Times of Oman - June 20, 2016

MONDAY

June 20, 2016 14 Ramadan 1437 AH

RAMADAN PRAYER TIMINGS IFTAR

Dhuhr

12.14pm

7.01PM

Asr

3.31pm

Maghrib

7.01pm

FAJR 3.53AM

Isha

8.24pm

Fajr (Tomorrow)

3.53am

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

On the occasion of the 8th National Day, 1978

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’ The leaders of the Arab world must recognise that the Arab peoples cannot any longer afford to descend to the mutual recrimination and petty disputes which for far too long have been the cause of worsening relations between their states.

Founded 1975 . Volume 41 No. 102 | 40 Pages . Baisas 200 . Subscription OMR63 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company | Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali | Printed & Published by Muscat Media Group

THE GIRL WHO IS ONE IN A MILLION Suffering from a rare congenital disorder, this Omani girl could barely eat solids. Now, thanks to life changing surgery in India, she’s smiling again and looking forward to starting school RAHUL DAS

rahuldas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A year ago, little Al Baraa would never have dreamed of posing happily for a photograph.

Today, the little angel is happy to pose – and play – after a life changing operation saved her from a onein-a-million birth deformity.

Three-year-old Al Baraa had her jawbone rebuilt with titanium implants to correct the birth defect.

The condition also left her with a drooping expression and an extra ear on her right cheek.

A resident of Farhad village in Oman, Al Baraa had been existing on a liquid diet as she could not chew solid food. “She used to survive on juices, milk and water, but after the surgery she has started taking solid food and now eats practically everything along with us,” her delighted father Salim Rashid Al Saadi said.

Doctors said she was suffering from a rare condition -Agenesis of the Mandible – which left her unable to eat properly.

“Earlier, she was also facing difficulty in breathing,” her father said,

adding that three more surgeries are planned – cosmetic surgery and two throat surgeries.

Salim, who works in a private firm in Muscat, said the additional operations would be carried out in six months’ time, to allow the toddler to rest and heal.

“We want her to fully recover as soon as possible,” he said, speaking from the family home, near Tiwi village. Dr Vivek Soni, a maxillofacial surgeon at Fortis Hospital, Mumbai, who conducted the surgery, said she was born with the rare deformity, with the right side of her jaw missing. >A6

– Shabin E

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Bonuses for ministers stopped MUSCAT: Annual bonuses for ministers, undersecretaries and their equivalent have been stopped due to the financial conditions currently being witnessed by the Sultanate, said the Ministry of Finance. It added the precautionary measures have been taken by the government in response to the oil price dip.

The Ministry said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by the Oman News Agency (ONA), that it continues its revision of expenditure on items and that it works hard to activate the non-oil revenues to reduce deficit resulting from the sharp decline in oil revenues and reduce reliance on oil as the major source of revenues. -ONA TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

OMAN

‘Cancellation of Sohar flights shocking’

UAE VISIT

e-visa signboards EXEMPTED for Dubai installed FROM E-VISA

The list of nationalities who get visa-on-arrival in Dubai has 46 countries, 36 of them, from Europe.

Times News Service MUSCAT: New signboards have been installed at Oman-UAE road borders informing that visa -on-arrival requests for residents of GCC will be processed electronically and manual processes have been discontinued.

However, this doesn’t apply to nationalities of around 46 countries having a treaty with the UAE, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Germany or the European Union countries. Citizens of these countries have a choice between visa-on-arrival or applying for a visa online.

Embassy officials of these countries also confirmed to Times of

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REGION

Iraq camps struggle to shelter people

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Iraqi government-run camps struggled on Sunday to shelter people fleeing Falluja, as the military battled IS militants. >A8

MARKET

Crude production in May rises marginally

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Oman’s total crude oil and condensates output during May 2016 stood at 30.10m barrels. >B1

Oman that citizens of these countries don’t require an e-visa to visit UAE. “Our citizens don’t require an e-visa before travelling,” confirmed a senior official of Italy Embassy in Muscat.

Frequent travellers, however, said that Hatta border was providing visa-on-arrival even when the airlines had completely stopped it from April 29, 2016.

“But from June 15 they stopped completely and even put up sign boards at the Hatta border,” said Indian expat, who travelled to Dubai this weekend.

He said that many travellers were turned down at the border as they were not carrying the e-visa. >A6

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13 36

11 20

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Europe 30

35

17 29 15 5 10 34 25 33 23 4 18 14 37 32 34 27 21 8 3 38 32

12 22 24

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9

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America

40 44 41

UAE

25 Luxembourg

3 Andorra

26 Malta

4 Austria

27 Monaco

5 Belgium

28 Norway

6 UK

29 Poland

7 Bulgaria

30 Portugal

8 Croatia

31 Romania

9 Cyprus

32 San Marino

11 Denmark

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2 US

10 Czech Republic 33 Slovakia

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26

24 Lithuania

42 39 43 45 46

Asia & Oceania

34 Slovenia

12 Estonia

35 Spain

13 Finland

36 Sweden

14 France

37 Switzerland

15 Germany

38 Vatican

16 Greece

39 Brunei

17 Holland

40 Hong Kong

18 Hungary

41 Japan

19 Iceland

42 Malaysia

20 Ireland

43 Singapore

21 Italy

44 South Korea

22 Latvia

45 Australia

23 Lichtenstein

46 New Zeland

Source: General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs of Dubai

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COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Cabinet stress on funding for education MUSCAT: Strengthening further education funding, despite the economic slump, is one of the major goals of Oman, the Council of Ministers has announced.

Revealing a raft of new measures, the council also took time to thank the people of Oman for playing their part in helping the country get through the downturn.

The Council of Ministers agreed that the number of seats in higher education institutions should remain the same and that the number of students dispatched to study technical specialisations should be increased. >A7 See also >A2

M E D I C A L B I L L S PA I D

Indian expat’s body to be sent back home REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com Oman Air’s decision to cancel Sohar flights “came like a thunderbolt”, says Majlis Al Shura member. >A3

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MUSCAT: The body of Bhiku Prasad, an undocumented Indian worker who passed away in Oman after lying in a coma for several days, was scheduled to be flown back to India on Sunday night, an Indian embassy official said.

“His mortal remains will be

flown back to India tonight.

His medical bills and expenses required for repatriating the body has been paid by the Indian embassy,” the official told Times of Oman.

Bhiku passed away on Tuesday night. He had come to the Sultanate from Uttar Pradesh hoping for a new life on a visitor visa. After three months of looking for a job,

he got one.

However, after joining the company, he collapsed on the third day at work. As his papers were still being processed, he was classified as an ‘undocumented’ worker.

Without the correct papers, he was stuck in a bureaucratic limbo, with no one ready to pay his medical bills. Had he come to Oman through the proper channels, his

hospital treatment would have been covered.

According to medics, from day one, Prasad was in a critical state.

TOO had reported Prasad’s story on June 12. That night itself, Sushma Swaraj, the Indian Minister for External Affairs, responded to the story and tweeted that if medics permit, he would be flown back. >A6

CBO

No new 100, 500 baisa notes this Eid HASAN SHABAN AL LAWATI

hassan@timesofoman.com

UK expats in Oman have their say in Brexit debate

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MUSCAT: Fresh banknotes of the denomination of 100 and 500 Omani baisas will not be available this year, an official at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) said ahead of the Eid Al Fitr holidays.

MORNING MINUTE

Printing cost The decision was taken to cut the cost of printing millions of new money bills, and also to reduce the traffic which hits Ruwi’s Central Business District (CBD) ahead of Eid Al Fitr, according to the bank official. >A6

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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

OMAN 106 participate in SQU blood donation drive Operating under

Donors should have a meal before donating blood and drink plenty of fluids, especially after fasting Dr. Arwa Al Riyami, Chairperson of the Blood Donation Committee at SQU

H I G H E R E D UC AT I O N

Minister praises decision to retain general diploma seat allocations

the slogan ‘Blood Connects Us All’, the drive was organised at Oman Avenues Mall to mark World Blood Donor Day NOBLE CAUSE: Out of 174 visitors who arrived to donate blood, 106 were qualified to donate blood,

with an average of ten donors giving blood per hour. – Photo supplied

MODHAHER ALAJMI

modhaher@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A blood donation campaign was organised by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) at Oman Avenues Mall to mark World Blood Donor Day. Operating under the slogan, “Blood Connects Us All”, the campaign sought to promote voluntary blood donations and community involvement.

The event was attended by a large group of donors - both Omanis and expats, including Filipinos

and Indians.

Commenting on the blood drive, Dr. Arwa Al Riyami, Chairperson of the Blood Donation Committee at SQU said, “Attendance at this campaign was higher, compared to other campaigns conducted in the Holy Month of Ramadan.”

Out of 174 visitors who arrived to donate blood, 106 were qualified to donate blood, with an average of ten donors giving blood per hour.

Dr. Arwa Al Riyami appealed to the public to donate blood.

“One single donor benefits three patients” she noted.

Some donors were rejected fora variety of medical reasons, including low blood pressure.

“Donors should have a meal before donating blood and drink plenty of fluids, especially after fasting,” she advised.

Al Riyami noted the contribution of the “Oman Blood Donors” volunteer group.

“The group worked in recruiting visitors, educating them about the importance of blood donations and helping them in the donation process.

The medical team included seven to ten members who worked

with blood donors.

“This contribution highlights the importance of different volunteer groups in supporting blood donation activities,” said Al Riyami.

This blood drive was part of the Sultan Qaboos University blood donation campaign schedule for the month of Ramadan. There are twice-weekly campaigns being held in mosques and malls. In addition, the Sultan Qaboos University Blood bank has extended its working hours to 24 hours per day, except Fridays, to welcome blood donors to share the gift of life.

MUSCAT: The declaration of the Council of Ministers to retain the number of seats allocated for graduates of the general diploma confirms the constant attention of the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to support the education sector in this generous country, and his belief that the creation of conscious and eligible generations has been always a means and a goal, said Dr. Rawyah bint Saud Al Busaidiyah, Minister of Higher Education.

Number of scholarships Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sarmi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education said that the number of scholarships for the academic year (2016/2017) are approximately (29,359) seats, of them (17,730) seats in government institutions of higher education in the Sultanate, and (9,638) seats in the internal scholarships, along with (1,643) seats in the external scholarships, divided into (143) external scholarships Group A, and (1,500) external scholarships Group B. Omani Experts Programme He added that there are 10 scholarships for the Omani Experts Programme, in addition to (62) external grants from the sisterly and friendly countries, as well as 174 scholarships for the disabled students, 10 of them at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), 158 at the colleges of higher technology, and 6 at the Sharia Sciences college, adding that 50 scholarships have been dedicated to the disabled students at the private higher education institutions within the internal scholarship programmes.

Mariam bint Khalifa Al Khu-

saibiyah, Assistant DirectorGeneral for Scholarship Affairs in the Directorate General of Scholarships at the Ministry of Higher Education explained that a number of programmes were added to the external scholarships programme, including Medicine and Dental Surgery in Scotland, along with Bio-medicine programme in Australia, Applied Mathematics and Sustainability Studies programmes in the United States, Financial Mathematics and Water Management in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

Important developments On the most important developments in the internal scholarship, she pointed out that the ministry has added a range of disciplines and programmes within the scholarship plans to keep abreast with the development enjoyed by the various sectors in the country, including Bachelor of Science in Logistics, Islamic Banking, Global Logistics Management, Material Engineering, Ornaments and Jewellry Design, Web Design, Information security, Organisational Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Energy Economics, Transportation Management, Logistics and Small Enterprises Management.

Al Khasaibiyah added that the students with scholarships from the families of the social security, low-income families and girls grants will be able to select the educational institution they are interested in or close to their residence taking into account their social and financial conditions and to provide a suitable environment for education, social and psychological stability.

MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Wadis overflow, roads suffer damage in rain REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Rain fell in Bahla, Shank and nearby areas in the afternoon, a weather enthusiast said, quoting residents.

“Wadis overflowed and roads suffered damage in some areas,” Bader Ali Al Baddaei, an administrator of www.rthmc.net, a local Web-based forum that discusses weather in Oman, told the Times of Oman. Four people travelling in a vehicle found themselves trapped in an overflowing wadi in Andam and had to rescued.

The rain in Mudhaibi led to wadis overflowing and traffic in the region being disrupted.

Manah and Andam were hit by sandstorms.

“It rained in the afternoon and the weather was windy, too. At many places, traffic came to a halt due to overflowing wadis,”

OVERCAST: Rain in Mudhaibi led to wadis overflowing and traffic in the region being disrupted.

– Photo Bader Ali Al Baddaei www.rthmc.net

Mussab Al Wahaibi from Weather Oman, a twitter handle which discusses weather patterns in Oman, said yesterday.

P R I C E WAT E R H O U S E C O O P E R S

‘Firms should get ready for Value Added Tax’ STAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: Companies should take action now to prepare for Value Added Tax and Excise Tax, urged Price Waterhouse Coopers, (PwC) after the Gulf Cooperation Council Ministers of Finance approved in principle both treaties last Thursday.

“Some administrative matters still need to be resolved, notably with regards to the tax collection mechanism related to intra-GCC trade. The GCC Committee has been tasked to provide its recommendation by the end of summer in view of the formal announcement of the treaties,” the PwC statement added.

The Excise Tax and VAT treaties constitute common framework for the introduction of these

taxes in the GCC which is expected to occur by 1st of January 2017 and January 1 2018, respectively.

The treaties will form the basis for the issuance of national VAT and Excise Tax legislation by each GCC Member State.

“The introduction of VAT and Excise Tax constitute an important policy reform aiming to help GCC Governments achieve medium to long term social and economic policy goals, and reduce reliance on hydrocarbon revenues,” Jeanine Daou, Middle East Indirect Taxes Partner, said.

“Approval of the treaties is an important development as it sets out common principles that will guide the application of VAT and Excise Tax at a national level by each individual Member State,” Daou added.

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Sohar flights withdrawal a logical and inevitable decision: Oman Air STAFF REPORTER

The decision has come under fire during the Majlis Al Shura 19th regular meeting U P D AT E

Omani pilgrim missing in Saudi found FAHAD AL GHADANI

fahadnews@ timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Abdullah Al Hattali, the 51-year-old Omani national who went missing 11 days ago, was finally found by another pilgrim, according to Ibrahim Al Kharousi, the Omani Haj Attaché in Saudi Arabia.

“Abdullah was found by another national pilgrim after his photo was circulated in the area in an attempt to trace him as there were reports that he had been spotted earlier,” Al Kharousi said from Saudi Arabia.

He added that his (the missing person’s) son, Hamad Al Hattali, and another relative were leading the search effort along with the campaign organiser.

“My father is in a good condition and we are flying back home on Tuesday,” said Hamad.

He added that he was very much relieved and happy to have his father back. “I still don’t know how my father would have spent the 11 days away from home without any connection with the campaign organiser and the Haj Attaché.

Ibrahim advised pilgrims, especially the elderly, that they should always be accompanied by relatives or the campaign organiser. “Every pilgrim should carry all the relevant documents, including identity card and proof of address of residence,” said Ibrahim.

Need for guides He stressed that Haj and Umrah organisers should send guides as well along with the drivers. “There are several cases where groups of pilgrims perform Umrah or Haj without any guide which results in people going missing,” Ibrahim said, adding that each group of pilgrims must be accompanied by at least two guides.

According to the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, out of the 18,587 Haj applicants, only 9,081 were approved.

The ministry announced earlier that 2,346 pilgrims had not specified their mode of travel yet, and called upon them to update the ministry. The ministry said 3,034 pilgrims will travel over land for the Haj, while 4,522 will travel by air. The ministry has urged pilgrims who have been contacted by the ministry for approval to register their campaigns through the approved website hajj.com. The ministry warned that any other way to register campaigns will not be accepted.

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MUSCAT: Oman Air’s decision to cancel its flights to Sohar “came like a thunderbolt” to the people of the North and South Al Batinah governorates, for its negative impact on commercial tourist industries, Mohammed Al Zadjali, a Shura member, said on Sunday.

The national airliner’s controversial decision has come under

fire during the Majlis Al Shura 19th regular meeting.

Oman Air said last week that there is no economic feasibility for its operation at Sohar Airport.

However, Al Zadjali said that their justification “is puzzling”.

“We have the right to question economic and tourism studies in light of the economic circumstances,” he says “millions of riyals were pumped into projects and then we

are surprised by their failure” “When the series of failures of planning and draining economic resources will end?” Al Zedjali, Chairman of the Legal Committee, questioned.

He suggested the government to find solutions with Oman Air, and to find alternative companies which can operate the airport.

Seats not exceeded 5 per cent, says Oman Air

Meanwhile, Oman Air said its decision to suspend the operations to Sohar was “logical and inevitable, in light of the highest utilization of seats not exceeding 5 per cent,” An official at the company told the Times of Oman that from a commercial perspective, it was stated previously this will be temporary suspension and will go through reconsideration once capacity improves.

“Oman Air’s stance on the issue is clear and no doubt should be raised on the decision to suspend this operation. It came as a result of the low utilisation in spite of various special offers and promotion packages.” .

“We tried for 20 months to be exact but only carried 168 pax; ie an average of 1 passenger per flight on the 155 flights operated,” he concluded.

PHOTOGRAPHY

His images tell the untold stories from Oman DEEBA HASAN

deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: ‘Because the best stories are our own’, says the tagline on the website of Pinaki, a Swiss photographer who has photographed hundreds of people and documented their background stories in black and white.

Pinaki’s website is unusual and very unique, for neither does it capture the beauty of a place, nor tell how good a specific product, food or makeup item is, and it does not tell much about the author, himself.

What it does is tell the special and exciting stories of ordinary people from throughout the world.

So beautifully are the words tied in together with a single photograph that viewers might perhaps want to read them for days.

Subjects might be holy men, old women, possessed teens, troubled people, fishermen or just anybody this creative photographer came across. So what is the idea behind his photography?

“The first impulse behind it was that I wanted people to look at my work. While my work, in itself, gives me enormous pleasure, sharing it with others has always been extremely important. I’ve always been interested in the larger picture, never in photography, by itself. And that larger frame involves writing and design,” notes Pinaki.

Interestingly enough, Pinaki worked in Oman for a while, and ventured into the vast expanse of desert to capture rare, unseen shots of people, in the most dramatic way possible. All in black and white, the photographs dis-

play minute details of people in a remarkable manner.

Initially, he admits not having a clue about where to go in Oman, so he started travelling into unknown lands, which would perhaps provide better stories for his website.

“Most of their suggestions revolved around the usual suspects, the few places that tourists kept going to. Over time, I just started to go to places on the map that looked interesting. I’d pick a spot, my office would hire a LandCruiser, and I’d set off alone. I’d go where I want, stop wherever, sleep over, shoot people I’d meet, and start to communicate with the Bedouin,”recalled Pinaki.

Was language a barrier? Apparently not. “At first, with hand signals and then with a few words of Arabic. It wasn’t a problem, and never is when I travel anywhere.

When people see you’re interested in their lives and are making an effort, they like that. You just have to be open enough to make the connection, and they help you,” added Pinaki.

Some of his subjects are not looking at the camera, as they carry on their trade, while some are focused on the lens.For Pinaki’s subjects are deeply expressive, and viewers can see their thoughts

through their facial expressions.

Pinaki has photographed men, women and children, mostly living in the far interiors of Oman.

Although he has taken pictures in several parts of the world, Oman was the gateway for his later travels.

“I’ve done stories on France, Russia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Oman, Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, the UAE, Iran, India, Thailand and Malaysia. But Oman was the gateway and helped me develop professionally,” added Pinaki. Russia is his favourite country, thus far, with the mix of beauty and misery, both of which he likes to document in his writings.

His popular blog grew out of passion, rather than academics, and he has always been far away from the conventional world. “At first, I started publishing my work online in 2001. I was out of college, unemployed, dreaming of traveling the world, and shooting and writing about faraway places.”

Originally from Bombay, India, Pinaki, 35, now lives in the Emmental Alps of Switzerland.

Speaking of his shooting technique, he says, “Sometimes in Oman I felt that I was shooting blind, zooming in and out without seeing. So I started shooting with just one lens and, over the years, settled on the one that was perfect for me.” He does not shoot any other way.Notes Pinaki, “I have one fixed lens, never use a flash,and I only shoot in black and white.

Minimalism and focus is key. As Cartier-Bresson said, ‘It is with the strict economy of means that simplicity of expression is achieved.’”

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

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PA K I S TA N

Space out your meals. During Ramadan, it is tempting to eat continuously from Iftar to just before Fajr, but it is a good idea to space your meals out just as you would on your normal diet.

To avoid hyperglycaemia, break your fast gradually by eating three dates and drinking laban or water, then after prayers enjoy the rest of your meal. And try not to skip Suhoor, as it is a great chance to hydrate and fuel-up for the day ahead.

{ Pakora }

INGREDIENTS

1 cup chickpea flour (besan) 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 2 finely chopped green chillies, 1 ta tablespoon coriander leaves, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Onions, cut into rings, or sliced potatoo Oil for frying Chutney, for serving (optional)

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

{Jama’ a Abdul Munim Bin Yousef Al Zawawi} The beautiful mosque just opposite the ministries district,visible from Sultan Qaboos Highway in Al Khuwair, is called Jama’a Abdul Munim Bin Yousef Al Zawawi, better known as the Zawawi Mosque. The holy place was built in 1985 by Abdul Zawawi’s son, Omar, and his siblings in memory of their beloved father. Despite being in a busy part of town, the mosque is situated on a peaceful square patch of grassy land, filled with shaded trees. The marvellous exterior is decorated with stone-textured tiles in a soft muddy colour, and is adorned with gigantic gilded dome, accented by gilded Islamic patterned window coverings. Inside, the mosque features a one-of-a-kind architecture, as the entire Holy Quran has been inscribed on the interior walls.

DIR E CT IONS

1. Stir the flour, chilli powder, and salt into a bowl.

2. Add water to make a thick batter and beat well until smooth.

Set aside for at least 20 minutes.

3. Stir the chillies, coriander, and baking powder into the batter.

4. Drop in the potatoes or onions and coat with batter.

5. Heat oil in a deep pan. Once hot, carefully drop the battered potatoes or onions into the pan and deep-fry until crisp and golden.

6. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on a kitchen towel. Serve hot with chutney, if you like.

*This mosque has a Ladies’ Prayer Hall

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TODAY’ S VERSE

WORD

The literal meaning of Zakat is ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’. In the Islamic faith, Zakat means purifying your wealth for the will of Allah; to acknowledge that everything we own belongs to Allah and to work towards the betterment of the Muslim Ummah. According to Islamic regulations, Zakat is 2.5% of one year’s total cumulative wealth.

Zakat is not always financial, and can include everything from volunteering your time to giving an encouraging word, but when it comes to financial donations to the less fortunate, it can be difficult to decide which causes speak most to your heart. Here we will highlight worthy causes to help you decide.

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And seek help in patience and prayer.

(Al Baqara, 2:45)

{ Adhan } Literally translating to “announcement,” the adhan is the name for the call to prayer that muezzins sing from the slender minaret towers of every mosque five times a day to let Muslims know that the time to pray has begun.

To give hope and fight poverty are the goals of the Omani Bahjah Orphan Society. OBOS is a nonprofit society whose mission is to foster philanthropy domestically by helping Omani orphans and vulnerable children through education and empowerment.

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UK expats in Oman have their say in Brexit debate With only three days until Thursday’s vote, some British expatriates in Oman said the shake-up is needed. However, others said they feel protected by Brussels

GCC investments into the UK may begin to look much more attractive, considering the exceptionally weak sterling levels that might be seen, representing something of a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to purchase UK assets

REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: The latest Brexit polls in the United Kingdom show a slight swing to the Remain camp ahead of the EU referendum.

While European Council leaders are warning about the longterm consequences of Brexit as being “dangerous,” Brexit campaigners who want to take the chance to let Britain take back control of UK’s border have rubbished their claims.

With only three days until Thursday’s vote, some British expatriates in Oman said the shakeup is needed. However, others said they feel protected by Brussels.

“It is a shame that the UK may leave the EU but a serious shakeup is needed and, depending on the outcome, other member states will be looking for a referendum soon,” Tony Allam, a British expatriate in Oman and General Manager at Majan Shipping & Transport, told the Times of Oman.

However, Donna Rockey, a British expatriate in Muscat, said she is in favour of staying in the EU. Hard to believe “I can’t see what the advantages are in coming out (of the EU), as we will still be governed by the same people and the same laws as we are now. If the vote is for leaving, it will take two years for the “divorce” to happen, and I find it hard to believe that it will benefit most people,” Donna said.

According to Donna, who has AGREEMENT

Ammunition manufacture training for 40 Omanis Times News Service MUSCAT: Forty Omani nationals will be given the opportunity to train outside the Sultanate to become ammunition machine operators.

Sheikh Abdullah Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, signed an agreement with Mohammad Nasser Al Rasbi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence and the chairman of the board of Oman Ammunition Production Company, to train and employ 40 Omanis enrolled in the weapons and ammunitions production programme.

The programme will see Omani participants gain a high level of skills, which will help them succeed in their careers. Further, the agreement guarantees that the Omanis, who are holders of a high school diploma, will learn to operate the tools and machines used in manufacturing ammunition.

The first agreement includes the training and employment of 20 Omani high school diploma holders for the job title of Ammunitions Machine Operator as the second group of trainees in Pakistan. The cost of the program is OMR 71,737.59.

The second agreement calls for another 20 Omani nationals to be trained in Pakistan, as well. Eng. Ibrahim Ali Al Balushi, manager of the ammunition factory for light weapons, noted, “The first group of technical staff and labourers proved their worth in the work they were doing in France, where these jobs needed intense training during the entire training session.”

been working with returning expats, all the laws previously brought in to stop “benefit tourism” and NHS “tourism” mostly affect British expats returning home.

Ian Hockley, another British expatriate in Oman, said leaving the EU is about entrenching the UK establishment and monetarism even more. He added that it will be hogwash to say that it is about freeing ourselves.

‘Misinformation’ “The mood in the country is deeply depressing. Personally, I don’t think we are ready for this vote.

There has been a huge amount of misinformation and blatant lies have been going around. Very few concrete facts are out there and almost the entire campaign has been revolving around immigration,” the British expatriate said.

“The argument is that by leaving the EU, somehow we can take control of our borders and stop refugees. But that leads to a further point: when I go through every other airport in Europe, my passport is checked by a policeman. When I arrive in the UK, it’s checked by someone in a uniform from a private security company. In essence, that sums up what is wrong with the UK. Everything is about making money. The establishments are under threat,” he added.

The International Monetary Fund last Friday issued one of the most direct forecasts to date, call-

ing the impact of Britain’s departure from the European Union as “negative and substantial.”

IMF prediction The IMF predicted that Brexit could reduce economic growth by up to 5.6 per cent over the next three years in its worst-case scenario. The gloomy outlook is driven by an expected sharp decline in the pound and severe disruptions in trade as the nation is forced to renegotiate deals with countries across the continent, potentially on worse terms.

Anchan CK, an investment advisor in Oman, said Brexit would have an impact on this region.

“It will significantly impact tourist flows to the Gulf, which have already been negatively affected by other currencies weakening, such as the Russian rouble and the Chinese yuan,” Anchan said.

“At the same time, however, the GCC investments into the UK may begin to look much more attractive, considering the exceptionally weak sterling levels that might be seen, representing something of a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to purchase UK assets,” the investment advisor said. He added that the EU-GCC stalled FTA process may actually breathe new life into the UK’s trading relationship with the Gulf, as well as with other parts of the world.

According to the investment advisor, the EU has been unable

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to reach a Free Trade Agreement with the GCC, despite negotiations going back to 1988.

“They are currently stalled. In theory, at least, it may be possible for the UK to strike beneficial bilateral trade deals with GCC governments, something the UK may have an incentive to conclude.

British multinationals could thereby become more ambitious,” the investment advisor added.

Need to renegotiate Meanwhile, Tony said the United Kingdom will have to renegotiate with the GCC any deals it currently enjoys as part of the EU. “Unless there is a substantial change in financial regulations affecting the city of London, Omani investors like other investors will continue to trade through the city of London since the benefits are well known in the financial world. Hence the success of the LSE,” Tony said,adding that Brits who have property in France and Spain may have some concerns about free movement.

“Let us not forget, however, that Switzerland and Norway are not EU members but their citizens have the right to free movement, be it after giving in to some EU demands,” he added.

