaid.

The government had also recently implemented an e-Migrate system aimed at safe migration.

Whoever wishes to hire an Indian has to apply through the e-Migrate system, which will be verified at various levels to ensure safety. According to the In-

dian ambassador, the system is devised to facilitate employment of those Indian nationals who require emigration clearance.

Recently, the Indian embassy had also requested Omani authorities to ask for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from those who have plans to hire domestic workers, such as maids and nannies from India.

The request was made to ensure safe migration and recruitment practices.

In 2011, the Indian government had introduced changes in the service agreements of housemaids being brought from India to Oman.

The changes were aimed at protecting the housemaids from abuse and provide skilled manpower to Omani households.

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that although the economic migration is taking place, it will hopefully reduce the large industrial investments made in the interior regions.

“Economic migrations are taking place, but now we are better because the government is scattering the industrial area (development) everywhere, before it was only confined to Muscat, but now it is in many places in the interiors too, so we expect migrations to reduce,” Al Saadi told the Times of Oman.

He further said that although people always prefer moving to the capital area from the interiors, the job market in the interiors is also expanding.

“Capital is capital, and everyone is looking to move to the central areas, but in terms of job opportunities, there is the Sohar industrial area, Duqm investments, Nizwa and Samail also have large industrial areas. Owing to these, economic migration will hopefully go down in the coming years.”

Fresh graduates Tonia Gray at the Competence HR said there has been a rise in the number of fresh graduates coming from the interiors, who are applying to work in Muscat.

“We have certainly noticed an increase in fresh degree or diploma graduates seeking employment in Muscat. In particular, they are applying to work for the larger organisations that undertake annual graduate recruitment (primarily banking and oil/gas industries) and are responding to adverts placed in the media.”

“I haven’t really seen an increase in experienced individuals seeking to move to Muscat. The reason I imagine young people are seeking work in Muscat is that there are limited opportunities for them in the interior regions and perhaps they believe they will move more rapidly up the career ladder,” she added.

D A R A L AT TA’A

CHARITY: Dar Al Atta’a will distribute 1,000 packets this year. PhotoPurusothaman K

Iftar packets to be given across Oman DEEBA HASAN

deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Iftar meals will be distributed by Dar Al Atta’a and other charity groups across different parts of the country all through the Holy Month of Ramadan.

May Al Bayat, marketing director of Dar Al Atta’a, said the charity group plans to distribute iftar meals all over the country as part of their Ramadan charity drive.

“We are distributing around 1,000 ration packets, across various parts of Oman, and each pack will cost OMR30 for every day essentials.” The total number of ration packets distributed last year was 1,500, which has dropped to 1,000 this year.

“The figure stood at 5,000 about three years ago, but this number came down not only because of the financial troubles, but because many other charity groups have opened up and are offering help to several companies that have donated towards the Ramadan charity drive, which also involves offering iftar meals at 11 mosques around Oman among other initiatives,” Al Bayat said.

According to Al Bayat, this year it is a little difficult in terms of the financial troubles, which have caused companies to cut down their budget for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.

“This year is not very easy for us, we had companies that would give

us considerable amounts every year and this year they chose to give nothing, so it was certainly a bit of struggle putting things together, but then we used funds from our own budget this year to support the Ramadan charity programmes,” she added.

In-house volunteers Dar Al Atta’a has 20 in-house volunteers, who are constantly working throughout the month on the distribution of ration packages.

However, including the corporate volunteers, the total number has gone up to 70.

Dar Al Atta’a will be distributing meals across 11 mosques in the Sultanate this year. They are Al Sabaha mosque in Sohar (100 meals daily), Al Rahma mosque in Bahla (50 meals daily), Al Jimah mosque in Bahla (50 meals daily), Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib mosque in Saham (50 meals daily), Al Dheeb mosque in Saham (50 meals daily), Al Taqwa mosque in Mudhabi (100 meals daily), Al Haima mosque in Ibra (100 meals daily), Al Farooq mosque in Al Amerat (100 meals daily), Al Saih al Ahmar mosque in Bid Bid (100 meals daily), Al Abha mosque in Bousher (100 meals daily), Al Nawafil mosque in Al Mussanah (50 meals daily) and two mosques in Qantab for 100 people each daily.

“The cost for 100 meals for one full month is OMR4,500 and for 50 meals for a whole month is OMR2,250.” Al Bayat added.

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FA S TI NG HE A LTH TI P

IF TAR

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One of the common complaints encountered during fasting is bad breath or halitosis. It is an unpleasant odour exhaled through mouth. Our mouth has a natural anti-bacterial mouthwash called saliva, and during Ramadan decreased intake of fluids causes decreased saliva production.

This causes exaggeration of existing dental conditions like inflammation of gums, and caries of teeth. Maintain good oral hygiene and drink lots of water or fluids during evenings and Suhoor to help minimise this issue.

G LOB A L RA M A DA N REC I P E S L E B A NON

{ Lebanese Lentil Soup } (6 – 7 serving)

P LAC E OF WO RSHI P Ramadan presents a great opportunity to go pray in beautiful houses of worship that you might not otherwise see. Whether for Taraweeh prayers or Dhuhr, this month, take time to pay a visit to one of Muscat’s architectural monuments of faith.

{ Jama’ a Al Araimi }

INGREDIENTS

1 cup lentil 1 onion 2 carrots 1 sweet potato 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to o taste 2 teaspoons white pepperr 4 cups water Stale pita bread A drizzle of olive oil A squeeze of lemon

Al Araimi Mosque is nestled in the Shatti neighbourhood of Qurum near Grand Hyatt hotel. Opened by HH Hilal bin Saud bin Hareb Al Busaidi in 1994, it has beautiful interior decoration with walls adorned with little pieces of stones in shades of blue and white, eye-catching gold detailing, and a blue dotted carpet. *This mosque has a Ladies’ Prayer Hall

PR E PA R AT ION

Wash and soak tthe lentils for ten minutes; set aside.

Dice the onions (keep a handful aside). Peel and chop the carrots and sweet potato into bite sizes.

Add the vegetable oil, onions, and 2 teaspoons of salt to a deep pot and sauté until the onions are translucent. Add half the carrots and sweet potato and 2 teaspoons white pepper and sauté for another 3 minutes.

W H ERE TO SPEND YOU R Z A K AT The literal meaning of Zakat is ‘to cleanse’. In the Islamic faith, Zakat means purifying your wealth for the will of Allah by acknowledging that everything we own belongs to Him and as a means of working towards the betterment of the Muslim Ummah (community). Though Zakat is not always financial, and can include everything from volunteering your time to giving an encouraging word to your fellow man, according to Islamic regulations, Zakat is 2.5% of one year’s total cumulative wealth (there are various ways of calculating what should be counted), and when it comes to these financial donations to the less fortunate, it can be difficult to decide which causes speak most to your heart.

We hope these charitable spotlights will help you decide.

{ Spotlight: Dar Al Atta’a Charity Building } WHAT THEY DO

TODAY’ S VERSE

After assessing their conditions of the homes of the poor, Dar Al Atta’a conducts maintenance, renovation, and even reconstruction.

Add 4 cups of water to the vegetables and bring to a boil.

Strain the lentils and add them to the boiling water and veggies. Cover the pot and cook for 30 minutes. Stir the mixture occasionally so nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot. Add saltt to taste. dd sa

Toast pita in olive oil on the stove. Meanwhile, spread reserved onions, carrots, and sweet potato on a sheet pan, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and roast for 30 minutes.

WHERE

Formed in 2002 in Oman, it was formally registered as a charity with the Ministry of Social Development in 2006.

“Certainly, Allah loves those who put their trust [In him]” (3:159, Surah Al-’Imran)

FIND OUT MORE AND DONATE

+968 2469 2996, +968 2460 2882 For Charity Building, Bank Muscat Account No.: 0315003966850059

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UN aid convoy brings food to Syria’s besieged Daraya Trucks from the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent brought a month’s supply of food for 2,400 people, a UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesman said

GENEVA/BEIRUT: An international aid convoy reached the Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya overnight to deliver food supplies for the first time since 2012, when the town came under siege by government forces, the United Nations said on Friday.

Trucks from the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent brought a month’s supply of food for 2,400 people, Jens Laerke, spokesman of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said.

Any sense of relief inside Daraya was short-lived, however, because the food supplies would not last a month and the UN had underestimated the number of people living there at present, the local council and a monitoring group reported.

Go through checkpoints The operation began late on Thursday and lasted several hours, Laerke said. “They managed to get through all the checkpoints to get in there, deliver overnight, stock what needed to be stocked and provide food for the first time in years to people inside Daraya,” he told a news briefing.

Malnutrition has been reported in the rebel-held town, which is only 12 km (7 miles) from Damascus, where a first convoy with non-food supplies was allowed to enter on June 1.

UN mediator Staffan de Mistura,

MUCH NEEDED RELIEF: A United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy enters the Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya late on Thursday, a Red Crescent official said. — AFP

Malnutrition has been reported in the rebel-held town of Daraya, which is only 12 km (7 miles) from Damascus, where a first convoy with non-food supplies was allowed to enter on June 1 speaking to reporters on Thursday, said President Bashar Al Assad’s government had approved UN land convoys to 15 of 17 governmentbesieged areas in June. Air drops remain an option if the convoys did not move, he said. As well as wheat flour and other foodstuffs, health and hygiene items for Daraya’s estimated population of 4,000 were delivered overnight and will be distributed by Red Crescent workers,

Laerke said.

“However of course we call for unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to all people in need, wherever they are, but in particular besieged and hard-to-reach areas where we have still about 4.6 million people living under these conditions in Syria,” he added.

Some 1.9 tonnes of medicines for chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes as well as

T O P I S M I L I TA N T

Baghdadi wounded: Report BAGHDAD/FALLUJA: U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Friday they could not confirm a report by an Iraqi TV channel that IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi had been wounded in an air strike in northern Iraq.

A spokesman for the US-led coalition fighting the militants, Colonel Chris Garver, said in an email that he had seen the reports but had “nothing to confirm this at this time”.

Kurdish and Arab security of-

ficials in northern Iraq said they also could not confirm the report.

Command headquarters Al Sumariya TV cited a local source in the northern province of Nineveh saying that Baghdadi and other IS leaders were wounded on Thursday in a coalition air strike on one of the group’s command headquarters close to the Syrian border.

There have been several reports in the past that Baghdadi,

whose real name is Ibrahim Al Samarrai, was killed or wounded.

The group is under increased pressure in both Iraq and Syria, and the territory under its control has shrunk significantly since 2014, limiting the potential for its leaders to move around or seek shelter. The US earlier this year announced an intensification of the war on IS with more air strikes and more American troops on the ground to advise and assist allied forces. — Reuters

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antibiotics and vitamins, from the World Health Organisation were on the convoy, spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said.

However, the government did not approve delivery of three burns kits that would have been enough to treat about 30 people with dressings and pain killers, rejecting them from the approved list, Jasarevic said.

Insufficient amount There was also anger and frustration at the insufficient amount of food aid delivered, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

The British-based group tracks the war using sources on the ground.

It cited the Daraya local council as saying the supplies brought in would not last two weeks.

The council says the population of Daraya is over 8,000, - more

than double the UN estimates.

Council spokesman Hossam Ayyash said it was unclear how the aid, which would cater for only a quarter of the besieged population, would be distributed.

“Of course we are grateful to the team that brought in the supplies, but unfortunately they are not sufficient.

We don’t know what decision will be taken (on how to distribute the aid), but it won’t be able to be shared out among everyone who’s here,” Ayyash said.

Barrel bombing On Friday government helicopters stepped up their barrel bombing of Daraya, the Observatory and local council said. Daraya was reported to have been shelled last month after an aid convoy was turned away despite an agreement for it to enter. — Reuters

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‘Israeli move on Palestinian permits may be collective punishment’ GENEVA: Israel’s cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv may amount to collective punishment, which is banned under international law, the United Nations’ top human rights official said on Friday.

Responding to the criticism, Israel defended its actions as “legitimate steps in order to defend its citizens from terrorists”.

The Israeli military on Thursday revoked permits for 83,000 Palestinians to visit Israel and said it would send hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank a day after a Palestinian gun attack that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein condemned the attack, the largest loss of Israeli life in a single attack since the current surge in violence, spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

But he is deeply concerned about the revoking of permits “which may amount to prohibited collective punishment and will only increase the sense of injustice and frustration felt by Palestinians in this very tense time”, she told a news briefing.

Israel’s actions included the suspension of 204 work permits held by individuals in the extended families of the alleged attackers, she said, and Israeli security forces sealed off their entire hometown.

The Geneva Conventions say that punishing people for crimes they have not personally committed can amount to collective punishment, Shamdasani said.

Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva said the comment by Zeid’s office OHCHR “breaks a new record of cynicism and double standards”. The entry permits had been issued to Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to visit relatives during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan now in progress.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault by the two gunmen on Wednesday in a fashionable shopping and dining market near Israel’s Defence Ministry, but Hamas and other Palestinian resistance fighters groups were quick to praise it. — Reuters

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INDIA Indian woman abducted in Kabul, efforts on for release The woman, identified as Judith D’Souza, a resident of Kolkata was abducted from Taimani area along with two other persons on Thursday evening

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: An Indian woman working for an international NGO has been kidnapped by suspected militants right outside her office in the heart of Kabul and efforts were being made to secure her release.

The woman, identified as Judith D’Souza, a resident of Kolkata in the east Indian West Bengal state, was abducted from Taimani area along with two other persons last evening.

Judith is working for Aga Khan

RETURN AWAITED: File photo of Judith D’Souza who has been reportedly abducted in Kabul. - PTI

Foundation as senior technical adviser and was scheduled to return to India next week.

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said government was doing everything to rescue her.

“Our embassy is in touch with

senior Afghan authorities and the government is also in touch with her family in Kolkata. All efforts are being made by the Afghan authorities to secure her early release,” an official source said.

The woman’s father D. D’Souza said in Kolkata that the family

received information that three persons — Judith, a security guard and the driver of the vehicle, were abducted.

“I want my daughter back,” said a sobbing D’Souza.

“External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj rang up and spoke to me and assured that the government is making all-out efforts to bring her back,” Judith’s sister Agnes D’Souza said.

Reponding to a tweet by one of the family members of Judith, Swaraj said “She is your sister and India’s daughter. We are doing everything to rescue her. Pl take care of your sick father.” A source said the woman was abducted by suspected militants.

Chief Executive of Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India, Ratish Nanda said every effort is being made to secure her safe release.

“On Thursday, June 9, a staff member of the Aga Khan Foundation was abducted. An investigation by the authorities has been launched, in conjunction with security officials and various partners. Every effort is being made to secure the safe release of the staff member,” he said in a statement in New Delhi.

The family, Agnes said, received information about the abduction in the early hours of the day. “We

received the news from the Indian embassy in Kabul at 1.30am.”

“The embassy said we are doing our best. We shall inform you as soon as we get any information.

“We are now awaiting. We hope that the government does something and gets my sister back,” she said, adding the Afghanistan government should also take steps to trace her. She said Judith was scheduled to return home Wednesday next and had rung up two days ago. “She did not express any apprehension,” she said.

Agnes said, “We had asked her (Judith) not to go there but she did not listen.” He said his daughter was working for uplifting the condition of women and children there. The Aga Khan Foundation is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network and has been working on restoration projects in the war-ravaged country.

“It will continue to work with local communities, the Government of Afghanistan and those in need to enhance the development of the country,” said Nanda. - PTI

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Two killed in toxic gas leak on INS Vikramaditya NEW DELHI: Two persons — an Indian Navy sailor and a civilian — died and two others were hospitalised when toxic gas leaked during maintenance work on the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier at Karwar in Karnataka, a defence spokesperson said here late on Friday.

Two others who inhaled the gas are stable, officials said.

The Indian Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

According to the navy, the incident took place at about 5pm on Friday while the ship was undergoing maintenance repairs at Karwar.

Maintenance work was being undertaken in the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) Compartment.

Gas inhalation Due to inhaling toxic gas, four persons, including two sailors and two civilian workers, were evacuated to the Naval Hospital at Karwar.

Two of them — Shipwright Artificer Class 4, Rakesh Kumar and Mohandas Kolambkar, an employee of Royal Marine— succumbed to gas inhalation.

“The next of kin of the deceased have been informed. The condition of the other two personnel is stable,” a navy officer said. - IANS

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ussia’s growing prominence in Libya is reflecting their ever evolving new Middle East and North African policy.

While Libya has been divided between two parliaments and governments since 2014, Russia’s influence has grown with East Libya.

