Times of Oman - July 23, 2016

SATURDAY July 23, 2016 18 Shawwal 1437 AH

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The Chairman and staff of Muscat Media Group extend their heartiest greetings to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the Renaissance Day

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46 children, each representing a year of HM’s reign, have paid tribute to the visionary leader

MUSCAT: As the Sultanate celebrates the 46th anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day on July 23, under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who has made Oman an oasis of peace, security and stability and given its citizens a dignified life, 46 children, each representing a year of His Majesty’s reign, have paid tribute to our visionary leader.

“May God bless you, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Happy Renaissance Day.” Pouring out their hearts in their messages, one child said: “May Allah bless His Majesty the Sultan with good health and long life so that he may continue to inspire the country and world with his kindness and message of peace.”

Thanking His Majesty the Sultan for making Oman the safest and the most peaceful country in

the world, another said: “We love our life here, may God bless you with long life and good health.”

For children, His Majesty the Sultan, is the most impressive and revered personality in the world.

They look upon His Majesty as a great leader, great commander, great human being, great helper, great ruler and father, “baba”, of a great nation.

“We are really impressed by your amazing thoughts and your

vision for peace and love. We are proud of you and all your achievements for Oman. You are serving the nation very well and people are living in great harmony in this peaceful country, Oman. May Allah give you a long life, good health and happy life,” another said.

“May the sun shine, all day long, everything go right, and nothing wrong, may those you love bring love back to you and may all the wishes you dream come true for

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UAE bus accident toll rises to three

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An eight-year-old boy has died, along with a woman who suffered 95 per cent burns following a fatal bus crash on Wednesday morning in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The child is the third passenger to have died following the bus crash, according to the residents of the area. >A6

this country. You are our leader, you will be the leader and we will like to follow your footsteps. Long live His Majesty, proud to be born in Oman and our heartfelt message to His Majesty the Sultan on this glorious occasion,” was the message from lots of children for His Majesty.

The messages, from Oman’s future generation, were echoed by world leaders and global shapers.

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An Indian Air Force plane carrying 29 people went missing on Friday on a flight to a remote island chain in the Bay of Bengal, the Defence Ministry said. The Russian-made AN-32 was on its way to Port Blair, the capital of India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, from Chennai when it disappeared from radar. >A9

Total light vehicle sales in the Middle East is estimated to reach 4.4 million by 2020 as compared to the 2015 total of 3.2 million, according to Frost & Sullivan.

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HM sends greetings

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MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Abdul Fatah Al Sissi of Egypt on the occasion of the anniversary of 23rd July revolution. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and people of Egypt further progress and prosperity. -ONA

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The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey wholeheartedly congratulates you on the 46th anniversary of the blessed Day of Renaissance Uğur Doğan, ambassador of Turkey to Oman

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EXCELLENT RELATIONS: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Turkey have enjoyed excellent relations, based on mutual respect and benefit. — ONA

Turkish ambassador extends Renaissance Day greetings DEEBA HASAN

deeba@timesofoman.com Muscat: Uğur Doğan, ambassador of Turkey to Oman has extended greetings to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and the Omani people on the occasion of the blessed Renaissance Day. “The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey wholeheartedly congratulates you on the 46th anniversary of the blessed Day of Renaissance.

On this occasion, we would like to commend the brotherly Omani people for the progress and prosperity that they have achieved under the wise and inspiring leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

“Throughout these years, the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Turkey have enjoyed excellent relations, based on mutual respect and benefit,” he said.

Uğur Doğan, ambassador of Turkey to Oman. — Supplied picture

“Undoubtedly, our relations will continue to deepen further and strengthen in every field, including economic and trade relations, as well as people to people contact.” he further added.

He also emphasised on the Sultanate’s role as a peacemaker in the region and said that the strong ties between the two nations will continue to prosper.

“We believe that Oman has achieved great success under the wise and inspiring leadership of His Majesty and we wish the Omani people continued peace, prosperity and progress and a long and healthy life for His Majesty, and we believe that Oman has been throughout these 46 years an island of peace and stability in the region, which we value very much and our relations with this great nation have been exemplary.”

“We have very good diplomatic, political and economical relations. Our people to people contact has been increasing, especially during the past few years, with many Omani people visiting Turkey and vice versa,” the ambassador concluded.

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Oman celebrates Renaissance Day On this day, Omanis remember the Renaissance Day, which marks the beginning of a new era in Omani history.

They also take this opportunity to express recognition and gratitude and renew their pledge of loyalty to His Majesty the Sultan

MUSCAT: On this day, the Sultanate celebrates the 46th anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said who transformed Oman, as planned by His Majesty, into an oasis for peace, security, welfare and dignified life.

On this day, Omanis remember the Renaissance Day, which marks the beginning of a new era in Omani history. They also take this opportunity to express recognition and gratitude and renew their pledge of loyalty to His Majesty the Sultan.

As instructed by His Majesty, the Omani Government accords great importance to social development, with special focus on generating jobs and training opportunities, diversifying sources of income, encouraging investments in productive projects and promoting the role played by

small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the growth of the national economy.

Justice and balanced development have been two of the key characteristics of Oman’s development march. The Omani citizen has benefited largely from the development of health, education, road, electricity, water and communication services.

His Majesty has been keen on providing Omanis with the opportunity to play a role in the development process and enjoy the fruits of this process. In his speech, His Majesty reaffirmed that the historical achievements and accomplishments in all fields have one main noble objective: the building of a modern, faithful Omani, who preserves the deeprooted traditions and customs of the Sultanate while making full use of the benefits of the modern civilisation to build a modernised nation.

Since the dawn of the Blessed Renaissance, His Majesty the Sultan has laid the pillars of national unity, which serves as a springboard for development efforts in all fields.

His Majesty the Sultan has promoted the values of justice and the rule of law. Over the past years, His Majesty has held a firm belief in the ability of the Omani citizen to play a role in building his present and shaping his future. His Majesty has said, “If things are to be judged by results, we can say that what has been achieved, with the help of God, is a great achievement.

History will testify that you, the sons of Oman, have patiently faced challenges, and overcome all problems. God has blessed your progress and has granted you your success.”

Since 1976, the Sultanate has implemented a number of fiveyear successive development plans that ensure a balance between modernity and authenticity. During those years, the Sul-

tanate utilised the oil revenues in building high quality infrastructure projects, which serve as a base for economic diversification. It has also made impressive leaps in health, education and social services.

At the beginning of 2016, His Majesty the Sultan approved the 9th Five-Year Plan (2016 to 2020), which serves as the last cycle of Oman Vision 2020 and paves the way for Oman Vision 2040.

The current five-year plan attaches great importance to the optimum utilisation of resources and investment opportunities in various governorates in the Sultanate. It also focuses on the development of governorates to achieve balanced growth and development in different parts of the Sultanate. The plan relies on policies that activate the role played by the private sector in the economic growth.

As part of His Majesty’s interest in promoting partnership and having multiple views, the Council of Ministers has held many independent meetings with the State Council Office and Majlis Al Shura Office to enhance cooperation between the Council of Ministers and the Council of Oman.

On the other hand, the second municipal councils’ elections for the term (2017 to 2020) will be held at the end of 2016. The Ministry of Interior had opened the registration for these elections with effect from June 12.

The Sultanate is also going ahead with its plan to diversify sources of income, reduce reliance on oil revenues and alleviate the negative effects of the oil price dip in the world market.

While the Sultanate endeavours to become a regional and world logistic hub, it also seeks to enhance its relations with different countries of the world, based on mutual respect, non-interference in others’ affairs and respect for good neighbouring relations. — ONA

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OMAN IN PICS: INCREDIBLE BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES OF MUSCAT Oman wasn’t the same as you see it today. The country has undergone tremendous changes over the last few decades, and here, on the ocassion of the 46th Renaissance Day, we take a look at some popular spots in the country and compare them with what they looked like in the past. — Pictures by Shabin E/Times of Oman

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Scottish church sends hearty congratulations to His Majesty DEEBA HASAN

deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A Scottish church 5,000 miles from Muscat has sent hearty congratulations to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the occasion of his 46th Renaissance Day – and it’s all thanks to his generosity of spirit.

St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Hamilton, Scotland, wanted to restore some campaign flags from the local army regiment, the Cameronians, last year.

Minister Ian Barcroft – aware that the regiment was close to the heart of our Sultan, who served with them after leaving Sandhurst military training college in the UK, wrote to the Oman Embassy in London to ask if His Majesty might wish to help restore the flags.

A day later, a cheque arrived for 25,000 pounds sterling.

Now, the restored flags have pride of place in the church and its congregation remembers His Majesty in its weekly prayers.

The Rev. Barcroft said: “On behalf of the people of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Hamilton, Scotland, I send very good wishes on Renaissance Day to His Majesty and the people of Oman.

“The Sultan has a long and loyal connection to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) serving in the 1st Battalion in Germany after completing his officer training.

His Majesty’s distinguished service to the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth’s armed forces is remembered and highly regarded in Glasgow and Hamilton, Scotland.

“The Cameronians 1st and 2nd Battalions’ reputation in the British Army is highly honoured.

They were formed from the 26th Cameronians and a Light Infantry Battalion, The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry.

Many regiments in the British Army carried “battle colours”, flags upon which were displayed the names of the honours awarded for campaigns and battles. In 1883 a set of these 90th colours was given to the Scottish Episco-

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Reverend Ian Barcroft

pal Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Hamilton to honour the courage of their soldiers. The church holds many memorials and has a fine stained glass window honouring the battalions in the nineteenth century.

“The people of the church are proud of their history and association with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and due to the

very generous donation of His Majesty, the Sultan of Oman,these battle colours were professionally conserved. We now seek to improve our display celebrating this rich heritage.

“Reverend His Majesty the Sultan of Oman gifted £25,000 to St Mary’s Episcopal Church in order for them to restore flags which were used in battle by the 2nd Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Riffles) during the Zulu campaign in South Africa in 1879.

The Sultan had served as a young soldier in the The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion in Germany in the early 1960s. He joined the British Army following his graduation from the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.

Such is the strength of the bond between His Majesty and the regiment that soldiers in the Omani army wear a Scottish bonnet with the Cameronian tartan band and even use the Cameronians badge within the uniform of the Omani Army.

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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016 The historic friendship between Oman and Britain is greater and stronger, pointing out to the similarity between the two people with regards to trade and the economy Prince Andrew, the Duke of York

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His Majesty the Sultan receives 46th Renaissance Day greetings His Majesty the Sultan has received cables of greetings from State Council Chairman Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Majlis Al Shura Chairman Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi and Inspector General of Police and Customs Lt. Gen Hassan bin Mohsin Al Shraiqi

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received cables of greetings from State Council Chairman Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Majlis Al Shura Chairman Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi and Inspector General of Police and Customs Lt. Gen Hassan bin Mohsin Al Shraiqi, on the occasion of the on the occasion of 46th anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day, July 23.

In his cable, Dr Al Mantheri said: “I am honoured, on behalf of myself and on behalf of the honourable members of the State Council and its employees, to extend to Your Majesty the sincerest greetings and best wishes on the 46th anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day, praying to Allah the Almighty to give His Majesty good health, happiness, and let our beloved country, under your wise leadership, enjoy glory, growth and prosperity and security.”

“The great occasion should be

remembered with pride, and of the progress made during the blessed renaissance by Your Majesty for your faithful people for the past four decades, with wisdom and resoluteness, which placed the Sultanate on a higher rank in the modern world system. It was not an easy route, but it was paved with solid resolve, dedicated efforts and great sacrifices, which yielded benefits to all citizens and residents.”

“While looking at the achievements in various fields, it is clear that great progress has been made in education, health, transportation, social welfare, economy, judiciary, security and defence services, and not the least, Majlis Al Shura and Municipality, which form a qualitative step in the process of societal participation in framing the national policies.”

“During renaissance years, Omani citizens have been the basis of development. The development of this country and society has been achieved, in reality, though national qualified cadres occupying

GREAT LEADER: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said receives cables of greetings. — ONA

comprehensive infrastructure development. You honestly promised development and prosperity for the faithful people and your great land Oman.”

“You established the Majlis Al Shura as a true pillar of democracy. It emerged from the Islamic faith and Omani traditions and customs, and, therefore, the Shura march has taken clear, graded and balanced steps in accordance with the society’s requirements for the accomplishment of the objectives set by Your Majesty, which are aimed at prosperity, welfare and a generous life for your faithful people. By the grace of Allah, you have positioned Oman at all times in the great comity of nations.”

important positions in each field, and, as per their qualifications and specialisations. “ “This beloved country, which presented all types of welfare and unlimited support during all these blessed years, has been fulfilled under your wise leadership.”

“We are praying to Allah the Almighty to grant you success and bestow the blessings of security and prosperity on Oman.”

Al Ma’awali said in the cable, “With dignity, loyalty, sublime thought and glory; we have lived in an era of Your Majesty throughout Oman. On July 23, 1970, you ignited a brilliant light for Oman and its faithful people. You promised a new era, carrying out in reality a

“The Blessed Renaissance Day is an immortal day in Oman’s history and in the memory of the Omani people. Today, we proudly stand behind your victorious flags for the development plans, which include all political, social, economic and development aspects. We are renewing covenant and loyalty to exert more efforts to serve this beloved country and to maintain these achievements and proceed ahead to achieve complete stability for the Omani people and contribute to the progress of nation. On this beloved occasion, I am honoured on behalf of the Majlis Al Shura to extend to Your Majesty the sincerest greetings, praying to Allah the Almighty to repeat this occasion and all happy occasions to Your Majesty with good health and happiness, and protect Your Majesty against all harms.”

In his cable the minister responsible for defence affairs said: “The Blessed 23rd July is a national day in the history of Oman when this beloved country renews its commitment for a bright and prosperous future for the Omani citizens despite all the challenges.

Celebrating this occasion, your armed forces and victorious forces and all members of the Ministry of Defence extend to Your Majesty the sincerest greetings and best wishes on the anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect Your Majesty against all harms.

“While Your Majesty’s armed forces celebrate this blessed day, it has provided them after 46 years of the Blessed Renaissance an advanced civilised military force with strong principles which, in collaboration with other state institutions, has created a suitable platform for a glorious stage of peace, stability and

progress of all across Oman.”

“The development witnessed by Your Majesty’s armed forces is the result of Your Majesty’s generous care and support as the forces have positioned themselves in terms of training, arming and organisational skills not restricted to the military field only. These forces have also become a major partner in the comprehensive development process of the Blessed Renaissance. “ “Your Majesty’s armed forces and all members of this ministry are hailing this great national occasion and are renewing their covenant and loyalty and oath of obedience and will defend Oman and are praying to Almighty Allah to grant you health and happiness.”

Extending greetings on behalf of the Royal Oman Police, Al Shraiqi said: “My sincerest greetings and best wishes on the occasion of the anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day to Your Majesty. I am praying to Allah the Almighty for more returns of this occasion and all happy occasions for Your Majesty with good health, happiness, and for Oman and its generous people with happiness and peace.”

“The Blessed 23rd July is an immortal occasion that lies at the heart of Oman and your faithful people, and which has been remembered and celebrated by generation after another. Your sons, the members of Royal Oman Police, while celebrating this great occasion and enjoying its fruits, are fully aware of your great sacrifices and the efforts exerted by Your Majesty during the years of the Blessed Renaissance and by the grace of Allah will follow in the steps of Your Majesty, and obey your orders.”

“We pray to Almighty Allah to protect you and grant you good health and happiness.” -ONA

TRAGEDY

UAE bus accident toll rises to 3 FAHAD AL GHADANI

fahadnews@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: An eight-year-old boy has died, along with a woman who suffered 95 per cent burns following a fatal bus crash on Wednesday morning in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The child is the third passenger to have died following the bus accident, according to the residents of the area .

One child was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, while three other passengers re-

mained in critical condition.

The woman who died in the crash was the aunt of the deceased child. Officials report said that 23 injured passengers were transported to Kalba Hospital near Al Shariqah (Sharjah), UAE, some 200 kilometres from the Omani border.

Iran trip The bus, carrying a number of Omanis who were returning from a trip to Iran, was heading towards Oman when the accident occurred at about 7am on Wednes-

day. Officials report said that the bus driver, who is the father of the dead baby boy, was unable to prevent the bus from rolling over after it careered out of control and flipped onto its side.

News of the accident went viral on social media, as many expressed their sympathies to the families of the dead and injured.

Oman embassy officials in the UAE headed to Kalba Hospital to evaluate the conditions of the injured, and to determine whether the Omanis could be transferred to hospitals in the Sultanate.

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“The embassy sent an official to check the conditions of the injured to decide about transporting them to Oman,” said an official at the embassy.

OMAN TAKES PART IN MAURITANIA MEETING Oman is taking part in a meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League’s 27th regular summit at the ministerial level in Nouakchott on Friday. Omani delegation is led by Sultan bin Salim Al Habsi, secretary general of the Supreme Council for Planning. -ONA

Severe burns The casualties include bus passengers with severe burns and broken bones, according to the passengers’ relatives.

Al Shariqah police said they were alerted about the accident at 7am on Wednesday, and immediately dispatched rescue teams and paramedics.

FRIENDSHIP

Oman-UK relations have grown greater, stronger: Prince Andrew MUSCAT: Oman-British Friendship Society held a reception party under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture.

It was attended by Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Zaher Al Hinai, the Sultanate’s ambassador to UK and a number of Omani and British businessmen.

Haitham delivered a speech in which he thanked Prince Andrew for attending the party thrown by the society for the consecutive third year.

Prince Andrew, in his speech, said the historic friendship between Oman and Britain is greater and stronger, pointing out to the similarity between the two people with regards to trade and the economy and both people from across the ocean looking for a livelihood.

Prince Andrew added that these distinctive aspects are more than enough to strengthen the ties between the nations.

The reception party was aimed at inviting the Omani and British participants to a conference, which will be held in Manichean House, the official headquarter of the Mayor of the Capital District in London, and will be on the lo-

STRONG BOND: Oman-British Friendship Society held a reception party under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture. –ONA

gistics sector and activating tourism in the Sultanate.

The conference will also focus on developing a plan for the Omani logistics sector within the next quarter of a century and the investment opportunities in this important sector.

Meanwhile, the Sultanate participated at the second GCCBritish Economic Forum, which was organised by the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).

A number of senior Gulf and British officials, executives, decision makers, investors and economists

attended the forum.

Participants from the Omani side included Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications and Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Zaher Al Hinai, the Sultanate’s ambassador to UK. Renowned A number of renowned world figures, such as Prince Andrew Duke of York, Dr. Abdulatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, GCC Secretary General, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, ABCC Chairman and Dr.

Afnan Al Shuaib, ABCC Secretary General & CEO. Dr. Al Futaisi said that the transport and communications sector in the Sultanate has progressed by leaps and bounds under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Sultan.

He added that the achievements made will attract new investments to the Sultanate and will enhance the public-private partnership. The forum is a platform for active networks that highlight the economic and investment opportunities. -ONA

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REGION Libyan forces claim gains against IS in battle for Sirte of the “Dollar” neighbourhood.

They said they had foiled three attempted car bomb attacks and destroyed an armoured vehicle.

A Reuters witness saw a tank belonging to the brigades being blown up, though it was not clear what caused the explosion.

Sirte had been controlled by IS since last year, becoming its most important base outside Syria and Iraq

SIRTE (LIBYA): Libyan forces said on Friday they had edged further into the centre of Sirte as they seek to recapture the city from IS, following heavy fighting until late the previous evening that left dozens dead.

Rapid advance Forces aligned with Libya’s United Nations-backed government in Tripoli advanced rapidly on the militant group’s Libyan stronghold in May, but they have faced resistance from snipers, suicide bombers and mines as they have closed in on the city centre.

Sirte had been controlled by IS since last year, becoming its

OFFENSIVE: A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government fires a weapon during a battle with IS militants in Sirte, Libya, on Thursday. – Reuetrs

most important base outside Syria and Iraq, and its loss would be a major setback for the group.

After a lull in fighting earlier this week, the government-backed

forces launched a fresh assault on several fronts after first pounding IS positions with artillery and air strikes.

The brigades, made up mainly

of fighters from the western city of Misrata, said in a statement that they had captured a hotel on the eastern front line used by IS snipers, and also taken control of part

Shelling continues The witness said shelling continued late into Thursday night, but it was quiet on Friday morning.

Nearly 50 bodies of IS militants killed during Thursday’s clashes were counted, the statement from the government-backed forces said. At least 25 brigade members were killed and 200 wounded, according to Misrata’s central hospital.

Since the campaign for Sirte began in May, more than 300 fighters from the brigades have been killed and more than 1,300 wounded, a spokesman for the forces said.

IS expanded into Libya amid the political chaos and security vacuum that developed after longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in an uprising in 2011.

The group extended its presence along about 250 km (155 miles) of Libya’s coastline, but failed to win and retain territory elsewhere in the country. — Reuters

PUBLIC SECTOR

Qatar will donate $30m to pay Gaza employees DOHA: Qatar said on Thursday it would give $30 million to help pay the salaries of thousands of Gaza Strip public sector workers left without a full wage package since 2013.

The donation was welcomed by Hamas, the group that dominates the enclave, who said it would help ease the wage shortages - that have tested already strained relations with the US-backed Palestinian Authority, based in the occupied West Bank.

There was no immediate comment from Palestinian Authority or Israel.

The Emir of the Gulf country, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, said the payment of 113 million riyals was meant to “alleviate suffering and financial distress”, according to Qatar’s state news agency, QNA. The Hamas-hired public servants have grown restive and in 2014 protested over their lack of payment which is partly due to a continued blockade imposed on Gaza by both Israel and Egypt.

“The July payment will be made in full immediately once the Qatari financial fund is received,” Hamas’ deputy finance minister, Youssef Al Kayyali said. — Reuters

PLIGHT OF CHILDREN

Syrian opposition turns to Pokemon to draw world’s attention

APPEAL FOR HELP: A montage by a Syrian activist, using the international frenzy over the Pokemon Go game to draw attention to the battle-scarred country, in Beirut on Friday. – AFP

BEIRUT: Syrian opposition groups have taken advantage of a global Pokemon craze to draw the world’s attention to the plight of children caught up in the country’s five-year civil war.

Photographs of children in besieged Syrian towns holding pictures of Pokemon characters and appealing for help were published by the Syrian National Coalition, an alliance of Western-backed activ-

ist and rebel groups. Their release is an attempt to capitalise on the success of “Pokemon GO”, which challenges players on smartphones to go to real-world locations to capture the cuddly monsters using the phone’s camera.

“If you are looking for a Pokemon you can find it in Syria,” the coalition said on Twitter through their communications arm, the Revolutionary Forces of Syria Me-

dia Office. Many Syrians feel the world is ignoring a conflict which has killed more than a quarter of a million people, displaced half the population, and left hundreds of thousands trapped by either government or rebel forces.

One photograph of a child with the Pokemon character “Pikachu” reads, “I am trapped in Douma in east Ghouta. Help me.”

Douma is a suburb of Damascus

besieged by government forces.

Bombardments are a daily occurrence there and in the surrounding neighbourhoods, which hold tens of thousands of civilians according to the United Nations. Rebel fighters have also besieged government-held towns in the north of the country, and have fired rockets and mortars into government-controlled neighbourhoods of Aleppo and the capital Damascus. — Reuters

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‘Kabali’ releases amid fan frenzy CHENNAI: Frenzied fans poured thousands of litres of milk on huge cut outs of megastar Rajinikanth and sang and danced outside theatres at 4am as hype and hoopla marked the release of his latest film “Kabali” in about 5,000 screens across India and abroad.

At least, 1,000 screens launched the film in Tamil Nadu, home to Rajinikanth ever since he made his debut in the mid ‘70s while several hundreds showed it in territories like United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore where his followers are a legion.

Cut outs and banners of the actor, known for his style and gimmicks, were erected outside theatres which wore a festive atmosphere as fans turned up in good numbers, with cutouts, banners and festoons, adding colour to the screenings. In some places, special prayers were held for the success of the film. Some of his die-hard fans flew from Japan, where he has huge following, specially to witness the hype and drama typical of a Rajinikanth release.

Dialogues like “Kabali da” and “Magizhchi” (Happy) have become buzzwords among the movie lovers who recreated them happily after the screening.

Some of them even carried tickets for subsequent shows during the day as they had missed parts because of the cheering and

DIE-HARD FANS: Indian fans of superstar Rajinikanth gather at a cinema on the first day of release of his new Tamil-language film ‘Kabali’ in Chennai on Friday. – AFP

shouting inside theatres.

The Tamil drama, which has also been dubbed in Hindi and Telugu, ran to packed houses in metros like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and cities across Kerala. In some places, fans complained of lack of availability of tickets as they were bulk-booked by individuals and companies well in advance though there was an overall mood of joy outside theatres that screened the multicrore film, produced by Kalaip-

puli S Thanu. But whoever had the ticket did not complain. “Naan vanthutennu sollu..Thirumbi Vanthutaennu sollu..Kabali da” (Tell them I have arrived. Tell them I am back. It’s Kabali) was the favourite punchline that fans repeated when asked what caught their attention in the promo.

Rajinikanth had a special screening of the Pa Ranjith- directed the movie in the US where he is holidaying. The shows are reportedly full for the next couple

‘Support politics of development, shun casteism’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi denounced politics being played in the name of casteism and nepotism

GORAKHPUR: Denouncing politics being played in the name of casteism and nepotism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched for a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh to promote politics of development but skipped any mention of the raging controversy surrounding Dalits.

“You (people) don’t need those who play politics of casteism and nepotism. You have filled everyone’s pocket but has your pocket been filled.

