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Oman Down’s Syndrome frequency causes concern 427 to 1 in 546. Yet little research has been done on why this is the case. In Western countries Down’s Syndrome is most prevalent among children born to mothers who are over 35, but this isn’t the case in the GCC, where there are very young mothers who give birth to children with Down’s Syndrome.

Though the global rate of Down’s Syndrome is approximately one in every 800 live births, the rates in the Sultanate are almost double at nearly 1 in 380

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sarah@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Ruiya Al Habsi and Zaid Al Jabry are best friends. They visit each other’s homes often and like drawing, listening to music, and playing games, often joined by their other brothers and sisters. Ruiya loves the movie Frozen and she loves getting dressed up. Zaid loves dancing. In most ways, they are like any other children in Oman. But life is a little more challenging for these two, as they were both born with Down’s Syndrome. The global rate of Down’s Syndrome is approximately one in every 800 live births, but accord-

RAISING AWARENESS: There are just over 1,400 children with Down’s Syndrome in Oman, including 13-year-old Ruiya and 12-year-old Zaid. - Photo: Sarah MacDonald

ing to the Oman Down Syndrome Association (ODSA) the rates in the Sultanate are much higher: 1 in 380. There are just over 1,400 children with Down’s Syndrome in Oman, including 13-year-old Ruiya and 12-year-old Zaid. Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition caused by the presence of an extra chromosome, 47 in total instead of 46.

This causes delays in both physical and intellectual development, but given proper early intervention, which both Ruiya and Zaid were lucky enough to have, people with Down’s Syndrome can become independent and be active members of society. “We don’t treat our kids any differently. Zaid doesn’t seem himself as any different, and I don’t think Ruiya does either,” said

Fatma Al Barwani, Zaid’s mother and a member of the newly inaugurated ODSA. She said that throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) the rates of Down’s Syndrome are much higher than the international average. For example, estimates for the UAE are 1 in 319 births; in Kuwait estimates range from 1 in 350 to 1 in 581; in Saudia Arabia from 1 in

High rates Some assume that the high rates of Down’s Syndrome in the GCC are because of consanguineous marriages, but Fatma says this hasn’t been proven either. Ruiya’s mother, Zuwaina Al Barwani, said two studies have been done in Oman but their results were inconclusive. “It might be something to do with environment but they didn’t come up with anything exactly conclusive,” Zuwaina said. Zuwaina is also a member of the ODSA, which was launched on March 21 with the aim of providing early intervention and assistance to help children with Down’s Syndrome function as independently as possible in society. She said the local rates of Down’s Syndrome in Oman reveal the need for the association. “As an association we can open up the centre, turn it into a mini school for children with Down’s Syndrome,” explained Fatma, adding that the ODSA would be able to fundraise, hire specialised teachers, and raise more awareness of Down’s Syndrome, too. >A6

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VIOLATION OF NORMS: The call came after the ‘Masar’, the tradi-

tional turban was seen in the market with a football club logo.

FAHAD AL GHADANI fahad@timesofoman.com Muscat: On its official twitter account, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has asked the public to report anyone misusing the traditional dress of Oman or the local fashion. The call came after the ‘Masar’, the traditional turban was seen in the market with a football club logo. The ministry has warned companies against the use of such sartorial practices, saying that it would conﬁscate such items and take legal action. Using traditional products such as Omani traditional attire and merchandise, imported or locally produced with a football club logo is a violation of norms, it said. The ministry carried out a number of inspections in the market to monitor the situation. Moreover, a twitter hashtag was created for the public to report any such violations to the ministry. The twitter handle is ‘talk to us’, or ‘khidmat hadithna’, and it was welcomed by the public. Different complaints and reports were made through the hashtag to the ministry for to taking legal action. Harming the traditional dress

might also take on a different connotation as some companies put external elements on these dresses or mix the designs which are speciﬁc to each dress. The ministry had earlier asked the companies not to trade in or import such items. Similar incidents had taken place earlier when companies tended to modify traditional dresses like Kumma, Masar, men’s dresses, and women’s ‘Abayah’ during stitching and put certain emblems or signs of some of international clubs on them. The ministry has warned shops or individuals against even marketing or selling such products in the Sultanate. Ali Al Jabri, from the private sector, welcomed the action by the ministry and felt that people committing such mistakes should be punished. “This is our tradition and it is very important to us,” said Al Jabri. He said that in an open market if companies are given freedom the design of traditional dress might vanish and wondered how such items have entered the Sultanate. “I suppose the authority involved in this issue must be strict with companies providing such dresses into the market,” said Al Jabri.

MUSCAT: Construction of the second phase of the Oman Avenues Mall, a division of the LuLu Group International, will start ‘early next year’ to provide an ultimate family entertainment experience for visitors. The second phase will see the construction of a cinema and perhaps some small shops around it with an estimated investment of around OMR14.5 million, Ben Watson, general manager, told the Times of Oman. The second phase will be constructed on top of the LuLu Hypermarket, complementing other components of the mall, he said. Watson said that during the ﬁrst 30 days of the launch of the new retail-led mixed-use destination, over one million people visited the mall, which was well beyond their expectations. According to him, the mall is currently over 70 per cent open and is expected to be completely open in a few months with the launch of multiple restaurants and a number of renowned international brands. The project is on track and over 100 stores are now open, he said, adding that the mall has made a ‘very strong’ contribution to job creation in Oman. Most of the shops have 100 per cent Omani staff, said Watson. He said that various sections dedicated to different types of brands and categories as well as

‘Boots UK to debut in Oman Avenues Mall soon’ ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI

PROJECT ON TRACK: The second phase of Oman Avenues Mall

will be constructed on top of the LuLu Hypermarket. – A R Rajkumar

the entertainment elements are some of the distinctive features of the mall. “Once we are completely open, the amount of family entertainment that we will have will outweigh any other shopping mall in Oman and even parts of the Middle East,” said Watson. He added that the mall currently has one baby feeding room and one more is being built, which will be the best in Oman. Awareness campaign Watson was speaking on the sidelines of an event at the mall on July 9, which featured an awareness campaign on Irlen Syndrome, a perceptual processing disorder, organised by the White Hands Centre for Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation. He said that the mall is keen

to provide further support to the centre to raise awareness about this disorder. Another part of the event featured a group of local Omani students and international students introducing their own culture, traditions and language to visitors. Maris Pihle, president of AIESEC Oman, said that people come to Oman for different social projects such as environmental ones, and added that the event at the mall was aimed at familiarising visitors with different cultures. Meruyert Shagmanova, vice president of marketing and PR at AIESEC Oman, said that such events are essential for increasing understanding and tolerance among people of different cultures and nationalities.

MUSCAT: Boots UK Limited, a leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland, is expected to open a store in Oman Avenues Mall in the next two months, marking its first presence in the Sultanate. “Boots are already confirmed to open a store at Oman Avenues Mall. You can see their hoarding and signage located on the Ground floor near Mothercare,” Ben Watson, general manager, Oman Avenues Mall, told Times of Oman. “We are excited to bring them to Oman for the first time. They are fitting out now and expected to open in the next one to two months,” Watson said. Oman Avenues Mall is an eclectic ensemble of retail offerings spread across 72,000 sqm. of builtup space.

SU N DAY, JULY 12, 2015 The private sector has been monopolised, where promotions are insigniﬁcant and annual raises are only 2 to 3 per cent Salem Al Hadhrami, Al Miladi Global Human Resource Management

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Better facilities attract Omanis to public sector jobs Omanis seek a job in the public sector for its wide array of beneﬁts which would help their personal lives and the future

MATTER OF PREFERENCE: As of the end of 2014, only 13.1 per cent

of Omanis constituted the workforce in the private sector.–File photo

TARIQ AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Leaving a private sector job is common for Omanis with most youths preferring government jobs despite the numerous opportunities offered by private sector establishments. The Omani workforce sets its sights on government jobs due to better benefits such as easy promotions, retirement benefits and extra vacations. “There is no doubt that Omanis leave the private sector for the public sector because of enhanced benefits,” said Salem Al Hadhrami, founder of Al Miladi Global Human Resource Management company. “The private sector has been monopolised, where promotions are insignificant and annual raises are only 2 to 3 per cent,” he said, and added that low salaries and lack of social benefits are among the main reasons Omanis avoid the private sector. He believed that the Omani workers should get higher salaries and better retirement benefits, along with managerial positions, if they have to be retained in private companies. “Look at the banks. All the positions are filled by Omanis. So why can’t Omanis fill the expatriate positions if they are skilled and qualified?” asked Salem. According to the statistics from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM), 80.8 per cent of Omanis work in the finance sector and 71.8 per cent in the electricity, gas and water distribution trades, whereas the lowest, 3.7 per cent work in the social and personal service sector. “The banking, telecom or oil and gas sectors are without a doubt the preferred sectors for our applicants. Also semigovernment organisations are high on their list of prospective

employers,” said Tonia Gray, general manager of Competence HR. As of the end of 2014, only 13.1 per cent of Omanis constituted the workforce in the private sector in the Sultanate. The highest number or 27.8 per cent of Omanis in the private sector, were in Al Dakhiliya Governorate, whereas the lowest, with just 8.5 per cent Omanisation could be found in the Dhofar Governorate. Some Omanis were hopeful of getting a job in the public sector for its wide array of benefits which would help their personal lives and the future. “If there is an opportunity to work in the government sector, I will take it. They have better benefits such as higher salaries and, most importantly, early retirement benefits,” said Ahmed Al Noamani, a private sector employee. “Almost everyone I know prefers the government sector for those reasons,” he said. Omanis can retire after 20 to 25 years of service in the government sector and receive a handsome retirement package whereas private sector employees enjoy retirement only at 60 years. Some experts believe that it is more that than just social benefits and better salaries that attract locals to government jobs. Time seems to be a major factor in their switch, since the public sector has fewer working hours than private establishments. “Hours of work are really seen as an issue, and are one of the reasons why so many people prefer to work in the banking sector, if they choose the private sector,” said Gray. “Many people devote the time after work to their own small businesses or to their studies, and the shorter government hours allow them this liberty,” she explained. The work environment also seems to be one of the issues

with Omani workers in private establishments. “The workplace environment is still not stimulating enough for Omani youths to settle down and continue their careers in the private sector,” said Ahmed Al Hooti, a member of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Since expatriates dominate the private establishments, Omanis are aware that they will be evaluated against the expatriates. Naturally, expatriates spend more working hours, are more committed, and more dedicated than Omani employees,” explained Al Hooti. However, some job seekers prefer joining the private sector due to their desire to hone their skills and face the challenges. Gray said, “The candidates believe they get greater exposure and will face more challenges in a more diverse company that is more ﬁnancially focussed. They feel that working in the private sector enables them to fully understand how companies operate and gives greater opportunities and experience to stretch their minds and improve their skills.” Most of the time fresh graduates prefer to join the government sector for better wages, less working hours and better social beneﬁts, but in this day and age, they are not concerned with the sector they are employed in. An official from Ajyal HR Solutions and Services said, “There are a few fresh graduates who would not see it as public or private, but they see the job as an opportunity to utilise their career skills, whether in the government or in the private sector.” In November 2014, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, minister of manpower, had assured that the new labour law would make the private sector more attractive for the national workforce.

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Times News Service MUSCAT: As Eid Al Fitr holidays approach, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has called upon motorists heading to Jabal Al Akhdar to stay alert while driving on the mountain roads. Motorists should abide by the rules and pay heed to caution messages of the ROP.

Police advised motorists to check their vehicle’s condition before driving in these roads. The ROP also advised motorists to abide by the authorised number of passengers in each vehicle. Visitors should gather all the information and prepare all emergency equipment required for any incident on the way, like tyres and spare batteries.

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TODAY’S DUAA ‘O Allah, on this day, multiply for me its blessings, and ease my path towards its bounties, do not deprive me of the acceptance of its good deeds, O the Guide towards the clear truth.’

It is amazing to see kids as young as ﬁve years old requesting their parents to make them keep fast. And in the Sub-Continent keeping fast by kids in the range between 5 years and 10 years is quite common, writes Aftab H. Kola

TRAIN YOUR CHILDREN THE ISLAMIC WAY T

hough fasting becomes compulsory when a boy or a girl attains puberty, the spirit with which these children fast has to be appreciated. It was common practice among the people of Madinah at the time of Khalifa Umar bin Al Khattab, when Islamic practice was still perhaps at its purest, to encourage children to fast for some days as a means of training. Though Ramadan is in its concluding days yet I thought children should be addressed through this column so that in the next Ramadan parents prepare them for the holy month in a more better and meaningful way. Even parents can take note. When I was based in Oman, we made it a point to organise a full-day Ahlan Ramadan (Welcome Ramadan) event exclusively for the children explaining to them the signiﬁcance of fasting, by conducting quiz and other activities to touch upon different aspects of the holy month. This can be done one week prior to the beginning of Ramadan. Even if children are not fasting, they can utilise Ramadan for a range of Islamic activities making them well-prepared to become a Mus-

sponsible for his ﬂock. A woman is the shepherd of her husband’s household and is responsible for her ﬂock”. So, it is our responsibility to make our children are trained to experience Ramadan at an early age, though pressure tactics should be avoided. Training children in the proper manner is a duty of parents and it comes with many problems. In fact, God reminds us in the Holy Quran that children may even be a great trial for their parents. The Holy Quran further says, “Your wealth and your children are only a trial, whereas God, with Him is a great reward (Paradise).” (64:15) The correct Islamic advice for raising and rearing children should focus on all aspects of life. Just like Islam itself, it is holistic advice. Physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing are all of equal importance. It is interesting to note that

lim who follows and practices Shariah in a way as commanded by our Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). The Holy Quran and the authentic traditions of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) speak clearly about the responsibility that comes with raising a child. And Ramadan is a beautiful month wherein parents can interact with the children and give them important lessons in life. It is a fundamental duty of the Believers to raise and care for children by bringing them up as moral, righteous human beings. Neglecting this duty could potentially lead a person away from the path of righteousness and God. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said, “Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his ﬂock. The ruler is a shepherd and is responsible for his ﬂock. A man is the shepherd of his family and is re-

Nourish the inquiring minds IN AN AGE where we are bombarded with dull and non-interactive print and online Islamic content for children, the recently launched ‘Quest Jr’, a digital interactive magazine for children in the age group 7-12 years, comes as a Godsend. Started by a group of dedicated parents who were looking for a digital product that would provide appropriate and interesting content for young readers, the magazine aims to challenge and broaden the minds of curious Muslim children everywhere. With a contemporary design and enriched content packed with interesting interactive features,

Hadith of the day ‘A’ISHA said, “When the last ten days of Ramadan started, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray during the night, wake up his family and intensify his eﬀorts.” [Agreed upon]

Quest Jr. features a gamut of topics across the spectrum of Islamic and general content. It aims to present Islam and its tenets in a balanced and more acceptable way. Using latest technology to engage young readers, this monthly magazine provides insights into topics such as stories from the Holy Quran, Lives of the Companions and the meaning of Quranic Ayahs in an age-appropriate format. Colourful and highly interactive, it encourages children to use multiple senses and to touch, scroll and hear as they read. Says one of the promoters, “Our goal is to provide an educational and

entertaining website for Muslim children in order to nourish the inquiring minds and broaden their Islamic horizon. Along with the Islamic topics, other regular features include learning Arabic vocabulary, a recipe, travel, and a science page and a news bulletin. Quest Jr can be read on multiple devices including I Pads, Android tablets as well as desktops or laptops. To download your free DEMO copy , and to get more information, please visit at www.questjr.com. This magazine will help parents train their children the Islamic way. (By Aftab H. Kola)

Islam has always covered the rights of children. Childrens’ hearts must be ﬁlled with faith and their minds entertained with proper guidance, knowledge, and wisdom. Some parents think that by catering to the physical needs of the child their duty stops. They need to give the child an awareness and knowledge, help him gain good characteristics, and develop a virtuous personality. Such training of children has great beneﬁts for the child as well as for the society in which he lives. A child must be guided towards what is right. This includes teaching of beliefs and actions of religion, good manners, and moral and social values. The child should be taught about healthy ways of living, having good relationships with others, living a useful life in terms of helping and serving others. The age and ability of the child must be kept in mind. Parents can use the help of teachers, relatives, community members, books, and other useful resources for this aspect of training. And the foremost lesson: Parents should be a good practical example in their behaviour because children like to imitate their parents in their sayings and their deeds.

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Fish supply is adequate, say officials

READY STOCK: Distribution of ﬁsh by the ministry is conducted

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Since the beginning of 2015 the quantity of ﬁsh in the markets has been adequate and prices have been at a record low

TARIQ AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Amid concerns about the shortage of ﬁsh the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has assured citizens and residents that there will be no shortage during or after Ramadan. According to the ministry, they are providing ﬁsh to local markets since the beginning of Ramadan and will continue to do so until the end of August. Officials are targeting villages, wilayats, and towns with a dense population such as Muscat, Barka, Mus-

sanah, Sur, and Quriyat, apart from Fanja, Shinas, Liwa, and Sohar. They are also ensuring that Samail, Izki, Jaalan Bani bu Ali, Al Kamil, and Nizwa, along with Dank, Thumraiyt and Musandam among many others, do not suffer shortage of fish. Distribution of fish by the ministry is conducted in cooperation with corporate fish merchants and marketers. They distribute fish twice a day during daylight hours and the evening to cater to public demand, especially on weekends. The ministry has assured that they are distributing fish to wholesale markets daily. Retailers commonly rely on the Holy Month to boost sales by offering promotions and special offers to customers since it is well known that during Ramadan, people buy food in bulk and take advantage of promotions and sales. According to the ministry, since the beginning of 2015 the quantity of fish in the local markets has been adequate and prices have been at a record low during the first five months of the year despite complaints of rising prices.

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Children comprise 35% of population Times News Service MUSCAT: Recent statistics published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) have revealed that by mid-2014, the number of Omani children up to the age of 14 years stood at 793,907, constituting 35.1 per cent of Oman’s population. While children up to the age of four represented 42 per cent of the total number of children, those up to the age of 9 represented 32 per cent, and those between 10 and 14 years represented 26 per cent of the child population.

In terms of geographical distribution of children from 0 to 14 years, statistics pointed out that 41 per cent of the total number of children lived in Muscat and North Al Batinah governorates as compared to only 2 per cent in Musandam and Al Wusta governorates. Children represented almost 35 per cent of the total population in these governorates. Oman’s interest in children is reﬂected in the promulgation of the child law as per the Royal Decree No. 22/2014. The law secures different health, social, education, and cultural rights.

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SU N DAY, JULY 12, 2015 They can learn. They might be at a slower pace but they certainly do learn as any other person would do. Zaid goes to a mainstream school Fatma Al Barwani, Zaid’s mother and a member of the newly inaugurated ODSA

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Habta markets are traditional markets that are held on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr

MAIN GOALS: People with Down’s Syndrome have lower intellectual development and may not learn

as much as their classmates in mainstream schools. – Sarah Macdonald

and Eid Al Adha in the open or under the

MUSCAT: Shoppers turned up in huge numbers as the first Eid Al Fitr Habta markets opened in the Sultanate on Saturday. Habta markets are traditional markets that are held on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha in the open or under the shade of palm, mango, or Ghaf trees, or near castles and forts. Such markets witness a large turnout of citizens, residents, and tourists. Although the public markets in the Sultanate are crowded with the advent of Eid Al Fitr, where stockbreeders display their animals, the known Habta markets usually start on the 24th day of the Holy Month of Ramadan and continue for several days. The wilayats of Wadi Bani Khalid and Ibra in the North A’Sharqiyah governorate, Bausher in the Muscat governorate, and Fanja in the A’Dakhiliyah governorate are the first to start their markets. Habta markets will continue in several governorates until the 29th day of Ramadan. The Wadi Bani Khalid wilayat has four Habta markets. These are Al Khalidyah, Umq, Souq Al Masalha and Al Howairyah. They start on the 23th day and close on the 27th day of Ramadan. Al Thabti village in Ibra wilayat is the first Eid Habta market among

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shade of trees LIVING TRADITION: The Habta market is a legacy that has been handed down to successive generations and is one of the oldest Omani traditions observed to celebrate Eid.– ONA

the three wilayats, followed by Habtat Al Yahmadi on the 25th day of Ramadan, and A’Safalah on the 26th day. The markets in Al Hamra wilayat and Habtat Nafa’a in Bidbid wilayat start on the 25th day. On the 26th day of Ramadan, these markets open in the wilayats of A’Rustaq, Sumail (Suroor), Sur, Wadi Al Ma’awel, Bidiyah, Al Khabourah and Al Muntarib in Bidiyah wilayat. The markets in the wilayats of Ja’alan Bani Bu Ali, A’Suwaiq, Bahla, ad Barka, in addition to Ja’alan Bani Bu Hassan, Nakhal, A’Seeb and Al Wasil village in Al Qabil wilayat are held on the 27th day. The markets in the wilayats of Al Kamil Wa Al Waﬁ and Al Qabil are held on the 28th day. The Habta market is a legacy that has been handed down to successive generations and is one of the oldest Omani traditions observed to celebrate Eid. They bring in social and economic returns and Omanis visit them in the last days during Ramadan to prepare for Eid and to make their purchases. Many people move from one Habta market to another in the neighbouring wilayats looking for better goods, especially live meat,

and to enjoy the atmosphere associated with such markets, including (Al Munadat or “Calling”), which is the auction of sheep, cows and camels. Great opportunity These markets are a great opportunity to buy the Omani breed of sheep and cows. They also provide stockbreeders with the opportunity to sell their cattle at good prices. The Habta Al Eid markets witness a large turnout of visitors from early morning. People visit these markets from various villages wearing traditional Omani dress, and carrying daggers and sticks. Some people come from the nearby wilayats as the market is packed with local sheep and cows. Toys and clothes for children are also sold here. There are others selling Omani food and foodstuff that form the basis of many Omani dishes prepared during Eid Al Fitr. Traditional light weapons, usually used by males of all ages as decorations, such as guns, daggers, and sticks, apart from traditional belts, and swords are also sold in the markets, along with Omani clothing such as Al Massar (turban) and Kumah (Omani Cap). -ONA

Prior to the ODSA, Fatma and Zuwaina were part of the Down Syndrome Parents’ Support Group, in which just over 200 families were involved. The women hope that more families will be able to use the services provided by the ODSA. One of the main goals of the ODSA is to equip children with Down’s Syndrome with the abilities to function in mainstream schools. The ODSA will provide speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy to help the children with their communicative and physical developments and teach them how to button their clothes, hold pencils, and other useful things, enabling them have the basic skills needed to go to school. “Our goal is early intervention to ensure that these children can get inclusion into mainstream schools. We have to ensure that the government can provide support in the mainstream school while we work on the early intervention to bring the children to this standard,” explained Zuwaina, a mother of three. Physical therapy is needed from a very early age to help the children hold their heads up on their own, walk, and do other things most people take for granted. Fatma said that Zaid didn’t walk until he was three years old, though when one sees his dance moves now it seems hard to believe. Children with Down’s Syndrome have slightly longer tongues, too, so speech therapy from a very young age is important so they can be understood when they speak. People with Down’s Syndrome have lower intellectual development and may not learn as much as their classmates in mainstream schools, but being included with other children gives them more conﬁdence and they can learn some things from

the other children, Zuwaina and Fatma explained. “They can learn. They might be at a slower pace but they certainly do learn as any other person would do. Zaid goes to a mainstream school. He’s the only child with Down’s Syndrome, the only child with special needs in the whole school. The other kids are used to seeing him and they love him,” Fatma said. Zaid ﬁnds school hard but he has someone to help explain things to him when he doesn’t understand, and he likes being around the other children. According to Fatma this is beneﬁcial for Omani society since his classmates grow up accepting people with disabilities. Greater acceptance There have been cases where parents have complained about having children with disabilities integrated in mainstream schools, but this is something they want society to overcome. Zuwaina said children are more accepting of people with disabilities so having integrated schools will lead to greater acceptance in society as a whole. “We want more awareness and we want people to understand that these children, they’re just like any other child. They can be slower than others but they can reach somewhere,” Zuwaina said. Many families in Oman who have children with Down’s Syndrome keep these children at home, either because they feel ashamed of having a child with a disability, or because they don’t know what services are available. This is something the ODSA hopes to overcome by offering services to give the children more skills and by facilitating more social integration. By providing children with Down’s Syndrome the chance to go to school, they will learn skills that make them more independent and possibly

able to support themselves. “We want them to be able to work, and be independent,” commented Zuwaina. Ruiya and Zaid are already showing many signs of independence and they have many abilities. Ruiya, who is outgoing and caring, is a natural leader, initiating games and activities. She is also very helpful, said Zuwaina. “I want to see Ruiya learn what she can do, whatever she is able to do and to be independent and find a job where she can fit,” Zuwaina said of her hopes for Ruiya’s future. Zaid is quieter but he loves to play with other children and be included in their games, whether it’s a video game or making a puzzle. Fatma, who has three other children, wants Zaid to be able to work and lead as regular a life as possible, just like his siblings. “By the time they reach adulthood I’d them to have equal rights, whatever anyone else would be able to get, [like] working a place that will accept them and where they will be happy. It’s probably hard to change society’s views but I think we’re heading in the right direction by putting them in mainstream schools for others to know our children are here and they’re here to stay,” Fatma commented. Zuwaina and Fatma, and their children, benefited greatly from the support group and they hope that the ODSA will be able to help many more families who have children with Down’s Syndrome. Children like Zaid and Ruiya, who talk, joke, run, and play on their own may give hope to other families and show them that a bright future is possible for people with Down’s Syndrome. “We have to be passionate about it. It’s not just for Ruiya and Zaid. We want to see this for all of our kids,” Fatma said. For more information on the Oman Down Syndrome Association please visit http://omandsa.org/.

