Times of Oman - November 23, 2016

WEDNESDAY November 23, 2016 23 Safar 1438 AH

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

On the occasion of the 21st National Day, 1991

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

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OMANI GIRL GIVEN BACK HER SMILE

INDIA, GREECE

HM sends condolences MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to President Pranab Mukherjee of India for the victims of train accident which derailed in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to Indian President Mukherjee, families of the victims and the Indian people, wishing the injured speedy recovery.

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also sent a cable of condolences to President Prokopis Pavlopoulos of Republic of Greece on the death of the former Greek President, Costis Stephanopoulos.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to President Pavlopoulos, the deceased family and the Greek people. -ONA

Born with a cleft palate, Zahra could only be fed a liquid diet, until doctors spent eight months rebuilding her smile

REJIMON K CHIEF REPORTER

reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: An Omani girl born with a cleft palate can now finally smile, thanks to doctors in India.

Zahra Adham, from Muscat, was born with a severe cleft lip. Even the act of eating was too much for her and her family fed her liquids through a straw.

Now, after eight-months of treatment and surgeries in India, Zahra has got back her beautiful smile.

“Zahra had an isolated cleft palate. In layman terms, she had a hole in the roof of her mouth, which made it very difficult for her to eat. These cases need to be treated within 13 to 18 months otherwise they can hinder speech development,” Dr Sathish Vasistha, who heads the Cleft Clinic at the Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Andhra Pradesh, told Times of Oman.

“We started her treatment in

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HM receives greetings

A SMILE WORTH THOUSANDS: Zahra Adham with her parents after successful surgery in India . – Jun Estrada

March this year and completed it last week successfully. We were happy to see a smiling Zahra,” the medic added. The condition was due to an opening between her nose and mouth that made it almost impossible for her to eat. When fed, the food would slip out through her nose.

Folic acid deficiency “Lip and palate clefting, similar to Zahra’s, is a result of a number of causes, but the biggest reason is a folic acid deficiency in pregnant women,” the medic said, adding that other reasons include genet-

ic abnormalities. Adham Khan, Zahra’s father, told Times of Oman that he is very happy to see Zahra smiling.

“I am very happy with the treatment at the hospital. All thanks to the Bahwan family who funded and supported us,” he said, adding that in Oman, the hospital suggested cutting her tongue to fix her problem and so he decided to travel to Bangalore and show the doctors.

“Whenever she had milk it was coming out of her nose,” he said, explaining that she improved after the first surgery. >A2

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received more cables of congratulations from a number of leaders of friendly countries and senior international figures on the occasion of the 46th Glorious National Day. In their cables, they expressed their sincere congratulations along with their best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty, and the Omani people further progress and prosperity under His Majesty’s wise leadership. >A2 W E AT H E R F O R E C A S T

Sandstorms expected in Oman Staff Reporter

Indian School Darsait sweeps ‘I Love the Sultan’ campaign GUIDELINES

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TOP THREE INSIDE STORIES

No power banks in checked-in baggage: Airlines RAHUL DAS

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Conmen target phone subscribers

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Despite repeated warnings, phone subscribers continue to be the target of conmen, and some of them fall prey to the scam. >A2

rahuldas@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: After prohibiting the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on flights, a large number of airlines, including the national carrier Oman Air, are no longer allowing fliers to carry power banks in checked-in baggage.

“Carrying power banks in check-in baggage is not allowed in Oman Air. However, each passenger is allowed to carry two power banks in the carry-on bags (hand baggage),” a spokesperson of Oman Air said.

Mannu Anand, general manager of Jet Airways in Oman, also confirmed that passengers cannot carry power banks in checked-in baggage but can carry them in cabin bags.

He said that this was done after the airline received guidelines from its flight operations team.

“We have enforced this new guideline from early November 2016, and the airport has been instructing all the travellers on this issue,” Anand said.

A notice from Indigo, a lowcost carrier from India, said, “Leave your power bank in your hand baggage and your Samsung Galaxy Note 7 at home.”

Officials said that airlines took

REGION

Life sentence against Morsi overturned The IATA has labelled power banks as “dangerous item” in its flight regulations.

the decision after the International Air Transport Association labelled power banks as a “dangerous item” in its flight regulations. “Battery packs are hazardous objects. A lithium battery can catch fire if the temperature exceeds the limit. For the safety and protection of passengers, we have decided to enforce this,” a senior airline official said.

Officials said that the United States had notified a long time back that spare lithium batteries were dangerous items on flights after reports that they could overheat, catch fire, and explode.

However, power banks are batteries, officials said, so they do not pose much risk in cabin baggage as they can be monitored.

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Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned on a life sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. >A4

MARKET

5% of banks’ lending should be for SMEs

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Commercial banks should ensure by endDecember that at least 5% of their commercial lending is directed to SMEs. >B1

MUSCAT: Northern parts of Oman are likely to be hit by dust and sandstorms, Oman Meteorology department has tweeted on its official twitter handle.

“Parts of Muscat, including Muscat City, Baushar, Amerat and Quriyat will be hit by sandstorm.

Sandstorm is also expected to hit Khasab, Sohar, Qalhat, Masirah,

Dibba, Sur, Suwaiq, Ras Al Hadd, Mhada and Saham,” the meteorology department has said in a latest report.

In a notice uploaded on its website on Sunday, the department said that the Sultanate may get affected by a trough of low pressure with chances of advection cloud and light isolated rain over the governorates of Musandam,North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Mus-

cat and South Al Sharqiya starting from the evening of November 21 until November 24.

“Strong northeasterly winds will result in drop of temperature and reduce horizontal visibility due to dust. The condition of sea is expected to be rough along the coastal areas of Musandam and Sea of Oman with maximum wave height ranging between 2.5 and 3 metres,” the notice added

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016 We are astonished, and never expected any of this at all. I can see that my son is surprised and having the time of his life Muath’s father

OMAN AFRO-ARAB SUMMIT

Mantheri meets South Sudan president

Child lives fireman dream While the hotel was

MALABO: Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council received yesterday Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan on the sidelines of the fourth Afro-Arab Summit currently being held in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

The two sides discussed bilateral ties and issues of common interest between the two countries.

Dr. Al Mantheri and his accompanying delegation were received

by Vicente Tomi, Prime Minister and officials of Equatorial Guinea.

Dr. Al Mantheri is accompanied at the summit by Dr. Fu’ad bin Ja’afar Al Sagwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Salim bin Nasser Al Ismaili, Chairman of the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Exports Development (Ithraa), Talib bin Miran Al Ra’eesi, Adviser to the Minister Responsible For Foreign Affairs and Sheikh Yahya bin Abdullah Al Fannah Al Oraimi, from the Foreign Ministry. -ONA

celebrating National Day, Muath dressed up and followed the parade in a small fire truck to join the celebrations A WISH FULFILLED: The child enjoyed the festivities and received a certificate from the PACDA representatives. -Supplied photo

Times News Service MUSCAT: A unique programme sponsored by the Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton hotel, helped Muath, an ill child, achieve his wish of becoming a firefighter on Oman’s 46th National Day. The programme was jointly held by the hotel, along with the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) and the Royal Hospital.

The hotel organised a ‘LivingA-Dream’ programme and invited Muath and his family to take part in the National Day celebrations, where they were surprised by a team of firefighters who presented Muath with a perfectly tailor-made firefighter costume.

While the hotel was celebrating National Day with the guests and visitors, Muath dressed up

and followed the parade in a small fire truck to join the celebrations.

He also cut the National Day cake in the gardens of the beachfront resort.

The child enjoyed the festivities and received a certificate from PACDA representatives.

Regarding his son’s special day, Muath’s father said, “We are as-

tonished, and never expected any of this at all. I can see that my son is surprised and having the time of his life.” The initiative was organised through the Community Footprints programme, which strives to make a difference through focusing on the well-being of children, hunger and poverty relief.

HIS MAJESTY

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His Majesty the Sultan has also received congratulatory cables from His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa of Bahrain, President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan, President Dr. John Pompey Magfalla of Tanzania, President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia, President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, President Kolinda Kitarovic of Croatia, President Dr. Janos Ader of Hungary, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos of Greece, Dr. Viktor Mihaly Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN. -ONA TRANSACTIONS

Car clearance MUSCAT: The number of car clearance transactions carried out by DG-SM during the first ten months of this year totalled 2,314, along with the attestation of 570 Gulf conformity certificates. -ONA

SCAM

Conmen continue to target phone subscribers Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Despite repeated warnings, phone subscribers continue to be the target of conmen, and some of them, lured by the possibility of getting a lot of money, fall prey to the scam.

The public has been warned against these fraudsters, who often claim that they are from Ooredoo and “congratulate” the subscriber for having won OMR20,000.

An Omani national who received such a call played along with the conman.

“He called me claiming that he was from Ooredoo, and said that I had won OMR20,000. But I knew it was a scam, so I just played along with him,” he said.

“He said they had deals with local banks and that the money would be transferred to my account once I gave him my identification number and bank account number. I jokingly told him that OMR20,000 was too little, and that I wanted OMR50,000.

“The conman then said he would transfer OMR50,000 if I gave him my ID and bank account,” the Omani national explained, and added that the call originated from a personal num-

ber and not an office or Ooredoo number. Ooredoo has advised its subscribers to be wary of such calls.

“Never entertain calls from people you don’t know who tell you that you have won something, even when you have not entered a competition or a draw. Ooredoo does not give away cash prizes, and if you do win something from Ooredoo you are always welcome to visit any Ooredoo Store or call a Customer Champion to confirm its validity,” Ooredoo said in a posting on its website.

“The fraudsters may call and claim that they are representatives of Ooredoo and then ask you for your personal details.

Please remember that Ooredoo already has your personal details and would never ask for it over the phone. If we need to verify your details, we will do it through a face-to-face meeting,” Ooredoo said, and added that it never sought bank details from customers.

However, Ooredoo said, as this is “not specifically a telecom fraud” it cannot directly help subscribers,but can only increase awareness on the issue. It also advised victims to send a complaint to the Public Prosecution.

RAFO

Injured Omani airlifted from UAE MUSCAT: An aircraft of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) transported an Omani Khadoum bin Salmeen bin Khadoom Al Mishifri from the UAE who was severely injured in a road accident.

He was airlifted from Sharjah International Airport to Oman as it was difficult to bring him back using land transport. On board

the RAFO aircraft were a medical team from the Ministry of Health and some of his family members.

This comes within the framework of the humanitarian services provided by the Ministry of Defence represented by RAFO and other Sultan Armed Forces corps to complement the efforts done by other public organisations. -ONA

AFTER SURGERY

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“We were only feeding her liquids for the first three months post the surgery and then, upon doctor’s consultation, we started feeding her ice cream which she was asking for,” he added.

