Times of Oman - September 17, 2016

SATURDAY September 17, 2016 15 Dhul Hijja 1437 AH

6 085010 120010 FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

On the occasion of the 15th National Day, 1985

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ It is a duty which must be undertaken by each citizen, to guarantee the protection of our natural resources and public health against any harmful effects, and protect the beautiful and distinguished nature which God Almighty granted to our beloved Oman.

HOME DECOR IDEAS TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE LOOK BIGGER >A 8

Founded 1975 . Volume 41 No. 170 | 24 Pages . Baisas 200 . Subscription OMR63 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company | Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali | Printed & Published by Muscat Media Group

W I L AYAT O F S O H A R

PACDA rescues man from sea at Qurum but condition remains critical

Two rescued from sea waters off the Al Suwaih beach, search for third on

SEA SENSE: RESCUES SPARK RENEWED WARNINGS

Celebrations on HM’s visit come to end SOHAR: Citizens in the Wilayat of Sohar concluded, yesterday, their celebrations organised on the arrival of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in the Wilayat of Sohar.

On the occasion, a maritime festival was organised at the sea-front of Sohar Mosque and Sohar Fort.

The festival has seen the participation of 100 boats with more than 500 participants onboard who performed various folk and traditional marine arts reflecting their delight over His Majesty’s arrival in the wilayat and expressing their loyalty to His Majesty the Sultan.

The festival also shed light on the historic role Sohar has played across history as a significant and vital centre for trade.

A number of local folk troupes participated in the event. >A3 VISIT

FAHAD GADHANI

fahadnews@timesofoman.com

Despite warnings people go missing at sea keeping rescuers on their toes

MUSCAT: A man was rescued by the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) after he went missing at sea in Qurum.

After a thre-hour search, the man was saved and immediately taken to the hospital, according to

PACDA’s tweet. He is said to be in a critical condition.

Meanwhile, PACDA is still searching the sea waters for a third person, who went missing off the Al Suwaih beach after two others were rescued. PACDA confirmed that the search for the third person is still ongoing and refuted rumours about the missing person’s body having been found.

Rescue teams in Jaalan Bani Bu Ali rushed to the beach after receiving information about three missing persons on Wednesday.

The search was postponed due to poor light on Wednesday night after rescuers and local citizens found two of the three missing swimmers. Rescue staff continued with their search after the first light Thursday. PACDA

reiterated that the two rescued men are in good health, while the search for the third person is still ongoing. Royal Oman Police ROP yesterday called upon people to follow safety measures whenever they are going for picnic .

PACDA has also regularly issued notes of caution to tourists going to water holes to ease the heat. >A3

BLUE COLLAR WORKERS

REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com

A3

Mustang Magic in Muscat

MUSCAT: Jean Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister will arrive here, on Saturday. He will be here for several days during the visit to the Sultanate. — ONA TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

No Eid or Onam festivities for stranded expat workers MUSCAT: Hundreds of stranded expatriate blue-collar construction company workers couldn’t celebrate Eid Al Adha or Onam (Indian harvest festival) this year like others in Oman.

While others had remitted money to their dear ones at home for the festival, purchased new clothes and had a feast, stranded blue-collar workers in different parts of Oman were seen sitting idle at their camps with little food and no money.

“Holy Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr, Eid Al Adha, Onam… festivals are passing one by one. We are just sitting idle at our camps without any celebrations. We can adjust… but how about our family. Back home children are asking for new dress and good food. We couldn’t provide them anything this year,” workers, who have not gotten five

French minister arrives today

OMAN

Eid cheer for hotels

1

A number of hotels in Oman registered around 100 per cent occupancy during Eid holidays. Masirah Island Resort and Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve reported full occupancy. >A3

PAKISTAN

Attack kills 25 DIFFICULT TIMES: The case of workers at Jifnain camp’ case is not an isolated one. Supplied photo

months’ salary from a construction company camp in Jifnain, told the Times of Oman.

Due to the slump in global oil prices, many companies in Oman do not have enough projects and are also being hurt by the delay in getting bills cleared and other operational hassles.

“Around 80 workers are stranded in this camp. Leave feast and celebrations; sometimes, medical needs and decent

food is also a problem for us,” said the workers, who no longer have valid labour cards as the company had failed to renew them on time.

The case of workers at Jifnain camp’ case is not an isolated one.

In Muscat, around 25 workers in Al Khoud and a dozen of workers in Sawadi are also facing the same situation after their company failed to pay their salaries for the last few months. >A2

2

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during Friday prayers an official said. >A6

SPORT

Oman beat Malaysia

3

Oman made a sensational start to their campaign in the AFC U-16 Football Championship with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in Goa, India on Friday. >A12

F E S T I VA L O F S A C R I F I C E A N D M E R C Y

Sultanate immerses in extended Eid Al Adha festivities Times News Service MUSCAT: Citizens and residents across Oman celebrated Eida Al Adha in different ways.

While many chose to travel within the country, to Jabal Akhdar, Salalah, the Ras Al Jinz turtle reserve, the Al Hoota Cave and other tourist hotspots during the holidays, others spent time in malls, public parks and hotels in Muscat.

According to the Ministry of Tourism’s Twitter handle, the total number of visitors to Salalah until September 14 was pegged at 647,376. Besides this, each governorate in Oman had arranged celebrations at their forts and castles and other public places where people could gather and enjoy the company of others.

“I came to Sohar, my hometown in Oman from Muscat, I do this for every Eid and every big celebration, all my family is here in Sohar, so I had to come and celebrate with them. On the first day we had the slaughtering ceremony, we slaughtered three goats and two bulls and we then cooked shuwa, which was

FESTIVE SPIRIT: Apart from the tourist spots, malls and public parks also drew a considerable number of people during the nine day-long holiday. – Purushothaman K

delicious,” Sultan Abdullah, an Omani who works in Muscat, said.

“We also had some visitors on the first day and on the second day I brought my siblings to Muscat to see the festivities here and then we went back the same day and I spent some time relaxing with my family and eating a lot of meat.”

Apart from the tourist spots, malls and public parks also drew a considerable number of people during the nine day-long holiday.

Most malls in Muscat had or-

ganised activities for both children and adults and several hotels had announced special offers to attract customers to stay and dine.

“We wanted to travel to Salalah in the holidays, but my children kept me in Muscat because of some activities that the malls were organising; today they saw a magic show and they are very excited to meet some cartoon characters next,” said Avanti, a mother of two.

The Muscat Grand Mall, Oman Avenues Mall, and City Centre

Muscat organised magic shows, costume dress ups and other fun activities, which were well attended by a large number of people.

Students and staff at the Pakistan School Muscat celebrated the festival of sacrifice and mercy in a grand way. “Remembrance of the sacred sacrifice, the Haj pilgrimage, empathy for the downtrodden was observed at the Pakistan School Muscat by sharing the festivity with everyone at Junior School and the staff members,” a school official

said. “The celebration of the day focused on the basic idea of enlivening the very spirit of Eid Al Adha with regards to it not being just a religious festival, but also the values the festival instils in Muslims the world over,” she added.

A colourful morning assembly, quiz competitions, musical performances, card making for wishing loved ones and many more funfilled activities were held throug the day to celebrate the occasion.

Attaullah Niazi, senior prin-

cipal, Pakistan School System, Khalid Jadoon, principal of the Pakistan School Muscat, Munnaza Ghafoor, principal of the Junior School and the audience celebrated the day with the students. Some bright and cheerful performances were also showcased.

“The celebration of such events provides students with a platform to truly ascertain and imprint the very purpose and essence of religious festivals,” the official explained.

A2

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

OMAN

Holiday views The long Eid Al Adha vacation provided the people an opportunity to visit some of the many breathtakingly beautiful spots of Oman and indulge, among other things, in their passion for photography. Here we have the contributions by Marlon Bartolo from Wadi Qurai Oman and by Hanisah Lia from Al Hoota Cave

STRANDED WORKERS

< FROM

A1

Situation is worrisome, says trade union leader

“We came to work here. We are the sole breadwinners of our family. We are ready to adjust.

“But what should we tell our families. They are struggling like us. Living without a salary for five months is an unimaginable situation. My son has been removed from his college due non-payment of fee,” a stranded worker in Al Khoud said.

Workers stranded at the resort in Sawadi after their owners stopped operations are also facing a similar situation.

“We don’t even have power supply. We were depending on generators. Lack of money to buy fuel is a trouble all the time. Then think about Eid Al Adha celebrations. It is a tough time. Family back home is also facing the same situation,” a worker from the resort said.

The workers there have filed a claim for pending salary and other benefits in court.

“The latest is that the employer

has filed an appeal against the verdict, which was delivered in our favour recently. It means that our struggle won’t end soon,” the workers added.

Mohammed Khaldi, a trade union leader in Oman, said the situation is worrisome.

“The religion teaches us that workers should be paid before his sweat dries up. Why are the companies not doing so? The authorities concerned should intervene and resolve the issue as early as possible. Workers cannot be left in lurch,” the trade union leader, who has sent support from his team for the stranded workers, said.

Payment rule Article 51 of the Oman Labour Law says employees who receive their salaries on a monthly basis shall be paid once a month at least.

Prasad M K, a legal advisor in Muscat, said employers are bound to pay a salary every month

if the job contract cites monthly payment and the worker has the right to lodge a complaint or to stop working if the employer fails to follow the signed job contract created on the basis of Oman Labour Law. Meanwhile, a social-cultural charity group in Muscat said they have distributed food packets among low-paid workers in different parts of Oman.

The group, which didn’t want to be named, said they have a network all over Oman and the food packets were distributed on Eid Al Adha among the workers.

“Bringing them all to one place difficult. So we used our network to distribute food among them at their place,” the group members said.

Recently, Shahswar G Al Balushi, chief executive officer, Oman Society of Contractors, had said Oman is facing a construction crisis due to the oil price dip leading to salary delays and other issues.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Share your world with us on Instagram

A3

OMAN

SCAN THIS TO INSTANTLY SHARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

Occupancy rate cheer for hotels in Sultanate during Eid holidays The Masirah Island Resort and Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve reported full occupancy levels during most of the nine-day break

Times News Service MUSCAT: A large number of hotels in Oman registered around 100 per cent occupancy during the Eid holidays.

The Masirah Island Resort and Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve reported full occupancy levels during most of the nine-day break.

Vijay Handa, cluster general manager, Masirah Island Resort and the Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve, said the hotel business was booming during the Eid holidays.

“Most of the people were back after the school vacations and thus avoided long distance travel or visiting countries beyond the border,” he said. Besides these two hotels, Alila Jabal Akhdar, which overlooks a dramatic gorge, and is surrounded by awe-inspiring views of the Al Hajar Mountains,

GETAWAY: Alila Jabal Akhdar, which overlooks a dramatic gorge, and is surrounded by awe-inspiring views of the Al Hajar Mountains, drew more than 85 per cent of the

visitors during the holiday. – File photo

drew more than 85 per cent of the visitors during the holiday.

According to the hotel, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nationals represented 41 per cent of the total visitors, followed by GCC expats, which represented 28 per cent of the visitors on September 13.

Citizens and residents represented 36 per cent of the visitors, of which Omanis accounted for 15 per cent of the visitors. The rest were Europeans and people be-

longing to other nationalities.

On September 14, GCC nationals made up 45 per cent of the total visitors, followed by GCC expats, who accounted for 24 per cent of the visitors.

Citizens and the residents represented 23 per cent of the visitors, while Omanis accounted for 10 per cent of the visitors. The remainder were Europeans and people belonging to other nationalities. Perched over 2,000 metres above sea level,

the resort has been drawing crowds from all over the GCC, who head to Oman’s green mountains due to its cool and pleasant weather.

Perfect base The resort is the perfect base for exploring the region’s magnificent landscape of rugged, untouched beauty, while experiencing sumptuous comfort. Counted among one of the best hotels in Oman, Alila Jabal Akhdar is a haven for

adventure travellers, nature lovers and those seeking a retreat from the desert heat.

According to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), more than 4,000 visitors visited the green mountains on Wednesday. “The entire mountains were crowded with people picnicking and camping almost everywhere. We saw lots of four-wheel drives from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the temperature was around 23 degrees,

everyone looked quite happy and excited,” said Sushma, an Indian expat who went to Jabal Akhdar during the Eid holidays.

Many people in Muscat opted for Jabal Akhdar instead of Salalah because the latter is located about 1000 kilometres from Muscat, whereas the former is closer.

“I had to struggle a lot to get a four wheeler as all them were booked in advance,” said Satish, who drives a small car in Muscat.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

MUSCATSTANGS, OMAN FOX COME TOGETHER Mustang car lovers in the city were in for a treat recently when members of two Mustang clubs came together. Oman Fox Body, a club whose members own Mustangs models from the year 1987-1992 and the iconic Muscatstangs, a legendary club formed by owners of Mustang vehicles in Oman. The event took place at the Oman Automobile association followed by a car show at Shatti Al Qurum after which the club members enjoyed a session of Karting at OAA. — Jun Estrada

Puppet shadow workshop organised for counsellors Staff Reporter MUSCAT: An advanced puppet shadow theatre workshop was conducted for the Ministry of Social Development’s counsellors to help them create awareness on social issues.

The UNFPA’s (United Nations Population Fund’s) sub-regional office for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries held a puppet shadow theatre workshop called ‘Noor Omani’ at the Majan Continental Hotel from September 4 to 8, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD).

Speaking at the occasion, Salah Al Saleh, programme analyst of UNFPA GCC said, “This is the third time that we are doing this project, along with the Arab Puppet Theatre Foundation based in Beirut. The workshop will train MoSD field workers to use this art form and enhance the effectiveness of their work in communicating the right messages to their target group, including orphans, troubled children, families and others.”

The goal is to build the communication skills of the field workers through the fusion art of Puppet

PICKNICKING

HM’S SOHAR VISIT

< FROM

A1 ‘Follow guidelines’ A1 Celebrations conclude < FROM

“Not supervising children when they swim, not following advisories and guidelines and crossing the wadis without considering the strength of the current are among the causes of drowning,” PACDA has said in the past.

People helping a drowning person could sometimes even lead to more risk. People go to pools and valleys to enjoy themselves but some, whether young or adult, have no any idea how to swim According to PACDA statistics, 113 recorded cases of drowning occurred in 2015, down from 150 in 2014 and 292 in 2013. PACDA

said not knowing swimming or swimming in areas not designated for it were the causes of drowning.

Seas, valleys (wadis), water canals, dams, pools, wells, open water reservoirs, ponds, wadis during rainy season are among some of the places where rescue operations had to be carried out.

According to PACDA’s annual statistics, 55 rescue operations were carried out in wadis, 26 in seas, two at pools, two in swamps and 11 at wells, two at dams and seven where waste water had accumulated.

Commodore Yaqoob bin Yousef Al Kamshaki, vice chairman of the Main Committee of Sohar Celebrations gave a speech in which he said that the “festival expresses the joy of citizens on the arrival of His Majesty the Sultan in the Wilayat of Sohar and reflects the maritime role, Sohar has played across history”.

He added that the festival came as a continuation of the celebrations of the wilayat which kicked off on the first day of Eid Al Adha. -ONA

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: The workshop will train MoSD field workers to use this art form and enhance the effectiveness of their work in communicating the right messages to their target group. – Supplied photo

Theatre and shadow techniques, to ensure an entertaining and effective outreach to various target groups that include families, children, parents, teachers and others about relevant social issues.

All 23 participants are from the Directorate of Guidance and counselling at the MoSD.

Besides the above, the UNFPA GCC also organised a two-day training session on advanced techniques of shadow theatre for Y-PEER Oman, the Youth Peer Education Network in the country, which is a UNFPA supported global network of young people who are civic-minded and volunteer to educate their peers about all social and youth relevant issues.

“This form of communication tool is a creative method, and we have tested its success through our previous collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, the Oman Disabled Association, and the Association of Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs and Y-PEERs through their edutainment activities. The duration of the performances is flexible, content and situation-based, and can vary from two to 20 minutes on various causes that are relevant to society.”

“It is an important tool to address sensitive topics in a fun, playful, but also emotional manner. The art form also stimulates the use of one’s imagination and seeing life from different perspectives,” Al Saleh added.

A4

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

REGION FINDINGS

‘UN inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks’ THE HAGUE/UNITED NATIONS: An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units it holds responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.

The finding by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical weapons watchdog, is based on Western and regional intelligence, the diplomat said.

“It was the 22nd Division, the 63rd Brigade and the 255 and 253 squadrons of the Syrian government,” the envoy said. The identification of specific military institutions responsible for attacks could strengthen a push by some Western members of the UN Security Council for a robust response, focused on sanctions and accountability.

President Bashar Al Assad’s government has denied using toxic gas on the battlefield, and said it will cooperate with the OPCW over accusations it has used poison gas against insurgent-held areas during Syria’s civil war. Responding to the new finding, a Syrian military source told Reuters: “The Syrian state... and we, the Syrian Arab army, have said more than once that the army has not and will not use any banned weapon, especially chemical or poison weapons.”

“This issue is completely void A S S A U LT S H I P

of truth. We consider the United Nations to be a tool in the hands of some countries which support terrorists,” the source said, adding that the UN had not responded to Syrian requests to investigate alleged use of chemical weapons by insurgents. The year-long joint UN and OPCW inquiry, which is investigating reports of attacks between April 11 2014 and August 21 2015, is due to submit its fourth report to the UN Security Council next week. The third report, in August, blamed Syrian government troops for two chlorine gas attacks and IS militants for using sulfur mustard gas. It is unclear whether the fourth report will assign blame to individuals. The inquiry has focused on nine attacks in seven areas of Syria, where a separate OPCW fact-finding investigation concluded that it is likely chemical weapons have been used.

Eight of the attacks investigated involved the suspected use of chlorine. The inquiry said it had not yet been able to reach a conclusion in six cases, though it said three of those cases warranted further investigation. “At least two others were chlorine and were carried out at the hands of the Syrian Air Force,” the diplomat said. “There is no indication that any opposition groups used chlorine.”

Syria agreed to destroy 1,300 tonnes of declared chemical weap-

INNOCENT VICTIM: A still image taken on September 7, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo’s Al Sukari on September 6, 2016, shows a boy breathing with an oxygen mask inside a hospital, after a suspected chlorine gas attack, Syria. – Social Media via Reuters/File Photo TV

ons in 2013 under a deal brokered

by Moscow, Damascus’s main international backer, and Washington, which supports the Syrian opposition. In a separate confidential report seen by Reuters, OPCW inspectors concluded in July after 16 visits to Damascus since April 2014 that Syria had failed to explain “scientifically or technically” the discovery of banned agents by its inspectors, including sarin and VX nerve agents. The latest suspected use of chlorine gas was last week, when rescue workers and a monitoring group said there were dozens of cases of suffocation in an opposition neighbourhood in the city of Aleppo. Chlorine’s use as

a weapon is prohibited under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which Syria joined in 2013.

If inhaled, chlorine gas turns to hydrochloric acid in the lungs and can kill by burning the lungs and drowning victims in the resulting body fluids. The new finding, blaming specific military units, could set the stage for a showdown at the Security Council pitting the United States, Britain and France against Russia and China.