“My dear youths, nepotism and poison of casteism will not help in development. Support politics of ‘visasvad’ (development). I am here to urge you to bless me with your support as you have done earlier (in Lok Sabha polls),” he said at a public meeting in an apparent attack on the main opposition parties in the state without nam-

ing them. Exhorting the people of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh (UP) to shun politics of family, Modi said, “There has been enough of family and caste politics. You supported everybody. But did they support you as well? Were youths and farmers benefited?”.

In a speech delivered after laying foundation stone for an AIIMS and revival of a sick fertiliser plant, Modi skipped any reference to the raging controversy stoked by one of his party leader’s attack on Mayawati or the violence against Dalits in Gujarat.

He focused his speech on his efforts to boost state’s development.

The prime minister also accused the state’s Samajwadi Party government of being unable to spend the central fund for the state’s health sector and asked people to choose a government next year which could run for them like him. “I have given Rs7,000 crores to the state. This is not less for the health sector but the state government has only utilised Rs2,850 crores as there is a provision to show utilisation for taking rest amount. This happened as the state government did not have the strength,” Modi said.

“The government which cannot work for the health doesn’t deserve to continue,” he added.

The prime minister said the revival of the fertiliser plant is going to bring a big change as gas-based economy will start with supply of gas in Gorakhpur through Jag-

dishpur-Haldia pipeline. “The gas being brought by the pipeline for the factory will go to every household in Gorakhpur and in a same way water is supplied through pipe. If electricity and gas are provided, then industrialists line up.

It is a beginning of an industrial revolution in the eastern UP. “It is not merely inauguration of a factory but the start of a victory march that will defeat poverty, unemployment...,” he said.

In a dig at previous Congress governments at the Centre, Modi said they used to import urea and other fertilisers while plants remained closed in India.

His government, he said, has decide to revive closed plants and noted that most of them, like in Sindri and Barauni, were in eastern part of the country, which needed to be strengthened if India was to develop.

Modi said the chariot of development can run only when both the wheels were balanced and strong. “One wheel is of eastern India and another one is of western states. If only one is strong, the development chariot will not move at a high speed,” he said.

The prime minister said if the second green revolution will start then it will start from eastern UP. He said that after taking over as Prime Minister, he stopped black marketing of urea and this was the reason farmers were no longer required to face batons to get urea. — PTI

of weeks as individuals and corporates have gone for bulk booking.

The film is directed by Pa Ranjith, known for his critically acclaimed “Attakathi”, a breezy portrayal of a semi-urban Casanova and “Madras” that had strong political undertones. The ‘Neruppuda’ song from “Kabali” is already a hit. Santosh Narayanan has scored the music for the film, which also stars Radhika Apte, Dhanshika and Kalaiarasan in key roles. — PTI UNA ROW AND VIOLENCE

Three more Dalit youth bid to end life in Gujarat AHMEDABAD: Three more Dalit youth allegedly attempted suicide on Friday in Botad district of Gujarat even as the situation in most parts of the state returned to normalcy after witnessing three days of violent protests by community members over beating of Dalits for allegedly skinning a dead cow in Gir Somnath.

At Ranpur village of Botad district, three youths attempted suicide by drinking poisonous substance, to protest the Una incident, police said. “Villagers informed police that three youths from the same village had tried to commit suicide to protest the Una incident after which they were taken to nearby hospital and then referred to Bhavnagar hospital for treatment,” Botad Superintendent of Police, Saroj Kumari said. As the news of the suicide attempt spread, hundreds of Dalits gathered at the hospital to show solidarity with the cause, Kumari said.

So far, more than 20 youths have attempted suicide during the ongoing protest.

Members of Congress party blocked a national highway in Vadodara by burning tyres that caused traffic jam. Police managed to clear the road and detained five persons in this connection. Protest rallies were taken out in some parts of Ahmedabad district and Patan, as Dalits in Ahmedabad’s Viramgam came out in hundreds and submitted memorandum to local administration demanding justice. — PTI

STRONG PITCH

‘China can cooperate in nuclear sector’ NEW DELHI: Describing China as an “important player” in the nuclear sector, a senior Chinese state policy researcher has said it is one of the areas where it can cooperate with India, a remark which comes amidst growing strain between the two countries over the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issue.

Speaking here, Chen Wenling, a senior researcher of the Chinese State Council Research Office, also made a strong pitch for longterm visas for Chinese nationals visiting India, which she said would boost bilateral trade and investments.

On areas where the two neighbours can cooperate, she said manufacturing, nuclear energy, bullet trains, tourism, education, agriculture and services industry are among the areas where they

can enhance their cooperation.

“China is an important player in the nuclear sector. Chinese energy players are investing in the US market,” she remarked during a discussion with a select gathering here in the presence of Minister Counselor Cheng Guangzhong on Thursday.

Transparent and secure “India is known as the world’s back office while China is known for its manufacturing prowess.

China can learn from India in the areas of services, IT and outsourcing....But for China to invest, a market has to be clear, transparent and secure,” she said.

India’s NSG membership bid hit a roadblock when the plenary of the 48-nation held in South Korea last month decided against accepting India’s application after

China and some other countries opposed entry of a non-NPT signatory into NSG. While External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made it clear in Parliament on Wednesday that India will never sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an adamant China on Thursday said “no country should or can put itself opposite the NPT”.

“We have repeatedly stated our position on the accession of nonNPT countries into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing while reacting to Swaraj’s statement. Wenling also assured India that the Xi Jinping dispensation was focusing on strengthening relationship with its neighbours and was concerned about the “well-being” of those countries including India.

Talking about the ‘slowdown’ in the rate of the growth of the China, she said it is a “normal” phenomenon that any large economy goes through at some point and described it as a major “shifting” period for the country.

Wenling, a leading economist, said the old structure was being replaced by the new in China in the form of development of newer Special Economic Zones and “decentralisation” of power.

“As the size of the economy grows, the growth rate will come down, it is normal. It will be around 6.5 per cent this year on the lower side. Chinese government is now pondering upon bringing structural reforms in the economy. All large economies, including the US, have seen periods of upsurge and fall,” Wenling said. — PTI

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IAF’s transport plane with 29 on board goes missing The 29 people on board the Air Force’s workhorse for a long period included two pilots, a navigator besides personnel from the Navy and the Army MASSIVE SEARCH LAUNCHED: This file photograph taken on September 6, 2014, shows an Indian air force AN-32 transport aircraft at an air force base in Srinagar. – AFP

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force’s AN 32 transport plane on Friday went missing with 29 people on board, including six crew members, while it was on its way from near Chennai to Port Blair, home to tri-service command.

A massive search and rescue operation has been launched by the IAF, Navy and the Coast Guard, deploying five aircraft and 13 ships for tracking the plane which made the last radio contact at 0846 hours, 16 minutes after

take off from Tambaram air base.

The 29 people on board the Air Force’s workhorse for a long period included two pilots, a navigator besides personnel from the Navy and the Army. “The plane, which was on a routine courier service, took off at about 0830 hours from Tambaram and it was scheduled to land at Port Blair at 1130 hours but it is overdue,” IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee said.

Defence sources said the plane was at about 23,000 feet when the last contact was established.

While IAF has pressed into service a C130 plane along with two AN32, the Navy has deployed two P8i maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from the strategically important Port Blair.

The Navy has pressed into service two Dornier aircraft and 13 ships with the Eastern Fleet

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Commander on board for the search and rescue operation.

Navy spokesperson Captain D K Sharma said, “Navy has been deployed in full force in the Bay of Bengal for the search and rescue operation.”

Meanwhile, Coast Guard said their reconnaissance Dornier aircraft has reached the site from where the IAF plane had sent the signals for the last time. “Our Dornier (plane) has reached the

site where the signals were sent by the (IAF) aircraft for the last time.

We are looking for clues,” said a senior Coast Guard official.

Coast Guard has rushed four ships--ICGS Sagar and Samudra Pehredar from Chennai and ICGS Rajshree and ICGS Rajveer from Port Blair--to the spot. Another ships ICGS Vishwasth has been on stand-by at Port Blair. “The ships should reach the spot by night. But the rough sea is making the operations difficult,” the official added.

The plane was overhauled and went through an upgrade in September 2015, according to the note given to the Defence Ministry.

The plane had reported three snags this month, according to the note - a pressure leak from the port door, a hydraulic leak and sluggish throttle movement.

The Defence Ministry said the submarine had been deployed to locate transmissions from an emergency locator beacon on the aircraft. The AN-32 is a workhorse of the air force, chosen for its ability to operate from short runways. The air force has 101 of the AN-32s that entered service in 1984 and have gone through midlife upgrades and life extensions since then. — Agencies

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Heavy rains trigger floods, landslides ITANAGAR: Incessant downpour over the past couple of days has triggered landslides and floods in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh throwing normal life out of gear.

Besides damaging culverts and some buildings, the floods and mudslide submerged low-lying areas and a rural link road and disrupted power supply. Seijosa and its adjoining villages in East Kameng district remained cut off from the rest of the state due to landslides triggered by torrential rain. The rains also caused landslides at many places at Talom Riktak village under Taliha Circle of Upper Subansiri district, an official report from Daporijo said.

Grim situation The flood situation was grim in Namsai district with Noa Dihing and its tributaries flowing above the danger mark, District Collector R K Sharma said.

In Lohit district, though all the rivers were flowing turbulently yet they were below the danger level, District Collector Danish Ashraf said. Many domestic animals were also reported to be washed away in the mudslide, the report added.

A report from Tezu, Lohit district headquarters, said many low lying areas in the district were submerged by flood water. — PTI

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Bengaluru job site posts advertisement for Pokemon hunters NEW DELHI: Hunting for Bulbasaur, Charmander and Pikachu - all characters in the augmented reality game Pokemon Go, which has lately become a global sensation just might turn into a fulltime legitimate profession for some!

Bengaluru-based Babajob, an online livelihood marketplace has advertised for a new job category ‘The Pokemon Catcher’ with applicants required to have “a vast

knowledge of the Pokeman database.” The advertisement seeks to build a team of exceptional Pokeman catchers for a self claimed renowned ‘Pokeman trainer’.

“Physical fitness is a must, since the role involves running around town to catch them all. Candidate must be adept at training Pokemon and prior exposure to Pokemon gym battles,” the ad says.

Apart from other popular job

categories like drivers, househelps and delivery boys, the portal, which has about 7 million is now offer an opportunity to fans to become an official Pokemon Catcher.

The job portal already has about 7 million jobseekers, and over 4,00,000 employees.

Pokemon Go is an augmented reality game that can be played on smartphones with players obsessively hunting and capturing small digital creatures in public spaces.

First released in the US, Australia and New Zealand and now available in more than 30 countries, the game has turned into a

global phenomenon including in India. It works by showing players a photo of their real surroundings as caught by the phone’s camera, then uses GPS to place virtual little monsters within that picture on their screens.

The game builds on the Nintendo Game Boy’s game legacy of the 1990s when trading cards was a phenomenon among school goers.

A big fan of the game, Sean

Blagsvedt, Founder and CEO, Babajob.com and Level 2 Pokemon Handler said, “Just as companies like Flipkart, Amazon, OLA and UBER transformed and greatly expanded the delivery and driver job categories, we see Pokemon Go doing the same for Catchers.” “Babajob will be the premier portal for players everyone to hire screened, verified Pokemon Catchers. It’s an amazing time,” he said. — PTI

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PAKISTAN DEEP SEA FISHING POLICY

Balochistan fishermen defended by Zehri QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri on Thursday expressed the resolve to protect the rights of indigenous fishermen against fishing trawlers from Sindh and foreign countries.

The federal government is devising a deep sea fishing policy that will help exploit the marine resources within the maritime limits of Pakistan which stretch to 200 nautical miles, while the provincial boundary is 12 nautical miles.

Chairing a meeting on the issue, Zehri reminded that on assuming office he had banned the use of wire-net and illegal fishing along the coastline of Balochistan.

Maritime limits However, he told the meeting, foreign trawlers and vessels registered in Sindh were poaching in the maritime limits of Balochistan using nets that sweep clean the seabed which not only threatens marine life but also affects the livelihood of local communities.

Zehri said although harmony between provinces and the Cen-

BORDER CEREMONY Chinese and Pakistan troops jointly patrolling the border connecting Pakistan with Xinjiang region. — PTI/The People’s Daily Online

tre on devising any policy was imperative, the rights of local people must be protected. “Our fishermen should have complete authority of fishing within the maritime limit of the province and their interests should be safeguarded,” he asserted.

Territorial waters The meeting was reminded that the provincial territorial waters are confined to 12 nautical miles of the Balochistan coast while the federal government, mainly the Marine Fisheries Department, wanted to frame deep-sea fishing policy covering area from 20 nautical miles to 200 nautical miles for exploiting the marine resources.

The participants of the meeting were informed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had issued instructions to protect the fishing grounds for communities living along the Balochistan and Sindh coast and to stop illegal fishing for which a policy needs to be framed.

The task includes devising policies to protect marine life. — Express Tribune

Model Ayyan’s arrest warrants suspended The move comes a day after investigators looking into the murder of the customs inspector, a key witness against

the supermodel

The supermodel moved a plea in the top court through her counsel Latif Khosa after the arrest warrants were issued

by Magistrate Gulfam Butt on Thursday for the arrest of Ayyan and two Pakistan Customs officials — Zargham and Dr Haroon — after a formal request from police

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday suspended arrest warrants for supermodel Ayyan Ali in a customs inspector murder case.

The move comes a day after investigators looking into the murder of the customs inspector, a key witness against her in a money laundering case, managed

to obtain arrest warrants for the supermodel.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan issued notices to interior security, SHO Waris Khan Police and others over Ayyan’s fresh plea against the issuance of her arrest warrants in the murder of Customs inspector Ejaz Chaudhry.

The supermodel moved a plea

Ayyan in a money laundering case, managed to obtain arrest warrants for

in the apex court through her counsel Latif Khosa after the arrest warrants were issued by Magistrate Gulfam Butt on Thursday for the arrest of Ayyan and two Pakistan Customs officials — Zargham and Dr Haroon — after a formal request from the police.

After hearing the arguments of Ayyan’s counsel, the court suspended the arrest warrant and

adjourned the hearing of the case until July 27.

Chaudhry was shot and wounded on June 2 2015 outside his house in limits of Waris Khan Police. He died at Benazir Bhutto Hospital two days later.

In a statement on May 14, 2016, Saima Ejaz, widow of the customs official, said Ayyan was responsible for the murder of her husband and her name needed to be put on the exit control list. She further said that the police needed to investigate Ayyan’s role in the murder case.

In here statement, Saima said that her husband was in charge of the state warehouse, Air Freight Unit (AFU), PIA cargo at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in 2015. She said that her husband took the money into custody in March last year.

Saima said that Ejaz would tell her about the tremendous pressure for being associated with the currency smuggling case. She had claimed that her husband told her that some unknown men had been asking him to make some fake entries in the official record to favour Ayyan.

She said that Ejaz told her that the callers had asked him that if he did not cooperate with them, they could take his life. — Express Tribune

ANTI-WOMEN CRIMES

United Nations seeks report on measures against honour killing ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) committee on the elimination of discrimination against women will examine Pakistan’s progress report about its legislative and administrative measures against honour killing and anti-women offences early next year, a senior official of the ministry of foreign affairs said.

Pakistan has been asked by the committee to submit its report

by March 2017. Another progress report is to be presented to the UN Human Rights Committee Against Torture (CAT) for its examination on 17 April next year, the official added. CAT monitors matters pertaining to cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and punishment.

“The progress reports will be submitted in compliance with the directive of the UN committees,” the official further said.

Constant delay Human rights activists and civil society have repeatedly expressed their serious concern over constant delay on the part of federal government in enacting laws against offences of honour killing, rape and other anti-women laws and customs.

The government’s inability on this issue is reflected by the fact

Son should be shot on sight: Qandeel’s father LAHORE: On Wednesday, Amnesty International welcomed the decision of Punjab authorities to register Qandeel Baloch’s murder as a crime against the state, and refuse her family the legal right to grant their son clemency.

Qandeel Baloch strangled to death by brother in suspected honour killing

that it had miserably failed to get approval of three pro-women bills by the National Assembly within 90 days after they were passed by Senate last year.

As a result all the three proposed legislations, Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2015, Anti-Honour Killing Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Torture, Custodial Death and Custodial Rape (Prevention and Punishment) Bill had lapsed in October 2015.

The cause for the expiry of those

After Qandeel’s death her father, Muhammad Azeem, had filed a police report against his sons. In an interview with BBC, the social media starlet’s parents spoke about their daughter’s murder and their relationship with her prior to her death.

“I say he should be shot on sight. He suffocated my little

bills was that the government delayed in convening the National Assembly session due to its political expediencies. According to the rules and procedure, those bills will now have to be approved by a joint session of parliament.

The UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women in its report on 27 March 2013 had expressed its serious concern over the state of women in Pakistan. Apart from several other issues pertaining to the lack of legislative measures to ensure protection of women against un-

one,” Baloch’s father Muhammad Azeem said, referring to his son Waseem who killed Baloch.

“We were drugged, asleep upstairs. She must have called out to us,” her father revealed.

Azeem described Baloch as his “best friend,” but claimed that his son Waseem had been “crazed.” — Express Tribune

fair treatment, the committee was extremely worried about the persistence of child and forced marriages, Karo-Kari, honour killing, stove burning and acid throwing.

Legal concessions It was anxious that despite the provisions in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2004 that criminalise offences in the name of so-called honour resulting in perpetrators being given legal concessions and/or being pardoned and not being prosecuted and punished. — Express Tribune

C O M M E N TA RY

Independent election commission needed SARWAR BARI & MUDDASSIR RIZVI

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to remain dysfunctional after the retirement of its members in June this year.

Not only did several by-elections have to be postponed in violation of the constitution, but the formation of local governments in Sindh and Punjab also depends upon the functionality of the ECP. The primary responsibility to appoint the members of the ECP lies with the leader of the house and the leader of the opposition, but both have yet to take the matter seriously. The government cites the prime minister’s politico-medical leave and ‘consensusbuilding’ on possible candidatures as reasons for the delay, but according to media reports, the opposition hasn’t finalised its list of candidates either.

In fact, there has been a consistent trend in the selection of chiefs of the ECP and its members. A similar delay was also witnessed after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakharuddin G Ibrahim’s resignation in July, 2013. His replacement could not be appointed until December, 2014, leaving the ECP under the control of an acting CEC, a senior judge of the Supreme Court. The appointment was only made after the Supreme Court warned that it would withdraw Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, who was acting as CEC at the time.

This time, it was the Supreme Court that stepped in again and ordered that the ECP members be appointed without any delay.

Media reports suggest there are more than 40 names that are being considered by the opposition parties. Similar information about the government is not available.

The process of selection is not transparent. With the 22nd Constitutional Amendment bill 2016 enacted on June 10, the government and the opposition parties now have a broader pool of potential candidates to choose from.

This will trigger a greater competition between many retired and current bureaucrats and technocrats, lobbying for the posts, who meet the qualification.

A more democratic way for such crucial appointments warrants total transparency. Each name that is being considered must be shared with the media and public, along with reasons for consideration or rejection. Such practices are common in advanced democracies and enhance public confidence in political decisions and at the same time, improve the legitimacy of public institutions.

While transparency is crucial, it is imperative that adequate constitutional amendments are made to ensure that the offices of the ECP members and the CEC must not be left vacant.

The time frame for the selection and appointment of ECP members and the CEC must be concluded before the last day of the respective incumbent in office. The nomination and appointment process shall be limited to three months

A more democratic way for such crucial appointments warrants total transparency.

Each name that is being considered must be shared with the media and public, along with reasons for consideration or rejection. Such practices are common in advanced democracies and enhance public confidence in political decisions and at the same time, improve the legitimacy of public institutions

and concluded before the last day in office of the preceding member and within three months following the death/physical or mental incapacitation, impeachment or resignation of any CEC. Such amendments will ensure that members of the constitutional body are appointed as swiftly as the army, navy, air and ISI chiefs.

Moreover, it is imperative that the minutes of the meetings between the government and the opposition leaders are shared with the public. If this is not acceptable, then let the media and national election observers sit in on the proceedings of the meetings.

When one of us made these suggestions in a talk show on TV, Punjab Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah Khan agreed.

Any non-transparent deal, no matter how honest and well-intentioned, is vulnerable to suspicions and doubts. Many observers are likely to see mischief behind the delay. Most of them believe that every political party is trying to bring in its favourite persons as members of the ECP. Only the leaders of the government and the opposition can eliminate such a suspicion. While we fully understand that the political leadership has high stakes in the selection of the ECP members, we are also aware that the ultimate stakeholders are the people of Pakistan.

Their stakes in an independent and neutral ECP are profoundly higher than those of the political elite. - Express Tribune

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Pokemon GO finally launches in Japan Japanese rush to phones, co-creator apologises for keeping fans waiting

TOKYO: Eager Japanese rushed to their phones on Friday to start hunting as Pokemon GO, the hit Nintendo-backed smartphone game, finally launched in Japan, home of the colourful cartoon characters.

The game has been an unexpected, runaway success from Spain to Australia, doubling Nintendo’s value since the game’s launch in the United States earlier this month.

Japan, however, had been made to wait, as Niantic, the developers behind the game, and Nintendo sought to ensure servers would withstand the game’s popularity.

Finally, after days of rumours, it launched on Friday. “Everyone was talking about why we couldn’t do it here, since Pokemon is Japanese,” said Maho Ishikawa, a 16-year-old high school student who said she had already captured a monster.

Glad “Since I really wanted to play, I’m very, very glad.”

The augmented reality game has players out in their real life neighbourhoods ‘capturing’ monsters on their smartphones as they turn up even in ordinary offices and taxis. In a video address to Japanese fans, Junichi Masuda, head of development at Game Freak and co-creator of the game, apologised for keeping players waiting so long.

“From today you can go out and find Pokemon to your heart’s content,” he said. “We hope the game enables users to see the world in a

RUNAWAY SUCCESS: People hold their mobile phones as they walk along a street playing Nintendo’s Pokemon Go game at Akihabara shopping district in Tokyo on Friday. – AFP

new, fulfilling way. Obey the rules and have fun.”

University students in Tokyo on their last day of classes before summer holidays did just that, jumping into the fray within moments of the launch, capturing monsters as a frenzy erupted between classes.

“This game is just as I imagined it to be, it’s really fun,” said Toshinori Ishibashi, 18, who was seen playing the game near a Pokemon goods store in Tokyo Station.

“It’s also a great reason to go outside, so I’m really enjoying it.”

The game was created by Nintendo, Niantic and Pokemon Co, part-owned by Nintendo. Both Nintendo and Pokemon Co have undisclosed stakes in Niantic.

As retailers and brands vie for a piece of a hit that takes players from place to place, fast food chain

McDonald’s Holdings Co Japan Ltd said its nearly 3,000 shops across Japan would serve as spots where Pokemon can be battled or “trained” in the game - within limits. “Ultimately, McDonald’s is a restaurant,” said a company spokesman. “We will call on players not to become a bother to customers who are eating.”

Enthralled The game has enthralled players and boosted investors’ view of Nintendo’s future, as they bet the group can cash in on a treasure chest of other lucrative cartoon characters, from Donkey Kong to Super Mario.

But the game has also prompted warnings, as players glued to their phones become prone to tripping over, crashing cars, getting mugged or wandering into dangerous

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places. The Japanese government on Thursday became the latest to issue a safety warning. The country’s National Center for Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) told users of the mobile game not to use their real names and warned them about the risks of heat stroke in the muggy Japanese summer.

A number of other Asian nations still await the game, including China, the world’s biggest smartphone and online gaming market. Niantic Chief Executive John Hanke has said it would be technically possible to launch there, but noted a host of complex rules and restrictions. Nintendo shares, which have seen a meteoric rise in recent days, climbed in Tokyo trading on Friday but pared gains to close up under 1 per cent. McDonald’s Japan ended up 4.2 per cent. — Reuters

FLIGHT MH370

Search for missing Malaysian plane to be suspended KUALA LUMPUR: The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be suspended if the aircraft is not found in an area now being searched, Malaysia, China and Australia said in a statement on Friday.

The Boeing 777, with 239 aboard, disappeared in March 2014 while on a flight from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Almost A$180 million ($135 million) has been spent since then on an underwater search spanning 120,000 square kilometres (46,332 square miles) in the southern Indian Ocean.

“In the absence of new credible evidence, Malaysia, Australia and China have collectively agreed to suspend the search upon completion of the 120,000 sq-km search,” Malaysian transport minister Liow Tiong Lai told a news conference at which he read out the statement from him and his Chinese and Australian counterparts. The families of those on board, most of whom were from China, have pressed hard for answers ever since the plane went missing, and they are likely to decry any suggestion the search will end. Liow said the team was not “giving up on the search for MH370” even if the less than 10,000 square kilometres that remains to be searched did not come up with anything.

“Should credible new information emerge which can be used to identify the specific location of the aircraft, consideration will be given in determining next steps,” the ministers said in the statement. Investigators believe the plane was deliberately flown thousands of miles off course before crashing into the southern Indian Ocean off Australia.

Malaysian investigators said in 2015 there was nothing suspicious in the financial, medical or personal histories of pilots or crew. Several pieces of aircraft

The Boeing 777, with 239 aboard, disappeared in March 2014

wreckage have washed up on beaches in Africa and been positively identified as coming from MH370 but they shed little light on the mystery. “While acknowledging the significance of the debris, ministers noted that to date, none of it had provided information that positively identified the precise location of the aircraft,” the ministers said.

The search has lasted more than two years but has found no sign of the main wreckage.

Searchers at the Dutch company leading the underwater hunt for MH370 told Reuters they believed the plane may have glided down to the sea rather than dived, meaning they have been scouring the wrong patch of ocean.