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127 suspects in Tunisia massacre held so far TUNIS/WASHINGTON: Tunisian authorities have arrested 127 suspected “terrorists” since last month’s massacre of tourists at a beach resort, the minister heading the crisis group on the incident said on Saturday. “Since the attack, the security forces have carried out more than 700 operations resulting in the arrests of 127 suspected members of terrorist gangs,” Kamel Jendoubi said. The June 26 shooting rampage by a Tunisian student at Port El Kantaoui killed 30 Britons, three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and a Russian, and was claimed by the IS militant group. Jendoubi did not specify how many of the 127 people detained were being held for their suspected involvement in the beach attack. He had earlier announced the arrest of eight people suspected of having direct links to it. The minister stressed the government’s determination to protect “the country, citizens and nationals of foreign countries”. “Today, more than 100,000 police, national guard and civil protection officers in addition to the army” have been deployed, Jendoubi said. Tight security Around 3,000 security guards were protecting beaches, hotels and archaeological sites in the country, he said. Jendoubi also reiterated the government’s “regret” at Britain’s decision to repatriate citizens from the North African country, saying “there is no new evidence suggesting the imminence” of an attack. On Thursday, Britain urged its nationals to cut short their holidays in Tunisia after London warned the country was still unsafe after the massacre. Denmark followed suit on Friday. Jendoubi said Prime Minister Habib Essid had spoken to his British counterpart David Cameron on Friday, but did not elaborate. The Port El Kantaoui attack was the second to target foreign tourists in just over three months. On March 18, 21 tourists and a policeman were killed in a gun attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis. Both that attack and last month’s rampage were claimed by the IS militant group. - AFP NAT I O N AT WA R

Air strike kills 28 in IS-held Syrian town BEIRUT: A group monitoring the Syrian war said an army air strike on an IScontrolled town in the north killed at least 28 people including three children on Saturday, though the military denied the report. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that monitors the war via a network of activists on the ground, said 19 civilians were among the dead in a helicopter attack on Al Bab, 30km (20 miles) northeast of Aleppo. A Syrian military source said the army had not carried out any air strikes in Al Bab on Saturday. The United States and its allies carried out 34 air strikes against IS militants in Syria and Iraq on Friday, the US military said. Various IS targets near the city of Hasaka were hit in 12 of the 17 strikes in Syria, a military statement said on Saturday. The allied forces also carried out 17 air strikes near eight cities in Iraq, including four near the northern city of Mosul, it said. — Reuters

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SU N DAY, JULY 12, 2015 Shah appears to be a disturbed, perturbed man who under stress is making confusing claims. He is trying to falsify history Lalu Prasad, Rashtriya Janata Dal party chief

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School students take part in a walkathon on occasion of World Population Day at Raisina Hill in New Delhi on Saturday. India on Saturday recorded a population of 127,42,39,769, which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country the most populous in the world by 2050. On the occasion of the World Population Day, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan said India with a population of 1.27 billion people has become the largest consumer entity.-PTI

Lalu, Nitish counter Shah’s claim on backward premier PATNA: BJP President Amit Shah’s claim about the party giving first prime minister from the Other Backward Class caste in Narendra Modi, was on Saturday sharply contradicted by both the JD(U) and RJD. Prominent OBC leaders — Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD President Lalu Prasad, contradicted Shah and reminded him about former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda hailing from the same community. Kumar took a potshot at BJP for “falsely claiming” Narendra Modi to be the first OBC Prime Minister of the country. Citing BJP’s victory in Bihar Legislative Council poll, Shah had on Friday said that the Janata Parivar had proved to be a damp squib and claimed his party had given the “first prime minister” and “maximum chief

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ministers from the community.” Responding to questions from mediapersons on Shah’s claim, Kumar too cited name of former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda to contradict BJP President Amit Shah’s statement. RJD President Lalu Prasad was harsher on the BJP chief. “It’s a white lie. H.D. Deve Gowda was the ﬁrst PM from OBC community whom I had helped to reach to chair of Prime Ministership,” Lalu said. “Shah appears to be a disturbed, perturbed man who under stress is making confusing claims. He is trying to falsify history,” the RJD chief alleged, taking jibe at the saffron party head. Lalu said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Modh Ghanchi’ caste was included in the OBC list in 2000 on recommendations of the then Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel. - PTI

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including for cooperation in fertilisers and in defence

PATNA: Bomb disposal squads from Delhi and Kolkota were sent to the east Indian state of Bihar on Saturday after police seized around 100 kilograms of explosives believed to be from left-wing Maoist rebels. Police made the ﬁnd on Thursday at a residential locality on the outskirts of the state capital Patna. “In all over 100 kilograms of explosives were recovered,” Sudhir Kumar Podika, Patna city superintendent of police, said. “These bombs, believed to have been brought into the city by the People’s Liberation Front of India, were of moderate to high intensity,” he added. Police said they had to call in teams from the elite National Security Guard in the capital New Delhi and from the eastern city of Kolkota to ensure there were no explosions in the residential area where the devices were recovered. “In all, we recovered 12 improvised explosive devices, 52 timer devices, 10 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, two sensors, seven remotes and 100 electric detonators from the lodge in a residential area,” the officer added. - PTI

ASHGABAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Turkmenistan on Saturday backed stronger energy ties with the gasrich ex-Soviet state. Meeting Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov for talks in Ashgabat, the Indian premier backed an ambitious project to build a pipeline from Turkmenistan to deliver its vast energy resources to India. The long-planned gas pipeline project, named (TurkmenistanAfghanistan-Pakistan-India) TAPI, would be “a key pillar of economic engagement between the two countries” and have a “transformational impact”, the leaders said in a joint statement released on Modi’s website. Strategic project The leaders “reaffirmed their strong commitment towards timely implementation of this strategic project for the common beneﬁt of peoples of the four countries”. Berdymukhamedov said after

STRENGTHENING BONDS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly

Berdymukhamedov shake hands while exchanging the documents during the joint Press Statement at Aguzkhan Palace in Turkmenistan on Saturday. - PTI

the talks that the gas pipeline project “is already entering the ﬁnal stage and soon we will start the practical implementation.” “We are standing on the threshold of a remarkable event,” the Turkmen leader said. “Apart from the economic rationale for all the participants in the project, TAPI is aimed at making a large contribution to strengthening stability in the region,” he said, adding it would create 12,000 new jobs in Turkmenistan’s neighbour Afghanistan. Berdymukhamedov thanked Modi for India’s “steady support

for the TAPI project and its constructive position at all the preparatory stages.” The two sides signed seven agreements, including for cooperation in fertilisers and in defence. The two leaders welcomed the signing of an MoU between the state-led Turkmenhimiya and Indian PSU Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited to provide a framework for long-term sourcing of urea from Turkmenistan. The leaders welcomed the Indian proposal to set up a urea production facility in Turkmenistan in collaboration with Turkmen

entities, said the joint statement. In the ﬁeld of terrorism, both sides agreed to step up efforts against cross-border threats such as terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug-trafficking. Shared interest Both also welcomed the signing of the Defence Cooperation Agreement, which would provide a framework for intensifying bilateral defence and security cooperation through exchanges of high and mid-level visits, training and dialogue between the defence ministries.

Traditional medicine Later, Modi inaugurated a traditional medicine and yoga centre in the Turkmenistan capital and unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre. He praised the local students for a demonstration of yoga they presented. “I give you 100 on 100 marks for the yoga demonstration. Yoga teaches people to be one with nature. Its aim is not just physical exercise, it also touches the mind and soul,” he said. Modi hoped the yoga centre and the Mahatma Gandhi bust would spread a positive message across Central Asia. Modi also laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkmenistan’s ﬁrst president Saparmurat Niyazov. He also presented a specially handcrafted horse saddle to Berdimuhamedov, known to be passionate about horses. Turkmenistan was the fourth stop on Modi’s tour of Central Asian countries. He has visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. - Agencies

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Prime Minister Modi’s bandwagon hits Vyapam roadblock AMULYA GANGULI

he Vyapam controversy has the potential of being as damaging, if not more, as the scams which sank the Congress. The reason why it may prove to be worse than, say, the spectrum scam is that Vyapam is unlike any other scandal seen in recent years. While most of them related to malfeasance, the recruitment for government jobs and admission to educational institutions via the tests conducted by the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (whose acronym is Vyapam) in Madhya Pradesh have been marked by a seemingly unending series of deaths. There is patently something eerie and sinister about these demises, including the death of the Madhya Pradesh governor’s son, which impart a spooky aura to the scandal. It is this unsettling atmosphere which has made union minister Uma Bharati say that she fears for her life. Target In spite of being the target of headlines like “40 deaths and counting”, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government made the situation

difficult for itself by resisting the calls for entrusting the probe into the deaths to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till the mounting pressure left him with no alternative but to request the high court to ask the CBI. Late retreat But his retreat came too late. The Supreme Court had by then taken the matter into its own hands and asked the CBI to investigate the scam. As a result, there is little scope of repairing the damage done to Chouhan’s reputation and also to that of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Curiously, it is Modi’s refusal to speak on the various scams involving union ministers like Sushma Swaraj and state governments run by the BJP in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh which has drawn comparisons between Narendra Modi and his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, who was also known for being tight-lipped. It may not amount to overstating the case to say that the present scene bears more than a passing resemblance to the atmosphere of public despair which prevailed in

PROTEST: Aam Aadmi Party volunteers protest against Vyapam scam in Meerut on Saturday. - PTI

the twilight years of the last government. The Modi government, too, is currently grappling, somewhat ineffectually, with the Sushma Swaraj-Vasundhara Raje-Lalit Modi affair and is now expected to face a backlash in parliament and outside from the Vyapam imbroglio. Uncertainty It might have been able to shake off some of the mud ﬂung by its opponents if the economy had shown signs of revival. But by the time it does so — perhaps early next year — no one knows how the murky allegations against the

external affairs minister and her family and the two chief ministers will pan out. The reason why such scandals, whether those involving deaths or not, tend to become more and more of a quagmire for those in power is that the initial reaction of the governments is either to ignore them for being small and inconsequential, or to try and brazen it out later when they become too big. There are other compulsions, too, like “coalition dharma” which made former prime minister Manmohan Singh turn a blind eye, probably at the behest of Congress

president Sonia Gandhi, to the telecom spectrum scam because sacking the then telecom minister, Andimuthu Raja, might have persuaded the latter’s party, the DMK, to bring down the government by withdrawing support. At present, the question of coalition dharma does not arise because Modi runs a one-party — some will say, one-man-government. But his government seems to believe, like its predecessor, that it will be able to ride out the storm. Differences There are differences, however, between the two situations. While Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi faced little internal opposition when the various controversies were eroding the Congress reputation, Modi is less secure. Already, the BJP’s octogenarian patriarch, L.K. Advani, who is supposed to visualize the right path for the party — Marg Darshak — has hinted that those suspected of wrong-doing should step down, as he did when his name was mentioned in the hawala scandal in the early nineties. Advani’s observation was evidently aimed at Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje.

The latter, meanwhile, has incurred the wrath of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) because of the demolition of several temples in Jaipur for a Metro construction project. It is these multiple anti-government voices within the saffron camp which differentiates Modi’s tenure from that of the Congress. The prime minister will be in greater trouble if the Supreme Court’s monitoring of the Vyapam scam hints at the Chouhan government’s culpability — already suggested by the police report of the suicide of a medical student when her autopsy referred to strangulation. When Modi was at the crest of the wave which took him to power, he must have expected a relatively smooth run with the economy slowly picking up and he managing to contain the saffron hotheads. But the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Modi couldn’t have imagined that so many scandals will afflict his regime when it is only just over a year old. Used as he was to ruling with an iron hand in Gujarat, he is seemingly unprepared to deal with a situation when it is threatening to spin out of control.

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NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed several parts of north India over the last 24 hours disrupting normal life in many places across the region. Continuous downpour since early morning left many Delhiites stranded on roads as water-logging contributed to heavy traffic snarls. According to the MeT department, 93.8 mm rainfall was recorded till 8.30am in the national capital. Though the minimum temperature, which settled four notches

below the normal at 23 degrees Celsius, provided some succour to the residents, the humidity recorded at 100 per cent added to their woes. Commuters were stuck for a long time in the morning rush hour traffic across the NCR and some of them took to social media to post pictures of water-logged and clogged roads. The weatherman has predicted that sporadic rains will continue to lash the national capital. Widespread rains continued

in vast swathes of Punjab and Haryana, bringing the mercury down even as water-logging caused inconvenience. Union Territory of Chandigarh at 46.9 mm, Ambala at 11.9 mm, Karnal (10 mm), Amritsar (1.6mm), Ludhiana (60.8 mm), and Patiala (5.5 mm), received heavy rains in the last 24 hours till 08:30 am, a MeT report said. Continuous showers triggered water-logging in lowlying areas, creating traffic snarls in several parts of Punjab,

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Rajnath favours reduction in central forces in North East

TAKING STOCK: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Ministers of State Kiren Rijiju and

Jitendra Singh and Chief Ministers of North Eastern States after chairing a meeting on Security & Development in Guwahati on Saturday. - PTI

GUWAHATI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday favoured reduction in deployment of central forces in the North East in view of the improved security scenario in the region. “In the wake of improvement in security scenario, there is a need to review deployment of security forces in the region. At present the deployment is more than it was when the insurgency was at its peak,” he told a conference of North East Chief Ministers here. “I would urge all the Hon’ble Chief Ministers to conduct a realistic audit of deployment of Central Armed Police Forces in their states. However, I assure you of our endeavour to help you in the deployment of central forces when actually needed,” he said. Singh, who was accompanied by his deputy Kiren Rijiju, also said that there had been substantial strengthening of state police forces in the past few years.

“Without compromising with security, we must plan to reduce deployment to make the environment easy and also to encourage positive thinking of outsiders about this region,” he said. Singh congratulated all the chief ministers on their sustained efforts in improving the security scenario by focusing on development resulting in an “alltime low” level of insurgency in the region. “Mizoram, Tripura, large parts of Assam and Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh, except its three eastern districts, are almost free of insurgency. There is a strong popular desire for peace in Nagaland and Manipur too,” he said. Militancy Talking about militancy, the home minister said several small residual insurgent groups were operating from their safe havens across the border and are engaged in kidnapping for ransom, which

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Visit of Priyanka’s son to Amethi creates buzz AMETHI: Following the footsteps of his maternal uncle and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi’s son Rehan was on a surprise visit here during which he interacted and shared meals with villagers, creating a buzz in the high-proﬁle constituency. Rehan arrived here along with his friends by car on Tuesday and stayed overnight in the constituency, eyewitnesses and party sources said. Like his maternal grandmother Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka, the 14-year-old mingled with villagers and sought to know more about their life, they said. Accompanied by Nilesh Jain and K. S.Yadav of Rajiv Gandhi

Mahila Vikas Project, Rehan and his friends reached the house of Ram Kripal Pandey of Kauhar in Gauriganj area on Tuesday night, taking villagers by surprise. Rehan left Amethi after a short visit. There was no official word from the Congress or the district administration on the visit. However, it left many wondering whether this was his baptism in public life. Priyanka Gandhi is a frequent visitor to the constituency, represented by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. “The visit shows Amethi is important for them and the family has had an affectionate relation with people here,” said a Congress worker. -PTI

had almost doubled in Assam and Meghalaya. He said in Garo Hill district of Meghalaya, some new splinter groups were kidnapping people for ransom or looting businessmen at gunpoint. “I would like to make it absolutely clear that the central government would not talk to such criminal elements. Such criminal activities must be dealt with ﬁrmly... I would like to reiterate and emphasise that we have zero-tolerance policy on insurgency,” Singh said. He also said most of the youths in insurgent groups were misled and they had now realised their mistakes.”They are welcome to the mainstream. However, those who have committed heinous crimes and acts of terror will have to face the law and meet the justice,” Singh said. Referring to the ongoing peace talks with different groups, Singh said it was on the right track and the government hoped to bring them to logical conclusions soon. -PTI

Haryana, and Chandigarh. Traffic movement was also affected in some areas of Mohali and Chandigarh as also on the National Highway leading from Kharar to Chandigarh. Good for farmers However, experts said, rains would beneﬁt farmers in — ongoing Kharif season as plantation of such water-guzzling crop as paddy and others are on. Meanwhile, rains eased power situation as the demand dipped

sharply in the two states with minimum temperature in many parts dropping several notches below normal. Chandigarh recorded its minimum temperature at 22.8 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. In Haryana, Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, and Narnaul recorded minimums at 22, 25.3, 23 and 24.8 degrees Celsius, respectively. In Punjab, the minimum of Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala settled at 24, 23.2 and 23.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Moderate to very heavy rain and thundershowers were witnessed across Uttar Pradesh even as Mathura recorded the highest amount of rainfall at 14 cm. The MeT Department said Narora and Mathura recorded 14 cm rainfall each while Ankinghat recorded 10 cm and Gunnaur 8 cm. In Jammu and Kashmir, the Amarnath yatra resumed on Saturday from the base camps after a day’s suspension due to inclement weather in south Kashmir Himalayas. The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which remained closed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, was also reopened for traffic and all stranded vehicles have been cleared. - PTI

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Police officer files case against Mulayam LUCKNOW: An IG-rank officer on Saturday filed a complaint with the police against Mulayam Singh Yadav, alleging that the Samajwadi Party chief threatened him with dire consequences if he does not mend his ways. While Mulayam was not immediately available for comments, an SP leader dismissed the charge. According to the wife of IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, the provocation behind the threat could have been the FIR lodged by her against state Mines minister Gayatri Prajapati. Thakur, who has been assisting his wife and RTI activist Nutan Thakur in raising social issues, released an audio tape on Friday purportedly containing the voice of the SP chief. “I felt I should take a stand. Therefore, I gave a complaint against SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav,” Thakur, IG Civil Defence, said. Assaulted “At around 4.45pm, a phone came from Mulayam Singh’s residence and he talked to me. He told me that whatever had happened in Jasrana, Firozabad, where I had been assaulted by one of his relatives and an MLA in 2006, much harsher things will happen to me if I don’t ‘mend my ways’,” Thakur said on Friday. - PTI

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Detained PTI minister rushed to hospital PESHAWAR: Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaullah Afridi was shifted from a lockup on Saturday as he complained of severe chest pain. Complaints of ill health came a day after the minister, who is from the ruling party Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI), was remanded into custody for 13 days by the Ehtesab Commission court. The accused complained of abdomen pain too. Ziaullah’s lawyer, Mauzzam Butt said “I could not talk to Ziaullah because he was under treatment. “I was told that he was taken to the Hayatabad Medical Complex as he was having some heart problem.”

Vladimir Putin congratulated Pakistan on its formal ascension to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

UFA (RUSSIA): In the ﬁrst ever bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Russian President Vladmir Putin, the two discussed ties, with both sides expressing the desire to enhance bilateral ties. On the sidelines of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Ufa, Nawaz said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Russia. Putin congratulated Pakistan on its formal ascension to the SCO on which the premier thanked Russia for its support to Pakistan’s entry. Nawaz told Putin that Pakistan is keen to enhance its relations with the Russian Federation and

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DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during the

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Ufa, Russia, on Saturday.

wants a multi-dimensional relationship with Russia in the ﬁelds of trade, defence, energy, infrastructure, culture and other spheres. Both leaders reviewed the progress in a number of

projects under consideration especially in the energy sector. They expressed satisfaction on the progress being made in ﬁnalising the North-South gas pipeline agreement and decided

— Reuters/BRICS/SCO Photohost/RIA Novosti

to expedite the process Putin stated that Russia too attaches importance to its relations with Pakistan and would like to further enhance them, particularly in the economic domain.

Both delegations have expressed the conﬁdence that Sharif-Putin meeting would help in raising the level of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. — Express Tribune

Handcuffed Meanwhile, an official from the Ehtesab Commission requesting anonymity told The Express Tribune that Ziaullah was shifted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) where he was thoroughly examined. “Ziaullah was handcuffed during his treatment,” a doctor at HMC said. Further, after spending ﬁve hours at the hospital, the accused was shifted back to the lockup at 5am, only to be taken to another hospital for further tests as the pain failed to subside. — Express Tribune

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Are we forgetting the lessons of Srebrenica?

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mir’s voice, patched through to the United Nations base in Tuzla from the eastern Bosnian enclave in Srebrenica, was faint, but his fear came through in nauseating clarity. It was July 1995, and the Dutch battalion sent to protect the United Nations-designated safe area around Srebrenica had collapsed after United Nations officials refused to call for concerted NATO air strikes. “The Dutch are going to pull out - and leave us interpreters behind!” Amir cried, appealing to his United Nations civil affairs boss and me to force the Dutch to rescue him. Preoccupied with the withdrawal of their own soldiers and overwhelmed by thousands of traumatised Muslim women and children expelled from Srebrenica, the Dutch gave us a bureaucratic “no.” A second phone call with Amir convinced me to draw up a terse letter, dripping with legalese, declaring that, as United Nations staff members, interpreters were the legal responsibility of the Dutch. It worked; Amir was evacuated when the Dutch battalion withdrew from Srebrenica. But our letter meant nothing for the 8,000 Muslim men and boys with no United Nations connection whom the Dutch left behind in Srebrenica. Twenty years ago this week, nearly all of them were killed by Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic, in the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. In the two decades since, many of the details emerged, but justice is incomplete. Only a few Serbs have been convicted of genocide. Mladic, along with his civilian counterpart Radovan Karadzic, are only now facing trial in The Hague, having escaped accountability for years through the aid of Serbian sympathisers. Their shared goal, ethnic purification of the Serbian region of Bosnia, is largely accomplished, albeit confined as an entity, still known as Republika Srpska, in divided Bosnia-Herzegovina. Now that cold peace achieved after the end of the Bosnian war is fraying; new centrifugal forces - the twin spectres of extremism and resurgent Russian influence - have combined with the unhealed divisions of the war to further test the country’s cohesion. Reconciliation among Bosnia’s Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks today, so many years after the war, still seems like a distant proposition. Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, recently termed the Srebrenica massacre “the

greatest deception of the 20th century.” After Serbia denounced a UN resolution condemning both the genocide at Srebrenica and any denial that it occurred, Russia blocked it in the Security Council. And Dodik has repeatedly expressed his intention to withdraw Republika Srpska from Bosnia. It is an open question whether any of Serbia’s leaders will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and other officials at the commemoration in Srebrenica on Saturday. Despite its high-profile attendance, Europe, which shares the blame for the Srebrenica tragedy, long ago lost interest in the country. Today, Brussels wrings its hands at the continuing stalemate and economic stagnation in Bosnia, but offers up only a succession of timid responses. Last month, Dodik flatly rejected the latest European Union “action plan” for the beleaguered country. Though remorseful, Brussels still fails to grasp the full meaning of Srebrenica. The ethnic cleansing that became synonymous with Bosnia was not a byproduct of the fighting, but its purpose. The Serb project of building a compact state free of “Muslim domination” required the demographic obliteration of the Muslim Bosniak population along with uninterrupted contiguity with mother Serbia. Srebrenica and two smaller remnant Muslim enclaves near the eastern border, Zepa and Gorazde, frustrated that goal. Betting that the feckless United Nations would not call on NATO air power to defend the “safe areas,” Mladic brazenly seized them. Even more brazenly in Srebrenica, he proceeded to exterminate the male Muslim population. When I met him in neighbouring Zepa, while the killing and burying of bodies in Srebrenica were still going on, Mladic was brimming with confidence, celebrating his conquest in front of his adoring soldiers and preening before an ever-present camera. I asked Mladic if he would let us evacuate the Muslim men hiding in the forests above Zepa. “Yes,” he said without any irony, “except for the war criminals.” To allow the likes of Dodik to threaten the secession of Republika Srpska from Bosnia is a step toward vindicating the wartime Serb project. Srebrenica stands - and must always stand - as a red line against maximalist Serb aspirations. - The New York Times

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We are not going to the election without having an idea of how we intend to handle this problem. If the NLD wins in the election, we will amend the constitution. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader

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on a foreign mission The new legislation appears to grant police and soldiers impunity when carrying out “anti-terrorism” operations, and stipulates death sentences for the founders of vaguely deﬁned “terrorist” groups. Five-year jail terms could also be meted out for promoting “terrorism” on social media.

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CAIRO: The IS militant group said it was behind a deadly car bomb attack on Italy’s consulate in the Egyptian capital Saturday, and warned people to stay away from such places. “Soldiers of the IS in Cairo were able to detonate a parked boobytrapped vehicle laden with 450kg (990 pounds) of explosives at the headquarters of the Italian consulate,” the SITE Intelligence Group quoted an IS tweet as saying. “We advise people to stay away from these security dens, because they are legitimate targets for strikes of the mujahedeen,” the statement added. Nine injured Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the blast killed a civilian and wounded nine people, including policemen and passers-by. It was the ﬁrst attack on a foreign mission in Egypt since militants began a campaign against the country’s security forces two years ago following a crackdown on hardliners. The early morning explosion was heard across the city and wrecked the facade of the building, part of a large complex that also includes a social club and a school.