Meanwhile, Santhosh Kanakandath, managing director at Assaraya Travel and Tourism, told the Times of Oman that the leisure business from UK is the second largest after German speaking countries and is quite significant, both in terms of quality and revenues for Oman.

“The general assumption is that after the British exit the EU, tourism business is one where some kind of negatives are bound to happen, mainly due to price factor. Airfares and holiday packages prices may rise as part of a chain reaction following the new move and any added costs would be passed on to the customers, eventually. This to some extent may push people to cut down their travel plans,” Santhosh added.

“According to some financial wizards, the pound may sink up to 30 per cent and make people spend less on travel and holidays,” he said while adding that Oman may see less traffic from the UK in the coming days, though that, too, could be a temporary phase.

TOURISM

Omran plans world class family water park in Sultanate STAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: Oman’s first world class family water park will be built in Muscat, Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran), said in a statement.

According to Omran, the project has been developed by six graduates of the NCP - an initiative by the Public Private Partnership taskforce (Sharaka), under the patronage of the Diwan of Royal Court.

The all-Omani team consists of six senior executives; Aisha Al Kharusi, Eng Adnan Al Alawi, Dr Ali Mustafa Al Lawati, Badar Al Hashmi, Ali Al Lawati and including former Omran Chief Operating Office, Eng. Ali Al Rasbi, who is now the CEO of a leading oil and gas company.

The team come from a range of Oman’s leading corporates including the financial sector, oil and gas, aviation, telecom and tourism.

“The team worked on the concept for a year - spending over 5,000 hours on the development of a detailed business plan that included extensive financial modelling and stakeholder research.

The findings supported the team’s outcome that the project can generate significant private investment and, on completion, will generate extremely profitable returns for shareholders,” the statement added.

Dr Ali Qassim Jawad Al Lawati, Advisor for Studies and Research to the Diwan of Royal Court, Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the National CEO Programme said that he would like to

congratulate the graduates from The National CEO Programme Cohort One team for their exceptional deliverable and commitment to the programme.

“Clearly, the outcome demonstrates their outstanding contribution to the tourism industry strategy by delivering a world class proposal,” the official said.

The NCP, which operates in partnership with the world leading IMD Business School in Switzerland, is the first of its kind to be run in the Sultanate and has mandate to address Oman’s private sector’s needs for talented business leaders and executives.

Leadership thinking Through the CEO programme, which is founded on global best practice and the latest leadership thinking and learning methodologies, attendees are empowered to meet the challenges of Oman’s business landscape and embrace the significant opportunities that the Sultanate’s economy offers.

James Wilson, CEO of Omran, said that Omran’s mission is to seek and support projects of national significance that can help position Oman as a leading global visitor destination.

“We actively look to support develop and grow national capacities to develop and manage these projects, which is why we are fully committed to collaborating with the NCP. In addition, it is one of our key performance objectives to train and develop the future executive leaders in Omran,” the CEO added.

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OMAN GOOD NEWS

30-40% decrease in vegetable prices at Mawaleh market

As part of our National Objectives programme to create job and training opportunities for Omanis, PDO is going beyond our natural boundaries of the oil and gas sector to support economic diversification and development Raoul Restucci, PDO Managing Director

400 jobs for Omanis at Muscat’s new airport

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mobinmathew@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Vegetable prices at the Mawaleh Central Market have dropped between 30 to 40 per cent, according to sellers at the market.

“Prices have decreased in a huge manner, compared to last week,” Kabeer CV, a wholesale vegetable vendor at the Mawaleh market, told Times of Oman.

“The price of one carton (seven kilogrammes) of Jordan Tomatoes is OMR1.500 today. Last week it was OMR2.5. Also last week, one carton (nine kilogrammes) of bitter gourds was OMR6.5, but now it is OMR2.5. For one carton (8.5 kilogrammes) of ladyfingers it cost between OMR4 and 5, now it is OMR2.200,” Kabeer said.

One of the reasons he blamed for the decrease in prices is the slow pace of purchases, and also the large availability of vegetables in the market.

“We are hoping that business will return to normal in the last 10 days of Ramadan,” Kabeer added.

He added that prices might fall even further in the next few days.

Yet according to a fruit seller at the Mawaleh market, prices have not fallen significantly.

“There is a slight difference in the price, but it is not a big one,” Shameer, a wholesale fruit seller, told Times of Oman.

“The demand for fruit has decreased, despite the price of the products being low,” he added.

“We were not seeing as many customers buying fruit as we expected,” he continued.

According to Shameer, the most in-demand fruit is the mango from Pakistan.

Watermelon Meanwhile, W M Hashim, a wholesale dealer of watermelon in Muscat, said the price is already 180 baisas per kilogramme, and it might go up to 200 baisas in the coming days.

“Currently, watermelon is purchased mainly from Iran, and we need at least 500 tonnes for our daily needs,” Hashim said.

“One of the reasons for the increase in price is that we have to depend on Iranian watermelon when the season ends in Salalah.

So demand for the Iranian product

We are trying our best to ensure that there is no major hike in prices, and we are closely working with the ministry and consumer protection officials to offer the best price and quality goods to our customers, said Ananth A V, director of Lulu Hypermarkets

is on the rise, and they have to increase their deliveries,” he said.

Hashim noted that he sells four tonnes of watermelon daily.

Of note, consumer protection officers inspect the market on a daily basis, carrying out inspections in a bid to protect consumers, enforce proper commercial practices, and prevent exploitation and commercial fraud.

Prices stable According to Ananth A V, director, Lulu Hypermarkets - Oman and India, the price of vegetables and fruits are stable now, and Lulu is reporting steady sales during this Ramadan. “We are trying our best to ensure that there is no major hike in prices, and we are closely working with the ministry and consumer protection officials to offer the best price and quality goods to our customers,” Ananth said. “We try to purchase directly from global markets and also offer different varieties at affordable prices,” he added.

He added that they have not faced a drop in their business.

“This is the time that we can expect a boost in the consumption of vegetables and fruits, so this will help us to see a growth in our business,” Ananth asserted.

Agreement for the jobs was signed between Petroleum Development Oman Managing Director Raoul Restucci and Oman Air Chief Executive Officer Paul Gregorowitsch

Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Fur hundred fresh jobs will be available for Omanis at the new Muscat International Airport as Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Oman Air have signed a job training deal, the PDO said in a statement.

The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing PDO to support the training of the jobseekers in a variety of cabin and ground staff positions, along with the upskilling of a further 100 existing Oman Air customer service staff.

The successful completion of the internationally accredited vocational courses will lead to guaranteed full-time positions with the national carrier in customer relations and ramp services,” the

TIE-UP: Oman Air and Petroleum Development Oman have enjoyed a long and fruitful association and the airline is the official contractor for Petroleum Development Oman internal flights. - File photo

PDO statement added.

The agreement was signed by PDO Managing Director Raoul Restucci and Oman Air Chief Executive Officer Paul Gregorowitsch.

“As part of our National Objectives programme to create job and training opportunities for Omanis, PDO is going beyond our natural boundaries of the oil and gas sector to support economic diversification and development,” Restucci said.

“Working with our trusted partners at Oman Air, we will ensure that hundreds of young jobseekers are ready to play key roles in the new Muscat International Airport which will be a

showpiece for the country and the region,” he added.

Meanwhile, Oman Air CEO said that the airline’s partnership with PDO demonstrates the airline’s continuing commitment to the Sultanate’s policy of Omanisation.

“Oman Air takes seriously the responsibility to employ as many Omani citizens as possible and provide them with rewarding careers and career development opportunities. Raising the skills and experience bases of the Omani workforce, have always been the focal point of our business,” the Oman Air CEO said while adding that Oman Air will increase the percentage of Omani citizens it

employs to 63 per cent in 2016.

“Not only will this benefit Oman Air and the broader aviation sector in Oman, but it will also help the trainees make a greater long-term contribution to the Sultanate and its economic growth. We look forward to welcoming the first 120 candidates to their ramp services training very soon,” he added.

The courses will last for up to 12 months and include a mixture of technical and on-the-job training.

Those who pass customer service and ramp service training will gain an International Air Transport Association (IATA) diplomas and National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) certification.

MINISTRY OF MANPOWER TWEET

97 companies violated mid-day break rule REJIMON K

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Ninety seven companies were found violating the mid-day break rule in the first two weeks of June, the Ministry of Manpower tweeted on its official twitter handle.

“The ministry visited 711 companies and found 97 violating the

rules,” the tweet read. During the first six days, 16 companies were found violating midday break rule. Inspectors raided 125 construction sites over the first six days of the new rule, which came into effect on June 1. The rule, which is effective from June 1 until the end of August, bans work at outdoor sites between 12.30pm and 3.30pm when the summer

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heat is at its peak.

In 2015, 391 companies were penalised by the ministry for violating the midday break rule which included 138 businesses in Amerat, 122 in Seeb, 98 in Bausher and 33 in Muttrah. Earlier, the Ministry of Manpower had told Times of Oman that violations can be reported at 80077000.

According to the Article 118 of

the Oman Labour Law, violators can be penalised with fines ranging from OMR100 to OMR500, or a jail term of not more than one month, or both. The penalty is doubled for repeat violations.

In many areas of Oman, temperatures are currently hovering around 45 degree Celsius.

Last week, in some areas, it was 49 degree Celsius.

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A1 e-visa cost OMR25 A1 Bhiku died on Tuesday “They are just not entertaining anybody without e-visa,” he added.

GCC Effective from April 29, 2016 all the Gulf Coopertaion Council (GCC) residents/permit holders requires an on-line visa prior to their travel to Unite Arab Emirates (UAE) which is applicable at all airports in the Emirates plus

border entry points from the Sultanate of Oman.

The cost of Dubai e-visa is around OMR25 but if the airlines or the travel agents are arranging then they is asking for little more to process the visa.

“Then we have to pay around OMR 4 as exit fees while leaving UAE. So travelling to Dubai has really becoming an expensive affair,” one of them said.

Retweeting TOO’s news report on Bhiku, the minister said medics in Oman had denied the Indian government permission to fly him back home as he was too ill to be moved.

“We wanted to fly Bhiku Prasad of Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh in India. Oman doctors have denied permission. We are bearing his expenses because he is an Indian national,” the minister tweeted.

However, Prasad passed away on

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Tuesday night.

However, Bhikku was not in a condition to be flown back to India and he passed away last Tuesday.

On June 15, the minister tweeted that Bhikku’s mortal remains will be sent to his family in village in Uttar Pradesh.

The Indian government had implemented the e-Migrate system in August 2015, to ensure safe migration.

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“This case is unique as this incidence is extremely rare. It occurs in one among a million patients,” he said.

The deformity is called “Agenesis of the Mandible” and is a congenital (by birth) deformity, which is a rare occurrence in itself. “She had the ramus and the condyle (portions) of her jaw missing—these parts help in chewing, facial growth and give shape to the face,” Soni said.

Through the surgery, doctors have achieved proper occlusion (meeting of the jaws in perfect position to enable chewing) because of the titanium reconstruction of the mandible. “This surgery not just helped her chew again, but also corrected the abnormal muscle pull helping the child have a symmetrical face,” he said.

The extra ear also made the treatment more complex.

Through an X-ray and a 3D CT-Scan, doctors found that her deformity was very severe. “After hours of surgery, a titanium plate was inserted in her jaw and

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However, he said, the bank will make sure that people can have clean and relatively new banknotes of 100 and 500 baisas.

In the Sultanate of Oman and some other Arab countries, people greet little children and relatives by giving them (Eidiyah) a portion of unused currency notes.

“People can still get fresh notes of the denomination of OMR1, OMR5 and OMR10,” the source confirmed.

the additional ear was removed,” doctors said.

Soni added that the child is doing very well and should be attending school soon. “The family is happy as the child is now able to eat properly and her face has become symmetrical. They have returned to Oman after the operation,” he added.Salim also thanked the Ministry of Health, Oman, for covering their expenses in India. “A panel of doctors saw her before she was airlifted to India,” he added.

Commemorative note It is worth mentioning that the OMR1 commemorative banknote which was issued on the occasion of the 45th National Day is now available in the market.

Earlier, the commemorative note had a date error, but it was fixed in the new edition.

Eid Al Fitr is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of Ramadan.

Muslims are not permitted to fast on the first day of Eid Al Fitr.

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A1 Emphasis on food security The Council of Ministers updated itself about steps undertaken to ensure the sustainability of food security and urged departments concerned to tighten up the monitoring of food supplies and to benefit from Oman’s location and make the Sultanate a centre of import and re-export of livestock.

The Council emphasised the need to facilitate investment and economic diversification, urging all government departments to use the one-stop-shop system Invest Easy.

Tourism strategy The Oman Tourism Strategy was approved and investment in the field of health services was considered, with the private sector being asked to play a greater role in serving the economy.

The Council also stressed the importance of collaboration to upgrade the system of education in Oman. It approved the introduction of military education programmes in schools. It also approved the formation of a media committee to study challenges to information in the Sultanate, while approving the establishment of an Information Training Centre and a Social Media Centre.

The Council stated that it supports the fact that efforts should be combined in monitoring the implementation of service projects. It asked the departments concerned to coordinate with municipal councils in this regard.

While tightening its belt in other areas, the council stuck fast to its policy of promoting education, both at home and abroad.

“It has been reaffirmed that the number of study seats dedicated for the General Education Diploma (Academic Year 20162017) shall remain the same for all government and private higher education institutions within the Sultanate, as well as scholarships abroad.

The statement added: “Technical specializations and entrepreneurship to be boosted. In its study of the quality of higher education, the Council of Ministers reached a conclusion that it is necessary to upgrade the active national programs and promote them to improve quality by increasing the number of students dispatched to study technical, technological, medical and industrial specialisations and encouraging major private sector establishments to contribute to the program of scholarships abroad. The Council also urged the departments concerned to assist youth in launching their own businesses and facilitate their mission by streamlining procedures of financing through standard programs applicable at these establishments. The Council underscored the need to train these youths and transfer knowledge to them in a manner commensurate to all their requirements.

“The Council valued the visions and recommendations of the Majlis Al Shura and the studies it forwarded to the Council of Ministers about mechanisms for achieving security in food and water and about the ground reality of Najd area and dams in the Sultanate.

“The Council discussed the result of two food security reports about the Sultanate that were drafted by a global house of expertise. The reports showed that the Sultanate is fairly secure in terms of food security and due to the country’s potential and strategic location. In this respect, the Council underlined the significant role of the private sector in undertaking plant, animal and fishery investment projects.

“Due to the importance of the livestock sector in supporting the national economy and achieving food security and, to make the Sultanate an attractive centre of import and re-export, the Council of Ministers gave directives to the departments concerned to speed up the upgrading of animal production projects and to set up central livestock markets, while at the same time supporting small and medium enterprises to help them contribute to livestock growth and transport.

This also envisages establishing value added industries related to livestock and utilising the economic and commercial facilities of the Sultanate, including seaports. In this context, the Council of Ministers urged the authorities concerned to take all necessary steps to promote foodstuff monitoring services in all border checkpoints, as well as seaports and airports of the Sultanate. The Council also called for expedient action to complete the electronic link between these departments

and border checkpoints to ensure the effectiveness of monitoring services and facilitate them.

“As part of continuous action to promote the Sultanate’s economy and support infrastructure so as to increase stability and safeguard the living standards of citizens, the Council of Ministers emphasized the need for concerted action to upgrade the capabilities of government institutions and draft suitable policies for this measure to take shape. The Council also gave directives to streamline procedures and remove obstacles facing local and foreign investments. It called for action to raise competitiveness in the business sector and to develop related sectors. It also stressed the importance of expanding the role of the private sector and enabling it to better contribute to the national economic and investment in projects, notably value added projects.

“The Council of Ministers is closely following up the precautionary measures undertaken by institutions of the State for sake of ensuring the sustainability of economic conditions. It highly appreciates and hails the efforts of Oman Council, the State’s Financial and Audit Institution, government departments and other establishments for the studies, recommendations and proposals they make on economic affairs. The Council also appreciates the commitment of all for the success of the plan designed to overcome the current global financial and economic crisis. The Council of Ministers commends the understanding of citizens and their participation to achieve the desired goals of the current plan towards attaining a sustainable economic status for the sake of Oman and its future generations.

“The Council of Ministers underscored the importance of enhancing the partnership between the government, the private sector and the civil community towards the realization of the overall developmental and social objectives.

Facilitation of Trade and Transport: The Council of Ministers reviewed the report of the National Committee for the Facilitation of Trade and Transport.

It approved the preparation of a comprehensive study to plan the transportation of goods in the Sultanate, to provide periodic solutions for the existing problems of truck transport, as well as longterm solutions. It called for the establishment of database for this sector and urged the private sector to take the initiative by establishing land transport companies.

E-government: The Council of Ministers studied the process of electronic government transformation and its priorities. It reviewed the ‘executive situation’ of the National Broadband Strategy.

It laid emphasis on the continuity, conformity and complementation of efforts aimed to expedite the propagation of the broadband network.

Call to upgrade educational sector, overcome its challenges and introduce military education programs in schools: The Council of Ministers viewed the future vision of the education sector in the Sultanate. It commended the Education Council and other ministries and departments concerned for their efforts to secure the future of education in the Sultanate. The Council underlined the significance of collaboration of government establishments in their endeavour to upgrade the educational sector, address its challenges and contribute to the success of its strategies and programs. In the same context, it was agreed that the Ministry of Education would coordinate with other departments concerned to introduce programmes of military education programmes in schools and to expand the base of students enrolled in these programmes.

Investment Government departments urged to use one-stop- shop system: Within the context of its follow up of means of providing an investment encouraging climate, the Council of Ministers reviewed the one-stop- shop Invest Easy and the success this system has achieved. It gave directives of all government departments concerned to adopt this system. The Council hailed Invest Easy’s winning awards from international institutions in the calibre of World Trade Organisation.

Health: The Council of Ministers approved the charter of the National Policy for Protection against non-communicable

diseases. It also viewed a visual presentation on social health insurance titled “For the Introduction of Better Health Services” through the encouragement of foreign investments and maximization of revenue from the health sector. There exist substitutes to promote and finance health services that cater to all segments of society, the Council learned.

Oman Tourism Strategy approved: In pursuance of efforts to make the Sultanate a preferred tourism destination of high competitively and capable of attracting investors, the Council of Ministers approved the general framework of Oman Tourism Strategy, which seeks to foster the Sultanate’s status as a pioneering global example in the field of sustainable economic development.

The strategy envisions ways to let the Sultanate advance on the path to transformation into a distinguished international hospitality destination, besides enhancing economic diversification, provision of employment opportunities, promotion of the value of natural and cultural landmarks, achieving a variety of economic and social benefits and the provision of necessary revenues for the protection of heritage and the environment.

Support economic diversification: The Council of Ministers underscored the significance of all State institutions’ understanding of the nature of economic diversification, notably tourism, urging these institutions to work to make tourism a success due to its positive implications to trade, the economy, investment opportunities and employment of citizens.

Nod for Qalhat Historical City: The Council of Ministers blessed the Heritage and Culture Ministry’s submitting an application to register the Historical City of Qalhat in the list of world heritage due to the city’s historicstrategic importance making it an international cultural park capable of enriching tourism and the national economy at large.

Approval given to media commission, training centre, social media centre: In confirmation of the important role of all types of information in the Sultanate, the Council of Ministers approved the formation of a committee to study challenges posed to the Omani media sector within the context of enforced legislative stipulations to regulate the sector, develop it and tackle obstacles that obstruct its course.

The Council of Ministers also approved the establishment of an Information Training Centre and a Social Media Centre. It entrusted the Ministry of Information with drafting mechanism for the support of the information sector to enable it to perform its role in the best possible manner.

Efforts to be combined to oversee service projects: In consolidation of institutional action, the Council of Ministers approved cooperation between departments concerned and municipal councils in all that relates to the process of implementation of service projects in the wilayats of the Sultanate, each department acting within its prerogatives.

The Council stressed the important role of municipal councils.

Within the context of its collaboration with the Council of Oman, the Council of Ministers reviewed the proposals of the State Council and Majlis Al Shura and their views on economic and social aspects. It valued the two councils’ commendable efforts to promote the public interest and took appropriate measures in this regard.

Commenting on the meetings held with the State Council Office and the Office of Majlis Al Shura, His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, hailed the outcome of these meetings and highlighted their positive and objective vision on various matters of relevance to the current stage which, he said, reflected the keenness of all to intensify consultation and exchange ideas in all that serves the comprehensive march nation building.

On the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Council of Ministers expressed its heartfelt wishes for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, praying to the Almighty Allah to grant him continued good health and a long life.

The Council of Ministers also prayed to the Almighty Allah to endow the noble people of Oman more prosperity and to grant the Islamic world plenty of bounties and blessings.” -ONA

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OMAN Majlis to debate life term period In a joint session, the State Council and Majlis Al Shura will vote on nine articles in the penal code on Tuesday

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fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Members of the Majlis Al Shura will argue on Tuesday that life in prison should be limited to 25 years, while the State Council believes that the term of a life sentence should be left open.

In a joint session, the State Council and Majlis Al Shura will vote on nine articles in the penal code on Tuesday, according to Mohammed Al Zadjali, the head of the legal committee at the Majlis Al Shura.

The government has forwarded the penal code including 394 articles to Oman Council.

“There were disagreements

between the State Council and Majlis Al Shura in 124 articles in the penal code earlier. However, last week there was a joint session between the two councils which brought the number down to seven articles only,” said Al Zadjali.

Al Zadjali explained that most of the disagreements were partial including wording and forming issues.

“The Majlis Al Shura has raised the number of articles from seven to nine in the meeting which was held yesterday, Sunday, at its 19th regular session of the 1st annual sitting (2015/2016) of the 8th term (2015-2019) held under the chair of Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali, Chairman of Majlis Al Shura,” said Al Zadjali.

He explained that one among the nine articles include an article on

precaution measures based on the draft of the penal code forwarded by the government to the council.

“The Majlis Al Shura found no precaution measures mentioned in the law and therefore suggested to delete the term,” said Al Zadjali.

He explained that precaution measures like driving license seizure or hold under home arrests which are not stated clearly in the penal code.

Moreover, life sentence is still under argument between the two councils. “Majlis Al Shura suggested that life sentence should be clearly stated in the penal code,” said Al Zadjali. He added that in the draft forwarded by the government. “We have suggested the period of life sentence to be 25 years,” said Al Zadjali. He said most of the penal codes of different countries state the life sentence period.

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REGION Iraqi camps overstretched as residents flee Falluja city More than 82,000 civilians have

People have run and walked for days.

They left Falluja with nothing. They have nothing and they need everything.

evacuated Falluja, an hour’s drive west of Baghdad, since the campaign began and up to 25,000 more are likely on the move, the United

Lise Grande

Nations said

BAGHDAD: Iraqi governmentrun camps struggled on Sunday to shelter people fleeing Falluja, as the military battled IS militants in the city’s northern districts.

Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi declared victory over the extremists on Friday after troops reached the city centre, following a four-week US-backed assault.

But shooting, suicide bombs and mortar attacks continue.

More than 82,000 civilians have evacuated Falluja, an hour’s drive west of Baghdad, since the campaign began and up to 25,000 more are likely on the move, the United Nations said.

Yet camps are already overflowing with escapees who trekked several kilometres (miles) past IS snipers and minefields in sweltering heat to find there was not even shade.

“People have run and walked for days. They left Falluja with nothing,” said Lise Grande, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.

“They have nothing and they need everything.”

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq

HELPING HAND: Iraqi soldiers help civilians, who fled from Falluja because of Islamic State violence,

during a dust storm on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, on Saturday. — Reuters/Stringer

the army would prioritise Falluja, the first Iraqi city seized by the militants in early 2014.

He ordered measures on Saturday to help escapees and 10 new camps will soon go up, but the government does not even have a handle on the number of displaced people, many of whom are stranded out in the open or packed several families to a tent.

SECURITY CHECK: Civilians, who fled from Falluja because of IS violence, wait for security checks from Iraqi security forces during a dust storm on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, on Saturday. - Reuters

The exodus, which is likely to be many times larger if an assault on the northern IS stronghold of Mosul goes ahead as planned later this year, has taken the

government and humanitarian groups off guard.

With attention focused for months on Mosul, Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said in May that

Take charge One site hosting around 1,800 people has only one latrine, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.

“We implore the Iraqi government to take charge of this humanitarian disaster unfolding on our watch,” the aid group’s country director Nasr Muflahi said.

Iraq’s cash-strapped government has struggled to meet basic needs for more than 3.4 million people across Iraq displaced by

conflict, appealing for international funding and relying on local religious networks for support.

Screening Yet unlike other battles, where many civilians sought refuge in nearby cities or the capital, people fleeing Falluja have been barred from entering Baghdad, just 60 km (40 miles) away, and aid officials note a lack of community mobilisation.

Formal government forces are screening men to prevent IS militants from disguising themselves as civilians to slip out of Falluja.

Thousands have been freed and scores referred to the courts, but many others remain unaccounted for, security sources told Reuters.

At a camp in Amiriyat Falluja on Thursday, Fatima Khalifa said she had not heard from her husband and their 19-year-old son since they were taken from a nearby town two weeks earlier.

“We don’t know where they are or where they were taken,” she said.

“We don’t want rice or cooking oil, we just want our men.” — Reuters

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Libya unity government condemns attack near oil terminals BENGHAZI: Libya’s UN-backed unity government condemned an attack by a newly-formed militia group on eastern military forces close to key oil facilities, as clashes resumed on Sunday for a second day.

Fighting erupted south of the coastal town of Ajdabiya on Saturday between military units loyal to Libya’s eastern government and a group calling itself the Benghazi Defence Forces.

At least three people were killed and 10 wounded, military spokesman Akram Bu Haliqa said.

The Benghazi Defence Forces is largely composed of fighters pushed back earlier this year by brigades loyal to the eastern government commander Khalifa Haftar. Haftar has been waging a campaign for two years in Benghazi against extremists, including some loyal to IS, and other opponents.

The condemnation by the UNbacked Government of National Accord (GNA) is significant because some in the east suspect the GNA - whose leadership has itself been divided - of siding with extremist-leaning militias.

The fighting near Ajdabiya, close to three oil terminals and north of major oil fields, risks opening a new front in the conflict between forces that backed competing governments set up in Tripoli and the east in 2014.

Since March, the GNA has been seeking to replace the rival parliaments and governments and integrate armed groups, including forces loyal to Haftar, into national security forces.

“The Presidential Council (of the GNA) strongly condemns this criminal act and holds the leaders and members of these militias fully responsible,” said a statement published on the Presidential Council’s Facebook page on Sunday. — Reuters

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DUBAI: Iran has reached a deal to buy 100 planes from US planemaker Boeing, and the two sides are awaiting approval by US Treasury authorities, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said in remarks published by state media on Sunday.

So far, Boeing has only been granted permission to present its products to IranAir and a handful of other airlines as it tries to catch up with Europe’s Airbus, which won a provisional deal earlier this year for 118 jets worth $27 billion.

Reuters reported on June 6 that Iran was edging towards a historic agreement to buy jetliners from Boeing for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and that a deal for more than 100 aircraft could be reached fairly soon.

Written agreement signed “Of the 250 (passenger) planes in Iran, 230 have to be replaced,” Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, told the state-run daily newspaper Iran, adding that a written agreement

So far, Boeing has only been granted permission to present its products to IranAir and a handful of other airlines as it tries to catch up with Europe’s Airbus, which won a provisional deal earlier this year for 118 jets worth $27 billion had been signed with Boeing to buy 100 aircraft.

Abedzadeh said that no precise timeline could be given for the implementation of the deal before an authorisation is issued by the US Treasury Department.

Request for final permit He said Boeing had submitted an official request to the US Treasury for a final permit for the plane sales and “the final contract is to be signed between the two sides after the license has been obtained.”

In January, IranAir agreed in to

buy 118 jets worth $27 billion at list prices from Airbus. The deal was conditional on US export licenses because of the quantity of US-built parts. In comments about the Airbus purchases, Abedzadeh told the Iran newspaper “The final obstacle in this area are only the permits from the US Treasury Department.” — Reuters

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Yoga exponent Ramdev and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu practice yoga along with others during a yoga camp ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, at Rajpath in New Delhi on Sunday. As many as 57 union ministers will spread across the country on Tuesday for the second International yoga Day programmes, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the ancient Indian physical exercise in Chandigarh. The ministers will be leading various programmes hosted by the government across the country during the mega event, including ten of them concentrating in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to participate in these events. June 21 was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2014. - PTI

Last date for conversion of PIO cards extended NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that government has decided to extend the last date, from June 30 to December 31, for applying for conversion of Person of Indian Origin PIO cards to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards.

