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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

On the occasion of the 29th national day

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ It is essential that Omani society – government and citizens – should realise the extent of the need to be prepared to encounter the challenges of globalisation. We shall do so through the improvement of our national capabilities, basing the economy on the firm foundations of international competitiveness and productivity, enhancing the performance of our institutions, and recognising the value of knowledge, technology and research, which are the keys to progress.

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Iran curb waivers LAUDED: PACDA has praised the valour of citizens for rescuing those stuck in wadis.

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fahadnews@timesofoman.com rahuldas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman is considering tough new rules for expatriates applying for a driving licence, a senior official of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has revealed.

For this, the ROP is coordinating with the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) to restructure the process of issuing a driving licence to expatriates. “Until now, everybody could apply for a driving licence but we are planning to put in place some restrictions,” a senior official of the ROP confirmed to the Times of Oman on Sunday. He, however, refused to specify who will be eligible to obtain a driving licence, and who will be excluded. “We are working on that,” he said.

He also dismissed rumours that housewives can’t get driving

A large number of Omanis have been pushing for limiting the number of cars on roads, arguing that the number of expatriate drivers needs to be reduced

licences in Oman. “We are still issuing licences to women coming on family joining visas,” the official said.

A large number of Omanis have been pushing for limiting the number of cars on roads, arguing that the number of expatriate drivers needs to be reduced.

“This is a welcome move as there have been many examples of driving licences being misused.

There are just too many cars on the roads,” Humaid Al Nasri, an ex-Shura member said. >A6

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MUSCAT: While recognising and praising the citizens for rescuing those stuck in the wadis during the recent rains without regard for personal safety, authorities have urged them not to risk their lives.

Efforts of citizens during rescue operations have not gone unnoticed by the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA), as it extended praise and gratitude to them.

However, no matter how val-

iant the effort is, the PACDA has urged the citizens not to risk their lives when a situation is beyond their control. “We want to extend our appreciation to all the citizens who assisted during rescue operations, especially during searches,” said a PACDA official.

50 calls for rescue Heavy rain in some areas of the Sultanate caused the wadis to overflow. The PACDA had received more than 50 calls for rescue. Eight lives were lost, including one of an Emirati national, since Thursday. The PACDA said

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citizens assisted its personnel as search and rescue teams worked round-the-clock in areas such as Hamra, Nizwa and Mudhaibi.

“In many cases, citizens acted even before rescue personnel could arrive and we want to extend our appreciation and gratitude to them,” said the PACDA official. But PACDA also warned the citizens against over-reaching themselves while rescuing people, saying safety is a priority.

“We urge citizens not to risk their lives if the (wadi) current is strong,” advised the PACDA official. >A6

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Positive response to #OmanPride drive REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: An initiative to cover good news through #OmanPride campaign can lead to positive changes in society, inspire growing generations, and increase the wellbeing of the people.

This is how people belonging to different walks of society responded to the Times of Oman’s #OmanPride campaign.

“Recognising the positive deeds of those who have contributed to Oman’s progress will inspire the upcoming generation. It is the positive steps taken by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said which have led this country towards progress. The media recognising and highlighting positive and inspiring stories is always a good thing,” Tawfiq Al Lawati, Majlis Al Shura member, told the Times of Oman.

Yesterday, Times of Oman launched its #OmanPride campaign, exactly a month from the Sultanate’s ultimate day of pride, National Day, to celebrate all that is good in Oman and report on it

with #OmanPride being our dedicated channel for good news.

“Publishing positive news links to higher levels of wellbeing and positive social behaviour is good,” Mohammed Al Khaldi, the board member of General Federation of Oman Trade Union, said.

“The purpose of telling positive news is not to say that everything is okay. But it will let us know how individuals and communities are progressing to overcome problems and flourish. The publication of positive news stories provides status and visibility to these tangible examples of success that can be emulated, enabling the reader, the people, to feel empowered and become aware of their own potential,” Mohammed added, supporting the #OmanPride campaign.

Meanwhile, responding to #OmanPride cam-

paign, Sikander Ali, Bangladesh’s ambassador to the Sultanate, said it can bring in positive changes in the society.

“Reporting on people doing good things can inspire others to do more good things,” the ambassador said.

An active social worker and Pakistan Social Club member, Azra Aleem, said positive stories will inspire others to do good deeds.

“Highlighting and reporting positive stories is not only for publicity but will also persuade others to do

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#OMANPRIDE good things. Sharing positive emotions such as joy, interest, happiness and hope through stories will increase the wellbeing of a society,” Azra said while welcoming #OmanPride campaign.

Bino PP, an Indian production manager at a publishing house in Oman, said being a resident and a media person in Oman for the last three decades, he has come across many positive happenings which the media in Oman should find worth telling.

“Reporting positive stories through #OmanPride campaign is a laudable move by the Times of Oman. >A6

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Omanis in GCC countries cast votes in Majlis polls MUSCAT: Omani nationals living in the five other GCC countries cast their votes to elect representatives for the Majlis Al Shura’s 8th term elections on Sunday.

They headed for the Sultanate’s embassies in the GCC countries early to cast their votes in the election that began at 8am.

Kuwait In Kuwait, the Omani citizens started casting their votes yesterday morning at the headquarters of the Sultanate’s Embassy to elect their representatives to the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections, with Hamed bin Said bin Salim Al Ibrahim, the Sultanate’s ambassador to the State of Kuwait, and members of the Embassy casting their votes.

The Sultanate’s ambassador to Kuwait, in a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA), affirmed that the embassy was keen to raise Omani citizens’ awareness about the importance of participating in these elections.

On their part, the Omani citizens pointed out that they didn’t face any difficulty while casting their votes, stressing their keenness to participate in these elections.

Bahrain In Bahrain, Omani voters started casting their votes yesterday morning to select their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections.

The Sultanate’s embassy opened its doors for the voters at 8am.

In a statement to ONA, Abdullah bin Rashid Al Madilawi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, said the voting process was going ahead smoothly, and commended the response of the Omanis in Bahrain in these elections.

Saudi Arabia Meanwhile, the Omanis residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) started casting their votes at the Sultanate’s Embassy in Ri-

Citizens of Musandam, Dhofar, election committee members cast their votes MUSCAT: Voters from Dhofar and Musandam present outside their governorates cast their votes yesterday to elect their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura polls.

The voters of Dhofar and Musandam Governorates cast their votes the ballot centres at Al Oula Basic Education School and Thurya Al Busaidiyah Basic Education School in the Wilayat

of Bausher in the Muscat Governorate.

Meanwhile, the election workers and members of election committees and sub-committees in all the wilayats also cast their votes at the walis’ offices from 8am to 2:30pm yesterday as they would not be able to vote on October 25, due to the tasks assigned to them on the day of the election. -ONA

Road accident deaths fall 50% The number of deaths from road accidents dropped

Qatar In the State of Qatar, the Omani citizens started heading to the headquarters of the Omani Embassy in the morning itself to cast their votes and elect their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections.

Mohammed bin Nassir Al Wahibi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar, said in a

statement to ONA that the embassy opened its doors at 8am for the voters to cast their votes and elect their representatives. He affirmed that the voting process was smooth and modern technologies were used.

United Arab Emirates In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Omani citizens started heading to the election centres at the Sultanate’s Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate’s Trade Office in Dubai to cast their votes and elect their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections.

In a statement to ONA, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Qatabi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to the UAE, said the voting process started at 8am.

He added that a number of Omani citizens began reaching the embassy headquarters to cast their votes, which reflects the awareness of the Omani citizens about the importance of participating in these elections. -ONA

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MUSCAT: Two people were killed in an accident involving three vehicles in Ibra on Sunday morning.

A source at the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said the deceased have been identified as Omani and Bangladeshi nationals. The ROP official said five others have been injured. The cause of the accident is not known.

Meanwhile, the body of a person who had died after falling into a sewage pit in Sohar was recovered by rescue team, Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambu-

Body recovered “The body of a person who fell into a sewage pit was recovered by the rescue team,” the PACDA tweeted in its official twitter handle.

The nationality of the victim is not yet clear while this report was filed.

deaths registered in 2012. The number of deaths related to road accidents in 2013 was 913, while it was 816 in 2014

yadh to elect their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections, with Sayyid Dr Ahmed bin Hilal Al Busaidi, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to the KSA and members of the Embassy also casting their votes.

In a statement to ONA, Sayyid Al Busaidi explained that the embassy was keen to inform all Omanis residing in the KSA about the date of voting through various Saudi media means.

On their part, the Omani citizens residing in the KSA expressed their delight to cast their votes and select their representatives in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections.

was, according to ROP figures, the number of accidents in the Sultanate in 2012 which dropped to 7,829 in 2013, 6,717 in 2014 and 4,937 in 2015

FAHAD AL GHADANI fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Road accident deaths in the Sultanate have dropped by 50 per cent since 2012, a top Royal Oman Police (ROP) official has informed.

The number of deaths due to road accidents dropped to 502 this year until date, from 1,139 deaths registered in 2012.

The number of deaths related to road accidents in 2013 was 913, while in 2014 it was 816.

Huge drop Brigadier Engineer Mohammed bin Awad Al Rawas, DirectorGeneral of Traffic at the ROP, said, “We are happy to announce the figures which indicate a huge drop in the number of deaths due to accidents.”

He added that the number of people sustaining injuries in road accidents also went down by 30 per cent, compared to 2012.

“The drop in the death, acci-

dents and injuries rate is a clear indication that the strategies worked out by the ROP regarding road safety have been successful,” said Al Rawas.

Progressive decline The ROP figures indicate that the number of accidents dropped from 8,209 in 2012 to 7,829 in 2013, 6,717 in 2014 and 4,937 in 2015.

Police statistics indicate that the number of licences issued has also increased.

The number of vehicles registered during the last few years has seen a sharp increase. In 2012, it was 987,354, in 2013 it was 1,082,996, in 2014 it stood at 1,179,841 and in 2015 it has reached 1,274,493 so far.

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Fire doused In another tweet, the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances said that a fire that broke out in Ouhi industrial area in Sohar, was doused without any casualties.

resident, said, “We congratulate the ROP for its efforts in ensuring widespread awareness. I am sure that the drop in the number of accidents that we are witnessing is because people are now more aware of the dangers of reckless driving.”

Saif Al Wishahi, a Shinas resident, said it was not yet the time to start rejoicing.

“The figure should come to zero. Despite the decrease in the number of fatal accidents, the public cannot be complacent.”

Safe driving habits Faisal Al Wahaibi, a Ruwi resident, said the public knows that the police are making efforts and therefore, they are contributing by practicing safe driving habits.

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S QU D E L E G AT I O N V I S I T

Boost to Omani-German university academic cooperation Times News Service MUSCAT: A number of academic collaborations were agreed upon during the visit of a Sultan Qaboos University delegation to several German universities, facilitated by the Embassy of Oman in Berlin.

The SQU team was led by Dr. Ali bin Saud Al Bimani, the Vice

Chancellor, and Her Highness Dr Mona bint Fahad Al Said, Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Cooperation.

During their visit to the Technical University of Berlin, the SQU delegation viewed the state-ofthe-art technologies applied in the fields of environment, sewage treatment, agricultural research

and enhancing crop yields.

It was agreed that researchers and academicians from the university would visit the SQU to deliver specialised lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate students for them to benefit from the German university’s experience in the field of research.

The SQU and the Free Univer-

sity of Berlin agreed on exchange of students for internship programmes, collaboration in Arabic language programmes and Middle Eastern studies.

The two institutions also agreed to hold joint symposia in the fields of archaeology; the effects of climate change on human health and agricultural crops; improving crop

production; and economics and political science disciplines.

The programme includes a visit to Humboldt University of Berlin, one of Berlin’s oldest universities founded in 1810.

As many as 29 Nobel laureates come from this university and it is considered one of the most prestigious universities worldwide.

The SQU and Humboldt University of Berlin agreed to exchange students during summer in the area of economic and social sciences, engineering, agriculture and marine sciences.

The SQU will host distinguished researchers in these fields for its students to benefit from their expertise and experience.

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Oman has a lot to offer from its rich heritage and is well known for its hospitality. Tourists want to see these kinds of attraction which I believe Oman has in abundance, said Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch

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saleh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman Air is striving to promote the Sultanate as the one of the top cultural destinations in the world as it looks to fly in tourists to explore its heritage and enjoy the hospitality of its people and customs, its CEO Paul Gregorowitsch said in an exclusive interview.

“Oman, thanks to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s vision, is well preserved and its beauty still unspoiled. Oman has a lot to offer from its rich heritage and well known for its hospitality. Tourists want to see these kinds of attraction which I believe Oman has in abundance,” Gregorowitsch told Times of Oman.

With rapid recent expansion, Oman Air is no more a “small” company but growing into a major regional and international airline.

With the modernisation of its fleet and expansion of routes, Oman Air is now being transformed from a small airline to a regional and international player with the objectives of seriously contributing to the economy of the country.

“When I arrived here in 2014, we had a fleet of only 24 aircraft, today we are having 40 and we are going to have 70 aircraft by 2020,” the Oman Air CEO said.

The CEO said his company has ordered a total of six Boeing 787, known as Dreamliners. One has already arrived and is now used for pilot and cabin crew training flying

We have one aim in mind and that is to break even by the end of 2017 Paul Gregorowitsch Oman Air CEO

daily to Salalah under the supervision of Boeing. It will start operating commercially by flying daily to Frankfurt on October 25. The second will be received next month and it will be flying daily to Italy.

In 2017, the final four Dreamliners will be delivered. But Oman Air plans to add four more Dreamliners by 2020 to reach a total of ten.

Gregorowitsch also said that the national carrier is planning to cut down its dependence on the government’s subsidies to be financially independent in the next two years.

“We are getting a smaller amount of money from the Ministry of Finance but returning more by creating jobs and Small and Medium Enterprises and making use of the infrastructure. We have one aim in mind and that is to break even by the end of 2017. That means we will not have loss any more. We are growing our load factor with tremendous expansion as well as cutting down costs,” the CEO added.

Despite the economic challenges of falling oil prices and political situation in the Middle East, Oman Air still achieved an impressive

growth of more than 35 per cent in seats. Gregorowitsch added that plans are already in place to offset low oil prices impact on travelling.

“We have to replace our shortcomings with new markets, increase frequencies, more holiday packages, to find alternative usage of our aircraft and keep track of our growth. For next summer, we are going to improve our competitive position, by making the transfer time in Oman even shorter and rescheduling our flights. We are aiming to reduce 90 per cent of our transferring passengers waiting time to just two hours. This will make us extremely competitive in comparison to huge airports in Dubai and Qatar,” he added.

Gregorowitsch said the national carrier’s mission is to contribute positively to the government and reduce dependency to the ministry of finance. He explained that in 2014, Oman Air received OMR130 million from the government to invest in the airline and returned OMR420 million to the economy.

“This year we asked for OMR90 million but because of declining economy, we got OMR60 million and we are returning to the economy more than OMR430 million out of that. Next year, we have asked the government for OMR50 million and we are going to contribute OMR420 million back to the economy,” Gregorowitsch added.

Rapid growth Apart from the country’s main airport in Muscat, the CEO also unveiled Oman Air’s plans in the regional airports saying that Sohar will play a major part for its cargo business since the airport is located near the port.

“In Duqm, we will play a major part with the development of its infrastructure to increase Oman Air’s passenger capacity. Duqm will play an important role in Oman Air in the growth of our passengers from five million last year, to more than six million this year and seven millions next year,” Gregorowitsch said.

Gregorowitsch said that Oman Air, with its current trend of expansion rate, will severely stretch the capacity of Muscat Airport after the current expansions have been completed.

“We are growing so fast and soon the new airport could become too small if it would not have additional expansion options,” he concluded.

Oman Air’s first Dreamliner in maiden flight to Salalah Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman Air’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off on Sunday on its inaugural flight from Muscat to Salalah.

The flight represented the first opportunity for Oman Air to showcase this new aircraft.

The flight was hosted by Oman Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Gregorowitsch, and members of his senior management team, accompanied by VIPs, high-ranking government officials, dignitaries from public and private sector organisations, and media representatives. They also welcomed the guest of honour, Dr Mohammed bin Nasser Al Zaabi, Chief Executive Officer of Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation.

The inaugural Dreamliner flight departed Muscat at 0845 and arrived in Salalah one and a half hours later.

Each guest was among the first to enjoy Oman Air’s Dreamliner passenger experience, prior to the aircraft entering scheduled service on routes to destinations in the Middle East and Europe.

“I am delighted to welcome our esteemed guests aboard Oman Air’s first Dreamliner flight to Salalah. And I would like to offer special thanks to His Excellency Dr Mohammed Al Zaabi for taking the time to be with us today,” said Gregorowitsch.

“This is the first chance we have had to demonstrate the exceptional passenger experience that Oman Air’s Dreamliner offers. It is also a wonderful opportunity for us to thank the people of Salalah for their invaluable support by enabling them to become some of the first in the world to see

FIRST FLIGHT: The inaugural Dreamliner flight departed

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our Dreamliner in action.

“The Dreamliner features Oman Air’s newly-designed, spacious and comfortable Business Class and Economy Class cabins, which ensure a relaxing and enjoyable flight. In addition, it offers the latest inflight entertainment technology, delicious inflight dining and, of course, our world-renowned Omani hospitality.

“The aircraft is set to become the centerpiece of Oman Air’s long haul fleet and it is thrilling to see the Dreamliner in its glorious Oman Air livery.”

Dr Mohammed bin Nasser Al Zaabi added, “I would like to congratulate Oman Air on the introduction to its fleet of this outstanding new aircraft.

This is a very special day in the history of Oman’s aviation sector. It will be a pleasure to join Paul Gregorowitsch, his team and my fellow guests aboard this inaugural flight.

I look forward to enjoying Oman Air’s new Dreamliner passenger experience as we fly to Salalah.”

Oman Air’s Dreamliner offers just 18 seats in Business Class, each of which has an 80-inch pitch, provides direct aisle access and converts to

a fully lie-flat bed. A 17-inch personal monitor enables access to the aircraft’s stateof-the-art inflight entertainment (IFE) technology, with its huge range of the latest movies, music, games and information. And Economy Class also offers high levels of space and comfort.

The 249 seats are fitted in a 3-3-3 configuration and each sits within a 31-inch pitch.

IFE is offered on a seat-back mounted, 10.6 inch LCD screen. Seats in both Business and Economy also offer two USB ports and access to power outlets, enabling passengers to use personal devices, such as smartphones and laptop computers.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s innovative use of carbon composites within its airframe delivers a weight reduction that results in the aircraft using 20 per cent less fuel than similarly sized aircraft. It also offers 40 percent more range, produces 20 percent fewer emissions and generates a 60 percent smaller noise footprint than other aircraft in its class. Onboard, the aircraft offers improved air quality, higher air pressure and more natural light.

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Italian Embassy to host Opera evening Times News Service MUSCAT: An evening of Italian Opera will be hosted by the Embassy of Italy in Muscat, at the Al Bustan Palace Ritz-Carlton Hotel on October 20, under the auspices of HE Mohammad Al Zubair, Advisor to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for Economic Planning Affairs.

Being presented by Bank of Beirut, the programme, in celebration of the Italian Language in the

World Week and a homage to the universal love of Italian opera, titled, “Dal Deserto Al Mar - From the Desert to the Sea,” will be performed by artists from Italy’s renowned TeatroSociale di Como.

Unique relationship “The Italian language and music are intertwined in a unique and fruitful relationship. From the sixteenth century onwards, Italian music has spread throughout Europe and beyond. Over the centu-

ries, Italy has emerged as a world leader in the field of music, a role that it has enjoyed to the present day. In many, perhaps even most, languages of the world today, several words used in the realm of music are Italian words. Some are found in the names of musical instruments. Many words used to describe different kinds of music or singing, such as capriccio, aria, fantasia, fuga, sinfonia, as well as adagio, allegro, presto, are obviously Italian. This is also true of

words for different categories of opera singers, such as the tenore or baritono or soprano,” explained Paola Amadei, Ambassador of Italy to Oman.

Born in Italy “Opera was born in Italy and is considered one of its richest cultural traditions, providing an extraordinary platform for outstanding expressiveness and peerless passion of the Italian language,” the envoy said.

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Child protection committee to help curb abuse cases FAHAD AL GHADANI

fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Social activists have welcomed the government move to establish an Omani child protection committee.

Activists hope that more cases of abuse will be reported as the child protection committee begins receiving complaints.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Sa’ayid Al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development, issued a ministerial decision last Wednesday to establish a committee to prevent child abuse in the governorates, operating under the name “Child Protection Committee”.

The child protection committee will receive notifications from individuals or the public about any

child abuse, or violence against children, and take appropriate protective action.

According to the decision, the committee will comprise representatives from the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, Royal Oman Police, Sultan Qaboos University, Omani Women’s Association, and experts to

be selected by the chairman of the committee at the governorate.

Lawyers and social activists have already been called upon to assist in preparing new Child Law regulations, following a number of deaths of children caused by the neglect of adults. The Child Law was adopted in early 2014.

“This is a landmark decision because there was a need for such

a committee. Children need to be protected against all kinds of abuse,” said Ahmed Al Balushi, an activist.

In the most recent case, a fouryear-old girl was allegedly left unattended in a bus owned by a training centre, and reportedly died of suffocation in Bid Bid. In another incident earlier in the year, two boys, aged five and

six, died after locking themselves in a car in Ibri while their parents were at home.

Ahmed Al Mukhaini, a senior lawyer, said during an interview with Times of Oman that a number of crimes have occurred in the past, but the guilty persons received no punishment because people had been reluctant to complain.

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‘Women should aspire for workplace leadership roles’ Omani women are an integral part of the development process in the Sultanate, holding responsible positions, said a representative of Women’s Guild in Oman

Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Women must aspire to take up more leadership roles at the workplace and increase their presence in the policy making process while pursuing selfdevelopment, a representative of Women’s Guild in Oman (WGO) has said.

“Young women of the next generation should seize every available opportunity to be a part of the overall progress in the Sultanate

PATH TO EMPOWERMENT: Omani women are making a name for themselves and the Sultanate in various fields.

and make a mark for themselves…

They should try and explore avenues that women have not yet forayed into,” Ligi George from the public relations office of WGO wrote in her comments to the Times of Oman on the occasion of Omani Women’s Day.

Continuous self-development is the key to becoming competitive at the global level, she added.

Integral part Commenting on the role of women in the Omani society, George said, “Today, Omani women are

an integral part of the development process in the Sultanate.

They hold many responsible positions in both public and private sectors. The importance of their role is clearly visible when a number of women represent the country on the world stage in various fields, such as business, sports, art and culture.”

Oman can definitely boast of being one of the leading Gulf nations to focus on progressive women’s rights, she added.

Asked how the situation of women in Oman has evolved over the years, George noted, “Omani women are encouraged to educate themselves, pursue opportunities and contribute to the society along with men. They are looking beyond the traditionally laid out roles to make their presence felt in a constructive manner.”

She believes that Omani women are making a name for themselves and the Sultanate in various fields like entrepreneurial business, finance and banking, sports, environment and tourism. This has been made possible, thanks to the government’s encouragement and belief in the importance of women’s role in the society.

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Resilience In her message to Omani women on the occasion of Women’s Day, she said, “Omani women are strong spirited and aspirational by nature. Their resilience will go a long way in contributing to the overall development of the society as well as the economy.”

“They are and will continue to be the latent force that will guide and shape the future of the Omani society. Recognising this strength and unleashing their potential should be their personal objective,” George noted.

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“Internationally, in civil defence, safety always comes first,” he added, mentioning that many PACDA officials have lost their lives in the past while trying to save people in distress. “Sometimes there are certain situations that you just cannot control,” he said, adding, “We want the citizens to consider the circumstances and avoid overeating themselves during rescue operations.”

When the Times of Oman asked whether the PACDA should train citizens in order to prepare them to deal with dire situations such as the ones they are facing presently, the official responded by saying, “Training for rescue operations in the wadis is not an easy task and requires specific equipment that cannot be provided to citizens.”

“We impart simple training such as asking them to avoid wadis and teaching them how to evacuate a building during a fire outbreak.

We impart training only about simple things that they can handle and that can help save their lives,” he added.

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tive said while women are on the path to empowerment in many ways, they face challenges that affect their development and overall contribution.

“One of the biggest hurdles women face is the work-family role conflict wherein the notion of women to dutifully balance both responsibilities takes a toll on them. Another issue faced by women today is the glass-ceiling at the workplace. Also, representation of women is weak at the policy making level,” she explained.

Most of these issues can be addressed by framing employment policies and implementing initiatives that support women at the workplace, George added.

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Research award aims to promote scientific temper The winners of the inaugural Individual Innovations Competition will also be announced during the second ARF

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Sultanate marks World Food Day MUSCAT: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries marked on Sunday the World Food Day, under the auspices of Dr. Rashid bin Salim Al Masrori, CEO of the Public Authority for Stores and Food Reserve, in the presence of a number of ministry officials and representative of the FAO Office in the Sultanate.

The celebration of World Food Day comes under the theme “Agriculture and Social Protection” chosen by the Food and Agriculture Organisation to highlight the importance of social protection in poverty reduction in rural areas and provide access to food or the means to purchase them.

Eng. Munir bin Hussein Al Lawati, Director General of Planning and Development described about the Sultanate’s efforts in the promotion of food security, noting that about 53 per cent of the population of the Sultanate rely on agriculture and fisheries, directly or indirectly. -ONA

Dr Hilal bin Ali Al Hinai

Secretary-General of TRC

Times News Service MUSCAT: Winners of the National Research Award (NRA) will be announced at the second Annual Research Forum (ARF) on October 26-27.

The National Research Award is expected to enhance the competitive spirit among researchers and motivate them to come up with research that achieves comprehensive quality and sustainable development, in addition to translating the vision and the strategic objectives of the National Research Strategy in the Sultanate.

The Research Council (TRC) is gearing up for the event which will coincide with the tenth anniversary of the establishment of TRC. The NRA winners are distributed across six research areas, namely Education and Human Re-

sources (EHR), Communications and Information Systems (CIS), Energy and Industry, Culture, Basic and Social Sciences (CBSS), Environment and Bio-Resources and Health Community Service.

Dr Hilal bin Ali Al Hinai, Secretary-General of TRC, stated that the winners of the inaugural Individual Innovations Competition will also be announced during the second ARF. The second Annual Research Forum aims at promoting and spreading the culture of research, knowledge transfer and exchange of expertise and research updates in the Sultanate. It also aims at encouraging researchers to highlight their research activities in various scientific fields.

In addition, it aims to activate research activities through encouraging researchers to ap-

ply and submit their research proposals of high quality to The Research Council.

The activities of the second ARF will also include honouring a number of undergraduate research scholars, funded under the Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Award Programme (FURAP) of TRC. It will also be accompanied by an exhibition, displaying posters of more than 35 research abstracts that have been published at international referred journals in different disciplines.

TRC is organising a mobile exhibition’ that will tour a number of governorates. “The mobile exhibition will be launched in conjunction with the Annual Research Forum and will last until the beginning of December this year,” said Dr Hilal bin Ali Al Hinai.

DRIVING LICENCE

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A1 ‘New rules must include age, fitness’ The president of Bangladesh Social Club, Mohammed Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan, said the government could be in the process of bringing back an old rule which existed in Oman. “About 10 to 15 years back, not every foreigner could drive on Oman’s roads. Only those skilled in driving could apply for a licence then,” he said.

While some people have suggested that the driving licence’s validity should be linked to the validity of the holders’ residency visa, others have suggested that it should be linked to the profession.

“I think that expatriates who are drawing a salary of OMR600 per month or more should be eligible for a driving licence as in the case of those holding family visa

status. The expatriate’s job status should also match his salary, unless he is a driver,” said Bhuiyan.

Omani businessmen said any move to introduce new conditions for obtaining a driving licence should also include age and health fitness just as such norms are applied in Kuwait.

“Private drivers who have been working for the same sponsor should be exempted,” said Baqir Al Ajmi, a businessman.

Illegal taxis Welcoming this move, Muhannad Al Salhi, a taxi driver, said it would reduce the number of illegal taxis on the road. “They are stealing our money. It is not easy to obtain a commercial taxi registration

and a licence,” he said.

Recently, a large number of drivers were caught and penalised by the police in different areas of Muscat. “But this is not enough.

We want tougher laws,” he added.

Mark Pudwell, Business Development and Training Manager, Competence HR, said that if driving standards prevalent in country of an expatriate are equal to or of a higher standard than those of the host nation, then driving licence should be issued to such an expatriate.

“If, however, the host nation can clearly demonstrate that its standards are higher than that of the expatriate’s country, then it must be expected that the automatic entitlement does not in-

clude that country and the licence holder must be subjected to an assessment of driving by an appropriate authority. If an individual meets the standard required, then the transfer of licence should be executed without the need for additional bureaucratic steps.

In setting out its guidelines for the transfer of driving rights, the host nation should include a set of criteria that the expatriate must meet and be able to provide evidence of such. It is vitally important that the host nation also regulates driving standards and those of its instructors, so that it can set out a clear strategy and standard that all would-be expatriates can endeavour to meet before they arrive,” he added.

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Citing security concerns, Tel Aviv and the nearby cities of Rehovot and Hod Hasharon avoided using the word “Arab” in announcing on their websites and emails to residents that maintenance workers and cleaners - many of whom are Arabs - would not be allowed into schools.

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DUBAI/ADEN: Yemen’s government will attend UN-sponsored talks with the Houthis and their allies, a government spokesperson said on Sunday, in a fresh bid

PROTEST: A boy shouts slogans as he takes part in a demonstration against the Saudi-led air strikes outside the United Nations offices in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday. – Reuters

to end months of fighting that has killed more than 5,000 people.

The Saudi-backed government said on Saturday it had been studying an invitation from the United Nations to attend a new round of talks in an undisclosed location.

“The decision has been taken to attend (the talks) and a letter will be sent to the UN secretarygeneral (about that),” Rajeh Badi, the government spokesman, told Reuters.

UN special envoy to Yemen Is-

RISING TENSIONS

Four Israeli cities ban Arab labourers from their schools OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: At least four Israeli cities, including the commercial capital Tel Aviv, have banned Arab labourers from their schools, struggling to calm public fears fuelled by the worst surge of Palestinian street attacks in years.

Israel’s Interior Ministry, which oversees municipalities, declined immediate comment on Sunday on the decision, condemned by a party representing the country’s Arab minority as racist.

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Security concerns Citing security concerns, Tel Aviv and the nearby cities of Rehovot and Hod Hasharon avoided using the word “Arab” in announcing on their websites and emails to residents that maintenance workers and cleaners - many of whom

are Arabs - would not be allowed into schools. Another city, Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, midway between Tel Aviv and occupied Jerusalem, said “minority members” - a term Jews in Israel often use for Arab citizens who make up 20 per cent of the population of eight million - would be banned from working in its schools.

Dov Khenin, a legislator from the Joint Arab List, the largest Arab party, said on Israel Radio that “under cover of anxiety, dangerous measures of racist exclusion are being advanced”. Spokesmen for Tel Aviv and Rehovot insisted the ban would apply to Jews and Arabs alike. — Reuters

mail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been in Saudi Arabia for discussions with Yemeni President Abdrrabbo Mansour Hadi and other senior Yemeni officials over the talks.

A previous round of UN-sponsored talks in Geneva between the Yemeni government and the Houthis in June failed to achieve a breakthrough.

Sudanese troops Meanwjile, a battalion of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday, military officials said, bolstering Saudi-led Arab forces trying to keep out the Houthi rebels and curb the growing pres-

ence of hardline militants. Aden, a strategic port and shipping hub, became the seat of the Yemeni government earlier this year after the Houthis, a clan from northern Yemen, seized the capital Sanaa and forced President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to the south.

A military source in Aden said that 300 Sudanese soldiers and officers arrived by sea on Saturday. Their purpose was to “help maintain security for the city against the Houthis and Saleh,” the source said, referring to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose supporters have sided with the Houthis.

Hadi escaped to Saudi Arabia as the Houthis advanced towards Aden in March. Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned from exile after anti-Houthi fighters, backed by the Arab coalition, drove the Houthis and their allies out of the city in July.

However, they have not man-

aged to restore security there.