Zahra came back to Oman on November 15.

“She is doing well now thanks to the Almighty,” Adham said.

“Before the first surgery she could only say ‘mama’ and ‘baba’, you couldn’t understand anything else she said,” Aa’da Al Balushi, Zahra’s mother, said.

“In just one or two weeks after the surgery, there was a lot of improvement.

“After the last surgery, the doctors let her go with no pills or medication, it was like nothing ever happened,” Zahra’s mother added.

“Before the first surgery we were at the hospital almost every day. “Because of the hole in her mouth, she got sick very easily.

Even when she was a baby, she had more gas than usual. Even if a kid coughed in her direction, she would be sick the next day,” her mum said.

“Her first real food after the surgery was fries from KFC and she was so happy to eat actual solid food.”

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Indian School Darsait sweeps ‘I Love the Sultan’ campaign Numerous cultural programmes were held at a special assembly in the school to celebrate victory in the campaign and honour His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman’s visionary leader

DEEBA HASAN WINNING WAYS: The school, which registered 13,053 entrants in the competition, from the class, parents, relatives and friends was the overall winner of the campaign. – Shabin E

deeba@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: With colourful National Day performances, cheering, and excitement, the Indian School Darsait (ISD) yesterday celebrated its victory in the ‘I Love the Sultan’ campaign with its staff, students, and a team from the Muscat Media Group.

The school, which registered 13,053 entrants in the campaign, from the class, parents, relatives and friends was the overall winner.

In her welcome remarks, Dr Sridevi P Thashnath, principal of the school, congratulated both, the students and the staff, and credited their victory to team work and enthusiasm.

“His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has given all of us this wonderful opportunity to live and work in this beautiful country. It is with great pride and honour that we note that the Indian School Darsait has been able to show our respect and love [for the Sultan]

fantastic welcome, “When I visited the school here three weeks ago and saw your spirit and enthusiasm, I knew there was something very special about you students, so I congratulate you all on that.”

“It has been a great honour and privilege for the Muscat Media Group to bring all this together,” he added.

with 13,053 registrations, the most by any school.

“This is through the innovative campaign ‘I Love the Sultan.A big thank you to the leading newspaper the Times of Oman and the Muscat Media Group for having

given us this opportunity to express our gratitude and love to His Majesty,” she said.

Numerous cultural programmes were held at a special assembly in the school to celebrate victory in the campaign and honour His

Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman’s visionary leader.

Richard Pakenham, chief sales and marketing officer of the Muscat Media Group, praised the efforts of the school and thanked both, students and staff for their

Class 11A from ISD wins In addition to being the overall winner, the school’s Class 11A registered the highest number of entrants among different classes and schools in Muscat. The students of the class, along with their parents and teachers, will soon be rewarded for their achievement with a party at a premium restaurant in Muscat.

ISWK gets second place The Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) came second in terms of number of entrants registered, with 7,794 registrations.

“It was a great initiative and we enjoyed the wonderful campaign centred around our admired global leader. We look forward to more such initiatives from the Times of Oman newspaper and the Muscat Media Group. Everyone took part with great enthusiasm,” DN Rao, principal of the ISWK said.

Femina Siddique and Sabareenath from class 12B said that they enjoyed taking part in the campaign. “It was tremendously amazing, and exciting. We got a very good chance to express our love and gratitude to His Majesty.

Above everything else was the initiative our school took. The school was even more enthusiastic than us,” they said.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016

REGION US air strike destroys bridge, restricts militants in Mosul International Organisation for Migration expressed concern that the destruction of the bridges could obstruct the evacuation of civilians

BAGHDAD/GENEVA: US forces backing an Iraqi army campaign against IS in Mosul carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting militant movements between western and eastern parts of the city, a US official said on Tuesday.

US-trained Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces are pushing deeper into east Mosul, the last major city controlled by the hardline group in Iraq, while army and police units, militias and Kurdish fighters surround it to the west, south and north. Militants have steadily retreated into Mosul from outlying areas. The army’s early advances have slowed as militants dig in, using the more than 1 million civilians inside the city as a shield, moving through tunnels, and hitting troops with suicide bombers, snipers and mortar fire.

Five bridges span the Tigris that runs through Mosul. They have all been mined and boobytrapped by militants who took over the city two years ago as they swept through northern Iraq.

Despite planting the mines, IS militants have so far been able to continue using those bridges

INTENSE SHELLING: An Iraqi fighter fires artillery towards IS militants, in Ali Rash southeast of Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday. – Reuters

which have not yet been destroyed by air strikes.

Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the US-led coalition, said on Tuesday an air strike hit the number four bridge, the southernmost, in the past 48 hours. “This effort impedes Daesh’s (IS) freedom of movement in Mosul. It inhibits their ability to resupply or reinforce their fighters throughout the city,” he said.

A month ago, a US air strike destroyed the No. 2 bridge in the centre of the city and two weeks later another strike took out the No. 5 bridge to the north.

The United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration expressed concern that the destruction of the bridges could obstruct the evacuation of civilians.

“That is a concern of IOM because this is going to leave hun-

it launched an attack on the northwestern front of Mosul, seizing a duty free zone and oil depots located a dozen kilometres from the city limits. The army did not confirm the claim Militias have captured the Tal Afar air base, west of Mosul, part of their campaign to choke off the route between the Syrian and Iraqi.

The number of people displaced by the fighting in and around Mosul has slightly decreased, an indication that some people have began returning home in places retaken by government forces, according to the IOM. “68,112 displaced is actually a downtick from couple of days ago,” said Millman. It’s “worth noting because it indicates that some people are already starting to return to safe areas in the region.”

The number of registered displaced people was over 68,500 on Monday. The figure does not

include the thousands of people rounded up in villages around Mosul and forced to accompany IS fighters to cover their retreat towards the city. A group taking part in the offensive denied a Human Rights Watch report that it detained and beat 10 shepherds, including a boy, from a village near Mosul on November 3.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday said the League of the Righteous, or Asa’ib Ahl Al Haq, also stole the village’s entire flock of sheep. “These reports are completely wrong, they aim to stall the operation” against IS, said Asa’ib’s military spokesman Jawad Al Talabawi.

The Iraqi government has not published an overall death toll for the offensive, whether among military or civilians. The warring sides claim to have killed thousands in enemy ranks. — Reuters

Palestinian who tried to stab Israeli security guard shot dead OCCUPIED WEST BANK: An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israeli police said.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the Palestinian was brandishing a knife and approached the guard on foot in the vehicle lane of the Qalandiya checkpoint. The guard was not hurt, she said.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the man was dead.

At least 228 Palestinians have been killed in violence in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip since October 2015. Israel says at least 154 of them were assailants in a wave of lone attacks often targeting security forces and using rudimentary weapons including kitchen knives. Others died during clashes and protests.

The street assaults killed at least 33 Israelis and two visiting Americans over the same period.

Israel says one of the main causes of the violence is incitement by the Palestinian leadership, with young men encouraged to attack Israeli soldiers and civilians. Families say assailants acted out of desperation, frustrated by the lack of progress towards peace and Israel’s continued building of settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want for their own state.

Palestinians accused Israeli police and soldiers of using excessive force in many cases, saying many assailants could have been stopped or detained without being killed. In several cases, Israel has opened investigations.

Israel has occupied the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem for nearly 50 years, since the 1967 war, and maintains tight restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in some areas, especially checkpoints that border Israel. — Reuters

WA R W I T H I N NAT I O N

EGYPT

Court overturns life sentence against Morsi CAIRO: Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned on Tuesday a life sentence against deposed president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a retrial in the case that revolves around accusations of espionage with Palestinian group Hamas.

The court last week overturned a death sentence against Morsi in a separate case, meaning he no longer faces execution.

Democratically elected after the 2011 protests, Morsi was overthrown in mid-2013 by Abdel Fattah Al Sisi following mass protests against his rule, and was immediately arrested.

He remains in jail on separate convictions.

Morsi was one of 22 high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood officials and supporters convicted last year of spying for Hamas.

The Court of Cassation’s ruling on Tuesday overturns all convictions in the case including life sentences against Mohamed Badie, the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 15 others.

Senior Brotherhood officials Kheirat Al Shater and Mohamed Al Beltagi as well as Morsi aide Ahmed Abdelatti had originally

dreds of thousands without a quick way out of the combat,” spokesman Joel Millman told reporters in Geneva.

The Iraqi military estimates around 5,000 IS militants are in Mosul. A 100,000-strong coalition of Iraqi government forces, Kurdish fighters and paramilitary units is surrounding the city.

Counter terrorism units and an army armoured division are the only forces to have breached the city limits from the eastern side.

Other army and federal police units have yet to enter the northern and the southern sides.

A Kurdish security source said on Tuesday four IS commanders were captured in a US special operation near Baaj, a town close to the Syrian border. IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was not among them. The coalition did not confirm the operation. IS said

Q A L A N D I YA C H E C K P O I N T

RETRIAL ORDERED: Mohamed

Morsi. – Reuters File

been sentenced to death in the case and also saw their convictions dropped on Tuesday.

Since toppling Morsi and winning a presidential election the following year, Sisi, a former general, has crushed dissent.

Security forces killed hundreds of Morsi supporters in a single day in 2013, in one of the bloodiest incidents in the country’s modern history.

Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have since been detained and hundreds have received death sentences or lengthy prison terms in mass trials condemned by human rights groups as legally flawed and politically motivated. — Reuters

‘Rebels in east Aleppo have food stores’ BEIRUT: The Syrian army on Tuesday accused rebels in besieged east Aleppo of possessing food stores and told them to distribute rations to alleviate shortages, one week into renewed air strikes and bombardment of the area.

The existence of such food stocks could not be verified. On Friday the United Nations said aid supplies had run out in east Aleppo. The UN has not been able to access the rebel-held sector since early July. “The general command of the armed forces calls upon militants in the neighbourhoods of east Aleppo to open ration warehouses and distribute food to those that need it,” an army statement said.

UN humanitarian spokesman Jens Laerke told Reuters it was unclear whose warehouses the army was referring to.

Zakaria Malahifji, a politburo member of the Fastaqim rebel group which is active in Aleppo, said there were no warehouses full of food. “People are searching for bread. (The army) is saying these things to appear like they care for people,” Malahifji said.

Malahifji and another witness in Aleppo told Reuters that civilians protested last week outside a building said to belong to the city council for opposition-held Aleppo, thinking there were food stocks inside.

The city council could not immediately be reached for comment. Around 250,000 people in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled

TRAINING DRILL: Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as

the White Helmets, evacuate a child during a training session in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area, near Damascus, on Tuesday. – AFP

eastern neighbourhoods have been under effective siege since the army, aided by militias and Russian jets, cut off the last road into rebel districts in early July.