“I feel that the conversion will not be completed by June 30.

So we have decided to extend the last date to December 31,” she told reporters at her annual press conference. The government had earlier extended the last date to June 30 from March 31 this year.

“There will be no charge for conversion during this period. So I will suggest those, who are seeking to convert their PIO cards to OCI cards, use this time line. I want this conversion to be completed by December 31,” she said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the PIO and OCI cards will be merged and the Indian diaspora will be given maximum possible benefits.

Twelve Indian sailors, who were in jail in Italy since June 2014 on allegations of possessing drugs, have been freed, Swaraj said on Sunday.

“I appreciate Indian Embassy in Rome for the release of 12 Indian sailors on board MV ‘Aberdeen’ who were in jail in Italy since June 2014,” Swaraj said. - PTI

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Difficult to avoid disclosure under new scheme: Shah NEW DELHI: The chief of Special Investigating Team on black money feels it will be “difficult” for those holding untaxed assets to avoid disclosure under the ongoing one-time compliance window opened by the Indian government after the limited success of a similar scheme launched last year for those with tainted money overseas.

SIT Chairman Justice (retd) M. B. Shah said the Income Tax department has “tightened each and every angle” under the current scheme, and hence evading disclosure under this scheme will be “hundred per cent” difficult.

“The last such scheme was not successful... rather it was successful to some extent in the sense that attention was drawn prominently that if something is found (at a later stage) they will be subsequently prosecuted... to some extent it had a deterrent effect.

“Now, this time it will be difficult (for evaders),” Shah said.

He said the issue of P-notes (participatory notes) has also been “controlled” to a large extent and hence it will not be easy for tax evaders to hide their assets and funds from agencies like the Income Tax department and they will now have to disclose it to them.

The SIT had last year suggested that market regulator Sebi put in place regulations that will help identify individuals holding P-Notes or offshore derivative instruments (ODIs), and take other steps required to curb black money and tax evasion through the stock market route. - PTI

China not opposing India’s NSG membership bid: Swaraj India has been reaching out to NSG member countries seeking support for its membership of the bloc whose members are allowed to trade in and export nuclear technology

NEW DELHI: As India makes a determined bid to get NSG membership, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that China was not opposing its entry even as Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar made an unannounced visit to Beijing on June 16-17 to secure its support.

Stating that China is talking only about the criteria and procedures to be adopted for membership of the elite 48-nation atomic trading bloc, Swaraj said India was hopeful that it will be able to convince China to give its backing.

Confident The NSG works under the principle of unanimity and even one country’s vote against India can scuttle its bid. Swaraj also said

SPELLING OUT: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with MoS V. K. Singh and Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar at a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. - PTI

that India was confident of getting membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG) this year.

“China is not opposing membership of India in NSG, it is only talking of criteria and procedure. I am hopeful that we would be able to convince China as well to support our entry to the NSG,” she told a press conference here while highlighting her ministry’s achievements in the last two years.

“I think that there is a consensus which is being made and I am sure that India will become the member of the NSG this year,” she said, adding, “The NSG entry is crucial for India’s energy policy.”

“I’m myself in contact with 23

nations, 1 or 2 raised concern but think consensus is there.”

Swaraj said that instead of talking about criteria with respect to India’s bid its credentials should be discussed. The minister said as far as entry of Pakistan is concerned, India, being a non-member of the NSG, cannot comment on its entry and its role. “But we will not oppose entry of any nation to the NSG. We think that the application of each country should be considered on the basis of their merit,” she added.

Jaishankar’s visit to Beijing on June 16-17 came a week ahead of the plenary meeting of the NSG scheduled to be held in Seoul on

June 24 where India’s membership is likely to be discussed.

“Yes, I can confirm Foreign Secretary visited Beijing on June 1617 for bilateral consultations with his Chinese counterpart. All major issues, including India’s NSG membership, were discussed,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said China is believed to be strongly opposing India’s membership at the premier club arguing that it was not a signatory to the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT).

Earlier this week, China’s official media said India’s NSG membership would “jeopardise” China’s national interests be-

sides touching a “raw nerve” in Pakistan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry had said a week back that members of the NSG “remain divided” on the issue of non-NPT countries joining it and called for “full discussions”.

India has been reaching out to NSG member countries seeking support for its membership of the bloc whose members are allowed to trade in and export nuclear technology.

The US has backed India and asked various NSG members to support New Delhi’s bid.

It is understood that a number of countries including Turkey, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand were not in favour of India’s entry into the NSG.Swaraj said India has “strong credentials” to become member of the NSG. Referring to the waiver given to India by the NSG in 2008, she said India’s track record and credentials should be the basis in deciding its membership rather than the criteria.

She said India becoming member of the NSG will make a huge differnce as it will be part of the decision making process.

“I must tell you that we are engaged with NSG for the last 12 years and for the last 5 years, there is talk about our membership with NSG.” Swaraj said India plans to have 40 per cent of its energy requirement from non-fossil fuels out of which one-third will be nuclear. She said NSG membership will help India getting “quick investments” including from overseas in its nuclear sector. - PTI

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Plans afoot to make 35 airports operational: Finance minister BATHINDA: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the central government would chalk out a plan to make 35 airports operational in smaller cities.

Speaking a public rally here to mark completion of two years of the National Democratic Alliance government, he said it has constructed 10,000 km of highways in the past two years besides devising a strategy to re-develop 400 railway stations in the country.

Jaitley attacked Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh over his family’s alleged foreign accounts and also took a dig at Aam Aadmi Party, which he said was more interested in creating controversies than running the government. The BJP leader said under the Modi government the country is firmly moving ahead on the

path of development and claimed that the Congress was constantly “shrinking” across the country.

With Amarinder accusing him of “using” the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax department to target him and his family and also “challenging” him to prove the allegations, Jaitley hit back, saying the facts on the ground spoke otherwise.

“I recall when there was Congress government in Punjab in 2002 led by Captain Amarinder Singh, he used to cook up stories about the Badal family, claiming they have land in Australia, petrol pump in America, besides levelling other charges. He failed to prove the allegations which he levelled, but we have found accounts of Capt Sahib’s family,” Jaitley said addressing ‘Vikas Parv’ rally here in the Malwa region of Punjab.

Jaitley hit out at Amarinder, to whom he had lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar for claiming that his family has been wrongly framed.

“The information about (bank) accounts in Switzerland was given to the Indian government was given for the first time by the French authorities. This information was provided by France in 2011 when UPA was in power whereas Modi ji’s government came to power in 2014. “Under the Congress government, when current President (Pranab Mukherjee) was the Finance Minister, the information about Captain’s family account came out,” he said.

In a dig at Amarinder, who has often charged Jaitley with trying to settle “political scores” since his defeat in Amritsar, Jaitley said,

“We never advised you to open accounts in foreign countries.”

He accused the previous Congress-led UPA government of going slow in the alleged case involving the former Punjab chief minister’s family.

“When they learnt that this information can hurt the Congress, the previous government slowed down on this issue, even though they wrote one or two letters. But we have procured all the documents pertaining to the incomplete file,” he said.

Hitting out at AAP, Jaitley said people in Delhi are “repenting” voting it to power.

“Recently, elections took place for 13 municipal seats. They had got 54 per cent votes in Assembly (polls), which dropped to 29 per cent within one year,” he said.

Jaitley accused the AAP of indulging in false propaganda and creating controversies in the national capital, while being “least concerned” about running of the government in Delhi, which he said was easier to administer than Punjab. They (SAD-BJP) keep struggling about how to build highways, how to improve infrastructure, how to make people’s lives better, he said. On the other hand, running Delhi City, where central government pumps in a lot of money for development works, is very easy, he claimed.

“If Delhi government does just 5-7 per cent of its job, the administration will run smoothly. But what is their (AAP’s) agenda? It is not to run government, they want to create controversy in one way or the other,” Jaitley alleged. - Agencies

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses during the Vikas Parv rally in Bathinda on Sunday. - PTI

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Reserve Bank will survive any governor, says Rajan According to the ‘Economist’, Rajan’s three-year term is the shortest of any G20 country and the recent governors have been given second terms as much as seven

OUT OF FAVOUR: Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan attends a news conference after their bimonthly monetary policy review in Mumbai, India, June 7, 2016. - Reuters file photo

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LONDON/DELHI: Reserve Bank will survive any Governor and it is important not to “personalise this office”, the outgoing Raghuram Rajan said days before his surprise announcement that he was not interested in a second term.

Rajan, a former IMF Chief Economist who is credited to have predicted the 2008 global financial crisis, has been often hailed as the ‘rockstar central banker’ ever

since becoming RBI Governor in September 2013 and for containing rupee volatility amid global market uncertainties.

Besides, he has also been often praised for containing inflation to a large extent and for forcing the banks to do a “deep surgery” to clean up their books of bad loans.

At the same time, he has also been criticised by some quarters for his hawkish monetary policy stance and refusing to heed to demands for lowering interest rates to

boost the economy.

“What is important is to not personalise this office. It will survive any Governor, it is bigger than any Governor,” the Economist magazine quoted Rajan as saying in its latest edition.

The comments are believed to have been made amid intense speculation on whether he would get an extension or not as RBI Governor in the run-up to his own disclosure in a publicly- disseminated “Message to RBI staff” that he would

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return to academia after the end of his current three-year tenure.

“Though a relative newcomer to the cut and thrust of Indian policymaking, Rajan knows better than to offer any comment on his reappointment,” the magazine wrote. It said Rajan “need not even leave his office atop the Reserve Bank of India’s tower in Mumbai to gauge two factors central to India’s prosperity”.

The Economist further quoted him as saying while looking down, the ships sailing to nearby docks provide clues as to the buoyancy of foreign trade “The imposition of steel tariffs earlier this year, a knock-on effect from China’s slowdown, all but stopped traffic for a time”. It further said Rajan “favours incremental reforms over wholesale ones. He has made it easier to move money in and out of India, but not abolished capital controls in the way you might have expected from a former IMF chief economist”.

According to the magazine, Rajan’s three-year term is the shortest of any G20 country and the recent governors have been given second terms as much as seven months in advance. In a separate article in its web edition after Rajan announced his decision against a second term, the Econo-

mist called it “one of India’s favourite parlour games” coming to an end, while adding that a cleanup of the banking system that he initiated upset “India’s powerfuland indebted- industrialists”.

Meanwhile, Rajan’s decision not to seek second term triggered fresh accusations from the opposition against BJP and RSS on Sunday with Congress alleging some of their leaders were lobbying against him, calling it the “most unpleasant thing” for the country.

Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily said the present regime does not deserve a person of Rajan’s stature.

“I don’t know the reason. Of course it is well known to him. But the manner in which some of the BJP spokespersons and also Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and... also one important leader Subramanian Swamy....

Some of these people including Nagpur RSS camp (were) lobbying against him,” Moily said.

Terming it as the “most unpleasant thing” for the country, he said, “I think in the present context of the governance and also the present regime, I think they do not deserve a person of his level. He is a global person. I think the country was endowed by him”. - PTI

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India, UAE to set up panel to enhance ties DUBAI: Seeking to boost the growing bilateral strategic ties, India and the UAE will set up a joint panel of parliamentarians to enhance relations and facilitate their visits to promote cooperation to tackle security issues and challenges facing the region.

A decision was taken in this regard during a meeting between first woman speaker of UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC) Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi and the Indian ambassador here T. P. Seetharam on Saturday.

During the meeting, Al Qubaisi stressed the importance of activating parliamentary relations between FNC and Indian parliament by establishing a friendly EmiratiIndian parliamentary committee, and by prompting parliamentary visits between the two sides, staterun WAM news agency reported.

Al Qubaisi said it was important that the two countries strengthen relations in all fields and achieve the required communication for parliamentary diplomacy, as well as to unify their visions and positions on various issues as part of their important roles in addressing issues of security and stability and the challenges facing the region.

The two agreed to prepare a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of the parliamentary committee. - PTI

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s the United Kingdom’s debate about whether to withdraw from the European Union has heated up, “in” and “out” have come to define the stark choice facing voters in next week’s “Brexit” referendum. The British are not alone: the world is increasingly divided between the mentalities underpinning support for the “Leave” and “Remain” campaigns. Do citizens and their leaders want to work with others toward greater security and prosperity, or do they think that they are better served by isolating themselves behind real or virtual walls?

Those with an “out” mindset view the world through a Hobbesian lens, seeing everywhere the danger of people with unregulated passions, driven to do them harm. Only an omnipotent Leviathan can ensure order and security.

This is essentially the worldview – gradations of extremism notwithstanding – of Austria’s Freedom Party, Greece’s Golden Dawn, the UK Independence Party, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, and similar forces throughout Europe and the West, not to mention the world’s autocracies and outright dictatorships. Theirs is a politics of fear and dog-whistle incitement of the extremist forces that exist in every society. And, as we’ve seen in both the UK’s Brexit debate and the United States’ presidential election campaign, neither facts nor reason will dissuade voters with an “out” mindset.

As the Nobel laureate economist Daniel Kahneman recently observed of Britain’s Leave camp, “The arguments look odd: they look short-term and based on irritation and anger.” And yet they work.

In the US presidential election, the choice between Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump, reflects an unambiguous battle between “in” and “out.”

In response to the recent mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Trump boasted that he had been right all along about the threat posed by “radical terrorism.” Clinton, by contrast, offered words of support – in English and Spanish – to the victims, and focused on the community and on the need for gun control.

With his xenophobic rhetoric and fondness for despots like Russian President Vladimir Putin (a demagogue who bullies the neighbours he doesn’t

invade), Trump epitomizes the “out” mindset: hyperbolic, malicious, pompous, and hostile to all who defy or disagree with him (be it the press, which he berates and tries to block, or judges who preside over his lawsuits).

Some senior Republicans, to their credit, have disavowed this Pied Piper’s effort to lead Americans over a cliff of isolation and bigotry. But many others, confronted with his steady stream of insults directed at Latinos, Muslims, and women, seem to have walled off their consciences. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has called Trump’s comments racist, but continues to endorse him. So does Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and, perhaps most remarkably, John McCain, the party’s 2008 presidential nominee, whose military service Trump denigrated, saying that McCain returned from Vietnam “a war hero” only “because he was captured,” adding, “I like people who weren’t captured.”

Clinton, on the other hand, though widely perceived as a foreign-policy “hawk,” is still of the “in” mindset – someone who knows the value of trade, discussion, and compromise. She also understands the value of “smart power” – that bombs aren’t always the most valuable tools to use in pursuit of one’s goals. She would presumably seek to advance the legacy established by President Barack Obama, whose trips to Vietnam, Cuba, and Japan this year focused on moving on from a very difficult past to a new, more hopeful future. This “in” mindset has proved its worth time and again.

The world benefits from entering into treaties and embracing cooperative arrangements.

By working in concert with other countries and through global institutions, countries become safer and more prosperous. A victory for the “out” mindset – which seems to regard compassion, truth, and integrity as if they were vestigial limbs – would be Pyrrhic, at best. Economies would wither, violent conflict would increase, and women, minorities, and journalists would suffer as “out” movements use scare tactics that encourage the extreme among them. - Project Syndicate

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PAKISTAN If you cannot afford pulses, eat chicken, says minister Lower house has adopted 75 out of 175

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ISLAMABAD: The lower house of parliament has adopted 75 out of 175 demands for grants worth Rs1.226 trillion in a session in which the finance minister prescribed a strange panacea for the unbridled inflation triggering a media uproar.

The National Assembly did not discuss cut motions moved by opposition lawmakers and Deputy Speaker Javed Abbasi, who was officiating the session, announced that these would be discussed on June 20.

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urday after Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf’s chief whip Dr Shireen Mazari pointed to lack of quorum.

Answering criticism on soaring prices of pulses, the finance minister came up with a strange advice. “If pulses are expensive, then people should eat chicken which is Rs200 per kilo because the government has waived all taxes and duties on poultry products,” he said.

Opposition lawmakers criticised some allocations under the head of ‘Charged Expenditure’ calling them unnecessary.

Among these the most criticised was the allocation for the Presidency which several Members of

Parliament said was a ‘waste of resources’, especially while the government claims it is adopting austerity measures. Demands for grants that were adopted related to the ministry of defence and defence productions, industries, commerce, communications, Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) among others.

Fiscal deficit On the matter of ‘Charged Expenditures’, Dar said that over the past three years, the fiscal deficit had been brought down from 8.8 per cent to 4.3 per cent of GDP. He sought to exonerate the PML-

N government of piling foreign debts, saying that since 1947 successive governments had acquired loans.

“National debts stood at Rs3,000 billion until June 30, 1999, but they jumped to Rs5,800 billion during the (Pervez) Musharraf regime and surged to Rs14,318 billion during the last tenure of the Pakistan People’s Party,” he said.

To a point raised by PPP’s Shazia Marri about interest, the minister said: “When you take a loan, you have to pay the mark-up.”

He said that the Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company

would be made operational in July to cater to the demand of 25 million people.

Censuring the opposition visa-vis the Pananmagate scandal, Dar said he would quit his office if allegations regarding owning offshore accounts or firms were established against him.

There are some people in the house who say who have assets abroad. “I challenge them to prove that I’ve a single penny in accounts abroad and I’ll quit politics forever,” he said, adding that in the past he chose not to respond to such allegations for the sake of political reconciliation.

“Enough is enough. Now if anyone levels wild allegations, I’ll take him to court,” he said. “And I am doing that.”

He was referring to PTI chairman Imran Khan’s claim that two sons of the finance minister owned property in the UAE. Dar’s son Ali Mustafa Dar filed a Rs5 billion defamation suit against Imran in a district court in Islamabad on May 27.

Earlier, Shazia Marri and Awami Muslim League’s Sheikh Rashid criticised the allocations for the Presidency. - Express Tribune

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Construction, fishing practices affecting sea turtles KARACHI: Sea turtles are negatively affected by the construction along Karachi’s beaches. For instance, huts at Sandspit Beach and other construction debris on beaches affect turtles’ presence.

Turtles used to frequent the sandy beaches to lay eggs.

The rise in sea pollution, especially plastic waste, is another negative factor as green turtles mistake plastic for seaweed and feed on it. Marine fishing practices in Pakistan are also affecting sea turtles.

World Wildlife Fund – Pakistan (WWF-P) marine fisheries

technical adviser Dr Moazzam Ali Khan shared some insights as the world celebrated Sea Turtles Day in June 16. Pointing out different factors threatening sea turtles, he said that their nests are destroyed by stray dogs, as the canines tend to eat their eggs that they lay on the seashore. “They are also disturbed by the presence of people on the shores. Female turtles go back into waters when they feel disturbances,” he explained.

Dr Moazzam said that out of seven species of sea turtles, five are present in the Indian Ocean and can be found in Pakistan as

IN DANGER

well. “The green turtle and olive ridley are the most commonly found, while the leatherback, loggerhead and hawksbill are seen very rarely,” he said.

Threats He added that previously up to 95 per cent of green turtles would come to visit Pakistan’s shores to lay their eggs.

“This has been minimised,” he said. For the last 13 years, there has been no nesting evidence of olive ridley turtles either.

Fishing nets such as gillnets or trawlers pose the greatest threat RESTRICTION

Wapda barred

from selling Kapco stake

FACES INUNDATION : The areas that are likely to face inundation

include Chamogarh Colony, Domail Lower, Sakarkoi, Thopchar and Baseen Kharee of Gilgit. – File

Water levels at near peak in Gilgit river GILGIT: The water level in Gilgit river has reached a new peak and is threatening the lives of people living in low-lying areas. The areas that are likely to face inundation include Chamogarh Colony, Domail Lower, Sakarkoi, Thopchar and Baseen Kharee of Gilgit.

“There is a danger of water entering our houses at any time,” a resident of Chamogarh Colony Ghulam said on Saturday. He said they remained awake all night to take timely measures if water enters the houses. “Men remain alert during the night to prevent any problems,” he added.

Aslam Khan, a resident of Domail, said people have started taking precautions to avoid losses as water level in Gilgit river has increased. He said people avoid taking their children and livestock to the river banks as threats loom large.

Karim Khan, another resident, said water enters their garden

every night but recedes early in the morning without inflicting any loss. He said this happens every year in summer.

Amid violations The government has imposed Section 144 to discourage young people from swimming in the river. However, violation continues as a large number of people are spotted along the river banks.

As the heatwave continues, the temperature in Gilgit has reached 40 degrees Centigrade.

As a result, glaciers have melted in the region. “Glaciers melt in summer due to the hot weather,” said Ghulam Mustafa, a climate change activist.

He said the water level in the river will return to normal in the coming days if weather remains dry. “But if there are rains, the level will surge and it is quite likely floods will hit the region,” he added. — Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation has turned down request of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) that it should be allowed to sell shares in Kot Addu Power Company (Kapco) in a phased manner in line with its development plan and without any role of the Privatisation Commission.

The commission told the cabinet committee, in a meeting held last month, that the financial adviser had completed due diligence process and submitted its report.

It said Wapda had urged that instead of selling its shares in Kapco through the Privatization Commission, it should be allowed to undertake the process on its own gradually and according to its development needs.

Net profit Wapda holds all shares of the government of Pakistan in Kapco amounting to 40.25 per cent of the total outstanding shares.

Kapco, established in 1996, is situated in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab and produces 1,600 megawatts of electricity.

It is also listed on the domestic stock exchange.

Kapco reported a drop of 13 per cent in its net profit to Rs6.2 billion in nine months ended March 31, 2016 due to a decline in sales with the overhauling of turbines.

It had earned Rs7.12 billion in the same period last year. The decline in earnings was mainly because of higher operation and maintenance expenditure and 43 per cent lower other income including lower penal mark-up income due to improved recoveries. - Express Tribune

to sea turtles. Professor Pirzada Jamal of the University of Karachi’s centre of excellence in marine biology said that the biggest problem is that turtles are often caught by fishermen, despite the fact that there are international laws regarding the use of Turtle Exploring Devices (TED) in fishing nets. “The practice is simply not followed here,” he lamented.

Adnan Khan, the incharge of marine conservation at the Sindh wildlife department, admitted that though by law every boat is equipped with a TED that filters the caught fish and leaves out

the turtles, they are rarely used by fishermen. “They say by using a TED, their catch is affected, which is not true because the catch of fish is not affected by it,” he explained, adding that the devices are only there for the sake of European Union officials who come to scrutinise Pakistan’s fishing practices and report back. “We make the whole world a fool by our fishing methods,” he admitted.

Another source of threat for these marine species is climate change, said Dr Moazzam. The rise in sea temperature affects the sea turtles’ reproduction. - Express Rribune

AFGHAN BORDER

Seven key TTP commanders surrender in Kurram Agency ISLAMABAD: Former Tehreeke-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud’s brother and uncle are among seven key members of the group to have surrendered near the Afghan border region in Kurram Agency, security officials in the said on Sunday.

“Ejaz Mehsud and Khair Muhammad Mehsud, uncle of Hakimullah, handed themselves to authorities late on Saturday,” an official said on the condition of anonymity.

Both surrendered at Lower Kurram’s Shaheedanu Dand, one of the three crossing points between Kurram and Afghanistan. However, the official refused to comment on whether the two men crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan or had been hiding on the Pakistani side of the border.

Sources further said that at least four TTP commanders also surrendered to authorities and there is a possibility that more Taleban members could surrender in a couple of days.

“All the surrendered men have been shifted to security forces’ fort in Tull area,” a source said.

Hakeemullah’s relatives Some sources say Hakeemullah’s relatives may have entered Pakistan as the authorities opened the crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday after days of clashed on the Torkham border.

The group has not yet commented on the development.

Taleban faced a serious rift after the death of Hakimullah and some Taleban sources had earlier said nearly 200 had been killed in clashes between the supporters of rival commanders Sheharyar Mehsud and Khan Said alias Sajna.

Hakimullah, who was in his thirties, had been killed in a United States drone strike in North Waziristan Agency in November 2013. He was buried at an unknown location a day later.

He had succeeded his mentor, Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in August 2009. Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of TTP had survived at least two US drone strikes in the past.

However, on November 1, 2013, his luck ran out.

Last month, six TTP suspects, including a deputy commander, were held. - Express Tribune

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CALIFORNIA: A firefighting BAe-146s jet approaches to drop fire retardant, on Saturday at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California. The so-called Sherpa fire in the Los Padres National Forest is raging full speed, fanned by strong winds, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency and intermittently shut highways. The fire is the tourist region’s largest since 2009, a Santa Barbara spokeswoman said. — AFP

EL SALVADOR: A contestant performs during a living statue contest in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador. A living statue is a street entertainer who poses as a statue, in realistic makeup and costume, typically remaining immobile for very long periods of time. - Reuters

RUSSIA: A visitor interacts with a robot, sponsored by OAO Sberbank, on the closing day of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The 20th anniversary St Petersburg International Economic Forum runs from June 16 to 18. — Bloomberg News

RUSSIA: People participating in the ‘Colour Run 2016’ at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday. The Colour Run is

a five kilometres paint race without winners nor prizes, while runners are showered with coloured powder at stations along the run. - AFP

BRAZIL: A worker separates coffee cherries during harvest at a plantation in the Minas Gerais state near Guaxupe, Brazil, on Monday.

Arabica coffee declined, reversing last week’s rally, on speculation Brazil’s main growing areas escaped frost damage. A polar air mass that moved over Brazil’s coffee-growing areas at the weekend brought freezing temperatures, with Arabica areas of southern Minas Gerais and Parana states getting zero to 3 degrees Celsius (32 to 37 degrees Fahrenheit). – Bloomberg News

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FLASH FLOODS KILL 24 IN INDONESIA

Indonesian villagers look on after waters receded following flash floods in Kamulyan village in Banyumas, Central Java, on Sunday. Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in central Java province, officials said, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes. - AFP

Indonesian navy fires on Chinese boat BEIJING: An Indonesian naval vessel fired on a Chinese fishing boat, injuring one person, China’s Foreign Ministry said, the countries’ third reported confrontation this year near a chain of islands as regional tensions mount in the South China Sea. Indonesia’s navy said it had fired warning shots at several boats with Chinese flags that it accused of fishing illegally near the Natuna Islands — but a spokesman said there had been no injuries.

Indonesia is not part of a broader regional dispute over China’s reclamation activities in the South China Sea and Beijing’s claims on swathes of key waterways. But Jakarta has objected to China’s inclusion of parts of the Indonesian-ruled Natuna Islands within a ‘nine-dash line’ that Beijing marks on maps to show its claim on the body of water.

China has said it does not dispute Indonesia’s sovereignty over the Natuna Islands, although the statement said the area where the incident occurred is subject to overlapping interests.

The Indonesian warship damaged one Chinese fishing boat and detained another with seven people on board. - Reuters

M A L AY S I A

Najib defeats Mahathir’s challenge in twin by-polls KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ruling coalition coasted to victory as expected in two by-elections, defying a political movement led by former premier Mahathir Mohamad who has sought to turn voters against his scandal-tainted former protege Najib Razak.

The victories allow Prime Minister Najib, under pressure to resign over a graft scandal at state fund 1malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to further tighten his grip over the country and within the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) pact.

Najib’s party won the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary seats on Saturday with increased margins compared with those in 2013 general elections, the election commission said. Both areas are mostly made up of farming and fishing communities along peninsula Malaysia’s west coast.

“Tun Mahathir Mohamad turned the elections into a referendum on my leadership,” Najib said in a statement.

“They (the people) rejected Tun Mahathir’s lies, they rejected his unworkable coalition of former enemies, and they rejected the incoherent opposition - partly because of their alignment with Tun Mahathir,” he said.

Mahathir’s influence While the outcome of the byelections would not tilt the balance of power in parliament, observers noted that it may offer clues as to whether Mahathir’s influence is waning.

Najib’s alliance secured a landslide win in the Borneo state of Sarawak last month, and political experts feel he may call snap polls to consolidate his strong position.

James Chin, director at the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute, said there was a “high probability that there will be a snap polls if BN wins by big majorities.”

The next general election is scheduled for 2018. The coalition lost its two-third majority in the 2008 polls, and Najib lost the popular vote in 2013 despite BN retaining power.