DESTROYED: A general view of the site of a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday. The early morning explosion was heard across the city and wrecked the facade of the building, part of a large complex that also includes a social club and a school. – Reuters

The consulate, near the prosecutor’s office and supreme court in central Cairo, had been closed for the weekend. Saturday’s attack comes less than two weeks after suspected militants assassinated Egypt’s top prosecutor in a Cairo car bombing. The mangled wreck of a vehicle was strewn on the street outside the consulate. Some 50 buildings in the area were damaged. Intended target The Italian consul in Cairo arrived at the scene as condemnations poured in from Rome. “Italy will not let itself be intimidated,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in a tweet, adding that there had been no Italian casualties. He later told a news conference that the consulate had been the intended target.

“We intend to respond firmly but also soberly... without alarmism,” Gentiloni added. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi spoke to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and said the two countries will stand together “in the fight against terrorism and fanaticism”. Militants have carried out scores of attacks since the army, then led by Sisi, overthrew hardline president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Militant attacks have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula. Warned earlier Diplomats had told AFP they had been warned by police months ago that embassies could be targeted, but it was not clear whether this was based on specific intelligence. At least one Western embassy had been relocated over security

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concerns. The attack was also denounced by EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and France, as both expressed solidarity with Egypt. “Once again Egypt is under attack, once again Europeans have been hit by terrorists,” Mogherini said in a statement. “We stand by the Egyptian authorities in their efforts to ﬁght terrorism and bring the perpetrators of this attack to justice.” In Sinai, militants loyal to IS in Iraq and Syria launched a wave of attacks on July 1 that killed at least 21 soldiers. IS, which controls parts of Iraq and Syria, has called on its affiliates elsewhere to attack Western targets. The latest bombing comes with the government set to approve an anti-terrorism law that has sparked uproar among journalists and rights activists.

Draft law The draft law would ban independent reporting of militant attacks, stipulating a two-year prison sentence for journalists who contradict death tolls in official statements. The cabinet has said it would reconsider that provision following a media outcry. Rights groups say freedoms have been trampled under Sisi’s administration. Sisi won elections last year, pledging to wipe out the militants and Morsi’s blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. He had overseen a crackdown that killed at least 1,400 people, mostly hardline protesters during the dispersal of sometimes violent protests. Thousands have been jailed, including secular dissidents, and hundreds sentenced to death in mass trials, although most have won retrials. The crackdown initially brought international pressure on Sisi, especially from the European Union, before giving way to support as he positions himself as a front line opponent of regional militants. Sisi is widely popular in Egypt, where many have demanded a strong leader who can restore stability after more than four years of turmoil following the 2011 protests that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak. — AFP

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Suu Kyi’s opposition party to contest polls NAYPYIDAW (MYANMAR): Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said her opposition would participate in historic polls set for November 8, vowing the party would amend the constitution that bars her from the presidency if it wins. It will be the first general election in a quarter of a century to be contested by the National League for Democracy (NLD), which is expected to make huge gains in the ballot box if the vote is free and fair. “We have decided to take part in the election,” Suu Kyi told a room packed with reporters at her residence in the capital Naypyidaw. The confirmation comes after months of speculation over whether the party would boycott elections seen as a crucial test of Myanmar’s transition towards democracy after decades of outright military rule ended in 2011. The NLD had refused to rule out not standing as it battled to amend a junta-era charter that bars those with a foreign spouse or children from the presidency. But after last month losing a key parliamentary vote aimed at ending the military’s effective veto on constitutional change — the first hurdle in changing the provision barring her from the top job — she said she would not back down. Flanked by senior party figures at the press conference, a determined Suu Kyi said her opposition knew she would be “debarred” from the presidency. She said there was “a plan” in place to get around the fact that the party had yet to name a potential candidate for the leadership if it wins at the polls — though she declined to reveal details. “We are not going to the election without having an idea of how we intend to handle this problem,” she said, adding that the party would redouble its constitutional change efforts after the polls. “If the NLD wins in the election, we will amend the constitution,” she told journalists. — AFP

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‘No time limit’ to reach good deal: Senior Iran official VIENNA: World powers met again on Saturday behind closed doors with no end in sight to a nailbiting deadlock in arduous negotiations striving to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief. Despite a warning from US Secretary of State John Kerry that he would not sit at the negotiating table forever, an Iranian official told AFP the talks, now entering their third week, could stretch on and on. “We have no time limit in order to reach a good deal,” the senior Iranian official said, asked whether the negotiations could be formally extended again in a bid to end the deadlock. Iran and the so-called P5+1 group -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- are seeking to curtail Tehran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for relief from painful sanctions.

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POTOCARI (BOSNIA): A mass burial marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre was marred on Saturday when a crowd of mourners chased Serbia’s prime minister from the cemetery, underscoring the depth of anger over Belgrade’s denial of the crime as genocide. Bodyguards whisked Aleksandar Vucic, a hardline nationalist during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, through a jostling crowd which shouted and booed. Some, throwing stones and bottles, surged up a hill behind his delegation as it ran for cover and left the site. Serbia condemned the incident as an “assassination attempt” and called an emergency cabinet meeting. Tens of thousands had gathered to commemorate the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, in which some 8,000 men and boys were massacred after the designated UN safe haven of Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of the 1992-95 war. Serbia had at the time backed the

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ATTACKED: Bodyguards use an umbrella to protect Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic during unrest at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, near Srebenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday. - Reuters

Bosnian Serbs with men and money. More than 1,000 victims have yet to be found. The remains of 136, their coffins draped in green cloth, were interred on Saturday. Yugoslavia’s collapse Vucic’s attendance was intended to be symbolic of how far the region has come since the bloody collapse of Yugoslavia, but it came just days after his government enlisted ally Russia to veto a British-drafted resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the denial of Srebrenica as genocide, as a UN court has ruled it was. Many Serbs dispute the term, the death toll and the official account of what went on, reﬂecting conﬂicting narratives about the

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Yugoslav wars that still feed political divisions and have stiﬂed progress in Bosnia toward integration with western Europe. Only last month, Milorad Dodik, president of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic where Srebrenica is located, called the massacre “the greatest deception of the 20th century”. Serbia said it would send a protest note to Bosnia after Saturday’s events. “This is a scandalous attack and I can say it can be seen as an assassination attempt,” Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Serbian Pink television. Vucic was formerly a disciple of the “Greater Serbia” ideology behind much of the bloodshed that accompanied Yugoslavia’s demise,

in which at least 135,000 people died, 100,000 of them in Bosnia. For years he lionised Ratko Mladic, who as military commander of the Bosnian Serbs led the attack on Srebrenica and who is standing trial at the UN court in The Hague. European Union Vucic has since rebranded himself as pro-Western, embracing the region’s ambitions of joining the European Union. “Look at him and look at those thousands of tombstones,” said Hamida Dzanovic, who had come to bury two bones identiﬁed by DNA as those of her missing husband.“Is he not ashamed to say that this was not genocide? Is he not ashamed to come here?”

she asked. Recalling the last time she saw her husband, Dzanovic said: “I remember him returning twice to kiss our children, like he knew we would never see each other again.” Since the massacre, the West has faced questions over how it allowed the fall of Srebrenica. Subsequent NATO air strikes forced the Serbs to the negotiating table and a US-brokered peace treaty ended the fighting, enshrining in Bosnia a complicated system of ethnic power-sharing that survives today. Representing the United States, Bill Clinton, US president at the time of the massacre, told those gathered: “I grieve that it took us so long... I never want to see another killing ﬁeld like this.” —Reuters

Blame game After a very public blame game over the stalemate, Kerry had on Friday offered a glimmer of hope that some progress was being made. But almost immediately after the top US diplomat emerged from almost 90 minutes of fresh talks on Saturday morning with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, he tweeted that things remained tough. “Met with @FedericaMog and @JZarif this AM. Still have difficult issues to resolve,” he wrote in his tweet. Despite almost two years of negotiations, this round of talks in Vienna, touted as the last push for a historic accord to end a 13year standoff, has moved at a snail’s pace. Under the parameters of a framework deal reached in Lausanne in April, Iran is due to slash the number of its centrifuges from more than 19,000 to just over 6,000 and cut its stocks of enriched uranium, which can be used to make a bomb, from more than seven tonnes to about 350 kilos. The aim is to ensure that it would take Iran at least a year -from an estimated two to three months currently -- to acquire enough fissile material to build a bomb. — AFP

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US top psychology Storm Chan-hom paralyses transport, group colluded with devastates farmlands in eastern China Pentagon, CIA in ‘torture’ programme WASHINGTON: The US’s top psychology association colluded with the Pentagon and the CIA to devise ethical guidelines to support post-9/11 interrogation techniques that have since been labelled as torture, a report said on Friday. Some members of the American Psychological Association (APA), including senior staff, sought to “curry favour” with defence officials, according to the 542-page probe commissioned by APA’s board. These individuals issued an ethics policy that aligned with government interrogation techniques after the September 11 2001 terror attacks, such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation. The association colluded with several government agencies, including the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to devise ethical guidelines for the interrogation programme under former president George W. Bush, according to the review. Ethical guidelines The government agencies “purportedly wanted permissive ethical guidelines so that their psychologists could continue to participate in harsh and abusive interrogation techniques being used by these agencies after the September 11 attacks”, the report said. “APA’s principal motive in doing so was to align APA and

curry favour with DoD (Department of Defence). There were two other important motives: to create a good publicrelations response, and to keep the growth of psychology unrestrained in this area.” The ﬁndings come after Democrats on the US Senate Intelligence Committee in December released a damning report detailing brutal and previously unknown interrogation techniques, including beatings and rectal rehydration, used by the CIA on Al Qaeda suspects post 9/11. Pentagon contract According to Friday’s report, APA’s ethics director Stephen Behnke worked with a military psychologist to draft the organisation’s public policy statements and also received a Pentagon contract to train interrogators. The report said he did not tell the APA board about his involvement in training defense department staff. Responding to the ﬁndings, the APA -- the largest professional psychology organisation in the country -- said on Friday it would review its policies and urge a ban on its psychologists from participating directly in interrogations. “The organisation’s intent was not to enable abusive interrogation techniques or contribute to violations of human rights, but that may have been the result,” said Nadine Kaslow, who led an independent review body that commissioned the report. — AFP

SHANGHAI: Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China on Saturday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more than a million people, the government and state media said. The storm, which killed five people in the Philippines earlier in the week and injured more than 20 people in Japan on Friday, made landfall at around 4:40pm (0840 GMT) on an island near the city of Ningbo, which is south of Shanghai, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said. Chan-hom was however expected to skirt the coast before heading back out to sea rather than going further inland. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the storm, which forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and bus and rail services. Ningbo, in Zhejiang province, has a population of almost six million people while Zhujiajian town, which took the direct hit from the typhoon, is home to around 36,000. The NMC maintained its highest red alert for the storm despite earlier downgrading it from “super” to “strong”. Zhejiang evacuated 1.07 million people and called its entire fishing fleet back to port, state media said. Provincial authorities said earlier that nearly 30,000 vessels had moored safely. Powerful winds blew down trees and street signs across Zhejiang and knocked down an unoccupied building in the city of Cixi, provincial television reported. More than 600 flights at four airports in Zhejiang were cancelled, the official Xinhua news agency said. In Zhejiang’s Sanmen county,

HORRIFYING: People look on as waves, under the inﬂuence of Typhoon Chan-hom, hit the shore in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China, on Friday. - Reuters

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local television showed dozens of melons floating in a flooded field, as a farmer lamented his lost harvest. “There might be no crop this year,” he said. Torrential rain in Taizhou city triggered a landslide which briefly blocked a road. Shanghai forecast the typhoon would “brush” within 100 kilometres (62 miles) of the city late Sat-

urday or early Sunday as it veered into the Yellow Sea, according to a local government posting on its official microblog. The Shanghai government urged residents to stay home and cancelled several public events as rain picked up towards midday. “We recommend everyone does their best to use ‘squatting at home’ tactics to welcome the typhoon,” it said in a statement. More than 400 ﬂights at the city’s two airports were cancelled, along with 330 long-distance bus journeys and several trains, according to reports. Traffic thinned in Shanghai,

though enterprising taxi drivers still cruised the streets looking for fares despite the storm, which blew branches off trees. Heavy rain Chan-hom is forecast to affect a wide swathe of China, also bringing heavy rain to the eastern provinces of Fujian and Jiangsu, the NMC said. Fujian, south of Zhejiang, has evacuated more than 30,000 people and Jiangsu over 46,000. The typhoon is the second storm to hit China in days after severe tropical storm Linfa made landfall on the coast of Guangdong province further south. — AFP

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Drone strike kills IS chief in Afghanistan Haﬁz Saeed was among 30 IS militant group-linked cadres killed in the strike in restive Nangarhar province, close to the Pakistani border

KABUL: The head of the IS militant group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials and militant commanders said on Saturday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghan spy agency, said Haﬁz Saeed was among 30 IS-linked cadres killed in the strike in restive Nangarhar province, close to the Pakistani border, on Friday. Two IS-affiliated commanders in Afghanistan who said they were present when the strike happened conﬁrmed Saeed’s death to AFP. At an embryonic stage The IS presence in Afghanistan is still thought to be at an embryonic stage and the killing of Saeed will come as a blow to the group’s efforts to establish itself as a serious force. “Hafiz Saeed, ISIS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan was

STRICT VIGIL: Afghan Local Police personnel pose with their weapons during a patrol in Gushta district near the Afghan-Pakistan border in Nangarhar province. – AFP

killed in a drone strike last night,” the NDS said in a statement on Saturday. “As a result of drone strike in Achin district on gathering place of IS, 30 people associated with IS including their leader Haﬁz Seed were killed.” The two militant commanders, who used to be with the Taliban, speaking to AFP by phone from an undisclosed location, said they were present when the drone strike happened. The strike took place while a meeting of the commanders was

going on, they said, adding that Saeed’s badly mutilated body was buried soon afterwards. It comes less than six months after a drone strike in Afghanistan killed Abdul Rauf Khadim, who was thought to be the IS number two in the country. On Monday two US drone strikes in Achin targeted suspected IS militants, killing 49 people according to local officials. Fierce clashes have been reported in recent months between ﬁghters newly aligned with IS and

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Taliban cadres determined to preserve their dominance. NATO ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in December, leaving local forces to battle the Taliban alone, but a residual force remains for training and counterterrorism operations. A spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan confirmed a “precision strike” was carried out in Nangarhar on Friday but did not give details of the target. Saeed was named head of IS’s “Khorasan province”, which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighbouring countries, in January when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the group. Since then there have been defections from the Afghan Taliban, with some insurgents apparently adopting the IS flag to rebrand themselves as a more lethal force as NATO troops depart. The extent of their links to the group’s operations in Syria and Iraq, and the extent of the support they receive, is extremely unclear. IS has grabbed large areas of Syria and Iraq in a brutal campaign but last month the Pentagon said the group’s presence in Afghanistan was still “in the initial exploratory phase”. But their presence has clearly rattled the Taliban, who last month wrote to IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi warning against waging a parallel insurgency in Afghanistan. The IS Khorasan chapter claimed their first major attack in Pakistan in May, the killing of 43 minority sect Muslims on a bus in Karachi. — AFP

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Bali airport reopens after volcanic ash clouds drift away

JAKARTA: Holidaymakers stranded for days in Bali when a volcanic ash cloud forced the closure of the island’s main airport began departing on Saturday as flights resumed after Indonesian authorities reopened the terminal. Ngurah Rai International Airport had been closed since late Thursday as Mount Raung on Java spewed clouds of ash into the sky, grounding hundreds of flights during peak tourist season on the resort island. But the airport was reopened by Indonesia’s transport ministry on Saturday after the ash cloud drifted southwest, clearing the skies for take off. Long lines quickly formed at the airport as passengers queued in the hope of their flights being rescheduled soon, with dozens of planes listed for departure Saturday evening. Flights to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were among the first to depart, according to air traffic website flightradar24. com. Trikora Harjo, the airport’s general manager, said things were slowly returning to normal at the terminal, with passengers queuing up to check in and crews preparing planes for departures. “It’s a bit crowded, because of

the cancellations,” he told AFP. “I think maybe after one day, or two days, things will become normal again.” Australian carrier Jetstar announced it would resume its Saturday flights between Bali and Perth, declaring it “safe to operate daylight services”. National flag carrier Garuda also announced it was resuming domestic and international flights to and from the airport. Virgin Australia said it was able to resume operations Saturday evening, after earlier cancelling all flights from Bali. The closure of Bali’s airport saw 330 flights cancelled on Friday and chaotic scenes at the terminal as hundreds of holidaymakers milled about anxiously awaiting any news. Large crowds formed both inside the terminal and outside on the lawns, with passengers sitting and sleeping on the floor as the hours dragged on. The travel chaos came at a busy time in Bali, with many Australians visiting the island during the school break and millions of Indonesians setting off on holiday ahead of the celebration of Eid Al Fitr next week. — AFP

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MUSCAT: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Belgium have evolved with time and have a lot to offer to Oman in various sectors, said a Belgian official. Belgium is a ‘country of SMEs’ and these business units have transformed over time and are offering innovative solutions, said Kris Castelein, counsellor – investment and trade, the Embassy of Belgium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

So, there is a great potential for co-operation between the two countries in the SME sector, Castelein told the Times of Oman in an exclusive interview during his recent visit to Muscat. Belgium currently does not have an embassy in Oman. Innovative products The official said that for example, in the textile industry, Belgian SMEs used to just sell garment and similar goods but now they are manufacturing innovative products such as protective cloth-

ing for oil and gas sector personnel and parking shelters. They also have great expertise in other ﬁelds such as minerals, software and building materials, said Castelein. Railway project Asked whether any Belgian company is bidding for Oman’s railway project given that Belgium has the longest railway history in Europe, he said, “We know it is not easy with the Omani Tender Board, but of course we keep a close eye.” >B4

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Oman’s inflation in June rises MUSCAT: Oman’s inflation increased by 0.18 per cent in June 2015 compared to the figures logged during the same month of 2014. The inflation rate logged a 0.51 per cent increase compared to the figures recorded last May; according to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) about

the consumer prices indices (CPI). The increasing price index recorded during June 2015 is attributed to rising prices of the main sectors. The prices of accommodation, water, gas and other types of fuel increased 0.68 per cent while the prices of the transportation set increased with 0.02 per cent. Health sector saw a 2.24 per cent

rise while the prices of household appliances, equipment and customary maintenance set increased with 0.32 per cent. The prices of the education set increased 4.49 per cent while the restaurants and hotels set increased 0.33 per cent. The prices in the culture and entertainment sector also increased with 0.01 per cent. — ONA

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Key global bodies sign pact GCC Metrology Forum to focus to develop Islamic finance on industrial measurements Times News Service MUSCAT: General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions, and the World Bank on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would help foster the development of Islamic finance globally and expand its use as an effective tool for financing development worldwide, including in non-Muslim countries. The agreement serves as the foundation for future cooperation

in the areas of knowledge generation and dissemination, distilling and sharing lessons of experience, encouraging research and promoting awareness, and enhancing capacity in the Islamic financial services industry. World Bank’s commitment Abayomi Alawode, head of Islamic finance, finance and markets global practices, World Bank said, “This signing underscores the World Bank’s commitment to the development of the Islamic financial services industry. As the industry expands, it will inevita-

bly impact the way global ﬁnance evolves to support real sector economic activity and contribute to addressing the challenges of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.” “We look forward to working closely with CIBAFI to strengthen the institutional foundations of Islamic ﬁnance, enhance regulatory and supervisory frameworks, and share sound practices and lessons of experience in the industry, including sound practices relating to business practices, risk management and market development,” he added.

DOHA: Doha will host the ﬁrst GCC Metrology Forum on December 15, organised Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), the Ministry of Environment in Qatar, the GCC Standardisation Organisation (GSO) and the Gulf Association for Metrology (Gulfmet). The two-day forum aims to exchange ideas on best means to increase awareness on the industrial level and the overall level of compliance of industrial measurements. It also aims to provide an overall assessment of the requirements of Gulf industries and institutions for services in the

field of metrology. It will review the means to raise the national capacity in the field of industrial standards and exchange ideas on latest technology in metrology and international practices to enhance the infrastructure of measurement as a component of quality in the development of member states. Increasing demand The forum comes in response to the global reports for companies operating in the field of metrological services that refer to the increasing demand for metrological services and in all industrial

sectors, especially the automotive sector, the electronics industry, power generation and others. The first Gulf Cooperation Council Metrology Forum targets government and private laboratories, respective institutions and companies, the ministries of commerce and industry and environment, industrial companies that operate in the following areas; oil, gas, energy, petrochemicals and metals and their composition, as well as universities, scientific research institutions and competent international organisations in the field of measurement and calibration. - ONA

US rate increase expected this year, says Yellen they perceive a lack of good job opportunities and that a stronger economy would draw some of them back into the labour force.”

US Federal Reserve chief pointed strongly to her concerns that labour markets remain weak and that more workers could be encouraged back into the job market Janet Yellen. – Bloomberg News CLEVELAND: Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday said she expects the Fed to raise interest rates at some point this year, but pointed strongly to her concerns that United States labour markets remain weak and that more workers could be encouraged back into the job market with stronger growth. In her speech, Yellen gave no direct hint about whether she anticipates more than one rate hike over the Fed’s four remaining meetings of 2015. But her focus on domestic economic developments looked beyond recent market turbulence over Greece and China, and keeps the Fed’s plans on track. She said she expects the economy should grow steadily for the remainder of the year, allowing the Fed to move ahead with its ﬁrst rate hike in nearly a decade. “I expect it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the ﬁrst step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin

normalising monetary policy,” Yellen said in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland, a civic group that sponsors high-level speakers. Inflation “But I want to emphasise that the course of the economy and inflation remains highly uncertain...We will be watching carefully to see if there is continued improvement in labour market conditions, and we will need to be reasonably confident that inflation will move back to 2 per cent in the next few years.” US Treasury yields rose and the dollar rallied against a basket of currencies after Yellen’s remarks, while stocks modestly pared gains. Despite the improvement of recent years, she said labour markets remain out of line, with high levels of part-time work and weak participation rates. The low unemployment rate “does not fully capture the extent of slack,” she said. “I think a significant number of individuals still are not seeking work because

Turbulent Analysts saw Yellen’s comments deviating little from the central bank’s recent policy statement. Though global markets have been turbulent in recent weeks since the Fed’s June meeting, Yellen focused on US growth she feels is likely to continue and will push the economy closer to the Fed’s full-employment and 2 per cent inflation goals. “If the economy continues to improve, the Fed will raise rates this year. It clearly wants to,” said Jim McDonald, chief investment strategist at Chicago-based Northern Trust Asset Management. Yellen’s remarks come less than a week before she is to appear before Congress for a biannual briefing on monetary policy, and as the central bank approaches a likely rate hike decision. It is a step that will have global implications, putting the Fed on a path separate from central banks in Europe and Japan that continue fighting economic crises, and potentially drawing capital out of developing economies. According to the individual economic projections released by Fed officials, there was a roughly even divide between those who expect only one interest rate increase this year — and might thus be prepared to wait until late in the year to hike — and those who expect two and would want to move sooner. - Reuters

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Salalah Port Services net profit down MUSCAT: Salalah Port Services Company net profit declined by 15.7 per cent at OMR2.68 million for the half year ended June 2015, compared to OMR3.18 million for the same perid in 2014. The company’s unaudited results show that total revenue for the period decreased to OMR25.16 million as against OMR28.22 million last year, the company said in a stock market filing.

Oman Cement half year net profit slumps 40.12% MUSCAT: Oman Cement net profit slumped 40.12 per cent a OMR 5.44 million for the six-month period ending June 2015 as against OMR9.09 for the same period in 2014, the company said in a filing. As per the unaudited financial results, Oman Cement’s sales also fell marginally at OMR25.53 million for period as against OMR25.68 million for the six months ended June 2014.

Oman Orix Leasing net profit rises 27% MUSCAT: Oman Orix Leasing achieved a net profit of OMR2.58 million for the half year ended June 2015, compared to OMR2.03 million for the same period in 2014, a rise of 27 per cent, according to a stock market filing. The unaudited financial results show that the revenue for the preiod stood at OMR7.76 million, as against OMR6.61 in June 2014, showing a rise of 17 per cent. Net assets rose 9 per cent at OMR32.67 million from OMR 29.92 million for the six months.

Taageer Finance net profit increases 15% MUSCAT: Taageer Finance net profit for the six months ended June 2015 increased by 15.31 per cent at OMR2.11 million compared to OMR1.83 million in the same period ending June 2014, the company said in a stock market filing. As per the unaudited results, the net investment in finance leasesamountd to OMR117.31 million as against OMR 106.06 million for the same period last year, an increase of 10.61 per cent.

Oman Refreshment net profit drops MUSCAT: Oman Refreshment net profit declined by 24.20 pr cent at OMR 3.56 million for the six months ended June 2015, compared to OMR4.69 million for the same period last year, as per the unaudited results. However, total revenue for the period showed a marginal rise of 1.6 per cent at OMR35.67 million, as against OMR35.11 million for the same period last year, the company said in Muscat Securities Marmet filing. - Times News Service

Chinese companies riding stock market roller coaster gress and he has used that perch to advocate wider use of renewable energy. But Hanergy’s technology is a bit of a niche market; its ﬂexible cells can be put on walls or even clothing. They are not as efﬁcient as other cells in converting sunlight to electricity.

