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December 11, 2016 11 Rabi Al Awal 1438 AH

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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Roch Marc Kabore of the Republic of Burkina Faso on his country’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. —ONA

On the occasion of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Arab League, 1995

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ May God Almighty grant success to the League of our Arab countries and to all members involved in its activities so that we can achieve the noble goals comprised in the League’s Charter for the best interest of all Arabs at all times and in every place.

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jobs, boost growth and investment

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MUSCAT: Police are hunting for three suspects after an armed robbery at a bank in the Al Rumais area of Barka, Royal Oman Police (ROP) reported. According to police, the suspects covered their faces when they entered the bank around 8am on Thursday morning. At least three robbers entered from the rear of the bank through the employee entrance at around 8am, according to the ROP. Meanwhile, robbery topped

SYED HAITHAM HASAN

MUSCAT: Oman must not become complacent in times of recovering oil prices and instead actively pursue its diversiﬁcation process, says an advisor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). >A6

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Tribute to preacher killed in PIA jet crash

ROHM production

The ROHM has announced its ﬁrst in-house production ‘Celebrating Oman: The Great Journey’ is ready. >A3

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Trump’s poll victory

Draft securities law

CMA has released a draft securities law, which is aimed at protecting the larger interest of investors. >B1

The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win. >A12

the list of crimes committed in the Sultanate in 2015, according to a report published by the Oman Public Prosecution. The public prosecution handled 41,072 cases in 2015, compared to 45,306 in 2014, reﬂecting a 9.3 per cent decrease. A total of 3,620 reports received by the public prosecution were about felonies, a 22.5 per cent decrease compared to 2014 when 4,205 such instances were recorded. Cases of misdemeanour, recorded at 37,332 in 2015, also decreased by 8 per cent, compared to 40,564 in 2014.>A6

O U T L E T S H U T F O R T H R E E D AY S

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MORNING MINUTE

MUSCAT: A designer fashion store in Muscat downed its shutters for three days as a mark of respect to its founder, Junaid Jamshed, one of the victims of the Pakistan International Airlines plane crash on Wednesday. The famous pop star-turned-Is-

lamic-preacher, Junaid Jamshed, was onboard the ill-fated PK-661 ﬂight from Islamabad that crashed killing all 47 onboard. Junaid Jamshed owned a number of fashion stores around the world, including in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the UK, the US, Canada and Oman. A store was due to open soon in Australia. His shop in Ruwi reopened yesterday. >A7

Junaid Jamshed who was killed in Pakistan plane crash. -File photo

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THE BRIEFING WORLD

Ruling AKP submits charter reform package Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s powers, party officials said. >A12

WORLD

Anti-Park rallies resume in South Korea Protesters demanding that

SPORTS

Al Faisal Al Zubair in sensational podium ﬁnish in Dubai Talented Muscat racing driver Al Faisal Al Zubair achieved his target of climbing the overall Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East podium at Dubai Autodrome on Friday, with a sensational third place result during round three of the 2016-2017 season. Producing tremendous pace in practice and qualifying, securing fourth on the grid, the 18-year-old Omani turned heads with a great drive in the opening contest which set the scene for a terriﬁc result >C1

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REGION

Children riding scooters in their neighbourhood are now a common sight but people fail to realise the danger that it poses. Oman Riders Motorcycle Club (ORMC) has, however, decided to harness their energy to serve the community. >A5

A suicide bomber killed at least 50 Yemeni soldiers at a base in Aden, a local security official said, in another major attack claimed by IS on forces allied to a Saudiled military coalition. The attacker blew himself up as the troops were waiting to collect their salaries. >A7

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Flight to China to boost investment

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Oman Air launched its first-ever direct flight to a Chinese city, a move that will facilitate tourism to the Sultanate and also enhance investments in Oman. The new flight route would add to the bilateral trade and investments from China in the Sultanate.>A6

South Korean President Park Geun-hye step down marched for a seventh straight weekend, a day after parliament voted to impeach her and put the fate of her presidency in the hands of a nine-judge court. >A11

LIFESTYLE

True Self-Care Doesn’t Cost a Dime

Bomber kills at least 50 Yemeni troops in Aden

INDIA

280 people died of ‘shock’ after Jaya’s demise: AIADMK The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam released a list of 203 deceased persons, saying they died of “shock” over the demise of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, taking the number of toll in this regard to 280. The party headquarters released the list containing the names of 203 such deceased persons from different parts of the state, including Chennai, Vellore, Tiruvallore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Erode and Tirupur districts. >A9

Caring for oneself that we often refer to as self-care or even self-love is not only important for our physical health but equally important for our mental wellness. >A14

BUSINESS

Non-Opec countries set to join output cut Russia and several other non-Opec nations pledged to curb oil production next year by more than 600,000 barrels a day at a meeting in Vienna on Saturday. >B1

SPORTS

All to do on the ﬁnal day for Team Oman Air Points proved elusive for Team Oman Air on the third day of racing in Sydney as the Act 8 leaderboard was dramatically rejigged. >C4

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Big role for children in ROHM production The ROHM has worked hard over the last five years and the fact that we have so many sold out shows feels great. We’ve reached a benchmark. On an average, opera houses around the world have a 70 per cent sold out rate. We never saw 70 per cent as our standard and have achieved a 90 per cent sold out rate, said His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahad Al Said

The 90-minute show featuring 40 Omani children from the schools of Muscat, more than 30 Omani musicians and 3 desert camels from the Royal Camel Corp took one whole year to plan and execute

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khadija@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: As part of its fifth anniversary celebrations, the Royal Opera House Muscat has announced its first ever in-house production, titled ‘Celebrating Oman: The Great Journey’. The 90-minute show will feature 40 Omani children from the schools of Muscat, more than 30 Omani musicians and 3 desert camels from the Royal Camel Corp. The project took one whole year to plan and execute, and seven months to produce. The show has been developed in cooperation with the Namaste group, a renowned open air show company based in Europe and Asia. The group is the brain child of renowned Italian creator, Paolo Dalla Saga. “The first time I was here (two years ago), I had a dream in this Maidan. The challenge was ‘how to’. This kind of content (regarding Oman’s history) needs to be shared. We decided to have a lot of

children because children are the future of tomorrow. We worked with public and private schools and the children were so happy. They will become actors and actresses of tomorrow’s Oman,” Sega noted. Hard work His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahad Al Said was very excited about the new production as well as the ROH’s success rate. “The ROHM has worked hard over the last ﬁve years and the fact that we have so many sold out shows feels great. We’ve reached a benchmark. On an average, opera houses around the world have a 70 per cent sold out rate. We never saw 70 per cent as our standard

and have achieved a 90 per cent sold out rate,” HH said. His Highness also stated that the ROH’s staff comprised 73 per cent Omanis, working at various levels in the staff. Although the production will be free, the ROH will have a ticketing system to help organise it better. “We usually don’t like to give out free tickets because people don’t show up. I have also noticed that when the event is free, people park where ever they can. We will work on a system to organize it better, in perhaps two weeks or by end of the year,” Sayyid Kamil added. “We experience the same issues when we sell or give away tickets. People don’t always show up. We can’t regulate companies

who buy 20 tickets. We can’t call it a challenge because it’s actually good that they’re buying tickets. But recently I’ve noticed that we have less empty seats than we used to have. I’m proud to say that we are selling 90 percent of all the tickets for every show,” SayyidKamil added. “This is the ROHs ﬁrst production and will be the ﬁrst such show, like no other around the world. Theatrical storytelling, the music and acrobats, it will have everything. People will sit, hear and learn about the wonderful country that Oman is,” said Umberto Fanni, the Director General. Free tickets will be presented on ROHM’s Maidan outdoor space on the January 5-7, 2017.

MINISTERIAL DECISION

Standard specifications for Omani Dishdasha MUSCAT: A ministerial decision on the standard specifications for Omani traditional dress has been issued. Dr. Ali bin Masaud Al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, issued the ministerial decision making the standard specifications on the Omani Dishdasha “an obligatory Omani standard specification”. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has in cooperation with the Public Authority for Craft Industries (PACI) set a standard specification on the Omani traditional dress “the Omani Dishdasha” for men.

During the preparation of the standard specification, the ministry’s personnel visited several Dishdasha makers and tailors with long experience in the field and listened to them to identify the words used for the various parts of the Dishdasha in the various Governorates. The specifications comprised the definition and parts of the Dishdasha. The Dishdasha is classified into five types used in the various governorates. The specifications have identified the textile used for each type and the names of the parts and requirements of each type. —ONA

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

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BEST OF THE LOT: All three racers were given their trophies by His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Assad Al Said, the Chief Guest of the Red Bull Cark Park Drift.

Sultanate of Oman,” he said, after clinching a first-place podium finish. “Preparing the car wasn’t easy but all of my family supported me. Together, we spent days and nights making the car ready for the competition. I was feeling very confident going into this race. Now I want to go outside Oman and train some more!”

While Haitham Al Hadidi wowed the judges and spectators alike, he was joined by countrymen Ali Al Balushi and Tarek Al Shaihani, making it a trio of victories for the Sultanate: another ﬁrst for Oman

Times News Service MUSCAT: To most people, the smell of burning rubber as car tyres screech across an asphalt ﬂoor, spewing smoke on their way, is a serious cause for concern. For 18-year-old Haitham Al Hadidi, though, these were the sounds and smells that heralded him as he was crowned the ‘King of Drift’ athis ﬁrst ever Red Bull Car

Park Drift. Widely perceived as the underdog in the competition, having finished second in his first ever qualifier last month at the Oman Automobile Association, Al Hadidi wowed the judges and spectators alike as he ran the testing gauntlet with ease, twisting and turning as he expertly navigated the obstacle course with a consummate ease that belied his tender years. But what makes this a doubly

momentous occasion for the Sultanate was that this year’s Car Park Drift Final – the 7th edition of the competition – was held in Oman. Held at the historic Port Sultan Qaboos in downtown Corniche, the Red Bull Car Park Drift saw the best racers from among the regional qualifiers across 11 Arab nations taking part in the competition, alongside the top three finalists from the finals of the Oman leg of the qualifying rounds. “I am very happy to have won this tournament, and it makes me so happy to bring pride to the

Not easy “I only started drifting a few months back when I got my driver’s licence,” he added. “My dream is to put my country on the map for drifting and motor sports in general. Drifting is not easy, it needs a professional driver with a professional approach. I plan to become the best motor sports athlete possible and represent my beautiful Oman internationally.” Al Hadidi wasn’t the only Omani on the podium. He was joined by countrymen Ali Al Balushi and Tarek Al Shaihani, making it a trio

that brought victories for the Sultanate, another ﬁrst for Oman. All three racers received their trophies from His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Assad Al Said, the Chief Guest at the Red Bull Cark Park Drift. The challenging course was designed by legendary drift champion, Abdo Feghali. The Lebanese holds the record for the world’s longest drift, timed at more than 14 minutes, 18 seconds, which was set at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in 2013, totalling 11,180 metres which was split across 43 laps. He is looking forward to the next generation of Omani drivers who will be in the driving seat when it comes to drifting. “The level of drifting in Oman is now really good and, every year, I must make the lives of the drifters harder and harder with increasingly challenging track layouts,” commented Feghali.

“The work of the Oman Automobile Association is to create a special drifting track. It has really helped to educate people about drifting and has given the public an opportunity to watch events at one place,” he added. “This has contributed a lot towards the development of motor sports, especially drifting, in Oman.” Sulaiman Al Rawahi, the Managing Director for Oman Automobile Association, was quick to congratulate the three racers on winning accolades for the nation. “We are proud to see three of our talented local drifters–Ali Al Balushi, Haitham Al Hadidi and Tareq Al Shaihani–in a position to represent the Sultanate against the region’s top competitors,” he said. “The Red Bull Car Park Drift Final will surely go down as an event to remember for years to come and will in spire the next generation of Omani and regional drifters to pursue their dreams.”

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MUSCAT: Oman’s first ever Red Bull Car Park Drift final was a memorable occasion for all those who filled the custom-built arena erected in Port Sultan Qaboos to the rafters. Given the response, it won’t be long before the nation plays host to many more world-class sporting events. Simon Wall,who has been living in Oman for six years, had accompanied his young son and his son’s friend to the event. “I had gone to a similar event in Dubai and it wasn’t as well attended as the one here,” said Wall, who serves as a treasurer at the British School Muscat. “The boys here, as you can see, love the event and I think it’s great for Oman to host such events. “Oman is always traditionally associated with history and character and it’s great to see them incorporate the giant shipping cranes here at Port Sultan Qaboos into the obstacle course,” he added. “Given the success of this event, I am sure there will be many more in the future.” Excitement Also in attendance were the Oman Riders, a group of biking enthusiasts who show a profound love for motorcycles, and often get together to plan road trips across nations. “If I were to tell you the excitement of stepping into a vehicle, you would not understand it,” said Khaled Al Azmi, a member of the group. “It is something that you have to experience yourself. My fellow riders and I have a fondness for bikes and cars, and that is why events like this always excite us. “I have been interested in cars and motorbikes since the age of

10 and if you look at the number of people who have come here today, it is evident that motorsports is very popular in Oman,” he added. “As you know, all Omanis love their cars, and that was reflected today.” Also cheering on the racers at the event with his family was Rajiv George of Khimji’s, the parent company for Red Bull in Oman. “With the oil prices fluctuating in the Middle East and indicating an uncertain future, Oman is looking to expand its presence in tourism.Activities like the Red Bull Cark Park Drift are sure to provide alternative sources of revenue for the country,” he said. “As we all know, the people here are crazy about automobiles and they will love events like this,” he added. “It’s a great way to spend a weekend in Oman.” Casting an enthusiastic eye over proceedings was Manny Sabharwal, Director of Distribution for Falken Tyres, one of the sponsors for the race. “We didn’t expect such a good response to the race, but it is great to see everyone out here,” he told the Times of Oman. “It’s quite clear that the locals here love motor sports and the three Omani racers are an inspiration to everyone here, because every time they are on the track, the audience here cheers very loudly for them. Clearly, this is not one of those sports where the spectators sit idly. “I think it is really important for companies to understand the needs of sports lovers in the region and help organise activities which everyone can enjoy.” Racers from 11 nations took part in the 7th edition of the Red Bull Car Park Drift Final. Eighteenyear-old Haitham Al Hadidi became the first Omani to win the tournament, and the youngest.

WELL ATTENDED: Racers from 11 nations took part in the 7th edition of the Red Bull Car Park Drift Final.

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MUSCAT: Children riding scooters in their neighbourhood are now a common sight but people fail to realise the danger that it poses. Oman Riders Motorcycle Club (ORMC) has, however, decided to harness their energy to serve the community. At the Oman International Motor Show, the ORMC members are using the opportunity to raise OMAN TOURISM COLLEGE

Tourism career fair this week Times News Service MUSCAT: Bringing recruiters and students under a single roof, Oman Tourism College is organising a Tourism Career and Networking fair from December 13-14, 2016 at the college campus. The open-to-all career fair will offer latest updates on jobs and internship opportunities available in the tourism and hospitality sector. It will also have workshops where industry captains and former OTC alumni will offer career guidance. The fair will also provide ample networking scope for the students to meet with potential employers and other students. “The Sultanate’s tourism and hospitality industry is booming like never before. It presents a lot of career opportunities for ambitious youngsters who have the right qualifications and skills. The Oman Tourism College wants to provide a professional platform for students to know firsthand about these exciting developments and allow them to meet with the leaders of the industry. This is the primary objective of holding the Tourism Career Fair,” Melanie Hunger, the coordinator of the event at the college, said. As many as 20 major firms in the tourism and hospitality sector will be participating in the fair, with plenty of job offers on offer. A major highlight of the fair will be a session dedicated to success stories of some of the alumni of Oman Tourism College, who have made a mark in the tourism and hospitality industry, either as professionals or as entrepreneurs.

awareness about the dangers that negligent motorcycle riding poses. Saad Al Sheikh, the treasurer of the ORMC, said riding a motorcycle isn’t about just riding fast, and they intend to put this hobby so some good use. “Our role as a club is to educate the youth, especially children who are taking to riding motorcycles. It isn’t all about speed, but a hobby that should be used to beneﬁt the society,” said Al Sheikh. ‘Do good’ The ORMC is a voluntary club that rides for charity and participates in goodwill events. “Many start with the idea that it is a sport and speed is what they covet, but when they come to us, we educate them. We tell them that instead of falling for speeding and harming others and

themselves, and disturbing people with the noise, they should do something good with it,” said Al Sheikh. “We volunteer and undertake charity events. We participate in events against drugs, speeding, diseases such as cancer, and organise other goodwill activities. So we use the energy the rider plans to put into driving negligently and speeding, and use it in other ways that serve the community in a positive fashion,” he explained. The ORMC has 150 members who come from various walks of life and have ridden together for years across the globe for charity and to promote the country. The club members travelled to Europe on their bikes and also China, along the Silk Route. Their next trip will be to Cape Town, South Africa, planned at the end of 2017. “All our trips are over land, so we are going to South Africa to promote Oman and let the people know who we are and what Omanis can do. All of this is for the country,” said Al Sheikh. The OMRC remained at the Oman International Motor Show till December 10, spreading awareness.

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China is the biggest source of tourists. The new route will have a positive impact on the Chinese industrial project in Duqm Yahya Al Jabri, the chairman of the Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm

Flight to China to boost investment The launch of ﬁrst ever MuscatGuangzhou ﬂight by Oman Air will facilitate tourism to the Sultanate

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tariqh@timesofoman.com GUANGZHOU: Oman Air launched its first-ever direct flight to a Chinese city, a move that will facilitate tourism to the Sultanate and also enhance investments in Oman. When the Times of Oman asked if the new flight route would add to the bilateral trade and invest-

SEEKS INVESTMENT: Companies in Oman are looking towards China for investments as Chinese are already big players in the Omani

market.

ments from China in the Sultanate amid a slowly recovering economy, Oman Air Chief Paul Gregorowitsch said Omani companies are already tapping the Chinese market for investments. “Companies are travelling to China to attract investors in the thriving hotel and real estate business in Oman. The new Muscat-Guangzhou connection is just the start of such air bridges between Oman and China,” said

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Gregorowitsch. “And we will hope that soon, once the new Beijing airport is expanded,it will be the second top destination in our network. We are also exploring the possibility of establishing links with regional Chinese cities, not the three big cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou,” added Gregorowitsch, pointing out that China is a major investor in the SEZAD industrial sector. Referring to the newly estab-

regards to investment exchanges,” said Al Jabri. Gregorowitsch said several ﬁrms in Oman are looking towards China for investments, reminding that Chinese are already big players in the Omani market. “We are conﬁdent that the stable political situation in Oman will open the way for unique investment opportunities for Chinese investors,” said the Oman Air Chief.

lished Muscat-Guangzhou linkage, Yahya Al Jabri, the chairman of the Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm (SEZAD), said the business destination is a haven for tourists. He added that Chinese investments in Oman were going on and will increase. “China is the biggest source of tourists. The new route will have a positive impact on the Chinese industrial project in Duqm. It will bring Duqm and China closer with

Oman Air’s first flight to Guangzhou, China was full to capacity, as was the cargo section. The aircraft took off from the Muscat International Airport at 10:15am local time, and reached the Baiyun International Airport around six and a half hours later at 9:01pm local time. Oman Air’s senior officers and their entourage made their way to the VVIP section of the airport where military police welcomed them with a salute. Paul Gregorowitsch, Oman Air CEO, exchanged gifts with high level Chinese dignitaries and civil aviation executives. The new route will be served by four flights a week—on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday—while return flights will be on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday, using Airbus 330-200. Oman Air plans to have 75 destinations while managing 70 aircraft—45 single body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Embraer 190, and 25 wide body aircraft such as the Airbus 330 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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Sultanate to mark Armed Forces Day MUSCAT: The Sultanate will celebrate today the anniversary of the Armed Forces Day, which falls on December 11, every year. The Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) has achieved many glories in various operations, training and armament spheres, thanks to the Royal Care, accorded by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Various formations and units of SAF will organise a function on the occasion, in recognition to the progress, development and achievements SAF has made along with the national role SAF plays in defending the country and it contributes to the comprehensive

development witnessed in the Sultanate during the blessed renaissance era. On the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) Museum will be open for citizens and residents for three days from December 13 to 15 between 8am to 5pm. The SAF museum military and other items on display reﬂect the progress of the Sultan’s Armed Forces and the Royal Care extended by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to SAF corps as seen in the various manuscripts, models and weapons depicting the deep-rooted military history of Oman.—ONA

Nasser Saidi, a member of the IMF regional advisory group in MENA, said that any delay in diversification would be a mistake. A planned OPEC choke back on production globally has seen oil prices rally in recent days. The minister of oil and gas said Oman would stand by OPEC and make cuts in production to meet an agreed 1.2 million barrels a day drop. That pushed the price of oil over the $50 a barrel mark for the first time this year and it has continued to rise as confidence grows that OPEC and non-OPEC members will abide by the production cut. Oman has recognised the need to diversify away from dependence on oil and gas for future prosperity. It launched a programme called Tanfeedh to target specific sectors like tourism and finance to build a roadmap to a future not dependent on crude. A series of labs delivered 121 proposals last month designed to ease doing business in Oman, kick-start national industries and invest in tourism. But there are fears that the rising oil price may lead to complacency in driving forward the nonoil agenda. Nasser Saidi, Member of IMF regional advisory group and OECD MENA, cautioned against complacency. “I expect the oil price rebound to be temporary. The OPEC decision requires discipline and commitment by all members which will be difficult to achieve in a time-consistent manner: as prices rise, members of OPEC as well as non-OPEC members will have an incentive to increase production in order to benefit from the higher prices. “This will then lead to additional supplies which will depress prices. In addition, there is no reason why non-OPEC members

their salaries on time and carry on with their projects,” he said. “Oman is passing through a tough time due to delay of payments. Big companies are not paying small companies and literally some of them are dying, but we want people to spend more and the government to spend less to help the economy at this stage,” he said.

such as Russia or Mexico should abide by the OPEC decision to cut output. More important is that shale oil producers in North America and elsewhere will come back into the market at higher prices: they will act as the marginal producers. OPEC can no longer control oil price dynamics and the oil market as it did in earlier decades. In addition, renewable energy, such as wind and solar, is increasingly competitive and a direct alternative source of energy, reducing demand for fossil fuels. “The decision to diversify economic activity should be pursued even if there is a part recovery of oil prices. “Clearly there will be some voices arguing to delay diversification efforts and the pain of economic transition and adjustment. This would be a policy mistake. It is preferable to continue diversification, sell oil at the temporarily higher prices and use the proceeds for investment in new, job creating, productivity growth increasing, activities. “Over the medium term businesses and people will benefit from increased diversification as there will be new opportunities for trade in goods and services, demand for new skills, growth of more knowledge based activities and greater macroeconomic stability rather than the stop-go economic cycle resulting from volatile oil prices.” Oman chamber of commerce member, Ahmed Al Hooti, said that the rising oil prices should not make us complacent. “Even if the oil prices rise, it will take at least six months to feel the impact,” he said. He added that the strategy for the next year should not be changed. “But at the same time, the finance ministry should encourage the companies if the prices of oil stabilises so that they can pay

Oil revenue Mohammed Nayaz, Partner, Advisory services at Ernst & Young, said: “The Government has recently initiated the economic diversification programme to reduce its dependency on oil revenue. This demonstrates the government’s commitment towards building a resilient economy. The government has also shown drive towards implementing these initiatives identified as part of this diversification program. “This trend suggests that Government will continue and accelerate the diversification programme as the oil prices rise. The increase in oil prices and their stability will have a direct positive impact on the businesses as there would be more Government spending on development projects which will have a trickle down positive impact on the businesses as well. “In addition, there would be an improvement in government’s cash flows which would also help the businesses. The diversification process will also have a positive impact on the businesses in the medium to long term.” Sulaiman Al Harthy, CEO Meethaq, the Islamic banking giant, said: “Any increase in price of oil will have a positive effect on government plans. Diversification plans will get a boost if there is more oil revenue.” Sophia Tozy, an economist at Coface, and a regional specialist, said: “We predict the prices of oil

to average at $53 a barrel in 2017. This is more than Oman’s budgeted price of $45. “Any increase from this price will help them generate extra revenue which can be helpful in reviving projects that have been stalled due to lack of funds. A lot of these projects are in the tourism sector and although it is for the authorities to decide, we expect diversification can be accelerated with increase in oil prices. “I don’t think there will be any complacency with rise in oil prices because they can never rise high enough. As soon as they rise to a higher mark, the US unconventional sources of producing oil will come up and bring the prices down again so there is no reason for them to be complacent.” Zoher Karachiwala, CEO of United Power, added:”I think if oil price rises, people may get complacent and the process of diversification may slow down. It is hard to predict but it can happen.” Mohamed Asfoor, COO of Kargeen, has his own reasons to see oil prices rise again. “We had more than five catering contracts, almost all the petroleum companies in Oman. These companies had around a 400 percent decrease in their budget so they weren’t able to use our services anymore. “Indirectly, the restaurant was also affected. People were trying to save up more and were more careful on where they spent their money. We were affected in the sense that we still had to pay for petrol, produce and our regular spending and it created an imbalance,” he said. “It’s still unstable. It’s still unclear how long it’s going to stay up. Economically the whole world is going through a crisis, whether it’s oil or financial, it’s better to save up and it’s better to be wiser than before. It’s very important to be mindful,” he added.

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Total cases 2014-2015

By category (2015) 6,780

Robbery 4,685

Bounced cheques Drug related

3,062

Consumer protection violations

2,839

Insult to dignity

2,372

Labour law

2,293

Traffic Minor harm Entering the country illegally Municipal violations

Public prosecution

Felonies

Misdemeanour

Juvenile accused

2014

2015

1,309

1,192

2015

45,306 41,072

40,564

37,332

1,900 1,513 1,363

4,205 3,620

1,129

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Source: Oman Public Prosecution

Misdemeanours made up for 91 per cent of the total cases handled in 2015. According to the report, robbery was the most frequently committed crime in Oman, heading the top 10 list of crimes. Robbery accounted for 6,780 of the total crimes committed, followed by 4,685 cases of “bounced cheques.” Drugs related crimes came third in the list with 3,062 cases. Violations of consumer protection law were the fourth most

committed crime, accounting for 2,839 cases, followed by 2,372 instances of “insult to dignity” crimes recorded with the public prosecution. Labour law violations were the sixth-most committed crime with 2,293 cases. Traffic accidents cases numbered 1,900. A total of 1,513 cases of doing minor harm were recorded while “entering the country illegally” and municipal violations made it to the top ten list, with 1,363 and 1,129 crimes, respectively.

The data reﬂected a one percent increase in the alleged suspects in all cases. A total of 35,254 accused were booked in 2015, compared to 45,109 in 2014. The number of accused juveniles also decreased by 3 per cent of the total suspects, from 1,309 in 2014 to 1,192 in 2015. The number of male suspects increased by 340 in 2015, compared to 2014, as 41,803 such suspects were booked, comprising 92 percent of the total suspects.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

5,000

OMAN

visitors came on the second day of the Oman International Motor Show

BARR AL JISSAH

COLLISION

Oman’s ﬁrst Trampoline Hall makes children jump for joy

MUSCAT: At least two people have died in a fatal road accident in Bausher on Friday night. The incident is being investigated by the Royal Oman Police (ROP).According to the ROP, two cars had collided in the incident. A police spokesman conﬁrmed the accident and said inquiries were going on.

ONE-OF-A-KIND: The edutainment centre marks the transforma-

tion of Barr Al Jissah heritage village into must visit destination.

tive art. The gallery will showcase a series of art installations, further promoting Omani art and culture. A vintage car exhibition will also be organised at the venue throughout the next year. In addition to the existing heritage area and Adventure and Teen zones, Al Mazaar will be home to a dedicated children’s party box and adult lounge where parents can relax and have access to Zafran Café, while the young

ones are entertained. A retail concept store will soon be announced. Also,there will be live music shows and entertainment throughout the year at the adjacent amphitheatre. Firas Matraji, the CEO of Barr Al Jissah, said, “With Al Mazaar Edutainment Centre, we wanted to create a place where families come back again and again, not only to exercise or play, but to learn and create.”

Positive response to motor show More than 10,000 people visited the Oman International Motor Show

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI

tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A total of 3,800 people visited the Oman International Motor Show on the ﬁrst day while more than 5,000 showed up on the second with the last two days of the event taking the tally up to over 10,000 visitors. The December 7-10 Oman International Motor Show at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre received a positive feedback from the participants, according to Exhibition Manager, Ammar Ahmed. “We had more brands compared to the last edition and the event also features a China pavilion for the ﬁrst time. It went well and the dealers are happy with the turnout,” said Ammar. “The convention centre is a world class facility. The dealers

GOOD RESPONSE: The motor show attracted participants from more than 300 brands, dealing with vehicles, spare parts manufacturers, adventure teams and automotive SMEs.

had the chance to execute their presentation in the best possible manner just as they do all over the world,” he added. The motor show attracted participants from over 300 brands, dealing with vehicles, spare parts manufacturers, adventure teams and automotive SMEs. When asked about next year’s edition of the motor show, Ammar said he expected more participants and more footfalls. “(We also hope for) more brands and more market activity. From the market point of view, the last two years were a bit tough in terms

of business, but now the market is recovering slowly and we expect more brands to join next year,” said Ammar. A unique highlight was the Land Rover experience where the dealers created a makeshift course for visitors to ride the Land Rover Discovery and experience how well the vehicle can do in offroad conditions, including climbing up and down a 45-degree ramp. A 1927 Bugatti Grand Prix, 1980 Pontiac “Firebird” Trans Am, 1970 Opel 1900 GT and 1977 Datsun Skyline also courted limelight along with other classic carson display.