A review of the United Nations resolution on Libya’s arms embargo is likely to be voted upon early next week. However this will only be achieved if Russian concerns can be overcome.

Despite the international efforts a paradox remains. A partial lifting of the UN’s arms embargo to one side will greatly increase the danger of swelling the intensity of the civil war and of risking some of those arms reaching IS. The Russians do not understand the West’s approach to extremists. Russia’s logic is sound as shown in Syria. If it looks like a duck and walks and quacks like a duck; it probably is a duck, to paraphrase Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavarov comment on terrorists.

In Libya the two divided factions, the democratically elected eastern government and parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), and the ‘Libya Dawn’ coalition of militias who created Tripoli’s National Salvation Government (NSG), are now challenged by a third ‘virtual’ faction, the Government of National Accord (GNA) which was selected by the UN as a 9 man, now reduced to 7, Presidency Council (PC), which in effect constitutes a GNA quorum. Let me be clear: The international community supports a non-existent GNA headed by a Western patsy designated prime minister and 6 other men. To boot, this fledgling Western selected so called government still faces huge unpopularity from the masses who resent Western interference in its internal affairs.

The GNA, having no military forces of their own, have agreed with Dawn Militias that they be re-badged ‘the Presidential Guard’ and that they be the recipients of new weapons permitted by the UN if the resolution is accepted by the Security Council. Interestingly Russia’s UN Ambassador Churkin said “the highest priority” in Libya should be to encourage the HoR Parliament in the East approval of the new GNA government. A new

twist. If anyone can persuade the East and the HoR to ‘bless’ the GNA, it will be the Russians that will be the broker. Let’s note that the cards are now in East Libya’s favour. They receive weapons through Egypt; they control their oil; they made their own currency, courtesy of Russia. The fact is IS is not a priority for Libyan adversaries and it is not as huge a threat as some would have us believe. Despite what tantamounts to propaganda by a compliant almost government manipulated Western media, there is a relatively small number of IS present in the country of hundreds not thousands.

If the West let arms like heavy artillery and most importantly ammunition to go to ‘the Dawn’ militias, a sizeable proportion will undoubtedly end up in IS hands and the probable result will be that both will end up fighting Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Army of the East. The Russians won’t allow anything that doesn’t protect the East Libyans. This Kremlin perspective is a reality Western nations don’t seem to grasp. Equally the Russians still don’t understand the West’s unrealistic expectation to tag who’s who in Libya’s (and Syria’s) terrorist spectrum. Neither do I. Moscow knows Khalifa Haftar well as the Libyan General has made frequent trips to Russia. The Kremlin see’s Western behaviour towards Haftar as mistaken. There is a disregard by the West for the actual players on the ground like Haftar, like the tribes, yet utmost consideration is given to ‘the Dawn’ extremist and Muslim Brotherhood militias which seems illogical and inconceivable.

Then there is UN Special Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler. The other day he said “Libya is a country awash with weapons; 20 million pieces of weaponry in a land of six million inhabitants.”

Kobler then childishly added, that “these weapons do not fall from the sky” adding “These arms fuel the conflict and shipments must end”. Yet he was in Vienna last month when it was agreed to do just that; to deliver more weapons.

Is he schizophrenic?

Kobler’s mixed messages are making the Russians even more assertive.

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US drone strike in Balochistan vitiated bilateral ties: Aziz The strike occurred at such a time when Pakistan, along with other Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) countries, was engaged in efforts to revive talks between Afghan government and Taliban ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s senior aide Sartaj Aziz told a US delegation on Friday that a drone strike in Balochistan targeting Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour not only affected Pakistan’s sovereignty, it also vitiated bilateral ties between the two countries.

A high-level US delegation called on Adviser to PM and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday, a Foreign Office statement said.

Ambassador Richard Olson, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Dr Peter Lavoy, Senior Adviser and Director for South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council comprised the US delegation, it added.

Discussions The participants held candid discussions on bilateral relations, regional security situation and Afghan peace process in the wake of drone strike in Naushki area on May 21 that killed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

Aziz told the delegation that the

TALKING TOUGH: Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on foreign affairs,

told the US delegation that the airstrike was a breach of the principles of the United Nation’s charter and made it clear that any such attacks in future will be detrimental to common desire of strengthening relations. - Reuters file photo

airstrike was a breach of the principles of the United Nation’s charter and made it clear that any such attacks in future will be detrimental to common desire of strengthening relations.

He said the strike had seriously undermined ongoing efforts for Afghan peace and reconciliation process. The strike occurred at such a time when Pakistan, along with other Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) countries, was engaged in efforts to revive talks between Afghan government and Taliban.

Foreign Secretary Chaudhry recalled that it was decided in the fifth QCG meeting on May 18 that peace negotiations remained the only option for a political settlement. He insisted it would require collective efforts on the part of all

QCG members to promote lasting peace in Afghanistan.

In response to US queries on safe havens for Taliban, it was emphasised that Pakistan was already pursuing its objective of eliminating all militants and terrorists from its soil in accordance with the National Action Plan.

At the same time, the country would have to safeguard its own security through better border management and early repatriation of Afghan refugees.

Committed Pakistan said it also expected action by Afghan forces against the operatives of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan.

These steps would also help promote better relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan and re-

duce mistrust, it maintained.

Dr Peter Lavoy, while conveying US President Barack Obama’s good wishes for the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speedy recovery, said that Obama was committed to improving relations with Pakistan as highlighted during Nawaz’s visit to Washington in October 2015.

Pakistan has signalled that it may reassess its ties with the United States in the wake of recent developments, including closer defence ties between Washington and New Delhi.

“Relations between Pakistan and the US need to be reassessed,” said Aziz at a news conference on Thursday.

Speaking against the backdrop of apparent strains in ties between the US and Pakistan as a

FORECAST

Met Office warns of flash floods from above average monsoon in country ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has warned of above average monsoon rains in the upcoming season that may trigger flash floods across the country, especially along the Sulaiman Range.

The Sulaiman mountain range is a southern extension of the Hindu Kush Range and runs across Pakistan from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa through Balochistan along the borders of south-western Punjab and Sindh.

On Thursday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said this monsoon season would result in 10 per cent to 20 per cent more precipitation than previous years.

PMD Director-General Dr Ghulam Rasul told The Express Tribune the southern Sindh region was expected to receive heavy rainfall during the monsoon.

“While this system will put an end to the long-running drought in Tharparkar, the rains will cause flooding in major urban centres,” he warned.

He added the monsoon season was expected to start in July this year but it was “too early to tell the exact week”. The Met Office has also predicted above normal rainfall in Punjab, K-P, Sindh, Pakistan-administered-Kashmir and northeast Balochistan.

Extreme showers are also likely

INUNDATED: Residents wade through floodwater in the Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province on September 17, 2014. - AFP file photo

in catchment areas of major rivers. Strong incursions of monsoon currents, coupled with high temperature, may trigger glacial lake outbursts, landslides and flash floods in upper K-P and GilgitBaltistan.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) also organised a pre-monsoon 2016 preparedness conference. NDMA spokesperson Ahmed Kamal said that based on the PMD forecast and lessons learnt from the recent past, the

authority had directed all provincial departments to complete preventive measures before June 30 to avoid the loss of life and property. Since 2010, Pakistan has been struggling to cope with monsoon rains and the subsequent floods.

The authorities have also failed to finalise the 10-year National Flood Protection Plan to cope with the natural calamity before time.

A Met Office official, who did not want to be named, said the Federal Flood Commission (FFC)

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had formulated the plan through World Bank funding but was still being worked on.

The draft of the plan was tabled before the Council of Common Interests (CCI) for approval but some of the provinces refused to accept it, claiming the plan was chalked out without consulting them, he said.

He added a few changes suggested by the concerned provinces were incorporated but the draft of the plan was still awaiting approval. - Express Tribune

result of the recent drone strike in Balochistan, the adviser conceded that Washington “abandons us when it doesn’t need our help.”

“This has been happening for the last 60 years. The US approaches Pakistan whenever it needs our help but abandons us when its objectives are achieved,” he said.

Later, the high-level US delegation, including General John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, called on Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, a statement issued by the military’s media wing said.

“Regional security situation with particular reference to border management and peace and stability in Afghanistan in the post May 21 US drone strike environment came under discussion,” the ISPR said.

According to the statement, the army chief expressed his serious concern over the US drone strike in Balochistan.

Zarb-e-Azb operation “COAS highlighted as to how it had impacted the mutual trust and respect and was counterproductive in consolidating the gains of operation Zarb-e-Azb.” The army chief upheld that terrorists of all hues are being targeted without any discrimination during Zarb-e-Azb. “All stakeholders need to understand Pakistan’s challenges with regard to porous border, inter-tribal linkages and decades-old presence of over three million refugees.

Blaming Pakistan for instability in Afghanistan is unfortunate.”

Raising the demand of targeted the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its chief Mullah Fazlullah in their bases in Afghanistan, General Raheel reiterated Pakistan’s resolve not to allow hostile intelligence agencies’ efforts of fomenting terrorism in the country. - Express Tribune

F R I D AY P R AY E R S

ACCIDENT: People gather inside

Jamia Masjid Usman in Landi Kotal area of North Nazimabad, in Karachi where a makeshift roof collapsed during Friday prayers. – Express Tribune

Six killed in Karachi as mosque sun shade falls KARACHI: A collapsed metal awning killed at least six people after Friday prayers at a mosque in Karachi, police said.

A temporary sun shade fell on the courtyard area of the Usman mosque in North Nazimabad, Karachi following prayers, said police official Zulfiqar Haider.

“I was in the mosque myself … people were offering a prayers following the conclusion of the (main) Friday prayer when we heard a loud crash following a gust of wind,” he said.

The corrugated metal awning fell directly on worshippers, he said. Police and rescuers arrived at the scene and shifted the injured to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for emergency medical treatment where condition of one injured is said to be critical.

Temperatures in Karachi often hit maximums of near 40 degrees Celsius in the summer, and the awning had been erected to shield worshippers from the sun.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Khawaja Izharul Hasan expressed grief over the incident.

Shah directed commissioner Karachi to submit an inquiry report at the earliest. - Express Tribune

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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2016

WORLD Clinton in bid to unify Democrats the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a Christian organisation of evangelical voters.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden also announced their support of Clinton on Thursday, handing her a trio of endorsements expected to boost her standing heading into the general election campaign.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met Senator Elizabeth Warren, a day after Warren endorsed her White House bid

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met on Friday with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leading progressive voice, to try to build party unity for her election campaign against Republican Donald Trump.

The two held talks at Clinton’s Washington home a day after Warren endorsed Clinton’s White House bid, adding support from the Democrats’ liberal wing as Clinton seeks to move on from her protracted primary battle with Bernie Sanders.

Warren left the meeting smiling after roughly an hour and did not speak to reporters outside.

Clinton, the former secretary of

SEEKING SUPPORT: Elizabeth Warren, left, and Hillary Clinton. Asked in an MSNBC interview on Thursday whether she had discussed with Clinton the prospect of being vice president, Warren said she had not, nor had she been vetted. — File photos

state, earlier this week secured the delegates needed to win the party nomination for the November 8 presidential election.

Party leaders are hoping Sanders will drop his presidential run before the party convention in Philadelphia in July.

The Warren meeting on Friday fuelled speculation that the senator from Massachusetts might be under consideration as Clinton’s running mate.

Asked in an MSNBC interview on Thursday whether she had discussed with Clinton the prospect of being vice president, Warren said she had not, nor had she been vetted.

Warren has considered the idea of serving as Clinton’s running mate but sees obstacles to that choice, several people familiar with Warren’s thinking told Reuters this week.

Having support from Warren

would boost Clinton’s ability to court highly motivated Sanders supporters who have been fired up against Clinton during the unexpectedly long primary battle.

Warren and Sanders share views on issues such as reining in Wall Street excesses and fighting income inequality.

Sanders said on Thursday he would remain in the race through the final nominating contest in Washington, D.C., next week

but would work with Clinton to defeat Trump.

Warren is also shaping up to be a no-holds-barred critic of Trump and they have had several spats on Twitter.

Trump, who is also scheduled to hold events in Washington on Friday, said Warren was one of the “least productive US Senators,” adding in a tweet: “Hope she is V.P. choice.”

Trump is expected to speak to

Email controversy But Clinton is dogged by the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while secretary of state from 2009-2013.

Emails between US diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington about whether to challenge specific drone strikes in Pakistan are at the centre of a criminal probe involving her handling of classified information, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Republicans have consistently criticised Clinton over her email use.”We should not live above the law, and that is one of the cardinal sins that Secretary Clinton violated,” House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday.

Clinton has said she did not send or receive any information that was marked as classified and has accused the State Department and other government agencies of “over-classifying” her emails after a judge ordered them released to the public. — Reuters

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Final tribute unfolds in Louisville for ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali LOUISVILLE: Hundreds of people gathered outside Muhammad Ali’s boyhood home in Kentucky and elsewhere along a funeral procession route on Friday to celebrate the boxing champion who jolted America with his showmanship and won worldwide admiration as a man of principle.

Ali, a once-controversial convert to Islam who lost three years of his boxing career for refusing US military service during the Vietnam War, died a week ago at age 74 as one of the most respected men in the United States.

A hearse embarked on a route through Louisville, Kentucky, that would take Ali’s body past landmarks such as his boyhood home on the West End, traditionally an African-American section of town, and the Muhammad Ali Center, a museum in the center of the Louisville.

It was to end at Cave Hill National Cemetery with a private burial.

Thousands of people were later expected to fill the KFC Yum Center for a memorial featuring eulogies by former US President Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal, beginning at 2 p.m.

(1800 GMT).

Jordan’s King Abdullah had been announced as one of the dignitaries due to attend the sports arena for the service.

Pallbearers will include actor Will Smith, who earned an Oscar nomination for playing the title role in the 2001 film Ali” and former heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis.

Fans such as Cathy Oost, 61, a retired public school teacher who lives in Louisville, was one of several hundred people to gather under blue skies at the cemetery gates to pay their respects.

She held a sign that read “Our Champ, Our Hero.” Oost said she was struck by Ali’s speaking out for racial equality and his stance against the Vietnam War, plus his defence of Islam.

Ali, a three-time world heavyweight champion, also paved the way for black athletes to express

CHAMPION: Flower petals are seen on the ground as the hearse carrying the remains of Muhammad

Ali arrives at Cave Hill Cemetery during the funeral procession for the three-time heavyweight boxing champion in Louisville, Kentucky, US, on Friday. — Reuters

Pallbearers will include actor Will Smith, who earned an Oscar nomination for playing the title role in the 2001 film ‘Ali’ and former heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis

themselves with flair and confidence, and gave US Muslims a hero they could share with mainstream America.

“He stood up for his beliefs when it was unpopular and difficult to do so. We all need to do that more,” Oost said.

Bridget McKay, 45, also at the cemetery gates, said she felt drawn to witness history.

“I remember when I was a little

girl, all the hype around him,” she said.”He was so boastful and confident about who he was.

He made me feel that it was OK to be myself, that I didn’t have to be anyone else.”

After years of restoration to convert his childhood home into a museum, developers finally held a grand opening on May 1.

“They (Ali’s family) wanted to bring Muhammad here for

one last visit but his health just wasn’t permitting it, unfortunately,” said co-owner George Bochetto, a former Pennsylvania boxing commissioner.

Visitors this week waited up to 90 minutes to tour the modest pink house, and police estimated 1,500 people lined the small residential street on Friday to see the man known as “The Greatest” come home one last time.

“This is where he started,” said former heavyweight boxer and actor Randall “Tex” Cobb.”He didn’t start in a gym.

He didn’t start as Muhammad Ali. He started in this house right here.”

Willie B. Palmer, 75, said he graduated high school with Ali, who was training for the Olympics when he graduated Central High School in 1960. Ali would train by jogging the bus route to the school. — Reuters

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S P O R S

Openers lead Sri Lanka fightback on second day Kaushal Silva made an unbeaten 79 and Dimuth Karunaratne 50 for the touring side after Jonny Bairstow’s 167 not out carried England to a commanding total

LONDON: Sri Lanka’s openers shared a fluent century stand to lead their side to 162 for one in reply to England’s 416 on the second day of the third and final Test at Lord’s on Friday.

Kaushal Silva made an unbeaten 79 and Dimuth Karunaratne 50 for the touring side after Jonny Bairstow’s 167 not out carried England to a commanding firstinnings total as they bid to wrap up the series 3-0.

Bairstow and Chris Woakes, who came together with the hosts in trouble at 227 for six, shared an excellent partnership of 144 on another fine day at the home of cricket.