A renewed assault began last Tuesday after a weeks-long pause in air strikes and shelling inside east Aleppo, although battles and air strikes did continue along the city’s front lines and in the surrounding countryside.

In another statement, the army told rebels to clear mines from crossings into the governmentheld western sector designated by the Syrian and Russian militaries as humanitarian corridors, and to let civilians who want to leave do so. The siege and intense bom-

bardment of east Aleppo have created a dire humanitarian crisis, aggravated by frequent air strikes on hospitals. Medicines, food and fuel are severely depleted.

All eight of east Aleppo’s hospitals have either been put out of action or reduced to a barely functioning level in the past week, UN agencies have said. “The situation in eastern Aleppo is really so horrendous, I mean it’s beyond words...

Despite the occasional let-up, overall the picture is horrendous,” UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday.

The Syrian government has said rebels are stopping residents from leaving. Rebel groups and residents of east Aleppo say people are

scared to use the corridors for fear of snipers, bombs or arrest.

Many are also worried that if they leave they will never be allowed to return, so instead they want aid to be allowed in.

At least 141 civilians, including 18 children, have been killed over the past week of renewed bombardment on the eastern half of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

The Britain-based war monitor said it had documented hundreds of injuries as a result of Russian and Syrian air strikes and shelling by government forces and its allies on the besieged eastern half of the divided city.

The monitor said there were another 87 deaths of rebel fighters and people of unknown identity in the eastern sector.

The Observatory also documented 16 civilian deaths, including 10 children, and dozens of injuries as a result of rebel shelling of government-held west Aleppo.

“It’s absolutely heart-breaking and unacceptable that we all are witnessing what is happening almost on direct television, directly transmitted, what may amount to war crimes in east Aleppo,” Laerke said at a UN briefing on Tuesday.

The UN has been trying to get all parties to the conflict to agree to a humanitarian relief plan that allows medical workers, medical supplies and food into eastern Aleppo and enables the evacuation of the sick and wounded. — Reuters

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INDIA

Note ban will clean economy: Jaitley Terming the decision as historic, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Modi with his courageous step has created a new normal of white transactions AMBUSH

3 soldiers killed in LoC attack SRINAGAR/JAMMU: In a cross-Line of Control attack by suspected terrorists, three soldiers were killed on Tuesday, with body of one of them being mutilated in second such incident in less than a month, triggering outrage in India.

The ambush on army patrol took place in Machhil sector of Indian-administered-Kashmir, following which the Indian army vowed heavy “retribution”.

“A counter-infiltration patrol party of Indian army was ambushed by terrorists ahead of the fencing along LoC in forest belt in Machhil sector in Kupwara district today,” a senior Army officer said.

Three soldiers were killed in the attack, he said, adding the body of one of them was mutilated. Earlier, Army’s Northern Command spokesman tweeted, “3 soldiers killed in action on LoC (Line of Control) in Machhal. Body of one soldier mutilated.” He said the “retribution will be heavy for this cowardly act.”

A Defence spokesman said heavy cross-Line of Control shelling was going on at four places in Machhil sector from 3.30pm. He did not give any further details. - PTI END OF ERA

Veteran vocalist Balamurali Krishna dies CHENNAI: Veteran Carnatic music exponent M Balamurali Krishna, who enthralled music lovers for more than four decades, passed away here on Tuesday.

The 86-year-old veteran was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last on Tuesday at his residence here, his family sources told PTI. A highly respected figure in the field of music, Bala Murali Krishna featured in the popular national integration song Miley Sur Mera Tumhara in which he rendered Tamil lyrics.

A crowd-puller in Carnatic music concerts, musician was also popular among Tamil audiences for his hit number Oru Naal Pothuma in the 1965 Sivaji Ganesan starrer Thiruvilayadal, a mythological film.

He even starred in a number of films in Tamil and Telugu.

Balamurali Krishna was a Padma Vibhushan recipient and was also honoured with a number of state awards. He made his debut as an actor in Bhakta Prahalada in 1967. Balamuralikrishna was at ease with Hindustani music and had ‘jugalbandis’ with eminent exponents like Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Kishori Amonkar, Hariprasad Charasia, Pt Jasraj and Zakir Hussain.

Leading lights of Carnatic music condoled his death. - PTI

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a “new normal” of white transactions with crackdown on black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday, asserting that demonetisation will lead to a jump in private investment and more public spending on welfare measures.

Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party over the fallout of the decision, he took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying on the one hand the Congress leader says the demonetisation decision was selectively leaked to BJP top brass and on the other he claims “that even finance minister, that means I, was also not aware”.

Speaking at length, Jaitley explained all aspects of the move and said, “Demonetisation has direct relation with poor, with poverty and with poverty alleviation” and said once the replacement of currency reaches a reasonable level, the restrictions will be eased.

Explaining the likely positive outcomes of this move, Jaitley said the country annually borrows Rs45 lakh crore and after this move and these funds can be used for public spending for development of rural areas and uplift of poor.

About Rs8 lakh crore will be collected from income tax this year and Rs8.5 lakh crore from indirect tax but despite that another Rs4-5

lakh crore is required to bear expenses for running the country, he said.

Poverty alleviation “..so if the honest tax paying system establishes in the country... then do we need to borrow money... and in the case these borrowings of about Rs4-5 lakh crore annually can be utilised in rural areas for poverty alleviation and other similar measures,” Jaitley added.

Terming the decision as historic, he said that Modi with his courageous step has created a new normal of white transactions. “...what was normal from last 70 years that this much in cash and

this much in cheque... but now prime minister has created a new normal,” he said.

“Today every honest citizen feels that a premium has been given for his honesty. In long term this landmark step will increase the size of official economy and reduce the shadow economy,” he said.

Giving rationale behind this move, the finance minister said in developed countries currency is normally 4 per cent of GDP but in India it is 12 per cent of the GDP. Therefore, most trade happens in cash and is out of banking system. As a result black money, fake currency, and non-compliance of tax are attached with it, he added.

“Today you see lakh of crores of rupees which was in cash has come into banking system. This is low cost money.

Now banks will have capacities to provide more loans for infrastructure development, agriculture and private sector... banks have also started reducing interest rates,” Jaitley added.

The cessation of legal tenders Rs500 and Rs1,000 is followed by remonetisation so that alternative currency should reach people.

“Once this remonetisation reaches reasonable level, we will take back all restrictions but till then there will be a difficulty for some days,” Jaitley said. - PTI

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PAKISTAN DIRECT-TO-HOME TELEVISION SERVICES

Services ‘suspended’ as cable operators go on indefinite strike ISLAMABAD: Despite the finance minister’s assurances, the majority of cable operators in Pakistan shut down their services indefinitely on Monday to protest government plans to launch Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services in the country.

“We have taken this step after the finance minister refused to delay the [DTH licence] bidding process,”

Cable Operators Association President Sohail Iqbal told The Express Tribune. He said they did everything they could to push the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to delay the bidding, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.

“We knew one day we would have to close down our businesses therefore it is better to do it from today [Monday],” Iqbal said.

“We have decided to go on strike and shut down our business before Pemra does by issuing DTH licences on November 23,” he added.

Refused to shut down Iqbal said most cable operators had agreed to go on strike, but a few had refused to shut down their services.

Earlier on November 15, Cable Operators Association Chairman

Khalid Arain said the launch of DTH was not justified since cable operators had invested billions of rupees in converting the analogue cable system into the digital one.

“It will ruin their businesses and cause a huge economic loss,” he had said.

According to Arain, cable operators need at least three years to create awareness among the people about cable digitalisation. The

introduction of DTH will not provide us the opportunity to promote it, he claimed.

DTH services Talking to The Express Tribune, a Pemra spokesperson said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in meetings with the cable operators on November 19 and 20 assured them DTH services would not be launched until November 1, 2017.

However, Dar did not agree over delaying the bidding process.

The Pemra spokesperson claimed that cable operators had agreed with Dar but decided to go on strike anyway.

“It’s a tactic to pressurise the government, which is clear exploitation,” he said. The spokesperson added that Pemra’s doors would always remain open for negotiations. — Express Tribune

Blast kills 3 soldiers at funeral in Peshawar Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to the media DEADLY ATTACK: A Pakistani police officer inspects a security forces truck after an IED (improvised explosive device) blast along the roadside in Peshawar on Tuesday. — AFP

PESHAWAR: At least three officers of the Frontier Constabulary were killed and five others injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a funeral in Bashirabad area, Peshawar on Tuesday.

“Three officials were killed and three others were injured in the blast,” SSP Operations Sajjad Khan told The Express Tribune.

The IED, targetting an FC convoy

was planted on the road, he said.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to the

media. The deceased have been identified as Hanif Jamal, Yasirullah and Khalid. According to reports, FC officials, along with several others were attending funeral prayers of the press club’s former president’s mother.

DSP Faqirabad Tahir Dawar claimed that the IED weighed one kilogram. “The injured and dead have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH),” Dawar added.

“Three FC officials were killed and four injured.

One civilian was also injured in the attack.” Heavy contingent of police arrived at the site and cordoned off the area for further investigation. — Express Tribune

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LARKANA CADET COLLEGE

Medical board fails to examine ‘tortured’ student KARACHI: A 10-member medical board constituted by the Sindh health department to assess the health of a class VIII student of the Cadet College, Larkana, who was tortured allegedly by a teacher at the institution, has postponed its first meeting.

The boy’s father alleged that his son — M. Ahmed Hussain — was unconscious and bleeding when the student was handed over to him on August 10. He accused the principal and a house master of the college of torturing his son so severely that he fell unconscious and was still fighting for his life.

Medical ICU The special medical board, headed by Civil Hospital Karachi’s neurosurgeon Junaid Ashraf, was to meet at 11:30am on Monday to examine the student at the medical ICU of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

But it could not meet owing to the unavailability of board chair-

The boy’s father alleged that his son — M. Ahmed Hussain — was unconscious and bleeding when the student was handed over to him on August 10

man Ashraf and another of its member – Dr Umar Farooq, professor of ENT at Civil Hospital.

According to a health department notification, the National Institute of Child Health’s director, Dr Jamal Raza, would be the convener of the board with Dr Umer Farooq, ENT surgeon, CHK; Prof Lal Rehman, neurosurgeon, JPMC; Dr Muhammad Usman, ENT surgeon, JPMC; Dr Iqbal Ahmed Moghira and Dr Prem Chand of the Aga Khan University Hospital; Dr Jalil Qadir, director, CB Lab; Prof Muhammad Hasan Shaikh and Dr Alam

Ibrahim Siddiqui of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, as its members.

According to the terms of reference, the board would examine the boy and furnish its recommendations for his treatment either in the country or abroad.