PA K I S TA N I P R E A C H E R

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Prayer meet organised for pop star-turned preacher

The management had posted a message next to the store’s front door and also on the store’s Facebook page. It read: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Junaid Jamshed is no longer among us. J. has lost its torchbearer and the world has lost a great human being. “The J. Family also extends its condolences to all the victims of the crash. May their souls rest in the highest rank of Jannah.” “I have been with Junaid Bhai for last nine years and was very close to him. When I heard this news, I felt everything has come to a stop and nothing is in motion. His affectionate face was in front of me, smiling the way it always did. He was on a preaching trip and his mission was to unite mankind. It’s a very big loss to this world,” said Ahmed Samir, Chief Operating Officer, Junaid Jamshed Middle East. A prayer meet was organised for him on Friday in Dubai by the Pakistan Education Academy. One of his staff members at the store in Muscat said they were all shocked and couldn’t believe what had happened, “It was indeed a shock for us. He was obviously the owner of the stores and we were completely shattered,

Two killed in Bausher crash Times News Service

Staff Reporter MUSCAT: People living in Oman can now enjoy the country’s first ever Trampoline Hall, now open to the public at Al Mazaar Edutainment Centre at Barr Al Jissah. The one-of-a-kind edutainment centre marks the transformation of the Barr Al Jissah heritage village into Oman’s must visit destination. It’s also home to Springbox, Oman’s first ever trampoline hall with sports activities including basketball, climbing and a gladiator course. Also, the multi-purpose air-conditioned sports field is available for basketball, football and badminton. Art and culture is at the heart of Al Mazaar. Art Box, a unique concept promoting art for the entire family, encourages children to create their own masterpieces while visitors can also get involved in workshops. Designated art walls, including the Hands of Oman centrepiece, Omani Orchard wall, Rainbow Jigsaw wall, You Create wall, Chalk wall and World United wall further encourage interac-

couldn’t even believe what had happened. I met him on several occasions in Pakistan and he was a wonderful person. The shop remained closed for two days and we are praying for his soul.” A statement on the airline’s website read: “We regret to inform that PIA’s ATR-42 aircraft operating as PK-661 from Chitral to Islamabad, carrying 42 persons, was involved in an accident at around 1640 hrs local time on 7th December, 2016. “Although no further details of the accident are available at the moment, total number of passengers were 42 and there were ﬁve crew members. “The PIA is taking all possible measures to help victims’ families and assist the local authorities.” Expatriates in Oman are in shock after they came to know that the Pakistan air crash had claimed the life of the famed-rock star-turned-Muslim evangelist. Jamshed, 52, was Pakistan’s iconic singer-turned-preacher and fashion designer. He ﬁrst gained prominence when he became part of a boy band called ‘Vital Signs’ in 1987. He had a degree in engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore. He launched his fashion cloth-

ing range in 2004 to supplement his income after quitting singing. He opened his ﬁrst brand outlet in Muscat in 2016 in Ruwi High Street. “His clothing line caters to men, women and children, and is popular among the Pakistani community around the world. We are still in a shock after his death,” A H Raja, vice chairman of Pakistan Social Club, said. He was a frequent visitor to Oman and wanted to open more shops in Oman and had even performed in Qurum Amphitheatre in the early 2000s. “At that time, he had hinted to me that he wanted to quit singing,” Raja recalled. Another Pakistani living in Oman said, “He had become very famous ever since he sang ‘DilDil Pakistan’ as the lead singer of Vital Signs. I would like to remember him as an Islamic preacher, which he later turned into, and would request people to remember him the same way. “From ‘DilDil Pakistan’ to Qaseeda Burdah Shareef, he was a man of my era. We will greatly miss him. He was such an amazing and down to earth person, and involved in various charitable initiatives,” said Mohsin Javed Saulat, a businessman.

Seized The inspection committee of Al Awabi Municipality in the Governorate of South Al Batinah seized 350kg of ﬁsh unﬁt for human consumption from outlets and shops. ELECTION

State Council member elected to Arab House Times News Service MUSCAT: State Council member Musallam bin Ali Al Ma’ashani, has been elected to as vice-president of the Arab Parliament yesterday. Those elected included President of the Arab Parliament (Mishal Faham Asalmi from Saudi Arabia), four vice presidents and the heads and deputies of the standing committees of the Arab Parliament. Following the oath taking by the newly elected members, former president Ahmed Al Jarwan, issued a statement reviewing its activities during the ﬁrst legislative term. The State Council members attending the Arab Parliament are Musallam bin Ali Al Ma’ashani and Khamis bin Said al Sulaimi. The second plenary meeting of the ﬁrst session of the second legislative term of the Arab Parliament will be held on Sunday.

A R M E D F O R C E S D AY

HM gets greetings form Sayyid Badr MUSCAT: On the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of greetings from Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib Al Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs. In his cable, Sayyid Badr expressed his honour and that of the personnel of the Sultan’s Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence for expressing their greetings and wishes to His Majesty the Sultan, praying to Almighty Allah to protect His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people further progress and prosperity under His Majesty’s wise leadership.

Sayyid Badr said that the Royal Directives and the Royal Care accorded by His Majesty the Sultan to the SAF corps has played a vital role in their development and they are provided with the latest technique in the ﬁeld of training and armament. He said that the SAF and Ministry of Defence personnel while celebrating the Armed Forces Day renew their loyalty, praying to the Almighty Allah to grant His Majesty the Sultan good health, happiness and a long life for further achievements and progress under His Majesty the Sultan’s wise leadership.—ONA

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

REGION

Elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) troops took over the neighbourhoods of Al Murour and Al Qadisiya Al Oula, expanding their area of control in the east of Mosul in Iraq.

WA R A G A I N S T I S

Iraqi forces make gains in battle to recapture Mosul BAGHDAD/GENEVA: The Iraqi army said it took full control of two more districts of east Mosul on Saturday, pushing back IS militants in a slow and hard-fought advance into the city whose 1 million residents face growing shortages of fuel, water and food. A military statement said elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) troops took over the neighbourhoods of Al Murour and Al Qadisiya Al Oula, expanding their area of control in the east of the city. Despite the reported advance, the army’s progress in Mosul remains painstakingly slow, facing brutal counter attacks from the hugely outnumbered but well prepared and heavily armed militants

who have controlled the city since mid-2104. In an attempt to change the dynamics of the grinding sevenweek campaign, troops from an armoured division punched their way deeper into the city on Tuesday in an attack on a hospital believed to be used as a military base by IS. They were forced to withdraw from the complex after a ferocious counter-attack by IS ﬁghters, who deployed at least six suicide car bombs, although residents said the army was able to hold some territory nearby. The CTS, which has spearheaded the ﬁghting in Mosul since it broke through IS defences in the eastern outskirts in late October, controls half of the eastern bank of

the city which is split by the Tigris running through its centre. Sabah Al Numani, spokesman for the CTS forces, told Iraqi television they had reached within 3 or 4 km (2 miles) of the Tigris, and hoped to take the remaining districts of the east bank “with the same speed” they had achieved so far. That would imply full control of the eastern half of the city would not be accomplished before late January, missing Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi’s target of recapturing the whole city by the end of the year. Iraqi commanders have talked about relieving pressure on CTS troops in the east by opening a new front in southwest Mosul, where

federal police units are stationed just outside the city. However, officers say three brigades from the police forces were being moved from south of Mosul towards the east bank, so they could directly reinforce the offensive there. They were expected to arrive on Saturday, an army officer said, and would be tasked with driving IS out the Wahda neighbourhood where the Salam hospital - the target of Tuesday’s assault - is located. In Iraq, it has already been forced to retreat from Tikrit, Ramadi and Falluja, although its ultra-hardline group ﬁghters still hold large parts of remote regions near the Syrian border, and an area

of land southeast of Mosul. But the slow progress in Mosul has raised fears among residents and aid groups that the city will forced to endure siege-like conditions for several months. With winter setting in and the city effectively sealed off by the army and its allies from all directions, humanitarian problems are escalating. United Nations agencies who distributed aid inside recaptured eastern areas for the first time on Thursday were almost overrun by residents suffering acute shortages of food, fuel and water, and often trapped for days at home by fighting. Iraqi police had to fire in the air

50 Yemeni soldiers killed in attack on Aden army base 70 others injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up as the troops were waiting to collect salaries

ADEN: A suicide bomber killed at least 50 Yemeni soldiers at a base in the city of Aden, a local security official said, in another major attack claimed by IS on forces allied to a Saudi-led military coalition. The attacker blew himself up as the troops were waiting to collect their salaries, the government sources added, wounding around 70 others as they lined up to collect salaries at the entrance

to the Sawlaban base on the outskirts of the city. IS claimed responsibility for the attack in a message posted online. The Yemeni branch of the militant group based in Iraq and Syria has carried out many deadly bombings around troops in the southern port city, which is under the control of the internationally recognised government in exile in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom intervened in Yemen’s civil war in March 2015 to ﬁght the government’s foes in the Houthi movement but have failed to dislodge the group from the capital Sanaa despite thousands of air strikes. Houthi forces were pushed out of Aden and much of Yemen’s south last summer, but the government and coalition troops have struggled to enforce their control as Al Qaeda and IS militants use the security vacuum to carry out attacks. — Reuters

BADLY WOUNDED: A wounded Yemeni man arrives at a hospital on Saturday after a suicide bomber

attacked at a military camp in Yemen’s southern city of Aden. – AFP

and threaten to whip crowds with a hose to maintain order. Residents in areas still controlled by IS say food prices have risen and the cost of fuel has tripled. “Certainly inside Mosul there is a big need for medical and humanitarian assistance,” an aid worker who has recently returned from the Mosul area told Reuters. “What we have no idea of today is the state of medical structures in Mosul and the precise needs of the population.” In addition to the food and fuel shortages, water supplies to large parts of Mosul were cut off two weeks ago when a pipeline was hit during ﬁghting, a local official said. — Reuters DENIAL

Egypt denies rift with Saudi MANAMA: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on Saturday hailed a “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia, denying reports that the two nations had fallen out . “Let me reassure you that from Egypt’s perspective we have a very clear vision as to the fundamental nature of that relationship... Arab national security depends on the cohesion and understanding that exists between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The sensitivity that exists in... what may be perceived as divergence of views or differences of opinion might be escalated in the press to take dimensions that go beyond the inherent special relationship,” Shukri said at the Manama Dialogue conference on Middle East security in Bahrain. Shukri added that Egypt was not building its relations with Iran. “Egypt has always taken the opportunity of such discussions to re-emphasise the positions of the Arab nation, the interest of the Arab nation, vis-à-vis what might be expansionary policies of Iran,” he added. — Reuters

WA R W I T H I N NAT I O N

Syrian, Russian warplanes pound rebel-held Aleppo ALEPPO, SYRIA/BEIRUT: Syrian’s military and Russian warplanes bombarded rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Saturday as Damascus’s allies said victory was near, but insurgents fought back and army advances halted after rapid gains during the week. Russia, whose military intervention helped turn the war in President Bashar Al Assad’s favour, said the Syrian government now controls 93 per cent of second city Aleppo, a figure Reuters could not independently verify. Its recapture would deal a major blow to rebels who have fought to unseat Assad in the nearly sixyear war. The insurgents are holed out in a handful of areas mostly south of the historic Old City, having lost nearly three-quarters of territory they controlled for years in the space of around two weeks. Lebanese group Hezbollah, a key military ally of Damascus alongside Russia and Iran, said late on Friday that a “promised victory” in Aleppo was imminent and would change the course of the war. The advances mean the government appears closer to victory than at any point since 2011 protests against Assad evolved into armed rebellion. The war has killed more than 300,000 people and made more than 11 million homeless. A win for Assad in Aleppo looks close, but fighting still raged on Saturday. Russian warplanes and Syrian artillery bombarded rebel-held districts, and rebels responded with shelling of government-controlled areas as gunfire rang out, a Reuters correspondent in Aleppo said. Russia and Syria said on Friday they had reduced military operations to allow civilians to leave. But rebels say their counter attacks are what have halted government advances. “There’s no advance by the regime. They (rebels) have stopped them several times,” Zakaria Malahifji, a Turkey-based official in the Fastaqim rebel group told Reuters. Government forces launched an attack in the Izaa area near the Old City early on

ENDGAME: Syrian civilians arrive at a checkpoint, manned by pro-government forces, at the Al Hawoz street roundabout, after leaving Aleppo’s eastern neighbourhoods on Saturday. – AFP

Saturday which insurgents repelled, destroying an army tank, he said. Fighting has killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, monitors say, and devastated large areas of Aleppo. Parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Old City recaptured by the government were completely destroyed by fighting, a Reuters correspondent said. Old markets and bathhouses had been flattened. “I found my home destroyed,” said one returning resident, who gave only his family name, Sheikho. “I didn’t even recognise where it was because of the destruction,” he said. Destruction Mohammed Shaaban, standing outside a destroyed church, was also astounded by the destruction. “A year and a half ago when I last visited there was not this level of damage. I’m shocked and saddened. They destroyed civilisation and humanity,” he said, referring to rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said several people were killed in rebel shelling on Saturday. Hundreds have been killed in recent weeks, mostly in government bombardments, it says. Thousands of people have left rebel districts. Some fled to gov-

ernment-held areas but others went to areas under rebel control fearing arrest and reprisals by government forces. US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to show “a little grace” when American and Russian officials meet in Geneva to try to reach a deal enabling civilians and ﬁghters to leave the besieged city of Aleppo. “Fighters... don’t trust that if they agreed to leave to try to save Aleppo that it will save Aleppo and they will be unharmed,” Kerry told reporters in Paris after a meeting of countries opposed to Assad. Germany said Syrian opposition backers were seeking a political solution, but there was no agreement in Paris on reaching a truce. Russia’s defence ministry said more than 20,000 civilians left eastern Aleppo on Saturday and over 1,200 rebels laid down their arms. The British-based Observatory said hundreds of civilians had left but no ﬁghters surrendered. Rebel officials have sworn they will never leave. The army said it reduced operations to allow residents to leave, and that this would enable the military to carry out “wider manoeuvres” against insurgents in due course. Russia’s defence ministry said that after civilians left, government forces would continue to “liberate” eastern Aleppo. — Reuters

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Sushma undergoes kidney transplant, condition stable: AIIMS NEW DELHI: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj “successfully” underwent a kidney transplant at AIIMS here on Saturday and her condition is stable. Swaraj, 64, was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit after the nearly six-hour-long surgery by a team of 50. All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) sources said the kidney for Swaraj was donated by a woman who is in her 40s and not related to the External Affairs Minister. A team of senior doctors has been monitoring the minister’s condition round-the-clock. “The surgery was successful and uneventful. She is admitted in the ICU and her condition is stable. Her condition is being closely monitored by a team of doctors. The donor voluntarily donated her kidney to the minister,” AIIMS Director M. C. Mishra said when contacted. As no suitable donor was available in the immediate family, the transplant was done with the kidney from a living unrelated donor, sources said, adding the clearance for it was obtained from the Authorisation Committee of AIIMS. Mishra said the surgery was carried out at the cardio-thoracic centre by a team of 50 personnel including transplant surgeons, transplant anaesthesiologists, nurses, technicians and other supporting staff. The team comprised Mishra, surgeons V. K. Bansal and V. Seenu, nephrologist Sandeep Mahajan and Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) chief Dr Balram Airan among others. “The surgery started at around 9am and ended at 2.30pm following which the minister has been shifted to the ICU. First, the organ was harvested from the donor which took one-and-half hours and then it was transplanted,” Mishra said. -PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks assume signiﬁcance in the context of reports of widespread difficulties being faced by people in accessing their

LAUNCH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of a cheese plant and Desi A2 Milk plant in

Deesa, Gujarat on Saturday. - PTI

money in banks after the demonetisation

No one preventing PM from speaking: Congress

decision

DEESA (Gujarat): Acknowledging the difficulties thrown up by the note ban decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday cautioned that the coming days may even be tougher but the situation will gradually move towards normalcy after the 50-day period. He also slammed the Opposition for disrupting Parliament saying he has been forced to speak out in ‘jan sabha’ (among people) as he was not allowed to do so in Lok Sabha. “I had said from day one this is not an ordinary decision. It is full of difficulties. It is a difficult decision and I had said a lot of hardships and problems will be faced. “For 50 days this difficulty has to be there. And this difficulty will even increase, but after 50 days, I have done my calculation, the situation, in one go, will turn to gradually move towards normalcy. You will see after 50 days that situation will slowly start improv-

INCONSOLABLE: A supporter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa cries next to her place of burial in Chennai on Wednesday. - PTI

280 persons died of ‘shock’ over Jaya’s demise and Tirupur districts. The party condoled their death and announced a welfare fund of Rs300,000 each to families of the deceased. Earlier, the party had said that 77 persons had died of shock and grief following Jayalalithaa’s death and announced a similar sum as relief to the dead persons’ families. The number of people having died of shock over Jayalalithaa’s death stands at 280 now. Hospitalised on September 22 and having suffered a cardiac arrest on December 4, the 68-year-old chief minister passed away the next day. - PTI

TA X R A I D

Rs57m new notes, bullion from bathroom safe seized BENGALURU: In a startling catch, the Income Tax department on Saturday seized Rs57 million cash in new notes, 32kg of gold biscuits and jewellery and Rs9 million worth old notes stashed inside the bathroom tiles of a hawala dealer in the far-ﬂung town of Challakere in Karnataka. The department seized the alleged undisclosed assets, as part of its raids against black money hoarders post demonetisation,

INDIA

‘Things will slowly move to normalcy after 50 days’

TA M I L NA D U

CHENNAI: The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) on Saturday released a list of 203 deceased persons, saying they died of “shock” over the demise of party supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on December 5, taking the number of toll in this regard to 280. The party headquarters released the list containing the names of 203 such deceased persons from different parts of the state, including Chennai, Vellore, Tiruvallore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Erode

from the residence of the said hawala operator who is yet to be identiﬁed. The Challakere town is popularly know as the ‘oil city’ due to the presence of a number of edible oil mills here. Officials said the taxman raided the premises based on intelligence inputs about the presence of huge cash and the sleuths were startled to ﬁnd a cleverly-hidden stainless steel safe, above the wash basin, inside the tiled walls of the bathroom. - PTI

NEW DELHI: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “misleading” people on demonetisation, Congress on Saturday said no one is preventing him from speaking and the opposition is only demanding the PM’s presence in Parliament to debate this critical issue. Attacking the prime minister for his remarks that he has not been allowed to speak in Lok Sabha, senior spokesperson of Congress Anand Sharma alleged that Modi was “habitual of peddling untruths” and also asked as to why he did not wait to announce the demonetisation

ing in front of your eyes,” he said. “Opposition is not allowing me to speak in Lok Sabha, so, I have decided to speak in ‘jan sabha’ (people’s assembly). “But, whenever I would get a

decision in Parliament when the House had been summoned by the President. “Prime minister is habitual of peddling untruths. Nobody has prevented the Prime Minister from speaking. He should not mislead the people. Only thing the Opposition has asked is that he should listen to us, participate and answer our questions because it is he who made this announcement. “He could have waited for Parliament to begin on December 16 to make this (demonetisation) announcement as the Parliament stood summoned by the President,” Sharma said on Saturday re-

chance, I will try to represent the voice of 125 crore people in Lok Sabha,” Modi said at a rally here, in a retort to the opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi accusing

acting to Modi’s remarks that he was not being allowed to speak on demonetisation. The Congress said not even once had the PM made any statement on demonetisation inside Parliament. “We are demanding that if he makes a statement and everybody listens, then he should be prepared to respond to our questions also. We cannot allow this that he makes the statements outside, he has actually unleashed ﬁnancial anarchy,” Sharma said. There is a deadlock in Parliament with government and the opposition sticking to their demands. - PTI

him of running away from speaking on demonetisation in Parliament. The prime minister said those criticising him and highlighting people’s problems should also inform masses that they do

not need to stand in queue and can use mobile banking. “You must be aware that the Opposition is not allowing the Parliament to function. I am surprised that despite government’s assurance that the PM is ready to speak on the issue (of demonetisation), the situation has not improved. Even the President is unhappy about it (disruptions in Parliament),” he said. Modi also said that the government is ready for a debate on the issue if the Opposition is willing. “Opposition is running away from a discussion because they know that their lies will be nailed. Opposition does not have the courage to demand complete roll back of note ban decision as they have realised that people are also in favour of demonetisation. All are saying that demonetisation should be implemented properly,” he said. The PM said demonetisation will root out terrorism, corruption and fake currency. Terrorism “Demonetisation has broken the backbone of terrorism and Naxal movement. I am ﬁghting against terrorism as fake currency is fuelling and funding their activities,” he said. “Demonetisation is aimed at empowering downtrodden and honest people,” he said. He was speaking after inaugurating the Rs350-crore cheese plant in Banaskantha district. “Criticise me, highlight people’s problems, but also inform masses that they do not need to stand in queue and can use mobile banking,” the prime minister told those opposing the scrapping of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes. Modi said small currency notes, especially the Rs100 tender, have gained importance after the withdrawal of high value bills. He also appealed the people to move towards cashless economy by embracing new technology and payment modes. - PTI

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

PAKISTAN New top court bench to hear Panamagate case afresh

At close, the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE 100-share Index finished with a rise of 1.44 per cent or 645.25 points to finish at 45,387.23 – its highest finish yet

Last month, the Supreme Court started hearing petitions ﬁled in the wake of the Panama Papers, which revealed that prime minister’s family members owned offshore companies

PROPOSAL: In the last hearing, the Supreme Court bench had once again proposed to the major par-

in international

ties in the case — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz — to form a judicial commission to carry out a detailed investigation into the scandal. - AFP ﬁle

tax havens

ISLAMABAD: The fate of the Panamagate case now rests with a new bench of the apex court to be constituted by the incoming top judge Mian Saqib Nisar once he takes oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan on December 31. The new bench will hear the case afresh. Last month, the Supreme Court’s ﬁve-judge bench started hearing a slew of petitions ﬁled in the wake of the Panama Papers, which revealed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family members owned offshore companies in international tax havens. Judicial commission In the last hearing, the SC bench had once again proposed to the major parties in the case — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) — to form a judicial commission to carry out a detailed investigation into the scandal. However, when the legal team

of Imran Khan’s PTI on Friday refused to accept the proposal for further probe through a commission, the SC’s current ﬁve-member bench adjourned the hearing till ﬁrst week of January in view of paucity of time. The court in a short order made it clear that the new bench shall start the proceedings afresh.“These matters shall not be treated as part heard for the reason that by that time, one of the members of this bench (CJP) will be laying down his robes,” reads the court order. The incumbent Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, who was also heading the bench and conducted 10 hearings of the case, will be given farewell on December 15 before the start of winter vacations. His retirement, due on December 30, will dissolve the current bench. It is a tradition that once a chief justice is given the farewell, he does not sit on any bench. His successor — the new CJP — will reconstitute the bench having many options open in his hand. The new CJP can replace the

outgoing CJP by sitting himself in the bench or handing over the command of the new bench to Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who will be the senior most judge of the top court once Justice Nisar assumes office. Exercising his discretionary powers, the incoming chief justice can also increase the strength of the bench. Headed by Justice Jamali, the bench presently comprised Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh and Justice Ijazul Ahsan. However, senior lawyers are of the view that the new CJP is not likely to be part of the new bench and Justice Khosa, known for his expertise in cases of criminal nature, will lead the bench. PTI chief Imran Khan has expressed the desire that the same judges should hear Panamagate case the next year. Money trail The legal team of respondents was visibly jubilant over the postponement of case as it gave an apparent relief to the Sharif family, which

was facing a tough time to establish the money trail of their London properties. However, the decision upset the PTI’s leadership. On Friday, the bench was astonished to know the stance of the PTI’s lead counsel Naeem Bukhari who said if a commission was formed they would boycott its proceedings. Bukhari also asked the bench to decide the case, adding that they would accept the decision even if they failed to prove their case. Quoting AK Barohi, Bukhari said, “Man lives in the womb of time.” He also referred to the statement of former CJP Justice (retd) Sajjad Ali Shah, who said two prime ministers of Sindh were sacriﬁced by the court but things changed in case of a prime minister from Punjab (Nawaz Sharif ). Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid also requested the court to hear the case and not to form a commission. Sheikh proposed the SC to verify documents through its registrar office. Earlier, the PM’s counsel Sal-

man Aslam Butt said, “We have decided to follow whatever the court decides. But I understand that they (PTI) are not interested in the commission.” He said the prime minister’s name was not mentioned anywhere in the documents submitted by the PTI. “If the court decides to constitute a commission then we shall not object though we have many objections,” he added. The PM’s children’s counsel Akram Sheikh said as far as the respondent 7 & 8 (Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz) were concerned they were overseas Pakistanis. “We are with this court and we will not stand against the investigation and accept what the court decides. The court proceedings have been turned into a media trial and a viliﬁcation campaign has been started against the chief executive of this country,” he added. Explaining reasons why a commission should be set up, the CJP said in case of formation of a commission the parties would be given ample opportunity. He said if the bench declared a document unauthentic or accepted some document then the other parties would say that they were not given opportunity. “Therefore, we have proposed to set up a commission so that the parties should be given proper opportunity.” Justice Jamali observed that this was a court of law and that they were bound by the law. He said under Article 184(3) the whole responsibility was on the court, while in the adversarial case the parties had to prove their case. Tariq Asad, another petitioner, said the court should decide about the constitution of commission to investigate the matter. He said the court should not be inﬂuenced by the undue pressure and hue and cry in the media. “It should be clear to everyone that we do not heed the pressure of any party and it is our prerogative to form the commission,” the CJP observed. - Express Tribune

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Remittances in November up 3.27% year-on-year KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis remitted $1,616 million in November 2016, up a meagre 3.27 per cent compared with the same month of the previous year, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday. However, total remittances received by Pakistan during the first five months (July-November 2016) amounted to $7,874 million, down 2.45 per cent compared with $8,072 million received during the same period of the preceding year. After a shocking fall of over 20 per cent in the month of July 2016, the flow of remittances into the country has remained relatively stable. Moreover, the months of October and November 2016 have shown gradual increase in remittances. Economic slowdown Pakistan received $1.5 billion in October 2016, slightly up by 1.2 per cent compared to October 2015. Like many other developing countries, Pakistan’s remittances have come under pressure due to a global economic slowdown triggered by low oil prices that have forced crude-dependent economies to cut down on spending. Remittances play a major role in stabilising the country’s external sector, as they make up almost half the import bill and cover deficit in the trade of goods account. Pakistan received remittances amounting to $19.9 billion in 201516, up 6.4 per cent from the previous year. Declining exports Declining exports and a gradual slowdown in remittances are major challenges for economic managers of the country. However, SBP Governor Ashraf Mehmood Wathra is confident that the country faces no immediate threat from the slowdown in remittances and it is in a much better position to repay debts in the next four to five years. - Express Tribune

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Bull run continues as index crosses 45,000 for the first time KARACHI: The bullish run at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued unabated as equities rallied to help the index close the week at a fresh all-time high over 45,000 on across-the-board buying, pushing its positive streak to the seventh consecutive session. At close, the PSX’s benchmark KSE 100-share Index finished with a rise of 1.44 per cent or 645.25 points to finish at 45,387.23 – its highest finish yet. Elixir Securities, in its report, stated that the index was pushed up by gains in Lucky Cement (LUCK PA +5 per cent) as the stock maintained its winning streak for the second straight day after the company unveiled its ambitious investment plans; for capacity expansion in Iraq and diversification

into local auto sector through a joint venture with Kia Motors. “As the day progressed, wider market steadily gained helped by strong local liquidity in index names as participants’ concerns and anxiety were put to bed after court hearing on Panama Papers case was pushed ahead to next year,” said analyst Ali Raza. “All major sectors including cements, ﬁnancials, E&Ps and select industrial scrips garnered interest from locals and contributed to day’s gains, while small and mid-caps dominated the volumes table on retail-driven activity,” said Raza. “We see the current momentum to possibly continue into early next week with benchmark index attempting to gain more ground. Having said that, we see only

limited upside ahead given sharp gains in the past six trading sessions and advise against building fresh positions,” the analyst remarked. Cement sector According to Global Research, Lucky Cement’s intention to purchase Dewan Cement also alleviated investors’ fear of potential weakening of the cement sector’s pricing power due to inclusion of Chinese cement manufacturers, causing almost all of the cement companies to close in green. “The oil and gas exploration sector also enjoyed the rally with OGDC (+2.56 per cent), PPL (+2.10 per cent), POL (+3.2 per cent) and MARI (+5.00 per cent) contributing 132 points after international

oil continued to remain buoyant over $50/bbl after OPEC’s decision to reduce production,” the report stated. “ICI (+5.00 per cent) and WYETH (+5.00 per cent) also closed at their upper circuits after ICI announced its intentions to acquire certain assets of WYETH,” the report added. Meanwhile, JS Global analyst Nabeel Haroon was of the view that cement led the gains in the market as it gained to close +2.4 per cent. “LUCK in the cement sector gained to close on its upper circuit for the second consecutive day as the company in its material information disseminated in the market yesterday informed that the board of directors of the company in their meeting have authorised

an investment of up to Rs12 billion to set up an associated company to assemble and market KIA motor vehicles in Pakistan,” said Haroon. “OGDC (+2.18 per cent), PPL (+2.13 per cent) and POL (+3.57 per cent) in the E&P sector gained to close in the green zone as crude oil prices have surged to trade above $51/bbl level. Crude oil prices This surge in crude oil prices was on the back of production cut meeting between OPEC and 14 other major oil producing nations on Saturday in Vienna,” the analyst remarked. “Moving forward we recommend investors to stay cautious at current levels,” he added. Trading volumes rose to 407 million shares

compared with Thursday’s tally of 368 million. Shares of 412 companies were traded. At the end of the day, 225 stocks closed higher, 165 declined while 22 remained unchanged. The value of shares traded during the day was Rs22.09 billion. Aisha Steel Mill was the volume leader with 41.7 million shares, gaining Rs0.54 to ﬁnish at Rs16.01. It was followed by Bank of Punjab with 33.2 million shares, gaining Rs0.54 to close at Rs17.72 and Fauji CementXD with 18.9 million shares, gaining Rs0.33 to close at Rs42.10. Foreign institutional investors were net sellers of Rs990 million during the trading session, according to data maintained by the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited. - Express Tribune