Beijing and Moscow have veto powers as permanent Council members and have protected Syria’s government from action by blocking several resolutions, including an attempt to refer the

situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.

Syria is not a member of the ICC, so any war crimes cases against suspects has to be referred by the UN Security Council to the court in The Hague. Some Western diplomats worry that the Security Council could respond weakly to the reported chemical weapons attacks or that the issue could be sidelined because of the fragility of a Syria ceasefire deal agreed by Moscow and Washington. “We don’t want the (UN/OPCW) report to be taken hostage by the political process in Syria,” said a senior Security Council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

A second senior Security Council diplomat said: “Normally on Syria policy, when we go down this US-Russia track, either nothing happens because they can’t agree... or if something does come out it tends to be Russian-flavoured.”

“Neither of those outcomes is good,” the envoy said.

Some diplomats said UN/ OPCW investigators may ask for more time to finish their fourth report, in which case the Security Council may renew the mandate for the inquiry for a short time.

Samantha Power, US ambassador to the United Nations, said on Thursday it was important those compiling the inquiry “go as far as they can” to identify in-

Russia, US ready to extend Syria truce; aid still blocked

BOOSTING DEFENCE: The BPC Anwar El Sadat military cruise ship. – AFP

Egypt takes delivery of second French Mistral warship NANTES (FRANCE): Egypt took delivery of a second French Mistral helicopter carrier on Friday, part of a $1 billion deal signed last year. Egypt took over the ship at a ceremony in the Atlantic coast port of Saint-Nazaire. It was the second of two France agreed last year to sell to Egypt.

The two ships were originally built for sale to Russia, but that sale was cancelled after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. “It has been a very complicated, uncertain period to manage, but thanks to the French government’s support, we were able to find a navy that needed it,” a spokesman for the state-backed shipbuilder DCNS told Reuters. The French naval contractor had to strip out all the ship’s information systems and instructions written in Cyrillic script and replace them with Arabic and English lettering.

The “Anwar El Sadat” will sail from Saint-Nazaire early next week for joint exercises with the French navy before setting off for Alexandria. The Mistral is known as the “Swiss army knife” of the French navy for its versatility. Capable of carrying vessels and tanks, the will serve as command centres for the Egyptian fleet.

Cairo has tried to boost its military power in the face of a twoyear insurgency in northern Sinai and fears that civil war in neighbouring Libya could spill over.

Egypt has also ordered four corvettes, 100-metres long, that will be built in two years, and negotiations are under way to order two more, the spokesman for DCNS told Reuters. — Reuters

dividuals and entities involved in the attacks. The United States planned “to push to extract from the council as much as we can” on a response, she said. “We’re in very close contact with other council members about what that might look like,” Power said.

“We also retain the ability to take what’s in the report and act nationally and multilaterally in order to ensure real consequences for those actors who are named.”

US President Barack Obama initially said the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a “red line,” but he did not follow through with threatened air strikes after a sarin gas attack in August 2013 killed as many as 1,400 in the Ghouta neighbourhood of Damascus.

French Foreign Minister JeanMarc Ayrault said on Tuesday he would fight vigorously for sanctions on those responsible for the gas attacks being investigated. A French diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Paris had been working on “the contours of what a satisfying resolution would look like for us.”

“The American position is not as firm on this issue as ours,” the French diplomat said. “What’s at stake goes well beyond the Syrian conflict. It’s about not making the use of chemical weapons a banality.” — Reuters

Syrian regime and rebels accused each other of failing to withdraw from the Castello Road that would be used to deliver aid to Aleppo

BEIRUT/CILVEGOZU (TURKEY): The United States and Russia said on Friday they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky, undermined by sporadic violence and a failure to deliver aid.

The second attempt this year by the Cold War-era superpower foes to halt the conflict has succeeded so far in curtailing violence, but it remains a risky gamble in a war that has made a mockery of all previous peace efforts.

Washington and Moscow, which support opposite sides in the conflict between President Bashar Al Assad and rebels trying to unseat him, have agreed to share targeting information against militant fighters that are their common enemies, if the truce holds. Although the details of the pact remain secret, that could see them wage war on the same side for the first time since World War Two. But such unprecedented cooperation would come at a time of deep mistrust between the Cold War era-foes, when relations between them are at their worst for decades.

On the ground, the ceasefire has been reluctantly accepted by rebels who call it skewed in favour of Assad but say they have no choice because of the desperate humanitarian condition of civilians in be-

BONE OF CONTENTION: The Castello Road in Aleppo, Syria. Moscow said on Friday the Syrian army had withdrawn from the road but returned its troops there after they came under fire from rebels. – Reuters

sieged areas. Assad’s government, which holds its strongest position on the battlefield since the early days of the war, also is in no hurry to compromise.

Moscow, which holds the key to delivering the cooperation of its ally Assad, said it was ready to extend the truce by 72 hours and called on Washington to press rebels to abide by it.

Washington said it agreed that an extension was important, but also voiced alarm over the failure of aid to arrive.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who personally hammered out the agreement despite scepticism among some US administration colleagues, told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Washington would not start the agreed joint targeting of militants until aid begins to flow.

Main dispute The main dispute of the truce so far is over aid to Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city before the war, divided between rebel and government-held zones for years. Progovernment forces encircled the rebel zone this month, trapping an

estimated 300,000 civilians there with no way to bring in food.

The United Nations has pointed the finger at the government for holding up aid, saying it asked for permission to reach all besieged areas and was denied letters guaranteeing access.

“In order to actually initiate the actual movement of these convoys we need the facilitation letters. They have not come,” UN humanitarian affairs spokesman Jens Laerke said in Geneva. “It’s highly frustrating.”

Both sides accuse each other of violating the truce and failing to withdraw from the road that would be used to deliver aid to Aleppo. Moscow said on Friday the Syrian army had withdrawn from the Castello Road but returned its troops there after they came under fire from rebels.

Insurgent groups in Aleppo said they had seen no such withdrawal from the government side, and would not pull back from their own positions around the road until it did so.

“The regime has not withdrawn from the area,” Zakaria Malahifji of the Aleppo-based Fastaqim re-

bel group told Reuters on Friday.

Two aid convoys destined for Aleppo were still stuck on the Turkish border after several days while the sides argued over how the supplies were to be delivered.

The trucks contain flour for more than 150,000 people and food rations for 35,000 people for a month, a UN spokesman said.

Humanitarian access hinges on control of the Castello Road, the main route into the besieged rebel-held part and a major frontline in the war, but so far there has been no progress towards opening it. “By today (Friday) this morning nothing had happened on the Castello Road ... There is nothing new in Aleppo,” Malahifji earlier told Reuters by phone.

Moscow is still talking up the agreement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call: “In general, we can still state that the process is moving forward, despite some setbacks.”

But a Russian defence ministry official said the situation in Syria “could get out of control” unless Washington forces the rebels to comply with the ceasefire.

“We expect decisive measures from the American side, aimed at influencing the armed groups under their control to rigorously carry out the September 9 agreement,” Lieutenant-General Viktor Poznikhir said.

After three days which saw a marked decrease in violence and no deaths, the first civilians since the start of the truce were killed on Thursday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring body. Three more died and 13 were injured in air strikes in rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, the Observatory said. A number of shells were also fired by insurgents into two besieged villages.

Clashes hit areas east of Damascus on Friday. Residents in the city centre were woken up by a large explosion, a witness said, and shells fell near its eastern limits. The Britain-based Observatory said the violence stemmed from clashes between rebels and government forces in the Jobar district on Damascus’s eastern outskirts. Each side said the other had attacked first.

The United States and Russia will brief United Nations Security Council members on the deal behind closed doors on Friday, diplomats said. Russia is pushing for the Security Council to adopt a draft resolution next week endorsing the deal. Assad appears as uncompromising as ever. He vowed again this week to win back the entire country, which has been splintered into areas controlled by the state, a constellation of rebel factions, IS militants and Kurdish militia fighters.

In a separate development east of Aleppo, a small number of US military personnel entered the rebel-held town of Al Rai near the Turkish border as part of operations to coordinate air strikes against IS, a senior rebel source said. The Americans were forced to leave the area after Turkish-backed rebels protested against their presence, the source said. — Reuters

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Tweet all about it

SCAN THIS TO INSTANTLY LAUNCH TWITTER PAGE

INDIA

India, Nepal sign three pacts to boost security, defence ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India hoped Nepal will be successful in implementing the Constitution through inclusive dialogue accommodating aspirations of all sections of its diverse society

MAKING A POINT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi claps as his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal speaks during a joint statement at Hyderabad house in New Delhi, on Friday. - PTI

NEW DELHI: As Nepal undergoes a political transition, India on Friday pitched for implementing the country’s Constitution by accommodating aspirations of all sections and assured it of all possible support amid China’s efforts to gain ground in the Himalayan nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an “extensive and productive dialogue” with his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal popularly known as Prachanda after which the two sides inked three pacts including one on India extending $150 million for Nepal’s post earthquake reconstruction.

It is Prachanda’s first visit to India after becoming prime minister for the second time. KP Sharma Oli quit the top post in July following fresh political turmoil due to protest of Madheshi community against the new Constitution.

The two countries also decided to continue cooperation in areas of defence and security.

In a statement to media following the talks, Modi said India hoped Nepal will be successful in implementing the Constitution through inclusive dialogue accommodating aspirations of all sections of its diverse society.

“As immediate neighbours and

close friendly nations, peace, stability and economic prosperity (Shanti, Sthirta aur Samrudhi) of Nepal is our shared objective,” the prime minister said in the presence of Prachanda.

On his part, the Nepalese prime minister said his country has nothing but “goodwill” for India and that destinies of both the countries are “interlinked”.

The prime minister said India has been privileged to be Nepal’s partner at “every step” of the country development journey and economic progress.

“Our friendship is time-tested and unique. We share our burden

A5

during difficult times, just as we celebrate each other’s achievements.”

Modi said both sides have agreed to focus on “close monitoring” and time bound completion of all development projects being implemented by India in Nepal.

He said speedy and successful implementation of ongoing hydropower projects will be ensured.

Showering praise on Prachanda for his efforts to bring stability to Nepal, Modi said, “I am confident that under your leadership Nepal will be successful in implementing the Constitution through inclusive dialogue accommodating

aspirations of all sections of the diverse society.”

“I conveyed to Prachanda that India stands ready and prepared to strengthen the development partnership with Nepal and we will do so as per priorities of people and government of Nepal,” Modi said.

About the political transformation in Nepal, Prachanda said his government was making sincere efforts in taking every section of the society onboard while implementing the provisions of the Constitution.

“I shared with Modiji that promulgation of the Constitution last year by the popularly elected constituent assembly was a historic achievement for people of Nepal. You are aware that my government has made serious efforts to bring everyone on board as we enter the phase of implementation of the Constitution,” he said.

In his remarks, Modi said security interests of Nepal and India are inter-linked and both sides agreed that “securing our societies is essential for achieving shared objectives of development and growth”. He said continued cooperation between defence and security agencies of the two countries is important to guard the “open borders” that provide opportunities for interaction to the people. In the talks, the Indian side clearly conveyed to Nepal that it was ready and prepared to strengthen development partnership with Nepal. India is Nepal’s biggest trade partner and both the sides also decided to further expand trade and investment. - PTI

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

Four killed in communal clash in Bijnore BIJNORE (Uttar Pradesh): Four persons were killed and at least 12 injured on Friday in a clash between two communities here after a school girl was allegedly harassed by some persons, police said.

The incident in Peda village took place at around 8.15 am, with groups of the two communities hurling stones at each other, police said, adding there was even firing between the clashing groups.

Four persons, aged between 27 and 30, were killed in the clash while at least 12 others were injured. Five seriously injured were taken to Meerut for treatment.

The accused fled the village after the incident. Eight women related to them have been detained for questioning,police said.

According to police, the girl was on her way to school when she was allegedly harassed by some youth belonging to another community.

A passerby objected to this act but he was beaten up by the accused, police said. He then told some persons about the incident and soon a clash started, police said. There were reports of arson also. Heavy police force has been deployed in the area in view of the incident.

Director General of Police S.Javeed Ahmed said the situation was under control and ADG (Law and Order) was at the spot, monitoring the developments.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced a compensation of Rs2 million to the family of each of the deceased and Rs500,000 to the injured.

He also warned of strict action against those found guilty, an official release said. - PTI

DEFECTION

Congress loses government in Arunachal, uncertainty grips state ITANAGAR: The Congress on Friday lost its government in northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh when 43 of its Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu defected wholesale and merged with the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA), just two months after it had regained power.

Khandu, who had replaced Nabam Tuki following a dissident

campaign in July, paraded 42 MLAs before Assembly Speaker Tenzing Norbu Thongdok, who accepted their joining the PPA, Assembly sources said.

The merger would be notified in the Assembly bulletin, formalising the political development that leaves Congress with governments only in Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram in the northeast.

The dramatic development in Arunachal Pradesh brought back

memories of the famous ‘aya ram, gaya ram’ episode involving Bhajan Lal who was heading a Janata Party government in Haryana and defected lock, stock, and barrel with all the party MLAs to the Congress after Indira Gandhi came back to power in 1980.

Tuki was the only Congress MLA who did not join PPA, a constituent of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) which was formed on May 24 in Guwahati.

ALLAHABAD CONSTITUENCY

Regret not fulfilling promises I made as a politician: Bachchan NEW DELHI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan may have had a short tryst with politics but the actor says he is still not able to get over the times as he “regrets not fulfilling the promises” he made to the people of his constituencyAllahabad.

The 73-year-old national award-winning actor took a break from acting in 1984 to enter politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad’s seat and won by a huge margin. His political career, however, was short-lived as he resigned after three years.

“I mostly think of it because there are many promises that one makes during an election campaign, when you seek votes from people. My inability to keep those promises hurts. If there is anything that I regret then it is that,” he said.

“I made a lot of promises to the city of Allahabad and to its people but I wasn’t able to fulfil them. I try to do whatever I can in any so-

CANDID: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan interacts with media during promotion of his upcomming movie, in New Delhi, on Friday. - PTI

cial capacity but I know it is something that people of Allahabad will always hold against me,” Bachchan said during a discussion with Shekhar Gupta and Barkha Dutt at an event “Off The Cuff ”.

Bachchan said his decision to join politics was emotional but when he got into it he realised

that emotions had no place there.

“I think my decision was emotional. I wanted to go and help a friend, but when I went there and got into it. I realised that it has nothing to do with emotions. I realised that I am incapable of doing it and so, I left.”

When asked if his decision to quit politics cost him his friendship with the Gandhi family, Bachchan said, “I don’t think it cost me at all. Friendship is not lost at all.”

When further asked why he does not talk about that friendship, the actor said, “How do you talk about (a) friendship? We are friends.” Indian actors are hesitant to share their political opinion as opposed to the US where big Hollywood stars take political position during elections.

Bachchan’s upcoming film Pink, a courtroom drama-thriller, sees him play a lawyer of three young women who face assault charges after being molested by a group of men. - PTI

Khandu on July 16 had become the chief minister after months of political turmoil that unseated Tuki, who himself was reinstated as chief minister by the apex court only two days before.

In a House of 60, the Congress had 44 MLAs with one seat falling vacant after former chief minister Kalikho Pul committed suicide on August 9, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 11 members including two Independents.

The status of two Congress MLAs is yet to be decided as they put in their papers before the recent series of political developments that led to first Tuki government falling in January this year, imposition of President’s rule and installation of the late Kalikho Pul government on February 19 for a short span.

Pul was forced to resign in July 13 following a Supreme Court judgement. On March 3 last, Pul

along with 29 Congress MLAs joined the PPA. PPA CWC chairman Kameng Ringu termed the development as a “homecoming” after a short temporary self exile of the party.

Asked for the reasons behind the development, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein said that for a resource-starved state like Arunachal, it is necessary to be with a bigger party to get more development funds from the Centre. - PTI

A6

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

PAKISTAN

A portion of the mosque and verandah collapsed in the blast and fell on worshippers. We are still retrieving bodies and the injured from the rubble of the mosque Naveed Akbar, Deputy administrator of Mohmand Agency

WOODEN BRIDGE COLLAPSES

Tourists banned from visiting Lulusar Lake, Babusar Top MANSEHRA: Hundreds of tourists were barred from visiting the popular picnic spots of Lulusar Lake, Babusar Top and Jalkhad as the police withdrew its contingents from two posts in the area.

This was stated by police and tourists on Thursday.

According to owners of nearby hotels, the police asked tourists to remain in Naran and near Saiful Malook Lake.

This was unlike previous holiday seasons during which tourists thronged to Kaghan Valley to take in the beauty of their favourite spots – Lulusar Lake and Babusar Top, among others.

“Winter is about to set in the hilly areas and we wanted to enjoy the serenity near Lulusar Lake and Babusar Top, but do not know why the police have banned visits,”

Naveed Butt, a businessman from Faisalabad, said while talking to journalists.

He wanted to go to the areas with his family, but his plans were shattered, leaving him with the only option of visiting Saiful Malook Lake, a place where he said he had been before and that too many times. Locals said police also banned Gilgit-bound vehicles taking the route of Mansehra-NaranJalkhad Road and traffic was diverted towards Kohistan.

When asked, Mansehra District Police Officer Ahsan Saifullah confirmed that tourists were banned from going beyond the picnic spot in Battakundi because the force was not there to keep a check on security after two posts were closed.

Since the wooden bridge in Bat-

takundi collapsed on September 10 due to a loaded truck, the headquarters was disconnected from the 40 to 45 police personnel deployed at the two posts, he said.

The DPO said to close down the posts and ban tourists from visiting Lulusar Lake and Babusar Top. He maintained the two police posts were not functioning following a bridge collapse and the lives of not only the personnel, but also tourists were at risk in case of an emergency.

However, he added since alternative arrangements had been made for light-weighted vehicles to cross the Battakundi Bridge, police personnel would resume their duties at the posts.

This would allow traffic to pass from the route closed down a few days ago. - Express Tribune

SCENIC: A view of the Babusar Top. - Express Tribune

Suicide bomber kills at least 25 in northwest Pakistan

Four IS group militants plotting attacks in Lahore held LAHORE: Pakistani authorities on Friday said they had arrested four IS group militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the movement’s expansion into the country.

The four were plotting attacks on government targets when they were seized in a raid along with 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) of explosives as well as fuses and detonators, the city’s Counter Terrorism Department said in a statement.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the bombing and said the ‘attacks by terrorists cannot shatter the government’s resolve

Hideout “The terrorists had planned to kill officials on a large scale” and were about to launch their attack when agents acting on a tip raided their hideout near Lahore’s Moon Market, the department said.

It identified those arrested as Abdul-Alam, Muhammad Hafeezu-Rehman, Nisar Ahmad and Tassavur Amin but gave few other details, including the day of the raid or how the men were identified as affiliated with IS.

to eliminate terrorism from the country’

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during Friday prayers, a local official said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in Payee Khan, a village in Mohmand Agency that is part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan.

Naveed Akbar deputy administrator of Mohmand Agency said that some fatalities appear to have been caused when part of the mosque caved in from the force of the blast.