Woakes contributed a polished 66, his first Test fifty, hitting eight crisp fours in nearly three hours at the crease before he chipped a catch back to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.

Bairstow, whose brilliant 140 set up England’s innings victory in the first Test, went past 150 with his 17th four to continue his rich vein of form with the bat.

BIG KNOCK: England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates scoring 150 runs. – Reuters

He made a costly error with the keeper’s gloves, however, spilling a routine catch off Woakes to give Karunaratne a reprieve on 28.

The Sri Lanka opener took ad-

vantage to get to 50 for the first time in the series before he nicked Steven Finn down the leg side and Bairstow held the catch to make partial amends for his blunder.

Silva was untroubled by a toothless England attack, hitting 10 fours, and Kusal Mendis moved smoothly to 25 not out at the close.

85 18 1 3 10 167 25 66 14 7 4

Extras (lb-16) 16 Total (all out, 128.4 overs) 416 Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-67, 3-71, 4-84, 5-164, 6-227, 7-371, 8-396, 9-411, 10-416 Bowling: S. Eranga 25.4-2-94-1, S. Lakmal 27-2-90-3, N. Pradeep 27-4-104-2, A. Mathews 13-5-31-0, R. Herath 36-8-81-4 Sri Lanka 1st innings: D. Karunaratne c Bairstow b Finn K. Silva not out K. Mendis not out

50 79 25

Extras (lb-8) 8 Total (for 1 wickets, 49 overs) 162 Fall of wickets: 1-108 To bat: D. Chandimal, A. Mathews, L. Thirimanne, D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Lakmal, S. Eranga, N. Pradeep Bowling: J. Anderson 11-2-35-0, S. Broad 10-1-45-0, S. Finn 10-1-31-1, C. Woakes 10-220-0, M. Ali 8-1-23-0 Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Rod Tucker TV umpire: Aleem Dar Match referee: Andy Pycroft

ODI SERIES

New challenge for Dhoni as India take on Zimbabwe HARARE: He has mostly led a formidable bunch of limited-overs specialists but it will be a different sort of challenge for Mahendra Singh Dhoni when he captains a new-look Indian cricket team against Zimbabwe in the first ODI of a short series starting here on Saturday.

Over the years, the series in Zimbabwe has always featured limited-overs matches played post-IPL where the BCCI sends its second-string outfits to test the bench strength. The second string outfits have, in fact, effected backto-back whitewashes 5-0 and 3-0

in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

It was supposed to be no different this time around as well.

The squad of 15 comprises as many as five uncapped players (including KL Rahul, who is yet to make his limited-overs debut) but it has gained special significance

because of Dhoni, who will be playing in the African nation after 11 long years.

The last time when Dhoni played in Zimbabwe back in 2005, his international career was barely six months old and a certain Saurav Ganguly was still in charge of

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

Germany hold India in thrilling opener LONDON: India started their Champions Trophy hockey campaign with a nail-biting 3-3 draw against defending champions Germany here on Friday.

In what turned out to be a brilliant comeback from the Olympic gold medallists, Germany came from two goals down to play out a draw as India squandered a great start to lose the momentum in the final three minutes.

The first quarter turned out to be an eventful one for India as dragflicker V.R. Raghunath successfully converted a penalty corner in the seventh minute to get a 1-0 lead. German goalkeeper Tobias Walter failed to read the thunderous hit from Raghunath’s stick.

India continued their domination in the second quarter as SV Sunil found the nets only to be reverted after referral in the 18th minute. The ball had touched his foot just before he struck home.

Meanwhile, Germany, in their quest for the equaliser failed to make use of the penalty corner in the 24th minute as Indian captain and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh managed to stop them.

CELEBRATION: India’s Raghunath, left, celebrates scoring the first goal during the Pool game against Germany. — AP/PTI

Two minutes later, the Germans finally managed to draw level after Tom Grambusch converted a penalty corner. But their joy was shortlived as midfielder Mandeep Singh, playing his 150th international game regained the lead for India with a brilliant field goal to lead 2-1 into half time.

Coming after the break, India struck immediately in the 32nd minute as drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh extended the lead with a scorcher of a finish. But four minutes later, Germany pulled one back with Grambusch

grabbing his second goal by converting a penalty corner. The Germans tried hard to get the equaliser but Sreejesh brilliantly foiled both their attempts as India ended the third quarter with a 3-2 lead.

The fourth quarter started without much action until the 52nd minute when Mandeep missed a chance to double the lead after a scramble in the goal mouth which he shot too wide.

A penalty stroke for Jonas Gomoll helped Germany equalise with the final scoreline reading 3-3. — Agencies

the ‘Men In Blue’. But now the situation is different post his retirement from Test cricket and Virat Kohli’s Bradmanesque form in the past six months leading to calls of his removal from captaincy.

While he may not be battling to save his captaincy yet but tours like the one about to start in Zimbabwe are the proverbial ‘banana peel’ for any top cricketer.

A series win will never be feted as it is something that everyone expects to be accomplished but at the same time any unexpected result will send the kind of shock waves that the Jharkhand dasher just

Bindra chosen India’s flagbearer at Rio Olympics NEW DE:HI: Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra was on Friday chosen as the flagbearer of the Indian contingent at the Rio Games’ opening ceremony on August 5.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed that they have chosen the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist as the country’s flagbearer for the quadrennial extravaganza.

Bindra will be making his fifth Olympic appearance this year. Alongside star boxer Vijender Singh, tennis legend Leander Paes and decorated grappler Sushil Kumar, Bindra’s name was under consideration prior to the 2012 London Games too, before the IOA gave the honour to the double Olympic medallist wrestler.

The 33-year-old is till date India’s only individual gold medallist at the Olympics.

The usually reserved shooter achieved the feat when he clinched a historic gold in 10-metre air rifle event at the Beijing Games in 2008.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) expressed its delight at the development.

- Reuters

SCOREBOARD

England 1st innings: A. Cook lbw b Pradeep A. Hales c Mathews b Herath N. Compton c Chandimal b Lakmal J. Root lbw b Lakmal J. Vince b Pradeep J. Bairstow not out M. Ali c Mathews b Herath C. Woakes c & b Herath S. Broad c K. Mendis b Lakmal S. Finn c Lakmal b Herath J. Anderson c Chandimal b Eranga

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would not fancy at the moment.

With India having a Test heavy home schedule this year with a few ODIs and T20s against New Zealand and England, this is Dhoni’s last chance to be in the mix as he won’t be playing a lote next few months.

India will be embarking on a Test tour of the Caribbean after this assignment. While Dhoni has played a total of 275 ODIs, the rest of the squad cumulatively has 83 matches to their credit. Also if one takes away Ambati Rayudu (31 matches) and Axar Patel (22)’s participation, the seven others have a total of 30 matches to their names. — PTI

Last Olympics Bindra said on Friday he will bring the curtains down on his illustrious career at the upcoming Rio Games where he will be the country’s flagbearer in the opening ceremony.

The 33-year-old said his 20-year-long sporting career has been a special one.

“As my sporting career which lasted 20 years draws to a close on the 8th of August, this is indeed special,” Bindra wrote on his twitter handle.

“To be the flag bearer at the Olympic Games is an athletes ultimate honor.I am humbled & grateful to be considered worthy of this great honour,” Bindra said.

“I am sure the Indian Olympic Team would have the support of over a billion people as we march into the Rio Olympic Stadium.”

Bindra will be making his fifth Olympic appearance this year. He will be competing in the men’s 10-metre air rifle event on August 8.

Winner of numerous medals at top international competitions including World Championships, World Cups, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, Bindra is also one of the goodwill ambassadors of the Indian contingent for the Rio Games and is working towards inspiring the athletes to give their best this summer. - PTI

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SPORTS Temptation of draw might stymie England and Russia England, on the back of winning all 10 qualifiers, not to mention a rare victory in Germany in a friendly, start

England’s Hart keen to banish demons of the past

favourites and will expect to make the running in front of a 60,000 crowd that will be predominantly behind them

MARSEILLE: England and Russia are the big beasts of Group B and, though each would love a winning start when they meet on Saturday, the fear of losing could well become all-pervading and lead to a cagey encounter.

With games against Wales and Slovakia to come, and the potential for three teams to qualify with two guaranteed, a point at the Velodrome might look a very useful result in a couple of weeks.

England, on the back of winning all 10 qualifiers, not to mention a rare victory in Germany in a friendly, start favourites and will expect to make the running in front of a 60,000 crowd that will be predominantly behind them.

However, despite that great run of form, England are anything but a settled side as Roy Hodgson struggles with the question of how to shoe-horn his form players into

CAPTAINS: A combination shows Russia’s midfielder and captain Roman Shirokov, left, and England’s striker and captain Wayne Rooney. – AFP

an established system.

Strikers Jamie Vardy, fresh from leading Leicester City to the most unlikely Premier League title, and Harry Kane, the Premier League’s top scorer, seemingly demand selection.

But Hodgson is adamant Wayne Rooney, the captain and most experienced squad member, should get a starting berth, leaving the coach experimenting with his attacking options right up to the last minute.

At least he is picking from strength in that regard as his, and England’s more pressing concern is in central defence where any combination of Gary Cahill, Chris

Smalling and John Stones has looked vulnerable and remains England’s Achilles heel.

Impressive statistics England have not lost in 90 or 120 minutes in 22 Euro matches in finals and qualifiers, going back to a 3-2 defeat by Croatia in November 2007.

The impressive statistics are skewed, however, as they lost on penalties to Italy in the 2012 quarterfinals and failed to qualify in 2008. Russia reached the semifinals that year with a side full of passion and pace but they were disappointing in 2012 and in the 2014 World Cup and the current crop are not a group to have fans on the edge

of their seats. They are, however, a well-organised and technically adept squad and coach Leonid Slutsky has quickly developed a strong team spirit since taking over from Fabio Capello last August.

He has, however, been forced to change his plans somewhat after injuries ruled midfielders Alan Dzagoev and, after last week’s 1-1 draw with Serbia, Igor Denisov out of the tournament.

With that to deal with and winnable games on the horizon, Russia are unlikely to take too many risks on Saturday, leaving it up to England to decide whether to open up in allout pursuit of victory or indulge in 90 minutes of cautious chess. - Reuters

CHANTILLY: Goalkeeper Joe Hart is keen to forget England’s failures at previous tournaments and put his trust in the new young squad at the European Championship in France this month.

A perfect qualifying campaign and warm-up victories over Turkey, Australia and Portugal have raised hopes Roy Hodgson’s charges might win a first major trophy since England’s World Cup triumph 50 years ago.

Hart has been part of England’s squad at three earlier tournaments but has never progressed beyond the quarterfinals.

“I’ve gone into every tournament confident and felt like we’ve been ready. So for me to say it’s different this time would be wrong,” Hart told reporters on Thursday.

“But they’ve gone, they are the past, this is a new one, a new set of players we’re going to give it all we’ve got.”

England’s squad is the youngest at the tournament, with only four survivors from

Euro 2012. Hodgson has indicated captain Wayne Rooney will be a mandatory pick, but the form of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy means England’s record goal scorer may be shoe-horned into midfield.

That will probably displace Delle Alli from his preferred attacking midfield berth and should Rooney, 30, again struggle at an international tournament, Hodgson’s loyalty to the Manchester United captain will be questioned.

But for Hart, there was no doubting the skipper’s importance. “Wayne is such a key part of the squad, and accessible to all the players,” said Hart. “There is definitely a connection and age doesn’t really factor into this team.”

Hodgson’s England have struggled for tournament goals despite a wealth of attacking talent - since a 3-2 victory over Sweden in their second match of Euro 2012 the Three Lions have netted just three times in five outings, only one of which was won. - Reuters

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Wales may need ‘Plan B’ if Bale misfires against Slovakia BORDEAUX: Wales must find a way of avoiding over dependence on Gareth Bale if they are to make progress at their first major international tournament for 58 years, starting with Saturday’s opening Group B match against Slovakia.

Not since John Charles, a worldclass performer at centre-half and centre-forward in Serie A six decades ago, have they relied so much on one player.

When ‘Gentle Giant’ Charles missed the 1958 World Cup quarter-final against Brazil, Wales still performed creditably but lost 1-0 to the eventual champions.

The current squad have shown little sign of similar resilience without their one genuine class player Bale, who cost a world record 85 million pounds ($123.06 million) when Real Madrid signed him from Tottenham Hotspur three years ago.

Operating just behind the main striker, Bale scored seven of the 11 goals that enabled Wales to finish runners-up to Belgium in their qualifying group.

On Thursday, Bale was adamant that Wales were “never a one-man team”, adding: “For us, it’s a squad thing. We’re ‘Together Stronger’.... we don’t just say it for no reason.”

Yet those who believe Wales are totally reliant on their totem can point to how they have fared without him in subsequent friendlies, of which he has played only half an hour in total.

They lost three and drew the other one at home to Northern Ire-

Divided loyalties as Switzerland face Albania LENS: Switzerland may get a taste of their own medicine on Saturday when they meet an Albania side featuring several players who benefited from the highly-acclaimed Swiss youth set-up. Loyalties will be divided in a fascinating Group A clash which, for the first time in the European Championship, will have brothers on opposing sides in Granit and Taulant Xhaka.

Both are of Albanian heritage and were born in Basel but Granit will line up for Switzerland and older brother Taulant, provided he recovers from a thigh injury, for their opponents.

In all, nine members of Albania’s 23-man squad had the right to play for Switzerland, and six members of the Swiss squad could have opted for Albania.

Switzerland accepted tens of

land only through a late penalty.

Plan B Former captain Kevin Ratcliffe said this week that Wales need a ‘Plan B’ -- and he did not mean ‘B’ for Bale. Lacking a main striker of genuine international quality,

thousands of Kosovar Albanians who fled the Balkan wars in the 1990s following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

The Swiss football federation

coach Chris Coleman knows his side must rely on midfield support as well as a normally reliable defence that looked less impressive in the final warm-up game — a 3-0 defeat by Sweden.

When Wales take on Slovakia, in a fixture between the two teams

(SFV) actively tapped into the potential offered by the secondgeneration immigrants, recruiting them to its widely-acclaimed youth development programmes.

regarded as the weakest in a group also containing England and Russia, the Slovaks will hope to take advantage of opponents who have won only one of their past seven games.

Previous results between the two sides offer bewilderment rather than enlightenment. Wales lost 5-1

The policy paid dividends as the Swiss uncovered talents such as Xherdan Shaqiri, Ricardo Rodriguez and Breel Embolo, all from immigrant backgrounds.

The flip side was that they unwittingly coached players for other countries’ national teams.

Past cases included Frank Feltscher, who chose to play for Venezuela, and Mladen Petric, who opted for Croatia, while seven players in Albania’s squad in France — Arlind Ajeti, Frederic Veseli, Naser Aliji, Migjen Basha, Armir Abrashi, Shkelzen Gashi and Taulant Xhaka — have played for Switzerland’s youth teams.

Former Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld called for a change in the rules to prevent changes of allegiance, pointing out that the

at home to the Slovaks in 2006 -Bale scoring his first international goal, as a 17-year-old -- but in the return game in Trnava they won 5-2.

Jan Kozak’s Slovakia illustrated their potential by reeling off six straight victories in qualifying, ending holders Spain’s long

SFV had invested some 30,000 Swiss francs ($31,120.33) in coaching each player. For the players themselves, it is often a difficult choice.

When Switzerland played Albania in a World Cup qualifier at Euro 2012, Granit Xhaka faced hostility and criticism from both sides.

Albania fans jeered him while a Swiss television commentator implied that he had deliberately missed an easy chance when his side were already 2-0 ahead.

“Presumably Xhaka was not unhappy at not having scored against Albania,” said Sacha None of this bothers the Xhakas’ parents who in the space of three days last year watched Switzerland qualify for the European Championship. - Reuters

unbeaten run and then beating Ukraine. Winning in the rain away to world champions Germany less than a fortnight ago will have done further wonders for their self-belief and Wales will need far more than just Bale at his best to overcome them. - Reuters

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RAISING FUNDS: Oman joins several other governments and companies from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council tapping the bond

market as they fund shortfalls. - Times file picture

Oman raises $2.5b from foreign bond It sold $1b of fiveyear notes at a yield of 245bps over the midswap rate and $1.5b of 10-year bonds at a spread of 320 basis points

MUSCAT: Oman, the largest Arab oil producer that’s not an Opec member, raised $2.5 billion from its first international bond sale in almost two decades as it seeks to plug a budget deficit caused by crude’s decline.