DIRECTIVES ISSUED

ATR team to arrive in Islamabad to probe PK-661 plane crash ISLAMABAD: A group of experts from the France-based ATR aircraft manufacturer are set to arrive in Islamabad within the next 24 hours to assist in investigation of the PK-661 plane crash, Express News reported. The team will work jointly with Pakistan’s Safety Investigation Board (SIB) to ascertain the cause of Wednesday’s crash. The black box and voice recorder of the aircraft will also be sent to France early next week to begin probe. The French embassy has issued directives to facilitate travel and other arrangements of the experts in connection with the investigation. Meanwhile, sources said inquiry of the incident could take up to three weeks after data from the black box and the recorder is received. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 48 people, which was en route to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral crashed near Abbottabad this week. Flight PK-661 crashed into a

WRECKAGE: Pakistani investigators examine the wreckage of

a passenger plane crashed in the village of Gugh, Pakistan on Thursday, December 8, 2016. - AP/ PTI

hillside after one of its two turboprop engines failed shortly after take-off, and burst into ﬂames. ‘Technically sound’ Among those on board was Junaid Jamshed, a former pop star turned evangelical Muslim. PIA chairman Azam Saigol said the nine-year-old plane was

deemed to be “technically sound” when it last underwent a detailed inspection in October. Three foreigners were among the dead, with Austria’s foreign ministry later conﬁrming two of its nationals were killed and Chinese state media saying one of its nationals was also among the victims. - Express Tribune

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South Korean protesters rally to demand Park’s resignation President Park Geunhye’s powers were suspended after 234 of parliament’s 300 members voted to impeach her

SEOUL: Protesters demanding that South Korean President Park Geun-hye step down marched on Saturday for a seventh straight weekend, a day after parliament voted overwhelmingly to impeach her and put the fate of her presidency in the hands of a ninejudge court. The crowd estimated by organisers at 200,000 packing a large square in downtown Seoul was significantly smaller than in recent weeks but festive, with performances of music between speeches calling for the early removal of Park. “We demand that the Constitutional Court make a decision of conscience and justice and do not act against the will of the people,” Jung Kang-ja, one of the leaders of a coalition of civic groups backing the rally, said in a speech. Call for peace Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who became acting president late on Friday after the impeachment vote, called on authorities to ensure that rallies are peaceful and sought to calm anxiety over national security and to reassure financial markets “So far, financial and foreign exchange markets have been relatively stable and there are no signs of unusual movements by the North, but all public servants should bear vigilance in mind as they conduct their duties,” Hwang told a meeting. Park’s powers were suspended after 234 of parliament’s 300 members voted to impeach her, meaning more than 60 members of her own party backed the motion against her. The impeachment, which has to be reviewed and approved by the

CALLING FOR PRESIDENT’S REMOVAL: People set off ﬁreworks on a road leading to the Presidential Blue House during a protest calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. – Reuters

Constitutional Court within 180 days to remove Park from office, sets the stage for her to become the country’s ﬁrst elected leader to be ousted in disgrace. Park, 64, the daughter of a former military ruler, is accused of colluding with a friend and a former aide, both of whom prosecutors have indicted, to pressure big businesses to donate to foundations set up to back her policy initiatives. Park, who is serving a single ﬁve-year term ending in February 2018, has denied wrongdoing but apologised for carelessness in her ties with her friend, Choi Soon-sil. For seven consecutive weekends, huge crowds have gathered in central Seoul in demonstrations calling for Park to step down. On Saturday, some restaurants in central Seoul were offering “impeachment discounts,” according to TV channel YTN. The candle-lit rallies have been

Park, who is serving a single five-year term ending in February 2018, has denied wrongdoing but apologised for carelessness in her ties with her friend

peaceful, with parents bringing children and many demonstrators using smartphone apps with candlelight images and maps for bathrooms. Lee Youl-woo, a

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48-year-old office worker, was at a booth giving out free LED candles. “The impeachment was passed but this is the beginning, not the end,” he said. The rally capped a historic week that saw the heads of nine of the country’s biggest conglomerates subjected to a 13-hour grilling by a parliamentary panel on whether they sought favours by agreeing to pay into the foundations controlled by Choi. “Imprison Jay Y. Lee,” said a sign held at the rally by Democratic Party presidential hopeful Lee Jae-myeong, referring to the scion of the Samsung Group, who was among the nine. None of the companies has been accused of wrongdoing. If Park leaves office early, an election must be held within 60 days. She would also lose presidential immunity from prosecution. Prosecutors have named Park as an accomplice in their

investigation. Park’s approval rating is just 5 per cent, according to a poll released before Friday’s impeachment vote, but some Koreans turned out to support her at a march earlier on Saturday. “Nothing has been proven yet,” said Kim Han-gone, a 49-year-old office worker carrying an “against impeachment” sign. “After the investigation, after everything’s been revealed, it’s not too late to impeach then,” he said. The United States, which has about 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea, was in close contact with South Korea and remained a strong ally, the White House said late on Friday. While North Korean state media has been scathing in its coverage of South Korea’s presidential scandal, which erupted in October, the official KCNA news agency’s ﬁrst report on the impeachment was a simple threesentence item on Saturday. — Reuters

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‘Murdoch’s new Sky bid should be investigated’ LONDON: Rupert Murdoch’s new takeover approach for British payTV firm Sky should be investigated by the UK’s competition authorities, according to opposition politicians, though analysts said a deal should be easier to get through this time round. Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, who was Britain’s business secretary at the time of Murdoch’s first bid in 2010-11 told BBC radio the media tycoon’s new takeover attempt would not be in the public interest. Cable referred Murdoch’s original bid to regulator Ofcom and said his latest offer should face the same scrutiny. Tom Watson, deputy leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party and a critic of the Murdoch business family, also called on regulators to be ready to properly vet the deal - but did not oppose it outright. On Friday, Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox said it had struck a preliminary deal to buy the 61 per cent of Sky it does not own for around $14 billion. It came five years after a political scandal wrecked his previous bid. That attempt to buy Sky through his News Corp business provoked uproar among some UK politicians, who said it would give the billionaire owner of The Sun and The Times newspapers too much control over Britain’s media. It collapsed in 2011 when Murdoch’s UK newspaper business was engulfed in a phone-hacking scandal. It intensified political opposition, resulted in a criminal trial, and led to the closure of his News of the World tabloid newspaper. Cable said the issue was the same five years on. “This is yet again a threat to media plurality, choice, just as it was six years ago when I referred this to the competition authorities and it should be investigated,” he said. “The ownership of the media, whether you’re looking at press, radio, television is very highly concentrated and this makes it even more concentrated.” However, analysts and Murdoch allies said Friday’s proposal was likely to have an easier ride, partly because News Corp has now separated from Fox, which means the bidding firm no longer owns UK newspapers, and because there are little or no competition issues, with very significant changes in the market for news. — Reuters

TUSSLE FOR POWER

Jammeh cannot reject polls, says Gambia’s president-elect BANJUL: Gambia’s Presidentelect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of December1. polls, while the United Nations and African Union piled pressure on Jammeh to step aside. Long-ruling Jammeh on Friday called for another election in the tiny West African country after narrowly losing to opposition leader Adama Barrow, jeopardising what was expected to be Gambia’s ﬁrst democratic transition of power in over 50 years. He had conceded defeat publicly last week. The announcement on state television threw the future of the country of 1.8 million into doubt after the unexpected election result ended Jammeh’s authoritarian 22-year

rule. It had been widely seen as a moment of democratic hope and a chance to end repression in a country known as a police state. “The outgoing president has no constitutional authority to reject the result of the election and order for fresh elections to be held,” Barrow told reporters in Banjul following an emergency meeting under high security. “I open up a channel of communication to convince him to facilitate a smooth transfer of executive powers in the supreme interest of this country,” he said. The streets of Banjul were calm on Saturday, although some residents said they were staying at home for fear of violence. A strong police presence remained on the streets.

Under chapter 5 of Gambia’s constitution, candidates have 10 days from the declaration of the results to appeal to the Supreme Court. It was not immediately clear if Jammeh had done that. Criticism As Gambians brace for a tense standoff, international criticism of Jammeh came in fast. Following the United States and Senegal, the African Union on Saturday weighed in, calling Jammeh’s statement “null and void”. The UN and regional body ECOWAS called on the armed forces to stay neutral. Diplomats have voiced private concerns that a faction of security forces from Jammeh’s Jola ethnic minority might protect Jammeh, potentially pro-

VIGILANT: A person stands at a security checkpoint in the tour-

istic area of Senegambia, in the province of Banjul, in Gambia on Saturday. – AFP

voking broader conﬂict along ethnic lines. Senegal, which has Gambia’s only land border, has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council and “solemn-

ly” warned Jammeh not to harm Senegal’s interests or its citizens in Gambia. ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations called

jointly for all parties to “reject violence and peacefully uphold the will of the people”. But in a sign that early mediation efforts are ﬂoundering, Senegal’s foreign minister said that Gambian authorities had refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS. “Johnson Sirleaf was supposed to ﬂy in today, but Jammeh said ‘not at the moment,’” Senegalese Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye told Reuters. It was not clear if the plane had already taken off. It was unclear what the Security Council is planning, but military intervention is one option, diplomats said, without giving details. There is precedent for this: for example, Senegal’s army intervened in Gambia in 1981 during a coup. — Reuters

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An aerial view shows the wreckage of a train transporting gas after it derailed and exploded in the northeastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino on Saturday. At least ﬁve people died and 27 were injured in the blast, emergency services said. Around 20 homes were smashed and many of the residents of the village of some 800 people were evacuated. — AFP

Ruling AKP submits charter reform package ANKARA: Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s powers, party officials said, in a move that could potentially see President Tayyip Erdogan govern until 2029. The package would also bring structural changes to Turkey’s security and judiciary, implementing criminal liability for the president, who previously was immune from all crimes except treason. The AKP, unable to legalise the changes on its own, has been meeting with the nationalist MHP in order to introduce an executive presidential system long sought by Erdogan and his supporters. Any constitutional change needs the support of at least 330 deputies in the 550-seat assembly to go to a referendum. The AKP has 316 lawmakers eligible for voting, and the MHP 39. Referendum Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday that Turkey planned to hold a referendum by next May at the latest on the constitutional changes and then presidential and parliamentary elections together in 2019. Erdogan has turned a largely ceremonial presidency into a powerful platform at a time of domestic upheaval by drawing on his unrivalled popularity. — Reuters

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Haibatullah Akundzada

Afghanistan Taliban chief’s position reinforced KABUL: Extremist cleric Mullah Haibatullah Akundzada has reinforced his position as the new leader of the Afghan Taliban by winning the support of two senior members, the insurgent group said on Saturday. Former Taliban interior minister Mullah Abdul Razaq Akhund and Mullah Abdul Sata Akhund “pledged their full support” to Akundzada during a meeting of Taliban scholars at an undisclosed location on Friday, the group said on its website. Akundzada in May replaced former Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour who was killed by a US drone strike. Senior members of the insurgent group hope Akundzada will be able to bring disparate factions together and repair the splits that emerged last year when Mansour was appointedTaliban are estimated to control more territory in Afghanistan than at any time since 2001 when the US invaded. — Reuters

US President Barack Obama ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on

CONTROVERSY: US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a “Thank You USA” tour rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US on Friday. — Reuters/Mike Segar/File photo

January 20. the White House said on Friday

WASHINGTON: The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine conﬁdence in the US electoral system, a senior US official said on Friday. US intelligence agencies have assessed that as the 2016 presidential campaign drew on, Russian government officials devoted increasing attention to assisting Donald Trump’s effort to win the

election, the US official familiar with the ﬁnding told Reuters on Friday night on condition of anonymity. Citing US officials briefed on the matter, the Washington Post reported on Friday that intelligence agencies had identiﬁed individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, to WikiLeaks. US President Barack Obama ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he

leaves office on January 20, the White House said on Friday. Obama’s homeland security adviser, Lisa Monaco, told reporters the report’s results would be shared with lawmakers and others. “The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process... and to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders, to include the Congress,” she said during an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. As summer turned to fall, Russian hackers turned almost all their attention to the Democrats. Virtually all the emails they re-

leased publicly were potentially damaging to Clinton and the Democrats, the official told Reuters. “That was a major clue to their intent,” the official said. “If all they wanted to do was discredit our political system, why publicise the failings of just one party, especially when you have a target like Trump?” A second official familiar with the report said the intelligence analysts’ conclusion about Russia’s motives does not mean the intelligence community believes that Moscow’s efforts altered or signiﬁcantly affected the outcome of the election. Russian officials have denied all accusations of interference in the US election. A CIA spokeswoman said the agency had no comment on the matter. The hacked emails passed to WikiLeaks were a regular source of embarrassment to the Clinton campaign during the race for the presidency. Chances of winning US intelligence analysts have assessed “with high conﬁdence” that at some point in the extended presidential campaign Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government had decided to try to bolster Trump’s chances of winning. The Russians appear to have concluded that Trump had a shot at winning and that he would be much friendlier to Russia than Clinton would be, especially on

issues such as maintaining economic sanctions and imposing additional ones, the official said. Moscow is launching a similar effort to influence the next German election, following an escalating campaign to promote far-right and nationalist political parties and individuals in Europe that began more than a decade ago, the official said. Disrupt, discredit In both cases, said the official, Putin’s campaigns in both Europe and the United States are intended to disrupt and discredit the Western concept of democracy by promoting extremist candidates, parties, and political figures. In October, the US government formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organisations ahead of the November 8 presidential election. Obama has said he warned Putin about consequences for the attacks. Trump has said he is not convinced Russia was behind the cyber attacks. His transition team issued a statement on “claims of foreign interference in US elections” on Friday but did not directly address the issue. “I don’t believe they interfered,” Trump told Time magazine about Russia in an interview published this week. “That became a laughing point, not a talking point, a laughing point. Any time I do something, they say, ‘Oh, Russia interfered.’” — Reuters

COLOMBIAN PEACEMAKER

A ‘ray of hope’ for Syria, Sudan, says Nobel winner Santos OSLO: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a “ray of hope” for solving conﬂicts from Syria to South Sudan as he collected the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday. In an acceptance speech that quoted an anti-war song by Bob Dylan, the 2016 Literature Laureate, Santos said Colombia itself had drawn inspiration from other peace processes such as those in South Africa and Northern Ireland. Santos collected the prize - a gold medal, diploma and a cheque for 8 million Swedish crowns ($870,000) at a ceremony in Oslo’s city hall for his efforts to end the conﬂict with Marxist FARC rebels in which 220,000 people died. “The Colombian peace agree-

ment is a ray of hope in a world troubled by so many conﬂicts and so much intolerance,” he said, saying a US academic study called it the most comprehensive of 34 peace accords signed in the past three decades. “It proves that what, at ﬁrst, seems impossible, through perseverance may become possible even in Syria or Yemen or South Sudan,” he told an audience including victims of the war as well as Norway’s King Harald. The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were not invited, except for a Spanish lawyer to represent them. FARC leader Rodrigo Londono had been tipped by some Nobel watchers to share the prize with Santos. The audience applauded a group

of about 10 victims attending the ceremony, after they stood after Santos introduced them. Among them was Leyner Palacios, a man who Santos said lost 32 relatives, including his parents and three brothers, in a 2002 FARC mortar attack on a church. Palacios nodded when Santos said he had forgiven the attackers. Almost collapsed The peace deal almost collapsed in October after Colombian voters rejected it in a referendum, reckoning the ﬁrst version was too lenient on the rebels. A revised deal was approved by Congress last month, but controversially without a referendum demanded by a big opposition party. Berit Reiss-Andersen, a mem-

ber of the ﬁve-member award committee, said in a presentation speech that Santos had been “a driving force” and that the peace process needed “all the international support it could get” after the referendum. In his speech, received with a standing ovation, Santos quoted what he called a “haunting question” from one of Dylan’s most famous songs: “How many deaths will it take ‘till he knows that too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” The other 2016 prizes - for Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Economics - will be presented later in Stockholm. Bob Dylan has said he won’t attend, citing “pre-existing commitments.”— Reuters

HONOUR: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Colombian President Juan

Manuel Santos poses with the medal and diploma during the award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2016 in Oslo, Norway. - AFP

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READERS’ FORUM Nothing unnatural in CIA ﬁnding Russia link This refers to the story, CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win White House (December 10). CIA had also found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Furthermore, the agencyhad concluded that Gaddaﬁ was a terrorist and it was time to remove him. So nothing unnatural. — Suresh Balakrishnan, via Facebook

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Demonetisation decision is the best method to curb black money This refers to the story, India’s demonetisation disaster (December 10). This is the best step that could have been taken to curb black money. —Namrata Sardar, via Facebook

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Those who support aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gases fear that the Donald Trump administration will undo all or most of President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives. But those fears are probably unwarranted. A good guess is that the administration’s work on climate is more secure than most

Difficult time for Tamils The people of Tamil Nadu had suffered two shocks at a time, when their heroine-turnedpolitician and Chief Minister Jayalalitha and a noted actor-cum-journalist and political commentator Cho Ramaswamy Iyer passed away. While the former had emerged as a strong women political leader the latter had emerged as a strong political critic. It would be very difﬁcult for the people of Tamil Nadu to overcome the present situation. — Salih Thacher, Mabella

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The new xenophobia Ngaire Woods

emocratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and Hungary to the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’ presidential election, a particularly lethal strain of populism is infecting societies – and it is spreading. The appeal of populism is straightforward. Faced with stagnant wages and a declining quality of life, people feel frustrated – all the more so when their leaders keep telling them that things are getting better. Then the populist appears and promises to shake things up, to defend the interests of the “people” (though really only some of them), and offers something arguably more attractive than feasible solutions: Scapegoats. At the top of the list of scapegoats are the “elites” – established political parties and corporate leaders. Rather than protecting the “people” from economic pressure and insecurity, this group, the populist declares, thrives on the people’s pain. By advancing globalisation – by forcing ever-more openness down the people’s throat – they have accumulated massive wealth, which they then protect through tax avoidance, offshoring, and other schemes. But it is not just the elites who are blamed. Yes, they have betrayed the people. But one way they do so is by foisting upon the people equal rights and opportunities for minorities, immigrants, and foreigners, who “steal” jobs, threaten national security, and undermine traditional ways of life. Trump won the US presidency partly because of his pledges to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and ban Muslims from entering the country. The Brexiteers promised to end free immigration from the European Union. After the vote, Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd suggested that ﬁrms hiring foreigners should be named and shamed. Today’s populism advances a toxic new xenophobia. For politicians, it offers an easy means of quickly transforming people’s fear and powerlessness into an intoxicating mix of anger and authority. It persuades intimidated (often elderly) voters that, in the parlance of the Brexiteers, they can “take back control” of their lives and their countries, primarily by rejecting foreigners. Demography makes the new xenophobia particularly dangerous. In much of the West, societies are becoming increasingly diverse. Hispanics now account for 17.6 per cent of the US population. One-third of Londoners were born outside the UK. In France, an estimated 10 per cent of the population is Muslim. And an estimated 20 per cent of Germany’s population have some immigrant

background. In this context, when politicians campaign for votes by advancing antagonistic and divisive identity politics, they sow the seeds of animosity, mistrust, and violence within their own societies. When candidates repeatedly call Muslims dangerous, for example, no one should be surprised by a surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes, as has occurred in the wake of both the Brexit vote and Trump’s victory. Such divided societies require a rising level of coercion and force to control. Diversity should be a strength, one that helps societies to flourish. That is why it is so important to combat the new xenophobia. One way is by encouraging and enabling social mixing, interaction, and deliberation among diverse groups. Extensive psychological research shows that intergroup contact reduces people’s sense of threat, heightening the possibilities for building trust across society. If community centers, schools, and public locations are places where people of different religions, cultures, and race meet, xenophobia is less likely to take root. Even living in an area where others mix can help. This is why the new xenophobia has largely been resisted in Europe’s most diverse cities. A second way to combat the new xenophobia is to reinforce the protection of civil liberties. This means upholding the rule of law, even in the face of terrorist threats, and ensuring the independence of judges. Yet, lately, there have been ominous moves in the opposite direction. Leaders in Hungary and Poland have been dismantling constitutional protections; France has used a lengthy state of emergency to suspend rights; and British and American politicians have publicly denigrated judges. Democracy was toppled by xenophobes in the 1930s not because of the strength of the anti-democratic parties, but because of democratic leaders’ failure to uphold their countries’ constitutions. A third way to fight the new xenophobia is through innovation. For example, though the Internet is often viewed as a great equalizer, social media are contributing to fragmentation. The content to which people are exposed is filtered, whether through selfselection or algorithms. The result is echo chambers in which like-minded people reinforce shared convictions, creating increasingly polarised silos. But, if social media platforms were reconfigured in innovative ways, they could have the opposite impact, creating spaces for citizens from diverse backgrounds to interact. The threat posed by the new xenophobia should not be underestimated. Today, no less than in the past, the rejection of diversity is tantamount to the rejection of democracy. That is why it must be defended, before its opponents gain any more ground. - Project Syndicate

CLIPPINGS FROM OUR ARCHIVES DECEMBER 2001 Comprehensive plan to support youth projects MUSCAT: As part of its Ramadan activities the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OCCI) has conducted a seminar on supporting and financing youth projects. It was aimed at acquainting small enterprises and enterprising Omani cadres on investments in various fields, and the conditions and procedures they need for availing themselves of the opportunities available in financing projects in the country.

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1869: Governor John Campbell signs the bill that grants women in Wyoming Territory the right to vote as well as hold public office. 1898: The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris, ceding Spanish possessions, including the Philippines, to the United States. 1918: US troops are called to guard Berlin as a coup is feared.

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aring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is selfp r e s e r v a t i o n ,â&#x20AC;? said author and poetess, Audre Lorde and how true it is. Caring for oneself that we often refer to as self-care or even self-love is not only important for our physical health but equally important for our mental wellness. Experts say that when a person disregards or doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do things that make them feel physically and mentally well, their conďŹ dence and selfesteem go abysmally low. Unfortunately irrespective of all that we preach when it comes to execution, in a society that largely views selfcare as being selďŹ sh and over indulgent, self-care continues to remain uncared for. People often are so busy in the daily rut and ďŹ lling the different roles that they do not make time for themselves till they fall ill or get totally burnt out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get out of the viscous cycle. Popular author Cheryl Richardson says in her book The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;when we care for ourselves deeply and deliberately, we naturally begin to care for others â&#x20AC;&#x201C; our families, our friends, and the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in a healthier and more effective way.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The 12 strategies mentioned in her life-changing handbook is replete with personal anecdotes that the author shares with the readers and they sum up on a single note

on how to strengthen the quality of your life and to end the daily violations of self-care. While the book enlists some of the important nurturing and empowering activities for readers here are a few ways through which we can practice self-care and implement them in our daily lives. First of all she asks her readers to ďŹ nd out where they are feeling deprived in their day-to-day life. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ask yourself some key questions like, which are the areas where I feel deprived, is there anything that is disturbing you or making you feel resentful or more.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In short she says that one needs to address oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speciďŹ c problems without generalising it. Deprivation could be anything, from a good sleep to not ďŹ nding time to read a novel or eat a proper sitdown meal. There could be plenty of reasons to feel not getting enough of what you yearn for. Highlighting on the importance of maintaining a routine, Cheryl in her book says that while most people ďŹ nd routine to be boring, there are many beneďŹ ts of having a routine life as it provides stability. She suggests developing oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own rhythm and routine by asking oneself this powerful question: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What one routine could I put into place this month that would improve my life the most?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; On prioritising oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life the author says that it is important to create an absolute no list. She says that one â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;knowing what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do is just as important as know-

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ing what you doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. She also feels that from time to time we must pay attention to things that attract us and that which frustrate us. Learning to say no might have the initial unease but gradually it tends to become more natural, she emphasises. She urges readers not to be an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;automatic yes machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Trying to keep her guidelines simple and clear, she says that most of the time we tend to lay too much emphasis on self-worth and also in our ability to help the other. She urges people to be willing to disappoint people. One should be honest and upfront on the fact that it is not possible to oblige everyone and earlier we make it clear the better it is for us. Cheryl in her book focuses on a very important aspect when it comes to the notion of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;always being thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in a relationship. She mentions in her book that those who have a tendency to put the needs of others ďŹ rst commonly make defensive decisions and worry more about what others think and their reaction to our saying no. True that there are moments in life when one has to go out of the way in doing something for a loved one and while there is no harm in doing that Cheryl strongly feels that it is important to be certain that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing it to show love and not out of any feeling of guilt and obligation. She also lays a great emphasis on telling the truth with clarity and grace and take a step forward in uplifting oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;swati@timesofoman.com

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prising physical health beneﬁts. Chronic anger is linked to high stress levels, heart disease, stroke, and poor lung health. Forgiveness will reduce anxiety, lower blood pressure, and help you breathe more easily.

hroughout the ages, people have been searching for the elusive “Fountain of Youth.” And this desire for a magical place, pill, or tonic that can prevent or reverse the effects of ageing has generated a new, and growing, field of “Antiageing Medicine”. These days, there is a plethora of alternative treatments touted as anti-ageing remedies from “magical” fruits, wrinkle-erasers, memory enhancers, transcendental meditations, special diets, and physiologic purification to remove toxins from the body. Let us see what the experts have to say about this. Rejuvenating Blueberries By temporarily paralysing the muscles that cause wrinkles, Botox has been shown to dramatically reduce the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines, or furrows, between the eyebrows. However, some research suggests that people having blueberries regularly in their diets, have the similar effects. Blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, and raspberries are all loaded with antioxidants, which save cells from premature ageing. Antioxidants are things, like vitamin C or vitamin E, which can prevent or minimise damage to your cells, and thus delay the ageing process. Miracle of Magnesium This mineral is so important for our energy system, nervous system, heart, and blood sugar control and all diagnoses and symptoms we get as we get older, that it should be an integral part of a longevity programme. The recommended daily allowance is about 300 to 400mg for men and women. Magnesium-rich foods include brown rice, wheat bran, wheat germ, almonds, and peanuts. Gone Fishing Certain ways of eating cause a subclinical inflammation that leads to all types of problems from accelerated wrinkling and heart disease

Make Sleep a Priority Getting enough quality sleep can lower your risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and mood disorders. It’ll also help you recover from illness faster. Snooze for less than 5 hours a night and you might boost your chances of dying early. Avoid Stress You’ll never completely avoid stress, but you can learn ways to control it. Try yoga, meditation, or deep breathing. Even a few minutes a day can make a difference.

to Alzheimer’s disease and certain cancers. But fruits, vegetables, and lots of cold-water ﬁsh like salmon reduce inﬂammation on a cellular level, and thus, either prevent, revert or decrease the occurrence of these kinds of disorders. Try the three-day nutritional facelift. Here’s how: For lunch and dinner, eat a green salad (making a dressing out of olive oil and lemon juice), 85g of broiled salmon or tuna and mackerel, and strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries for dessert. Also, drink 8-10 glasses of water a day to keep skin hydrated and supple. Chill without a Pill Transcendental meditation helps lower blood pressure and reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. Transcendental meditation involves sitting with eyes closed and thinking of “a meaningless sound” (mantra) for 20 minutes a day. Spring Cleansing The best thing you can do to delay

ageing, is, to adopt healthy food, low stress lifestyle, and to keep your body weight at a normal level. Here are some basic and practical ways to live a healthier, happier and longer life: Protect Your DNA As you age, the ends of your chromosomes become shorter. This makes you more likely to get sick. But lifestyle changes can boost an enzyme that makes them longer. Plus, studies show diet and exercise can protect them. The bottom line: Healthy habits may slow ageing at the cellular level. Play to Win An 80-year study found people who are conscientious — meaning they pay attention to detail, think things through, and try to do what’s right — live longer. Be Social Although this seems a general advice, but making good friends might help you live longer. Studies

show a clear link between strong social ties and a longer life. No Smoking A 50-year British study shows that quitting at age 30 could give you an entire decade. Kicking the habit at age 40, 50, or 60 can add 9, 6, or 3 years to your life, respectively. Sleep Well Those who have a regular snooze are 37% less likely to die from heart disease than those who rarely steal a few winks. Researchers believe naps might help your heart by keeping stress hormones down. Mediterranean Diet It’s rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil, and ﬁsh. The plan can also put a serious dent in your chances of getting of metabolic syndrome — a mix of obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, that make you more likely to get heart disease and diabetes. Shed some Kilos If you’re overweight, slimming

down can protect against diabetes, heart disease, and other conditions that take years off your life. Belly fat is bad for you, so focus on deflating that spare tyre. Eat more fibre and exercise regularly. Lets Walk People who exercise live longer on average than those who don’t. Regular physical activity lowers your chances of getting heart disease, stroke, diabetes, some forms of cancer, and depression. It may even help you stay mentally sharp into old age. Ten-minute spurts are fine, as long as they add up to about 2.5 hours of moderate exercise per week. Get Spiritual People who attend religious services tend to live longer than those who don’t. The strong social network that develops among people who worship together may boost your health. Be Forgiving Letting go of grudges has sur-

Keep a Sense of Purpose Hobbies and activities that have meaning for you may lengthen your life. Being clear about what you’re doing and why can also lower your chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Last But not the Least, Water Not a food, you say? Think of it as one. Many older people simply don’t drink enough water because they don’t feel as thirsty as they used to, and because of fear to get frequent urination. Water is so under appreciated. Our bodies are mostly water. If you’re chronically dehydrated, just think of what your cells look like. You can’t think as clearly, you get fatigued more easily, you don’t tolerate heat as well, and you don’t digest well. People who complain of things like fatigue, mild headaches and constipation, most often they’re just dehydrated and nothing else. Minimum 8 to 10 glasses of water per day especially after getting up in morning, will clearly improve your vital organ functions, digestion and energy levels. —lifestyle@timesofoman.com Dr Jitendra Motavar, is a Specialist – Internal Medicine, at Burjeel Medical Center

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LIFESTYLE 10 BEST NATURAL FOODS IN YOUR DIET If good health is your desire, there is no getting around your diet. Remember your physical health is a direct reﬂection of what you eat, and how you live your life in general. Pre-packaged and processed foods may be easy to cook, but whipping up a nutritious and balanced meal from scratch using natural ingredients is an absolute must if you want to achieve optimal health. So why wait? Stock your kitchens with these natural foods that offer a range of essential nutrients for a balanced diet and add them to your diet on a daily basis for a healthy boost to your life:

Lemon Lemon is not only a good taste enhancer but is also packed with antioxidants and other health beneﬁts that rejuvenate the body and mind. A daily dose of lemon as lemonade or squeezed raw in meals boosts immunity, cleanses body and helps the overall health. To get even more nutrition out of this sour fruit, pair with lipsmacking recipes for a refreshing taste and balanced diet.