Hardline militant suicide bombers killed 15 people in attacks on the Yemeni government’s headquarters and Arab coalition outposts in Aden on October 6.

“Our troops in Yemen are ready to do their military task under the command of the alliance military leadership,” Sudanese army spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Khalifa Alshami said. “Sudan is committed to restore legitimacy in Yemen.”

The security situation in Aden has remained a concern as residents report that armed men, including hardline militants linked to Al Qaeda, roam the streets. On Saturday, unidentified gunmen shot dead a UAE national at a shop in Aden, according to a local security source. The UAE state news agency WAM reported that a coalition soldier had died but gave no further details. — Reuters

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INDIA

India cannot perpetually depend on imported energy, very soon the country will have to look at options that will give the country energy independence Ratan K. Sinha, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission

Bhagwat’s quota remark ‘sealed’ BJP’s fate in Bihar: Lalu Prasad BJP digs out 23-year-old Nitish letter attacking Lalu

The RJD chief said that Bhagwat’s remarks had created a 1995-like situation in Bihar when Janata Dal had emerged triumphant in ‘Mandal versus Kamandal’ politics.

He also accused the RSS and BJP of working against the

WOOING VOTERS: Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad

‘spirit of Constitution’

Yadav addresses an election rally at Patna Sahib assembly constituency in Patna City on Sunday. - PTI

PATNA: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who has milked to the last drop Mohan Bhagwat’s call for a review of the reservation policy, feels BJP’s fate has been “sealed” by the RSS chief’s remarks and claims a 1995-like situation prevails in Bihar when Janata Dal had emerged triumphant in “Mandal versus Kamandal” politics.

Under vicious attack from BJP for his “Hindus also eat beef remarks”, he says he is a true “gopalak” (one who rears cows) and that his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi “washes the ‘feet’ of every new cow that comes home”.

Surrounded by his supporters after a string of election meetings, Lalu shows a book by M. S. Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS — Bunch of Thoughts.

Reservation “Golwalkar had said that reservation should be provided on economic basis. The present leadership of RSS is following the thought of its guru (Golwalkar).

Dalits and Backwards got reservation after decades of struggle and they want to snatch it now,” he said in an interview.

He said there is a “pattern” be-

hind Bhagwat remarks. Accusing the RSS and BJP of working against the “spirit of Constitution”, Prasad said while the Constitution allowed the right to franchise and right to contest polls even to the illiterate, BJP governments in Rajasthan and Haryana have made a minimum qualification mandatory for contesting civic bodies elections.

“This is another conspiracy against the backward classes to deny them the electoral opportunities under the pretext of degrees.

If we become silent, they will make some law that only BA or MA pass outs can contest elections as they believe that only a few castes, which have got high education, should rule the nation and the rest should serve them (baaki sabhi unki maalish karte rahe),” he said.

Taking on the BJP for its attempts at “religious polarisation” by repeatedly harping on his “Hindus also eat beef” remark, Lalu said the saffron party tried to turn the cow-rearing Yadav community against him.

“They want to communalise the atmosphere. There are fifty cows at my residence. My wife washes the feet of every new cow that comes home. Many people keep dogs at their homes, we rear cows.

“They (BJP and RSS) are making noises. Let Modi tell there will be no butcheries in the country.Former Press Council of India Chief Markandey Katju, who is a Kashmiri Brahmin, says he eats beef. I do not want to go into that debate.

This is their conspiracy,” he said.

Controversy Lalu referred to meat exports from Gujarat and rise in beef exports from the country in last one year to claim the controversy over beef consumption was created by the BJP for “political reasons”.

Claiming that minorities are fully behind the grand alliance in Bihar, the RJD chief said, “RSS and BJP have got into a habit of doing politics of religion. They do benefit from it somewhere some time but not in Bihar.”

“What they did in Dadri? A poor Muslim was murdered without any rhyme or reason. Is this what they had promised in Lok Sabha polls.

They had sought votes in the name of development then,” he said.

The RJD boss rubbished allegations about attempts by him at caste polarisation, saying “We did not start the caste talk. Prime Minister Modi came and tried to project himself as a great supporter of Yaduvanshis. He said he belonged

BJP-led NDA won the last Lok Sabha polls due to a division between us. Once we got united, it is now becoming increasingly clear where the BJP alliance stands. They have been cut to size Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal chief

to Dwarka, the city of deity Krishna. We all know what he is.

“He thought he would be able to drive a wedge among the Yaduvanshis and win the polls. That is not going to happen. Then he created a scare about some Jungle Raj. Yadavs are descendents of deity Krishna. We are saviours. We stand by the weaker sections,” he said.

Lalu claimed the JD(U)-RJDCongress grand alliance was way ahead of the NDA in the first two phases of 5-phase assembly elections where poll has already been taken in 81 of the 243 seats.

“BJP-led NDA won the last Lok Sabha polls due to a division between us. Once we got united, it is now becoming increasingly clear where the BJP alliance stands.

They have been cut to size,” he said, expressing confidence that the ‘secular’ alliance will do well in the next three phases too.

The RJD leader, who has been barred from contesting elections following his conviction in a fodder scam case, also dismissed talks about his sons being contenders for Deputy Chief Ministership and repeatedly asserted that the election is being fought under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, who will be the Chief Minister if the grand alliance came to power. - PTI

PATNA: In an apparent bid to create fissures in the secular alliance ahead of the remaining three phases of Assembly polls, the BJP has made public Nitish Kumar’s letter to the then Chief Minister Lalu Prasad 23 years ago in which he had charged Prasad with fostering corruption and giving leverage to a particular caste in government jobs.

The BJP published selectively from Kumar’s letter in full-page advertisements in vernacular dailies on Saturday and asked people to decide for whom to vote.

The letters were taken from author Srikant’s book Bihar: Chitthion ki Rajniti (Bihar: Politics of Letter).In the letter written in December 1992, Kumar accused Prasad, then his comrade in-arms, of renouncing social justice agenda and making it a mere slogan for personal popularity.

“There appears to be grave injustice to the extent that one can smell a sense of prejudice when one looks at practical aspect of the social justice agenda (in Bihar),” he had purportedly written in that letter.

Claiming that contrary to perception that OBC people will too benefit from the state government’s thrust on social justice agenda, Kumar, the then senior leader of National Front, alleged that grave irregularities and malpractice were carried out in recruitment in police giving an impression that all vacancies were reserved for a particular dominant caste.

Preference Kumar said he was told by an MP that a particular community was given preference in recruitment. He had also

questioned the then chief minister on secularism saying the conduct of the latter reflect an idea that he was the sole flag-bearer of secular ethos. He also charged Prasad with hijacking secularism plank for self-promotion and publicity.

Ocean of corruption Kumar also attacked Prasad alleging that his rule has become an ocean of corruption and a message went down to the grassroot level that the state government had given patronage to corruption in projects like road construction.

Rules of transfer and posting were flouted in road construction department, the letter purportedly said and charged Prasad with being part of corruption network in the same department.

“The fact that you have not taken action against the(road construction) minister gives doubt to your connivance in corruption and irregularities in the said department,” Kumar said in the letter.

Concerned He also charged Prasad with collusion with corporates.

Kumar, then Lok Sabha MP from Barh, had expressed concern on the ever deteriorating financial condition of Bihar, which he said, was in direct control of the chief minister.

“The balance between income and expenditure was tilted in favour of income at the time you (Prasad) became the chief minister in March 1990...but in subsequent years, expenditure overran income prompting huge cut in plan outlay which have had a bearing on development works,” Kumar said in the letter. - PTI

CLEAN FUEL

‘Fire ice’ could offer a real hydrocarbon bonanza MUMBAI: India is highly energy starved. Since nature has not been benevolent to the country as neither is the country endowed with rich deposits of oil or gas nor with energy rich uranium.

Consequently, to power a 1.25 billion people, India spends a whopping $160 billion annually for importing oil and gas to meet the surging domestic demands.

Frozen crystalline methane deposits also called ‘fire ice’ could offer a real hydrocarbon bonanza when it gets tapped. It would be a clean fuel and most importantly sourced from India so would help lasting in energy security.

Today more than 85 per cent of India’s domestic demand of oil and gas is met through imports.

A 2014 Goldman Sachs report said, “India has a fifth of the world’s population, but only a 30th of its energy.”

Commenting on the current situation, noted energy expert Ratan K. Sinha, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, says, “India cannot perpetually depend on imported energy, very soon the country will have to look at options that will give the country energy independence.”

Untapped Amid this gloomy prognosis, there is one hydrocarbon source that is available in plenty but remains untapped, since technological challenges of commercially mining it are yet to be overcome.

This is a hydrocarbon ‘diamond’ called gas hydrate which is a form of solidified natural gas that occurs at the bottom of the ocean. A just concluded IndoJapanese expedition on board a world-class ship called Chikyu has again reinforced the huge po-

In the 150 day, cruise of Chikyu that cost about Rs616 crore exploratory drilling was done in the Bay of Bengal to map the hidden hydrocarbon resource tential of this energy rich deposit.

In the 150 day, cruise of Chikyu that cost about Rs616 crore exploratory drilling was done in the Bay of Bengal to map the hidden hydrocarbon resource.

The seas of the country are home to some rich beds of what are called ‘gas hydrates’, these are essentially solidified lumps of the commonly occurring ‘marsh gas’.

This highly-inflammable gas called methane under certain very specific conditions solidifies along with water and forms a white ‘ice cream’ like substance.

This white mass has been discovered in large quantities in the seas around the KrishnaGodavari-Mahanadi basin; in the Andaman Islands; off the coast of Saurashtra; and in the KeralaKonkan region.

When tapped it could power India with an abundant supply of natural gas for a long time.

It should be noted that methane is a highly potent green house gas and hence its mining has to be done with great care to ensure none leaks out.

For the exploration and development of gas hydrates, NGHP was formulated by the government in 1995.

The first NGHP expedition was carried out in 2006, where coring and drilling at 21 sites in western offshore, eastern offshore and Andaman sea were done to know the occurrence of gas hydrates in offshore areas.

Back in 2006, the presence of gas hydrates was first established in Krishna-Godavari Basin when drill ship ‘Joides Resolution’ did some surveys at a cost of $36 million which according to the government showed the presence of sizable reserves of good quality gas hydrates in the sedimentary basins in India.

Results from the second site in KG basin are particularly remarkable it noted. These showed the presence of a 128m thick gas hydrate layer indicating massive to dispersed gas hydrates.

Speaking about this success, the then petroleum minister Murli Deora remarked “this marks a very significant development in the country. R&D work is in progress to develop a commercially viable technology to produce natural gas from gas hydrates, which is so far not available anywhere in the world.

“Development of this unconventional source of energy could meet a large part of our ever increasing demand for gas in the decades to come.” - PTI

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Democracy cannot be ‘tyranny of the unelected’: Jaitley NEW DELHI: In unusually strong remarks over the Supreme Court’s reasoning for striking down the NJAC Act, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said Indian democracy cannot be a “tyranny of the unelected” and to strengthen independence of judiciary, one does not have to weaken Parliamentary sovereignty.

Terming as “erroneous logic” reasons given by a five-judge Constitution bench which declared as unconstitutional the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014 and also the 99th Constitution Amendment, Jaitley warned that democracy would be in danger if the “elected are undermined”.

“The Indian democracy cannot be a tyranny of the unelected and if the elected are undermined, democracy itself would be in danger,” he said in a Facebook post titled ‘The NJAC Judgement-An Alternative View?’, which he termed as “personal views”.

Jaitley, also a former law minister, said as someone concerned about the independence of judiciary and the sovereignty of Parliament, he believed that the two can and must co-exist.

“Independence of the judiciary is an important basic structure of the Constitution. To strengthen it, one does not have to weaken Parliamentary sovereignty which is not only an essential basic structure but is the soul of our democracy,” he said.

The NDA government had suffered a huge blow with the Supreme Court saying the legislations, which gives a major role to the executive in appointing judges, would breach the “independence” of the higher judiciary.

Shah chides top BJP leaders for remarks Khattar, Balyan, Sakshi Maharaj and

to Amit Shah’s office where they were Arun Jaitley

reprimanded and warned against

The NJAC Act, which replaced the 22-year-old collegium system of judges appointing judges, was held as “void” by the apex court which said it impinges upon the concepts of “separation of powers” and the “basic structure” of the Constitution.

Verdict In its reaction, the Modi government had said that the verdict, which drew mixed responses from the legal fraternity and political parties, was a “setback to parliamentary sovereignty.”

Politician bashing is the key to the judgement, Jaitley said, adding one of the judge argues that BJP leader LK Advani had opined that dangers of an Emergencylike situation are still there.

Civil society in India is not strong and, therefore, you need an independent judiciary.

Another argues that it may be possible that the present Government does not favour appointment of persons with alternative sexuality as Judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court.

“Politician bashing is akin to the 9pm television programmes,” he said. - PTI

Kejriwal’s ‘jungle raj’ remark wrong: Bassi earlier opposed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s demand to hand over Delhi Police control to the state government.

Slugfest “...or an attempt at political positioning, as political parties often do that. These should not be given much importance,” he said.

The latest slugfest between the AAP government and the Centre was triggered in the wake of the rape of two minors in the national capital. - IANS

making comments that ‘threaten to derail’ the Modi government’s ‘positive agenda’ GROWING UNEASE: BJP chief Amit Shah comes out of party

headquarters after a meeting with summoned party leaders over controversial statements, in New Delhi on Sunday. - PTI

NEW DELHI: Facing attack from outside and growing unease within, BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday “reprimanded” several top party leaders who had made controversial comments on the Dadri lynching and beef row after Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced “extreme displeasure” over their actions.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan, Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj and Uttar Pradesh MLA Sangeet Som, an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots, were “summoned” to BJP president Amit Shah’s office where they were “reprimanded” and warned against making comments that “threaten to derail” the Modi government’s “positive agenda”, a senior party functionary said.

Summoned “Khattar, Balyan, Sakshi Maharaj and Som were summoned to Amit Shah’s office and were reprimanded in person for their controversial utterances as because of these the positive agenda of the Modi government like employment generation, poverty reduction and development get somewhat derailed,” BLP chief said.

The BJP functionary said “displeasure” was also telephonically conveyed to MoS for culture and tourism Mahesh Sharma.

“Besides, a message has been sought to be conveyed to the entire party hierarchy that leaders should desist from making statements that create unnecessary controversy. People prone to making controversial statements have also been conveyed the party’s unhappiness,” he said.

CANNABIS

Drugs worth Rs10 million seized in Andhra VISAKHAPATNAM: Cannabis, a banned narcotic, worth around Rs 10 million in the illegal drug market, has been seized at Narsipatnam town in Visakhpatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.

It is obviously an empty formality. Modi has still not found time and continues to practice deafening silence.

This has been a mere gimmick far from solving issues which amounts to admission of guilt

Som were summoned

RAPE INCIDENTS

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Commissioner B. S. Bassi on Sunday termed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “jungle raj” comment “an attempt at political positioning that deserves no importance”.

“There’s no ‘jungle raj’ (lawlessness) in Delhi. If such a thing has been said, it is definitely wrong. It may be due to lack of knowledge or insight into the crime situation (in the national capital),” Bassi told reporters here.

The statement had no connection with reality, said Bassi, who

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Two persons were arrested in this regard for allegedly smuggling the contraband, sources said.

Cannabis, weighing over 2,000 kilo grams, was being smuggled to East Godavari from here in an oil

tanker, Narsipatnam Town police station Inspector RVRK Chowdhary said. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the tanker and seized 1,005 packets of cannabis, each weighing 2kg, he said. - PTI

The move came a day after one of BJP’s oldest allies Shiromani Akali Dal termed the lynching of a Muslim man in Dadri last month over beef eating rumours a “shame” for the country and said what happened after that was “damaging the prime minister more than anybody else”. SAD MP Naresh Gujral had said, “What happened after the lynching incident in UP is damaging the NDA, the BJP and damaging the prime minister more than anybody else.”

He deplored that “motormouths” were not paying heed to even Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that no action was being taken against them.

“But unfortunately, no action has been taken against anybody... motormouths are not paying heed to what the Prime Minister has said. It is high time some action is taken against anybody so that a strong message goes all the way in Sangh Parivar that this kind of nonsense will not be tolerated,” he had said.

‘Mere gimmick’ However, Congress dismissed Shah’s exercise as “mere gimmick” and “empty formality” after the “horse has bolted”.

“What is the point of closing stable door after horse has bolted?

For 18 months such divisive and provocative statements and actions have been recurring with monotonous regularity. So, after 18 months Amit Shah has found time to chastise MPs and ministers.

“It is obviously an empty formality. Modi has still not found

time and continues to practice deafening silence. This has been a mere gimmick far from solving issues which amounts to admission of guilt,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.

Failure of UP government Shah, according to those privy to the development, told the leaders that the Dadri incident was “essentially a failure” of UP’s Samajwadi Party government.

The controversial remarks by them only served to deflect the attention from the failure of the state government and turned the spotlight on BJP, they were told.

“Modiji is extremely upset over these controversies,” Shah said.

Khattar was recently reported to have said in a newspaper interview that Muslims can live in India but they will have to give up eating beef.

He was forced to retract following a backlash by the opposition.

Both Sharma, Union Culture Minister, and Som had visited the Dadri village in the aftermath of the incident.

While Sharma had termed the murder as an “accident”, Som alleged the police was framing innocents and warned of retaliation like the one witnessed during riots in Muzaffarnagar in 2013.

Sakshi Maharaj had only on Saturday pitched for a law that provides for death penalty for cow slaughter and defended the action of BJP MLAs who beat up an independent member inside the Jammu and Kashmir assembly after he reportedly hosted a beef party.

Mahesh Sharma, who was

Abhishek Manu Singhvi Congress spokesperson

among those “pulled up” by the BJP chief, however, said “nothing like this” has happened, while Sakshi Maharaj maintained “no explanation” was sought from him.

Sakshi Maharaj claimed he met Shah over issues relating to his Unnao constituency in UP. ”No explanation (for controversial statements) were sought and none given.”

“I had come to discuss problems of my constituency. After Bihar, UP will have elections and I have to do something there.

So, should I not discuss issues of my area? Be it Hindus or Muslims, anybody being murdered is shameful,” he told reporters after the meeting.

Balyan, had said after the Dadri lynching that the incident was not linked to communalism and was a social issue concerning emotions of the Hindu community.

Unfortunate and wrong “The issue should not be linked to communalism and to any party.

Whatever happened was wrong and unfortunate. But why such incidents happen? Look at any districts in the state, cow slaughter houses are set up at every place.

The Uttar Pradesh government has not been able to take effective action,” he had said.

Asked after the meeting if he was reprimanded by the BJP president, he said,”Nothing of that sort...nothing. We had just come to meet the party chief.”

Som said they were party workers and had come to meet the BJP chief over issues related to it. - PTI

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PAKISTAN Uighur militants eliminated from Pakistan: Minister China has long urged Islamabad to weed

The fight against East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is our own fight. It’s not only China’s fight.

It’s a joint fight against ETIM, between Pakistan and China, so there is absolutely no difference of opinion on the elimination of ETIM from our tribal areas

out what it says are militants from Xinjiang, who are holed up in a lawless tribal belt, home to a lethal mix of militant

Khawaja Asif

groups, including the

Pakistan Defence Minister

Taliban and Al Qaeda

BEIJING: Pakistan has eliminated all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its territory, but must remain vigilant to ensure they don’t return, the country’s defence minister said in Beijing on Sunday.

China blames ETIM for car-

rying out attacks in its far western region of Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people, although many foreign experts doubt the group’s existence in a cohesive group.

China, Pakistan’s only major ally in the region, has long urged Islamabad to weed out what it says are militants from Xinjiang, who are holed up in a lawless tribal belt, home to a lethal

mix of militant groups, including the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Security forum “We believe they’re all eliminated,” Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told reporters on the sidelines of a security forum. “I think there (were) a small number in tribal areas, they’re all gone or eliminated. There are no more there.”

It is just as much in Pakistan’s interests as China’s to fight Uighur militants, Asif said, denying there was any difference of opinion between Beijing and Islamabad on Pakistan’s efforts to tackle the problem.

“The fight against ETIM is our own fight. It’s not only China’s fight. It’s a joint fight against ETIM, between Pakistan and China, so there is absolutely no differ-

ence of opinion on the elimination of ETIM from our tribal areas,” he added “We have to be vigilant for a long time that this menace, this infection, does not return.”

Some Xinjiang government officials have said they believe Pakistan is not doing enough to prevent Uighurs from travelling there to become radicalised.

Hundreds have died in unrest in Xinjiang in the past few years.

Exiles and activists say Chinese controls on the religion and culture of the Uighur people is more a cause of the violence than wellorganised militant groups.

China and Pakistan call each other “all-weather friends” and their close ties have been underpinned by long-standing wariness of their common neighbour, India, and a desire to hedge against U.S. influence across the region.

China and Pakistan are getting ready to finalise a deal for China to sell eight submarines to Pakistan, Asif said, in what could be one of China’s largest overseas weapons sales once it is signed.

“It’s moving smoothly, it’s going ahead,” he said. “We are at the final stage. I think it won’t take very long.” — Reuters

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PTI rejects body to address MQM concerns ISLAMABAD: Days after the federal government formed a grievances redressal committee to address the concerns of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on the Karachi operation, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has expressed fears it might affect the ongoing action against criminals in the city.

“PTI rejects this committee,” said party’s information secretary Naeemul Haq in a statement on Sunday. “With the representation of MQM, the committee would no longer remain impartial,” he said, adding the move would lead to ‘political blackmailing.’

Secret information The PTI leader termed the move “an attempt to give MQM access to secret information and aspects of the ongoing operation against criminals as secretary Ministry of Interior would be officiating as secretary of the committee.”

Members of the MQM in August had resigned from assemblies and the Senate.

On October 9, government had agreed to form the committee, which came into being on Saturday. — Express Tribune

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Ex-general set to replace Aziz as national security advisor KARACHI: Pakistan is about to appoint a former general as national security advisor, tightening the powerful military’s control over security policy and negotiations with arch rival India, officials said Sunday.

Lieutenant General Naseer Khan Janjua, who retired from the military this week, will be appointed national security advisor soon and will accompany Prime Minis-

ter Nawaz Sharif on his trip to the United States next week, one military official and two civilians said.

The post is currently held by Sartaj Aziz, a civilian who is a close ally of Sharif. Aziz also holds the portfolio for foreign affairs.

“The army chief feels that Sartaj Sahib’s attention is divided,” a military source said. “So it has been decided that General Janjua will be appointed the national security

adviser and Sartaj Aziz can give his full attention to the foreign office.”

A military spokesman declined to comment.

Sharif has had rocky relations with Pakistan’s powerful military, who deposed him in a 1999 coup during a previous term as prime minister.

He swept into office again in 2013 vowing to improve relations between Pakistan and India.

But many in the military remain deeply suspicious of India, and Sharif has had to reign in his ambitions. Domestic political protests last year forced him to rely more heavily on the military for stability, and India elected nationalist Narendra Modi as prime minister.

“The army had advised the PM against engaging Modi but he (Sharif ) had insisted that he would pursue peace talks,” the official

said. “He is very disappointed by Modi’s response and he has realised that perhaps the advice he got then was correct.”

A senior minister in Sharif’s cabinet said the army chief had pushed Janjua’s appointment “for many months,” although Nawaz had preferred to keep his own man, Aziz.

“Now the army chief has convinced the prime minister that

the military and the government must... work together,” the minister said.

Janjua’s appointment follows cooling relations between Pakistan and India, who were due to hold talks in August but cancelled after India said it wanted to limit the scope of the talks to Pakistan’s support for militancy on its territory and Pakistan insisted on more wide-ranging discussions. — Reuters

NOVEL WAY

A girl pulls her sister in a discarded basket in the Rashidabad neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. — Reuters

MISUSE OF POWER

Provincial graft watchdog seeks to arrest ANP senator ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission has sought help from the Islamabad police to arrest Senator Sitara Ayaz of the Awami National Party (ANP) for her alleged misuse of power and corrupt practices.

Citing a procedural hiccup, Islamabad’s inspector general of police refused to arrest Sitara, who currently lives in the Parliament Lodges, without prior permission from Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani. A police spokesperson said that they have written a letter to the Senate chairman seeking his permission.

Before her election to the upper house of parliament, Sitara was a social welfare minister in the ANP-led government in K-P between 2008 and 2013. The K-P Ehtesab Commission has accused her of misuse of authority and corrupt practices during her tenure as provincial minister.

Sitara Ayaz

The K-P home department informed the federal interior ministry about the arrest warrants issued by the Ehtesab Commission against Sitara. And subsequently, an Ehtesab Commission team approached the capital police to seek their help in the matter.

Sitara has denied corruption allegations against her. Instead

she alleged that the Ehtesab Commission was victimising her. Apart from Sitara and her spouse, several other ANP leaders are facing charges of corruption and misuse of powers. They include former chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, his adviser Syed Masood Shah, and former education minister Sardar Hussain Babak.

Hoti has expressed serious reservations about the functioning of the Ehtesab Commission, established by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government in the province, alleging that the anti-corruption watchdog was being used ‘to humiliate’ political rivals.

“We will continue our legal and political struggle, despite such baseless allegations,” said Hoti who, along with other ANP officebearers, addressed a news meet a few months before. — Express Tribune

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MOVING TO SAFER PASTURES: Fishermen secure fishing outrigger boats to higher grounds along the coastal area of Manila Bay on Sunday, after the Philippine coast guard banned sailing due to conditions brought on by Typhoon Koppu, known locally as Lando. – AFP

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MANILA: Powerful typhoon Koppu ploughed into the northeastern Philippines before dawn on Sunday destroying homes and displacing 10,000 people and whipping up coastal surges four metres (12 feet) high, disaster agency officials said.

There were no reports of casualties after the category four typhoon, with central destructive winds of 175 kph (109 mph), made landfall around 1 am (1700 GMT) near the town of Casiguran in Aurora province. Koppu dumped heavy rain, causing flooding and damaging roads and bridges, and toppled power and communication lines. “There are still no reports of casualty, thank God,” said Alexander Pama, executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

“Initially, we are getting many houses were destroyed, power lines toppled and trees blocking major roads,” he said, adding 10,000 people had been displaced

in northeastern Luzon, the country’s main island. The weather bureau said Koppu will remain over Luzon for three days due to a high pressure in the north and another typhoon in the northwest Pacific.

Casiguran town, where Koppu slammed hit, was isolated, local radio dzBB reported. “We expect some damages on public infrastructure and agriculture,” Norma Talosig, regional disaster agency head in rice-producing Cagayan Valley. Junie Cua, governor of Quirino province, said toppled electric posts and trees were making it hard for emergency workers to reach isolated communities.

Authorities said 30 flights and ferry services in the north were grounded. Some commuter bus suspended services due threats of landslides in mountain areas.

On Friday, President Benigno Aquino appealed on television to people not to panic and to make preparations. — Reuters

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W

atching American complaints roll out that Russia is bombing the wrong terrorists in Syria last week, I was reminded of the epic Cold War black comedy movie, Dr Strangelove, which takes a dark look at the lunacy of nuclear war.

Younger readers may not know the Peter Sellers classic but it is as relevant today, with US and Russian planes eyeball-to-eyeball in the skies over Syria. A particular line stands out, when a character in the film mutters: “Well, that’s the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones.”

He might have been referring to President Barack Hussein Obama’s recent complaint that Russia, by launching air strikes on a country pummelled by US planes for the past year, was somehow making things worse. American officials have been feverishly accusing Moscow’s jets of bombing, not IS, but rival terrorist armies in the apocalyptic wasteland that is northern Syria. Seriously?

Yes, seriously. Obama’s own Secretary of State for Defence, Ashton Carter, stated in Congress recently that one cannot find enough good terrorists to train and fight against both Bashar Al Assad and IS. His complaint was that Russia had targeted a group, only some of whom were terrorists, the rest having been trained by the CIA. The notion, even the inference, that there are good terrorists and bad terrorists is straight out of Dr Strangelove and it would be really funny if folks were not seriously saying it.

The world must hope that a new US president can rediscover diplomacy. But these comments and complaints hide a grimmer truth, which is that the Obama administration really has no policy when it comes to defeating IS. It bombs the group from 20,000 plus feet, but not the IS oil convoys that pay their bills. It seeks to arm rebels to fight both the regime of Assad and IS, then watches helplessly as some of those rebels say thanks for the guns and then join the extremists plotting war on the US. Contrast this with the cold Machiavellian pragmatism at the heart of Russia’s policy. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s experienced Foreign Minister, made the point that, when it comes to air strikes, “if it looks like a terrorist, acts like a terrorist, fights like a terrorist, then it probably is a terrorist”.

In weeks, Moscow has stolen a march on Washington, shipping in planes and troops to Damascus to wipe away a four-year campaign by the White House to unseat Assad. With Russia’s deployment, Assad is now here to stay. And so are the Russians, securing their important strategically-warm wa-

ter port in the Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, the US is stuck with a foreign policy that looks like a broken Rubik’s cube, battling the IS in Iraq and Syria, while turning a blind eye as it expands fast into Libya and its oil fields on the southern shores of the Mediterranean.

What is missing in all of this is the steely-eyed focus that Obama’s forebears brought to the table during the Cold War a generation ago. At least on the American side of the board, the Russians having no such problems.

Dr Strangelove drew attention to the madness of a system in which war was prevented by both sides having enough nukes to wipe out the planet.

It was appropriately called MAD (mutually assured destruction) but that same doctrine did in fact prevent global war for nearly half a century.

And the officials back then, knowing the horrific consequences of getting it wrong, played a sophisticated diplomatic game. There was a MoscowWashington hotline, serious people, from Harry Truman through John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Ronald Reagan on the other end of it, to save the world from destruction. A senior experienced Pentagon official, who will remain nameless, told me he thought the US military could destroy IS, in all its locations, in under a week. So why don’t they?

It would be good to report that Republicans, on the other side of the aisle from Obama, have a sounder reading of the turmoil in MENA countries, but they don’t. Senator John McCain, supposedly one of its foreign policy specialists, is calling not just for arming the good terrorists but for having them shoot down Russian jets, a policy that risks igniting World War III. Yes, Assad is a reprehensible figure but in the world of realpolitik he is not going to be defeated and if he is, then it will be by the infinitely more dangerous extremists of IS. In the Cold War, Nixon, reviled at home for Watergate, built detente with the Kremlin and Peking not because he liked them - he described communism as a scourge - but because it was the right thing to do. The current crop of US leaders, on both sides of the aisle, may be incapable of that brand of ruthlessness, mixed with sophistication.

The world must hope that a new US president can rediscover diplomacy.

And there is more west and east military intervention to come before the year is out in Libya. I predicted that Bernardino Leon’s plans for a Unity Government would collapse in Libya. MAD is getting closer. — Special to Times of Oman Richard Galustian is a Middle East security expert based in Libya.

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Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) escort ship Kurama sails through smoke during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, on Sunday. Thirty-six MSDF vessels and navy ships from Australia, India, France, South Korea and the United States participated in the fleet review. — AFP

Kabul, rights groups accuse Taliban of abuses in Kunduz KABUL: The Afghan government on Sunday accused the Taliban of carrying out human rights abuses during two weeks of fighting for control of the northern city of Kunduz this month, even though insurgents say they sought to protect civilians.

Though the Taliban only controlled the city for three days, fighting between the militants and Afghan security forces continued for two weeks, driving tens of thousands of residents to seek safety in neighbouring provinces.

At least 50 civilians were killed and more than 350 wounded, according to hospital records compiled by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), though it says the death toll is likely to be much higher.

Some 100,000 residents fled the clashes, according to U.N. estimates.

“Our people recounted examples of the atrocities committed by (the Taliban),” said Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at a press conference in the capital Kabul on Sunday. “It shows no change in the behaviour and politics of this criminal group.”

AIHRC is calling for the government to investigate what it called “widespread and grave human rights violations” by militants during the battle for Kunduz.

Civilians were dragged out of their homes and killed in the street, used as human shields, and taken hostage by the insurgents, said a report released by the commission on Thursday.

The report also said evidence suggested women had been sexually assaulted by anti-government armed fighters during the offen-

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Sri Lanka open to visits

by Chinese naval ships BEIJING: Sri Lanka would consider allowing Chinese naval ships to visit again but no request has been forthcoming yet, the country’s defence secretary said on Sunday.