The Gulf nation sold $1 billion of five-year notes at a yield of 245 basis points over the benchmark midswap rate and $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds at a spread of 320 basis points, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Pricing was tightened from the initial guidance of mid- to high-

200 basis points for the five-year notes and mid-300 basis points for the 10-year bonds, said the person, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

Tapping the bond market Oman joins several other governments and companies from the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council tapping the bond market as they fund shortfalls after the price of crude fell by about half over the past two years. The region is home to about a third of global oil reserves.

Qatar, the world’s biggest lique-

fied natural gas exporter, raised $9 billion from a three-part bond sale last month in the Middle East’s biggest-ever issue, and Abu Dhabi raised $5 billion in April.

The budget deficit for Oman is forecast at 19.7 per cent of gross domestic product this year compared to 20.4 percent in 2015, according estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Mitsubishi UFJ Group, National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC and Natixis SA managed Oman’s bond sale.– Bloomberg News

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Bank of Russia cuts key interest rate for first time since July as risks fade MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank reduced borrowing costs for the first time in almost a year as its focus shifts away from risks to inflation after the rouble rallied and oil prices stabilised.

The one-week auction rate was cut to 10.5 per cent from 11 per cent, according to a statement on Friday. Twenty-two of 43 economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted a 50 basis-point decrease, with the rest seeing no change.

“The Bank of Russia will consider the possibility of a further rate cut based on estimates for inflation risks and the extent to which a decline in inflation aligns with the forecast trajectory,” the central bank said in the statement.

In one of the most debated decisions since Governor Elvira Nabiullina took charge three years ago, the central bank is resuming an easing cycle thwarted since last July by the crash in oil and a new round of inflation pressure. The pivot comes before a parliamentary ballot in September, Vladimir Putin’s biggest electoral test since he returned to the presidency in 2012, which is raising the threat of spending increases that could again fan prices.

“Almost everything improved since the last meeting in April,” Dmitry Shagardin, an analyst at

to an easing bias in April for the first time this year, it made any rate cuts conditional on inflation risks falling enough to have “greater certainty” of reaching the 4 per cent price target in 2017.

Policy makers have also conceded that monetary easing will bring little relief to the economy that’s been in contraction since the start of last year.

Elvira Nabiullina, chairman of Russia’s central bank. — Bloomberg file picture

Bank Saint-Petersburg, said before the announcement. “Inflation failed to accelerate despite expectations, oil is stable at a high level in the past two months.”

Inflation risks including wage growth and uncertainty about fiscal policy mean the pace of easing should be “gradual,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said last month. In contrast, the head of VTB Group, Russia’s secondlargest lender, has called for a “decisive” single cut of two per-

centage points to give the market a “clear signal.”

The rouble extended losses after the announcement and traded 0.6 per cent weaker at 64.6925 against the dollar as of 1:34pm in Moscow. The Russian currency has gained almost 14 per cent against the dollar this year, the second-biggest rally in emerging markets, after a 20 per cent loss in 2015. Oil prices advanced 37 per cent in the same period.

While the central bank shifted

Inflation surprise The Bank of Russia has warned about a possible increase in inflation in May-June. Even so, annual price growth remained at 7.3 per cent for a third month in May, the slowest since 2014. That’s less than half the level of inflation in July 2015, when the central bank last cut rates.

A recovery in oil may deepen the slowdown in inflation. The consumer-price index may end 2016 at 5.5 per cent from a year earlier if oil prices remain at their current level, according to Deputy Finance Minister Maxim Oreshkin.

“There are reasons to cut,” Olga Sterina, an analyst at UralSib Capital in Moscow, said before the decision. “The key rate, at its level of 11 per cent, was high when taking into account current inflation.” — Bloomberg News

SAN FRANCISCO: Asking Apple’s voice-activated assistant, Siri, what the company plans to unveil at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco next week elicits the response: “If I told you, they’d probably make me sit through product security again.”

Witty, perhaps, but Siri will have to supply more satisfying answers if it’s going to convince customers, developers and investors that Apple is keeping pace with Alphabet’s Google Now and Amazon.com’s Alexa in one of the hottest emerging areas of tech: virtual personal assistants.

Alongside updates to Apple Music and the company’s mobile, watch and television operating systems, Apple will announce that for the first time it will let outside developers integrate Siri with their apps, according to a person familiar with the plans. Getting programmers on board is an essential step toward building tools that make Apple’s devices more indispensable — such as apps that let you use voice commands on an iPhone or iPad to order a pizza or summon an Uber car, both of which Alexa can already do through the Echo in-home speaker.

“Siri needs to grow up and get smarter, and by being in other apps it will get smarter because it will know more of what I do,” said Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Creative Strategies in San Jose, California. “It’s like quicksand — if you move slightly, you sink deeper.

It’s another little thing that gets you more entrenched into the ecosystem.”

App ecosystem Indeed, Apple is trying to pull people deeper into its network of apps and services — from iTunes to Apple Music and iCloud storage — to help make up for slowing iPhone sales. The developers conference, which focuses on software, has therefore become more significant for Apple after playing second fiddle to the company’s much-heralded hardware rollouts for years.

Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has repeatedly highlighted the importance of sales from services, which have become the fastestgrowing part of Apple’s business.

As part of that drive, Apple earlier this week laid out changes to the App Store. Starting on Monday — the day the conference kicks off in San Francisco — Apple will halve the portion of sales it takes from developers if customers subscribe to a product for more than a year, and it will let developers pay to get more prominent placement within US App Store searches.

Music-streaming service A revamped music-streaming service will also feature in the presentation at WWDC, Bloomberg News reported in May. A consumer shift toward music streaming poses a mounting threat to the $3.5 billion iTunes song-download business, and Apple’s year-old answer to Spotify and Pandora Media has been troubled by tepid critical reception, in-

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Siri needs to grow up and get smarter, and by being in other apps it will get smarter because it will know more of what I do. It’s like quicksand — if you move slightly, you sink deeper. It’s another little thing that gets you more entrenched into the ecosystem Carolina Milanesi

Analyst at Creative Strategies

fighting and executive departures.

That’s prompted an overhaul of the $10-per-month Apple Music streaming service, which will be unveiled on Monday and include changes to the interface intended to make it more intuitive to use.

Siri’s rivals The race to develop the most useful virtual assistant will help decide whose products consumers use to engage with the digital world. Apple got a head start when it introduced Siri in 2011. Yet in the years since then it has lost ground to Google Now, which followed in July 2012, and Amazon’s Alexa, unveiled in November 2014.

That’s why the audience at Apple’s annual developer confab will pay particular attention to anything software chief Craig Federighi might say about improvements to Siri if he takes the stage at the Bill Graham Auditorium. A Siri developer kit — the software tools that let programmers create applications — would increase the number of products and services that iOS users can access through Siri, tying them more closely to Apple devices. — Bloomberg News

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Instagram attracting more advertising than Twitter: Survey SAN FRANCISCO: Advertising agencies are for the first time turning to Instagram more frequently than Twitter for social media ad campaigns, a survey released on Thursday showed, a further indication of weakness in an ad sales operation that has been one of the few bright spots for Twitter.

The survey, from a unit of Comcast called Strata, came the same week Twitter Inc said its head of product, who took over the team in September, was leaving. The research firm eMarketer said earlier this month that Snapchat was on pace to surpass Twitter in US active users, highlighting the threat Twitter faces from faster-growing competitors.

Amid Twitter’s ongoing struggles with stagnant user growth, management turmoil and a tum-

bling stock price, the advertising operations under chief operating office Adam Bain had been a relative oasis of stability. Bain, who joined the company in 2010, helped build Twitter from scratch to more than $1 billion revenue in just over three years.

But cracks in the ad business began to emerge in the company’s first-quarter earnings report, in which it missed its numbers due to weaker-than-expected spending by big advertisers and provided a weak revenue forecast. The stock has fallen 15 per cent since the April earnings announcement and closed on Wednesday at $14.60 far below its $26 IPO price in November of 2013.

The Strata survey asked 83 advertising agencies which social platform their clients preferred

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for social media campaigns. Sixtythree per cent of advertisers said they were most likely to use photosharing app Instagram, compared with 56 per cent who said they would use social network Twitter. Facebook dominated, with 96 per cent of advertisers saying

they were likely to use it. Twitter rejected the survey results, pointing to a 2015 study by Advertiser Perceptions that showed 37 per cent of advertisers intended to buy ads on Twitter, compared with 28 per cent on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. The same

study showed that 46 per cent were considering buying ads on Twitter compared with 41 per cent on Instagram.

“The data presented in this survey couldn’t be farther from the truth,” a Twitter spokesperson said. “We have close relationships with our agency clients and continue to hear that Twitter offers the most powerful creative canvas.”

Still, the survey shows the growing power of Instagram, which has the benefit of using Facebook’s advertising technology and has been rolling out features that make it more useful for sharing news and activity updates that are the bread and butter of Twitter. Instagram has more than 200,000 advertisers compared with Twitter’s 130,000.

“We’re seeing almost all of our

clients shifting if not all of their budgets, then most of their budgets from Twitter to Instagram,” said Chris Gilbert, senior social strategist at digital agency Kettle, which works mostly with fashion brands. “Marketers typically want to be where the audience is.”

Some ad agencies said their clients are shifting more of their budgets to Instagram because it has more users — more than 400 million compared with 310 million on Twitter — and because Facebook’s ad technology allows them to target highly specific audiences.

“We’ve had more emphasis on Instagram for the last year,” said Jason Peterson, chief creative officer at ad agency Havas Worldwide North America.

Instagram declined to comment on the Strata survey. — Reuters

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MARKET China rivals US, Europe as growth engine for exports In Taiwan and Indonesia, for example, the growth of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) dominates the US and European Union’s as a source of export demand. In other economies, the trading giants are equally important.

HONG KONG: China is now an equal or even bigger driver of export growth in neighbouring economies than the US and EU combined, marking a significant shift in the economic pecking order since the 2008 global financial crisis.

That’s according to research

by Deutsche Bank economists who weighed up the influence of the US and China over the rest of Asia through the prism of export growth, as well as the currency and bond markets.

In Taiwan and Indonesia, for example, the growth of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) dominates the US and European Union’s as a source of export demand. In other economies, the trading giants are equally important.

“This is noticeably different from the pre-crisis years when China was much less important — bordering on irrelevance — as

ROBUST DEMAND: After a rocky start to the year, China has been aided in its growth prospects by a record surge in credit in the first quarter. — Bloomberg file picture

an engine of growth in the region,” Deutsche analysts led by AsiaPacific Chief Economist Michael Spencer wrote in a note.

After a rocky start to the year, China has been aided in its growth prospects by a record surge in credit in the first quarter. Key indicators for May are expected to show that the economy is continuing to find its footing and growth is on track to hit the Communist Party’s goal of 6.5 per cent to 7 per cent for 2016.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April upgraded

its China growth forecasts by 0.2 percentage point for this year and next, following signs of “resilient domestic demand” and growth in services that offset weakness in manufacturing.

Beyond the pace of GDP growth, China’s currency gyrations are also increasingly important across the region. While the dollar still drives volatility in most Asian currencies, the yuan is as least as important for fluctuations in the ringgit and won and is growing in significance for other exchange rates, except the peso.

“Asia is far from being a ‘yuan bloc’, but idiosyncratic shocks to the yuan cannot be ignored,” according to the Deutsche analysts.

The People’s Bank of China surprised traders this week by setting the reference rate at weaker-thanexpected levels, helping send the currency to its biggest declines in four months versus a tradeweighted basket that includes thxe yen and the euro.

The rate’s fixing had become more predictable since early February after the PBOC pledged greater transparency and the yuan

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increasingly tracked moves in the dollar against major currencies.

That was after a sudden weakening of the yuan in January fuelled fears of a devaluation and triggered global market turmoil. During the subsequent three months, the central bank adopted a more market-based system to set the rate and said the basket would play a bigger role.

Where the US still dominates, however, is in the bond markets: moves in Treasury yields continue to steer Asian bond trading.

— Bloomberg News

S T R AT E G I C P E T R O L E U M R E S E RV E

US seeks to overhaul its oil-reserves WASHINGTON: The US Energy Department is making the case that the nation’s emergency oil supply needs an overhaul before a massive drawdown begins later this decade.

Congress has mandated that the department sell as much as 18 per cent of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) from 2018 through 2025 to offset some unrelated government expenses. The department is asking lawmakers to approve funding to modernise the reserve facilities themselves to help prepare for the sales.

“If we don’t get an appropriation from Congress, we cannot start selling oil” to pay for upgrades, Bob Corbin, the Energy Department’s deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Petroleum Reserves, told reporters at the reserve’s Bryan Mound site near Freeport, Texas.

Established in response to the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, the reserve holds 695.1 million barrels of crude in salt caverns at four sites in Texas and Louisiana. For years, Energy Department officials have said the network of pipelines, pumps and caverns is in need of regular maintenance, like replacing rusty equipment, to withstand the humid conditions along the Gulf of Mexico.

At the Bryan Mound site, where pipes and valves span hundreds of acres of marshlands, a floating roof on a storage tank collapsed in May 2015 due to extensive wear. Corrosion was responsible for an immense gash on a 1980s-era water pipe at the reserve’s Big Hill site near Winnie, Texas in April.

Lawmakers last year agreed to fund US highway maintenance with 66 million barrels in sales from the reserve from 2023 through 2025. A budget bill that President Barack Obama signed last year mandated another 58 million in sales from 2018 through 2025 as a spending offset.

Corbin said that failing to upgrade equipment “could potentially impact the ability to sell oil” later in the decade. — Bloomberg News

IMD SURVEY

European Central Bank doesn’t need Hong Kong tops in new stimulus to hit goal: Key official race to be the most WARSAW: The European Central Bank (ECB) has pledged enough stimulus to return euroarea inflation to its goal, policy maker Bostjan Jazbec said, in a sign that officials may sit tight over the summer months.

“At the current juncture, I’d firmly confirm that the measures work and that we can only look forward to responding to everything that comes to our table,” Jazbec, the Slovenian centralbank governor, said in an interview in Ljubljana on Thursday.

“Of course, if you ask is there anything more we can do, my answer would always be yes. But is it needed today? No.” Inflation has missed the ECB’s target of just under 2 per cent for more than three years, and hasn’t been above zero since January, prompting the Governing Council to ramp up stimulus yet again in March. While economists surveyed by Bloomberg see fresh measures being needed before the end of the year, Jazbec said updated staff forecasts indicate that the central bank’s existing measures could be sufficient.

The projections published this month, showing that inflation should average 1.6 per cent in 2018, are “exactly close to our goal,” he said.

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Bostjan Jazbec, Slovenian central-bank governor. — Bloomberg file picture

Reading list The 46-year-old governor’s comments come amid international concern that central-bank policies are near the limit of their effectiveness, and pressure for governments to be more proactive.

ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that delaying structural reforms in the euro area for domestic political reasons would slow the impact of monetary stimulus and come with an economic cost that is “simply too high.”

Jazbec, seen as a relatively hawkish Governing Council member, spoke in his office in the Slovenian central bank, at a desk stacked with recent books on economics and history by authors such as Ben S. Bernanke, Adair Turner, Thomas Piketty and Mary Beard.

“We all read and we all learned from the same books and those books will always stress the importance of a policy mix,” he said.

“Today an enormous pressure and responsibility lies on monetary

policy, while it is obvious that monetary policy would be even more successful if other policies were to complement it.”

Jens Weidmann, president of Germany’s Bundesbank and a long-time critic of how far the ECB has pushed its stimulus, gave his view on the interplay of different policy areas on Friday. He called for a “virtuous circle” of sound monetary, fiscal and financial stances to safeguard economic stability, and criticised governments.

“The euro area still has a long way to go, especially with regard to fiscal policy,” he said at a conference in Eltville, Germany.

“Unfortunately, the spillover from monetary policy — savings through lower interest expenses -- has not been used as much as it could to press ahead with improving public budgets.”

Jazbec noted that near-term risks including the refugee crisis, Greece’s aid negotiations and the UK’s referendum on its European Union membership are also weighing on the economy.

“You would hardly find an investor who would consciously invest into an uncertain environment, even if interest rates indicate these are the right times to increase your investment,” he further said. — Bloomberg News

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Hong Kong have been vying for years to hold the crown of most competitive place to do business.

Now a clear winner is emerging: Hong Kong.

While Hong Kong is rising on world rankings for competitiveness, Singapore is sliding. The latest results from IMD, a Swiss business school, put Hong Kong at the top of the list, knocking the US off the No. 1 spot. Singapore has dropped from third to fourth place.