Beans High in ﬁbre and antioxidants, beans are more than just meat substitutes. They provide myriad health beneﬁts, and are easily available. Beans can be incorporated into many dishes. You can be creative in your meal planning when you have kidney beans, black beans, black-eyed peas, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils in your kitchen.

Garlic With their unique combination of ﬂavonoids and nutrients, garlic is a must use ingredient in your daily diet. It is a good seasoning agent to add aroma and taste along with added nutrition to your dishes. Gooseberry Gooseberry is a super food that is a most commonly used ingredient of most Ayurvedic preparations. It is a rich source of vitamin C and contains many vitals minerals essential for good metabolic health. To get the beneﬁts of it in your diet, add a pinch of gooseberry powder in sweet and sour dishes, consume fresh fruit or drink its juice to boost your overall wellbeing.

Spinach The green and leafy spinach should be an essential component of your daily diet. Spinach contains lutein and zeaxanthin that boost immunity while improving eye health. Make your salads with spinach; add spinach to scrambled eggs; drape it over pizza or cook the incredibly yummy curry.

Organic Eggs A source of high-quality protein, organic eggs are relatively inexpensive and are a good source of quality nutrients that many people are deficient in. Eggs are easy to cook and make for great breakfast, lunch or dinner. Oatmeal What better way to begin the day than with a bowl full of oats mixed with dry fruits. Considered one of the healthiest wholesome foods, oats is not only well balanced but also great to taste. It is packed with dietary fibres and minerals such as manganese, magnesium, thiamin, and phosphorous. Incorporate oats along with dry fruits in your regular diet for multiple health benefits. Broccoli ‘Eat your Broccoli’ was a common phrase and your parents knew what was up when they told you that. This humble green vegetable is a source of multiple nutrients like fibre, calcium, potassium, folate, and poly nutrients that help in combating risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and other such diseases. Broccoli can be had as stir-fries, soups, salads, and casseroles.

Almonds There are a whole lot of benefits in a handful of almonds. With energising protein, hunger-fighting fibre and many essential nutrients, almonds are the tree nut highest in protein, fibre, calcium, vitamin E, riboflavin, and niacin. They are also one of the highest sources of hard-to-get magnesium. Daily consumption of these nuts have multiple benefits including helping you manage your weight, fight diabetes, and keep your heart in a healthy shape. Fortunately, these flavourful and versatile nuts are available throughout the year to make a healthy and tasty addition to your meals.

Yoghurt It is no coincidence that the yoghurt section of most grocery stores has practically taken over the dairy aisle. Yoghurt provides a healthy dose of bacteria that helps boost your immune system and provides protection against cancer. Yoghurt topped with blueberries, almonds, ﬂaxseed, and honey is the ultimate breakfast — or dessert. Yoghurt is also a good base for salad dressings and dips. — Artipot

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Air pollution impairs functioning of blood vessels in lungs Increased exposure to gaseous air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide and ozone can impair the function of blood vessels in the lungs and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study. The ﬁndings showed that air pollution is a major public health issue for people living in polluted urban areas where exercise could damage the lungs and potentially lead to decompensated heart failure. “Air pollution is associated with increased pulmonary vascular tone which makes it more difficult for blood to ﬂow to the lungs.” —IANS

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GOOGLE TO ENTER CUBA Google is planning to expand its services in Cuba through a deal with the island’s government, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Associated Press earlier reported the deal with the Cuban government. - Bloomberg News

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman’s stock market watchdog Capital Market Authority (CMA) has released a draft securities law, which is aimed at protecting the larger interest of investors, with a special treatment to retail investors. The draft law is now circulated among various stakeholders, including listed firms, brokerage firms, asset management companies, law and audit firms, to get their feedback before February 7, 2017. According to sources, the final draft securities law, which will

be ﬁnalised after incorporating all relevant suggestions from the stakeholders, will entrust the CMA with all powers to safeguard the interest of investors and facilitate introduction of new collective investment schemes, which can cater to all investment needs of Omani investors. Presently, the Omani market has only few collective investment schemes, which include mutual funds. The existing law is not up to international standards for introducing new collective investment schemes. The existing Capital Market Law, enacted in 1998 under challenging circumstances, is proposed to be replaced in parts with the new provisions. The new securities law is expected sometime next year, after incorporating suggestions and completing all necessary procedures. “The objective of this draft law is to provide a legal and regulatory framework for issuing, transact-

ing in or dealing with, all securities, securities related products and services within the Sultanate,” said a circular issued by the CMA. The aim is to create a concise and modern framework that can be later expanded through issue of regulations to cover the detailed aspects and be in total conformity with the applicable International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) principles. The draft securities law also aims at providing autonomy and ﬂexibility to the market entities like Muscat Securities Market and Muscat Clearing and Depository, clear powers and procedures for investigations and inspections, establishing a fair regulatory regime for enforcement of the law. An important objective of the new draft is to create a radically refreshed structure for the securities industry in Oman and detailed regulations that would be

UNANIMOUS DECISION

KEY DECISION: The meeting of shareholders of majority state-owned port operator also decided to

appoint Moore Stephens as the liquidators of the company, who will start their work from January 1, 2017 for a fee of OMR20,000. - Times ﬁle picture

Port Services Corporation to be liquidated on January 1 Times News Service MUSCAT: An extraordinary general meeting of the Port Services Corporation (PSC) has unanimously decided to liquidate the company with effect from January 1, 2017, after the expiry of present concession agreement on December 31. The meeting of shareholders of majority state-owned port operator also decided to appoint Moore Stephens as the liquidators of the company, who will start their work from January 1, 2017 for a fee of OMR20,000. The EGM of shareholders has also authorised the liquidators to conclude any settlement with the corporation’s creditors, and to accept arbitration on the corporation’s behalf, and to waive any insurance or any other kind of security for less than its full value, according to a disclosure statement posted by the company on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). The EGM also authorised the liquidators to sell the entire assets and projects of the company, and to transfer them.

The shares of Port Services Corporation surged ahead by 9.96 per cent to 265 baisas, amid 1.87 million shares changing hands on Thursday

Economic viability The move to liquidate the company was in light of the fact that the renewal of the concession agreement to operate and manage the Port Sultan Qaboos for another year (2017) will not be economically viable and will not generate adequate returns for the shareholders, the company said in a disclosure statement on the Muscat Securities Market in September this year. Major-

ity state-owned Port Services Corporation’s revenue started declining substantially after the government shifted commercial activities of Muscat port to Sohar port in August 2014, in a move to covert the former into a fullﬂedged tourism port. Oman government, which has 35.5 per cent stake in Port Services Corporation, recently transferred its stake to Oman Investment Fund. The EGM last week was attended by shareholders representing 69.32 million shares (or 72.94 per cent) out of 95.04 million shares, in its meeting held on December 7, 2016. Under-monitoring market The Muscat Securities Market in a separate circular said that the shares of Port Services Corporation will be transferred to undermonitoring market from regular market, until the delisting date of December 29, 2016. Meanwhile, the shares of Port Services Corporation surged ahead by 9.96 per cent to 265 baisas, amid 1.87 million shares changing hands on Thursday.

issued later, under the provisions of the law. This will allow the primary legislation to remain unaffected by changes and growth of the industry and constantly meet the needs of time. A growing economy like the Sultanate needs a vibrant securities market to provide the capital it needs and to manage the level of the various risks that it faces from time to time. When an Omani firm or investor uses a foreign intermediary for raising capital or investing surpluses, it imports such financial services, mostly due to lack of suitable alternatives in the local market. There are significant restrictions in the current law that hinders dynamic and innovative growth of the industry which, is proposed to be replaced by a robust model that is line with the international best practices recommended by the International Organisation of Security market regulators. Another important dimension to the financial services sector as a whole and securities market in particular, is its ability to generate additional employment opportunities, compared to the manufacturing sector. With the size and population of Oman, it can be safely argued that the securities has barely scratched the tip of the iceberg in terms its potential for creating jobs and revenues. The new law can catalyse the political stability of the country, its friendly relations in the region and its neighbours and its tax friendliness into a package that even foreign investors would find difficult to resist.

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Non-Opec nations to support output cut LONDON/VIENNA: Russia and several other non-Opec nations pledged to curb oil production next year by more than 600,000 barrels a day at a meeting in Vienna on Saturday, joining forces with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to end a global glut, a delegate familiar with the situation said. The pact — the first between the two sides in 15 years — comes two weeks after Opec agreed to reduce its own production by 1.2 million barrels a day. It is unclear whether the non-Opec cuts include natural declines from countries such as Mexico, or consist entirely of genuine production cuts. “We managed to gather 25 countries from Opec and non-Opec with the idea of stabilising the oil market and defending a fair price for our commodity,” Venezuelan Energy Minister Eulogio del Pino said before the meeting. Russia had already announced it plans to reduce production by 300,000 barrels a day next year, down from a 30-year high last month of 11.2 million barrels a day. In a surprise move, Kazakhstan pledged a modest output cut after coming under strong diplomatic pressure, delegates said, asking not to be identified before an official announcement. The International Energy Agency expected the Asian nation to boost production in 2017 by 160,000 barrels a day after a giant oilfield started pumping. The agreement represents the strongest effort yet by oil-rich countries, from giants such as Saudi Arabia and Russia to tiny producers including Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea, to end a market share war that has shaken in-

vestors, hit energy companies and damaged economies. Oil prices have surged more than 15 per cent since Opec announced it will cut production for the first time in eight years, rising this week briefly above $55. Although prices are well below the $100 a barrel level prevailing since the market share war started, they have more than doubled since January. Share price of energy firms The price rise has brought breathing space to oil-rich economies and propelled the share prices of energy groups from major companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. to shale firms such as Continental Resources Inc. If Opec and non-Opec countries stick to their promises, the oil market could turn into a deficit by the second half of the year, boosting prices. Saudi Arabia, Opec’s de facto leader and the world’s top oil exporter, has long insisted that any reductions from the group should be accompanied by action from other suppliers. Opec production reached an all-time high of nearly 34.2 million barrels a day, well above the group’s target of 32.5 million barrels a day from January. Libya and Nigeria are exempted from the Opec output cuts, while Iran has some room to boost its output. Riyadh this week informed customers in Europe and North America that it would supply less oil in January than December, reassuring Russia and others in the non-Opec camp that the oil club is making good on its cuts. The UAE said on Saturday that it will take similar action. — Bloomberg News

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

MARKET Commercial registrations rise to 8,957 in third quarter

JOINT VENTURE

National Gas Co. plans to liquidate its joint venture Times News Service

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said that commercial registraton of companies in the

BETTER SERVICE: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has asked investors and companies to beneﬁt from Invest Easy services. - File picture

third quarter of 2016 grew by 40.4 per cent in comparison to the same period of last year due better facilities offered by the ministry

Times News Service MUSCAT: Nearly 8,957 commercial registrations were recorded by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) in the third quarter of the current year, compared to 6,378 commercial registrations for the same period of 2015. The ministry declared that the number of registrations has increased by 40.4 per cent in comparison to the same period of last year due to the facilities offered by the ministry in cooperation

with the related parties. The highest number of registrations was of individual merchants of 5,487, followed by limited responsibility companies of 1,407, general partnerships of 913 and limited partnership companies of 584. In addition, there were 420 entries of house businesses, 134 of investment companies, 7 international companies’ branches, 4 entries of Omani closed stock ﬁrms and one commercial mandate office entry. Efforts of private sector The MoCI emphasised on encouraging and reinforcing the private sector efforts to contribute to promoting the national economy and creating job opportunities for the citizens. The ministry is eager to support the capacities of commerce and industry by developing and executing the general policies, legislations and studies. The ministry also takes efforts to direct foreign investments according to the strategic plans and focus on the

role of economic regions and free markets in reviving the economy. The ministry announced that it is proceeding its transformation into electronic, through “Invest Easy” programme, which is fast and provides better accuracy in exchanging information between related parties. It also helps them in taking decisions based on high quality information, contributes to solve the problem of the multiplicity of files and improve business environment as a result. Trade agency entries The number of trade agencies entered by “Invest Easy”, since establishing the service o June 24, 2016 until the end of November, is 985 service, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The services were entries, renewals, modifications and inquiries. Offering the service through Invest Easy gate aims at facilitating registration for investors and finish their dealings easily.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has asked investors, companies and medium and small company owners to beneﬁt from Invest Easy services, study the market and spot the opportunities to expand their facilities. So that their shares in the market achieve faster growth. It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Commerce works on facilitating the measures for investors and entrepreneurs; by transforming all its services into auto-electronic. Finishing the dealings electronically guarantees their rightness and accuracy, it also saves money. In addition, it guarantees a better and effective management, easy access to data and suitable services for proper requestors on time. 180 examining visits The number of visits to different industrial institutions for inspection in the Sultanate reached 180, since the beginning of January till the end of October of the current year. They aim to correct the status of industrial institutions and urge them to commit to the laws and bylaws of the ministry. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, represented in the Directorate General, declared. Engineer Ali Bin Saif Al Hady, the secretary of the industrial ﬁle in the Industry Directorate in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said that the visits were to industrial institutions and projects in Muscat, Dhofar, Al Buraimi and Al Dakhiliyah governorates. Notes were directed to 41 industrial institutions.

Al Hady indicated that the examinations were done by the industrial follow-up department/ the secretary of the industrial file/ the MoCI, include industrial activities, raw materials and equipment used in production. It also includes checking on the production capacity and project commitment to safety and cleanliness. In addition, urging on hiring national employees; by studying the employment requirements of factories, whether in the initial steps of establishing or through the later expansions. Approvals Most of the contraventions were related to safety, cleanliness and order in the factories. Moreover, dissimilarity between factories actual locations and the locations written in industrial registration certificates, the expiry of industrial registrations or licenses, addition of new equipment without license and increase production capacities without notifying the ministry. He mentioned that the industrial supervision is a basic factor of assuring industrial institutions’ commitment to the laws and organising measures of the industrial sector; in order to improve them and increase their capability. As a result, improve commerce and develop national economy through cooperation between the private sector and industrysupervision authorities in the state; which continually supervise production lines and examinations, each in their field of specialisation.

MUSCAT: National Gas Company has said that its joint venture ﬁrm – NGC Buzwair – will be liquidated since it could not undertake any substantial business in Oman. The joint venture was formed by National Gas in partnership with Qatar based Buzwair Industrial Gases. “The liquidation proceedings will be undertaken by Baker Tilly MKM LLC, chartered accountants duly licensed in Oman. “The company will intimate the shareholders once the liquidation process has been completed,” said a disclosure statement posted on MSM website. Professional Partnership Further, National Gas has set up a company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates together with Professional Partnership Investments under the name of ‘NGC Central Gas System LLC.” National Gas will hold 49 per cent in the equity of the NewCo. However, the company will have total management control in the NewCo. The NewCo will undertake the business related to retail and sale of LPG Gas, LPG Gas related equipment and other ancillary activities. NalinChandna, general manager of the company, has been re-designated as the chief executive officer.

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Ithraa to organise ‘Invest in Oman’ forum in Riyadh MUSCAT: The Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa) will organise a seminar in Riyadh on Monoday with the theme ‘Invest in Oman.’ The four-day seminar aims at reviewing investment opportunities available in the Sultanate and inking agreements between the Omani and Saudi establishments. The seminar will witness B2B meetings between the Omani side to be headed by His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, Director General of Investment Promotion and Export Development at Ithraa while the Saudi side will comprise businessmen from Riyadh and Jeddah, in addition to visiting leading companies in various sectors in Saudi Arabia. The seminar, which will be held at Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will promote for the existing projects of Omani partners, highlight the Sultanate as an investment attracting destination and promising market to allure capitals from various sectors, in addition to acquainting the Saudi side with effective investment opportunities and projects to strengthen trade varieties between the two brotherly countries and endeavoring to ﬁnd a practical mechanism based on facilitating cooperation and trade partnerships among investors from both sides. Several government and private institutions in investment sector will take part in the seminar. - ONA

Ministry of Commerce and Industry migrates to ISIC4 MUSCAT: In a bid to keep pace with the world shift to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC4), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower and Muscat Municipality, will shift to version 4 of International Standard Industrial Classification instead of ISIC3.1. This helps in implementing the main aim of ‘Invest Easy’ portal, which is to implement the best international practices in commercial registration. This classification has been also used as base for building the license system at ‘Invest Easy’ portal. This classification has been used by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the first time in 2006 with the implementation of the version “1” of the One Stop Station. The shift to version “4” of ISIC is expected to place the Sultanate at equal bar with the rest of the world countries as the upgrading is international and not local. Moreover, using the same version of the standard classification by the public organisations will facilitate e-linking of these organisations together. It will also help in avoiding the overlap of work among the different public organisations involved in business activities. From the technical point, the licence system of “Invest Easy” portal completely relies on this calcification. — ONA

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

MARKET ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Sultanate to get $301m from Asian bank for Duqm port and railway project Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman will receive finance to the tune of $301 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to develop two major transport projects in the country — maritime infrastructure at Duqm port and the country’s first railway system. The bank’s board has already approved the funding for what will be the first project to be financed by the AIIB in the Arabian Peninsula, according to a press release. The bank’s support comprises $265 million towards Oman’s maritime infrastructure at Duqm Port and $36 million to prepare the country’s first railway system. Upon successful completion, the projects are expected to enhance the economic prospects in Oman and provide more efficient and effective maritime trade links to other bank members, both in the Gulf and further afield. Duqm Port is strategically located and has the potential to become a regional logistics hub with an economic footprint far beyond Oman’s borders. The bank recognises this opportunity and has supported its development. These projects are also among the first ones that the bank

is financing individually. “I am pleased the bank will be able to help the Government of Oman diversify its economy by approving these two projects, the firstones in the Arabian Peninsula for the bank. The bank’s capacity in backing such important projects is developing rapidly. We have a strong pipeline of investments for the next year and will continue working hard to help develop the sustainable infrastructure that Asia needs,” said the bank’s president, JinLiqun. Railway project These two projects bring the total amount of loans approved so far by the bank in its first year of operations to $1,130 million. “These are the bank’s first port and railway projects and will help us to build our capacity in these important sectors. Our support will also help Oman develop a world-class railway network and manage it in a highly professional manner. It will also facilitate the opening up of other investment opportunities for the public and private sector,” added the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s vice-president and chief investment officer, D J Pandian.

SLIGHT INCREASE: In the food and beverages segment, ﬁsh, fruit, vegetable and oil prices fell by 0.8 per cent along with a 0.2 per cent

fall in dairy products. - Times ﬁle picture

Producer price inflation declines in third quarter Crude oil and natural gas prices fell by 22.4 per cent while reﬁned oil products posted a price rise of 1.9 per cent during the period, according to the latest statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information.

STRATEGIC LOCATION: The bank’s support comprises $265m to-

wards Oman’s maritime infrastructure at Duqm Port and $36m to prepare the country’s ﬁrst railway system. - Times ﬁle picture

MUSCAT: Oman’s producer price inﬂation (PPI) declined by 17.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2016, compared with the same period of last year, on the back of a 19.7 per cent drop in the prices of

oil and gas products. According to the latest statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), crude oil and natural gas prices fell by 22.4 per cent

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while refined oil products posted a price rise of 1.9 per cent during the period. Non-oil products Meanwhile, non-oil products saw a fall of 6.1 per cent during the quarter, compared with figures for the same quarter in 2015. Mining, electricity and water prices declined by 0.5 per cent while prices of products in the non-oil manufacturing sector fell by 7.9 per cent. Food, beverages and textiles recorded a 1.5 per cent drop in prices, along with a 4.3 per cent decline in the transportable goods segment. Significantly, metal products, machinery and equipment prices fell by 19.2 per cent, the NCSI report said.

In the food and beverages segment, ﬁsh, fruit, vegetable and oils prices fell by 0.8 per cent along with a 0.2 per cent fall in dairy products. Also, prices of beverage products declined by 0.1 per cent while prices of bakery and allied products dropped by 3.2 per cent. In contrast, textile and footwear products saw a price rise of 0.5 per cent. However, PPI inﬂation in the third quarter was up 3.2 per cent, compared with the previous quarter, driven by a 4.6 per cent rise in prices of oil and gas products. - ONA

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NRI appointed in key position in India Twenty-First Century Times News Service MUSCAT: Prominent non-resident Indian (NRI) businessman Adeeb Ahamed has been appointed as the Director Board Member of National Waqf Development Corporation (Nawadco), a central public sector enterprise under Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

Adeeb Ahamed. — Supplied picture

Community welfare National Waqf Development Corporation is an important institution for the development of Waqf properties and for the community welfare in India and will play an important role in providing ﬁ-

nancial resources for setting up of schools, colleges, hospitals and other institutions of higher education for the poor. Waqf properties India has the largest number of Waqf properties in the world which is estimated of more than 5 lakh registered Auqaf and the current annual income from these properties is about Rs163 crores ($23.50 million). According to goverment, such properties, if properly developed, it would be capable of generating an income of Rs12,000 crore per annum (approx. $2 billion) which can be utilised for the com-

MANAGEMENT CHANGE

Sembcorp names new chief Times News Service MUSCAT: The Board of Directors of Sembcorp Salalah Power & Water Company informed the Capital Market Authority, the Muscat Securities Market and the investor community that it has appointed Alex Miquel as the chief executive officer and disclosure officer of the company in replacement of Lim Yeow Keong

with effect from January 1, 2017. Miquel brings 30 years of international technical and management experience in water and power related industries. He began his career at ABB in 1985 working at the Corporate Research Centre and the Environmental Technologies Sales Team in Switzerland, where he worked on the development of different membrane technologies

for desalination and other applications. Miquel joined Sembcorp in 2011, where he has been in charge of business development for Latin America, playing a key role in a number of water and power projects. Miquel holds a Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland.

munity development and contribute to the nations development in general. Nawadco will facilitate and mobilise ﬁnancial resources for the development of Waqf properties for community development purposes in a joint venture with the state / union territory waqf boards and the mutawallis. Adeed Ahamed, an Indian entrepreneur who is based in the UAE is a multifaceted professional, philanthropist is the chief executive officer of Lulu Financial Group and managing director of Twenty14 Holdings (hospitality) and managing director of Tablez Retail Pvt. Ltd.

Fox bids for Sky TV

NEW YORK/LONDON: Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox has struck a preliminary deal to buy the 61 per cent of British pay-TV ﬁrm Sky it does not already own for around $14 billion, ﬁve years after a political scandal wrecked a previous bid. The proposed offer of 10.75 pounds a share in cash, which is backed by Sky’s independent directors, would strengthen the position of James Murdoch — who is both chief executive of Fox and chairman of Sky — in his 85-yearold father’s media empire. People

familiar with the matter said Fox had pounced after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in June sent the pound down about 14 per cent against the US dollar and Sky’s share price tumbling. Owning Sky would give Fox, whose cable networks include Fox News and FX, control of a payTV network spanning 22 million households. It would also be the latest deal to marry distribution with content after AT&T announced an $85 billion bid to buy Time Warner earlier this year. — Reuters

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

FEATURE

eeping membership of the European single market should be at the core of Britain’s plan for Brexit because of its importance to the economy, according to a cross-party group of senior lawmakers who campaigned to remain in the European Union. A departure from both the EU and its single market, coupled with a free-trade agreement that prioritised only some industries, would damage the economy because “every major sector is linked to the EU single market and could be harmed,” according to research for the group, Open Britain, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research. Cherry-picking is made difficult by the linkages between industry sectors, it said. “The beneﬁts we have within the single market cannot be replicated outside it without cost, since every alternative inevitably means increased barriers to trade,” the opposition Labour Party’s former business spokesman, Chuka Umunna, said on Monday. Politicians from all parties who backed “Remain” in the referendum in June have largely accepted the verdict of the public, and many are now trying to ensure that Brexit is carried out in a way that retains as close a link to the EU as possible. Prime Minister Theresa May has signaled immigration controls are a priority of her strategy, with her European counterparts suggesting that stance is incompatible with staying in the single market.

Market access “We need to stop throwing rocks at each other and we need to build a smooth pathway on solid foundations as we begin this process of leaving the EU,” said former Business Minister Anna Soubry, a Conservative who campaigned for Remain. “It is critically important that we do put forward the evidence about the importance of the single market to British business.” She was backed up by Terry Scuoler, chief executive officer of the manufacturing industry group EEF. “Our member companies are looking as far as possible for ongoing ac-

cess to the tariff-free single market,” he said. “They are looking for free, and if not free, then fair, movement of skilled labour” as well as unskilled workers, he said. British Inﬂuence, a research institute, has written to the government to say it’s seeking a judicial review of the UK position on leaving the single market, given that wasn’t a question in the referendum, according to spokesman, Tyler Hanley. The group hasn’t yet hired lawyers, he said, adding the move was “nothing to do with stopping Brexit.” The Leave.EU campaign group denounced the legal challenge as a “desperate attempt to tie us to the sinking European ship. The government has “a clear mandate” to leave both the European Economic Area and the EU, it said in an e-mailed statement. Trade barriers The single market extends wider than the 28-nation EU to bind countries in a free-trade area that incorporates common regulations and product standards. At present, the only three non-EU countries with full access to the rights and obligations of the single market are Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which gain that access through membership of the European Economic Area. The UK will cease to be a member of the EEA when it leaves the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman, Helen Bower, told reporters in London on Monday. May has repeatedly said she’s seeking a “bespoke” access deal for Britain outside the EU. “It is the height of irony that freemarket Brexiteers often claim European regulations are the product of an overbearing European superstate, when in fact EU regulations are designed to liberalize markets,” said Nick Clegg, the former Liberal Democrat leader and deputy prime minister. “It is ironic too that arguing to leave the single market on the basis of reducing the regulatory burden we face would in fact lead to reduced trade due to an increase in regulatory trade barriers.” — Alex Morales/Bloomberg News

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

E D UC AT I O NA L P R O G R A M M E

Nissan scoops silver at 2016 Mena Effie Awards

Startup Oman to feature two local entrepreneurs MUSCAT: Startup Oman, the Sultanate's only platform created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and the 'home of entrepreneurship' in Oman will host the December edition of the 'Caribou Chats', monthly talks for local startups and entrepreneurs. The December edition of Caribou Chats is scheduled to take place on December 14 at 6.30pm at Caribou Cafe in Bareeq Al Shatti and will feature Sadiq Mehdi Al Lawati, director of Mehdi Group. Sadiq is the owner of Slider Station, B+F and Shabestan, three upscale restaurants in Muscat amongst others and a franchisee of six brands in Oman. Joining Sadiq will be Ali Al Abdullatif, the managing director of Creative Foods, a company that

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operates and runs two outlets of Creative foods restaurant, Shuwa Express and Shuwa Diner, says a press release. "Our aim is to support the Omani SME community with an event that encourages peerto-peer learning and solutions sharing. Caribou Chats is that event. Both Ali and Sadiq bring a wealth of experience to the entrepreneurial space that is a great source of inspiration and education for entrepreneurs who are just starting up," said Ali Daud, co-founder of Startup Oman. 'Caribou Chats' is an educational programme designed speciﬁcally for Oman’s startup community. It aims to fully promote the entrepreneurial lifestyle, with all of its daily hurdles and learning.