Sri Lanka’s previous government had caused concern in India with its close ties to Beijing, including allowing Chinese submarines to dock.

New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has unnerved China though with his re-examination of relations, including a $1.5-billion Chineseinvested “port city” project in the capital Colombo.

Submarines Visiting Beijing in February, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said future visits by Chinese submarines were unlikely.

But Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi, who only took up his post last month, told Reuters in Beijing that he would give serious thought to new requests from China for naval ships to call, even if there are no plans currently.

“It has not come to my table yet. If it comes I’ll give it due consideration. If it comes in the right track we’ll consider it seriously,” he said on the sidelines of a military forum.

No discrimination “If it is really interesting and worthwhile, sometimes we do combined operations and exercises with military vessels from around the world, no discrimination.” — Reuters

SURVIVORS: Members of a family who fled Kunduz sit in a hotel room in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 12, 2015. — Reuters

Civilians were dragged out of their homes and killed in the street, used as human shields, and taken hostage by the insurgents, said a Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission report on Thursday

sive, echoing earlier reports by rights group Amnesty International that female health workers and prisoners had been raped during the siege.

A Taliban spokesman rejected the commission’s allegations.

“Eliminating enemy personnel and structures is part of war, however utmost care was taken in dealing with civilians and unwarranted trouble given to no one,” Taliban spokesman Zabihul-

lah Mujahid said in a statement on Friday.

US strike on hospital In addition, at least 22 patients and staff were killed in a US air strike of a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres on October 3.

Taliban fighters said they went into Kunduz under orders from their leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour to win “hearts and minds.” — Reuters

Iran deal closer to reality as US is set to waive sanctions States, China and Iran would release a joint statement on Sunday committing to the redesign and reconstruction of the Arak research reactor so that it does not produce plutonium.

The fate of the Arak reactor was one of the toughest sticking points in the nearly two years of negotiations that led to the July agreement.

Several senior US officials, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said that despite Washington’s move, actual implementation of the deal was likely several months away

NEW YORK/TEHRAN: The United States was set to issue conditional sanctions waivers for Iran, though it cautioned they will not take effect until Tehran has curbed its nuclear programme as required under a historic nuclear deal reached in Vienna on July 14.

Also on Sunday in Tehran, Germany’s foreign minister said sanctions against Iran would likely remain in place until at least January as world powers wait to see whether Tehran sticks to its commitments under a plan to curb its nuclear programme.

Several senior US officials, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said that despite Washington’s move, actual implementation of the deal was likely several months away. That

DIALOGUE: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, shakes hand with his German

counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier after a joint news conference in Tehran on Saturday. - Reuters

means the sanctions relief Tehran is looking forward to is unlikely to come this year.

They said the timing of nuclearrelated sanctions relief will depend on the speed at which Iran takes the steps needed to enable the UN nuclear watchdog to confirm Tehran’s compliance.

“We cannot imagine it taking less than two months,” one of the US officials said. Sunday was socalled “adoption day” for the deal, which came 90 days after Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China reached

an agreement under which most sanctions on Iran would be lifted in exchange for limits on Tehran’s nuclear activities.

Intrusive access Separately, Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday it would fulfill a commitment under the deal to implement the Additional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, allowing UN nuclear inspectors more intrusive access to Iranian facilities.

Iran would take that step on

“implementation day”, the IAEA said in a statement. Under the deal, that is when the agency is due to have verified that Tehran has put restrictions on its nuclear activities in place and sanctions should be lifted.

Iran would also fully implement a commitment to tell the IAEA of any plans to build nuclear facilities, as agreed under the deal, the IAEA said.

In addition to Washington’s conditional orders to suspend US nuclear-related sanctions, the US officials said the United

Uranium stocks Other steps Iran must take to meet the requirements of the deal include reducing the number of uranium-enrichment centrifuges it has in operation, cutting its enriched uranium stocks and answering UN questions about past nuclear activities the West suspects were tied to weapons work.

One US official noted that the IAEA said Iran already has met its obligation to provide answers and access to the agency. The official suggested the quality of answers Iran might have provided to the IAEA was not relevant when it came to deciding whether to press forward with sanctions relief.

Unilateral US sanctions against Iran not tied to its atomic programme, such as those related to human rights, will remain even after the nuclear deal is implemented. The US officials were asked about Iran’s decision to test a ballistic missile a week ago in violation of a UN ban that will remain in effect for almost a decade.

The United States has said the missile was capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.

The officials reiterated the launch was not a violation of the nuclear deal. — Reuters

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Turkey offered faster EU bid process to stem migrant flow ISTANBUL/BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered Turkey financial aid and the prospect of faster progress on its bid to join the European Union on Sunday in return for badly-needed help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe.

Speaking in Istanbul at a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Merkel said Germany could help

accelerate the path to visa-free travel to the EU for Turks and push forward Ankara’s protracted EU membership talks.

Take back migrants In return of which, she expected Turkey to agree to take back migrants rejected by the EU, something Davutoglu has said he will only agree to if there is progress on the visa issue.

“I think we have used the crisis we are experiencing through a very disorderly and uncontrolled movement of refugees, to again achieve closer cooperation on many issues, both between the European Union and Turkey, and between Germany and Turkey,” Merkel said after meeting the Turkish premier.

Dubbed a “punch-bag” for her own party by some German media due to frustrations over the

refugee crisis, Merkel wants to cement a European deal with Turkey on aid and closer ties in return for help in encouraging refugees there to stay put.

She has resisted pressure to tighten Germany’s border controls and turn away refugees arriving from Austria, even as Germany expects 800,000 to 1 million new arrivals this year.

Both the Turkish and German

leaders said they had agreed there could be no lasting solution to the migration crisis without resolving the conflict in Syria, from where more than 2 million refugees have now fled to Turkey.

Safe zone A “safe zone” in northern Syria, a proposal long championed by Turkey but which has gained little international traction, is badly

needed if the flow of refugees is to be stemmed, Davutoglu said, warning of a potential new wave of migration as fighting intensifies around the Syrian city of Aleppo.

“Our priority is to prevent illegal immigration and reduce the number of people crossing our borders.

In that respect we have had very fruitful discussions with the EU recently,” Davutoglu told the news conference. — Reuters

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Khorasan leader killed in Syria air strike WASHINGTON: An air strike by the US-led coalition has killed Sanafi Al Nasr, a Saudi citizen and the leader of an Al Qaeda offshoot called the Khorasan Group, a Pentagon spokesman said on Sunday.

The Pentagon said Al Nasr organised routes for new recruits to travel from Pakistan to Syria through Turkey and played a significant role in the group’s finances. He was killed in an air strike on Thursday in northwest Syria, it said.

“Al Nasr was a longtime hardliner experienced in funneling money and fighters for Al Qaeda. He moved funds from donors in the Gulf region into Iraq and then to Al Qaeda leaders from Pakistan to Syria,” the Pentagon spokesman said in a statement.

Al Nasr worked for Al Qaeda’s network before taking charge of the militant group’s finances in 2012 and moving to Syria in 2013, the Pentagon said.

He was the fifth senior Khorasan Group leader killed in the last four months, it said.

“This operation deals a significant blow to the Khorasan Group’s plans to attack the United States and our allies, and once again proves that those who seek to do us harm are not beyond our reach,” Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the US-led coalition conducted 18 air strikes against IS in Iraq and five in Syria on Saturday, according to the task force organising the military operation.

In Iraq, the strikes hit near nine cities including Sinjar, Ramadi, Mosul and Kisik, and destroyed heavy machine guns, fighting positions and vehicles belonging to IS militants, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.

The strikes in Syria hit near Abu Kamal, Aleppo and the militant stronghold of Raqqa, where two strikes damaged an artillery piece, the statement said. — Reuters CORRUPTION PROBE

Iraq issues arrest warrant against trade minister BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities have called for the arrest of Trade Minister Milas Mohammed Abdul Kareem and his brother following a corruption investigation, judicial spokesman Abdul Sattar Al Birqdar said on Sunday.

Two officials at the trade ministry’s legal section said the minister faced charges related to accepting bribes, receiving illegal benefits, and misusing his position. A spokesman for the minister declined to comment, and Reuters could not immediately reach his brother for a response.

A year in office, Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has sought to overhaul a political system which doles out positions along ethnic and sectarian lines, creating powerful patronage networks. Abdul Kareem is among the most senior officials to face judicial action since the reform campaign was announced in August. Deputy Prime Minister Baha Al Araji resigned that month over corruption probe. — Reuters

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CAIRO: Egyptians turned out in low numbers on Sunday to vote in the first phase of an election hailed

by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi as a milestone on the road to democracy but shunned by critics who say the new chamber will rubber stamp his decisions.

With most of Sisi’s opponents behind bars, critics say the new chamber is unlikely to challenge the former army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely-elected president in 2013.

Egypt has had no parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically-elected main chamber, then dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a key accomplishment of the 2011 protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Sisi, the latest man from the military to rule Egypt, ousted elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood after mass protests against him and then launched the fiercest crackdown on dissent in Egypt’s modern history.

Visits by Reuters correspondents to polling stations showed

LOW NUMBERS: Two women cast their votes during elections at a polling station in Giza governorate, Egypt, on Sunday. – Reuters

light turnout and little enthusiasm, in sharp contrast to the long lines that formed at the last, harliners’-dominated election in 2012. Most voters interviewed were elderly supporters of Sisi, who has brought a sense of stability after years of political turmoil but has been accused by human rights groups of crushing opponents. He denies the allegations.

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neighbourhood of Gezirat Al Dahab, a judge at a polling station said only about 10 per cent of the 9,000 registered voters had taken part.

Security was tight in a country facing an insurgency led by a Sinaibased group that supports IS, the ultra-hardline group based in Iraq and Syria.

Egypt’s constitution, passed by referendum before Sisi won a presidential vote in mid-2014,

endows the new parliament with wide-ranging powers. On paper, it can reject the president’s choice for prime minister or even impeach the president.

But with Muslim Brotherhood leaders and youth activists at the forefront of the 2011 revolt behind bars, critics fear the elections will produce a pliant parliament.

“The election is a farce. I don’t think anyone in Egypt is taking it seriously,” Muslim Brotherhood official Wafaa Hefny told Reuters.

“All of the candidates are handmade candidates.”

Tight security Soldiers and policemen stood guard outside a polling station in a school in October 6 City on the outskirts of Cairo, where there

were only about 30 people casting ballots. Vans blasted nationalist and pro-army songs. Most voters were elderly or middle-aged, in a country where half the rapidlygrowing population is under 25.

“I want the youth to get elected.

We need new blood,” said Fatma Farag, an elderly woman.

In Cairo’s low-income Boulaq Al Dakrour neighbourhood, there were many campaign banners but far more police and polling station workers than voters.

With Egypt’s largest opposition movement excluded and the secular opposition weakened by internal divisions, few analysts expect turnout to exceed a third of the electorate. Sisi faces a multitude of challenges, including widespread poverty, an energy crisis,

high unemployment and attacks by militants which have killed hundreds of soldiers and police since Morsi’s fall and hurt the vital tourism industry.

He secured support from other opposition groups for ousting Morsi by promising a prompt parliamentary vote.

The elections, repeatedly postponed, will now take place over two rounds on October 18-19 and November 22-23.

This week, voters cast their ballots in 14 regions including Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast and Giza, a province which includes parts of Cairo west of the Nile.

Critics say an electoral system that puts the emphasis on individuals is a throwback to Mubarakera politics, which favoured candidates with wealth and connections over parties with clear ideological agendas or policy platforms. “Being a member of parliament for many is a chance to be close to government. It’s like joining the government club,” said Khaled Dawoud, who recently resigned as spokesman for the Destour Party and Democratic Current electoral alliance. “You don’t join parliament to oppose the government.”

The unicameral parliament will comprise 568 elected members 448 elected on an individual basis and 120 through winner-takes-all lists in four districts with quotas for women, Christians and youth. The president may also appoint a further 5 per cent. Run-offs will take place in districts where no clear winner has emerged, with the final results expected in December. “For the Love of Egypt”, an alliance of loyalist parties and politicians, is running for all 120 list seats and is expected to do well. — Reuters

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Biggest networking event in Oman aims to motivate SMEs would create a platform for small businesses to see how ‘good leadership’ can help grow their business.

Besides, SMEs are the backbone of many economies, she added.

B2B Oman and the chosen theme would create a platform for small businesses to see how ‘good leadership’ can help grow their business

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MUSCAT: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to be involved in B2B Oman, the largest networking event in the Sultanate, which will bring together around 500 participants from various business sectors.

The event, which will be held on February 9, 2016, is being organised by representatives from not-forprofit business councils in Oman, including the British Business Forum, the Oman American Business

UNITED WE STAND: B2B Oman will bring together companies working in various sectors, such as

education, oil and gas, construction, transport, IT and hospitality.

Centre, the European Business Persons Group and the Australian Business Group in Oman.

Bank of Beirut Oman is partnering with B2B, which will be held under the theme ‘Leadership’ this time.

“A lot of smaller companies can seem intimidated by larger groups or larger organisations, and while they might like to approach them, they might feel a bit shy.

This (event) actually breaks down

OIL & GAS

CONFIDENT: Raoul Restucci, managing director of Petroleum Development Oman, said that

production is very strong and the company is likely to ‘beat its target’. - Times file photo

Petroleum Development Oman to drill 500 oil wells this year A. E. JAMES

businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Majority state-owned Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) will continue a robust capital expenditure plan, despite volatile crude oil price environment. Also, the national oil company plans to drill 500 oil wells this year.

“Activity continues to be very strong, very profitable and very robust. We will drill the same (number of) wells we have in the past,” Raoul Restucci, managing director of PDO told Times of Oman.

However, he noted that the national oil company always looks at containing cost wherever possible. “Capital investment will continue to be at high level. But, obviously, we are looking at introducing efficiencies, cost saving, improving ways of working across the business like everybody else,” the PDO chief explained.

Referring to the anticipated crude oil production this year, Restucci said that the production is very strong and the company is likely to ‘beat its target’.

Petroleum Development Oman

Activity continues to be very strong, very profitable and very robust. We will drill the same (number of) wells we have in the past Raoul Restucci

Managing director, Petroleum Development Oman

in April this year said that it is successfully working towards a new sustainable long-term oil production plateau of an average 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2019.

The average PDO daily oil production for 2014 was 570,534

- O. K. MOHAMMAD ALI/Times of Oman

bpd, well above the existing plateau target of 550,000 bpd, and represents PDO’s highest oil production since 2006.In addition, the combined average PDO production (oil, gas and condensate) stood at 1.231 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) last year, the third highest in the company’s history.

Enhanced oil recovery PDO earlier had said that it would continue to focus on enhanced oil recovery projects, which is expected to contribute one-fourth of the company’s total crude oil output by 2019 and one-third by 2025. The company’s current crude oil output from enhanced oil recovery project is just 11 per cent.

Steam water, polymer and other enhanced oil recovery techniques are allowing the company to sustain or maintain production.

Harweel enhanced oil recovery project is going from strength to strength and is now producing 50,000 barrels a day. EOR projects are adding considerable volumes and are not affected by today’s low oil prices.

those barriers so that people can approach each other,” said Susan Rae, chairman of the Australian Business Group.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Rae said that B2B and the chosen theme

Various sectors According to Garry Friend, general manager of Grand Hyatt Muscat -where the event will be held -- B2B would bring together companies working in various sectors, such as education, oil and gas, construction, transport, Information Technology and hospitality.

Around 400 to 500 participants are expected to attend the networking event, which is an ‘important platform’ as people can network with businesses active in different communities, Friend said.

Maggie Jeans from the British Business Forum says that the previous edition of B2B received positive feedback from the participants.

“The event is getting momentum every year so it becomes more wellknown. People say it is a particularly beneficial opportunity to meet people whom they do not always encounter because it involves the four main business groups – the American, Australian, European and the British. So it is cross-fertilisation of ideas,” she noted.

Expanding network The chairman of the Australian Business Group also said that the distinctive feature of the event is the joint participation of these forums.

“This is actually expanding the network horizontally and saying ‘Let’s rip down those boundaries between organisations and network together’,” Rae noted.

Asked whether the forum will only target private companies or public organisations will also be involved, the general manager of Grand Hyatt Muscat said that everybody is welcome to take part in the event.

Billed as the ‘most influential business networking event in Oman’, B2B’s mission is to provide an informal, informative platform for business leaders, ambassadors, investors, young professionals and entrepreneurs to share knowledge, resources and contribute to better business opportunities in Oman, according to the organisers.

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Bank Sohar joins trade team to tap investment in Turkey Times News Service MUSCAT: Bank Sohar recently joined an exclusive business delegation to Turkey with the aim of strengthening trade and business ties between Oman and Turkey.

The four-day trade mission, which took place from September 30 to October 4, was organised by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), in order to help connect Oman’s key financial institutions and businesses with new business opportunities in Turkey’s market.

The trade delegation, which saw the participation of several of Oman’s most prominent business leaders from leading financial in-

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stitutions and businesses, was led

by Eng. Said bin Saleh Al Kiyumi, chairman of OCCI. Representing Bank Sohar on the trade mission were Rashad Ali Al Musafir, acting chief executive officer, and Mustafa Ali Mukhtar, DGM and head of Corporate Banking.

International trade Commenting on the bank’s participation in the trade mission, Rashad Al Musafir said, “Promoting international trade is a crucial way that we will boost our economy and continue to build a stronger and brighter economic future for the

Four-day trade mission, which took place from September 30 to October 4, was organised by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Sultanate. Located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Turkey is a regional commercial hub and an ideal location for promoting economic growth, especially in areas of trade finance and foreign investments.”

Organised by OCCI, the trade

mission featured presentations and a series of meetings with potential partners, customers and business groups for the Omani businesses and banks participating in the trade mission.

Foreign investments These presentations and meeting provided the members of the delegation with a clear understanding of Turkey’s trade experience and capabilities, while at the same time providing both parties with prospective opportunities for mutual sustainable development and foreign investments opportunities both in Turkey and the Sultanate of Oman.

“Opening doors to strategic

markets around the world as well as for foreign investments into Oman, is a key aspect that will help spur economic development and create job opportunities. As one of the most prominent banks in the country, it was both a privilege and an honour to be a part of such an exclusive delegation; playing a key role in helping connect our local businesses in the Sultanate with new opportunities for growth internationally and vice versa,” added Rashad Al Musafir.

“We would like to thank OCCI for organising and provides us with this invaluable opportunity and look forward to participating in similar future trade missions to other promising markets,” he said.

Oman gearing up to promote local goods in Ethiopia The organising committee of Omani Products Exhibition discussed preparations for the next Omani Products

MEETING: The committee noted that Ethiopia was selected to be

the next destination of OPEX due to its promising market where significant opportunities are available for investors. - Supplied photo

Exhibition (Opex), to be held in Ethiopia in April 2016

Times News Service MUSCAT: Preparations for the next Omani Products Exhibition, scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in April 2016, were discussed by the Organising Committee of Omani Products Exhibition (OPEX), at a recent meeting.

The meeting discussed the latest updates for the preparations of the exhibition and the committee hailed the support received from Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, minister of commerce and industry. The committee also hailed the support of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), Public Establishment for Indus-

trial Estates (PEIE) and Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa).

The committee noted that Ethiopia was selected to be the next destination of OPEX due to its promising market where significant opportunities are available for investors.

Entering African market The committee looks forward to touch the positive outcomes of the next exhibition by achieving the desired objectives of entering the African market.

It should be noted that the most recent OPEX event was held in Jeddah in 2015 where around 120 companies showcased their products and 3000 visitors were briefed on the locally manufactured products. OPEX events were also held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2012; Dohar, Qatar in

2013; and Dubai, UAE in 2014.

Meanwhile, the last edition of OPEX Jeddah was organised in Saudi Arabia from May 18 to 21 at the Jeddah Centre for Forum and Events. The exhibition saw participation of 120 exhibitors comprising Omani exporters and export promotion bodies.

The exhibition had over 3,000 visitors and the objectives of the exhibition was to boost exports to new markets by introducing Omani manufacturers to importers, agents, wholesale and other dealers. OPEX Jeddah 2015 was the fourth exhibition held annually following OPEX Dubai in 2014.

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Mediterranean Islamic finance forum to discuss new markets Times News Service MUSCAT: Third Mediterranean Islamic Finance Forum, themed ‘Building Bridges’, will take place at Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, Spain, on November 27.

General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions, and the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) and the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona are organising the event.

In response to the huge demand for development of Islamic finance in the Mediterranean region, CIBAFI has started its Maghreb (Mediterranean) Forum in Tunisia in 2011 and Mauritania in 2012 in order to create awareness on Islamic finance in the region as well as create a so-called ‘Mediterranean Platform’ for discussion on the issues and challenges of new markets.

Value of announced mergers and acquisitions transactions with any Middle Eastern involvement touched $33.7 billion during the first nine months of 2015

Times News Service MUSCAT: Value of announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions with any Middle Eastern involvement touched $33.7 billion during the first nine months of 2015, a rise of 23 per cent compared to the value registered during the same period in 2014 and marking the best annual start since 2010, according to Thomson Reuters /Freeman Consulting.

“Middle Eastern equity and equity-related issuance totalled $2.6 billion during the third quarter of 2015, a slight decline from the second quarter of this year.

Middle Eastern debt issuance reached $16.1 billion during the third quarter of 2015, more than double the value raised during the previous quarter,” said Nadim Najjar, managing director, Mena, Thomson Reuters.

Further, according to estimates from Thomson Reuters /Freeman Consulting, Middle Eastern investment banking fees reached $480.5 million during the nine months of 2015, 22 per cent less than the value recorded during the first nine months of 2014 and

HIGHEST FEES: Middle Eastern investment banking fees reached $480.5 million during the nine months of 2015, 22 per cent less than the value recorded during the first nine months of 2014. – Bloomberg News

the lowest first nine-month total since 2012.

In respect to investment banking fees, not one investment banking component saw year-overyear percentage gains during the first nine months of 2015, with equity capital markets underwriting declining 3 per cent compared to last year. While fees from completed M&A transactions totalled $177.6 million, a 1 per cent decline from the first nine months of 2014, and accounting for 37 per cent of the overall Middle Eastern investment banking fee pool, the highest first nine month share since records began in 1980.

Syndicated lending fees totalled $174.4 million, down 36 per cent from the first nine months of 2014, while fees from debt capital markets underwriting declined 42 per cent year-on-year to $47.8 million.

HSBC earned the most investment banking fees in the Middle East during the first nine months of 2015, a total of $53 million for a 11per cent share of the total fee pool.

HSBC topped both the completed M&A and the ECM underwriting fee rankings, while Nomura was first for DCM underwriting. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group took the top spot in the Middle Eastern syndicated loans fee ranking.

As for M&A deals, outbound M&A drove activity, up 57 per cent from the first nine months of 2014 to reach $17.2 billion, the highest first nine month total since 2009.

Qatar’s overseas acquisitions accounted for 55 per cent of Middle Eastern outbound M&A activity, while acquisitions by Saudi Arabian and UAE companies accounted for 27 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively. Domestic and

inter-Middle Eastern M&A decreased 2 per cent year-on-year to $8.5 billion.

Inbound M&A also saw a marked increased, up 154 per cent to $4.6 billion. Energy and power was the most active sector, accounting for 31 per cent of Middle Eastern involvement M&A. The largest deal with Middle Eastern involvement during the third quarter of 2015 was the $3.1 billion offer for the synthetic rubber business of Germany’s Lanxess by Aramco Overseas. Bank of America Merrill Lynch topped the nine-month 2015 announced any Middle Eastern involvement M&A league table with $7.8 billion.

Despite the quarterly decline of ECMs, Middle Eastern ECM increased 6 per cent year-on-year to reach $5.5 billion during the first nine months of 2015, marking the

SHIPPING

New feeder service from Salalah to Berbera begins; expansion on cards Times News service MUSCAT: X-Press Feeders, the largest common feeder operator in the world, has commenced a new service between Salalah and Berbera (Somalia).

The service may expand at a later stage to other ports in the region.

“Berbera is an important market for many of the international shipping lines. This new service from Salalah will allow the shipping lines, many of whom already use Salalah as a hub, to offer a cost-efficient and competitive transit time to Berbera,” said Da-

vid Gledhill, chief executive officer of Port of Salalah said.

The connectivity also provides an additional supply chain route for the growing trade between Salalah and Berbera.

Nelson Sequeira, senior director of X-Press Feeders said, “This is an important milestone for both X-Press Feeders and Port of Salalah in our ongoing cooperation to expand our presence in the region.

We hope to expand our presence in Salalah and facilitate the shipping lines ability to leverage on their global connectivity via Salalah to offer comprehensive and flexible coverage of the region.”

best first nine months by proceeds raised since 2012. Ten initial public offerings raised $2.5 billion and accounted for 45 per cent of first nine month activity in the region.

Follow-on and convertible offerings accounted for 15 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank raised $137.2 million from a follow-on stock offering in September, the largest equity offering in the region during the third quarter of 2015.

HSBC took first place in the ninemonth 2015 Middle Eastern ECM ranking with an 18.3 per cent market share.

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Europe and Middle East Following two successful forum, this year CIBAFI and ASCAME have come together to organise the third Mediterranean Islamic Finance Forum jointly in the framework of the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders.

This third edition will play a key role in building bridges for capital flows between Europe, the Middle East and beyond, with Islamic finance as a key catalyst for further economic development and boosting investment levels.

The event will bring together business leaders, policy makers and regulators to discuss challenges and opportunities for the Mediterranean region to tap into Islamic finance as a key source for infrastructure projects and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) financing.

The forum will shed more light on sukuk, which plays an important role in boosting the global volume of infrastructure financing. This is primarily due to the core structures of sukuk, which are driven by underlying project or business, and hence have an exact fit with the distinctive risk profile and characteristics of infrastructure finance.

It is also important to link the forum’s second topic the SME financing to the agenda of the B-20 Turkey financing growth taskforce.

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OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,926.69 ...............5,901.03 ................... 5,925.05 ...................5,909.45..................15.60 ...................0.26 Financial Index .....................................7,324.73 ...............7,263.01 ....................7,324.01 ....................7,281.72................. 42.29 ................... 0.58 Industrial Index ....................................7,381.49 ............... 7,357.40 ....................7,364.73 ...................7,394.46................ -29.73 .................. -0.40 Services Index ...................................... 3,280.26 ...............3,277.34 ................... 3,277.44 ...................3,269.86.................... 7.58 ...................0.23 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................909.12 ..................905.68 ...................... 909.06 ...................... 905.73....................3.33 ................... 0.37 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 27,642,356 .................4,563,092 ................. 1,203 ............... 14,727,854,397 ................ 16 ........................9 .................... 16 .........................41

Sunday’s top gainer was Oman Textiles, up by 6.15 per cent, while Galfar Engineering was

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

the top loser, down by 7.22 per cent ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME ..................................................................VOLUME..... TURNOVER............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % .............LAST PR.....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP.PAR VALUE

MUSCAT: MSM 30 Index opened the week on a positive note to close at 5,925.05 points, up by 0.26 per cent. The MSM Shariah Index gained 0.37 per cent to close at 909.06 points.

Bank Nizwa was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Sunday’s top gainer was Oman Textiles, up by 6.15 per cent while Galfar Engineering was the top loser, down by 7.22 per cent.

As many as 1,203 trades were executed in the session generating a turnover of OMR4.56 million with 27.6 million shares changing hands. Out of 41 traded securities, 16 advanced, 9 declined and 16 remained unchanged. At the close of the session, foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR252,000 followed by Omani investors at OMR31,000. Arab and GCC investors, who were net sellers, sold shares amounting to OMR284,000.

Financial Index advanced strongly by 0.58 per cent to close at 7,324.01 points. Bank Nizwa, Al Izz Bank, Bank Sohar, Al Madina Investments and Al Madina Takaful increased 5.41 per cent, 2.90 per cent, 1.74 per cent, 1.69 per cent and 1.18 per cent respectively. Al Anwar Holding and United Finance decreased 1.49 per cent and 0.75 per cent respectively.

Industrial Index declined 0.40 per cent to close at 7,364.73 points. Oman Textiles, Oman Fisheries and Oman Cables increased 6.15 per cent, 5.45 per cent and 1.05 per cent respectively. Galfar Engineering, Al Hassan Engineering, National Aluminium and Gulf International Chemicals declined 7.22 per cent, 2.15 per cent, 1.32 per cent and 0.69 per cent respectively.

Services Index ended the session at 3,277.44 points, up by 0.23 per cent. OIFC, Majan College, Renaissance Services and Ooredoo

increased 4.37 per cent, 4 per cent, 0.57 per cent and 0.53 per cent respectively. Phoenix Power and Omantel decreased 0.65 per cent and 0.31 per cent respectively.

Saudi stocks rise Equities in Saudi Arabia, Opec’s biggest oil producer, led most Arab markets higher after global stocks rallied and Brent crude rose above $50 a barrel. Israeli stocks headed for the best close in almost a month.

The Tadawul All Share Index climbed 1.2 per cent to 7,789.79, led by a 2.7 percent jump in Al Rajhi Bank and a 3 per cent increase in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the world’s largest petrochemical producers. Dubai’s DFM General Index closed 0.3 per cent higher and Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index added 0.6 per cent.

“Because there’s an absence of any local catalysts and because stock markets rallied worldwide, investors have courage to buy stocks in the region without worrying about a crash,” said Sebastien Henin, the head of asset management at The National Investor in Abu Dhabi, who’s looking at banking and real estate stocks in Kuwait and Egypt, respectively, due to low valuations. “While the impact of oil’s increase won’t be material on a macroeconomic level, it could have an impact on a sentimental level given how reliant the region is on energy.”

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is home to about 30 per cent of the world’s proven oil reserves. Qatar’s QE Index fell 0.1 per cent and Bahrain’s measure lost 0.7 per cent, while gauges in Kuwait and Oman rose 0.7 per cent and 0.3 per cent.

Egypt’s EGX 30 Index retreated 0.5 per cent as the central bank weakened the Egyptian pound.