The IMD defines competitiveness as the ability of a country to create an environment in which businesses can generate sustainable value. The rankings are based on a combination of hard data and opinion surveys of more than 5,400 business executives covering four main areas: economic performance, government and business efficiency and infrastructure.

Both Hong Kong and Singapore boast low taxes, good infrastructure and easy procedures to open a business, so why the divergence in competitiveness?

One of the reasons is Singapore’s weakening economy as exports in the trade-reliant nation have come under pressure. But another key factor may be Singapore’s stricter

rules on hiring foreign labor, which adds to business costs.

“The key difference between the two territories is Singapore’s restrictions on importing foreign labor, and their policy of boosting labor costs to discourage companies from being dependent on foreign labour,” said Brian Tan, an economist at Nomura Plc in Singapore.

The index flags Hong Kong’s labour market as more competitive than in Singapore, with the Chinacontrolled territory improving from 2015 on scores such as working hours, skill levels, unemployment legislation and immigration levels. Hong Kong also leads Singapore on business efficiency, including productivity and management practices, according to IMD. Making the top five of the list is still an achievement though.

Singapore was ranked third on the IMD’s list last year, its highest level in the past five years. It’s only surpassed Hong Kong once in that period, in 2014.

“It’s not that Singapore did something wrong, or that they must do things differently,” said Christos Chabolis, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based chief economist at IMD World Competitiveness Centre. — Bloomberg News

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L&T picks banks for subsidiary’s share sale MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s biggest builder of roads and power plants, has picked advisers to prepare an initial public offering (IPO) of about Rs10 billion ($150 million) for its subsidiary L&T Technology Services, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Mumbai-based conglomerate is working with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bank of America and JM Financial on the engineering-services unit’s listing, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. An IPO filing with India’s capital markets regulator could come as early as July, they said.

Two separate listings Larsen is preparing two separate listings as it seeks to monetise some of its operations, which span finance, ship building and nuclear power. The company also plans to list its software-services unit, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, as soon as next month after assessing demand and receiving relevant approvals, the people said.

Both offerings are expected to be completed by March next year, they said. Larsen Chairman A.M. Naik told reporters on May 26 that the company would decide in a week on the timing of the software division’s listing.

Larsen shares fell 1.3 per cent to Rs1,491.45 as of the close in Mumbai trading on Thursday. The stock has gained 17 per cent this year, compared with a 2.5 per cent advance for the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex index.

Larsen declined to comment in an e-mailed response. L&T Technology Services, with more than 10,000 employees, advises makers and distributors of medical devices, phone equipment, automobiles and aircraft, its website said. Larsen serves customers in more than 30 countries in industries including hydrocarbon, infrastructure and defense. — Bloomberg News

Lenovo turns to phones with novel technology for growth Lenovo was the largest single vendor of PC shipments in the first quarter of 2016, according to IDC, but shipments declined 8.5 per cent on a year earlier

Beijing-based company said that it will introduce a phone that uses a Google sensory technology named Tango, and announced two new Motorola handsets that can be augmented with additional equipment via 16 “magic dots” intheir backs Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo’s chairman and chief executive officer. — Bloomberg file picture

SAN FRANCISCO: Lenovo Group is adding experimental technologies to its smartphones in a bid to grow its business, trying to overcome declining personal computer shipments and a competitive mobile market.

The Beijing-based company said on Thursday that it will introduce a phone that uses a Google sensory technology named Tango, and announced two new Motorola handsets that can be augmented with additional equipment via 16 “magic dots” in their backs. At an event in San Francisco, the company also announced a partnership with networking vendor Juniper Networks to extend its data center unit.

“Over the past two years Lenovo has been transforming, making

major acquisitions in mobile and infrastructure to expand beyond our core PC business,” said Yuanqing Yang, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer. “I was told we’d better launch something pretty exciting.”

Lenovo is looking to phones for growth to offset a struggling PC market. Lenovo was the largest single vendor of PC shipments in the first quarter of 2016, according to IDC, but shipments declined 8.5 per cent on a year earlier. The company acquired the Motorola smartphone business for $2.8 billion in 2014 to help it hedge against this weakness, but turning those phones into major sales has proven to be a challenge.

Competitive market Lenovo faces an uphill battle

trying to regain its share of the mobile phone market against renewed competition from local rivals like Huawei Technologies. Its smartphone sales in China fell 85 per cent compared to a year earlier, Jenny Lai, an analyst at HSBC, wrote in a note to clients following Lenovo’s fourth-quarter results in May. Lenovo reported a full-year loss of $128 million compared with net income of $829 million a year earlier. “Lenovo will step up its mobile investments in order to achieve targets,” she said. “Financial year 2017 will be a transitional year for Lenovo with flat shipments and continued operating losses in mobile business.”

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the Phab2 Pro in September that uses technology from Alphabetsubsidiary Google called Tango.

The system lets the phone host augmented reality applications, like software to help people navigate the world, play virtual domino and dinosaur games, easily measure spaces in households and add in three-dimensional models of furniture. With the Phab2 Pro, Lenovo will be the first company to field AR technology on smartphones without the need of a headset, separate device or attachment to a powerful computer.

The cost of the Phab2 Pro will start at $499.

“Lenovo is creating a new kind of AR experience that is more portable, more practical, and will be even more popular,” Yang said.

The company also will release two new Motorola handsets, the MotoZ and MotoZ Force, that can be upgraded with additional equipment via what the company is calling Moto Mods. This lets people easily add battery power, speakers, projectors and other hardware capabilities to its phones by fastening the equipment with 16 “magic dots” — or high-powered magnets — to the phone’s back.

“Now your phone is not just your phone,” Yang said. With Moto Mods, the phone “can transform into whatever you wanted it to be or needed to be,” he said.

Lenovo is not alone in seeing value in adding more capabilities to its smartphones. Google plans to do the same via an indevelopment technology called Project Ara, that lets consumers swap different capabilities of their phones in and out according to their needs. And Lenovo believes that these new phones will drive further demand for its enterprise business as well.

“Of course all of this connectivity creates huge new demand for cloud infrastructure that is safe, reliable, easy to access, and of course easy to deploy and easy to expand,” Yang said. — Bloomberg News

MANAGEMENT CHANGE

Chinese companies strengthen Virgin Chief of Embraer Australia grip, nipping Singapore Air makes surprise exit SYDNEY: Chinese companies strengthened their grip on Virgin Australia Holdings as a second conglomerate bought a stake in the carrier, handing a blow to key shareholder Singapore Airlines.

Nanshan Group will buy 811 million shares, or about 20 per cent of Australia’s second-largest airline from Air New Zealand, the Auckland-based carrier said on Friday. At a purchase price of 33 Australian cents apiece, the sale would value the stake at about A$268 million ($199 `million).

Nanshan’s assets stretch from aluminum to property and include the two-year-old Qingdao Airlines.

Code-share alliance HNA Group, the owner of Hainan Airlines, last month said it plans to buy 13 per cent of Virgin Australia and struck a code-share alliance with the Brisbane-based airline. While the Australian carrier is now better placed to tap the Chinese travel market, its disparate shareholders — among them Etihad Airways — may be harder to manage.

“It’s not a marriage made in heaven,” said Neil Hansford, chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions, a consultancy firm north of Sydney. “You’ve got two

jumped as much as 3.9 per cent in Wellington and Singapore Air shares were little changed in the city-state.

STRATEGIC DEAL: If the deal is approved, Nanshan Group will hold almost as much as the other partners, making Virgin Australia’s shareholding unique with four airlines as key supporters. — Bloomberg file picture

sophisticated legacy-type carriers in Singapore and Etihad mixing with startup Chinese. I think it would be a very difficult board table to sit around.”

Singapore Airlines in an email declined to comment and a spokesman for Etihad in Sydney had no immediate comment. The sale is subject to regulatory approvals from Chinese authorities. Air New Zealand was advised

by First NZ Capital and Credit Suisse. Virgin Australia shares climbed 7.1 per cent to 30 Australian cents, valuing the carrier at about A$1.04 billion, after Air New Zealand said Nanshan plans to support the outcome of Virgin Australia’s current capital review.

Nanshan is buying the Virgin Australia shares at an 18 per cent premium to its Thursday closing price. Air New Zealand shares

Unique shareholding If the deal is approved, Nanshan Group will hold almost as much as the other partners, making Virgin Australia’s shareholding unique with four airlines as key supporters. Based in Longkou in China’s Shandong province, the Nanshan Group also has interests in fabric and garments, real estate, finance, education, tourism and healthcare, according to its website, which mentions Shandong Nanshan Aluminum as its sole listed unit.

Last month, billionaire Chen Feng’s HNA Group said it wants to raise its holding to 20 per cent over time. After issuing new shares to HNA Group, Singapore Air was to hold 20.1 per cent stake and Etihad 21.8 per cent, according to the Australian carrier. After the Nanshan transaction, Air New Zealand will be left with 102 million shares, or the equivalent of a 2.5 per cent holding in Virgin Australia.

Phone calls, seeking comments, to the offices of both Nanshan and HNA groups, during non-business hours weren’t answered because of a public holiday in China.

— Bloomberg News

DALLAS: Embraer said Frederico Curado will step down as chief executive officer after nine years at the helm, in an unexpected departure from the Brazilian planemaker as it faces stepped-up competition in the regional jet market.

The company’s commercial aviation boss, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, will succeed Curado, 54, and the transfer of executive duties will take place next month, the company said in a statement on Thursday. A full transition will occur by the end of the year.

The executive shift catches the Brazilian planemaker at a critical time, as it works to certify the first of its E-Jet E2 family of jets. The upgraded regional aircraft face an array of new competitors from Bombardier’s C Series to Mitsubishi’s MRJ and China’s Comac C919.

“With the E-2 just flying, it’s pretty extraordinary,” Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with Teal Group, said of the leadership change.

Curado’s exit is part of a “planned transition,” said Saulo Passos, a spokesman for Embraer.

The Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil-based manufacturer is the latest aerospace company to revamp its leadership amid market challenges and heightened pressure from new entrants.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Boeing’s largest supplier, announced on Wednesday that CEO Larry Lawson is retiring at the end of July. New leaders have taken the reins of Boeing, Bombardier, RollsRoyce and United Technologies in the last two years.

Embraer has tumbled 39 per cent this year compared with an 18 per cent gain on Brazil’s benchmark Ibovespa index. A strengthening currency in the South American country may cause some “cost headwinds” this year, Curado said in April. The real’s 17 per cent advance against the dollar is the biggest this year among 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg.

The company saw strong sales gains in the last decade as major US airlines shifted more flying to regional affiliates and then traded out cramped 50-seaters for Embraer’s more spacious jets. But Embraer saw market momentum shift as United Continental Holdings struck deals with Boeing this year and Delta Air Lines snubbed the E2 for Bombardier’s C Series planes. During the first quarter, Embraer didn’t record any jetliner sales, according to data compiled

by Bloomberg Intelligence.

It broke the drought when Alaska Air Group’s Horizon Air subsidiary ordered 30 E175 jets in April.

— Bloomberg News

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COLD COFFEE IS BOOMING IN THE US; NOW EVERYONE IS PILING IN Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting their brews on ice. They’re introducing high-end ready-made chilled bottled and canned coffee, betting US grocery shoppers will embrace yet one more way to get their caffeine jolt. Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper and other beverage makers are also jumping in. And Starbucks, which has long dominated packaged cold coffee, is also introducing new chilled brews.

While sugary iced-coffee concoctions, like Starbucks’ Frappucinos, have been popular for years, baristas and coffee bars are seeing an increasing demand for more sophisticated iced espressos and lattes. Many now say they serve more cold coffee than hot — even during winter. For the fourth quarter of 2015, Starbucks reported a 20 per cent increase in iced drink sales nationwide following its introduction of a new cold brew coffee in its retail stores. Now, coffee makers are making a push for getting more of those high-end, lower-calorie and less-sugary cold brews and lattes on store shelves.

“When given a choice, people tend to make the healthier, better-for-you choice as long as it’s within a reasonable cost premium,” said Chris Campbell, the founder of Chameleon Cold-Brew, an Austin-based company with sales growing at triple-digit rates.

Canned or bottled ready-to-drink coffee is a natural evolution flowing from a consumer landscape awash with premium coffee at ubiquitous Starbucks and countless independent coffee bistros. The US ready-to-drink coffee market has been growing by double digits annually since 2011, and Euromonitor International expects the market to reach nearly $3.6 billion by 2020.

The global market stood at $18 billion in 2015, according to Euromonitor.

Michael Butterworth, the co-creator of the Coffee Compass blog, says the cold coffees on US grocery shelves now “have a long way to go” in terms of quality and taste. “But there’s a proven market for these products and you’re going to see more and more of them.”

When the beverage industry looks to the future, it sees US consumers craving ready-todrink coffee at levels approaching those in Japan. That country boasts the largest such market in the world, according to Andrea Illy, chairman and chief executive officer of Illycaffè.

Coca-Cola, which partners with Illy in the US and other countries, sells more bottles and cans of coffee than anyone else globally, largely due to sales in Japan.

Foamed latte There’s been a recent burst of ready-to-drink-coffee deal making and product launches.

Starbucks, which teams with PepsiCo for its grocery store coffee drink offerings, is introducing new sweetened and unsweetened bottled black coffee and cold brews this summer. Peet’s Coffee & Tea, owned by JAB Holdings, now sells cold brew canned coffee since agreeing to acquire Stumptown Coffee in October 2015. La Colombe, backed with funding from Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya, will be releasing its canned latte later this year in grocery stores around the country. The drink, which foams like a hot latte when poured, sold briskly — 10,000 cans in its first hour — when offered online in March.

Last month, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, entered into a distribution deal with with High Brew Coffee, an independent beverage company started by David Smith. For Smith, who’s counting on Dr Pepper for its “merchandising muscle,” coffee is a second act. He co-founded Sweet Leaf Tea Co., which was sold to Nestle Waters North America in 2011. Smith discovered the virtues of cold-brew coffee while on a seven month sailing trip with his wife and two young children a few years ago.

Caribbean crossing Crossing from island to island in the Caribbean, often at night, Smith found standard coffee wasn’t giving him the jolt he needed to stay alert. So he bought a coldbrew kit on Amazon. Though it takes 12 hours to make cold brew, it delivers twice the caffeine punch. “A lightbulb went off,” said Smith. “If somebody came up with a ready-to-drink, shelf-stable, cold-brew coffee that was conveniently packaged, it would really be a great addition to what is available to consumers out there today.”

The resulting product, High Brew Coffee, hit grocery store shelves in 2014.

Sales grew 270 per cent in 2015, said Smith, though he declined to provide dollar sales. One of the promises of canned and bottled coffee is that it’s portable and durable and opens up the universe of high-end coffee to folks who may not live around the corner from a hipster coffee bar, said Chermelle Edwards, creator of a blog called Coffeetographer.

“Maybe you want to have a six-pack for your picnic You don’t go to a coffee shop and buy 10 coffees for your party, but you’ll buy cold brew. It’s like beer, like craft beer,” said Edwards. — Bloomberg News

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REDUCE CHEMICALS FROM YOUR LIFE

Have you ever wondered why you have so many cleaning materials? Many try to escape those chemical overdoses by believing in any tip found on the Internet about cleaning with natural ingredients or using ingredients you already have at home. But what is true and what is completely absurd?

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Cleaning and unclogging pipes with coffee — FALSE Coffee grounds are not sandpaper — it won’t rub the tube free from leftovers, rather, the grounds mix with the remains, clog it even more and swell into a proper plug. A better solution is to place four teaspoons baking soda in the sink, then add a cup of vinegar. If it fizzes and bubbles arise, rinse hot water onto it and your pipe will be free again. If not, repeat the process again.

Plants help to get rid of dust — TRUE Dust is particularly annoying and ugly but plants can help you out. They not only fill the room with style and aesthetics, but also filter the pollutants from our air and provide us with fresh oxygen.

Especially effective are ferns and orchids, which catch the swirling dust in the air, so that the leaves must be only wiped with a damp cloth. Now you can take a deep breath again in your home.

Wearing gloves is hygienic — FALSE We slip into our cleaning gloves to protect ourselves from bacteria and germs but the scrunched surface and the humidity inside provide a perfect habitat for bacteria. Therefore, keep your gloves flawless and dry. Place them after each use in hot water with two teaspoons of vinegar and a little detergent for 10-15 minutes.

Afterwards, just dry them thoroughly and dry them in a cool place.

Toothpaste for clean silver jewellery and silverware — TRUE Is your silver chain turning slightly grey and doesn't shine anymore? Rub your silver jewellery with some toothpaste (not gel) and use a toothbrush to get into the smallest corners. After that, dip the chain or the cutlery in warm water. Together with the paste, the oxidised silver particles will be washed away and your jewellery will be shiny again.