“A portion of the mosque and verandah collapsed in the blast and fell on worshippers. We are still retrieving bodies and the

RAID

BLAST VICTIM: Paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Friday, following a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Mohmand Agency. - AFP

injured from the rubble of the mosque,” he said.

Local tribal elder Haji Subhanullah Mohmand said the attack may have been carried out by militants seeking revenge after local tribesmen gathered a volunteer force and killed one and captured

another insurgent.

“It seems to have enraged the militants and they got their revenge by carrying out a suicide attack in a mosque today,” Mohmand said.

Pakistan’s frontier regions, which are deeply conservative

and hard to access due to rough terrain, have long been the sanctuary of fighters from Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups.

In 2014 the army launched a major operation in other parts of FATA including North and South Waziristan against insurgents

who routinely attacked government officials and civilians.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the bombing and said the “attacks by terrorists cannot shatter the government’s resolve to eliminate terrorism from the country.” - Reuters

Foiled Pakistan’s military this month declared that it had foiled IS’s attempts to establish operations in the country, saying it had arrested more than 300 militants and sympathisers including all but one of 20 core organizers.

“They tried to make an ingress, and they failed and they have been apprehended so far,” military spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa told reporters on September 1. - Reuters

G R O W I N G E VA S I O N

Pakistan officially becomes signatory of OECD Convention in tax matters ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has officially become a signatory of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters aimed at curbing growing tax evasion.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar signed the Convention on Wednesday along with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria in Paris, which the government claims is a testimony of its commitment to adopt international best practices in the field of tax matters.

However, while independent tax experts say it is a good step, a lot will depend on the domestic laws of respective member countries. The other factor is that the convention will not come into force at once, as the OECD plans to roll out the multilateral treaty gradually.

The federal cabinet has already given approval and its ratification will now be required before Pakistan becomes an active beneficiary of the convention.

It will take at least one year to complete the procedural requirements from both sides, said an official of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). So far more than 103 countries have become signatories of the OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

As many as 54 countries will put in place their domestic mech-

GOOD STEP: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar signed the Convention on Wednesday along with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria in Paris, which the government claims is a testimony of its commitment to adopt international best practices in the field of tax matters. - Twitter @PML-N

anisms in 2017 for the first exchange of information. Another 47 countries will start first exchange of information in 2018.

Pakistan may get the first access to information by either the end of 2018 or early 2019, according to officials involved in negotiations.

The countries or the jurisdictions where Pakistanis are perceived to be hiding their wealth will start exchanging information in either 2017 or 2018 with the OECD member countries.

Among them, tax havens like British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein and United Kingdom will start exchange of information by September 2017.

Switzerland and Malaysia will

start exchange of information by September 2018, according to the information available on the OECD website.

“The Convention would facilitate international cooperation on national tax laws and provide administrative cooperation among member countries to combat tax evasion,” according to the Ministry of Finance.

The OECD and the Council of Europe jointly developed the Convention in 1988 and amended

by Protocol in 2010.

It is the most comprehensive multilateral instrument available for all forms of tax co-operation to tackle tax evasion and avoidance but with its own limitations.

“It is not a multilateral convention in its true spirit, as member countries are governed by their domestic laws,” said Dr Ikramul Haq, an expert in international tax matters and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

He said that availability of information would depend upon the domestic banking laws of each member country.

Dr Haq said that there is also limitation on fiscal exchange of information, as it is not wide open as generally is perceived. He said that despite having legal provisions, the FBR has so far failed to obtain information about Pakistani bank account holders due to resistance by domestic banks.

Secondly, legal lacunas, like Economic Reforms Protection Act of 1992 and sections like section 111 (4) of Income Tax Ordinance are barriers to meaningful action against tax evaders.

“A key aspect for making tax administration ready for the challenge of the 21st century is equipping them with the necessary legal, administrative and information technology tools for verifying compliance of their taxpayers,” he added. Dr Haq said that against this background, enhanced cooperation between tax authorities through Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) is crucial in bringing national tax administration in line with globalised economy. - Express Tribune

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

A7

WORLD UK’s anti-EU party elects Diane James as new leader James has pledged to ensure the government delivers an exit from the EU that meets the demands of UKIP voters

BOURNEMOUTH (ENGLAND): Britain’s anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) elected deputy chairwoman Diane James its new leader on Friday to replace Brexit talisman Nigel Farage who stepped down after helping to win the referendum on European Union membership in June.

James, currently a member of the European parliament, was announced as the party’s new head at its annual conference in the southern English coastal town of Bournemouth after a ballot of UKIP’s 40,000 members.

“We are the political change movement of the United Kingdom,” James said, pledging to makes sure Britain acted on the referendum result and left the EU. A former business analyst with a long career the healthcare sector, James has pledged to ensure the government delivers an exit from the EU that meets the de-

TOUGH ROAD AHEAD: Nigel Farage, left, the outgoing leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), congratulates new leader Diane James, at the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth, Britain, on Friday. – Reuters

mands of UKIP voters: namely tighter immigration controls and more free trade. But, she will inherit a party riven with factional disputes and struggling to define a clear identity after achieving its number one goal of triggering Britain’s exit from the EU. A close ally of Farage defected to the ruling Conservative Party on the eve of the conference, saying that Prime Minister The-

resa May had delivered on key elements of the UKIP manifesto since taking office in July, and that droves of UKIP supporters were doing the same. Nevertheless, UKIP remains a potent force in British politics. Led by the charismatic Farage, who successfully tapped into a powerful anti-establishment mood among voters, the party won nearly 4 million votes at a general election in 2015 and

played a key role in persuading Britons to vote to leave the EU. Earlier, Farage used his final speech as leader of the UKIP to demand that his successor pushes for a “hard” EU exit that meets the demands of his party’s voters.

Making his valedictory address at the UKIP annual conference, Farage said his party had “changed the centre of gravity” of British politics.

But he warned that his successor must not let the government water down the terms of Britain’s EU exit. “We can be very proud of the fact that we won the war but we now must win the peace,” he told a crowd of cheering activists.

“The only mechanism to put pressure on the government to keep the debate live and to make sure that those 17.4 million people (who voted ‘Leave’) get what they voted for is for UKIP to be healthy and for UKIP to be strong.”

Commentators say UKIP has become so synonymous with Farage, who first led the party from 2006 until and 2009 then took over the reins again the following year, that his departure leaves a huge gap which will be hard to fill.

His speech drew rapturous applause from supporters crowded into the conference hall to see the party’s star performer. It set out three criteria by which the success of the government’s Brexit negotiations should be judged: whether Britain is outside the single market and free from European regulation, whether it has control of fishing rights in its territorial waters, and whether it has got rid of EU passports.

After the referendum result, Farage said he would step down as leader, and has since lent his experience of leading a popular political uprising to US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. “I intend this autumn to travel around some other European capitals to try and help independents and democracy movements in those countries too,” he said. — Reuters

RIGHTS ABUSES

Myanmar jails soldiers for killing villagers YANGON: A Myanmar military court has jailed seven soldiers for five years each with hard labour for murdering five ethnic minority villagers in June, state media said on Friday, in a rare prosecution of military personnel.

The seven, including four officers, will serve their time in civilian prisons, said a report from a court martial in northeastern Myanmar.

Soldiers have often been accused of serious human rights abuses in Myanmar’s long-running wars with ethnic armed groups, but the allegations are rarely acknowledged, let alone heard in court.

Sai Kaung Kham, an activist who helped residents of northern Shan state’s Mong Yaw village demand justice for the June killing of their family members, said he was surprised the military had taken action at all.

“The fact they have been sentenced to imprisonment is better than nothing,” he said.

Myanmar’s army ran the country for almost five decades before initiating a transition to civilian rule that saw Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi take power in April.

Military leaders, keen to build military-to-military ties with Western armies, have made efforts to present the still-powerful army as a responsible partner in country’s transition.

After the killings in Mong Yaw, one of the military’s highest-ranking officers held an unprecedented news conference in July to say that soldiers were responsible for the deaths of five residents. — Reuters

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER

Swedish appeals court upholds arrest warrant for Assange STOCKHOLM: A Swedish appeals court decided to uphold the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, prolonging the six year long legal stand off with prosecutors and clearing the way for the Wikileaks founder to be questioned in London next month.

Assange, 45, is wanted by Swedish authorities for questioning

over allegations, which he denies, that he committed rape in 2010.

“The Court of Appeal shares the assessment of the District Court that Julian Assange is still suspected on probable cause of rape,” the court said.

Assange avoided possible extradition to Sweden by taking refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy in 2012. He says he fears further

extradition to the United States, where a criminal investigation into the activities of Wikileaks is ongoing. Per Samuelson, a Swedish lawyer representing Assange, said he had not yet talked to his client. “I assume we will appeal, it would be strange if we did not,” he said.

The court said the lengthy deadlock and the previous passivity of Swedish prosecutors in pursuing

END OF AN ERA

Former Italian president, prime minister Ciampi dies ROME: Former Italian president, prime minister and central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who played a key role in guiding the country into the European single currency, has died, the government said on Friday.

He was 95 and had been ill for some time.

One of Italy’s most respected figures on the international stage, Ciampi helped steer the country through the dark days of corruption scandals in the 1990s and persuaded sceptical European Union (EU) allies that the economy was fit to join the euro.

“One of our fathers has left us.

If Italy is (still) a great country then we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Ciampi,” former prime minister Enrico Letta wrote on Twitter. Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, wrote: “Today, we have lost a great Italian and a great European.” Pope Francis praised Ciampi’s “gentlemanly discretion and great sense of duty”.

PASSED AWAY: Carlo Azeglio

Ciampi. – AFP File

While tributes flowed in from across Europe, the head of the anti-EU Northern League party struck a discordant note, denouncing Ciampi for the crucial role he had played in making sure Italy was part of the euro from its birth in 1999.

“Politically speaking, Ciampi is one of the traitors of Italy,” Matteo Salvini told Sky Italia TV. “He carries on his conscience the disaster that has befallen 50

million Italians,” said Salvini, who regularly rails against the euro, arguing that a loss of monetary independence has brought years of economic misery to Italy.

Ciampi spent most of his working life at the Bank of Italy, which he joined in 1946 after the Second World War when he fought with the Italian partisans against Mussolini. During his 14 years as its head, the Bank was freed from political control, winning leeway to set interest rates and exchange rate policy. He often said he expected to retire when he left the central bank but in 1993, with Italy mired in the corruption scandals of “”Tangentopoli” (Bribesville), Ciampi was persuaded to become prime minister to stave off crisis.

He launched himself with gusto into Italy’s myriad financial and economic problems and his lack of political ties gave his government a “”can-do” image contrasting with the tortuous deal-making that characterised many previous administrations. — Reuters

the investigation were arguments for setting aside the warrant, but there remained a strong public interest argument for it remaining in place. “At present, continued detention therefore appears to be both effective and necessary so as to be able to move the investigation forward,” the court said. Ecuador has set an October 17 date for questioning Assange at its London embassy.

Swedish prosecutors have said the questioning will be conducted by an Ecuadorian prosecutor.

The latest request by Assange to have the warrant for his arrest overturned came after a UN panel in February said his stay at the Ecuadorian embassy equalled arbitrary detention, that he should be let go and be awarded compensation. — Reuters

STILL SUSPECTED: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. – AFP file

A8

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

LIFESTYLE FAMILY HOME DECOR IDEAS TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE LOOK

BIGGER ‘H

ome is where our story begins’— is the true statement which describes how important is our home for us. We leave no stone unturned in decorating our homes and keeping it clean and tidy at the same time. However, in big cities, it is hard to find a dream home with lots of space to live.

Therefore, most of the population lives in small apartments and flats with the box like rooms. Most of the time we can not buy home decor products as per our choices because we do not have much floor space to fit it in.

We continuously struggle to manage the furniture in such a way that everything gets settled with abundant walking space along with the free entry of light and air.

Here are some home decor ideas for you to make your house look bigger, lighter, and airier.

room. This space of your room is one of the best as it gives an overview of the entire room and provides a cosy feeling.

Some furniture for filling in the corners are — corner wall shelves, side table, end tables, and corner sofas.

Storage is the ultimate aim for dwellers of small apartments. You can ease your struggle for storage by buying furniture that has space to store objects. For example, storage beds with drawers for adding something extra to it or a bench with a removable top and empty space inside.

6. USE NARROW FURNITURE Avoid buying bulky furniture as it occupies a lot of space and opt for furniture with a narrow width.

The scaled-down furniture will adjust themselves in narrow spaces and will be of utility as well.

1. USE LIGHT COLOURS ON FLOORS & WALLS The first idea which most of us consider and follow is to use light colours on floors and walls. Using soft colours will make your room look bigger and brighter. Avoid buying carpets of bright colours as it will absorb light and your room will look dull.

8. FURNITURE WITH STORAGE SPACE

space and will not let your room look bulky. The most important advantage attached to this furniture is that it offers more storage space as compared to other similar products.

2. HANG FLOATING SHELVES ON WALLS

3. PLACE A MIRROR

You can try installing floating shelves on walls instead of using bookcases, chests and cupboards.

Floating shelves will acquire less

Hanging a mirror on the wall just opposite to the window starts reflecting light into the entire room enabling your room to look much

better with an enormous supply of light and air.

However, small mirrors are not that much successful so it is advisable to hang big mirrors.

windows look wider. Nothing has changed, neither the size of the window nor its area, this home decor hacks visually expanded the width of the window.

4. MAKE YOUR WINDOWS LOOK WIDER

5. UTILISE CORNERS

This idea is based on creating an illusion for the eyes. Install curtain rods leaving a few inches from the sides of the window pane to create a visual which makes your

You can make your room more lively by utilising the corners. A corner table, accent chair or a corner bookshelf can perfectly fit in this overlooked space of your

7. 2-IN-1 FURNITURE Buy home decor products that can be used in two or more ways. These type of products are called doubleduty furniture which can be used many ways for saving space. For example, you can buy a sleeper sofa, as the name suggests, can be used as a sofa in the daytime and then can be transformed into a bed when required.

9. DO NOT PLACE FURNITURE TOUCHING THE WALLS To make your room look more open try not to place furniture touching the walls. Placing furniture at least a few inches away from the wall will facilitate in cleaning the area and give a spacious approach to the room as well.

10. CURTAINS MATCHING TO THE WALLS Blending the colours of your curtains with the walls will enhance the beauty of your room and it will look much larger that its actual area. The unbroken line between the curtains and the walls is a great home decor idea which you can try. -Artipot

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

WEATHER

PRAYER TIMINGS

TEMPERATURE

34 - 28 0

0

Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

12.06pm 3.33pm 6.14pm 7.24pm 4.38am

A9

LIFESTYLE

The Florida Everglades

BIRTHDAYS OF THE WEEK

T

ADITHISHREE SURESH September 11, 2009

ASHMITA VENKATESH September 10, 2003

What’s in a name?

The Seminole people call the Everglades region “Pa-hay-okee,” which means “grassy water.” An 18th-century British mapmaker named Brahm called the area the “River Glades,” which later cartographers changed to the “Ever Glades.” The word “Everglades” was first seen on an 1823 map.

CRAIG MATHIAS September 11, 2004

DHEER MIHIR GANDHI September 8, 2008

G. SAI AKHIL September 6, 2009

PEARL NAIDOO September 4, 2000

RUHIKA C.K. September 4, 2008

WAYNE RODRICKS September 7, 2006

DHRUV ASHISH KOLTE September 21, 2007

RIYA SANJAY CHAUHAN September 8

his complex ecosystem provides habitat for a vast range of wildlife, including many endangered species that call the sawgrass prairies, swamps, and mangrove forests home.

FACT FILE (Exploring History, Science, and Nature) Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 17 years) to lifestyle@timesofoman. com or extra@timesofoman.com

JOIN THE DOTS

Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

A changing landscape The Everglades cover about 2 million acres, stretching from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay. It is an ever-changing mix of marshes, prairies and forests. The landscape shifts, grows, and shrinks. Sometimes an ecosystem will disappear, only to reappear years later. Climate, fire, and water all play important roles in shaping the landscape. Since the 1800s, humans have been trying to reshape and control this land. Water diversions, such as canals for flood control and the creation of land through drainage, have impacted the Everglades. Agriculture, urban development and the introduction of invasive species have also taken a toll on this wilderness.

—lifestyle@timesofoman.com

ACROSS 1 4 8 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 26 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Harleys, to some Insect pest Bullring bull Attacks on a castle Firmed up, as muscles Blow away Good deal FBI member In a snit Annoy “Grand — Opry”

16 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 32 33 35 36 38

Roofed stadiums Joule fraction Objective Strongly advise Clutter Union flouter Ballet attire Time to beware Overhang Single (2 wds.)

Ralph — Emerson Old pro Fab Four member Shucks corn

39 — salts 42 Tot of beverage 43 Sax-playing Simpson 44 Nymph who pined away 45 Female principle 46 Tempe coll.

47 Unnaturally pale 49 Mont. neighbour

41 45 48 50 51 52 53 54 55

Elev.

Iffy attempt Pulpit Plastic — Band Where Keokuk is Ancient France Tomato raiser Border Henchman Mil. rank Avg. size Kind of eraser Dirty places Lively dance Copper source Cows’ mouthfuls Ballerina’s hairdo Greets, as a dog Eroded Dyemaker’s container Hay bundles Shrubbery Moray Pass near Pikes Peak Go by canoe Wobbles, as a rocket Of the past Meryl, in “Out of Africa” Deities’ statue Embers, finally Creatures of habit?

Blah Premier – Zedong

A10

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

LIFESTYLE

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

Art for the Ages Sahith Nulu, Grade 7, ISG

Abhishek Lal, Grade 6, ISWK

Janvi Vallabh Parmar, Grade 7, ISWK

Pragya Gautam, Grade 7, ISM

Nidhi Sivakumar, Grade 4, ISWK

Dakshin Bharathi, Grade 11, ISM

Vignesh, Grade 6, Indian School Sohar

Sahana Nallinkumar, KG2, MISO

KIDS CRAFT

Teleword

Uses of Tissue Paper for Various Craft Projects

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

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

Y N T F R E M R O F R E P Y S

S T G E R E N O I S S A P E E

C T U I E A A T I N O C I I S

E F I L H T W L A H O E A R N S S E S O WE B P N S D N D C G Y I O I R E M A S T P MR H A EW R N A C D Y R L P O K E

E S R O O I E G S T E E I E S

M U K E L N O Y U I S N R W W

A O T E O I D R V N D E E E O

H YM R OM D A T H O O B MR E E G N R A E S N E N I S O C B I I R R S M A U J MM M A N

CLUE: SUZANNE SOMERS

S U C C E S S F U L C I H C A

A H E A L T H T E B A Z I L E

SOLUTION: 7 LETTERS

American, Autobiographies, Beauty, Book, Bruce, Chic, Comedy, Design, Diet, Drama, Elizabeth, Fitness, Francis, Hamel, Health, Humorous, Icon, Jewelry, Life, Mahoney, Marie, Marion, Modeling, Music, Organic, Passion, Performer, Poetry, Read, Renew, Review, Sell, Sense, Snow, Spokeswoman, Star, Successful, Sweet, Threes company, Trends, Turner.