Najib’s critics have demanded his resignation after reports claiming billions of dollars had been misappropriated through his pet project 1MDB, and that up to $1 billion was deposited into his personal bank account.

Najib has denied the reports.

Mahathir, who led the country for 22 years until retiring in 2003, quit the United Malay National Organisation party earlier this year in disgust over Najib’s grip on the party despite the allegations surrounding 1MDB. - Reuters

Protest against US bases in Japan after woman killed Tens of thousands of people gathered in Okinawa island following the arrest of an American suspected of murdering a local woman

NAHA (Japan): Tens of thousands of people gathered in sweltering heat on Japan’s Okinawa island on Sunday in one of the biggest demonstrations in two decades against United States military bases, following the arrest of an American suspected of murdering a local woman.

The protest marked a new low for the US and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in their relations with the island and threatens plans to move the US Marines Futenma air station to a less populous part of the island. Organisers said 65,000 people attended the rally at a park in central Naha.

“Japan is part of Japan and when you hurt your little finger the whole body feels pain. I want Abe to feel Okinawa’s pain,” said Shigenori Tsuhako, 70, who came to the event because his granddaughter is the same age as the 20-year-old murdered woman, Rina Shimabukuro.

The United States and Japan agreed in 1996 to close Futenma, located in a residential area, after the rape of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl by three US military personnel spurred mass demonstrations. That plan has been on hold because residents near the proposed relocation site oppose the move, worrying about noise, pollution and crime.

Okinawa assembly members against the move won a majority in the prefectural assembly election this month, providing support for Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga’s plan to have the base move elsewhere.

Speaking to the crowd in Naha,

he said he would fight to have those US Marines moved off the island.

Okinawa hosts 50,000 US nationals, including 30,000 military personnel and civilian contractors.

The site of some of the bloodiest fighting between the US and Japan in World War II, Okinawa remained under American occupation until 1972 and around a fifth of it is still under United States military control.

Tract of jungle Lieutenant General Lawrence D. Nicholson, commander of the US Marines there, said on Saturday that Washington may be able to return a 10,000 acre (40.5 square kilometres) tract of jungle early next year, which would be the biggest hand back since 1972.

Yet, with the United States and Japan looking to contain China’s growing might in the East China Sea, the Okinawan island chain, stretching close to Taiwan, is becoming strategically more valuable to military planners.

Japan’s Self Defence Force, which is pivoting away from defending its northern borders, is fortifying the region with radar bases and anti-ship missile batteries. Last month’s arrest of the US civilian worker prompted the US military to announce a 30-day period of mourning for the victim and restrict off-base drinking in a bid to assuage local anger.

But relations frayed further with the subsequent arrest of a United States sailor on Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving following a car crash.

“All US bases in Japan should close. I want Abe to listen to what the people in Okinawa are saying,” said Ryoko Shimabukuro, a 28-year-old government worker at the protest. - Reuters

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In camp gains momentum as UK campaign for June 23 vote restarts Both sides sought to adopt a more measured style on Sunday, paying their respects to Cox but sticking closely to the immigration versus economy debate that has defined the campaign LONDON: Campaigning for Britain’s vote on EU membership resumed on Sunday after a threeday hiatus prompted by the killing of a pro-EU lawmaker, but pledges of a more respectful tone were quickly tested by a fresh row over immigration.

Three opinion polls ahead of Thursday’s vote showed the ‘Remain’ camp recovering some momentum although the overall picture remained one of an evenly split electorate.

The murder of Jo Cox, a 41-yearold mother of two young children, shocked Britain, raised questions about the tone of campaigning and could yet prove a defining moment in what is Britain biggest political decision for decades.

Both sides sought to adopt a more measured style on Sunday, paying their respects to Cox but sticking closely to the immigration versus economy debate that has defined the campaign.

“I hope, because of the tragic death of Jo, we can have a less divisive political debate in our country,” finance minister George

TO STAY IN EU OR NOT: Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron, centre, poses with supporters after arriving in the Liberal Democrat Vote

Remain campaign bus, campaigning to avoid a Brexit in the EU referendum, during a launch event in east London on Sunday. — AFP

Osborne, a leading conservative ‘Remain’ campaigner, told ITV’s Peston on Sunday show. “Particularly in the last few days of this referendum we’re going to have less baseless assertion and inflamma-

tory rhetoric and more reasoned argument and facts,” he said.

Cox, a Labour Party lawmaker and ardent supporter of EU membership, was shot and stabbed in the street in her electoral district

in northern England on Thursday.

A 52-year-old man appeared in a London magistrate’s court on Saturday, charged with her murder.

Both ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ halted their campaigns until Sunday

morning. But the heated nature of the debate, which has so far seen ‘In’ campaigners accused of scaremongering on the economy and the ‘Out’ campaign’s immigration focus criticised as divi-

sive, soon resurfaced after the temporary truce.

Osborne criticised as “disgusting and vile” a poster unveiled by ‘Leave’ campaigners last week showing a line of refugees under the slogan ‘Breaking Point’, saying it was reminiscent of literature used in the 1930s.

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, who was pictured in front of the poster, said the EU had failed to control immigration properly and had compromised safety in Europe by allowing in religious extremists who wanted to attack Western states.

“Something that is true can’t be a scare, can it?,” Farage told BBC radio when asked about the poster.”It was a comment about us being part of a European Union that is failing.”

Farage also appeared to indicate he thought Cox’s killing had had an adverse effect on the ‘Out’ campaign.

“It has an impact on the campaign for everybody,” he told Peston on Sunday when asked whether it would affect the referendum outcome.”We did have momentum until this terrible tragedy.” The only poll fully carried out since the killing showed support for “In” at 45 per cent ahead of “Out” on 42 per cent - a reversal of the threepoint lead that the pollster, Survation, showed for ‘Out’ in a poll conducted on Wednesday.

Two other polls published on Saturday showed the ‘Remain’ campaign had regained its lead over ‘Leave’, while another showed the two camps running neck-and-neck.

However, pollsters said most of these surveys were carried out before Thursday’s attack and thus did not reflect the full impact of the event. “We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force,” Anthony Wells, a polling firm YouGov official said. — Reuters

TEST FOR PM RENZI

Italy cities vote with Rome possible to get female mayor ROME: Italians voted on Sunday for mayors of their largest cities in ballots which were testing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s popularity and could hand control of Rome to the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) whose candidate would become the city’s first woman mayor.

Virginia Raggi, a 37 year-old lawyer from the M5S, was in pole position after the first round of voting on June 5 to seize the scandal-plagued capital from Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD).

The PD took a bruising in the first round. Italy’s four biggest cities are among 126 places holding run-offs between first and second-placed candidates after none won more than 50 percent

backing. Attention is focused on Rome, financial hub Milan and the traditional PD stronghold Turin as 8.6 million people - just under a fifth of the total electorate - cast their vote. Voting began at 7 a.m.(0500 GMT) and closes at 11 p.m, and no exit polls will be published before then.

Raggi won 35.2 per cent in the first round, pushing Renzi’s candidate Roberto Giachetti into second place, with a campaign promising to fight graft and privilege.

“Today we need two things: honesty and courage,” Raggi tweeted, quoting 20th century socialist politician and former president Sandro Pertini.

Casting her vote at a school, Raggi joked with reporters but

declined to make any statements.

Conquering Rome would be a big victory for M5S, which has capitalised on widespread frustration with traditional parties as the left and right have been tainted by corruption scandals.

Local but emotive issues such as public transport and the poor state of the roads have been at the centre of debate in Rome, where many complain basic public services have been left to decay, and the former mayor was forced out by scandal.

“We Romans are all fed up, the previous mayor brought few results and great disappointment,” Rome resident Paolo, who declined to give his last name, said outside a polling station. — Reuters

B SUEZ CANAL’s NEW TOLL RATES

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority has set new toll rates for oil tankers as part of a six-month experiment that came into effect on Thursday, it said on its website. The canal is one of Egypt’s main sources of foreign currency. — Reuters

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MEGA MERGER

Abu Dhabi banks in talks to form biggest Middle East lender DUBAI: National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and First Gulf Bank (FGB) said they’re in talks to merge in a deal that would create the largest lender by assets in the Middle East.

A group of senior executives from each of the banks is reviewing the commercial, structural and legal aspects of a potential transaction, according to a filing to the Abu Dhabi stock exchange on Sunday. Bloomberg News was first to report the two lenders were considering a merger on June 16.

Fragmented banking sector A deal would create a lender with assets of about $170 billion and mark the first major banking merger in the United Arab Emirates since National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank International combined in 2007 to create Emirates NBD. The country’s fragmented banking industry is ready for consolidation and a deal could prompt further transactions among lenders, according to investment bank EFG-Hermes Holding.

“There’s no doubt it will lead

to synergies and would give them a competitive edge, considering there are more than 40 banks in the UAE,” Chiradeep Ghosh, a banking analyst at Securities & Investment Co. in Bahrain, said by phone on Sunday. “The combined entity will have a bigger equity book. That will help them to lend to larger entities and take up a greater share of the syndicated loan book.”

Bank advisers Credit Suisse Group is advising state-controlled NBAD while UBS Group is working with FGB, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. NBAD, FGB and Credit Suisse declined to comment, while UBS wasn’t immediately available to comment.

NBAD is the UAE’s secondbiggest bank by assets, while FGB is fourth-ranked. A combination would help them overtake Emirates NBD as the country’s largest lender and represent nearly a quarter of the system’s loans and deposits, according to EFGHermes. — Bloomberg News

MUSCAT: Al Yusr Islamic Banking, the Sharia-compliant window of Oman Arab Bank (OAB), recently conducted its second Sharia Supervisory Board meeting for 2016 at its new head office in Athaiba.

The meeting was chaired by Dr Essam Al Enezi, chairman of Al Yusr Sharia Supervisory Board, and attended by Board Members Dr Ahmad Ayyadi and Dr Abdulaziz Al Qassar, as well as Al Yusr’s senior management, Abdul Qader Al Balushi, General Manager of Al Yusr, Said Abu Assoud, Head of Al Yusr Islamic Banking Operations, and Dr Muhammad Iman Sastra Mihajat, Head of Sharia Audit and Compliance.

During the meeting, Al Yusr Sh-

aria Supervisory Board (SSB) approved OAB’s support of Al Yusr’s business activities, which will enable Al Yusr to further improve its performance.

As part of its commitment to introduce innovative and value added solutions for its customers, Al Yusr’s management presented the new “growth account” product structure, based on the Sharia concept of Mudaraba, which was then approved by the SSB,noting that this will be an excellent product to enable customers to earn attractive returns on their deposits in a Sharia compliant manner.

Al Yusr SSB also agreed to develop the standalone diminishing Musharakah product for multipurpose finance, in response to market requirements.

Abdul Qader Al Balushi, General Manager of Al Yusr, said that Al Yusr Islamic banking is wellknown in the Sultanate for its innovative products and effective customer service.

Further, Said Abu Assoud expressed his appreciation for the SSB’s guidance and support for Al Yusr and enabling it to provide a compelling and competitive Islamic banking proposition.

The Sharia department updated the Board about Al Yusr’s retail, corporate and treasury departments and how there have been improvements in branches, in terms of understanding and implementing Sharia principles. Dr Muhammad Iman Sasra Mihajat shared plans to conduct Sharia training for Al Yusr branch staffs.

Crude production in May rises marginally Total crude oil exported during May 2016 stood at 26.94 million barrels, a daily average of 869,007 barrels, registering a

VUTAL RESOURCE: In terms of major countries that imported Omani crude oil, China was followed by

USA, Japan, India and Taiwan. — Times file picture

decline of 10.45 per cent compared to April 2016

MUSCAT: Oman’s total crude oil and condensates production during May 2016 stood at 30.10 million barrels, a daily average of 999,836 barrels, constituting a rise by 0.56 per cent compared to the daily production during April 2016 when calculating the daily average, according to the monthly report published by the Ministry of Oil and Gas. The total quantities of crude oil

exported abroad during May 2016 stood at 26.94 million barrels, a daily average of 869,007 barrels, registering a decline of 10.45 per cent compared to April 2016 while calculating the daily average.

The report said that while the imported quantities by China still constitute the major chunk of the Oman’s crude oil exports (60 per cent). In terms of major countries that imported Omani crude oil, China was followed by USA (14.02 per cent), Japan (13.54 per cent), India (3.76 per cent) and Taiwan (3.80 per cent). The report added that the price of crude oil for the reference oil round the world witnessed a remarkable increase

during May 2016. It continued its upward trend for the settlement price in April 2016 ; up by more than $4 per barrel compared to the settlement price in April 2016.

The average price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude grade in New York touched $47.27 per barrel in April 2016, showing a rise with $5.26 a barrel over the previous month.

The average price of North Sea Brent grade reached $47.65 a barrel, an increase of $4.32 per barrel over March 2016.

The trading of Oman Crude Oil Future Contract on Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME Oman) rose by more than 12.5 per cent

compared with April 2016. Oman oil price (July Delivery 2016) stood at $44.33 a barrel, comprising a rise by $4.93 compared to June delivery 2016. It averaged between $46.46 a barrel and $41.12 a barrel.

Settlement price This increase in the settlement price is attributed to a number of key factors that have direct effect on prices including but not limited to decrease in USA reserves, the US dollar exchange rate, the decrease in production by Nigeria, Libya and Venezuela, in addition to decreased production from Canada due to fires. — ONA

EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY

EU banking watchdog to leave London in case of Brexit

MAJOR MERGER: A deal would also mark the United Arab Emir-

ates’s first major banking-industry merger since National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank International combined to create Emirates NBD in 2007. — Bloomberg file picture

BERLIN: The European Union’s banking watchdog will move from London to another European capital if Britain decides to quit the bloc in a referendum this week, its chairman said in an interview published on Sunday.

Britain votes on June 23 on whether to stay in the 28-member bloc, a choice with far-reaching consequences for politics, the economy, defence and diplomacy on the continent. The London-

based EBA, founded in 2011 as a reaction to the global financial crisis, operates as a pan-EU regulator, writing and coordinating banking rules across the bloc.

“If the British should decide to leave the EU, we actually would have to move to another European capital,” Andrea Enria, head of the European Banking Authority (EBA), told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

While betting odds have con-

sistently indicated a vote to remain in the EU, opinion pollsters have so far painted contradictory pictures of how Britons will vote.

The EBA is currently working on an EU single rulebook aimed at ensuring a level playing field for all banks across the 28-country bloc’s capital market. “This work needs to be completed irrespective of the result of the referendum,” said Enria, an Italian national. “We must ensure that

there are no different rules between the countries that have the euro and those that do not have it.”

Enria said the European banking sector was more stable now than five years ago, but there was still need for consolidation.

“If you look at the balance sheets of banks, you could actually ask yourself whether such low profitability and such low return on investment are sustainable in the long term,” he said. — Reuters

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MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................ 5,814.41 ...............5,806.14 ....................5,807.51 ...................5,808.07.................. -0.56 .................. -0.01 Financial Index .....................................7,352.83 ...............7,327.40 ....................7,328.18 ................... 7,339.32.................-11.14 .................. -0.15 Industrial Index ....................................7,329.09 ................7,317.73 ................... 7,326.54 .................... 7,317.73.................... 8.81 ................... 0.12 Services Index .......................................3,247.28 .............. 3,244.97 ................... 3,245.21 ................... 3,247.27..................-2.06 .................. -0.06 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................886.80 ..................885.59 ...................... 885.60 ...................... 885.29.................... 0.31 ...................0.04 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 7,014,158 .................... 1,084,645 .....................274 ................ 17,015,365,169 .................. 5 ..................... 10 .................... 15 .........................30

Sunday’s top gainer was Phoenix Power, up 1.30 per cent while Oman Textile Holdings

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was the top loser, down 5.88 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: Amid minimal trading activity, the MSM30 Index remained little changed at 5,807.51 points, down 0.01 per cent.

The MSM Sharia Index closed at 885.60 points, up 0.04 per cent. HSBC Bank was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Sunday’s top gainer was Phoenix Power, up 1.30 per cent while Oman Textile Holdings was the top loser, down 5.88 per cent.

A total number of 256 trades were executed on Sunday, generating turnover of OMR1.08 million with 7.0 million shares changing hands. Out of 27 traded securities, five advanced, eight declined and 14 remained unchanged. At the session close, Omani investors remained net buyers for OMR233,000 while GCC & Arab Investors were net sellers for OMR150,000 followed by foreign investors for OMR83,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index ended negatively at 7,328.18 points, down 0.15 per cent. Bank Sohar and Bank Muscat gained 0.57 per cent and 0.51 per cent respectively. Al Anwar Holding, HSBC Bank, Gulf Investment Services and Oman & Emirates Holding declined 1.07 per cent, 0.99 per

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 120,439 ........... 25,093........................5 ........... 0.209...........0.209 ...........0.205........... 0.208 .............0.206 ........... 0.002............. 0.971 ................0.205..............0.205...................0.208 ..................25,978,776 .........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 1,295,725 ......226,271.....................20 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.174 ............0.175 ............. 0.174.............0.001 ............. 0.575 ................0.174 .............. 0.174...................0.175 ..................280,787,385 ........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................. 45,000 ............. 17,610..................... 28 ........... 0.390 ...........0.394 ...........0.390........... 0.392 .............0.390 ........... 0.002............. 0.513 ................0.394..............0.390...................0.394 .................978,530,101 ........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............55,530 .............13,938........................4 ........... 0.255 ........... 0.255 ...........0.250............0.251 .............0.250 ............0.001 .............0.400 ................0.250..............0.250...................0.251.................... 5,271,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ...................................5,000 ............... 1,275........................1 ........... 0.255 ........... 0.255 ...........0.255........... 0.248 .............0.248 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.255..............0.248...................0.255.................. 24,800,000 ........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ...........................5,000 ...............1,230........................3 ........... 0.246 ...........0.246 ...........0.246........... 0.246 .............0.246 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.246..............0.233...................0.246 ..................23,379,840.........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE................18,000 ...............3,546........................1 ............0.197 ........... 0.197 ...........0.197 ............0.197 ............. 0.197............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.197 .............. 0.197...................0.202 ..................39,400,000.........0.100 OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY......................................27,000 ............ 49,140........................6 ............1.820 ........... 1.820 ...........1.820........... 1.820 .............1.820 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................1.820............. 0.000...................1.820..................163,254,000 .......0.100 OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ............................................................54,467 .............25,737........................8 ........... 0.472 ........... 0.474 ...........0.426........... 0.472 .............0.472 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.426..............0.426...................0.490 ................. 156,171,919 ........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 110,000...............6,820........................6 ........... 0.062 ...........0.062 ...........0.062........... 0.062 .............0.062 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.062..............0.061...................0.065...................12,843,386 .........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ...................................... 60,000 .............17,690........................4 ........... 0.295 ...........0.295 ...........0.294 .......... 0.295 .............0.295 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.295............. 0.290...................0.295................... 85,742,051 .........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 236,580 ............25,812......................19 ............0.110 ........... 0.110............0.109........... 0.109 .............0.109 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.109..............0.108...................0.109................... 31,607,889 .........0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ....................................................... 6,622 ...............2,783........................5 ........... 0.420 ...........0.422 ...........0.420........... 0.420 .............0.420 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.420..............0.420...................0.428 ..................25,410,000 .........0.100

Muscat Securities Market.

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OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ..................................................... 1,718 .................. 773........................3 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.450..............0.450...................0.458...................23,625,000.........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................87,006 .......... 139,645......................11 ............1.605 ........... 1.605 ...........1.605 ............1.605 ............. 1.610............-0.005 ............-0.311................1.605 ..............1.600...................1.605................1,203,750,000 ......0.100 OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ............................................................. 72,951 ............. 38,115..................... 10 ........... 0.522 ...........0.524 ...........0.520........... 0.522 .............0.524 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.382 ...............0.524..............0.520...................0.524 ..................28,710,000 .........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING.............20,427 ...............2,839........................4 ............0.140 ........... 0.140 ...........0.138 ............0.139 .............0.140 ...........-0.001 ............-0.714................0.138 .............. 0.138...................0.140...................16,940,625 .........0.100

cent, 0.86 per cent and 0.71 per cent respectively.

Industrial Index gained 0.12 per cent to close at 7,326.54 points. Al Jazeera Steel and Gulf International Chemicals increased 0.97 per cent and 0.40 per cent respectively. Oman Textiles and Construction Materials decreased 5.88 per cent and 3.13 per cent respectively.

Services Index declined 0.06 per cent to close at 3,245.21 points. Phoenix Power, up 1.30 per cent, was the only sector gainer. National Gas and Omantel decreased 0.38 per cent and 0.31 per cent respectively. — United

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES .......................... 50,000 ............... 5,750........................3 ............0.115 ........... 0.115............ 0.115 ............0.115 ............. 0.116 ............-0.001 ........... -0.862 ...............0.115 .............. 0.112................... 0.115 .................... 6,766,970 ..........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 2,734,191.......272,105..................... 30 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.100 ...........0.099........... 0.100 ............. 0.101............-0.001 ........... -0.990 ...............0.099..............0.098...................0.099..................200,031,279........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING.................................................70,867 .............13,105......................17 ............0.187 ........... 0.187 ...........0.184............0.185 ............. 0.187............-0.002 ........... -1.070................0.184..............0.184...................0.185...................32,375,455 .........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............31,000 ...............4,227........................3 ............0.137 ........... 0.137 ...........0.136 ............0.136 ............. 0.139............-0.003 ........... -2.158................0.136 .............. 0.136...................0.138...................12,240,000.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 5,107,523 ......893,504....................191 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......21........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 433,511 ............. 67,561..................... 27 ............0.154 ........... 0.156 ...........0.154 ............0.156 .............0.154............ 0.002............. 1.299 ................0.156 .............. 0.156...................0.159..................228,165,828........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................56,500 ...............3,447........................5 ............0.061 ........... 0.061 ...........0.061 ........... 0.061 ............. 0.061............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.061 ..............0.060...................0.061.................... 7,625,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001897 ............MAJAN COLLEGE ..........................................................2,000 ...............1,000........................1 ........... 0.500 ...........0.500 ...........0.500........... 0.510 .............0.510............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.500..............0.500...................0.520 ..................15,300,000.........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 379,198............ 28,979......................21 ........... 0.077 ........... 0.077 ...........0.076........... 0.076 .............0.076 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.076..............0.076...................0.077..................114,000,000........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 421,344 ........... 24,912......................16 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.059........... 0.059 .............0.059 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.059..............0.059...................0.060 ..................59,000,000.........0.100 OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ............................ 505,000 ........... 60,590........................3 ............0.118 ........... 0.120 ...........0.118 ........... 0.120 .............0.120 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.120..............0.120...................0.124...................12,000,000.........0.100 OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ............................................... 12,120 ............... 1,357........................1 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............0.112 ............0.112 ............. 0.114............-0.002 ............-1.754................0.112 .............. 0.112................... 0.114 ................... 28,116,413 .........0.100 OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ....................95,962 ...............2,975........................8 ............0.031 ........... 0.031 ...........0.031 ............0.031 .............0.032 ...........-0.001 ............-3.125................0.031 ..............0.030...................0.031....................2,635,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ....................................... 1,000 ..................320........................1 ........... 0.320 ...........0.320 ...........0.320........... 0.320 .............0.340 ...........-0.020 ........... -5.882 ...............0.320..............0.322...................0.360 ...................1,920,000 ..........1.000 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 1,906,635 ....... 191,141..................... 83 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 9........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Securities

OMAN UNITED EXCHANGE

OUE celebrates 2 years of operations in Duqm Times News Service MUSCAT: Oman United Exchange Company (OUE), established in 1983, is one of the leading exchange houses in Oman and is celebrating its second anniversary in Duqm.

Speaking at the event Syed Faraz Ahmed, the general manager of OUE said, “At Oman United Exchange, we were among the pioneers to recognise the potential of Duqm, two years ago. With government’s efforts to develop the Duqm Special Economic Zone combined with the rapid development of the port, upcoming rail network and the huge

investments which are pouring in every day, we at Oman United Exchange are confident about the future growth and we wish to be a part of this success story.”

With branches spread throughout the Sultanate of Oman, Oman United Exchange provides services such as remittances, purchase and sale of foreign currency, instant money transfer, drafts, telegraphic transfer and provides bank account opening facilities for select countries.

In addition, when clients remit money from OUE to Pakistan, the beneficiaries can instantly collect it from any of the 3,000 bank locations across Pakistan.

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India searches for new central bank governor to replace Rajan

consultation with the finance minister. Below are potential candidates to succeed Rajan as governor in the world’s fastest growing major economy, according to Ambit Capital and media reports.

about 25 years of experience in economic policy making. With a doctorate in economics from Yale University, Patel has been a key architect of reforms at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), including the establishment of an inflation targeting framework.

A panel headed by Patel, 52, had proposed a shift to consumer-price inflation to anchor monetary policy.

As part of this, the government agreed last year to adopt a 4 per cent inflation target with a band of plus or minus two percentage points, and to have a monetary policy committee set interest rates. Patel didn’t immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Urjit Patel, like Rajan, has spent several years overseas and has

Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya, 60, took over as head of India’s largest lend-

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that a successor would be announced shortly. India’s central bank chiefs are appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the finance minister.

NEW DELHI: With Indian central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan heading back to academia after his term ends in September, the search for his replacement has begun.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that a successor would be announced shortly.

India’s central bank chiefs are appointed by the prime minister in ACQUISITION

Emaar Properties Chairman Mohamed Alabbar. — Bloomberg file picture

Adeptio agrees to buy Americana stake at premium DUBAI: A United Arab Emirates-based investor group led by Emaar Properties Chairman Mohamed Alabbar said it agreed to buy Kuwait Food Co. shares from its majority stockholder for $2.36 billion. Adeptio AD Investments SPC Ltd., the group led by Alabbar, will pay 2.65 Kuwaiti dinars ($8.80) per share to buy a stake in the company known as Americana from Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Co., the companies said in a statement.

That represents a 26 per cent premium to the last closing price on Wednesday in a sales process that has stretched back at least two years.

Adeptio will launch a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining shares of Americana at the same price, according to the statement. Al Khair owns a 67 per cent stake in the company that operates KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in the Middle East and North Africa, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Throughout the years, suitors have included Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte, KKR & Co. and CVC Capital Partners.

The shares of Americana have gained 5 per cent this year to 2.1 dinars, while Kuwait’s index has declined 3.9 per cent.

“We are delighted to have acquired one of the crown jewels of the Middle East,” Alabbar said in the statement. “With its long and successful history as the leading food and restaurants business in MENA, Americana is uniquely positioned in the region.”

Adeptio hired Goldman Sachs Group for advice on the transaction, as well as Allen & Overy as its lawyers. Rothschild advised Al Khair, which sought legal counsel from Clifford Chance. Standard Chartered Bank assisted in structuring the acquisition financing and joined Credit Suisse, Ahli United Bank, Emirates NBD, First Gulf Bank and NBAD as mandated lead arrangers for the transaction. — Bloomberg News

er in 2013 and revamped its operations. If appointed, she would be India’s first female central bank governor.

In 2014, Bhattacharya was ranked among the 50 Most Influential people in global finance by Bloomberg Markets magazine. She was also ranked as the fifth-most powerful woman in finance by the Forbes magazine.

She is also credited with ushering in technology in the 200 yearold institution. Bhattacharya has demanded more power for bankers to tackle bad loans, and pushed for the merger of State Bank with five subsidiaries.

Shaktikanta Das, Economic Affairs Secretary, Finance Ministry Shaktikanta Das, 59, is a career bureaucrat with almost four decades of service. His job requires him to closely coordinate with the central bank, and he’s involved with dis-

cussions on setting up a new monetary policy committee. As a director on the board of the Reserve Bank of India, he understands how the institution functions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initially brought Das into the finance ministry to head revenue department, which was battling perceptions of “tax terrorism.” In that role, Das proposed lowering the corporate tax rate, and led government efforts in curbing black money by negotiating a deal with Switzerland for more disclosure and announcing an amnesty program.

Das has been a key figure in putting together India’s budget, often acting as a crucial link between the finance ministry and other departments. He also actively promotes government initiatives on Twitter, a trait Modi appreciates among his ministers and bureaucrats.

Das, due to retire in February

2017, didn’t answer two calls to his mobile phone on Saturday.

Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Finance Ministry Arvind Subramanian, 57, replaced Rajan as chief economic adviser in the finance ministry in October 2014.

The Oxford University-educated economist is a proponent of lower interest rates and has supported an easier budget deficit goal to boost public expenditure.

In his current job, Subramanian gives input on the economy and authors the Economic Survey, an annual report card of the finance ministry.

He is also a member of the finance minister’s expert group on the Group of 20. He prepared a report on potential rates for India’s long-delayed goods-and-services tax, which is still stuck in parliament. — Bloomberg News

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orruption is a huge problem across the globe. In Africa, it is estimated that one-quarter of the continent’s GDP is “lost to corruption each year.”

In Latin America, the Inter-American Development Bank believes that corruption may cost 10 per cent of GDP every year. In the only comprehensive overview based on surveys of businesses and households, the World Bank puts the total direct cost of corruption at $1 trillion annually.

The international community has time and again reaffirmed its intent to stamp out corruption, most recently last year, when the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, as the Copenhagen Consensus, the think tank I head, has documented, for all the well-intentioned policies, there have been few successes.

One study examined the 145 countries that introduced institutional reforms with the support of the World Bank or other donor agencies from 1998 to 2008. Comfortingly, government effectiveness improved in half the countries. Unfortunately, effectiveness actually worsened in the other half, suggesting no overall effect.

But now we may have some unambiguously good news in tackling corruption: an intervention that can make a large impact for a surprisingly low cost.

In Bangladesh, the world’s eighthmost populous country, the Copenhagen Consensus worked with the world’s biggest NGO, the renowned BRAC, and dozens of Bangladeshi and international expert economists to analyse the most effective solutions to the country’s many challenges.

These include better brick kilns to tackle air pollution in Dhaka, micronutrients to combat pervasive stunting, planting mangrove to protect against flooding, more effective tuberculosis treatment, and improved services for the half-million people migrating overseas every year.

Our economists estimate the costs of each policy, along with their social, environmental, and economic benefits, in order to show which investments deliver the highest return. International development organisations spend $3 billion each year in Bangladesh, so knowing how much good each investment does is essential to prioritising projects.

Moreover, though Bangladesh has made spectacular progress in recent years, with the economy growing by about six per cent per year, on av-

erage, and poverty reduced by half since 2000, its target of achieving lower-middle-income status by 2021 is highly ambitious. To meet it, Bangladesh will have to fix the problems that continue to frustrate development, and that requires a razor-sharp focus on the most effective solutions.

Each year, Bangladesh spends $9 billion (6 per cent of GDP) on government procurement — everything from highways and bridges to desks and pencils — which amounts to about one-third of the entire public budget.

And procurement is notoriously vulnerable to corruption. Burdensome procedures exclude most competitors.

As one contractor, Ashraful Alam, put it: “Purchasing reams of tender documents and physically submitting them to government procurement entities was difficult for me, let alone winning any contracts. I lost interest in bidding after such a lengthy exercise.” And sometimes contractors’ political connections enable them to win bids or block others. The result is higher costs for taxpayers and donors.

But new research by Wahid Abdallah, a research fellow at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development in Dhaka, shows that electronic government procurement holds enormous potential. An ongo-

ing project started in 2008 by the national government and the World Bank documents the promise.

By 2011, four Bangladeshi agencies that represent about 10 per cent of all public procurement had implemented e-procurement. Online submissions would drive up the number of bids — and thus drive down prices.

With the new process, Alam is now bidding again: “Now I can submit tenders online, even from home without any hassle and undue influence or obstruction.” Who won, and at what price, is also placed online, reducing favouritism.

Analyzing data from one of the four agencies that have implemented e-procurement reveals that prices have indeed gone down, typically by 11.9 per cent. The effects of expanding e-procurement across the rest of the government would be enormous.

The costs would include a one-time investment of about $13 million to purchase computers and software, $4 million to train 114,000 more staff across Bangladesh, and expenses for operations and maintenance. Total costs in the coming years are estimated at about $18 million.

The benefits, however, would dwarf these outlays. Online procurement in all government sectors would produce annual benefits —

cheaper goods and services — worth $700-900 million. Given that the costs are paid once, but the benefits are annual, the total cost of $18 million should be compared to a total present value of all future benefits of at least $12 billion, with each dollar producing $663 of social benefits.

E-procurement turns out to be a phenomenally good way to tackle corruption. Many other smart solutions will be needed to eliminate the problem, and many other solutions are needed for the myriad challenges that still confront Bangladesh. But when economic research can help highlight the smartest solutions, it can help everyone spend better.

— Project Syndicate

Bjørn Lomborg, a visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School, is Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which seeks to study environmental problems and solutions using the best available analytical methods. He is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, Cool It, How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place and The Nobel Laureates' Guide to the Smartest Targets for the World, and was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2004.

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Facebook to unveil new tools for mobile

LOGICMONITOR RAISES $130M LogicMonitor, which helps companies manage their technology systems in data centres, has raised $130 million to help expand its product lineup and global reach. With the funding, the Santa Barbara, California-based company has raised more than $150 million, Chief Executive Officer Kevin McGibben said in an interview. — Bloomberg News

T E C H U P D AT E S

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to be like Facebook for careers: Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he’s enthusiastic about the company’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, viewing it as an opportunity to build a business network for the working world like Facebook has created for social communities. Users should be compelled to say: “This professional feed in LinkedIn, that is how I want to learn about my career, my company, my industry, and I’m going back there,” Gates said in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s Erik Schatzker. “If we can make that as valuable as the Facebook feed in the social world, that’s huge value creation and that’ll happen over a period of years.”

The purchase is a way for Microsoft, which largely missed out on the consumer web boom dominated by the likes of Google and Facebook, to acquire social tools. Yet the price of the transaction, announced June 13 as one of the largest technology industry deals on record, weighed on Microsoft’s shares earlier this week. Gates, who remains a board member of Microsoft, seemed unconcerned by the 2 percent decline in the stock since the deal was announced.

“I certainly think that the value of the two companies combined is greater than the two by themselves, but I love the idea that the market wants us to show that,” he said. — Bloomberg News

Alphabet shares fall after slowdown in ad spending

It’s also creating an interface advertisers

If a company doesn’t become expert at mobile marketing, they will be at a competitive disadvantage. The rate of disruption is faster than anything we’ve ever seen and marketers are having to rethink and rewire their business models

can use to review campaigns before they’re published on a phone, as well as data tools to create ads based

Carolyn Everson

on demographics,

Facebook’s vice-president for global marketing solutions

search preferences, social media likes and topics.

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acebook, the world’s most popular socialmedia site, plans to introduce new tools to help marketers target consumers and spread their messages via mobile phones, in a bid to encourage more businesses to advertise on portable devices.

The Menlo Park, Californiabased company, which gets 82 per cent of its advertising revenue from mobile, plans to make it possible to create and publish campaigns directly from smartphones.

It’s also creating an interface advertisers can use to review campaigns before they’re published on a phone, as well as data tools to create ads based on demographics, search preferences, social media likes and topics.

“We want the ability to build where people are, to approve work and make work for a mobile phone on a mobile phone,’’ Mark D’Arcy,

Facebook’s chief creative officer, said in an interview. “No one has been able to crack mobile advertising. We’re still just in the beginning of the creative stages of mobile ads.”

1.65 billion users Facebook, which has 1.65 billion users, plans to show off the new features at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity next week, where it will court brands and advertisers keen to learn new techniques for reaching social media users. Tech peers like Google, Microsoft and Twitter are set to descend on the French Riviera, too, handing out gift bags and staging parties with celebrity guests as they angle for a chunk of the $600 billion global ad market.

Mobile will account for 71 per cent of the digital ad spending and 32 per cent of the total advertising expenditure by 2020, up from 55 per cent and 19 per cent estimated for this year, according to the researcher eMarketer.

“If a company doesn’t become expert at mobile marketing, they

will be at a competitive disadvantage,’’ Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s vice-president for global marketing solutions, said in an interview.

“The rate of disruption is faster than anything we’ve ever seen and marketers are having to rethink and rewire their business models.’’

The world’s largest advertising companies — including WPP, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group of Cos. — have been increasing the portion of clients’ spending that they direct to mobile campaigns. WPP last year lifted its overall spending on Facebook to $1 billion from $640 million.

Facebook is making it possible to create and upload to two of its popular ad-building tools, Canvas and Slideshow, entirely from smartphones. The move is aimed at making it easier to develop mobile campaigns in countries where many users access the Internet primarily from mobile phones or other portable devices, rather than PCs. Anyone can start drafting and publishing ad campaigns on Canvas and Slideshow from next week,

while the Creative Hub interface will start only for ad agencies, the company said. The data-sifting feature is being tested by a small group of advertisers to start.

Biggest drivers One of the biggest drivers of mobile advertising is video, and Facebook users are sharing and creating nearly three times more video on Facebook than a year ago, according to Facebook’s D’Arcy.

On Instagram, Facebook’s mobile photo- and video-sharing service, the time people spent watching videos rose by more than 40 percent as of February compared to six months earlier.

Instagram will deliver $1.53 billion in revenue this year, according to eMarketer. The service has 200,000 advertisers, Everson said.

“The majority of people on Instagram are connected to businesses, and they follow people on Facebook more,’’ she said. “We’re still in the earliest days of building it out as a platform for marketers.’’

— Bloomberg News

Alphabet shares fell the most in almost two months Friday after Citigroup Global Markets said spending on Google ads may slow. Citigroup Analyst Mark May said recent checks with two leading search engine marketing agencies suggest a “slight deceleration in the year over year growth rate for search marketing spend” in the second quarter compared with the first. “This could be slightly below current forecasts, though how to interpret the data and what to compare it with is sometimes up for debate.” Alphabet, the parent company of Google, fell 2.3 per cent to $694.13 at 2:29pm in New York.

Earlier it slid as much as 3.2 per cent, its biggest intraday decline since April. “There is a possibility that — like in 1Q16 — that 2Q16 gross revenue could again come in 1-2 per cent below expectations,” May said in the note to clients. May maintained his buy rating on Alphabet. — Bloomberg News

Samsung to buy Joyent to expand in cloud computing Samsung Electronics will acquire Joyent to expand in cloud computing as the world’s largest smartphone maker looks beyond hardware for revenue growth. The deal will help Samsung build its cloud infrastructure, the Galaxy maker said in a statement without disclosing a purchase price. The acquisition gives the Suwon, South Koreabased company its own platform to support mobile, internet of things and cloud services. Samsung has been “actively looking” to acquire software developers, including artificial intelligence, as it tries to overcome flat-lining sales for its devices, Executive Vice President Rhee In Jong said in March. Samsung had more than $60 billion in cash and equivalents as of the end of the first quarter.

Vice Chairman Lee Jae Yong is trying to reduce the company’s focus on manufacturing, which had helped create the world’s biggest maker of phones, TVs and memory chips. Shipments of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and other models fell for a second straight year in 2015 as Apple’s iPhones gained traction in the high-end category while models from Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi attracted budget buyers. Revenue and net income have fallen for two straight years while the stock has posted three consecutive annual declines. Asia’s biggest technology company was involved in 12 deals totaling $456 million last year, according to data compiled

by Bloomberg. They included the purchase of LoopPay, a company that develops technology for mobile payments, last year as well as purchasing SmartThings, which makes mobile applications to control electronics in houses in August 2014. — Bloomberg News

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ROUND-UP Infiniti Oman offers best deals on sedans Customers looking for a new luxury car deal during this important time of the year can take advantage of best offers being made available on sedans from Infiniti Oman

MUSCAT: Infiniti Oman, from the house of Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA), has announced a special Ramadan offer on Infiniti sedans recognised for its drivability, efficiency, and performance.

The offer is valid till July 31.

Customers looking for a new luxury car deal during this important time of the year can take advantage of best offers being made available on sedans from Infiniti Oman. The Ramadan package for sedans is custom-made for customers to enjoy more value, making Infiniti one of the most admired and desirable brand of vehicles in the Sultanate, says a press release.

A senior spokesperson at Infiniti Oman said, “At Infiniti, we always believe in providing added value and exclusive offers to our cherished buyers. Our special Ramadan offer on sedans is an extension of our commitment to ensure a second-to-none experience to our patrons.”

Terms and conditions The scheme is applicable for all customers purchasing Infiniti vehicles for their personal use only.

This is not applicable for rent a car/ taxi/ driver trainer segment.

Assured gifts All customers purchasing Infiniti Q50, Q60 and Q70 during the scheme period are eligible for a Fredrick Constant Men’s and Women’s watches.

Assured cash gift All customers purchasing Infiniti Q50, Q60 and Q70 in the scheme period will get an assured cash gift.

It will be OMR1,000 for Q50 2.0 Turbo Q50 3.7 V6 and Q60 3.7 V6; and OMR1,500 for Q70 3.7 V6 and Q70 5.6 V8.

Vehicle maintenance Customers purchasing Infiniti Q50, Q60 and Q70 in the scheme period will get free periodic vehicle maintenance for three years or 60,000km (whichever is earlier).

This offer excludes battery, and wear and tear components.

Free registration All customers purchasing Infiniti Q50, Q60 and Q70 in the scheme period will be eligible for free first year vehicle registration.

Mileage warranty Infiniti Q50, Q60 and Q70 purchased in the scheme period will have an extended six years/ unlimited mileage warranty.

Free insurance All customers purchasing Infiniti Q50 3.7 MY15 and Q60 3.7 Coupe MY15 in scheme period will be eligible for free first year vehicle insurance (for Oman and UAE).

AAA/ Road assistance card Free AAA/ road assistance card will be given on the purchase of Infiniti saloon cars and SUV vehicles only. This will be for the first year only and as supported by AAA in Oman and UAE. Product line up Infiniti has generated respect as the provocateur brand in the premium category, with a reputation for defying convention and creating irresistible and provocative automobiles, engineered with obsessive attention to detail.

Infiniti Q50 The Infiniti Q50 sports sedan brings together category-defining

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design, rewarding performance, world-first technologies and unmatched levels of connectivity and personalisation. Along with the pioneering Direct Adaptive Steering technology and Active Lane Control available exclusively on Infiniti Q50, it also introduces Infiniti’s Direct Response Hybrid System to the Middle East lineup for the first time. Infiniti Q50 offers the ideal balance of performance and efficiency.

Infiniti Q60 The Infiniti Q60 Convertible remains one of the most seductive vehicles in its class. Created around the central idea that a luxury performance convertible should look equally inviting with its top up or down - and be equally enjoyable to drive sans roof or not - the Q60 Convertible combines grace and performance with signature Infiniti attention to detail.

Like the Q60 Coupe, the Q60 Convertible’s outstanding dynamic performance credentials start with a combination of its advanced FM platform and awardwinning V6 engine. Every 2013 Q60 Convertible comes equipped with a standard 3.7-litre V6 engine with VVEL (for Variable Valve Event and Lift), rated at 328 horsepower and 360 Nm @ 5,200 rpm of torque. The VVEL system combines hydraulic-controlled variable valve timing and electronically controlled variable valve lift on the intake side, helping to improve not only performance and response but also emissions and fuel efficiency (over a non-VVEL system).

Infiniti Q70 The Q70 is launched with the excellence and luxury grade that features the premium body design.

As an added alternative, the sport grade is available with the sport body design. The sport body de-

sign features a specially designed front bumper that gives an even lower and wider stance. The trapezoidal bumper intake and apron shape inspired from racecar splitters give an athletic presence and bold impression. Black painted turn and fog finishers as well as the rear bumper finished in high-gloss black paint reinforce the sporty appearance.

Promising high-performance, the new Q70 is equipped with the 3.7-litre V6 engine, rated at 329 hp @ 7,000 rpm and 363 Nm of torque. The refined aluminiumalloy DOHC 24-valve engine is equipped with Variable Valve Event & Lift (VVEL) that combines hydraulic-controlled variable valve timing and electronically controlled variable valve lift on the intake side to help improve performance and response. Also available is the 5.6-litre V8 engine that delivers 402 hp @ 6,000 rpm and 550 Nm of torque.

Infiniti promise Every Infiniti design model seduces the senses. From the smooth incline in the front grille to the charismatic flared wheel arches and a subtle hint of a samurai sword in the chrome door strip, all conspire to leave an abiding impression of magnetic muscularity and enthralling performance.

A unique and rare combination expressed by every Infiniti model – the vehicles are engineered, designed and refined to transform raw power into a virtuoso performance. Infiniti combines design flair, rewarding driving dynamics and high levels of technology, which are embedded into the DNA of their standout true seven-seat luxury vehicles.

Get acquainted with the pinnacle of Japanese economy. Each Infiniti model unifies luxury and automotive innovation in the most elegant of ways to form designs that inspire you at every term.

Visit your nearest showroom to witness the entire range and the fascinating mix of season compliments which bring the signature luxury driving experience right within your reach.

SBA is largely committed to supporting Infiniti Oman’s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman.

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Destination Oman initiates welfare campaign with Dar Al Atta’a this Ramadan MUSCAT: Destination Oman, a credible annual tourism publication, is partnering with Dar Al Atta’a charity organisation as part of its corporate social responsibility to help the less privileged.

Coinciding with the 12th anniversary of the publication, it will be donating OMR1 from every copy sold of the 2016-17 edition, towards charity, until the end of Ramadan, says a press release.

The book that is priced at OMR5 per copy is an informative guide and pictorial treatise on the Sultanate of Oman’s tourism potential. The aesthetically produced A4 size publication is packed with stories on tourism destinations aptly illustrated with stunning pictures, many of which are contributed by the readers themselves while others by celebrated photographers and travel writers.

The book helps the tourists, visitors and residents to know the Sultanate better and presents the best of Oman to the outside world.

The latest edition also features a new section called ‘Real Experiences’ where select tourism properties have been visited, experienced firsthand, photographed and been written about.

“It is our humble way of giving back to society,” said Deepak Nair who founded this book and brought out the first issue in 2004.

He added that over the years Destination Oman had become a very sought after publication and a compelling brand on Oman tourism and its facilities.

“The book is actively supported

It is our humble way of giving back to society.

The book is actively supported with a high traffic website www. destinationoman.com that was launched way back in 2001 Deepak Nair

Founder, Destination Oman

with a high traffic website www. destinationoman.com that was launched way back in 2001. And, actually it is the continuous and encouraging feedback received from the website that spurred us to launch the printed edition,” he continued.

Thanking Destination Omanfor the initiative and support, Maryam Al Zadjali, chairperson of Dar Al Atta’a, urged individuals, corporates and institutions to make best use of this opportunity and contribute generously for the benefit of the less privileged by buying copies of the 2016-17 edition of Destination Oman.

RAMADAN PROMOTION

MEDC enhances GMC Yukon models now come with data update system amazing prices, attractive benefits MUSCAT: Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC), Member of Nama Group, has recently launched a new programme that helps the company to serve its customers effectively via updating customers’ data through the website by clicking on the green bill link available on the main page.

This will enable them getting better and faster services as the submitted data will be integrated automatically to company’s various customer services systems including metering, billing and complaints, says a press release.

Once the customer updates the relevant data he will be eligible to obtain invoice electronically faster as e-mail and text messages.

Furthermore, the website offers quick access for paying the bills.

These service comes as part of the company’s efforts to improve its

services and satisfy its customers.

Additionally, the company is planning to utilise from data update integration in various customer services systems.

In the context of improving the services for corporate customers of government and companies who own numerous accounts, the company had launched smart bill that facilitates customers to access to account details and therefore assist them to review and manage them easily.

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Upto 60% discount at B.young MUSCAT: B.young is one of the brands that Mustafa Sultan Enterprises has brought to Oman for its fashion savvy customers.

During the sale period at b.young, the store is offering top of the line products at affordable pricing, 20-60% discount on over 1,200 products available. This promotional campaign is to provide added benefit to the customers, says a press release.

The store offers stunning collection of dresses to today’s fashion conscious women, this sale is certainly a great opportunity for the buyers to take home their favourite dresses for a never before pricing. With the launch of

this promotion many items in the store can be purchased at extremely affordable prices.

The b.young label offers value for money and luxury for less. It is all about the creation of great fashion styles. With b.young you have the perfect opportunity to express your own personality through new and fresh styles all year around.

B.young is the popular brand of Denmark based DK Company, DK Company has renowned and popular brands like B.young, Fanca, ICHI, Blend and Cream.

DK Company based in Denmark has multiple brands under its brand portfolio.

MUSCAT: Moosa Abdul Rahman, the sole distributor of the premium GMC vehicles in Oman, is all set to spawn a revolution this Ramadan with the proficient, luxurious and roomy Yukon models available at amazing prices starting from OMR16,995.

Popular for an array of efficient features from spacious interiors, bold styling and premium materials to inspiring capability, the Yukon, Yukon XL and Yukon Denali are meticulously crafted to enhance style, comfort and durability providing its customers pure joy in driving experience.

Across the range, customers have a lot to look forward to while purchasing a Yukon – complimentary installation of 3M sun control film on select models, 500 litres of petrol or OMR77 worth with the purchase of each vehicle, 30,000km service, five years unlimited km warranty, three years roadside assistance and complimentary registration on all models. To top it, select models will be accompanied with a 40-inch Samsung LED TV and OMR100 Lulu gift vouchers, says a press release.

One of the most coveted vehicles in the GMC profile, Yukon is known for its uncompromising style. The interiors present the perfect blend of craftsmanship and functionality. The details include an authentic aluminium trim, three distinct heating and cooling zones that can keep a car-full of eight passengers through all three rows, cool and comfortable. The pedals in SLT are power adjustable while the heated steering wheel is an optional feature. The experience of travelling is unparalleled to for its customers due to the valved exhaust system that drastically reduces interior

noise and vibration.

“The Yukon is a perfect family vehicle that offers one of the most comfortable rides, even while traversing through diverse terrains.

Whether dropping your kids off to soccer practice or a spontaneous road trip, the Yukon is completely flexible. Our customers expect the best in functionality and style and that is what it delivers,” said Virendra Agarwal, CEO, Moosa Abdul Rahman & Co. The exteriors of the 2016 GMC Yukon exudes style and confidence from the first impression to lasting glance with highlights that include a detailed GMC grille and chrome grille surround, 18 and 20-inch brushed aluminium wheels, fog lamps with chrome surround and an innovative hidden rear wiper system for reduced wind drag. It also includes a passive entry system that allows the passengers to access all four doors and the rear liftgate when it senses the car fob.

While exiting, the vehicle automatically locks within seconds of the last door being closed.

When it comes to technology, GMC has a lot to offer its tech-savvy customers with features that include the newly enhanced next-

generation GMC IntelliLink system in all models that allows you to seamlessly experience media like never before. In addition to IntelliLink3, Yukon is equipped with a premium Bose surround sound system on select models and multiple infotainment options to keep all the occupants entertained. The driver is equipped with facilities that compliment a safe driving experience such as a 4.2 inch diagonal, full-colour driver information centre. Other than the high standards of technology, the convenience factor is a vital component of the Yukon that include keyless entry and push-button start, Rainsense front wipers that automatically respond to varying degrees of precipitation and a rear vision camera system.

The safety and security features offers a full suite of Driver Alert and active safety technologies that rely on a sophisticated network of cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors to help prepare for the unexpected. The vehicle’s performance is unmatched due to the improved horsepower delivered

by EcoTec V-8 engine. Some of the features include an impressive 355 hp and 519 NM of torque, active

Fuel Management technology that activates or deactivates four of Yukon’s eight cylinders based on load and power demand.

Another power-packed performer is the Yukon XL that expertly blends craftsmanship and functionality into one. The interiors are finished to excellence with inlaid doors and redesigned mirrors for reduced wind noise and improved aerodynamics. The stylish exteriors are defined by a bold and refined body, projector beam headlamps, full LED turn signals and daytime running lamps featuring GMC’s graphic light signature. The innovative glass window on Yukon XL’s rear liftgate opens by itself, making it easy to load cargo without having to raise the full liftgate. Among the reinforced features, Yukon XL’s new instrument cluster allows for unprecedented control of what information can be displayed all through a 4.2inch diagonal, full-colour Driver Information Centre.

Safety and security stands uncompromised with the Yukon XL’s intelligent technology with driver centric engineering. These include forward collision alert, lane change alert, rear cross traffic alert, lane keep assist and front and rear park assist. Another distinctive feature is the safety alert seat that triggers depending of the direction of the hazard.

In short, driving a Yukon ensures a complete peace of mind – right from the drive quality to protection and fuel economy.

Moosa Abdul Rahman Hassan & Co is the exclusive distributor of GMC vehicles in the Sultanate of Oman with branches and a service network that covers all major locations across Oman.

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NBO rewards customers for everyday banking MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman (NBO) has redesigned its customer rewards programme, ‘Nuqati Rewards’ to deliver the first comprehensive rewards programme in Oman.

The new enhancements allow users to earn points from a wide range of products and services

that are offered by the bank by opening an NBO savings account, using their debit and credit cards, increasing their deposits or making any internet banking or mobile banking transactions, says a press release.

NBO customers can redeem points Nuqati Rewards to pay util-

ity (phone, electricity and water) and credit card bills. They can also use Nuqati points at over 200,000 hotels, 900 airlines and 150,000 car rentals partners worldwide.

The announcement to enhance the rewards programme is in line with the bank’s strategy to provide customers with a holistic banking

experience while encouraging existing clients to utilise the benefits available to them.

Commenting on the announcement, John Chang, general manager and chief retail banking officer at National Bank of Oman, said: “The Nuqati Rewards Programme rewards our customers for their

relationship with the bank. The more they use NBO products and services the more points they will earn and as a result, the higher their monetary gain.”

To start earning and redeeming points and benefit from these exciting offers, customers can simply register online through

the Nuqati Rewards website www.nuqati.nbo.co.om.

The number of points accumulated can be tracked online and customers are able to view the list of all the exciting offers and reward options available through their mobile banking app and internet banking portal.

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Bank Sohar named ‘Best Customer Service Brand – Oman’ too by GBM

Maserati unveils exciting new offer In line with the month’s spirit of giving, the exclusive offer reflects Alfardan Motors’ commitment to serve clients through deferred monthly payments until 2017

MUSCAT: To mark the occasion of Ramadan this year, Alfardan Motors – the official dealer of Maserati in Oman – has announced an exciting new offer for its clients.

In line with the month’s spirit of giving, the exclusive offer reflects Alfardan Motors’ commitment to serve clients through deferred monthly payments until 2017.

This means that customers will be able to buy a Maserati Ghibli or Quattroporte during Ramadan and start paying their monthly payments in 2017. Additionally, customers will enjoy three years warranty and three years maintenance, says a press release.

Commenting on the Ramadan initiative Mohamed El Zawawy, assistant general manager of Alfardan Motors, said: “Ramadan is the month of charity and community and the Alfardan team believes in giving something back to our customers at this wonderful time of the year.

“One of our methods is to introduce new deals throughout the month for the benefit for the Omani people. As a company, we are committed to exceeding our clients’ expectations by deliver-

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ing excellence in performance and service.”

Maserati was established in Bologna, Italy, in 1914 and has since become renowned for cars that are both sporty and luxurious, with distinctive Italian design and craftsmanship. Its emblem, the trident, was inspired by the fountain on the Piazza del Nettuno in the centre of Bologna, Italy.

The successful GranTurismo and GranCabrio ranges, as well as latest generation of Maserati’s flagship sedan, the Quattroporte, and the new sports executive sedan, the Ghibli, provide the cornerstones of Maserati’s product range.

The first units of brand’s first ever SUV, the Levante, is expected to arrive in the Qatari market shortly after Ramadan.

The Ghibli, Quattroporte, GranTurismo and GranCabrio models are available at the luxurious Maserati showroom located in Muscat. The exclusive offer is valid until the end of Ramadan.

MUSCAT: The Bank Sohar announced that it has recently been named as the ‘Best Customer Service Brand – Oman’ by the UK-based Global Brands Magazine (GBM). This award marks the bank’s ninth award this year, and the second from GBM, having already been named the ‘Best Customer Service Brand – Oman’.

The award also stands as a testament to the efforts put in by the bank towards enhancing its customer service within Oman’s highly competitive financial sector, says a press release.

Over the past years, the bank has continued to increase its focus on augmenting its customer service. In line with that direction, the bank has taken significant steps to streamline operations and interactions with customers. This encompassed the bank’s branch network, products and services, online banking services as well as social media channels. This award was presented to Bank Sohar after the UK-based GBM analysed performance in 14 categories. As a result, this award is a clear reflection of Bank Sohar’s quality and efficiency of the services it offers. It is also a testament to the efforts and success of the bank in augmenting its customer service across its branch network as part of the initiative.