The board would determine the possible cause of the injuries and submit its report on the same day.

Hussain’s father, Muhammad Rashid Mashori, said that the board must examine his son so that a decision with regard to starting his treatment could be taken. — Express Tribune

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UK to Donald: No vacancy for Farage as ambassador LONDON: Britain on Tuesday dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump’s unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job.

Trump, who after his election victory met Farage before any EU leaders, said on Twitter that “many people” would like to see the former metals trader turned politician as Britain’s ambassador.

“Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!” Trump said.

Prime Minister Theresa May, who congratulated Trump on his victory, was swift to reject such an undiplomatic proposal, with a spokesman saying Britain already had an excellent ambassador to Washington and that London would appoint its own envoys. “We have first rate ambassador in Washington,” Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who campaigned for Brexit, told the British parliament. “There is no vacancy for that position.”

It is highly unusual in the modern era for leaders to publicly suggest to foreign nations whom they would like to see as ambassador, though during strained relations they sometimes reject or expel envoys. Trump’s suggestion provoked anger, support and even hilarity in Britain, with one lawmaker, Conservative Simon Burns, joking that perhaps Britain should suggest Hillary Clinton as its preferred choice as

‘Trump not to pursue Clinton probes on email’ During their bitter presidential campaign, the Republican Trump

SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Re-

publican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, watches as Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage speaks at a campaign rally in Jackson, Mississippi, US, August 24, 2016. — Reuters/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

vowed to jail Clinton and crowds at his rallies chanted ‘Lock her up’ U-TURN: This file combination of pictures created on November 8,

ambassador to London.

But the apparent public suggestion about who to appoint as ambassador by the man who will lead Britain’s most powerful ally puts Prime Minister May in a difficult position just as she tries to build ties with Washington ahead of leaving the EU. London is trying to gauge whether Trump would support a special trade deal with Britain as it negotiates a divorce from the EU. Britain also places great store on what it calls its “special relationship” with the United States.

Farage, who spent decades campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union and helped force former Prime Minister David Cameron to call the June referendum that brought the Brexit vote, spoke at a Trump rally during the US campaign and visited the president-elect after his victory. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: US Presidentelect Donald Trump will not pursue investigations against his former Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton, over her use of a private email server while secretary of state or her family’s charity, MSNBC said in a report that a Trump senior adviser did not dispute.

During their bitter presidential campaign, the Republican Trump vowed to jail Clinton and crowds at his rallies chanted “Lock her up.”

He now believes she “has been through enough,” MSNBC reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified source. Addressing the report in an interview with MSNBC, senior Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway did not deny it and indicated it was correct.

“Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump

2016 shows US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Tampa, Florida on November 5, 2016 and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Allendale, Michigan on November 7, 2016. — AFP/Mandel Ngan AND Brendan Smialowski

can help her heal then perhaps that’s a good thing,” she said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.

During the campaign, opinion polls found that many Americans did not find Clinton trustworthy.

Private email server The FBI investigated Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first term, concluding earlier this year that her actions were careless but that there were no grounds for bringing charges.

The Clinton Foundation charity has also been scrutinized for donations it received while she led the State Department.

Clinton acknowledged her use

of a private email server was a mistake and denied links between foundation donors and her work as secretary of state.

There has been no evidence that foreign donors to the foundation obtained favours from the State Department while Clinton headed it. Congress can pursue its own investigations regardless of whether Trump opts to appoint a special prosecutor, as he vowed during the campaign.

US Representative Jason Chaffetz, Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has said he will continue investigating Clinton’s use of a private server.

Conway indicated Trump would frown on that.

“When the president-elect, who’s also the head of your party now, tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message - tone and content - to the members,” Conway said on MSNBC. The New York businessman has been holding meetings since his November 8 election victory to build his administration and fill senior posts before he takes office on January 20.

“He’s thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the president of the United States, and things that sounds like the campaign aren’t among them,” Conway said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump abruptly canceled a meeting with The New York Times, a newspaper he has frequently criticised, complaining on Twitter about inaccurate coverage and a “nasty tone.”

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told reporters hours later the meeting was still on.

On Monday Trump met with television anchors and news industry executives and reporters in a session The Washington Post described as a contentious but generally respectful.

Trump singled out reporting of his campaign by CNN and NBC that he considered to be unfair, the Post said, citing four participants at the meeting in New York.

Trump, who has never previously held public office, was quick to bristle at unflattering news coverage during the campaign, even as he remained accessible to certain reporters, including several from the Times. — Reuters

R E LY L E S S O N U N I T E D S TAT E S

EU lawmakers endorse collective European defence plans BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Tuesday backed an EU plan to deepen coordination of member states’ defence policies and rely less on the United States, driven in part by US Presidentelect Donald Trump’s suggestion he may scale back protection of NATO allies.

EU lawmakers voted 369-255 in favour of plans to increase European spending on military missions, as well as developing and sharing assets like helicopters.

There were 70 abstentions.

While the parliament’s backing is not binding on European governments, it represents a sign of cross-party political support for the European Union to pursue its most ambitious defence

plan in decades after years of spending cuts.

“Our Union is not equipped to face overwhelming defence challenges,” said liberal lawmaker Urmas Paet, a former Estonian foreign minister who drew up the resolution put to the parliament in Strasbourg.

Rely heavily “Europe continues to rely heavily on NATO capabilities and on US solidarity,” he said.

The EU defence plan proposed in September by France and Germany had been months in the making, but Britain’s vote in June to leave the EU and Trump’s election on November 8 have lent extra momentum to the initiative.

During his election campaign, Trump questioned whether the United States should protect allies seen as spending too little on their defence, raising fears that he could withdraw funding for NATO at a time of heightened tensions with Russia.

Britain has blocked plans for joint EU defence for years, objecting to a European army run from Brussels. France, which along with Britain is Europe’s main military power, now sees an opportunity with Germany to push a so-called Common Defence Union, while stressing that this is not an “EU army”. The European Parliament, which has a say in how much of the EU budget can be used to fund defence research, saw resistance

to the Franco-German plan from eurosceptic, far-right lawmakers who have good relations with Russia, and from the far-left, who are against military spending in general.

But the U.S. election and broader concerns about Europe’s ability to maintain its citizens’ security at a time of growing instability in North Africa and a more assertive Russia helped garner support from centrists, lawmakers said.

“The Americans will not care about security in Europe for the long term,” said German centreright lawmaker Michael Gahler.

“The outcome of the U.S. election ... makes building up European defence capabilities even more urgent.” — Reuters

NAT U R E ’ S F U RY

Tsunami hits Fukushima region after magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Japan

CALAMITY: A tidal surge is

seen in Sunaoshi River after tsunami advisories were issued following an earthquake in Tagajo, Japan, on Tuesday, in this video grab. - Miyagi Prefectural Police/Kyodo/via Reuters

TOKYO: A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

The magnitude 7.4 earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, sent thousands of residents fleeing for higher ground as dawn broke along the northeastern coast.

There were no reports of deaths or serious injuries hours after the quake hit at 5:59am (2059 GMT on Monday).

It was centred off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth

of about 10 kilometres (6 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

A wave of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 ft) high was recorded at Sendai, about 70km (45 miles) north of Fukushima, with smaller waves hitting ports elsewhere along the coast, public broadcaster NHK said.

Television footage showed ships moving out to sea from harbours as tsunami warnings wailed after alerts of waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) were issued.

“We saw high waves but nothing that went over the tidal barriers,” a man in the city of Iwaki told NTV television network.

Aerial footage showed tsunami waves flowing up rivers in some areas, and some fishing boats were overturned in the port of Higashi-Matsushima before the JMA lifted its warnings.

The US Geological Survey measured Tuesday’s quake at magnitude 6.9, down from an initial 7.3.

All Japan’s nuclear power plants in the area have been shut down in the wake of the March 2011 disaster, which knocked out cooling systems at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, causing reactors to melt down and spew radiation into the air, soil and sea. — Reuters

FALLOUT: Members of the European Parliament take part in a

voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. — AFP

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LIFESTYLE LEISURE

A GILDED JOURNEY TO VIENNA

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With Gautam Bhargav Viswanathan

Entitlement is No Substitute for Hard Work “HEY GAUTAM, you can’t film me,” screamed a player whose team’s training sessions I was videotaping. Not from the bushes, I assure you, it was just part of my job, and I told him so.

“No, I don’t care about that.

You’re not allowed to film me. If you continue to film me, I’m gonna call my dad and he’s gonna beat you up,” he yelled. He was 10 years old.

His father was watching this little altercation from the sidelines and soon ambled over to see what the problem was.

“I’ll have a talk with him,” he told me, in front of the assembled parents, coaches, and players who by now had gathered to see what the source of this kerfuffle was.

“A lot of the kids we have here are like this because they think that just because they play at a football academy with good facilities and good coaches, they can behave this way,” the coach who’d overseen the training session told me afterwards.

An increase in entitlement culture among today’s youth seems to be on the rise. People today be-

lieve they have the right to certain privileges simply because of who they are. Of the thousands of children who play at sports academies throughout the world, only a handful will go on to play professional sports, and even then, it is only the ones who work hard that will manage to succeed. I once had the opportunity to meet Dr Andrew Mills, when he was doing his PhD studies on the pressures kids felt when they were at facilities like the one above. Today, he works with Soccer Scholarships USA to provide sports scholarships to those who are looking to study in the States on the basis of their athletic prowess.

“There is a saying we have in youth sports: Ability has gotten you here, but it is your attitude that will take you further. Undoubtedly, there is a wide range of stressors that can impact on their performance,” he explained.

“It is a stressful environment because it is meaningful. Pressure is associated with meaning and these lads want to achieve,” he added. “So with that desire to achieve comes

the pressure to succeed. It’s not just intrinsic pressure but environmental and contextual factors such as parents that can really add to that pressure in an unprecedented and detrimental way.”

This seemed to perfectly sum up the situation experienced on the pitch that day. Because children are receiving everything so easily, they think they will automatically become the next Cristiano Ronaldo, when that is far from the case.

Ronaldo didn’t just show up to training every day. He stayed back after training so that he could perfect his free-kick abilities. In the mornings, he’d arrive early and attempt to run around the gym with weights tied to his ankles so that he could sprint even faster when unencumbered on the football pitch.

That was the sort of hard work he did, and today, he is one of the world’s most successful footballers. Nothing came to him easily.

Born to a mother who worked as a cook and a father who eked out a living as a gardener, Ronaldo may have been blessed with abundant

talent, but he kept his head down and worked very hard to become the person he is today.

And that is the sort of dedication and humility that is required from everyone, in all walks of life. It is easy to see the source of this sort of culture, because it begins at home.