That was the first time officials directly involved in the search have lent some support to contested theories that someone was in control during the flight’s final moments. The glide theory is not supported by the investigating agencies, which includes Boeing Co, France’s Thales SA British satellite company Inmarsat PLC and officials from the United States, Britain and Australia.

Liow told the news conference there was not enough evidence to confirm a controlled ditching, and added that he was confident the search was in the right place.

He said all data and information collected from the flight, search and debris of MH370 would be released to the public. — Reuters

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Trump’s convention focuses on negatives hat did the delegates at the Republican National Convention like? Mostly, they liked disliking things. And being afraid of things. And especially, Donald Trump, who is afraid of so many things, and dislikes them all.

The world portrayed by Trump as he accepted the presidential nomination was a sunless place, wracked by economic decay and under siege by foreigners who want to kill us. If it wasn’t IS, it was illegal immigrants, sneaking across the border to murder our children.

The only rays of light in this bleak dystopia are the police who stand ready to beat back these dangerous hordes, and of course, Trump himself, who alone has the power, through steely will and the awesome depths of his love for the once-great American people, to replace the crumbling mortar of our civic virtue and re-lay the cornerstones of our lost prosperity ... to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless ... to slow the rise of the oceans and begin to heal our planet ... to end a war and secure our nation and restore our image as the last, best hope on Earth ... oh, wait, sorry, somewhere in there I seem to have mixed up my presidential candidates.

All of these sorts of speeches have a certain megalomaniacal quality; the genre simply calls for it. “I’ll make marginal changes which you often won’t like very much, and try not to screw anything up too badly” just doesn’t sell as well to voters as “I’ll fix all of the problems you’re worried about and some you didn’t even know you had.”

What was remarkable was not so much Trump’s absurdly high claims for his own abilities, but his absolutely relentless negativity about almost everything else.

A slight majority of a CNN focus group rated the speech positively -- but it’s plausible they were comparing the speech to Trump’s usual oeuvre, not to the sorts of things that a normal politician might say on a convention stage.

There are, of course, many problems in this country. A lot of people feel economically insecure, including people who are currently decently well off, but no longer feel that they can count on that job, that income, that retirement nest egg, to be there in the future. Some Americans have indeed been killed by illegal immigrants, for any large group of people will contain at least a few who do terrible things.

Decentralised terror networks represent a new and frightening threat to many Western

countries, including our own. And the Obama administration has not offered any very satisfying solutions to these problems. Outlining those problems, and criticising the opposition for ducking them, is absolutely fair political game.

What was missing from the speech was any attempt to elaborate what, exactly, makes the country worth saving.

There was the country we live in, which is in terrible, terrible shape, and Trump, who is amazing, and wants to use the power of his amazingness to make the rest of us amazing too.

He made little appeal to the many proud moments of our history, to the many fine elements of the American character, to our constitutional liberties or entrepreneurial spirit. We’re supposed to support Trump simply because in the post-apocalyptic hellscape we now inhabit, it’s us against them, and we’d better make sure that “us” prevails.

His demeanor reflected that tone. He barely smiled throughout the speech, even at moments where politicians usually do, such as when the crowd starts cheering for you. He delivered most of the speech with the outraged glare of someone arguing with a utility billing clerk, and after delivering each applause line, his face fell back into the sort of grimace generally favoured by people who have just realised they’re about to be fired.

But this seemed to be what the crowd wanted.

The big hits were praise of the police, attacks on Hillary Clinton, and anything perceived as making liberals look small. When he got into the part of the speech where he talked about what he might actually do, his audience started to look a bit bored, their clapping to sound dutiful rather than enthusiastic. Lucky for them, the policy section was brief. Trump’s account of all the terrible things happening in America hardly left room for an expansive or detailed vision.

He promised to be splendid on trade, fantastic at stopping immigration, and the most magnificent tax cutter you’ve ever seen. How was he going to accomplish these things? By being awesome, of course. After a year on the campaign trail, Trump still hasn’t really got beyond his own fantasticality as the basis of his policy agenda.

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SECURING AREA: Police secures the entrance to a subway station near a shopping mall where a shooting took place on Friday in Munich. – AFP

Multiple deaths, many injured in shooting at Munich shopping mall The shooting apparently began at a McDonald’s in the shopping centre, more than one gunman was believed to be involved

MUNICH: Gunmen went on a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday, killing and wounding many people, police said.

Authorities were evacuating people from the Olympia mall but many others were hiding inside.

The Bavarian Interior Ministry said three people were dead, NTV television reported.

A Munich police spokeswoman said multiple people were killed or wounded. “We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage,” the spokeswoman said.

More than one gunman was believed to be involved and no one had been arrested, she said. “We believe there was more than one perpetrator.” The first reports came at 6pm, the shooting apparently began at a McDonald’s in the shopping centre. There are still people in the shopping centre. “We are trying to get the people out and take care of them.”

Police special forces had arrived at the scene, NTV said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, which took place a week after an axe-wielding teenager went on a rampage on a German train. IS claimed responsibility for that attack. Staff in the mall were still in hiding, an employee told Reuters by telephone. “Many shots were fired, I can’t say how many but it’s been a lot,” the employee, who declined to be identified, said from the mall in Munich.

“All the people from outside came streaming into the store and I only saw one person on the ground who was so severely injured that he definitely didn’t survive.”

“We have no further information, we’re just staying in the back in the storage rooms. No police have approached us yet.”

Munich transport authorities said they had halted several bus, train and tram lines. The shopping center is next to the Munich Olympic stadium, where the Palestinian

militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games.

Friday’s attack took place a week after a 17-year-old asylum-seeker wounded passengers on a German train in an axe rampage.

Bavarian police shot dead the teenager after he wounded four people from Hong Kong on the train and injured a local resident while fleeing. German Justice Minister Heiko Maas told Bild newspaper’s Friday edition before the mall attack that there was “no reason to panic but it’s clear that Germany remains a possible target”. There was, however, no immediate word that the attack was politically motivated. Friday is also the five-year anniversary of the massacre by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway. Breivik is a hero for far-right extremists in Europe and America.

In London, Britain’s Foreign Office said it was “urgently investigating” shootings in Munich. “We are urgently investigating an incident in Munich and stand ready to provide assistance to British Nationals,” the Foreign Office said in a statement. — Reuters

LOCKED DOWN: Munich transport authorities said they had halted several bus, train and tram lines. – Reuters

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WORLD Erdogan plans influx of fresh blood into army On Wednesday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced a state of emergency, a move he said would allow the government to

REFORMS: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday. — Reuters

take swift action against those who plotted the attempted coup that killed more than 246 people and wounded more than 2,100

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to overhaul the army in response to last week’s failed coup, a sign that a newly imposed state of emergency would be used to press on with a purge that has alarmed the West.

In a sign of Turkey’s dismissal of outside criticism over how it has responded to the coup, the justice minister said Turkey would not bow to pressure from the European Union to rule out restoring the death penalty to execute the plotters.

On Wednesday Erdogan announced a state of emergency,

a move he said would allow the government to take swift action against those who plotted the coup that killed more than 246 people and wounded more than 2,100 before it collapsed within hours. “People demand the death penalty and that demand will surely be assessed.

We have to assess that demand from the standpoint of law, and not according to what the EU says,” Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told broadcaster CNN Turk.

Erdogan accuses Fethullah Gulen, a charismatic US-based cleric, of masterminding the plot against him.

In a crackdown on Gulen’s suspected followers, more than 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have

been suspended, detained or placed under investigation.

In an interview with Reuters late on Thursday, Erdogan compared the Gulen movement to a cancer and said he would restructure the military to give it “fresh blood”. Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States for years, has denied any role in the attempted putsch, and accused Erdogan of orchestrating it himself. Turkey wants the United States to extradite him; Washington says Ankara must first provide clear evidence.

Erdogan told Reuters the government’s Supreme Military Council, which is chaired by the prime minister and includes the defence minister and the chief of staff, would oversee the restructuring of the armed forces. — Reuters

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‘Nearly 3,000 already dead this year in Mediterranean’ The estimated death toll could put 2016 on track to be the deadliest year of the migration crisis, said International Organization for Migration

GENEVA/BELGRADE: Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea already this year while almost 250,000 have reached Europe, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.

The estimated death toll could put 2016 on track to be the deadliest year of the migration crisis.

Last year the same landmark was only reached in October, by which time nearly one million people had crossed into Europe.

“This is the earliest that we have seen the 3,000 (deaths) mark, this occurred in September of 2014 and October of 2015,” IOM spokesman Joel Millman told a briefing.”So for this to be happening even before the end of July is quite alarming.”

Three out of four victims this year died while trying to reach Italy from North Africa, mostly Libya, a longer and more dangerous route.

The others drowned between Turkey and Greece before that flow dried up with the March deal on migrants between Turkey and the European Union.

Nearly 2,500 fatalities have occurred since late March, with about 20 migrants dying each day

DANGEROUS JOURNEYS: Migrants wait to disembark from SOS Mediterranee ship Aquarius in the Sicilian harbour of Trapani, southern Italy on Friday. – Reuters

along the route from Libya to Italy, Millman said.

Most are from West Africa and the Horn of Africa, although they may include people from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morocco.

“The (Libyan) coast guard has had some luck turning back voyages from Libya. We’ve heard in the last six weeks a number of cases where they have been able to turn boats back.

“They (have also been) recovering bodies at an alarming rate,”

Millman said. Some 84,052 migrants and refugees have arrived in Italy so far this year, almost exactly the same number as in the same period a year before, he said.

That indicated departures from Libya were at “maximum capacity” due to a limited number of boats deemed seaworthy.

But there is “a very robust market of used fishing vessels and things coming from Tunisia and Egypt that are finding their way

to brokers in Tripoli,” Millman said.”And you can actually go to shipyards where people are trying to repair boats as fast as they can to get more migrants on the sea.”

Migrants in Libya are often held in detention centres, some run by criminal gangs and militias, he said. IOM officials seek access to detainees and authorisation for their repatriation.

“There’s no question that in some of this range of detention (centres) there are people in league with smugglers who are moving people towards the smugglers,” Millman said.

Meanwhile, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Asia marched through Belgrade on Friday on their way to Hungary and announced a hunger strike to underline their demand for passage to western Europe.

Last month Hungary, Serbia’s

northern neighbour and an European Union member, allowed police to send back illegal migrants detained within eight kilometres (five miles) of its razor wirefenced frontier with Serbia.

It has also limited the number of daily entries to a maximum of 30, creating a bottleneck in Serbia.

A group of around 300 men, mainly from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran, marched across the main bridge between Belgrade’s city centre and the Novi Beograd area, with a police car leading the column.

There were no women or children in the group.

A police officer who declined to be named said the migrants had started a march to the Hungarian border, around 200 kilometres to the north.”We are here to guarantee their safety and prevent accidents en route,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the group also announced a hunger strike, said Vladimir Sjekloca, a manager of Belgrade’s Asylum Info Centre.”They want to go to Hungary, they want borders open,” he said.”Most of them spent the night in the park.”

To cope with the inflow of over 100,000 migrants that passed through Serbia so far this year, the country’s police and army last week formed joint border patrols.

More than 650,000 people passed through Serbia last year on their way to the EU. On Friday, Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia’s minister for social affairs, said as many as 3,000 migrants were stranded in the country.

“Serbia cannot allow that,” Vulin was quoted as saying by the Tanjug news agency. It will not suffer because EU countries cannot find a joint solution.” Unlike in 2015, when countries tried to organise the orderly passage of migrants, the closure of the Balkan route prompted many to cross borders illegally or through human trafficking networks. — Reuters

PRESIDENT’S APPEAL

Armenian hostage-takers called upon to surrender YEREVAN: Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan on Friday called on gunmen occupying a Yerevan police station to lay down their arms and release four hostages they seized in a bid to have a jailed opposition leader released.

The gunmen seized the station and hostages in the capital on Sunday, killing a police officer and wounding two others. They released two hostages on the same day and three more on Monday.

Police clashed on Wednesday with hundreds of demonstrators showing support for the gunmen, firing tear gas and detonating smoke grenades after protesters pelted them with stones at them.

Detained About 140 people were detained and 51 were injured, including 29 policemen. “I call on the armed group to lay down their arms as soon as possible. We acted and still act very patiently because the life and health of each citizen is very valuable to us,” Sarksyan said in a statement. He set no deadline or state what steps the authorities would take if the gunmen refused to surrender, saying only that the authorities had decided not to use force to try to release the hostages in the hope this would “sober up the gunmen”. “This situation has lasted longer than we can afford,” he said. “We don’t have the right to allow our society to become a hostage of this situation.”

The hostage-takers’ main demand is the release of Jirair Sefilian, an opposition leader accused by authorities in the ex-Soviet state of plotting civil unrest. Sefilian was jailed in June over allegations of illegally possessing weapons. Sefilian, a former military commander, has accused Sarksyan of mishandling a long-running conflict between pro-Armenian separatists and the breakaway Azeri region of Nagorno-Karabakh. — Reuters

B GERMAN FACTORY OUTPUT Germany’s manufacturing output reached the highest level since early 2014 in a survey of purchasing managers this month as the economy was supported by a strong labor market and increasing demand. – Bloomberg News

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Middle East vehicle sales to touch 4.4m by 2020 Number of vehicles in operation on the region’s roads will rise from 34.8 million in 2015 to 44.5 million in 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan

Times News Service MUSCAT: Total light vehicle sales in the Middle East is estimated to reach 4.4 million by 2020 as compared to the 2015 total of 3.2 million, according to Frost & Sullivan. At the same time, the number of vehicles in operation on the region’s roads will rise from 34.8 million in 2015 to 44.5 million in 2020, it said.

This surge in demand of venicles is being driven by a variety of factors, chief among which are rapid urbanisation and growing infrastructural and industrial development in the surging economies across the region.

This burgeoning growth is expected to drive up demand for parts and accessories, for which sales in 2020 is expected to reach $17.2 billion as compared to the 2015 total of $12.98 billion.

This represents a projected panregional compounded annual

SURGE IN SALES: This surge in vehicles demand is being driven by a variety of factors, chief among which are rapid urbanisation and

growing infrastructural and industrial development in the surging economies across the region. – File photo

growth rate of 5.9 per cent.

“The Middle East is now one of the world’s most significant automotive markets, thanks to higher income levels and a penchant for quality automobiles,” said Ahmed Pauwels, chief executive officer of Messe Frankfurt Middle East, organiser of Automechanika Dubai “The advantages of maintaining a base in the region gives companies the ability to better access and meet the needs of their regional customers,” he said.

Automechanika Dubai 2016, the Middle East and Africa’s largest automotive aftermarket exhibition, proved to be among the most successful editions yet, with hectic business deal making and networking as well as a series of

3.2m was the Middle East’s vehicle sales figure in 2015. Sales of parts and accessories in 2020 is expected to reach $17.2 billion compared to $12.98 billion in 2015

product launches being among the main features of the show.

The 14th edition of the trade and networking mega event that draws in the who’s who of the automotive industry from around the wider

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VALUE SHRINKS: The combined market value of the world’s oil companies shrank by $2 trillion in the past two years following crude’s collapse. - File photo

Second quarter shaping up to be best for crude oil firms LONDON: For oil companies, the second quarter might be as good as it gets.

Shares gained more than in any other industry, thanks to crude rising from a 12-year low. Profits were the best in at least three quarters for majors including Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and BP, helped by cost cuts, analysts say. The rest of the year might not be as rosy as supply holds near record levels.

The combined market value of the world’s oil companies shrank by $2 trillion in the past two years following crude’s collapse. While analysts agree the worst of the oversupply is over, BNP Paribas and JBC Energy are among those forecasting a slide back to $40 a barrel as output rebounds in Canada, Iran, Nigeria and the United States, hurting producers whose investment cuts have put future growth in doubt.

“The oil market has still to absorb higher supply from the return of disrupted production,” Giovanni Staunovo, an analyst at UBS Group in Zurich, has said.

“Oil prices could fall to $40 again.”

West Texas Intermediate crude averaged $45.64 a barrel last quarter and Brent $47.03, recov-

ering from less than $28 for both grades earlier in the year. The 89-member MSCI World Energy Index, led by Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell, rose 9.7 per cent in the three-month period. It beat the 5.2 per cent advance of the next strongest sector, health care, and the 0.3 per cent gain of the MSCI World Index.

Energy index The last time the energy index surpassed every other sector was in the second quarter of 2014, just when oil’s slump was starting. Six months later, the index turned out to be the worst performer of the year. Brent is down 7 per cent this month and WTI 7.8 per cent.

“The road ahead is far from smooth,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) cautioned July 13 as it said bloated stockpiles will continue to damp oil prices.

Inventories of crude and refined products in the US, the biggest oil consumer, swelled to a record 1.385 billion barrels last week, data from the Energy Information Administration show.

BP will be the first of the five biggest non-state oil majors to announce second-quarter earnings on July 26.

Analysts surveyed estimate the company will post adjusted net income of $822 million, 37 per cent lower than a year earlier but the highest in three quarters. Its results are likely to indicate how the others will perform.

Shell is expected to report adjusted profit of $2.24 billion on July 28, according to the average of nine estimates. That would be the highest since the second quarter of 2015. Total will also publish results July 28, and Exxon and Chevron the following day.

Part of the reason for the quarter-on-quarter gains is improved refining margins. While oil’s lows led to losses at BP’s exploration and production business in the past two quarters, they’ve driven up earnings for its refineries, which benefit from cheaper crude. Global refining margins averaged $13.80 a barrel in the quarter through June compared with $10.50 in the preceding three months, according to the company’s website.

Those margins are now starting to contract, averaging $11.40 so far this month. Refiners that ran their plants at full capacity earlier this year made more gasoline than needed. - Bloomberg News

region and its hinterland, featured as many as 2,017 exhibitors from 58 countries, and attracted 30,018 visitors from 119 countries.

Global automotive players The participation by the international trade underlines the continued high interest in the region from global automotive players, who see the region as a key driver in their future business plans.

Targeting the fast-growing regional markets were a majority of the world’s leading brands who showcased their innovative automotive technologies across six product groups of Parts & Components; Electronics & Systems; Repair & Maintenance; Tyres & Batteries; Accessories & Tuning;

and Service Station & Car Wash.

As the automotive aftermarket in the Middle East and Africa continues to post impressive growth rates, international auto aftermarket players are keen to be a part of this growth by increasing their footprint across the region.

A considerable number of leading aftermarket brands are either in the process of establishing their presence in the region or are considering doing so, thanks to the positive business prospects.

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Iran seeks $60b from Mitsui and Total for petrochemicals TEHRAN: Iran is in talks with Mitsui and Total as part of its push to attract $60 billion in foreign investment to more than double the country’s capacity to produce petrochemicals over the next decade.

State-run National Petrochemical Company plans to increase output capacity to 150 million metric tonnes a year by 2026, managing director Marzieh Shahdaei said.

That means completing 55 unfinished projects and 28 new production facilities, said Shahdaei, who also serves as deputy oil minister.

If it succeeds, Iran would be producing more than twice the current output of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, known as Sabic, the world’s second-biggest petrochemical maker by sales.

Iran is seeking to upgrade and expand its energy industry, including petrochemicals, in a drive to rebuild its economy after the easing of international sanctions in January. Iran has boosted crude output since then to near pre-sanctions levels and ramped up production of natural gas.

Dollar transactions “A number of these projects have had problems that go back to sanctions and financing,” Shahdaei said Wednesday. Although most of the restrictions on Iran were lifted under last year’s nuclear accord, some United States sanctions remain in place, prohibiting transactions in dollars and keeping large international banks at bay.

Iran presented 60 projects to potential investors in December at an event in Tehran with firms including BASF, the world’s largest chemical company by sales. Iran’s current production capacity is 60 million tonnes a year. - Bloomberg News

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Britain’s economy wilting fast after EU exit vote LONDON: Britain’s economy is shrinking, the broadest survey of business confidence since last month’s historic vote to quit the European Union showed on Friday, piling pressure on new Prime Minister Theresa May’s government to soften the impact.

Philip Hammond, the new finance minister, had already hinted at loosening the national purse strings. The flash, or preliminary, Markit survey of purchasing managers - executives who make spending decisions at 1,250 big firms - fell by the most in its 20year history.

It was consistent with an economy contracting 0.4 per cent in the third quarter, contrasting with an actual reading of plus 0.4 per cent in the first quarter. “July saw a dramatic deterioration in the economy,” said Chris Williamson, Markit’s chief economist.

“The downturn, whether manifesting itself in order book cancellations, a lack of new orders or the postponement or halting of projects, was most commonly attributed in one way or another to Brexit.”

The readout, little more than a week after May formed a new Conservative government, indicates the scale of the challenge she faces to maintain market and investor confidence as she embarks on what promises to be long and difficult Brexit talks.

Hammond, speaking on a trip to China just before the release of the PMI surveys, gave the clearest indication yet that he may respond to the weakening economy by steering away from the restrictive fiscal policy of predecessor George Osborne.

“Over the medium term we will have the opportunity with our Au-

from the Group of 20 economies at which counterparts will be keen to hear how Britain can pull off a smooth exit from the EU while minimising the damage to the global economy.

The International Monetary Fund has already cut its forecast for global growth after Brexit threw “a spanner in the works”. It has slashed its UK growth forecast for 2017 by 0.9 percentage points to 1.3 per cent.

Alarm bells The darkening outlook jars with the resolute optimism of newspapers that backed Brexit: “Britain BOOMS after EU vote: Ignore the doom-mongers...it’s good news all round,” the ‘Daily Express’ has trumpeted in a raft of bullish headlines this week.

The Markit PMIs, which give an early indication of how gross

Theresa May. – AFP

tumn (budget) statement ... to reset fiscal policy if we deem it necessary,” Hammond said.

Hammond is attending a weekend meeting of finance ministers

domestic product is likely to perform, suggest the £1.8 trillion ($2.4 trillion) UK economy is shrinking faster than at any time since the aftermath of the global crisis.

It showed the services sector one of the few British growth drivers - has been hit especially hard

by Brexit, with orders plunging and confidence crumbling.

A major concern among businesses is the access Britain will have to the EU’s single market after leaving.

Britain insists it want to limit freedom of movement of workers; the EU says such freedom is a condition of the single market.

The PMI for the services sector fell to 47.4 in July from 52.3 in June, the steepest drop since records began in 1996 and the worst reading since March 2009, around the low point of the global economic recession.

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from the first quarter but still the slowest pace since the global crisis. But steadier headline growth in China are accompanied by other signs of economic imbalance.

Chinese premier also addressed concerns

Given the financial fluctuations as a result of Brexit, China will advance the market-based reform of the exchange rate. We will maintain a basically stable exchange rate at a balanced level and we will not engage in a trade or currency war

that Beijing is promoting its exports through aggressive policy support with the yuan weakening against the dollar

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called on world leaders to step up macroeconomic policy coordination, after meeting the heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and other senior global economic officials.

Li said the sound fundamentals of China’s economy remained unchanged despite facing strong downward pressures, and that the government’s debt ratio was not high, although he added that the government would step up regulation of the shadow banking sector and monitor local government fiscal practices.

The premier also addressed concerns that China is promoting its exports through aggressive policy support with the yuan weakening against the dollar.

“Given the financial fluctuations

Some economists had expected a much smaller fall to 49.2.

The evidence of a sharp drop in business activity across a broad swathe of Britain’s economy may alarm the Bank of England, which is trying to decide how aggressively to act at its August policy meeting to cushion the shock of the referendum vote.

Following the report, sterling fell by a cent against the dollar to the day’s low and British government bond prices rose. Sterling’s post-referendum plunge to its lowest level against the dollar since the mid-1980s has helped manufacturing exports expand at the fastest pace in almost two years, Markit said.

But the pound’s fall also pushed up the costs faced by British manufacturers for energy and raw material at the fastest pace in five years. - Reuters

Li Keqiang Prime minister, China

as a result of Brexit, China will advance the market-based reform of the exchange rate,” Li said.

Joint briefing “We will maintain a basically stable exchange rate at a balanced level and we will not engage in a trade or currency war,” he added.

Li made the remarks at a joint briefing with the officials, which also included the heads of the World Trade Organisation, the International Labour Organisation, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development,

and the Financial Stability Board.

The comments came ahead of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in China this weekend.

United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Thursday that G20 finance officials do not need to take the same type of massive coordinated fiscal stimulus efforts as those used to combat recession during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

Unlike many developed economies, China still has ample ammunition left for further fiscal

and monetary policy stimulus, but some economists worry stimulus won’t be able to compensate for weak demand, leaving China in a ‘liquidity trap’.

China’s economy grew slightly faster than expected in the second quarter as government spending and a housing boom boosted industrial activity, but a slump in private investment growth is pointing to a loss of momentum later in the year.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.7 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, steady

Additional stimulus An anaemic private sector and signs of fatigue in the property market point to the increasing possibility the government may need to provide additional stimulus this year to hit its growth target of 6.5 to 7 per cent.

Investors worry a further slowdown in China, aggravated

by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, would leave the world more vulnerable to the risk of a global recession. International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde called on Europe to quickly resolve questions over Britain’s exit from the European Union.

“Our first and immediate recommendation is for this uncertainty surrounding the terms of Brexit be removed as quickly as possible so that we know the terms of trade and the ways in which the United Kingdom will continue to operate in the global economy and vis a vis its partners,” Lagarde said.

The IMF cut its global growth forecasts for the next two years on Tuesday. - Reuters

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French court rules Lagarde must stand trial in 2008 Tapie case PARIS: France’s highest appeals court ruled on Friday that International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde must stand trial for her role in a €400 million ($440 million) payout in 2008 to businessman Bernard Tapie.

She was French finance minister at the time. The court rejected her appeal against a judge’s order in December for her to stand trial at the Cour de Justice de la Republique, a special court that tries ministers for crimes in office.