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Nissan becomes the ﬁrst automotive brand in the region to win an award in this category

DUBAI: At this year’s Mena Efﬁe Awards, Nissan Middle East’s recent campaign around its partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC), has landed the Japanese automaker a silver award in the ‘Entertainment and Sports’ category, for its campaign, #MomentsThatCount. Nissan becomes the ﬁrst automotive brand in the region to win an award in this category, says a press release. Winning campaign The winning campaign, #MomentsThatCount, was aimed at creating awareness around Nissan’s recent sponsorship agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nissan

executed the campaign by taking over a street cricket game and providing players with an incredible and an unexpected experience that they will never forget. Nissan surprised the players having one of the greatest bowlers of all time, Wasim Akram, to drop in on them unannounced and join in their game. To add more excitement to the match, the company set a pop-up cricket pitch, as well as provided players with world class kit, which included branded equipment and clothing. The Nissan match takeover engaged with fans globally by tapping into the heightened excitement around ICC World Twenty20, owning moments of cricketing

excitement on and off the ﬁeld. Overall opinion of Nissan among Asians improved dramatically and the campaign was a great contributor to the sales growth among the target audience. Commenting on this achievement, Samir Cherfan, managing director at Nissan Middle East said, “The #MomentsThatCount campaign had a tremendous impact on the community and showed how a small gesture of goodwill among strangers can have a landslide effect on public opinion. We are extremely proud that this has been recognised by the Effie Awards which is a trusted index for the most comprehensive global rankings in

marketing effectiveness.” Cricket is extremely popular in the Emirates with many residents taking part in matches in car parks and other public spaces. Nobody could anticipate that one of the greatest bowlers of all time, Wasim Akram, would drop in unannounced and join such a casual public match. The Nissan team arrived in Patrol pickups loaded with high quality equipment for the players including ﬂags, stumps, helmets, gloves, sweaters, kit bags, balls, and of course, the ﬁnest English Willow bats autographed by Wasim Akram. The equipment was given to the players as gifts for them to enjoy for years to come.

I D E N T I F Y I N G FA U LT S I N U N D E R G R O U N D C A B L E S

Majan Electricity organises workshop ODA chief Dr Noor Al Busaidi commends OSNI volunteers MUSCAT: A team of volunteers from Oman Specialised Nursing Institute (OSNI) assisted in organising an open day by Oman Diabetes Association (ODA) to mark World Diabetes Day. This event was held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat recently. The theme of the open day was: ‘Together we Fight Diabetes’. It was presided over by His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Asad Al Said, assistant secretary-general for Communication at The Research Council. It was attended by Dr Ahmed bin Mohammad Al Saidi, Minister of Health, and Dr Haji Zulkarnain bin Haji Hanaﬁ, Health Minister of Brunei Darussalam, says a press release. The event was aimed at raising awareness and educating the general public about disease prevention methods and complications of diabetes. About 700 people from public and private schools participated in this exercise. Dr Noor Al Busaidi, chairperson of ODA and director of the

National Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, highlighted the need to educate the public about diabetes, which is the “most common disease in the civilised world, especially in the Gulf region”. Dr Al Busaidi commended the services of the volunteers from OSNI, who assisted the ODA by taking care of registrations, distribution of T-Shirts, food and water, gift wrapping, stage management etc. Appreciation certificates were awarded to the OSNI volunteers for their dedicated service individually. OSNI was awarded the appreciation certiﬁcate as an institution. Dr Abdullah bin Rashid Al Battashi, Dean, OSNI, expressed his pleasure on OSNI being acknowledged by the ODA for the dedicated work of the faculty who volunteered to work on the open day for bringing awareness about diabetes prevention and control. The Community Outreach Committee (COC) of OSNI led by Dr Manal Al Zadjali coordinated the volunteering work for the open day.

MUSCAT: Majan Electricity Company represented by Operation & Maintenance Department in cooperation with engineering club in Shinas Higher Technology College had conducted a workshop on 'Identifying the faults in underground cables'. Eng. Ali Al Maeini gave a presentation during this workshop discussing the following: Introduction about condition monitoring & maintenance planning in the company, the devices and new technology used in determining

and analysing electrical failures and detailed explanation about the cable locater fault van and how it is used in reducing the period of disconnection in network when cables breakdowns in North Batinah, Dhahira and Buraimi governorates, says a press release. Eng. Mohammed Hamad Muqbali and Eng. Jobin also provided a practical explanation on the part of using cable locater fault van of the company and the use of new technologies in determining the electri-

cal cable faults was also given. Al Maeini stated, “These scientiﬁc workshops conﬁrm the role of Majan Electricity who actively participates in the community and contribute to reinforce electrical engineering students’ skills at the level of higher education institutions in the Sultanate. Such workshops also give the students a chance to compare between the theoretical explanation they study at college and the practical working at the workplace.”

NETWORK MANAGEMENT

PDO officials conduct workshop at Waljat College MUSCAT: Top officials from the Petroleum Development Oman conducted workshop on 'Network Management' for the BE-CS ﬁnal and pre-ﬁnal year students of Waljat College of Applied Sciences (WCAS) in the college computer room, Rusayl. The workshop organised by Department of Computer Science & Engineering of WCAS were conducted by senior PDO engineers Ahmed Al Harthy, NOC Supervisor, Salim Hinai and Haitam Maqbali of Oman Petroleum Development, says a press release. Al Harthy in his presentation on 'Motivation' to the students as well as the faculty members of WCAS, revealed a 15-point plan, of how

to be successful in life, which was well received by the gathering. He also appreciated the college authorities for organising the workshop, which helps the students and update with the latest trends. Hinai and Maqbali, during their presentation spoke at length on 'How to build and manage network'. Subsequently, the various

security issues of network were also discussed threadbare. This was an immensely inﬂuencing presentation for the students as it helped them become aware of various challenges in the professional working environment, as well as how to overcome them and do well in their future work.

Speaking on the occasion Dean Prof Dr. S. L. Gupta, appreciated Al Harthy, Hinai and Maqbali for their efforts and sharing their valuable time and experience by conducting the workshop. As a mark of respect, the guests were presented with a memento on behalf of the college by the Dean. Dr Alok Khuswaha, assistant dean and Zaid Khalifa Al Shukaili, Human Resource Manager, also expressed their gratitude and said such workshops and seminars gives good exposure to the students. Earlier, P. Vijaya, Department of Computer Science & Engineering thanked the guests for their continuous support and guidance to the students.

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Inter School Mathematics Quiz held at IS Wadi Kabir

The luxury series from Mazda is perfect for those discerning customers who are looking for a higher level of driving pleasure, class leading comfort and safety features

MUSCAT: Japanese automaker Mazda has redeﬁned the values of luxury by making its cars look and feel more premium in terms of styling, quality and content. By incorporating a range of advanced features in its top-line edition, Mazda has created a segment in itself. The luxury series from Mazda is perfect for those discerning customers who are looking for a higher level of driving pleasure, class leading comfort and safety features. The very popular Mazda3, the all new spectacular Mazda6 sedan, the 7 seater SUV CX-9 and the Sporty Crossover CX-5 are part of this range available at all Towell Auto Centre (TAC) showrooms across Oman, says a press release. The all-new Mazda3 embodies all three elements of Mazda’s DNA: Distinctive design, exceptional functionality, responsive handling and driving performance. It is available in 1.6 and 2.0 litre four-door sedan and ﬁve-door

hatchback models. While the 1.6 litre luxury model comes with features such as rear parking camera, commander switch, head up display, 16”alloy wheels, xenon headlamps with daytime running lights, headlamp cleaning spray; the 2.0 litre boasts of SRS air bags, digital RPM meter, smart bake system, paddle shift gears, electronic driver seat control, 18” alloy wheels and xenon headlamps with daytime running lights. A pure form of excitement, craftsmanship, sports driving, proactive safety and a winner of the prestigious Red Dot Award, Mazda6 luxury model is available in 2.5 litre for those who have a passion for driving. It embodies the new ‘KODO Soul of Motion’ design and the innovative SkyActiv technology. The all-new Mazda6 sets a new benchmark of cabin comfort with its boldly sculpted exteriors. Its plush interior in white leather welcomes you into premium real estate in the world of affordable sedans, as the Bose speakers surround you with an experience ﬁt for a connoisseur. Its other luxury features include lane keep assist and head up display; driver & passenger electric

seat adjustment; daytime running lights with LED fog lamps and adaptive driving beam. With extra style and features, the new Mazda CX-9 All Wheel Drive SUV enhances the luxury experience every time you get out on the road. Also based on Mazda’s KODO design that makes it sophisticated, sporty and stylish, the all new Mazda CX-9 has a turbo charged engine. With its spacious interiors, the all new Mazda CX-9 comfortably seats seven plus your gear with more legroom for second and third rows. The Mazda CX-9 luxury model comes with sporty 20-inch alloy wheels and other premium features such as adaptive driving beam, superior leather upholstery, automatic electronic adjustable seats, smart keyless entry system, xenon lamps with daytime running lights and fog lamps. The new Mazda CX-5 offers a combination of conﬁdent stance of a SUV, driving pleasure of a sports car, versatility, all-weather capability, spaciousness and advanced features. With luxury features such as rear vehicle monitoring system, smart key, driver electric seat adjustment, bose speakers, front & rear parking sensors and

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a 2.5 litre SKYACTIV engine, the Mazda CX-5 captures and delivers on the Zoom-Zoom spirit. Indeed all Mazda luxury models feature top-class safety performance and offer pleasurable driving, dynamic styling elements and a high-quality interior. Some standard safety features in the luxury segment are - commander control, high beam control, adaptive front lighting system, forward obstruction warning system, Mazda radar cruise control, Mazda lane departure warning system, dynamic stability control, blind spot monitoring system, auto dimming rear view mirror. Offering the trendiest of Japanese cars, Mazda has brought in a lot of excitement in Oman’s automobile industry with its ‘stylish, spirited and insightful’ branding. These three unique qualities lie at the core of each Mazda you spot on the streets and form the brand’s DNA and TAC makes owning a Mazda extra pleasant with its efficient after sales service and quick response time. With a network of 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across Oman, TAC is the only Mazda distributor in the world to win the Mazda Customer Service award ﬁve years in a row. CAR PROTECTION

Petromin Oils awarded ISO 17025:2005 accreditation MUSCAT: Petromin Corporation announced that its Jeddah plant laboratory has earned the prestigious ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accreditation from the globally renowned American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Pertomin is the first and only company operating in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s lubricants sales industry to receive this recognition, says a press release. The accreditation reflects the advanced capability of Petromin’s quality management and production systems, and its pioneering ability for products to perform to the highest worldwide standard, as defined by ISO/IEC 17025:2015 Standard’s stringent criteria of requirements for the competency of testing laboratories. Petromin was awarded the recognition following extensive testing of its lubricants and greas-

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es to evaluate their performance and resilience in a variety of extreme conditions. Commenting on Petromin receiving the accreditation, Samir Nawar, president and CEO of Petromin Corporation, commented: “The team at Petromin’s laboratory in Jeddah has many years of experience within the lubricants industry and the accreditation from A2LA is a testament to their leading expertise. “This recognition serves as further evidence of Petromin’s ability to perform as a world-class lubricants organisation and our pioneering spirit which delivers the

highest quality of lubricants to our customers.” Petromin’s Jeddah laboratory is the ﬁrst and only lubricants manufacturer with this esteemed accreditation in Saudi Arabia, adding to the company’s innovative track record of success. Petromin is at the forefront of developing quality products to meet the requirement of all leading international equipment manufacturers and has established customer trust by offering motor oils that are proven to prolong engine life. Al Hashar, the distributors in Oman, offer a wide range of Petromin products from oils (diesel, gear, transmission, industrial, marine and gasoline engine oils) to speciality products and greases. These are available from all Al Hashar outlets and through an extensive dealer network across the Sultanate.

Reflexions 44 showcases its products at Motor Show MUSCAT: Reflexions 44, the region’s most advance car protection boutique, had its stall at the recently concluded Oman Motor Show. Reflexions 44 Luxury Detailing, established as a professional company specialised in high end automotive car care, protection and service in the industry, through the world’s most revolutionary services and products, armed with the experience and facility to work with worlds-renowned brands such as Swissvax, Huperoptik, Bodyfence, and Modesta, showcased its products and demonstrated to the auto enthusiasts at the Motor Show, says a press release. Reflexions 44 encompasses a range of high-class services like, luxury car detailing, body protection, window tinting, smart repair, graphics, etc,

MUSCAT: The seeds from the garden of Ramanujan, ‘the man who loved numbers’, and, ‘the man who knew infinity’, have once again been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape of Indian School Wadi Kabir as the school offered a moment to commemorate Season 2 of the Inter School Mathematics Quiz ‘Vision of Infinity’, in remembrance of a substantial soul unsung – a sparkling son of India who died of destitution and disaster only at the age of 32. The nine schools besides the hosts – Indian Schools - Muscat, Muladha, Maabela, Ibra, Ibri, Sohar, Al Ghubrah and Al Ghubrah CBSE International - rightly represented by their quizzical binaries proficiently ‘premature’, says a press release. The ensemble of the synergic scenario was embellished with an ennead of episodes – nine rich rounds of matchless math-based interrogations: 1. Movie Round (mathematics or mathematical terms used in Hollywood/ Bollywood movies), 2. Life of Dr. Srinivasa Ramanujan (Questions based on his vision on Mathematics), 3. Activity Round (Round Alpha) 4. Nobel Prize for Mathematics, 5. Activity Round (Round Beta), 6. Pure Mathematics Round, 7. Activity Round (Round Gamma), 8. Buzzer

Round, 9. Rapid Fire Round and 10. Test your Memory. The waves of mathematical mêlée among the participants fondled the non playing congregation too. Kudos must anyway go to the quizmaster Sanjeet Das, head of Maths Department at ISWK, for making the entire event an exemplary exploitation of technology bolstered by the milieu of the multipurpose hall. Indian School Wadi Kabir went away with the winner’s trophy followed by Indian School Al Ghubra with the runners-up position. The guest of honour was Rejimon Kuttappan, chief reporter with Times of Oman, an investigative journalist dedicated to reporting migrant issues and human trafficking. He is a key person in Oman for Migrant Forum in Asia and a close associate for both International Labour Organisation (ILO) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). During the programme, the chief guest mentioned, students stood tall and surprised with their speed and accuracy in answering even the toughest questions. He said that such events need to be conducted frequently, where even the students who come as attendees can learn and hone their skills.

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Ready, set, grill with your family at A’Saffa Barbecue Challenge MUSCAT: The third edition of barbecue cooking competition – ‘the A’Saffa BBQ Challenge’ will be held on December 16, and see 25 families and teams battle it out at the Civil Aviation Club in Azaiba. The teams will be judged by Oman’s celebrated Master-Chef Issa Al Lamki and his team of chefs who will also declare the winner, 1st runners up and 2nd runners up. Three fully-dressed chickens will be provided to each team by A’Saffa at the competition. For their own convenience, participants have been asked to bring their own barbecue sets, coal, fuel, skewers, spices and culinary-ware, says a press release. The teams will receive points based on: Taste, Recipe Innovation, Recipe originality, Cooking Hygiene and Preparation, and Presentation. Having something for everyone in the family - the event will provide an A’Saffa food spread, magic show, games, mu-

sic for kids; and a pedigree dog show, traditional Omani performances and a whole lot of cooking fun for the adults. “A terriﬁc opportunity to showcase one’s barbecue culinary skills for a fun-ﬁlled family barbecue getaway, everyone coming to the ‘A’Saffa BBQ Challenge’ know it’s as much about leisure, as it is about the intense competition. Not only has the event appealed to families in Muscat, but we also have competitors and visitors from all over the Sultanate who will come to Muscat to be part of the competition, and enjoy one of the main things Oman is known for during this time of the year – barbecue,” said Sidhartha Lenka, head of Marketing and Sales, A’Saffa Foods. He elaborated, “Our brand is all about fostering healthy eating habits and having fun with the family, and this calendar event has been conceptualised in keeping with the same.”

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Maserati Levante: The complete SUV The Levante signiﬁcantly contributes to the creation of the most complete product line-up in Maserati’s history

MUSCAT: With the Levante a new wind is blowing through the SUV segment, guaranteeing the passion, the flair and the exclusivity that have distinguished all Maserati models for over a century. The Maserati Levante is a turning point in Maserati’s history. The brand new model, which makes its World Premiere at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, enables the Trident to access the largest luxury segment in the world, says a press release. The Levante significantly contributes to the creation of the most complete product line-up in Maserati’s history. The Levante name was inspired by a warm, Mediterranean wind that can change from mild to gale force in an instant, mirroring the character of the first Maserati SUV. The Levante is based on the evolution of the sedan platform, designed exclusively by Maserati. The car chassis has been specifically developed to offer unique onroad drivability and competitive off-road capability, with day-today comfort and practicality. The top notch Italian SUV was conceived around three main pillars: Design, Exclusivity and Performance. It represents the optimum blend of these three elements in the SUV world.

The Levante’s design is distinctive and attractive, embracing the most valuable aesthetic elements of Italian style. A central asset, its design brings a new concept to the SUV world, combining spaciousness and coupé lines while achieving the best aerodynamic efficiency in its segment with a Cx coefficient of just 0.31. Its exclusivity stems from technical features like Air Suspension and the Q4 AWD system, which come as standard equipment, and the high level of customisation that includes two cutting-edge packages, Sport and Luxury. The result is a driving experience that is as unique as the Maserati brand and its customers. The thoroughbred on-road handling typical of all Maserati cars and solid off-road capabilities, as demanded in the SUV segment, describe the car’s overall dynamic. The Levante is here to excite any sports car driver counting on performance-oriented features, such as the extensive use of lightweight materials, ideal 50-50% weight distribution and its lowest in class centre of gravity. Features that deliver unparalleled agility in the luxury SUV class. The aluminium “double wishbone - ﬁve link” suspension layout

comprises standard Air Springs and electronically controlled Skyhook shock absorbers. In cooperation with the intelligent Q4 All-Wheel-Drive system and the

newly introduced Torque Vectoring system which deliver GT onroad behaviour and surprising - for a Maserati - off-road capabilities: the Levante was designed to de-

liver best in class comfort on rough roads and handling on snow and ice. On a par with this, the off-road equipment completes a product made to surprise avid travellers and adventure lovers as well. Engine-wise, the Levante is equipped with the latest evolution of the Maserati 3-litre V6 engines. The two versions of the twin-turbo petrol engine are globally acclaimed for their unique Maserati signature sound and for their exceptional performance. The petrol Maserati V6 engine with latest GDI and twin turbo is available in two versions with different horsepower: the top of the range 430 hp and the exciting 350 hp. The most powerful Levante makes it to 100 km/h in 5.2” and has a top speed of 264 km/h, while the ﬁgures for the 350 hp version

are 6.0” and 251 km/h respectively. Both petrol versions of the Maserati Levante adopt the eightspeed automatic ZF gearbox that provides seamless comfort and fast gear shifting, depending on the selected drive mode. The Levante driver can choose between four drive modes, “Normal”, I.C.E., “Sport” and “Off-road”. Each one constitutes a distinct car character intelligently altering engine, transmission, suspension and electronics features. The Levante introduces several innovations to the current Maserati line-up; from safety to convenience options and through to the brand new Human Machine Interface and the dedicated cargo solutions. The range of equipment options is wider and more complete than ever. The Levante has entered the SUV segment with a marked advantage in terms of new content. The innovative features of the car include: Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go function, Forward Collision Warning and Brake Assist System, Lane Departure Warning, Surround View camera and the capacitive 8.4” Touch Screen display with brand new rotary control. A new state-of-the-art production line was set up exclusively for the Levante in the historic Miraﬁori plant, where high quality standards in every area, from design to development and from process controls to fabrication, are applied in full. Maserati’s 100year tradition of craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology guarantees outstanding quality right down to the tiniest of details.

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Bank Muscat, and AIG launch phone payment for motor insurance renewal The phone payment facility is currently available for renewal of motor insurance policies only

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, in partnership with leading global insurance company American International Group (AIG), has launched a first of its kind phone payment service in Oman for renewal of mo-

tor insurance policies. Enhancing convenience and ensuring a secure payment method to Bank Muscat customers, the phone payment facility is currently available for renewal of motor insurance policies only. Customers seeking to make any changes to the existing mo-

tor insurance policies are required to visit the nearest Bank Muscat branch and contact AIG sales adviser to complete the documentation, says a press release.

Customers, whose auto insurance policies are due for renewal, will be contacted by AIG telesales agents from two numbers: 2465-2231 and 2465-2232. On receiving the phone call, customers are required to answer a set of veriﬁcation questions, following which they will be directed to a secure, integrated voice recording (IVR) payment system to input their credit or debit card details. The payment will be transmitted directly through Bank Muscat’s secure payment gateway. Abdullah Tamman Al Mashani, DGM – Institutional Sales and Product Development, said: “As the ﬂagship bank in Oman, we are

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very pleased to further enhance the value that we offer to our customers through the dynamic partnership channel with AIG. The new phone payment service for renewal of motor insurance policy signiﬁcantly enhances customer convenience. The bancassurance partnership with AIG serves as an excellent opportunity to provide superior experience to customers, with a focus to help them meet their evolving insurance needs over the long term.” The exclusive Bank MuscatAIG partnership has created the widest-reaching bancassurance distribution network in GCC, building on AIG’s unrivalled global

expertise and its strong and established bancassurance capabilities. Under the strategic partnership agreement, AIG is the exclusive provider of non-life insurance products to Bank Muscat customers in Oman. The bancassurance products are available across the network of Bank Muscat branches. AIG is the ﬁrst insurer to launch an outbound tele marketing (OTM) service in Oman in 2014. AIG’s strong commitment and investment in the partnership with Bank Muscat has beneﬁted the bank’s customers with world-class insurance coverage and service through new and innovative distribution channels.

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S&T unveils Anantara Jabal Akhdar Resort MUSCAT: Services and Trade Company (S&T) announced its involvement in the successful completion of Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort and Spa, and congratulated the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund (MODPF) for the official opening of this beautiful resort. S&T Interiors and Contracting is privileged to have been a key partner to the project with a joint venture with UAE-headquartered Al Jaber Engineering & Contracting (ALEC), to deliver turnkey construction and high-end joinery and gypsum works for the resort. Waqas Al Adawi, vice chairman of S&T Group said, “To be part of creating an iconic ﬁve-star resort and spa in the Middle East has been an honour and a unique experience. Tourism plays a major role in Oman’s economy and we are delighted to have a signiﬁcant contribution to it by bringing together our global expertise and experience in interiors and construction, built over the last four decades.”

“The Anantara project is a true example of our commitment to ‘Turnkey Solutions with a difference’ providing end-to-end contracting for our clients,” added Waqas.

Balakrishna R. P., managing director - S&T Interiors and Contracting stated, “We are very proud to have been chosen for this complex project and congratulate MODPF on the successful launch

of the impressive Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar resort. It is one of the most comprehensive projects of S&T. It reﬂects our turnkey contracting capabilities (construction, interiors and procurement), a fruitful JV partnership with ALEC and ability to accomplish largescale complex projects to client satisfaction.” “Executing a distinctive project like this reaffirms our ability to manage formidable challenges with tight deadlines and deliverables. We have once again proven our pursuit for excellence and commitment to quality and best creative output,” said Balakrishna. S&T has managed over 150 global projects in the hospitality sector and high-end residential and commercial projects. Langham Hotel, London; Anantara Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort, Abu Dhabi; Dubai International Airport Project Concourse 3; and the Ritz Carlton Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Muscat are among some of the prestigious projects of S&T.

Bank Sohar picks National Day Twitter contest winners MUSCAT: Bank Sohar recently hosted a prize distribution ceremony for the winners of its National Day Twitter Contest “#OurOman46 held at its head office in MBD. The ceremony saw Mazin Mahmood Al Raisi, Sr. AGM and head of Marketing and Customer Experience at Bank Sohar, presented each of three winners with the latest iPhone 7, says a press release. Al Raisi said, “The growing popularity of our social media plat-

forms have opened up new avenues for us to directly interact with our fans and customers. These contests are just one way through which we aim to achieve this and the increased number of responses we receive with each new contest is a testament to their growing popularity with our followers. On behalf of the bank, I would like to thank everyone that participated in the contest and contributed towards its success as well as congratulate each of the 3 winners.”

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IMPRESSED: ICC Regional Development Officers Iqbal Sikander, Venkatapathy Raju and Aminul Islam with the young cricketers of the Al Hail School of Cricket during their visit to the academy on Saturday..

‘Oman deserves to host international tourneys’ The three ICC Regional Development Officers, Iqbal Sikander, Venkatapathy Raju and Aminul Islam, who are here to

POSITIVE: ICC Regional Development Officers Venkatapathy Raju,

left, Iqbal Sikander, second right, and Aminul Islam, right, with Al Hail School of Cricket official Moula Baksh Al Balushi.

conduct the ICC Level 2 coaching course, were all praise for facilities and cricket development in Oman

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raoas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Impressed with the facilities and cricket development that took place in Oman, three of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Regional Development Ofﬁcers are of the opinion that Sultanate should get more support to take the game forward, including the rights to host international tournaments. The trio — Pakistan’s Iqbal Sikander, India’s Venkatapathy Raju and Aminul Islam of Bangladesh — who are here to conduct the ICC Level 2 coaching course organised by Oman Cricket, spoke to Times Sport on Saturday night after a hectic day of activities, conducting the course and visiting the facilities, including that of privatelyowned Al Hail School of Cricket. Iqbal Sikander, who is not new to Oman having visited the country on various assignments, said: “The infrastructure is fast developing here. Oman can now boast of two venues with proper turf

grounds. Then we have other private academies like Al Hail who have come up with their own green grounds. On the ﬁeld too they have been doing reasonably well both in the T20s and the 50-overs tournaments, especially in the ICC World Cricket League division,” he said. “Looking at these facilities and considering the overall developments, I think Oman deserves to host the international tournaments. ICC Asia is already considering the plans to allot few tournaments to Oman,” Iqbal said. “Oman should at least get one tournament per year,” Iqbal said while adding it could be a regional T20 tournament or a ICC World Cricket League event. “But they (Oman) surely deserve to host a tournament.” Venkatapathy Raju, who is on his ﬁrst visit to the Sultanate, echoed Iqbal’s views on Oman’s cricket facilities. “This is my visit to Oman but at least the national team are not new to me. I have been following the performances and I have watched them play in recent events in the UAE,” the former India spinner said. “But now after having the opportunity to visit some of the facilities, after coming here to host the coaching course, I am really impressed by the facilities and I should say we all should appreciate the support Oman Cricket has been receiving as well as their own

efforts in the development work,” Raju added. “Credit should be given to all those who are involved with cricket in Oman and those who are supporting them. They are going out of their way to support cricket here. “The two venues with turf grounds are no doubt great. Once they get all other aspects in place, they will have to maintain the standards and keep improving. I am also impressed with the other grounds as well. They are properly levelled and can be developed into green grounds in future,” Raju said. “But I should say, it’s great to see the under-19 boys getting the opportunity to play on turf pitches on lush green grounds,” the Hyderabadi added. Areas to develop Referring to the facilities at Al Hail School of Cricket, which they have visited on Saturday evening, Iqbal Sikander said: “We have to appreciate the work being done by Al Hail academy. Their development work is on the right path. “Al Hail ground is good, levelled properly and ﬁt for playing cricket. But I think they have three major areas to look into to further develop the facilities,” he said. “First they should replace astro turf with turf pitches. They should develop practice facilities and importantly the dressing rooms. Once these things are

taken care, I think Al Hail will develop into the third cricket venue of Oman,” he explained. Speaking about the ongoing ICC Level 2 coaching course, Iqbal said: “The course is being conducted as part of the development process... to educate and enhance the knowledge of the coaches.” “It’s ICC Asia’s decision to have a course here on Oman and help the coaches,” he said. The course which runs till Wednesday has attracted coaches from countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE besides Oman. Aminul Islam, who has recently become a ICC Regional Development Officer, was impressed with the enthusiasm of the participants. “They (the participants) know the game. Most importantly they have played the game at some level and they have already passed their Level 1 course. This course is aimed at upgrading their knowledge,” the former Bangladesh captain said. “They are very enthusiastic. I have no doubt they learn from this course and will go on to impart training to the future players for their respective countries.” ‘Always ready to help’ Meanwhile, Venkatapathy Raju said he will be ready to provide his services at the proposed spin academy to be established by Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in his home town of Hyderabad. While refusing to talk about the hot topic of Lodha Committee recommendations that will have far reaching affect on the Indian cricket and the present turmoil surrounding the HCA following the allegations of corruption, Raju said: “The plan to start a spin academy is a great idea. It’s still in the planning stage. “But once it’s launched, I will be there to assist them as I have always been doing whenever the opportunity came to help the aspiring spinners. But it will also depend on my commitment as an ICC Asian regional development officer.”

MUSCAT: Dutchman Peter Tim Dirk Verbeek, popularly known as Pim Verbeek, arrived in Oman on Saturday to begin negotiations with Oman Football Association (OFA) for the post of national team coach. Verbeek, who is one of the two coaches being considered to fill in the post vacated by Spaniard Juan Ramon Lopez Caro, had a meeting with the OFA board members led by chairman Sheikh Salim Al Wahaibi. The meeting went well into the night though, as one official put it, nothing concrete emerged so far. However, the OFA are expected to issue a statement on Sunday. Verbeek, who had coached Australia and South Korea, appears favourite as he is the first of the two OFA choices to have arrived at and begun discussions. OFA’s second choice is the experienced Bosnian coach Safet Susic. Last week, OFA chairman while revealing the names of the two shortlisted candidates, said the association’s intention to have negotiations with Verbeek first and the depending the out-

come, to have talks with Susic. Verbeek, who had several coaching stints with various clubs including Feyenoord, had previously coached South Korean national team in 2006-7 before taking over the Australian team from 2007 to 2010 during which the Socceroos qualiﬁed and played in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Susic played for former Yugoslavia between 1977 and 1990 scoring 21 goals in 54 matches before going on to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina in two games in 1993. He went on to coach his national side Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2009 to 2014.