On receiving the award, Sasi Kumar, acting CEO of Bank Sohar commented, “Bank Sohar has always been a customer oriented bank with products and services designed to meet and exceed customer requirements. As such, over the past nine years, we have successfully developed Bank Sohar as a brand that is closely associated to innovation, customer satisfaction and banking excellence. With our customer service initiative our aim was to take this one step further and streamline every format of interaction with our customers and take it to an

The award stands as a testament to the efforts put in by the bank towards enhancing its customer service within Oman’s highly competitive financial sector

entirely new level; be it through our branches, via e-channels, ATMs or even social media.

This award is a clear indication that our efforts are paying off and I am confident it will serve as motivation for the bank to push the envelope further and raise the bar for customer service excellence in the Sultanate.”

This award marks the ninth recognition the bank has received in 2016, and the second by Global Brands Magazine, having won the ‘Best Financial Brand – Oman’ award earlier in the month. Other awards the bank has won this year

include the ‘Best Mid-Size Bank in Asset Quality’ Award at the Oman Banking and Finance Awards, the OER Top 20 Large Corporate Awards from Oman Economic Review (OER) magazine, ‘Silver Award - Website’ under Banking Category by Oman Tech Awards 2016, the ‘Strategic Website of the Year Award 2016’ by Pan Arab Excellence Awards Academy, ‘Best Straight Through Processing’ (STP) Banks in Oman by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in addition to winning the ‘Best Customer Service - Oman’ Award and the ‘Best Call Centre – Oman’ Award from UAE-based CPI Financial.

The Global Brands Awards was established, by UK-based GBM, with the aim of honouring excellence in performance and rewarding companies across different sectors.

The award honours companies who have performed extraordinarily well in their field and to acknowledge key players who strive for excellence while also providing a platform for recognition. The award also aims to identify and create awareness about the significance of exceptional service delivery and reward their performance with the ultimate global recognition.

In fact, more than 7,000 companies were evaluated in the last study conducted by them.

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Al Wathbah Ramadan Souq for women entrepreneurs evokes strong response Al Wathbah Souq is aimed at giving wings to the business dreams of women entrepreneurs

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate and Riyada, Public Authority for SME Development, joined hands to provide a major thrust for women entrepreneurs as al Wathbah Ramadan Souq, an exhibition showcasing their products and services, evoked strong response.

AbdulRazak Ali Issa, chief executive - Bank Muscat, inaugurated the 3-day exhibition in the presence of Khalid bin Al Safi Al Haraibi, deputy CEO of Operations - Riyada, held at the bank’s head office from June 16 to 18 as

part of ‘Ramadan Al Khair’ cultural and social events lined up during the holy month of Ramadan.

In line with the bank’s ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and values of partnership and accountability, al Wathbah Souq, aimed at giving wings to the business dreams of women entrepreneurs, highlighted a wide range of home-made products, including clothes, accessories, food items, home decorations and much more. The exhibition offered a unique shopping experience to visitors, says a press release.

AbdulRazak Ali Issa said: “Bank Muscat, in association with Ri-

yada, is proud to host the annual Ramadan Souq in support of women entrepreneurs in Oman. In an environment where competition is becoming tougher, identifying and seizing opportunities is essential for Omani SMEs to survive and grow. Over the years, al Wathbah, Bank Muscat’s SME department, has been very dynamic in strengthening the SME foundation in Oman. The bank remains committed to facilitating avenues for women entrepreneurs to follow their business dreams.”

Khalifa bin Said Al Abri, CEO of Riyada, congratulated Bank Muscat

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for hosting the annual al Wathbah Ramadan Souq. Al Abri said: “Riyada is happy to partner with Bank Muscat in this unique initiative benefiting women entrepreneurs in Oman. The souq fulfils a critical need in creating avenues to successfully market their products. The souq serves as a source of inspiration and encouragement for women to embark on SME initiatives and thereby contribute to the progress and development in Oman.”

Bank Muscat has launched various initiatives in support of women entrepreneurs, including al Wathbah Businesswomen’s

Forum aimed at facilitating development of key business relationships. The online platform provides leadership development opportunities and vital connections that help them advance and succeed in their businesses.

The innovative networking service is dedicated to assisting businesswomen of all ages. The members enjoy benefits such as live accelerated networking events and workshops. In recognition of SME development initiatives by women entrepreneurs, the bank presents the annual al Wathbah Businesswomen’s awards.

Bank Muscat imparts the required skills and guidance for entrepreneurs drawn from diverse fields to embark on successful SME business ventures through workshops, advisory services and training through al Wathbah Academy programmes in Muscat, Sohar and Salalah.

These initiatives mark a clear progression of the well-defined strategy pursued by the bank in line with the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to support the SME sector and strengthen its role in the economic development of Oman.

BOUQUET OF BENEFITS

OAB picks Hassad monthly draw winners MUSCAT: Oman Arab Bank (OAB) has announced the May winners of its highly popular Hassad Savings Scheme Monthly Prize draw, rewarding its customers for putting money aside for tomorrow and showing that it really does pay to save. Among the month’s 11 lucky account holders is I.R. Khan, a customer from the Salalah branch, who collected the May regional prize of OMR40,000.

“The Hassad Monthly Prize Draws have become a key feature in the OAB calendar that captures the imagination of savers across the

Sultanate and encourage the prudent habit of regularly putting money aside for the future,” said Hana Al Hinai, assistant general manager, head of Wealth Management, Bancassurance and Liabilities. “It is a

real pleasure to reward loyal customers of all ages, with these fantastic cash prizes. And I have to say that the excitement is already starting to build in OAB branches across the Sultanate as our savers look forward to a very special Eid Al Fitr Draw. OAB customers are certainly going to have plenty to celebrate in the coming weeks.”

All OAB Hassad account holders are automatically entered into the Al Hassad Savings Scheme Monthly Prize Draw as long as they maintain a balance of OMR100 or more.

Chevrolet’s big Ramadan promo MUSCAT: It is that time of the year again when Chevrolet makes dreams come true with exciting Ramadan offers on their exciting range of vehicles.

The Ramadan promotion scheme of Chevrolet now makes it even more easy to own your favourite Chevrolet this season, says a press release.

Anil Dua, managing director of OTE, said: “Chevrolet is a highly aspirational brand and this Ramadan, we look forward to welcoming many more fans of the brand into the Chevrolet family. Our promotional offer from Chevrolet is reflective of the spirit of Ramadan.”

Cash-as-gift: With cash gift up to OMR2000 customers can choose to add it to the down payment thus making the monthly instalments lower and even more affordable. The availability of insurance and registration on saloon models further add to the convenience of customers.

A season of giving: While purchasing any Chevrolet as part of the promotion scheme, customers will also receive gift shopping vouchers. In addition, customers purchasing the Impala, Tahoe, Suburban, Silverado, Traverse, Camaro and Corvette get Gold Vouchers too with which they can make unique gold purchases for their loved ones.

Peace of mind: Customers purchasing Chevrolet vehicles within the Ramadan Promotion period also receive an extended warranty coverage of six years unlimited mileage and service up to three years or 30,000km (whichever is earlier).

Convenient finance options: OTE designed the Ramadan scheme to add to the pleasure and convenience of owning a Chevrolet. Customers can now avail easy financing option with attractive interest rate of 3.29 per cent for 6 years through inhouse credit facility.

Continued benefits: All Chevrolet cars come with three years regional warranty which is valid across the GCC. Customers also receive four years regional roadside assistance on purchase of Chevrolet this Ramadan.

Enthusiastic response: One of the owners of Chevrolet who benefitted from the Ramadan promotional offer commented: “The cash-as-gift makes it even more easy now to own the Chevrolet I always desired.

The six-year warranty is an assurance that vehicle will be in perfect care till I complete my

Chevrolet is a highly aspirational brand and this Ramadan we look forward to welcoming many more fans of the brand into the Chevrolet family. Our promotional offer is reflective of the spirit of Ramadan Anil Dua

Managing director of OTE

instalments. This is truly the best time to own the Chevrolet of our dreams.”

Tahoe – the vehicle to own The Chevrolet Tahoe features a 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine designed to generate the power you need while offering incredible fuel economy. Tahoe’s powerhouse 5.3L V8 offers up 355HP and an incredible 519Nm of torque, with an estimated 10.2L/100KM Highway. Such impressive statistics could be achieved with Chevrolet’s cutting-edge automotive prowess exemplified through technologies like Direct Injection, Variable Valve Timing, and Active Fuel Management.

The Active Fuel Management system in Tahoe saves fuel by using only half of the engine’s cylinders during regular driving situations (such as highway cruising) and then seamlessly reactivates the other cylinders when a driver demands more power for acceleration, climbing a grade or hauling.

The Tahoe also hosts a range of safety features such as adaptive cruise control, intelligent brake assist, collision avoidance system, safety alert seat, forward collision alert, rear cross traffic alert, side blind zone alert with lane change alert, etc. which makes it an extremely safe and capable SUV. Impala: Impressive sedan Impala’s V6 engine is the most powerful naturally aspirated engine in its segment. The car also

features a responsive electric power steering system and enhanced suspension that provides customers with an engaging driving experience.

The Impala introduces a new aesthetic for Chevrolet’s flagship sedan. The Impala’s long, low proportion has a wind-swept profile that suggests motion, while the range of 18-, 19- and 20-inch wheels provides the “just right” stance. Powered by a 3.6L V6 engine the Impala churns out 305 horsepower and 356 Nm of torque and this car is equipped with matched six-speed automatic transmission as well as Variable Valve Timing (featuring fuel-saving direct injection and lightweight components).

The right Chevrolet for you Customers in Oman have a comprehensive range of Chevrolet cars to choose from. From sedans like the Spark, Aveo, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu and Impala, to performance cars like Camaro and Corvette to workhorses like the Captiva, Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban and Silverado, all Chevrolet cars come with a wide range of colours, trim and engine options. OTE’s inhouse finance ensures that owning a Chevrolet is now as simple as making up your mind about which car to purchase. No matter what your taste, there is always the right Chevrolet awaiting you at your nearest Chevrolet showroom.

Ramadan offers Visit Chevrolet Oman’s website chevrolet.oteautos.com or ChevroletOman on Facebook or call 80050002 (toll-free) to know more about the coolest Chevrolet wheels. Customers can also register themselves to receive exclusive updates on unique offers from Chevrolet Oman all throughout the holy month. Facebook users and fans of the brand can ‘Like’ ChevroletOman on Facebook to get all time access to news, updates and latest offers from Chevrolet.

OTE commitment OTE is the exclusive dealer for Chevrolet in Oman. With 25 years of presence in Oman, the OTE Group upholds traditional Omani values of fairness, entrepreneurship and above all, genuine respect for people. The OTE motto “Symbol of Care” is reflected in every aspect of how we conduct our business. Walk into any of our multiple showrooms and service centres across Oman and you will be assisted by professional and knowledgeable advisors who will ensure your satisfaction. It is our promise of “Care” that inspires us to offer unparalleled aftersales and ownership experience for our customers.

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Super-subs primed to start for England against Slovakia

WARMING UP: The England squad take part in a training session at the Bourgogne stadium in Chantilly. – AFP

A win against Slovakia would seal victory in Group B and see England paired with one of the third-placed teams in the round of 16, giving them an excellent chance of advancing further

LYON: England coach Roy Hodgson will be strongly tempted to start with Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge in attack against Slovakia on Monday after both came off the bench to score in the 2-1 win over Wales.

Former England striker Alan Shearer, now a TV pundit, has led calls for the pair to replace Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, neither of whom made much impression in the opening 1-1 draw with Russia nor in the first half against

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Wales. Kane, the Premier League’s top scorer, had barely touched the ball in the opponents’ penalty area in either game.

Yet it took Vardy just 11 minutes to nab the goal that put England back on level terms, while Sturridge found a way through a crowded penalty area to snatch the winner in stoppage time.

“Yeah, I’d be more than happy with that,” Vardy told reporters on Saturday when asked if he was hopeful of starting.

“It’s down to me on the training field to put the extra work in and hopefully dislodge one of the players if I can do.”

A win against Slovakia would seal victory in Group B and see England paired with one of the third-placed teams in the round of 16, giving them an excellent chance of advancing further.

A draw or loss could make things significantly harder, depending on how Wales fare against Russia.

England enjoyed the bulk of the possession in each of their first two games and Hodgson has deployed all his strikers, including teenager Marcus Rashford in the second half against Wales.

But they have looked less than

Hodgson tight-lipped on choice of strikers SAINT ETIENNE: England manager Roy Hodgson gave few clues on Sunday when asked about his attack for the final Group B game against Slovakia from which they need a point to qualify for the knockout stage of Euro 2016.

Harry Kane started to disappointing effect, while Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy came on to change the game.

Hodgson declined to reveal his hand but denied that Kane was feeling the effect of a long season in which he has played more than 60 games.

“I’ve spoken to Harry,” the manager told a news conference. “He’s been very, very good in training. There’s no problem with him. Jamie and Daniel did

impregnable in defence, conceding a late equaliser against Russia and a long-range Gareth Bale free kick that outfoxed keeper Joe Hart in the game against Wales.

Their biggest threat is likely to come from Slovakia’s attacking

PREVIEW

Wales could hit heights or depths in final countdown TOULOUSE: The thousands of Welsh supporters who have brought their nation’s famed singing, not to mention plenty of plastic dragons, to a major tournament after a wait of more half a century are steeling themselves to hit the heights — or rock bottom — on Monday.

Currently in second place in Euro 2016 group B with three points, Wales could finish either top or bottom of their section, depending on their own result against Russia here and England’s against Slovakia.

If they beat the Russians, who have only one point, and neighbours England fail to win, Chris Coleman’s side would be proud group winners, qualifying for a round of 16 match in the Parc des Princes next Saturday against a third-placed team.

At the other extreme, defeat, and at least a point for Slovakia, would leave them fourth.

A modicum of pride would undoubtedly remain, but such an outcome would be a real anti-climax after the excitement of beating the Slovaks 2-1 in the opening game and then holding England until the final minute in a 2-1 defeat.

Russia’s 2-1 defeat by Slovakia undid all the good work of their resilience in snatching a late equaliser against England and leaves them vulnerable to an early return home and charges of

SUPERSTAR: Wales coach Chris Coleman knows he can count on

his one superstar Gareth Bale (in picture) to hit the heights. – Reuters

under-achievement.

In historic and geo-political terms there should be no contest between a nation of 144 million people and one with a population of three million -- larger than only Albania, Northern Ireland and Iceland of the 24 countries here.

Russia have never lost to Wales in their four meetings, but the margins have been tight, like so many matches at this low-scoring tournament.

Coach Leonid Slutski knows his team must avoid conceding free kicks within shooting range for Gareth Bale, a mistake that both Slovakia and England were

punished for making.

The Real Madrid player scored with direct long range efforts, bringing back memories of Michel Platini’s ability with a dead ball when France last hosted the European Championship in 1984.

Coleman knows he can count on his one superstar. He will be more concerned about a defence that conceded only four goals in the qualifying campaign but has been beaten almost as many times in two games here. Changing from his system of three at the back is a possibility, but perhaps too radical a departure at this late and crucial stage. - Reuters

England manager Hodgson.

very well when they came on and I’m sure they’d like another chance too.”

What seems certain is that captain Wayne Rooney, who has been widely praised for his

midfielder Marek Hamsik, who laid on one goal for Vladimir Weiss and scored the other with a curling shot in his team’s 2-1 win against Russia. Weiss tipped Daniel Sturridge, his former team mate at Manchester City’s academy, as a

two performances so far as a midfielder, will stay in a deeper role, where he sees himself as creator rather than goalscorer.

“We’ve got players who can come on and change games, which happened in the Wales game,” Hodgson said.

“We have good-quality players who can score goals and it’s important to get them the chances to do that.”

Hodgson wants to finish top of the group, not in order to play in Paris in the round of 16 near the squad’s Chantilly base, but because it should mean less demanding opposition.

“The important thing is to be there,” he said. “If it’s Paris that’s fine because it would see us play a third-placed team.”

danger man for England.

“He is an extraordinary player, which can be seen both on the club and national level. On the other hand, all their players are quality. It is necessary to be ready for them all,” he said. For Slovakia, playing in their

Earlier on Sunday, Football Association chairman Greg Dyke offered no further guarantees to Hodgson about a new contract after the tournament.

He repeated his previous suggestion that it would depend on how well England did and how they played. “Clearly if you get to semi-finals, that’s success,” Dyke told the BBC. “If we’ve played well and unfortunately lost against a good team or on penalties (in the quarter-finals) then that’s a discussion that will go on.”

Hodgson was philosophical about the latest comments.

“The day after our stay here ends, the FA will need to make a decision as to what they want to do,” he said. - Reuters

first European Championship finals, the stakes in this match are high.

“This is what we wanted, what we came for, to prove something big and that we can be measured next to a team like England,” midfielder Dusan Svento said. - Reuters

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Nani outshines CR7 For now, Nani is focused on the Hungary encounter as Portugal attempt to extend an excellent record of reaching the semifinals in four of their six Euros

PORTUGAL DUO: Fumbling captain Cristiano Ronaldo with the team’s loan goal scorer Nani.

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PARIS: Portugal’s Nani is poised to make his 99th appearance for his country in a crunch clash with Hungary on Wednesday and has been an automatic choice for the Selecao for a decade, yet there is a feeling the forward has not fulfilled his dazzling potential.

Nani, blessed with searing pace, mesmerisingly quick feet and more tricks than a children’s entertainer, will turn 30 in November and Euro 2016 could give the Fenerbahce star the platform for a transfer back to one of Europe’s elite leagues.

Scorer of Portugal’s sole goal at the tournament — a neat finish in a 1-1 draw with Iceland — Nani has so far outperformed his captain and former Manchester United team mate Cristiano Ronaldo although he should have added to his tally of 18 international goals in Saturday’s stalemate against Austria.

Nani’s 12th-minute angled

drive forced a fine save from the keeper, while a first-half header thudded off the post. Those misses perhaps encapsulated Nani’s career: good, but could have been so much better.

Lauded as Portugal’s best attacking prospect since Ronaldo, Nani was signed by Manchester United from Sporting Lisbon in July 2007, a year earlier than the English giants had wanted because of interest from rival clubs.

“We have been monitoring Nani for almost as long as Cristiano,” then manager Sir Alex Ferguson told Manchester Evening News at the time.

“He is different to Cristiano in that he can play on both sides of the pitch but also in the middle.

He is quick, has a terrific engine and I know we are getting a very talented, flexible player.”

That move, for 25.5 million euros, was reward for Nani’s dedication as he overcame a difficult upbringing.

Born in the former Portuguese

colony of Cape Verde, a volcanic archipelago off the West African coast, Nani moved to Lisbon as an infant with his family.

His father abandoned the family soon after and his mother moved abroad when he was about 12, leaving him to be raised by an aunt in an impoverished district of the capital, according to newspaper reports.

Excellent set pieces Nani made his debut for Sporting Lisbon in August 2005, taking his international bow the following year and was soon off to United.

Often used out of position on the left wing to accommodate Ronaldo, Nani initially struggled to justify his transfer fee but his set pieces were excellent and he ended that first season with three goals and nine assists from 26 league starts.

Nani was also a substitute in the 2008 Champions League final, converting a penalty in United’s shootout win over Chelsea.

Yet he soon became the target of supporters’ frustrations, especially after Ronaldo departed for Real Madrid in 2009.

Ferguson seemed reluctant to trust Nani, instead selecting the one-dimensional but more dependable Antonio Valencia on United’s right flank.

When Valencia broke a leg in September 2010, Nani seized the chance to become the team’s attacking talisman, registering nine goals and 14 assists in 33 league starts to help United claim a fourth league title in five years.

His team mates voted him their player of the year but Valencia’s return meant Nani was relegated to the bench for the season runin, with the Ecuadorian starting in United’s chastening 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the 2011 Champions League final.

Nani was again productive the following campaign, delivering eight goals and 10 assists from 29 league starts, but was barely used in Ferguson’s final season of 2012-13, especially after receiving a harsh red card in a Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.

He never re-established himself and Louis Van Gaal off-loaded him to Turkey’s Fenerbahce in 2015. Nani, Portugal’s fourth most capped player, has thrived in Istanbul, prompting newspaper speculation about a move to Italy’s Inter Milan or a return to Old Trafford.

For now, the winger is focused on the Hungary encounter as Portugal attempt to extend an excellent record of reaching the semifinals in four of their six Euros appearances. “I think our moment will come, and it’s right in the next match,” Nani told uefa.com.

“There is no other way, it really has to happen.” - Reuters NO WORRIES

Goetze unfazed by criticism for lack of goals EVIAN: Germany’s Mario Goetze brushed off criticism of his lacklustre performances at Euro 2016 on Sunday and said players were used to being praised one day and knocked off their pedestal the next.

The 24-year-old attacking midfielder, who became a hero in Germany when he scored the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final, has had to soak up a lot of criticism after failing to carve out a single meaningful chance in their first two matches.

Despite a below-par performance in their opening 2-0 win over Ukraine, coach Joachim Loew kept faith with Goetze for their 0-0 draw with Poland.

Playing again as a forward, Goetze was largely anonymous, before being taken off. “That is how football works,” Goetze said ahead of their game against Northern Ireland. “Sometimes you are the dog and sometimes you are the tree.” — Reuters

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Expanded format exposes Europe’s flabby middle NICE: When UEFA decided eight years ago to expand the European Championship from 16 to 24 teams, its then president Michel Platini promised the standard of the tournament would not drop.

“I’m sure that it will not change the technical level,” the Frenchman said. “In addition to the 16 qualifiers, there are eight other teams just as good.”

Two-thirds of the way through the group stage, European soccer’s governing body may feel they have grounds to claim that, on the face of it, Platini was right.

Iceland have held Portugal and Hungary, Albania took France to within minutes of a 0-0 draw, Northern Ireland beat Ukraine

and nobody has made fools of themselves. As the old cliche goes, there are no weak teams in football anymore. But Platini’s argument somewhat misses the point, and could be used to justify an even bigger tournament.

UEFA has 55 members with France, Spain and Germany widely regarded as a cut above the rest, followed by three or four others such as Italy, England and Belgium. Below them are about 30 teams all of a fairly similar standard.

Teams such as Denmark, Netherlands and Greece — all former winners — Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Israel, Cyprus, Belarus, Scotland, Finland, Montenegro and Norway failed to make France but would

also no doubt have been able to hold their own if they had qualified.

With so many teams of a similar standard, the question is where to draw the line and many critics still feel 16 was the ideal place.

The development of the sport and training methods means that almost any country with a wellstructured federation can put on a respectable showing at international level.

Albania have made progress by scouting Europe for players with roots in the country and signing them up while Iceland have improved thanks to an ambitious development programme which has involved investment in coaches and building indoor pitches to face

Eder makes the case for Italy’s ‘foreigners’ One of the reasons Italy coach Conte was so satisfied at reaching the last 16 with a game to spare was being rewarded for his faith in Brazilian-born Eder

PARIS: Italy’s Brazilian-born goalscorer Eder raised once again a controversy that has afflicted the country’s football for decades.

Ever since players of foreign descent were first chosen by the national team, there has been a debate about whether they should be.

While other countries have embraced anyone eligible under FIFA’s nationality rules, some Italians remain opposed.

Even at this tournament there was criticism of coach Antonio Conte for selecting Friday’s hero Eder as well as midfielder Thiago Motta, who was also born in Brazil.

Eder’s own coach at Inter Milan, the revered Robert Mancini, was quoted as saying that socalled “oriundi” should not be selected because “the Italian national team should be Italian”.

Eder responded on Friday that it was “a needless controversy” but agreed that “if you ask 10 people, five might say they are in favour and five against”.

Under Mancini, he has often not been selected to start for Inter, but he never gave up hope of being chosen by Italy.

“When I didn’t play so much for Inter, I trained and worked at home to make sure I was ready for the Euros,” he said.

He took his goal superbly, prompting celebrations on and off

FOREIGNER: Italy’s Brazilian-born Eder has turned an Azurri hero.

the pitch that were wild enough to justify his claim that the Azzurri squad is one of the more united at the tournament.

They beat fancied Belgium 2-0 in their Group E opener.

“I’m happy for the entire squad because I know how much preparation and work has gone into the European Championship,” he said.

“Even the guys on the bench are there with us. We all get on together and work together.

“Perhaps not everyone expected us to win the two games but through organisation, hard work and effort, we’ve been able to do it.”

One of the reasons Conte was so satisfied at reaching the last 16 with a game to spare was being re-

warded for his faith in Eder, who scored a similar late goal on his debut in a qualifier against Bulgaria 15 months ago when Italy were losing 2-1.

“It’s not just Eder,” Conte told the post-match news conference on Friday. “A number of players were questioned.

“Ultimately I pick players based on what I see with my eyes, regardless of who they play for or whether they’re sympathetic to the public.”

The hard-liners may find it difficult not to have some sympathy for Conte’s approach if the 29-year-old Eder continues to come up with crucial late goals for his chosen country. - Reuters

the harsh winter.

UEFA’s problem is that when middle-ranking teams face top sides, they tend to pack their defence and use spoiling tactics.

“There are teams playing ultradefensively. But they do that well.

The smaller nations like Albania or Wales are defensively very well schooled. They see their chance in that,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew.

‘Unsportsmanlike’ Portugal manager Fernando Santos said Iceland’s players spent the whole of their match provoking Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, and that the team’s bench joined in.

“It was unsportsmanlike be-

haviour,” he said, adding that after Iceland scored their goal they “put their 10 players in the last third of the field.”

On the other hand, when middle-ranking teams face each other, the approach can resemble a decent English Championship match. A bigger tournament has meant increasing the number of ordinary, undistinguished matches to the point where they almost seem to merge into each other.

Sweden contrived to go through their first two matches without mustering a shot on target, their only score being provided by Ireland defender Ciaran Clark’s own goal.

Poland also failed to force Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to

make a save in their goalless draw, Hungary dominated possession against Iceland but barely managed a shot and even France had to wait until the 90th minute against Albania before mustering an on-target effort, which happened to be a goal.

UEFA’s competitions director Martin Kallen said his organisation was happy with the early matches, however. “There’s more excitement, new access to fans for these countries so football gets more popular there, which is what we were hoping for,” he said.

“It’s the pinnacle of football every four years and if these sort of teams qualify as well, it will have an influence on the children to play football.” - Reuters

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Rosberg supreme as Hamilton ends fifth Rosberg started on pole position, led all the way and also set the

Murray downs Raonic to win record fifth Queen’s Club title LONDON: Andy Murray became the first player to hold aloft the super-sized Queen’s Club trophy for a fifth time after he beat Canadian big-server Milos Raonic 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the final of the Aegon Championships on Sunday.

The British top seed’s title hopes appeared to be faltering when he trailed Raonic by a set and 3-0 down in the second set but the 2013 Wimbledon champion relied on his greater grasscourt pedigree to turn the match around.

Murray, who won the title in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, had shared the previous record of four Queen’s titles with seven other men, including Boris Becker, Roy Emerson and Raonic’s new grasscourt coach John McEnroe.

However, a backhand volley into the net from Raonic allowed Murray to climb to the top of the pile and celebrate a winning start to his renewed coaching relationship with Ivan Lendl. - Reuters

fastest lap on his way to a fifth win in eight races this season. With 13 races remaining, he has 141 points and Hamilton 117 BAKU: Nico Rosberg won the first Formula One race held in Azerbaijan on Sunday to turn the championship tide and stretch his lead over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to 24 points.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished as runner-up, 16.6 seconds behind, with Force India’s Mexican Sergio Perez back on the podium for the second time this season after overtaking Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari on the last lap.

Rosberg started on pole position, led all the way and also set the fastest lap on his way to a fifth win in eight races this season. With 13 races remaining, he has 141 points and Hamilton 117.

While the German’s cruise in the late afternoon sunshine turned out to be something of a snooze for the global television audience, triple world champion Hamilton provided more entertainment.

The Briton, who had been chasing his third win in a row but finished fifth, sounded increasingly frustrated over the radio as he wrestled with his car’s set-

ALL SMILES: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates with the tro-

phy on the podium after winning the European Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit. – AFP

tings without the team being able to help.

He fixed the problem but finished fifth in a race billed as the European Grand Prix.