Our parents had to work hard for everything they achieved and they obviously don’t want us to have the same struggles. However, there is a fine line between rewarding children for hard work and giving them something just because they want it.

With the latter, over time, kids will automatically come to expect rewards when they have not put in the hard work to achieve them, and that is a very dangerous cocktail in the long run because they will not know how to do things for themselves.

I once interviewed former Arsenal defender Scott Marshall, a product of the London club’s famed youth academy. At the time, he served as Head Coach for Arsenal Soccer Schools Oman.

“The pressures are always there to succeed,” he said. “It’s always been a privilege to get anywhere in sport, and a lot of people cave into these pressures but you have to have a sense of reality from it all as well. Move forward, onto the next one,” he revealed. “Treat every experience as a positive. You have to do that.”

“Setbacks come along, that’s life.”

— gautam@timesofoman.com

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016

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magine if the Orient Express sprouted < A8 wings and could take to the skies. Think of that timeless epitome of style and sophistication soaring through the clouds as wellheeled passenger sipped chilled beverages from crystal glasses as the miles fell away.

While that dream may never come true, Emirates Airline aims that high with a business class offering inspired by a bygone era of luxury and service.

Fittingly I found this touch of ‘Downton Abbey in the air’ on board its flight from Dubai to Vienna, that historic European cultural capital where the streets still bear the names of classical composers who graced them with their music centuries ago.

After a slightly hectic connection from Oman (via another airline) walking on to Emirates Boeing 777-300ER and seeing the space and the ambience it felt like I had in some ways arrived at my

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destination, that sense of exhaling deeply as the stress leaves you, rather than still having thousands of miles left to travel.

No sooner had I plunged into the seat and begun playing with the reclining controls that a smiling crew member was there, offering me a hot towel and a cold drink.

Like the Orient Express I chose the chilled offering (from a bottle with a yellow label) in the crystal glass.

Sipping my drink, feeling the hassle of the hurried connection slip away, I took time to take in the cabin as the last of my fellow passengers found their seats.

While the seat and the service of course remain the main factors for any passenger, for me it was the little things that made the Emirates experience so refined.

The bouquets of flowers adorning the exit, the ambient lighting, the relaxing interior colour scheme, and the wood panelling, which trim the seats and the windows, combined to evoke that Agatha Christie-esque feeling of the

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romance of travel. I could imagine Poirot being in the seat next to me.

Of course, the science of flight, and the need to keep weight to a minimum, meant that I knew the panelling was some sort of composite rather than real walnut, ala the Orient Express, but, combined with the deft service of the onboard team, the illusion took hold and stuck, it was smoke and mirrors expertly delivered to make the passenger feel at ease, and, more than that, special.

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Like Downton’s Mr Carson, the onboard team exuded professionalism while retaining warmth, that special mix of skills and personality needed for true hospitality. Not over-sincere, not too in your face, but on hand whenever your glass needed filling or something else was required.

Dinner of course was served on a crisp white cloth with polished cutlery and a select menu of dishes to tempt even the stuffiest of eat-

ers. For me the cheese board and a glass of something tawny that came from Portugal was the treat before preparing to test out the angle-lie flat seat bed (52cm wide and 150cm of overall space).

This being Emirates they went a step further, offering the first fivestar hotel style turn-down service I’d experience mid-air. Rather than simply recline and pull the blanket over myself, on Emirates the team made-up the bed adding a mattress over the seat, which made a real difference to the quality of sleep.

Fed, watered and supremely comfortable, I turned to the onboard entertainment system (ICE) for a little relaxation before closing my eyes. Ignoring the hundreds of movies and television shows on offer I went to the music section. In keeping with the sophistication of Emirates perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised to stumble on the new album from Ludovico Einaudi in the What’s Hot section.

Listening to his hauntingly

beautiful music while relaxing thousands of feet in the air as I hurtled through the night sky at hundreds of kilometres an hour is one of those surreally peaceful moments that stay with a person.

Especially when Emirates then turned on its StarLight system, which essentially makes stars twinkle in the ceiling (much like the Rolls-Royce Wraith interior).

Having slept for four hours (on a six-hour flight) I woke refreshed about an hour before touch down, just enough time for a hot coffee, to charge my phone and to freshen up before landing.

The 9.15pm touchdown time proved to be a great choice with Vienna Airport not teeming with arrivals, so it was a swift passage through customs and out to my waiting car.

As we pulled away from the airport and headed into the heart of that beautiful city I could not think of a better way to have arrived or to set the tone for the trip ahead.

—scottarmstrong@timesofoman.com

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Five Places to Hike

Wadi Shab At the Wadi Shabs, you get to try out an array of enthralling activities apart from hiking and climbing. Cliffjumping, diving, casual swimming are among the other recreations this place is known for.

On Road 17 , take the turn-off which is signposted to Tiwi (not Tiwi Shab).

At the end of the slip road, you come to Tiwi village, stopping at a T junction. Turn left and continue through the village, until you reach the “estuary” and above, the high road bridge.

Majlis Al Jinn Cave The world’s second largest cave is the ideal spot for adventurers who are looking for a strong adrenaline rush.

The dark underground coves leading to the beautifully unique turquoise water with little fish nibbling on your feet is a must experience attraction.

Inside Edge of Grand Canyon To get the most stunning view after following a narrow trail looking down hundreds of metres in the gorge below, hiking the inside edge of the grand canyon will just be apt. At the end of the trail you will discover the ancient abandoned village of Sap Bani Khamis whose mystique ruins will allure you further. Drive southwest from Muscat to Nizwa. Turn north at Nizwa to the town of Al Hamra at the foothills of the mountains. Fill your tank with petrol at the Shell filling station at Al Hamra.

You are now about 200km from Muscat’s airport. Turn left, the road will climb, follow it and the signs to the top of the Grand Canyon. The road turns into a dirt track. Follow it past the hotel, to the village of Al Khatim, where it ends. Start your hike from here, following the painted markers.

Snake Gorge The Snake Gorge or Wadi Bani Awf is a large wadi in wilayat Al Rustaq in the South Batinah Governorate of Oman is a true attraction especially among hikers. The wadi covers authentic Omani villages among various other attractions including the Snake Canyon.

Birkat Sharaf If a peaceful getaway close to nature is what you are looking for then this is the place you ought to be. It is considered as one of the most difficult trekking trails and hence is sparsely inhibited or used even by tourists. It is a pass between mountains and wadis with a beautifully scenic landscape.

Drive from Muscat to Nizwa, and then to Al Hamra. From there, drive straight through to Misfat Al Abriyeen, up the mountain at the end of the road. Walk through the village, following its irrigation channel through to the other side, parallel to the gorge.

Follow the marked hiking trail across the gorge, up the mountain, past the settlement of Aqabat Al Hamra and to the pass at the top, Birkat Sharaf. You are looking at around five to seven hours of hiking time.

—lifestyle@timesofoman.com

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016

S P O R S

Ball-tampering: Du Plessis found guilty, cleared to play was fined entire match fee, added three demerit points to his disciplinary record but was cleared to play in the third and final Test

MELBOURNE: Faf du Plessis has been found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee from the second Test against Australia in Hobart but the South Africa captain has been cleared to play in this week’s third and final match of the series.

Du Plessis received the punishment following a lengthy International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing in Adelaide on Tuesday, two days ahead of South Africa’s first day-night test match at the Adelaide Oval.

The 32-year-old, standing in for injured regular skipper AB de Villiers, was charged by the ICC on Friday after footage emerged that appeared to show the Proteas skipper applying saliva to the ball while sucking on a sweet.

After hearing representations and evidence from the umpires at last week’s second Test as well as Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) head of cricket John Stephenson, ICC match referee Andy Pycroft found Du Plessis guilty. The London-based MCC remains the copyright holder to the laws of cricket.

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PENALISED: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis received the punishment following a lengthy International Cricket Council hearing in Adelaide on Tuesday. – AFP File Photo

“The decision was based on the evidence given from the umpires, who confirmed that had they seen the incident they would have taken action immediately, and from Mr Stephenson, who confirmed the view of MCC that the television footage showed an artificial substance being transferred to the ball,” the ICC said in a statement.

Demerit points Three demerit points had also been added to Du Plessis’s disciplinary record, the ICC added.

If a player accumulates four-toseven demerit points within a twoyear period they are converted into two suspension points, which brings a ban for one test or two one-day internationals or Twenty20s, whatever comes first.

Du Plessis, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, had previously been sanctioned for ball-tamper-

found guilty of ball-tampering during the Hobart Test. Footage emerged last week of Du Plessis applying saliva to the ball with a lolly in his mouth and although he was cleared to play in Adelaide, the case and the accompanying media attention angered the South Africa camp.

Their management complained of harassment from local journalists after a team security guard was involved in a physical confrontation with a TV journalist at Adelaide Airport on Monday.

Australia’s pugnacious opener David Warner wasted little time fanning the flames.

“I just know from an Australian cricket perspective we hold our heads high and I’d be very disappointed if one of our team members did that and how they’re reacting,” he said of the airport clash on Tuesday. Warner, having just turned 30, is suddenly the oldest and most experienced player in the team with 56 tests and one of only three specialist batsmen retained from the Hobart debacle.

He will team up with a third opening partner in three matches in debutant Matt Renshaw, a Yorkshire-born, New Zealand-raised 20-yearold who has been fast-tracked into the side after 12 firstclass matches. — Reuters

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mense talent. Murali Vijay is an assured presence at the top of the order and a fit Shikhar Dhawan means the reserve opener’s slot is for Rahul. Also Dhawan is still an important fixture in the limited overs format where he has an impressive record.

All the permutations and combinations do indicate that Gambhir, who has played a key role in two World Cup finals (World T20 in 2007 and World Cup 2011) may well have ran his last lap as far as the national team is concerned.

Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-captain), KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya.- PTI

England set to pick Buttler in place of Duckett in Mohali MUMBAI: England are set to recall Jos Buttler as a specialist batsman in their team for the third Test against India in Mohali with Ben Duckett facing the axe after his struggles against off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the first two matches.

The left-handed Duckett scored 56 in the second innings against Bangladesh in Dhaka but has accumulated just 54 runs in six innings since. Ashwin, the world’s top-ranked bowler, dismissed him three times in Rajkot and Visakhapatnam and the 22-year-old appears to have technical flaws in his defence against spinners.

“I think he’s got a special talent,” England coach Trevor Bayliss said after the side lost by 246 runs on Monday to go 1-0 down in the series. “Whether he plays the next match or not, I think he’ll play a lot more for England.

“Every level you get to, you go up. It gets harder and harder, and the step is bigger. Ben’s working harder than anyone in the nets to try to fix things up, getting himself into a position that he is confident enough to score runs.”