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Seeb hold Ahli-Sidab in high-scoring draw Sports Reporter MUSCAT: Ahli-Sidab’s Indian star drag flicker Rupinder Pal Singh scored twice and another India player Mahesh Shesha Gowda also scored a brace, but Seeb Club fought valiantly to hold the defending champions 4-4 in the His Majesty’s Cup Hockey Championship at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher on Saturday. Ahli-Sidab were playing only their second match, but former champions Seeb having lost their previous two matches to Dhofar and Al Nasr respectively, needed full points to stay alive, but in the end they could only take away one point. However, it was a pulsating match on Saturday with fortunes fluctuating either way and it almost resembled a sea-saw battle. In fact, it was Seeb who took the lead with Mohammed Al Lawati scoring a beautiful field goal in the 15th minute. However, Ahli-Sidab bounced back in the 20th minute with Mahesh Shesha Gowda scoring a brilliant equaliser. Seeb came back into the reckoning when Tasawr Abbas slotted home a penalty stroke in the 27th minute but Rupinder’s perfect short corner in the 39th minute and Shesha Gowda’s 57th minute brilliance gave Ahli-Sidab the advantage. If that was not the end, a beau-

ty by Ahmed Awas Al Zadjali brought Seeb back into the game in the 54th minute. Rupinder once again showed hi prowess with the short corner conversion to put Ahli-Sidab ahead once again (4-3) in the 60th minute, but Mohammed Al Lawati helped Seeb draw parity once again in the very next minute. In the end honours were shared by both the teams, which makes the other matches more interesting. On Thursday, Rupinder had helped Ahli-Sidab Club blank Salalah 2-0. In the match that followed, former champions Seeb Club had suffered another defeat since the ﬁnal round-robin league started. Once again it was the team from the south causing damage to their prospects. Al Nasr got the better of Seeb 2-1 with Aleem Bilal (29th minute) and Ahmed Saild Al Nofli (63 minute) converting short corners. The solitary goal for Seeb came when Ajaz Ahmed converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute. Meanwhile on Friday, Bausher Club defeated Dhofar Club 4-2. Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Imran (junior) scored for Dhofar, while the goal scorers for Bausher were Mohammed Tauseeq Arshad, Anas Ali Al Wahaibi, Emad Ayad Al Hassaniand Ibrahim Suleiman Al Hassani.

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Al Faisal Al Zubair in sensational podium finish in Dubai MUSCAT: Talented Muscat racing driver Al Faisal Al Zubair achieved his target of climbing the overall Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East podium at Dubai Autodrome on Friday, with a sensational third place result during round three of the 20162017 season. Producing tremendous pace in practice and qualifying, securing fourth on the grid for the first of the weekend’s two races in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the 18-year-old from Oman turned heads with a great drive in the opening contest which set the scene for a terrific result. “It’s really good to finish in third and to be on the overall podium for the first time”, said an extremely happy Al Faisal. “We felt good from the start in testing, we knew we had good pace and then qualifying proved what we thought we were capable of. We were very strong in the race too.” Arriving in Dubai with no prior experience of the track, the Porsche newcomer belied his lack of

STUNNING SHOW: Oman’s Al Faisal Al Zubair receives his trophy. – Supplied photo

knowledge with great pace in testing and practice, running in among the lead contenders and setting the GCC Rookie pace. Fast forward to qualifying, though, and the Omani

stunned the paddock with the fourth best time overall of two minutes and 2.742 seconds (2:02.742) – just 0.3 seconds outside the coveted top three and also securing the

teenager pole position in both the Rookie and Silver classes. While the start to round three didn’t go to plan, Al Faisal slipping back to ﬁfth place on the run into the ﬁrst cor-

ner, contact ahead enabled him to get the undercut and slice through into second place behind pole qualiﬁer Ryan Cullen. Despite his own Porsche being tagged by one of the

recovering cars, Al Faisal continued unabated and he and Cullen pulled clear of the rest of the pack with the Omani looking very impressive indeed behind his more experienced rival. Frustratingly, though, a subsequent Safety Car period ultimately put his second place at risk and although maintaining position for the ﬁrst few laps after the re-start, Al Faisal was edged back to, a nonetheless outstanding, third place. With the GCC Rookie win and Silver class victory too, round three was by far the best race yet in Porsche for the talented category newcomer. “I had a bad start but the guys ahead went three wide, there was some contact and I was able to get the undercut and move into P2”, he reﬂected, “I stayed there behind Ryan [Cullen] and we opened a gap, But then we had the Safety Car. It bunched everyone up and Charlie (Frijns) was really quick, I kept him behind for two or three laps but then we had to take third.”

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

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Messi, Suarez finish off Osasuna to get Barca back on track BARCELONA: Barcelona put pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid by picking up their first win in four games as two secondhalf strikes from Lionel Messi and one from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 win at struggling Osasuna on Saturday. The Spanish champions missed a slew of chances in a dominant first-half display but their class

eventually shone through when Suarez tapped Jordi Alba’s cutback into an empty net in the 52nd minute to break the deadlock. Messi sealed the points in the 72nd by ﬁnishing off another pass from Alba and in stoppage time the Argentine wizard toyed with the Osasuna defence to grab the third and move ahead of Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo as the league’s

top scorer with 11 goals. Barca are second in the standings and provisionally moved three points behind Real, who host Deportivo La Coruna later on Saturday hoping to set a club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions. “We had a lot of chances and we knew that as soon as we got ahead it would open up. Fortunately, we were able to see out the game,” Su-

arez told reporters. Osasuna went into the game bottom of the table and with the worst home record in the league and Barca were all over the home side in the opening half an hour. Suarez arrowed a shot just wide of the far post after mesmeric play by Messi in the opening stages and struck the post moments later. Suarez played in his strike partner but Messi’s shot was blocked

by Osasuna goalkeeper Nauzet Perez, who later tipped Messi’s attempted lob over the bar. Barca were almost caught out from Osasuna’s only chance of the half when Miguel De Las Cuevas burst down the right and rolled the ball across the box towards striker Oriol Riera, who narrowly failed to make the contact for an equaliser. The champions were given an-

other fright early in the second half when Sergio Leon skipped towards the area and attempted an audacious chip which clipped the crossbar. The Catalans eventually made the most of their momentum when Messi created a gap around the area with a jinking run and slid the ball into the path of Alba who rolled it across for Suarez to tap into the net from close range.. - Reuters

Aussies regain confidence for series against Pakistan Australia enjoyed a windfall of conﬁdence from the 3-0 series win against New Zealand which captain Smith hopes will be banked for the Tests against Pakistan starting this week

MELBOURNE: Lacking context, suspense and crowd enthusiasm, the Chappell-Hadlee series between Australia and New Zealand may not have generated the returns projected by its commerceminded organisers. The home side, however, enjoyed a windfall of conﬁdence from the 3-0 series win which captain Steven Smith hopes will be banked for the Tests against Pakistan starting this week in Brisbane. Scarcely 20,000 fans turned up to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday to watch the ﬁnale against New Zealand, a year after more than 90,000 packed the

stadium for the World Cup ﬁnal between the same teams. With New Zealand’s batsmen skittled for 147 in 36.1 overs, Australia won by 117 runs, bringing an unloved tournament jammed between two test series to a premature conclusion. Former players and pundits have long bemoaned the proliferation of one-day tournaments that jam up the international calendar and tend to offer little more than bragging rights to the winning team and revenues to the hosting cricket board. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is weighing proposals to inject relevance to the format, including making bilater-

al series serve as qualifiers for the quadrennial World Cup. “There’s been a few proposals that have come up and you want as much relevance for every series as possible,” Smith told reporters after the Melbourne win. Australia enjoy the top ranking in one-day cricket but selectors have often been loath to field their strongest teams. They sent an under-strength squad to South Africa, resting frontline pacemen Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, who were duly hammered 5-0. Local media blamed the whitewash in South Africa in part for the humbling 2-1 Test series loss at home to the Proteas. The South Africa one-day tournament was another that lacked any meaningful context, but Proteas captain Faf du Plessis said his side’s victory gave them an edge ahead of the highly anticipated Test series. Smith will hope for the same spur against Pakistan, who they play in the first day-night Test at the Gabba from Thursday. “Obviously it’s going to be different in Brisbane against the pink ball and against a quality

opposition like Pakistan, so we’ll have to be at our best if we want to score some runs at there,” he said. “It’s been a great series for us and great for our conﬁdence as well. Winning is a lot better than losing and it becomes a bit of a habit as well. Hopefully we can keep up this habit for the rest of the summer.” Since being humiliated in Hobart to lose the South Africa Test series with a game to spare, Smith’s side have bounced back with four straight wins, including the dead rubber test in Adelaide with a re-jigged side. While in-form opener David Warner was man-of-the-series with two centuries against New Zealand, the return to form of pace spearhead Mitchell Starc is ominous for Pakistan. The left-armer was in full ﬂight at the MCG, capturing three wickets and two with a pair of almost unplayable inswinging yorkers. “I think he’s got better with every game he’s played (and) I think he’s getting back to his best,” said Smith. When he’s (bowling yorkers) we know he’s going pretty well, so hopefully we can see a big series against Pakistan.” - Reuters

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Arsenal hit back to beat Stoke and move top LONDON: Free-scoring Arsenal replaced Chelsea as Premier League leaders as goals either side of halftime by Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil helped them recover from a slow start to beat Stoke City 3-1 on Saturday. A rash challenge by Granit Xhaka on Joe Allen gave Charlie Adam the chance to put Stoke ahead from the penalty spot and the Scot dispatched his spot-kick with ease. Arsenal raised their game and equalised three minutes before the break when Walcott stabbed in Hector Bellerin’s low cross. Ozil’s looping header over stranded Stoke keeper Lee Grant put Arsenal ahead ﬁve minutes after the interval before substitute Alex Iwobi ran through to give Arsenal the two-goal victory they needed to top the table on goals scored. Everton lose Italy international Stefano Okaka scored either side of halftime

to give Watford a 3-2 Premier League win over Everton on Saturday, their first victory over the Merseyside club in any competition since 1987. Watford, who started with players of 11 different nationalities in their line-up, went behind in the 17th minute when Romelu Lukaku scored from close range for Everton after Gareth Barry lobbed the defence. The goal was the Belgian’s eighth in the league this season but the lead was short-lived, Okaka equalising in the 36th with a back-heeled flick at the near post from Nordin Amrabat’s cross. Okaka followed up on his first Watford goal by heading in the Hornets’ third from a corner in the 64th after Austrian Sebastian Prodl had headed in his first league goal of the season from Jose Holebas’s free kick. Lukaku headed in his second of the afternoon with four minutes of normal time remaining but

Watford hung on to go seventh in the standings on 21 points and ahead of ninth-placed Everton. Swansea win A Gylﬁ Sigurdsson penalty and a brace from Fernando Llorente gave Swansea City a 3-0 win over fellow strugglers Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday, relieving the pressure on manager Bob Bradley. Sigurdsson struck from the penalty spot in the 50th minute after a handball by Jason Denayer and he turned provider four minutes later, sliding a low corner into the box which Spaniard Llorente steered past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Llorente wrapped up the three points in the 80th minute when he headed in Jefferson Montero’s cross following an interception by the excellent Leon Britton, who was making his ﬁrst appearance since the start of November. The win was Swansea’s second

under American Bradley, the favourite with British bookmakers to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Burnley win Burnley scored twice in the space of three first-half minutes to end a run of three straight defeats with a 3-2 home win against Bournemouth on Saturday in the first Premier League meeting between the sides. Jeff Hendrick unleashed a stunning half-volley from 25 metres in the 13th minute to open the scoring and Stephen Ward made it 2-0 three minutes later with his first league goal in more than four years. Bournemouth put themselves back into the match when the unmarked Benik Afobe swept the ball past goalkeeper Tom Heaton two minutes into first-half stoppage time, but George Boyd made it 3-1 in the 75th. Charlie Daniels reduced the gap again with a 91stminute long-range strike. - Reuters

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

SPORTS AHLI-SIDAB’S INDIAN STAR RUPINDER PAL SINGH FELICITATED

Indian hockey star Rupinder Pal Singh, who is currently playing in Oman for Ahli-Sidab Club, was felicitated at two separate ceremonies during the weekend. On Friday, the Indian drag ﬂick specialist was honoured by one of the most active and popular expat hockey teams — Team Coorg. And then on Saturday, famous hockey personality and former Oman hockey coach SAS Naqvi hosted a ceremony at his residence in honour of Rupinder Pal Singh. The ceremony was presided over by Dr. Hammad bin Hamad Al Ghafri, Advisor at the Ministry of Civil Services, and graced by former Oman hockey player Mohammed Shambeh Al Raisi. — Supplied photos

Sublime Kohli, Vijay gain India vital lead The hosts, leading 2-0 in the ﬁve-match series, reached 451 for seven at the close, 51 runs ahead of the touring side

MUMBAI: India captain Virat Kohli maintained his red-hot form as he and Murali Vijay struck ﬁne centuries to help the hosts overtake England on day three of the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. The hosts, leading 2-0 in the ﬁve-match series, reached 451 for seven at the close, 51 runs ahead of the touring side. Captain Kohli was unbeaten on 147 at stumps with Jayant Yadav on 30 not out. The 28-year-old Kohli brought up his 15th Test hundred and second of the series and celebrated with a leap in the air, bringing the 22,000 crowd at the stadium overlooking the Arabian Sea to their feet. Kohli batted majestically, rarely looked in trouble, and hit 17 fours with sublime stroke-making. He shared crucial stands with the lower-order batsmen - 57 with Ravindra Jadeja for the seventh wicket and an unbroken 87 with Yadav. Vijay and Kohli, who also passed 1,000 Test runs in 2016 and 4,000 in his career, added 116 for the third wicket before the former was out for 136, hitting a full toss from Adil Rashid straight back to the leg-spinner. England successfully reviewed the umpire’s not out decision to dismiss Karun Nair lbw for 13 off Moeen Ali before part-time offspinner Joe Root picked up the wickets of Parthiv Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin in four balls. India, who were comfortably placed on 262-2, were reduced to 307-6 before Kohli and Jadeja propped them up. Jadeja was out to Rashid for 25. The hosts could have been in more trouble if Rashid had held on to a return catch from Kohli, then

STARS OF THE DAY: India’s Murali Vijay, left, and Virat Kohli run between wickets. – Reuters SCOREBOARD

England 1st innings: 400 (K. Jennings 112, J. Buttler 76, M. Ali 50; R. Ashwin 6-112, R. Jadeja 4-109) India 1st innings: L. Rahul b Ali 24 M. Vijay c & b Rashid 136 C. Pujara b Ball 47 V. Kohli not out 147 K. Nair lbw b Ali 13 P. Patel c Bairstow b Root 15 R. Ashwin c Jennings b Root 0 R. Jadeja c Buttler b Rashid 25

on 68. Root also dropped Yadav on eight off James Anderson, compounding England’s problems. Yadav was reprieved again on 28 when replays showed he had edged Moeen to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow down the leg side but England did not have any reviews left to challenge the umpire’s not out decision. Resuming on 146 for one, the hosts suffered an early jolt when Cheteshwar Pujara (47) was bowled by the second ball of the morning shouldering arms to paceman Jake Ball. However, it proved to be the only success for the English bowlers in the morning as Vijay and Kohli ﬂayed the attack.

J. Yadav not out 30 Extras (b-5, lb-7, w-2) 14 Total (for 7 wickets, 142 overs) 451 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-146, 3-262, 4-279, 5-305, 6-307, 7-364 To bat: B. Kumar, U. Yadav Bowling: J. Anderson 15-5-43-0, C. Woakes 8-2-34-0 (w-1), M. Ali 45-5-139-2, A. Rashid 44-5-152-2, J. Ball 14-5-29-1 (w-1), B. Stokes 8-2-24-0, J. Root 8-2-18-2 Umpires: B. Oxenford & P. Reiffel TV umpire: Marais Erasmus

Vijay reached his second century of the series with a single against off-spinner Moeen and hit 10 fours and three sixes in his knock. He was given out lbw to Rashid on 116 but managed to overturn the decision on review as replays suggested he got an inside edge before the ball struck his pad. Chances lost England had their chances to break both partnerships. Legspinner Adil Rashid failed to hold on to a return catch from Kohli, then on 68, while Joe Root dropped Yadav on eight off James Anderson. “After that middle session in the way that we got ourselves

into a pretty good position, it was quite frustrating that we couldn’t take the wickets at the back end there,” Root told reporters. “It just proves that when you create those half-chances you got to make sure you take them.” Kohli remained unbeaten on 147 and the importance of Rashid’s spill was clear. “That was a very difficult catch,” Root said. “When it’s coming at you at that pace, you are following through and it’s on you before you know it.” The England vice-captain, who took two wickets with his parttime off-spin, tried to remain upbeat. “Most important thing is that we look forward, look to tomorrow and we take those three early wickets when we get those opportunities,” Root said. “When it comes to batting we will look to put pressure back on them and be positive just like we were in the ﬁrst innings. If we can do that and do that well then we have got a really good game on our hands.” Root was effusive in his praise for Kohli and said the batsman, who completed 1,000 test runs in 2016 during his innings. “He is obviously very driven and he’s very ambitious, you can see that in the way he approaches the game,” Root said. — Reuters

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016

SPORTS F4 SEA CHAMPIONSHIP

Jordan Love wins overall crown, Frost claims final race SEPANG: Singapore’s Danial Frost scored a convincing win in the sixth and final race of the Sepang round of the FIA certified Formula 4 South East Asia (F4/ SEA) Championship. However, Frost’s win came at the expense of Australia’s Jordan

Love, who has set out to claim another victory for a clean sweep. Meanwhile, Oman’s Khalid Al Wahaibi finished eighth in the final race and finished out of the medal bracket. Khalid finished behind India’s Mohammed Nalwalla, who did well to finish seventh.

Love, had to settle for second, ahead of India’s Akash Gowda, who just edged out Kiwi Faine Kahia, who finished fourth. Star award award Meanwhile, a fifth place finish by Indonesian rookie Presley Mar-

tono was enough for the youngster to also take the rookie win for the race. Local hopeful Isyraf Danish finished sixth as the best-placed Malaysian finisher, ahead of India’s Mohamed Nalwalla. With five race wins and one second place finish, Love also walked

away from the weekend with the Fuji Xerox Star Driver award for the F4/SEA Event 4. In second place overall was Frost with Martono in third overall for the weekend. Despite the overnight torrential downpour, the sixth and ﬁnal

All to do on final day for Team Oman Air in ESS Sydney Act

race of the weekend was declared dry enough by race officials for the drivers to run on slick tyres. The penultimate event in the inaugural season will take place at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand from January 6 to 8. CRICKET

Rajkumar Sharma

Going into the penultimate day in second place, behind leaders Alinghi by just two points, Oman Air found the going tough and dropped one place to third

SYDNEY: Points proved elusive for Team Oman Air on the third day of racing in Sydney as the Act 8 leaderboard was dramatically rejigged ahead of the crucial ﬁnal day of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series. There were classic conditions in Sydney Harbour — bright blue sunny skies with up to 18 knots of breeze — which paved the way for a full racing schedule but it was Oman Air rivals Alinghi and the in form Red Bull Sailing Team who shared the spoils, claiming six wins in eight races. Going into the penultimate day in second place, behind leaders Alinghi by just two points, Morgan Larson’s crew found the going

TOUGH CONTEST: Oman Air in action at Sydney leg of the the Extreme Sailing Series. – Supplied photo

tough and dropped one place to third, 19 points adrift of their Swiss opponents and 13 behind Red Bull. It was one of those frustrating days when they struggled to

ﬁnd top gear, admitted Oman Air mainsail trimmer Pete Greenhalgh and as a result, their chances of winning the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series title had taken a hit with

a lot to do on the ﬁnal day to turn the tables. “It was a tough day. We were not on our best form and the results showed that,” said Greenhalgh. “We didn’t ﬁnd that second gear to allow us to step up and sock it to these guys and we were on the back foot. We didn’t start that well, our boat handling was a little bit off and our decision making wasn’t that good so the upshot is we have made life quite difficult for ourselves. “We have dropped a few points behind the front bunch and have quite a lot of work to do tomorrow.”

OMAN CRICKET

The team was certainly not feeling any extra pressure with regards to the rivalry with Alinghi, which has been the main feature of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series, Greenhalgh added. “We are lucky with the atmosphere on board our boat — it’s a nice atmosphere — we will regroup tonight and aim to come back strong tomorrow.” Oman Air bowman Nasser Al Mashari was optimistic of prospects for the ﬁnal day and said they would be doing their best to pull things around. “We tried our best to claw back the points today but we just couldn’t do it so it was a tough day,” he said. “The conditions were great — started out well and the wind built but our boat handling fell short of our usual standards. Tomorrow is our last day so we will be doing our best and hopefully will do better than today.” Racing in Sydney concludes on Sunday with a double points ﬁnal race which is set to decide the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series title after a year-long campaign. Online coverage will continue on Sunday at www.extremesailingseries.com with Twitter updates and real-time 3D visuals, live leaderboards and vital statistics such as average and top speeds, distance sailed and number of manoeuvres performed.

Kohli’s coach to conduct training at BOC MUSCAT: Rajkumar Sharma, famous coach of Indian Test team captain Virat Kohli, will impart training at Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) later this month. According to a press statement issued by BOC, Rajkumar Sharma will be training the players at BOC for ﬁve days from December 22 to 26. “BOC Cricket has formed a good name in cricket as one of the upcoming cricket training centers in Oman. We have also been a part of Oman Cricket organized U-13 and U-16 tournaments at this age group category and previously has been on cricket tours of UAE, India and Sri-Lanka to give additional cricket exposure for our cricket lover students,” the statement said. “What we endeavour to do now is get an established, high proﬁle cricket coach to give few days training in Muscat for the participants of Oman,” it added. For registeration and further details contact BOC on 99334173 or email at boc.cricket@yahoo.com

ISC TENNIS

Prithvi, Sanskar claim junior doubles crown

PREMIER DIVISION: Assarain celebrate their win over Raha.

A DIVISION: MDC Enhance Eagles after their win over OCT Muscat.

Muscat, Assarain register facile wins MUSCAT: Muscat recorded a five-wicket victory over Al Turki in the Oman Cricket-organised Premier Division T20 tournament at the Ministry of Sports Affairs Ground I. Batting first, Al Turki put on 127 for seven in 20 overs. Yogesh Patel top scored with 42. Munis Ansari claimed three wickets for Muscat. In reply, Muscat CT scored 128 for five in 18.4 overs. Jatinder Singh and Swapnil Khadye scored 35 runs each. Gopender Bohara claimed three wickets for Al Turki. Brief scores: Al Turki 127 for 7 in 20 overs (Yogesh Patel 42; Munis Ansari 3/31) lost to Muscat CT 128 for 5 in 18.4 overs (Swapnil Khadye 35 n.o;

Gopender Bohara 3/28). Points: Al Turki – 0, Muscat CT – 2.

overs (Kaleem Ullah 3/13). Points: Raha – 0, Assarain – 3.

Points: OCT Muscat – 0, MDC Enhance Eagles – 3.

Raha lose In another Premier Division match, Assarain defeated Raha by 114 runs. Batting ﬁrst, Assarain put on 176 for seven in 20 overs. Shahan Akram top scored with anunbeaten 56 runs. Abdul Rehman Afzal claimed three wickets for Raha. In reply, Raha were restricted to 62 for nine in 14.3 overs. Shahan, Nadeem and Kaleem Ullah claimed 3 wickets apiece.

Easy for Enhance Eagles In an A Division match, MDC Enhance Eagles defeated OCT Muscat by 134 runs. Batting ﬁrst, MDC Enhance Eagles scored 230 for nine in 40 overs. Zafar Iqbal top scored with 43. In reply, OCT Muscat were bowled out for 96 in 23.3 overs. Wasim Ali and Mazhar Alam claimed three wickets each for Enhance Eagles.

Al Mada Engineering win In a B Division match, Al Mada Engineering defeated PDO by three wickets. Batting ﬁrst, PDO were bowled out for 96 in 21.1 overs. Reajul Islam claimed three wickets for Al Mada. In reply, Al Mada Engineering scored 100 in 14.3 overs. Azaam and Nishanth Bhaskar scored 23 eachs. Asadullah Asghar claimed four wickets for PDO.

Brief scores: Assarain 176 for 7 in 20 overs (Shahan 56 n.o.; Abdul Rehman 3/22) bt Raha 62 for 9 in 14.3

Brief scores: MDC Enhance Eagles 230 for 9 in 40 overs (Zafar Iqbal 43) bt OCT Muscat 96 in 23.3 overs (Wasim Ali 3/12, Mazhar Alam 3/30).

Brief scores: PDO 96 in 21.1 overs (Reajul Islam 3/14) lost to Al Mada Engineering 100 for 7 in 14.3 overs (Asadullah Asghar 4/23). Points: Al Mada Engineering – 3, PDO – 0.

MUSCAT: The duo of Prithvi Raj and Sanskar Dubey justified their top billing by capturing the junior doubles crown at the Falcon Insurance Companysponsored Annual Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC). The top seeds had their homework done and complemented each other to register a comprehensive 6-2, 6-2 victory in the final over the second seeded team of Surya Mariappan and Vatsal Manikandan to claim the junior doubles crown. Considering the inexperience of playing doubles, Prithvi and Sanskar had their task chalked out and raced to a 4-0 lead in the first set. Surya and Vatsal broke the top seeds in the fifth game and held their serve. Prithvi and Sanskar broke again to win the first set. Surya and Vatsal broke in the opening game of the second set and in the fifth game but could

not maintain the momentum as Prithvi and Sanskar showed better consistency and punch in their approach and won the second set and the title. Earlier in the semifinals, Prithvi and Sanskar defeated Varun Deepak and Rishabh Kant Jha 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. Talented J. Kaavya is in line to win her second girls’ title. The girls U-12 champion has advanced to the final of the girls U-14 singles after scoring a hardfought 8-7 (7-2) victory over Madhu Mitra in the semifinal. In the final, Kaavya will take on Stuti Mathur who had earlier defeated Madhu Mitra 6-4 in the league phase. In the veterans’ singles, KK Girish upset second seed Mohan Kannan 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinal. In the final, Girish will clash against top seed R. Murali who endured the resistance of Percy Pereira before outplaying him 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 in the second semifinal.

FINALISTS: From left, Sanskar Dubey, Prithvi Raj, Vatsal Manikandan and Surya Mariappan. – Supplied photo

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Room Al Khuwair R.O 110/-. Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

2BR ﬂat in old ﬁsh market Ruwi. Contact: 92705331

Store for rent in W.K. Contact: 96708000

One / Two, B/R ﬂats in new building near Dolphin near dolphin complex, Bausher directly from owner. Contact: 92158031 New 3 story 4 bedroom villa in Al Hail near to radio station. The spacious master bedroom has a sea view. It has a maids room. All bedrooms have bathrooms and one extra bathroom between dining and sitting room. It has split A/c’s. 6 months advance payment required. Price is OMR 750 monthly. Telephone: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955. No Brokers Please.

Two apartments for rent in the ﬁrst Ansab consisting of 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, 2 Balcony and the second consisting of 5 rooms and 5 bathrooms, a living room, kitchen and balcony with Split Air Conditioners. Contact 99319620 / 97771121 Medical clinic for rent in Samail 1000/- Rial per month with all equipment in laboratory & X- Ray without medical staff. Contact: 99319104 2BHK ﬂat in Wadi Kabir near the Indian Primary School with split A/Cs. Contact: 99367627

1,2 BHK Darsait. Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

1 BHK Flat for rent in Darsait. Contact: 99357586 / 97500021

1,2 BHK Wadi Kabir. Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

Single & double BHK ﬂats behind German Embassy near to Al Nahdha Hospital Ruwi & near to Indian School Al Ghubrah. Contact: 99203954

2 BHK Azaiba R.O 300/-. Contact: 92144045 / 97799175 For Rent 2BHK, AC R.O 260/- Wadi Kabir. Contact: 95455181 Room for rent in Qurum attached bathroom. Contact: 97128083 1 BHK near Medical Darsait Muttrah house R.O 180/-. Contact: 95070201 1,2,3 BHK ﬂats & villas. Contact: 92144045 / 97799175

Flat for rent in Al Ghobra, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 family sitting room, 1 kitchen. RO 400/Contact - 95919059 Office for rent in Shatti Al Qurum in Al Masa mall. Contact: 91153933 Brand new shoe room at heart of Azaiba city for rent. Contact : 98294753

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FOR SALE

4BHK Flat with split A/c including 3 toilets, in Qurum commercial area near Mercedes-Benz showroom.

- New Brand Building in Bowsher for sale - Twin villa in Azaiba & Ghubra for sale - Commercial/ Residential khuwair for sale.