Answer: Chrissy

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

SOLUTION Answer to previous puzzle

T

issue paper is one of the most common items that we use at homes for wrapping gifts, wiping and so forth. Although there are numerous uses for this soft paper, it can also be used to make various craft projects for kids. Customised gifts such as flowers, trees, pumpkins and so forth can be made with this paper quite easily. Majority of the artists choose to use tissue as it can be easily cut and designed into different elegant and beautiful shapes, and sizes.

Moreover, there are different types of products made available quiet easily these days.

Common Benefits It is also one of the safest art medium which can be used by kids as it does not include sharp edges or toxic materials. There are large packages of this paper which can be bought from online stores as it can be used for various craft ideas. It is quite popularly used by children as it can be torn apart easily without the use of scissors and sharp blades. There

are bright coloured papers which can be handled easily by small kids too. Flowers are among the most popular types of crafts made by children since it is easy to make.

Craft Projects These flowers can be gifted or hung in the rooms. To make flowers with this soft paper, take a piece of the paper and crush it into the shape of a fan. Hold it in the centre and use a hair clip or any other material to tie it in the centre.

Now fan out the paper and enlarge it to make a beautiful flower. Round shaped petals can also be made with the use of scissors by cutting the paper before it is pinned in the centre and fanned out.

This idea can help to make different shapes quite easily.

Easter eggs can also be made quite easily with the use of these papers as it can be used to stick small pieces of colourful paper directly onto the eggs. Custom made candles

can also be made with the use of this soft paper in a clever manner. Printed paper can be stuck to the candles to enhance its appearance. It is also supposed to be an ideal gift item during Christmas and New Year.

Tissue papers can also be used to create Halloween paper craft projects. As these papers are available in different colours, it can be used to make bats, ghosts, pumpkins and so forth for Halloween.

Black coloured papers can be used to make bats whereas white coloured papers are ideal for craft projects that include globins and ghosts.

Small pumpkins can be covered with this soft paper to create a spooky pumpkin.

Children enjoy using this soft paper for craft projects as it is pliable and easy to work with.

There is hardly any need to cut these papers with scissors. Tissue papers are available in a huge assortment of sizes, shapes and colours for various purposes. It is also easy to buy these papers from online stores at affordable price rates.—Artipot

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

S P O R S

England pick teenager Hameed, veteran Batty Opener Alex Hales and one-day captain Eoin Morgan had decided not to tour Bangladesh over security concerns

LONDON: Teenaged opening batsman Haseeb Hameed was one of the three uncapped players named on Friday for England’s forthcoming tour to Bangladesh.

Surrey all-rounder Zafar Ansari and Northamptonshire batsman Ben Duckett are the others, while Ansari’s 38-year-old teammate Gareth Batty returns as one of the four spinners, 11 years after he was last selected for a Test.

Opener Alex Hales and one-day captain Eoin Morgan had decided not to tour Bangladesh over security concerns.

Most interest will now focus on whether Lancashire’s Hameed can succeed where Hales largely failed in solving the longstanding problem of an opening partner for captain Alastair Cook.

The 19-year-old has been prolific in county cricket this season,

PROLIFIC SEASON: Nineteen-year-old Haseeb Hameed has been prolific in county cricket this season, scoring more than 1,000 runs at an average of 52.

scoring more than 1,000 runs at an average of 52.

He would become one of the youngest players to appear for England since World War II. “For someone so young, has had an impressive season,” national

merits his call-up to both squads after showing his qualities as an attacking batsman.

“His 220 not out for the England Lions in a 50-over game against Sri Lanka A earlier this summer was very special.”

CRICKET

FOOTBALL

We are ready to play on any surface, says New Zealand opener Latham

STOKE MANAGER

Hughes not to contest FA charge LONDON: Stoke City manager Mark Hughes says he will not contest the Football Association’s misconduct charge against him after he was sent off in Saturday’s 4-0 Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.

Hughes was given his marching orders after protesting against the referee’s decision to book Marko Arnautovic for diving.

“I was sent off for leaving the technical area, but my charge is because I didn’t leave immediately. That was because I was after clarity of where I was meant to go,” Hughes told reporters.

“I asked the fourth official. He didn’t give me the answer I was after. There is no point appealing because if you appeal and lose — which more often than not you do — then it costs you more money, and I would prefer to give that to my grandchildren.” - Reuters

selector James Whitaker told the England and Wales Cricket Board website. “His four centuries, against some of the best bowling attacks in the country are testament to his outstanding temperament and attitude. Ben Duckett

Selecting four spinners for the Test matches will offer “plenty of options”, Whitaker added.

“Alongside Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid, we are excited about the qualities that Zafar Ansari and Gareth Batty bring to the squad.

“Zafar has great potential both with bat and ball and Gareth’s experience as one of the country’s best slow bowlers and his ability to be effective in subcontinent conditions will be beneficial.”

Ansari was selected for the Test squad to tour Pakistan last year but had to withdraw with a thumb injury.

England play two Tests against Bangladesh next month, after three one-day internationals that begin on October 7.

After Morgan’s decision to stay at home, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will be the one-day captain.

Batsman Joe Root has been rested from the one-day squad.

Test squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Zafar Ansari, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Haseeb Hameed, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood. - Reuters

PURPOSEFUL KNOCK : New Zealand’s Tom Latham celebrates after completing his 50 runs during their practice match against Mumbai at Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi on Friday. – PTI

NEW DELHI: Expecting the conditions in the first Test against India to be drastically different from those in the ongoing warm-up tie against Mumbai, New Zealand opener Tom Latham said on Friday it was a positive development that several batsmen of his side got to spend substantial time in the middle.

The pitch laid out for the tie at Kotla did not offer turn on day one but the one for the first Test in Kanpur beginning September 22 is expected to assist India’s quality spinners. Latham, who showed promise with a solid 55 on Friday, said there was no point worrying about the conditions in the Test series.

“All we can do is play with whatever surface we have got. I think the time guys spent in the middle was crucial for everyone to adapt to the conditions and familiarise themselves with their game plans.

Obviously it might turn a little bit more (in the first Test) but we have got what we have got out here,” Latham, who is yet to play a Test in India in 22 matches, said.

New Zealand declared at 324 for seven with nine of the 15 members getting a decent hit in the middle.

Latham was one of them who attacked the spinners with purpose.

“The way guys adapted to conditions was important, even though

the ball was not turning that big. So using the feet and coming down the wicket to hit over the top was a good method. Most of the guys spent enough time in the middle, which was good for our preparation.

“Early on, there was a little bit of shape. We knew that the new ball will be crucial for both teams.

If both teams can use that, there is a chance of getting wickets early on. Hopefully our bowlers can do that tomorrow morning,” said the 24-year-old from Christchurch.

New Zealand have been here for almost a week now but are yet to get used to the Indian heat and humidity.

“That morning session was very hot. Probably one of the hottest I have batted in. The amount of sweat and the amount of time you change your gloves. Been here a few days and probably have not adapted to the heat quite yet but I am sure a day out in the park tomorrow will help us acclimatise fully,” Latham said.

“Also, if you spend time at the crease, you will get the runs (here in India). I think it is more about guys applying their game plan and getting used to the conditions. Certainly we got what we needed here and that puts us in good steps ahead of the first Test,” he added. - PTI

Simeone may make early Atletico exit BARCELONA: Diego Simeone has opened the door to the possibility of leaving Atletico Madrid in the next two years after announcing on Friday that he had reduced his contractual commitment from 2020 to 2018.

The former Atletico midfielder is one of the most coveted coaches in Europe after breaking Real Madrid and Barcelona’s stranglehold on the domestic title in 2014 and leading his club to two Champions League finals in three years.

Simeone, the longest-running active coach in La Liga, signed a five-year contract extension in 2015, an unusually long deal by Spanish standards.

He said the changes made this week did not mean he was intent on leaving Atletico in 2018.

“We’ve decided this situation along with the club’s directors and it does not mean we will not renew again when the contract ends,” he told a news conference ahead of Saturday’s home game against Sporting Gijon.

“We continue to show what we feel for the club. It doesn’t bother me that people speculate about my future but the fact I’m here is because I want to be here,” added Simeone. - Reuters

TENNIS

AITA confirms Mirzas sought intervention in WADA hacking issue NEW DELHI: All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Friday said they were indeed approached by Sania Mirza’s family to pursue the WADA hacking issue, which revealed that several international athletes were allegedly allowed to take banned substance under TUE exemptions, but the tennis body did not receive a request in writing.

AITA Secretary-General Hironmoy Chatterjee said they have issued a press release, stating that they did not receive any communication from anyone, to make it clear to the media that the request was not made in writing but only verbally.

It was reported that Sania’s mother Nasima had approached AITA Life President and ITF Vice-

President Anil Khanna to take up the matter with IOA as papers leaked by Fancy Bears, a Russian hacker group, revealed that tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams were among a few athletes who were allowed to take banned substance under Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE).

Chatterjee said it was Sania’s father Imran who had approached them and not her mother.

“It was Imran Mirza who spoke to Anil ji, just mentioning that a report (WADA hacking) has come out. What we have stated in the press release is that we have not received any written communication from anyone because some other journalists also wanted to

AITA Secretary-General Hironmoy Chatterjee said they have issued a press release, stating that they did not receive any communication from anyone, to make it clear to the media that the request was not made in writing but only verbally

know if we have received written communication. And whatever we have said (yesterday) that once it is established by the authorities, whatever action needs to be taken,

will be taken,” Chatterjee said.

Asked specifically if the report that AITA was approached by the Mirza family, seeking IOA and IOC intervention in the matter,

stands, Chatterjee replied, “Of course it stands.”

No communication The Indian pair of Sania and Rohan Bopanna had lost to American team of Venus and Rajeev Ram in the semifinals of the mixed doubles event of the Rio Olympics Games.

If any medallist is caught in the dope net, he or she will be stripped of the medal.

Then, the medal may be given to the athletes who finished behind the original medallist.

Under WADA rules, athletes may take substances for which they procure a Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) — waivers that allow them to treat medical conditions

with medications that may appear on WADA’s prohibited items list.

It has also been reported that ITF has confirmed that the Williams sisters had permission for the therapeutic use of banned drugs. ITF has also come out in favour of the Williams sisters.

Sania posted the AITA release on her twitter page saying, “Hope it clarifies everything out, And hope this will make as big headlines as the ‘controversy’.”

The AITA press release read: “All India Tennis Association has received no communication from either Nasima Mirza or Sania Mirza regarding the issue of WADA, as has been reported by a section of media.” - PTI

A 12

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

SPORTS Oman begin AFC U-16 tournament campaign with win over Malaysia Arshad Al Alawi struck twice as twotime champions Oman went on to win full points with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in their opening match in Group C

MUSCAT: Oman made a sensational start to their campaign in the AFC U-16 Championship with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in Goa, India on Friday.

According to the news posted on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website, Arshad Al Alawi struck twice as Oman went on to win full points in their opening match of Group C played at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Thanks to Arshad Al Alawi’s well-struck penalty midway

WINNING START: A file photo of Oman under-16 team.

through the first half, Oman took a 1-0 lead into the break.

Yousuf Al Malki added another from the spot with half an hour remaining before Arshad Al Alawi’s second of the night 12 minutes

FOOTBALL

ing exchanges and almost went in front after five minutes when defender Yahya Al Hudaifi fired just inches wide from 15 yards.

The Sultanate then took a deserved lead in the 20th minute af-

FORMULA ONE

Mourinho back to ‘normal team’ against Watford LONDON: Manchester United will return to their “normal team” for the Premier League clash against Watford on Sunday, manager Jose Mourinho said, after suffering a surprising 1-0 defeat against Feyenoord in the Europa League.

The Portuguese made a host of changes for their trip to Rotterdam, resting the likes of club captain Wayne Rooney, Antonio Valencia and Luke Shaw, but Mourinho’s star-studded side were defeated by a late goal in a lacklustre display.

The former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager will be eager to bounce back from his second straight loss this season when United travel to Watford.

“It is obvious that we left players like (Antonio) Valencia and (Luke) Shaw at home to play and to rest so we go back to a normal team without so many changes,” Mourinho told BT Sport.

Mourinho handed starts to forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, while record signing Paul Pogba retained a

from time wrapped up the victory as Oman moved to the top of the standings ahead of Iraq, who defeated South Korea 2-1 in an earlier Group C encounter.

Oman had the better of the open-

ter Muatasim Al Bakri was upended in the box by Mohammed A’sif and Arshad Al Alawi confidently dispatched the ensuing penalty to goalkeeper Firdaus Imran’s right.

Malaysia came back into the game and Mohammad Izreen was handed a golden opportunity on the half hour mark, only to shoot wide from close range after goalkeeper Yousuf Al Sheyadi parried out Zainul Arifin’s effort from distance.

Two-time champions Oman were the superior team, though, and Thamir Al Zaabi’s neat flick from Arshad Al Alawi’s cross forced Imran to get down well to save 10 minutes before the interval.

Yacoub Al Sabahi’s side should have doubled their advantage seven minutes after the restart when Mohammed Al Alawi’s low cross was diverted over the crossbar by Al Zaabi from just a few yards out when it looked easier to score.

But with Oman only a goal up Malaysia still had a fighting chance of getting something from a match in which they had rarely looked a goal-scoring threat. And as the hour approached Izreen forced Al Sheyadi to push wide, before captain Muhamad Feroz’s goal from the ensuing corner was ruled out for off-side.

Oman were awarded anoth-

spot in the line-up against the Dutch side, but a laboured offensive display from United lacked any fluency.”

‘Great spirit’ “Look I don’t want to personalise.

Some of the players were playing their first minutes of the season, not many minutes for them,” Mourinho added.

“Obviously some played better than others but I have to understand that some of these players haven’t played week after week like the other boys.

“The second half was better than the first.

“We had more intensity than the first half because in the first my players were in control without pushing to try but the second was different.

“Feyenoord defended with everything, a great crowd, a great spirit we know that.”

Manchester United, who suffered their first league defeat of the season against Manchester City last Saturday, are fourth in the table. - Reuters

Muntadher brace Earlier in the day, a pair of penalties from Muntadher Mohammed helped Iraq claim an impressive 2-1 win over South Korea.

Korea Republic went in front on 43 minutes through Jeong Chanyoung, only for Mohammed to level from the spot just seconds before the interval.

Mohammed scored a second penalty of the afternoon early in the second half to round off the scoring as Iraq marked their first appearance in the tournament since 2012 by securing all three points.

D AV I S C U P

Rosberg fastest in Singapore SINGAPORE: Nico Rosberg clocked the fastest time of the day in the second free practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday in a race that appears to be shaping up as a three-way battle between Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.

The German, who will start his 200th Formula One grand prix on Sunday, lapped the 23-turn Marina Bay Street Circuit in one minute and 44.152 seconds to edge out Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

The top three finishers were separated by just 0.380 seconds on the timesheets as Rosberg’s Mercedes was unable to fully tap into its superior power on the slow, tight circuit in downtown Singapore.

Rosberg has won the last two races to close the gap on championship-leading teammate Lewis Hamilton to two points and the Briton cut a frustrated figure on Friday, finishing seventh in the second session after suffering a hydraulics issue.

Mercedes have won 13 of 14 races this season but the race pace during Friday’s long runs would suggest a repeat of last year’s result when Ferrari’s Sebastian

er penalty on the hour after Al Shajibi danced through the Malaysia backline and was eventually brought down by Nor Amirul.

This time Al Malki was given the responsibility only to see his spot kick well blocked by Imran, but the defender was on hand to fire home the rebound and put his side on a commanding position.

The result was then put beyond doubt on 78 minutes when Arshad Al Alawi’s spun well 25 yards from goal before racing through and drilling low into the bottom left corner for his double.

Oman play their next match against South Korea on Monday.

Vettel led home Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo is entirely possible. Australia’s Ricciardo was fourth fastest on Friday, ahead of Vettel and Nico Hulkenberg in a Force India.

In the first session of the day, Verstappen and Ricciardo achieved a Red Bull one-two as the 18-year-old Dutchman lapped in one minute and 45.823 seconds to head his teammate by 0.049 seconds. Vettel was next fastest, 0.464 off the pace.

Hamilton finished 0.603 seconds behind Verstappen but fifthplaced Rosberg had his session ended prematurely when he damaged his front wing after crashing late in the 90-minute session.

The Mercedes duo set their fastest times on the more durable soft compound tyres, however, with the top three all going quicker on ultrasofts.

The session started in the twilight as the cars went out for their first stints at the end of a sweltering day but McLaren’s Jenson Button ground to a halt towards the end of his installation lap, bringing out the virtual safety car.

All the other cars returned to the pits as the Briton was pushed a few hundred metres to his garage by marshals and crew members.

After a mid-session lull when all the cars returned to the pits to hand back their first set of tyres, Rosberg soon had the track to himself and immediately took almost a second off Verstappen’s early pace-setting time.

The Red Bulls then went out on new sets of ultrasofts to dominate the remainder of the session, with Vettel also going quicker than Mercedes on his final stint. - Reuters

Spain take 2-0 lead against India NEW DELHI: A gritty Ramkumar Ramanathan showed stomach for fight before Saketh Myneni had a taste of world class tennis as India trailed 0-2 after losing both the singles matches on the opening day of Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against mighty Spain here on Friday.

Ramkumar, despite his limitations against a much-superior rival, fought his heart out in a 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6 defeat to world No. 26 Feliciano Lopez in the first match.

Lopez played in place of originally nominated Rafael Nadal, who had a wrist injury problem.

While Ramkumar’s spirited response to the challenge kept the 4000-strong fans excited, Myneni was blown away by world number 13 David Ferrer, the 2013 French Open finalist.

A big serve, his biggest weapon, was nowhere to be seen as Saketh Myneni melted in a 1-6, 2-6, 1-6 defeat against his Spanish rival. - PTI

FOOTBALL

Imagination and lies, says Infantino of UEFA election link ZURICH: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has dismissed as “imagination and lies” any suggestion that he lobbied in favour of Aleksander Ceferin who was elected head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA this week.

Ceferin, little-known outside his native Slovenia until three months ago, swept to a resounding win on Wednesday, picking up 42 of the 55 votes cast by UEFA’s member associations.

The other 13 went to his only rival, experienced Dutch administrator Michael van Praag.

“Mr Ceferin has said it as well, this is imagination and lies and I think the result speaks for itself,” former UEFA General Secretary Infantino told reporters.

“It’s an insult to the intelligence of the 55 associations who go and vote...convinced by a programme,” Infantino said.

In July, world soccer’s ruling body FIFA denied a report in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that Infantino was interfering in UEFA’s election.

However, the allegations have continued to gather momentum

and a report by the Norwegian website Josimar last week, which made similar claims, led to a brief spat between the two candidates.

Van Praag said in a tweet that he was “shocked” to read the story and that UEFA was back to its old way of doing business.

Ceferin, elected president of Slovenia’s football federation in 2011, replied that his rival was try-

ing to pollute the campaign. Infantino said Wednesday’s voters were looking for a fresh approach from the replacement for Michel Platini who had governed UEFA since 2007 and been re-elected twice until he was banned by FIFA in October for ethics violations.

“It was a very convincing success,” explained Infantino.

“He has some very good ideas, he is a new face for many but he is a very competent person, head of a national association.