England have two batting op-

TENNIS

Fatma reaches semifinals at Arab Tennis Championships MUSCAT: Omani star Fatma Al Nabhani stormed into the singles semifinals of the ongoing Arab Tennis Championships in Morocco on Monday.

On a day of mixed results for the Sultanate, Fatma brushed aside the challenge of local girl Lilia Hadab for a place in the last four. In a dominant display, the top seeded Omani conceded just one game in a straight sets 6-0, 6-1 win over the Moroccan lass.

Meanwhile, Fatma’s compatriot Sara Al Balushi failed to moved up after losing her second round match 6-0, 6-2 against Moroccan third seed Lamia Aziz.

Fatma was scheduled to have played Lamia in Tuesday’s semifinals but the entire day’s action was washed out by rain.

Among the matches that were affected by rain were doubles contests involving Fatma and Sara against Tunisians Chiraz El Bechri and Mouna Bouzgarou, and Younis Al Rawahi and Abdullah Al Barwani against Kuwaiti duo of Abdullah Maqdes

ing after a Test against Pakistan in 2013. He was then fined 50 percent of his match fee after he was caught on camera rubbing the ball against a zip on his pocket on the third day of the match in Dubai.

The Proteas have wrapped up the three-match series in Australia with a game to spare after routing the hosts by an innings and 80 runs in the Hobart test.

The ball-tampering charge angered the South African camp and senior batsman Hashim Amla launched an impassioned defence of Du Plessis on Friday in a public show of solidarity with the entire team standing behind him.

The Proteas management complained on Monday that Du Plessis had been subject to ‘harassment’

by Australian media after a TV reporter was involved in a physical confrontation with a team security guard at Adelaide Airport. - Reuters

MELBOURNE: An Australian team full of rookies will be pushed blinking into the spotlight of the day-night Test in Adelaide facing a huge task to prevent South Africa from completing an unprecedented series sweep on their home soil. Three uncapped batsmen and a recalled wicketkeeper will feature in Steven Smith’s side, after selectors swung the axe with ruthless abandon following the Hobart humiliation, which gave the touring side an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

No team has ever swept Australia on their own pitches in a series of three or more Tests and the hosts can be expected to fight hard to restore pride.

They will enjoy a slender advantage of experience with the pink ball, having beaten New Zealand in the first ever day-night test at the same ground 12 months ago.

But a year is a long time in cricket and South Africa’s rampaging attack is a far different beast to the off-colour bowlers who reported for duty for New Zealand.

Apart from a determination to whitewash Australia, South Africa bring a chip on their shoulder after their stand-in captain Faf du Plessis was hauled before an ICC hearing in Adelaide on Tuesday and

TEST SERIES

Bhuvi back in team, Gambhir dropped NEW DELHI: Having completely recovered from a back injury, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was on Tuesday recalled to the 16-member Indian team for the final three Test matches against England, while veteran opener Gautam Gambhir was shown the door.

Bhuvneshwar, who produced a game-changing five-wicket haul against New Zealand in Kolkata, has been out of action for more than six weeks due to a back injury.

Post recovery, he played a Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai as per team protocol. He took wickets in the match and bowled a total of 36 overs (13 in 1st innings and 23 in the 2nd innings). While spinners have dominated India’s bowling composition, Bhuvneshwar’s variations and his recent match winning exploits in Test cricket gives skipper Virat Kohli another option with four specialist pacers in the squad.

For the 35-year-old Gambhir, a veteran of 58 Tests, it could well be the end of the road as far as his international career is concerned. While KL Rahul did not set the stage on fire at Visakhapatnam, his recent form before injury prompted the team management to invest in his im-

Raw Australian team seek to reboot under Adelaide lights

South Africa captain

DOMINANT DISPLAY: Fatma Al Nabhani

and Mohammed Ghareeb.

In the men’s singles, the challenge of four players ended in the second round.

Abdullah Al Barwani put up a semblance of fight in his 3-6, 2-6 defeat to Tunisian sixth seed Mohammed Al Bellalouna.

Abdulrahman Al Hajri was beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Khalid Allouch of Morocco, Younis Al Rawahi lost by a similar margin to Abdullah Maqdes of Kuwait and Fawaz Al Mandari managed to win four games in his 1-6, 3-6 loss to Morocco’s Yassine Idmbarek.

MAY GET THE NOD: England coach Trevor Bayliss hinted at replacing Duckett with Jos Buttler (in picture).

tions in their squad — Gary Ballance and Buttler — to replace Duckett. But Ballance was also dropped after aggregating 24 in four innings during the 1-1 drawn series in Bangladesh.

Buttler, who boats the three

fastest ODI hundreds for England, has a modest record in Tests. The wicketkeeper-batsman averages 30 in 15 matches, the last of which was 13 months ago against Pakistan in Dubai.

“The one thing with Jos is that

if he plays the same way as he does in one-day cricket, I think that’s the way ahead for him; red ball or white ball,” Bayliss said.

“He’s in the top echelon of destructive batters when it comes to white-ball cricket, and there’s no reason — if he can get his head around playing against a red ball -that he can’t do the same and put the pressure back on the opposition.”

The 26-year-old right-hander has not had much opportunity to practise for the longer format with the lack of warm-up fixtures in India.

“He’s certainly hitting the ball very well in the nets,” Bayliss said.

“Yes, we would have liked him to have a hit-out at some stage, but it is what it is these days. We’ve no time to fit one in. If he does come in I think he’ll give it his best shot.”

Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who has injured his right foot, could make way for the return of Chris Woakes in Mohali.

England must also decide if they want to persist with left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari, who has taken five wickets in three Tests, or replace him either with off-spinner Gareth Batty or seamer Steven Finn. - Reuters

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SPORTS ISC TENNIS

HOCKEY

Champions Ahli-Sidab edge past resurgent Bausher Sports Reporter MUSCAT: Defending champions Ahli-Sidab Club sneaked to a 4-3 win over Bausher Club in His Majesty’s Cup Hockey Championship 2016 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher on Tuesday.

Coached by K.K. Poonacha, Ahli-Sidab found a stronger Bausher Club on Tuesday bolstered by Pakistan players Mohammed Tauseeq Arshad and Ali Shaan.

The champions began well with Amar Juma Al Shuaibi scoring a brace in the first 30 minutes, but found their lead cut by one goal as Bausher struck back through Mohammed Tauseeq.

The tense and thrilling action continued in the latter part with Ahli-Sidab striking through Ashraf Al Nasri and Salah Al Saadi, who connected a cross from Nanniah Ganapati.

Bausher too made a match out of it with Pakistan player Moham-

med Tauseeq and Ali Hamad Al Hasni striking the target.

Meanwhile, there has been an influx of hockey players from Pakistan with Seeb Club hiring Mohammed Rizwan, Tasawar Abbas and Ijaz Ahmed.

Sohar Club too have boosted their line-up with the addition of Ihsan Ullah Khan and Mohammed Zubair, while Mushtaq, Adnan and Irfan have boosted Salalah Club.

Former Pakistan captain Mohammed Imran has bolstered Dhofar Club, while Imran Butt, Aleem Bilal and Umar Bhutia have joined Al Nasr Club.

Meanwhile, Ahli-Sidab is also planning to boost their team by recruiting Indian players by the second round. The team, however, have two Muscat-based Indian players in Pradhan Somanna and Nannaiah.

Ahli-Sidab will next play Seeb on Thursday while Sohar will take on Bausher on the same day.

THRILLER: Goal-mouth action from the match between Ahli-Sidab and Bausher at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Tuesday. – JUN ESTRADA / Times of Oman

Gunners seek win to kick costly runners-up habit Arsenal have fallen in the last 16 in each of the past six seasons and during that period only once did they finish first in their initial group

LONDON: Arsenal have a giltedged opportunity to kick a selfdestructive Champions League habit when they host Paris St Germain on Wednesday knowing victory will seal top spot in Group A. The north Londoners have fallen in the last 16 in each of the past six seasons and during that period only once did they finish first in their initial group.

Their punishment for finishing runners-up on the other five occasions was harsh, twice being drawn against Bayern Munich and twice against Barcelona, losing all four ties, while even when fortune

RIGHT OPPORTUNITY: Arsenal players attend a training session ahead of the UEFA Champions League

group stage match against Paris Saint Germain at Arsenal’s training ground, London Colney on Tuesday. – AFP

did favour them they succumbed to Monaco.

Even if they do beat PSG, who are level on 10 points with the Gunners, on Wednesday the spec-

tre of a horror draw against Bayern or Barcelona would still exist.

Neither of those two clubs are guaranteed top spot in their respective sections and could lurk

as runners-up but unless Arsene Wenger owns a crystal ball he can only assume that finishing top will be rewarded. Ultimately, luck of the draw will play its part but an

Arsenal victory would maintain the positive vibe of their campaign to date and fire out a message to their rivals.

Olivier Giroud’s late equaliser against Manchester United on Saturday means Arsenal are unbeaten in 17 matches in all competition since losing to Liverpool on the opening day of the season while PSG are on a nine-game undefeated run.

Arsenal have drawn three of their last four Premier League games and should Wednesday’s match end all square, the battle for top spot will go down to the final round of games when Arsenal travel to Basel and PSG host Ludogorets.

While Arsenal’s level has dipped in recent weeks, Wenger believes his side’s resilience will be key against PSG. “Hopefully we can move on with some wins, we have a big game on Wednesday against Paris SaintGermain and that will be the same intensity,” he said after the United draw. “I am convinced that we will be better on Wednesday.”

PSG warmed up with a 2-0 defeat of Nantes at the weekend although suffered an injury scare when Angel Di Maria was withdrawn in the first half because of a hamstring niggle. — Reuters

CHAMPIONS LEAGIE

Buoyant City eye knockout spot at Gladbach

CONFIDENT: Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho, left, and Yaya

Toure, right, shares a joke with Bacary Sagna during a training session at the City Football Academy in Manchester on Tuesday. – AFP

BERLIN: Manchester City, buoyed by the return of Yaya Toure, will look to seal a spot in the Champions League knockout stage when they travel to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday to play a team struggling for form.

Toure, banned by coach Pep Guardiola following comments by his agent about the manager, returned from a three-month exile to score both goals in City’s 2-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Guardiola’s decision to restore the Ivorian has further boosted spirits, already high with the team just a point behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League.

“His personality and his quality are there to see,” Guardiola said. “He can play many positions. We now have one more man that can help us achieve our targets this season.”

“With this intensity, we’re going to play in the Champions League,” said the Spaniard, whose team will

advance with a win or a draw.

City, who crushed Gladbach 4-0 at home in September, are in second place in the group on seven points, three ahead of the Germans, and can wrap up qualification with victory in Germany.

A draw will be enough if Celtic lose at home to Barcelona in the other Group C fixture.