Land in Al

Contact Hood: 91155779

JEWELLERY SHOP For Sale: Running jewellery shop with furniture & settings in Ruwi High Street. Contact on 9945 9440 (Raza)

Contact: 99214738, 92715778

SITUATION WANTED BUSINESS

FOR RENT Villa complex for lease renovated deluxe villa complex with separate three flats, location Al Ghobra North (near tourist hotels) is available for lease. Contact: Ali: 99411607, Luoy : 92466266 Villa for rent four spacious bath attached bed room, private swimming pool, gymnasium (common) with electrical equipment and free maintenance secured compound at Madinat Al Illam. #98027975 One room furnished Al Khuwair near Technology College. Contact: 99389989 Call after 5 o’clock pm. One BSK two bath room with split unit AC at Honda road. Contact: 91118706 / 99342733 1 BHK New bldg with A/C curtains near Khimji mart MBD. Contact: 99061408 / 99024039 2BHK near Oman house behind Khimji H.O. Contact : 95865686 Villa complex for lease renovated deluxe villa complex with separate three flats , location AL Ghobra north ( near tourist hotels) is available for lease. Contact: Ali : 99411607 , Luoy : 92466266 House in Darsait, 3 rooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen with A/C. Contact: 95522405 1 room with living room 250/- & 2 rooms with living room 300/-, Bowshar near Modern College, with split AC & ample car park. Contact: 90999945 / 92222045 One bedroom flats, family hall 1.5 bathrooms, and kitchen. Quality Design and Finishing in brand New Building in Ghala. Contact Real Estate Services Co (RESCO): 91246444 / 92905432 / 24222345

Garage for rent in Wadi Kabir 250 Sqm built area equipped with one hydraulic lift and vehicle pit. Serious tenants may #97224477 New flats for rent at Darsait near to ministry of sports, Mumtaz area the flats includes 1 living room , 2 bedrooms, kitchen, 3 toilets, every room with split A/C & high quality finishing. Rent per flat is RO 320/-. Interested candidates please Contact: 00968 – 92225523 New flats for rent at Al Ghubra near to Atlas Hospital, opposite to Panorama mall. Interested candidates Contact: 00968 – 97093283 1Bedroom sharing K& T, family / ladies in Al Khuwair R.O 90. Contact 95154331 6 Bedroom villas available for rent at North Al Hail, near Wave, complex with swimming pool and Gym. Contact: 99833747 1 BHK flat in Wadi Kabir RO 160/-. Contact: 99376454 2 BR apartments available for rent, close to Muscat Grand Mall, next to Diwan’s Office, South Ghubra. Contact: 2456256 / 99833747 Flat for rent, 1 BHK in Bowshar. Contact: 91153933 Flat in Wadi Al Kabir, 3 rooms with AC. Contact: 99333639 Room for rent in Bowshar. Contact: 91153933 2 BHK near Oman house behind Khimiji, H.O. Contact: 95865686 Fully furnished room for executive bachelor in CBD area, WiFi internet free, advance deposit. Contact: 90631572

ACC. AVAILABLE

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

Contact 93990154 FOR SALE Used vehicles – 3 Ton Double cabin Trucks- 12 Nos. Contact : 99417302. Shop for sale at Al Khoudh. Contact: 92820541 Twin Villa for sale in Azaiba near Sultan Centre. Each side has three ﬂoors, ﬁve bedroom plus maid room. Each room has it’s own bathroom and one extra toilet between dining and sitting room. The villas are now about 5 years old and very clean and well maintained. It has split A/C’s. OMR 215,000 each villa. Telephone: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955. No Brokers Please. 400 square meters residential land in Al Ghubra south near Millenium Hypermarket. OMR 134 thousand. Telephone: 99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955. No Brokers Please.

Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM

Villa for Rent behind mazoon mousqe 7 bedroom, living room, dining room . Contact 95150809 for 750 R.O nogotiable

New building in Bowshar for sale. Contact: 91155779

New apartment ﬂat for rent, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & kitchen, behind Indian School, short way to Lulu Darsait & Muttrah traditional Soqu. Contact or Whatsapp: 91013331

3 bedroom ground ﬂoor house for rent in South Al Hail behind Al Hail Hypermarket. Contact: 95047657

603 sq mtrs residential land in Al Hail North Block 45 NE near Radio station. OMR 96 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 - or 97509955. No Brokers Please

Spacious shop available for perfumes cosmetics, near Oman house. Contact: 92150455 Two bed room ﬂat available near Honda Show room. Contact: 99022675

Room in Azaiba. Contact: 99555843

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

Villa in MQ for sale. #91155779

Ducab – FRLS cables of various sizes for sale. # 98048952, 99815190 Farm in Barka for sale. Contact: 91155779 Ice cream Shop, Prime location, Ruwi for sale. Contact: 92150455

FOR SALE Running restaurant for sale Al Khuwair area. #92660947 Used & refurbished porta cabins, toilets unit available for sales. Contact: 99215560 Email: omegaunitedoman@gmail.com Expat leaving, house hold items for sale. Fridge, AC, dining table with chairs etc. Contact: 92323377 Shop for sale heart of Ruwi near happy center. Contact 96728595 / 99335013 Restaurant for sale well modiﬁed well equipped good location in Sur. Contact: 99554114 Shop for sale at Honda road and Rex Road. Contact: 96093266 / 91398730 Villa for sale in Al Amerat 8/1 upscale ﬁnishes. Contact: 91153933 Containers for sale Total 40 feet & quantity 70 Nos for more details, please Contact: +968 95068854 BUILDING MATERIAL SHOP FOR SALEWell-furnished running building material-electrical shop (4 shutter / 200sqm) in Al- Khoudh- 6, for immediate sale- shop with stock or stock only. Serious buyers may please Contact: 94320909 Industrial land in Rusail.4000 sqm. contact 99323957 / 95490842. Land for sale in the village of Bimmah on the coastal road Qurayat/ Sur with a space of 604 square meters for an attractive price. Contact 92905222 Beauty parlour for sale in Ruwi. Contact: 92430239 RESTAURANT for sale in Ruwi. Contact: 99378964

ACC. AVAILABLE Sharing accommodation in W/K. Contact: 94986587

Furnished single room with toilet at Al Khuwair, Kabab factory Ronald. Contact: 99568122 Furnished 2 B/R ﬂat available for family / EX bachelors near ISD Darsait. Contact: 93517541 Big room with separate bath room available in Al Khuwair, opposite Muscat Pharmacy R.O 100/- , with E/W. Contact: 95250161 Well furnished single / sharing room for Exe. Bachelor at Rex road (Kannada, Telugu, Tamil). Contact: 92873832 Furnished sharing ﬂat at Honda Read. contact 96093266 / 91398730 Furnished room sep / entrance Wadi Kabir Executives. Contact: 99336206 Room for rent available at Al Khuwair. Contact: 91512037 Furnished room in ruwi and azaiba for rent for executive bachelors. Gsm 99058344 Sharing accommodation available at honda road Ruwi. contact 99040590

MV SALE 2008 BMW X5, Expat owned grey colour Jenaibi Service history 97,000 K.M immaculate condition with brand new tyres R.O 8,650/-. Contact: 93597597 Camry, No. 2, 2012 model, 66000 kms, Gray. Contact: 92781260 Toyota corolla 1.6 automatic, 2011, 78000 km only, dealer serviced. Contact: 92323377 Prado 2014. Contact 99336093 FJ Cruiser 2009 GCC, yellow, 210000 KM, RO 6300/Contact: 92857111 Mercedes C155, 2008, white, 130000 KM, 10100/- R.O. Contact: 92857111

Sharing accommodation available with W/E at Al Khuwair 33. For a small family or non-cooking bachelors. Contact - 92834145

Honda Accord 2008 model, 4 cylinder, number 1 full options with navigation/ camera, full insurance. No accident history, 1640000 km, well maintained. OMR 3300/-. Contact – 95919059

Furnished room for non cooking bachelor near Softy Ice cream, Ruwi. contact 91107383 / 93120054

Dihatsu Terrios Trend 4WD, 2012 Registration, dealer service registration up to August 2017. Contact No: 92812144

AVAILABLE Bobcat available for rent. Contact 97623299 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

ACC.WANTED Wanted a single room for Senior Executive Bachelor in Ruwi area. Contact: 93708595 Very small office space / shop required in Muscat governorate for registration of new office. Contact: 92781260

BUYING Buying cars for cash. Contact 90202090

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

Sales Staff with perfumes experience, required for a perfume company. Preferable Arabs & Indians speaking Arabic. Age below 35, joining immediately with NOC or visit visa.

ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ 'ƌĂĚĞ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟ ŽŶ Company Requires the following:-

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & FINANCE MANAGER

Site Engineers (Civil), Senior MEP Engineer, MEP Engineers, QA/QC Civil, HSE Supervisor, Foreman (Civil), Foremen Electrical, Foremen Plumbing. ƌĂŌ DĂŶ Ͳ ŝǀŝů͕ ƌĂŌ DĂŶ Ͳ DĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů͕ ƌĂŌ DĂŶ Ͳ ůĞĐƚƌŝĐĂů͕ Y^ Ͳ ŝǀŝů͕ QS - MEP, Experienced Purchaser, Store Keepers, Experienced person ŝŶ tĂƚĞƌ WƌŽŽĮ ŶŐ ŽŵďŽ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ͘

Looking for dynamic and talented individuals to join our team in Oman ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ

Email CV to:

Interested Candidates to send CV to below email.

oman@alharamainperfumes.com

Email: info@durat.om

Reputed mineral water company required the following HEAVY/LIGHT DUTY DRIVERS VAN SALESMAN with Omani driving license

SALES SUPERVISOR/SALES KͳKZ /E dKZ with Omani driving license , >W Z^ ͳ Experience 3 to5 years

Contact - 90372638 ACCOUNTS Accountant 2-3 years experience. Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must. Email: mohammad.jwabreh@ bearingcitysc.com. Fax: 24509312

CATERING Excellent male cook w/ experience 200 Riyals salary + accommodation & food. Must be in Oman have own visa. Contact: Whatsapp: 95887572 Urgently required Sous Chef commis Chef for a new restaurant. Contact: 91919255 Urgently required Lab Technician, Pharmacist on leave vacancy and Dental Technician for a reputed polyclinic. Send CV to carecare003@gmail. com or call 97706453.

ENGINEER SURVEYOR /DRAFTSMAN ITI Surveyor with 2 years experience in Oman in OHL transmission lines with valid D/L and knowledge in drafting preferred Contact: 93339586 Email: hromancv@gmail.com Required Urgently Engineer with Driving License & Foreman for construction company in Suwaiq, Al Batinah Contact: 96322202 / 93677795, mail your cv’s to: unionnationalhouse@gmail.com Site Engineer with diploma & minimum 7 years Gulf experienced required 1 No. Email: omaniantrad@gmail.com Wanted Electrician / Electrical foreman with knowledge of estimation & building wirings. Fire & Safety installation foreman with knowledge of estimation & installations. Contact: 99634048 Email: bvcsmuscat@gmail.com Required Pipeline, Architect / planning engineer, Civil Engineer & Commercial Secretary (UK, USA, Germany), Mechanical Engineer, MEP Engineer, Indian Secretary. Email : joboman2017@gmail.com

EDUCATION Urgently required Arabic Instructor for spoken Arabic classes for private group of 10 People. Contact: 91919255

IT An IT Company urgently requires an Executive Secretary to MD with 4 year’s experience. Candidates with NOC can apply. Email CV to: hr@cityvago.com

MISCELLANEOUS Required Regional Coordinator we are looking for a business development cum Projects Coordinator for an engineering and project management organization. Qualiﬁcation – B.E (Civil) / MEP experience 10+ years work experience in Oman is essential. Send your CV to hr@syconepmc.com Candidates with the following should apply: Previous experience in a similar, working for a security company Proven experience of designing and estimating large integrated CCTV, Access Control, and Perimeter detection systems. Detailed technical knowledge of database and operating security systems associated with CCTV, access Control, with Oman license. Send CV by mail info@sahabit.com

with at least 5 years experience in the ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ Į ĞůĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ associated with Petroleum, WůĞĂƐĞ ĂƉƉůǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮ ĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ

FOR CIVIL & MEP DIVISION 1) Project Engineer (D/L) 2) Structural Engineer (D/L) 3) Planning Engineer (D/L) 4) HSE Inspector (D/L) ϱͿ ƌĂŌ ƐŵĂŶ

Require Orthodontist in Bahla. Contact: 99237436 Required Optometrist for a leading Optical group in Oman. Email : albasilopticals@gmail.com Contact 93822557 Muscat wants GP, staff Nurse holding MOH license & Receptionist (Omani) Contact 97698004 email: medicare@fusionlogicoman.com Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other beneﬁts. Contact 92989109, Email: medicoport@gmail.com

Send Your CV to surcivilmep@surunited.com

SITUATION WANTED

SALES / MARKETING Sales merchandiser for food Stuff Company with valid Omani driving license. Please send the C.V to osamanimer1999@gmail.com Urgently required hard core Sales & marketing person for computer shop at Ruwi (IT knowledge) Oman driving license will be an advantage (preference for Kerala). Contact: 98048903 Email: info@smartpointcomputer.com Required well experienced dynamic candidate in Real Estate Evaluation Field beside Building Management Techniques. Contact 91246444, Email: rescooman@gmail.com Required sales and marketing executive for a 4-star hotel in muscat.candidate with excellent communication skills and having 3+ years experience need apply. driving license will be an advantage. email: hoteljobsmuscat@gmail.com English/Arabic speaking Marketing Major with experience in sales. Please e-mail gccmedicalrecruitment@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED SKILLED LABOUR

MISCELLANEOUS Urgent required : Store labors. Candidate should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must. Email: mohammad.jwabreh @bearingcitysc.com, Fax: 24509312

SKILLED LABOUR Required Salesman, Tailor and Barber. Contact: 91114884 Required experienced UPVC/ Aluminium fabricators for a reputed well established Company. (NOC holders have priority). Contact 93029860 / 92853008, Email : ibnaldhahira@gmail.com Required Experienced Auto Electrician and Automobile Mechanic for a reputed service station. Contact : 91232638 hashim@ramainvestment.com A petroleum ﬁeld (SAOC) company seeking for JCB operator with ROP license & having 2 years experience to work at PDO site. Contact: 24484045, Fax: 24485908, GSM : 98083550 Email: said.maqshan@gmail.com Construction company looking for foreman with Gulf experience. Contact : 95758004

SECRETARIAL / OFFICE Wanted Office clerk having two years experience. Contact: 92891888

SALES / MARKETING Sales man & designer for Offset printing press. Contact: whatsapp 94756618 A digital & offset printing press ready to cooperate with sales freelancers. Contact: Whatsapp: 94756618

6) Inventory controller 7) Accounts Assistant ϴͿ Kĸ ĐĞ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ϵͿ ZĞĐĞƉƟ ŽŶŝƐƚ (Male/Female)

ϱ ǇĞĂƌƐ ' ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟ ŽŶ ƐŬŝůůƐ

MEDICAL

Arabic speaking doctor preferably with MOH License, internal medicine specialty would be a plus. E-mail gccmedicalrecruitment@ gmail.com

Mail: cv4gcc@gmail.com Fax: 24614202

SITUATION VACANT

Email your CVs: ndevoman@gmail.com

A MOH license Staff Nurse needed to work in a clinic in Medha 400 Rial salary with accommodation. Contact: 94220240

Interested candidates may contact:

send your C.V kbd@f-m.fm issa767a@gmail.com

Project Manager required to develop a high end resort with good knowledge of local hospitality market and proven experience in developing similar projects from early stages, including pre opening

Urgently required GP doctor with NOC for well known running clinic ready to work in Bidbid. Contact 96746460

HR Manager. KŶůǇ ĨŽƌ KŵĂŶŝ EĂƟ ŽŶĂůƐ͘ Min. 5 Years’ Experience Required. ĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ 'ƌĂĚƵĂƟ ŽŶ preferred.

ϭ͘ ŚŝĞĨ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů Kĸ ĐĞƌ 2. Finance Manager

PROJECT MANAGER

Urgently required male pharmacist, Male lab technician, Female OT nurse, Female hair implantation nurse. Contact: 95634573 Email: hr@gshoman.com,

HR MANAGER A Prominent Trading & ŽŶƚƌĂĐƟ ŶŐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ

Male 42 electricians & plumber, looking for job NOC available. Contact: 98081227 Watch repair and service looking for job, 24 yrs experience. Contact: 99530405

MISCELLANEOUS Masters(M.Sc) in Applied Psychology, Specialisation in Counseling, Indian Female 24 Years of good calibre in teaching and counseling with reasonable practical experience in some reputable schools and colleges, looking for an appropriate opportunity in related field. Contact : 0096899133896; afsh. shariff@gmail.com. Electronics And Communication Engineer: 23 Indian BE-ECE graduate 2016, looking suitable placement networking, hardware and electronics field, on family visa Contact:95148894,99726963,Email: sadathali0003@gmail.com Indian male, B.com graduate well versed in English, Hindi, Malayalam holding a valid Oman driving license looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96799287 Indian/male(26)/CA finalist and b.com/3 years experience in audit & assurance services, financial reporting & analysis on visit visa, available for immediate joining. Contact: 98078321, EMAIL: shahir. usman.su@gmail.com Indian Male , M.Com , 6 years experience in the field of accountance Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement. Contact 92859733 Senior Sales Executive, experience in trading industries with thorough knowledge of Oman market and wide customer contacts. Driving license and NOC available. Seeks senior position. Contact: 98487311

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian male, 24 years, B.com, MBA(Finance) with overall 3 years experience in accounts/ finance field. Interested in sales field also. On Visit Visa. Contact:90115058/ safwanmeadows@ gmail.com Indian male Accountant 3 years good working experience doing accounts with tally and excel searching for suitable job. E-Mail : contactanand31@gmail.com, GSM : 95694990 Indian male with Shorthand & Computer Skills also having 23 Years Gulf Experience is looking for suitable placement. NOC available. GSM No. 97227062 Indian/male (26)/CA - inter and b.com/3 years experience in audit & assurance services, financial reporting & analysis on visit visa, available for immediate joining. Contact: 98078321 email: shahir.usman.su@gmail. com Indian male, having three years of experience in medical ICU and oman license. Seeking for suitable situation as staff nurse. Contact 98416393 An expatriate Indian female, graduate with 4 years experience in e-learning and ITes and 3 years experience in financial consulting and analysis seeks suitable placement. Email : write2nishanair@ gmail.com, Contact - 0096893994505 Finance & Audit Manager Available CPA, MBA-USA ACCA ,Oman Experienced , Expert in Profit Maximizations , Business Developments, All Banking Facilities , ERP- Accounting Software , Internal / External Audits & Controls , with Best Solutions of Business Problems ,NOC available & Driving License Call 94886226 Mechanical engineer/hvac/indian: 1year experienced mechanical engineer with piping engineering & quality control certification, on visitvisa. Contact: 90957740, email:nishadphoenix@gmail.com Indian Male with 23 Yrs. experience in Secretarial Job and Administration is looking for opening in Oman. NoC available. #97227062 Indian Male (25), BSc Electronics, M.B.A seeking suitable openings, Having 3 years’ experience in, sales and Marketing of financial products with Oman Driving License. Contact 94774550 HSE Engineer, 4 years of experience in construction certifications, bachelor of engineering(EEE), Nebosh, Iosh, Dhse, First Aid. Contact :+97474018995, email:midhunmich@gmail.com

ACCOUNTS Male Accountant, MBA (finance) 5 yrs experience including UAE & India up to finalization available immediately (on visit) Contact: 91704866 Email: anees0989@gmail.com Indian (M) 25 years looking a job for Accountant post 3 years experience in Indian as an Accountant for trading co. well knowledge in tally, software visit visa will expire on 10th December. Contact: 91939830 Email: sinanch98@gmail.com 10+ Years Experience in Accounts & Finance upto Finalisation, NOC & License available. Contact – 96239126 Indian (m) B.Com MBA well experienced in accounts & finance speaks English & Arabic, having driving license & NOC. Contact: 95588565 Male Accountant, 34 yrs, MBA finance, 12 yrs experience up to finalization of accounts, NOC available. Contact: 98733509 Email: abdulvasi6832@gmail.com Experienced business development and investment consultant with 10 years experience in the financial management field. Holds a masters degree in finance and management from the UK. Contact : 90157073 Indian Accountant having 13 years experience in accounts in Oman & 6 years in India, Oman driving license excellent knowledge in Tally & MS Office, Seeking suitable placement Contact: 79039690 Email: thomas.mahesh@gmail.com Gen accountant 4.5 years atman UAE, Accountant 8 months Ajman UAE, Accountant cum PRO 2 years Sharjah UAE & Accountant cum Purchaser 2 years Sharjah, UAE. Contact: 00968 - 95268360 Part time qualified experienced Accountant available. #91126314 Part time Accountant up to finalization auditing. #93598736 Part time Accountant, 7 yrs Gulf experience available 8.00 AM to 1.00 PM FRI &SAT. #97895741 Accountant male holder of diploma Chartered Accountancy and student of CA institute inter CA, with 3 years experience in finance, available at Muscat ready to join immediately. Contact: 79049355 / 99220572 Email: ahamedfiham777@gmail.com Indian male BBA Finance, Tally & Excel, 1 year experience. Contact: 00968 98829488 Email: ashiqashraf6789@gmail.com ACCA qualified Chartered Accountant, 7 years experience & permanent resident of Oman looking for suitable placement. Contact: 94521899 ACCA Finance Manager having 9 years experience, Oracle certified is looking for a change, NOC available. Contact: 91147885

MECHANICAL/PRODUCTION ENGINEER, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proﬁciency in AutoCAD, Primavera certiﬁed. Contact arn9895@gmail.com Mob 00919895233155

Chief accountant Senior 16 yrs exp can handle accounts up to ﬁnalization, MIS, C. ﬂow budgeting, ERP costing & leasing with auditing, NOC available, seeking job. Contact: 94885686 Email: zahid233368@gmail.com

Indian male, M.Com, 6 years experience in the ﬁeld of accountancy and Stores. Good knowledge in SAP, Tally, MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement. #92859733

Indian male 26 yrs on visit visa B.SC Mathematics 4 years experience as an Accountant seeks suitable job. #98615171 / 95374978 Email: worksite.tinson@gmail.com

Indian female, M.Com, having 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Job in Accounts OR suitable placement. Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 Indian male MBA (finance) Accounts, Customer service, 2 yearsExperience.(Dubai Airport) Iran Airlines. GCC driving licensevalid till 2025. On Visit Visa (Till 20 Dec 2016).Looking for suitable job. Contact – 71093532. Emailmirzahassanbaig89@gmail.com Experienced Indian female 23 B.Com with computer application on visit looking for suitable position. Contact: 94964860 / 92436404 MBA Finance Indian 25 Male 2 years experience seeking opportunities in Finance sector. Immediately available.contact:92498840 sachu_0318@yahoo.com Indian male MBA finance 31 years working as Admin Manager in Muscat since 2012, total 8 years experience in administration and accounts valid Omani driving license. NOC is available. Contact : 94030054 Indian male with NOC , 12 yrs Oman experience in Operations, facility management banking project coordination with Oman D/L looking for suitable placement. Contact: 98183667 Accountant & Admin 18 years exp (7 yrs in UAE) good knowledge of accounting software’s & English. Contact: 92170065 Indian male, Accountant, 22 yrs, BBM, Diploma in E-Office & Office & E-finance, experience 1 yr under CA as Accounts Assistant looking for suitable placement. Contact 95268346, Email : ms6678379@gmail.com Indian male with 7.5 yrs experience in accounting, AR/AP finalization, Tax Queries with good, Knowledge of tally SAP, Focus, having valid D/L. Contact: 96625046 Email: thmsb182@gmail.com Indian male 34yrs looking for Accounts Asst job, Oman with valid driving license Cont. 92092486, email:sagarjohn28@gmail.com Indian male Accountant available with NOC & D/L having 10 yrs experience including India, Oman & Saudi ready to join immediately. Contact: 91729720 ACCA finalist looking for a job in accounts & finance or in audit firm, having Omani D/L & NOC available with 4 years Oman working experience. Contact: 95661169 Email: mohsin_zaman4u@hotmail.com Male MBA Finance, 10 Year experience in Accounting, Finance, Business Development, Administration & Banking (Import & Export). Proficient in Quickbook & Microsoft Suite. Contact 91462125, Valid Oman Driving License. Accounts part time services available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis, finalization works. Contact: 96247295 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

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Sr. Accountant with SAP/ERP. 11yrs experience in Accounts & Finance in Gulf. 5years in reputed Oil & Gas company; &ŝŶĂůŝǌĂƟ ŽŶ Θ ŽŶƐŽůŝĚĂƟ ŽŶ &^͕ D/^͕ Audit, Budget, AP & AR, Tax, etc., /ŶĚŝĂŶ DĂůĞ͕ WŽƐƚͲŐƌĂĚƵĂƟ ŽŶ͕ Oman D/L and NOC available.

ACCOUNTS Indian male 30 yrs, B.Com 4 years experience in GCC, Sales / Accounts looking for suitable vacancy, currently on visit. Contact: 99727595 Email: samie61@gmail.com Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license. NOC available. Contact 95588565 Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available. Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com Experienced Jordanian banker with 22 years of experience gained across top global banks and financial institutions in UAE, Jordan and Oman. # 9290 9198 Accountant B.Com/ M.Com, Indian male 10 years exp seeks suitable job NOC available valid ROP driving license. Contact: 97375608 Email: vincentdsouza1979@gmail.com Indian (m) MBA ( f) more than 6 years of experience in accounts, proficiently in various A/C software SAP ( F1/CO) seeking for suitable placement. Contact: 95920740 Email Id : abdulhameed1527@gmail.com Looking for Assistant Accountant, experience in Ayurgreen Hospital. Email: samkumar871@gmail.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact 99284193 MBA Finance having 6 years experience (4 years) in Oman as an Accountant, local release. NOC available can join immediately. Contact: 96742474 Indian male 22 years, B.Com Graduate with one yr experience in accounts, looking for suitable position. Contact: 91247507 Indian, Kerala, CMA-USA, ICWA, Mcom10+Years Experience Budgeting Planning MIS Accounts&finance.Cont.94064931shijupnarayanan@gmail.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. #96976240 Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman. Ready to join immediately. Contact 98263394 Accountant 8 Years Experience with D/L and NOC. #97712084 Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin. Contact :94743790 Certified Public Accountant (Filipino, Male, 27-yrs-old) with four years experience, seeking suitable placement in accounting/audit, currently on visit. #94959606, email: czesar.42@gmail.com 7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients. On visit visa in Muscat. Contact 90191628 / 96175780 Indian female, 26 years,brought up in oman,M.COM(FINANCE) CA Foundation(CPT),CA , INTER (DOING) presently on family visa seeking for immediate and suitable placement. Contact -97174201/99663957 Email-anishasasi@gmail.com 8 yrs exp. in Admin & Accounts (3 yrs in Oman), MBA, exp. in Tally ERP 9, Indian (F) seeks placement. Contact 97243806

Please contact: 931 42923 ACCOUNTS Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job. Contact 93953613, Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: anishkhan991867@gmail. com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 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 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Omani female Accountant, 32 years, having 10 years exp in admin/accounts seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93295953 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available. Contact 968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com Finance Manager, 17 + years Gulf exp. in Accounts, MIS, budgets, strategic planning, cost control, cash flow management, seeks job. Contact 99489784, E mail :- vijay.564@hotmail.com

ADMIN Sri Lankan female, 31 years 7 years experience in administration & secretarial currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in ﬁnance / Admin / secretary. Contact: 94767990 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN 9 years Gulf experience AutoCAD Draughtsman. Contact: 93528255 Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH : 92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

CATERING Pakistani, Male, MBA, 11 yrs exposure in Admin & HR and Business Development for HEALTHCARE, construction and banking industries, 4 yrs as Asst Manager, in Oman, Available to join, Cont:95761982, umerok@hotmail.com Indian male 24 years BBA currently on visit visa looking for suitable job in Accounts, Administration customer logistic operations etc ready to join as early as possible. Contact: 96987802 Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have vocational M.B.A 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

Restaurant / Banquet Manager Indian male having 3 yrs Diploma in Hotel management & Catering technology, above 16 yrs work experience sin F& B service, Managerial position in reputed Star hotels at Gulf countries & India. Contact: 91164043 Email: mohanpriya1975@yahoo.com Bangladeshi male commis Chef looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95494310

DRIVER L-driver with valid Oman D/L, looking for suitable job. Contact: 95489480 Looking for job light driving. Contact: 93779819

8 years experience in administration and guest relations department in Oman With valid omani driving licence. Seeking suitable jobs. Ph: 98145825 email: getcb@rediffmail.com

Driver with license looking for suitable job. Contact: 93502627

Omani, male, 26 yrs experience looking for job in reputed Companies as PR, having experience at airport / Emigration, Ministries/ Manpower with Oman D/L. Contact 95445779

Driver available for job. Contact: 96381406

Post Graduate Indian female 30 experiences in office Admin & tech support looking for suitable opening. Contact: 97148570 Email: maryjose86@gmail.com Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126

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Have 6 years experience in Oman as driving license private light. Contact: 96550836 / 92854178

Driver looking for job with visa. Contact: 95154610 Search job for light driver, 5 yrs, language Hindi, Arabic & English. Contact: 97941771 Driver with Car. Contact: 99716938 / 96048707 Female family driver. #98044188 Pakistani, 10 years experience in Saudi, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, license 3 years in Oman. Contact: 94350734 / 97665807

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Indian Male 15 years gulf experience in HR / Admin Assistant, Purchase, Office Coordinator with good computer skills seeking employment for suitable position. Holding valid Oman Driving license. Contact 99709336 Female Indian 28, BTech, MBA-HR with 4+ yrs exp (2yrs Oman exp as HR assistant) looking for suitable positions. Contact: 90227455 Administrator B.Com with D/L on release, 30 years India & Gulf experience in office. project documentation & logistics. Contact: 92324789 / 97281023 IND 10 yrs experience in outdoor Admin & HR activities, valid GCC driving license looking suitable vacancy. Contact: 71233079

Diploma in Architect seeking suitable job 30 years experience ability to run office consultancy concept to complete including tendering. Contact: 71236682 Email: sfah3108@gmail.com Indian male, 23 yrs, Architect, 1 year experience, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 98192299 Architect 3 years experience in consultant office proﬁcient in 3D Max – Photoshop, AutoCAD. Contact: 98245746 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience. GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

Indian female BSC IT, having 3 years experience in Oman in Admin / HR seeking for suitable job. Contact: 92308229 Email: maluvyayan40@gmail.com Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa, looking for suitable position.Contact 90196235 Indian male M.SW (HR) 2 years exp in India, 27 years age. Contact: 93353912

Free lance Autocad works experienced (arch, struct, MEP, shop drw) rate a0/a1 sheet ( 10-17 OMR) ph : 97103168

Looking for light driver job. Contac: 93782166 / 94356465 Looking for light driver job. Contact: 95604741 Looking for job light driver 17 years exp Oman. #95541940 Looking for driving job language English, Arabic & Hindi. Contact Whatsapp: 95283531 Light Driver with 7 years experience looking for job. #92617293

Crane Operator. Contact: 91317691 / 97489287 Looking for driving job. Contact: 94802988 / 94435912 Light driver. Contact: 97020205

Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 mkgroupoman@gmail.com 3D Draughtsman having 5years highway draughting plus 5years architectural and structural draughting looking for suitable job. #93243262. Interior designer seeking job in Muscat with 6 years of related experience as an interior designer with a strong background in work place interiors. Contact: 91291502 Email: ahmad.jassem025@gmail.com

DRIVER Looking for driving job. Contact: 95396905 Experienced driver available with 4WD willing to work fulltime / part-time, familiar with all tourist destinations in Oman. Contact: 24814231 / 91941545

DOMESTIC HELP Indian Cook 25 yrs, 6 yrs experience 1 yr in Oman, NOC available, ready to join immediately. Contact: 93136713

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian Male 22, BE Civil Engineer with few site and internship experiences looking for a suitable position in your ﬁrm. Got knowledge in (Primavera, Autocad, Staad pro). Currently In visit visa. 98327644 or shakib842@gmail.com Indian male 26 years Mechanical Engineer with 2 yrs exp in Oman. Looking for suitable placement. Contact - 91328079 Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. #92451323. Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available. Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Engineer with 8 years experience performs multi- task job to structural work , building construction , infrastructure , planning , site development & architectural ﬁnishing works, NOC available valid Oman D/L. Contact:97474593 Email: a.baraka.om@gmail.com Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available. Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com B. Tech Mechanical HVAC site Engineer 4 years experience, currently on visit. Contact 92837696 / mdabdulather@gmail.com

Driver looking for job. #95892363

Driver job wanted. #96393082

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Indian female MBA- HR & Marketing having 8+ experience in Admin / HR support and office coordination, Now on visit visa ready to join immediately. Contact: 97059495 Email: priyaviswan@gmail.com

Looking for job exp having driving license. Contact: 97363138

with over 20 years in Oman. Can manage ERP systems, Hardware, Network, Wi-Fi and Biometric Devices. NOC available.