Despite turmoil, China’s stock market is still substantially higher than it was a year ago with the Shanghai index up 86 per cent and Shenzhen showing a rise of up 76 per cent

SHANGHAI: When the Chinese advertising ﬁrm Shanghai Longyun — whose name means dragon rhyme — went public on March 24, the stock market was on ﬁre. The company was a family affair. The chairman, Duan Peizhang, and his wife, Fang Xiaoqin, who studied Chinese medicine and worked at a provincial food and drug bureau, held more than half the shares. Other direct and indirect investors included Duan’s brother, nephew, sister-inlaw and some other relatives. Virtually overnight, they struck it rich. Between its opening trade and May 28, the stock of Shanghai Longyun jumped six-fold. The little company, which told regulators it had about 250 employees, was valued at just under $2 billion. Then the bubble popped. Since May 28, the stock price of Shanghai Longyun, now headed by Duan’s nephew, has plunged 69 per cent, one of the steepest drops

WILL IT PLUNGE FURTHER?: As deep as the plunge has been, and despite efforts by the Chinese

government to arrest the decline, the stock market in China might still end up falling further before it ﬁnds a stable spot. – Bloomberg News

on the Shanghai stock exchange. Is the trauma over? Not necessarily. China’s stock market is still substantially higher than it was a year ago with the Shanghai index up 86 per cent and Shenzhen up 76 per cent. Froth in the market Shanghai Longyun is a good example of what might be froth left in the market. With trading in the stock frozen by regulators, the ad agency is still valued at $620 million, a steep price for a small ﬁrm whose revenues have grown a measly 1.8 per cent over the past year and which is still selling at 36 times earnings, two to three times historic ratios. A look at a few of the companies that have rocked China from small investors to the walled leadership compound in Beijing gives a sense of where the stock market stands — and how far it might have to go. As deep as the plunge has been,

and despite efforts by the Chinese government to arrest the decline, the stock market in China might still end up falling further before it ﬁnds a stable spot. The companies are also a mixture of new ventures and legacy state-owned enterprises, technology ﬁrms and heavy industry. Some companies embody both, revealing some of the awkwardness of an economy in a long transition from planning to free enterprise. China Television Media is one example. The company produces television programmes and operates theme parks at its production sites. But with about 1,400 employees, it is essentially a spin-off from the state-run Chinese Central Television, which owns more than half the shares. The new company offered a way for the old one to cash in. China Television Media’s stock price soared along with the rest of the market over the past few

months. The company reorganised last year and its revenues were down sharply, but it still jumped threefold from July 2014 through June 3 this year. Then it collapsed. Now it’s down 64 percent from the June 3 peak. But the slide could continue. The company is still worth about $1 billion and is selling for 120 times its earnings. One of the catalysts for the broad sell off was Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, a maker of solar cells whose shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange went into free fall on May 20, tumbling 50 per cent in about an hour. The value of the top executive Li Hejun’s stake in the company sank $14 billion. The reasons for the fall remain mysterious. Li is a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body that meets annually along with the National People’s Con-

Hunting for value The parent company said nothing unusual had happened at the company. “Our group [is] currently operating normally, all the business operations are running well and the capital situation is fine,” Hanergy Holding said. Amid the stock market wreckage, however, some investors are hunting for value. Sahm Adrangi, head of New York-based Kerrisdale Capital Management, made much of his early fortune years ago by betting against Chinese companies whose claims seemed out of step with his own research on the firms. But Adrangi said he has recently been looking for solid companies whose prices have been driven down too far. On Wednesday he purchased shares of Huabao, a supplier of flavours and fragrances for food and household products whose stock had been hammered over the past month. But unlike many firms, Huabao pays a healthy dividend and has a rapid growth rate. Its price-toearnings ratio was around 5. Its biggest shareholders include major American investment banks. - The Washington Post

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Chance to ensure the progress of developing nations NEW YORK: Before you head for the beach, remember this: In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, starting July 13, world leaders will have a golden opportunity to reshape how they help developing countries grow and prosper. They must not waste it. The three-day United Nations Conference on Financing for Development is crucial for the poorest nations on the planet. These “least-developed countries” have been screwed of late. Their already small share of the global aid pie has shrunk by 6 per cent since 2010. Yet these are the countries where international aid matters the most. Where it is essential to build decent health and education systems and boost investment in agriculture and infrastructure. Addis Ababa won’t be a success unless it moves the rich world to commit more resources to the very poorest among us. But this conference is about more than money. It is no less im-

ADDIS ABABA CONFERENCE The three-day United Nations Conference on Financing for Development is crucial for the poorest nations on the planet. These least-developed nations have been screwed of late. Their already small share of the global aid pie has shrunk by 6% since 2010

portant for the richer of the poor countries — those approaching middle-income levels. For them, real help would include international reforms to crack down on corruption. That way, the staggering scale of illicit capital ﬂight from the poor world to sundrenched islands in the Caribbean or lawyers’ offices in London could be tackled. Resources could be spent on making people’s lives better rather than on villas in the south of France. You can see the distinct outcomes that different countries

need from Addis Ababa by looking at Tanzania and Nigeria. Both African countries have seen strong economic growth. But they face different challenges in terms of what that growth means - and what type of external assistance is most crucial. Nigerian economy For Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, overseas aid is a relatively small part of the resource mix - just 0.4 per cent of gross domestic product. The country has vast oil reserves, which account for three-quarters

of total government revenues. Yet Nigeria’s tax take is quite small relative to the size of its economy. Central government revenues are roughly 5 per cent of GDP, down from 12.9 per cent in 2008. Nigeria’s resource wealth has not yet translated into gains for its people. Levels of extreme poverty, for example, have been stuck at 62 per cent of the population for the past 20 years. So what does Addis Ababa hold for Nigeria? First, along with other developing countries, it needs to commit at the conference to a new compact with its citizens. The government should capture more domestic resources and spend them on basic services, such as health, education and nutrition. Today, just 64 per cent of primary-aged children are enrolled in school, and the country accounts for a quarter of all child deaths in Africa.But Nigeria also needs to stamp out corruption. The Addis Ababa conference can

help there by supporting international agreements on tracking down illicit capital ﬂight. It could also ensure that oil, gas and mining companies pay the governments what they should — and are open about what they have paid. Tanzania Tanzania, on the other hand, has a different set of problems. It relies heavily on foreign assistance, which accounts for 9 per cent of its GDP. The country manages to raise around 17 per cent of GDP in revenues. Because incomes are so low, however, that only translates into woefully small sums to spend on its people. Tanzania has made huge strides. It has reduced the proportion of its residents living in poverty by almost 40 per cent since 1992 and increased school enrollment from 51 per cent to 83 per cent over the same time. The challenge at the Addis Ababa meeting is to deliver. - Reuters

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BRUSSELS: Eurozone ﬁnance ministers on Saturday were set to give their verdict on Greece’s lastchance bid for another bailout to keep its economy aﬂoat and prevent its exit from the single European currency. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said she hoped for “a lot of progress” after the Greek parliament backed leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s new reform plan, aiming at a rescue worth more than 80 billion euros ($89 billion). But austerity-minded Germany holds the keys to the outcome, and a EU leader and two other sources gave no more than a 50-50 chance

that a make-or-break European summit on Sunday would approve a deal. Hardliners Berlin and the Baltic states are exasperated with Greece’s radical Syriza government, blaming it for more than ﬁve months of bitter negotiations in which trust has been the biggest casualty. Finance ministers from the 19-country eurozone were to meet in Brussels at 1300GMT on Saturday to review Greece’s proposals for market-oriented reforms in exchange for its third bailout since 2010. EU economic affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici said that “rapidly” putting reforms in action was “key to getting a programme, to be able to tackle the debt.” Greece has repeatedly called for efforts to ease a crushing debt burden — amounting to nearly 180 percent of the country’s yearly economic output — to be part of any deal. Tsipras’s package was approved by parliament in Athens in the early hours of Saturday, with the backing of 251 out of 300 deputies. The terms are similar to those previously offered by creditors, which had been angrily dismissed by Tsipras as humiliating for Greece and then over-

UNCERTAIN TIMES: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech during a parliamentary session at the Greek Parliament in Athens on Friday. Greece’s international creditors believe its latest debt proposals are positive enough to be the basis for a new bailout worth 74 billion euros, an EU source said on Friday. - AFP

whelmingly rejected by voters in a snap referendum. Capital controls Although Greek voters last Sunday roundly voted “No” to accepting tough austerity terms for a bailout that expired June 30, they are alarmed at capital controls that

have closed banks and rationed cash at ATMs. Queueing Saturday at an ATM in the capital Athens, Vassilis Papoutsoglou, 52, said: “We still don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Can we expect something better, or is it Armageddon?” “When I go to the supermarket

they don’t have many foods, even milk for the baby, the pharmacies don’t have any more (medicine),” said Marilena Mouzaki, 35, who was walking with her 11-month old son. The Greek government hoped the vote would give it an emphatic mandate to continue the talks with the creditors. But it also revealed the depth of opposition to fresh austerity. Three senior government ﬁgures were among 10 deputies who abstained or voted against and several others from the ruling Syriza party stayed away, prompting commentators to predict a government shake-up lay ahead. Tsipras told parliament it was a “national duty to keep our people alive...we will succeed not only in staying in Europe but in living as equal peers with dignity and pride.” The deal was “marginally better” than proposals put forward by the creditors last month which did not ease Greece’s 320-billion-euro mountain of debt, said Tsipras. An EU source in Brussels said Athens’ latest proposals were “positive” enough to form the basis of a new support package. But Athens’s biggest creditor, Berlin, which has opposed paral-

lel appeals for debt relief, has remained tight-lipped and said the outcome of Saturday’s talks was “completely open.” President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania, which joined the euro only six months ago, on Friday put the chances of a deal by Sunday’s summit at 50-50, saying Athens’ proposals are based on “outdated information” and “will have to be seriously corrected.” Despite the odds, French President Francois Hollande called the Greek proposals “serious and credible” while cautioning “nothing is decided yet”.Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he was “more optimistic.” If approved, Greece could receive between 74 billion and 82 billion euros from its EU-IMF creditors, including 16 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund that is part of an old programme due to expire next March, sources close to the negotiations further added. - AFP

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High valuations weigh on US stocks ahead of second quarter earnings NEW YORK: As companies in the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 begin to release lackluster second quarter results, rich valuations threaten to keep the US stock market spinning in place. At 16.5 times forward estimates, the S&P 500, up less than two per cent for the year to date through midday on Friday, is about 10 per cent more expensive than its historic average of 15, according to Thomson Reuters estimates. While still well below the 24.5 ratio at the height of the dot-com era bubble in 1999, the price to earnings multiple recently hit its highest level since 2004. Better returns At a time when corporate earnings are expected to show a decline of three per cent in the most recent quarter, this has prompted more fund managers to head for European or Japanese stocks that trade at lower prices and may offer better returns in the year ahead. “The question isn’t whether valuations are above average but by how much. Overseas they’ve still got a long runway in terms of earnings potential,” said David Francis, co-manager of the $1.7 billion Thrivent Large Cap Fund. Francis now has 58 per cent of his portfolio on US stocks, a drop

EXPENSIVE: At 16.5 times forward estimates, the S&P 500, up less than two per cent for the year to

date through midday on Friday, is about 10 per cent more expensive than its historic average of 15, according to Thomson Reuters estimates. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

of nearly 30 percentage points from the 86 per cent of assets he held in the United States in 2012. Overall, the average international fund tracked by Lipper has dropped its average holdings of US stocks by slightly more than two per cent over the last year, in favour of less-expensive markets such as Europe and Japan. Funds that have moved to either market have been rewarded,

with the Euro Stoxx 600 posting a gain of 11.2 per cent for the year to date and the Nikkei index up 13.3 percent over the same time. Not clear The call for moving to overseas markets based on valuation alone is not clear cut, however. While the Euro Stoxx 600 trades at a less expensive 14.9 times forward earnings, it has

been cheaper than the S&P 500 since mid-2002 and the two are currently closer than has been typical over the last ﬁve years, according to Thomson Reuters data. Abnormally low interest rates and core inﬂation in the US are distorting valuation metrics, said Phil Orlando, a senior portfolio manager at Federated Investors who oversees its Global Allocation fund. - Reuters

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B1 'Belgium offers opportunities' “The thing is that Belgium is a country of SMEs, which means that we do not often give the biggest contractors. So, as the main contractors, this is not often our niche. Our niche is to ﬁnd the main contractor and then work as a sub-contractor,” he added. Asked if there were any investment opportunities for Omanis in Belgium, Castelein referred to a huge upcoming investment origi-

nating from a Saudi company. The investment will be made in the ﬁeld of green technology in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, he said, and added that it was a ‘waste to chemical’ project. ‘Waste to energy’ is quite common but ‘waste to chemical’ is something new and the produced products can be used in several industries. “We never thought of having an outside player who

could give us expertise in the domain we are very strong in, in the green technology,” said Castelein, adding that opportunities may exist for Omani investors as well.

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sign 17” alloy wheels on the new Camry, says a press release. And now, the 2016 Camry is available with Insurance for a year (Oman only), 1st year of Registration and 1,000 litres of fuel. In lieu of the above, customers can choose to avail of the cash gift of OMR475 Every Camry customer also gets a gift voucher for OMR25 and a coupon to an exciting raffle in which 9 units of 16YM Camry GL Executive are to be won. “The earlier one buys and enters the raffle, the higher are the chances of winning,” said a spokesperson.

MUSCAT: The recently launched 2016 Toyota Camry gives customers a lot to cheer about. Its aggressive front grille and bumper make it stand apart from the crowd. Its new headlamps and elegant daytime running lights exude style like never before. The rear is equally impressive, with new combination lamps and bumper giving it a more sporty appearance. The distinctive looks are further accentuated by the stylish new de-

Weekly raffle draws This exciting campaign started on the June 7 (Sunday) and will last until August 5 (Wednesday). Beneﬁts are applicable for all purchases except those made by the government organisations and ministries. Weekly raffle draws that started on June 14 will be in effect until August 9, on all Sundays except July 19. Customers will be eligible for the raffle only upon taking delivery of the vehicle during the campaign period after completing necessary formalities

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qualities at first glance. Classic MINI design cues, such as wheels at the far corners of the car, short overhangs and the incipient wedge shape of the side, signal the dynamic driving experience before a wheel has even turned, while its familiar compact proportions hold the promise of that genuine gokart feeling. At the same time the stretched roofline and four fullyfledged side-doors indicate a larger interior and enhanced functionality. Liberal surface areas convey supreme elegance, while taut lines elongate the side view and fine contouring adds classy highlights and extra dynamics. Two round headlamps with LED daytime running light rings and a large hexagonal grille create the typical MINI face. These iconic design cues are mounted like jewels in high-quality chrome surroundings, lending an exclu-

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Abdullah Al Dhuhli, branch manager of Al Hilal Islamic Banking Services, Main Branch, presents a cheque to an official (left) from Al Amal Association as part of the bank’s annual Ramadan campaign. — Supplied photo

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Khimji’s Mart launches ‘Shop & Drive’ Ramadan promotion MUSCAT: Khimji’s Mart, the largest chain of supermarkets in Oman, launched its annual Ramadan promotion – ‘Shop & Drive’ across its outlets in Oman. On every OMR5 spent at any Khimji’s Mart this Ramadan, customers get a raffle coupon for the lucky draw. The ‘Shop & Drive’ promotion will run till August 8. Customers get a chance to win mega prize of two Renault Duster apart from other amazing prizes which include ﬁve apple iPhone-6, 10 LG LED TV 42” and 33 Khimji’s git vouchers. The draw date will be on August 12 at Khimji’s Mart, MBD, says a press release. Devendra Kumar, Sr. Divisional Manager for Khimji’s Retail said, “Every year Khimji’s Mart conducts its Ramadan promotion with lot of fervour. The theme ‘Shop & Drive’ was designed keeping in mind our customers’ expectations. "Our continuous endeavour is to provide our shoppers with a quality shopping experience with great value for their money combined with excellent customer service. ‘Shop & Drive’ merges well with the Ramadan festivities, which enable our shoppers for our customer to win, making this promotion more noteworthy. Customers can call customer care toll free helpline 80075000 for more details.”

Sophisticated interior The interior of the new MINI Clubman has also expanded along with the exterior. The cabin’s new dimensions are made palpable through a generous sweep, clear surfaces and a more “grown-up” sense of space. Here the new MINI Clubman reveals a new level of exclusivity and style. The deﬁning element of the MINI Clubman interior is its broad instrument panel, which adopts the generous surfaces areas of the exterior and brings them inside the car. Enclosed by a new take on the hallmark MINI ellipse – a surrounding bracket as a highlight feature — the upper section of the instrument panel appears to be ﬂoating. This strikingly formed, all-encompassing loop is the pivotal design theme in the interior of the new MINI Clubman and is also taken up in the design of the door and the centre console. As in the new MINI 3-door and 5-door, the instrument cluster in the new MINI Clubman is positioned on the steering column. The round centre console now comprises above all entertainment and navigation functions, as well as further infotainment options.

MUSCAT: Al Ghubra Power and Desalination Company (GPDC), Part of Nama Group, organised a group Iftar for its staff at the InterContinental Hotel Muscat where the board of directors as well as staff and senior management from GPDC were present. GPDC’s CEO, Eng. Ali Mohammed Al Raisi stated that the company holds Iftar on an annual basis to enhance the communication between the different departments within the company as well as enhance relationships between the GPDC employees, says a press release.

Taageer celebrates annual Iftar with staff MUSCAT: Taageer celebrated annual Iftar get together with employees at the City Seasons Hotel, Al Khuwair. The Iftar is part of the company’s annual tradition that brings together management and employees during the holy month of Ramadan. The event was capped with picture taking sessions that saw management and staff sharing enjoyable moments together, says a press release. H O LY M O N T H

Adams Group holds Quran contest During this holy month of Ramadan, Khimji’s Mart is happy to introduce new product ranges which include specialities like Karachi Biscuits, UFC Coconut Water, Sanadys Cookies and many other which are exclusively available only at its outlets. Ramadan basket As a part of Ramadan celebrations Khimji’s Mart has also launched Ramadan basket in their stores. Each big box contains 20 basic Ramadan items such as salt, oil, lentils, tomato paste, Atta, sugar, instant drink, etc. which will be available in stores. Khimji’s Mart has always been in the forefront of providing its cus-

tomers with the widest choice of brands and products at fair prices. Through its customer centric approach Khimji’s Mart established itself as a people driven brand offering variety and consistent availability of products. While Khimji’s Mart aptly positioned itself to be one of the preferred places for convenience and friendly shopping, it has also since inception, demonstrated swift responsiveness towards seasonal shopping trends. Promising ‘more for less’, Khimji’s Mart, has become Oman’s friendly neighbourhood store offering a wide range of massmarket product lines that are sought by a majority of consumers in the Sultanate.

MUSCAT: Adams Group of Companies under the patronage of Sheikh Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al Nomani, the wali of Wadi Kabir, conducted the 11th Quran competition at Muscat Tower, Pearl Celebration Hall, Wadi Kabir. The programme was a huge success attended by prominent personalities. Each year the number of participants are growing with steep increase in all categories of full hifz, partial hifz, and tilawa, says a press release. The ceremony was initiated by the welcome speech of Ismail Mohamed Adam Al Saigh, managing director of the group. During his opening speech Ismail welcomed

Al Nomani and the audience. Sheikh Yousuf Al Balushi and Mohamed Sayed Al Hub, were among the panel of judges who evaluated the contestants on the basis of mastering, memorisation, pronunciation, and recitation of the Holy Quran. This year the contest witnessed

a unique display of talent by Hafiz Asadullah Khan and Hafiz Usama Feroz popularly known as Quranic Computer Boys; they not only memorise the Quran but also memorise the Verse number. The prizes and certificates were distributed by Abdul Hamid Adam Ishaq Al Saigh, chairman of group.

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ROUND-UP Hyundai picks second lucky winner of promo A total of 12 kilos of gold is being given away as gifts during this season, four customers have a chance to win half kilo gold each through a fortnightly raffle draw

MUSCAT: As part of the ongoing ‘Hyundai gives you gold’ promotion, the second lucky winner for half kilo gold was picked up recently. A total of 12 kilos of gold is being given away as gifts during this season, four customers have a chance to win half kilo gold each through a fortnightly raffle draw. Fahad, a customer from Ibri is the lucky winner of the second raffle draw, says a press release. Also, as part of the on-going promotion, first 2,500 customers buying any Hyundai car will get 4 grams gold coin as an assured gift. This apart, the promotion also offers a host of other attractive benefits such as zero percent interest for a two-year finance term, cash gift upto OMR1,000, five years/100,000km service, insurance, finance up to six years and LG home theatre as gift with every purchase. All these are in addition to a very attractive price. Promotion elements may vary for different models, exact details can be checked

out at any of the Hyundai showrooms closer to you. This promotion is generating tremendous interest across cross-section of customers and has resulted in a steady increase of customer walkins across all Hyundai showrooms in the Sultanate. Fahad had recently purchased the popular Hyundai model Elantra from the Ibri Hyundai showroom and has started enjoying his new possession. He and his family members were pleasantly delighted upon hearing the news of winning half kilo gold. He had also got a 4 gram gold coin as an assured gift, at the time of taking deliver of his new Elantra. Hyundai’s award-winning Elantra recently sold its 10 millionth unit globally. Elantra is Hyundai’s ﬁrst model, and one of the only 10 cars in the history of the auto industry, to reach 10 million sales. Elantra was launched 24 years ago in 1990 and has therefore sold an average of 420,000 per year or approximately 1,100 cars every day for 24 years. Elantra exempliﬁes Hyundai’s emotional ‘Fluidic Sculpture’ design principles. ‘Fluidic Sculpture’

considers the interplay of wind with rigid surfaces to create the illusion of constant motion. Along Elantra’s sides are flowing lines, with the addition of a strong undercut feature line starting at the front door. These lines, along with muscular wheel arches and a sleek roofline, create a memorable and spacious package. Flowing lines also lead to an aerodynamic body. Inside the Elantra, one will find Hyundai’s expertise in interior packaging, lighting, leading-edge design and craftsmanship. The Elantra is offered with 2 engine choices 1.8 L & 2 L and is mated with a six-speed automatic transmission, both delivering smoother acceleration and better fuel economy. Safety is at the core of Elantra’s design. Elantra was named “2014 Top Safety Pick” by the IIHS and is also the holder of a NHTSA fivestar overall crash safety rating. The current version of Elantra continues its high value proposition as a strong choice in the highly-competitive compact car segment. This has been validated by several coveted accolades over the model’s lifecycle, including

ranking the highest in its segment for initial quality in the influential J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS). Elantra is also the three-time recipient (2011, 2012 and 2013) of the ALG Residual Value Awards and remains one of the topshopped vehicles in the segment, thereby establishing a great resale value in the market place. Not only does it get good resale value for the initial buyer but also has a high demand in the used car market. Hyundai as a brand has made significant strides on the back of sophisticated product design, quality, safety technology and exceptional value. Hyundai has not only become one of the top automotive brands in the world but has also overtaken some renowned brands in quality. One has to test drive and discover what millions of satisfied Hyundai owners already experience and enjoy – Hyundai stands for uncompromising quality. Hyundai has a strong presence in the passenger vehicles category in Oman with its wide range of Sedans and SUVs each in various trim variants. Hyundai sedan range in Oman include: Accent, Elantra, Sonata and Azera, apart from the trendy Veloster and Veloster Turbo. Grand i10, i20, i30, i40 form the cutting edge ‘i’ series range designed to meet global customer needs. Hyundai SUV range Tucson, Santa Fe and Grand Santa Fe are definitely the pick of the lot. Centennial and Genesis in the luxury car segment have been well received and are going from strength to strength. OTE Group is the exclusive dealer of Hyundai’s range of vehicles in Oman. With a nationwide network of showrooms and service centres, OTE Group ensures that Hyundai customers are never far from getting high quality service.

RAMADAN SPECIAL

Avenues Mall celebrates Qaranqasho

MUSCAT: Oman Avenues Mall in association with Dar Al Atta’a celebrated Qaranqasho, a special event for children on the 14th day of Ramadan. The celebrations held recently at the Avenues Mall witnessed a huge turnout of children. The event brought together kids from all over Muscat for an evening of traditional singing, dancing, games and entertainment, says a press release. Avenues Mall organised the popular annual occasion to appreciate and encourage children who undertake fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. The fun-ﬁlled family event marked the completion of two weeks of fasting, wherein parents were encouraged to bring in their kids for a day of fun and activities as part of a noble cause. Dressed gorgeously in their best attire, the kids had a gala time at the event. The event was also designed to offer a cultural insight

to the kids by introducing them to the rich cultures and traditions of the country. The festivities not only helped capture the real spirit of Ramadan but created the muchneeded ambience of a traditional festival. The event also hosted various games, activities, interactive shows and performances to keep children of all ages entertained. The free event was organised for kids to be a part of the Dar Al Atta’a’s campaign to help the deserving children during the holy month of Ramadan. For every child participating in the event, Oman Avenues Mall contributed OMR1 to Dar Al Atta’a towards the education of deserving children. The huge turnout thus helped in contributing more to the organisation’s charitable fund. Children also enjoyed a range of interesting activities like face painting and henna painting. A magic show was also organised as part of the event. The event helped kids interact with each other

through a number of games and other activities and gave them a chance to win numerous spot gifts and other exciting prizes. The celebrations turned out to be a huge success not just for the participating kids but for the whole family as it provided a unique chance for all the family members and friends to get together and encourage kids performing the fast. Expresses gratitude Speaking at the event, Ben Watson, general manager, Avenues Mall said, “We are delighted by the enormous response Qaranqasho has received. We express our sincere gratitude to all the parents who took genuine efforts to bring in their kids to be a part of these festivities which were intended for a noble cause. We aim to use such events to reﬂect the season’s true spirit of giving and to make a better future for the deserving kids. “Oman Avenues Mall aims to launch many more such initiatives

in the coming years as part of our commitment to serve the community. We thank all our valuable customers for their support towards all our endeavours. We hope to further innovate our services and become more competent and entrepreneurial to serve our customers better and to achieve our goal of excellence,” he added. Oman Avenues Mall, is one of the largest and finest malls in the Sultanate of Oman. Located in the heart of the city, the mall boasts of an impressive lineup of prestigious retailing brands, fine dining options, fun and entertainment experiences to the discerning shoppers. It possesses a striking architecture and is the ultimate shopping destination offering a host of unparalleled amenities and services. Providing the most refreshing all-in-one shopping, dining and entertainment experience to locals and international tourists alike, Oman Avenues Mall is definitely - ‘a place for all’.