Barcelona are top on nine, with Celtic in last place on two. The Germans, who also lost at home to City last season, will secure third spot and Europa League action if they draw and Celtic lose.

They still have an outside chance for a top two finish but their last group match is at Barcelona. Gladbach, however, are stuck in a rut, having failed to win any of their last six league matches in which they have scored just one goal. Their last victory in any competition dates back to October in the German Cup. Coach Andre Schubert, who still has the backing of club bosses but faced was jeered following Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Cologne, will be without suspended Christoph Kramer and Julian Korb as well as injured Patrick Herrmann. - Reuters

Siddhaant, Vatsal, Surya advance to U-12 semis MUSCAT: J. Siddhaant, Vatsal Manikandan and Surya Mariappan justified their seeding and stormed into the semifinals of the boys under-12 singles at the Falcon Insurance Company-sponsored Annual Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC).

Second seed J. Siddhaant stormed into the last four stage when he outwitted Praneeth Raj in a convincing 8-2 win in the quarterfinals.

Siddhaant opened his score with a break in the very first game only for Praneeth to break back. Praneeth failed to make any further impact on Siddhaant who played fluent ground strokes on both flanks and did not look back on the way to a convincing passage into the semifinals.

In other quarterfinal matches of the same event, third seed Vatsal Manikandan proved too strong for Abhinav Raghu whom he handed a 8-1 defeat.

Much was expected of Abhinav who had shown much promise in his earlier rounds.

Vatsal put in good serves and did his basics right to deny Abhinav any liberties.

Fourth seed Surya Mariappan also booked his berth in the last four stage with an impressive 8-4 victory over Subodh Acharya. The match started on equal footing and scores went neck and neck until 3-all.

Surya broke in the seventh and ninth game to race to a 6-3 lead. Subodh answered with break to keep his hopes alive but Surya continued to play with confidence and earned the crucial brake and served out to win the quarter final for a place in the semifinals.

FOOTBALL

Two United fans spent night inside Old Trafford LONDON: Two Manchester United fans hid inside an Old Trafford toilet and spent Friday night inside the stadium in the hope of watching their team play Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.

The duo, who did not have tickets for the match, were found during a security sweep before the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, and handed over to the police who chose not to arrest them, British media reported.

The fans took a stadium tour a day before the game but slipped away before it ended.

A Manchester United spokesman said all members of the tour group had been searched before entering the stadium and there had been no risk to public safety.

“The fact that they and their belongings had been searched before entry means we are confident there was no risk to safety,” the spokesman added.

“We realise people will go to any lengths to watch a game at Old Trafford but these people went too far.”

A league game in May between United and Bournemouth was abandoned and the stadium evacuated before kick-off after a bomb scare. The device that sparked the evacuation on that occasion turned out to be a dummy bomb left behind after a security drill. - Reuters

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OMAN CRUDE ADVANCES

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Oman Crude (January delivery) rose by $1.46 per barrel to $46.73 a barrel on Tuesday, according to Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME).

The average price of Oman Crude (November delivery) stabilised at $43.92 per barrel - 10 cents lower than October delivery. - ONA

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CURRENCY RATES*

DRAFT RATES (OMR1)*

GOLD PRICES*

Type ............................Delivery...........Price

Forex rates vs OMR1* US Dollar ................................. 2.58 Euro ............................................. 2.41 Pound ..........................................2.06 Indian Rs ............................. 176.68 Pakistan Rs ........................267.45 Bangla Taka......................202.96

Indian Rs ................................... 177.00 Pakistan Rs ............................. 271.90 Sri Lanka Rs .................................. N/A Bangla Taka........................... 203.80 Phil Peso ................................... 129.25

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......15.60

Oman Crude............. (Spot) ........$45.93 Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ........$45.68 Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........$48.00 Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ........$45.35 N.Sea Brent............... (Spot) ........$49.27 West Texas Int ....... (Spot) ........$48.54

* Rates as of November 22 Source: Oman UAE Exchange

* Rates are as of November 22 Source: Bank Muscat

Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......15.00 Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) .............147.25 Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............138.25 * Rates as of November 22 Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds

Banks get extension to meet funding target of small units The one-year extension, until December 2016, was due to requests from banks as these institutions could not achieve 5% funding target to SMEs

SME SUPPORT: The Central Bank of Oman has introduced new funding requirement which was part of a series of other initiatives to boost

small business units in line with the Royal Directives few years ago. – Times file picture

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman’s commercial banks should ensure by end-December that at least 5 per cent of their total commercial lending is directed to small and medium enterprise (SMEs), a top official of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has said.

The CBO gave a one-year extension, until December 2016, to OCTOBER

banks to meet the stipulated SME lending target after they could not achieve the target last year.

“The banks could not achieve that target. We have extended it to the end of this year,” Hamoud Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman, told the Times of Oman.

“The banks are working very hard to meet the target.” The new regulation is immensely helping 91,000 SMEs in the country.

Al Zadjali said that the demand for funds from small and medium enterprises is also not robust.

“May be there are other funds helping the SMEs. The SMEs first take the advantage of government funds, which are available for them and then they approach banks,” added the CBO chief.

Several agencies, including Oman Development Bank and SME Development Fund, are providing the much-needed fund for

setting up small business units.

Special focus on SMEs He said that the banks are trying to achieve the stipulated 5 per cent target. “Now it (the share of SME lending in total commercial loan portfolio) is 4 per cent. Some of the banks have already achieved the 5 per cent target,” he added.

The Sultanate’s financial institutions have taken several initiatives for strengthening SME lend-

ing, after the apex bank introduced new funding requirement, which was part of a series of other initiatives to boost small business units in line with the Royal Directives few years ago.

Several banks have formed specialised units to fund small and medium enterprises. These departments are generally headed by a senior official equivalent to assistant general manager, who has to directly report to the chief

executive officer. All banks have also enhanced capacity to cater to large volume business to support SME funding.

Since banks are compelled to provide 5 per cent of total lendable resources only to SMEs, these institutions will be more aggressive in funding these small units, which will help eliminate certain barriers in getting loans at competitive rates.

According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry definition, any enterprise that employs one to four employees is considered as a micro unit, an enterprise employing between five to nine employees is as a small unit and an enterprise employing ten to 100 workers is a medium enterprise.

The classification is also on the basis of annual turnover of small and medium enterprises.

Presently, Omani banks can lend to a maximum of 35 per cent as personal loan and 15 per cent of total loan portfolio as mortgage finance.

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AV I AT I O N

Crude oil production edges down

Oman’s airport management firm signs deal with DHL for developing logistics capability

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DHL Express. Both companies have agreed to discuss cooperation in regards to growing capabilities within the logistics sector across Oman’s airports.

The MoU aligns with OAMC’s objective to facilitate growth of the logistic services industry, which is identified as one of the key contributors in the Sultanate’s economic diversification drive.

“In line with its efforts to diversify the economy, the government of Oman is focusing on a number of key economic sectors. The logistics industry is one such sector, which can play an important role the country given the Sultanate’s ideal geographical position and strong infrastructure base.

Stemming from the main role of airports in the strategic logistics plan for Oman, OAMC considered the importance of building a cooperative relationship with one of the leading international players in the logistics industry – DHL Express,” said Sheikh Aiman bin Ahmed Al Hosni, chief executive officer of OAMC. “The cooperation comes as part of OAMC’s commitment to support national strategic plans. Over

MUSCAT: Oman’s crude oil production marginally fell by 0.86 per cent to 31.37 million barrels in October this year, according to the monthly report released by the Ministry of Oil and Gas. This is equivalent to 1,011,892 barrels per day.

The Sultanate exported 27.26 million barrels (or 879,493 barrels per day) in October, indicating a 5.74 per cent growth over the previous month.

Exports to China have increased drastically compared to September 2016. In order to compensate for the loss in exports, China imported 86.02 percent of Oman’s crude oil exports.

This shows a 20.19 per cent growth over September.

Taiwan’s import of Oman Crude also increased by 7.46 percent while the Japanese imports recorded a fall of 3.85 percent compared to September 2016.

MOUNTING LOSSES

Taiwan’s airline to shut down TAIPEI: TransAsia Airways, the Taiwanese airline that suffered two fatal crashes in the last two years, said its board decided to dissolve the company after the disasters worsened its finances amid a weak regional market.

The Taipei-based airline, whose board met early on Tuesday, said it can’t repay convertible bonds due November 29, but will compensate affected customers in full. The carrier has reported losses in the past seven quarters, according to data.

The Financial Supervisory Commission and the Ministry of Justice late on Monday said they had initiated a probe into insider trading of the company’s shares prior to news reports of the flight suspensions. Separately, the Taiwan stock exchange said it would fine the company. - Bloomberg News

AMBITIOUS PLAN: Oman Airports Management Company, earlier this year, announced its strategy, which aims at developing Oman airport among the top 20 airports in the world by 2020. The picture is used only for illustration purpose. - Times file picture

the coming period, we will implement the memorandum signed today to pave the way for one of the largest logistics centres regionally at the Muscat International Airport,” he added.

“Oman’s ideal geographical location covers one of the most important logistics tracks for the movement of trade in the region.

In the past few years, Oman has witnessed an unprecedented boom in infrastructure, including

roads, airports, and ports, which will play a major role in facilitating international trade movement in the region.

Therefore, we are looking forward to being a key contributor in this important period. The memorandum signed with OAMC aims to discuss ways of future cooperation and contribution towards strengthening the logistics plan of Oman,” said NourSuliman, chief executive officer of DHL Express

Middle East and North Africa.

Top 20 airports OAMC, earlier this year, announced its strategy for the coming five years titled ‘Growing gateways to beauty and opportunity,’ which aims for Oman airports to be ranked among the top 20 airports in the world by 2020. The memorandum with DHL paves the way for Muscat International Airport to play major role in se-

curing opportunities to support various businesses in Oman.

“We also aim to provide job opportunities for Omani youth in a promising sector, as well as boosting aviation and cargo movement at the airport, which will be positively reflected on Oman as a growing regional logistic center connecting East with the West and North with the South. This MoU also falls in line with the launch of the Oman International Logistics Group, a Government holding company aimed at developing and growing this important sector,” Al Hosni added.

Representing OAMC at the signing ceremony was Sheikh Aiman bin Ahmed Al Hosni, while NourSuliman represented DHL Express Middle East and North Africa.

DHL Express is a leading global company in the logistics sector.

DHL offers customers superior service quality in more than 220 countries delivered via over 250 large and mid-jets.

OAMC works in close collaboration with regional and international airlines, as well as relevant government bodies to position Oman as a unique tourist and visitor destination, and is working to enhance the range of facilities and commercial services provided at Oman’s Airports nationwide. – ONA

VIENNA MEETING

Oil extends gains as Opec shows signs of output deal SINGAPORE: Oil surged for a third day on signs Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) members have made progress toward finalising a deal to cut output.