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Oil removes sticky residues on doors — TRUE Stay away from chemical label solvents, the fatty acids in butter and oil dissolve sticky patches most effectively.

Simply mix olive oil with a pinch of salt in a bowl and apply the mixture with a cloth onto the affected area. Rub and the glue disappears like magic. Afterwards, wipe the area clean with a bit water and a little detergent.

Remove stains with sparkling water — TRUE Another stain on the carpet? Fast action: Grab your bottle of sparkling water, because the contained carbon dioxide dissolves colour and tannins from the fibres (this doesn't work for fat or oil). Important: Once you have drowned the spot in the mineral water, you have to use a dry and absorbent cloth in a circular motion to take the stain away — always dapple, never rub. But of course, the effect always depends on the type of the stain.

Lemon juice makes your extractor fan shine again — TRUE Our extractor fan — not only a magnet for odours, but also for fat stains.

In order to get rid of the sticky spots, half of a lemon does the trick: Simply cut it and rub it over the metal. The acid easily removes fats and oils. If the spots are especially stubborn — pour a few drops of detergent on a cloth and rub gently above the stains. Do not use a stainless steel sponge, this only scratches your hood and misses the real target.

Vinegar as an all-round cleaning material — FALSE Vinegar works on almost everything, especially when it comes to decalcifying appliances or making surfaces hygienic.

However, it should not be over glorified, especially, when it comes to using it on natural stone surfaces such as granite and marble, as well as pipes or rubber seals, for which vinegar is unsuitable, even dangerous. The acid contained in vinegar reacts aggressively onto those materials and destroys the surfaces and thereby their function. Helpling.com

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STAR CINEMA Film information 24791641 / 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om Jacobinte Swargarajyam (Mal) (Comedy\ Drama) Cast: Nivin Pauly Renji Panicker & Lakshmi Ramakrishna 10-00 pm Cinema Main Iraivi (Tamil) (Comedy\ Drama) Cast: Vijay Sethopathi & Anjali 9-45 PM Cinema-3 Aa.AA (Telugu) (Comedy\Drama) Cast: Nithin & Samantha 9-45 pm Cinema-4 Babruvahana (Kannada) (Drama) Cast : Dr Rajkumar & B.Saroja Devi 9-30pm Cinema-2 Next Change: Kammati Paadam ( Mal); Udta Punjab (Hindi); Gentleman (Telugu)

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Frog Kingdom (Animation) Voice Overs: Bella Thome, Greg sulkin, Dallas Lavotta 9.30 p.m.

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SOHAR X-Men: Apocalypse PG12 (2D) (Action | Adventure |Fantasy) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence

Go With Me (Thriller) Cast: Julia Stiles, Alexander Ludwig, Anthony Hopkins 11.45 p.m.

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SALALAH Te3n (TBC) (Hindi | Thriller) Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan 9:15, 11:30 PM Warcraft (3D)(PG12) (Action| Adventure | Fantasy) Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster 9:00, 11:45 PM, Housefull 3 (2D) (PG12)( Hindi ) (Romantic |Comedy) Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri 10:00 PM

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Screen 2 Housefull 3 (2D) (Comedy / Drama) –PG12 Cast : Akshay Kumar , Ritesh Deshmukh , Nargis Fakhri, Jacqueline Fernandez 10.00 PM

SUR Warcraft 3D ( Action | Adventure | Fantasy) ( PG12 ) Cast : Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster 9:00, 11:45 PM Te3n ( Hindi | Thriller ) ( TBC ) Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan.

11:15 PM Housefull 3 ( Hindi | Romance | Comedy) (PG12) Cast : Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Nargis Fakhri, Jacqueline Fernandez 9:15 PM

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BURAIMI Te3n TBA (Hindi) (Thriller) Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan 9:00 & 11:30 PM Housefull 3 PG12 (Hindi) (Romantic |Comedy) Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez 10:15 PM Warcraft PG 12 (3D) (Action| Adventure | Fantasy) Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster 11:00 PM

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QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36) Quriyat Sur Jaalan

RUWI Screen 1 Te3n (2D) (Suspense / Thriller) –TBC Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqi 10.00 PM

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11:45PM Warcraft PG12 (Action| Adventure | Fantasy) Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster 10:15PM Housefull-3 PG12 (Hindi | Romantic |Comedy) Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez 10:30PM Me Before You 15+ (Drama) Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer 9:15PM Te3n Hindi | Thriller (TBC) Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawaz Uddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan 11:15PM A. Aa (Telugu | Comedy | Romance) Cast: Nithin K Reddy, Samantha Ruth Prabhu 9:00PM

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Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al Hayat International Hospital, Al Ghubra 22004000, 94267068/97049520 Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455

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LIFESTYLE Life in a Cave Caves can be found all over the world. Some caves are open to the public, while others are wild and untouched. Sometimes called caverns, caves are natural hollows in the Earth, usually created by water or wind. Prehistoric humans sometimes lived in caves. Archaeologists have found many ancient artefacts and paintings in caves.

Most plants need sunlight to grow, but some plants, bacteria, and fungi use the energy from decaying matter instead of light. These can be found in the darkest caves.

A variety of animals make caves their homes, some seasonally, others permanently. Bears, raccoons, and other animals nest and shelter in caves.

Many species of bats live in caves. Cave floors are often slippery with guano (bat droppings). Bats and other animals that leave the cave for food are known as trogloxenes.

Animals that always live in the darkest parts of a cave are called troglobites. Some salamanders, fish, insects, and spiders are troglobites. Many of these animals are blind and have no pigmentation to their skin, appearing transparent.

Caves take many thousands of years to form; some are 50 million years old. As long as a cave has water, it is considered living and ever-changing. A cave without water does not change and is considered dead. Some caves have areas with and without water.

Scientists who study caves are called speleologists. Amateur cave explorers are called spelunkers; these adventurers enjoy testing their strength, skill, and nerve while exploring caves.

Limestone caves have rock formations called speleothems on the walls, floor, and ceiling. Stalactites hang like icicles from the ceiling, and stalagmites grow up from the ground. These formations are created by calcite deposits. Speleothems often have other minerals in them that make them different.-lifestyle@timesofoman.com

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Iris locale Roulette colour Leisure Legal document Cold — — icicle Absorbed Plastic — Band Jai — Lunar valley “Soft Watches” artist Blackens Green prefix Coat a wall

44 Ear danglers 45 In that case (2 wds.)

46 Close by 47 Turn toward 48 One-armed bandit 49 Zeus’ spouse 51 Glamorous wrap 53 “Luck — — Lady” 54 Annoy 55 Ms. Grafton

ACROSS 1 Vamoose 5 Bivalve mollusk 9 Eygptian snake 12 Na+ and Cl13 Atmosphere 14 — Paulo, Brazil 15 Leafs out 16 Chinese taxi 18 Ocean dwellers 20 Big pitchers 21 Full of information 24 Tycoon Onassis 25 Dory mover 26 Romantic deity 29 Ancient ointment 33 Cow-headed deity 35 Literary miscellany 36 Lamb’s alias 37 Solar plexus 38 Corn bread 40 Winner’s take 41 Well-put 43 — con carne 45 Prefix with red 48 Wave away 50 Quite possible 52 Geishas’ apparel 56 Kangaroo pouch 57 Koh-i- — diamond 58 Amazon source 59 Pay dirt 60 So long, in Soho (hyph.)

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LIFESTYLE

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

Shaesta Iram, Grade 5, IS Seeb

Ananthu S. Nair, Grade 10, ISD

Alfred Benoy, Grade 3, ISM

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

SOLUTION Answer to previous puzzle

Khadija Rizwan, Grade 3, ISWK

Dhruv V. Maheta, Grade 4 ISM

Pragya Gautam, Grade 7, ISM

Urvee Vikram Nikam, Grade 3, ISM

Sreshta Gorantla, Grade 10, International School of Choueifat - Muscat

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

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

W D E G N I W U P T O W N Y E

N O I S I V E L E T E S A T T

O O R E L F E R R I E R T I E

I T N WY L H A N L B I A D P I S S C L A R Y O E L C M C R M L H O E M C A L C E E EW S

CLUE: DAKOTA FANNING

E L N S I N H L A A V O E N L

V O A S T L R H L O L H I E E

N O C H E U H N I O P M A T I E H C C M E E C I I F O YW E MG O D L I S S A C S Y T E R

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A A E K E R A M N C S C S I M

F T E L I L C E O S R N A A L H I A NM E A MB I A L L Y A

SOLUTION: 6 LETTERS

Alabama, Cale, California, Cassie, Charlotte, Cheerleading, Child, Choice, City, Commercial, Convention, Coraline, Craft, Crime, Emily, Fern, Ferrier, German, Gretel, Hannah, Hansel, Hollywood, Holmes, Home, Kim Possible, Lacy, League, Lilo, Lily, Nine, Pita, Rachel, Sally, Scene, Secret, Show, Sweet, Television, Tide, Uptown, Voice, Winged, Worlds.

Answer: I Am Sam

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FOR RENT

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Spacious 4BHK with split A/C’S, 4 bathrooms & storeroom, near Church roundabout, Mumtaz area.

Rent:R.O 575, Contact:99349672

Villa for rent at Azaiba, near Al Meera hypermarket, 4 bedrooms, 3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room and dining room, this will include curtains and air conditioners.

RO 520/-. Contact 99469203

Office for rent in Al Ansab near bank Muscat. Contact: 99466173

2000 sqft land with p/cabin, toilets at YETI. Contact 99221683 / 92830110

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

Flat for rent in Ruwi Al Mumtaz area 300/- R.O 2BHK, sitting room, hall, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with A/C. Contact: 99268676

Villa flat for rent in Al Khuwair area. Contact: 97298967 / 97871056 Ground flat in Azaiba, 2 rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with air conditioner. Contact: 97788666 3BR villa Al Khoud with A/C 350 R.O. Contact: 99024730 2 & 3 BR Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99024730 1& 2 BR in C.B.D. Contact: 99024730 Athaiba 2 bed, 1 bath room, sitting, kitchen with split AC behind Zubair Showroom rent 310 R.O. Contact: 99879939 Athaiba 2bed, 2 bathroom, sitting, kitchen with Split a/c behind Zubair show room rent 350/-R.O. Contact: 99879939 Wadi Kabeer Industrial 80 sm show rooms for rent 400/- R.O. Contact: 99879939 Flat for rent in Al Qurum, 3 rooms & hall. Contact: 91763660

Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM. Office 55SQ.Mtrs & 2B/R at Bausher directly from owner.# 92158031

Just 2 OMR / Sqm, Showroom / store for rent Ground floor & basement, area - 1100 Sqm, location Seh Al Ahmer, 20 km to Rusayl.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Flats for rent at Just RO 160/- 2 Bed room, hall, kitchen , 2 toilets, location Seh Al Ahmer, 20 KM to Rusayl, including AC & roof Garden.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

4 BHK villa Qurum R.O 550/-.

Contact: 92144045

Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 / 97201688

For rent 1BHK flat in Wadi Kabeer 160/-R.O. Contact: 99376454

Flat for rent 2 BHK in Darsait North near Indian School about 200 mtrs, rent RO 300/-.

Contact: 94101134

5 BHK villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

2 & 3 BHK new flat in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99792181

2 BHK flat in Ghubra.

Contact 99792181

1 BHK furnish flat for rent in Hamriya roundabout. Contact 99792181

One bedroom flat for rent near Indian School Darsait. Contact: 99322363 / 95453813

1 & 2 BHK flat in AL Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

1BHK Al Khuwair R.O 220/-.

Contact: 99138696

Ruwi office space for rent, Saravana Bhava Building.

Contact: 95729549

1 BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact: 92144045

Ghubra & Al Khuwair, 1 bed room, hall. Contact: 90991079

1,2 BHK Mumtaz.

Contact: 92144045

Flats for rent in Mumtaz, 2 bedrooms , hall Way no 3352 building no. 3447 & 3668. Contact: 90991079

1,2 BHK Darsait.

Contact: 92144045

Two bedrooms flat behind German Embassy near to Al Nahda Hospital. Contact: 99209354 Villa for rent four spacious bath attached bed rooms, private swimming pool. gymnasium (common) with electrical equipment and free maintenance secured compound at Madinat AL Ilam. Contact: 98027975

2BHK Wadi Kabir behind Pioneer Hotel Apartment.

Contact: 99261522

Deluxe two bedroom flat at Mumtaz area, two bathrooms, good size living/dining room, modern kitchen and a guest bathroom.

Contact 99310375

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Contact: 92144045 Flats in Darsait.

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Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats in Ghobrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

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Contact: 93993354

Villa in Al Khuwair, 6 rooms, living room & hall.

Contact: 91153933 Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi, MBD area & Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 One bedroom detached unit Al Hail South includes room, modern kitchen, sitting & laundry R.O 175/- Monthly including water, negotiable. Contact: 99207840

3000 sq mtrs land in Rusayl.

Contact 99792181 Flat for rent in Darsait 1BHK. Contact: 99357586 / 97500025 / 97500021 Flat for rent 2 bedrooms in Ruwi Mumtaz area. Contact: 91409667 / 24291500 2 BHK available Mumtaz area Ruwi & Ghubra near Al Maha Hotel.

Contact: 99269751

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FOR RENT 3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in Misfah. Contact 99792181

5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff Accommodation. Contact 99792181

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

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House in North Al Hail with 3 rooms, living room, hall, 4 toilets 300 RO. Contact 99738881 / 99439568 Plot at Barka next to Germany College & next to Aramex Company, next to Bahwan Warehouse, next to Omasco warehouse 37,074 SQM2 required 0.250 Baiza per SQM. Contact: 99888390 Flats in Al Khuwair, Al Ghubra, Azaiba, Wadi Kabeer, Darsait, Hamriya, Al Hail & Seeb.

Contact: 24182000 / 95250300 / 99110600 Shop for rent at Wadi Kabir Industrial area. Contact: 99888390 Shop in Seeb market. Contact: 24182000 / 95250300/ 99110600 Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.

Contact: 92277419 1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 3 Bedroom well maintained ďŹ&#x201A;at (villa Type only 2 ďŹ&#x201A;ats in villa) in Al Khuwair, behind Al Akhtam Restaurant villa No 1841, Way No 3922--- block no 239.

Contact: 99462980 Villa for rent in Al Ghubrah, 5 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665 Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms & hall. Contact: 917633665 2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building good location Barka Market. contact 99342661 1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available near Lulu Darsait (Main road, Opp. to Min. of Defense).

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4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181

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Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate Tel : 00 968 95158570

910 sq ft furnished ďŹ&#x201A;at at Qupem Goa. Contact: 97094797

Flats, shops & store for rent in MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 Warehouse at Wadikabir - total area 3500 sqm - covered warehouse (500sqm), office, accommodation (1000sqm), open area (2000sqm) please contact: 99273774 - 99202278

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Furnished office (61M2) for sale / rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi Mosque. Contact: 95611569

Book Shop in a busy shopping mall for sale, interested parties please contact 99851255

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/- in AL Khuwair.

Contact: 95154331 Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3 ďŹ&#x201A;oor 400. Contact 99420346

Dental chairs for sale sparingly used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284

Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah 3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

Luxury Apartments in Boucher (35) / Ghala / Qurum. Contact 95056808 / 97201688

Working beauty parlor for sale Al Ghubra. Contact: 98178135

2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454, 24815012.

Shop for sale opp Towell Service Center, Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99221683

Running pharmacy for sale on main road in Barka with Pharmacist. Contact: 99452755

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

Shop for sale, Honda road building materials beside NBO, Ruwi.

Contact: 99018075

Villa for sale in Mabela 6 rooms, living room & hall. #91763665

FOR SALE Running saloon for sale in Seeb with two clearance. Contact 97199936 LLC Company for sale with one investor visa approval.

Contact : 98532470 Email: ttchvac01@gmail.com Atlas Copco Explorac R50 Drill Rig suitable to drill 100 mm to 600 mm dia hole mounted on Scania P124, 4x4 HZ 2007 model with 12â&#x20AC;? class DTH Hammer & 500 mm bit. Atlas Copco Air compressor XAHS 536 (25Bar, 1136 CFM) in good condition, prices negotiable.

Contact: 95244907 / 95229292 Show room for sale in Al Ghubra prime location. Contact : 91317523

Urgently required looking to immediately buy used Grit blasting & airless spray equipment 1 No each.

Contact: 968 24810930 / 93203772 / 93203773 / 93203778

Company for sale service& maintenance LLC installation & maintenance of ďŹ re ďŹ ghting systems include ROP license.