CAR TECHNOLOGY

JLR launches ‘Pothole Alert’ research plan MUSCAT: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is researching a new connected car technology that will allow a vehicle to identify the location and severity of potholes, broken drains and manhole covers, and then share this data in real-time via the cloud with other vehicles and with road authorities to help them prioritise repairs. If a car can receive a warning from another vehicle about severe potholes or broken manholes ahead, then drivers would be able to slow down and avoid the danger or the car could adjust suspension settings to reduce the impact and smoothen the ride. This could help reduce the potential for punctures, wheel and vehicle damage as well as road accidents, says a press release. Dr Mike Bell, global connected car director, Jaguar Land Rover, said: “Our Magne Ride equipped Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport vehicles feature sophisticated sensors that allow the vehicle to profile the road surface under the wheels and identify potholes, raised manholes and broken drain covers. By monitoring the motion of the vehicle and changes in the height of the suspension, the car is able to continuously adjust the vehicle’s suspension characteristics, giving passengers a more comfortable ride over uneven and damaged road surfaces. “While this gives our customers a more comfortable ride, we think there is a huge opportunity to turn the information from these vehicle sensors into ‘big data’ and share it for the benefit of other road users. This could help prevent billions of pounds of vehicle damage and make road repairs more effective.” Predicting potholes The next stage of the project at Jaguar Land Rover’s Advanced Research Centre in the UK is to instal new road surface sensing technology in the Range Rover Evoque research vehicle, including an advanced forward-facing stereo digital camera. “At the moment the most accurate data comes from when the car has driven over the pothole or manhole,” added Mike Bell. “So we are also researching how we could improve the measurement and accuracy of pothole detection by scanning the road ahead, so the car could predict how severe they are before the vehicle gets near them. “Ultimately, sensing the road ahead and assessing hazards is a key building block on our journey to the autonomous car. In the future, we are looking to develop systems that could automatically guide a car around potholes without the car leaving its lane and causing a danger to other drivers. If the pothole hazard was significant enough, safety systems could slow or even stop the car to minimise the impact.

If a car can receive a warning from another vehicle about severe potholes or broken manholes ahead, then drivers would be able to slow down and avoid the danger or the car could adjust suspension settings to reduce the impact and smoothen the ride

This could all help make future autonomous driving a safe and enjoyable reality.” Pothole alert, road repairs Jaguar Land Rover’s research team will also be working with innovation partner Coventry City Council to understand how road proﬁle information could be shared with road authorities, and exactly what data would be most useful for their roads maintenance teams to identify and prioritise repairs. Councillor Rachel Lancaster, Cabinet Member for Public Services at Coventry City Council said: “As part of our ‘Smart Cities’ strategy, we will be investigating how Jaguar Land Rover’s Pothole Alert system could supply us with data in real-time from thousands of connected cars right across our road network. This could give us a very accurate, minute-by-minute picture of damage to road surfaces, manholes and drains in real time. “We already collect lots of data which we monitor very carefully ourselves but having this kind of extra information might allow us to further improve our maintenance programmes which would save the taxpayer money.” The project will also investigate whether Jaguar Land Rover’s experimental camera could take an image of the pothole or damaged manhole — and share this with the road authorities, together with a GPS location. “We are just beginning to explore how we could use this technology, but data that includes the severity of the issue, its exact location and an image has huge potential,” added Councillor Lancaster. “This is just the sort of information that could help us identify the cause of the problem, prioritise it and contact the owner of the manhole or drain to get it ﬁxed more quickly.”

RAMADAN OFFERS

Attractive packages add to Ford Fusion’s appeal MUSCAT: A car that’s built to suit your trendy lifestyle — the Ford Fusion is a bold and stylish statement meant to take your experience to a new level. Ford’s expressive and fun-to drive Fusion has managed to make an impressive mark with its range of features and technologies. And now with the Ramadan offers owning the Ford Fusion has never been this exciting. The Ford Fusion will be available with 3 years /60,000km free

service (14&15MY), free insurance (14&15MY), gift voucher and raffle coupon, says a press release. Key contributors to how the Fusion feels are the ride and handling components that maximise vehicle dynamics. Fusion is even more fun to drive with specially tuned electric power-assisted steering, a McPherson strut front suspension and an all-new premium-level multilink rear suspension. The Ford Fusion comes standard with antilock disc brakes, trac-

tion and stability control, driver and passenger airbags, front knee airbags and side curtain airbags. Also standard is Ford’s MyKey, which can be used to set and limit certain parameters such as vehicle speed and audio volume for teenage drivers. Engineers increased its body strength by 10 percent, using more high-strength steels such as boron and added dual ﬁrst-row knee airbags and adaptive front airbags that vent and tether to conform to a speciﬁc occupant’s size,

position and seatbelt usage. The Ford Fusion is available in three trim levels to begin with: S, SE and the exclusive SE SporTech. The Fusion comes standard with a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre 4-cylinder i-VCT engine and 8 Standard Airbags including driver and passenger knee airbags. Customers can now experience the Ford Fusion at their nearest Ford showroom. In Oman, Ford vehicles are brought to you by Arabian Car Marketing Co.

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Stylish all-new Mazda CX-9 offers guaranteed cash gift in Ramadan With the purchase of an all-new Mazda CX-9 7-seater SUV, customers will get a guaranteed cash gift of OMR750 until July 23

MUSCAT: In the holy month of Ramadan, Mazda fans have a huge reason to rejoice! With the purchase of an all-new Mazda CX-9 7-seater SUV, customers will get a guaranteed cash gift of OMR750 until July 23. This is in addition to the already amazing pricing of this best-in-class and class-deﬁning luxury model of Mazda, says a press release.

A senior spokesperson of Towell Auto Centre (TAC), the sole distributors of Mazda range of vehicles in Oman, explains: “CX9 is not just a class-leading but a class-deﬁning model of Mazda. Enhanced with a range of luxury and advanced features, the all-new Mazda CX-9 is an ideal vehicle to drive with your whole family. Ramadan is a time for family and

togetherness, and a perfect time to offer your loved ones all the luxury and comfort that they deserve in your vehicle. “Keeping this in mind, we have launched the offer of OMR750 cash gift. It is a small gesture from our side to make our customers

feel special and help them to buy their favourite Mazda model without any hassle.” With its strengths such as artfully crafted spacious interior, KODO: soul of motion design, state-of-the-art features such as Bose audio system, 20’’ inch al-

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loy wheels, adaptive front lighting and daytime running lights, Cruise control, forward obstruction warning system etc., the allnew Mazda CX-9 provides unsurpassed comfort and quality and a driving experience wrapped in sheer luxury. “To avail the Mazda Ramadan promotion, buy a Mazda during the offer period and also drive home with free 24 hours AAA roadside assistance that will be valid for the ﬁrst three years from the date of purchase. You can also book a test drive sitting at home or get more details about any of these models, using the Mazda Oman mobile app for Apple, Android and BB10,” the TAC spokesperson adds. Offering the trendiest of Japanese cars, Mazda has brought in a

lot of excitement in Oman’s automobile industry with their ‘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. With 98.2 per cent parts deliverability, TAC also offers quick, efﬁcient service with genuine parts available for all models and have highly trained staff who pride in their quality of service.

T OU R I S T D E S T I NAT I O N

Lulu announces 3rd Dream Drive winners Sur Plaza Hotel offers MUSCAT: Lulu Oman conducted the third lucky draw of its mostawaited Ramadan promotion, the ‘Lulu–BMW Dream Drive. The draw took place in the Al Burj outlet in the presence of officials of the Lulu Group, says a press release. The third draw saw Assam Ahmed Abdul Asiz Al Raisi drive home the grand prize, the third of the 6 brand new luxurious BMW X5 35i car. The other lucky ones to win a range of useful products from Ikon were Noor Nasser Saif who won the Ikon 48” LED TV. Mohammed Khamis Al Hatadi won the Ikon automatic washing machine, Thaib Salim Sulaiman took home the Ikon air cooler, Aisha Ijas and Raja Rashid Al Amria won the Ikon halogen air fryer and Ikon tablet, respectively. With three set of winners already announced, shoppers still have the chance to be a part of three more draws to be held at various Lulu outlets throughout the promotional period. Lulu’s Dream Drive promotions have always received overwhelming response from customers and ensured greater participation and reach among shoppers. The campaign will continue till August 5.

With every purchase of OMR10, customers get a raffle coupon for the lucky draw. Lulu has three more BMW X5 35i cars to be given away. Along with that, customers can also win 30 Ikon products. With three more lucky draws to go, customers can still shop with hope. Delighted after winning the grand prize winner said,” I am indeed excited and overjoyed on being the grand prize winner and the proud owner of a brand new car. I extend my gratitude to Lulu for fulﬁlling their promise of making shopping a more rewarding experience for customers like us. Now I can convince my friends and family to make use of every single

chance to shop at Lulu.” Commenting on the third draw, Ananth A. V., Regional Director, Lulu hypermarkets, Oman said, “As with the previous two draws, the third draw also witnessed some of the most exciting and happiest moments of shoppers who won prizes. We are committed to continue to surprise and reward our customers while giving them yet another reason to shop at Lulu. I am sure the enthusiasm will carry on to the next lucky draws too, he added.” Lulu launches its ‘Dream Drive’ promotion every year as part of its initiative to make shopping a more rewarding experience to its customers. Each year, Lulu ties

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up with the best brands to offer unique and exclusive prizes to the winners as part of the promotion and this time too, Lulu has lined up the best for their customers. The extensive campaign which has become the talk of the town further boosts the retail giant’s unrivalled position as the people’s favourite place to shop in Oman. Along with the Dream Drive campaign, Lulu Oman will also be hosting a variety of promotions on popular Ramadan essentials in addition to an array of other great offers and deals. For every season and occasion, Lulu is committed to give its customers something new and exciting to look forward to every time they shop. Renowned for its customerfriendly approach and value-added offers, the Lulu group bears the stamp of variety, modernity, quality and friendliness and is heralded as the fastest growing retail chain in the world. With a group of well-trained staff and a professional management to oversee the operations, the multi-faceted business conglomerate has become a name synonymous to a seamlessly pleasant shopping experience.

exciting Eid holidays MUSCAT: With the much anticipated Eid holidays being announced, Sur Plaza Hotel is gearing-up to receive many local, regional and international visitors to the picturesque city of Sur. Sur is becoming one of the most sought after destinations this holiday. With its magniﬁcent beaches and a particular tourist interest is the Al Sharqiyah coast, 42km beach which is the nesting ground for green turtles, says a press release. Thousands of turtles migrate to lay eggs during the period of May to September and probably the most important nesting grounds in the Indian Ocean, where the public can watch the nesting process.Apart from turtle watching, one could visit many other attractions in and around Sur. Tiwi beach, Wadi Arbeen, Wadi Shab, Wadi Bani Khalid are some of the natures creations that can be enjoyed during coming holidays. Also, Sur is home to the dhow building yard where one could experience the building of a traditional dhow.

Sur is becoming one of the most sought after destinations this holiday. With its magnificent beaches and a particular tourist interest is the Al Sharqiyah coast, 42km beach which is the nesting ground for green turtles The Sur Plaza Hotel has various attractive accommodation packages on half board basis. One attraction of the package is designed especially for families with the inclusion of maximum of two kids up to 12 years who can stay free by sharing parents bedding. (Conditions apply) Also experience the deluxe room half board packages tailor made for customers.

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Software Systems conducts Iftar Golden Tulip Seeb holds Iftar for staff MUSCAT: In keeping with the spirit of sharing during Ramadan, Software Systems organised an Iftar event for the senior executives from leading government institutions and ministries at the Hormuz Grand Hotel, recently. The event began with a keynote address from Osama Henein, general manager who brieﬂy spoke about relationship with IBM stretching over 20 years and 30+ customers in the country, with 6,000 users, says a press release. He mentioned about SSL’s recent successes which include two large projects with Omani government entities with additional 3,000 users. He also spoke about how SSL has always believed in constantly upgrading its offerings to keep in touch with changing customer re-

MUSCAT: Golden Tulip Seeb held its annual Ramadan Iftar with the participation of the group’s management and staff. The ceremony took place at Al Hossen Ballroom led by Fady Abi Khalil, general manager, who expressed good wishes to all the staff

the Iftar table. We are also working on enhancing communication between staff and management of the hotel during these events in recognition of their efforts and to encourage them to continue giving that is behind the success of the company,” said Khalil.

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quirements and dynamics. “ECM has always been a core offering from SSL and will continue to be a core focus area. We are working on enhancing the current functionality of SSL core CMS, by add more features like Information Rights Manage-

ment, and keep it up to date with latest technology, in addition to achieving compliance to standards recommended by National Records and Archives Authority Oman,” he said. The event culminated in a traditional Omani dinner.

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Shop and spin wheel this Ramadan to win exciting Panasonic products MUSCAT: ‘Spin to Win’, a special Ramadan promotion by Omasco and Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa (PMMAF), promises customers a fabulous chance to win an array of electronic products this Ramadan. With every purchase of Panasonic products worth OMR20, shoppers get an assured chance to win attractive prizes like Panasonic LED TV, refrigerator, camera, face steamer, headphone, hair dryer, beard trimmer, ladies epilator and water ﬁlter says a press release. “Ramadan is a cherished time spent with families and friends and exchange of gifts during this time adds to the celebrations. With our ‘Spin to Win’ Ramadan campaign, every customer wins a gift from us. This exciting opportunity is currently on at all our retail out-

and appreciated and thanked them for their dedicated efforts and hard work, says a press release. “We seek to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and family through the celebration of the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan with the company’s staff at

The Ramadan offer is our way of saying thank you to customers in Oman for their loyalty and support

lets and shop-in-shops in Oman. Drop in by and see which of your favourite electronic product lady luck showers on you,” says George Alexander, general manager (RED), Omasco. The promotion is offered across various Panasonic retail outlets in Oman including the ones located in Qurum (opposite Sabco Centre), Ruwi (High Street), Salalah (23rd July Street), Sohar (High Street), Sur (Majan House) and Nizwa (before Family Sh. Centre). And also the Panason-

ic Shop-in-Shop outlets at Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, Ibra Souq; Ibri and Wadi Hatat Souq, Al Amerat, will offer the promotion. Ranjith K. C., senior manager, Middle East Consumer Sales Division, added: “We believe in providing innovative and high performance products to be the No. 1 preferred brand in Oman. Our Ramadan offer is a way of saying thank you to our customers in Oman for their loyalty and support over the years.” The offer is valid till August 23.

DHL holds donation drives across ME, North Africa during Ramadan MUSCAT: Employees of DHL Express, the world’s leading express logistics provider, held donation drives from Morocco to Afghanistan this Ramadan, covering 14 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. The show of solidarity and support for those without regular access to food supplies saw DHL staff engage in a variety of activities including collecting donations, distributing Iftar meals and delivering thousands of boxes containing several kilos of dry food products to underprivileged workers and poor families, says a press release. In Oman, DHL staff collected, packed and distributed over 300 food boxes which were distributed by the Al Maddah and Al Rahma charity organisations to needy families in the Dakhiliyah and Muscat regions respectively. As part of their efforts, the company’s staff also distributed 40 boxes to DHL couriers to distribute to poor or needy families in their own communities. Nour Suliman, CEO Middle East & North Africa, said: “We are incredibly proud of our colleagues in Oman and across the region for their drive and commitment. Giving, compassion and solidarity are some of the main virtues

that Ramadan fosters, and I really admire the commitment and dedication shown by the team to lend a hand to those in need. It is important to get involved and give back to the community and people around us in any way possible; this is an integral part of our on-going CSR activities that are carried out through the year. We choose to act; we choose to do what we can to make a difference in the lives of people around us and it’s always great to see our staff getting directly involved.” Across the region DHL staff distributed the food boxes partnering with different NGO’s in each country, this guaranteed that the boxes would reached the right people that truly needed them. In Saudi Arabia, DHL staff in Riyadh, Damam and Jeddah

packed and delivered food boxes containing essential food items totalling over 7,000 kilos to poor families. In the UAE, DHL staff collaborated with Beit Al Khair Society, a charity organisation created to alleviate hardships faced by citizens and provide assistance to those in need. In Qatar, meanwhile, staff there held a donations and donated the cost of 500 food boxes to be delivered to needy families in Egypt and Jordan. The recent campaign comes in line with Deutsche Post DHL corporate responsibility strategy for each individual to act responsibly, and for the company to move to spread positivity in every environment and society in which they operate.

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Allo ďŹ&#x201A;ags off Ramadan roadshow MUSCAT: Allo, the market leading international calling service from Integrated Telecommunications Oman (TeO), recently kicked off a nation-wide roadshow as their Ramadan initiative towards reaching out the public in Oman. The new initiative is aimed at keeping up with TeOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy of giving back to the community and spreading the joy and happiness of the blessed month with the people of Oman.

The roadshow involves a ďŹ&#x201A;eet of Allo cars and an Allo branded truck travelling across the breadth of the country, distributing goody bags and engaging participants

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Williams holds off Muguruza to complete special ‘Serena Slam’ Serena Williams reinforced her stranglehold on the women’s game by overcoming an early wobble and resisting a battling ﬁghtback to claim a 21st grand slam title that leaves her one behind German Steffi Graf’s record haul of professional era majors

LONDON: Serena Williams claimed a sixth Wimbledon title and fourth successive grand slam crown by suppressing the spirited attacking instincts of 20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win Saturday’s final 6-4, 6-4. American Williams reinforced her stranglehold on the women’s game by overcoming an early wobble and resisting a battling fightback to claim a 21st grand slam title that leaves her one behind German Steffi Graf’s record haul of professional era majors. The world number one was simply too powerful and too consistent for surprise 21-year-old finalist Muguruza, who began with a valiant positive approach but could not maintain her early high level. After losing a close first set and battling bravely to come back from 5-1 down in the second, the Spaniard was eventually downed after one hour and 23 minutes of combat, to leave Williams to receive the acclaim of the Centre Court crowd. Williams now holds all four majors at the same time — the so-called ‘Serena Slam’ — having also won the U.S., Australian and French Open titles. “I can’t believe I am standing here with another Serena Slam. It is so cool,” Williams said courtside. “It has been a pleasure and an honour to have so many years in this unbelievable place.” Muguruza, playing in her first grand slam final, began with calm authority and it was Williams who seemed to suffer an attack of the

butterflies, hitting three double faults and facing four break points before losing her serve in the opening game. But Williams eventually cranked into gear and started to find her range, forcing Muguruza to save two break points in the sixth game before the American got her reward on the Spaniard’s serve to level at 4-4. Williams increased the pressure and, when Muguruza served a double fault to bring up set point, the top seed smashed a forehand winner before pumping her fist in celebration. Muguruza was visibly deflated. She managed to hold her first service game, but was then subjected to a brutal barrage of winners from Williams, who broke twice for a 5-1 lead. The Spaniard simply would not lie down, however, and broke back twice, going toe-to-toe with Williams from the back of the court and swinging her racket to brutal effect. Just when it looked like she could force the match into a decisive third set, though, her serve collapsed and Williams forced three match points before the contest suffered an anti-climactic finish. A Muguruza shot landed long and Williams stood still, unsure of the call and whether to celebrate or wait for a challenge. It eventually dawned on her that she had clinched the title and she raised her arms to the sky before embracing the vanquished Muguruza. - Reuters

SLAM QUEEN: US player Serena Williams celebrates with the winner’s trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, after her women’s singles ﬁnal

victory over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. – AFP

Djokovic in way of Federer’s Wimbledon history bid LONDON: Roger Federer can win a record eighth Wimbledon title and become the oldest champion of the modern era Sunday if he can find a way past world number one Novak Djokovic. The 33-year-old Swiss has defied those who dared to write him off when he lost last year’s final to the Serb in five gruelling sets. His breathtaking demolition of Andy Murray in Friday’s semi-finals was a throwback to his years of Grand Slam dominance when he captured 16 of his 17 majors in a seven-year

spell between 2003 and 2010. Now he has reached a 10th Wimbledon ﬁnal, the oldest man to do so since 39-year-old Ken Rosewall in 1974, and his 26th Grand Slam ﬁnal overall. A win on Sunday would break the tie of seven Wimbledon titles he shares with Pete Sampras and which he levelled with his most recent Slam, the 2012 All England Club crown. Ahead of their 40th career meeting, Federer and defending champion Djokovic are equallymatched. Federer has a 20-19 career edge in their head-to-

heads but they are locked at 6-6 in the Grand Slams. In ﬁnals at the majors they are 1-1 with Djokovic’s Wimbledon triumph of 12 months ago following Federer’s straight sets victory in the 2007 US Open. “It’s great to play Novak anywhere these days because he’s a great player. He’s had unbelievable success throughout his career,” said Federer. “But especially now the last few years, he’s been unbelievably dominant, especially on the hard courts, then he improved on the grass. On the clay, he’s one of the

best, if not the best. He’s become very match-tough. He always shows up. It’s tough to beat him. He’s been good for the game.” The pair have already met three times in 2015 — Djokovic winning the finals at Indian Wells and Rome after Federer had come out on top in the Dubai final. That loss in the UAE was just one of three for Djokovic all year with the third coming at the worst possible time at the hands of an inspired Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, the only Slam still to elude him. - AFP

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All-round Hafeez seals Pakistan win The off-spinner shrugged off concerns about his bowling action to grab four wickets and the hammered stroke-ﬁlled 103

DAMBULLA: A dominant allround performance by Mohammed Hafeez steered Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-day International in Dambulla on Saturday. The off-spinner shrugged off concerns about his bowling action to grab four wickets as Pakistan, electing to field after winning the toss, kept Sri Lanka down to 255-8 in 50 overs. Hafeez then hammered a stroke-filled 103 to lead the tourists past the target in 45.2 overs, giving them the lead in the fivematch series. Must-win series Ninth-ranked Pakistan need to win the series to stay in contention for a place in the eight-nation Champions Trophy in England in 2017. Sri Lanka, currently ranked fifth, are assured of taking part in the tournament. Hafeez, who was reported for a suspect action during the preceding Test series and underwent tests in Chennai last week, took the field only because he is allowed

to play till the results are declared. The 34-year-old seized the opportunity to finish with his best one-day figures of four for 41 and to restrict Sri Lanka in good batting conditions. Hafeez returned with the bat to strike 10 boundaries and four sixes in his 10th one-day century — the last four all coming against Sri Lanka. Pakistan lost captain Azhar Ali and opening partner Ahmed Shehzad by the 15th over with the score at 65, before Hafeez settled in to fashion a rescue. He put on 58 for the third wicket with Babar Azam (25) and 75 for the fourth with Shoaib Malik, who ended the match with a six off Tillakaratne Dilshan to move to 55 not out. Hafeez reached his century in the 36th over with a four off Thisara Perera, but fell two balls later when he gave the same bowler a tame return catch. Earlier, Dinesh Chandimal topscored with an unbeaten 65 off 68 balls as the Sri Lankans struggled to come to terms with the accurate Pakistani bowling. Chandimal put on 82 for the fifth wicket with skipper Angelo Mathews (38) and 40 for the seventh with debutant Milinda Siriwardana (22) after the first four batsmen had fallen for 118 by the 27th over. Dilshan made 38 after being caught off a Mohammad Irfan noball when he was on two. Seamer Rahat Ali took two wickets in the 49th over as Sri Lanka scored 56 runs in the last nine overs. Pakistan had won the Test series 2-1 with a seven-wicket win in the final Test in Pallekele on Tuesday. The second one-dayer will be played there on Wednesday. - AFP

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SRI LANKA K. Perera c Rizwan b Hafeez T. Dilshan b Hafeez L. Thirimanne c Sarfraz b Anwar U. Tharanga st Sarfraz b Hafeez A. Mathews c Azam b Yasir D. Chandimal not out T. Perera c Rizwan b Hafeez M. Siriwardana c Rizwan b Rahat S. Prasanna c Hafeez b Rahat L. Malinga not out Extras: (b-4, lb-7, w-6, nb-1) Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs)

26 38 23 20 38 65 1 22 0 4 18 255

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (K. Perera), 2-82 (Thirimanne), 3-111 (Tharanga), 4-118 (Dilshan), 5-200 (Mathews), 6-204 (T. Perera), 7-244 (Siriwardana), 8-245 (Prasanna). Bowling: Irfan 10-0-41-0 (nb1, w1), Rahat 8-0-44-2 (w1), Anwar 7-0-38-1, Hafeez 10-1-41-4 (w1), Yasir 10-0-46-1, Malik 5-0-34-0 (w3). PAKISTAN Azhar Ali c Chandimal b Mathews 21 Ahmed Shehzad c Chandimal b Lakmal 29 Mohammad Hafeez c and b T. Perera 103 Babar Azam lbw b Dilshan 25 Shoaib Malik not out 55 Mohammed Rizwan not out 20 Extras: (lb-1, w-5) 6 Total (for four wickets, 45.2 overs) 259 Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Azhar), 2-65 (Shehzad), 3-123 (Azam), 4-198 (Hafeez). Bowling: Malinga 8-0-56-0 (w5), Lakmal 5-1-21-1, T. Perera 8-0-32-1, Mathews 5-0-22-1, Prasanna 9-0-72-0, Dilshan 8.20-45-1, Siriwardana 2-0-10-0.