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OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE.............. 4,112,070 ...... 787,230....................191 ............0.195 ...........0.200 ...........0.189 ............0.191 ............. 0.183............ 0.008............. 4.372 ................0.191 ..............0.190...................0.192...................38,200,000 ........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 432,686 ............75,663......................17 ............0.170 ........... 0.175............0.170 ............0.175 ............. 0.172............ 0.003............. 1.744 ................0.175 .............. 0.175...................0.177 ................. 252,252,000 .......0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 146,300 .............. 8,773..................... 10 ........... 0.059 ...........0.060 ...........0.059........... 0.060 .............0.059 ............0.001 ............. 1.695 ................0.060..............0.059...................0.060 ..................12,429,083 .........0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL............................................. 169,900 ............14,601......................13 ........... 0.086 ...........0.087 ...........0.085........... 0.086 .............0.085 ............0.001 ..............1.176.................0.085..............0.085...................0.086...................15,050,000 .........0.100 OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY......................................16,500 .............31,668........................5 ............1.915 ........... 1.925 ........... 1.915 ........... 1.920 .............1.900 ........... 0.020............. 1.053 ................1.925 .............. 1.925...................1.940................. 172,224,000 .......0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 489,368 ............49,321..................... 26 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.101............0.100............0.101 .............0.100 ............0.001 ............. 1.000 ................0.101 ..............0.100...................0.102.................... 5,943,165 ..........0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ......................................................................39,305 .............19,866........................6 ........... 0.504 ...........0.506 ...........0.504........... 0.506 .............0.502 ........... 0.004............. 0.797 ................0.506..............0.504...................0.506 ................. 279,747,991 ........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 901,530 ..........157,736................... 112 ............0.174 ........... 0.179 ...........0.174 ............0.175 ............. 0.174.............0.001 ............. 0.575 ................0.175 .............. 0.174...................0.177 ...................50,863,929.........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 152,633...........115,332..................... 10 ............0.756 ........... 0.760 ...........0.752 ............0.756 ............. 0.752............ 0.004............. 0.532 ................0.760..............0.752...................0.760..................492,113,838 ........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 862,800.........223,687.....................60 ........... 0.260...........0.260 ...........0.258........... 0.259 .............0.258 ............0.001 ............. 0.388 ................0.258..............0.258...................0.260 ..................25,900,000 ........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 156,980 ............85,776......................13 ........... 0.550 ...........0.550 ...........0.544........... 0.546 .............0.544 ........... 0.002............. 0.368 ................0.544..............0.544...................0.550................ 1,251,335,138 ......0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ............................................................ 25,000 ............... 7,996........................4 ............0.318 ...........0.320 ...........0.318 ........... 0.320 .............0.320 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.320.............. 0.316...................0.324 ..................16,000,000.........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ...........................................................1,405 ...............1,609........................1 ............1.145 ........... 1.145............1.145 ............1.105 ............. 1.105............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.145 .............. 1.150...................1.200................. 221,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 301,685 ............91,578......................15 ........... 0.300...........0.304 ...........0.300 .......... 0.304 .............0.304 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.304............. 0.304...................0.312..................407,575,916 ........0.100 OM0000001509............DHOFAR INT.DEV.AND INV. HOLD........................ 9,984 ...............3,994........................3 ........... 0.400...........0.400 ...........0.400 .......... 0.400 .............0.400 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.400............. 0.000...................0.400 ..................98,560,000.........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 250,800 ...........28,842........................5 ............0.115 ........... 0.115............ 0.115 ............0.115 ............. 0.115 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.115 ...............0.115................... 0.118 ..................230,035,971........0.100 OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK ......................................................................15,064 ................3,118........................3 ........... 0.207 ...........0.207 ...........0.207........... 0.207 .............0.207 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.207.............. 0.195...................0.204 ................ 294,982,482 .......0.100 OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING .......................... 2,100 ...................217........................3 ............0.105 ........... 0.105 ...........0.103........... 0.105 .............0.105............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.103 ..............0.100...................0.103.................... 3,150,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............39,000 ...............4,507........................7 ............0.118 ........... 0.118............0.114 ............0.116 ............. 0.116 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.114 .............. 0.114................... 0.116 ...................10,440,000.........0.100 OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 100,000 ...........23,900........................1 ........... 0.239 ...........0.239 ...........0.239........... 0.239 .............0.239 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.239..............0.239...................0.243 .................369,190,122 ........0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY .......................................................4,000 ...............1,800........................1 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450..............0.424...................0.450...................27,225,000.........0.100 OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER............................................................ 1,000,000......356,000........................1 ........... 0.356 ........... 0.356 ...........0.356........... 0.356 .............0.356 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.356............. 0.340...................0.356...................78,679,560 .........0.100 OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER..................................................36,281 ...............7,800........................3 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.215 ..............0.216...................0.220 .................145,100,797 ........0.100 OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ................................................... 25,000 ...............5,375........................2 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.215 .............. 0.215...................0.227 .................153,597,363 ........0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .................................................. 99,818 ............. 48,711......................12 ........... 0.488 ...........0.488 ...........0.486........... 0.488 .............0.488 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.486..............0.482...................0.486...................25,620,000.........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 375,477 ..........612,755..................... 37 ............1.640 ........... 1.640 ...........1.625 ............1.630 ............. 1.635............-0.005 ........... -0.306 ...............1.625 ..............1.620...................1.635 ................1,222,500,000......0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS .............. 11,000 ............... 3,170........................3 ........... 0.288 ...........0.290 ...........0.288........... 0.288 .............0.290 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.690 ...............0.290..............0.289...................0.292 ...................6,048,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ....................................................... 49,961 ............... 6,581........................9 ............0.133 ........... 0.133 ...........0.131 ........... 0.132 ............. 0.133............-0.001 ........... -0.752 ...............0.131 ...............0.131...................0.133...................41,020,972.........0.100 OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ...............10,000 ...............2,250........................2 ........... 0.225 ...........0.225 ...........0.225........... 0.225 .............0.228 ...........-0.003 ............-1.316................0.225............. 0.220...................0.225 ................... 7,553,576 ..........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 2,334,170 ......463,384...................109 ........... 0.200...........0.200 ...........0.197 ........... 0.199 .............0.202 ...........-0.003 ............-1.485................0.197 .............. 0.197...................0.198...................29,864,925.........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 2,460,485...... 221,010................... 186 ........... 0.094 ...........0.094 ...........0.088........... 0.090 .............0.097 ...........-0.007 ............-7.216................0.091 ..............0.091...................0.093...................26,098,257.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 14,631,302.....3,464,250 ..............870 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......31........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET .................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ................................... 190,972 ............72,381..................... 36 ........... 0.358 ...........0.392 ...........0.358........... 0.380 .............0.358 ........... 0.022............. 6.145 ................0.392..............0.388...................0.392....................2,280,000..........1.000 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ....................................................... 12,675 .................. 730........................3 ........... 0.058 ...........0.058 ...........0.057........... 0.058 .............0.055 ........... 0.003............. 5.455 ................0.057..............0.057...................0.058....................7,250,000 ..........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 11,512,407 ....892,777................... 197 ........... 0.074 ...........0.080 ...........0.074........... 0.078 .............0.074 ........... 0.004............. 5.405 ................0.079..............0.078...................0.079..................117,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000001897 ............MAJAN COLLEGE ........................................................10,000 ...............5,200........................1 ........... 0.520 ...........0.520 ...........0.520........... 0.520 .............0.500 ........... 0.020.............4.000 ................0.520..............0.500...................0.550...................15,600,000 .........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 694,713.............49,512......................41 ........... 0.070 ...........0.072 ...........0.070............0.071 .............0.069 ........... 0.002............. 2.899 ................0.071 .............. 0.071...................0.072...................71,000,000.........0.100 OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................42,634 ...............1,492........................6 ........... 0.035 ........... 0.035 ...........0.035........... 0.035 .............0.035 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.035..............0.034...................0.035....................2,975,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001855 ............MAJAN GLASS .................................................................2,000 ..................420........................1 ............0.210 ........... 0.210 ...........0.210........... 0.220 .............0.220 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.210............. 0.000...................0.000 ................... 9,245,126 ..........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 434,253 ............66,147.....................40 ............0.152 ........... 0.154 ...........0.152 ............0.152 ............. 0.153............-0.001 ........... -0.654 ...............0.153 .............. 0.152...................0.153 ..................222,315,422........0.100 OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................. 104,000 ..............9,488........................7 ............0.091 ...........0.092 ...........0.091 ............0.091 .............0.093 ...........-0.002 ............-2.151................0.092..............0.091...................0.092 ...................6,843,928 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 13,003,654......1,098,146 ..............332 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 9........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS MARKET .................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ....................... 7,400 .................. 696........................1 ........... 0.094 ...........0.094 ...........0.094........... 0.094 .............0.095 ...........-0.001 ............-1.053................0.094..............0.094...................0.190................... 30,471,192 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: ...................................................................................... 7,400 .................. 696........................1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

- United Securities/Bloomberg News

CRUDE OIL MARKET

Iran deal milestone starts the clock on oil sanctions relief TEHRAN: World powers and Iran set the clock ticking on Sunday on a landmark accord placing limits on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work in return for access to oil and financial markets.

The formal adoption of the deal means that all sides will have to begin delivering on the pledges they made three months ago. For Iran, that requires mothballing thousands of centrifuges, eliminating 95 per cent of its enricheduranium stockpile and retrofitting a reactor.

The United States and Europe will make preparations to lift sanctions, which will occur on “implementation day,” once the Iranian measures are in place.

“This is a landmark day for an historic deal,” UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday in a statement.

“This will ensure that a nuclear weapon remains beyond Iran’s reach, thus creating a safer region while opening opportunities for Iran to re-engage with the international community.”

One of the first steps will be a statement of intention by China, Iran and the US to work together modernising Iran’s heavy-water reactor at Arak so it can’t produce plutonium that could be used in a nuclear weapon, according to US who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the deal’s implementation.

Obama’s memo United States President Barack Obama will issue a presidential memorandum directing his administration to prepare for meeting US commitments under the agreement, the officials said, and Secretary of State John Kerry will start work on waivers of sanctions

LIFTING OF SANCTIONS October 18 — ‘Adoption Day’ for July accord signed with world powers. Parties to the agreement begin meeting their commitments.

November 30 — Iran prepares to end testing of advanced centrifuge cascades and store machines under IAEA seal

December 15 — IAEA to present its assessment of Iran’s past nuclear activities, which board will use ‘with a view to closing the issue’

Late 2015-early 2016 — Oil sanctions to be lifted on ‘Implementation Day’. The US officials have suggested it will take at least two months from ‘Adoption Day’ to reach this point

that were imposed by law and are related to the nuclear program.

On Monday, all of the parties involved in the accord will meet in Vienna to set up sub-groups required under the agreement to discuss technical issues, sanctions relief and how to manage Iran’s commitments on restricting its nuclear programme, the officials said.

More than two years of negotiations culminated in an agreement of more than 100 pages that was signed on July 14 in Vienna. The accord survived fierce opposition in the US Congress, where a Republican bid to scuttle the deal failed, and among hard-line members of Iran’s parliament.

Twelve years after Iran was

found concealing some nuclear activities, prompting concern it had weapons ambitions, the deal has been described as a victory of diplomacy over use of force.

“You cannot produce trust in the market,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a crowd of diplomats on Saturday in Tehran. “The glaring lack of confidence on both sides forced us to elaborate meticulous mechanisms.”

“We consider the agreement as an opening for further diplomatic endeavors,” said Steinmeier, who urged Iran to take on a constructive role in solving the conflict in Syria.

The agreement hasn’t diffused tensions between Iran and the West. - Bloomberg News

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SECURIFI TO UNVEIL ALMOND+ AT GITEX Securifi, a leading innovator and manufacturer of revolutionary new wireless routers, on Sunday said it is unveiling one of the world’s fastest routers – the Almond + for customers in the Middle East at Gitex Technology Week 2015 in Dubai. Company’s technical experts are holding demonstrations for Almond+ and sharing their global successes with customers and partners at the region’s largest technology event. - Times News Service

T E C H U P D AT E S

Growing strength of LinkedIn’s links People who run LinkedIn are all about

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus launch in Oman on Thursday Arab Business Machine, Apple’s authorised distributor for the Middle East and Levant, recently announced that it would offer iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the most advanced iPhones ever, on October 22, through the operators Oman Telecommunications Company and Ooredoo and in its authorised channels in Oman, according to a press release. - Times News Service

the data and the data must tell them that

Banks in GCC under pressure

the practice is worth

to innovate digital services

continuing. It’s one more thing to keep people engaged, to add the tiniest bit more information to users’ profiles, to make network more valuable

JUSTIN FOX

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have got a bunch of endorsements awaiting my approval to add them to my LinkedIn profile. Here’s the list: Some of these are obviously jokes (although I bet I could put together a nice gift basket if I had to, I’ve swatted lots of mosquitoes and I eat meat), but even most of the ones that aren’t make me scratch my head. What does it mean that people I barely know have endorsed me for ‘Content Strategy’ or ‘Social Media’?

Most likely it means nothing at all — endorsing someone takes too little effort to be meaningful.

Still, the people who run LinkedIn are all about the data, and the data must tell them that the practice is worth continuing. It’s one more thing to keep people engaged, to add the tiniest bit more information to users’ profiles, to make the network more valuable. Same with those often painfully banal LinkedIn “Influencer” posts, and the e-mails telling me there’s news about somebody I know.

The news e-mails are actually growing on me. I just learned through one of them that a guy I worked with on my college newspaper now runs an organisation spawned by the University of Texas that’s pushing new technologies to promote more efficient water and energy use. That’s good to know. It’s valuable.

News link And LinkedIn knows I find it valuable because I opened that e-mail and clicked on the news link, which is why it’s sending me more news about my connections and fewer alerts about Influencer posts.”For every 10 e-mails we used to send, we’ve removed four of them,” LinkedIn chief executive officer Jeff Weiner said in the company’s July earnings call. “Member complaints regarding e-mails have been cut in half as a result of this effort.”

This combination of a giant, growing network and the constant, data-

driven tending of it to make sure it’s of value to members is potent. Corporate recruiters paid LinkedIn $1.5 billion during the past four quarters for access to its members and their data; the other $1 billion the company took in was split almost evenly between advertising and premium subscriptions. All of these revenue streams have been growing at a pace faster than 20 per cent a year.

All are also relatively transparent to users, and thus unlikely to be undermined by ad- blocking software, privacy concerns or any other looming threat to the way people do business on the Internet. If you put your career history on LinkedIn, you’re not going to feel violated because some recruiter who wants to offer you a better job gets to see it.

Economic gains So yeah, LinkedIn is for real. When the McKinsey Global Institute predicted earlier this year that ‘online talent platforms’ could boost global gross domestic product by $2.7 trillion within a decade by more efficiently matching people with jobs and projects, LinkedIn accounted for much of both the data that McKinsey crunched and the economic gains it projected. The things that LinkedIn members see online are often silly and superficial, and the connections often tenuous. But underneath is a real network for finding talent and getting things done.

I’m pretty sure the same is true of the high-end, in-person version of LinkedIn that the company’s cofounder and executive chairman, Reid Hoffman, appears to spend most of his time tending. There is a rich, rambling profile of Hoffman

by Nicholas Lemann in this week’s New Yorker, and it depicts a man who spends his days and nights in meetings quickly going through lists of weighty topics and names of people who maybe ought to be introduced to each other.

Here’s Hoffman at dinner with his long-time friend Mark Pincus, co-

founder and CEO of online gaming shooting star Zynga: Hoffman ticked off a few items: An upper-level undergraduate computer-science class he’s teaching at Stanford called “technologyEnabled Blitzscaling.” Twitch, an online video platform for gamers.

His recent meetings with George Osborne, the Chanceller (sic) of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom; Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations; the Duke of York; and the minister of cabinet affairs of the United Arab Emirates.

How Hoffman and Pincus manage their wealth. (Hoffman is worth between three and four billion dollars, which puts him between twentieth and thirtieth place on the list of Silicon Valley’s richest people.)

“Oh, and one more,” he said. “Are you stacking A.I. at all?”

“I got that book ‘Superintelligence,’ “ Pincus said.

“I’ve actually decided it’s worth going deep on,” Hoffman said.

And here he is at dinner with McKinsey Global Institute director James Manyika, lead author of that online talent report mentioned

Corporate recruiters paid LinkedIn $1.5b during the past four quarters for access to its members and their data; the other $1b the company took in was split evenly between advertising and premium subscriptions.

All of these revenue streams have been growing at a pace faster than 20% a year

above: “There’s a nonzero chance that A.I. will be smarter than humans,” Manyika said.

“Isn’t that one hundred per cent?

Isn’t it just a time coefficient? If we survive at all. Nobody knowledgeable thinks it’s zero. Everyone knows it’s ten to a hundred years.”

“There are people looking at this,” Manyika said. He and Hoffman were hoping that this was the kind of issue that might engage Pope Francis.

It was time for the next item on Manyika’s list: “Jobs. Middle class.”

After all this, you almost expect Hoffman and Manyika to pull out their iPhones, look up Pope Francis on LinkedIn and endorse him for “Artificial Intelligence.” And maybe “Content Strategy” while they’re at it.

Lemann relates all these encounters in a matter-of-fact, affectless tone, and the agglomeration of them inevitably leads to the impression that Hoffman, while admirably hardworking and intellectually curious for somebody with three or four billion dollars to his name, is basically a short-attention-span dilettante.

Harvesting ideas Then again, maybe another word for dilettante is networker, or connector. Recent quantitative research into social interactions, Massachusetts Institute of technology data scientist Sandy Pentland writes in his 2014 book, “Social Physics,” has revealed that: It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with likeminded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.

Of course, there are limits to what you can do if all you do is network. LinkedIn has real impact because the people it connects go on to do important things outside the network in their jobs and other projects. - Bloomberg View

Banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are under pressure to innovate digital services over the next two years, as cash is becoming obsolete, consumers are becoming bankers, and banks adopt ‘smart’ solutions, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan. As a result, the e-commerce market in the GCC is climbing by nearly five-fold over the past five years, from $3.3 billion in 2010 to $15 billion in 2015, according to a report by AT Kearney. Advanced banking technologies that will be on display at Gitex Technology Week 2015 included biometric identification authentication, digital payment tokens, and bluetooth payments, cybersecurity threats, and how banks and financial institutions can use big data to transform the customer experience. “Payments are going digital, contactless and mobile at a stunning pace. A new breed of customers and a whole new range of financial players, fragmentation and complexity issues as well as new opportunities are reshaping the banking landscape,” said François Chaffard, Director for Banking Solutions and Services for Middle East and Africa at Gemalto. “To succeed in this new world order, banks must open up to new ways of serving their customers and have a strong omni-channel digital strategy to cater for all and offer a secure seamless experience with competitive value propositions,” added François Chaffard. - Times News Service

LG unveils V10 smartphone LG Electronics recently took the wraps off its newest smartphone featuring multimedia capabilities never before seen in a mobile device.

The first of its V Series phones, the LG V10 was designed to provide a rich multimedia experience — both consumption and creation — for today’s social network savvy consumers. Distinctive new features such as a second screen, dual front cameras and manual video mode differentiate the LG V10 from the competition, said a press release. All this comes wrapped in a design that utilises highgrade stainless steel and a durable silicone skin to make the V10 one of the rare smartphones to pass drop tests for shock conducted by an independent third party. Always pushing the boundaries of smartphone innovation, LG is introducing a second screen as an inset display above the main 5.7-inch QHD IPS Quantum Display on the V10. Working independently, the Second Screen can be set up as an ‘always on’ display to enhance the V10’s productiveness all without impacting battery life. Set the second screen to display the weather, time, date and battery icon when the main display is off. With the main display on, the second screen can be set to convert to a dedicated launching area for shortcuts or your favourite apps. Wide angle images usually require a large, heavy lens which can distort the corners of photographs. - Times News Service

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MON DAY, OCTOB ER 19, 2015

ROUND-UP Versatile Javed Ali leaves his audience spellbound

back retro songs of Late Mohammed Rafi and won the hearts of Muscat audience. Swiftly switching on to Sufi songs, he rendered his most popular numbers Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Faya Kun Faya Kun, Arziyan... and many others, receiving big rounds of applause from nearly 3,000 people in the audience, says a press release.

Mega hits like Nagada Nagada..., Ek Din Teri Raahon Me, Kajra Re, Ghalat Baat Hai and Tum Mile... made young crowd dance with the punch of live music from a team of professional musicians led by Anoop Shankar (Sa Re Ga Ma fame). Manisha Jambotkar, female singer accompanied Javed Ali and Anand K plugged in as a Govinda look alike with his mimicry performance called nearly 200 children on the stage in his unique style.

The show ‘Jashn-eBaharaan’ started at around 6.45pm at Qurum Amphitheatre

MUSCAT: Versatility is used for many performing artistes but Javed Ali proved his mettle in his three-hour live concert Jashn-eBaharaan at Qurum Amphitheatre, organised by MKP and Majan Events and conceived, produced and presented by Dipti Raval.

Starting with Kehne ko Jashn E Bahaara hai... he rendered back to F O O D A N D H O S P I TA L I T Y O M A N

The show started at around 6.45pm and the highly interactive audience did not move till around 10pm when Javed Ali announced his last song with the audience still asking for more.

This was the first time that local dancers and choreographers performed alongside a celebrity singer with live orchestra from Bollywood in Qurum Amphitheatre. The chief guest of the evening was Gloria Gangte, deputy chief of the Misssion, Embassy of India in Oman.

This event was sponsored by Sharaf DG, Renna Mobile, Voltamp Energy, Rainbow/Omela from Al Reef Foods, Mother’s Recipe (Al Reef Foods), Mustafa Sultan Exchange, Swiss Arabian Perfumes (SAPIL), Ramniklal B. Kothary & Co, Al Ansari Trading & Cont.

Co, Intisar Corporation, Muscat Mist Trading, Kshetra Boutique and Oasis Water. Media Partner was Muscat Media Group (Times of Oman/Hi), official airline Jet Airways and official Online Partner esaver.co and hospitality partner was Al Naba’a Hospitality Co..

Talentz Enterprises extended the most valuable technical support on sound, lights, musical equipment and excellent quality visuals through three screens.

Renna Mobile conducted a raffle draw offering the winners special mobile numbers and 3GB data free for three months as a special promotion for the event. Organisers thanked Lulu Hypermarkets, Al Taqdeer Fashions, Manoj Nair, Vishwanathan and Jatin Panchal for their valuable overall contribution in this event.

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OER Finance Summit to be held tomorrow MUSCAT: The much awaited OER Finance Summit and Top 20 awards are all set to be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Muscat tomorrow. Organised by Oman Economic Review (OER), one of the leading business magazines, the Finance Summit will bring together top CEOs, CFOs and financial leaders for an interactive discussion on ‘Managing finance in an uncertain business environment.’

The summit will cover a range of topics that include managing business risk; negotiating financial uncertainty and striking a balance between short term objectives and long term sustainability against the backdrop of falling oil prices, says a press release.

Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, is the strategic partner, while Renault Oman by Suhail Bahwan Automobiles is the associate partner. Simpa Marketing Research is the knowledge partner. Times of Oman and Al Shabiba are the media partners.

Oman Printers & Stationers has signed up as the print partner and Business International Group as the light and sound partner.

OER Finance Summit will have international speakers sharing their expertise. Dr Charlotte Duke and Dr Paula Ramada from London Economics are the keynote

The crowning glory of the day will be the presentation of the coveted OER Top 20 awards for companies for the financial year 2014 speakers. The summit will offer an opportunity to engage in peer networking, share best practices, and to gain insights on ways to address challenges and opportunities faced by businesses every day.

The crowning glory of the day will be the presentation of the coveted OER Top 20 awards for companies for the financial year 2014. The OER Top 20 awards is one of its kind event to honour companies, which have excelled across several categories including revenues, profits and so forth. The OER Top 20 companies are the largest listed companies on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). Over 200 CEOs and senior executives from the top 50 listed companies on the MSM and business leaders from privately owned and joint stock companies will attend the event.

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Modern Oman Bakery Stephen Devassy to perform on December 18 wins top two awards Times News Service

MUSCAT: Fourteen of the country’s top professional chefs came together to challenge each other to a contest of imagination, artistry and skill during one of Oman’s most prestigious competitions.

This year the contest, held as part of Food and Hospitality Oman 2015, witnessed a wider field of professional chefs including all the leading luxury hotels of Oman held recently.

Modern Oman Bakery won the top two honours in the threetier wedding cake category held as part of Food and Hospitality Oman 2015 organised by Oman Expo and Oman Chef’s Guild, says a press release.

The highest scoring individual was determined by a panel of judges from the Oman Chef’s Guild and awarded the top three awards in the three tier wedding cake category.

Suresh Kumar, general manager, Modern Oman Bakery, said: “We have a set of professional pastry chefs with over 20 years of experience in this field. The win-

ners Rayan Postaledo and R.J. Donado are our heroes.”

Modern Oman Bakery has had a prestigious journey so far and is best known for its cakes that are baked, decorated and packaged in the traditional way. Hence it has been committed to offering its valued patrons the very best.

MUSCAT: Legendary musician Stephen Devassy will perform for the fifth anniversary celebration of Indian School Darsait (ISD) Alumni on December 18 at Al Falaj Hotel.

The ISD Alumni Meet titled ‘Yesterday Once More’ is being organised by JK Films. ISD Alumni is an association of former students of Indian School Darsait and the organisers are now preparing to make the reunion memorable.

“In 2013, we organised a mega event and we had more than 1,000 former students, teachers and well-wishers attending the event.

That was grand success and it also carved a niche among other alumni associations in Oman,” said Betsy Watson, vice-president of ISD Alumni.

“The feedback we received about that event was so overwhelming. It captured everyone’s imagination and people still talk about it. So we decided to host the fifth anniversary in a bigger way,” Betsy said.

As part of the fifth anniversary this year, ISD Alumni has launched

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a scholarship programme titled ‘ISD Alumni Scholarship Programme’ that will sponsor the fees of a few deserving students who are finding it difficult to pay their school fees.

“There are so many students in the school whose parents are finding it difficult to pay the school

There are so many students in the school whose parents are finding it difficult to pay the school fees.

These students are very good in studies. This mega event is being organised for these students Betsy Watson

Vice-president of ISD Alumni

fees. These students are very good in studies. This mega event will be organised for these students. In a way we are giving something back to the school,” she noted.

The organisers also have plans to felicitate the teachers who have completed several years of service in school and former management committee members.

During the event, the Indian School Darsait Alumni officials will also honour former student achievers who succeeded in the areas related to their work.

“Even last year we honoured a few teachers and former students who made a mark in their own field,” Betsy added.

Hussain Fadhil & Partners, Qais Al Khonji Group, Al Amani TVR Group, Al Ajwakh Group, Al Eman Dental Clinic, Arabian Industries, Al Hikma Group, Shah Nagardas Manji & Co., Al Azaiba United Co, Al Zakwani Enterprises, Drives & Accessories Co., NDTC - Construction, 360 Degrees Restaurant, On the rocks Restaurant & Lounge, Sanford Electronics, Oman Catering are the sponsors for the event while Jet Airways is the official airline partner.

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IECC partners with Galfar

Stage set for ‘Lulu Fashion Street’ MUSCAT: Preparations are in full swing for ‘Lulu Fashion Street’, a part of grand finale of Muscat Icon – Minara Singing Little Gems to be held on Friday, November 6, at City Amphitheatre, Qurum.

Eighty young children participated for the auditions for the show, out of which 16 children – girls and boys – in the age group of 8 – 14 years, were selected for the grand finale. They have been selected from different expatriate communities to make a truly international group, says a press release.

The selected participants are Abdulla Afaq, Ahmed Sajaad Siddiqui, Alyha Zshiazny Lantud, Edrielle Anne Nachor, Heer Bhanushali, VamikaNegi, Nikita Singh, Keaghan McWilliams, Kaylin McWilliams, Sejal Nigam, Rafick Zsheralli Lantud, Kirsten Willemse, Trisha Khate S. Orlanes, Shourya Vuddemarri and Mithil Ravi Kanchan.

They are being trained for the Fashion Street by Divya Tewari,

We have been conducting fashion walks in our previous events too. This time around it is a totally different theme.

Rest assured, it is going to be a great entertainer of the highest quality Dr Sateja Dalal a well-known choreographer and fashion walk trainer. Music is being arranged by Dhruv Tewari. It has been conceptualised by Dr Sateja Dalal. Lulu Oman is sponsoring the sub event.

Talented “Nowadays children are very fashion conscious. They have their own liking and style. We have tremendously talented

girls and boys. They are sure to dazzle on the stage. Don’t miss it,” said Divya.

“It is a great opportunity for children to be on stage in front of such a crowd. We have been conducting fashion walks in our previous events also. This time around it is a totally different theme. Rest assured, it is going to be a great entertainer of the highest quality,” Dr Sateja said.

MUSCAT: International Equipment & Contracting Company (IECC) has bagged an order from Galfar Engineering & Contracting to supply 207 units of Iveco Trakker trucks. These trucks would be operated by Galfar and would assist in execution of their projects.

The key handing over ceremony was held at Al Bustan Palace, A Ritz-Carlton hotel amidst top officials and management of Iveco, Galfar Engineering & Contracting and IECC, says a press release.

Pierre Lahutte (Iveco Brand President), Dr Salim Saeed Hamad Al Fannah Al Araimi (chairman, Galfar Engineering & Contracting), Sheikh Ahmed Bahwan (chairman – Bahwan International Group Holding), Divyendu Kumar (managing director - Bahwan International Group Holding), Luca Sra (head of Africa & ME Region - Iveco) and other key dignitaries were present for the event.

Important milestone Pierre Lahutte (Iveco Brand president) said: “This order is an important milestone for Iveco. Starting from Galfar requirements, we leveraged on both Product features and Iveco reputation in the Region, to cope customer needs.

“Iveco has always believed in partnering with clients to develop a unique suite of transport solutions, creating a platform to grow our business and push infrastructure development. This order is another

example of that philosophy.”

As an organisation committed to best-practice business principles, Galfar has stringent truck procurement criteria, with an emphasis on enhanced safety, fuel efficiency, low environmental impact, driver comfort and bestin-class total-cost-of-ownership.

Further, large fleet of a kind allows the benefit of reducing inventory of common spare parts and facilitates preventive maintenance.

Dr Salim Al Araimi commented: “We have strong business relationship with Suhail Bahwan Group for more than 40 years. This order was reached after due tender process and extensive negotiations.

Apart from this order of 207 units, Galfar’s fleet already has approx.

200 units of different models of Iveco trucks.

“We rely on Iveco’s extensive and class-leading fleet as they

have been extremely effective in meeting our stringent productivity norms.”

Commenting on the occasion, Ahmed Suhail Bahwan said: “In a short period of seven years since its inception, IECC has carved out a strong position for itself in the commercial vehicle market in Oman. Driven by customer-centric ethos, we have continuously been offering new products and value-added services to our discerning consumers. This partnership with Galfar is a further step in that direction.”

Divyendu added: “Our position in the commercial vehicle market will be further consolidated with this partnership. The Iveco Trakker has earned immense loyalty over the years as being a reliable and a wellengineered truck. The deployment of Iveco Trakker will help in speedier project completion.”

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Bank Muscat marks Women’s Day in style The highlights of the celebrations included a workshop on ‘work-life balance’ organised at the head office

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, in step with its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in women empowerment initiatives, celebrated the Omani Women’s Day with a series of activities.

A festive atmosphere prevailed at the head office and branches where women employees extended the hand of friendship and traditional Omani hospitality to colleagues and women customers in appreciation of the valuable contributions of women to the family, society and nation, says a press release.

The highlights of the celebrations included a workshop on ‘work-life balance’ organised at the head office addressed by Dr Yasmin Al Balushi, assistant dean Support and Student Affairs, College of Banking & Financial Studies.

The celebrations attended by members of the management team and senior bank officials echoed praise and appreciation of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for the support extended to Omani women in all spheres, especially the designation of a day in honour of Omani woman and the excellent position women enjoy in society.

AbdulRazak Ali Issa, chief executive, said: “As the nation’s leading bank, Bank Muscat firmly believes that the development of Oman sig-

nificantly hinges on the role played by women, alongside male counterparts. The bank acknowledges that education and training play a key role in women empowerment.

Women are assuming more key responsibilities and senior positions within the bank and their contributions are significant to the bank’s success.”

AbdulRazak added: “Bank Muscat enjoys the distinction of being the best place to work and a great deal of this achievement is owing to the healthy work-life balance maintained by employees, especially women employees. The bank is committed to promoting the cherished Omani family values integral to the social development in Oman.”

With women comprising a ma-

jor customer segment, Bank Muscat offers unique products and services targeted at them.

Offering banking excellence, Bank Muscat enriches women’s life at different levels. Al Wathbah, the bank’s SME department, has launched various programmes for skill development of women, especially women entrepreneurs.

The bank’s women empowerment strategy is notable with more than 47 per cent of employees comprising women holding various positions, including senior management positions.

Bank Muscat is committed to developing its leadership pool from among young Omanis, thereby contributing to Oman’s future by investing in talent which is the real wealth of the nation.

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Yamaha artist to perform at Omasco ‘Festival of Keys’ MUSCAT: Omasco’s Muscat Music is organising the ‘Yamaha Festival of Keys 2015’ event on October 22 and 23 at the Muscat Grand Mall from 2pm to 9pm.

The programme will feature performance by Yamaha artist and product demonstrator extraordinaire, Peter Baartmans from the Netherlands, says a press release.

Peter began his musical journey at the tender age of six. From 1969 he learned to play the piano and church-organ and in 1977 he started studying these instruments at the conservatory of Tilburg. During his classical studies at the conservatory, he started to play jazz music in several jazzcombos and was a pianist in popular Big Band Orchestras.

From 1981 he started to work for Yamaha Musical Instruments. Peter currently does presentations and concerts for Yamaha Corporation of Japan, all over the world. His music is a mixture of classical, jazz and pop. His great experience as a versatile musician, his unique style of presentation, and the superb sound quality of Yamaha’s latest digital instruments, all together, result in a unique and

remarkable performance.

As the event name suggests, this event is all about Yamaha digital pianos and keyboards which will also mark the launch of the New CVP 7 series of Digital Pianos and the New PSR-S series of Arranger Keyboards.

As with all music related events that Muscat Music conducts, these will be fun filled two days with an opportunity for the young keyboard and piano players to get on the stage and showcase their talent.