“This is ridiculous guys, I don’t know. I’m looking at my dash every five seconds trying to find a switch in the wrong position,” Hamilton said over the team radio.

“I might not finish this race as I’m going to try and change everything,” he continued. “We don’t advise that Lewis,” came the reply from the pitwall, with teams now limited on what information they can give drivers during the race.

“Can I make suggestions and you say if it’s OK or not?,” replied Hamilton. “No, that’s not allowed.

Let’s just get our heads down and focus on the job,” he was told.

The Mercedes team’s non-executive chairman Niki Lauda told reporters afterwards that it was a question of engine modes.

“It was a problem they both had and Nico could fix it quicker than Lewis. The (radio) ban is there, so we all have to adapt,” he told Sky Sports.

Raikkonen, who had done as he was told and allowed Vettel to pass him, expressed similar exasperation over the radio to Ferrari.

The outbursts were highlights on a day with none of the mayhem predicted after a series of accidents in the GP2 support series, in F1 practice and qualifying.

Nobody crashed, the tight turns around the ancient city walls were safely negotiated by all and the 350km blast down the long main straight produced no drama.

“I think people lost a lot of money because they were betting on a safety car. I was expecting a couple too,” said Vettel.

Finland’s Valtteri Bottas finished sixth for Williams, with Australian Daniel Ricciardo seventh for Red Bull after starting on the front row.

Dutch team mate Max Verstappen was eighth, Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg secured a double points finish for Force India in ninth and Brazilian Felipe Massa was 10th for Williams. - Reuters

BOARD MEETING

OOC chairman to head Oman contingent to Rio Olympics MUSCAT: Oman Olympic Committee during its second meeting of the year under the chairmanship of Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Zubair discussed various important issues including Oman’s participation in the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio. The meeting discussed a number of issues in the agenda and approved several decisions and recommendations. The meeting approved the minutes of the first meeting held on April 10 and discussed the decisions and recom-

mendations. The meeting also discussed the Oman’s international participations during the year and also submitted the recommendations to the Planning and Followup Committee on the technical feasibility of such participations.

The meeting has also reviewed the joint meetings held by the Planning and Follow-up committee with the sports associations and their technical committees.

Sheikh Khalid, meanwhile, praised the support of the Ministry of Sports Affairs extended to

Sultanate of Oman to participate in 5th Asian Beach Games the Oman Olympic Committee.

The meeting also reviewed the participation of the Sultanate in the forthcoming Olympic Games to be held from August 5 to 22 in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.

The meeting also hailed the qualification of Barakat Al Harthy to the Rio Games by winning gold in the World Military Games held in South Korea October last year.

The meeting approved the official delegation to Rio led by chairman Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Zubair.

The meeting also agreed on the participation in the 5th Asian Beach Games, scheduled in Vietnam from September 24 to October 3. Oman will take part in athletics, swimming, beach football, beach handball, beach volleyball

and bodybuilding.

The meeting also endorsed the presence of the Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Zubair, OCC chairman, and Taha Sulaiman Al Kashari to the general meeting of the National Olympic Committees association, scheduled for October 14 and 15 in Doha, Qatar.

The meeting also discussed on the developments in establishing the Sports Disputes and Arbitration Committee where a premises is allocated within the building of the OOC in Al Ghubra.

Oman Olympic Committee head Sheikh Khalid Al Zubair

OMANTEL RAMADAN CRICKET

Marala, Al Asam notch wins

MUSCAT: Head Marala XI and Al Asam Travel won their matches in the Omantel Ramadan Tape Ball Cricket Tournament 2016 organised by the Pakistan Social Club at the lush green outfield of the Pakistan School Muscat.

In the matches played on Saturday night, Head Marala XI defeated Charwa XI by 13 runs and

Al Asam Travel beat Gujir Khan XI by 36 runs. Amjad of Head Marala XI and Abdul Khaliq of Al Asam Travel won the man of the match awards respectively.

Brief scores: Head Marala XI 101 for 5 in 8 overs (Armjad 25, Farooq 21, Shahid 2 for 30 runs) beat Charwa XI 88 for 7 in 8 overs (Waqar 25,

Aftab 2 for 13, Ilyas 2 for 13) by 13 runs. Man of the match: Amjad of Head Marala XI Al Asam Travel: 123 for 2 in 8 overs (Abdul Khaliq 42 not out, Moeed Hassan 38) beat Gujir Khan XI 87 for 5 in 8 overs (Jahangir 38, Zubair 17, Usman 2 for 4) by 36 runs. Man of the match: Abdul Khaliq of Al Asam Travel.

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SPORTS India eye fightback against Zimbabwe Ahead of the mustwin game, Dhoni warned his men to not repeat the same mistakes in the remaining games

HARARE: Handed a rude shock in the opening game, the Indian youngsters will have to raise their game in the second Twenty20 International to stay afloat in the three-match series against minnows Zimbabwe, here on Monday.

It was the first time that the young team was tested on the tour and it faltered on key moments to suffer an unexpected loss.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to get his team over the line in the last over but equally culpable were the batsmen who got out at key moments after getting starts.

Manish Pandey made a fluent 48 but like debutant Mandeep Singh, he would have loved to carry on and take the side through.

With Dhoni at the other end and India needing eight off the final over, Axar Patel got out to a loose shot to make life tougher the visitors.

The second string squad was picked to test the team’s bench strength and the youngsters had the ideal platform to perform in the back of a resounding series win in the preceding three ODIs. However, they wilted under pressure when challenged for the first time in the series.

While the batsmen did not show composure required at the highest level, the bowlers, who were given opportunity for the first

RARE VICTORY: Zimbabwe players celebrate after their T20 cricket victory against India. – Reuters

time on the tour, disappointed.

Credit should go to Zimbabwe for their performance after a humiliating loss in ODIs but they were allowed by the erring Indian bowlers to post 170.

All-rounder Rishi Dhawan, representing India for the first time since the Australia tour and making his T20 International debut, put up an ordinary effort leaking 42 runs in four overs.

Pressure was also on pacer Jaydev Unadkat, who was in India colours for the first time in almost three years. Making his debut in the format, Unadkat was not consistent with his line and length and paid the price for it.

It remains to be seen whether he gets another game after ending with figures of 0/43 or Barinder Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni come back to bowl with the new ball, pushing Dhawan out of the eleven too.

Leggie Yuzvendra Chahal, who impressed in ODIs, also had an

off day and he would be aiming to bounce back strongly.

Ahead of the must-win game, Dhoni warned his men to not repeat the same mistakes in the remaining games.

Though spinner Jayant Yadav was the only one to not get an opportunity in the 16-man squad, Dhoni is expected to get back to his full strength bowling attack.

India did not see the loss coming after a cakewalk in the ODIs, giving Zimbabwe a much needed morale boost to press for another win.

Their captain Graeme Cremer insisted that more was expected from his team, that pulled itself out of a hole with an all-round effort.

It looked they were staring another batting collapse midway into the innings before Elton Chigumbura came up with a whirlwind 56 off 24 balls to set up a competitive total.

Zimbabwe batting was an abject failure in ODIs but in the shortest format, they showed they had the resources to put up a fight.

The top order got some form going and so did the likes of Malcolm Waller in the middle order.

The bowlers also chipped in with timely blows with the standout effort coming form 24-yearold pacer Neville Madziva, who stopped Dhoni and co from getting eight runs in the final over.

His last over was praised by Dhoni himself, albeit raising more questions on the famous finishing skills of the Indian captain.

Taurai Muzarabani and Chamu Chibhabha also bowled tidy spells to keep the Indians under check.

The win was surely a surprise, generating some excitement in the otherwise drab contest.

Another fighting contest will be welcome but beating a wounded India could prove to be a too big a task for the home team. - PTI

LONG PROCESS

No quick fix to Pakistan’s cricket problems: Mudassar KARACHI: Pakistan’s new Director of Cricket Academies, former Test player, Mudassar Nazar has made it clear that there is no quick fix to the problems confronting Pakistan cricket.

Nazar, who has left a lucrative position with the ICC Global Academy in Dubai to join the PCB, however is confident that three to four new players could be produced and groomed every year through the Academies.

“There is still plenty of young talent in the country we just need to make the National Cricket Academy and the regional academies more effective and productive to discover and groom these youngsters, he said.

Nazar, who spent eight years with the ICC academy, said for

any country to have a strong and stable cricket system it required a cycle of six to eight years for development programs to start yielding results.

He said unfortunately in Pakistan cricket, quick fixes and short term decisions had not helped the sport. “There is lot of work to be done which is why I accepted this new position as a big challenge.

We need to improve our pitches and domestic structure.We need to start using quality cricket balls.

We need to refocus on young and raw talent simply because other cricket nations have adapted to the changing times and the use of technology in cricket and made progress we unfortunately have wasted resources and have lot of catching up to do,” the former test

Mudassar Nazar

allrounder said.

Nazar, who has coached the Pakistan senior and A teams in the past and was also associated with the NCA for a brief period before moving to Dubai, said with three formats being played in international cricket and given the hectic international calender, Pakistan needed to start producing

regular quality talent. “We have to remember that a young talent has to pass through a proper cycle to come to the fore and it takes years to develop a proper cycle which has been missing in Pakistan cricket for sometime now.”

Nazar did concede that the refusal of international teams to tour Pakistan for security reasons since 2009 had also played a big role in the problems confronting Pakistan cricket.

He also hinted at making changes in the coaching staff for the NCA and regional academies.

“But all that will be done after talking to the board officials and my first priority is to revive competitive under-19 cricket in all 16 regions which should all have their own academies,” he added. - PTI

C O M M E N TA RY

That wasn’t brilliant, MS

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fter failing to dispatch the ball to the rope to score four runs that would have handed India a cool win and put a pleasing coat of fresh glow to his depleting reputation as an awesome finisher, MS Dhoni described the ball he managed to send straight to deep point for an inconsequential single as “brilliant”. Was it really?

Anyone who watched the game, or at least the last over, would only be puzzled about the touch of brilliance the Indian skipper would love to lend to that delivery full and wide outside off stump. The truth is that there was only a method, but not a lot of brilliance, executed well by Neville Madziva and completely missed by Dhoni, perhaps due to a total lack of spot-on brilliance needed to outwit the bowler.

India went into the last over of the match with just five wickets down, needing only eight runs for a victory that looked like just about to happen. Dhoni, who arrived at the crease in the 13th over and knocked the ball around to score 16 runs to get his feet and eyes in synch with the situation, was on strike. At the other end was a piping hot Axar Patel with two sixes and a four off just nine balls in his account.

The picture was perfect and familiar to the Indian fans, and the mystery, if any, was about how Dhoni was going to do it: was he going to settle the issue off the first two balls or was he ready to leave it all to the last ball?

The first ball produced a single. Patel was out off the second ball. And we thought that was no problem because it was Dhoni, who had crossed, who would take the strike, and not the new man Rishi Dhawan.

What followed was an honest admission of the falling powers of the once-mighty finisher.

The Indian skipper hurried for a single off the third ball to reduce the target to just 6 more runs—and that was a loud statement about the waning confidence of the master finisher.

There was nothing brilliant

about trusting your No. 8 mate, a bowler who was making his T20 international debut, to steal a quick single and give the strike back. Worse, Dhawan had a different view of the plot as he walked across to finish the game and failed to put bat to ball, twice.

When we thought the worst was about to happen, Dhawan handed the baton back to Dhoni.

And then the worst we weren’t quite ready to take in happened as Dhoni failed to get a hint of the method put in place by Madziva.

Right from ball one, which Dhoni hit to long-off for a single, to the last, except the second ball that claimed the wicket of Patel, Madziva’s method was simple as he tried to land the ball full and wide outside off stump. How Dhoni failed to read the game-plan of the bowler is a matter of depleting brilliance of the famed finisher who has grown gracelessly old.

If the brilliance take made us rack our brains for inspiration, the threat part of Dhonispeak would put a wry smile on our lips. Obviously, there’s no need for India to bother much about the defeat or worry over their prospects in the remaining two games, but that’s not because of what the Indian skipper has threatened to do: bringing back the main fast bowlers. He has no Mitchell Starcs at his disposal.

Elton Chigumbura has taken many a battle to the best bowlers around the world to figure among one of the only four international batsmen to score 500 or more runs in T20 internationals at a 150-plus strike rate. He’s unlikely to wet his pants at a mere mention of the names of Barinder Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni.

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Finally Ford paying heed to the word efficiency, the iconic Mustang sheds 4 cylinders and over half the cubic inches to make space for a turbo. And while some might label it as the puny pony or the lesser Mustang, truth is this one is no less fun than its elder siblings.

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hat happiness comes in small packages is finally making sense to the American automotive bigwigs.

Ford is finally putting off the big V8s from its cars for the smaller, efficient, but powerful Ecoboost engine. Every model right from the big truck based SUV – the Expedition to its quirky hatchback, Focus, and the iconic pony car: the Mustang, which comes packing the 2.3 litre turbocharged Ecoboost engine in its 2016 avatar.

But wait a second, isn’t the Mustang a pony, supposed to have a V8 by the American pony laws? To that Ford puts the 2.3 Mustang is just an added option. True, after all the 5.0 litre GT version is still alive.

Anyways, cutting to the chase, we recently set out to test the 2.3 litre Mustang on a long daytrip (thanks to the Ford dealership).

Think of the Mustang, and what comes to the mind is a roaring monster packing a huge V8 under the hood. Ever since the legendary muscle car debuted over half a century ago, it has been accompanied by its unmistakable throaty V8 rumble.

Put this one to life, and initial impressions are a little too underwhelming. The engine fires up inconspicuously, settling into an anonymous idle. Give it a bit of the throttle and all you get is a faint murmur accompanied by the whistle from the turbo. None of the hoopla associated to its bigger 5 litre sibling.

But that’s not the end of story.

Shift to manual mode; engage first gear and you’ll be astonished to discover the same precise mechanical shift action as in the V8-

powered model, and almost the same eagerness to pull off: Turbo magic, viola.

The optimally sized twin-scroll turbocharger transfers high-pulse energy to the turbine wheel, resulting in ultrafast torque timing.

In layman terms, the response is almost as crisp and quick as the bigger naturally aspirated engine Mustang. I make heavy of the gas pedal, and initially it feels a little slack; right off the line. But once the turbo comes in at 2k rpms, the scenario swiftly changes for better with smooth and strong acceleration; the V8 is missed no longer, well almost.

In perhaps a desperate attempt to make up for the missing soundnote, Ford pulled off a really funny gimmick. To make the aural matters exciting, an artificially generated growl is played through the speakers. And while it isn’t at all awkward or odd, it doesn’t sound natural too. How you take it is entirely an individual choice.

Artificial octaves aside, the 2.3 EcoBoost isn’t at all short of firepower with a healthy 310bhp and a muscular 432Nm of torque, on its side. It can quite keep up with the 5.0 litre Mustang, and easily put the 3.7 litre naturally aspirated version to shame.

The official 0 to 100kph figures clock at a mere 5.5 seconds, with a restricted top speed of 234kph: yes it’s that fast. Trying a drag with the rear-wheel driven mini-monster is total fun. All that while returning 47 per cent better EPA city fuel economy and 24 per cent better highway mileage than the new 5.0.

However, a snag with the turbocharged EcoBoost is that it demonstrates full power only on premium

grade fuel. Running on regular, the engine churns out less horsepower (not clarified how much by Ford).

The integral link independent rear suspension helps minimise body roll and isolate road imperfections for a responsive ride and precise handling. The new Mustang also has better pitch control during hard acceleration and braking compared to the previous generation. Paddle shift on the six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission is also very responsive lending the thrilling feel of manual transmission. The three selectable drive modes offer different levels of steering indulgence, with comfort requiring the least effort and sport being on the other extreme.

Normal mode provides a balance in between the two.

When it comes to looks, the Eco-boost is identical to the 5.0, except for the absent 5.0 badges on the sides, and the smaller 18-inch alloys. On the inside, the roomy two cabin combines sporty looks and comfort, with controls within easy reach. The plastics and garish chrome trim are still not quite up to the mark. Fitting normal-sized adults (or any size for that matter) in the rear is almost impossible.

Forget it completely if you opt for the Recaro seats, which we insist you do at all costs; absolutely magnificent bucket seats they are.

To sum it up, the Mustang EcoBoost is a real fun car, not at all lacking on any quarter: sucks up the distance with great ease, steers pleasingly accurate, and is rapid enough. If the absence of the grunt is just too much for you, there is still the 5.0, and 5.2 litre V8s out there. Have it your way.

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ut on the road, your car is as good as the tyres it wears. Tyres are the only source of contact between a vehicle and the road, and the vehicle’s overall performance is very much affected by the condition of the tyres. The most important aspect of tyre care is to check whether the tyres are good enough to run, have enough tread, and are tear or crack free.

Proper inspection of tyres should be carried out at least once a month. Here is what you need to check.

Tread Tyre treads create grip on road surface. Less tread means lesser traction. As the tyre wears and loses tread depth, its performance and functionality are hugely reduced.

All tyres have tread wear indicators (TWIs).

Replace the tyre(s), once the indicator shows a tread depth of 2mm and lesser. If the balance of your vehicle is perfect, all the tyres would lose the tread uniformly, and would require replacing the whole set together.

Uneven Wear Uneven wear of the tyre indicates trouble with wheel alignment, or the suspension is worn.

Uneven wear could also be a result of regular towing. Inspect the whole contact surface of the tyre, including the outer edges, to check for uneven wear.

Swapping tyre pairs from front to back at regular intervals is also recommended, given the tyre size at both ends is the same, which mostly is the case, but not always.

Pressure Incorrect tyre pressure leads to safety and handling issues, along with poor fuel efficiency.

Under-inflation also triggers cracking up of the sides of tyres, leading to punctures and loss of vehicular balance.

Make sure to always keep the tyres inflated to the recommended level (mentioned on the tyre).

Duration Generally, a tyre any older than five years will need replacement. Even if the kilometres travelled are low, or the tyre isn’t even being used, it will still deteriorate as the rubber loses its suppleness due to the drying out of moisture and oils.

Check the tyre’s date of manufacture, stamped on the sidewall to know its age. It’s also worth noting that tyres deteriorate more quickly in hot climates.

While replacing the tyre(s), make sure to always go only with the recommended size and dimensions. Also, never mix radials and non-radials. Go with any one, or better — the one which is recommended by the vehicle manufacturer.

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Content: 96570147 Shop / office at MBD behind spar for rent 325/-. Contact: 95818923 1 BHK near Oman house Muttrah.

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R.O 360/-For families. Contact: 94934353 - 9 am to 7 Pm. Email – forrentksd@gmail.com Room with attached bathroom, sharing, kitchen for executive bachelor / lady or couple in Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid, Please Contact: 96510226/98404827 2 BHK flat at Darsait behind KIMS hospital. Contact: 92141514

1 BHK near medical Darsait, Muttrah house R.O 180/. Contact: 95076261 2 Bedroom villa with hall , 2 toilets , parking in Mawalah near City Center , 1 bedroom ,1 toilets , Kitchen & hall.

Contact: 93930352 1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains near Khimji mart MBD. Contact: 99061408/99024039 1000 Sqmtrs industrial land for rent in Ghala suitable for warehouse workshop etc.

Contact 24700120 /92584715 2 Bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120

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

Contact 99310375 1 BHK fully furnish flat in Hamriya for short terms. Contact – 99792181 1 BHK flat in Al Khuwair for 2 months. Contact – 99792181 1 Room for sharing accommodation in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181 3 & 5 BHK villa staff accommodation in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181 Flats for rent near Indian school in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122

Villa for rent at Azaiba, near al Meera hypermarket. 4 Bedrooms, 3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room and dining room. This will include curtains and air conditioners.

Sharing is allowed ro.500/-.

Please call 99469203

Room for rent with sharing, kitchen in Al Khuwair behind Burger King. Contact: 92994415

2 Bed room, 2 bath room, 1 hall and kitchen behind Bank Muscat for rent. Contact: 99313533

New villa for rent Al Hail north neat to Ramez near to Main road open sitting room with washing area 3 family hall, dining room , kitchen with store , laundry 5 BR with bathrooms. Contact: 93387732 / 99259977

New 1 & 3 BHK flat in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99792181 New flats for rent Muscat Al Zafarania, split units AC , all rooms & bed room R.O 200/-, 3 bedroom R.O 300/- negotiable.

Contact: 93393755 Running fabrication workshop with area of 3000 sq. mtrs in Barka Industrial Estate for rent.

Contact 99356748

House in Darsait, 3 rooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen with A/C. Contact: 95522405

2 BHK sea view flat Darsait.

Contact: 95311488 2 BHK 1 hall & seating room Athaibah. Contact: 99224748 / 99425665 Flats in Darsait.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Villa for rent in South Mabellah, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, family Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact 92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM. 2 BHK at Mawalah north near Masjid Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748/99332297 5 rooms 2 hall villa, 18th Nov. Road North Azaiba. Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Single room flat near Jibroo roundabout on Road Muttrah: 99373290, 24815012 2 BHK specious flat behind Bank Muscat Wadi Kabir near Indian School: 99373290, 24815012 Double bedroom flats and shops available in Honda road, Ruwi and Mabela. Please contact24833972/24833974 -99367448 Ghubra & Al Khuwair, 1 bed room, hall. Contact: 90991079 Flat for rent in Al Qurum, 3 rooms & hall. Contact: 91763660 Flats in Muttrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats for rent in Mumtaz, 2 bedrooms , hall Way no 3352 building no. 3447 & 3668.

Contact: 90991079 Two bedrooms flat behind German Embassy near to Al Nahda Hospital. Contact: 99209354 Flat for rent 2 BHK in Darsait North near Indian School about 200 mtrs, rent RO 300/-.

Contact: 94101134

Ruwi office space for rent, Saravana Bhava Building.

Contact: 95729549 Wadi Kabeer Industrial 80 sm show rooms for rent 400/- R.O. Contact: 99879939 Fully Furnished apartments in Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Offices and flats in Ghala.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 Flats in Ghobrah. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available near Lulu Darsait (Main road, Opp. to Min. of Defense).

Contact : 93202733 2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building good location Barka Market. contact 99342661 Flats, shops & store for rent in MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127 3 BHK flat at Azaiba, Opp. Sultan Centre. Contact 99261522 Shop for rent at Wadi Kabir Industrial area. Contact: 99888390 For rent New flats at Darsait Al Sahail. Contact: 99777351

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact 94051789-97201688

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

Flats in Al khuwair. Contact 94051789-97201688

Villa for rent in Al Khoud, 6 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665

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

Contact: 91153933

Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.

Contact: 92277419

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

RO 520/-. Contact 99469203

1 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 2 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 4 B/R Unfurnished Apartment with attached Split A/C @ Azaiba. For Short Term or Long Term lease.

Contact: Atlas Real Estate & Rent A Car LLC : 99249069 / 94617563/ 99436312/ 92888376, Email: info@alshahiintl.com

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

Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3 floor 400. Contact 99420346

Flat for rent in Darsait 1BHK. Contact: 99357586 / 97500025 / 97500021

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MSQ. Near ABA school one villa for rent 6 rooms + 4 bathrooms+ house maid room +AC split unit + swimming pool

One flat in CBD 2 bedrooms + sitting room + 2 bathrooms + Kitchen

One flat in Qurum 29 – two rooms + AC split unit + 2 bathrooms + Kitchen

In Al Hail one office space – (Near Main Road) one room attach with bathroom and kitchen.

ACC. AVAILABLE 2 BHK available Mumtaz area Ruwi. Contact: 99269751 Fully furnished room available for executive bachelors opp. Star Cinema. Contact 92886715

FOR SALE SHUTTERING PLYWOOD SIZE : 4’ X 8’ X 18MM GSM: 92835445,93205253,93205423

Dental chairs for sale sparingly used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284 3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in Misfah. Contact 99792181

HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift), Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine, Steel Fabrication Machinery (Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding) including tools for immediate sale: Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454, 24815012.

House in North Al Hail with 3 rooms, living room, hall, 4 toilets 300 RO. Contact 99738881 / 99439568 Plot at Barka next to Germany College & next to Aramex Company, next to Bahwan Warehouse, next to Omasco warehouse 37,074 SQM2 required 0.250 Baiza per SQM. Contact: 99888390 1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Villa for rent in Al Ghubrah, 5 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665 Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms & hall. Contact: 917633665 2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232 Warehouse at Wadikabir - total area 3500 sqm - covered warehouse (500sqm), office, accommodation (1000sqm), open area (2000sqm) please contact: 99273774 - 99202278 Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact 94051789 / 97201688 1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/- in AL Khuwair. #95154331 2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120 02 BHK residential flat opposite to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241 Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate Tel : 00 968 95158570

5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff Accommodation. Contact 99792181 2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair & Ghubra. Contact 99792181 1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

Family restaurant for sale in Heart of Wadi Kabir party hall for 120 pp.

Contact: 99321792 3 BHK flats for sale/ rent at Greater Muttrah, Dar AL Maha.

Contact: 99321792

4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181

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

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

Shop for sale opp Towell Service Center, Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99221683

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

BUYING Used office house furniture & electronic items. Contact: 99834373 / 96642500 Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

FOR SALE Shop for sale at Ruwi high street.

Contact: 98787853 Urgent sale of steel scrap only serious buyers kindly contact +968 96725423 for viewing the items.

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

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

Contact: 99445367

Independent room in Qurum / Hail. Contact: 96229522 Room, bath room for executives in Wadi kabir. Contact 99336206 Separate entrance attach bath for exertive bachelor.

Contact: 93231403 /93324458 Sharing accommodation (furnished & with A/C) with kitchen facility available near Al Falaj hotel in Ruwi.

Contact 92704439 Furnished apartment for rent, two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776 One room available in 2BHK in Al Falaj area for Executive bachelor only. Contact 99131742.

Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket. Contact: 96202458/96761960 Sharing Accommodation available for working ladies opposite Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably Indians. Room with seperate toilet and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717 Room available in Mumtaz area 1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1 room, common bathroom. Interested pleasecontact 92680041 Mr. Altaf Sharing accommodation near ISD. Contact: 99657340 Room for rent in Qurum attached bathroom and kitchen.

Contact: 99664703

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

Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 97167857

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 / What`s up No 97290565

Room available for Executive bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708

Furnished office at Ruwi near Sheraton Hotel.

Contact: 93993897

Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale. Contact: 99273774/ 99202278

1 BHK appartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque for rent (next to alkhoud medical center and squ) MOB: 93913224

Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery. Contact 99328430 Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir.

Contact 93049849

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

Contact: 91763665

Room available for family / bachelor opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi.

Gsm 942-888-63

MV SALE Nissan Pathfinder 2013 No-2 lady driven KM 50.000 power sterns auto transmission power window R.O 6500/- Contact: 99157377 Mitsubishi Outlander 2008 model 4 cylinder, 2.4lt, Metallic grey , 135000km , excellent condition , expat driven , single owner Price R.O 3.500/- Neg. Contact: 99330486 Mazda6, 2.5L (classic model, 2014) expat driven, excellent condition , 80.000km , mulkiya till march 2017, RO 5.700 ( Negotiable). Contact: 99415861 Toyota Prado, 2009 model, 6 cylinder, single expat owner used, white pearl color, km 287k Contact- 99318152 2 No 40 feet flat trailers 50 Ton capacity with grill prime movers Volvo 97 & Mercedes 9.

Contact: 99454425 Mazda Cx 9 (2013 model) 89,000 KM and Geely Emgrad (2015 model) 24,000 KM. Both cars in excellent condition, single owner, company serviced. Please call 94194071 (Pradeep) for immediate sale Nissan Qashqai 2013 Kms 30,000 VGC comprehensive Insurance UAE / Oman.

Contact: 96995430 Prado 2011. Contact: 99336093

ACC. WANTED Urgently required Villa with 8 rooms near Bausher/Ghala/Al Ansab area for accommodation of Staff from a reputed company in Oman. Interested party may contact - Mr. Pramith 99694150 Accommodation Wanted for an Executive Bachelor, Single Flat / Sharing Room @ Wadi Kabir. Pls call: 93883674 / 98103169

NRI Ready to occupy just completed 3 BHK in Chennai -Pallikkaranai :1600sqft ,builders lcs city makers ,high quality construction , woodwork done, part of 64 apts all 3bhk in 4 blocks gated community with swimming pool/gym/ common hall/2 car parking.