Contact: 99433540 Shop for sale near Oman House, Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

603 sq mtrs residential land in Al Hail North Block 45 NE near Radio station. OMR 95 Thousand.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955 Running clinic for sale at Samail.

Contact saemomar@gmail.com / 95498105 Shop for sale at Ruwi high street.

Contact: 98787853 Furnished office at Ruwi near Sheraton Hotel. Contact: 93993897

Double Shutter 80 sq mtrs corner textile shop in Seeb Souq for sale.

Contact 99326339 1No brand new containerized package type STP 100 m3/ day with blower equipments (suitable for camps). Serious Buyers may.

Contact: 99445367 Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 / What`s up No 97290565 Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale. Contact 99273774/ 99202278 Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery. Contact 99328430 Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

Clinic license for Sale and Pharmacy for lease : specialized Clinic license with Pharmacy license for sale. Send your enquiry: moc.hrd2015@gmail.com Contact: 97092099 / 97253669 Urgent sale of steel scrap only serious buyers kindly contact +968 96725423 for viewing the items.

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

IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/ 99012165

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

BUYING Used office house furniture & electronic items.

Contact: 99834373 / 96642500

ACC. AVAILABLE BUYING Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

ACC. WANTED

Executive lady room & bathroom in Wadi Kabir & room, bathroom for executives in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99336206 Furnished apartment for rent, two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776 Sharing room at Ruwi for RO 50/-.

Contact: 99385287

Urgently required Villa with 8 rooms near Bausher/Ghala/Al Ansab area for accommodation of Staff from a reputed company in Oman. Interested party may contact - Mr. Pramith 99694150

One room available in 2BHK in Al Falaj area for Executive bachelor only. Contact 99131742.

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT WANTED Female Gynaecologist, Female GP- Two Female Staff Nurse (From India or Pilipino)and One Female Dental Assist and Female Lab Technician.

With MOH Licence and Data Flow for Al Saadi Specilised Medical Centre, Musanna.

Contact # 92025033, Email : dr.srininvas76@gmail.com

ARCHITECT

REQUIRED Real Estate Executive

An Omani Audit ďŹ rm is seeking audit partner to join the ďŹ rm, the candidate should be completed any certiďŹ cate course CIA,CPA, CA, ACC, and 4 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience, interested candidates to submit their CVs to : auditbureau2016@gmail.com

Sales & Marketing Executive Male

With 5 years minimum experience in buying ,selling, renting and maintenance.

Please forward your resume omanjobsdcg@gmail.com

Construction Company looking for Architect with experience in Oman. Contact 97192707

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URGENT HIRING SALES EXECUTIVE For Home Electronics Appliances Distributer Company.

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An Omani Audit ďŹ rm is seeking audit partner to join the ďŹ rm, the candidate should be completed any certiďŹ cate course CIA,CPA, CA, ACC, and 4 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience, interested candidates to submit their CVs to : auditbureau2016@gmail.com

Beauty salon needs lady for henna. Contact: 93336061

CATERING A Muslim house cook required, not more than 40 years old. Please fax your CV to 24953530 or email at assaud@omantel.net.om or Contact 92851558.

Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970 Wanted Cooks urgently for a Coffee shop, visa ready.

Email : souman7@yahoo.com, GSM : 97158376

DOMESTIC HELPER House maid cooking cleaning experienced with babies required immediately. Contact: 95584060 / 98920399 Wanted experienced Philipino Housemaid with visa release.

Contact: 99466062 House maid for Omani family.

Contact: 99773100

DRIVER Urgently required heavy duty Drivers with licence. Contact 99344112 Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63 Required Omani Driver for a restaurant. Contact 95929911 Urgently required Driver & A/C technician. Contact: 94147874 / 24504281/ 97014234 Email: globalaccessunited@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING A well known bilingual Private School requires English, Mathematics, Science, Kindergarten, ICT, Physics, Chemistry and Biology Teachers. Contact: 96910649 Email: staffing.oman@gmail.com

ENGINEER/MECHANIC. Petrochemical professional with minimum 5 years Oman experience particularly in oil ďŹ eld, chemical supplies required immediately with NOC to lead the activity in front with Oman driving license. Mail C.V to kalashekar@yahoo.co.in Testing / Protection Engineer with minimum 05 years of experience and should have Oman DCRP license, Interested candidates send resume to krishivan@gmail.com Wanted Marine Engineer for yacht in Muscat. Contact Whatsapp 95887572 Email: alibadawy@gmail.com

SKILLED LABOR Urgently required operator for a new stationary block factory. Send CV to alomranmcpllc@yahoo.com Contact: 97092070

TOURS & TRAVEL Urgently required Travel agent (1 position) with 5yrs experience & command on Sabre and IATA. Applicant must be professional and have expertise in Hajj, Umra & Tourism packages. Sound communication skills in English & Arabic will be given preference. Send CVs : hr.muscat2015@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Accountant Having 5 Years experience in reputed companies.

Currently working in Muscat (NOC AVAILABLE) GSM.91367217 Email Shahid0717@gmail.com Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experience, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting, ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing with auditors.

NOC available. Contact: 92254691/97826674 email: khader2305@gmail.com

BEAUTICIAN Urgently required a Gulf experienced professional hair dresser cum beautician (lady) for a reputed beauty salon. Immediate appointment. Contact: 99816262 / 98557585 Fax: 24796211 Email: skin.hair.makeup@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED

Indian male 27 yrs, MBA ďŹ nance with 4 years experience currently in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable placement in ďŹ nance / admin. Contact: 90921724

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

SALES / MARKETING

Civil Engineer, Masons, Helpers, Shuttering, Carpenters, Steel ďŹ xers with 5 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 97491117

Air Conditioning company required experienced Sales Executive with driving license. Send CV to nationalhvac.mep@gmail. com , Fax: 24799442

IT Required Shop Sales man + Hardware Technician for IT Company with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806, Email: info@rns-group.com

MEDICAL

Require Salesman with D/L for construction, Ind materials, hydraulic hoses & ďŹ ttings.

Contact 99221683 / 92830110 Branch Manger required to manage entire Business. ftt@futuretarget.net 99110080

Dental Surgeon with M.O.H license required for leave vacancy in Ruwi. Contact: 99747481

A Building material company is looking for GCC experienced wood / false ceiling products sales person. Contact: hr.pccoman@gmail.com

Wanted a Nurse with MOH or without MOH for work in private clinic in Al Khuwair. Send the CV mariamgamil@hotmail.com

A Building material company is looking for GCC experienced hardware products sales person.

Contact: hr.pccoman@gmail.com

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact: 95081010 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Wanted Salesman for an elevator company 3 yrs exp English language must. NOC required.

Send resume to pioneersoverall.operation@gmail. com Contact: 968 94496661

Care Medical Centre Al Seeb requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to: sarita_h23@yahoo.com

Required female person to work at the retail shop/Marketing.

Please send your CV on e mail: zeyanaalharmaly@yahoo.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC. Attractive salary offered. Email: clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

Required marketing / PR manager for a modern restaurant group in Oman , proďŹ cient in illustrator & Photoshop charismatic , proactive , creative & ďŹ&#x201A;exible excellent writing / Editing skills degree in relevant area ďŹ&#x201A;uent in English. Send CV to marketingpr2016@gmail.com

Require a qualiďŹ ed Nurse to take care of an elderly female.

Contact: 99425200 Urgently required for a Medical Centre (male / female) GP Doctor, Pediatrician, Gynecologist with MOH license, for job or running the clinic.

Send your CV moc.hrd2015@gmail.com Contact: 97092099 / 97253669 Orthodontist for Dental Center in Muscat, Specialist Endodontist & General Dentist with MOH license from Oman. Nurses & Marketing female Executive. Contact: akdmuscat@hotmail.com GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. Preferably with MOH license or with DataďŹ&#x201A;ow & Paramatics pass Contact: 95388934

MISCELLANEOUS Required candidates for following posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers.

Candidates with Omani driving license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278 Wanted Steward / Deckhand for Yacht in Muscat, Housekeeping & Guest service duties. Contact: Whatsapp 95887572 Email: alibadawy@gmail.com

Sales Representative needed for a printing press. Contact Whatsapp only: 94756618 A company needs an experienced Staff (female or male) for food products marketing. Applicants must be ďŹ&#x201A;uent in English & Arabic, Omani driving license is required.

Send your CV to: abba201541@yahoo.com A new Sanitary ware Company looking for a Salesman who has experience in Oman markets not than 5 years. Send C.V : alkunzite@yahoo.com Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experience for a reputed manufacturing company in Oman, having its Head Office in Ruwi. Experience in building materials is an added advantage. Omani Driving License and NOC is a must.

Attractive remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Required Indian Mason â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experience in road construction ďŹ eld).

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

Having 26 years Gulf experienced Indian Finance Manager B.Com, MBA English, Arabic speaking driving license, NOC available.

Contact: 99811679 5 Years experienced front office & Banking, Indian male 28 yrs, hotel management Graduate. Searching for suitable position, English, Hindi, Malayalam & Arabic ďŹ&#x201A;uent.

NOC available. Contact - 91383167 Indian (Male) having 17+years Experience in Trading & Healthcare seeking senior Position in Accounts (11 years GCC Experience ) currently on Resident Visa (NOC Available ) and has a valid Omani Driving Licence. Contact: 91335026; skumartp@gmail.com QualiďŹ ed banking & Accounts management profesional seeking suitable job opportunities. Currently working in India with ICIC Bank.

Email: sheemoljohn@rediffmail.com Contact# 919755550181 Chief Accountant/Finance Manager â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indian male, CA Finalist, having 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in Finance, Accounts, Audit, Finalization of Accounts, preparation of Project Reports etc., looking for immediate placement. 12 yrs. in Oman in Construction and Consultancy co., have Omani D/L, knows Tally. Contact 94041048, Email : jobmuscat49@gmail.com Accountant MBA ďŹ nance with 8 years experience on a visit visa.

Contact: 968 91736849 28/male/MBA - ďŹ nance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394 Chief Accountant well experienced with reputed group.

Contact : 98803439 / 97413784.

Indian male 36 yrs B.Com having 10 yrs experience (5 yrs in K.S.A) with valid GCC License accounting (Tally) & Marketing looking for suitable placement available in Oman visit visa. Contact: 95352176 Email: shences1980@gmail.com Indian male, 34 years, B.Com, experience in Accounts, Marketing & Administration over all more than 9 years of experience in GCC (Bahrain & Oman) is currently looking for suitable job having D/L & NOC. Contact: 99548543 Part time accounting workers up to ďŹ nalization, on monthly basis & yearly ďŹ nalization works.

Contact : 96247295 Well experienced Account M.Com available with NOC, Tally & ERP. Contact : 99035707

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 QualiďŹ ed 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 Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ ďŹ nance ďŹ eld. On visit visa.

Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com B.Com Graduate 10 years experience in Accounts & Auditing up to ďŹ nalization, Tally ERP with valid driving license. NOC available. Contact: 95716128 Email: jaiganesh.ganesh@gmail.com Indian male with good experience in Admin, Accounts, Tally ERP 9, looking for a suitable position. NOC available. Contact: 94834687 Indian male 42 yrs M.Com PGDCA Senior Finance Executive 15 years experience in IT & telecom, BPO companies, good experience up to ďŹ nalization, MIS reports budgeting, costing seeks suitable placement from reputed organization.

Contact: 95392251 Indian female, M.Com, DCA having 10+ years experience as Senior Accountant in leading Construction & Trading L.L.C in Muscat seeking suitable job, Oman driving license NOC available. Contact : 91609799 Fresher 24, ACCA Affiliate, Advanced diploma in Accounting and Business seeking suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or Audit with Oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152 Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact: 94743790 Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Finance with 5 yrs experience in Accounts in India, presently in visiting visa looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 93671785 Email: jeyan903@gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in ďŹ nance. Contact: 99284193 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. contact 94879615,Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240 Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible. Contact: 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

ARCHITECT Architect looking for a freelance work in designing am modeling in 3D program and architecture.

Contact: 96041201 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com Indian female diploma architect 6 years exp in Oman Engineering consultancy, valid Oman driving license. Contact: 96683293 / 97750870 Architect female 5 years experience seeking job.

Contact: 96146645 Email: anjuovil@gmail.com

ARTIST Artist M.FA having 20 years experience of oil painting, water color, wall picture making & portrait in Oman seeking job with related Arts ďŹ eld. Contact: 92635029

CATERING Filipino Cabin steward / Linen vallet is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or email: blonglive@gmail.com

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN 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 Autocad works freelance, MEP, Civil works, Interior, 2d/3d, BOQ etc.

Contact 97103168 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.

Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Looking for driving job.

Contact: 93650209 Looking job L/Driving. Contact: 98726383 Driver with car Subaru 2008 model.

Contact: 99640986 Light Duty Driver Temporary.

Contact: 94022005 Light Vehicle Driver exp 8 years Omani driving license speak English, Arabic, Hindi, Education B.A. Contact: 98522914 Light driver with car.

Contact: 99141481 Driver light license looking for job.

Contact: 94035746 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 99518533 Driver Pakistani exp 4 years, looking for job. Contact: 94356465 Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036 Looking for driving job light 2 years exp. Contact: 91625977

ADMIN ENGG. / TECH./MECH. 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 female 27 yrs MBA / HR 3.6 yrs exp HR/ Marketing / Customer Relation on visit visa.

Contact: 97205038 Email: chandpriya89@gmail.com Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 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

Indian male 24 years dynamic & professional B.Tech (Mech. Engg) with 1 year experience working on BPCL project in India seeks opening for suitable post, currently in Oman. Contac: 93672286 / 97772272 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 Civil Diploma Engineer cum Quantity Survey male 7 years experience in Oman valid Oman D/L. Contact: 93356736 Email: jaleelvanimalkp@gmail.com Indian, B.Tech Civil Engineer, fresh, seeking suitable job.

Contact 99105402 / 91426175, Email : vairavi07@gmail.com

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ENGINEER With 2 years exp in Telecom sector, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 93919943 agneljerin@yahoo.com

Sudanese Male 35 yrs B.Sc Electronic System Engineering with 11 yrs. Experience in Gov/Private.

CISCO (CCNP-R&S) and Ethical hacking (CE, vĎ´) CerĆ&#x;ÄŽed. strong knowledge of network administraĆ&#x;on and IT services management.

Email: gabaroki2k@gmail.com Mob:+97450475034

Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs IBWJOH ZFBST PG FYQFSJFODF 'JOBODF .BSLFUJOH Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:

bonnythomas007@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 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 Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(CertiďŹ ed 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 HVAC / MEP Engineer 10 yrs exp in tendering estimation, installation also have Omani driving license. Contact: 98532470 Email: ttchvac01@gmail.com Civil Engineer, B.Tech, 6 yrs experience with Omani driving license, local release available.

Contact 91693008 Indian female 25years M.E (power electronics) 3years experience in teaching profession looking for suitable job contact no 97003267 & 94214909 laliped106@gmail.com HSE Engineer / Advisor safety Fire Engineering Nebosh, OSHA & PDO HSE courses 15 years exp. NOC available seeking suitable placement. Contact: 94568700 Email: kurianjose2000@hayoo.com Electrical Engineer 1 year experience driving license, NOC available. Contact: 94879092 Mechanical Engineer 7 years experience HVAC, plumbing, ďŹ reďŹ ghting, metal formation, ďŹ&#x201A;uency in Arabic & English, driving license available. Contact: 90933863 Indian male Civil Engg. 11 years experience having Omani driving license, NOC available.

Contact: 95797286 Email: nasim.anzar@yahoo.com Sr. Quantity surveyor B.Tech (Civil Tech) above 8 years (7 years in Oman) having driving license NOC available. Contact: 92324791 QS Civil diploma Indian having 14 years, (4 years in Oman) experience with driving license seeking suitable placement. N.O.C available.

Contact: 93088600 B. Tech Electronics and Communication ENGINEER With 6 months experience in Dell, India, CCNP, CCNA CertiďŹ ed, on visit visa, looking for a suitable opening in networking domain.

Contact: 99243214 / 99135638, Email: rassalshaji@yahoo.com MS Industrial, BSc Mechatronic Engineer 3 years experience of maintenance & management with NOC. Contact: 94887665 Email: mechatron_mt@yahoo.com Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com Instrumentation Engineer, Indian male 25 years having over 2 years experience in calibration, testing and maintenance of ďŹ eld instruments, looking for a suitable position, available in Oman for visit.

Contact: 91228010 Mechanical Engineer 2 years experience as HVAC design & drafting, CAD, MEP Engg.