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103 4 from 95 balls

Result: Pakistan won by six wickets Toss: Pakistan

for 41

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Ranmore Martinesz (SRI) TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS) Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

ICC WORLD T20 QUALIFIERS

Kenya hold off Oman challenge EDINBURGH: Kenya held off Oman’s challenge in a closely fought Group B contest in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Edinburgh on Saturday, prevailing by seven runs after putting up 143 for 7. Despite a shaky batting performance, Oman came close to the target but eventually finished on 136 for 7, narrowly missing the opportunity to register its first victory. Oman’s openers were looking set to attack after a lukewarm start to the chase, but Shem Ngoche, the left-arm spinner, rattled Oman with the wickets of both Khawar Ali (11) and Zeeshan Maqsood (13) in consecutive overs to put the breaks on the scoring rate. Two overs later, James Ngoche, Shem’s brother, joined the party with a wicket, going past the defence of Vaibhav Wategaonkar (7) and reducing Oman to 47 for 3 in the 10th over. Jatinder Singh (31) and Mehran Khan (13) then took up the responsibility of consolidating the innings, putting up a fighting 29-ball stand of 30 for the fourth wicket.

NARROW LOSS: Oman’s Jatinder Singh played well for 31 runs.

But their resistance did not last too long, with Rakep Patel and Shem dismissing both within the space of one run, and Sultan Ahmed, the captain, also following suit soon after to leave Oman struggling at 90 for 6 in the 17th over. It was now up to Amir Ali, the No. 7 batsman, and Rajeshkumar Ranpura, and they almost succeeded in taking Oman over the line with a seventh-wicket stand of 36 off 20 balls. Eventually, Oman found itself

needing three sixes to win off the last three balls. That proved a bridge too far though. Shem (3 for 25) ending with the best ﬁgures for Kenya. Earlier, sent in to bat, Kenya got off to a slow start, with the batsmen managing just 29 runs in 5.2 overs before Ranpura, the rightarm medium pacer, removed the in-form Irfan Karim (19). Narendra Kalyan, the other opener, was next to go, trapped leg before off the bowling of Maqsood,

the left-arm spinner, with Kenya ﬁnding itself 33 for 2 in 7.1 overs. Nehemiah Odhiambo and Collins Obuya then got together with a 39-run partnership off 29 balls, with both batsmen scoring at a good rate to release the pressure created by the early wickets. But Maqsood struck once again in the 12th over to break the partnership between the two, sending Odhiambo back for an 18-ball 19. That brought Obuya and Patel together, who stepped up the run-rate to script a rapid fourthwicket partnership of 52 off just 35 balls. Obuya reached his half century in the 18th over, but was dismissed immediately after, caught by Aamir Kaleem off Ranpura’s bowling. His 37-ball knock of 50 was studded with three boundaries and a six. A short cameo from Lucas Oluoch (12 off 6) coupled with a few lusty blows from Patel (21 off 17) helped Kenya set Oman a competitive target — one that proved just a bit too many for the tournament debutants in the end. — ICC

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BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP

Broad and Moeen HAPPY COACH: Italy’s head coach Massimiliano Esposito,

centre. shakes hands with players after the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 match against Oman. – Fifa.com

took three wickets

Italy closer to quarters with victory over Oman

set an improbable

apiece as Australia,

target of 412, were shot out for 242 on the fourth day at

MUSCAT: Italy moved to within touching distance of the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 quarterﬁnals after they secured a 4-2 win over Oman to solidify their place at the top of Group B, according to information posted on Fifa.com. The pair had never met before and, backed by a vocal local crowd rooting for the underdog, the Gulf side took an early lead through Yahya Al Araimi. It lasted only four minutes though, as two goals in 25 seconds allowed the third-place ﬁn-

ishers in Europe to ﬁght back, as Emmanuele Zurlo and Simone Marinai saw the tide turn. Gabriele Gori added to his hat-trick in the 6-1 win over Costa Rica to gain control and, despite Khalid Al Oraimi giving Oman hope, Zurlo’s superb overhead kick sealed the points for Italy. Oman’s hopes of making the next round rely on Costa Rica picking up a win against Switzerland. Oman fought hard but were not able to topple the European side in their second group match.

TOUR DE FRANCE

Vuillermoz earns France first stage victory; Froome leads MUR DE BRETAGNE: Alexis Vuillermoz earned France its first victory on this year’s Tour de France, his final kick proving too hot to handle for the big guns in the eighth stage on Saturday. The AG2r-La Mondiale rider attacked twice in the final climb, a brutal two-km ascent at an average gradient of 6.9 percent, and countered overall leader Chris Froome less than one-km from the line. The 27-year-old Vuillermoz beat Ireland’s Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) by five seconds as Spain’s Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) led the top names 10 seconds behind to take third place after a 181.5-km ride from Rennes. “I really wanted to go for the stage win today, it was all or nothing,” Vuillermoz, a former mountain biker, told reporters. Froome still leads Slovakian

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) by 11 seconds and American Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) by 13. “That was a tough climb, but my team mates did a great job,” said Froome, who once he realised Vuillermoz was gone focused on controlling his rivals. Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali of Astana lost 10 seconds to the other members of the Big Four (Froome, Spain’s Alberto Contador and Colombian Nairo Quintana). Contador is seventh 36 seconds behind Team Sky’s Froome, Nibali is 13th 1:48 off the pace with Quintana in 16th place, 1:56 adrift. Inside the ﬁnal km, Froome upped the pace in typical fashion, glued to his saddle with his head bent, but Vuillermoz hit back, suggesting he could be tough to handle in the mountains. — Reuters

Sophia Gardens

CARDIFF: Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali led England’s charge to a 169-run victory over Australia with a day to spare in the first Test on Saturday to make a flying start in their bid to regain the Ashes. Broad and Moeen took three wickets apiece as Australia, set an improbable target of 412, were shot out for 242 on the fourth day at Sophia Gardens. “It’s a start. It’s a long series, it would be nice if it was a one-match series,” joked England captain Alastair Cook. “We are going to have to play well for a long period of time but I am fully confident the guys are up to it.” England, having drawn their last two series against West Indies and New Zealand and with question marks over Cook’s captaincy, were given little hope by many of troubling Australia who thrashed their old rivals 5-0 in 2013-14. But in new coach Trevor Bayliss’ first match in charge, England produced an energised performance epitomised by their team spirit. Australia, outplayed for much of the first three days, collapsed from 97 for one in their second innings on Saturday as wickets tumbled after lunch. Big-hitting Mitchell Johnson bludgeoned 77 to hold Cook’s men up but they sealed victory when Josh Hazlewood holed out to long-off. Timely boost England will head to Lord’s for the second test on Thursday knowing that of the last 17 Ashes series, the team that has eventually lifted the urn has won the

JUBILANT: England players celebrate after winning the game on the fourth day of the opening Ashes

cricket Test match against Australia at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff. – AFP

opening Test 15 times. David Warner’s dismissal by Moeen for 52 in the last over before lunch proved the key and gave England a timely momentum boost. A revved-up Broad removed Steve Smith (33) and Michael Clarke (4) and when Mark Wood sent back Adam Voges (1), a reeling Australia had lost four wickets for nine runs in 36 balls. Brad Haddin (7) also perished, slog-sweeping to mid-wicket, and when Shane Watson went lbw for the 29th time in tests, Australia’s last hope of clinging on disappeared. With the threat of rain on the ﬁnal day, England were hungry for wickets and Broad’s ﬁne opening spell in the morning session set the tone. He removed Chris Rogers (10), after he was dropped on four, and repeatedly troubled Warner who battled to a half-century and threatened to cut loose until he was trapped lbw by Moeen.

Australia were deﬂated, England elated and the steady fall of wickets, each departing batsman greeted by huge cheers, left the tourists with plenty to ponder with a short turnaround before the

second Test. “We tried to play our natural game,” said visiting skipper Clarke. “Some guys played positive, others backed their defence a little more. Whatever we tried didn’t work today.” - Reuters

SCOREBOARD

England 1st Innings 430 (J Root 134, M Ali 77, G Ballance 61, B Stokes 52; M Starc 5-114, J Hazlewood 3-83) Australia 1st Innings 308 (C Rogers 95; J Anderson 3-43) England 2nd Innings 289 (I Bell 60, J Root 60; N Lyon 4-75) Australia 2nd Innings (target: 412) C. Rogers c Bell b Broad 10 D. Warner lbw b Ali 52 S. Smith c Bell b Broad 33 M. Clarke c Stokes b Broad 4 A. Voges c Buttler b Wood 1 S. Watson lbw b Wood 19 B. Haddin c Cook b Ali 7 M. Johnson c Lyth b Root 77 M. Starc c Lyth b Root 17 J. Hazlewood c Root b Ali 14

N. Lyon not out 0 Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-1) 8 Total (all out, 70.3 overs, 306 mins) 242 Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rogers), 2-97 (Warner), 3-101 (Smith), 4-106 (Clarke), 5-106 (Voges), 6-122 (Haddin), 7-151 (Watson), 8-223 (Starc), 9-242 (Johnson), 10-242 (Hazlewood) Bowling: Anderson 12-3-33-0; Broad 14-339-3; Ali 16.3-4-59-3; Stokes 8-2-23-0; Wood 14-4-53-2 (1nb); Root 6-1-28-2 Result: England won by 169 runs Man of the match: Joe Root (ENG) Series: England lead ﬁve-match series 1-0 Toss: England Umpires: K. Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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Al Faisal and Al Nafeesa set up final showdown MUSCAT: Al Faisal and Al Nafeesa will square off in the softball final of the Pakistan Social Club organised Omantel Ramadan Cricket Tournament 2015 at the Pakistan School ground. In the first semifinal, Al Faisal defeated Agha XI by seven wickets. Batting first Agha XI made 39 for 8 in 8 overs with Abbass of Al Faisal claiming three wickets for just 5 runs and becoming the star of the game. Bilal of Al Faisal also chipped in with 2 wickets for 10 runs.

In reply Adnan (21 runs) gave Al Faisal an easy victory in 4.3 overs. Abbass was declared the man of the match. In the second semiﬁnal Al Nafeesa routed Al Khoudh CC by 8 wickets. Al Khoudh CC scored 40 for 7 in 8 overs with Ijaz (15) top scoring and Al Nafeesa’s man of the match Mazhar claiming two wickets for 15 runs and Adnan claiming two wickets for 19 runs. In reply Al Nafeesa raced to 41 for 2 in 4.1 over’s, thanks to Adnan Ilyas’ 17 runs and Usman’s 13 runs.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Abbas of Al Faisal receiving the man of the match award from Pakistan Soacial Club officiale. – Supplied photo

Luck must follow hard work to succeed at top level, says Ijaz Ijaz offers to coach Oman youngsters

In an exclusive interview, Ijaz Ahmed spoke candidly to Times Sport about the ups and

MUSCAT: Former Pakistan cricketer and coach Ijaz Ahmed has offered his services to help Oman Cricket nurture its young and upcoming young players. “Oman is the latest name in

downs of his life as a player, the greats of his time and his success as Pakistan coach during his third visit to Oman

SHAHZAD RAZA shahzad@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Fair amount of luck must follow talent and hard work to succeed at international level. Former Pakistan cricketer Ijaz Ahmed’s story testifies the formula who believes he could have been much more successful had he got the right opportunities from the beginning of his international career. In an exclusive interview, he spoke candidly to Times Sport about the ups and downs of his life as a player, the greats of his time and his success as Pakistan coach during his third visit to Oman. Excerpts from the interview: Success despite challenges I think I tried my best and performed reasonably well in 250 ODIs and 60 Test matches, though in the first six years of my career I never got the stability of suitable batting position. Imran Khan would come at number 6 and I often batted at 7, often giving me just four to five overs to face. In the first 150 ODIs I played under Imran in 75 ODIs I got the opportunity to bat for only 4 overs In the tough periods of my career, like when Javed Miandad was captain, I was in the team solely because of my fielding which was regarded highly by everyone. Miandad somehow did not like me. However I performed much better in the last 7 years of my career as I got the opportunity to bat at higher positions. All my teammates who loved playing at number 3 in ODIs, were always reluctant to come in at this batting order in Tests. That was one the reasons that I finally got the bat-

ting number I had always wanted. In the end I believe despite all the hiccups I had to face, I am satisﬁed that I performed reasonably well. Outstanding record against Australia What was one of the strongest teams and toughest conditions, Australia became a happy hunting ground for Ijaz. He liked performing against Australia and most often did creditably well Down Under. Six of Ijaz’s 12 Test centuries came against Australia despite the Aussie bowling attack comprising great bowlers like Glenn MacGrath, Shane Warne and others. What made him stand out in a Pakistani team that had bigger names around him as teammates? “Yes I enjoyed playing in Australia because those fast and bouncy pitches suited my style of batting. I had come from Sialkot which had one of the fastest and green pitches in Pakistan. Playing over there led to me becoming a ferocious cutter and puller of the ball, which has not always been the strength of Pakistani teams. I have played four World Cups including the one in 1992 which we won and feel that despite not getting the right opportunities I did reasonably well in my career. Had I batted higher in the batting order I would have contributed much better to our team’s successes.” Ideal for T20 Being a stroke player with outstanding ﬁelding skills, Ijaz would have been an instant hit in the shortest format of the game. “Yes I am quite positive I would have been a success because this

As a coach I take credit for helping young Pakistan players like Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shahzad and Asad Shaﬁq to break into Pakistan team and do considerably well.”

I enjoyed playing in Australia because those fast and bouncy pitches suited my style Ijaz Ahmed, Former Pakistan cricketer format suited my style of batting, specially because of my fielding too. I have adapted my batting style numerous times in my career, so I certainly miss that.” Better player or coach? Along with his batting exploits with flashes of brilliance, Ijaz has tasted considerable success as a coach as well. As a coach of Pakistan Under-19 team, Ijaz took Pakistan to the final of the World Cup in New Zealand, where his team lost to favourites Australia. Was he a better coach or a player? “ Since 2009 my coaching stints with PCB have been quite successful. I tought the youngsters how to adapt their game according to

different situations, playing conditions and pitches. We often see a player doing so well at home but struggling big time in conditions completely different from home. Adaptability is an asset a player can always rely upon to succeed in different countries and conditions. Still I guess I was a better player because playing international cricket comes with its own fun and challenges. I was part of Pakistan national team’s coaching teams and in those 24 months we had been winning for 18 months. We beat England 3-0 in Test matches in UAE when Mohsin Khan and myself were the coaches. Coaching is my profession now but I enjoyed playing more than anything.

Greatest cricketers of his time Having played with some of the greatest Pakistan cricketers who does he think were the best ﬁve of them? “Deﬁnitely Imran Khan. He was an outstanding cricketer, captain and person as well. He was an honest person and treated us all like his younger brothers. If you worked hard you were sure to have his support and I enjoyed playing cricket with him. The other greatest names in my era were Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad and Saeed Anwar. Miandad was a master strategist. He would always understand a situation better than others and respond. He was so good that he performed equally well outside Pakistan. Wasim was brilliant in picking out the batsmen’s weaknesses. He would then keep working on those weaknesses until he got them out. You can see that with his pace and swing he had put the fear of God in most batsmen of that era. Anwar was specially good against seam bowling. he could dominate any top bowler, fast and spin, of his time. He had the gift of effortless timing which belongs to only a rare breed of batsmen. Where does Younis Khan stand? Younis Khan has been a real asset for Pakistan scoring his 30th century in Tests last week. With an average of 54.07 in 101 Tests scoring 8814 including 59 sixes, how would he compare him with the leg-

the associate nations likely to come up pretty soon. “I wish Oman Cricket well and offer OC my services in any coaching role,” said the player who is on his third visit to Oman.

endary Javed Miandad who scored 8832 runs in 124 Test averaging 52.57 including 48 sixes? And who in your view is better of the two? “Younis Khan is the work horse and his success can easily be attributed to his sheer hard work. He is no way as talented as Miandad because Javed’s success came against much stronger bowling attacks. Playing well against the likes of Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Dennis Lilly, Kapil Dev, Jeff Thomson, Muttiah Muralitharan and those great Indian spinners was much more difficult than scoring runs against the best of this era, specially on docile pitches. However, Younis Khan proved that hard work in the game too can lead to greatness. I strongly believe that Miandad was the better batsmen.” Amazing development Ijaz is pleasantly surprised to see amazing development in Oman in just 22 years, the time when he ﬁrst visited the Sultanate. “I am so glad to see so much development in Oman. I have come here twice before, the last time was 22 years ago, and it looks a different country now. Obviously, this development drive, peace and security are the salient features of Modern Oman built under the wise and visionary leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.” He thanked Pakistan Social Club for inviting him as Special Guest to the closing ceremony today at PSM ground, where Mohammed Hassan Al Lawatia of Omantel will be one of the guests of honour.

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Top six start for Al Harthy at Spa Making a typically consistent and

I really did have much stronger pace than I was able to show during my qualifying

purposeful start to the weekend during free practice on Friday, the Oman Racing Team duo

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ended the opening session eighth fastest before posting the 12th quickest time in session two

MUSCAT: Avon Tyres British GT Championship driver Ahmad Al Harthy is relishing the prospect of mounting a consistent front-running challenge during round ﬁve of

Oman Racing Team GREAT GOING: Ahmad Al Harthy had an excellent practice and qualifying session at Spa. – Supplied photo

the season at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium after securing sixth on the grid for the weekend’s two-hour race. Despite the true competitiveness of the No.2 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 he shares with British racer Daniel Lloyd clearly hampered around the 4.3-mile track by the ‘Balance of Performance’ ballast the pairing has to carry, the team-mates still produced an impressive showing in qualifying. Making a typically consistent

and purposeful start to the weekend during free practice on Friday, the Oman Racing Team duo ended the opening session eighth fastest before posting the 12th quickest time in session two. With the grid for round ﬁve to be determined by the combined best lap times of each team-mate, Ahmad and Lloyd both had to produce the goods and they did so to secure a third row start for the eagerlyawaited Spa contest.

Lloyd took the opening 15-minute qualifying session and delivered a best time of 2m22.781 seconds to end his run 10th fastest. Importantly, he was also the quickest of the ‘Silver Cup’ drivers – the class featuring a boosted entry this weekend at Spa. Ahmad then got strapped into the Oman Air, Oman Ministry of Sports Affairs, Ooredoo, National Bank of Oman and Al Hashar Group-liveried Aston for session

two and lapped fourth quickest with a best of 2m24.713 seconds placing him little more than 0.1 seconds shy of the top two. “Dan did a really good job in his session to deliver the time he did, the extra weight we have to carry is really hurting us around Spa so it was great to be quickest of the Silver Cup drivers too”, reﬂected the Aston Martin Middle East and North Africa ambassador, “The track was very hot for qualifying

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Reading deal ‘imminent’ for Ali but Boro looks to hijack MUSCAT: Oman international goalkeeper could for sure sign with Reading FC with whom he continues to train, according to a report on getreading.co.uk. According to the website, Reading FC manager Steve Clarke hopes to wrap up a deal for former Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi in the coming days. The experienced goalkeeper is currently on trial with Royals and played the ﬁrst half of Wednesday’s 2-2 draw against the Thai All-stars in Bangkok . Speculation There had been speculation that Stoke City are keen on the 33-yearold, but speaking after the stalemate at the Supachalasai Stadium, Royals’ (Reading FC) boss hinted that a deal could be imminent. Clarke said: “We’re still negotiating. But I think Ali is happy to be MOTOGP

Marquez on pole for German GP SACHSENRING: Honda’s double world champion Marc Marquez took pole position for the German Grand Prix on an all-Spanish front row on Saturday. Marquez’s team mate Dani Pedrosa will line up second at the Sachsenring in Sunday’s race, his best qualifying of the season, with Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo completing the front row. Yamaha’s championship leader Valentino Rossi will start in sixth place. Marquez has now qualiﬁed on pole for six years in a row at the Sachsenring circuit near Chemnitz in eastern Germany, and won ﬁve times. “We will try for six wins,” he said after securing pole with a track record qualifying lap of one minute 20.336 seconds. Italy’s nine times world champion Rossi is 10 points clear of Lorenzo , with Marquez fourth overall. “It seems the Honda (used by Marquez) has no problems,” said Lorenzo. - Reuters

but everything worked well and we’re conﬁdent of a strong run in the race if all goes to plan. “I really did have much stronger pace than I was able to show during my qualifying run, with such a big grid and lots of GT4 cars all of my fastest laps were compromised as I had to think about traffic the whole time. So, P6 overall after that is a very respectable position for us and we know we have a great car underneath us for the race.”

here and we’re very happy to have him. Hopefully the agents and the people who handle the contracts will get the deal done as quickly as possible.” Ali Al Habsi is currently a free agent having been released by Wigan earlier in the summer. He was replaced at half-time against the Thai All-stars by Jonathan Bond, who has just arrived from Watford. Boro interest Meanwhile, Middlesbrough Football Club are weighing up whether to hijack Reading’s move for Ali Al Habsi, according to HITC Sport, who claimed to have understood from sources close to the club. The 33-year-old goalkeeper left Wigan Athletic following their relegation to League One in 201415 as they needed to shed some of their higher earners.

Oman international Ali Al Habsi has been training with Reading this summer and linked up with them on their pre-season tour of the Far East. The Reading Football Club have offered him terms, but they are not the only club in talks with his representatives. Relegated Queens Park Rangers and Hull City have been strongly linked as they look to bounce back to the English Premier League at the ﬁrst time of asking, and HITC Sport understands Middlesbrough are also now looking closely at him. Boro just missed out on veteran shot-stopper Shay Given, who shunned a move to The Riverside to sign with Stoke City. Now Boro could do the same to Championship rivals Reading and try to out bid them for Ali Al Habsi’s services.

IN FOCUS: Reading FC says the club wants to strike a deal with

Oman international Ali Al Habsi, but Middlesbrough is also interested.

MUSCAT: Summer coaching camp for squash will begin at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher, according to information received from the squash organisers in Oman. The camp is being held under the supervision of the Ministry of Sports Affairs and is open for all — Omanis and expatriates. The camp is focussed on children between the age group of 6 years to 18 years and will begin from July 23 till the end of August. “There will be separate coaches — male for boys and female for girls,” said Tahir Al Barwani, who is piloting the development programme for the racquet sport. Further details can be had from Tahir Al Barwani (96339655).

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Fenerbahce club say Van Persie deal done ISTANBUL: Turkish top flight club Fenerbahce said the transfer of Manchester United’s Robin van Persie is a done deal and the Dutch striker will arrive in Istanbul this weekend, reports said Sunday. Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim said that negotiations had been completed late Friday and the player would be arriving in Istanbul on a private flight late on Sunday. “We worked very hard, until midnight. We received five faxes, sent six faxes and finally it was finished,” Yildirim was quoted as saying by the Fanatik sports daily and Hurriyet newspaper. “The van Persie transfer is done and one more star has joined the Fenerbahce constellation,” he added. Yildirim’s comments appeared to set to rest last minute speculation that van Persie could stay at United or even join Fenerbahce’s Istanbul rivals Besiktas. After arriving Sunday at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport, van Persie will

officially sign his contract at the club’s stadium on Monday, Turkish press reports said. According to reports, his transfer fee will be 4.7 million euros (£3.4m, $5.2m). Fenerbahce — runners up to hated Istanbul rivals Galatasaray last season in the championship — have gone on a spending spree in a bid to dominate the Super Lig and be a real contender in Europe. This week, Fenerbahce signed Portuguese star Nani also from United for six million euros (£4.26m, $6.7m) and in June bought Danish centre-back Simon Kjaer from French side Lille. Turkish press reports said van Persie may not represent the end of Fenerbahce’s ambition, with the club eyeing Chelsea’s Brazilian midﬁelder Ramires and even van Persie’s fellow countryman Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich. Yildirm acknowledged for the ﬁrst time that the club had also wanted to sign Spain international goalkeeper Iker Casillas. — AFP

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Golden oldie Watson to wave fond farewell The 65-year-old has been given an exemption to play at the spiritual home of golf next week to mark the 40th anniversary of his ﬁrst appearance and his ﬁve victories in the championship

LONDON: When Tom Watson walks across the famous Swilcan Bridge at St Andrews for the final time, pausing for photographs to rapturous applause, the American’s love affair with the British Open will come to a fitting end. The 65-year-old has been given an exemption to play at the spiritual home of golf next week to mark the 40th anniversary of his first appearance and his five victories in the championship. Watson, an eight-times major winner, dominated the British Open between 1975 and 1983, and the 1977 ‘Duel in the Sun’ triumph over Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry is probably his most revered success. Under clear skies on the Ailsa Course the two Americans were tied at the top of the leaderboard with three holes to play. “This is what it’s all about, isn’t it?”, Watson said on the next tee. “You bet it is,” Nicklaus replied. A birdie at the 17th put Watson in front for the first time and at the last he hit a seven-iron to two feet. Nicklaus drove into the rough but smashed an eight-iron to the edge of the green and dramatically holed from 35 feet. Now Watson’s putt looked a bit longer but he tapped in for victory. The pair left the green arm-inarm. Rarely had two players produced such a high quality of golf amid so much drama. “This was a watershed moment

Tom Watson, an eight-times major winner, dominated the British Open between 1975 and 1983, and the 1977 ‘Duel in the Sun’ triumph over Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry is probably his most revered success

in my life, winning the Open at Turnberry early in my career against the best player in the game,” Watson told Today’s Golfer magazine. “Jack said, ‘Tom, I gave you my best shot but it wasn’t good enough. Congratulations’. “When he said that it made me realise I could play and compete against the best in the game. I felt I had arrived as a professional.” Twice U.S. Open champion Andy North is hoping Watson’s farewell ends with the ﬂourish it deserves. “He’s had disappoint-

ments at St Andrews but he’d love to go out walking across the bridge on Sunday rather than Friday,” said North, now an ESPN golf analyst. “He’s had such a history in Scotland that he’d love to play well and be able to play four rounds and be somewhere near contention.” Watson was certainly in contention at the age of 59 when he rolled back the years at Turnberry in 2009 and stirred the golf world by going agonisingly close to becoming the oldest major champion before being pipped by compatriot Stewart Cink in a playoff.