Looking for driver job. #99578649 Want light driver job, 4 years experience. Contact: 91740910 Looking for job light duty driver 5 years exp. Contact: 92602182 Light duty driver 5 yrs Dubai, 1 yr Oman experience seeks placement knowing English, Arabic & Hindi. Contact: 90271794 Bangladeshi male light driver exp 16 years looking for job. Contact: 99165961

An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects. Contact – 90164912 Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certiﬁed in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. Contact: 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Site Engineer Indian male, 7 years of experience in building construction commercial and residential seeking suitable placement, NOC available. Contact: 94817010 Email: mohamoodmct@gmail.com Sudanese Civil Engineer 2 years experience. Contact: 94028027

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer (Indian male) 12 years of experience in construction field having Omani D/L and NOC looking for suitable job. Contact: 94194399 Email: saashibly@gmail.com Electronics & Communication Engineer, 23-year-old Indian on family visa, BE-ECE graduate looking for suitable placement in networking, hardware and electronics field. Contact no: 95148894, 99726963. Email: sadathali0003@gmail.com Electrical Engineer with DCRP Electrician license & Oman driving license, 10 years experience in Oman, seeks suitable placement. NOC / Release available. Contact: 97316979, Email: rajaneeshktr@ gmail.com Diploma in Civil Engineer having 8 years experience Quantity Surveyor Civil in Oman looking for a job around 21 years experience in civil works. Contact: 97829710 Indian female, 22 yrs, BE (Electronics & Communication) searching for suitable placement. contact 96008324 Indian male B.E Automobile Engineering experience in Administration customer care, Supervisor job mechanical job, on visit visa. Contact: 96033372 / 96304190, Email: arunsaravanan2931@gmail.com Civil Engineer with 3 years in Oman working in international company in field of building construction and infrastructure have Omani license. Contact: 98826802 / 94903195 Email: eng.mn12@gmail.com HSE Manager / Project HSE Manager HSE Engineer having 16 years experience in Gulf region obtained NEBOSH diploma, Diploma in civil looking for job. Contact: 94549278 or Email: ram_hk2003@yahoo.com Automobile Engineering Fire & Safety Engineering, 2 years Oman experience, 2 years India experience driving license. Contact: 92848439 Structure Engineer/civil BSC, worked in mega projects with 2 years experience, soft ware skills (Cad, staad, Revit, Robot, Sap, Hilti), Fluent Arabic, English. Contact :99814536 HSE Engineer having 10+ years experience in both Construction and Oil & Gas (PDO). Looking for suitable position, NOC & valid driving license available. Contact: 97717468 SriLankan Quantity Surveyor Male, 25 Years. Over 5 year Exp. (3 Yrs. in Oman), NOC available, looking for Suitable position. Contact: 98436414, Email:Hassaan.mt@live.com Electrical Engineer Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Experienced auto mobile Engineer seeking job. Contact: 91487747 Indian Mechanical Engineer with one year experience in oil & gas refinery as piping QC Engineer seeks suitable placements. Contact: 95900813 Email: jinu8888@gmail.com HSE Supervisor Indian male 2 yrs experience relevant field with MSC ENV science industrial safety NEBOSH, IOSH first aid IT MS work excel PPT looking for suitable opportunity. Contact: 97047859 Mechanical Engineer, 3 years experience, 1 year in Oman, with driving license & NOC. Contact: 94887665 Email: mechatron_mt@yahoo.com Indian male 24 years B.Tech Electronics Telecommunications Engineering 1.5 years experienced Supervisory Engineer with appreciable ELV expertise seeking suitable position. Contact: 92519146 Email: afsalafoos95@gmail.com

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Indian male 25 years Civil Engineer (B.Tech) 04 years experience in bridges / structures and buildings working in a reputable company in Oman since 1.6 years available to join with NOC. Contact: 95495797 Email: sarfarazahmad30@gmail.com

Indian Female (Dual MBA Marketing & Operations, BTech Civil on Family Visa looking for suitable Openings. Contact 93287567

Procurement, Warehouse & Logistics, Pakistani Male, Graduate, Over 10 years experience, Looking for Suitable Placement, Currently on Visit Visa. Contact: 91257663

General Manager Indian National With 20 yr Experience In managing Civil Construction Business Seek Opening in reputed Civil Company. Contact-97464650.

INDIAN male, BBA with 4 years experience in SALES & MARKETING, holding omani driving license. seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95607037 Email: raaz0jannat@gmail.com.

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Manager receivables 12 years Oman experience.#99466318 Email:binulukechacko@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity. Contact: 93101283

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ENGG. / TECH./MECH. B.Tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian 25 years male, seeking for suitable job. Contact: +968 90417679 / +968 92193763, Email : sintocj88@gmail.com Diploma Electrical Engineer 15 yrs experience in electrical, commercial & industrial field 3.5 yrs Gulf experience presently on visit visa. Contact: 97937868 Graduate female with 7 years experience in retail, looking for a suitable position. Contact : 96234434 Indian male 29 yrs, 6 years exp at East Africa now on visit visa seeking for store in charge or related job. Contact: 99695002 Email: arafathw880i@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Indian female 25 yrs B.Tech IT technically skilled in Date base operating systems, Oracle utilities seeking suitable position, good communication skill. Contact: 94152561 Indian male B.Tech in Automobile Engineer with 2 years experience in service adviser, currently in Oman on visit visa, looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 97195645 Email: akram_75@gmail.com Master of Engineering (Civil), 5 years experience. Contact: 96658456 Chemical Engineer 2 years experience in petrochemical & polyethylene industry looking for valuable offer, NOC available. Contact: 91359260 Email: jibinjoseph484@gmail.com B. Eng Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineer with 2 years good working experience searching for suitable job in Oman, driving license on visit visa. Contact: 97705533 Email: engirfan91@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer 3 years of experience in oil & gas and heavy equipments, fluent in English language with valid driving license. Contact: 91366140 Indian male 16 years experience (GCC) in construction (civil & electro, mechanical) purchasing seeking suitable placement having valid Oman driving license NOC available. Contact: 99109533 Syrian Civil Engineer with 2 years experience in construction with driving license. Contact: 94799791 Young Structural Design Engineer, 2 yrs well experienced with good knowledge on Etabs, Staad. PRO & AutoCAD, looking for suitable job (full time / part time). Contact: 96118135 Email: raju.alam50@gmail.com Electrical Engineer (B.Tech) male 12 years experience in MEP looking for job NOC available. Contact: 94743659 BE MECH Engr, Indian male, 23 yrs having 2 yrs experience in Mechanical Engg on visit visa seeks suitable position. Contact: 98827544 Email: sibi.a.b.varghese@gmail.com B.T.S microwave link installation & commissioning Engineer B.Sc (Hons), B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineer ( 2.7 years exp) currently on visit visa. Contact: 96756964 Email: qayamzaidi8@gmail.com B.S.c Civil Engineer with 7 years experience in managing & supervising of construction & oil & gas fields (NOC) Available. Contact: 96086214 Email: engmohamedosaman@outlook.com Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. Contact 96570891 29 years male Civil Engineer (B.Tech) roads / highways and buildings 08 years experience in Oman only having valid GCC driving license Oman available to join immediately with NOC. Contact: 95994968 Email: engr.aamir04@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. #94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com 32 years male senior land surveyor roads/ building / pipelines, PDO , 11 years experience in Oman / Dubai. Working in reputable company and available to join immediately with NOC. Contact: 97640625 Email: qasiryasir@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 6 years exp in Gulf HVAC ﬁre protection plumbing with D/L. Contact: 90609377

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. # 99739415 / 92091528

Indian male having Diploma in Hotel Management with 16 years of experience in F x B Service at India, K.S.A & Oman, having valid Oman D/L, seeking for available placement. #92100141 / 92221956 Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree,03 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has oman driving license. Contact 99859150. Indian male, 24 yrs , Diploma in Hotel management, 2 years experience front office management in 4 star hotel Dubai, currently on visit visa. Contact: 97937504 Email: febinpalathingal01@gmail.com

IT Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit. #93837973 Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Ph number: 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 Email: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com Indian male 25 B.Tech Electrical, 3 years experience in industrial automation & supervision. Contact: 97207570 / 90481773 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 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 Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in switchgear / Transformer / over head lines & trading for Sales / Procurement & Project Execution with valid Omani D/L, also available on contracts basis. Contact: 968 - 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact - 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Contact : 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment. Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact: 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Indian female 24. Masters in Computer science engineering, seeking job in colleges, schools and institutes. Having in good skill in teaching and advanced technologies. Contact : 93356858 Email id : annielino11@gmail.com Female Arabic Teacher well experienced looking for a suitable job for non native speakers. Contact: 96094116 Indian Female, Phd in Chemistry having 3.5 yrs of Experience in India. Staying here on Family Visa & seeking for a suitable placement. Contact – 99675828, Email anupam.tiwari67@gmail.com

IT Engineer male, 28 yrs, over 7 yrs experience with NOC, D/L available seeking placement in IT / Network / Telecom field. Contact 93563297 Email: monuzv24@gmail.com Technician Network Electrical CCTV, Indian male 27 yrs, 6 yrs of experience in Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. #93098436 B. Tech IT Graduate 5 years experience in web dev, networking have valid Oman license looking for suitable placement. contact 9882577 Email: ajaybin.joy@gmail.com Indian Male Diploma, 4 Year Experience in IT Hardware and Networking, System Admin (2 Years in Oman), Seeking for suitable job. Contact: 91010146, e-mail: pranav.tp587@gmail.com Indian male seeking suitable vacancies, having 8 years experience in computer hardware maintenance and 2 years in CCTV, Presently on visit visa. Contact: 99641209, Email: adersh.kr@gmail.com Indian male, Post Graduate Diploma holder in IT, CCNA & MCSA Certified have 5 years experience in software & hardware technical support. Contact: 93988511 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available. Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com B.Tech (IT) graduate having 1 year experience in Search Engine Optimization, seeking a job in IT field. Contact :nazrinkhan.s@gmail. com, 96336292 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact 98660672 Indian male, 26 yrs, 4 yrs work experience in M.N.C , IBM , ITIL foundation certified looking for suitable jobs in Training / learning / Development / HR/ MIS. Contact: 92306613 Email: michael.rinku@gmail.com CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.Contact 95818892

Omani male, 21 years graduate, (bachelor in management studies) seeks suitable placement. Contact: 97904200 21, Indian female B.com graduate on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Holds valid Omani Driver’s license. Contact: 97208869 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable placements. NOC available. Contact: 92066 523 B.Com,IICL Certiﬁed Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. Contact: 90880935, 99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848 BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants). Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com 9 year experienced industrial painter and sand blaster with Oman driving licence. NOC available. Seeks suitable placement. Contact ZakeerHussain 96681934.

MEDICAL Staff Nurse female Indian 26 yrs, 5 yrs experience in haemodialysis, has BLS and ACLS, MOH viva and prometric cleared staying here on visit visa, looking for suitable job. Contact: 92518629 Indian male Nurse with 7 years seeking for a suitable job in Muscat. Data flow, prometric completed. Contact: 93519957 / 98275068 Email: mammenv24@gmail.com Indian male 27, B.Tech Graduate, having 3 years Oman experience in installation and maintenance of security products, having Omani driving license and NOC. Contact 96485624 Indian female, B.SC Staff Nurse Prometric exam passed (63%) having 5+ years experience, seeking better opportunity. # 94082308 Email: dhanya4sarath@gmail.com Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: 92610394 Indian male Nurse, with well experience in profession and working in Oman. Seeking for a suitable placement. (Preferring opportunity in as Rig Medic). Has BLS and ACLS. Contact : 97236545 Female Staff Nurse, with 6 yrs experience MOH license and NOC available date flow completed looking for a suitable job in Muscat. Contact: 97440718 Indian Nurse with MOH viva prometric, dataflow completed looking for suitable job. Contact: 95984538 Indian No: +91 8606470884 Email: josephneethu2014@gmail.com

27, Indian male: Software Developer having 5years+ experience in oracle forms & reports 10 g, BI publisher. Contact:91156571

Dentist Indian male with 5 years experience including 2 years Oman working experience, MOH license seeking suitable placement. Contact: 94116459 Email: sayedmabeel87@yahoo.com

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India. Contact 94672759

Pakistani male MBBS, 1 year exp. Contact: 0092345 4557131, Email: drluqman101@gmail.com

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

Indian male, Nurse with more 7 years experience MOH license, P.D.O license, dataﬂow, NOC available looking for job in Oman. Contact: 93604827 Email: subinraj37@gmail.com

Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com Female, master in mass communication, B.Ed, experience in media channel and teaching PH : 99362024

Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com Dr.Ayman Abduljalil Ali, E.N.T Specialist (Otolaryngologist), Yemeni-male, looking for job. Mobile: 00201096542706, Email: aymanjalilorl@gmail.com

CEO, CEO Assistant, Managing Director, Senior Level Manager, A senior level business developments executive with 18 Yrs of experiences in USA, Africa, GCC, with MBA from Texas A&M ,USA). Contact 92010247 Indian male (40 yrs), looking for warehousing /logistics supervisor position, having 12 yrs Oman Exp with D/L, currently with a leading distribution company in Oman, NOC available - PH: 94337320 ; Email: truefails@rediffmail.com Front Office Manager with over 20 years of experience in the Middle East & preopening expertise with hospitality giants like Burj Al Arab Address Hotels & Millennium looking for similar opportunities. Contact: 96383636 Manager customer service with over 20 years exposure in the Middle East with leading companies like Burj AL Arab the address & millennium, having excellence in operational management & training seeking suitable opportunity. Contact : 96383636 Joinery / Woodworking Production Supervisor, Indian, with knowledge in estimation, 18 years experience (5 years in Oman). Contact: 92975314, praveen777prabhakar@gmail.com. Joinery / Woodworking Purchase Manager, Indian, with 12+ years experience in UAE, Qatar & Oman. Experience in Trading & Manufacturing divisions, having valid Omani D/L. Knowledge in Materials Management, Finance, Office Administration and Operations. Contact: 98040421, vinodthattayil@gmail.com. Purchase Manager / Officer Indian male 16 years GCC experience in construction Industry NOC available having Oman driving license looking suitable placement. Contact: 99109533 Plumping Supervisor (Indian male) 12 years experience in Oman with valid driving license having more than 8 years in India looking for a suitable job. Contact: 95154414

Sales man looking for a suitable placement with 2 years experience, NOC available. Contact: 71293044 B.Com, Sales building material, accounts, marketing, 10 years experience in India. #92870992 Email: aboosheikh@yahoo.com Freight forwarding Graduate with 8 years experience in freight forwarding (Govt. of India) seek suitable placement. Contact: Shaji 99102497 / 98637889 Indian male MBA (Marketing) with Oman D/L 10 years of experience in sales & marketing in Oman, seeks job, NOC available. Contact: 91939227 Have 10 years experience in Oman as foreman pump operator Scada Operator have valid Oman driving license, Arabic & English ﬂuent. Contact: 95641025 / 92854178 Graduate Indian male 26 yrs, 3 yrs experience logistics & management seeking suitable opportunity in reputed organization. #98847095 MCA Graduate with 1.6 years experience Indian female looking for any suitable job currently on visit visa. Contact 97993250 / 91447261 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 Multinational FMGC experienced, qualiﬁed Sri Lankan lady seeking employment in Muscat. Strategy, Marketing, Brands, Sales, Communication. Oman exp & D/L available. 98250829 Looking for sales cum driver job. Contact: 94235254 Sales & Marketing Indian (M) having 8 years experience of commercial light vehicles, cranes, forklifts & construction equipments in Qatar, Oman & India holds driving license. Contact: +968 93992275 Email: azmath700@gmail.com Indian male 26 yrs, B.Com, 5 years sales experience in Oman seeking suitable job. Contact: 92507253 / 99414642

SALES / MARKETING Purchase Manager / Officer Indian male having 16 years GCC experience in construction (Civil& MEP) looking for suitable placement, having Oman driving license (NOC available). contact 99109533 Experience Sales / Business development professional, with 5 years Oman experience, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 90133601 Email: gbkoshy@gmail.com Egyptian male experienced Sales Executive with 12 years sales experience in Egypt, KSA and Oman with leading FMCG companies. Holds Omani driving license. Contact : 96202040, Email: ahmedghoniem618@gmail.com Indian male masters in Petroleum Engineering with 1 yr Oman exp in sales & marketing holding D/L, currently on visit visa looking for oil / gas industry field related or sales related job. Contact : 93789123 Indian male, Keralite Post Graduate Diploma and Graduate have 6 years experience in Sales and Marketing have experience in Ecommerce, IT, Security and FMCG Sales & Marketing. Contact: 93988511 Omani national, fluent in English looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97173753 BBA Bachelor of business administration exp in custom clearance procedure, also done international logistics management & Nimb National Institute business management (US) certification all documentation work related logistics. contact – 91949050 / akram.chaush001@gmail.com Marketing Executive with 10 years experience in Gulf on visit visa. Contact: 90116693

Key Accounts Manager of sales.. with an experience of 13 yrs, across the country. Bsc, MBA seeks suitable placement. Contact- 92100116 Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820 Indian male around 7.5yrs technical product sales, new agency development experience in Oman B.E mechanical PGP.MKT , IB , Oman D/L urgent placement (m). # 91536968 Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import fireworks for festivals, NOC available, have car. Contact 94123939. Email: 002015r@gmail.com MBA (UK), raised in Oman & with 2 yrs work experience holding valid Oman driving license, seeks job in sales / business development. Contact: 99513132 Indian male, looking for sales & marketing job, Oman license holder. Contact: 95642740 Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com Indian male 8 years experience as Sales Executive with Oman driving license NOC available. #92233068 Email: shipsnarayanan@gmail.con India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office independently administration, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in challenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact 99120500 CONTD ON PG NO 8

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED CARGO

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP speciďŹ cation for monthly rent & small car with driver. Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTTOURS Enjoy Camping in Wahiba desert & all over Oman & tour. Contact: 92226866

SITUATION WANTED TOURS

SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDU./CLASSES

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

DRIVING Muscat Driving School. Contact 94085688

TRANSPORTATION

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

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months tion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

Transportation. Contact 94297820

Specialist for road test drum and slope. Contact 94022250

TRANSPORTATION

Picking & drop (Ruwi to Rusayl). Contact: 98957524

Transportation. Contact: 97128083

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation. Contact: 99099714

From Ruwi to Ghala. Contact: 99562527 Transportation. Contact 94510847

Transportation. Contact:94087276 Al Khuwair, Qurum, Ghubra & Azaiba. #: 95937789 / 94501264

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

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classiﬁeds@timesofoman.com Tel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANT- SITUATION WANTGOOD NEWS SERVICES ED WE SERVE OMAN

Ayurvedic treatments & massage – Ayurvedic Clinic Al Khuwair. Contact 97263637 / 93309131 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis massage, steam bath, obesity, spondylitis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic clinic, 18th November Street Al Ghubra (North). Contact 99639695 / 97397320

MANPOWER

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES House shifting with carpenter and transport. Contact: 96737158 Window unit & split unit A.C servicing & repairing Barka, Mabela , Ruwi area. Contact: 99557080 Water prooﬁng ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 House shifting packing. Contact: 99657644 / 98518013 A/C maintenance & Servicing, Fridge / Washing Machine / dish washer repairing, 2) Painting and cleaning service, Electrical & Plumbing. Contact 94147874 / 24504281, Email : globalaccessunited@gmail.com

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ Ɵ ůĞƐ ͬ Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available. Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting, Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir AlRizaiqi trading. L.L.C. # 24810137, 99450130 Installation & maintenance for Modular Kitchen, UPVC Doors & Windows, Furniture, Electrical & Air-conditions Contact @ 92383882/91443786

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

SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Kĸ ĐĞ ďŽǇƐ͕ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ͕ General cleaning etc. ů DƵĚĂŬŚŝƌ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů Ɛƚ͘ >> Contact : 94277020 We undertake new construction & maintenance & gypsum works. Contact 92711506, ammarayyub@gmail.com

General cleaning new villas cleaning Barka , Mabela, Hail area. Contact: 99557080 / 95323517

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

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance Barka, Mabela, Ruwi area. Contact: 96236476

SITUATION WANTED SIT.WANTED SALES / MARKETING Omani female 6 years experience in management, ﬂuent in English & French searching for new opportunity. Contact: 90998255

Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128

Egyptian male experienced sales executive with 12 years sales experience in Egypt, KSA and Oman with leading FMCG companies. Holds Omani driving license. Tel: 96202040, Email: ahmedghoniem618@gmail.com

Indian male 25, MBA (marketing, ﬁnance) seeking for a suitable job having 1 year experience, currently on visit visa. Contact: 95469149 Email: surajar.inbox@gmail.com

Experienced business development and investment consultant with 10 years experience in the financial management field. Holds a masters degree in finance and management from the UK. Tel: 90157073 Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity. Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments. Looking for good replacement. Contact – 92015894 /95774854 Indian male age 24, B.Com. having 2 year experience and currently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement in Sales, Marketing & finance. Contact: 90766307 Email: shhaazz.007@gmail.com Indian male MBA and Diploma in management from Australia. On visit visa, looking for a suitable job in sales & marketing. #71189884

Marketing Manager 29 years professional experience in GCC / Oman in marketing in building materials / High tech products. Contact: 92284066 / 98559317 Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India. +918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. contact 96143430 / 99875919 Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity. NOC available. Conatct 96001877 Sales Engineer, Indian male, 28 yrs, 3 years experience looking for suitable placement. # 93938727 Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available. Contact# 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Client Relations and Sales Professional with 8 years in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, looking for suitable opportunity in Muscat. Contact +96879050752

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures. Aware of int. Standards, B tech in Mech engg. Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917350860889

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Indian Female Nurse with MOH License, looking for suitable placement in Muscat. #95537685.

Secretarial & Office: Indian(F), MBA in Finance, 2 years experience as Associate in Branch Operations (Record Keeping, Desk job)on family visa. Ph: 93186865 ; email: ddthoppil@gmail.com Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment. Contact: 95244761 India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse ﬁeld handling office administration independently, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in hallenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact 99120500 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

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer looking for job in Mechanical ﬁeld special interest in HVAC & MEP will be happy to hear from you. Contact : +968 9586 1251, Email : zufarajaib@yahoo.com Indian Male B-com graduate, 1.5 Year exp. in various office works, Valid Oman driving license Looking for any suitable post. Contact: 95322175 / 91987965 B.E Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Currently on family visit OMAN, looking for job in various mechanical ﬁelds of production, manufacturing, technical and designing. Contact :92113987,email : mohammedthanzeel@gmail.com Indian Graduated MBA from UK, Seeking for suitable position in Sales & Marketing, 3 years experience. Mob. 99642275, Email: Navas.shereef13@gmail.com 25 years male from India looking for job having 3 yrs exp in contracting and trading co. release or NOC available, for immediate joining. Contact :+968 94574596

SITUATION WANTSIT.WANTED ED MISCELLANEOUS 29 yrs old Graduate(Male), 6 years Experience as an Office Assistant with Good English communication skills, is looking for a job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa). Contact No:93271163 Email-ranjithraj08@gmail.com Indian male,28 yrs old, B.A Graduate, 6 years Experience in Hospitality and Hotel Industry with Good English communication skills , is looking for a suitable job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa) Contact No:90146616 Indian Male age:- 23) an i am looking for job an my qualiﬁcation is Diploma in Mechanical an i am having 4 years of experience in the Quality Supervisor And CNC Machine Operator, GSM:-+96897017866. Indian/male (25)/ post Graduate/3 years experience in sales and marketing(Dubai), on visit visa. available for immediate joining. Contact: 93887916, email: shamji3851@gmail.com Pakistani Male having 6 years experience working as a Store Incharge, looking for a suitable position. salary is negotiable. Email : usman.saleem84@yahoo.com, Mob: +96894611858 / 95480426 Indian male, 29 yrs, Graduate, 6 years Experience as an Office Assistant with Good English communication skills, is looking for a job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa). Contact No:93271163 Indian male, 28 yrs old, B.A Graduate, 6 years Experience in Hospitality and Hotel Industry with Good English communication skills , is looking for a suitable job in Muscat, on Visiting visa. Contact : 90146616 Indian male, 29 yrs old, Graduate,6 years Experience as a Coordinator in Reputed Firm with Good English communication skills, is looking for a suitable job in Muscat.(In Visiting visa) # 93042492

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

NRI One B/R spacious ﬂat, Quepem Goa, full furnished all facilities. Contact: 97094797 For rent, 3 bedroom furnished ﬂat at Edapally Kochi Kerala. Contact: 99722457

MATRIMONIAL Wanted Pakistani widow / divorcee lady for Pakistani, age 45, staying in Oman. Contact: 98604960 Kerala Thiyya girl, 26 yrs, 167 cm working as Software programmer in Muscat invite suitable proposal. Contact: 95772465 / 98696102

NOTICE Al Mher Al Sarea for Trad & Construction joint company which is recorded under the commercial register number 1092119 is going to change its legally shape from joint company ASTD to company And in accordance with Article 13 of the Commercial Companies Law No. 4/74. This is to inform any body who concerns about that to 2 months from the date publishing this advertising Asawer Sabaa for Construction joint company which is recorded under the commercial register number 1138269 is going to change its legally shape from joint company L.L.C to company and in accordance with Article 13 of the Commercial Companies Law No. 4/74. This is to inform any body who concerns about that to 2 months from the date publishing this advertising.

CHANGE OF NAME I Jit Matharu (holder of Indian passport No. N 2966539) son of Maghar Matharu having permanent residence in VPO Ghalkalan Teh Moga Faridk (complete postal address in India) and presently residing in Mabellah, Oman (complete postal address in Oman) intend to change my name from Jit Matharu (old name) to Amarjit Singh (new name) for all practical purpose. Any objection towards my name change may please be communicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box No. 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

LOST Muhammad Shabbir has lost Pakistani passport No. AY 5131852. Finder please handover to ROP. Tayyab Arsool has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. AJ 9806302. Finder please handover to ROP