“I think the associations who voted have sent a clear message they wanted somebody new. This is the democracy, it was an important success because also with the numbers it gives him the legitimacy to do the reforms.” - Reuters

‘IMPORTANT SUCCESS’: FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends the World Summit on Ethics and Leadership in Sports at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on Friday. – Reuters

B

WWW.TIMESOFOMAN.COM S ATU RDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

MARKE

ASIA GIVES IPHONE 7 SUBDUED WELCOME Apple fans from Sydney to Shanghai cheered as they left stores on Friday brandishing their purchases, flanked by applauding sales staff. But underneath the usual fanfare, the crowds of enthusiasts and overnight campers were smaller than in past years. >B3

CRUDE SUPPLIES

Oil glut belies risk from Opec’s dwindling output cushion London: As most of the world focuses on how unfettered oil production will weigh on prices, a few say a rebound is on the cards as the market starts to reflect a growing risk of shortages.

Opec’s strategy of keeping its taps open is leaving a smaller cushion if there’s an unexpected need for more oil. The group’s spare capacity has dwindled to the least since 2008, US government data show, while global spending cuts have diminished prospects for new output. Prices may jump more than 35 per cent from current levels as they start to reflect the risk of a supply squeeze, according to Citigroup and trader Gunvor Group.

The biggest energy crash in a generation prompted the industry to cut $1 trillion in spending.

That’s resulted in less new production and the slowing of current output as firms scrimp on technology that lengthens the life of fields.

Citigroup sees prices rising to $65 next year, while Gunvor envisions an advance to as much as $70, levels last seen in 2014.

“The move from $50 to $60 to $70 a barrel could be a lot quicker NAT I O NA L O I L C O R P O R AT I O N

Libya resumes crude exports from some major ports BENGHAZI, (Libya): Libya is resuming oil exports from some of its main ports which forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar seized in recent days and has lifted related “force majeuere” contractual clauses, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Thursday. The north African nation is highly dependent on hydrocarbon revenues and needs oil exports to resume to save its economy from collapse. Conflict since Libya’s 2011 uprising has reduced its oil output to a fraction of the 1.6 million barrels per day the Opec member once produced.

“Exports will resume immediately from Zueitina and Ras Lanuf, and will continue at Brega ... exports will resume from Es Sider as soon as possible,” NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said.

He said Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli and a parliament based in eastern Libya both backed reopening the ports which have been controlled by forces loyal to Haftar since September 11-12.

Haftar has been an outspoken opponent of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, and his seizure of the four ports from a rival force aligned with the GNA had raised fears of fresh conflict over Libya’s oil resources.

“NOC is in charge of the ports,” Sanalla said on Thursday, a day after visiting Zueitina. “They are secure, and we have been in contact with our foreign commercial partners.” A Reuters reporter at Zueitina saw large numbers of military vehicles and men belonging to a guard force allied to Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA).

Western powers had condemned Haftar’s seizure of the ports and had said they were ready to prevent any exports attempted outside the GNA’s authority. “(This) had the potential to escalate, with potentially devastating consequences for the nation and our petroleum industry,” Sanalla said.

“Instead, we have found a shared interest in letting the oil flow, and the wisdom of that decision needs to be recognised.”

US Libya envoy Jonathan Winer called reports of the LNA handing over control of the ports to the NOC a “promising development”, writing on Twitter that increased oil production could have an “immediate positive impact”.

Libya could raise output to 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) within a month and to 950,000 by the end of the year from about 290,000 currently, Sanalla said this week, but he said NOC would need new funds and blockaded pipelines in southwest Libya would need to be reopened. — Reuters

than people think,” David Fyfe, Gunvor’s head of market research and analysis, said in an interview in Singapore.

“Everyone in the supply universe apart from Saudi Arabia is, over the short term, producing as much as they can. There’s no one apart from Saudi Arabia, which has between 1 and 2 million barrels a day of spare capacity.”

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) had about 1.1 million barrels a day of spare production capacity last month, the US Energy Department estimates, compared with more than 4 million in late 2010. In 2011, after unrest in Libya cut output in that nation by about 1.5 million barrels a day, Opec members tapped into spare capacity as oil prices shot up above $120 a barrel. Angola pumped more that summer, while Saudi Arabia increased its own production by 1.35 million barrels a day.

While producers try to extract what they can from underground, supplies stored on land are ample.

Global petroleum stockpiles rose to 3.1 billion barrels in June, about 360 million above the average of

OUTPUT RISES: Opec production rose to 33.7 million barrels a day in August as members followed a strategy of maximising output to force higher-cost producers to cut supply. — Bloomberg file picture

the previous five years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

A price spike would require demand growth to be strong enough to overwhelm daily supply and eat into those inventories. The IEA on Tuesday said it doesn’t see that happening until at least 2018 as growth in consumption falters and output proves resilient.

Still, while inventories are depressing prices as they remove the fear of scarcity, buyers probably shouldn’t feel so secure, Seth

Kleinman, global head of energy strategy for Citigroup, said in an interview in Singapore.

More supply Stockpiles grew as Opec reduced spare capacity and pumped at record levels. The increase in supply is effectively a transfer of oil stored in reservoirs below Opec countries to crude stored in tanks above ground, according to Kleinman, who said that the combination of factors could push prices to $65 a barrel next year. Opec

production rose to a record 33.7 million barrels a day in August as members followed a strategy of maximising output to force higher-cost producers to cut supply.

Both Saudi Arabia, the group’s biggest member, and the United Arab Emirates pumped at record levels last month, while Iran and Iraq are adding output after declines caused by sanctions and violence, respectively.

Russia, the world’s second-largest petroleum producer after the US, increased production to more than 11 million barrels a day, according to daily data published on the website of the Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit earlier this month. It’s the first time that level has been reached in records dating back to 1991.

Outside Opec As Opec pumps more, output outside the group slid to 56.1 million barrels a day in the second quarter, down from 58.3 million at the end of 2014, data from the Paris-based IEA show. Investment in the development of oil and gas resources from 2015 to 2020 will be 22 percent, or $740 billion, lower than

anticipated before prices plunged in 2014, with the deepest cuts in the US, Wood Mackenzie said in a June report. A further $300 billion will be eliminated from exploration spending.

While US shale production has declined slower than predicted after prices bottomed out, any output increases after prices begin to rise will also take longer than expected, according to Gunvor’s Fyfe.

“The low oil price is doing the work of squeezing out that excess capacity in every link in the supply chain,” Kleinman said. “The problem is that it’s setting us up for a bullish oil market because we’re just not sanctioning any oil projects from down here.”

The spending cuts extend to strategies such as in-fill drilling and enhanced oil recovery techniques that can extend life and slow production declines in older fields. Questions also remain about whether the rush to produce as much oil as possible now might lead to steeper output decreases in the future, said Eirik Waerness, chief economist for Norway’s Statoil.

US consumer price index rises more than expected for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady since amid concerns over persistently low inflation.

Labor Department said on Friday its Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 per cent last month after being unchanged in July. In the 12 months through August, the CPI increased 1.1 per cent after advancing 0.8 per cent in July

WASHINGTON: US consumer prices increased more than expected in August as rising rents and healthcare costs offset a drop in gasoline prices, pointing to a steady build-up of inflation that could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.

The Labor Department said on Friday its Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 per cent last month after being unchanged in July. In the 12 months through August, the CPI increased 1.1 per cent after advancing 0.8 per cent in July.

STEADY RISE: Economists had forecast the CPI nudging up 0.1 per cent last month and the core CPI gaining 0.2 per cent. The core CPI increased 2.3 per cent in the 12 months through August after rising 2.2 per cent in the year through July. — Bloomberg file picture

The so-called core CPI, which strips out food and energy costs, rose 0.3 per cent last month, the biggest increase since February, after gaining 0.1 per cent in July.

CPI nudging up Economists had forecast the CPI nudging up 0.1 per cent last month and the core CPI gaining 0.2 per cent. The core CPI increased 2.3 per cent in the 12 months through August after rising 2.2 per cent in the year through July.

US Treasury prices pared gains

and US stock futures extended losses after the data. The dollar was stronger against a basket of currencies.

Last month’s uptick in inflation is likely to be welcomed by Fed officials when they meet next Tuesday and Wednesday to deliberate on monetary policy.

But against the backdrop of a raft of disappointing economic reports for August, including weak retail sales and industrial production, as well as a slowdown in job growth, the US central bank

is expected to leave interest rates unchanged.

Inflation target The Fed has a 2 per cent inflation target and tracks an inflation measure which has been stuck at 1.6 per cent since March. Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Monday she wanted to see stronger consumer spending data and signs of rising inflation before hiking rates. The US central bank raised its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year

Financial markets Financial markets have virtually priced out a rate increase next week and many economists expect the Fed to raise borrowing costs in December.

In August, gasoline prices fell 0.9 per cent after sliding 4.7 per cent in July. Food prices were unchanged, with the cost of food consumed at home declining for a fourth straight month.

Within the core CPI basket, housing and medical costs continued their upward march. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence rose 0.3 per cent in August.

It has risen by the same margin every month since April.

Medical care costs jumped 1.0 per cent last month, the largest increase since February 1984, after advancing 0.5 per cent in July. The cost of hospital services surged 1.7 per cent, the biggest gain since October 2015. Prices for prescription medicine soared 1.3 per cent.

Americans also paid more for motor vehicle insurance and apparel. Prices for tobacco also rose, but the cost of used cars and trucks fell for a sixth straight month. — Reuters

HAVE YOUR SAY Send us your comments at facebook.com/timesofoman blog.timesofoman.com haveyoursay@timesofoman.com

EUROPEAN UNION

‘EU survival at stake as chiefs plot post-Brexit path’ BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to do everything she can to hold the European Union together in the face of a populist backlash, saying the bloc’s survival is becoming a question of war and peace.

The strong language from Europe’s pre-eminent leader underscores the stakes as Merkel and 26 other national EU leaders gather for a summit in Bratislava on Friday to chart the union’s post-Brexit course.

While the meeting is only an opening move, economists say that a weak response risks holding back growth and plunging the EU into an prolonged malaise.

“Europe is not at all in a good state,” Merkel said in a speech late Thursday at Potsdam outside Berlin.

“That pains me, and I’m making every effort to allow us to rekindle

Angela Merkel. — Bloomberg file picture

that for which the community once stood.”

As UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s government struggles to work out how to manage Britain’s departure from the EU after the

Brexit referendum in June, the remaining 27 are seeking common approaches in areas such as defense, growth and border security. French President Francois Hollande, who hosted Merkel for preparatory talks in Paris on the summit’s eve, said the EU may well be facing “the crisis threatening its very existence.”

Merkel and Hollande, the leaders of the two biggest euro-area economies, urged fellow leaders to agree on a post-Brexit road map. Faced with the loss of the UK, a divisive refugee crisis and the rise of populist parties across Europe, the risk is that the push for practical steps to make the EU more relevant to people’s lives bogs down.

Disintegration of the EU was cited as the biggest “tail risk” in a Bank of America Corp. survey of global fund managers released

this week, beating a Donald Trump victory in the US election or a renewed currency devaluation by China.

Elections in the Netherlands, France and Germany in 2017 could make it difficult to achieve a significant breakthrough that revives confidence in the future of the EU, according to Philippe Gudin, chief European economist at Barclays Bank in Paris.

“We believe that the lack of ambition of the European agenda could feed a decline in confidence by markets and economic agents in the coming months, causing an economic slowdown in the euro area,” Gudin said in a note.

European Union President Donald Tusk said “the only thing that makes sense is to have a sober and brutally honest assessment of the situation.”

What’s needed is “an optimistic

scenario for the future,” he told reporters in Bratislava.

‘Nationalism, egoism’ The debate over which lessons to draw from Brexit is baring divisions among the remaining 27 EU members, including eastern European countries and populists in the west that want to reclaim national powers, some EU officials committed to integration, and powers such as Germany somewhere in the middle.

For Merkel and Hollande, the challenge of steering the EU forward is paired with elections in both countries next year. Merkel, who hasn’t said whether she’ll seek another term in Germany’s 2017 election, is standing her ground amid electoral gains by an anti-immigration party and a split in her coalition over her refusal to cap immigration. — Bloomberg News

B2

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

MARKET German banks have up to $100 billion of shipping debt The lenders — among the biggest backers of shipowners over the past 20 years — are behind up to a quarter of the world’s $400 billion of outstanding shipping loans, three shipping financiers told Reuters.

This would make them collectively more exposed than banks from any other single country in terms of outstanding debt to the sector.

London/Frankfurt: German banks are struggling to recoup tens of billions of dollars of loans as a global shipping industry slump hits them hard.

The lenders — among the biggest backers of shipowners over the past 20 years — are behind up to a quarter of the world’s $400 billion of outstanding shipping loans, three shipping financiers told Reuters.

This would make them collectively more exposed than banks from any other single country

IN TROUBLED WATERS: South Korean container line Hanjin, which filed for receivership on August 31, is the latest casualty in a crisis exacerbated by a glut of ships, many of which were built before the financial crisis when the global economy was healthier. — Bloomberg file picture

in terms of outstanding debt to the sector.

Decade-long slump These institutions are now grappling with a near decade-long slump of parts of the shipping sector since the 2008 financial crisis that is also hurting European peers, such as Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

“German banks account for close to $100 billion of shipping debt out of a world total of around $400 billion,” said Dagfinn Lunde, who spent more than a decade as head of shipping at Germany’s DVB Bank until the end of 2013.

The same estimates of German bank exposure and total sector debt were made by two other shipping finance executives, who declined to be named, citing the confidentiality of their business dealings.

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

Lunde, now a board member of Norway’s Maritime and Merchant Bank, said German lenders had been “throwing money” at the sector when shipping business was brisk. “When the values tumbled, they were left with massive exposure to toxic debt.”

As worsening conditions in the shipping sector leave some shipowners unable to meet payments, it is unlikely that many banks will see a full return on their investments. This could leave them having to sell down their debt at a discount to distressed buyers or to write off some of their loans.

The shipping difficulties come at a time when European banks are already bogged down by a sluggish economy and face tough capital demands from regulators which are eroding profitability.

Shipping ‘imploding’ Segments of the shipping in-

dustry are suffering their deepest downturn ever as international trade slows. Around 90 percent of world trade is transported by sea.

South Korean container line Hanjin, which filed for receivership on August 31, is the latest casualty in a crisis exacerbated by a glut of ships, many of which were built before the financial crisis when the global economy was healthier.

“It seems like the shipbuilding and ship finance sectors are ... imploding,” Anthony Gurnee, chief executive of ship operator Ardmore Shipping Corp, told an industry conference in London last week.

His comments echo remarks made by Stefan Ermisch, the chief executive of shipping finance specialist HSH Nordbank, who recently described the shipping sector as “on the floor”.

Before the financial crisis, when a dry bulk ship or oil tanker could earn over $200,000 a day, German banks were among the most prominent financing players. Such vessels now command around $10,000-$15,000 a day.

Banks’ exposure varies widely across German lenders such as Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and state-backed lender NordLB. Part of the risk stems from exposure to closed investment funds — called KG houses — which bought ships and leased them to big shipping companies.

Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank declined to comment on its shipping finance activities and plans.

“For German shipowners, Hanjin is bad news as for them a large company falls away with which they can charter their ships,” Oliver Faak, global head ship and aircraft finance at NordLB, told Reuters.

He warned the outlook for the oil tanker market was worsening.

“Many shipping companies have ordered tankers that are now being delivered. Supply is rising but the demand hasn’t changed.”

Offload debt Bankers said the scale of the lenders’ potential losses from the loans now depended on how strict the European Central Bank (ECB) would be in forcing them to tackle the problem.

In June, people familiar with the matter said the ECB had launched a review of banks’ shipping finance, raising concerns among lenders that they may be required to set aside more capital to cover possible losses.

A regulatory source familiar with ECB policy said the review was an initial step. The ECB is currently analysing the data and will likely take further measures afterwards, said the source, adding: “The ECB suspects some European banks use too optimistic models to calculate the value of shipping loans and ships.”— Reuters

WEAK ECONOMY

Private equity in Africa seen losing its shine JOHANNESBURG: Major private equity firms have seen a number of top management departures in Africa, individuals familiar with the matter said, as the funds grapple with investments hurt by a weak economy. US firm Carlyle, Standard Chartered and emerging market-focused Actis have all seen a change of top executives at their Africa funds, according to these six individuals.

Once seen as a beacon of growth, private equity firms expanded their business in the region just before the financial crash. A weak economy and falling currencies have now taken the gloss off a decade of ‘Africa rising’ optimism.

Some investments by these companies have struggled in the downturn. The changes at these groups, which pool the money of pension funds and international investors to buy, say, a stake in local companies, bring this decline into focus. Carlyle’s Africa chief, Marlon Chigwende, confirmed that he had left. His departure in August followed a number of unsuccessful buyouts, including in Nigeria’s struggling Diamond Bank, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Chigwende told Reuters that investments had done well while he was in charge and that he was now setting up his own fund. Carlyle did not comment on the reasons for his departure.

The Africa chief for Actis, John van Wyk, is also due to leave, two sources familiar with the matter said, asking to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the matter. Van Wyk did not respond to a request for comment.

The company’s global private equity head Peter Schmid, a veteran of African fund management, said he too would be leaving the group. An Actis spokesman declined to comment.

Standard Chartered is parting ways with its Africa head, Peter Baird, as part of a plan to reduce its Africa team from 11 members to five, two industry sources said. — Reuters

CHINA’S HOUSING MARKET

ECB’s stimulus What’s behind rising housing costs measures working well: Bank official LJUBLJANA: The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) stimulus measures are working, so there is no need now for a change, and even if adjustments become necessary they should be incremental, Governing Council member Bostjan Jazbec said.

Although central banks are overburdened with heightened expectations, they have plenty of firepower left, as the remarkable innovations in monetary policy in recent years have proved, Jazbec, Slovenia’s central bank chief, told Reuters.

Fighting ultra-low inflation, the ECB has introduced unprecedented stimulus in recent years. Chief among them is its programme of buying 80 billion euros ($89.92 billion) of bonds a month, to pump money into the economy.

Last week, the ECB said it was examining options to keep its asset purchases going, which markets took as a signal that even more easing may be coming.

“Our policies are aimed at the real problem, they are calibrated with the right sense of measure and they are obviously working,” Jazbec said in an interview. “We

are only talking about the modality of changes and the extent of the changes, but the direction is right.”

It was too early to conclude if more measures were needed, Jazbec said, but the ECB was not even close to its limits, despite relying on untested, unconventional measures.

“The latest forecasts and data confirm that the scope and pace of our decisions have been appropriate,” said Jazbec, who is considered a moderate on the council and is seen by some as a potential swing voter. “There is plenty of room to manoeuvre; I’m not worried we would not be able to find the tools, if needed.”

But with inflation undershooting the ECB’s target of just under 2 percent for well over three years, the risk is growing that businesses and households will lose confidence in the ECB’s policies, perpetuating ultra-low inflation and increasing the risk of deflation. Even if the bank is getting little if any help from fiscal policy, it is now considering changes to its asset purchases that could expand the 1.74 trillion euro programme. — Reuters

SHANGHAI: For many years, China’s authorities took a Goldilocks approach to housing prices: They wanted a market that was neither too hot nor too cold, and took measures as needed to control prices. Although an explicit asset-price target was never announced, it was widely assumed that the government wanted home prices to grow in line with the rate of economic growth.