His return to Scotland as U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2014 was far from happy as Phil Mickelson launched an attack on his stewardship after the U.S. went down 16-1/2 - 11-1/2, saying Watson had not engaged with his players. Mickelson, though, has put their differences aside ahead of the Open. “He is one of the greatest champions this game has ever had,” he told reporters at the Scottish Open this week. “It’s his last Open championship and I’m certainly appreciative of all he has done for the game of golf.” - Reuters

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Boca Juniors resume Argentine championship waiting on Tevez BUENOS AIRES: Boca Juniors fans must wait another week to see Carlos Tevez wear their blue and yellow colours again even though the Argentine championship resumes this weekend after a break. Tevez, who has returned home after a decade in Europe, will not be back from holiday after the Copa America until next weekend’s home match against Quilmes at La Bombonera. Boca visit Sarmiento in Junin this Sunday (0030 GMT Monday) looking to at least retain second place in the standings behind San Lorenzo, who visit Union in Santa Fe on Saturday (2210). Coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena has no doubt that Tevez will give Boca an extra edge in quality by returning while still at the peak of his powers after two ﬁne seasons with Juventus. “Tevez’s presence gives us greater class, we hope to make the most of that,” Arruabarrena told a news conference on Fri-

RELAXING: Carlos Tevez will join Boca Juniors after the holiday.

day. “Physically he’s good, let’s see when he arrives on Tuesday, but he gets in shape quickly. “Carlos has shown me in these last few years he feels more comfortable with a number nine in front of him,” added Arruabarrena as he ponders how to get the best out of Tevez. The striker is on holiday after helping Argentina reach the Copa America ﬁnal in Chile, the reason for the ﬁve-week break

at the halfway point in the league championship. San Lorenzo have 32 points after 15 matches, one more than Boca and two in front of Racing Club and River Plate. River, who are at home to Temperley on Saturday (2000), missed the chance to pull level with the Saints at the top when they were held 0-0 at Tigre on Wednesday in their match in hand after it was

postponed in May. Former Argentina internationals Javier Saviola and Lucho Gonzalez made their River comebacks in that match after, like Tevez, securing a return to their ﬁrst club last month. Argentina under-20 striker Giovanni Simeone has moved from River to Banﬁeld, who are coached by former River favourite Matias Almeyda, looking for more regular action and saying his father Diego helped him decide. “He gave me a lot of advice about coming here, he knows Almeyda well, but it was my decision,” said the son of Atletico Madrid’s coach Diego, who played alongside Almeyda for Argentina at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. “I know here I’m going to improve and evolve as a player,” said the 20-year-old, having chosen Banfield, who visit Quilmes on Saturday (2210), because of Almeyda’s commitment to attacking football.” - Reuters

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ou slurped the oysters, devoured your medium-rare beef steak, and ate every crumb of the restaurant’s special fresh-cream dessert. Then, at 3am you awake in sweat, your insides is churning, your mind racing: as you wonder what brought on this gastrointestinal agony. Did that restaurant made me sick? You wonder. Was it the raw oysters? Or that succulent, rare beef? The fresh dairy desert? Or is it just a case of the ﬂu?

Conﬁrming the cause of a food-borne illness is devilishly difficult, public health officials say, especially without a cluster of cases. Consequently, many sickened patrons don’t bother to report incidents and many chefs struggle with how to respond when they do. Health experts and physicians say foodborne illnesses increase during the summer as bacteria and microorganisms present throughout the environment in soil, air, water, and in the bodies of people and animals grow faster in the warm summer months.

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On top of that, people tend to consume greater amounts of cold and raw food during summer and spend more time eating outside. Salads with creamy or mayonnaise-based dressings, or sandwiches with highly perishable toppings may facilitate the growth of bacteria if kept at room temperature for an extended period of time. Fortunately, here in Oman people seldom get sick from contaminated food because most people have a healthy immune system that protects them not only from harmful bacteria on food, but from other harmful organisms in the environment. At the same time, the municipality and other government agencies, and food producers go to great lengths to keep food safe. When dining out, you have to decide for yourself if you trust the restaurant or food stand preparing your meal since you will likely not be able to watch the kitchen’s methods. In general grains, carbohydrates, and dairy-free sweets are less prone to contamination than foods containing meat or dairy. But at home, when it comes to your own food handling, following good food safety practices will protect you and your family against food poisoning. The three key factors to food safety are temperature, crosscontamination, and cleanliness. Temperature Whether indoors or outside, one of the most important factors in preserving food safety is to keep foods out of the “danger zone”. The temperature danger zone is between 5 and 60 degrees Celsius. Food should either be kept below 5 degrees in a fridge or cooler, or nice and hot above 60. As hot foods cool or cold foods rise in temperature, the bacteria that cause food poisoning begin to multiply the fastest and faster, so it is important that food is kept for no more than 2 hours in the danger zone. Once frozen and defrosted, food should never be frozen for a second time. And defrosting must be done quickly to minimise the food’s time in the danger zone. “Food poisoning is difficult to detect because you can’t see or smell a noticeable change in the food. There is a risk of food poisoning in refreezing meat, poultry or sea food once it is defrosted. This could spur the growth of bacteria that cause food poisoning,” says Dr Prasant, a practicing physician at Ibri. Cooking food to the correct temperature is also essential. Meat steaks and chops should be cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 63 degrees Celsius, and allowed to rest for 3 minutes before consuming. Ground meats should be cooked to 71 degrees Celsius. For visual reference, a pink or red interior is ﬁnd for meat, though the bloody (rare) preparations should be reserved for restaurants who have access to

THE USUAL SUSPECTS According to public health experts, the most common food borne bacterial offenders are salmonella, shigella, campylobacter and E. coli. These troublemakers spread and multiply as a result of poor food-handling practices, such as failure to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold, or inadequate hand washing by food preparers and servers. Staphylococci bacteria The food-borne illness thrives in dairy products that are not kept at the proper temperature, making foods like summer summer salads prepared with mayonaise dressings or milky desserts especially prone to contamination. Staphylococci bacteria, thrives in the heat. The common symptoms of watery diarrhea, stomach pain and intense vomiting strike almost immediately. E. coli The E. coli virus is caused by faecal material from cattle, and the bacteria can contaminate meat during processing and also spill over into the water supply used to irrigate crops. It is important to cook meat to the proper temperature to kill off any E. coli present, and to thoroughly wash raw vegetables before consuming. Damage is caused to the lining of the intestinal wall, causing blood to leak into the intestinal tract, creating bloody diarrhoea. This virus is especially dangerous for those with compromised immune systems, such as the very young or the very old. Salmonella Salmonella bacteria are found in poultry, beef, dairy, and uncooked egg dishes such as salad dressing and hollandaise sauce. Untreated, the salmonella infections eventually bores holes through the intestinal wall. A fever signals the virus has spread beyond the GI tract and is invading the bloodstream. Like E. coli, salmonella can be especially dangerous for those with compromised immune systems, the young or the very old.

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the highest quality steaks, which are produced in a controlled environment to help ensure their cleanliness and safety. Poultry needs to reach a temperature of 74 degrees and there should be no blood or pink colour left in the flesh. Eggs should cook to 71 degrees and fish and shellfish need only be cooked to 63 degrees. Shrimp turns pink when they are cooked and fish becomes flaky. You need not dry out your fish. It cooks quickly and should retain moist texture. Many people enjoy eating raw fish in the form of sushi. The highest quality, most carefully handled fish must be used for this preparation, so it is best left to restaurants that specialise in it rather than attempt at home. Cross-Contamination Many harmful bacteria are killed and rendered harmless when foods are cooked to the proper temperature, but crosscontamination can occur when bacteria from one food is transmitted to another, most often when juices from uncooked meat come in contact with raw or ready-to eat foods that will not be heated again. Though grilled foods are healthy options when compared to deep frying, the chances of foods being cross-contaminated are higher if not handled properly. “We get a lot of cases of food related infections, diarrhoea, vomiting, amebiases and food poisoning on a daily basis. These are mainly due to unhygienic food,” said Dr Basheer, Internist and Diabetologist, Badr Al Samaa Hospital. It is recommended that raw meat is kept on one side of the barbecue and cooked food is kept and served from the other. This will reduce the risk of you contaminating the cooked meat with bacteria from nearby surfaces and utensils that came in contact with blood and germs from the raw meat. Keep your hands as clean as possible, washing them every time you touch raw meat, before handling other foods. Handle raw and cooked foods using separate utensils. Cleanliness The easiest and best safeguard against food poisoning is to wash your hands. Unwashed hands are a prime cause of food borne illness. Wash your hands with warm, soapy water before handling food and after using the bathroom, changing diapers, and handling pets. Be sure to thoroughly wash all raw vegetables before chopping or serving, as the soil crops are grown in soil which often contains animal manure that acts as a fertilizer, and may contain the E. coli virus. When barbecuing away from home, find out if there’s a source of potable (safe drinking) water. If not, bring water and soap for preparation and cleaning or pack clean, wet, disposable washcloths or moist antibacterial towels and paper towels for cleaning hands and surfaces.

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Cloves for Digestion Cloves are known the world over for their anaesthetic properties used for soothing tooth aches. Chewing on cloves can also cure other oral issues including sore throats and bad breath. Recently, cloves were recognised as curatives for gastric issues, such as indigestion, loose stools, and ﬂatulence.

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Stretch for a Better Workout Stretching is important for improving ﬂexibility, but is just as vital for maintaining a wide range of motion in one’s joints. Flexibility will improve one’s performance in physical activities and decrease the risk of injuries since loose joints can move through their full range of motion. This also enables muscles to work at their optimal level of effectiveness. Be sure to warm up your muscles for a few minutes, then have a stretch before beginning your workout.

Onion for Cleansing the Eyes Onion can lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure and is said to help clean the blood and protect one against toxic build up. A lesser known use for the wonder bulb, is a natural remedy for removing foreign objects from the eye. Simply chop up an onion quickly while staring at it and let the naturally produced tears ﬂush the eyes clean.

Researchers have developed an application that can detect eye diseases like diabetic macular edema. The app, developed by a team from the Medical and Surgical Centre for Retina in Mexico, uses the camera of the phone to detect any abnormality in the thickness of the retina. The move is aimed at general physicians who can detect the condition and refer the patient to a specialist. “The idea is to detect and prevent diseases in general practice. We are not replacing the specialist. We want to know which patients have a disease and make an early detection,” said Dr Juan Carlos Altamirano Vallejo, medical director of the Medical and Surgical Centre for Retina. IANS

Eating citrus fruits may increase melanoma risk

Frequent consumption of citrus fruits — whole grapefruit and orange juice — may be associated with an increased risk of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, says a large study. Analysing dietary patterns among more than 100,000 people in the US, the researchers found that melanoma risk was 36 per cent higher in people who consumed citrus fruit or juice at least 1.6 times daily compared to those who consumed them less than twice per week. Consumption of grapefruit and oranges was not associated with an increased risk for any other non-skin cancers. “While our ﬁndings suggest that people who consume large amounts of whole grapefruit or orange juice may be at increased risk for melanoma, we need much more research,” said lead study author Shaowei Wu, postdoctoral research fellow at Brown University. IANS

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DECODING DOCTOR Hubert Vaz chats with Dr Hussein Al Saadi, Public Health Specialist at Al Hayat International Hospital

RAMADAN PROVIDES the perfect opportunity to retrain yourself and get back on track with eating healthy. When you fast, you learn to control your cravings. As a result, by the end of Ramadan you’ll have stronger will-power and you will have regained the strength to say ‘no’ to tempting food, says Dr Hussein Al Saadi, Public Health Specialist at Al Hayat International Hospital.

affects the body’s metabolism, thus increasing the risk of weight gain. Fasting can also lead to cravings for foods that are high in sugar and fat, which can also impact your waistline. The key is eating the right foods at Suhoor and Iftar, the two daily meals during Ramadan, which are taken before dawn and after dusk. What foods are ideal for Suhoor?

Does reversing one’s eating schedule have an impact on one’s health?

While Ramadan is a festive time of year, it has the potential to negatively impact one’s health. Eating at night rather than during the day

Pack in fibre and protein at Suhoor. Suhoor is crucial, as it is the faster’s last meal before facing the day. So it is important to make sure this predawn meal contains protein (found in eggs, cheese, yoghurt, nuts, poultry, and fish) and fibre (fruit, veg-

etables, and whole grains), both of which help stave off hunger over a long period. Avoid salty foods like cheese or pickles, which make you thirsty during the day. How should one stay hydrated?

It is advisable to stay out of the sun, spend most of the day in cool places and avoid strenuous exercise during Ramadan. Eating fruit before sunrise is a good idea, as the water it contains helps to hydrate the body during the day. Be careful not to drink too much water at once. Coffee and tea are to be avoided, as they can actually lead to increased thirst and dehydration. For additional energy, try drinking smoothies or

fruit juice diluted with water. Does fasting cause headaches?

One study - on fasting patients - reported 41 per cent suffered from headaches and the frequency of the headaches increased with the duration of the fast. The type of headache is very similar to the headache you get when you get stressed or take tension. People who suffer from migraine, have to check with their doctors before Ramadan in order to adjust the medications and life style. Between Iftar and Suhoor, you need to take your regular medicines for migraine, and stay hydrated by drinking water and eating the right foods to avoid common headaches.

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LIFESTYLE

PRANIC HEALING

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

THE NO-TOUCH THERAPY

Pranic healing is a form of what is referred to as “energy medicine” and is perhaps the most non-invasive treatment option out there by Hubert Vaz

This form of alternative therapy, developed by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, president of the Institute For Inner Studies Inc. and World Pranic Healing Foundation, utilises a ‘lifeforce’ (called prana in Sanskrit and chi in Chinese medicine) to harmonise and heal the body’s energy processes. This form of healing requires no drugs, gadgets, not even physical contact with the subject. This is because the practitioner deals with the energy body around a person and not his or her physical body. This energy body, or aura, is what determines good or bad health of an individual and is considered the blueprint of physical and mental wellbeing. The energy

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BURNOUT

Dear Dr Gerry,

Dear M.,

I’m a 42 year old man, working in a company for the last 20 years. I used to enjoy my work and have worked hard to rise in the organisation. I used to be punctual and a hard worker. However, over the last two years everything has changed and it’s getting worse. I am not happy with anything; don’t feel like waking up in the morning and going for work. I feel like resigning and full of fear at home. Don’t want to spend time with my family, I just want to sit alone most of the time. What’s happening to me?

Something is deﬁnitely going on. You clearly seem to be feeling a drop in the way you feel and your performance ability over the last couple of years. The question is why? What has changed? I’m guessing that the problem is not your professional work or interpersonal problems as you haven’t mentioned them in your question. One of the possibilities is that you’re suffering from burnout or depression. Burnout is becoming more common in the modern work place. It results from chronic occupational stress and work overload, where economic values are placed ahead

of human values. It involves doing too much with too few resources. Burnout can be worsened by personality and lifestyle choices. Burnout may include depression which includes exhaustion, hopelessness, indifference and belief there’s no meaning or future in life. Both my friend will require you to consult a mental health professional. I have seen so many people, who have worked hard to build their career and then ﬁnally resign because they don’t realise that its burnout that’s causing them to give up when they have actually succeeded in their career. This problem will need a deeper assessment. Don’t feel afraid to step forward and seek help.

Dr Gerry D’Costa has an MD in psychiatry and a special interest in the areas of anxiety, depression, addiction, and children’s psychiatry. He has practiced as a specialised psychiatrist at Badr Al Samaa hospital in Ruwi for the last 9 years. Starting next week, Dr D’Costa will begin offering his advice and professional insights to the readers of Times of Oman. Send your mental health questions to lifestyle@timesofoman.com.

body absorbs life energy and distributes it not only throughout the body but also to internal organs and glands. The technique of no-touch energy healing is based on the fundamental principle that the body is a self-repairing, living entity that possesses the ability to heal itself and that the healing process is accelerated by increasing this life force, which is readily available from the sun, air, and ground. “Life energy or prana is all around us. It is pervasive; we are actually in an ocean of life energy. Based on this principle, a healer can draw in pranic energy or life energy from the surroundings,” described Choa Kok Sui. The invisible energy field or aura is said to extend to about 4-5 inches above the skin’s surface all over the body. It is said that diseased energy first appears in this invisible field before being manifest as a physical ailment. Pranic healing is used to scoop out and discard

the diseased energy and replace it with pure energy drawn from the sun by simply extending the hand towards it. Practitioners claim that the technique is an effective way to heal oneself, from common ailments like headaches, toothaches, coughs, sore throat, fevers, stomach aches, diarrhoea, to serious disorders like tuberculosis, heart disease, hypertension, hepatitis, migraine, arthritis, mental conditions like stress, tension, depression, phobias, even paranoia and schizophrenia. Even those who don’t believe that this healing practice is effective, agree that there is no potential harm in it, so it might be worth a try for, even the most sceptical.

What is your favourite alternative medicine? Tell us about it: hubert@timesofoman.com

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LIFESTYLE

Stretch Your Neck

Neck pain is a common ailment, especially for those who sit at a computer all day, but doing some simple stretches can help aleviate the strain. Cervical Flexion (bringing your chin to your chest) and Cervical Extension (looking up to the ceiling) can be done while sitting at your desk.

Number 1

Cause: Holding your head in a forward posture or odd position while working on a computer, watching TV, or reading

Do 3 sets

When you feel a pinch in your neck, ﬂex and extend ﬁve times

Hold your head in ﬂexion for

30 seconds to intensify the stretch

Neck pain is the

3rd most common type of chronic pain behind lower back and headache

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Stress hormone enhances memory retrieval The stress hormone cortisol strengthens memories of scary experiences in life, researchers report. If a person remembering a terrifying event has a high stress hormone level, the memory of that speciﬁc event will be strongly reconsolidated after each retrieval. “The results may explain why certain undesirable memories don’t fade, for example in anxiety and PTSD sufferers,” said Oliver Wolf from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Studies have shown that the stress hormone cortisol has a strengthening impact on the consolidation of memories. - IANS

Chemotherapy equipment dangerous: Study The anti-bacterial silver coating used in chemotherapy catheters actually breaks down the drugs and thus reduces the efficacy of the treatment, a study says. Chemotherapy usually involves the patient receiving medicine through an intravenous catheter. These catheters, as well as the equipment attached to them, are treated with a silver coating which is antibacterial, preventing bacterial growth and unwanted infections during a treatment. The study found that the chemotherapy drugs’ reaction with silver not only breaks down the drugs, but it also creates hydrogen ﬂuoride. - IANS

SCA kills 300,000 people each year Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) claims over three lakh lives every year, including those of 7,000 children, health experts said here on Saturday. They stated that SCA takes one life every two minutes, claiming more lives than breast cancer, lung cancer, or AIDS. Over 60 percent of the people are still unaware of the disease. “Ventricular ﬁbrillation is the most common cause of cardiac arrest. Not every heart attack is a cardiac arrest,” said Vanita Arora, associate director and head of cardiac electrophysiology lab and arrhythmia services at Max Super Specialty hospital. She said that during SCA the heart stops beating, no blood is pumped to the rest of the body and the heart needs to be revived through electric shock. - IANS

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Three new three bedrooms flats with servants rooms Al Khuwair 39. Contact: 99207840 4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair. Contact: 97616158 1 Villa & 3 big Flats of 2/3 BHK with hall, Kitchen & ACs Al Khoudh 6, Close to express way, from owner. Tel 97600322 alnehang@gmail.com 1BHK with A/C Mumtaz. R.O 250/-. Contact 97799175 Fabulous AC flat at Al Khoud 3 bedrooms, hall and kitchen RO 270/- for rent. Contact: 99334699 2 BHK flat in Al Ansab with split A/C. RO.250/- Contact – 93191111 2BHK near Oman house behind Khimji, H.O. Contact: 95865686 506sqm space with mezzanine available for rent in AL Wadi Al Kabir, Suitable for carpentry / Auto workshop and / or electrical shop interested parties may. Contact: 24703981

Villa for rent in Al Khuwair 33, 8 bedrooms & 5 bathrooms with parking area near Taimur Mosque. Contact: 99366624 Office space at Alasfoor Plaza Qurum. Contact : 24566217 /24564686 Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms, Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO 250/-. Contact 93221474 Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK RO 300 or 1 BHK 250 RO. Contact 98588240 2BHK with split AC near PDO Gate no -2 at Qurum. Contact: 94057023 Luxury 3 BHK ﬂat in Al Wattaya with split A/C & private parking. RO.500/- Contact – 93191111 2 bed rooms, kitchen, toilet & car park in Al Khuwair R.O 200/- . Contact 95154331 Deluxe furnished / unfurnished ﬂats Qurum. Contact: 24566217 / 24564686 Bath attached room for rent Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569

New building in Wadi Kabir, 2 bedroom ﬂats. Contact: 99313274

For rent if require ﬂats for rent in Wadi Kabir please send me messages through Whatsapp. Contact: 99376454

Commercial 3 BHK ﬂat in Al Ghobra 18 Nov Street. RO 700/Contact 93191111

3 bed room ﬂat near ONTC Ruwi. Contact: 99653336

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th. Contact: 97147240

2 BHK ﬂat in Al Azaiba near sea, with split A/C. RO.340/- # 93191111

Six bed room twin villa Al Athaiba. Contact: 99207840

2BHK with split AC at Al Khuwair 33. Contact: 94057023

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß, in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity 400KW, shed, staff accommodation and office. Ready to start any kind of factory. Contact 99384255. For rent in Qantab European style 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, Guest toilet, fully equipped modern kitchen, covered car park for two cars, approximately 150 meters from the beach. For enquiries, please Contact: Yasser at 92606005

ACC. AVAILABLE Fully furnished 1BHK with all household items in Darsait near Lulu on monthly Basis. Contact : 99378397/99493500 Fully furnished room in Ruwi for non cooking ex- bachelor. Contact 94412557 Single furnished room, attached bathroom in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 92155261 Rooms for rent in Seeb for couple / single/ working ladies. Contact: 96996938 Independent rooms in Qurum / Al Hail. Contact 95529970 Full furnished single /sharing room for Exe. bachelor at Rex Road near Kamat with WIFI available. Contact 92873832 Furnished room for Indian couples or family near Honda Road (Walja). Contact 98952904 Available sharing accommodation for non cooking Executive bachelor near Indian School Al Ghoubra with Keralite family. Contact 91697955 Furnished room attached bath for lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermarket) – 95941515 Furnished bedroom with separate bathroom and kitchen on sharing in Darsait for Ex- bachelors. Contact : 95376096

ACC. AVAILABLE Fully furnished room for a decent expatriate. independent kitchen, bathroom in Wadi Adai. Contact 96243086 at 5p.m. For sharing accommodation room with toilet attached, kitchen sharing near clean building next to main road near Indian school Wadi Kabir, Indian couples family or bachelor. Contact: 95345537 / 94672007 Furnished room with attached bathroom in W/K. Contact: 97167857 Sharing for non cooking executive bachelor in CBD area WIFI free, Advance deposit. Contact: 95094504

ACC. WANTED Required a room in Darsait / WadiKabir /Ruwi area. Contact: 95405033

FOR SALE Equipped kitchen showroom company for sale at Ghubrah, Muscat. 6 visa available, Contact owner at 96303747 House hold items. Contact: 97094797 Darsait near labor card Medical business furnished office for sale, rent R.O 260/- p/m. Contact: 91211117 Ladies beauty parlor sale in Muttrah, above Ahla supermarket. Contact: 93231403 Used Super market Gandola RO 40.000 PER meter, double tube light RO 2.000 per piece. Contact: 96441670 Turkish MDF door with frame for sale, size 210 x 100 Price: RO 75/-. Contact: 95899296 / 92141514 Sale & repair of Tyres 315/80 R 22.5 & 12.00 R 24. Contact: 97477128

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

NRI

3 cents plots-(12nos.) at walkable distance from Kovalm Jn.,Trivandrum,Lorry site near to main road-Bus route, for immediate sale. 3 cents- 15 lakhs only. Call 00968-95036240, 0091-9961034763 or email- cfhd1@ yahoo.com

BUSINESS

Centre For Housing DevelopmentTrivandrum: Group of senior and retired Engineers and Architects provides service in the ﬁeld of Design and Supervision of buildings in Kerala.For appointments, E-mail your site location and building requirements to cfhd@ymail.com. or call 00968-95036240, 0091-9961034763.