Her lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve expressed regret over the decision and said he was convinced that the trial would show she was innocent.

Lagarde is accused of negligence by improperly signing off on the decision to allow an extremely rare out-of-court arbitration in a dispute between Tapie, a supporter of conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy, and the state.

ECONOMY

Eurozone business growing at weakest rate since 2015 LONDON: Eurozone business growth was at its slowest since the start of 2015 this month as stronger performances in the two big economies of Germany and France offset weakness in smaller countries, a survey showed on Friday.

While the survey result was not as weak as predicted in a poll, the slight loss of momentum may be of concern to policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) who have been trying to stimulate faster growth.

Markit’s flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a good growth indicator, dipped to 52.9 from June’s 53.1, the lowest reading since January

2015. However, a poll had predicted a steeper fall to 52.5. A reading above 50 indicates growth.

“Headline PMIs picked up for Germany and France but the overall (eurozone) one fell and the rest of the region combined saw the weakest rise in activity since December 2012,” said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.

“There is a strong indication that Italy and Spain saw a deterioration in growth rates.” German private sector growth hit its highest level so far this year while French business activity held up better than expected despite last week’s Bastille Day truck attack in Nice.

The attack on holiday crowds killed 84 people and hurt hundreds, the third deadly assault in France in 18 months for which Islamist militants have claimed responsibility.

Further muddying the waters, Britons voted on June 23 to leave the European Union, a surprise outcome that sent shockwaves through global financial markets and means the British economy may slide back into recession in the coming year.

“It’s a pretty pleasant surprise that the fall (in the euro zone PMI) was so muted. It suggests that Brexit is unlikely to trigger the substantial slowdown that many

people are predicting,” said Ben May at Oxford Economics.

Shockwaves from the vote did not pass Britain by, however, with a corresponding survey there registering the biggest drop in its 20year history to suggest the economy is shrinking at its fastest rate since the financial crisis.

After the ECB kept policy unchanged on Thursday, its President Mario Draghi said the central bank was prepared to take more action to lift inflation and economic growth if necessary.

Inflation was just 0.1 per cent in June, nowhere near the ECB’s target ceiling, but the composite output price PMI rose to 49.6

from 49.1, its highest reading in nine months.

A PMI covering the euro zone’s dominant service industry beat expectations for a fall to 52.3 from 52.8 by only nudging down to 52.7, still an 18-month low.

The factory PMI suffered a sharper fall, coming in at 51.9 versus June’s 52.8, close to expectations for 52.0. An index measuring output, which feeds into the composite PMI, fell to 53.6 from 53.9.

Giving a mixed outlook for next month, services firms increased headcount at the fastest rate since early 2008 but new order growth for manufactured goods slowed dramatically. - Reuters

State payout The arbitration judges later ruled in Tapie’s favour and ordered the state payout to him, but appeals courts have since thrown out the settlement decision. A Paris appeals court has ordered Tapie to reimburse the state, but the colourful businessman has lodged an appeal, which is still pending.

The case goes back to when Tapie had sued the state for compensation after selling his stake in sports company Adidas to Credit Lyonnais in 1993. He claimed the bank had defrauded him after it later resold his stake for a much higher sum.

Despite the shadow of the case looming over her, Lagarde was appointed in January for a second five-year term as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. – Bloomberg News

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MARKET Boeing expects $2b cost on 787 Dreamliners, air tanker The largest blow

HSBC to sell $2.7b of loans in bid to cut risk-weighted assets LONDON: HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, is selling $2.7 billion of loans as part of a plan to cut riskweighted assets by $290 billion over the next three years, according to two people with knowledge of the sale.

The credits to about 69 different parties include investment-grade loans, project finance, and both performing and non-performing leveraged loans, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the sale is private. The loans are to companies in Europe, Asia and the United States, they said.

HSBC’s global banking and markets division “has its own riskweighted asset reduction targets, and it’s constantly reviewing its opportunities to reduce its pool of risk-weighted assets,” said Sarah Marquer, a spokeswoman for the bank. She declined to comment on the details of the sale.

is related to the Dreamliner, Boeing’s carbon-fibre jet, which debuted more than two years late in 2011. The company is writing off two flighttest aircraft, at a cost of $847 million

CHICAGO: Boeing said it expects to report a $2.1 billion after-tax accounting cost for the second quarter as it absorbs expenses from programmsr with well-publicised stumbles: the 787 Dreamliner, the 747-8 jumbo jet and a refueling tanker for the United States Air Force.

The largest blow is related to the Dreamliner, Boeing’s carbonfibre jet, which debuted more than two years late in 2011, according to a company statement Thursday. The US planemaker is writing off two flight-test aircraft, at a cost of $847 million after determining it can’t find any buyers.

Boeing is also absorbing an after-tax charge of $814 million for the 747-8 as it drops plans to double output to 12 jumbos a year in 2019 from the current six-plane rate. The manufacturer expects to take a $393 million loss for the KC-46 aerial tanker, which was knocked off schedule by wiring bundles, a faulty refueling boom and other issues.

The losses serve as reminders of the costly delays that stalk commercial aerospace companies as

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TURBULENCE: Boeing is also absorbing an after-tax charge of $814 million for the 747-8 as it drops plans to double output to 12 jumbos a year in 2019 from the current six-plane rate. – Bloomberg News

they race complicated technology to market. Boeing has vowed to manage its product development better in the aftermath of the Dreamliner delays, which coincided with those for the latest version of its 747 jumbo jetliner.

Non-cash charges “These are the right, proactive decisions to strengthen our business going forward,” chief executive officer Dennis Muilenburg said in the statement. Shares fell 0.7 per cent to $132.60 in New York after falling as much as 1.9 per cent following the company’s announcement of the charges.

The accounting losses won’t affect the company’s cash and revenue forecast for 2016, the

planemaker said. Boeing will update its earnings guidance on July 27, when it reports second-quarter results. On a pretax basis, the commercial airplane division will absorb a $2.78 billion loss while the military aircraft unit sees a $219 million impact on earnings.

The charge is only the second that Boeing has recorded for the 787 programme, which had $28.7 billion in deferred production and inventory costs as of March 31. The planemaker booked a $2.48 billion research-and-development cost for three flight-test planes in 2009, which were later delivered to museums.

Boeing had hoped to find VIP customers for the two Dreamliners, which were also affected by

the company’s early struggles with suppliers, design issues and weight. Built in 2008, the jets have amassed 6,700 flight and groundtesting hours but would need to be heavily modified for commercial use. They were reclassified as a research-and-development expense and removed from 787 programme inventory, where they counted toward deferred production costs.

Marquee jetliner That could prove beneficial as Boeing works to reduce the drag from its marquee jetliner. The planemaker has said it expects the 787 deferred production costs, which measure funds already poured into inventory and labor

against increases in production efficiency, to plateau this year and then fall as it builds more highermargin Dreamliner models.

The company also lowered the number of 747 freighters it expects to produce by 19 planes to reflect weakness in the air cargo market. Boeing has struggled to find buyers for the iconic humpbacked jet as airlines shift flying and cargo to more-efficient twinengine models such as the company’s 777 jetliner. – Bloomberg News

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Reducing annual costs Chief executive officer Stuart Gulliver unveiled a strategy last year to shrink the bank’s sprawling operations and reduce annual costs by $5 billion, pledging to cut 25,000 employees and lower the regulatory capital burden of more than $1 trillion of risk-weighted assets on its balance sheet. HSBC’s shares are down about 20 per cent in the past two years as its profitability declined and the bank was hit by a series of misconduct fines for manipulating currency markets and aiding money launderers.

Under Gulliver’s plan, the investment bank is earmarked for most of the asset reductions and must offload a net $130 billion of risk-weighted assets, or 31 percent of its total, while “keeping costs flat,” the bank said in June last year.

HSBC reduced risk-weighted assets by $124 billion last year, taking it almost halfway toward the target for the end of 2017, according to filings. - Bloomberg News

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INDIAN MARKETS

Sensex recovers 93 PayPal, Visa end decade-old battle points; rupee rises MUMBAI: Market recovered from overnight losses, propelled by corporate earning numbers, with BSE benchmark Sensex ended higher 92.72 points to 27,803.24 amid buying in power, utilities, metal, industrial, capital goods, telecom and realty sectors.

The market opened positive after overnight remarkable earning numbers in key fast moving consumer goods major ITC, while Subdued Asian cues weighed trading momentum amid volatility after Bank of Japan (BoJ) chief Haruhiko Kuroda comments dashed hopes for so-called “helicopter money”, economic stimulus in its monetary policy next week.

The indices moved between gains and losses till late afternoon saw of buying spur in buying activity on string of positive earning results and speculation over media report that the Rajy Sabha will take up the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill discussion next week.

The Sensex opened higher at 27,721.72 and hovered between 27,832.45 and 27,646.21, before ending at 27,803.24, showing a gain of 92.72 points or 0.33 per cent. The NSE Nifty also rose by 31.10 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 8,541.20.

Stocks of Biotechnology major Biocon today surged 10 per cent

after the company posted 17 per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, while positive earning news of key PSUs Vijaya Bank, private lender Federal Bank and L&T Finanance holding propelled the sentiment.

Elsewhere, European stocks also opened lower tracking losses in Asian stocks, also loomed by European Central Bank (ECB) held rates unchanged after its monetary policy review.

Rupee appreciates Maintaining its strong upbeat momentum, the rupee firmed up to end at a fresh one-week high of 67.08 against greenback due to sustained dollar selling by banks and exporters amid calmer market conditions.

Robust capital inflows along with a smart rebound in domestic equities and unwinded of some dollar positions by speculators further supported the sentiment.

The local unit gained 9 paise, or 0.13 per cent at the close. Rupee resumed almost flat with a negative bias at 67.18 from Thursday’s closing level of 67.17 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market and weakened further to hit an intra-day low of 67.21 on inital dollar demand from importers and corporates. However, the local currency swung in opposite direction in mid-afternoon. - PTI

SEATTLE: PayPal and Visa just made up after more than a decade sparring over the future of digital payments.

The two companies announced an agreement on Thursday in which PayPal will stop discouraging customers from linking accounts to Visa cards and share more data with the card network in exchange for “long-term Visa fee certainty” and other incentives.

For Visa, the deal stems the loss of transaction fees when PayPal users link their PayPal and Venmo digital wallets to their bank accounts. For PayPal, it removes the threat of higher costs from those new fees and re-invigorates its push to become a common instore payment tool.

The deal ends years of acrimony between the companies that escalated as PayPal’s transactions volume soared and Visa expanded into PayPal’s turf of online payments and digital wallets.

“This is a watershed moment because for the past 17 years — ever since PayPal was founded — Visa viewed it as an adversary,” said Gil Luria, analyst at Wedbush Securities. “PayPal is now in a position to negotiate with Visa about rates, which it never had before.”

PayPal shares rose as much as 6.9 per cent in after-hours trading on news of the deal and strong quarterly results. Visa shares were little changed in extended trading.

WATERSHED MOMENT: The deal ends years of acrimony between the companies that escalated as PayPal’s transactions volume soared and Visa expanded into PayPal’s turf of online payments and digital wallets. – Bloomberg News

Less ACH PayPal’s strategy of steering customers to link their digital wallets with a bank account drew ire from Visa executives as it allowed PayPal to process payments via the cheaper, bank-owned ACH network, cutting Visa out of transactions.

The ACH system charges a flat rate per transaction that varies depending on volume, typically between 10 and 50 cents, said Ralph Dangelmaier, chief executive officer of payments technology company BlueSnap. Debit card transactions cost about 1 per cent

of the overall sale and credit cards more than 2 per cent, he said.

The difference on a small transaction is marginal but on a $1,000 purchase it is sizable since one is a flat fee and the other a percentage of the price, he said. Applying that to the billions of transactions PayPal handles every year makes ACH a major source of profit for the company.

However, PayPal chief executive officer Dan Schulman in April said the price gap between ACH and card transactions had narrowed and ACH transactions car-

ried greater risk. The fee that Visa threatened to impose on PayPal would likely have narrowed that gap further, making it less financially attractive for PayPal to funnel users to ACH. MasterCard imposed a similar fee on PayPal and other digital wallets in June 2013.

“This agreement is a framework for Visa and PayPal to work together and move away from the Cuban Missile Crisis relations they’ve been having,” Dangelmaier said.

In return, PayPal will get help expanding its reach. - Bloomberg News

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FEATURE

DIGITAL DARJEELING Web auctions start for India's priciest tea. Now, the prized black tea is poised to enter the digital age, with Darjeeling trade moving online from June. India harvested 1.19 billion kilogrammes of leaves in 2015—and less than one per cent of that was Darjeeling, which is only grown in selected areas

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Two years ago, a select lot of Silgrams of leaves in 2015—and less wars and drive up prices.”

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Seasonal promotion on Chery ends today The attractive scheme on the Chery 2016 and 2017 models includes a cash gift of OMR400, which could also be used as part of down payment, bringing down the instalment, and boosting affordability even further

MUSCAT: Automobile enthusiasts who seek benchmark technology, safety and features have been fans of the Chery brand. The promotional offer from Chery makes it easier to own this premium Chinese brand. The offer ends today, says a press release.

The attractive scheme on the Chery 2016 and 2017 models includes a cash gift of OMR400, which could also be used as part of down payment, bringing down the instalment, and boosting affordability even further. Not only that, it also offers free first year registration, and insurance along with an assured free gift. Patrons also get complete peace of mind with 5 years / unlimited kilom-

eters extended warranty coverage. In-house finance is also available with a low interest rate of just 3.29per cent per annum flat, with a payback period of up to 72 months.

And if all that got you excited already, here is something more: all customers that avail the promotion scheme get to participate in the Chery grand raffle where the winner gets a Chery Tiggo 3 car for free.

Anil Dua, managing director of OTE commented: “Chery has gained rapid popularity in Oman not just for its value offerings but also because its cars are rich in features, technology and are a pleasure to drive. If you’re on the lookout for a car that is full of functionality and is also great value, look no further.”

The Chery model portfolio is very strong with three superb options, offering exclusive features and world class performance.

Redefining the rules is the Chery Tiggo 3, with a strong and modern stance. Sporting crisp contours, chrome touches, and soft curves along its bodywork, the Tiggo 5 is

a beautiful offering from the brand.

Crafted for adventure lovers, this SUV is bigger, sportier, , with extra boot space, and even more spacious interiors.

Under the hood, the Tiggo SUVs pack a punch. Powered by a 1971cc 4-cylinder engine delivering 102 kw (136.79 BHP) at 5750 rpm and a pounding 182 Nm of torque at 4,500 RPM, the Tiggo range of SUVsare set to conquer terrains with great ease. It offers the perfect combination between efficient all aluminium engine ACTECO 2.0L DVVT and 7-speed CVT gear box, together with front and rear independent suspension and a minimum ground clearance of 190mm (163mm for Tiggo 5) offer exceptional driving experience.

The magic is continued inside with neat and functional design embellished in attractive trim, including the sporty leather option.

The SUVs offer extremely high levels of comfort and convenience features.

The Tiggo range of SUVs offers premium driving experience,

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high levels of refinement and great value for money. Nestled behind the wheel, you can’t help but commend Chery for throwing almost every creature comfort in its SUVs as standard. From the expected, such as powerful air-conditioning, an audio system with CD player (available in Tiggo 3) and an MP3/ USB jack, as well as ISOFIX, to the more refined aspects like Bluetooth, steering wheel-mounted audio controls and rear-park distance control, the cars pack-in all luxuries to keep you pampered even on long journeys. The Tiggo 5 further has a panoramic sunroof, and dual climate control & automatic AC, enabling the driver and front passenger to maintain individual temperatures.

The inclusion of safety features like Electronic Stability Control Programme (available in Tiggo 5), dual airbags and ABS with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) are further lucrative add-ons to ensure that every drive with the Tiggo is a safe and happy drive.

For the sedan lovers, the Chery Arrizo 7 offers an eclectic mix of luxury and functionality. Packing a potent all aluminium 1.6 L DVVT mated to a 7-speed CVT gear box, the engine adopts continuous and variable intake/exhaust timing technology with stronger power, thereby increasing fuel efficiency.

Automatic A/C, Multifunction Steering Wheel, 7-inch Touch Screen Display, driving infotainment systems, along with ABS and EBD are some of the other attractive features of this outstanding sedan.

The OTE group is the official representative of Chery in Oman, having a country wide presence with 18 showrooms of Chery.

Gulf Line adds two new Higer coaches to its fleet from TAC MUSCAT: Gulf Line Transport, based in Salalah, is a prominent luxury travels company. Running long distance routes from Salalah to Yemen, Muscat and Dubai, the comfort and safety of the travellers are of utmost importance to the company. Every coach is strictly scrutinised, checking for the highest standards in the aforementioned parameters and more.

When considering the expansion of its 25-coach fleet, Gulf Line Transport turned to Towell Auto Centre (TAC) for the best. Recently, Riyadh Ali Sultan, chairman TAC, handed over two brand new Higer Coaches to Said Abdulla Al Rawas, CEO of Gulf Line Transport. The coaches started plying Salalah-Yemen-Dubai-Muscat, says a press release.

Each new Higer coach is a 12 meter long beauty, with a 550 litre fuel tank, that embodies comfort, safety and durability. The Cummins Euro III engine with ZF transmission, SACHS clutch, TELMA retarder and ZF power steering coupled with WABCO

air brake system and ABS ensures easy handling. The air suspensions promise a smooth and stable ride.

The coach boasts of spacious interiors with 49 + 1 + 1 seats, each with 3-point seat belts.

Furthermore, an effective roof mounted AC, plug-in facility to charge handheld, mobile and laptop devices, and an HD player with 2 LCD monitors convert a mundane drive into an exciting road trip for the passengers.

For the passengers’ convenience and safety, there are 2 doors, two emergency rooftop exits, and luggage compartments with parallel opening doors.

Higer automobiles can be found at the TAC Ghala (adjacent to Bridgestone tyres), operational for more than five years, TAC carries a wide range of the Higer automobiles, inclusive of luxury coach, big buses and school buses. Its durability, stability and comfort has made Higer buses the chosen and favourite of top travel and logistic companies across the nation.

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Al Hashar bags award from Tadano

McDonald’s extends support to Youth Summer Camp 2016 MUSCAT: McDonald’s Oman (Al Daud Restaurant) sponsored this year’s Youth Summer Camp organised by the Indian community in Ruwi.

The event saw over 300 children from age seven years and above, expressing their creativity and exploring various learning opportunities with lots of fun-filled experiences, says a press release.

“The Youth Summer Camp 2016 is a special platform providing all

participants with activities that help them discover new interests, develop social skills, learn important values and create memories,” commented Aileen Saldanha, head of the summer camp.

Variety of activities The event included activities such as photography, auto mechanic, cutlery art, art and décor, android programming sounds and lights, vocals, public speaking, fashion de-

signing, drawing competition, water sports, rain dance and Zumba, among others.

“We thank McDonald’s for supporting this event for three consecutive years,” the organisers said.

McDonald’s Oman prides itself on being a local member of the community and has been committed to giving back to various communities by sponsoring events and activities, championing happier and healthier kids.

MUSCAT: Al Hashar has received an award from Tadano Cranes for outstanding sales in the year 2015.

Sultan Al Kharusi, managing director of Al Hashar Group, was presented with Tadano’s prestigious ‘Sales Achievement Award’. The ceremony was attended by high ranking officials from both sides.

Speaking on the occasion Kharusi stated: “This prestigious award has come our way as a result of the many innovative marketing strategies adopted to invigorate sale of Tadano cranes throughout the Sultanate.

Tadano cranes are well known for their superior quality, safety, technology and sophisticated control system.”

The name Tadano is synonymous with people familiar in lifting industry. Tadano cranes have very high build quality, low maintenance and high re-sale value.

They are considered by companies who want to focus on their job rather than the machine.

Tadano was founded in 1919

by Masuo Tadano. The company began as a steel fabrication business located in Takamatsu City, Japan. In 1948 the company officially assumed the name Tadano Ltd. and established its first plant for manufacturing cargohandling equipment.

The first piece of equipment for which Tadano received a pat-

ent was a railroad track maintenance machine produced for the Japanese National Railway in 1950. By 1954 Tadano had incorporated the manufacturing of hydraulic industrial machines into its business.

Today, Tadano manufacturers a wide range of cranes namely Crawler hydraulic cranes (40-120 Ton), All Terrain cranes (40-600 Ton), Rough Terrain cranes (30145 Ton), Truck mounted cranes (35-60 Ton), Truck loader cranes & Aerial platforms. It also manufactures specialised pneumatic equipment. Al Hashar is the exclusive distributor for Tadano

cranes in Oman, since 1997, and has undertaken many initiatives to provide better after-sales to the customer with regular training to operators/plant & site engineers, regular site visits, service at site facility, faster availability of slow moving parts and support for non-GCC spec cranes.

Tadano is the 1st brand that comes to the mind of the customer, when a crane is considered for purchase. In Oman, cranes over 25 year old are still giving the same output as a brand new one. Quality, reliability, good after-sales backup and re-sale value has made Tadano a successful brand.

GOODS MURABAHA AND SERVICE IJARAH

Sohar Islamic Bank introduces new retail products MUSCAT: Further bolstering its product line-up, Sohar Islamic, Bank Sohar’s Islamic banking window, has now introduced two new products to its retail product portfolio – Goods Murabaha and Service Ijarah.

As with all Sohar Islamic financial products, both these products are fully compliant with Islamic Sharia law and provide a comprehensive Islamic finance solution for anyone looking for Sharia-compliant financial aid in acquiring desired good or services, says a press release.

Commenting on launching Goods Murabaha and Service Ijarah, Salim Khamis Saif Al Maskari, DGM and head of Sohar Islamic, said: “The launch of these new products reflects Sohar Islamic’s

growth strategy, with a focus on enhancing our range of products and expanding our retail reach. It also provides further evidence of Sohar Islamic’s continued commitment to providing our customers across various segments, with compelling value propositions and attractive financial solutions that will greatly enhance their overall banking experience with us.”

This personal finance product is based on the Islamic financing principle of Goods Murabaha wherein the bank will at the customer’s request purchases certain goods from the authorised dealer and sells the same to the customer at an agreed price. Similar to Good Murabaha, Service Ijarah finance product is designed to provide cus-

tomers with financing to acquire needs; whether it is for an unexpected medical condition, finance for education, travel or wedding in addition to other financial requirements. Based on the Islamic financing principle of ‘Ijarah’ for the services, the bank will have agreements with various service providers, whereby the bank will lease the services required by the customer directly from the provider and sub-lease it to the customer.

“The key advantage of both these products is that the customer has complete clarity on the bank’s profit mark-up and the instalment value at the time of signing the deal, which never changes throughout the financing term. Furthermore, this arrangement allows for im-

mediate possession / ownership of the goods and access to the services requested, in a Sharia compliant manner,” added Al Maskari.

Both products are available to any Omani nationals or resident expatriates that have their salary transferred to Sohar Islamic. The services also come with very competitive profit rates and fast and easy approval with simple documentation. Finance is available for up to 100% of the goods or services value and for a maximum payment period of 120 months.

Launched in 2013, Sohar Islamic - Bank Sohar’s Islamic Banking Window, has a comprehensive range of banking solutions that cover a wide array of retail and corporate financing needs.

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Omantel welcomes khareef visitors with widest network MUSCAT: As part of its efforts to enrich the experience of residents and visitors to Salalah, Omantel – the main sponsor of 2016 Salalah Tourism Festival – completed major enhancement of its mobile network to meet the needs of the overwhelming number of visitors to the governorate during this monsoon season.

The festival is one of the most important events on Oman’s tourism calendar. The enhancements

include extensive improvements of 100 cell sites across the Governorate of Dhofar to offer visitors and residents an unforgettable experience during the khareef season, says a press release.

Underlining the rapid progress made towards the expansion of its Mobile Broadband network in the Dhofar governorate, a recent network performance report from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority focusing on the

2015 khareef season notes that Omantel delivers the best mobile network coverage and performance in both voice and broadband across Salalah.

Commenting on the rapid network expansion in the Dhofar governorate, Mohammed Ali Bait Ali Issa, general manager at Salalah, noted: “Our focus on network expansion and enhancement in Salalah and indeed across Oman is driven by Omantel’s 3.0 trans-

formative strategy. We aim to be the nation’s digital partner of choice in all sectors.”

“With the efforts of our teams in the field, we managed to continue the enhancements on our network by improving 100 cell sites across the governorate. The enhancements allow for much greater capacity, upgrading the frequencies as well as improving the technology. We have also set up new stations in new regions in the gov-

ernorate to meet our customers’ needs of broadband mobile services. This falls within our strategy to provide our customers the best experience ever,” Mohammed added.

He pointed out, “Along with those permanent stations, Omantel has deployed mobile cell stations to support the increased network demand experienced during the festival period, which witnesses a much higher usage of different services compared

Toyota Yaris: Stylish, affordable hatchback

to other times of the year.”

Investing in the future of the nation, Omantel connects even the most remote communities of the Sultanate to each other and the rest of the world. Omantel is the Sultanate’s first and leading integrated telecommunications services provider, enabling the digital society to flourish, allowing new ways of doing business and delivering a world of information, news and entertainment.

SAFETY FIRST

Engie Stomo celebrates milestone achievement

A worthy choice, the Toyota Yaris Hatchback represents a remarkably clever transportation solution. Its bold and youthful looks set it apart in a crowd

MUSCAT: It’s stylish. It’s safe.

And it’s so easy to own! Yes! There are no stops on the road to becoming a proud owner of the Toyota Yaris – a car that is the pride and joy of so many.