HOME LIFESTYLE EXHIBITION

5th edition of Home Show 2015 opens doors on December 7 MUSCAT: The fifth edition of The Home Show, Oman’s trendiest home lifestyle exhibition, will be held in Muscat from December 7 to 9.

The Ministry of Housing is the patron of The Home Show, which this time around has also attracted the backing of Oman Housing Bank, Oman Real Estate Association and AHK German Industry and Commerce. Such endorsements by prominent corporate and trade organisations attest to the growing reputation of The Home Show. Organised by Global Exhibitions & Conferences, the four previous editions of this hugely popular annual event have elevated The Home Show into the Sultanate’s signature showcase of the ideal home environment, says a press release.

The Home Show 2015 will feature a comprehensive mix of products and services encompassing all aspects of the property development, home building, furnishing and home ownership space.

Over 75 leading companies and brands from around the world are

expected to showcase their latest offerings across all categories of products and services associated with the ideal home environment.

The list includes furniture and furnishings, bedroom and bathroom sets, kitchen systems and appliances, doors and windows, home appliances and electronics, wall and floor coverings, lighting and fixtures, and a selection of smart home solutions.

Spurred by the robust popularity of the annual expo, as attested by soaring visitor footfalls, lucrative business deals and plentiful networking opportunity, a number of prestigious international companies have already confirmed their presence at this year’s show.

A strong presence of exhibitors from India comprising leading ceramic tile manufacturers from Morbi will showcase a wide range of vitrified tiles, wall tiles, floor tiles, quartz stone, sanitaryware, roofing tiles as well as mosaic tiles. Local presence of manufacturer and leading distributors at the exhibition include Al Maha, Abu Zaki, Taj al Lulu, Al Masar Al

Sarea Al Alamiya who will showcase the latest designs in tiles and sanitaryware.

Iranian as well as Indian carpet manufacturers too will showcase the latest machine-made and handmade carpets and rugs at the show.

Also planning a ramped-up presence at The Home Show are manufacturers and suppliers of doors, windows and floorings. Confirmed participants include New Home for World Projects, Platinum Windows, Windows 2000 - El Beit Home Solutions, Pergola, Panorama Investments, Al Faham Doors and Amazing Craft Trading.

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Vying for attention amid the vast array of merchandise at The Home Show 2015 are Smart Home Solutions from Smart Home Pioneers. Items on show include home electronics, access control systems, CCTV, and energy saving technologies. Garden and landscaping service providers Eight Group of Companies and Oman International Group will be making a strong showing as well.

“The Home Show is more than just a trade fair; it’s a destination in itself that inspires customers to discover new ways to enhance the quality of their lives in their home environment,” concluded Clemento Fernandes, projects director, Global Exhibitions & Conferences.

The Home Show 2015 is sponsored by Berger Paints as gold sponsor; Sadolin and Modern Kitchens at silver sponsor and Al Ritaj Modern Enterprise as associate sponsor.

Opening hours for trade visitors and general public are from 10am to 1:30pm and from 4:30pm to 9pm. The Home Show is strictly for visitors over the age of 16.

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OTE hands over Chery to raffle winner MUSCAT: It was a special evening at the Chery showroom where the handing over ceremony for Ramadan ‘Chery grand raffle’ was concluded recently.

The grand prize was the magnificent 2015 Chery Tigo 3 which was driven home by the lucky winner, Abu Abdul Salam Al Nadaji from Sur. He had purchased his very first Chery Tigo 2 during Ramadan and thereby participated in the promotion scheme, says a press release.

A beaming Salim Mahil Titoon Al Najadi commented: “My association with Chery has been fantastic. I admire the brand and the Chery Tiggo 2 has become my favourite within these past weeks.

The Tiggo 3 is one of the brand’s premium offerings, and looks extremely exciting; I am sure there will be many roads awaiting me

Other segments of the vibrant home fittings market, notably kitchens and sanitaryware, are being well-represented as well.

Amongst the sponsors at the show, Modern Kitchen World and Al Ritaj Enterprise will make a huge presence in the kitchen sector.

Vabene Italian Kitchens, Stormer, BiefBiCucine are other leading international brands that will be featured at the show.

Poly Products – Raha and International Poly Industries – Sleep Ezze who are amongst the largest manufacturers in the Middle East of superior quality spring mat-

tresses and beds, pillows and bed linen products, sofas and seating products, flexible foam and foam mattresses meant for use in homes, hotels and institutions will feature its exclusive range of products at the show. Furniture and furnishing from Portugal and Turkey will add to the international presence at the exhibition.

Also taking part are leading financial institutions, including Bank Muscat, Oman Arab Bank, and Oman Housing Bank, which are offering attractive home finance schemes to make it possible for customers to realise their home ownership dreams.

Adding a touch of colour to The Home Show is Oman’s vibrant paint and coatings industry, with a number of leading international and local brands set to enjoy a high-profile presence at this year’s premier exhibition on the home environment. Berger Paints, Sadolin Paints (Oman) AkzoNobel, and Hempel Paints are among a host of brands that have confirmed their participation in this signature trade event.

and this robust SUV.” The Tiggo’s stance is strong and modern, and this SUV is finding a clear niche among car buffs today.

Sporting crisp contours, chrome touches and soft curves along its bodywork, the Chery Tiggo makes a clear statement with its poise and road presence. The addition of LED lights and daytime running

lights add to its looks, while the 17-inch alloy wheels complement its aggressive stance. Design and aesthetics has been an area of emphasis for Chery and the brand has been in the news with its high profile appointment of renowned Porsche and Mercedes-Benz designers Klaus Badenhausen, James Brian Hope, and Hakan Saracoglu.

Bollywood star Sharman Joshi to perform in Oman MUSCAT: Raju, Raja, Ram Aur Main (Raju, Raja, Ram And I) is a full-blown Hindi comedy blockbuster featuring Sharman Joshi (3 Idiots fame) in the lead role at Oman Auditorium, Al Bustan Palace – A Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Friday, November 20.

For the first time, theatre enthusiasts in Oman will witness four look-alike roles being performed live on stage by him. It’s also the first time that such an act is being staged in Oman.

Orbit Events Management, an Omani SME pegged in the space of corporate / cultural / social events and services, has produced and presented several mega shows till date, says a press release.

“But this is likely to be our biggest show till date,” said Ramesh, CEO of Orbit Events.

Two shows “Sharman is a current Bollywood Star, who is highly passionate about theatre too. We are delighted to present him to our audience in Oman. We are planning to stage two shows back-to-back of this laughter riot at the Oman Auditorium of Al Bustan Palace Hotel on Friday, November 20.

We urge fans of Sharman, theatre enthusiasts and all those who love having a great family time to book their seats to avoid disappointments,” Ramesh added. He also mentioned that social media promotion of this much sought after play Raju, Raja, Ram Aur Main is

abuzz with action. “We are truly thrilled to have overwhelming response and anticipation from Omani nationals for this play.”

Sharman Joshi responded with eagerness to his maiden visit to Oman. “I may not have come to Oman, but I know that it is one of the most beautiful destinations in the world.

“Not just from its landscape alone, but also because of its people. Therefore, I am truly looking forward to performing in Muscat.

I hope to dazzle you with my presence on stage throughout 2+hours of play time,” said Sharman.

Playing four distinct roles, he would have to quickly adapt to new character, which is challenging. How does he manage that?

“Well, all four roles done by me, which is as Raju, Raja, Ram and Madan, are extremely funny and varied characters. Yes, it is challenging to perform doubles even in a movie. Therefore, to do so live

on stage is so much more. It pushes the actor in me to deliver his best. I am sure the audience will thoroughly enjoy the experience.”

Will at any point of time all characters come on stage?

“Now you are asking me to let the cat out of the box…. I would rather have the audience see what happens in the play. Let us not spoil their climax,” he said with a big chuckle.

The writer and director of Raju, Raja, Ram Aur Main, Kedar Shinde will also be coming to Oman.

Originally written in Marathi, this play has become so popular that it has been adapted in many languages and staged over a 1,000 shows all over the world. Shinde is one of the most celebrated writers and directors of Marathi and Hindi movies and theatre plays.

Tickets for the play will be available online at e.saver.co and from many retails outlets and restaurants in Oman.

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Playing alongside READY FOR THE SHOW: Oman Sail CEO David Graham, centre,

speaks during a press conference organised on of the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships Al Mussanah Sports City – Supplied photo

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Oman Sail all set for RS:X World Windsurfing Championships

will offer the Omani

MUSCAT: With world’s topranked windsurfers arriving in the picturesque Al Musannah Sports City, Oman Sail is all geared up to host the 2015 RS:X World Windsurfing Championships, the final major meet before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. After two days of equipment check and Sunday’s hectic schedule, which included practice race and an impressive opening ceremony organised late in the evening, the real action begins on Monday with afternoon races.

The racing action continues till next Saturday.

The world’s top ranked athletes are here to know and experience the conditions in Oman to prepare for the competition in Rio Games where the winds and tides are likely to be similar.

Amongst the contestants is Dorian van Rijsselberghe from the Netherlands who won the RS:X gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics and Bryony Shaw from Britain, the world No. 1 woman windsurfer who won bronze at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

Describing the hosting of the championships as an ‘incredible honour’, Oman Sail CEO David Graham said ‘hosting such high

ahead of the Nomura

profile events have wide-reaching effects for Oman that is fullyaligned with our vision, which extends beyond sport’.

Speaking during a press conference at Al Musannah Sports City, he said: “This year marks the tenth anniversary for the RS:X class, and to be chosen to host the World Championships is an incredible honour for the Sultanate of Oman and for Oman Sail.

“Over the next week, one hundred and fifty of the world’s best windsurfers will compete in the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships, it is an important event as we approach 2016 Olympic Games in Rio,” he said.

The world championships serves as a qualifying event for the Rio Olympics.

“This championships act as Olympic Games qualifiers on two levels,” he said.

“The countries can qualify their country and confirm a place.

And second, many of the national teams are using this event to select which of their sailors will represent their country.”

During his remarks, the Oman Sail CEO thanked the Royal Navy of Oman and Royal Oman Police for their ‘huge support’.

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duo a perfect platform to mentally warm-up and fine tune their game in this Oman leg of MENA Golf Tour,

Cup to be held at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi from October 22 to 25

Times News Service MUSCAT: Top-ranked Omani golfers Azzan Al Rumhy and Ali Hameed Al Saleh will have everything to gain when they spearhead the home challenge at the Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship which makes its debut on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Golf Tour this week.

Playing alongside a deeply-talented international field will offer the duo a perfect platform to mentally warm-up and fine tune their game ahead of the Nomura Cup to be held at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi from October 22 to 25.

Included in the field, which is represented by players from 17 countries, are nine winners on the tour, led by England’s Joshua White, the 2014 MENA Golf Tour champion, and his compatriot Gary King, who has moved atop

STAGE SET: MENA Golf Tour Chairman Mohamed Juma Buamaim, third from left, speaks during a

press conference at Muscat Hills on Sunday. – JUN ESTRADA/ Times of Oman

the Order of Merit standings following his top-five finish at last week’s event at The Els Club.

With the first seven events on the 11-stop tour producing a new winner each time in a reflection of the growing talent on show, the inaugural Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship, starting on Monday, has the potential to throw up its own storyline.

Waiting in the wings are a string of regular contenders, especially the English trio of Lee Corfield, Luke Joy and Jake Shepherd, all multiple winners on the tour, and Morocco’s Ahmed Marjan, who will be itching to break back into the winner’s circle as the tour is fast reaching its business end.

The Omani duo — Al Rumhy and Al Saleh — will be hoping to put local knowledge to good use when they join the amateur division, led

by England’s James Allan and India’s Rayhan Thomas.

Both Allan and Thomas have flirted with victory this season, indicating amateurs are now competitive on level terms with professionals in a sign of the growing

standards of the game in the region.

Al Rumhy and Al Saleh, along with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled Saud Al Faisal, will certainly fancy their chances of making a breakthrough in the MENA Division.

They will be up against the likes of Morocco’s Ayoub Lguirati and Karim El Hali, who currently lead the region’s amateur division, in what promises to be an interesting duel.

The Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship will also showcase investments made by Oman in positioning the Sultanate as one of the major golf destinations in the region.

“We are delighted to be part of the MENA Golf Tour as we support all initiatives which target the overall development of the game in the region,” Mundhir Al Barwani, chairman of Oman Golf Committee, said.

Speaking at Sunday’s press conference at Muscat Hills, he said: “The tour has done a great job in creating a competitive environment for the region’s players to

grow and excel on the international stage.” Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the tour, thanked Muscat Hills Golf & Country Club and the Oman Golf Committee for their enthusiastic support in hosting the event.

“Oman has made great strides in putting together solid infrastructure for golf and hosting of a Tour event here strongly endorses the Sultanate’s commitment to broadening the base of golfers in the Arab world.

“I hope the experience gained from playing in this event will immensely benefit Azzan and Ali in the run up to the Nomura Cup. “The tour is basically meant for the region’s players and they should be more proactive in using this platform for achieving better results.”

Azzan, Ray Stopforth, director of golf at Muscast Hills and Country Club, and Leon Sassen, general manager Ghala Golf Club, were also present at the conference.

Order of Merit standings after the Golf Citizen Classic, the seventh stop on the MENA Golf Tour:

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Dominant Djokovic downs Tsonga in Shanghai final The Serbian, 10-times a grand slam champion, brushed aside the challenge of a befuddled Tsonga 6-1 6-4 to claim his third Shanghai Masters and ninth title

SHANGHAI: It proved all too easy once again for Novak Djokovic as the world number one continued his frightening dominance of men’s tennis by blitzing past Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win another Shanghai Masters title on Sunday.

The Serbian, 10-times a grand slam champion, brushed aside the

challenge of a befuddled Tsonga 6-1, 6-4 to claim his third Shanghai Masters and ninth title of a standout year that has left him being spoken of among the sport’s alltime greats.

Djokovic won three grand slams this year, was runner-up at the French Open and since suffering a surprise quarter-final loss to Ivo Karlovic in Qatar in January has made the final of all 13 events he has played. The 30-year-old Tsonga had shown his serving prowess in taking out Rafa Nadal in three tight sets in the semi-finals on Saturday but against the imperious returning skills of Djokovic he had no answers.

The 28-year-old Serb nullified Tsonga’s most potent weapon to break his three opening service games and take a first set which the Frenchman played predominantly way behind the baseline.

Things improved for Tsonga at the start of the second set where he worked hard to fight off break points and stay on serve through the opening eight games as the Serb sauntered through his own service. But the pressure proved too

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much, Djokovic pummelling balls to all angles with supreme court coverage at the expense of just eight unforced errors and he broke at the third attempt in the crucial ninth game and served out for victory.

Service returns “Today the key was to get as many serves back into play to Jo because

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he has one of the biggest serves in the game,” Djokovic told the ATP website (www.atpworldtour.com).

“He has shown that in the second set, with some break points early in the set. He came up with some aces, some big serves.”

It was a second straight tournament Djokovic had won without dropping a set after he landed his

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Shaharyar, Sethi set to meet BCCI boss KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan and head of the PCB’s executive committee Najam Sethi today left for India in a bid to convince the BCCI to confirm the bilateral series in December.

Khan and Sethi are expected to meet with the new BCCI President Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur along with other government officials in New Delhi.

“The trip is being made on the invitation of Shashank Manohar who took over as the new Indian cricket chief,” a official in the PCB said.

Khan had also discussed the planned series with BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on the sidelines of the ICC meeting in Dubai.

Thakur had assured him a final decision could be taken later

SO SWEET: Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning the

sixth China Open title in Beijing last week. The Serb now boasts a 38-1 win loss record on the Chinese hardcourts.

“Generally I felt always in control of the match. I felt like I’ve done everything right. I didn’t allow him to get into the rhythm, get into the match,” he said.

Tsonga will be comforted by his strong showing in China, which helped move him up to ninth in the race to qualify for the eight man end-of-season ATP Tour Finals in London next month.

“The first set went quick,” Tsonga said. “It’s not easy to stop him. He is really consistent on his return. Today I didn’t serve well enough, especially in the first set.

“After that, in the second, I served a little bit better, and it gave me the opportunity to have a chance on his serve. But finally I was not able to do it.”

The victory was Djokovic’s 57th ATP Tour title, moving him within two of Nadal’s mark of 27 Masters Series crowns and took his prize money for the year past a record $16 million. - Reuters

this month and conveyed Manohar’s invitation to visit India to Shaharyar. A reliable source in the PCB said Khan and Sethi had both gone to India after holding discussions with the government’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz.

“The PCB is mentally prepared to even settle for a shorter series but want it to be Pakistan’s home series and in the UAE,” the source said.

He said Sethi, who heads the Pakistan Super League project, will also be officially asking the Indian board to allow some of their players to appear in the league scheduled for next February in Dubai and Sharjah.

Media reports have also talked about a possible triangular series in December also involving Bangladesh. - PTI

Marquez snatches last-gasp win MELBOURNE: Outgoing MotoGP champion Marc Marquez snatched the lead from Jorge Lorenzo on a thrilling last lap to win a classic Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, with championship leader Valentino Rossi finishing fourth.

At the climax of a white-knuckle feast of daredevil racing between the top four place-getters, Marquez coaxed his Honda past Lorenzo before the final turn and roared home to win his first race at Phillip Island and fifth of the season.

Having grabbed and lost the lead time and again over the course of the race, Lorenzo initially cut a dejected figure when crossing for second place.

He quickly cheered, however, having closed the gap on leader Rossi to 11 points ahead of the penultimate race in Malaysia next week.

Double world champion Lorenzo had Andrea Iannone to thank for keeping a rampaging Rossi off

THRILLING WIN: Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez of Spain waves to fans after winning the Australian Grand Prix. – AFP

the podium, with the unfancied Italian enjoying one of his finest days on a Ducati to take third on a glorious afternoon at the seaside circuit.

Lorenzo said in a trackside interview that Marquez had made an “unbelievable last lap”.

“I was lucky that Andrea got the podium,” he added.

Iannone capitalised on a solid

start from second on the grid to sweep past pole-sitter Marquez but held the lead for only moments before Lorenzo swooped at turn eight.

The pair swapped the lead back and forth, and feathers flew on the third lap when a stray seagull ploughed straight into Iannone’s helmet, ruffling the Italian who fell back to second.

TIANJIN OPEN

Radwanska books WTA Finals place with Tianjin pennant

TIANJIN: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska booked a spot at the end of season WTA Finals in Singapore after outclassing Montenegrin Danka Kovinic to win the Tianjin Open in China on Sunday.

The world number six recorded a quick-fire 6-1, 6-2 win over the 20-year-old, who had never before been past the quarterfinals of a WTA event.

“I’m excited to play at the WTA Finals in Singapore this year,” Radwanska said after securing her 16th career title and second this year.

“I have good memories from playing in Singapore. The fans there are amazing, so I can’t wait to get out there and compete against the best players in the world.”

She joins Romanian Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza of Spain, Russian Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova in securing places in the eightwoman WTA Finals field which begin on October 25. - Reuters TENNIS

Jankovic outlasts Kerber to claim Hong Kong title

HONG KONG: Jelena Jankovic made it a Serbian win double in Asia on Sunday as she fought back from a set down to beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber to take the Hong Kong Open title.

The former world number one triumphed 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1 to claim her 15th WTA Title and second of the year. The success came shortly after compatriot Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the Shanghai Masters title in China.

Kerber needed a win to secure a place in the eight woman endof-season WTA Finals in Singapore next week and started brightly with an opening break as she took the set 6-3.

The second proved another tight affair with three breaks of serve each before a tiebreak which Jankovic edged 7-4 after both players excelled with returns.

Jankovic was buoyed by the success and found her serving rhythm in the decider as Kerber failed to force a break point and collapsed as the Serb ran out a strong winner. - Reuters

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BCCI to invite bids for two new IPL teams MUMBAI: The Indian Cricket board will invite bids for two new teams for the Indian Premier League (IPL) to replace the suspended Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for the next two editions, it said on Sunday.

A panel appointed by India’s top court recommended in July that the franchise owners of the two IPL teams be suspended for two years following a corruption scandal in the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament.

The panel led by retired chief justice R.M. Lodha also recommended life bans on Chennai official Gurunath Meiyappan and former Rajasthan co-owner Raj Kundra. Both were found guilty of illegal betting by another committee appointed by India’s Supreme Court.

“The Justice Lodha committee interim report will be implemented fully,” the BCCI said in a statement after a working committee meeting.

“The two franchisee teams, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals remain suspended for two years.

“BCCI will float tenders and invite bids for two new teams to replace CSK and RR in the Indian Premier League for 2016 and 2017 (2 years).”

The decision would mean that the tournament, with a $3.5 billion estimated brand value and boasting of Bollywood stars and major conglomerates as investors, will remain an eight-team affair for at least the next two editions.

The BCCI also named Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo Mobiles as the new title sponsor of the IPL replacing global food and beverage giant PepsiCo

Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo Mobiles as the new title sponsor of the IPL who, according to local media reports, wanted to end its title sponsorship due to issues that have brought the game into “disrepute”.

PepsiCo bagged the IPL title sponsorship rights in 2012 for five years (2013-17) for 3.97 billion Indian rupees ($61.37 million), almost double that DLF, India’s biggest listed property developer, paid for the rights from 2008-12.

“Vivo is to give the bank guarantee in next ten days,” the BCCI said, while also announcing that Nike’s contract as the Indian team’s official apparel sponsors has been extended.

Newly-elected president Shashank Manohar had vowed to clean the image of the BCCI after being chosen earlier this month to head the world’s richest cricket board for a second time.

The board took some steps towards more transparency on Sunday by appointing Pricewaterhouse Coopers to look into how its member associations utilise the funds distributed to them by their parent body.

It also said information about all payments above Rs2.5 million ($38,644) will be displayed on its website (www.bcci.tv). — Reuters

JUBILANT: Man of the match Mornie Morkel, third from right, celebrates win with teammates at Rajkot. – PTI

De Kock, Morkel power South Africa to victory SCOREBOARD

The 22-year-old de Kock continued his purple patch in ODIs against India, scoring his fourth century in seven

TON-UP: Quinton de Kock. – PTI

innings against the opponents

RAJKOT: Opening batsman Quinton de Kock provided the early flourish with the bat with his seventh century while fast bowler Morne Morkel applied the finishing touch with four wickets as South Africa beat India by 18 runs on Sunday to take a 2-1 series lead.

The 22-year-old de Kock continued his purple patch in ODIs against India, scoring his fourth century in seven innings against the opponents to set up South Af-

rica’s total of 270-7 in 50 overs after they chose to bat on winning the toss. The hosts lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (13) early to Morkel but looked well poised for a victory charge with half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (65) and Virat Kohli (77).

Opening batsman Rohit and Kohli added 72 for the second wicket before the former fell to a smart return catch from part-time off-spinner JP Duminy. Kohli then added 80 for the next wicket with his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (47) to keep India in the hunt before Morkel returned to strike.

The South African plan of bowl-

SOUTH AFRICA Q. de Kock run out (Dhawan/Dhoni) 103 D. Miller c Rahane b Singh 33 H. Amla st Dhoni b Mishra 5 F. du Plessis c Kumar b Mohit 60 AB de Villiers lbw b Patel 4 JP Duminy c Raina b Mohit 14 F. Behardien not out 33 D. Steyn run out 12 K. Rabada not out 0 Extras (w-5, nb-1) 6 Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 270 Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-87, 3-205, 4-210, 5-210, 6-241, 7-264 Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10-1-65-0; Mohit Sharma 9-0-62-2; Harbhajan Singh 10-0-41-1; Amit Mishra 10-0-38-1; Axar Patel 9-0-51-1; Suresh Raina 2-0-13-0

ing short at the batsmen’s bodies while packing the leg side boundary with four fielders proved effective.

After Dhoni failed to negotiate a short delivery from the tall Morkel, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane holed out deep on the mid-wicket fence on consecutive deliveries in the paceman’s final over, which put paid to India’s hopes of chasing down the total. India could only manage 252 for six in their 50 overs.

INDIA R. Sharma c & b Duminy 65 S. Dhawan c de Villiers b Morkel 13 V. Kohli c Miller b Morkel 77 M.S. Dhoni c Steyn b Morkel 47 S. Raina c Miller b Tahir 0 A. Rahane c Miller b Morkel 4 A. Patel not out 15 H. Singh not out 20 Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-8) 11 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 252 Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-113, 3-193, 4-206, 5-216, 6-216 Bowling: Dale Steyn 10-0-65-0; Kagiso Rabada 10-0-39-0; Morne Morkel 10-1-39-4; Jean-Paul Duminy 8-0-46-1; Imran Tahir 10-0-51-1; Farhaan Behardien 2-0-9-0 Man of the match: Morne Morkel

Earlier, South Africa’s sent David Miller and the new opening pair gave the touring side the ideal start with a stand of 72.

De Kock, who hit 11 fours and a six in his knock, added another 118 for the third wicket with Faf du Plessis (60) to set up a solid platform for South Africa for a late assault.

The fourth match will be played in Chennai on Thursday. - Reuters

CRICKET

Siddle confident of securing spot in Aussie Test squad

Peter Siddle

SYDNEY: Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle believes he will have enough opportunity to press his claim for the Test spot during the series against New Zealand though he has not featured in the ongoing Matador One-Day Cup. Siddle was kept on the sidelines during Victoria’s opening five matches of the Sydney-based tournament with the Bushrangers favouring a pace attack of James Pattinson, John Hastings and Scott Boland.

The Test quick was on Friday named in the Prime Minister’s XI and Cricket Australia XI to take on the Black Caps in a day-night match with the pink ball at the Manuka Oval this Friday, followed by a two-day match at the same venue in Canberra starting Saturday.

The 30-year-old faces a battle to retain his place in the Test XI with Josh Hazlewood pushing for a return to the side after his omission with a minor injury ‘niggle’ for the

Cummins to return with tweaked action MELBOURNE: Australian quick Pat Cummins said on Sunday that he will look to tweak his bowling action when he returns to training later this summer after a long absence

fifth Ashes Test on the failed tour of the British Isles.

“It’s a good opportunity for me to play some cricket,” Siddle was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

“The past six months it’s been a bit tough carrying a lot of drinks and not playing much.

The PM’s XI has always been a big part of the Australian summer, so I’m looking forward to be-

due to a serious back injury.

The 22-year-old is aiming to return to bowling early next year with a view to playing in the ICC World T20 in India in February and March. And he

ing a part of it for the first time and hopefully have a first little crack at the New Zealanders.”

While most of the hopefuls pushing their case for a Test spot are banking on big hundreds or bags of wickets, Siddle doesn’t believe the scorecard will necessarily decide his fate when the national selection panel name a final XI on the morning of November 5.

says he will look to make some slight changes to his action.

“Someone like Binga (Brett Lee) says even when you’re 35 or 36 you’re still trying to work out your action,” Cummins said. - IANS

“The England tour is probably a good example of that,” Siddle said.

“I felt I was bowling well with good rhythm and felt strong at the crease, I just couldn’t get those wickets. I think it showed once I got my chance that I could produce on the day.”

The Prime Minister’s XI clash will be Siddle’s first experience with the much talked about pink

Kookaburra ball ahead of the historic day-night Test match at the Adelaide Oval later next month.

It will be somewhat of a trial run for Siddle before getting another opportunity in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield season to be played under lights from October 28-31.”It’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out,” Siddle said.

“I can’t talk too much about it yet without having a crack at it.

I think after this game I’ll get a feel for it and see how it holds up and goes throughout the innings.

Teams have spoken differently about the ball and how it’s held up and how it’s played.”

“It’s just a matter of witnessing it for yourself firsthand and seeing how it goes. The changeover in light is going to be the big part in the game where you’re going to need to get used to it.

So until I experience that, I’ll just have to wait and see,” he added. - IANS

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New-look Oman International Rally set for MERC lift-off in November Held over three days and across some of the finest gravel special stages in the world, Oman returns to the FIA regional series for the first time since 2007, although it did run as a candidate event in 2014 and was won

by Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and Killian Duffy in a Ford Fiesta RRC FOOTBALL

Impreza and Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah was a four-time winner between 2003 and 2006, although the 2003 event also ran as a candidate without MERC status.

Challenging route This year’s event will run over 13 timed special stages and 254.38 competitive kilometres and will be based at the Oman Automobile Association’s headquarters at Airport Heights.

The ceremonial start will take place at The Wave, Muscat from 6 pm on November 5 and precedes

the opening super special stage at 6.45pm. Six timed tests will then take place on both Friday and Saturday. “The Oman International Rally is one of the most important sports events held during the course of a year in Oman,” said Suleiman bin Abdullah Al Rawahi, event director of the Oman International Rally.

“The Oman Automobile Association works very hard to provide the right environment for this rally in many levels.”

Clerk of the course Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Zadjali confirmed that

a challenging route is now being finalised and will offer a demanding test for the region’s finest drivers.

Focus on safety Emphasis will be put on spectator and competitor safety at all times, according to safety director Khalid bin Yousef Baloochi.

The organising operation also includes trained medical, communications and maintenance teams for an event that starts with scrutineering and documentation on November 4 and finishes on November 7.

RUGBY

Nakhid launches FIFA campaign ZURICH: Former Trinidad and Tobago midfielder David Nakhid launched his campaign to be president of crisis-hit FIFA on Sunday with an attack on the two Arab royals who are the frontrunners to replace the outgoing Sepp Blatter.

Nakhid, who played club football in the Swiss league and North America’s Major League Soccer, said he had successfully secured the five nominations from national associations needed to become a candidate and had submitted his paperwork to FIFA’s election committee.

Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has also put in his nomination and the president of Asian soccer, Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, is also expected to do so before the October 26 deadline for the vote four months later.

Bookmakers have made the two Arab royals the early favourites but Nakhid, who is viewed as an outsider, said neither would be

MUSCAT: The Oman Automobile Association (OAA) will organise the 2015 Oman International Rally, round seven of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), from November 5 to 7.

Held over three days and across some of the finest gravel special stages in the world, Oman returns to the FIA regional series for the first time since 2007, although it did run as a candidate in 2014 and was won by Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and Killian Duffy in a Ford Fiesta RRC. Khalid Al Qassimi claimed the win seven years ago in a Subaru

good solutions for the troubled organisation which has been hit by a series of corruption scandals.

“We don’t represent big money from the Gulf nor do we represent the luxury of royalty. What we do represent is someone who can stake the claim for a better balance in the global game,” Nakhid said on Sunday.

“You look at Prince Ali, someone who has been head of his own association since he was 23, 16 years.

Now he wants to come and talk about reform? He has been there 16 years by decree.

“What can he tell us about reform? Has he had a challenger in those 16 years or has been there as a Prince? Come on.”

Nakhid, who runs a football academy in Lebanon, added that he did not think Prince Ali would be good for the game and he lacked the charisma needed to lead. The 51-year-old played 35 times for Trinidad and Tobago between 1992 and 2005. - Reuters

Pumas stun injury-depleted Ireland to march into World Cup semifinals CARDIFF: Argentina stunned an injury-depleted Ireland with an early onslaught and finished at a canter to secure an emphatic 43-20 victory on Sunday that sent them into the Rugby World Cup semifinals for the second time.

Even the Six Nations champions of the last two seasons could not halt the unstoppable march of the southern hemisphere as the impressive Pumas joined New Zealand and South Africa in the last eight.

Blistering two-try opening and closing salvos allied with the assured place-kicking of flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez earned Argentina a Twickenham meeting with Australia or Scotland.

“I am very happy, we have met our second objective, which was to play seven games at the World Cup,” Pumas coach Daniel Hourcade said. “We played very good rugby. We played the rugby we wanted to, not for 80 minutes but in particular at the beginning and at the end.”

Early tries from centre Matias Moroni and winger Juan Imhoff silenced the passionate Irish following in the 72,316 Millennium Stadium crowd and when Sanchez kicked the first of his five penalties, the Pumas were 17-0 up after 14 minutes.

Ireland fought back with tries from replacement winger Luke Fitzgerald in the 24th minute and flanker Jordi Murphy shortly after the break to cut the deficit to 20-17, but three points was as close as the Irish would get during the match.

BRILLIANT SHOW: Argentina players celebrate their victory over Ireland in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday. – Reuters

Ticking over Sanchez kept the scoreboard ticking over and clinical finishing from fullback Joaquin Tuculet and Imhoff for tries in the last 11 minutes ensured Argentina would match their breakthrough

achievement of reaching the last four in 2007. “The result just reflected the tour de force demonstrated by the southern hemisphere teams this weekend,” Ireland coach Joe Schmidt said.