Contact: 90150913

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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 90164912 Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com Diploma Engineering Instrumentation Technician, 2 years experience skills calibration & installation etc.

Contact: 98963344 / 96946408 Email: anfeeranfu4@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Indian male Electrical and Electronic Engineer (EEE) (1 year exp) currently on visit visa looking a suitable job skills - Electrical & Construction works. Contact : 98180547 / 99287293 Civil Engineer with 6+ years in Supervision designing & Q.C expert in much civil softwares, NOC available. Contact: 90719263 Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the ďŹ elds of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact:-94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer (Sudanese) 3 years experience : Fire ďŹ ghting, HSE, Design, Production.

Contact: 93642704 Email: mohamedfdl87@gmail.com Aeronautical Engineer ďŹ&#x201A;uent in English Nationality Indian, 24 yrs looking for job in Engineering, marketing Sales operations.

Contact : 98071407 Email: vishnumuraly@outlook.com Mechanical Engineer experience maintenance of pumping stations production line machinery turbine for power plant good communications skills, planning follow up Engineer projects HSE awareness trained multiple design software looking for job.

Contact 949064473 / 96654019 Pakistan Civil Engineer Diploma having 5 years experience, AutoCAD, Quantity Surveying Diploma looking for job on visit visa.

Contact: 97814095 Civil Engineer fresh Graduate with Omani driving license looking for job in any company. Contact: 91745797 / 99190898 Email: alio_abdo@hotmail.com HSE Officer more than 10 yrs experience in Construction, oil & gas looking for suitable job, NOC available. Contact: 99626821 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Senior Land Surveyor 23 yrs Oman, UAE & Egypt GPS, T.S Construction roads infrastructure oil feed electric works OHL, UGC grid , primary substation processing data. Contact: 95326927 / 92928981 Email: sdsda802@gmail.com Procurement Coordinator Indian male 30 yrs B.Com (Computers) 4 years experience in Saudi Arabia Construction Company looking for any suitable position on visit visa till 18 June 2016.

Contact: 0968 98590811 Email: ibrahimhashmi220@gmail.com

IT Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male with 2 year experience, AREA OF INTEREST Work on Oil Rigs, Work as an QA/ QC inspector, Ultrasonic testing, Radiographic testing.

Contact: +91 9567526566 Email: adujohnson10@gmail.com B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 33 with 6+ years experience in GCC in MEP building construction ďŹ eld (execution and design of HVAC,ďŹ reďŹ ghting,plumbing), with D/L, NOC available Contact 96978380, Email: prajithks@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design ďŹ eld. Having 6 years of experience in design ďŹ eld. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187 syam036@gmail.com Indian female on family visa having M. Ttech degree in Biotech seeking suitable placement in any ďŹ eld. Contact: 91287047 Electrical Engineer Indian male 30 years having 5 years of experience in industrial automation & utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 mail: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Electrical Engineer with 16 years experience in switchgear / transformer / over head lines & trading, looking for sales / procurement & project planning & Execution with NOC & D/L. Contact: 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 proďŹ ciency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891 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 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman.Contact:98921022 Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years experience marine mechanical ďŹ tter 2 yrs experience.

Contact 93674847

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 99739415 / 92091528 Indian male, M.Tech Graduate in Chemical Process Control Engineering looking for lecturing jobs, currently in Oman. Contact : 98352288 Indian male in English, M.Phill, B.Ed with 5 years experience in College teaching & good administrative skill is looking for a suitable placement in Education Institutions or offices.

Contact: 98260529 / 97297939 Email: samsundarlit@gmail.com

IT Indian male Networking Technician having 8 years experience (6 years in Gulf) seeking suitable jobs. Currently on visit visa.

Contact: 98269614 Email: saji.krishnan@gmail.com

Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM CertiďŹ ed, seeking suitable role.NOC Available. Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com Indian female 30 yrs B.Tech (IT) & MBA 6 yrs work experience in India & Oman experience in conducting video conferencing, conďŹ guring automated solution systems, seeking a suitable placement in Oman. Contact: 92689823 Email: jobymees2014@gmail.com Indian 25 years BCA Graduate with 3 years IT experience (Desktop Support) seeking suitable job. Contact: 94170892 4 years as Network Engineer (CCNA- MCTIP) very good in Arabic & English, having valid license.

Contact: 99813988 Indian male 40 years BSc & diploma in logistics, 16 yrs experience (6 yrs in GCC) in logistics, storekeeping & spare parts, seeking suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 98966849 IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact: 98660672

HOSPITALITY Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree, 3 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has Oman driving license. Contact 99859150

MISCELLANEOUS BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Microbiology, Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@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 lacements. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523 3yrs exp. in warehouse operations (including pharmaceutical). Well knowledge in WMS & ERP, looking for suitable job. Ph. 95576686, E: sijofranz@gmail.com (UAE visa holder, currently in Oman)

MANAGER Workshop Manager having 30 years gulf and abroad experience in plants & machineries, heavy duty trucks, readymix batching plants & crushers, water well drill rigs, rock blasting machineries etc. kindly contact @ 97145088.

MEDICAL M.O.H license Dentist, good experience looking for suitable position preferably in Muscat.

Contact: 92522562 Veterinary Doctor 7 years experience Indian male wife in MOH with family visa need job.

Contact: 98107162 Email: drnmpvet4u@yahoo.com Indian female Dentist (BDS) having MOH license & completed data ďŹ&#x201A;ow looking suitable job.

Contact: 98437191

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

D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years experience Ayurvedic Panchakarma Masseurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3 years experience.

Contact: 93672452

3 years experience in IT Software ďŹ eld, seeking suitable jobs.

Contact: 96350234, Email : greeshmavkannan@gmail.com

Indian female Dentist specialized Endodontist looking for suitable placement, prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

MEDICAL Staff Nurse seeking job for nurse with 2 years experience in India with visit visa, passed with 51% Oman prometric. Contact: 91451935

SALES / MARKETING 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. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 Indian Male MBA, 5 years Building Materials Project Sales experience in Oman, NOC available, seeking for placement.

Contact - 90655903,99325544 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 B. Com 2 years experience in Sales Marketing Logistics Accounts and Front office Contact 95506048 Looking for job Executive purchase logistics 10 years experience with NOC & d/license.

Contact: 91432512 Sales 2 years B.Com male 24 yrs, Indian. Contact: 00968 94212636 naveed.ahmeed315@gmail.com B.Com, Sales Executive 30 yrs, 5 years experience with D/L. Contact: 94501264 Email: thajumalur66@yahoo.com / sirajmalurcity@gmail.com Indian male 5 yrs exp in sales / marketing seeking for job.

Contact: 98427473 27, Indian female B.Com Graduate with 4 years experience in procurement and purchases on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Contact: 95828986 Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95337665 Indian male 33 yrs Graduate 8 years Sales & Marketing experience in Oman looking for suitable placement, D/L & NOC available, Contact 99164461 Email: mskooliyil@gmail.com Indian female BSc, B. Ed, MBA (Marketing) seeks suitable placement in marketing section.

Contact: 95041134 Email: divya.vini@gmail.com Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in ďŹ eld of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820 Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India.

Contact: India:-+918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity. NOC available.

Contact: 96001877 Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE 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

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

SKILLED LABOR Plumber / Electrician 10 years experienced, NOC available.

Contact: 91636185

TOURS & TRAVELS Indian female B.Com (Tourism and Travel Management) & also with IATA / UFTAA Foundation Diploma, fresher, 21 year old, looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 92300931

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male Electrician(EEE) 2 years good working experience searching for suitable job. mail ; antonyajin15@gmail. com, Contact;918148336160 / 918300136160 Female, 31 yrs Accounts Assistant (MBA Finance), 5 yrs experience in Accounts ďŹ eld.

Contact 94068969 5 years experienced (Front office & Banking), Indian Male (28 years. Hotel Management graduate), searching for suitable position. English, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic ďŹ&#x201A;uent. Noc available. Contact:91383167 Indian male Electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experience searching for suitable job.

Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail. com, Name; Antony Ajin.

G : 918148336160 /918300136160 Regin Accountant male Indian, 2 years experience doing accounts in tally and excel searching for suitable job.

EMAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; regin1690@gmail.com, Mobile No : +91 7373387282 Indian Female Electronics System Eng. UK Graduate. Programmer Micro Controller Robot, Eng. Analysis, Instrumentation & Control, Eng. Projects, Integrated Circuit Eng., Electrical and Fluid Drives, Analogue Electronics, Wireless Systems, seeking suitable post, on Visiting Visa.

Contact: 97848075, s.dinesh1508@gmail.com Indian male (B.E) Quality Controller and Supervising. 3 year good working experience. Better knowledge in quality control technique.

Searching for suitable job. Mail: muthujagadeeshjkm@gmail.com, Contact: GSM : +91 9786418033 / 968 91894487 Indian male electrician (EEE), 2 years good working experience searching for suitable job.

Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail. com, Contact; 918148336160 / 918300136160 Indian Male, 44 Years, Plumbing Supervisor, holding Omani Driving license, having 14 Years of experience in Oman and 8 years in India.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 95154414 Email- pthariff@yahoo.com Indian Male, Post graduate with 10yrs experience in Gulf & 4.6yrs in Oil & Gas experience with SAP and ERP exposure. Finalization, MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR, Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 91743376 Skilled multilingual individual with 33years of excellent experience in management and banking at a nationalized bank; seeking better job opportunities with challenging responsibilities.

E-mail: leena3857@yahoo.com, call : 97848075

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ACC. AVAILABLE Room available for family / bachelor opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi. Gsm 942-888-63

MISCELLANEOUS Sri Lankan female, 27 years, qualified English Language professional with 6 years of lecturing, managerial, marketing experience, seeking suitable position in education industry. Contact (+968) 93017330, (+968) 98445287 Email: wijayawardane.bhagya@gmail.com.

Indian Male, Post graduate with 10yrs experience in gulf & 4.6yrs in Oil & Gas experience with SAP and ERP exposure. Finalisation, MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR, Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 91743376

Indian Male, 24, B.Com Graduate with 1 year experience in Oman looking for a job in accounting.

Contact – 96619348

Indian male diploma in automobiles & MBA in insurance motor claim surveyor and processor, looking for a suitable placement in Insurance company 15 years of experience working in Middle East, Dubai & Saudi Arabia. Contact : 95467981

Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS ,Low current systems and has good knowledge of HV and LV, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact : 94737033, E-mail : mohdmuhafez45@gmail. com

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate, fresher on visit visa, looking for a job in sales. Contact: 94032041 Mail: azzamsiddique1@gmail.com

Accountant male Indian, 2 years experience, doing accounts in tally & excel seeks suitable job.

EMAIL – regin1690@gmail.com, Contact +91 7373387282 B.E (Mechanical) 12 years industrial sales, 1 year Muscat experience, presently in India , immediately ready to join.

Contact :917338899372 , email id : ganesh2008sep@gmail.com Indian female B.Com, 1 year experience in Oman, experience in wings account package and knowledge of tally. Looking for Accounting job. Presently in Family visa.

Contact: 93491124 & 92054531

Pakistani Male, Land Surveyor with work experience in Dubai Seeks suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 94347288

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, 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

Indian male, 25 yrs, more than 5 years experience in Dubai, Looking for a suitable placement for jobs related to sales, marketing, coordination and support. Contact: 95140445, syedfaraz97681@gmail.com

Indian female, B.Tech Computer Science, 5 years experience in teaching in India currently on visit visa seeking for a suitable position in teaching, IT or administration.

E mail: rincy87@gmail.com

ACCA affiliate, B.Sc Degree holder, 3 years experience in audit and finance at Big 6, Male, Looking for suitable placement. NOC release available. Contact:95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

Indian Male 47 years MBA-Operations Management with total 25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having valid Omani D/L & NOC available , seeks challenging position in SCM/ Logistics/ Procurement in any Sector. GSM-94236414.

Mail id – jayamurli@gmail.com Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate with approx. 2 years experience in India and UAE is looking for job in sales / marketing.

Contact: 94032041; Mail: azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Filipino I.T. with 5 years experience looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +968 91183514 or email delarama_ryan_t@yahoo.c om Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate, fresher, looking for a job in sales (indoor). No driving license.

Contact: 94032041 Mail: azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experience searching for suitable job.

Gmail ; antonyajin15@gmail. com. Antony Ajin.G, Contact: 91 8148336160 / 91 8300136160

Room for rent in Qurum attached bathroom and kitchen.

Contact: 99664703 Sharing accommodation near ISD. Contact: 99657340 Furnished sharing accommodation available at Walja family / Ex bachelor. Contact: 93223278 Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 97167857 Room available for Executive bachelor at Al Hail. Contact 96234708

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED Indian male 33 years, B.Com, having 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable placement. Mobile no :98492921 Male Indian, 8 years of experience doing desktop engineer, software implementation, system admin, searching for suitable job. Email: thiruvazhimarban.ciet@gmail. com, mobile: +919171447997 / +919894357260

Independent room in Qurum / Hail. Contact: 95529970 Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794 1 BHK appartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque for rent (next to alkhoud medical center and squ) MOB: 93913224 Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir.

Contact 93049849 Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket.

CONTACT 96202458/96761960 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

SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDUCATION/CLASSES

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

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months

tion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310 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

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SERVICES

WE SERVE OMAN

We Provide Cleaners, Kĸce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc. l Mudakhir NaƟonal Est. >>C Contact : 94277020

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning Ɵles ͬ Marble polishing monthlyͬ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 9ϴϴ14733 ͬ9ϴϴ14740 l ,usn Cleaning >.>.C Window & split unit A.C servicing & repairing. Contact: 99557080

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 93769089 / 95323517

Split & window A/C servicing, repairing, installation ducted, package etc. Contact Abbas : 98667326

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD – comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

All Maintenance and services electric, CCTV Camera, Plumbing A/C service and gas installation, painting tiles. Contact: 96524904 / 94285064

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 /94285064

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

Split unit A/C & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476

A/C servicing maintenance.

Contact: 92279370 Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

House Shifting Packing.

Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

A/C Maintenance & Servicing, Fridge, Washing machine & Dish washer repairing, Painting & Cleaning services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281 MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble. Contact 24793614/ 99314807 Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC Contact: 99344723

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Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC Contact 99344723 House shifting. Contact 99708138 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS99320217 /24788722 Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC. Contact 99344723

GOOD NEWS Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact:24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steambath, obesity, Spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

GOOD NEWS Amazing news for those who are looking for a brighter future and a wider zone for innovation and creation in teaching. English teachers of all nationalities are needed for a private School (from KG-1 Till Grade 6), School is located in Mabela South for further details please contact us : 92329970 / 92100926 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

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SITUATION WANTED BUSINESS ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES Public Relation Service (PRO) Document Clearance, Business setup, Formation new Companies, LLC Companies, Investor Visa, Legal Services.

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

DRIVING

RENT A CAR

Contact Saleh:

96723485

TRANSPORTATION

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required. *OWFTUPS XJUI ĕ YFE SFUVSOT also welcome.

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Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

Omani investor has a real estate company in Shatti Al Qurum, looking for a financial investor to participate in the real estate company. For more details contact me by 00968 96225852 Email: aburashid94dd@gmail.com

FOR LADIES Home service available, (Threading, facial, waxing, Head massage) R0. 20. Contact 99619409 (watsup)

SITUATION WANTMATRIMONIAL Parents of 28 yrs, Indian Boy from Mumbai, ACCA working as a senior accountant in Muscat, seeks alliance from an Indian Sunni Muslim family. Contact no.(parent): 96408642 email id: khaledaoman@gmail.com

Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909 WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price.

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MATRIMONIAL

Transportation available Al Khuwair, Ghobrah, Azaiba, Al Hail & Al Khoud. Drop & pick.

Contact - 95250161 Transportation. Contact:96538078

Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6, Star Magham, B-Tech Aeronautical, administrative professional, parents in Oman, native Aluva (Ekm). Contact 99550870

Transportation. Contact 94510847

Kerala Christian male 28, working as Admin & Support in MNC Muscat. Contact: 95826707

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/ single.Contact 96059801.

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 Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation required from Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165

MV SALE Nissan Qashqai 2013 Kms 30,000 VGC comprehensive Insurance UAE / Oman.

Contact: 96995430 Prado 2011. Contact: 99336093

Ambulance available for rent (2015 model), MOH & PDO approved. Contact 96721709

Mazda 2 Sedan, 2014 model, metallic silver, automatic, expat lady driven, 44,000 km RO 3,000, negotiable, for sale.

Contact: 94619163

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver. Contact 99839898 Al Ibtisama rent & leasing.

Contact: 91374879 / 96627562/ 99382001/ 24751177/ 24751188

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