“Toyota Yaris Hatchback is not just stylish - it is every bit a dependable Toyota. In Oman, people know all about Toyota dependability,

quality and resale value. That is why you see so many Toyotas,” asserted Ahmed, a loyal Toyota patron.

Yaris hatchback is now available in two new variants that are even more affordable, “Please visit the showroom and we will help you pick the best Yaris model to suit your needs and your budget. We can make it happen for you. Please visit as soon as possible,” assured a courteous sales consultant at the Toyota showroom.

A worthy choice, the Toyota Yaris hatchback represents a remarkably clever transportation solution. Its bold and youthful looks set it apart in a crowd. The definitive fog lamps accentuate its air-piercing, stylish frontal face.

Completing its bold stance are the colour-keyed front and rear bumpers, outside door handles and side protection moulding. Adding to its appeal are stylish alloy wheels that lead up to power doors, windows and outer mirrors.

According to an automotive site, “The Yaris hatchback radiates a stylish and dynamic sporty design with a sharp impressive look. It

has a high quality attractive interior, which guarantees excitement every time you climb aboard. The superior space and the multiple seat adjustments allow the driver to find the best driving position and visibility. Additionally, the top class rear comfort ensures a pleasant ride for all passengers even on long drives.”

Roomy interior Step-up to the Yaris hatchback and the keyless entry system unlocks the door to welcome you. Step in and you immediately notice that the Yaris is unexpectedly roomy, and packed with an astonishing array of features. These include a sporty stylish dashboard adorned with an audio system with 4 speakers, and ECO meter that indicates how economical is the driving, a sporty leather power steering wheel with red stitching and audio controls, sporty front seats, leather + silver shift lever knob and a multi information display. A USB & AUX port, a multi-information display and driver’s seat height adjusters are also available. The rear flat floor

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(increasing rear legroom) and the large luggage area – all add to the appeal of the vehicle.

Responsive power and a surefooted stance make driving the nimble Yaris a delight. The powerful 1.5 litre 4 cylinder, VVTi Engine delivers 107 hp via a 4-speed automatic transmission as the Yaris rides smooth on its MacPherson & Torsion Beam Suspension.

Yaris has a high safety rating.

Its rigid cabin is forged from highstrength steel to absorb shock and disperse impact energy. Safety features include front disc brakes & rear drum brakes,dual airbags (driver and passenger), anti-lock brake system (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) and brake assist (BA), 3 point ELR seatbelts, LED high mount stop lamp, engine immobiliser system & 2-piece rear parking sensors.

In Oman, the nationwide parts and service network of Saud Bahwan Automotive supports Toyota’s outstanding product quality. No wonder then that today, Toyota is one of the most trusted and well-known brands.

MUSCAT: Engie Stomo, the company that is responsible for the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of the Barka II Power & Desalination Plant, recently celebrated a milestone achievement in the successful safety record of the Barka II operations.

The team completed 3,000 days without Lost Time Accidents (LTA), which translates to approximately 8.2 years of safe, efficient work.

The milestone was celebrated with an event that brought together all stakeholders that have contributed positively to the success, and was well attended by their representatives including Mike Maudsley, CEO – Stomo; Gillian-Alexandre Huart, CEO – SMN Power, the owner of the Barka II Power & Desalination Plant; Yaqoob Al Kiyumi, COO of Oman Power and Water Procurement Company; and Abdullah Al Rawahi, the plant manager, says a press release.

Congratulating the management and staff of Engie Stomo and SMN Power on the achievement, Maudsley said: “It takes a high level of awareness, discipline and commitment to achieve a significant milestone as this. We have always integrated safety into every aspect of our operations, keeping stakeholders across all levels engaged with ongoing safety updates, underlining the importance of personal accountability. We are always pleased to achieve safety milestones as recognition of our good

and safe working practices as it reflects both our high operational standards, and our efficiency. At the same time, we believe it gives us an opportunity to recommit ourselves to maintain safety as our number one priority.”

Speaking on the remarkable success of the plant and the achievement, Huart said, “The Barka II Power & Desalination Plant plays a critical role in contributing power for Oman’s growth and prosperity. Doing it safely, and doing it consistently is a matter of pride. Our congratulations to Engie Stomo and their teams for this record, and best wishes to them towards setting new benchmarks in the future.”

Commenting on the accomplishment, Al Kiyumi said, “8.2 years without any accidents is a commendable achievement and congratulations to the teams at Engie Stomo and SMN Power.

We truly appreciate the efforts made by the management, staff and all stakeholders in upholding safety standards, while solving complex challenges when it comes to operating this large plant facility.”

Abdullah Al Rawahi, one of the first Omani Plant Managers at Barka II said, “We are grateful for the collaboration and exchange of ideas and information, between Engie Stomo, SMN Power and ENGIE for the learning on best practices from other operations in the region. Safety is a continuous process, and the challenge is to be focused in this journey.”

AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

Alizz Islamic Bank holds first Al Hashar partners with Lennox Bushra quarterly prize draw MUSCAT: Alizz Islamic Bank, one of the Sultanate’s pioneer Islamic banks, recently held its first Bushra Savings Account quarterly cash prize draw during a gala event at Salalah Gardens Mall, held under the auspices of Sheikh Salim bin Aufit Al Shanfari, chairman of Dhofar Municipality.

The draw for OMR50,000 was conducted by the chief guest Al Shanfari and a number of Alizz Islamic Bank senior management members, says a press release.

Being the first Sharia-compliant account of its kind in the Sultanate, ‘Bushra’ is approved by the Sharia Supervisory Board. The bank offers a monthly OMR25,000 prize to one winner and three weekly OMR3,000 prizes to three winners. All cash prizes are gifted from shareholders’ funds, not from account holders.

Launched to provide customers with excellent and innovative products that are in line with the Sharia principles, Bushra Savings Account gives beneficiaries a chance to enter weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly cash prize draws.

The account is based on the Sharia principle of ‘Mudaraba’ whereby the bank invests customer savings in Sharia-compliant financing in order to generate the best possible returns and profits.

The customer acts as a capital provider while the bank plays the

role of ‘Mudarib’ or entrepreneur.

All customer funds along with the bank’s own capital will be pooled and invested in Sharia-compliant modes of investment and the resulting profit is shared between the bank and customers according to predetermined ratios.

The weekly, monthly and quarterly draw on ‘Bushra’ prizes took place simultaneously at the marketing campaign titled ‘Majlis Alizz’ conducted recently by Alizz Islamic Bank at Salalah Gardens Mall.

The two-day campaign was held on July 20 and 21 from 10am to 1pm and from 4pm to 9pm. During the campaign, visitors to the mall were introduced to a number Sharia-compliant services and products offered by Alizz.

Commenting on the marketing campaign and ‘Bushra’ draws,

Moosa Al Jadidi, deputy general manager and head of Retail Banking, Alizz Islamic Bank, said: “We are always keen to introduce innovative products as part of our efforts to get closer to our customers, satisfy their different needs and answer their questions.

“More importantly, we constantly strive to provide simple, fast and comfortable services as well as transparent and trustworthy transactions using stateof-the-art banking technology.

This is what customers search for in any bank.”

“Bushra helps customers set aside some money for savings. We work hard to enable our customers to invest their money wisely for lucrative and profitable returns on investment because customers are our top priority,” Al Jadidi stressed.

MUSCAT: Al Hashar Electronics, the Sultanate’s one of the most trusted and loved distributor of world-class electronics appliances, welcomes you to enjoy this summer with the ultimate brand in cooling systems, which is synonymous with customised comfort: Lennox, the Texas, US-based brand specialised in state-of-theart climate control products.

Commenting on Al Hashar Electronics’ partnership with Lennox, Rajeev Sharma, the GM of Al Hashar Electronics, said: “As the leading distributor of global brands in household appliances, electronics and storage solutions in the Sultanate, it was but natural for Al Hashar Electronics to associate with the Lennox brand of air-conditioning products that are unquestionably the world leader in HVAC systems. This tieup is also in line with Al Hashar Electronics’ corporate philosophy of giving the best to our esteemed customers in Oman, at all times. We have an extensive range of Lennox air-cons from cassettes and ceiling units to concealed slim, free-standing and wallmounted units. They are competitively priced and give great value for money.”

According to Shoaib Nawaz, sales and service engineer at Al Hashar Electronics, “The Lennox air-conditioners are tested and certified to run at extreme hot climates of up to 55°C. Along with high energy saving features,

Lennox guarantees long life and utmost comfort. Lennox ensures healthy air through features such as Double/Nano APS and lifetime air purification system, which help filter very minute dust, and clean virus/bacteria. Further, the AC continues to purify air even after the unit is switched off.

Other notable features include its environmentally friendly technology and easy installation procedure.”

Al Hashar Electronics customers get the additional advantage of strong and prompt after sales support from its wide network of service outlets spread across the Sultanate.

The HVAC division at Al Hashar Electronics consists of a dedicated team of professionals trained to offer complete solutions to the client.

Lennox International Inc., founded in 1895, designs, manufactures, and markets a fullfledged range of climate control products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets, through its subsidiaries. The commercial

heating and cooling segment offers rooftop units, split system/ air handler combinations and small package units for office and commercial buildings, restaurants, retail centres, schools, shopping malls, other retail and entertainment buildings, and institutional and other field-engineered applications.

Quality has always been Lennox’s primary goal. Every component is fully tested before, during and after its application on the units. Lennox has an extensive range of products which includes windows, decorative split systems, ducted split systems, free standing, roof top package units and VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) Systems. The engineered flexibility of the products allows customers to fine tune systems to meet the specific requirements.

Lennox’s revolutionary VRF air-conditioning system has changed the way large multi-room buildings are cooled; and is fast replacing the traditional chilled water systems owing to its waterless operation, absolute flexibility and energy saving features.

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This Renaissance Day commemorates 46 years since the blessed reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said began and we want to celebrate this momentous occasion with our customers by doubling their credit when they top up to talk, text or purchase bundles, to stay connected to their loved ones

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MUSCAT: In celebration of the 46th Renaissance Day, Ooredoo announced a special one day promotion that will provide its customers with 100% bonus credit for free with every OMR5 and OMR10 recharge.

Offered through its special ‘Ooredoo Surprises’ platform, customers can easily double their credit and data only for today, says a press release.

Feras Al Shaikh, Ooredoo’s director of Consumer Sales, said, “This Renaissance Day commemorates

46 years since the blessed reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said began and we want to celebrate this momentous occasion with our customers, by doubling their credit when they top up to talk, text or purchase bundles, to stay connected to their loved ones.”

He explained that customers who are a part of ‘Ooredoo Surprises’ simply have to recharge by OMR5 to receive OMR10 in credit and those who opt for an OMR10 recharge will be rewarded with OMR20 in value. Those who have

Feras Al Shaikh Ooredoo’s director of Consumer Sales

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yet to join ‘Ooredoo Surprises’ however don’t have to miss out and can opt in for free by dialling *141*888#, or use the USSD menu *141# and follow the instructions.

They then need to recharge by dialling *115*recharge code# to enjoy this offer and many others at no extra cost. The bonus credit will be valid for a total of 14 days while the value of the initial recharge will remain for the standard sixmonth period.

‘Ooredoo Surprises’ is a special platform designed by Ooredoo to reward its customers with daily surprises including free calling minutes, low SMS tariffs, and bonus credit on their recharges.

Joining is free, a onetime activation and provides customers with daily surprises for 90 days. Those who opt in for the service will receive daily SMS communicating the ‘surprise’ of the day, with each offer valid for a 12-hour period.

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Best Cars offers low EMI instalments

Geely Auto becomes official vehicle partner of G20 Summit MUSCAT: Geely Auto, officially Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has become an official vehicle partner of the G20 Summit with the Chinese automaker providing the G20 Organising Committee with 327 vehicles which will be used by key departments such as police, fire service and airport security throughout the G20 period.

As the world’s leading economic and governmental summit, the G20 meetings bring the top 20 global economies together for a two-day period of talks which will happen in Hangzhou City’s Binjiang District, a short distance from the Geely headquarters.

During the summit, Geely Auto will supply the organisers with Geely’s latest 3.0 Generation vehicles that include Emgrand GT, Emgrand X7 Sport, Emgrand GS, NL-4 and Emgrand EV which will be used in reception, security and police roles over the course of the summit. In addition, 18 Emgrand X7 Sport’s will be used within Hangzhou’s Xiao Shan Airport as guidance vehicles for receiving VIP airplanes and 60 G Emgrand GT’s will be used as police vehicles for official escort duty during the G20 period, says a press release.

A senior spokesperson of Towell Auto Centre (TAC), the sole distributor of Geely range of vehicles in the Sultanate of Oman, commented: “This is a great achievement for the Geely Group as they get an opportunity to associate themselves with an event of global importance. Over the years with their successful consistent performance, Geely has established itself as a high-quality international car brand. Being chosen as the official vehicle partner of such high-level sum-

mits only reiterates the fact that the brand Geely has truly come of age. The Emgrand GT #SuperSedan which was launched this year has seen tremendous response in Oman and we hope to see similar response to the new generation Geely models that will be introduced in the coming time.”

In the past, Geely Auto has long supported major international events such as the APEC summits and the Bo’Ao Forum. Geely vehicles have also been selected

by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for use within diplomatic service in 2015 and 2016 with Emgrand GT and Emgrand EV models being chosen.

A major manufacturer within the Zhejiang region, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has established Geely Auto as one of the leading brands within the Chinese auto industry from its beginning in 1997. Over the past five years the company has invested a great deal in the creation of four international R&D centers

in China, Sweden and the United Kingdom as well as four global design centers in California, Shanghai, Barcelona and Gothenburg, Sweden where Geely’s global talent base are producing segment leading vehicles.

Geely had also unveiled its ‘Refined Cars for Everyone’ brand promise in late 2015, the rewards of which have been that over 500,000 cars were sold in 2015 and 280,000 units were sold in the first half of 2016. The introduction of Geely’s Generation 3.0 vehicles, Emgrand GT, Emgrand X7 Sport, and Emgrand GS has also created a new standard for the Chinese automotive industry, with demand often outstripping supply for Geely’s latest models.

In Oman, Towell Auto Centre (TAC) is the exclusive distributor of Geely vehicles. With a network of 11 showrooms, 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across Oman, TAC is one of the leading automobile distributors in the region.

MUSCAT: When it comes to getting delightful deals on quality preowned cars, there is no better place than Best Cars.

“We want our patrons to know that we are offering low EMI instalments on cars. This makes our offerings even more attractive and competitive,” said a company spokesperson, “We can go as low as 5% interest. What’s more, every customer also gets a chance to enter one of Oman’s most rewarding annual promotions - the ‘Winning Moments’ raffle.

The ‘Winning Moments’ scheme will last until July 31. During this time, any customer purchasing a car from Best Cars will be eligible to participate in a raffle comprising 10 Samsung Galaxy A3 smart phones. The raffle will be conducted on August 15 at Best Cars Wattayah showroom in Muscat. Customers will be eligible for the raffle only upon taking delivery of the vehicle from Best Cars during the campaign period after completing all necessary formalities and not against booking.

Besides increasing the levels of excitement through attractive prizes, Best Cars has built a strong reputation for offering some of the most affordable, great quality used vehicles.

“At Best Cars we constantly seek to introduce our customers

to hassle-free used vehicle ownership,” said a spokesperson for Best Cars. “Hence we only include the finest, most well-used vehicles in our assets, thereby providing potential customers with a huge range of vehicles to choose from and immediately make a lasting buying decision,” he continued, “It’s a wonderful choice because of many reasons. As we know, Best Cars (main showroom) is located at the most convenient place in the heart of the automobile market in Wattayah, Muscat and it is a professional set-up with a proven system for evaluating vehicles.

Many customers have expressed their delight with not just finding their dream car, but also with the prices they have obtained for their trade-in vehicle, the hassle-free documentation, personalised care

and overall professionalism of the staff. No surprise then that many customers heartily recommend Best Cars to their friends and family calling it the ‘Best Bet’ to procure a vehicle of their choosing.”

Best Cars not only offers a choice of pre-owned vehicles in the premises but also updates its user-friendly website ‘www.bestcarsoman.com’ with new arrivals. Customers can login and view complete details, along with the vehicle’s photograph.

They can also register their requirement and be informed as soon as their desired vehicle is available.

Value-conscious customers appreciate the hypermarket as a trusted source for quality pre-owned vehicles from the renowned Saud Bahwan Group.

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the first Test at Lord’s

England 1st innings A. Cook b Amir 105 A. Hales b Amir 10 J. Root not out 141 J. Vince c S. Ahmed b R. Ali 18 G. Ballance b R. Ali 23 C. Woakes not out 2 Extras (lb-3, nb-7, w-5) 15 Total (for 4 wickets, 89 overs) 314 Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-210, 3-238, 4-311, To bat: B. Stokes, J. Bairstow, M. Ali, S. Broad, J. Anderson Bowling: M. Amir 20-4-63-2 (w-1), R. Ali 20-3-69-2 (w-2), W. Riaz 16-1-59-0 (nb-7, w-2) Y. Shah 31-5-111-0, A. Ali 2-0-9-0 Umpires: K. Dharmasena & Rod Tucker TV umpire: Joel Wilson Match referee: Richie Richardson

MANCHESTER: Alastair Cook and Joe Root made centuries to lift England to a commanding 314 for four at the close on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan on Friday.

The pair shared a smooth second-wicket partnership of 185 in excellent batting conditions at Old Trafford to frustrate the Pakistanis who won the first Test at Lord’s.

Cook was bowled by Mohammed Amir for 105 on the stroke of tea but Root continued to flay the tiring attack to all corners of the ground and finished unbeaten on 141 with Chris Woakes two not out.

Pakistan started well after losing the toss when fast bowler Amir bowled Alex Hales for 10 with a rapid full-pitched delivery.

Cook and Root carried the hosts to 95 for one at lunch and the skipper, mixing watchful defence with

full ball outside off stump and edged Rahat Ali to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed.

Gary Ballance then made a careful 23 before he chopped a lifting ball from Rahat on to his stumps.

Earlier, Cook won the toss and elected to bat as England opted against fielding a second spinner in Adil Rashid and welcomed allrounder Ben Stokes and paceman James Anderson back in the side.

Pakistan picked the same side that won the first Test by 75-runs at Lord’s.

“As always when we come to Old Trafford the grounds man does a great job and produces a fair wicket,” Cook said after winning the toss.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ulHaq too wanted to bat first but had no problem starting with the ball, saying “it’s a matter of staying disciplined whatever you do first”. - Reuters

The pair shared a smooth secondwicket partnership of 185 in excellent batting conditions at Old Trafford to frustrate the Pakistanis who won

DAY’S STARS: England centurions Joe Root, left, and captain Alastair Cook congratulate each other on the first day of the second cricket Test match against Pakistan at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester. – AFP

crisp drives and cuts that brought him 15 fours, calmly advanced to his 29th test hundred and first of the year.

It was a surprise when Amir produced a ball that kept low and

crashed into Cook’s stumps off the bottom of the bat.

Root also looked in excellent touch after his recent barren patch and went to his 10th test century by clipping spinner Yasir Shah to

TOUR DE FRANCE

Froome crashes but retains lead as Bardet lights up Tour SAINT-GERVAIS-LES-BAINS: Chris Froome hit the deck but retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de France on the 19th stage, a crash-marred 146-km mountain trek won by Frenchman Romain Bardet in vintage style on Friday.

The Briton fell about 13.5km from the finish on a slippery descent and ended the stage on a team mate’s bike with cuts and bruises on his back and right elbow.

Shortly after the 25-year-old Bardet then lit up the race with an attack on the tricky descent towards the foot of the final ascent to Le Bettex, Froome crashed on a right-hand bend.

He was quickly back on Geraint Thomas’s bike and held firm in the favourites’ group.

AG2r-La Mondiale rider Bardet, who gave France their first win on this Tour, quickly caught early attacker Rui Costa in the climb, a 9.8km effort at an average gradient of eight percent and went solo with 3.5km left.

Froome, who crossed the line 36 seconds behind Bardet, now leads the Frenchman, who moved up from fifth to second overall, by 4:11 minutes. Dutchman Bauke Mollema, who started the day in second place overall, also crashed and eventually lost a massive 4:25.

Colombian Nairo Quintana, runner-up in 2013 and 2015, is now third overall, 4:27 off the pace with one competitive stage left on Saturday, a 146.5-km mountain ride from Megeve to Morzine.

STAGE WINNER: France’s Romain Bardet celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of the 146 km nineteenth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race. – AFP

“I’m on cloud nine. That’s instinctive bike racing. There was no plan. I rode up the climb as fast as I could,” said Bardet, whose move forced his rivals to take risks in the descent.

Last climb With the help of team mate Mikael Cherel, Bardet led the other big guns by 25 seconds at the foot of the last climb.

“Mika told me we should try something in the descent from Domancy and we just went. Bike racing is a whole. You need to climb with the best but also to descend well,” said Bardet, one of the best in the world when it comes to downhill racing.

Seeing that Froome, who wore a bandage on his right knee on the podium after the stage, was struggling, several rivals attacked but the Briton gritted his teeth and

limited the damage, losing only 10 seconds or less on Italian Fabio Aru and Quintana.

Australian Richie Porte, Froome’s former lieutenant at Team Sky who now rides for BMC, also attacked several times but on each occasion sat up as if waiting for his ex boss.

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, one of the favourites for the Olympic time trial in Rio next month, also crashed with about 62km left before pulling out with a “severe wrist trauma”, according to a race doctor. Pole Rafal Majka virtually secured the polka dot jersey for the mountain classification when he was first at the top of the Montee de Bisanne, a 12.4km climb averaging 8.2 per cent.

Frenchman Pierre Rolland and Swiss Sebastien Reichenbach were also among those who crashed on slippery roads. - Reuters

the mid-wicket boundary, one of his 18 fours.

James Vince played some welltimed strokes on his way to 18 but, as so often before in his fledgling test career, he was undone by a

NORTH SOUND: Virat Kohli made history with his first double century as India built a seemingly unassailable lead, 404 for four in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the first Test against West Indies in Antigua on Friday.

Captain Kohli became the first man from India to compile a test double century overseas when he pulled a single to deep mid-wicket just before the lunch break in North Sound.

Kohli lowered himself to his knees and kissed the turf as retired batting great Viv Richards, after whom the stadium is named, joined in the applause from the stands.

Kohli, who was unbeaten on 200 off 281 balls at lunch, departed soon after resumption without disturbing the scores.

Kohli with Ravichandran Ashwin on 64 not out added 102 runs in the opening session and extended their partnership to 168 runs. - Reuters Earlier reports on Page C2

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‘To do well, you need big heart, captain’s backing’ Dhawan scored a polished 84 and is certainly feeling a bit less pressure after there were unconfirmed reports that KL Rahul, with back-to-back half-centuries in practice games will replace him in the playing XI

NORTH SOUND: Shikhar Dhawan has always had the uncanny knack of producing goods when the chips are down which he attributes to his “big heart” and the “backing” he has got from skipper Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble.

Dhawan scored a polished 84 and is certainly feeling a bit less pressure after there were unconfirmed reports that KL Rahul, with back-to-back half-centuries in practice games will replace him in the playing XI. “I feel it is important for any player if the captain and the coach are backing you and it gives a lot of confidence. That’s what matters and you also need to have selfbelief that you can do that and it is a mixture of everything,” Dhawan told mediapersons after the first day’s play.

“Opening is the toughest job and you need a big heart for it, when facing the new ball on a new (fresh) wicket.

“Bowlers also bowl with full energy and as opener your technique should also be good because you

SIGNS OF FORM: India’s Shikhar Dhawan stealing a single during the first day’s action of the first Test against West Indies. – AP/PTI

have to leave a lot of balls and you need patience as well,” said Dhawan. “The middle order needs it too but a new ball has its own challenge. Vijay got a good ball and it was a very quick ball. I was luckier in that sense as Gabriel was bowling really well,” he added.

The Delhi left-hander was however a touch disappointed that he couldn’t get to a coveted threefigure mark as he was trapped leg-before by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo.

“I felt disappointed that I got out especially when I was set and scoring runs. I had spent enough time out there in the middle and came so close to scoring a hundred,” he lamented.

“At the same time, I am happy that I started on a good note and would like to carry on my good performances in coming matches.

I want to use the form I am in.”

Dhawan did well to survive the first session when pacer Shannon Gabriel was extracting a lot of bounce from the strip. Along with Cheteshwar Pujara, the southpaw saw off the session adding 60 runs.

I felt disappointed that I got out especially when I was set and scoring runs Shikhar Dhawan India opener

“I feel that in the first session the wicket was fresh and the bowling was very good.

“So I was respecting the good balls and knew that I cannot afford to take a chance because there was extra bounce on the wicket. So I was playing close to my body and was not in a hurry and relaxed at the crease.

“It helped me later in the innings in both my partnerships with Pujara and Virat,” Dhawan explained.

But the best phase of the day came when he put up 105 runs off 163 balls for the fourth wicket with Kohli.

They looked very comfortable at the crease and runs came quickly for the duo, as West Indies

looked bereft of ideas. “He (Kohli) played a tremendous knock and continued scoring after his hundred. Hopefully he scores big runs and gets a double hundred.

“It feels good to bat with him and we were rotating the strike and scoring runs at a good pace.

I feel that made a difference because we made the partnership very quickly. That is a good thing and it is always a pleasure to watch Virat, the way he times the ball,” said Dhawan.

Comparing the two partnerships, he said, “My partnership with Pujara was also important because the ball was new at that time and it was important to leave the balls outside the off-stump at that time. The middle-order got benefit of that because the ball was older and my partnership with Virat benefitted from that.

“We scored at good pace and it impacted the game. Virat has been batting really well which is not new.”