To accomplish this, technocrats in Beijing deployed a combination of monetary stimulus and regulatory measures.

When prices overheated, they put the brakes on credit growth, required higher down payments for mortgages and placed administrative restrictions on who could buy in which cities. When prices started to drop, they tried loosening credit and boosting the number of units people could own.

But in the past few years, with economic growth sluggish, the planners became much more tolerant of rising prices, even as signs of a bubble emerged. Official data shows the price-to income-ratio hitting 9.2 at the end of 2015; housing prices have continued to rise significantly since. All this has led to some widespread distortions.

China’s homeowners have come to see near double-digit real-estate returns as a birthright, a bet on par with death and taxes. According to

STEEP RISE: In urban China, the average price per square foot of a home has risen to $171, compared to $132 in the US In first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen, prices have increased by about 25 per cent in the past year. — Bloomberg file picture

one study, more than 70 per cent of Chinese household wealth is in housing. Investors believe there’s an implicit guarantee that the government won’t let home prices drop, even as many buildings sit empty. Meanwhile, banks have gone on a lending spree: Total outstanding mortgage loans rose more than 30 per cent and new mortgage growth clocked in at 111 per cent in the past year. Since June 2012, outstanding mortgage loans have grown at an annualised rate of 30 per cent. Predictably, that’s pushed prices higher and higher.

In urban China, the average price per square foot of a home has

risen to $171, compared to $132 in the US In first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen, prices have increased by about 25 per cent in the past year. A 100-city index compiled by SouFun Holdings surged by a worrisome 14 per cent in the last year. Developers are buying up land in some prime areas that would need to sell for $15,000 per square metre just to break even.

When the government has halfheartedly tried to apply the brakes, efforts to game the system have only intensified. Shanghai recently had to put down rumors that it was planning to tighten ownership re-

strictions for married couples after city offices were crammed with couples seeking a “divorce” so they could continue buying property.

An entire industry has evolved to help people prove they have the required amount of financial assets needed to obtain a mortgage.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) surely doesn’t want people to think of housing as a one-way bet. Ma Jun, the chief economist of the PBOC’s research bureau, was recently quite explicit in warning of a bubble. But right now, no one believes that prices will be allowed to fall significantly.

The first step, as with any addiction, is for Chinese leaders to admit there’s a problem and formally move away from the implicit asset-price growth target. Just as the government has embraced a so-called new normal of lower economic growth, it should recognize a new normal in housing prices that doesn’t force tightening or loosening measures every few months to hit an unsustainable growth target. Leaders have to accept that allowing asset prices to fall can sometimes be healthy, and attempting to prop them up can often be counterproductive. A burst bubble would be a disaster: Bailing out the real estate market would dwarf the few hundred billion dollars used to prop up the stock market in 2015. — Bloomberg News

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

B3

MARKET US MARKET

Regulators announce recall of 1m Samsung Galaxy Note 7 NEW YORK: US safety regulators started an official recall of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, about two weeks after the company halted sales following reports of dozens of the devices catching fire or exploding.

Samsung is recalling about one million of the phones because a battery flaw can lead to overheating, posing a serious burn hazard to consumers, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday in a statement. That represents about 97 per cent of the Note 7 devices that hit the US market, CPSC chairman Elliot Kaye said at a press conference. Samsung told regulators the phone’s battery was slightly too big for its compartment and the tight space pinched the battery, causing it to short circuit, Kaye said.

“Last week the public heard our message to power down the phone.

This week’s message is go get a replacement or a refund,” Kaye said.

“Because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, I am urging all consumers to take advantage of this recall right away.”

There have been about 92 reports of batteries overheating in the US, with 26 cases involving burns and 55 involving property damage, according to the commission.

A comprehensive report hasn’t yet been released on the battery issue. Samsung previously told a Korean government agency that

Samsung to restart Note 7 sales in S. Korea on Sept. 28

BATTERY FLAW: There have been about 92 reports of batteries overheating in the US, with 26 cases involving burns and 55 involving property damage, according to commission. — Bloomberg News

there was an error in production that pressured the plates within the battery cells and brought opposing poles into contact, which triggered the excessive heat. The company sent a separate report to China’s inspection agency asserting that the problem came from separators sitting between the electrodes that could thin out and cause short-circuiting.

“The dimensions of the materials they put into the pouch were a little bigger than the pouch itself,” Kaye said. “By putting that all together and squeezing it into the compartment, it caused some pinching.”

That has, in turn, led to short circuits within the batteries. In some cases, it prompted a phenomenon

PERFORMANCE

Oracle sales miss estimates on slow transition to cloud SAN FRANCISCO: Oracle reported quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts’ estimates, highlighting its struggles to transition to new cloud-based services amid the sluggish performance of its traditional database and business software.

Fiscal first-quarter revenue declined 1.7 per cent to $8.6 billion, falling short of estimates of $8.7 billion. Cloud revenue increased 59 per cent in the quarter ended on August 31. Profit excluding certain items was 55 cents a share in the period. Analysts on average had forecast profit of 58 cents.

Shares fell as much as 3.9 per cent in extended trading after closing at $40.86 in New York.

Oracle, while revamping its products, is searching for new ways to spark growth as it comes under growing pressure for customers who prefer cloud-based software from rivals such as Microsoft and Salesforce.com. In July, the Redwood City, California-based company stepped up that effort when it agreed to buy cloud-service provider NetSuite for $9.3 billion, one of Oracle’s biggest deals one record.

Core cloud revenue climbed 77 per cent to $798 million in the quarter. Oracle’s older on-premise software revenue declined slightly to $5.82 billion. Short-term deferred revenue was $9.5 billion, up 4 percent from a year earlier.

Core cloud-based gross margins are expected to climb from 62 per cent this quarter toward the company’s 80 per cent target, co-Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz said in the statement.

“Next week at Oracle OpenWorld, we will introduce the second generation of our Infrastructure as a Service,” which “represents a huge new cloud opportunity for Oracle,” Larry Elli-

known as “thermal runway,” in which the battery creates so much heat that it ultimately burns or explodes, he said.

Refund or replacement Customers who purchased the smartphone before September should immediately stop using and turn off their phones, according to the CPSC. The agency advised consumers to contact their wireless carrier or a Samsung retail outlet to receive a new, free phone with a different battery, a refund or a replacement device. New replacement phones will be available at most retail locations in the US no later than September the Suwon, South Korea-based company said in a separate statement

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said on Friday it will resume selling new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to customers in South Korea starting on September 28, as the firm seeks to limit the fallout from a costly recall of the high-end device.

A Samsung spokeswoman told Reuters the schedule for restarting sales for the device elsewhere, including the United States, will depend on the circumstances for the individual markets.

The firm has said it expects

Samsung has been criticized for its lack of guidelines and for announcing its own replacement program on September 2, rather than immediately working with the CPSC to issue a formal recall.

While declining to directly take issue with Samsung’s actions, Kaye said government action may sometimes be delayed when a company decides to announce a recall without first consulting regulators.

“I will say as a general matter that it’s not a recipe of successful

new sales to resume in Australia sometime in early October.

The world’s top smartphone maker announced on September 2 a recall of the Note 7 from 10 countries, including South Korea and the United States, due to faulty batteries that made some of the phones catch fire.

The firm halted sales in the affected markets indefinitely until it could replace enough of the faulty devices with replacement phones with safe batteries. — Reuters

recall for a company to go out on its own,” he said.

Before the recall could be announced, the commission needed to wait for a special government approval required to ship the defective phones back to Samsung.

The approval was granted on Wednesday by the US Department of Transportation, Kaye said.

The CPSC also had to independently assess the recalled device to determine the problem and take steps to approve the new batteries

for the replacement phones. A second company makes a battery for the replacement Galaxy Note 7s that the company and the government believe is safe, Kaye said.

Sales oversight Thursday’s announcement gives the US government the option to formally ban the phones on airline flights and makes it illegal to continue to sell them. The CPSC has an Internet surveillance unit that works with EBay and scans other marketplaces, including Craigslist, Alibaba Group Holding and Overstock.com, to shut down any individual sales, said Scott Wolfson, CPSC’s communications director. The agency also keeps “a close eye on retailers” to enforce the sales ban, he said.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration, which jointly regulate potential dangerous items on airlines, acted after the CPSC’s recall announcement to ensure the Samsung phones don’t endanger aircraft. Currently, most airlines aren’t allowing passengers to power up the phones or charge them on flights, based on guidance from the FAA. The agencies issued restrictions on Thursday that permit owners of the recalled Note 7 to travel with it on a plane only if they turn off the device, protect the power switch from accidental activation and bring it in a carry-on bag or on their person. — Bloomberg News

‘Subdued welcome’ for iPhone 7 launch in Asia But underneath the usual fanfare, the crowds of enthusiasts and overnight campers

– Bloomberg file picture

were smaller than son, Oracle chairman, said in the statement. Company added more than 750 new customers to its key cloud software-as-a-service line, co-CEO Mark Hurd said.

Net income rose 4.9 per cent to $1.8 billion in the quarter from a year earlier. New software license revenue declined 11 per cent to $1.03 billion.

Fiscal second-quarter adjusted revenue, in constant currency, is projected to be in a range of unchanged to a three per cent increase from a year earlier, Catz said on a conference call. Secondquarter earnings per share, excluding some items, are forecast to be from 59 cents to 62 cents in constant currency, she said. Adjusted sales of Oracle’s core cloud products are projected to increase about 67 per cent year over year in constant currency, Catz said.

Street View “At a high level, the company missed expectations, but if you peel back the onion, the company continued to make significant traction in the cloud,” said Bill Kreher, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. “Oracle was slow to recognise the shift to the cloud. But now that they’ve decided to invest heavily behind it, it appears that the narrative is shifting from a company losing to the cloud to a company who is now regaining share,” he said.

in past years.

Some customers complained after the larger version and models with the new jet-black colour sold out

SLEEK MODELS: A customer tries to use Apple’s new iPhone 7 (right) and 7 Plus after they went on sale at the Apple Store at Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, on Friday. — Reuters

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY: Apple fans from Sydney to Shanghai, the first customers worldwide to snap the new iPhone 7 off the shelves, cheered as they left stores on Friday brandishing their purchases, flanked by applauding sales staff.

But underneath the usual fanfare, the crowds of enthusiasts and overnight campers were smaller than in past years. Some customers complained after the larger version and models with the new jet-black colour sold out.

In part, online pre-ordering has made queues unnecessary for all but diehard fans, and in Chinese stores only those who had ordered in advance were queuing to collect.

Yet in markets like China, online interest in the new phone has also been muted compared to past

launches, as cheaper local brands amp up their features, design and marketing.

Wu Ting, a 28-year-old from Nanjing, was surprised to find herself first in line at a downtown Apple store in Shanghai on Friday, a holiday in China.

“I found last year that there were crowds of people, but this year almost no-one. I came an hour early thinking I’d have to wait a long time before getting seen,” Wu said.

Acid test Sales in China will be the acid test for Apple’s year ahead: the success of the iPhone 6 in China drove sales last year, while the slowerburn 6S contributed to Apple’s first global revenue drop in over a decade earlier this year.

Chatter about the iPhone 7 launch on Chinese microblog Weibo has been far more muted than when the iPhone 6 debuted in 2014. An index of searches on Baidu Inc, China’s most popular search engine, shows the new phone lagging both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5.

Apple’s Greater China sales dropped by a third in April-June, albeit after more than doubling a year earlier, while its market share has fallen to around 7.8 per cent, placing it fifth behind local rivals Huawei, OPPO and Vivo.

Apple has been slower to adapt, consumers and analysts say: the new iPhone has few major changes to win over fickle shoppers and the firm’s marketing has been generic.

“From Steve Jobs to Tim Cook,

Apple has never had any marketing strategy tailor-made for China,” said Zhou Zhanggui, a Beijing-based strategic consultant.

“Apple risks losing out more if it does not better cater to local demands in its marketing as well as product design.” In Beijing’s fashionable Sanlitun shopping district, several people who had already grabbed new iPhone 7s were hawking them for a markup just outside a flagship store.

But Apple has not lost its shine for all customers.

Marcus Barsoum, a 16-year-old who described himself as a “diehard Apple fan”, spent two nights camped outside the Sydney store.

By the morning, some 200 people were gathered in light rain to be the first customers globally to own iPhone 7s. — Reuters

B4

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

FEATURE

BUILDING BUST TRAPS THOUSANDS IN DESERT NIGHT MARE

F

As Saudi authorities slash spending and delay payments to contractors to cope with the plunge in oil prices, the austerity is exacerbating the woes of private businesses that have, for decades, relied on government spending for growth.

irst they had no pay, and then no work.

For a time, there was not even food in the squalid, concrete camps where they had been abandoned to live in the searing heat of the Saudi Arabian desert. Medical supplies dried up two months ago.

Owed weeks and weeks of back pay from construction companies squeezed by the Kingdom’s economic slowdown, thousands of foreign labourers from South Asia face the grim uncertainty of how long their plight will continue.

“They don’t give us any answers about our salaries,” said Mohammed Salahaldeen, a duct fabricator from Bangladesh, as he stood in a labour camp in Riyadh set up by the Saudi Oger construction company in better days. “After they pay me my salary and benefits, I will go.”

As Saudi authorities slash spending and delay payments to contractors to cope with the plunge in oil prices, the austerity is exacerbating the woes of private businesses that have, for decades, relied on government spending for growth. Casualties include the thousands of foreign labourers who helped to keep the economy humming with low-paying jobs in construction.

SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM Abandoned labourers, including nearly 16,000 from India and Pakistan alone, according to their governments, have not seen a pay-cheque in about eight months. Under a system of sponsorship known as kafala that leaves many workers at their employers’ mercy, they are also not being given the exit visas they need to leave the world’s largest oil exporter. In Saudi Arabia, it’s up to employers to arrange such visas, but before doing so they’d have to pay back wages and end-of-service benefits.

Calls made to the Saudi Oger Ltd. and Saudi BinLadin Group construction companies were not returned. At King Salman’s order, stranded workers will be given food and medical services, and can receive exit visas directly from the state, the Labour Ministry said in a statement on Monday, pledging to safeguard their rights and resolve their problems.

Legal representation will be furnished pro bono, the ministry said. Workers have said they don’t want to leave without their money.

The conditions in which the workers from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Philippines wait are fetid and cramped. They sleep eight to a tiny concrete room and share dirty toilets with feral cats. Temperatures soar to 50 degrees Celsius in the summer, and the electricity powering air conditioners often goes off. Some of the labourers

are so destitute that they only own one set of clothes.

Mohammed Khan, an Indian nurse from Mumbai at the Saudi Oger camp, is left to treat patients suffering from diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol without medication. “They can’t go to a hospital because they no longer have insurance,” said Khan, 45. “They have no money.” Workers said Saudi Oger stopped paying their medical insurance policies.

The Kingdom has for decades provided millions of foreign labourers with jobs that have allowed them to improve the lives of families left behind. In 2014, it ranked second behind the US as the biggest source of workers’ remittances, according to World Bank data.

Yet as oil prices plummeted, government efforts to repair public finances hit a construction industry already struggling amid a building slowdown.

Companies such as Saudi Oger and the Saudi BinLadin Group have delayed wages and cut thousands of construction jobs, according to media reports.

UNRELATED PROBLEMS In March, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Bloomberg that Oger’s problems were unrelated to the Saudi economy. The government had also temporarily barred BinLadin Group from taking on new contracts last year after a crane operated by the company collapsed in Mecca, killing more than 100 people. The Indian Foreign Ministry says more than 4,050 workers alone are stranded without pay at Saudi Oger camps.

Nasser Abdul Manaf said he has been forced to take his children in Hyderabad, India, out of school because he can no longer afford their education.

He is six months late on his family’s $90-a-month rental apartment and says the building owner wants to kick his family out.

“They have nowhere to go,” the 46-year-old said. “They will have to move onto the streets.’’

Prince Mohammed said in March that the government had started pay-

ing companies for work done. People briefed on government plans said later that authorities were considering using “I-owe-you” notes to pay outstanding bills to conserve cash.

Outside Riyadh, at a camp for Saudi Binladin Group employees, some have not been paid in 10 months, including Egyptian and Saudi security guards who were still working at the front gate.

The company said in May that it has fully compensated dismissed workers after local media reported it fired thousands without paying back wages.

The shop on the camp throws them a lifeline by providing goods on credit, which the employees are expected to pay when they receive their salaries, said Carlos Nagac, a 38-year-old painter for the company. “All I want is to get my benefits and to go home,’’ he said, fretting about his four children back in Cebu, the Philippines.

BLEAK PROSPECTS As he and others wait for their money, prospects look bleak. Construction companies do not have the money to meet their commitment to their employees, said John Sfakianakis, director of economic research at the Gulf Research Centre.

“They can’t get additional financing from the banking system because they are close to their limits,” he said by phone. Construction contracts shrank by about 65 per cent in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, according to data published by Jeddah-based National Commercial Bank. The government did not award any contracts during the previous three quarters, the bank said. The Tadawul All Share Building & Construction Index for stocks has dropped 37 per cent over the past year, more than the Kingdom’s benchmark gauge.

ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN Spending cuts will slow economic growth this year to the lowest level since the global financial crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

With no income, some of the workers have turned to relatives or friends for loans.

Shahid Iqbal, who’s worked at Saudi Oger for nearly half of his 39 years, had to borrow 3,000 riyals ($800) so his wife in Pakistan could give birth. He borrowed an additional 15,000 riyals to make ends meet over the eight months he has not been paid. “I already resigned from the company,” he said with tears in his eyes. “I am only waiting for my benefits. My end-of-service benefit is 45,000 riyals. If I don’t take that back to Pakistan, I will have nothing.” – Bloomberg News

C

W W W.T I M E S O F O M A N . C O M S AT U R DAY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

SECTION

CONNEC T H E D A I LY G U I D E

RENT

C2

VACANCY

C4

CARGO

C7

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

C2

S AT U R D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6 Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.com Tel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

DAILY GUIDE FOR RENT

FOR SALE * 6BR Villa in Al Ghobra Facing the beach for sale. * Commercial & Residential Land in Al khuwair for sale. * warehouse in Wadi Al kabir for sale.

*Tourist visa arranged

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

Contact: 91155779 hrm_gh@live.com

CAMP FOR RENT IN GHALA 350 labours & staff can stay With all facilities, near by Express way.

Contact

99364765 / 92699949

FOR RENT OFFICE & ACCOMMODATION FACILITY Ready to Occupy Office Facility ( 275 Sq. Mtr) & 8 No. Studio Flats at Ghala (Opp. Riyam Signs)

Contact : 95697401 / 95496379 Luxurious 2bedroom flat, in ground floor with split air conditioners available for rent in Mumtaz area, Ruwi.

Contact: 24564460 / 97610908

Villa for Rent 750 R.O (Negotiable) behind Mazoon Mosque.