“We didn’t get the start we

wanted, but I’m incredibly proud of how we got back into the contest. When you try a bit too hard, you get loose, and they have tremendous speed merchants to take advantage.”

Ireland deserved credit for their comeback because for the first quarter-of-an-hour, it looked like Argentina would romp into the semifinals on the back of a stunning display of total rugby.

Hammering into contact and transferring the ball at pace through the hands of backs and forwards alike, it took only four minutes for Moroni to score in the corner after a sweeping move.

Six minutes later, Imhoff beat Rob Kearney in a race to Santiago Cordero’s chip through and did superbly to touch down before the ball went dead.

Ireland were able to regroup in the 17th minute when Pumas prop Ramiro Herrera earned a yellow card for a no-arms tackle and before he returned Fitzgerald had skipped down the touchline and stepped inside Juan Martin Hernandez for a try.

It was a break up the middle from Fitzgerald, on for the injured Tommy Bowe, that sent Murphy through for a second Irish try which brought the crowd back into the match.

Ultimately, though, the absence of captain Paul O’Connell and playmaker Johnny Sexton as well as two regular starting flankers were losses Ireland could ill afford and their quest for a first World Cup semifinal will go on for at least another four years. - Reuters

FOOTBALL

OFA rope in Effect as new energy drink partner MUSCAT: The Oman Football Association (OFA) on Sunday announced a partnership with a new energy drinks partner that will see the OFA help launch the Effect brand across Oman, and Effect tie up with the Oman national team.

According to a statement issued by the Sultanate’s football governing body, the OFA have signed a partnership with MBG Holdings, a company based in Germany that produces the energy drink ‘Effect’ — Germany’s No. 1 energy drink.

The Effect brand will now be linked to the Oman national team and the OFA will be working with Effect to bring the energy drink to the Omani population.

Nic Cartwright, Oman Football’s Commercial Director, was enthused about the new partnership. He said: “Effect is a very exciting product — a great taste and they are a team that are very

proactive who I am sure will work hard to make the product accessible to all of Oman.

“We have already agreed on some great ideas about how we will work together to achieve this — and I look forward to seeing these in action.”

Stephan Claus, Managing Director for the Effect Brand in the MENA region, is looking forward

to working with the OFA. “We know how popular football is in Oman, and we also know how hard the OFA work to drive football. I am confident this partnership will really help us to achieve the sales and growth we want for the Effect drinks.

“We pride ourselves on being the premium brand with an outstanding positioning in the soft

drinks market with one-of-a-kind character – The mental energizer.

Whatever the situation in our daily lives, more and more consumers are required to face the mental challenges of an increasingly complex world. Effect provides the energy for increased intellectual performance.”

Fans saw the Effect brand sampling at the recent Oman vs Iran and Oman vs India World Cup qualifying matches and will see Effect at all games moving forward as well as at select Omantel Professional League (OPL) games.

In addition to this, the OFA will be running a series of events across the year giving the Omani population the chance to interact with the Effect drinks and their team.

In celebrating the start of the Relationship, Effect are offering Omani fans the chance to win 50 Effect T- shirts with a six pack of Effect.

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Delhi pip Kerala in ISL KOCHI: Ghanaian striker Richard Gadze’s late strike in the 87th minute ensured third straight victory for Delhi Dynamos as they beat hosts Kerala Blasters 1-0 in the Indian Super League football tournament here on Sunday. Substitute Gadze headed home a Florent Malouda cross as he timed his jump to perfection heading home from close range much to the dismay of the home fans and team’s owner Sachin Tendulkar, who graced the stands.

Dynamos now have 9 points from four games after their third win and straightaway jumped to the second spot in the league table behind Pune City FC. Dynamos despite having equal number of points trail due to an inferior goal difference.

Dynamos started on a positive note as Robin Singh’s shot was saved by opposition goalie Stephen Bywater.

In the fifth minute, Francis Fernandes provided a defence splitting through for Gustavo Dos Santos but the Brazilian’s first touch wasn’t a great one and by the time he took the second stroke, Bywater anticipated to collect the ball.

Peter ramage had a good game at the heart of the Blasters defence as he kept out the dangerous floaters sent from wide right by the former French international Malouda.

In the 43rd minute, a freekick saw Robin failed to provide the finishing touches as it beat Bywater before going out.

Finally, it was Gadze, who brought smiles in the face of Dynamos manager Roberto Carlos with a perfect header. - PTI

Golf for women at Muscat Hills with NBO’s support The programme, officially launched at Muscat Hills on Sunday, is aimed at attracting more Omani women to golf

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MUSCAT: In an attempt to attract more Omani women to golf, the Oman Golf Committee (OGC) has launched an exclusive Ladies Golf Programme.

The programme, launched in association with Muscat Hills Golf & Country Club and with supported from the National Bank of Oman (NBO), was officially announced at a press conference organised at Muscat Hills on Sunday in the presence of OGC Chairman Mundhir Al Barwani, Vice-Chairman Ahmed Al Jhdhamy and NBO Head of CCD and CSR Leen Al Atassi and Muscat Hills PGA Pro coach and trainer of the ladies’ programme Jade Lucas.

NBO’s Leen Al Atassi said: “We are pleased to come forward and support OGC’s effort in the development of golf in Oman. We have always been the staunchest promoter of golf.

“As you know, the NBO Golf Classic, the premier European

NEW BEGINNING: Oman Golf Committee Chairman Mundhir Al Barwani, second left , Vice-Chairman Ahmed Al Jhdhamy, left, NBO Head of CCD

and CSR Leen Al Atassi, right and Muscat Hills PGA Pro Jade Lucas pictured during a press conference at Muscat Hills. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

Challenge Tour event, has become one of the most prestigious tournaments in the golfing world and most prestigious in the region and in Oman.”

“We want to see more golfers come up from Oman, especially women. Hence, this programme.

Because if you do not concentrate on grassroots development, you will not get the results,” she added.

“This is our objective to support ladies’ programme conducted by OGC and Muscat Hills. I praise OGC’s effort in this women’s gold developmental progamme.”

Mundhir Al Barwani, the OGC Chairman, said: “We are thank-

BETERAN DOUBLES BADMINTON

Pereira brothers clinch title MUSCAT: Top seeded Pereira brothers, Ronnie and Percy, got the better of second seeds Francis PT and Saji Abraham in the veterans doubles final of the ongoing National Bank of Omansponsored Indian Social Club (ISC) Muscat annual badminton tournament.

The first game saw the second seeds come out of the starting blocks with aggression combined with fine play to put the top seeds under immediate pressure. Saji was so accurate in service and his pair Francis who controlled the game with his drop shots and smashes to claim the first set scoring 21-17.

The second game was better paced and went neck and neck with rallies and smashes from both ends. However, the top seeds held their nerves to edge out their opponents at 22-20.

In the deciding game, the Pereira brothers got their act together and the combination worked perfectly, with Percy creating the openings, putting pressure at the net while Ronnie was good

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THE FINALISTS: Winners Percy Pereira and Ronnie Periera, right,

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from the back of the court, especially on the backhand returns and smashes. The third game was clinched by the Pereira brothers at 21-14 giving them the veteran’s doubles title.

In open men’s doubles semifinal, top seed Albert and Haroos showed consummate team work in their victory over Dipu and

Geemon. Albert and Haroos faced stiff resistance before wrapping the first game at 21-18 and witnessed losing confidence in Dipu and Geemon to pass the second set at 21-9. The winning combo of Albert and Haroos is all set to lock horns with favorites Cyril Williams and Sudheer Raghavan in the final.

ful to the NBO for supporting our ladies’ programme which is much needed and highly appreciated.

We have been planning to do it for a long time, finally we have succeeded in this venture.

“There will be a free golf clinic where the ladies can register on October 26 from 5 to 6 pm at Muscat Hills and we hope as many ladies will show up. In total we will have three programme categories and Jade will take care of the trainees.”

The programme will be conducted at Muscat Hills and the ladies will undergo training under Jade. The programme is free for all Omani women in the age

group of 15 to 28 years. The PGA Pro coach Jade Lucas said: “It is high time that we should start ladies programme. It is free for Omani women.

“On the registration day they will be introduced to the game, if they like it, I will take them to the Bronze programme. And that’s how they can start to take up golf seriously.”

The training structure is divided into three programmes. The first one is Bronze which is for the beginners and will continue for six weeks. The second programme is named Silver, the duration of which is again six weeks and the

last one is Gold programme, of six weeks’ duration. There will be four groups of players in each programme with seven ladies in each group.

The Bronze programme will start in the first week of November.

Each trainee will be gifted with a T-shirt in the Bronze programme.

Ahmed Al Jhdhamy, the OGC Vice-Chairman, said: “We hope to rope in a good number of Omani ladies for this programme. It will help us in the long run find players who can make it to the Oman national team someday. We hope to get continued support from NBO and Muscat Hills over such initiatives.”

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Put into bat first, Professional Trading scored 194 runs

RAY down RK Group In a G Division match, RAY International defeated RK Group by four wickets.

Put in to bat first, RK Group scored 153 in 19.2 overs with Muhammed Adnan top scoring with 37 runs. For RAY, Boopathi and Pranav claimed two wickets each.

RAY completed their victory by scoring 154 for six in 19.5 overs. Mohammed Mifas top scored for RAY ay with an unbeaten 70. Abishek Kalla was the pick of the RK bowlers with figures of four for 14 from four overs, but it wasn’t enough to contain RAY International.

for the loss of four wicket in 20 overs. In

E DIVISION: Global Money Exchange.

F DIVISION: Bahihi cricket team.

G DIVISION: RAY International.

H DIVISION: Axis Group.

reply, Attic Outdoors reached the target in 19.2 overs scoring 195 for the loss of five wickets

MUSCAT: Attic Outdoors recorded a five-wicket victory over Professional Trading in an Enhancesponsored D Division cricket match at the Municipality Ground III on Friday.

Put into bat first, Professional Trading scored 194 runs for four wicket in 20 overs with Muthu Murugan and Chaitanya R. scoring 58 and 46 not out respectively.

In reply, Attic Outdoors reached the target in 19.2 overs scoring 195 for the loss of five wickets. Qasim Ali and Humayun Bhat top scored with 48 and 80 not out respectively. For Professional Trading, Sujash K.R. claimed two wickets Brief scores: Professional Trading 194 for 4 in 20 overs (Muthu Murugan 58, Chaitanya R. 46 n.o.) lost to Attic Outdoors 195 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Humayun Bhat 80 n.o., Qasim Ali 48; Sujash K.R. 2/25). Points: Attic Outdoors - 2, Professional Trading - 0.

MARH beat Sayarti In an E Division match, Moosa Abdul Rahman Hassan (MARH) defeated Sayarti 54 runs.

Put into bat first, MARH scored of 170 in 18.5 overs with Khalid Moosa and Vishal Shetty scoring with 51 and 34 runs respectively.

For Sayarti, Achintha and Lokesh picked up four and three wickets respectively.

In reply, Sayarti managed to score just 116 before being bowled out in the 15.3 overs. Christopher Raja scored 30 runs. Khalid was the pick of the MARH bowlers with figures of four for 32 in 3.3 overs. Sarmad and Allan also chipped in with two wickets each.

Brief scores: MARH 170 in 18.5 overs (Khalid Moosa 51, Vishal Shetty 34; Achintha 4/40, Lokesh 3/7) bt Sayarti 116 in 15.3 overs (Christopher Raja 30; Khalid Moosa 4/32). Points: MARH - 0, Sayarti - 0.

Global Money Exchange win In an E Division match, Global Money Exchange (GME) recorded an eight-wicket victory over Atkins.

Batting first, Atkins scored 143 for eight in 20 overs with V. Girid-

haran scoring with 56 runs. For GME, Jerrin George took three wickets while Dileep and Sajeev claimed two each.

In reply, GME racked up 144 for two in just 13.5 overs, enabling GME to complete their bonus point victory. Sajeev top scored for GME with 82 runs.

Brief scores: Atkins 143 for 8 in 20 overs (V. Giridharan 56; Jerrin George 3/27) lost to GME 144 for 2 in 13.5 overs (Sajeev 82; K. Giridharan 2/24).

Points: GME – 3, Atkins - 0.

Big win for Bahihi In an F Division match, Bahihi posted a massive 195-run victory over Oasis Water.

Winning the toss and batting first, Bahihi put on an impressive score of 269 for five in 20 overs with Patel Ashok, Shaheer Najeeb and Murad Khan scoring 60, 59 and 74 respectively.

Bahihi completed their bonus point victory by bowling out Oasis Water for 74 in 12.3 overs. Shyju

top scored for Oasis Water with 28 runs. Kishor Krishnan and Rahul Ramachandran were the pick of the Bahihi bowlers claiming three and two wickets respectively.

Brief scores: Bahihi 269 for 5 in 20 overs (Patel Ashok 60, Murad Khan 74, Shaheer Najeeb 59) bt Oasis Water 74 in 12.3 overs (Shyju 28; Kishor Krishnan 3/6, Rahul Ramachandran 2/5). Points: Bahihi – 3, Oasis Water - 0.

ONEIC win thriller In a thrilling I Division match, ONEIC defeated Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) by three runs. Winning the toss and batting first, ONEIC scored 97 in 14 overs with Arif Jalali top scoring with 37.

Malik Ali and Pratyush S. peformed brilliantly for ISWK taking six and three wickets respectively.

ONEIC completed their victory by restricting ISWK to 94 in 17.2 overs. Pratyush top scored for ISWK with an unbeaten 39. Awais Ahmed and Zubair Ahmed were the pick of the ONEIC bowlers

claiming three wickets each.

Brief scores: ONEIC 97 in 14 overs (Arif Jalali 37; Malik Ali 6/21, Pratyush S. 3/30) bt ISWK 94 in 17.2 overs (Pratyush S. 39 n.o., Awais Ahmed 3/30, Zubair Ahmed 3/13). Points: ONEIC - 2, ISWK - 0.

QBG outplay Mani’s Azad In a J Division match, Qurum Business Group (QBG) defeated Mani’s Azad International by 70 runs to complete the bonus point win.

Winning the toss and batting first, QBG scored a mammoth 198 for eight in 20 overs with Shahid Sharif top scoring with 48 runs.

Abrar Hussain and Anshul Jangid were the pick of the Mani’s bowlers claiming three wickets each.

QBG completed their victory by bowling out Mani’s Azad for 128 in 18.2 overs. Sunil Saleem top scored for Mani’s with 46 runs. Shahid, Jiresh and Shyam all chipped in with two wickets apiece for QBG. Brief scores: QBG 198 for 8 in 20 overs (Shahid Sharif 48; Abrar Hussain

Brief scores: RK Group 153 in 19.2 overs (Muhammed Adnan 37; Boopathi 2/16, Pranav-2/26) lost to RAY International 154 for 6 in 19.5 overs (Mohammed Mifas 70 n.o; Abishek Kalla 4/14). Points: RAY International - 2, RK Group - 0.

Axis Group win In an H Division match, Axis Group defeated Ahli Bank by 13 runs. Put into bat first, Axis Group scored 133 in 18.2 overs with Akhtar Ali top scoring with 25 runs.

Shahid Mughal was the pick of Ahli Bank bowlers with figures of three for 23 from four overs, while Issa Al Balushi and Imran chipped in with two wickets each.

In reply, Ahli Bank but fell just short of the target scoring 120 for nine in their 20 overs. S.M. Imran batted impressively, scoring 53 runs. Sameer Hameed was the pick of the Axis bowlers with figures of three for 19 from three overs.

Brief scores: Axis Group 133 in 18.2 overs (Akhtar Ali 25, Shahid Mughal 3/23) bt Ahli Bank 120 for 9 in 20 overs (Imran S.M. 53, Sameer Hameed 3/19).

Points: Axis Group - 2, Ahli Bank - 0.

AL NAHDA, SUWAIQ, AL AROUBA WIN

Al Nahda, Suwaiq and Al Arouba recorded victories in the fourth week of the Omantel Professional League on Sunday. At Seeb Sports Stadium, Al Nahda emerged 2-1 winners against Muscat. At Sohar Sports Complex, Suwaiq defeated Al Shabab by a 3-1 margin while Al Arouba also scored a similar 3-1 win over Al Nasr at Al Saada Sports Complex in Salalah. In another match, Al Musannah and Salalah played out a 1-1 draw. Meanwhile, the Oman Football Association on Sunday conducted a draw for the qualifying round of His Majesty’s Cup Football Championship. As per the draw, Bidiya will take on Al Ittifaq, Al Wusta will play Diba and Al Salam will lock horns with Kasab. The matches will be played on October 23. — ISMAIL AL FARSI/Times of Oman

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Designed to appeal to a younger, hipper motorcycle enthusiast, the 2016 Chief Dark Horse looks business in thunder black smoke. Giving those classic valanced fenders an unexpected contemporary appeal, Indian packaged the bike to be unlike anything else currently available from its stable.

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2016 Indian Chief Dark Horse ENGINE Thunder Stroke 111/1811cc Peak Torque: 161Nm (2600-3000 rpm) Transmission: Six-speed constant mesh PERFORMANCE Top speed: 193kph (limited) Fuel Capacity: 20.8 litres Range: 270km Curb Weight (Empty fuel tank / full): 341kg / 357kg Authorised Dealer in Oman Fairtrade Auto, Al Khuwair Tel: +968 2460 2295/2129, GSM: +968 9744 5272

t’s mean and it is black; it’s a raging black beast and it is ready to pounce. Indians are perhaps the best bikes when it comes to retaining the classy old looks. But this time the brand has merged the classy brawns with modern peppiness to strike a chord with the younger rebels. Astride the Indian Chief Dark Horse, announcing your presence comes with territory.

The Dark Horse is leaner, meaner, and oozes oodles of style and sophistication – yet retaining the uber-classic styling. The finish is immaculate and most intricate, putting even the best of the rest to shame. It’s a racist in supremacy and leaves nothing to guesswork with the trademark Indian logo embossed, or engraved, at every nook and corner.

A roughhewed version of its older sibling, the Chief Classic, the most notable deletion is the passenger seat; the Dark Horsemen will roll solo on that black 26-inchhigh seat. Other omissions include analog fuel gauge, oil-cooler, and driving lights, which translate into the Dark Horse being 13 kilos lighter than the Classic.

Press the power button and the ergonomics come to life and the warbonnet statuette on the front mudguard illuminates with fluorescent light. Push, not press, the

ignition and the horse is awakened. The single push and release ignition mechanism is a first on Indian bikes. You need not to press and hold the ignition switch till the engine fires – just push and release, the rest the bike will do itself.

Shift into first and the bike plods ahead; it’s an old school cruiser after all with typical laid back power. Its intention is to make you relish the beauty around you, and raising others’ envy while on it.

Powering the Horse is the Indian’s famous 1,811cc Thunder Stroke 111 engine that pumps out an impressive 80-plus horsepower and 161Nm of torque at 26003000rpm. Those aren’t worldbeating numbers, but it does represent a healthy dose of power for a full-sized cruiser.

On the road, the ride is very nimble; the comfortable seat and easily reachable handlebars give you enough confidence to roll ahead with much gusto. Despite its 357 kilos of wet weight, the bike feels surprisingly light and manoeuvrable. The long 1730mm wheelbase does the trick perhaps, transferring all the weight into the ground through tyres, sparing your legs.

Even at traffic signals or U-turns, you don’t feel at all out of place; yes, it is that easy to ride. Wander out onto the open roads, and the smile on your face would go on widen-

A roughhewed version of its older sibling Chief Classic, the Chief Dark Horse is leaner, meaner, and oozes style and sophistication – yet retaining the uber-classic styling. The finish is immaculate and most intricate, putting even the best of the rest to shame

ing, as the laidback 1800ccs slowly awaken to deliver the punch and you start to propel ahead.

The only thing that irked me (in fact my ears only) was the total absence of the throaty grunt.

The heavily baffled huge dual stock pipes trap all the notoriety, and what reaches the ears is just a sweet purr, shy of all the badness (literally they eat up all the grunt). The exhausts call in for instant replacement. The gentle sound-note is too decent for the big bad devil that it is.

The shifts are very neat, and hate it or love it, that typical clanking is absent (quite like sportbikes). The six speed constant mesh gearbox does its job well, and even finding the neutral is a piece of cake on this one. The only thing against is that the ankle-shifter is absent – it only has the toe shifter, so be ready to have that shifter rubber smear on your beloved boot (yeah who cares).

The matt black finish is an absolute humdinger. And then to tantalise your senses further, it plays with flashes of chrome here and there – just the pipes, cylinder fins, and fender trim.

Even the warbonnet driving light on the front fender is black, and there’s a matte silver throwback headdress logo on the tank too.

The leather bib on the fuel tank looks absolutely magnificent too.

And the best isn’t over yet – the

bike has got more than 40 options for customisation. The best I like are the 16” Black Ape Hanger Handlebars, which raise the bike’s brute quotient by tonnes, elevating the raw custom style, and providing an even more comfortable reach to the grips and controls, revving up every rider’s street creed and attitude.

Another must have is the Stage 1 Slip-On Exhaust for a much much needed throatier exhaust note and also enhanced throttle response.

It might have classic looks and stance, but don’t mistake the Horse for a beast of the past. The latest Chief comes loaded with all the modern techno-aids and doodads to make your ride safer too - and not just stylish. Standard equipment includes ABS, cast aluminium frame with integrated air-box, cruise control, vinyl seat, and of course the remote key-fob ignition.

The tank mounted single dial gauge features a plethora of useful display, along with the electronic speedometer and odometer, such as digital tachometer, fuel range with average fuel economy, gear position display, vehicle trouble code readout, and 9 LED telltale indicators among others.

Purest expression of performance and style, the Dark Horse is a classy ride for classy riders. Rookies better stay back: not your cup of tea. faisal@timesofoman.com

Photography: Shabin E, Indian Motorcycle Company

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HEAD TO HEAD It’s hot again… Microsoft has revived the Apple vs.

Microsoft battle yet again with the launch of its firstever laptop: the Surface Book. A silver chassis and 13.5 inch display, the Surface Book definitely pitches up against the Apple MacBook Pro 13. And though nothing comes out from the house of Microsoft without packing goodies, is it still good enough to stand against the tried and tested MacBook? We bring you a head to head comparison…

Microsoft Surface Book vs Apple MacBook Pro Design

Display

Processing Power

Keyboard and Trackpad

Battery Life

The 13.5 inch tapered Surface Book display is just a little bit larger than the 13-inch MacBook Pro. And despite the larger size, the Surface Book still weighs a few ounces less than the 1,570g MacBook.

The Surface Book display is also detachable with the long press of a keyboard button, allowing the Surface Book to double as a 0.3 inch thick tablet. Apple doesn’t stand nowhere near in this section.

Because it’s detachable, the Surface Book display is also responsive to touch, again something MacBook Pro can’t claim.

The PixelSense screen on the Surface Book offers a 3000 x 2000 pixel resolution (267 pixels per inch). The MacBook Pro’s Retina display offers 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, with 227 pixels per inch.

In response to the MacBook Pro’s recorded 389 nits, and a display of 91.2 per cent of the sRGB colour gamut, Microsoft claims the display on the Surface Book to show 100 per cent of sRGB colour gamut.

The Surface Book runs on either a Core i5 or Core i7 processor from Intel, part of the chip maker’s new Skylake generation of CPUs. Apple has the option of either a 2.7GHz dual Core i5 processor or a 2.9 dual-core Core i5 chip.

In terms of storage, both the laptops (base models) feature 128GB PCIebased flash storage. The Surface Book features Intel HD Graphics 520 by default, and an Nvidia GeForce GPU can also be added. The 13-inch MacBook Pro only offers integrated Intel Iris graphics.

The MacBook Pro 13’ sports a Force Touch trackpad with multiple levels of sensitivity that can activate additional features, for supported apps. The Surface Book lacks the feature, but boasts of a glass trackpad and backlit keyboard.

Also, it has got the more relevant touch interface and pen input.

According to Microsoft, the Surface Book can support 12 hours of video playback. That is on par with the tested and proven 12 hours and 4 minute backup of the MacBook Air – one of the longest-lasting notebooks.

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Conclusion A sharper display and faster CPU- the Surface Book clearly has got the edge over the MacBook Pro. Optional discrete graphics too are offered only by the Surface Book. A more

capable trackpad and proven long battery life make it up for the MacBook Pro. It might all depend on how you consider the worth of the Surface Book’s ability to double as a tablet, and its pen input. But it certainly seems to overtake

the Retina MacBook, at least for now. About the operating systems, you be the judge between OS X El Capitan and Windows 10.

TOO Verdict: Doubling up as a tablet? Definitely the Surface Book then. - faisal@timesofoman.com

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SHATTI Crimsom Peak (Drama, Horror)(15+)(2D) Cast : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston 2:45, 7:00, 9:15, 11.30 pm War Pigs (Action, War) (12+) Cast : Luke Goss, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Liddell 4:00, 8:00 pm The Martian (3D) (Action, Sci-Fi) – PG Cast : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain 2:15, 4:45, 11:45 pm Pet Pals in Windland (Animation) (PG) Voice Overs: Gerolamo Alchieri, Nanni Baldini 12:45, 2:30 pm 99 Homes (Drama) (PG) Cast : Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon 6:00 pm Legend (Biography, Crime, Thriller) – 12+ Cast Tom Hardy, Emily Browning 9:15 pm Before We Go (Comedy, Drama) (15+) Cast : Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Emma Fitzpatrick 7:30 pm Momentum (Action, Thriller) (15+)(2D) Cast: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy 12:30, 5:00, 9:45, 11:45 pm MUSCAT GRAND MALL Momentum 2D (Action, Thriller) (15+) 12:15, 7:15 & 11:45PM Crimsom Peak 2D (Drama, Horror) (15+) Cast : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, 9:15 & 11:30PM Gold Class : 2:30, 6:30 & 8:45PM Pet Pals In Windland 2D (Animation) (PG) 10:30AM, 1:00PM & 7:00PM Gold Class : 4:45PM Pan 3D (Adventure | Family | Fantasy ) (PG) 10:45AM & 2:30PM The Martian 3D (Action| Adventure) (PG) 4:30 & 9:00PM

Crimsom Peak (Drama, Horror)(15+)(2D) Cast : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston Timing: 2:45, 7:00, 9:15, 11.30 pm

Momentum : 2D (Action, Thriller) 15+ Cast : Olga Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan Freeman Timing: 12:15, 7:15 & 11:45PM

Gold Class: 11:00PM The Walk 3D (Adventure) (PG) Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2:15PM Etiquette for Mistresses 2D (Tagalog) Cast: Kris Aquino, Claudine Barretto (TBC) 4:45PM

Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman 2:00 PM Crimsom Peak - 2D (15+) Drama, Fantasy, Cast – Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston 4:00, 11:55 PM Life of Josuty – 2D (PG12) Family, Drama Cast: Dileep, Jyothi Krishna , Kalabhavan Mani 8:50 PM The Fighter – 2D (TBC) Action Cast: Ram Charan, Rakul Preet Singh 7:00 PM

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BURAIMI Momentum – 2D (Action, Thriller) (15+) Cast: Ogla Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman 6:30, 10:00, 11:45PM Crimsom Peak – 2D (Drama, Fantasy (15+) Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, 4:15, 11:30PM Kung Fu Jungle – 2D (Action | Thriller) (12+) Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang 4:45, 8:15, 9:45, 11:45PM Life of Josutty – 2D (Drama, Action) (PG12) Cast: Dileep, Jyothi Krishna, Kalabhavan Mani 6:45PM Jazbaa – 2D (Drama, Action ) (12+)

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Crimsom Peak (Drama, Horror)(15+)(2D) Cast : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston 4.00, 7.30, 9.45 & 11.55 pm CP No: 2785 (15+) Momentum (Action / Thriller ) Cast: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan Freeman 4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 p.m.

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Before We Go – 2D (15+)Comedy| Romance Cast : Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Emma Fitzpatrick 2:45, 7:15 PM

Pyaar Ka Punchnama-2 (Comedy) – PG12 Cast : Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, , Sunny Singh Nijjar 3.30, 9.30 PM

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3D Printing Helps Save the Life of a Newborn in the US

SHINY SIDE UP S T O R Y FA I S A L M O H A M M E D N A I M

Chrome ads up

is a much better option though), crumple it up, dip it in vinegar (or any soft drink), and scrub. Be careful not to apply too much pressure.

Scrub with medium force and redip your foil often. Coke does the job well, but it will make things a bit sticky. Rinse well with soft water, and wipe dry instantly.

much to the style statement of our prized possessions.

However, it takes quite some effort to keep

5. Wipe it Nice and Quick Once you’re satisfied with the cleanliness of your chrome, make sure you dry it really, really well.

Chrome is absolutely notorious for developing water spots. The moment you get done washing chrome, grab a soft, dry towel and go over the entire object with it. It also works very well to dry chrome with used dryer sheets.

the chrome clean and shining. Read on to know more…

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t’s a sunny Friday morning and I love the glistening chrome. It shines on my face, oh boy I ain’t riding yet back home.”

We all love to love that flashy chrome, shining on our rides and brightening our souls. Chromium or chrome, as it is popularly called, gives that stand-apart look to our classic rides (the matt ones step aside please). But one thing we all know is that to keep it shining gives us a hard time.

Chromium is a very soft metal, and because it is so soft, you never find anything that is made entirely of solid chrome.

The chrome on those new rims you’re so proud of is actually an extremely thin layer that was applied through electroplating.

And when it comes to maintenance, chrome is quite very unforgiving. If left unattended for even a very short period of time, it starts losing its prime. That’s where many of us unknowingly commit the mistake: leaving the chrome to be cleaned, when the beloved goes to washing bay.

Despite the fact that chrome is extremely stable under high heat (which makes chrome great for mufflers and the like), and also very durable lasting for years (even decades if taken care of properly), it doesn’t take long for it to get dirty and dull looking.

Chrome needs frequent clean-

ing. Moisture is a mortal enemy of chrome, as chrome is very thin; it starts to develop pores, soaking in the moisture, beginning the onset of rust. Never leave the chrome unattended for more than a week. If you don’t, your chrome will remain just like new for years.

However, cleaning the chrome is also tricky. As it is too thin, as slightest of improper cleaning might result in swirls, minor scratches, and accidental chrome removal (which really looks ugly). And because you will need to clean chrome frequently, it is important to know how to clean. If you’re looking to clean your chrome safely and without damaging it, look no further… just follow the steps below.

1. Never Neglect It The best way to avoid damage to chrome is to not allow it to get very dirty in the first place. The dirtier chrome gets before you deal with it, the more effort and force you’re going to have to use to clean chrome and the higher your risk of damaging it will become. The moment you start to notice dulling of the chrome, wash it. Avoid washing it in greasy or hard water. It will leave a film on the chrome.

2. Soap and Water Sounds too good to be true, but this much is enough, if the need to

clean chrome isn’t bad. Clean the chrome finish on the handle-bars and mufflers and other big surfaces using a soft clean fabric. For grooves and hard-to-reach places, use a fine grade steel wool (0000 or 1100 grade).

3. Vinegar Soap and water didn’t quite do the trick? You may need to move on to something a little stronger. Continue to use your soft rag, but this time use vinegar as the cleaner. Vinegar (either plain white or apple cider) is slightly acidic, and works really well for taking tarnish and gunk off of the chrome. Use different parts of the rag as you go along so you’re always using a clean section. For a bit of extra oomph, sprinkle a little baking soda on the vinegar-dampened rag… Viola!

4. Fight the Rust If bits of rust are peeking through the chrome, grab a bit of thinnest aluminium foil (steel wool

6. Wax it Up For the last step, if you want to keep your chrome clean and shining for longer and reduce the frequency of cleaning, get yourself a good chrome wax. Actually, almost any car wax made from Carnauba will do the trick. Just make sure to give a couple of coats. The first coat will fill any pores, and the second will provide all that nice lustre. Buff between coats.

7. Avoid Chrome Polish As Much As You Can You simply do not need commercial chrome and metal polish cleaners to polish dirty but spotless chrome. The methods covered above have been proven over and over to be safe and effective to clean and keep the chrome shining as new.