India did lose Dhawan and Rahane at important junctures, but R. Ashwin was promoted up the order and he held fort very well. Now, the visitors will look to bat long and deep into the second day to get a firm footing in this Test.

“We are in a good position especially because we are playing with only five batsmen.

“So we will want to bat as long as possible tomorrow and that will also tire them out. Good thing is that we have Virat well set and batting. Maybe he will score a double ton, or even a triple century,” Dhawan signed off. - PTI

FIRST TEST IN ANTIGUA

Bowlers need to be patient as it’s a batting pitch: Bishoo NORTH SOUND: West Indies leg spinner Devendra Bishoo has said that the pitch at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a batting friendly where the bowlers need to be patient in order to get wickets.

“I think this is a very good pitch.

It’s a batting pitch,” Bishoo said after the day’s play.

“We, as bowlers, have to be patient as much as possible and take it one ball at a time. Day one pitches don’t turn that much. On days three, four and maybe day five, it’s going to turn more,” the pint-sized leg-spinner added. “We could have been in a better position probably.

At the end of the day, it’s a good pitch and the Indian batsmen kept relishing it. We just didn’t put the ball in the areas as much, but we bowled well in patches.

“We just have to take it one over at a time and take it session by session. Put the ball in the right areas for as long as possible, and make it hard for them. At the end of it, we have to be patient,” he added.

While he finished with three wickets, it was pacer Shannon Gabriel who bowled the best on day one, putting openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay in a spot of bother. He looked dangerous

Centurion Virat Kohli makes big noise in North Sound NORTH SOUND: Captain Virat Kohli compiled an unbeaten century to put India in a commanding position on the first day of the opening test against West Indies in Antigua on Thursday.

Kohli was on 143 at the close of play, his 12th Test century, as the visitors reached 302 for four.

Kohli was rarely beaten in the 197 balls he faced, scoring freely on both sides of the wicket with a rich array of strokes as he posted his second highest test score and moved in sight of a career-best 169.

The West Indies bowlers

in every spell. “I think Shannon bowled really good upfront today and he started off very well. He bowled with great pace. The rest of the bowlers, as I said, bowled well in patches. We need to be a bit more

toiled hard for little reward on a flat pitch at the Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound.

Captain Jason Holder decided not to take the new ball before stumps, perhaps figuring he and fellow paceman Shannon Gabriel were too tired to make good use of it.

Earlier, India won the toss and batted but were in early trouble when opener Murali Vijay was dismissed for seven in the seventh over.

Vijay could only fend at a sharply-rising Gabriel delivery, sending an easy catch to second slip Kraigg Brathwaite who

patient because the wicket is good,” said Bishoo. When asked if West Indies missed a trick by picking only four bowlers plus debutant Roston Chase, he replied in negative.

“No. At the end of day, whatever

TON NO. 12: India Test skipper Virat Kohli. – AFP

juggled the ball before grabbing it safely. West Indies picked up a second wicket shortly after lunch when Bishoo, with his fourth delivery, had Cheteshwar Pujara caught at point for 16 off

team we have to play with as a team, we have to play. We support each other and give our 100 percent. I’m not going to put anything on anybody. To play good cricket, bowlers have to do their job and

a leading edge. Bishoo struck again with the last ball before tea when he deceived Dhawan with a well-flighted delivery, hitting the left-hander on the front pad as the batsman tried to

batsmen have to do theirs.”

Bishoo didn’t speak much about Kohli’s hundred, only outlining that the hosts can fight back in the days to come. “It’s not challenging (to bowl at him). At the end of

sweep. It was an easy lbw decision for umpire Aleem Dar, with a TV replay showing the ball pitched in line and would have crashed into middle stump.

Ajinkya Rahane (22) was the only batsman dismissed in the final session, caught at midwicket off Bishoo. Though he fell short of his century, Dhawan was pleased with the way he survived at the crease for so long.

India are playing only five specialist batsmen while West Indies have loaded up with batsmen and all-rounders, probably paying the price as they lacked front-line bowling options. - Reuters

the day, it’s cricket. We have to be patient. It’s just the start of the series and there is a long way to go.

Everybody has good and bad days, we just have to move forward as a team,” he signed off. - PTI

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SPORTS FOOTBALL

Allardyce is new England manager

STRONG SHOW: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg drives during the practice session at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest. – AFP

Rosberg steals the show in practice, Hamilton crashes Hamilton, bidding

Rosberg signs two-year extension at Mercedes

to seize the championship lead for the first time this season with an unprecedented fifth win in Hungary, was fifth after crashing out with four laps on the board

BUDAPEST: Nico Rosberg ended the opening day of practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix fastest after Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton crashed out on Friday.

The world championship leader, fresh from signing a two-year contract extension keeping him at Mercedes until the end of 2018, lapped the 4.3-kilometre Hungaroring in one minute 20.435 seconds in the afternoon, after having gone second quickest in the morning.

Hamilton, bidding to seize the championship lead for the first time this season with an unprecedented fifth win in Hungary, was fifth after crashing out with four laps on the board.

The Briton, who went into the weekend at one of his most rewarding circuits as the man to beat, was fastest in the morning.

But he lost control of his Mercedes 15 minutes into the second post-lunch session, skating across the run-off and clouting the barriers side-on.

He underwent a precautionary check at the medical centre and appeared to be fine, but his car had to be fully stripped and checked,

BUDAPEST: Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg has signed a new contract that will keep him at Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton until the end of the 2018 season, the team said on Friday.

The team tweeted a video of the 31-year-old, runner up to Briton Hamilton in the championship for the last two years, signing the contract to race for the team in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. “Special moment for me, of course, this moment of signing that piece of paper,” Rosberg said in a second video posted on social media by Mercedes. “I look forward to the future of course.”

There was no immediate comment from Rosberg on Friday as the German warmed up for the opening practice session for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

“We are delighted to announce that the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team has signed a two-year contract extension with Nico Rosberg for the 2017 and 2018 Formula One seasons,” Mercedes said in a statement.

ruling him out of the rest of the session. Hamilton has won four of the last five races and trails Rosberg by one point heading into Sunday’s race, down from the 43-point deficit between the pair after May’s Spanish Grand Prix.

He jointly holds the record for most wins at the track with Michael Schumacher.

Former Hungarian Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo, fifth in the morning, ended the day second fastest, half a second adrift of Ros-

TENNIS

Fatma misses out on doubles crown

GOOD OUTING: Oman’s Fatma Al Nabhani will now head to Belgium for yet another ITF women’s tournament.

MUSCAT: Fatma Al Nabhani’s campaign in the $10,000 Saint Gervais Mont Blanc Women’s Open Tennis Tournament ended in the final of the doubles event.

According to information received here, Oman’s international tennis star Fatma Al Nabhani and her French partner Estelle Cascino, who were seeded fourth, lost to top seeded Australian pair of Abbie Myers and Ellen Perez 7-6 (5) , 6-2 in the final.

The Omani-French combo fought valiantly in the first set, but after losing the tie-break, the duo were overwhelmed by the Australians.

Earlier in the semifnals, Fatma and Estelle eased past the second seeded US-Russia combine of Chiara Scholl and Ma-

rina Shamayko 6-2, 6-2, while the Australian duo struggled past Colombians Maria Paulina PerezGarcia and Paula Andrea PerezGarcia, especially after being extended to the deciding third set.

Abbie and Ellen won the match 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.

If Fatma did well in the doubles, here outing in the singles event did not go beyond the second round, where she lost to Switzerland’s Chiara Frapolli 3-6. 6-3, 6-1.

From here, Fatma will leave for Belgium, where she is top seeded again in the $10,000 Maaseik Women’s Surtegno Open 2016 tournament.

The Maaseik Tournament will be begin on July 25 and climax on July 31.

Nico Rosberg

“Nico has been a core member of the Silver Arrows since the team returned to the sport in 2010 and has played a crucial role in the team’s success in that time.”

Rosberg joined Mercedes from Williams in 2010 when the German marque returned to the sport as a full works outfit, and has helped the team to two constructors’ triumphs with 19 victories, including five this year. Triple world champion Hamilton signed a three-year deal with the team through to the end of the 2018 season in May last year.

berg’s mark. His Red Bull team, the only ones to beat Mercedes this year with Max Verstappen’s win in Spain, are hoping to pose a genuine threat to their German rivals at a circuit that should suit their car.

Sebastian Vettel, who won the race last year, was third in his Ferrari ahead of Verstappen. His team mate Kimi Raikkonen was sixth.

McLaren, who are also expecting an improvement in form, ended both sessions seventh and eighth with Fernando Alonso

“We are very happy, we had a couple of weeks of discussions,” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said in a video. “It was always clear we wanted to continue, Nico is the real deal for us.”

Rosberg and Hamilton have been the only two realistic championship contenders as Mercedes have dominated Formula One since the start of the V6 turbo-hybrid era in 2014.

The pair have often exasperated team-bosses with their on-track rivalry, most recently after they collided on the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix while fighting for the lead, their third collision in five races that prompted Mercedes to put stricter deterrents in place.

Rosberg holds a one-point lead over Hamilton in the drivers’ standings heading into this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, down from an imposing 43 points in May. Rosberg’s confirmation at Mercedes puts speculation surrounding his future to bed and locks down another seat with a top team after Ferrari renewed its contract with Kimi Raikkonen at the last race in Britain. — Reuters

ahead of Jenson Button, on a track where both claimed their maiden Formula One wins.

The Force India cars of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez rounded out the top 10.

Hamilton’s accident was the only high-profile incident of the session, run in hot conditions with track temperatures in the forties.

The crash prompted a brief redflag stoppage as track marshals worked to the repair damage to the barrier. - Reuters

LONDON: Sam Allardyce was appointed England manager on Friday on a two-year contract, tasked with restoring pride in the national team after their dismal performances at Euro 2016.

Allardyce, at Sunderland since October, will replace Roy Hodgson, who stepped down following England’s shock European Championship defeat by Iceland in the round of 16 last month.

“I am extremely honoured to be appointed England manager especially as it is no secret that this is the role I have always wanted. For me, it is absolutely the best job in English football,” the 61-year-old Allardyce said in a statement.

“I will do everything I can to help England do well and give our nation the success our fans deserve. Above all, we have to make the people and the whole country proud.”

Allardyce was the unanimous choice of a three-man FA selection panel, made up of chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth and acting chairman David Gill.

The FA statement added that he would be responsible for shaping “a strong, purposeful team identity” as well as ensuring England qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Allardyce has previously managed Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers

and West Ham United, but much of his coaching career has been spent scrapping in the bottom half of the table rather than challenging for Premier League titles.

He had been the favourite for the job since Sunderland confirmed last week that they had given the FA permission to speak to their manager about the vacant England position.

Hull City manager Steve Bruce was also interviewed for the post while British media reported that the FA had spoken to United States head coach Juergen Klinsmann and Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.

Allardyce was first interviewed for the England position following Sven-Goran Eriksson’s departure after the 2006 World Cup but he was overlooked in favour of Steve McClaren.

“Sam Allardyce is the right man for the England job,” FA chief executive Martin Glenn said.

“His excellent managerial credentials, including his ability to realise the potential of players and teams, develop a strong team ethos and embrace modern methods that enhance performance, made him the outstanding choice.”

Allardyce will select his first England squad towards the end of August for a friendly on Sept. 1 before their first World Cup qualifier against Slovakia in Trnava three days later. - Reuters

I will do everything I can to help England do well Sam Allardyce

NEW TASK: Sam Allardyce was the unanimous choice of a threeman FA selection panel, made up of chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth and acting chairman David Gill. – AFP

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SPORTS

BILES CANNOT WAIT TO JUMP OFF A CLIFF AFTER RIO

For an athlete who is already being tipped as the greatest ever female gymnast even before she makes her Olympic debut in August, competing in global arenas is like child’s play

P

erforming gravity-defying stunts on a daily basis should provide enough of an adrenaline rush to last a lifetime. For gymnast extraordinaire Simone Biles, that simply is not daring enough. “I plan on doing things that I can’t do because of gym right now.

Crazy things like going swimming with sharks or jumping off a cliff into water,” American teenager Biles told Reuters in a telephone interview as she outlined her post-Rio Olympic plans.

For most people, Biles’s daily ritual of performing aerial acrobatics for hours on end, as she perfects her routines on the beam, vault, floor exercise and asymmetric bars, would amount to doing “something crazy”.

For an athlete who is already being tipped as the greatest ever female gymnast even before she makes her Olympic debut in August, competing in global arenas is like child’s play.

Since making her debut at the 2013 world championships, the 19-year-old has become an unstoppable force. Last year she became the first woman to win a “three-peat” of all-around golds at the worlds. “I just wish I could see it for myself the way you guys see it because for me it’s normal, it’s something I do every day,” said Biles.

“Sometimes when I watch (my performances on YouTube) I think it’s unreal.

How is it possible that I can chuck myself in the air and do all these tricks and land them? “I blow my mind as I don’t understand how I do it sometimes.”

She has been blowing everyone’s mind during the current Olympic cycle.

Her talent was clear for all to see at the last three world championships — in Antwerp, Nanning and Glasgow -- as she flew through the air faster and higher than her rivals, completing her acrobatic tumbles with solid landings.

Those skills also helped the gymnast nicknamed ‘$imoney’ to become the most successful female athlete at the worlds -with a record haul of 10 gold medals.

Mentally strong “To me records prove how mentally strong and powerful you are and how well you can handle pressure,” said Biles, who was adopted by her grandparents 16 years ago after her mother struggled with drug and alcohol addiction.

“It’s inspiring to young athletes

that there are records that can still be broken. It’s never over, there is always something else you can do to do more.”

She will be trying to do just that in August. Such is the American’s standing in the sport that she is the overwhelming favourite to complete a feat that no woman has pulled off for 20 years -- winning back-to-back world and Olympic all-around titles.

Since the all around event was introduced to the Olympic programme in 1952, only three women have bagged the double -- Soviet Union pair Larisa Latynina (1960) and Ludmilla Tourischeva (1972) and Ukraine’s Lilia Podkopayeva (1996).

So why does the 1.45-metre dynamo think no one has done the double since 1996? “I wasn’t born earlier, so I had no say in that!” quipped the 1997-born gymnast. Too young to compete at the 2012 Olympics, she was one of millions of American viewers who were glued to their television screens as her now team mate Gabby Douglas struck gold in London.

Biles’s date of birth dictated that she became a senior at the start of the current Olympic cycle, meaning that if she wanted to have a shot at Rio glory she would have to sustain her levels of excellence for a full four years -- a stretch that is beyond most elite gymnasts.

Thanks to the meticulous planning of her lifelong coach Aimee Boorman, who mapped out “a balancing act of keeping Simone healthy and making sure she has fun”, Biles has avoided the pitfalls of peaking too soon or suffering burnout.

With so much natural flair oozing from every pore in Biles’s body, celebrated coach Bela Karolyi observed: “I’ve never in my life seen a more talented, more agile and more potentially capable young lady than Simone.”

That is high praise indeed considering Karolyi was the man who steered Nadia Comaneci to the first perfect 10 at the Olympics, helped Mary Lou Retton to become the first American to win an Olympic all-around gold and was the guiding force behind Kerri Strug’s heroic vault at the 1996 Games.

For Biles, the real thrills lie in wait once the Olympic flag is folded away on Aug. 21 and she gets a chance to get up close and personal with Jaws.

“Swimming with sharks will probably happen in Belize and jumping off a cliff, that can be anywhere!” - Reuters

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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016

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TOP 5 MOST DISTRACTED BEHAVIOURS

Running with headphones Whether training for an upcoming marathon or jogging around the block, we often take the time to develop the perfect playlist to keep us going, but don’t consider the risks of tuning out the outside world.

Before you press play, consider your personal safety: Leave the headphones at home, especially at night.

If you’re streaming music through your smartphone, make sure the volume is low enough to hear the traffic around you.

Texting while walking Did you know that nearly 60 per cent of pedestrians use a smartphone while crossing the street, according to the National Highway Traffic Administration in the US? Combine that with the average five seconds a driver’s eyes are off the road while texting, a statistic from the US Department of Transportation, and the results can be deadly. Don’t walk and text. If you need to take a call, move to the side until your call is complete. Always be aware of your surroundings. A distracted pedestrian can be an easy target for potential criminals. The National Crime Prevention Council in the US suggests you switch directions or cross the street if you think someone is following you. If the person continues to lurk, move quickly towards an open store, restaurant or lighted house.

With the average attention span only lasting eight seconds, and the need to multitask to keep up with an on-the-go lifestyle, it’s no wonder so many of us are easily sidetracked during routine tasks. Here are some valuable tips to combat the five most distracted behaviours.

Walking your dog at dawn and dusk Fido requires multiple daily walks to stay healthy. If your schedule only allows for exercising him in the early morning or late evening hours, you may find yourself walking in the dark when you’re overtired, which can delay reaction times when they’re most critical.

Keep dogs on short leashes for more control in heavy traffic. If you walk your dog in the dark, wear light coloured clothing with reflective strips so drivers can see you.

Navigating the parking lot Whether working late or tackling weekly errands, busy parking lots and garages can be dangerous if you are distracted by an armful of bags, children or technology. Leave the balancing act for a secure location to ensure you safely get in your car and on the road. Before making your way to your vehicle, be sure your keys are in hand. Pay attention to your surroundings and other vehicles entering and exiting the lot. Consider walking alongside the aisle instead of taking the stairwell, or ask a security guard to escort you to your car.

To buckle a child into a safety seat, get into the backseat with the child and lock the doors rather than doing so from outside the vehicle.

Zoning out on public transportation One of the perks of public transportation is the ability to use your travel time to multitask, like getting a jump start on your day by checking work e-mails. While you may enjoy not paying attention to the road, don’t let productivity goals get in the way of your personal safety. Ride in the first car or closest to the operator. If you are travelling at night, do your best to avoid dark or isolated stops.

Remain aware of your surroundings as you exit, with keys in hand when you depart from the stop or station.

Whether walking, running, driving or riding, incorporate these tips into your everyday habits to help keep yourself safe and secure throughout the day. -BPT

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BURAIMI Kabali 12+ (Tamil) (Crime | Drama) Cast: Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte 9:00 PM The Conjuring 2 15+ (Horror | Thriller) Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson 3.45, 6.15 & 11.30PM Star Trek Beyond (3D) PG12 (Action ) Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban 4.45 & 9.15PM Central Intelligence 12+ (Action | Comedy ) 7.00 PM Free State of Jones TBC (Action) Cast: Matthew McConaughey 3.30, 8.45 & 11:45 PM Sultan PG12 (Hindi) (Action) Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma 6.15 PM Madaari PG (Hindi) (Social | Thriller) Cast: Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill 11.15 PM SALALAH The Conjuring 2 (2D) (15+) (Horror ) 2:00, 9:10, 11:55PM Central Intelligence (2D) (12+) (Action) Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart 12:00, 4:15, 11:45PM Star Trek Beyond (3D) (PG12) (Action ) 2:00, 6:10PM Sultan (2D) (PG12) (Action) 3:00, 11:15PM Free State of Jones (2D) (12+) (Action ) Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Mahershala Ali 12:15, 8:30PM Madaari (2D) (PG) (Hindi) (Social | Thriller) Cast: Irfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill 6:25PM Kabali (2D) (12+) (Tamil) (Crime | Drama) 6:15, 8:55PM Silah El Talamiz (2D) (PG12) (Arabic) Cast: Eman El Sayed , Mourad Fikri 4:30PM

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TO MUSCAT (RUWI) Arrival Operating time days

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Daily Daily Daily

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06:45 08:30 10:00

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 06:30 08:00 13:00 13:00 16.00 16.00

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Sohar Buraimi Buraimi Sohar Buraimi Sohar Buraimi

08:50 Daily 11:00 Daily 14:30 Daily via Ibri 15:45 Daily 17:40 Daily 18.35 Daily 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52) Sinaw

Nizwa Yanqul

20:50

Daily

16:50 19:30

Daily Daily

Nizwa Al Araqi

43 31

07:00

Ruwi

10:25

Daily

06:00 06:00

Nizwa Ruwi

08:40 11:00

Daily Daily

Daily Daily

15:40 15:40

Nizwa Ruwi

17:55 20:20

Daily Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55) 12:00 18:45

Daily Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62) 06:30 06:30

Fahud Yibal

Salalah Marmul Salalah Salalah

20:00 20:30 23:30 07:40

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Marmul

Dubai

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Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai

Daily Daily

12:30 12:30

Fahud Ruwi

13:15 17:30

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07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

Ruwi Marmul Ruwi Ruwi

19:50 13:15 22:30 07:30

06:00

Marmul

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Daily Daily Wed,Thur Wed,Thur Daily Daily

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Daily Daily Thur-Fri Thur-Fri Daily Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 07:30 07:30 13:00 13:00 15:30 15:30

Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 07:00 07:00

16:00 16.00 16.00

Fujairah Sharjah Dubai

11.45 13.30 14.00

Programmes are subject to change

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Emergencies and inquiries: 9999 General Directorate of Passport and Residence 24569603 Directorate General of Customs 24521109 Traffic violations inquiries 24510228 Public Relations Admin 24560099 EMBASSIES IN OMAN

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10:45 19:00

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SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102) 15:00

Ruwi Ruwi

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100) Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101) 06:00

06:00 14:30

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

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TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100) 07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

Kabali ( Tamil) ( Action) Cast : Rajanikanth, Winston Chao, Radika Apte 11:00AM, 2-30, 6-30 & 10-00 pm Cinema Main 3-30, 6-30 & 9-30 pm Cinema -2; 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema -3 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema - 4

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

10:20 12:30

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Film information 24791641 / 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om

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TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54) 08:00 08:00

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The Conjuring 2 ( Horror/ Mystery/Thriller ) Cast : Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe 1.30, 4.00, 9.30 & 11.55 p.m.

CP No : 1924 ( 15+ ) Star Trek Beyond (Action/ Adventure ) Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban 3.15, 7.30, 9.45 & 11.55 p.m.

CP No : 1926 (PG12 ) Central Intelligence ( Action/Comedy/Crime ) Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Danielle Nicolet 5.30 p.m.

CP No : 1910 (12+) Sultan (Action/Drama/Sport) Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda 6.30 p.m.

CP No : 1868 (PG 12) Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Animation) Voice Overs : Jackie Chan, Nicky Byrar, Feodor Chin 1.30 p.m.

CP No: 1925 (PG12)

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TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54) 14:30 14:30

Sohar Ruwi Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

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Film information 24540856 / Advance Booking 24540855 Website: www.albahjacinemaoman.com

WEATHER

15:00 15:00 15:00

Quriyat Sur Jaalan

BAHJA CINEMA

WITH LOVE

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36)

17:30

12.18pm 3.40pm 6.59pm 8.18pm 4.09am

CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3 YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CINEMA | BOX-OFFICE COUNTER OPENS 30-MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCREENING OF THE FIRST SHOW

@ SHATTI

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PHARMACIES (ROUND THE CLOCK) Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334 Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi Salalah Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya Muscat, A Seeb Market Muscat, Al Khuwair Muscat, Al Hail South Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah

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HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre 24485052 Atlas Hospital Ruwi 24811743/ Ghubra 24504000 Al Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi 24563641 Azaiba 24499269 Sohar 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya 24787766, 24787780

Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al Hayat International Hospital, Al Ghubra 22004000, 94267068/97049520 Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455

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LIFESTYLE FACT FILE

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ne is made by bees, the other by trees, but both are naturally golden, sweet and gooey. Honey was used as a sweetener in many ancient cultures.

Honeybees came to the Americas with European colonists. English colonists also brought bees with them to New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. Honeybees make wax and shape it into honeycombs. Hundreds of six-sided cells are created. Some cells hold bee eggs; other cells are used to store honey and pollen. The bees make honey from nectar and pollen. They use the honey for food in the winter. Many beekeepers wear protective clothing to protect from stings.

Beekeeping Caves, rock cavities and hollow trees are ideal natural settings for honey bee hives. When people began keeping bees, they made artificial hives of clay, mud, straw, and dung. Wicker basket hives have been used for about 2,000 years. Wicker hives are called skeps.

Today, artificial hives have wooden bars inside boxes.

Modern hives allow the beekeeper to inspect the hon-

eycomb for pests and diseases, and honey removal is much easier than with a skep.

Maple syrup The sap of the maple tree can be collected only in early spring when temperatures fluctuate from freezing nights to warm days. This sugaring season lasts from three to six weeks. Holes are drilled into the trees and tapped with a spigot or spout. The sap runs through the tap into metal pails, glass jars or plastic bags. The collected sap is boiled in an evaporator and turned into syrup.

Making the grade The colour of maple syrup is developed during processing. Late-season sap has less sugar and is boiled longer to concentrate it, resulting in a darker syrup.

Maple syrup is generally classified by colour. Lighter syrups are delicately flavoured. Darker syrups are more strongly flavoured. Sap can be boiled beyond the syrup stage to make maple butter, maple taffy or maple sugar.

—lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Honey and Maple Syrup Fake death 1

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What are you doing?

Set me free from cleaning up my room because I’m going to die.

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You can clean it once you return from the dead.