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

38 cents plot with 2BHK house by the river bank in Thrissur Dist. near Irinjalakuda (Karavanoor). Contact: 99347089

FOR SALE Brand new 4 BHK plus Maids room in Barka, 2 Kms from Lulu. Contact: 99347089 6 bedroom, 6 bath rooms, sitting & dining villa at Qurum. Contact: 99342733 Well established medium size construction company for sale. Equipments, 30 employees & ongoing projects. Serious buyers only 99412020 Salon for sale in Muttrah next to Muttrah Health Center 2/500 -R.O . Contact: 99012807

Coffee shop at Liwa main road. Contact : 99515419 Wall papers, grass carpets sale & ﬁxing. # 99834373 / 97102699 Commercial land for sale 3000 m in quriyat road main high way can use as a petrol station license available asking price 350,000 For more information please call on 99070701 with out name Total Station Survey Instrument S3 2” / Servo/ Trimble access bundle - batch 9101025 – not used. Contact: 94282782 / 95425747

500 acre agricultural land suitable for rubber plantation for sale in Ratnagiri Maharashtra. price 2 lakh per acre, rubber board approved land, minimum purchase 20 acre. We provide care taking by experienced Malayalee team for your plantation. please call , prasad 95760790

BUYING/SELLING All type of car scanner available easy car diagnostic for professional and self use Authorize LAUNCH and Autel dealer. GSM:92393972 www.omancartools.com Used furniture & Electronic items, office & house. Contact: 99834373

New company seek partnership. Contact: 96996938 General Investors. Gsm-99674870

Toyota Corolla 1.8 ltr GLI excellent condition 28,000 kms. Contact: 97717152

SITUATION WANTMATRIMONIAL

Touareg 2011 Oman cars, 114000 KM, silver, 8500/-R.O. #92857111

Kerala Christian Orthodox boy 29/185 Staff Nurse MOH Muscat seeks suitable alliances. Contact: 99461264

Toyota Prado 2008, Toyota Corolla 2009, Honda CRV 2009, low mileage available at Bombay Medical, behind Ruwi Police Station. #99326339

Indian Kerala male 31 years Hindu Ezhava working in Muscat looking for life partner. Contact: 99893119

Prado ,2012. Contact : 99336093

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR SALE. Single Owner,10 Months full cover Insurance (UAE & Oman), 15,000 Km only. Intrested buyers can Call/ Whatsapp on 95692099 Sportage, 2013. Contact:99336093

Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat driven. Contact 99209285

Land Cruiser 2012. Contact: 99336093 2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40 ton petrol tank each working at the moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35 Thousand each. Contact 97000155 or 92688692

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SITUATION WANTED

SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

DESIGNER

Male 26 yrs, MBA in Accounts and Finance, 2 years Experience in Management and Accounts Fields, and 1 year experience in Operations in Oman Looking for a suitable job. Contact 94374745

Architect and Interior designer, 8 years exp capable of managing turn key projects, design, BOQ, Execution. NOC available. Contact : 95273166

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate 1 year exp in Accounts, currently on visit visa. Looking for suitable job. Contact 94341848 / Email – mohdhaji7272@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Tyre / Spare parts outdoor Sales Executive with experience required driving license and NOC. Send CV to ptf_25@hotmail.com Wanted part time female Sales Executive with D/L for a reputed company. Contact 94688874

ADMIN

ENGINEER

Vacancy for lady Receptionist at Sinaw Hala Medical Center - Fluency in English and Arabic Omani or non Omani. Contact: 25524180 / 91362141 Email: halamedicalgroup@gmail.com

Fire and Safety Technician with NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder preference to those having D/L. Send CV to visionansara@gmail.com

Urgently Required: Administration with an experience minimum in 3 years in building construction, required immediately join and MUST have NOC.Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com.

ACCOUNTANT Urgently required Accountant B. Com with 4-6 years Gulf experience in construction ﬁeld and good knowledge in FOCUS accounting software. Send CV : pccllcoman@gmail.com Urgently required a part – time female Accountant ﬂuent in English with 2-3 years experience in Tally. Email: mhca@mhabibgroup.com Fax: 24564459 Urgently required female accountant with an experience minimum 3years Email CV on cv.hrcharity@gmail.com Urgently required Junior Accountant. Please send CV: hr.azatllc@gmail.com

BEAUTY Required Beautician for a parlor in Ghubra. Contact: 94241385 / 97244766 Wanted experienced Beautician for beauty parlor in Al Amerat 3. Contact: 91107337

CATERING Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970 Required experience Waiter / Supervisor/ Juice maker, Shawarma maker. Contact: 95395378 Traditional Omani restaurant requires: Waitress for restaurant. Delivery man with bike license preferred. Interested candidates send CV to: Email: omanhari@yahoo.com Contact: 95892831

DESIGNER Designer required for wooden joinery company with excellent knowledge of 3D Max, 2D Autocad. Contact: 94249047 Email: mfqazi@gmail.com

DRIVER Driver required for a Company, 2 years experience. Visa available. Contact 24479922 Driver heavy duty required urgently for trailer. Oman / GCC experience must. Those ready for immediate joining. Contact: 95637296

ENGINEER Construction Company in Oman urgently requires the following: B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 yrs Gulf experience. Civil Site Foreman, minimum 5 yrs experience with operating knowledge of Tally. Please Email CV ; applyforoman@gmail.com

Required MEP Diploma Engineer specialized in building maintenance. Fluent in English and computer holding valid Omani driving license & NOC. Send CV to Email: info@alrabiyahrealestate.com to arrange interview Urgently Required: Civil Engineer with an experience minimum in 5 years in building construction, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com Construction Company in Oman urgently requires following candidates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf experience, diploma not required. Email: applyforoman@gmail.com Leading Construction Company requires Quantity Surveyor (QS) with 4-6 yrs Gulf experience. Send your CV : qsmuscat2015@gmail.com (NOC required). Required a part time steel Structural Design Engineer for a reputed steel fabrication company in Muscat. Interested person may Contact : 99451158 Looking for a Sales Engineer (Mechanical) with 2 to 3 year relevant experience in the Oman market with driving license . Please forward your CV to : mbdeast@gmail.com Required for Engineering consultancy office a Supervision Staff for road project at Ibri region: Civil Engineer (B.Sc) RE with 12 years experience & Land Surveyor (Diploma) with 8 years experience. Please email CV & certiﬁcate copy to alsarh@omantel.net.om Required Civil Engineer (buildings) Oman experience 5+ years, BOQ+ Tendering + site supervision. Contact: 95218004 Email: alhilalint@yahoo.com

MISCELLANEOUS A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food supply, store keeper with English and invoicing experience. Email: yesterdaysun@hotmail.com

MEDICAL Wanted female doctor GP. Interested candidates can forward your CV to jayakumar.velu@alnabaholding.com Required MOH licensed lady G.P Dentist Pharmacist, Asst Pharmacist for Salalah based pharmacy and clinic. Contact: 92732491 Email: clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com Vacancy Lab Technician for inquiry or send CV zmczahara@yahoo.com Contact 24571094 Fax: 24571097 Required Prometric passed nurse to join clinic from end August. Contact: 99352793

MANAGER Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Supermarket, Prior Experience a MUST, knowledgeable in MSOffice. Send CV to chanda@dolphin-oman.com or fax to 244-92718.

SKILLED Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Flooring / Marble Cladding / Grinding / Carving works. Contact 92884177 / 99485595 Urgently required an Electrician for an interiors ﬁtout company with NOC available. Gulf experience is must. Call 95103518 or send your CV : to.shaista@gmail.com Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and release letter or NOC. Contact: 93280288 or send CV to albayanstamps@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Secretary (Female), Experience: Minimum 1 - 2 years. Forward CV to hr@barikgroup.com

EDUCATION English medium private school in Sinaw urgently required English & Science teachers. Send CV : saminternationalschoolsinaw@ gmail.com Contact: 98927055

IT IND male WEB developer 5 yrs exp B.Tech (comp science) PHP, HTML MYSQL Java script CSS. Contact: 95990529 Email: renjith341@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electrician cum Plumber. Contact - 99383044 Required urgently experienced Gardener and building care taker. Contact: 99231676 Well established company in selling chocolate, Arabian sweets and fresh flowers, opening ITS first branch in Muscat seeking: 1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- flower arranger (Asian/ Filipino Nationality) Contact: 94490011 Email: labelleoman@gmail.com

Required Office Assistant 160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

SALES / MARKETING Urgently required Sales Executive and interior designer for furnishing company with Valid Oman D/L and minimum 3 years experience. Contact: 93231403/ rainbowfurnishing156@gmail.com Experience building material Salesman required in Amerat shop. Contact : 99641900 Required Sales man - 1 Person Qualiﬁcation. Gulf Experienced - Minimum 5 Years with Oman Driving Licence Language - English Education:- Any Degree Further Contact : Mr. Abdul Hameed Nashabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and -92807399 amn@yaqeeneng.com Urgently required female Sales Promoters individual with pleasant personality, excellent communications & presentation skills & experience in selling perfumes cosmetics and skincare products would be preferred. Send your CV & details with recent photograph to info@mawaridoman.com or fax no 24127484/ Tel: 24127485

A leading marketing company is looking for outdoor Sales Executives on part time or full time basis in Salalah. Contact 92760281 / 96436719 Looking for Outdoor Salesman for heavy equipment spare parts. Contact - 93292015, Email: mail.om@gulfcenter.co Urgently required Sales and Marketing Executive for Graphic designing company. Contact: 96727631 mail: smartgraphic518@gmail.com Minimum 2 years of experience with valid gulf light driving license interested candidates please Contact: 99222086 /98585851 Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting of properties. Interested candidates may please mail to alqurumprop@gmail.com

TOURS Required exp. employee for travel agency in Saham. Contact :93655939 / 92900021

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED

Finance Manager, CPA, with more than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC. Fully knowledgeable in Finance, General & Management Accounting . NOC available. Contact 96209331

Married lady 25 years, Master Accounts having 5 years experience in Indian looking for full / part time job. Contact: 95140332 /93223050 family visa holder. Contact 95140332 Indian male, well experienced in Accounts and Admin looking for a suitable vacancy. Contact : 98717938 Indian female, M.Com Finance, DCA, 3 years experience in Accounts / finance& knowledge in ERP & Tally seeking suitable position in corporate finance / banking / consulting. Email: prapullasuvarna@gmail.com Contact: 96953705 now in family visa. Indian male with total 5 year experience (2 years experience in Accountant cum sales co ordinator in a FMCG Company in Oman) in accounts field and NOC available. Looking for suitable job Contact 92130188 Indian male, B.Com, Accountant, 10 yrs in Oman experience in Accounts, knowledge of Tally ERP 9, focus RT having NOC & D/L, looking for suitable job. Contact 93086105

Indian (Kerala) light driver seeking for job, 5 yrs experience in Oman. Contact: 98029273 Looking for driving job. Contact: 98219182

Sudanese Accountant seeking job in Nizwa state experience 10 years 3 years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in Sudan. Contact : 97796394 / 94003247

Bangladeshi male light driver seeking suitable placement 1 yr experience. Contact: 94158238

Accountant 8 yrs experience looking part time job. Contact 99867456 Indian Accountant: Male, M com, 7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to ﬁnalization, having knowledge of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable placment.Contact 93950138 Email: lijinrajan123@gmail.com

ADMIN Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR. joing immediatly. release available. Contact :93671437

A Lady with 5 years experience in HR/Admin is looking for suitable job and can join immediately. Contact : 94465835

Accountant, Indian male, 10 years experience in Oman. Can do upto ﬁnalization and knowledge of Tally ERP9 can be joined immediately with NOC. Contact: 94134085 Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com

Light duty driver with 2 yrs experience looking for job. #96342684

Driver: 15 years Driving Experience in Saudi Arabia, Looking for suitable place, # 91624908, 93540898

Indian CA with 15 yrs exp working as Finance Head of MNC looking for Job. NOC Available. 94047434

Assist Accountant Indian (m) 2 years experience in Oman looking for a job immediate joining, currently working in Oman. Contact Shaheed Shamsadin : 98427810

Pakistan male (27) light driver seeking job, 4 years experience in Oman. Contact 96346582

Motivated and energetic male 25 having 4 years of experience in finance with Master’s degree in Economics and CAT Certified seeking opportunity in Accounts/finance/ audit in a reputable organization. Cell no: 00968-94626209 E-Mail: omerjawedshah@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Indian male 32 years MBA, 6 out of 14 years experience in Oman in accounts / ﬁnance having NOC and Valid Oman driving license last date in Oman 01/AUG/2015. Contact: 94051463 Email: gkvenkatesh83@gmail.com

Job driver light operator shawl and excavator. Contact: 91376612

Light driver. Contact: 96961993 MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in finance/accounts/ auditing. Specialized in accounts payable dept, Oracle app user, proficient in Sap (fico) end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma certified trainer on visit visa. Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Indian Female MBA, 3 years experience in Admin MIS, Family Visa. Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com

Indian male, 30 years, CMA(Inter),M.com, 4 out of 7 years experience in Oman in Auditing/ Accounts/ Finance. Having NOC and valid Oman D/L. Contact: 96746420 , Email: sijuthampi@ymail.com

DRIVER

Indian female with 1.5 years experience in MBA / HR seeks suitable placement. Contact 99257214 Male with 2 years’ experience in Admin Works, ﬂuent in Arabic and English, Computer knowledge, preferably with driving license. Working hours 6am to 2pm or 2pm to 10 pm daily Email: jayan@ra.cc or 99661980 Indian female with 10 yrs of experience in HR/Banking/Operations seeks a suitable placement. Can be contacted on 98919015 or sherianne.coelho@gmail.com

AUTO CAD/DRAUGHTSAutoCAD Draughts man seeks Employment. Contact: 91889873 Electrical draftsman AutoCAD switch gear & MEP control panel 7 years experience Qatar. Contact: 92546203/96228100

ADVERTISING Looking for JOB. I have done BS Hons in Mass communication and media, Specialised in Public Relations and Advertising. I have upto 1 year of experience. Immediate Available. Open for any JOB. Sultan Zafar #97034134

Driver available with car and without car Education, B. A exp. 5 years, language Hindi, Arabic, English. Contact: 98522914

Driver available with car driver & without car. Contact 96771598 / 94039796 Driver, 42 yrs seeks for suitable job KSA, 12 years Oman 4 years,. Contact: 95796030 Heavy duty driver with PDO license, 5 yrs Intl. exp. # 95546585 Light driver. Contact:95779594 Driver looking for job. Contact 99507039 Pakistani driving available. Contact : 96913836

EDUCATION Professional Teacher Qualiﬁed M.Com Post Graduate in ﬁnance for teaching Accounting subject. Contact: 91251210

ENGG. / TECHNICAL Indian female, Ph. D in Mech. Engg, B.Sc, B.Ed, M.Sc & M.Phil in Physics having 6 yrs Malaysia University/ College teaching exp +1 yr experience for research fellow seeking good position in Oman. Contact 97793859 / 93621114, sreejayarejil@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian 24 with 2 yrs experience in HVAC- MEP Revit – MEP, AutoCAD – MEP Navis solid works Catia PRO-E primavera. Contact: 96975382 Email: bonny491@gmail.com MBA having 4years Gulf experience in Coordination with contracting company .NOC Available. Ph: 95405885 Indian female, BE, Civil engineer with 1 year experience looking for suitable vacancy, on visit. Contact 95139583, Email : aisushetty09@gmail.com SAP – SCM.MM Consultant B.Tech. (Chemical), from NIT, working with oil industry, seeks employment. Contact: 98049288 Iraqi Civil Engineer, 12 years experience with Omani driving license. Contact: 94695595 Electrical Engineer, B. Sc degree, Filipino, 15 years experience in oil & gas, power plant, substation, EPC projects, testing & commissioning, O & M with Oman D/L light. Contact: 97090934

CATERING Indian male 38 yrs Senior Chef de. De. Party pastry exp 15 yrs in ﬁve star hotels, 10 yrs exp Oman get NOC looking for job in hotel & bakery. Contact: 96460519

DESIGNER Indian female B.Sc- Fashion Designer 21 years, fresher, One month internship in a garment industry 2015 University best designer award holder. Now looking for a creative job, currently on residential visa. Contact: 98297940 / 99741604. Email : zintasabu@gmail.com

Degree holder Civil Engineer having 10 years experience with driving license looking for better position. Contact 98451844 Email: zahid_ruet@hotmail.com Indian male, 38 years old, DME – Mechanical Maintenance Technician 11 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC, VISA transfer, ready to join immediately, Mob +968 95612870, seeniselvan@gmail.com Indian male, 34 years old, DEE – Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC , VISA transfer and valid Oman driving license light, ready to join immediately. Contact +91 9740679094, kulasekar1980@gmail.com

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ENGG. / TECHNICAL Indian male Safety Officer, 4+ years experience diploma in ﬁre & safety Eng seeks suitable post. Contact: 98843139 Electrical Engineer Indian male 29 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India (MRF Tyres) seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Structural Engineer of 2 years & 7 months experience, specialized in Structural Design and Site Supervision looking for a job. Contact: 94634906 / 94370767 Email: muazomer45@gmail.com B.E in ECE worked as Junior Scientist Trainee in Chennai worked as System Admin in Berik Honda Nagger coil worked at Technical Support in Samsung Service, presently in Bangalore. Contact : 0091 7026267513 Indian female 23, B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics) & Diploma in Electrical CAD on Visit Visa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 99278410 / 94027398, Email: renju.raghavan7@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR Production Manager 13 years experience in cast Aluminium fab. ﬁeld and good track record seeking for a suitable job. NOC ready in Hand. Contact: 96392319 Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in Oman (BA- Graduate) working as a project Sales Coordinator, with Oman D/L, looking for suitable job, ready to join immediately with NOC. Contact 95245057

MEDICAL

SALES / MARKETING

MISCELLANEOUS

Well experienced MOH Licensed Indian GP Doctor looking for locum / permanent position in the Capital area. Contact 98140024 email:drgpoman@yahoo.com

Indian male MBA 7 years experience in Hospitality industry, operation, sales & marketing looking for suitable vacancy. Contact 92115860 Email vibin.py@gmail.com

Female Dentist Indian, Prometric passed 63%,4 years of work experience, immediately available to join. Contact 97469553, nazianbaig@gmail.com

MBA from UK with 9 yrs experience in London, Dubai & Mumbai. Specialized GCC experience in top real estate co & bank with driving license. NOC available. #968 95168205, dubaihomes1@gmail.com

Omani Mechanical Engineer, has 3 years experience ,has HSE, H2S, Riggers/Banks men Permit, Drawing / cad, SCBA, Safety Leadership and Initial Fire Response Courses. good with computer and English language looking for suitable job. Contact 99224319-98454500

Indian male GP doctor, 12 years experience parametric passed with 74% seeks suitable post. Email: ppdr2020@gmail.com. # 97985325

Indian Civil Engineer (buildings) available immediately as supply contract. Contact: 93263834

Indian female Dentist MOH Oman passed seeking a suitable placement in capital region. Contact– 91377681 hashimsarawat@gmail.com

Indian Male, IT Support Engineer, 2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experience. Contact 97311847

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf experience) looking for a suitable job (NOC available) Contact-93344378

Btech computer science graduate 2015 passout.. Android application marketing.. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Contact 91024385 Engineer with 3 yrs experience in Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical maintained ﬁeld on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 99191535 Email: fareed029@gmail.com Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer skills and 2 years experience as associate research analyst (Media Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seeking growth oriented jobs. Contact 92044603 /918056169148 or angeline.babithac@gmail.com. Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp. Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY 4 Years experienced (Money exchange services & Hospitality services in Oman & India) - Indian male 27 years, graduate in Hospitality science, ﬂuent in English, Hindi & Arabic seeks suitable placement. Contacts: 91383167

IT Indian male, B.E ( computer science engineer), MBA (finance), OCA certified, having 5 years of experience in oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks a suitable position in the field of IT. Contact: 96212062 email: zubairkhan11@gmail.com Indian female MCA, 24 years seeking suitable job. Contact 93439467 IT professional MCA Oracle certified 6 months training of PLSQL data warehousing, PHP, 3 months trained seeking job at good company. Contact: 95694330 Email: monakashyap001@gmail.com B.E Computer Science, Indian male looking for suitable job in the field of software or information technology having good knowledge in Java, ASP. Net, MS Sql, MS Word. Contact: 91986919 Email: dileep2468.a@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Female Postgraduate searching suitable job. Contact 97792820 Indian male Oman D/L 2 years Saudi experience in electrical, ﬁre and safety one year Oman logistic management experience. Contact : 91233475 Bangladeshi Post Graduate seeks a job good command in English and computer ready to take the challenge. Contact 93982627 Email: saymun.riyad@gmail.com

Indian male seeking job, 8 years experience in Qatar in clerical/administration/documents controlling ﬁelds. Willing to work in customer care or sale also. Qatar driving license available. Job preferred in Sohar and surrounding cities. Contact 93285117 Management professional experienced in proﬁtable management with organization skills with over 21+yrs exp. in Bombay, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE & in Oman11 yrs as GM Publications, Printing, Media & Advertising in entire operations, Sales marketing & etc. Looking for a reputed organization for a challenging position any industry, can Join immediately with NOC. Contact : +968 98864706/99574638 Mail : akdas_uae@yahoo.com Looking for Sales Assistant job (having Oman driving license). Contact: 95872634 Looking for Sales Assistant job (having Oman driving license). Contact : 95872634

Filipino Male looking for a job & have experience in sales, waiter, barista, technical support / customer service with good communication skills. Contact 91789465

Indian male MBA Graduate 10 years experience in Sales and Marketing (Tyre Industry and Electrical Industry) looking for a suitable position. Contact: 96065164 Email: pradeesh123in@yahoo.co.in

Indian Female with over 9 yrs experience with good communication skills seeks jobs in customer service or sales ﬁeld. Contact : 96108289, Email - shijipaul84@gmail.com

Indian male 31 visionary business strategist having over 8+ years of global experience seeking a challenging position that utilizes my years of experience currently on visit. Contact: 91902154

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Sudanese male (B.Sc, computer science) (diploma computer engineering), 6 yrs. experience DBA oracle PL-SQL, MS SQL - Server, MS visual studio vba, network. Contact 91415886 Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing. Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91055584 Over 15 years experience in Gulf. Interior Architect, Lebanese Nationality, on visit visa seeking a suitable Placement. 96268005. PRODUCTION OPERATOR – Indian male seeking production operator or related jobs with 4 years of experience in oil & gas field. Contact 94263445. Email: tonyxavier4u@gmail.com Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for Scaffolding supervisor post having 5 years of Supervisor and HSE experience in GCC Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Fluent in English Arabic and Hindi . Contact 96155921, or mail fysal.nellaya@gmail.com Indian Male 28 yrs, having 7 years Gulf + Indian experience in HR and Admin field, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97914340, Email: rajkv3086@gmail.com Indian Male 28 years MSM, B. Com having 6years experience in Gulf and India as a HR and Admin looking for suitable placement.#97914340. Email: rajkv30@gmail.com B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial field available in muscat on vist visa seeking suitable job . Contact: 95868922, Email: almouthanaosman@yahoo.com IT system and Printer engineer ME, 5Years bank IT Management exp in India looking for full time job visit visa contact 94462150

Indian male with 8 yrs experience in FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervisor looking for suitable placement. NOC available. Gsm: 96495206 24 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 3yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat, currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Contact him on 98201476 or email at lokeshkaluri@gmail.com MCA IT Professional Indian Female seek placement in Teaching/ Non Teaching field. Presently on visit visa. 9588 7051, ashwininakod@gmail.com ACCA Affiliate, Indian, 2.5Years experience in Audit/ Finance in Big 6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in PDO, For Permanent Placement for Finance or Accounts or Audit. Release NOC Available on hand. Contact #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com Finance ACCA Affiliate, Worked as an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience in reputed firm, Handled independent audit/finance assignments, Looking for permanent placement, NOC available. Contact 95140445. a.saran891@gmail.com Piping Design Engineer, Indian male 27, looking for suitable placement in Piping Design & Engineering. Having 7 years of experience in AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS (11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact : 97351786 / 96143708, E-mail : mohammednazeer07@gmail.com Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer science) (diploma computer engineering) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle plsql, MS sql-server ,ms visual studio vba, network. Contact :91415886 Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years Sales experience in Lighting / Industrial products, ready to join immediately. GSM: 9710 5356 Indian heavy duty driver with 8 years experience in oman available with NOC. GSM : 93601943 GSM : 94496457 Indian male, 28 yrs MBA (HR/M) 2 years experience in Indian Oman in HR & admin seeks suitable placements. NOC available. Contact 97484159 Email: rameshkapa86@gmail.com M.Sc 3+ years exp from France & India in IT Support Engineer / Hardware & Networking / Server support / scientific system support looking for suitable positions. Indian, male on visit visa, contact 98898781/ anoopys@gmail.com Looking for managerial post (full time ), More than Ten years of experience in Team Development ,Training, planning, Administration, Sales & Marketing, Advertisement and Credit Control and Logistics. Contact 91076608 / 99322748. Release & noc available Indian male, 34years having 10 years of experience in Sales, Sales Coordination and Administration. Experienced in SAP and MS Office. NOC available. Contact # 94686594 Indian Male MBA Marketing/HRM 3 year experience with Omani D/L, seeking suitable jobs. Contact: 97424188 email: dharwesh@gmail.com Indian, Male, 23 years, BE Electrical, having 2 years experience in Electrical Works-H.T. cabling etc, & Construction, looking for a suitable placement. Contact +968 96927880 (Oman), +91 9765376109 (India), Email: rahulrevi6@gmail.com

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