The polishes (such as Flitz Stainless Steel and Chrome Cleaner, Mothers Chrome Cleaner, Turtle Wax Chrome Polish, and Bar Keepers Friend) are highly abrasive, and they clean by way of removing thin section of chrome coating. Not better, and definitely not as environmentally friendly (but faster and easier), use them only if the chrome is rusted or visibly scratched.

More next time… Stay tuned. faisal@timesofoman.com

A 3D printing model of the head of a foetus recently helped doctors save the life of a newborn who had developed a life threatening complication at University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in the US. Megan Thompson was about 30 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound showed a walnut-sized lump on her tiny, unborn child’s face that could prevent him from breathing after birth. Thompson was referred to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital where doctors had to decide whether the baby could be delivered safely through a Caesarean-section or needed a rare and complex lifesaving procedure. Using a specialised MRI of the foetus in the womb, doctors were able to use a 3D printer to print models of the foetus face, helping determine exactly where and how dangerous the soft tissue mass was. “Based on the images we had, it was unclear whether the mass would block Conan’s (baby’s) airway after birth. The 3D printed model of the foetus allowed us to actually see in person what it looked like and have something in our hands to help us decide the best way to care for the baby,” said senior author Glenn Green from C.S. Mott. The case is outlined in the journal Paediatrics.

What Actually Makes Your iPhone Battery Drain Have you ever wondered as to why using Facebook drains your iPhone’s battery like no other app? It is because social networking platform has been constantly tracking your location using your iPhone’s GPS. Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski analysed the Facebook app’s code and found that the app is sending devices’ location information to Facebook in the background, Motherboard.com reported. “If you move around a lot, you are likely to use more battery but the combination of GPS and networking going on in the background is likely the majority cause of battery drain,” Zdziarski was quoted as saying through e-mail. However, this is not surprising as Facebook’s in-app location settings clearly state that if you have location history and access set to “always”, then Facebook “will build a history of our precise location, even when you are not using the app”. “We are not tracking background location if the location setting is off on your device or in the app,” a Facebook spokesperson said. Still, the idea of Facebook tracking you everywhere is bound to be an unsettling one for the more privacy-conscious, and thankfully there is an easy solution: turn your location settings off for Facebook. “We are not collecting background location on iOS unless Location Access is set to Always on your device and you have enabled Location History in the Facebook app,” the spokesperson reiterated. -IANS

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MOBILE ENTERPRISE How Businesses Worldwide are Using Mobile Devices

WHAT DO THEY USE?

PLATFORM SHARED BY INDUSTRY

Android

NEW APP ACTIVATIONS

BY PLATFORM

25% Android

1%

Laptop

51%

High Tech

45%

Manufacturing

39%

Transportation

Windows

35%

iOS

Smartphone

40%

Legal

95%

Public Sector

82%

7

Avg. number of Apps accessed per day

Finance

1%

81%

Others

73% iOS

Tablet

19% SOURCE: FORBES.COM

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Workers’ campus, shops, workshops, stores in a building in Al Misfah, Wilayat Bausher.

Contact 98918090 02 BHK commercial / residential (with split AC) Flat at Honda road.

Contac: 99342733 / 99795241

Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen & bathroom in wadi kabir for 280 RO. Contact : 97771444

02 BHK residential flat opposite to Al Nadha Hospital. Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

3 BHK Penthouse Flat with Split A/Cs, Free Unlimited Broadband WiFi, Security access system, Pvt. Terrace & Secured car park, Opposite Kims Hospital Al Falaj, Monthly Rent: 625/-.

Contact: 99657906 or 24702141

Furnished room for rent at Al Khuwair R.O 225/- for family only.

Contact: 99251975

1000sqm industrial and with compound well & two rooms at Misfah.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241 Readymade office space for rent (100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building, MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center Point. Contact: 99011352 Shop / store for rent about 250 sq mtrs area in the heart of Ruwi City good for restaurant, store or general sale. Contact 99326639 One /two, B/R, Res / comm. flats near Bank Muscat Bausher from owner directly . Contact: 92158031 AL Khuwair 17/1, 2 single bedroom flats at 150/-, 1 big studio at 120/- , 3 small studios at 90/- with electricity & water. Contact: 99441798 Wadi Kabir 8 studios, each at 80/with electricity & water.

Contact 99441798 Mawaleh 3 bedrooms flat at 450/with electricity, water.

Contact: 99441798 Brand new 2 bedroom flat split ACS near Sultan Center Arjan towel project R.O 450/- PM. Contact: 95278815

1000 sq mtrs industrial land in Ghala suitable for ware house, work shop etc. Contact : 24700120 / 92584715 200 sqm basement available for rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco.

Contact: 93782735 / 93329476 We have 1BHK in Mabela 7 new buildings 175/- R.O. Contact: 93782735 / 93329476 We have 3BHK villa fully furnished in Ghubra 18th November street 650/- R.O. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476 1BHK R.O 190/- & 2BHK R.O 225/near Medical Darsait Muttrah house.

Contact: 98748925 For rent one bedroom Majlis, 2 toilets, kitchen, balcony Greater Muttrah near Muscat Electricity distribution new building rent R.O 230/-. Contact: 99243059 Deluxe 2 bedroom flats MBD, Ruwi, Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99472457 / 24707340

We have 2 BHK in Ghubra 18th November street 2 rooms, 3 bathrooms, large sitting, hall& Kitchen 325/- O.R. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK villa near Grand Mosque villa with 3 rooms, sitting hall, majlis & car parking 700/- O.R. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have shops for rent in Ghala & Ghubra. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 2 BHK flat in Al Khuwair new Rawasco brand new building 325/- O.R. # 93782735 / 93329476

We have 100 sqm for rent in Ghala new building 350/- R.O. Contact 93782735 / 93329476

We have small building for rent in Bousher, 4 studio & 1 shop building commercial & residence can be used for family, bachelors or store 750/O.R. contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK flats in Ghala new building flat with 3 rooms, 4 bathrooms, large sitting hall& kitchen 425/-. Contact: 93782735 / 93329476

Flat 2bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen and sitting room in Al Ansab.

Contact: 95302993 / 95216161

Al Hail Villa & Flats.

Contact: 95282986

Office/Shop 28 SQM, Wadikhabeer, Contact 93004902

Apartment for rent, have flat in South Al Hail consists of 3 bedrooms + 3 baths + hall + kitchen car parking.

Contact: 92602050 / 93214010

2BHK with Split Unit A/C , Wadikhabeer near Indian School, 99441193, 93004802

Bedroom ground floor apartment with sitting, 2 baths, big richen close to Indian School near to Mars hypermarket Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 98011224

2BHK with Split Units , WadiKhabeer, 93004802.

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi, MBD Mumtaz area. Contact : 97293708 / 92433127

2 BHK available Ghubra near Al Maha hotel. Contact: 99269751 Brand new deluxe flats located near Seeb fly over on the right hand side of the main road coming from the Seeb palace roundabout, two bedrooms family, hall, kitchen, 3 toilets, balcony & split unit AC. Contact: 97755586 1BHK , 3BHK flats at Wadi Al Kabir new building with split unit and lift behind Muscat Bakery.

Contact: 99338133 3 rooms, Majlis, living room, kitchen, 4 toilets & swimming pool in Amerat Heights (phase one).

Contact: 99277377 Villa in Al Khuwair 17 /2 for rent, near Ibis hotel, 2 spacious bedrooms, spacious hall, Maid room front yard , private entrance kitchen and 3 bathrooms. Contact: 97056443 Um Obelah 5/1 just walking distance from the Nesto hypermarket and opposite the new pullman mall, 2 bedrooms with two toilets and seating area on 4th floor. only 250 omani rial. Contact 99203381

1BHK Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99024730 1& 2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730 2 flats with air-conditions in Al Bustan each flat has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen, store laundry. Contact: 98919037 Duplex flat Al Athaiba, near Sultan Center 3BHK, 3 Bathrooms, hall & living room family only 500/-R.O. Contact: 92479515 Flat available for rent, 2 bedrooms, hall, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and balcony with proper sun light & ventilator, location on Mabela North very close to Indian School Al Seeb.

Contact: 99432496 Flat AL Ghubrah near 18 Nov ST, bedroom, living room, 2 bathrooms, first floor without ac family only 325/- R.O. Contact: 92479515 Villa Al Amerat behind Al Raffah Hospital 5BHK, living room, hall, 6 bathrooms, split ac family only 425 R.O. Contact : 92479515

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Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

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FOR RENT Deluxe beach front villa at Al Hail North with 5 bedrooms and Staff quarter having excellent finishes is available for immediate occupation.

Contact: 93888666 / 244493666 / 99228454 Deluxe, spacious & air conditioned two bedroom flats with good quality finishes, wardrobes & secured basement parking are available for rent in Azaiba North, close to 18th November Street. Contact: 93888666 / 24493666/ 99228454 Air conditioned two bedroom flats centrally located at Al Khuwair are available for rent. Contact: 93888666 / 24493666 / 99228454 2 rooms, bath room & kitchen OR. 175/- & 2 B.H.K OR. 250/- Wadi Kabir near Sana. Contact: 95094028 Flat for rent 2BHK Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Mosque. Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 1000 sq mtrs Industrial land for rent in Ghala suitable for ware house workshop etc. Contact: 24700120 / 92584715 Brand new residential flats in Wadi Kabir near Al Hasan Electrical Company, 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets, Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O. Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886 Flat Al Khuwair near Bader AL Samaa, 2 BHK living room, 2 bathrooms, Kitchen split ac family only 350 R.O. Contact 92479515 Flat 3 mint from Indian School, 2 BHK, living room, 3 bathrooms without A/c, Ground floor family only 340/-R.O. Contact 92479515 Staff accommodation / 2 storey full building available for rent in Rusayl, near Industrial area. Contact: 99352441 / 98116480 / 99358724 2 bed room flat at Al Khodh commercial Street Souq. Contact : 99224748 / 99332297 First floor flat in new building and pent house, each 3 bedrooms servant room, laundry and 5 toilets very spacious halls and family lounges Al Khuwair 39.# 99207840 / 24494243 1,2,3 BHK Flats. Contact: 97799175 2bed room villa in Sidab, 2 Bedroom villa in Wadi Kabeer. Contact : 95755953 / 95555162 Brand new residential flats in Wadi Kabir near Muscat football club, have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets, Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O. Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886

1& 2 BHK Darsait. #97799175 New flats for rent At Darsait near to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the flats includes1 living room, 2 bedrooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every rooms with split A/C, high quality finishing, rent RO 340 /-.

Contact: 00968 92225523

FOR RENT 2 BHK flats with split units in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99720021 New Building in Mutrah, 2 B/D Room Flat + Setting Room,3 Baths+ Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind Khimiji’s main office/opposite to Oman House Call 99419712 Villa for rent four spacious bath attached bed room private swimming pool gymnasium (common) with electrical equipment and free maintenance secured compound at Madinat Al Allam. Contact: 98027975 Office for rent in CBD. Contact : 92820734 / 95345909 Villa for rent in Wadi Kabeer.

Contact: 95562646 / 99059333 1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-.

Contact: 97799175 1BHK Commercial M.B.D R.O 280/-.

Contact: 97799175 2BHK Wadi Kabir RO 300/Contact: 97799175 2BHK Ghubra R.O 350/-.

Contact: 97799175 2 BHK Commercial Al Khuwair R.O 375/-. Contact : 97799175 1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact : 97799175 Furnished flat for rent, 3 rooms with attached bathroom, 1 dining room, 1 sitting room, 1 kitchen at Al Hail South. Contact 99835995 For rent a full office building of 3100 sq mtrs opposite to Central Bank in CBD (Ruwi) for R.O 4 per Sq mtrs. Contact: 95330200 600 SQT commercial flat for rent opposite Oman flourmill Darsait more details. Contact 91214849/ 99364735 1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms with all supplements including water electricity and sewage. Also we provide the following services free 1plumber, electrician for any failed center for garbage on price call on Farahat 98020768 , Hilal 96541263

Fully furnished 2 BHK apartments available at Bareeq Al Shatti.

Contact 92888063 1, 2 BHK in Azaiba. Contact: 99385835 / 99428143 1BHK flats available for rent in CBD area. Contact: 98116480 1bedroom attached, toilet & kitchen in AL Khuwair R.O 140/-.

Contact: 95154331 3BHK , 3bathrooms , 2balconys NRAL Hassan W/ Kabir R.O 320/-.

Contact: 99384640 1 & 2 bedroom flats available for rent in wadi-kabir (opp: pencil bldg), ideal for company staff / families bulk corporate deal possible.

Contact: 97677170

FOR SALE Toyota Fortuner Safari2013 First hand owner from oman Toyota agent Kilometers Reading : 41700 km Phone:95203620 Well running shop at Hamriya (5 yrs old), for immediate sale. With 2 visa activity printing & stationery, designing, corporate gift items, signage work. Contact: 96395770 An Amazing excellent residential land for sale in Barka at Al Muraysi attached to road open from 3 sides and surrounded by houses & shops.

Ready for construction to build twin villa good investment in Barka 677 SQM, price RO 21000/-. #91010668 Ready coffee shop for sale or rent available in Al Khuwair near Rawasco Golden chance. Contact: 93782735 /93329476 A well running Pharmacy at prime location for immediate sale. Contact 92548672 / 99627621 / 99516236 Attention to wholesalers, retailers & manufacturers. We can Sell/Buy your dead stock. Contact : 99742983, 95226989 Split A/C -2, Window A/C- 25, Iron cot- 120, cupboard - 130, water cooler - 2, Gas big - 2, small-3 , Grinder-1 , Chapatti tava-1 , stove-2, kitchen equipment etc .

Contact: 99328223

FOR SALE Office for sale in Ruwi Chamber Oman. Contact : 94241385 / 97244766 Excellent running building materials shop cum Showroom and store for sale in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 98871548 / 93412622 Homegym with cross trainer for sale.

Contact 95367937 Industrial land Wadi Kabeer 3470 sqr mtrs with warehouse + office + labor accommodation price 900,000 R.O . Contact : 99792181 / 99473751 Used furniture and steel racks at Daiso showroom in Ruwi for immediate sale. Contact 93411561 / 93991322 (Mr. Naveen) Ice Cream & juices shop Ruwi good location for sale suitable for beauty parlor also. Contact: 92150455 Fast food style well furnished coffee shop for sale in new Salalah.

Contact: 91121215 / 97484825

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Comm. & Res land in the heart of Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale.

Contact : 91155779

Furnished single rooms available for Executive bachelors at Ruwi.

Contact : 93431089

Port cabin and Wooden pallets new, used and renovated porta cabin Wooden & steel sandwich panel Wooden pallets and packing for marble packing available.

Contact no. + 968 99318152 Tel. +968 24458759 Email: ahastco@gmail.com

Furnished master b.room with attached bath ,and Furnished room with sharing bathroom fully equipped kitchen immediately available in N. Azaiba. 95450250

Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp.

Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale.

Contact: 91155779

Semi furnished two Bed room flat immediately available in N.Azaiba .Contact -95450250 Furnished room for rent Indian family near Honda road. #99076546

Used Fabrication machinery for sale : Fabrication machinery and tools in excellent condition for immediate sale. Contact 94652485/ 99273774/ 99202278

Room available at Walja. #96246625

Comm. & res. land for investment for 25 years in Ghala heights.

Contact: 91155779

Single room for Executive bachelor with attached toilet & bath, for rent including water & electricity in Ruwi.

Contact: 99327158

Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights 400 sq mtr for sale. Contact: 91155779 Shop for sale or rent at Ruwi City.

Contact: 99103077 For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt with petrol pump permission.

Contact 99323957 / 92702891

SITUATION WANTM.V. FOR SALE

Furnished room for IND EXE bachelor near Al Khuwair.com R/A. Contact : 99659513

Sharing accommodation for family or bachelors near Indian school Ghubra. Contact : 99836676 / 99056701 Single room attached bath S/ kitchen at Mumtaz area.

Contact: 95212017 / 96916398 Room available with kitchen from first November 2015 onwards at Rex Road near Golden Oryx Restaurant.

Contact: 99768952

Toyota Corolla 1.6, 2012 model.

Contact: 98402616

1 BHK available at Al khud in Baskin Robbins building. R.O.200. Contact: 97261418, 94194876, 99478492

Honda Civic 97, manual.

Contact 99045803

Furnished room for rent for Indian family near Honda Road. #99016546

Sharing accommodation available at Darsait near ISD specious room, bath, passage sharing kitchen. Preference Vegetarian. Contact: 99419390 Studio flat MBD Ruwi.#95698714 Independent rooms in Qurum / Al Hail. Contact 95529970 Room for Rent Alkhuwair - Behind Al Aktham Restaurant. 120 RO. With elec. and water.For executive bachelors only. Contact : 98803261 Flat for rent available in CBD near Costa Coffee. Mobile no.92820734 Private room with toilet near Qurum park incl. W& E, monthly RO 220/-.

Contact Hassan 99349990 Accommodation available for indian executive bachelor’s (no kitchen).RO:125 including water and electricitycontact 98145825, 98949724

AVAILABLE Available for rent 1500 sqmt, secured plot, suitable for keeping containers, construction equipments, trailers etc, near Sohar AirportContact 98236616 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

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

SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT One of the leading porcelain tiles manufacturing company in Oman needs the following candidates: 1. IT Executive with 3 - 5 years of experience in IT (Male / Female).

2. Executive Assistant to M.D (for our factory at Sohar) with 3 - 5 years of experience in same field (Female).

3. Marketing Co-ordinator with minimum 3 years’ experience in same field (Male / Female).

Omani candidates are more preferable.

Please send CV within 5 days to jobsa@omanporcelain.com

ACCOUNTANT Urgently Required: Accountant cum Store Keeper- with 3 years experience in building construction, MUST have NOC and immediately join.

Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com.

Required Accountant present in Oman. Not for candidates on visit.

Contact: 99454425 Wanted Accountant.

Contact: 94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com Required ACCOUNTS OFFICER to ensure accurate processing of revenue data into ERP systems and invoicing module. Posting of invoices to customer SAP portal and delivery to customer offices and interface with Country Manager / Reporting to Regional CFO. Qualifications : BSc Accounting. Relevant experience and knowledge on Online Accounting Systems especially the customer SAP system. SUBMIT CV to : me-job@interwell.com

CATERING A fiberglass products manifesting company required experienced South Indian Cook. Interested candidates. Please email CV to alhosnif@gmail.com or call on 99871101

DOMESTIC HELP Wanted full time maid for Indian family. Visa provided. Contact : 97448484 / 95539842

DRIVER Urgently required one experienced House Driver to work in capital area.

Contact: 93888666 / 24493666 / 99228454 Required Driver for home. Contact 92542504 Required heavy duty driver, preferably with good experience and communication skills. Contact: 91408759 Email: hanaa.alritaj@ gmail.com Urgently requires Heavy Duty Driver with valid Oman driving license and electrical foreman (Diploma holder with 6 years over head line experience.

Fax: 24814699 , Email: info@sajgloballlc.com GSM : 93210740 Required Indian driver with Omani driving license and experience to work in house.

Contact : 96255558

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH Urgently required for a leading Company Planning engineer. Fax : 24478522, Email : gh1.careers@ gmail.com Turning or Mechanical Engineer wanted to work in workshop if interested please call: 96996884 / 98021385 / 99745330/ 95179003 Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualification (attested) certificates & with Omani driving license.

Contact: slayhawk@yahoo.com Aluminum Foreman – with minimum 5 years experience in aluminium fabrication, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com.

Urgently Required: Mechanical Engineer for a steel fabrication welding workshop 10 yrs exp he should know how to design drawing with auto cad estimate & quotation he must have exp to supervise job of workshop & sites.

Contact: 97130671 Required foreman for a steel welding workshop 10 yrs exp.

Contact :97130671

MEDICAL New private clinic looking for GP Doctor & OBS & GYNK Doctor & staff Nurse with MOH license in Oman.

Contact: 97882811 Required lady physician with Ultra Sonography license lab technician male/female for a poly clinic in south sharqiyah region. Email: writevinnu@gmail.com Required MOH licensed Laboratory Technician for a reputed Medical center at Azaiba ready to join by 1st Jan 16. Please contact any time: 92724345 evening only: 99676812 Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with or without MOH license for a polyclinic near Sohar. Excellent salary & accommodation. Contact 99006915, email : alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com Medical care center, Multispecialty clinic, Seeb requires General Practitioner, medical lab technician & pharmacist. Mail CV to sarita_h23@yahoo.com or Call - 97884856 Immediate Opening for laboratory technician. Should have MOH license to work in medical centre in capital area. Excellent Package, Accomodation will be offered.

Contact 99340135

SALES / MARKETING Driver with Oman driving licence needed. Visa available.

Contact 94288863

DRAUGHTSMAN Domestic helper for a family in Muscat. Must be able to cook Indian food & speak Hindi. Cleaning home laundry and accompanying children.

Contact: 91396909

EDUCATION Post Graduate researcher required.

Contact 99229700 Required English Teachers (native speaker), candidates for teaching should have minimum bachelor degree and having experience not less than 3 years. Please submit your CV through email till 15th of October 2015 for more information please Contact: 24498423.

Email: info@omrantraining.com

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH Urgently required Civil Engineer, Diploma holder with experience.

Contact: 95766844

Required Sales Executive with corrugated cartons manufacturing background. Minimum 3+ years experience. Omani D/L is a must.

Please send CV to this email: corrugatedpackagingoman@gmail. com Require sales executive with experience in hydraulic hoses, crimping and services / building materials contact@absmct.com/92830110 Required urgently for sales of building materials, PPE & related products with driving license & 4+ yrs experience in this field. Email CV & expected package to salesforoman@gmail.com Urgently required: Sales Executive- with 5 years experience in aluminum and sales, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com Required Sales Executive for a leading building material manufacturer in Oman having valid Omani Driving License and 1-2 years of sales experience. NOC from the current sponsor is required.

Contact: 95646844

WANTED URGENTLY FOR INDIAN SCHOOL IBRI “Teachers to teach English. Qualified Candidates with minimum two years of teaching experience may send in their C.V immediately to The Principal, Indian School Ibri, P.O Box: 160, Postal Code : 511, Ibri. or e-mail : ibriindianschool@gmail.com” NB:- This is a free recruitment with no fee of any kind payable by the candidate to anyone.

SALES / MARKETING Sales & Marketing Executive for travel and tourism.

Contact: 92890506 A trading company in Muscat requires Sales Executive with minimum 1 yr experience & Oman driving license & welding machine / electronics / power tools technician with min. 1 year experience.

Email: jobs.trading2015@gmail.com

Situation Vacant Star Hotel looking for a well experienced Indian Chef / South Indian with minimum 3 yrs experience.

Email : albalushi@hotmail.co.uk, mutrahhotel@googlemail.com Or Call: 96668830 / 24790951 / 24790952

Sales Co-Ordinator Required Urgently – Any Graduate with 1-2 years experience in DTP work with good knowledge of MS Office and Internet, Age: 21-28 years can apply to careers@teejanequipment.com

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Wanted Sales man (experienced in transporting etc). #94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com Required experienced Sales / Marketing Executives having light license. Send your CV ocean@omantel.net.om

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Senior Finance Manager, B.Com, ACA, ACMA, Indian Male with 19 years experience and 10 years in Oman. Currently employed with a reputed Manufacturing and Trading Company. NOC available. #-97239328 Fresher 24 years B.Com Graduate, Tally 7.2 & ERP-9, looking for a suitable placements in accounts. Contact: 97219505

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male 28 years, 6 plus years of GCC experience, presently working in Oman as an Accountant, seeking for a suitable job position, NOC available, Contact: 95089869 E-Mail: anuchunda@gmail.com CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Indian male having 7 years experience as functional finance head, presently working in Muscat as Asst. Finance Manager seeking for a suitable position. NOC available, #9178 9950 / Email: igneshmlazar@gmail.com Accountant, Indian female on visit visa degree: B.Com, exp 6+ years in tally ERP-9 (latest), finalization of account, Tax, Accounting, Stock maintenance payroll etc. Contact: 91551164 / 91175456 Email: jothipriya@gmail.com 10+ yrs UAE experienced Fin. Controller looking for job change.

Contact: 98006226

Accountant finance Indian male 24 years B.Com Tally ERP-9, 4 years working experience in India on visit visa seeks immediate and suitable placement. Contact: 95583953 / 96392009 Email: shafadmusthafa@ gmail.com

Accountant with 3 yrs exp in Oman having driving license and Noc. Contact: 91307632

Accounts finance Indian male 22 years B.Com Tally ERP-9, 2 years working experience in India on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95636987 / 94280567 Email: nihadniha777@gmail.com

Part Time Accounting, Accounts Finalization, Audit Preparation, Internal Audit, Accounting System for New Companies, Contact: 96975454, email : ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Male accountant BSc Hons (Finance & Accounts) having 2 years experience in accounts, looking for suitable job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128 Accountant Indian male 6 years experience in Oman having driving license & NOC. Contact: 96012973 Indian male Accountant looking for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 years experience in accounting job (upto the finalization of accounts), 8 years working experience in Middle East in Dubai, Salalah.

Contact: 91325029 Sr. Accountant M.Com (finance) 15 years experience (2 years in Oman) with a reputed firm, NOC available.

Contact: 92404608 Email: jin_75@rediffmail.com Accountant Indian male Charted Accountant and bachelor in Commerce having 3.5 years experience in Auditing presently in Muscat and seeking for suitable position.

Contact: 91656202 Email: sanoopvarghese90@gmail.com Accountant Indian male 10 years experience in Oman can do up to finalization and good knowledge of Tally ERP- 9 can be joined immediately with NOC. Contact: 94134085 Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com Sr. Accountant (finance) 14 yrs Gulf experience in contracting & trading, valid UAE driving license (visit visaSalalah) looking for suitable placement. Contact: 98110814

MBA (F&M) experience 1.3 year.

Contact: 97445488 Email: abinbabygeorge@gamil.com

Sri Lankan Male Accountant, Age 26, BBA Spl, CA Inter, Having more than 5 years’ Experience in accounting field seeking for Suitable Placement NOC Available Contact: 97250638 msmnaja@gmail.com Indian male with B.Com, MBA finance & marketing 14 yrs exp seeking suitable placement.

Contact : 0091 8697292219, Email : rejesh.nair@gmail.com Indian male 8 years experience having B.Com and MBA ready to work in HR customer service, Admin banking & related field.

Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.

Email: girimub@gmail.com Indian lady, bachelor degree in Preparatory Programme (BPP) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), completed training course in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook from KTI looking for full time / part time job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853, Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years experience (8 Years in Oman with Driving License & NOC) Seeks suitable placement, Contact 94117616, 91238272 praveen78oman@gmail.com Male, business Graduate having an experience of 10 years in the field of banking & finance, administration , currently employed at EPC Contracting Company as Finance & Admin manager is looking for a suitable position, NOC available can join within 2 weeks. Contact : 93235690

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, WITH Oman D/L & 8 yrs experience, 7 yrs Oman & 1 yr India in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, independently handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement, Call +968 95436710

Part time accountant, senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, up to finalization. contact.95254864

Keralite lady (2 yrs experience in Oman) required job in Accounts. Contact: 97096918

Part time accounting works up to finalization on monthly basis.

Contact: 96247295

Chief Accountant, 12 years of Oman experienced looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99513082

Accountant Indian male 32 years B.Com 5 Plus years experience in Oman, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 94410485 / 98008164

DOMESTIC HELP Indian House maid looking for job.

Contact: 91834383

DESIGNER SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in manufacturing, trading & contracting Cos, capable of handling all accounting, finance, banking, L/C, import, export & finalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752, mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com Finance Manager, 12 years experience in leading Construction and manufacturing companies (9 years in Oman) have strategic vision and proven leadership ability. B.Com, CPA- USA & modern accounting certificate from “AUC”. “NOC” in hand. Contact: 97220505 Indian female 28 years M.Com, Accountant having 6 years experience in Accounts, finalization, Tally currently on visit visa.

Contact : 95595083 Email: merlinfernandes16@yahoo.in ACCA finalist, Recent B.Com Graduate, Indian female, looking for full time employment in Accounting and Audit. +968 96964379, sangeethaumesh5@gmail.com

ADMIN Indian female MBA , 3 Years experience in Admin MIS , family Visa.

Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com 10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman experience in HR / Admin & logistics fluent in Arabic / English with D/L looking for suitable position.

Contact: 95824598

Interior designer, advanced diploma interior, 3dmax maya coreldraw, photoshop. Contact : 93837973

DRIVER Pakistani, light driver looking for job exp, 4 years. Contact: 96346582 20 years experience. Contact: 94795033 Indian Driver need job. conrtact 91254539 Light driver looking for job.

Contact: 96942547 Light driver looking job exp. 4 years. Contact: 94208089 20 years experience Driver D/L in Oman, seeks suitable job.

Contact : 99775728 Light driver for job 5 yrs exp.

Contact: 92171166 Bangladeshi male driver, 48 yrs, exp 14 years, 9 years need job & visa, got release letter. Contact: 99165961 Pakistani driver seeks for job, holding license of Oman exp in driving in Oman 6 years. Contact : 92604918 Indian driver 13 yrs exp. looking for fulltime or part time jobs. contact 91103909 Pakistani male light vehicle driver looking for job. Contact: 96474528

HR/ Recruitment specialist with 8 years Oman experience in entire gamut of HR functions like resource planning, recruitment, HR policies & procedures performance appraisal, expatriate affairs, exit interviews & ticketing. Contact 93825307 Email: jarthath@rediffmail.com

Driver with car. Contact :91452930

Indian female graduate fluent in English/Arabic(work purpose) with 5+ experience in Admin, Logistics and 2 years in Insurance handling, looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact 93221054, email: nurinabhavania@ymail.com

Indian male 23 years, B.Tech Electrical Engineer 2 years experience in construction + Auto Cad designing, is looking for suitable job. Currently on visiting visa. Contact: 98266897 Email: elbinkeldhose92@gmail.com

ARCHITECT Interior Designer; Post Graduate in Interior Design with Diploma in Journalism, 2 years work experience (1 year in UAE) in conceptualizing designs for residential/ commercial projects. Interested in taking up full-time, part-time or freelance projects in Oman. Contact no. 97897018 Email: nimimenon@ gmail.com

DRAUGHTSMAN Draughtsman Civil with AutoCAD. Contact 97105408

ENGINEER Female Electrical power system Engineer with experience seeks suitable placement. Contact: 99842083

Indian B. tech Civil, 19 years exp , seeks suitable position.

Contact: 98365910 Email: kks.pkd1969@gmail.com Omani Mechanical Engineer with 2years Experiences looking for new opportunity . Contact:95993315, alrus7idisaif@gmail.com Electrical Engineer, B.Tech, with 8 years GCC experience (5 years in Oman) in MEP & Oil/gas construction/Inspections side with NOC, is seeking new assignments in Oman.

Has attested degree certificate and Oman D/L. Contact No.96083636, Email:tobineasow@gmail.com

Autocad D/man Exp in Arch , Interior , knows 3D, Photoshop Ph : 93837973

Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1Year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree in Computer Application and CCNA certified, 2 years exp in Oman looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 93295112 Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (Indian male) with experience in HVAC & Fire fighting looking for suitable placement in electro mechanical field. Contact: 90154793 Email: sangu.vazhoor@ gmail.com

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Electrical Engineer (B.E) with 5 years experience (3 yrs in Gulf) NOC available. Contact: 92119851 Email: mayurdevadiga@gmail.com Resident Engineer B.E civil 25 years exp 12 yrs in Architecture consultancy having Oman Dubai D/L NOC available. Contact: 95732453 Email: milindj951@gmail.com Electrical Instrument Engineer having 10 years experience in high voltage and low voltage with extensive experience in instrumentation & automation, approved from PAEW for more info. Contact: 92950788 / Email: engtariq2007@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer with 7 years experience in oil & gas field have extensive experience in QA/ QC (Static equipment) , have API 653 & CSWIP3.1 certifications for more info: khaled19858@gmail.com Contact: 91917294 BE Mechanical Engineer, 23 years, Indian male on visit available for immediate placement please contact: 96145820 or arunsankar.10.92@ gmail.com B.Tech Engineer (Civil), having 14 yrs of experience (6 years in Oman) with valid driving license is seeking for a suitable placement. NOC available. email: masum.civil10@gmail. com GSM:97455456 Civil Engineer B.Sc 5 years experience with building construction companies in Oman seek suitable placement. Contact: 98180524 Civil Engineer 5 years experience with construction companies in Oman having valid driving license seek suitable placement. Contact: 99742280 Mechanical Technician oil & gas with 9 yrs experience in GCC worked in rotating EQP, Static EQP, commissioning and troubleshooting looking for an opening. Contact: 99598462 Email: bakash_85@yahoo.co.in Mechanical Engineer, Indian male 22 years seeking job in a reputed firm in Oman. ASNT- NOT level 2 course completed 2 years experience in India. Available in Oman on visit visa until 06/11/2015. Contact: 95393960 / 95037962 Diploma Civil Engineer 11 yrs experience (9 yrs building construction + 2 yrs O&G) with valid Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 97669006 / 99142744 Email: shafique88am@gmail.com A senior professional with Engineering background is available for Executive lead in Contract Management, Coordination, Execution in construction establishments and consultancies. Contact: 99703972 Experienced Civil Engg professional 12/26 years ran a company as Working partner have estimation, tendering of high rise building infrastructure steels conc. Products seeks suitable placement. #95360102 / 94460357 Civil Structural Engineer professional in R.C structural design & Q.S & shop drawings. C.N (97983610) Civil Structural Engineer professional in R.C Structural design & Q.S & shop drawings. C.N (97983610) Project Engineer (Electrical) 5 years experience in Oman primary substations + OHL, oil & gas, AutoCAD design driving license. NOC available.