4 And don’t forget to clean up THE ketchup mess!

Winie Ariany

Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

(Exploring History, Science, and Nature)

ACROSS 1 4 7 11 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 26

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12

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LIFESTYLE

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

Art for the Ages

Glenita Dany, Grade 2, ISWK

Purvi Sadanand, Grade 4, ISM

Gokul Hari Nair, Grade 10, ISWK

Arjun Satish, Grade 4, ISWK

Keerthana Libin, Grade 3, ISM

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

SOLUTION Answer to previous puzzle

Vaidahi Singh, Grade 5, ISWK

Snehith Jayakumar, Grade 6, ISAM

Jayden Thomas, Grade KG2, ISG

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

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

I G D A L E Z Y G E L U U I I QM T R A A A F R MR M A A U N L L G O Y E L I L A E N A N CLUE: JENNIFER LOPEZ

S I R I L O V E E J T L N A E

A R A T G A R N Y O I N T D D

D B R M R I O N W M O T E A A

N A Y I C U O N I T A P L V S

O G A A G H D X R H E B E A A

C N N H T A A E N R U N C R P

A N A H T L K A E N C R N A O M P M U M U A S N E O I M U Z M T I E H L N U D A I V A E S

N R C E L L K C A J I O A H Y

T I G E W I B T H N L R G T L

Z G J E R S E Y A I B E C A F

SOLUTION: 8 LETTERS

Album, American, Anaconda, Angel, Anthony, Antz, Ariana, Azteca, Block, Brave, Charlie, Dancer, Emme, Enough, Eyes, Face, Family, Fly, Gabriela, Gertrude, Gigli, Girl, Glee, Guitar, Idol, Jack, Jersey, Jlo, Love, Lynda, Maid, Manhattan, Marc, Marquez, Maximilian, Muniz, Opera, Pasadena, Paulina, Puchi, Puerto, Ryan, South, Sweet, Tennis, Town, Ventura.

Answer: Get Right

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DAILY GUIDE FOR RENT

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FOR RENT

New 2B/R behind bank Muscat, Bausher directly from owner.

Contact: 92158031

WAREHOUSE WITH OFFICE FACILITY

5 bedroom brand new villas for rent in Al Khoud, near Al Ruwad International School.

Office for rent 300 RO, Saravana Bhavan Restaurant Building.

Contact 95957938 - 96297031.

FOR RENT Ready to Occupy Storage Facility with a Built up Office at Ghala (Opp. Riyam Signs) Area : 485 Sq. Mtr.

Contact 99447002 / 98116480

1,2 BHK available Mumtaz area Ruwi. Contact: 99269751 Flat for rent in Sidab, 2 rooms, 2 toilets & 1 living room. Contact: 92222269 / 98189988

1000 sqm Industrial plot compound wall & two room at Misfah I/A. Contact: 99342733

1 BHK Flats are available near Lulu Darsait (Opp. to Min. of Defense) Contact: 93202733 / 94771769

Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33, 1 room, 1 bathroom & small Kitchen.

Contact: 99344240

Ruwi office space for rent, Saravana Bhava Building.

Contact: 95729549

Ghubra & Al Khuwair, 1 bed room, hall. Contact: 90991079

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.

18 November Street. Near Mars Hypermarket and The Chedi.

Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or Residential use. OMR 295/- month.

Call 94477222

Flats for rent near Indian School in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122

Flat for rent in Al Hamriya 3 rooms, 3 bathrooms & kitchen.

Contact: 99344240

Villa for rent, with split A/C, in South Ghubra behind American School with 11 bedrooms including 2 majlis, 8 bathrooms and kitchen. Car parking available. For residential or intuitional rent.

Contact: 99233729

1 BHK fully furnish flat in Hamriya for short terms.

Contact – 99792181

Office / showroom for rent, near Kims Hospital Darsait, main road facing RO 1200/-.

Contact 99756633

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

Contact 98575157

Single flat for rent in Darsait near Indian School. Contact: 95453813 / 95806611

Penthouse for rent consists of 2 BR, 1 hall, housemaid room, 3 toilets, KTC with split unit monthly rent R.O 270/- , 12Cheques, location W.K near Main Indian School.

Contact Abdullah: 99445880

Two bedrooms flat behind German Embassy near to Al Nahda Hospital. Conant: 99203954 Open land farm of around 40 thousand sq m2 at a good location near to Rusayl for rent or waiver at a very attractive rate. Good for farm or camp. Fr more info pls contact 93692228 / 91155779 1 bedroom family / bachelors in Al Khuwair R.O 90/-.

Contact: 95154331 2BHK, 3BHK, 4 split A/Cs, Darsait near School. Contact: 99061408 / 99024039 New flat for rent in Al Mawaleh South 3, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hall, kitchen & store all with split unit A/cs. Contact 98575157 2 Bedroom flat for rent in Azaiba with split AC 300/- monthly.

Contact: 92447365 Flat behind Mazoon Mosque with 3 room + 3 toilets, RO 230.

Contact 99738881 / 99420346

Flat in Al-Khoudh, Flats and shops in Fanja near Nizwa road.

Mobile: 99058646 2 bedrooms flats R.O 370/- & one bedroom flat R.O 325/- in South Ghubra, behind Asalah Bhawan building. Contact: 96202490 Flat with 2 room + kitchen +hall, 3 toilets in al Quram Breeiq Al Shatti RO 650.Contact 99738881 / 99314314 Flat for rent in Al Bustan area two apartments each apartment consists of 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room & kitchen.

Contact: 92384572 I BHK Flat -3 Nos at Hamriya – R.O. 175/-3 Bed Room/ 3 Bath room/ Very big sitting area/ kitchen - Villa 1st floor with A/C at Al Khuwair Near Rayyan Residence.

R.O 360/-For families. Contact: 94934353 - 9 am to 7 Pm. Email – forrentksd@gmail.com

2 Bedrooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality. Contact: 24700120 / 92584715 3 BHK flat for rent at 18th Nov Street Al Ghubrah.

Contact 93088602 Spacious 4 BHK with split A/Cs 4 Bathrooms and storeroom near Church roundabout Mumtaz area rent R.O 550. Contact: 99349672 7 bedroom villa for rent close to Rusayl Industrial area – Jaffnin.

Contact 98116480 / 994470020 5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff Accommodation.

Contact 99792181 1 Room for sharing accommodation in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181 3 & 5 BHK villa staff accommodation in Al Khuwair.

Contact - 99792181 1 BHK flat in Al Khuwair for 2 months. Contact – 99792181

Two bedrooms flat behind German Embassy near to Al Nahda Hospital. Contact: 99209354 Flats for rent in Mumtaz, 2 bedrooms , hall Way no 3352 building no. 3447 & 3668.

Contact: 90991079 3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in Misfah. Contact 99792181 Wadi Kabeer Industrial 80 sm show rooms for rent 400/- R.O. Contact: 99879939 Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah 3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580 Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms & hall. Contact: 91763665 2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building good location Barka Market. contact 99342661 Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3 floor 400. Contact 99420346 1 BHK, 1 hall Al Khoudh.

Contact: 99224748 / 99425665 2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair & Ghubra. Contact 99792181

Contact : 95697401 / 95496379 1 & 2 BHK Flat for rent at MBD, Hall at Sana, opp. Al Nahdha Hospital, Al Khoudh Souq and Mabella Sanaya No.2 and shop Al Khoudh.

Contact: 24834644 / 93994401/ 02 /03 2 BHK flat at Wadi Kabir 2 bathrooms with split A/Cs near Indian Kindergarten School.

Contact: 99367627 Flats for rent South Al Mabela.

Contact: 95233117 / 95230355 House in Darsait, 3 rooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen with A/C. Contact: 95522405 2 BHK at Mawaleh North near Masjid Sadiq Al Amin.

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Contact: 93993354 Apartment 2 bed room, sitting room at Al Ansab R.O 280/- monthly. Contact: 93993354

4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181

Villa in Al Khuwair 6 bed rooms, 2 halls & sitting room R.O 700/monthly. Contact: 93993354

2 BHK Wadi Kabir 260/- R.O & 270/- R.O with A/C. Contact : 99024730

Furnished office (61M2) for sale / rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi Mosque. Contact: 95611569

1& 2 BHK Ruwi & Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99024730

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

C.B.D 1 & 2 BHK. Contact: 99024730 Flats, shops & store for rent in MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127

Flat for rent Wadi Al Kabir.

Contact: 99379950 / 92925173

1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

Labor Camp available with all facilities near Sohar Port.

Contact: 98050654 / 99015826 Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM muscat Indian Scoole Darsate Tel : 00 968 95158570 Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti Masjid. Contact 97007934 / 92629232 2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120 2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454, 24815012.

1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Spacious 3 BHK apartment + store room with split A/C Al Seeb, Mabelah South near Goat market, near Expressway R.O 320 negotiable. Contact: 96920789 / 98309890 Luxury fully furnished 2 bedroom flat at Al Khuwair, for short or long term lease contract. Contact Atlas Real Estate & Rent A Car LLC. Contact 99436312 /92888376 / 94617563, tel: 24833848 1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/- in AL Khuwair.

Contact 95154331 Warehouse at Wadikabir - total area 3500 sqm - covered warehouse (500sqm), office, accommodation (1000sqm), open area (2000sqm) please contact: 99273774 99202278

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FOR SALE SHUTTERING PLYWOOD SIZE : 4’ X 8’ X 18MM GSM: 92835445,93205253,93205423

ACC. AVAILABLE

FOR SALE Dental chairs for sale sparingly used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284 A medical clinic located in Al Amerat is for sale. Interested parties can contact 92704439.

Furnished office for sale at Darsait near Lifeline Hospital rent 260/- P/M. Contact: 92878686 For sale brand new 4D ultra sound machine with in the warranty.

Iinterested candidates Contact: 91274373 / 99062817 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 1No brand new containerized package type STP 100 m3/ day with blower equipments (suitable for camps). Serious Buyers may.

Contact: 99445367 Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 / What`s up No 97290565 Steel Scrap materials for immediate sale.Contact 99273774/ 99202278 Space for printing press available at wadikabir with or without machinery.

Contact 99328430 Urgent sale of steel scrap only serious buyers kindly contact 96725423 for viewing the items.

Restaurant for sale heart of Ruwi.

Contact 93687466 Almost new beach/ garden lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457 Shop for sale near Oman House, Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

BUYING Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

Furnished room in ruwi and azaiba for rent for executive bachelors. Gsm 99058344 Furnished apartment for rent, two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776 Single room with attached bathroom for Executive bachelor / small family near Mars hypermarket Ghubrah. Contact: 97315456 Single room in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 98487311 Sharing Accommodation available for Kerala Family at Ghubrah South between Atlas Hospital & GMC Showroom, Behind Ministry Buildings. GSM-96203495 Furnished rooms with kitchen at Ruwi. # 91214897 / 98049288.

Room with attached bathroom for a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 97167857 Furnished room attached bath for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near Mars hypermarket. Contact: 96202458/96761960 1 BHK appartment for rent in Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque for rent (next to alkhoud medical center and squ) MOB: 93913224 Sharing Accommodation available for working ladies opposite Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably Indians. Room with seperate toilet and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact: 96524717 Furnish bedroom with attach bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794 Room with attached bathroom and sharing kitchen available for Executive bachelor or small family at wadikabir. Contact 93049849 Room, bath room for executives in Wadi kabir. Contact 99336206 Room available in Mumtaz area 1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1 room, common bathroom. Interested please contact 92680041 Mr. Altaf Sharing accommodation near ISD. Contact: 99657340 Room available for Executive bachelor at Al Hail.# 96234708

Partner available, if you have an established business & looking for partner for expanding or open new branch. Contact: 92010247 WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman 30 years running clinic in Seeb .

We have Gynecology department.

If anybody interested to run the department under sponsorship can Contact: 96644371

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required.

Investor with fixed returns also welcome.

Please contact – 95213273

Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

WANTED

RENT A CAR

Labour accommodation (80- 100 Persons), office facility, open store preferably in Liwa, Falaj near Sohar port area. Contact: 99899724 Urgently required looking to immediately buy used Grit blasting & airless spray equipment 1 No each.

Contact: 968 24810930 / 93203772 / 93203773 / 93203778 IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up. # 92927880/99012165

MV SALE Toyota Yaris model 2007 semi automatic 128,000 km blue colour Expat owned insurance upto May 2017. # 99872199 / 99641379 Camry 2011 single owner Expat 104,000 km. #99105283 / 92829562 Prado 2009 No. 2 agency Oman Excellent condition automatic, Color white and beige inside 7000/- required a comprehensive negotiated price, Oman and the United Arab Emirates No. communicate 95532608 Nissan Qashqai 2013 Kms 30,000 VGC comprehensive nsurance UAE / Oman. Contact: 96995430

DRIVING

GOOD NEWS Ayurvedic treatments & massage – Ayurvedic Clinic Al Khuwair.

Contact 97263637 / 93309131 Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact: 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

ACC. WANTED Accommodation Wanted for an Executive Bachelor, Single Flat / Sharing Room @ Wadi Kabir.

Pls call: 93883674 / 98103169

AVAILABLE Building cleaning with 8 workers.

Contact: 97730779

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

LOST Syam Kumar Mootha Kochu has lost Indian Passport No. L 9440215. Finder please handover to ROP

Gulf link rent car get the best rate daily weekly monthly & long term.

Contact: Tel: 24348106 G.S.M: 98265073 /96023931 Email: gulflink403@gmail.com 25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver. # 99839898

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian male, 26 yrs, ACCA affiliated Graduated in MBA from London, 2 years experience in Accounting, & Auditing field, NOC available. Contact: 93008800 Email: shabadpattarkandy@gmail. com Indian female MBA finance, B.Com & PGDM 2 years experience as Financial Analyst looking for suitable positions in Accounts, Administration or Executive positions, presently available in Oman.

Contact: 96126736 / 95629821 Email: ppreethi006@gmail.com

ACCOUNTS Storekeeper required urgently , degree or diploma in Accounts / Commerce with 2-5 years experience in similar field with good knowledge of MS Office , Age 23- 28 years. Please apply to telaccounts@teejan.com

Fresher 25, ACCA Affiliate, Advanced diploma in Accounting and Business seeking suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or Audit with oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152 , Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com

Wanted experienced Assistant Finance Manager, Salesman (Ceramic, Sanitary, doors, furniture), purchase Executive for a building material showroom. Send CV to eacmd@omanmcc.com

36 Male MBA finance 7 years of exp. NOC available with Oman driving license. Knowledge of Excel tally & quickbooks. Looking for Accounts and Admin position.

96763275 fazee1980@gmail.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

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

ADMIN Required Office Assistant with driving license present in Oman 175+ 25 + accommodation.

Contact: 99454425

CATERING Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970

DOMESTIC HELPER Wanted a house boy for an apartment in Azaiba, full time or part time. Contact : 96103792 House maid for Omani family.

Contact: 99773100

DRIVER Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63 Required Omani Driver for a restaurant. Contact 95929911

ENG./TECHNICIAN Required Electrical Engineer (Preferably B.E. degree) having minimum 3 years experience in Estimation, Proposals, Business development and project coordination, required for Electrical EPC projects management. Oman /GCC experience is added advantage.

Interested candidates to write to info@amtaeng.com. Contact number: 99855130.

Urgently required a leading construction company is looking for Safety Officer with minimum 3 to 5 years GCC experience in building Construction Projects.

Interested candidates may send their resume / CV to hr_grandlay@yahoo.com Require Engineer with oil & Gas experience proficient in Management reporting to CEO, NOC required for Expat. Send your CV to recuitment855hr@gmail.com Required Electrical B.Tech with 5 years of Oman experience & D/L. Electrical with ITI Industrial & MEDC license.

Contact: 99454425

EDUCATION/TRAINING Teachers required B.Sc, B.Ed, BA, B.Ed & Art for Omani Pvt School (North Hail). Send CV : fairozhuded13@gmail.com, Contact : 96653118 Required English, computer and science female Teachers up to grad 4. Contact - 95054916, aa77345@gmail.com. contact time after 5PM

DESIGNER Interior designer needed urgently.

Email: batrading2014@gmail.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 Urgently required GP, Staff Nurse (male) X- Ray Technician, Lab technician. Contact: 94562008/ 99030773 Email: halamedicalgroup@gmail.com Care Medical Centre Al Seeb requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to: sarita_h23@yahoo.com GP Doctor (or) MD General Medicine with MOH license required for reputed clinic in Bidiya N. Sharqiya, running on his own or salary basis. Contact 99005452 Urgently required a lady GP, Staff Nurse & Asst Pharmacist for a well reputed clinic. Candidates with MOH license or prometric pass can apply. Contact 99048170 / 94870029, Email : murtafatmct@yahoo.com GP doctor needed for reputed clinic. Preferably with MOH license or with Dataflow & Paramatics pass Contact: 95388934 Wanted Staff Nurse for a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC. Attractive salary offered. Email: clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact 95081010 Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com A medical centre is looking to hire immediately a talented Nurse to join our successful team, required 3 years of experience, Oman prometric, data flow. Send your CV to- issalibi@gmail.com or Whatsapp - 91254820

MISCELLANEOUS Required candidates for following posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers.

Candidates with Omani driving license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experience in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127 Email: georgymv@yahoo.com Wanted experienced English speaking female Tailor from Philippines for reputed family in Qurum. Contact: 99466062

Excellent Grade Construction Company Requires the following.

1. Finance Manager 2. Internal Auditor 3. Chief Accountant 4. Senior Accountant Working experience not less than 10 years.

Interested Candidates send CV to below email.

info@durat.om SKILLED / UNSKILLED Diesel Mechanic required urgently: Candidates with ITI / Diploma in Mechanical / Automobile Engineering with minimum experience of 3-6 years in service of light construction equipment, age: 23-28 years, with GCC driving license (preferred) can apply to telaccounts@teejan.com Immediate requirement cast aluminum, Stainless steel, window glass, MS, Factory Site Engineer, Supervisor, Cast Aluminum fabricator, SS fabricator, (Cast Aluminum), Site Worker, Stainless Steel Tig Welder buffing & polisher, Site Supervisor, Cast Aluminum molders. Send CVs to tdnewgates@gmail.com or Wahtsapp 99197060 /98046537

SALES / MARKETING Required Marketing Executives with experience in advertising and printing services. Omani driving license is must. Apply : vacancyoman@gmail.com Furniture & décor co. require Outdoor sales team, immediate joining.

Email: batrading2014@gmail.com Urgently required experienced Marketing Executive with D/L for a reputed interior design and contracting company. Contact : 91183536 / 98084356 Email: perfectfitouts@gmail.com 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 following candidates in a reputed company in Oman Sales Person (Indoor & outdoor) , Accountants, Logistic Incharge, Visual Merchandiser.

Contact: 95175354 or email: tasleem77@hotmail.com

Young Pakistani BBA finance professional is looking for entry level job salesman etc.

Contact: 95589058 Accountant B.Com Indian male 10 yrs experience in Oman with D/L & NOC, local change available specialized in tally ERP9 & Focus up to finalization. Contact: 99622639 Indian male 24 MBA finance, currently on visit visa looking for suitable placement in finance or audit, Oman D/L available. Can join immediately contact: 96626893, E mail: mba.kapadias1992@gmail.com Indian male, 25 years - MBA Finance (fresh) on Visit Visa seeking suitable placement. Contact: 97279816.

E-mail: riyadr185@gmail.com Accountant & sales & marketing.

Contact: 99730968 / 90696269 ACCA 8 yrs experience of MIS & finalization, Oracle R-12 certified, having Oman D/L & NOC seeks a change. Contact: 91147885 Indian male Chartered Accountant having 2 years Oman experience having Oman driving license looking for suitable placement in finance or Audit field. NOC available.

Contact: 96357827 Email: ubaiskeeran@gmail.com Indian M.B.A finance & Marketing 3 years experience, on visit looking for opportunity in Sales related & accounts. Contact: 94590094 Chartered Accountant with 8 years of post qualification experience in the areas of auditing, accounts & finance, taxation, IFRS,etc., seeking challenging job opportunity.

NOC will be obtained.

GSM+968 95763680, Email: sns2205@gmail.com

IND female 12 years exp in Banking, insurance customer service secretarial skills analysis communication, client handling, coordination, Team handling, qualification, M.Com looking suitable position current visit visa. Contact: 95166496 Part Time Accounting, Audit Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly Reports, Accounting set up for new companies, GSM : 96975454, email: ibfc.gcc@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/ B.Com/MBA in Finance/ 4 years in Larsen & Toubro/ total 26 years Gulf experience/ English, Arabic speaking with driving license/ NOC available. Contact: 95588565 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/Ast. Finance Manager-M. Com Finance-Indian with 7 years experience in Finance & Accounts Dpt and Banking & Facilitation. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:98278801, Email: cammk13@gmail.com Indian female, B.Com 9 years exp in purchase & accounts seeks suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 92695946 Accounts part time services available to handle all accounts up to finalization on monthly basis.

Finalization and audit works.

Contact: 96247295 Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

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

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com 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 female M.Com DCA having 10+ years experience in accountant & administration in Oman, with Oman driving license seeking suitable job. Contact: 91609799 Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790 Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE, Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a suitable job in Accounts, Store Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as early as possible.

Contact: 96988923 email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Finance Manager 16 years experienced chartered accountant ( Sri Lankan) looking for a suitable post. NOC available Contact: 92194926 Email: manomuscat@gmail.com

7 Years experience as Financial Analyst, MBA in finance. Responsibilities- research contributor, financial statement analysis, generating MIS & efficiency report, managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact- 90191628 / 96175780

Indian male 26 years, looking for an opportunity as HSE Office / Jr. Accountant, presently working in Oman (2Y) & worked in oil & gas shut down projects (Dubai). NOC available. Contact: 95486674

Part time accounting workers up to finalization, on monthly basis & yearly finalization works.

Contact : 96247295

MPA- MBA Master of professional Accounting - Master of Business Administration 26 years, Indian male looking for an accounting job & recently graduated from James Cook University Brisbane, Australia currently in Oman.

Contact: 96038898 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 Srilankan female, 26 yrs, B.Sc, Mgt Degree, 4 yrs experience as Accounts & Admin Executive, looking for a suitable placement in Accounts, Finance or Administration fields. Contact 92544237 / 99640850

Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact: 97712084 Indian Keralite, B.Com, male 25 yrs, 1.5 yrs exp.,looking for suitable job in Muscat currently on visiting visa. Contact: 90931930 Email: shijin.p450@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

ADMIN Indian male MBA, BCA 2 yrs exp as HR co-ordinator, & offer documentation specialist.

Contact : 93060770, Email: vijaypm5480@gmail.com 7 yrs EXP Office Admin/HR MCA, BCA,MBA , Oman license NOC available PH : 97086686 Omani National seeking for suitable as Public Relation Officer in multinational companies in Oman Duqm areas with good knowledge in public relation field more than 6 years.

Contact: 97984112 Indian female MBA H/R , 2 .5 years experience having Oman D/L seeking suitable job. Contact: 99257214 B.A with 3 years Gulf experience in Administration seeking for a suitable placement. Contact : 91851906 Email: shabeerkt24@gmail.com HR Admin professional 14 years Oman experience Omanization labour laws employees relation welfare liaison coordination strategic, HR planning, performance appraisal & General Administration. NOC available. Contact: 92179909 Email: husainmahdi@rediffmail.com 25 BBA Male Administration officer, HR, Procurement, accounts, 5 years experience with NOC. Contact 91329571 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 With 15 years of gulf experience in HR- Admin logistics looking for suitable position fluent in Arabic & Eng NOC available. Contact: 95824598 Indian male, 20 years experience in Oman as personal assistant / Executive Office Manager / Executive Secretary / Administration/ business development asst with Omani driving license & valid visa. local release available . Contact 99168054 Indian female with nearly 10 years of experience in Administration and HR , in an oil industry company , seeking for a suitable placement .

NOC available. Contact: 99242841 Education M.B.A (HR) experience 1 year & 11 months exp. in HR, 24 yrs. Contact: 98746259 Indian male with 11 years experience in Data Entry, Admin / HR currently on Visit visa from 9 to 23 July seeking suitable job.

Contact 95669937 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Senior Architect, Indian male 15 years exp having D/L NOC, looking for suitable position.

Contact: 92319009 Email: abdul_muq2000@yahoo.co.uk Architect female 5 years experience seeking job. Contact: 96146645 Email: anjuovil@gmail.com Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

BEAUTICIAN Female Beautician looking for job.

Contact: 95794074

DOMESTIC HELPER Housemaid, Indian female looking for full time job. Contact: 95799643

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Architectural Interior Draftsman seeking job. Contact: 95516807 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.

ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. #99284193

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. #90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED Electrical Engineer (B.Tech),

Indian male MBA

PROJECT MANAGER,

Finance & Marketing 26 yrs having 1.9 years of experience in Finance & Marketing Contact: 95206140/ 96992013

B.Tech, MBA, PRINCE-2, British Citizen now available with NOC in OMAN. 25 yrs. exp in EPC Project Management of Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Refineries & Power Plants. Seeking job immediately/

Contact -

having 7 yrs of Gulf experience, expertise in Project Management, planning, construction activities, testing & commissioning of electrical systems, presently on visit visa, seeks job in Muscat.

97281023 / 90631567

Contact 91228167

bonnythomas007@gmail.com

Administrator, 30 yrs experience as Office Manager Project Executive Secretary, document Controller, Commercial Officer with driving license on release.

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN Autocad works / Boq. freelance / part time, exp team in Civil, MEP, HVAC, 2d, 3d, interior. Contact : 97103168 Interior Designer 3 years experience, visit visa. Contact: 94957404 Email: midunmv@gmail.com

DESIGNER Web/Graphic designer with 4 years experience currently on visit looking for a suitable placement .

98752347 / 95933878.

DRIVER Light duty driver looking for job.

Contact: 94291571 / 95576051 Driving with car, 5 years experience English, Hindi & Arabic.

Contact: 95037759 Available light driver 1 year experience. Contact: 91209086 5 years experience (PDO) heavy D/L seeking job as Driver.

Contact: 92894571 Bangladeshi Driver need job.

Contact: 91018098 Looking for driving job with Car. Contact : 93650209 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 95396905 Looking for truck vehicle visa.

Contact: 94087276 Indian light driver need job.

Contact: 91254539 Light Driver wanted job experience 1 year. Contact 94717808 Looking for LMV job, valid license required visa, Pakistani.