Genuine buyers call rag @99235815 or email: sairaj_2k@yahoo.com NRI Property for Sale: 774Sq .

2 BHK flat with OC ready at Palava City Casa Rio, Dombivili, Mumbai Contact : 97003326, 96791085

LOST Manir Khan has lost Bangladeshi Passport No. AB 6125241. Finder please handover to ROP Muhammad Ilias has lost Pakistani Passport No. DX 1742271.

Finder please handover to ROP

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT WE URGENTLY REQUIRE ;ϮͿ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ĞĂƵƟ ĐŝĂŶ Ladies only for our new beauty salon in Al Amerat, Mahaj 5 near Sultan Center.

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ACCOUNTANTPART TIME Qualified Person (Female/ Male) on a part time basis is required to audit, supervise and complete all accounts work up to finalization on a day- today basis. The location is near Oman House-Mutt rah.

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Excellent grade construction company requires the following for its building material showroom Procurement Manager Sale Manager/B2C Expertise Marketing Manager/ B2B Expertise Showroom Manager Store Manager Warehouse Assistant Graphic Designer Cashier Kindly check conditions on our website & upload your CV in career page

WWW.DURAT.OM SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

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

ACCOUNTS A leading cosmetic company in Muscat is looking for an Accountant – Email: us on vacancies@maryanagroup.com An Omani Audit firm is seeking audit partner to join the firm, the candidate should be completed any certificate course CIA,CPA, CA, ACC, and 4 years’ experience, interested candidates to submit their CVs to : auditbureau2016@gmail.com

BEAUTICIAN Urgently required a Gulf experienced professional hair dresser cum beautician (lady) for a reputed beauty salon. Immediate appointment. Contact: 99816262 / 98557585 Fax: 24796211 Email: skin.hair.makeup@gmail.com Beauty salon needs lady for henna. Contact: 93336061

CATERING Urgently required south Indian cooks with NOC, having suitable experienced. Contact: 94268319 /97408945 Email: ashok.k55@yahoo.com Shawarma / grill / Salad / Chinese, Cook. Contact: 96229522 Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970

DOMESTIC HELPER House maid cooking cleaning experienced with babies required immediately. Contact: 95584060 / 98920399 House maid for Omani family.

Contact: 99773100

DESIGNER Advertising and signboard making company required fresh or experience graphic designer send CV to info@agloenterprises.com Urgently required a Graphic designer with 2 years experience in graphic designing, Photoshop, illustrator. Send CV to email: hr@cityvago.com

DRIVER Required urgently driver, experience Omani or expat drivers with P.D.O. license.

Contact: 98242478

Customer Service Executive, for immediate employment we are looking for a Filipino male with a minimum experience of one year or more in customer support.

Candidate should be well versed in English with good computer knowledge. Please send your CV to info@venusinternationalgroup. com or contact us on: 99189303

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

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

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

TOURS/ TRAVEL

DRIVER Required Omani Driver for a restaurant. Contact 95929911 Looking for a full time driver with valid Omani license.

Contact: 95454033 Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

ENGI./TECH./MECH.

MEDICAL Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

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

Fabrication Engineer to run fabrication workshop on commission basis. Email: hrinfome@gmail.com

Urgently required Pharmacist for a Pharmacy in Barka.

Contact: 99452755

Testing / Protection Engineer with minimum 05 years of experience and should have Oman DCRP license, Interested candidates send resume to krishivan@gmail.com

Urgently required experienced female Lab Technician, with knowledge of histopathology & cytology, with MOH release, for a well-known laboratory in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 95271561/98893034

Qualified and experience Technician required for the kitchen restaurant equipments. Who can repair hot and cold equipments will be preferred. Contact: Email: alsatrading14@gmail.com / Fax: 24727481 Electrician with qualification and experience. Contact: Email: alsatrading14@gmail.com / Fax: 24727481 CCTV & Burglar alarm Technician. Urgently looking for an Expatriate with minimum 5 years experience with NOC. Email your CV with recent Photograph to: joyr@alasalaintl.com

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

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

MEDICAL GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. Preferably with MOH license or with Dataflow & Paramatics pass Contact: 95388934 Care Medical Centre Al Seeb requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to: sarita_h23@yahoo.com Required GP Doctors, gynecology, X ray tech staff nurses.

Contact: 99681325 Email: altaqwamedicalcentre@gmail.com

Orthodontist for Dental Center in Muscat, Specialist Endodontist & General Dentist with MOH license from Oman. Nurses & Marketing female Executive. Contact: akdmuscat@hotmail.com Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact 95081010 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVIBranch Manger required to manage entire Business. ftt@futuretarget.net 99110080 Urgently required a Purchase Manager to handle all the procurements for a reputed Ready-mix concrete Company, having its branches all over Oman. The candidate should possess required experience, product knowledge and excellent communication skills. Interested candidates may send their CV to sndakshin@gmail. com / Contact: 99256757

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

Candidates with Omani driving license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

SALES / MARKETING Advertising & interior company required Sales Executive with driving /L send CV to info@agloenterprises.com Urgent Required, Outdoor sales 3-5 years of experience in spare part. - Store Keeper 2 years experience. -Accountant 2-3 years experience.-4 Store labors.

All Candidates should be Indian, English speakers. NOC is a must.

Email: Muscat.supply13@gmail. com Fax: 24504723 Require Salesman with D/L for construction, Ind materials, hydraulic hoses & fittings.

Contact 99221683 / 92830110 Required marketing / PR manager for a modern restaurant group in Oman , proficient in illustrator & Photoshop charismatic , proactive , creative & flexible excellent writing / Editing skills degree in relevant area fluent in English. Send CV to marketingpr2016@gmail.com Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experience for a reputed manufacturing company in Oman, having its Head Office in Ruwi. Experience in building materials is an added advantage. Omani Driving License and NOC is a must.

Attractive remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com Required female person to work at the retail shop/Marketing.

Please send your CV on e mail: zeyanaalharmaly@yahoo.com A new Sanitary ware Company looking for a Salesman who has experience in Oman markets not than 5 years. Send C.V : alkunzite@yahoo.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experience in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

Ticketing assistant, for immediate employment we are looking for a Filipino male good knowledge of computers and communication skills our travel agency in Ruwi, Please send your CV to info@venusinternationalgroup. com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian male Accountant 2.5 years exp in Oman with valid D/L NOC available. Contact: 98870112 Indian male, B.Com MBA, 4 yrs in L&T total 26 years Gulf experienced English, Arabic speaking driving license with NOC. Contact: 95588565 Accountant Having 5 Years experience in reputed companies.

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

Contact: 92254691/97826674 email: khader2305@gmail.com Indian male 31 chartered accountant having 2 years Oman experience looking for suitable placement in finance and audit field NOC available. Contact: 96357827 Email: ubaiskeeran@gmail.com Indian 20 years well experienced accounts & finance professional looking for immediate placement NOC available. Contact: 94546455 Email: salahuddin8@gmail.com Young Indian male (25) with B.Com degree on visit visa with D/L and N.O.C for simple opportunities preferably in accounting.

Contact : 96324484 7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact- 90191628 / 96175780 Part time accounting workers up to finalization, on monthly basis & yearly finalization works.

Contact : 96247295

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian male 27 yrs, MBA finance with 4 years experience currently in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable placement in finance / admin. Contact: 90921724 Indian (Male) having 17+years Experience in Trading & Healthcare seeking senior Position in Accounts (11 years GCC Experience)currently on Resident Visa (NOC Available) and has a valid Omani Driving Licence. Contact: 91335026; skumartp@gmail.com Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job. Contact 93953613, Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact: 94743790 Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com – Finance with 5 yrs experience in Accounts in India, presently in visiting visa looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 93671785 Email: jeyan903@gmail.com Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA Finance and marketing with IT skills, 7+ yrs of experience, Looking for suitable placement. contact 94879615,Emailsajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.Contact: 96976240 ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact: 99284193 Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible. #96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

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

ACCA qualified professional lady with 5 years experience in finance management accounts is looking for a suitable placement NOC can be Contact: 94521899 Part Time Accounting, Audit Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly Reports, Accounting set up for new companies, GSM: 96975454, email: ibfc.gcc@gmail. com Chief Accountant, well experienced available. Contact: 95598477 Indian male 43 yrs accountant presently on tourist visa looking for suitable placement in a company 18yrs experience in managing finance in Indian and abroad.

Contact: 90190648 Accountant Indian male, 6 years experience up to finalization in tally with reporting knowledge & good knowledge of payroll, having Oman D/L, NOC. Contact: 92540313 Accountant , female , 1 &half years experience up to finalization in tally, good knowledge in reporting, pursuing ACCA, valid D/L. Contact: 95373751 Chief Accountant/Finance Manager – Indian male, CA Finalist, having 20 years’ experience in Finance, Accounts, Audit, Finalization of Accounts, preparation of Project Reports etc., looking for immediate placement. 12 yrs. in Oman in Construction and Consultancy co., have Omani D/L, knows Tally. Contact 94041048, Email : jobmuscat49@gmail.com 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. Contact 90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

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Contact 98263394 Indian male, 34 years, B.Com, experience in Accounts, Marketing & Administration over all more than 9 years of experience in GCC (Bahrain & Oman) is currently looking for suitable job having D/L & NOC. Contact: 99548543 Well experienced Account M.Com available with NOC, Tally & ERP. Contact : 99035707

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

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

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com Indian female diploma architect 6 years exp in Oman Engineering consultancy, valid Oman driving license. Contact: 96683293 / 97750870 Architect female 5 years experience seeking job. Contact: 96146645 Email: anjuovil@gmail.com

ADMIN Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817 Indian female MBA / HR, 2.5 experience seeking suitable job.

Contact: 99257214

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DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/ HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, Now on Visit Visa,looking for suitable position. Contact: 90196235

Experience driver 12 years experience in GCC, seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93722881

Indian female MBA fin & HR now on visit visa looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92097764

B.Sc civil Engineer 7 years gulf experience total experience 9 years having GCC D/L seeking for suitable replacement local release available.

Contact: 98628515/ 98289234 Email: sofiz.sohel02@gmail.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com

B.E Electrical Engineer, Age 28 yrs.

5.5 yrs experience. 2 yrs in OMAN as site supervisor/ site engineer, with valid GCC license. NOC available. Contact: 95527936 Email: pksg07@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over 10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter (NOC) available), seeking suitable placement, Mob:97061817, Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian female, 27, MCA, 2 yrs experience in Administration and HR in India & Oman. Currently in family visa seeking suitable jobs preferably in Muscat.

Contact.99417993 Indian/ 23yrs female/ 5yrs GCC experience with NOC looking for a suitable position in HR/Admin / Accounts/ BD. #+96890656997 Indian female with nearly 10 years of Oman experience in Administration & HR, seeking suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 99242841

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

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Architectural Draftsmen diploma in construction technology with 6 years experience in drafting and detailing as per British standard in Oman with valid Omani license looking for suitable opportunity Noc available. Call 94375897.

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

Contact 97103168 Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR PH :92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Pakistani driver with car Subaru 2004 model. Contact: 99667817 Driver with Electrician 4 years experience looking for job.

Contact: 97456062 Pakistani driver with 3 years experience, seeking for placement familiar with Batinah & Sharqiyah regions. Contact 99832706 Looking for driver job.

Contact: 99035942 /97383016 Looking for job driver.

Contact: 94158238 Six years experienced light duty vehicle driver looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 96362871 Full or part time driver available.

Contact 93540898 /91624908 Driver with light duty license 10 yrs exp. Contact: 94566432 13 years experience driver.

Contact 95068976

Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time. Contact: 95933288

Search job for light driver, experience 3 years, language Hindi, English & Arabic. Contact: 92458526/ 97941771

Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have vocational M.B.A diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288

Looking for driving job.

Contact: 93650209

Looking for driver job (private).

Contact: 98053733

Driver with car Subaru 2008 model.

Contact: 99640986 Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

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Indian male 24 years dynamic & professional B.Tech (Mech. Engg) with 1 year experience working on BPCL project in India seeks opening for suitable post, currently in Oman. Contact: 93672286 / 97772272 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com Mechanical diploma, Indian male 26, 4 years experienced MEP supervisor seeks suitable openings NOC / Release available.

Contact: 97901559 Electrical Engineer 5 years experience substations oil & Gas water projects fluency in Arabic & English & English driving license available. Contact: 99525856 Mechanical Engineer 7 years experience plumbing firefighting water pipeline projects fluency in Arabic and English driving license available. Contact: 91117089 Mech. Engineer 10 years GCC exp automobile / oil & gas / const project / plant, equip machinery in charge with driving license NOC. Contact: 95774585 B.Tech Civil Engineer 2 years experience on visit seeks urgent placement. Contact: 98233199 Electronics & telecommunication BE Indian male having skills in electronics communication, networking , embedded having 2 years experience looking for suitable position available in Oman on family visit visa. Contact: 93051918 Email: sadatbtisekar25@gmail.com Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job 4 years experience currently working in Muscat, NOC available. Contact: 99823368 Indian male , 31yr , M.Tech electrical engineer , PGDBM , 2 years electrical experience , 4 years teaching , Oman valid driving license looking for suitable.

Contact: 93221395 Mechanical Engineer graduate graduates in business Admin 20 years experience in wood working industry managers position needed. Contact 94304757 Indian male 25 years experience with engineering dept Secretary – Document- controller – technical office with Oman driving license seeking better placement.

Contact: 92968712 Email: samjosh62@gmail.com Civil Engineer (QS) 2 yrs exp seeking job UAE D/L. Contact: +96895641991

Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com Indian mechanical supervisor (diploma) 17 yrs experience in petrochemical construction (fabrication erection) in all steel structural and mechanical jobs, on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 90924467 Email: pnpraveen@yahoo.co.in Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact:-94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, B.Tech (Post Graduate) looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99576846 mail: rajeevt@modern-irrigation.com Civil Engineer holder three years, exp UAE & Oman 9 years, I want job in civil work civil site Engineer.

Contact: 95714327 Email: zafarullah727@gmail.com Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years experience marine mechanical fitter 2 yrs experience.

Contact 93674847 Mechanical Engineer 2 years experience as HVAC design & drafting, CAD, MEP Engg. Contact: 90150913 Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male with 1 year experience on visit visa looking for job, qualification in QA-QC, HVAC& piping engineering.

Contact: 90510800 Email: muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com Electrical Engineer 1 year experience driving license, NOC available. Contact: 94879092 Highly experienced mechanical/ steel structural fabrication Engineer looking for suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 99860714, Email: hussain20173@gmail.com.

Civil Engineer fresh Graduate with Omani driving license looking for job in any construction company.

Contact: 91745797 / 99190898 Email: alio_abdo@hotmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact: 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer 7 years experience HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, metal formation, fluency in Arabic & English, driving license available. Contact: 90933863

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact:97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman.Contact:98921022 Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. Contact 96570891 8 years experience electrical engineer have knowledge MEP project have driving license can join shortly. Contact: 96535204 Quantity Surveyor / Site Engineer 6 years experience in Omani have valid driving license release available looking for immediate placement. Contact: 96394948 Chemical Engineer with MBA & experience looking for job.

Contact: 94908977 A Sudanese Mechanical Engineer Graduate from Malaysia, 6 years of work experience in projects, fluent in English & Arabic. NOC is available valid Omani driving license.

Contact: 95569340 Indian female 25years M.E (power electronics) 3years experience in teaching profession looking for suitable job. Contact no 97003267 & 94214909 Email: laliped106@gmail.com HSE Engineer / Advisor safety Fire Engineering Nebosh, OSHA & PDO HSE courses 15 years exp. NOC available seeking suitable placement. Contact: 94568700 Email: kurianjose2000@hayoo.com Indian male Civil Engg. 11 years experience having Omani driving license, NOC available.

Contact: 95797286 Email: nasim.anzar@yahoo.com Sr. Quantity surveyor B.Tech (Civil Tech) above 8 years (7 years in Oman) having driving license NOC available. Contact: 92324791 Mechanical Engineer experience maintenance of pumping stations production line machinery turbine for power plant good communications skills, planning follow up Engineer projects HSE awareness trained multiple design software looking for job.

Contact 949064473 / 96654019 Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com Instrumentation Engineer, Indian male 25 years having over 2 years experience in calibration, testing and maintenance of field instruments, looking for a suitable position, available in Oman for visit.

Contact: 91228010 Civil Engineer with 6+ years in Supervision designing & Q.C expert in much civil softwares, NOC available. Contact: 90719263 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Electrical Engineer with 16 years experience in switchgear / transformer / over head lines & trading, looking for sales / procurement & project planning & Execution with NOC & D/L. Contact: 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com

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

Contact: +91 9567526566 Email: adujohnson10@gmail.com B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 33 with 6+ years experience in GCC in MEP building construction field (execution and design of HVAC,firefighting,plumbing), with D/L, NOC available Contact 96978380, Email: prajithks@gmail.com Diploma Engineering Instrumentation Technician, 2 years experience skills calibration & installation etc.

Contact: 98963344 / 96946408 Email: anfeeranfu4@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Mechanical Engineer (Sudanese) 3 years experience : Fire fighting, HSE, Design, Production.

Contact: 93642704 Email: mohamedfdl87@gmail.com Senior Land Surveyor 23 yrs Oman, UAE & Egypt GPS, T.S Construction roads infrastructure oil feed electric works OHL, UGC grid , primary substation processing data.

Contact: 95326927 / 92928981 Email: sdsda802@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Indian male B-tech 8 years experience as senior electrical project engineer / QC engineer on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543 Email: anwar425@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact : 99739415 / 92091528 Indian male, M.Tech Graduate in Chemical Process Control Engineering looking for lecturing jobs, currently in Oman. Contact : 98352288

HOSPITALITY Indian male diploma in hotel management with 16 years of experience in Oman & Saudi , having Omani D/L seeking for suitable placement. Contact: 92100141 /92221956 Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree,03 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has oman driving licence. Contact No 99859150.

IT Female, 31, B.Tech- ECE/CCNA/ GSM, 5 yrs Oman experience in IT support (AD, exchange, TMG, UNIS Server admin, In-house apps support, project placement, Transfer NOC available. Contact: 95742398 Indian female MCA having 3 yrs experience in teaching looking for any suitable job in reputed organic station on visit skilled in programming language VB, JAVA ,C,C,TT & also WEB development.

Contact 90595322 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available. Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact 98660672

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Indian male 3 years experience in IT as Linux Administrator & 1 year experience in Amazon EC2 Cloud at Wipro Technologies Bangalore seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact 92889678 Email: amalpathikal@gmail.com

Chief Accountant/Finance Manager – Indian male, CA Finalist, having 20 years’ experience in Finance, Accounts, Audit, Finalization of Accounts, preparation of Project Reports etc., looking for immediate placement. 12 yrs. in Oman in Construction and Consultancy co., have Omani D/L, knows Tally.

Contact 94041048, email: jobmuscat49@gmail.com

SAP Business Objects / Data Warehousing professional. 10 years experience with top 5 IT global companies (HP and Accenture) in team leading roles. Oman family visa. Looking for jobs in Muscat.

Phone: 91487199 IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759 Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement.

Contact: 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com 3 years experience in IT Software field, seeking suitable jobs.

Contact: 96350234, Email : greeshmavkannan@gmail.com

MEDICAL Indian Male with 13 Years Oman Experience as Assistant Pharmacist with Valid MOH License and Oman D/L is looking for a Suitable Job in Muscat Area. NOC available.

Please Contact: 92121414 Sri Lankan female qualified in UK with BSC (Hons) pharmacology and MSC pharmaceutical science with management studies having one year experience in Sir Lanka, looking suitable placement in regulatory affairs, clinical research / trials, Pharmacologist, pharmacovigilance and research.

Contact- 99550318 Indian female dentist specialized Endodontist, looking for suitable placement. Parametric completed.

Contact: 96410448 D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years experience Ayurvedic Panchakarma Masseur’s 3 years experience.

Contact: 93672452 Senior female staff Nurse with MOH license, over 25 years experience in Operation Theatre, Gynaecology, Anaesthesia, General , Plastic and reconstructive surgery looking for suitable opportunities in Oman. NOC available.

Call: 92098423 Veterinary Doctor 7 years experience Indian male wife in MOH with family visa need job.

Contact 98107162 Email: drnmpvet4u@yahoo.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male B.com MBA 4 years in L &T total 26 years gulf experienced English & Arabic speaking driving license with NOC. Contact: 95588565 Indian looking for a job in the trade 27 years of age for a friendly college degree. Contact: 96424192 Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact: 92956848 BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com Indian male GYM instructor fitness trainer on visit visa looking for a suitable job. Contact : 92802307 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable lacements. NOC available. # 92066 523 Indian male 28yrs Bcom 3yrs exp. in warehouse operations (including pharmaceutical). Well knowledge in WMS & ERP, looking for suitable job.

Ph. 95576686, E: sijofranz@gmail. com (UAE visa holder, currently in Oman)

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com Indian, 20 years experience in Oman as personal assistant / office manager / executive secretary / administrator / business development asst. seeks job change. Release available. Contact 99168054.

Indian female BE, 3 years office assistant experience, seeking placement.Contact-90655903 Secretary coordinators 16 yrs experience Indian male 42 yrs owing Oman driving license release available. Contact: 98358897

MANAGER/SUPER.

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment. Call: 95244761

Indian male 33 yrs, having 10 yes GCC experience (Oman, Qatar, UAE) in business development with driving license seeks suitable opportunity. Contact: 98260607 mail: amrish.sukumar@gmail.com

Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

SALES / MARKETING Indian female, MBA Marketing with 4 years experience with 4 years experience with Oman experience, NOC and D/L looking for suitable opening with visa. Contact: 92460623 Indian female having D/L with 12 years experience in corporate / retail sales & B/D. Looking for a suitable job in training / IT / Education companies.

Contact: 91751077 Email: alamelusara@hotmail.com

Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 B.Com, Sales Executive 30 yrs, 5 years experience with D/L. Contact: 94501264 Email: thajumalur66@yahoo.com / sirajmalurcity@gmail.com

Indian male 24 B.com, 2years of experience in sales & admin & proficient in M.S Office, Excel.

Contact: 98613373 Email: syedismailnoor@gmail.com

Indian Male MBA, 5 years Building Materials Project Sales experience in Oman, NOC available, seeking for placement.

Contact - 90655903,99325544

Indian male MBA 5 yrs experience in Oman and India seeking suitable position in marketing & sales NOC available. Contact: 93059175 Email: pranodsathyan11@gmail.com

35 years male, Lebanese holding British passport, 10 years of experience in procurement, Omani Government tenders, setup marketing plans & strategies, importing, Organizing events, management, have car, NOC available. Contact 94123939 Email: 002015r@gmail.com

Indian male 1.5 yrs exp a sales & merchandising in Oman looking for best opportunity NOC available.

Contact: 93039342 Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com Sales & Marketing executive MBA with 3 years exp , 6 months exp in Oman with NOC , looking for suitable placement. Contact: 91345727 Indian female, BSC, Bed, MBA (Marketing) 3years experience, seeks suitable in the marketing section.

Contact: 95041134 Email: divya.vini@gmail.com Sales & Marketing Executive Indian national with valid Omani D/L with good command of languages, 18 yrs exp in Middle East. Looking for suitable placement. Contact - 98103829 Experienced Salesman looking for job with Omani D/L. Contact 97900338 Indian male 25, brought up in Oman, with MBA from UK & 2yr W/E in Oman. Valid Oman D/L & readily available to join. Presently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99513132 Indian male 5+ years of experience as a sales & marketing executive with valid Oman D/L. Contact: 95434902 Seeking suitable placement in purchase stone with 8 years experience in Oman, now in visit visa.

Contact: 97332401 B. Com 2 years experience in Sales Marketing Logistics Accounts and Front office Contact 95506048 Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877 Sales 2 years B.Com male 24 yrs, Indian. Contact: 00968 94212636 naveed.ahmeed315@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian Driver, with Oman driving license having 10 years experience in Oman, looking for suitable positions. Contact-91519047

Indian male 33 years, B.Com, having 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable placement. Mobile no :98492921

Indian male network cabling technician (19-years gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 0091-8089909265 (India) email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian male 33 yrs, MBA - HR, worked on Recruitments,Training,Site-HR, Omanisation and development plans of nationals ,10 yrs exp.

Seeking a job.NOC avl. # 94179499 saiprasad_18@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, (B.E.) on visit visa, seeking suitable post. Contact no: 99534733 email: rajesh92prince@gmail.com HSE Engineer, Indian male 5 years experience in Oil & Gas. Working in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE. Contact-krish.569@gmail.com +91 9867016808 Indian male MBA, 24 yrs having experience in Sales & marketing seeks suitable placement.

Contact GSM: 93833563 email: arundulala@gmail.com.

Looking for job Executive purchase logistics 10 years experience with NOC & d/license.

Contact: 91432512

Indian Male, 22, Experienced, Looking for job in sales (no DL).

Contact: 90801420; Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com

Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95337665

Female Architect on visiting visa, two years’ experience, graduated from School of Planning and Architecture (under MHRD). Proficient in AutoCAD, Google Sketchup and creative visualization. Email saatvika.frozenmusic@gmail.com.

Contact 00968-94057427.

Indian male 37 years MBA graduate in marketing with 9yrs of experience in UAE in field of brand promotions & marketing with UAE D/L on a visit seeking suitable position. Conatct 95792820

Indian Architectural Engineer with 2.5 yrs experience in architectural consultancy firms, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement. Contact no: +96894955793 hassanfaizalthariq@gmail.com.

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India.

Contact: India:-+918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

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MISCELLANEOUS Project Engineer, Mechanical Indian Male, 26 years 3 Years experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int.

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Searching for suitable job in Oman.

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Economist: Female, MA & M. Phil/ PhD_ in ECONOMICS. 10 years experience Banking/Lecturer/Customer Service/Trainer, currently looking for job contact: 97457248 Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 2 years of experience in purchase (supply chain management) looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact: 93979084 / 97351786 / E-mail: mohammednsr126@gmail.com Indian Female 23 Years, Post Graduated in Sanskrit (language), Seeking for Suitable Jobs, (Teaching or Clerical), Knowledge in MS Office, Good Communication Skill #96141317, 94614317, E-mail: sou93madam@gmail.com Indian male electrician (EEE), 2 years good working experience searching for suitable job.

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Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate, Fresher, on visit visa looking for job in sales/marketing.

Contact - 94032041; Email azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Sudanese male. Bachelor geology and mining with 2 years experience in MUD LOGGING & Training in Soil Investigation.

Tel: 92956848 Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 4 years of experience in Office Administration (admin) looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa.

Contact: 93979084 / 97351786 E-mail: mohammednsr126@gmail.com Indian male, 30.System administrator/desktop support professional.5 years of GCC exp.

Visa status: visit (Dubai) mob: 00971565598176/ aneeshngr@gmail.com Indian male, 26 years 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int. Standards, B tech in Mech Engg. Contactrahulkunnath23@gmail.com Mob-00917350860889 Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 4 years of experience in same field looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact : 93979084 / 97351786, E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 2 years of experience in same field looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact : 93979084 / 97351786, E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com Indian female, B.Tech Computer Science with 3 years experience seeking full time job in IT support, Teaching, HR. Contact: 95933507 / 97485997 Indian male 26 yrs (MBA) Specialized in Marketing have 2 yrs heavy equipment sales experience, have GCC driving license looking suitable job in Oman.

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MATRIMONIAL Parents of 28 yrs, Indian Boy from Mumbai, ACCA working as a senior accountant in Muscat, seeks alliance from an Indian Sunni Muslim family. Contact no. (Parent): 96408642 email id: khaledaoman@gmail.com Nair boy, MBA, 28/173 cm, Rohini, Pathanamthitta (district) working in Oman, seeks suitable alliances, Contact: 93722512/90651920 Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6, star Magham, B. Tech aeronautical, administrative professional, parents in Oman, native Aluva (ekm). Mob-99550870 Parent of Thrissur based Hindu Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham star, Studying for B. Pharm seeking alliance from well employed Graduates, preferably in Engineering Contact :96425102

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Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726 Parents of 28 yrs, Indian Boy from Mumbai, ACCA working as a senior accountant in Muscat, seeks alliance from an Indian Sunni Muslim family. Contact no.(parent): 96408642 email id: khaledaoman@gmail.com

FOR HIRE New Volvo Trailor available for rent to UAE every alternative days, 50 ton capacity with reasonable rent contact.99318152/ email- Ahastco @gmail.com

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