Contact 95150807 Rooms at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 93830111

Flat for rent, 2 BHK R.O 240/- , 1BHK R.O 180/- AL Hail near Dubai hypermarket. Contact: 94030761 Villa for rent, four spacious bath attached bed rooms, private swimming pool Gymnasium (common) with electrical equipment & free maintenance secured compound at Madinat Al Illam. Contact : 98027975 Flat for rent in Wadi Kabeer near India Primary School 1b & 2b,1h &1k.

Contact : 92222922 / 97375776 / 98058000 1000.00 sqm industrial plot with compound wall & 2 rooms at Misfa Industrial area. Contact:99342733 / 91118706 3 bed room villa, big kitchen, 2 Majlis, 5 bathrooms, inside a big compound, 4 minutes from City Center Seeb. Contact: 99311979 Francis

New flat at Al-Wadi kabir.

Contact 96130797 / 92130703 Flat for rent in Al Mawaleh South 3, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hall, kitchen & store with air condition.

Contact 98575157

1 & 2 BHK Mumtaz R.O 225/- & 275/-. Contact: 92144045

30 New Deluxe Flats & Shops in Al Khoud. Contact 99738881

New deluxe flat available at Azaiba near Al Sahwa tower, 2 BHK with balcony. Contact: 98294753 2 apartments for rent in Southern Al Hail behind Tejan. Apartments are well located in a very peaceful area and calm they are in ground floor of the building having 2 bedrooms, living room, Majlis, 3 bathrooms and a kitchen. For more information please contact 99462401 /99243291 1 BHK Ghubra R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

1 BHK flat for rent in Darsait.

Contact: 99357586 / 97500025

1 & 2 BHK Ghubra R.O 225/- & 275/-. Contact: 92144045

A spacious 2 Bedrooms flat with splits unit AC, located in Wattaya behind Mughlai Restaurant.

Contact: 98802343

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi Honda road, Al Wattaya MBD area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 / 94579531

1 bedroom attached kitchen, toilet for family in Al Khuwair RO 130/-.

Contact: 95154331

Flats for rent near Indian School in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99777122

Flats & office in Ruwi, CBD area, Awfait building.

Contact 95135465 2 bedroom flat luxury fully furnished at Al Khuwair, 2 bedroom – the Wave. 3 bedroom at Azaiba.

2 bedroom at Al Walja, 600 sq. mt Warehouse – Sinaya, Ghala. For short or long term lease contract contact Atlas Real Estate & Rent a Car LLC. Contact 99436312 / 92888376 / 94617563 2BHK in Wattayah, behind Honda show room and Al Mannam-2 Hotel Apts, 2 Bed rooms, specious Hall, 2 Bath rooms. Very well maintained building, Families Only.

Call 99419712/ 92608505 1 and 2 BHK flat for rent at MBD, Hallat Sad, opp. Al Nahda Hospital, Al Khoudh and Mabella. Shop at Al Khoudh . Contact: 93994401 / 24834644

2 workshops in Al Maabela Industrial for rent.

Contact 94758394 1 bedroom, bathroom, kitchen in Al Hail South RO 120/- per month.

Contact 93993354 2 bedrooms apartment, sitting room at Al Ansab RO 270/- monthly. Contact 93993354 Villa in Al Khuwair 33, 6 bedrooms, hall, sitting room RO 850/monthly. Contact 93993354

Spacious 3 bedroom villa with maid room at Azaiba beach.

Contact: 24566217 / 24564686 / 99353921 3 bedroom well maintained flat (villa type-only 2 flats in one bldg) in Al Khuwair, behind Al Akhtam Restaurant, Villa no. 1839, Way No. 3922, block no. 239.

Contact: 99462980 Flat for rent. Contact : 99353433

Flat for rent near I.S.M- 2BH-1BH. Contact: 95158570

2 BR apartments available for rent, close to Muscat Grand Mall, next to Diwan’s Office, South Ghubra. Contact: 2456256 / 99833747

1 bedroom family / bachelors in Al Khuwair R.O 90/-.

Contact: 95154331

Flats for rent in Wadi Kabir 1BHK 170 R.O & Studio 120 R.O Contact : 99376454 .

Commercial space shop/ Showroom/ Godown at just 1.500 RO /m2 location Seh Al Ahmer 15 minutes from Rusail Industrial Estate. Contact: 97714433 / 93437982 2 workshops for rent in Al-Mabela. Contact: 94758394 2BHK flats for rent @RO 160 per sqm, location Seh Al Ahmer 15minutes from Rusail Industrial Estate.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982 Spacious 2-&3 bedroom flats available at Qurum Alasfoor Plaza Commercial &Residential Building.

Contact: 24566217 / 24564686 / 99353921 .

AVAILABLE Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

BUYING Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

S AT U R DAY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

C3

DAILY GUIDE

8 Porta cabins, 2 Ablution units each units have 10 WC and 10 Showers and 2 Ashok Leyland Buses and One Mitsubishi Rosa Bus as well Located in Our Barka Camp. All are in excellent condition to use.

MANPOWER

SITUATION WANTBUSINESS

SITUATION WANTFOR LADIES

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED

CONTACT PERSON:MR. PRAKASHGSM NO:- 94048497

MV SALE Tata Novus, sewage tanker, 5000 gallons, model 2012, excellent condition, immediate sale. Contact: 99448197 Doctor used Nissan Sunny car for sale model 2012 semi automatic.

Contact: 95991809 Nissan Sunny 2012, automatic, Km 1,18000, R.O 2250/- .

Contact: 92030516 Toyota Corolla 2009 C.C 1600, full auto R.O 2400/-.

Contact: 97692959 Mitsubishi Lancer 2008 1.6 CC manual R.O 1300/-.

Contact: 99612197 2015 Chrysler 300 S ,Special Edition, Hard to find,19000 km, single owner. No Accident, beautiful Red, Full option.

Contact 98960915 2015 Toyota Camry SE, single Owner. No Accident 27000 km, All power.

Contact 98960915 2015 Mazda 3i Sport, Single owner, No Accident ,22000 km, 2.0 Engine. Contact 98960915

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

FOR SALE Industrial land in Rusail. 4000 sqm. Contact 99323957 / 95490842.

For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required.

FOR SALE Coffee shop for sale at Mawalah.

Contact: 92992940 / 94064275

Investor with fixed returns also welcome.

Good Condition Sanyo washing machine, semi automatic, RO 40 for sale in MBD Contact; 99737812 Porta cabins, AC’s, Scaffolds, Jacks, JCB (model 1 CX), Toyota coaster bus (26 seater) for sale.

Contact: 96059565 / 95142336 Restaurant for sale, near Bank Muscat Al Ghubra. Contact 96399916 Big ladies Beauty Salon for urgent sale in Al Khoud/ Seeb prime location next to Rameez shopping centre. With 2 visa clearance.

Price: 5000.Call: 95318629 Land for sale in the village of Bimmah on the coastal road Qurayat/ Sur with a space of 604 square meters for an attractive price.

Contact 92905222 BUILDING MATERIAL SHOP FOR SALEWell-furnished running building material-electrical shop (4 shutter / 200sqm) in Al- Khoudh- 6, for immediate saleshop with stock or stock only.

Serious buyers may please Contact: 94320909

ACC. AVAILABLE Rooms for rent in Ghubra North.

Contact 96420432 Single room for rent for ladies only with separate bathroom in Darsait opposite Kim’s hospital.

Rent R.O 120/-. Contact 95318629 Furnished room in ruwi and azaiba for rent for executive bachelors. Gsm 99058344

Please contact – 95213273

Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

ACC. AVAILABLE

GOOD NEWS

Big room with attached bathroom available at Honda Road, Ruwi for Executive bachelor.

Contact 95527969

All Pooja items- idols – fresh flowers – marigold – roses – jasmine – lotus – rose petals- garlands & all decoration items. Sweets &modak.

HaridasNensy& Co. Ruwi 24750784 / 23291825

MATRIMONIAL

Sharing bachelors accommodation available in Rex Road, Ruwi.

Contact 94442157 Classic furnished room with bath room, separate, kitchen facility available for decent Executive, area Mumtaz. Contact: 97752162 / 95801696 Single room with A/C and attached bathroom, sharing kitchen for executive bachelor/couple near Saud Bahwan Hill view Tower accommodation and Opp: Shell filling station. Contact 99024362, 93166353 Fully furnished 2BHK sharing flat for Indian Executive near Sheraton CBD. Contact 99219337

NRI Semi furnished two bed room flat for rent in Palarivattom bye pass, Ernakulam for small family.

Contact: 0091 9447665240 / 00968 99608810 Goa plot sale 435 sqm Nuvem Baida. Contact: 99652955

Ayurvedic massage, backache, joint, neck pain etc.

Contact: 98254909 Coming Eid appointments special offer on all beauty treatments, Varkey’s Gents Spa. Contact: 92935679 Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steam bath, obesity, Spondylitis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Ghubra.

Contact: 99639695 /97397320 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact: 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

TRANSPORTATION No need to wait for Taxi please call from anywhere in Muscat.

Contact: 96009655 Transportation.

Contact 92126933 / 98518979

Tamil Nadu male Hindu, handsome 33 yrs / 169 cm, working in Muscat (Accountants - Manager) seeks alliance.

Contact: 97434001 / Email: cbmperumal@omantel.net.om Ezhavaboy age 28 height 174cm Star anizhamBTech working in Oman Seeks suitable alliance.

Contact 99430227 Kerala RC Boy 32y 168h Thrissur working as an accountant in reputed company in Muscat seeks suitable alliance.

Contact: +968-98169190 ITI electrical, SSLC, PDC, Christian, 36 yrs, second marriage seeks alliance.

Contact 97368596

TRANSPORTATION Picking and drop Al-Khuwair to Rusail. Contact: 98957524 / 91287470 Transportation. Contact: 95190627 Transportation. Contact 92015894 Transportation. Contact 94510847

Investment opportunity For business in lighting building materials and decoration. # 99421513

LOSS OF STOCK CERTIFICATE A stock certificate for Al Sharjah Group Company in the name of Lina Mohammed Waleed Tahan has been lost, whosoever finds this certificate is kindly requested to contact Al Sharjah Group Company (Stock Department) on telephone No. 065565570 or contact mobile No. 00968 99356825.

C4

S AT U R D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6 Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.com Tel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624

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

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

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

URGENTLY REQUIRED For a new Medical Centre at Thumrait and Salalah (Oman)

General Practitioner/ Physician, Ophthalmologist, Gynecologist, Lab technician.

Minimum 3 years experience Contact – 99702784 drsidiqmds@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED

Wanted Electrician & Ele- Technician

ACCOUNTS

3-5 yrs experienced Electrical Technicians, must have knowledge in UG Cables, OH lines & MEP. Preference for Electrician license holders.

Indian female, senior Accountant /ast.Finance manager having 15 years oman experience with d/l and noc looking for a suitable placement. Contact : 94838231

Send CVs : tajallulu.electrical@gmail.com

Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license. NOC available. Contact 95588565 Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT Urgently required an Accountant for small super market at Saham, visa facility available.

Contact: 99421289

Sri Lankan Accountant B.Sc degree and CASL intermediate seeks suitable job vacancy. NOC available. Contact: 99649013

BEAUTY MEDICAL

Urgently required a Gulf experienced professional Hair Dresser cum Beautician (Lady) for a reputed Beauty salon. Immediate appointment Contact : 99816262 / 98557585,fax : 24796211, email: skin. hair.makeup@gmail.com

Required urgently Doctors & Paramedical Staff 1) Gynecology 2) General Practitioner 3) Dental 4) Radiographer. E mail: altaqwamedicalcenter@gmail.com

EDUCATION

SECRETARIAL

A well known bilingual private school is in need of English and Mathematics Teachers.

Contact: 96910649 Email: staffing.oman@gmail.com An Omani establishment require experienced legal consultants, eligible to perform in the different Omani courts upto the supreme court, with a work experience and fluent English. Contact : advocateoman2@gmail.com

DRIVER Wanted part time, full time driver.

Contact: 24713253 Fax: 24711569 Wanted Driver for heavy (sewage vehicle) and light vehicle with valid Oman driving license.

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

ENG./TECHNICIAN Required Civil Engineers experience more than 5 years.

Email : towershr70@gmail.com, Contact 24548382 Urgently required Technician having Diploma in electrical / electronic with GCC D/L & experience in installation & maintenances of Automatic doors. Send CV at Email : accounts@alatonoman.com or fax : 24700408 Wanted Civil Engineer with minimum 3 years experience with valid GCC / Oman driving license.

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

MISCELLANEOUS Looking for Designers, Salesman & Philipino Accountant in Printing press. Send CV at Email : info@alsahib.net

MEDICAL Fusion Medicare Polyclinic, Muscat wants GP, staff Nurse holding MOH license & Receptionist (Omani) Contact – 97698004 / email: medicare@fusionlogicoman.com Required female GP, Gynecologist, Physician, Pharmacist for a clinic in Ibra. Contact : 99373493, jmjmedicare@gmail.com Urgently required Doctor with MOH license for leave vacancy one month.

Contact: 97091664.

Wanted Dentist with MOH license for a clinic in Sur. Contact 97475816 Required Doctors available experience - GP- ladies + Gents.

Email : towershr70@gmail.com, Contact 24548382 Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other benefits. Contact 92989109, medicoport@gmail.com

Philippine Secretary (female) wanted for furniture company in Al Seeb, salary 200/- to 300 /- OMR. Contact: 91453541 / 24459435

SALES / MARKETING Urgently require Marketing Staff : 2 nos, IT Staff : 1 no. candidates may send their resume at : infosqmtr@gmail.com or contact 92314305

SALES / MARKETING MAGIC LAUNDRY OMAN seeks a part time SALES EXECUTIVE on commission basis. Interested candidates may please forward their resume to magiclaundryoman@gmail.com Required sales and marketing executive for a 4-star hotel in muscat. candidate with excellent communication skills and having 3+ years experience need apply. driving license will be an advantage. email: hoteljobsmuscat@gmail.com

Accounts part time services available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis and finalization works.

Contact: 96247295 Indian female M. Com/CA lnter yrs experience. Contact: 94863876, E mail: jinumanickath@yahoo. com 21, Indian female B.com graduate on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Holds valid Omani Driver’s license. Contact: 97208869

Indian Salesman indoor, knowledge in English & Arabic.

Contact: 93326636

Accountant: Indian 10Yrs Exp upto finalization, Tally, Focus with Oman License. Contact : 92826842

Looking for Marketing Executive with D/L. Mail your resume info@agloenterprises.com

Indian female 15 years experience as Asst Manager - Finance in Oman seeks suitable placement.

NOC available. Contact: 94953826 / 92824146

SITUATION WANTED SIT. WANTED ADMIN Indian male MSW Management professional with 14 yrs experience in HR & Administration seeks suitable placement. Contact 92438185 Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have vocational M.B.A diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288 Indian male 27 years, Masters in Hospital Administration with 3 years experience in quality assurance and JCI Implementation currently working with Aster group as Asst Manager in Quality Assurance. Contact : 98431213 vishnuvijjay14@gmail.com Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 Indian male 25yrs, B.Com, MBA, SAP (level 1) certified, 1yr exp in Office Administration, on visit visa looking for placement in Accounts, Sales & Marketing, Storekeeper, Logistics. Contact: 97914014 Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/ HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa, looking for suitable position.

Contact 90196235 Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Junior Architect from NIT (female) seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92705130 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

ACCOUNTS Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact: 99284193

ACCOUNTS Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job.

Contact 93953613, Emailallen.mathew83@gmail.com Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experience, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting, ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing with auditors. NOC available.

Contact: 92254691/97826674 email: khader2305@gmail.com Indian female, M.Com, 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Accountant/Asst. Accountant job.

Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 Certified Public Accountant (Filipino, Male, 27-yrs-old) with four years experience, seeking suitable placement in accounting/ audit, currently on visit.

Contact;94959606, email: czesar.42@gmail.com Indian female 26 yrs, MBA finance 2 yrs exp with MNC. Email: rilooozmali@gmail.com.

Contact : 90551366.

Seeking suitable placement in Oman for the post of Senior Accountant, experience 20 yrs in India, 2 yrs in Oman.

Contact 968 93241862 Accountant Srilankan National Inter CA 3 yrs exp in finance on visit visa. Contact: 79049355. email: ahmedfiham777@gmail. com Finance Manager 16 years experienced chartered accountant (Sri Lankan) looking for a suitable post. NOC available.

Contact 92194926 Email: manomuscat@gmail.com Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.Contact: 96976240 Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790 Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

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

Contact 94879615, Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available.

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

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa.

Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc.

Ready to join as early as possible.

Contact 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

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

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact 90191628 / 96175780 Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement.

Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

DRIVER

SITUATION WANTED SIT. WANTED DRIVER Looking for a job as a Driver, with more than 5 years experience in Oman knows all the roads in Muscat, NOC available. Contact: 96685534

Quantity Surveyor (QS)Srilankan, 6 years of experience (4 years Oil & Gas in Oman).

Contact- 98142760

Driver with electrician 4 years experience looking for job.

Contact: 97456062

Indian Automobile Engineer, 25 yrs with 4 yrs experience seeking suitable job, now in Muscat on visit visa. Contact 92077172

Light Driver. Contact 92703258 / 99617026

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 Graphic web designer, Indian male, looking for suitable vacancies having NOC and release.

Contact: 98461278 Architectural Draftsman (4 yrs experience) seeking job.

Contact: 91141879 Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH :92279784 Architectural Draftsmen diploma in construction technology with 6 years experience in drafting and detailing as per British standard in Oman with valid Omani license looking for suitable opportunity Noc available. Call 94375897.

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DOMESTIC HELP House maid looking for job full time /part time.

Contact: 95799643

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualified, distinction holder with 6 yrs teaching experience in colleges.

Contact: 91360147.

Experienced Maths teacher bilingual AS, A, IB Thanwia Aamaa. Contact: 98016336.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Light duty driver, exp 4 yrs experience, knows English, Arabic & Hindi. Contact: 94928736

B.E Electrical Engineer (6+yrs Exp) Indian Male 29yrs,Currently working in Oman with Driving License, GSM:97879850, Email: herinmathu@gmail.com

Pakistani male light vehicle driver, 3 yrs exp. looking for job. Contact: 99373841

B.E / B.Tech, Civil Engineer 4-5 yrs experience.

Contact 93850875 / 95031239

Need a driving job with 2 years experience in Oman.

Contact: 968 96771242

Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available.

Contact:- 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com

Driver looking for job.

Contact 95892363 Looking for job Light driver.

Contact : 98503237.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian female B. Tech 5 yrs exp in MNCs currently in Muscat, seeking suitable job in Sql & Plsql domain.

Contact: 93262829 B.Tech Electrical, Indian male 4 yrs exp in electrical field seeking suitable position. Now in Muscat on visit visa. Contact: 93528963 Email: lenish.kl@gmail.com.

Quantity Surveyor, Srilankan, male, 25 yrs, B.Tech, HND QS (Civil & MEP), AutoCAD with 5 yrs experience, looking for a suitable placement. Contact 92032632, haseebmursaleen@gmail.com MEP Engineer 49 years Indian male with Omani driving license having 14 years experience in Oman seeking suitable basement, releases available.

Contact: 91268250 Omani seeks HSE position.