Contact: 96257745 Looking for driving job. Contact 98219182 Driver with 6 yrs experience 6 years in Oman, seeking job.

Contact: 96209890

Seeking suitable job male 33 years Expat over 13 years experience with PDO as Project Services Engineer Omani driving license NOC Available. Contact: 92734174 Indian Male, B-Tech Mechanical, Total 5 years exp. in Oil & Gas field with 2 year exp. in PDO project in Oman, available on Visit Visa, Contact GSM 91468437, Email:- remith.pr@gmail.com Professional Civil Engineer, 26 yrs experienced in Contractor & Consultancy, Management & Supervision Gulf included with N.O.C & License.

Contact: 92668679 + Indian male B.Tech (Mechanical Engineer) 5 years experience in piping (Site Engineer) Indian & Oman (PDO projects). NOC available (as per new Rule) and looking for suitable post.

Contact: +968 92502581 / 968 – 90859045 Talented Engineer Indian male 24 years B.Tech - EEE, AutoCAD, E- CAD, seeking for a good job opportunity, ready to join immediately.

Contact: 92907983 / 99346546 Email: aflahkalathil@gmail.com SSLC plus two Draughtsman Civil NCVT (ITI) 2 yrs experience in Civil AutoCAD drawing, Diploma in interior designing, AutoCAD (Civil Drawing) shop & data drawing civil 3 DS Max & V Ray, Google sketch up & V Ray, Adobe Photoshop. Contact: 91398747 A Sudanese Mechanical Engineer Graduate of Malaysia experienced in oil & gas as well as petro chemical projects. Fluent in both English & Arabic, valid Oman driving license. NOC is available.

Contact 95569340 HSE officer 3 yrs Dubai well exp requires job in a well reputed company. Contact : 97995702 / 94532131.

Email: jaseerhse@gmail.com Fire safety officer, diploma fire & safety, nebosh, osha, iti, experienced PH :99278335

Indian light driver having 2 years experience in Oman know language English, Hindi & Arabic seeks job. Contact: 97366822 Driver with 4 wheel drive.

Contact: 90218489

Civil Engineer, 1 year experience seeks job. Contact: 92241416

One year exp. driver.

Contact: 97309141

Electronics & instrumentation Engineer young Indian engineer looking for suitable opening in Oman.

Contact : 97952346, Email: sarath24592@gmail.com

Light driver. Contact: 96252524 Driver 3 years experience.

Contact: 96420742 Driver job needed.

Contact: 94435912 Male driver exp. 1 year.

Contact 96938315 / 91895932 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 94706179 Search job as light driver, experience 3 years language Hindi, English, Arabic.

Contact: 97941771 Looking for driving job light 2 years exp. Contact: 91625977 Light Duty Driver looking for driving job. Contact: 00968 97671459

EDUCATION/TRAINING Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualified, distinction holder with 7 yrs teaching experience in colleges.

Contact: 91360147.

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Teacher Female , Phd in Chemistry having 3.5 yrs of Experience in India. Staying here on Family Visa & seeking for a suitable placement. Contact – 99675828, Email - Anupam.tiwari67@gmail.com

Contact- 00968-94731728/ josececy25@gmail.com

Indian male 24 B.E Civil Engineering Graduate now in Oman on visit seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 92724814 / 99473131 Civil Engineer 6 years experience on supervising, Designing, QC, QS, planning and managing using Engineering software. #90719263 Indian male (B.TECH) (Electrical & Electronics Engineer) currently On Visit Visa. Contact 90793431 Architectural Engineer ( B- Arch) 25 yrs Pakistani female 4 yrs experience Architecture & Construction teaching certified AutoCAD 3D, Max , Photoshop , 3D Sketch up looking for job in Oman, visit visa.

Contact: 96654925 / 99107804 Email: fabiha-kh@gmail.com Constructions Engineer (Architect) 7 years experience in Oman, Projects Coordinator technical office & site Supervision, quantity surveying having Omani driving license. Contact: 97164819 Indian male, 25 years (Diploma Civil Engineer), having 3 years Indian experience (fresh in Oman) seeking jobs in Oman, well experience with AutoCAD, 3rds Max, revit etc. Contact: 00919746443745 C/O 92861980 (Relative) Electronics Communication Engineering Indian on visit visa 4 years, 8 months experience in India Networking Installation Commissioning, database, administration seeking suitable post.

Contact: 92924555 Email: rahulchittoor@gmail.com

Indian Male, B.Tech IT, 4 years Oman Experience in IT & NETWORKING, holding Oman D/L, seeks suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 92462578 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available. Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male with 1 year experience on visit visa looking for job, Qualifications in QA, QC, Piping & HVAC. Contact: 90510800 Email: muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com

Light Driver having visa looking for job as driver Contact: 98753354

Email:

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Syrian Architectural Engineer 10 years experience in the field of Engineering consulting firms & major contracting companies in Abu Dhabi, very good knowledge of AutoCAD, Max Photoshop & customers in interview experience in supervision & implementation. Contact: 93705069

Experienced mechanical Engineer (B.Tech), looking for suitable placement. Contact: 99576846

AutoCAD Draughtsman with 7 years experience in Oman in Civil & MEP with D/L & NOC. Contact: 97059394 Email: anilsunny1986@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position ina reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

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

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 Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release. #92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com

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

Contact: 94672759

Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961

Indian Female, 28 Years - MSc Microbiology, Quality checking food industry, Looking for suitable job. Contact 98170510 Email: lasyapriyaprasanth@gmail.com

Quick Solution in Civil construction field planning, Estimation on primavera P6 / MS Project & prepare BOQ/ MAS List. Contact: 94194399 Email: saashibly@gmail.com Indian male Civil Engineer 12 years experience looking for suitable placement having DL / NOC. Contact: 94194399 Email: saashibly@gmail.com Manager position needed - Indian male Mechanical Engineer with MBA having 20 years experience in wood working industry as a Manager. Contact: 94304757 Email: sonaimuthum@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech) with 10 years experience in Oman as a Project Engineer for public & private sector projects seeking suitable position, having valid driving license.

NOC available. # 95992820 Email: sumeshcsss@gmail.com

Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in designing, assembling, commissioning execution etc having valid GCC license too looking for a suitable.

Contact: 00968-98052942 Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian male 24 years with 1+years Indian experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).Looking for a Suitable position. Available In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on Visit Visa. CONTACT 92157694. E-mail: mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian, 26 Yrs., BE in “Electronics & Communication” & M. S in “Embedded System”, Having Programing Language : C#, Software Knowledge: Unity, Visual Studio, with 2 Yrs. Domestic Exp. in Software Testing & Application Development, Mobile Games Testing & Development & Porting to Windows, Facebook & Android, Seeking suitable Job in Software Testing & Software Development and also Embedded design on Visit Visa. Contact 99165185

Driver with sales with 5 yrs in Oman Diploma in Mechanical looking suitable job in Oman for preference Sohar N.O.C available.

Contact : 96953996

B.Sc civil Engineer, 7 years Oman experience valid D/L local release available. Contact: 98628515 Email: sofiq.sohe102@gmail.com

Degree Indian male FMCG working 2 yrs at Dubai, Mobile repairing, 2 yrs at India D/L. Contact: 95797971 / 90214432 Email: nihuaz888@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech (Electronics& communication) 6 month experience as NET work administrator, 4 months experience as Computer Hardware Engineer residing in Ruwi. #92452963 / 99311176 B.Tech Civil Engineer 2 years experience now in Oman on visit.

Content: 98233199 Mechanical Engineer, QA/QC, Piping Engineer, oil & gas Diploma 3 years experience, immediate joining, UAE resident, on Oman visit visa. Contact: 00971551899186 / 00968 91042436 Email: sameerhabeeb91@gmail.com Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973 Indian male, 25 yrs Mechanical Engineer 5 years experience in power & petro chemicals sector looking for suitable placement on visit visa. Contact: 90807760 Email: ramizshk@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer have 3 years experience in air conditioning (HVAC), fire fighting system.

Contact: 94906447 / 96654019 B.Tech Engineer with 6 years experience & expert in AutoCAD, PDMS & other, 3D software’s (NOC Available) Contact: 93735166 Email: remisashraf@gmail.com Electrical Engineer (B.SC) with 1 year experience currently seeking job on 3 month visit. #91791568 Electrical Engineer with 8 years Experience Looking for a suitable job. (Driving License and NOC available). Ph#91293519, Email: nomee987@gmail.com Civil Engineer, Indian male more than 18 years experience in construction & consultancy, looking for suitable position. Contact: 92319009 Email: saleemrs2@yahoo.com

Diploma Civil Engineer Indian male, 14 yrs GCC experience, valid Oman D/L, NOC available, seeking suitable placement. # 99794456 Civil Engineer 8 years experience, Driving license, NOC, 98078095.

Electrical Engineer Indian with 4 years experience presently in Oman family visit visa.

Contact: +968 – 90921140 Email: zsebinz@gmail.com Power Systems Engineer experience in digsilent, Cymcap & Etap, Graduation with distinction.

Contact: 98133281 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 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. #96570891 Engineer, with Oman Driving license seeks job. #98007513

16 yrs Oman experienced HSE professional mainly in construction field is looking for a position in the post of Asst. HSE Manager / Snr. HSE Advisor. Contact 99886507, on Visit Visa, NOC available & ready to join immediately 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

Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Electrical Engineer: Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation & utility maintenance in Indian, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field.

Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com 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 Quantity surveyor (B.E Civil) 5+ years experience in buildings and mosque N.O.C available ready to join immediately. Contact: +97826597 / +919171430681 Email: sai.praba.777@gmail.com 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

HOSPITALITY Indian male 31yrs old with hotel management degree, 3 yrs experience in F&B services at 5 star hotel Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star cruiseliner has butler. Has Oman driving license. Contact 99859150.

Indian male Diploma in Hotel Management with 16 years of experience (F & B Service) in GCC & India, expert in Crafting new outlet, having Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92100141 / 92221956 Indian female M.S.W specialized in family & child welfare fresher looking for suitable job.

Contact: 95623445

IT Indian male, CCNA, Networking Technician having 8 years experience (6 years in Gulf) seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98269614 Email: saji.krshnan@gmail.com

Indian male, B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering having 2 years of Sales experience looking for suitable position currently in Oman on visit visa.

Contact: 97932879 Email: kuchipudisunilkumar@gmail.com

Indian female BCA with 5 years experience Admin, front office, IT, Hospital looking for a suitable position. Contact: 92210268 / 92064817 Email : rennykb@gmail.com

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

Indian male 33 years with 8 years experience in air cargo operation (cargo team leader) of Sharjah Intl Airport now on visit visa looking suitable position. Contact: 93619175 Email: badaralangattu@gmail.com

Indian female on visiting visa having MCA Degree (IT) seeking suitable placement in any field.

Contact: 94875936 Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact 98660672 Indian male 3 years experience in IT as Linux Administrator & 1 year experience in Amazon EC2 Cloud at WIPRO technologies Bangalore seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92889678 Email: amalpathikal@gmail.com Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact: 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Clinical Microbiology & 6 months working exp. in international crop reserch institute of semi arid crops (ICRISAT) Looking for suitable job.

Contact 92619048, Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 Filipino Graphic Designer / I.T. looking for a suitable job with 10 years experience. Very good in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Knowledge in CCTV & Access Controls. Pls. Call 95098512.

Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable lacements. NOC available.

Contact: 92066 523 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

MEDICAL Indian male Dentist with prometric pass good experience in cosmetic & prosthodontic treatment currently available in Muscat.

Contact: 92534912 / 99875346 Email: ahamed.harys@gmail.com Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 / 99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com Indian male Nurse with 6.5 years experience prometric completed with 66% looking for a suitable job presently available in Oman on visit visa. Contact: 98275068 / 93519957 Email: mammenv24@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR 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 Indian 58 yrs, 7 years experience in Real Estate building supervising hiring, rental with driving license.

Contact: 95174004

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SITUATION WANTED SALES / MARKETING

MISCELLANEOUS

Male -44 ,CIM (UK )/MBA, qualified business manager experience in setting up strategic business,3 experience in Oman FMCG sector and 10 years in GCC looking for a suitable managerial position .NOC and driving license available .

Contact -99160550

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 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 : 97939084 / 97351786, E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com

CEO, CEO Assistant looking for senior management position with more than 25 yrs Business developing experience marketing business planning U.S.A , Africa , Kazakhstan , Saudi & Qatar MBA , TEXU AYM University.

Contact: 92010247

U.S. National, 10 yrs experience in customer service, fluent in English, Bachelors degree in Business Admin, Management, MS Office, word, excel, typing with driving license seeks suitable placement.

Contact 98038438, Email: baloch86@gmail.com

Indian male part time Accountant looking for a job. #96761026 Email: mehreenraiz@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING

Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Resident in Oman 18 years, 10 years experience in setup marketing plans and strategies, sales, import & logistics, procurement, Omani government tenders, organizing projects & events, import fireworks for festivals, NOC available, have car.

Contact 94123939.

Email: 002015r@gmail.com Filipino female 33 years, 8 years experience in retail sales, local release available looking for suitable job. Contact: 96974183 Email: sherylcureg30@gmail.com Sudanese Business Development Manager 15 years experience in Oman market (Import / Export, tenders, developing business, marketing), good communication skills (bilingual) commercial relations inside and overseas. Contact: 93695424 Email: mhdamin2003@gmail.com Indian male BHM from IRELAND with 7 years of experience, 5 years of experience in Europe in one of busiest as a Senior Asst Manager in QSR Industry (India) looking for the best opportunity. Contact no in Oman: 00968 – 99421031 Email: smithramesh813@gamil.com B.B.A Graduate/Sales & Marketing Executive/3years Exp./Valid Omani License/Available Immediate . Contact-94122944, Email: raashidjabirm@gmail.com Sales and Marketing Indian National with valid driving license, 15 years experience in frozen foods, looking suitable placement, N.O.C Available. Contact: 90650020 Indian male - Sales Representative with 7 years experience and valid Oman driving license, NOC or release available.

Contact 99695780 Sales Executive 5 years experience valid Oman license, MBA, local release available.

Contact: 96796590 Indian male 3.5 years experience in handling key accounts looking for similar sales job, valid Oman diving license and NOC available.

Contact: 94974767 Indian expat MBA, more than 12 yrs of Sales and Marketing experience in Oman market, good in Arabic and having driving license looking for a suitable position.

Contact: 98908634 Indian male 26, BBA Graduate 3.5 years experience in Sales having valid Omani driving license seeks opportunity in sales and marketing, NOC available.

Contact: 94743988 Email: rijaskhan09@gmail.com Indian male 24 yrs, B.Com 3 years exp in Marketing (Advertising firm) having valid Omani D/L looking for suitable placement NOC available. Contact: 98983247

Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 / 95774854 Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity. NOC available.

Contact: 96001877 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 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

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761 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

TOURS & TRAVELS Indian male,23 years, BBA in Aviation operation and Internship from Air India SATS, as a lead assistant at Delhi Airport- Asiana Airlines also having sales & business development experience.

Now on visit visa. Looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 98381814.

MISCELLANEOUS Airfreight/logistics Manager, male 35, MBA, Indian, 5 years experience in Oman seeks job.

Contact- 0091-9526166169 / 99630159, E mail - bijoabyjohns@yahoo.co.in B.E(Mechanical) 12years industrial sales one year Muscat experience, presently in India , Immediately ready to join ,Mobile no :917338899372 , email id : ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

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 : 97939084 / 97351786, E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job.

Available to join respective firm.

Contact # 94618504 , Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Diploma in Civil Engineering, B. Tech in Civil engineering from Kurukshetra university, persuing M. Tech Structural Engineering distance mode from Kurukshetra University, more than 07 years experience. Contact : +96891431483 email : mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com Civil Engineer, B.E 26 years, 4 yrs experience GCC, 6 years Singapore in roads, buildings, infrastructure have employment visa, release available. Contact: 94786687 Email: shasha9292@gmail.com / asad3248@gmail.com 4 years experience in officer coordinator & Sales Executive looking for suitable placement, NOC and Oman driving license available.

Contact: 98215753 / 92392646, thankansam@gmail.com Civil Engineer 5 years experience in Oman / India as Quantity Surveyor for mosque & building (N.O.C) Contact: 97826597 Email: sai.praba.777@gmail.com Indian P.G , DCA need job.

Contact: 94829545

SITUATION WANTED

2 years experience looking for a job accounts / logistics field on visit visa. Contact: 93884951

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male need part time job.

Contact : 90169048 3 years experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified. Contact arn9895@gmail. com, Mob 00919895233155 Purchase & store experienced 8 years in Oman Construction company Indian male 47 years looking for suitable job, NOC release, Oman driving license available.

Contact: 98456535 / 93996983 Building foreman, Experience : More than 20 years with 12 years in Saudi Arabia 4 years in Oman and 4 years in Pakistan with D/L. Contact : 968 94153911, Email : iqbalsaleem10777@gmail.com Indian male 6 years exp as Sales Executive with valid Oman driving license, languages known Hindi and English, looking for any good job. Contact 95642297 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, 28 YEARS Msc Bed Chemistry 2 years, experience In Teaching In India seeking suitable Job. Mob No-00919505671750, Email;bbroshini53@gmail.com Airfreight/logistics Manager, male 35, MBA, Indian, 5 years experience in Oman seeks job.

Contact- 0091-9526166169 / 99630159 , e mail - bijoabyjohns@yahoo.co.in Electrical Foreman, 25 years’ experience, Indian male currently in Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 96718013, Email : manikandan1196@gmail.com Regin accountant, male Indian, 2 years of experience doing accounts in tally and excel searching for suitable job. GSM no: 7373387282 E mail: regin1690@gmail.com

MECHANICAL/PRODUCTION ENGINEER, 3 years’ experience in production industry, B tech in Mech engg, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Primavera certified, Contact arn9895@gmail.com, Mob 00919895233155 Mathematics Lecturer Indian Female, M. Phil in Mathematics with 5 years of experience in school and colleges. Now in Oman on Visit Visa. Contact- 92119428, 96714746 Indian female 23 Oracle ERP technical consultant 2+exp skills: oaf, forms & reports, bipublisher email: ramyaoracleapps02@gmail. com, Contact: 91156571

Heavy Driver available with Oman Driving License.Contact: 94190541

Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Ph-00974 66772193 Mail: snu057@gmail.com.

B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job.

Available to join respective firm.

Contact number# 94618504Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com

MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male, 26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures Aware of int.

Standards, B.Tech in Mech engg.

Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917350860889

Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures. Ph-00974 66772193 Mail;snu057@gmail.comIndian

4 Years experience as Electronics Service Engineer. Knowledge in all type of Electronics items, looking for suitable placement.

GSM- 99105043

male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 2 years of experience in Sales & Marketing looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact : 97939084 / 97351786, E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com Male, Electrical Engineer, 4 years of experience in India /Oman. NOC available. Contact Mob: 94579857, Email: zahirpb@gmail.com, Indian Male, 22, Diploma in Automobile Engineering (DC), Experience In Restaurant Management and in sales looking for suitable position. Contact: 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com

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 33 yrs, MBA-HR, worked on Recruitments, Training, OD, PMS, Site-HR, Omanisation and development plans of nationals ,10.yrs exp. seeking a job.NOC avl.

Contact 94179499 saiprasad_18@yahoo.com Indian Female 10 years exp as cook in Oman, South Indian & Gujarati special .looking for job, Contact 95795971

INDIAN male, 33 yrs, BSC Chemistry 8years, experience as Medical Representative In Zydus company in India, seeking suitable Job. Contact -00919505671750, Email;bbroshini53@gmail.com Electronic Systems Engineer (UK Graduate) with skills in Robotics, Programming Languages, IC, PCB Design seeking suitable position.

Indian female on Visit Visa.

Contact: 97848075 s.dinesh1508@gmail.com Indian male, Civil Engineer (Diploma) having 5Year exp. in oman both construction &Consultancy with valid oman D/L, seeking suitable job.

Contact: 96057857, Email Id: srsakku&gmail.Com Indian, Keralite, female, M.Com, Montessori trained now on family visa seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 93101269 Email: sreeja.l.u@gmail.com Indian male, M.Com , 7 years oman experience in the field of accounts and valid oman driving license & NOC . Good knowledge in SAP,Tally, oracle , MS office and Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733 Mechanical Engineer 3 years of experience in HVAC mechanical engineer one year experience in Auto Cad B.E (mechanical engineering) revit mep, auto cad, stcw, huet.mobile: +97430384909 email: kijomonc@gmail.com Indian Male 24 years, HSE , 3 years Experienced as WELDING SUPERVISOR, PIPE FITTER, NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST, ASNT-NDT level II, per SNT-TC-LA (Radiographic Testing (RT)Penetrate testing (PT) Magnetic Particle Testing(MT)Ultrasonic Testing (UT)RTFI, looking for a suitable job. Contact 99334770 Fire & Safety Technician, 22 Years old, Indian expatriate seeking for a suitable placement. 2 years of experience. Ready for immediate joining. Please Contact : +968-97682273, Email: maniavbah555@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDU./CLASSES

TOURS

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

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636

SITUATION WANTED SIT.WANTED Indian Male B-Com graduate 2 year experience in various Fields Valid Oman Driving License.

Looking for any suitable post.

Please contact: 94409500

Master in Aeronautical engineering (PhD) having 4 years experience. Seeking job in universities, colleges, schools and industries. # 98259462, binoaero87@gmail.com

Indian female 23 ORACLE ERP Technical consultant 2+exp skills: oaf, forms reports and bipublisher.

Contact - 91156571 email: ramyaoracleapps02@gmail.com

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving license and past experience as project coordinator looking for a suitable position. Project coordination, Sales executive, marketing executive or any other suitable post. Contact -97070427

Indian female MCA, seeking placement in IT, Admin.

Contact: 94133849 Fresh Mechanical Engineer B.Tech with Omani driving license on visit, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 99417584 / 97792809 Indian male, 24 yrs Civil Engineering Graduate, on visit visa looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92724814 Indian male, 25 years old, (exp.)

Civil Engineer diploma, looking suitable position. Contact: 00919746443745 / 92861980 Electrical Foreman, 25 years experience, Indian male currently in Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 96718013 Email: manikandan1196@gmail.com Indian Male, B.Com + Dip. Logistics 2year experience looking for a job in Accounts/Logistics Field.

Presently on Visit Visa #93884951 Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com Indian male 25 years- BE- Computer Engineer with CISA and CCNA, having 3 years work experience in Oman, valid Omani driving license, seeking for suitable placement in IT companies or Audit companies for IT Audit job, NOC can be obtained.

Contact:99253011 4years and 7months experienced Female seeking job related to Office Job, Data Entry and Desktop Administration. Completed diploma in Computer Science.

Contact: 94653264

Master in Aeronautical Engineering (PhD) having 4 years experience. Seeking job in universities, colleges, schools and industries. # 98259462 binoaero87@gmail.com Qualified banking & Accounts management profesional seeking suitable job opportunities. Currently working in India with ICIC Bank.

Email: sheemoljohn@rediffmail.com Contact# 919755550181 Indian Male, 22, Experienced, Looking for job in sales (no DL).

Contact: 90801420; Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available.

Contact: 98803439 Indian Driver, with Oman driving license having 10 years experience in Oman, looking for suitable positions. Contact-91519047 Indian male 21, Graduate in commerce (B.com ) having 2 years of experience in cash counter (National trading & spare parts)looking for a suitable placement on a visit visa. Contact 95919647, 94245753/ uzairzain786@gmail.com

MATRIMONIAL Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat. Seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/ single.Contact 96059801.

MANPOWER

SITUATION WANTSERVICES A/c Servicing & Maintenance.

Contact Abdul Rehman Contact: 99382104 House shifting. Contact 99708138 Looking for building cleaning contracts. Contact 97730779

Indian Electricians, civil workers.

Contact 98253551

MATRIMONIAL Parents of 28 yrs, Indian Boy from Mumbai, ISWK student, ACCA, BSc honors, working as a senior accountant in Muscat, seeks suitable alliance for an Indian Sunni Muslim family. Contact no.(parent): 96408642, email address: khaledaoman@gmail.com) 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 Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091 9287215726 Bombay origin Sunni Muslim (Konkani) girl aged 25 years, B. Sc. Hons (Oxford – Finance & Accounting) seeking alliance. Contact: Whatsapp : 92886145 Muscat born and brought-up, Palakkad, Ezhuthachan Girl, 23, Pooyam, pursuing Final MBA, Coimbatore.

Contact 99639965, Email: dr.pgurudas@yahoo.com

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

A/C Maintenance & Servicing, Fridge, Washing machine & Dish washer repairing, Painting & Cleaning services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281 Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC Contact: 99344723 Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont Maintenance services electric, plumbing and A/C. Contact: 96524904 /94285064

in Azaiba and Ruwi

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Tel: 95244310 Karate and self defense classes at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM. Contact: 98294551

SITUATION WANTSERVICES

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD – comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

For any 3d signboard, acrylic works with painting please contact us on 90786240 or follow us in instagram: silver_concepts

Available electrical & cabling CCTV services. Contact: 98252780

Window or split AC split fitting or service. Contact: 95303292

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC Contact 99344723

House shifting packing.

Contact: 99657644/98518013

TRANSPORTATION Transportation. available. (Ruwi) Contact 92430239 Transportation. Contact: 98657739 Transportation. Contact: 91310107 Transportation. Contact: 94510847

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC. Contact 99344723 All Maintenance and services electric, CCTV Camera, Plumbing, A/C service and gas installation, painting tiles. Contact: 96524904 / 94285064 Pest control Gulfa international.

Contact: 92326955

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137, 99450130 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217 /24788722

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Transportation available Al Khuwair, Ghobrah, Azaiba, Al Hail & Al Khoud. Drop & pick.

Contact 95250161 Transportation available Ruwi to Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

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