Contact: 93210528 / 99410588 B.Tech Software Engineer nearly 2 yrs Engineer nearly 2 yrs experience seeking job in Oman, currently on visit visa. Contact: 95184451 Indian B.E Electronics Communication Engineer available in Muscat on visit visa 3+ years experience in automation system. Contact: 97439738 Civil Engineer with 8 yrs exp in construction field & all related work, having Oman driving license & NOC. Contact: 97613084 4 years experience Electrical Engineer electrical primary substations UG cables and OHL, fluent in English and Arabic. Contact: 91204243

Indian female, 30 yrs, Interior Designer

Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional YƵĂůŝĮ ĐĂƟ ŽŶ D WDW Ɛŝdž ƐŝŐŵĂ ;' Ϳ ŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞ ĂŶĂĚĂ Θ DŝĚĚůĞ ĂƐƚ͕ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ĂŶLJ ;ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ŝŶ bank, telecom, transport.

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Bachelor degree with 5 yrs working experience seeking suitable placement in Oman.

Contact 98499975, Email : swasdesigner@gmail.com

Contact - 97203531

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Jordanian Engineer in MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING Good experience Sheet Metal Fabrication, AutoCad, Solidworks 3D, Storage Tanks & Silos, Sales - Speaking Arabic/English/Russian -GSM#90198575 / 99201710 Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Business Development. experience in Electromechanical and Irrigation sectors. Contact no- +971558763220 email id-sangowri@outlook.com B.Tech Mechanical Engineer with MBA in marketing & HR 3 yrs exp seeking suitable placement.

Contact :0091 9846568080 / 0091 4772702080, Email: jbabu4@gmail.com Civil Engineer, Indian male 29, having 7 years exp in construction field& Auto Cad in Oman. Having valid driving license. Fluent in English & Arabic. Looking for suitable job in reputed firm. Contact - 99650569 Indian male, 26 yrs, B. Tech Computer Science, 4 years experience as System and Network Engineer looking for suitable job.

Contact : 93125669 Email: amritrajgt18@gmail.com Electrical Engineer Indian male 2.5Years Of experience Looking for suitable Job. Contact:91845173 Email:er.joshidhaval@gmail.com

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B.Tech Elec., Engineer, 8 yrs exp in Oman valid D/L. Contact : 91456023 Indian BE (MECH) aviation BE degree diploma in material quality management 17 years Navy aviation 13 years construction purchase stores professional on visit.

Contact: 90205082 /98796982 Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp.

Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com C-SWIP 3.1 ASNT level 2 QC Mech.

Engr 5+ yrs exp Indian male 26 seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 91823331 Email: kannasekhar46@gmail.com Electrical and Electronics Engineer with one year experience and GCC licence holder seeking a job mail – shyjalpk@gmail.com Indian male BE Mechanical currently on 2 yrs free visa with NOC & local release. Looking for suitable job in Muscat.

Contact – 90296975 / ali.syedausaf@gmail.com

BA Export Management, GCC, D/L 12 years Muscat experienced in purchase / commercial seeks any placement. Contact: 99775988 Omani National looking for suitable placement. Contact: 91908052 Maintenance foreman looking for suitable position in real estate or MEP work. Contact : 99526958 Indian female Diploma in Indian & foreign Accounting having 1 year experience in Oman seeking suitable placement. Contact: 95714285

Bangladeshi female Project Engineer Civil having 5 years experience or construction site currently or visit visa looking a suitable position.

Contact 91207329 Email: dipabangladesh@yahoo.com Male Project Engineer (Civil) 12 years experience Dubai + SA in construction & water supply field with valid UAE D/L Currently on visit visa looking suitable position.

Contact: 91206763 Email: delwar.civil.97@gmail.com Indian male, 26 yrs, 4 years experience diploma in Civil Engineering field on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 95585564 Email: safvanullal6644@gmail.com Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experience with constructions companies - 1 years in Oman - qualified as Site Engineer & Planning Engineer.

Contact+968-94682217 Degree Civil Engg total 9 yrs experience, 7 yrs in Oman Construction Company with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 99721926 Email: tanvircivil@gmail.com Civil Engineer degree, diploma, Staad pro, Auto CAD 18 months Indian exp seeks suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93682529 Aeronautical Engineer Indian female 22 yrs, currently on family visa looking for suitable position in any air line / Engineering Industry.

Contact: 91705598 Email: nikhimnoushad@gmail.com Engineer with 4 years Telecom experience in Oman, having Oman driving license looking for a suitable opportunity. Interested in marketing, NOC available. Contact : 98513495 SUPERVISOR: Indian male site supervisor (AIR CONDITIONING) 25 years of experience with valid Oman Driving lic Contact: 97498809, 93391910 Email: hilariankj@gmail.com Engineer with 3 yrs experience in Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical maintained field on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 99191535 Email: fareed029@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer 4 years experience oil and gas electrical substation water project fluent in Arabic and English primavera p6 operator.

Contact: 99525856

Electrical Engineer Indian male 29 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India (MRF Tyres), seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

M.Tech having 3 years experience in Mechanical Engineering department looking for any University to hire. Contact: 90150913 Email: rahmanmechengg@yahoo.in

Btech computer science graduate 2015 passout.. Android application marketing.. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Contact 91024385

Indian male B.Eng in IT CCNA MCITP, 2+ yrs exp in IT support, Networking and Server support. Contact 93311963 Email: sajal035@gmail. com Male 25 years B.E (CSE) 3.5 years experience in System and Networking / IT support currently in visit visa looking for a suitable job. Contact: +968-98914760 IT System Administrator MCSA Sudanese UAE experience.

Contact: 91302074 B.Tech prince 2 certified IT Proff. with 16+ yrs experience, 8 years experience in banking IT projects and risk management, support vendor management looking for a suitable position on visit visa. Contact: 92703635, email : anilsingh@live.in Software Developer / Consultant Manager 7+ yrs Experience Mobile 92694166 Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree in Computer Application and CCNA certified, 2 years exp in Oman looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 93295112 Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com Computer & Network Engineering.

11 yrs experience looking for suitable job. Contact 92811179/ 95882614 Email: khalido24@yahoo.com

Manager- Media & Advertising industry-15 yrs Gulf exp - seeks suitable opening- 93031168

Civil Engineer, Indian male, 25 years, B.Tech, have 3 years experience in building construction seeks suitable positions. 92609893, alenalexander123@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Indian female 2+ years Oman experience with D/L seeks suitable position in Business development / corporate & retail sales in training / IT / education ITES companies.

Contact: 98989784 22 years Indian B. Com Graduate currently in Oman on family visa looking for a job, presently in sales department. Also possess a valid Oman driving license. Contact: 98504698 Indian male 10+years of Gulf experience as a Sales Executive in FMCG Industry with valid GCC license.

Contact: 93512696 Indian male, 38 years BE & MBA in Marketing from UK and 12 years experience in the IT industry seeks suitable placement. Contact: 91200413 Email: mniyaz@hotmail. com Indian male 38 yrs , MBA in Marketing with Oman D/License, over 8 yrs experience in ironmongery scheduler / specifier & general trading, currently on visit visa. NOC available. Contact: 98891737

Indian male, 4 years experience in Sales. Oman experience with NOC & driving license seeking suitable.

Contact: 96607645

Palestinian dentist looking for job in private hospitals, Medical Center or Dental Centers in Muscat 15 yrs exp P. hospitals out Muscat. Contact: 96951750 Indian female Bsc nurse with 3year experience prometric passed seeks suitable placement.contact 95782544 Indian male Nurse, prometric passed seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97284508I

Indian male 21+ years Managerial experience in Oman in FMCG Industry seeking suitable placement with NOC can head any Business / working partner. Contact: 95264562

Marketing and Sales candidate with 8 years experience in GCC looking for suitable position. Having NOC and valid Oman diving license.

Contact: 96669152

10 yrs exp in Oman in logisticshave Oman D/L-looking for suitable placement-contact 96410767, email: harishkts@yahoo.com

MSc Nurse specialized in OBG, 3 years experience-certified ACLS, BLS, on visit visa, seeking suitable opportunities Contact: 90125347

MBA qualified sales and marketing candidate having an experience of 1 and half years available in Oman on visit visa seeks placement.

Contact: 97436706 Email: anshusamue10001@gmail.com

Indian HSE Manager, Grad IOSH & I Dip Nebosh aged 43 years with more than 20 years of experience working in reputed oil & Gas / construction at Oman seeking suitable HSE Position (Manager / Trainer / Advisor). NOC available. Contact: 97926801 Email: johnkjoseph630@yahoo.com

LOGISTICS

Indian female MDS Endodontics, 9.5 yrs experience recently cleared Oman prometric 84% looking for suitable placement. Contact: 95624156 / 97233074

Indian male, U.K Post Graduate M.A, MBA, 3 years Experience, looking position within Marketing, Branding, Business Development & PR. Contact: 91-8939165131 Email: greetings111@hotmail.com

Sales Executive experience in Oman 4 years, has driving license.

Contact: 96039024

BBA Keralite, male, 23 yrs, experienced in Automotive Sales & Admin on visit. Contact 94742679, Email: jafarj4@gmail.com

MEDICAL

Registered Filipina Nurse looking for a suitable job in Admin/ receptionist, experience in admin, on visit visa seeks placement. Contact 97435849

Indian 14 years experience in consumer goods as Marketing Manager with visa D/L. Contact: 90314809

IT Computer and Systems Engineer.

Contact: 91770668

Indian male, 31, MBA Marketing and Finance with 8 years’ experience in FMCG industry specialized in sales, trade marketing and key accounts as manager seeks suitable position. Contact 94743589

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

PROJECTS B.Sc Civil 9 years experience looking for suitable placement as a Residence Engineer having valid Omani D/L. Contact : 94431917 Email: gmssohel.ce@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Experienced skilled candidate with driving license seeks position sales in Salalah. Contact: 98579382

EDUCATION M. Com B. Ed Indian lady looking for suitable openings.

Contact: 97668603

SALES / MARKETING

Indian male more than 8 years experience in UAE in Office , Sales Marketing with good computer skills having driving license looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99369081 Email: shazulashraf60@gmail.com Male BS, with D/L having 7 years exp in Oman wanted suitable job in Sales inventory & procure.

Contact: 92191026 Sales and marketing - male 27 yrs, 2 years experience seeking suitable placement with Oman D/L. Contact: 95642740 Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com Indian male Sr. Sales Executive, 15 years exp in retail sector looking for vacancies. Contact: 96768382

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Welder 6G, 3G ARC , Fabrication gulf exp ph : 92858985

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Indian male more than 10 years gulf experience in Office / Sales Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial and purchase with good computer skills.

Having Driving license and NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95149624

MISCELLANEOUS Indian Female, 35years, Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) fresh graduate with BSc and MA looking for positions in Front Office, administration office, or any suitable positions in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions. Contact 90236481

Indian male 22 years, looking for suitable placement in Hardware and Networking field, Having 1 year exp. in India, training in al ameen computers Muscat Ruwi. Qualification is Diploma in Electronics and Communication at present I am having my valid employee visa In the same work. Contact : 9739622910/8050101914, Email ID :- fairozhuded13@gmail.com Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper, in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat. #968 94369965,mail - satya1528@gmail.com Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experience with constructions companies - qualified as A Project Engineer & Planning Engineer . Contact+968-94682217 B.Tech CS, Indian female 23 yrs, looking for suitable placement (IT/ Banking / Administrator) currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Contact: 94704707 Email: sooryasnkr1@gmail.com Indian male with over 8 years experience in sales & marketing seeking suitable placement holding valid Omani driving license, fluent in English & Arabic. Contact: 97890681 Hospitality / Hotel Indian male 18 years of experience with excellent cooking Supervisory, Management and communication skills seeking suitable job on visit visa. #95363751 50 years Indian male 15yrs experience as Manager in Steel and paper Plant seeking suitable placement.

Kindly contact me on +91 9840943638 Chartered Accountant, Indian male, 25, two years experience, on visit visa. Staying with parents. Also has B.com+computer Application.

Contact: 24492638/98164467. shyamal008@gmail.com Diploma in Civil Engineer. I have 6 year experience in Oman seeking for suitable position Oman. #97415597, email: Nasir.muscat@gmail.com Indian male with 18 years of Indian and Overseas experience in hospitality industry, with excellent cooking, operational, managerial and communication skills seeking a suitable job from reputed groups and organizations. On a visit visa.

Contact: 95363751 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 26, Male, Indian, BBA (Finance), MBA(HR), Looking for suitable placement in Finance/HR/Marketing.

Contact immediately. # 98176105, nruknaddin@outlook.com Indian Male, 38 years, BE and MBA in Marketing from UK seeks suitable placement in the IT industry. #91200413.

Network/Noc engineer, CCNA certified & CCNP trained, Indian male 27 years B.com(general) 5 years & 4 month’s of experience in the field of networking seeks for better placement.#97663834 / 98730758

8+ years experienced senior accountant looking for a better placement. Contact No. +968 92935684.

Email - shabeerkkm@gmail.com.

NOC available.

INDIAN FEMALE– ME in CSE with 2 years’ experience in teaching seeking Suitable Job Opportunity. Contact: 94263445 or +91 9486251274, E mail – apshinmar@gmail.com

29 years Indian female (MBAFinance) with 4 yrs experience in Accounts, seeking suitable placement in Accounts/Admin/HR. NOC available. Contact:96141283

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SIT.WANTED MISCELLANEOUS 26, Male, Indian, BBA (Finance), MBA(HR), Looking for suitable Job. Contact immediately contact 98176105, nruknaddin@outlook.com

Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business Management, 6 years in Oman.

Knowledge of MS Office and Arabic Language. Seeks suitable position.

Contact 93931935

INDIAN MALE , MBA. Having 10+ years experience as Automotives Sales Manager .Worked with M/s TALWAR AUTO GARAGES PVT LTD India’s Largest Selling Dealer for VOLVO EICHER commercial vehicles .Seeking for suitable Job in Oman.

Contact no: 98045482 Email: dmstalwar@gmail.com

Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Business Development. experience in Electromechanical and Irrigation sectors. Contact no- +971558763220 email id-sangowri@outlook.com

26, Male, Indian, BBA (Finance), MBA(HR), Looking for suitable Job. Contact immediately #98176105, Email: nruknaddin@outlook.com

Indian male, with finance and Law degree, having more than 25 years of experience in Finance/ Accounts / Audit (5 years of Oman experience) seeks suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 98421619.

E-mail: talemadhamu@yahoo.com.

FABRICATION & ERECTION-DUCT MAN Candidate seeking suitable opportunities & presently in Oman with NOC Mob:97239854, Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286

25yrs Indian Female with Bsc Nursing, MHA (master of hospital administration) Graduate looking for suitable placement. Contact:- 99513267 Email:-alinaelshaddai@gmail.com

Pakistan Male: 24 years,M.Com Finance having 2.5 year experience as a accountant & marketing executive looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 97670816, E.mail: naeem.ahsan68@gmail.com

Indian male having 7 Years of Experience in Oman Having Valid Driving License working as a Office Driver ,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC Available. Contact: 99680429, Email:anzarkutty1975@gmail.com Syrian architect have years and half experience in oman looking for work, full time perfect in architectural programs 3d max , auto cad , Photoshop , and sketch up. for contact : 0096897482871 Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh graduate with BSc looking for positions in Front Office, administration office, or any suitable positions in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions.

Contact 90236481.

Indian Male 47 years MBA-Operations Management with total 25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having valid Omani D/L & NOC, seek challenging position in SCM/Logistics/Procurement.

GSM-94236414. Mail id – dialindia33@gmail.com Well experienced management finance specialist having 18 years experience available for placement.

Contact.95602518 23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, OBU Bsc, 2.5 years of experience in audit and finance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for permanent placement in similar field. Release NOC available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com 22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing), 1 year experience in India, Looking for suitable placement in Sales and Marketing. #91897046, azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Indian Male,27,ACCA Part Qualified,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in receivables and credit control in Oman looking for suitable placements. NOC available. # 9657 4343.

Indian Female, Science Graduate, 3 years Experience in Teaching back home. Looking for a suitable job opportunity as a teacher, in Schools in Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456 / 95704814 Looking for a suitable job as Jr. Accountant/ Jr. Administration in a reputed company. NOC Available.

GSM # 93004738.

ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experience, presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with oman Driving license. NOC available, seek suitable opportunity. GSM: 97705854 Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years of experience in production field Contact: 91247222 Email:sahadpoonchola@gmail.com Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91033395 Civil Autocad Draughtsman part time work for job mob : 96023726 Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having 4yrears of experience in MNC, hands of experiences in recruitment and administration, flexible for any suitable job placements currently in visting visa. Contact Tel : 98864639 Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com Indian Male, 25, Chartered Accountant, working with ICICI Bank India.

On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638.

Email: shyamal008@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 having 4 years experience in accounting & having well knowledge in tally.

Contact:968094535881, 0091 9037622048, Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience ,Oman driving licence,Noc available. Seek Suitable opportunity.

GSM- 98184170 Senior Accountant. 8 Years experience. NOC available. Oman driving license. Seek suitable opportunity.

GSM- 98184170 31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Kindly contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com MBA Finance with more than five years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. #91391802.

Indian female with MBA in finance seeking immediate placement.

Contact: 968-93316493

27, male, ACCA finalist, have professional experience up to finalization of Accounts, Statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & Oracle Software, have 3.5 years experience in accounts till finalization, seeking for permanent replacement ,GSM97654769,email idabdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com B.E Mechanical Engineer with 2 years’ experience in HVAC field on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 93442296 Email Id: sal201091@gmail.com.

MBA (F) B.COM Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for full or part time job.

Presently on family visit visa.

Contact: - 96259171. Email: bhumicapandya@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA, Talented management expert having 6 year experience at U.A.E, India and Oman in luxury goods and Retail. Seeking suitable openings in related or same field. Contact:92700670 Email: jobcareer44@gmail.com B.Tech EEE with 4+ years experience in the field of it, networking, ex-tonics etc. presently working in Amazon India development centre as a content quality associate seeking for suitable jobs in Oman.

Contact : +91 9940514005, 93116402 email: mail2nbn@gmail.com MBA Finance with more than five years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. Contact no..91391802 Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant ,doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available.

Contact 98803439 Pakistani, Male, Pak, Exp 14 Years in IT Trainer / Computer Teacher, looking for a better position in Oman, already working in Prestigious Construction Company. # 95983711.

Join.mtmali@gmail.com M. Tech VLSI design, B. tech Electronics and instrumentation, Indian female,3 years teaching experience for graduation level students, seeking suitable placements .

Ph:00968 92904155. email-achusooraj@gmail.com

SIT.WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

Sudanese/26/Bsc Computer Science /3 years exp/skills Excellent knowledge in operating systems and maintaining computers Java Programmer Web Developer Linux SMS solutions Android developer/ email khalid.omx@gmail.com/ # 944958080 and 99758186.

Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA, MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT support, networking and server support valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support. Contact 92607532 Indian B.E Computer Science graduate 2012 passout. 1 .5 yrs exp. in Accounting. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Having NIIT certificate in Diploma in Java Technology. # 97767894 Email: jinsonjacobjohn@gmail.com Indian male 24 YEARS, B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics), having 2 yrs. exp as Electrical Site Engineer. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries. Contact 98045482, Email: mastanshaik1008@gmail.com Indian male, 24 years, HSE Engineer having 2 years of Indian experience.

Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries.

Contact 98045482 Indian male 22yr BBA with LOGISTIC Diploma, exp in tally and data entry seeking in suitable placement.

Contact; 90151739 email shakeeb.mp280gmail.com Indian Male (Diploma in electronics Engineering and CCNA.) having 9 years of experience in Networking, 5 years’ experience in Oman. Looking for a suitable Placement. NOC available. GSM- 93787098, Email –anishktr@gmail.com Mechanical Draftsman, Indian male 27, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering having 7 years of experience in Auto CAD looking for a suitable placement.#97351786 / 96143708 mohammednazeer07@gmail.com ACCA Affiliate, OBU Degree, 2.5 years experience in audit and finance in Big6 firm, Looking for permanent placement. NOC release available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

Indian 26M, B. Tech Computer Science graduate, 3 years exp in India, looking for suitable job in Muscat.

Contact : 93125669, Email : amritrajGT18@gmail.com Sudanese/Bsc IT/26/2 years experience/excellent Eng-Arb speaking/ Omani driving license/96387227/ henrykarrar@gmail.com MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for part time or full time job. Presently on family visa. contact 91892264. mail: yv.dixit@ yahoo.com Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper, in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat. Contact94369965mail - satya1528@gmail.com Two year experience in Oman, experience in sales, purchase and system admin, Having GCC license.

Contact number 97475860, Yadhukrishnan08@gmail.com Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT support, Networking and Server support with valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/ Server support. contact 92607532 Indian Female BSC nurse with 8+ years of experience including 3 years of GCC exp. Oman Prometric passed with 57 %. Currently in Oman. Contact : 98034384 Indian male Accountant, 12 years experience, looking for a full time or part time job, experience in tally also. Contact 98983122 Site Supervisor/ L Driver, Pakistani Male 33 with valid D/L, 4 years experience in Muscat, fluent in English, Arabic looking for suitable place. Contact: 97950869 Indian Male, 25, Chartered Accountant, working with ICICI Bank India. On a Visit Visa in Oman.

Staying with parents at Azaibah.

Ph:24492638.

Email: shyamal008@gmail.com India male 33 years. DCT, BBA, OSHA, looking for Job in Construction HSE, 11 Years experience with GCC license, NOC available Contact :- 9418 4280

Filipino Senior Architect with 13 years GCC experience. Proficient in 3D StudioMax, AutoCAD, Revit, Phostoshop, and Microsoft Office.

With NOC and Omani driving license. Please contact 91292933.

Indian male BE Electrical & Electronics and PG in power systems (transmission & distribution) on visit seeking placement.

Contact 94669679 E Mail : prsabarish@gmail.com

Indian female, 40 yrs, 7 yrs experience in customer service, with D/L seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95580711

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

ME Civil- structural Engineer, 8 Years Structural Engineer experience, Looking for Structural Designer, supervisor or site engineer Position. Iranian male.

Contact: 93696929 Email: mhsaz1359@gmail.com

Female, 35years, Bachelor of Pharmacy fresh graduate with BSc and MA looking for suitable position in hospital, polyclinic, companies or Institutions. Contact 90236481.

Indian Male 23 years B.Tech Civil Engineering having 2 years experience in quantity survey and site management looking for suitable placement. Contact- 95042656

Electrical Maintenance Engineer, 29, Indian Male, having 7+ years exp. in reputed companies. Seeking suitable placement in Oman. #- 98440637.

Mail ID : venkatbadri23@gmail.com

Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having 4yrears of experience in MNC, hands of experiences in recruitment and administration, flexible for any suitable job placements currently in visting visa. Contact: 98864639 Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail. com

Administration - Having 9+ years exp. in Admin & HR in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat and seeking for suitable placement.

Contact No.: 97693456. email : muralimahdav77@gmail.com

Indian Male -25years B.Tech Engineer seeking any suitable jobs in Oman ,currently on visit visa.

Contact : Haneesh N. Surendran, Mob : 90126573, Email: - haneeshns02@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience, Oman driving license, Noc available seeks suitable opportunity. GSM- 97705854 Female Junior Architect, Excellence in Autocad, Sketching & Modelling, Internship - KHAM Designs, Bangalore. Presently with Atulya Architects & Associates. Email saatvika.frozenmusic@gmail.com Contact 00968-94057427.

Electronics System Eng. UK Graduate. Indian Female with relevant work experience. Eng. Analysis, Instrumentation and Control, Power & Heat, Electrical & Fluid, Drives & Actuators etc. Looking for an entry level position. Email s.dinesh1508@gmail.com.

Mobile: 97848075, +91-8105413827

Indian male 24 B.Tech IT(engineer) 2.5 years exp in hardware networking, programming such as C and C++.

Currently on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact 95153693 Indian male Auto Cad Draughtsman (civil) 8 years experience seeking for part time job.

Contact : 00968 99070584, Email: remluvp@gmail.com Indian male having 25 years exp in telecom optical fiber cables, network CCTV Administration office automation seeks job, now in visit visa.

Contact: 91385373 Email: sridharbsnlma1455@gmail.com Indian male 32 M. A. English and having 4 years of experience in teaching current company is ready to issue release letter.

Contact : 99869535 Email: sahadkeyi33@gmail.com Sudanese male, 31 years, have 3 year Diploma in electrical engineer , 6 year experience in construction and electrical production plant .

Mobile No ; +96894549609

Indian male 37 years B.Tech Graduate having 12 years experience of Electrical DCRP Works / Jobs in Oman with driving license looking for suitable opening. NOC available can join immediately. Contact : saiviharvasanth@gmail.com Bangladeshi, looking job for sales man having 3-4 years experience in readymade garments.

Contact : 97756028 Indian female B.ARCH with 10 years experience (Indian & Oman) as an Architect is seeking a suitable in Muscat. Contact: 92412810 BE Civil Engineer with 11 years of experience in building construction with valid Oman DL, looking for suitable placement, NOC available.

Please contact 91329910.

Indian male 24 B.Tech IT (engineer) 2.5 years exp in hardware networking, programming such as C and C++.

Currently on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact 95153693 Indian male 23yrs, 2yrs exp. In Accounts (india). Seeking suitable position in accounts. Currently on express visa. M: 94399509, E. midhunaloor16@gmail.com Indian Male: 31yrs 8 Years Experience in the field of Business Development/ Sales/ Retail/ Logistics with good communication Skills seeking for suitable job in Oman . Now available in Visit visa valid till (21st Oct).

Contact; 99052340 , email: pradee.ys@gmail.com ACCOUNTANT , Indian male 30 years B.Com Having 7 years of Oman experience in the field of accounts & finance seeks for better placement.

Contact : 96143708 / 97351786 ME Civil- structural Engineer, 8 Years Structural engineer experience, looking for Structural Designer, supervisor or site engineer Position.

Iranian male. Contact: 93696929, Email: mhsaz1359@gmail.com Civil Autocad draughtsman looking for part time job. Mobile: 95218737 ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience, Oman D/L, Noc available seeks suitable opportunity. GSM- 98184170

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We want finance for 3 (three) months or renewable every 3 months from Omani nationals or expatriates for trading business.

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CLASSES IELTS & TOEFL Academic / General Target Band 8 TQT Institute.

Ph # 24480800 / 99347202

SIT.WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Network/Noc Engineer, Indian male 27 years B.com (General) 5 years & 4 month’s of experience in the field of networking seeks for better placement. Contact :97663834, bro’s no:98730758 Indian male, BBA, having 8yrs exp including 2yrs of (UAE) exp looking opportunities withinSales, Logistics, Retail, Operations. CONTACT 99052340, Mail Id: pradee.ys@ gmail.com B.Com Graduate, associate insurance, 25 year male, 3 years experience in accounts and 3 years in sales and marketing.

Contact no-95236312, mail id-lilommca@gmail.com Syrian Architect years experience in oman for work 2d plans and 3d internal and external projects in cooperation or even a piece . for contact : 97482871 Electrical Engineer with BS & MS Degree having 5 years of Experience in Electrical Utility/Water sector seeks a suitable job (on visit).

Contact: snaveelh@gmail.com Phone: 24413033/ 95731852 25 year male, B graduate, associate insurance with 3 years exp in accounts and 3 years in marketing.

NOC available.

Mail id lilommca@gmail.com and no-95236312 Indian male, 26 yr, b. tech Computer science, 4 years experience as system and network engineer looking for suitable job.

Contact : 0096893125669, Email : amritrajGT18@gmail.com Electrical Engineer with BS & MS Degree having 5 years of Experience in Electrical Utility/Water sector seeks a suitable job. Contact: 95731852 snaveelh@gmail.com Chartered Accountant, looking out for an opportunity in Oman in Audit OR Finance field. Available in Muscat from 10th – 16th Oct. Call : 91258435 26, Male, Indian, BBA (Finance), MBA(HR), Looking for suitable Job. Contact immediately. Contact 98176105, nruknaddin@outlook.com Indian lady looking for accounts Job, two years experience one year worked in Oman B.Com Graduate , Tally ERP9. GSM : 91123561 Indian looking for a part time accounting or Internal Auditing job, contact 99196621.

33 year male Indian Keralite looking for Senior Accountant or Assistant Accounts manager having 10 years of working experience in Oman and Qatar with valid GCC license willing to work any GCC country, please contact : 97433387 27,male,ACCA finalist, have professional experience up to finalization of accounts, statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & oracle software, have 3.5 years experience in accounts till finalization ,seeking for permanent replacement ,GSM-97654769,email id-abdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com Senior Management Professional, MBA, 12 years+ exp. in Business Development/Sales Management , Sales Training, Content Development & Six sigma GSM:97428090 Part Time Accounting Job Complete Data Entry, Upto Finalization.

Any Time Available. Location Al Hail, AL Khoud. #- +968-92049215 Email:- aiafe.oman@gmail.com ACCA finalist, Recent B.Com Graduate, Indian Female, looking for full time employment in Accounting and Audit.+96896964379, sangeethaumesh5@gmail.com Indian Chartered Accountant, Male 25 years, 5 years of relevant experience, On Visit visa, Staying with Parents. Also holds BCOM (Computer Applications). Contact 98164467, 24492638 shyamal008@gmail.com

NRI Water front luxurious apartments at Marine drive Kochi, DD Samudra Darshan Apartments 1850 sq. ft INR 1.60 CR (negotiable). Common amenities include multi gym billiards, home theatre party hall etc. Contact Owners 968 - 99754109 AND 971 505194598 or email: porus2009@ gmail.com

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Water front luxurious apartments at Marine drive Kochi, prestige Neptune courtyard 2225 sq. ft, INR 1.80 CR (negotiable) common amenities includes 4 swimming pools multi gym party, halls, squash courts walk ways etc. Contact Owners: 968 - 99754109 & 971 - 505194598 or Email: porus2009@gmail.com 3BHK+Puja Room, East Facing, 1549 Sq Ft, Independent Floor, Ansal Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Contact:99381769 Architect designed 5000 Square feet exquisite Villa in 16 cents of land at a scenic location on Aakkulam Road, Ulloor, Trivandrum for sale. Contact +968 95372011

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Arab Lady seeking for Housemanager/Personal Assistant job.

Highly experienced. Arabic, English &French. Contat : +961 71339568 email : famurr@hotmail.com The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 14 Years Inside and outside Oman following activities: tenders& real estate& construction & marketing projects& investments& transportation & Marine services& companies management& develop business.

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Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

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Ocean Center LLC. Contact: 99344723

Looking for alliance from Tamil Muslim grooms for working girl 28 years 5 FT. Wheatish Contact: 93263185 Email: mrtgifts@gmail.com

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS99320217 /24788722

Looking for alliances for Hindu Thiyya Girls: (1) MBA Bangalore settled , employed 28 years, 5ft 7 inches tall.

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