Contact 99326700, Email: jeeba23000@gmail.com Indian male, 25 yrs, Mechanical Engineer with 3 year experience, NOC available. Contact: 90924132. mail:rajeevsreenilayam@gmail.com B-Tech Electrical Engineer 10 yrs exp in Oman / UAE / India as pre/ post QS(MEP)/MEP Coordinator seeking suitable job.

NOC available. Contact: 96505513, E mail : abyeee@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer: Indian male 28 years.6 years UAE experience in the field of MEP with valid UAE driving license.

Currently in Oman on visit visa.

Contact: 00968 98953932 shamnas.shaanukm@gmail.com Electrical Testing Engineer having 7years of Gulf experience expertise in testing & commissioning of electrical systems, presently on visit visa .Contact: 91228167 Indian male 24 yrs, Mechanical Engineer, Diploma in MEP design, AutoCAD 6 months exp in automobile sales, worked as Supervisor in steel fabrication firm, on visit visa. email:advith.21@gmail.com Contact: 99077031 Indian female 30 yrs B Tech, MBA - IT 6 yrs work exp. in India & Oman, exp in conducting video conference, configuring automated solution systems, seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92689823. email:jobymees2014@gmail.com Quantity Surveyor 6 yrs exp with D/L. Contact: 95685265 Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891

S AT U R DAY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

C5

DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED Indian female, MBA, Finance, B.Com & PGDM 2 years experience as Financial Analyst looking for suitable position in Accounts Administration or Executive positions, presently available in Oman.

PROJECT MANAGER, B.Tech, MBA, PRINCE-2, British Citizen now available with NOC in OMAN. 25 yrs. exp in EPC Project Management of Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Refineries & Power Plants. Seeking job immediately/

Contact 96126736 / 95629821 Email: ppreethi006@gmail.com

Indian male, MBA, 6 yrs experience in Sales & Marketing, Export / Import, logistics (general trading), holding Oman driving license, presently on visit visa, looking for suitable jobs.

Contact - 91544858

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release.

Contact 92451323.

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

Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment.

Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Civil Engineer, 10 yrs exp.

BOQ establishing building experiences AutoCAD, MS Excel, expert. Contact 94932724 Indian female seeking Software Engineer job, having 2 yrs exp in . NET staying in Oman at resident visa. Contact: 95473758 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784

Contact- 00968-94731728/ josececy25@gmail.com

9 years experience in Dubai/ London/Mumbai in Management Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Business Development for Real Estate/ Banking seeks similar placement with D/L.

IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE WITH NOC HR & ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONAL With 14 years of Oman experience in Omanization, well familiar with Oman labor laws, employee relations / welfare, Liasion & Coordination, Strategic HR Planning, performance Appraisal & General Administration.

Contact: 95168205

Contact - 96501189

Indian Male MBA (UK)

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

MISCELLANEOUS

Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com

Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075

Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. Contact: 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

IT Over 9 years experienced IT support professional looking for suitable opportunities (NOC available).

Contact: 97689128, Email: dd_mcp@hotmail.com Oracle / SAP Developer with 6 yrs Gulf experience in IT, Banking, Administration domain, skills: SQL, PLSQL, SAP BO/BI, JBOSS, presently in Muscat seeks placement.

Contact 92012405 / 97041071, sandhya.p4@gmail.com IT professional, Indian male B.Tech (IT) with 4 yrs experience in HTML5, CSS3 Java script Php, My SQL, Word press opencast and Photoshop looking for a suitable position available in Oman.

Contact: 93528971

Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com

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

Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com

Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022

IT field 3 years of experience, female seeking suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 96350234 Email: greeshmavkannan@gmail.com

Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961

Computer hardware & CCTV Technician - Indian male having 8 yrs exp in hardware & 2yrs in CCTV. Presently on visiting visa seeking satiable placement. # 92164971/ email: adersh.kr@gmail.com

Civil Engineer Indian (B-Tech, M.Tech) 8 yrs experience, having Omani D/L.NOC available.

Contact: 94195397 Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact: 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 mail: nadeembcoolboy@gmail. com

Indian male 3 yrs exp in IT as Linux Administrator & 1 yr exp in Amazon EC2 Cloud at Wipro Technologies Bangalore seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92889678. email:amalpathikal@gmail.com CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.

Contact 95818892 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact: 98660672

Filipino Graphic Designer / I.T. looking for a suitable job with 10 years experience. Very good in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Knowledge in CCTV & Access Controls. Call 79042628.

B.Com,IICL Certified Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. Phone 90880935,99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com.

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

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

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848

MEDICAL Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 92610394 Indian female, BSC Biochemistry, fluent in English, good computer knowledge, excellent communication skills with 15 yrs experience in Medical transcription field looking for suitable placement preferably in hospital and medical field. Contact: 93206658 Asst. Pharmacist (male) 8 years in Muscat looking for job with NOC, ready to work in Remote areas. Contact: 93977213 Srilankan female qualified in UK with B.Sc (Hons) Pharmacology and M. Sc Pharmaceutical- Science with management studies having 1.5 yrs exp in UK and Srilanka in clinicalresearch and regulatory, currently on visit, looking for suitable post in Pharmaceutical, clinical research or health care organizations.

Contact: 71148320 Iraqi Dentist female, MOH license seeks suitable job in clinic in Muscat. Contact 97891219 Pharmacist (female) passed Prometric 80% marks and dataflow completed having 3 yrs experience in Retail and Hospital Pharmacy, education Doctor of Pharmacy seeks job in Muscat.

Contact 95575270.

Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

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

Contact: 94672759

Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

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

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

SALES / MARKETING Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 Immediately available with NOC. Indian MBA graduate (Male) with 5 of years experience in Sales & Marketing looking for suitable position, D/L available.

Contact 98891080 Indian male 26 years holding MBA with 2 years experience in Sales & Marketing (FMCG) looking for suitable position. Currently on Visit Visa.

Contact: 79050204, Email: jerin.kottanadan@gmail.com Indian male 39 years, 10 years experience in Oman as Marketing, Business Development & Operations with legal background looking for suitable job having Oman D/L. NOC available. Contact : 94266552 / 94942328 Looking for a job in Muscat in the field of HR, Marketing, Admin, Customer Care, Sales, Research or Data Entry category. Can Speak good English and Tamil. Proficient in MS Office. Hard-working and sincere individual. Contact:- Email Id: dineshbojan@gmail.com Phone no: 96898201640 / 96899529924 Indian female Post Graduate in Masters in International Business (MIB) with a major in logistics and supply chain management seeking suitable entry level position within the industry. Contact: 91623103 Indian male 36 having 14 years experience GCC market in Sales, marketing holding Oman driving license (NOC available) looking for suitable opportunities.

Contact : 94261186 BBA Graduate looking for placement in sales & marketing having valid Omani driving license.

Contact: 96014839 / 99048052 Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com MBA (sales) 11 yrs exp, 4 yrs in Oman marketing, purchase B. Development having Oman D/L looking for opportunity in MID management, NOC available.

Contact: 95831786. email: anaseem1983@gmail.com Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 /95774854 Indian male 35 years, B.com and 9 years GCC experience in Sales & Marketing (Transport & Logistic).

Having GCC driving license, looking for suitable placement.

Contact 92634281 email: shinojkk1224@gmail.com Lebanese, 38 yrs, MBA Master in Business Administration in Marketing, sales experience in GCC, UAE, Qatar. 17 yrs experience in Projects Management & companies, GCC driving license.

Contact 79045232, dr.sheaitani@gmail.com Indian female with 8 yrs exp in Oman holding valid D/L looking for part time / freelance work in sales & marketing. Contact: 93228657 Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position.

Conatct 95792820

Indian male age 24, B.Com. having 2 year experience and currently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement in Sales, Marketing & finance. Contact: 90766307 Email: shhaazz.007@gmail.com Indian male -sales representative with 7 years experience and valid Oman driving license, NOC or release available-99695780 Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import fireworks for festivals, NOC available, have car. Contact 94123939.

Email: 002015r@gmail.com Omani male, working in Muscat duty free for 2.5 yrs as Sales Assistant, Supervisor looking for job of delegate public relations, sales.

Contact 96625194 / 92049106, Email : albalushi592@gmail.com Indian male, 27 yrs, 6 yrs exp in Sales & Marketing, looking for suitable job, having Oman D/L, NOC available. Contact 93362361, Email : shijoychins@gmail.com Indian male, 27 yrs, Sales Executive, 2 yrs Diploma in Hotel Management & Catering, Oman with D/L looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact 97768047 Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. Contact 96143430 / 99875919 Business Development Manager Industrial commercial 7 yrs experience in Marketing, Sales, General Administration, well aware of Oman laws, Arabic Nationality with Architectural interior design back ground. Contact: 91308588

SENIOR JOINERY ESTIMATOR Indian male, 11 yrs experience in Oman looking for suitable placement in joinery/ fitout estimation or marketing.

Local release available.

Contact - 94541830, Email: estimator64319@gmail.com

Senior Accountant B.Com, 18 yrs experience abroad, 12 years in Oman with an excellent grade construction company, handling day to day activities upto finalization, proficient in Microsoft GP, knows AX – 2012, valid D/L, looks for suitable placement in Accounts / Admin. Local release available.

Contact: 968 97702648 SALES / MARKETING Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95337665

SKILLED LABOUR Indian male 44 years, 7 years experience in Oman as store keeper NOC available. Contact: 97142176 Indian male looking for job in plumbing, fire fighting & Supervisor.NOC available 17 yrs Gulf exp Contact: 94037530 / 91608797, E mail: jeetusingh500@yahoo.com 6+ yrs experienced Electrical Supervisor, experienced in HT,LT, on visa release available in Oman.

Contact: 95280565

MISCELLANEOUS Pakistani male looking for House boy and cleaning work.

GSM:96710189 Indian male, 25 years, diploma in computer science and B.E(CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 93879828, Email id: santoshannathurai@gmail.com Indian male BBA Graduate, looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 97691779 6 years experience in Admin, Accounts & Marketing B.com Qualification NOC & D.L is available. 98895739 Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Indian/male (26) / MBA/2 years experience in Procurement, Coordination and distribution management, with valid Oman license available for immediate joining.

Contact: 92536194 email:suhailbs@gmail.com

Indian male Engineering Graduate 6 years experience in Sales & Marketing in Oman with D/L & NOC seeking suitable openings.

Contact: 94386894 Email: tonykuravackal@gmail.com

Indian male, 11 years exp. in accounting, knowledge in tally also. looking for a part time job.

Contact . 98983122

Indian male 42 yrs searching for suitable job, experience in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Saudi D/L holder, fluent in Arabic, English, Hindi Gulf experience 20 yrs manpower co-ordinator, sales & marketing, logistics. Contact: 90518114

Internal Auditor/Accountant : BCOM /CA INTER having 7 years experience under Chartered Accountant in India and 10 years as internal auditor/ Accounts manager in Oman , well versed with Tally and MS office , seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 93214484/91358384

Indian male 27 yrs, 7 yrs exp in Sales & marketing (FMCG) looking for suitable position, currently on visit visa. Contact: 71141234, E mail: mohamedjasfer@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877 Indian male 12 yrs Oman experience Marketing & Sales excellent knowledge throughout market research. Arabic fluency with driving license seeking suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 91437484 Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India.

Contact India:-+918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

1.5 years experienced, 6 months in Oman, electrical engineer/ project engineer, experience in sub-station, MV, LV systems. power and oil & gas projects. NOC available. Contact : 94669679 mail:prsabarish@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Electrical Engineer (DEE), Having 17 year Experience (14 year in Gulf), Experts in Estimation, Design, Planning and construction activities of MEP work seek Similar Placement with D/L & NOC Available. Contact: 97007489 4 years experience in IT Executive .i come on a visit visa seeking placement contact 94948622.

Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com whatapp 00923142195074 Indian Female, 28 Yrs, M.Sc Comp Science having 3 years experience as a Lecturer/Teacher/IT Support with excellent computer skills, on family visa looking for suitable position. Pls Contact 92857417.

C6

S AT U R D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE

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

SITUATION WANTED TOURS

SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDU./CLASSES

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

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SITUATION WANTED SIT. WANTED Indian male 23 undergraduate having experience in restaurant field and having computer and internet skills searching for suitable position in sales, data entry operator etc. Contact:90801420 Gmail:anwaar223969@gmail.com Indian male Accountant.

Completed MBA with 1 year experience, good working knowledge in Tally & Excel. Searching for suitable job. Email: jovin8910@gmail. com, Contact : 919715874548 , 918015907437 33 years, Indian Male MSC, MBAHR having 8 yrs exp. (HR / Payroll / Admin) with Oman valid DL seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/ backend jobs. Contact:00968- 99322978 Indian male 23 years completed BE in electrical engineering Looking for suitable placement.

Contact:alamalsuhail@gmail.com, Contact:+968 9968 2689 Indian male, 28years, B.techmechanical engineering with 6 years experience as project executive. holds valid UAE driving license. GSM: 93952127 Indian Male, 23 yrs, looking for any professional job vacancy my qualification is Diploma in Electronics an i am having 3 years of experience in the hardware and networking field an you can contact me on : - 97017866.

Electrical Engineer (DEE), Having 17 year Experience (14 year in Gulf), Experts in Estimation, Design, Planning and construction activities of MEP work, seek Similar Placement with D/L & NOC Available. Contact: 97007489 Indian, bachelor of Commerce, experience in India & Oman as Sales & Management looking for a good position any kind of field. languages English, Arabic & Hindi.

Contact 98718428 Indian male, 23 yrs. looking for suitable job my qualification is Diploma in Electronics, having 3 years of experience in the hardware and networking field.

Contact : - +96897017866.

Indian male 21 bachelor’s of commerce (B.com) having 1 year experience as a salesmen in denhillz international and looking for job as a salesman in Oman.

Contact: 94562777 Email: hammadakrami61@gmail.com Bangladeshi male 22 years, education: Pre - sea marine Engineer searching job in Oman. Cell: +8801715600971, e-mail:saifur6264@gmail.com

Experience in managing and supervising a restaurant having computer, commercial, and marketing Skills looking for job in Oman. Contact :90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Mechanical Engineering, Indian Male, 23, 6 months experience, done piping engineering course, on visit visa, seeks suitable job. Contact: 95427632, email:kausthubnarayan@gmail. com Egyptian dentist search about job 13years experience MOH No:10957.

Contact 91146961 Indian male 23 undergraduate having experience in restaurant field and having computer and internet skills searching for suitable position in sales, data entry operator etc. Contact:90801420 Gmail:anwaar223969@gmail.com Indian male Accountant. Completed MBA with 1 year experience, good working knowledge in Tally & Excel. Searching for suitable job. Email: jovin8910@gmail. com, Contact : 919715874548 , 918015907437 33 years, Indian Male MSC, MBAHR having 8 yrs exp. (HR / Payroll / Admin) with Oman valid DL seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/ backend jobs. Contact:00968- 99322978 Indian male 23 years completed BE in electrical engineering, looking for suitable placement.

Contact: alamalsuhail@gmail.com, Contact:+968 9968 2689 Indian male 26, Having 4 years of experience in Store Supervision & Store In charge looking for a suitable placement having N.O.C ready to join immediately.

Contact : 96671102, E-mail : parvez.mohammed16@gmail.com Male, 23 years with M.Sc degree looking for office job.

Contact # 99757425 Indian male, age 23, B.E in Mechanical Engineering looking for suitable job. Contact : 91504101 mail: nickfaiz93@gmail.com An Indian senior mechanical engineer capable to start business or enhance existing business locally and internationally is interested to associate. Contact financially sound and decision makers only : 00968 9109 6940. kpopragmatic@gmail.com Indian, 22 yrs, looking for a job in Sales. NOC Available.

Contact: 90463953, Email: sayyan44@hotmail.com

SITUATION WANTCLASSES Indian male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures, Aware of int. Standards, B tech in Mech engg. Contactrahulkunnath23@gmail.com, Mob 0091 7350860889 Mechanical/Production Engineer, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified.

Contact 0091 9895233155, arn9895@gmail.com Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. exp. in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Contact 00974 66772193 Mail;snu057@gmail.com.

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

in Azaiba and Ruwi

• Learn in two months • Satisfaction guaranteed

Tel: 95244310 Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. Contact: 98294551

DRIVING

B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job.

Available to join respective firm.

Contact 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Electronics Technician , 4 Years experience as Electronics service engineer. Knowledge in all type of Electronics items. Looking for suitable placement. GSM- 99105043 BS in Civil Engineering, experience: 8 Year (Road Projects), Omani license: 9 Years.

Contact: 97427701, Email: hassanrvc1989@gmail.com Indian male 33 yrs, MBA-HR with 10.6 yrs.exp. in Recruitment, Training, PMS, OD, Sites-HR and Omani nationals development,seeking a job, NOC avl. Contact 94179499 Email: saiprasad_18@yahoo.com Looking for a job as Sales man or any suitable job. Contact 94401228.

Indian male 23 undergraduate having experience in restaurant field and having computer and internet skills searching for suitable position in same field.

Contact:90801420 Gmail:anwaar223969@gmail.com 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified, Contact arn9895@gmail. com. Mob 00919895233155

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED Indian male, 23 yrs, BE in Mechanical Engineering looking for suitable job. Contact : 91504101 mail: nickfaiz93@gmail.com Indian Male, Accountant, 10 years Oman experienced having release letter presently in oman seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact : 99334770/ 997 43 709 Indian male 21 (B.Com 2Years) having experience in Sales looking for suitable entry-level position.

Contact: 94562777, E-mail: Hammadakrami61@gmail.com Indian female 10 years as cook in Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Gujarati special food ,Looking for part time. Contact 95795971 Fire & Safety Officer, 22 Years old, Indian expatriate seeking for a suitable placement.

2 years of experience. Ready for immediate joining.

Contact : +968-97682273, Email: maniavbah555@gmail.com

Indian male looking for part time job. Preferred time from 8 am to 12.30 pm. Contact: 79062787

MECHANICAL ENGINEER ( B.E.,)Indian male, 7 Years of experience in thermal power plant, Pump station and utilities piping Erection & commissioning. Contact: madhavansakthi@gmail.com, Cell No: +968 98208500

Indian Male,26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int. Stds,B tech in Mech engg.

Contact-Mob-00917350860889 rahulkunnath23@gmail.com

Indian male: 24 years, diploma in computer science and B.E (CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 91170912, Email id: sales2@witoman.com

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

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

S AT U R DAY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED CARGO

RENT A CAR

RENT A CAR

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

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTSERVICES

Window & split unit A.C servicing & repairing. Contact: 99557080 Split unit & widow unit A.C servicing & maintenance. Contact 95323517 / 93769089

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

SERVICES

House shifting & transportation.

Contact 92490422

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

Al Mudakhir National Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

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

Contact: 99504275 Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance.

Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217 /24788722 Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampoo. Ocean center LLC. Contact: 99344723

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998 Cleaning services sofa, carpet shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395 Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean Center LLC. Contact: 99344723 We do maintenance work like décor ceiling, painting work, pest control. Contact 92373113

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your marble.

Contact 24793614/ 99314807 Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476 Pest Control treatments. Ocean center LLC. Contact: 99344723

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

C7

C8

S AT U R D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE

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