January futures rose as much as 1.5 per cent in New York after the December contract expired 3.9 per cent higher on Monday. Talks on assigning quotas to individual countries went well, Libyan Opec governor Mohamed Oun said after preliminary meetings at the group’s headquarters in Vienna.

Goldman Sachs said it’s now

‘tactically bullish’ on the likelihood of an agreement. United States government data on Wednesday is forecast to show the smallest expansion of crude stockpiles since January, according to a survey.

Oil has rebounded from an eightweek low on November 14 as members of the Opec make renewed diplomatic efforts before their November 30 meeting in Vienna to finalise the supply deal they agreed to informally in September.

The group’s plan to trim output for the first time in eight years is

complicated by Iran’s commitment to boost production and Iraq’s request for an exemption to help fund its war with rebels.

“An Opec deal would push oil through $50,” said Evan Lucas, a market strategist at IG in Melbourne. “If it’s a verbal agreement with all non-binding overlays, the market will get positive very quickly. It could then fall back to a band of $45 to $46 a barrel.”

West Texas Intermediate for January delivery rose as much as 74 cents to $48.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange

and was at $48.42 in London.

The December contract expired on Monday after rising $1.80 to $47.49, the highest close for frontmonth prices since October 28. Total volume traded was about 51 per cent above the 100-day average.

More confident Brent for January settlement climbed as much as 73 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $49.63 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract added $2.04, or 4.4 per cent, to $48.90 a barrel on Monday, the

highest close since October 28.

The global benchmark traded at a 68 cent premium to WTI. The likelihood of a deal also pushed Goldman to be bullish on oil prices in the short term, boosting the bank’s forecast of WTI price to $55 in the first two quarters of next year, versus prior estimates of $45 and $50, respectively, according to analysts including Damien Courvalin in a research note on Monday.

US inventories probably rose by 250,000 barrels last week, according to the survey. - Bloomberg News

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MARKET MSM index ends higher

OMAN STOCKS

MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET

INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,521.56 .............. 5,495.84 ................... 5,521.29 ................... 5,495.51..................25.78 ................... 0.47 Financial Index .....................................7,263.77 ............... 7,215.08 ....................7,263.63 ................... 7,212.48.................. 51.15 ................... 0.71 Industrial Index .................................... 7,199.57 ............... 7,143.23 .................... 7,192.81 ....................7,143.59................. 49.22 ................... 0.69 Services Index .......................................3,015.80 .............. 3,009.50 ................... 3,014.94 ................... 3,009.41.................... 5.53 ................... 0.18 MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................850.58 ..................849.21 ...................... 850.20 .......................847.65....................2.55 ...................0.30 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 11,397,980 ...................2,573,381 .................... 540 ...............17,264,604,182 ................22 ........................5 .................... 18 .........................45

Oman Flour Mills, up by 4.17 per cent, was the day’s top gainer while United Power was

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22

the top loser, with a loss of 4.27 per cent ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME ..................................................................VOLUME..... TURNOVER............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % .............LAST PR.....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP.PAR VALUE

MUSCAT: Buying support from local institutions in banking stocks lifted the MSM30 Index to 5,521.29 points, a gain of 0.47 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index ended at 850.20 points, up by 0.30 per cent.

National Bank of Oman (NBO) was the most active in terms of volume, while Bank Muscat remained the leader in turnover.

Oman Flour Mills, up by 4.17 per cent, was the day’s top gainer while United Power was the top loser, with a loss of 4.27 per cent.

As many as 540 trades were executed on Tuesday, generating a turnover of OMR2.57 million with 11.4 million shares changing hands. Out of 45 traded securities, 22 advanced, five declined and 18 remained unchanged.

Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR98,000 worth of shares followed by Omani investors for OMR88,000 while GCC and Arab investors were net sellers at OMR186,000.

Financial Index closed at 7,263.63 points, up by 0.71 per cent.

Al Sharqia Investment, Oman United Insurance, Al Batinah Investment, Al Madina Investment and Gulf Investment Service gained 3.13 per cent, 2.67 per cent, 2.30 per cent, 1.85 per cent and 1.77 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index closed at 7,192.81 points, up by 0.69 per cent. Oman Flour Mills, Gulf International Chemicals, Raysut Cement, Galfar Engineering and Al Anwar Ceramics increased by 4.17 per cent, 1.92 per cent, 1.32 per cent, 1.11 per cent and 0.59 per cent, respectively. Oman Fisheries and Al Maha Ceramics declined by 1.64 per cent and 0.85 per cent, respectively.

Services Index advanced by 0.18 per cent to close at 3,014.94 points. Renaissance Services, Oman National Engineering, Oman Investment and Finance, Al Jazeera Services and Port Ser-

vices increased by 3.18 per cent, 1.27 per cent, 1.06 per cent, 0.51 per cent and 0.43 per cent, respectively. United Power, Oman Education and Training and Sembcorp Salalah declined by 4.27 per cent, 1.94 per cent and 0.43 per cent, respectively.

Global stocks rise Stocks rose around the world, spurred by the biggest three-day rally in commodities since May, as oil extended its advance on optimism that Organiation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will cut output.

Miners led the MSCI AllCountry World Index higher and futures signaled United States equities will extend their gain after closing at a record. Oil reached the strongest level in more than three weeks as Nigeria signaled optimism that the Opec will agree a supply-cut deal with a meeting scheduled for next week in Vienna. Copper headed for its highest close since July 2015. Euro-area bonds rose on optimism the region’s central bank will extend stimulus.

American shares have been buoyed as companies ended a five-quarter profit slump and Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency fueled speculation of a boost to manufacturing and infrastructure spending. Goldman Sachs said on Monday that a renewed acceleration of global factory activity suggests commodity markets are entering a cyclically stronger environment.

The MSCI All-Country World Index gained 0.3 per cent in London, while futures on the S&P 500 Index advanced 0.3 per cent.

On Monday, the American gauge reached a record for the first time since Aug. 15, just as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Russell 2000 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index hit fresh all-time highs.

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

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 106,500 ........... 24,214..................... 10 ........... 0.225 ...........0.228 ...........0.225........... 0.227 .............0.220 ........... 0.007............. 3.182 ................0.228..............0.228...................0.230 ..................67,822,532 .........0.100 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 250,591.............77,216..................... 25 ........... 0.306 ........... 0.316 ...........0.306........... 0.308 .............0.300 ........... 0.008............. 2.667 ................0.308..............0.308...................0.312...................30,800,000 ........0.100 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT .................................... 45,000 ...............2,475........................3 ............0.055 ........... 0.055 ...........0.055........... 0.055 .............0.054 ............0.001 ............. 1.852 ................0.055..............0.054...................0.055................... 11,393,326 .........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ...........................18,000 ...............2,070........................3 ............0.116 ........... 0.116............0.114 ............0.115 ............. 0.113 ............ 0.002............. 1.770 ................0.115 ...............0.113................... 0.115 .................... 6,766,970 ..........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ........................................................ 17,200 .............26,316........................4 ............1.530 ........... 1.530 ...........1.530 ............1.530 ............. 1.510............ 0.020............. 1.325 ................1.530 .............. 1.530...................1.535 ................. 306,000,000 .......0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 1,679,390 ......400,163..................... 37 ........... 0.238 ...........0.240 ...........0.238........... 0.238 .............0.235 ........... 0.003............. 1.277 ................0.238..............0.236...................0.240 .................350,997,943........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE.............. 141,195 ............ 26,935........................9 ............0.190 ........... 0.192 ...........0.190............0.191 ............. 0.189............ 0.002............. 1.058 ................0.192 .............. 0.191...................0.193...................38,200,000 ........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 1,194,413....... 502,611..................... 39 ........... 0.420 ...........0.424 ...........0.420........... 0.420 ............. 0.416............ 0.004.............0.962 ................0.420..............0.420...................0.424 ...............1,048,425,108 ......0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 405,311............ 58,365........................7 ............0.144 ........... 0.144 ...........0.144........... 0.144 .............0.143.............0.001 ............. 0.699 ................0.144..............0.146...................0.148..................231,047,905........0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 524,050 ........... 89,364..................... 53 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.170 ............0.171 ............. 0.170.............0.001 ............. 0.588 ................0.170 ..............0.169...................0.170...................50,652,540.........0.100 OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................10,000 ...............1,960........................2 ............0.197 ........... 0.197 ...........0.195 ............0.196 ............. 0.195.............0.001 ............. 0.513 ................0.195 .............. 0.191...................0.195 ................... 11,996,038 .........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ..........................10,000 ...............2,210........................1 ............0.221 ........... 0.221 ...........0.221........... 0.221 .............0.220 ............0.001 ............. 0.455 ................0.221............. 0.222...................0.225 ..................27,602,449 .........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ..........................17,750 ............... 4,171........................8 ........... 0.235 ........... 0.235 ...........0.235........... 0.235 .............0.234 ............0.001 ............. 0.427 ................0.235..............0.235...................0.236...................22,334,400 ........0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ..................................................................... 24,000 ............. 11,616........................1 ........... 0.484 ...........0.484 ...........0.484........... 0.484 .............0.484 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.484..............0.484...................0.514..................307,722,790 ........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 320,827 ............55,463..................... 34 ............0.173 ........... 0.173 ...........0.172 ............0.173 ............. 0.173............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.173 .............. 0.173...................0.174 ...................30,275,425 .........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 181,405 .......... 265,758..................... 26 ............1.465 ........... 1.465 ...........1.465 ............1.465 ............. 1.465............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.465 ..............1.460...................1.465 ................1,098,750,000 ......0.100 OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY .....................................................25,552 .............11,500........................4 ........... 0.450 ...........0.452 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.452..............0.452...................0.454...................27,225,000.........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 442,300......... 275,835......................19 ........... 0.620 ...........0.624 ...........0.620........... 0.624 .............0.624 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.624..............0.624...................0.632..................406,189,200 .......0.100 OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL............................................. 271,794.............19,841......................14 ........... 0.073 ........... 0.073 ...........0.073........... 0.073 .............0.073 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.073..............0.073...................0.074...................12,775,000 .........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 200,430 ...........28,060......................12 ............0.140 ........... 0.140 ...........0.140........... 0.140 .............0.140 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.140.............. 0.139...................0.140................. 204,764,204 .......0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .................................................. 19,584 ............... 9,172........................3 ........... 0.468 ........... 0.472 ...........0.468........... 0.468 .............0.472 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.847 ...............0.472..............0.472...................0.480 ..................24,570,000.........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 5,905,292... 1,895,315................... 314 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......21........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS ...................................................8,000 ...............5,600........................1 ........... 0.700 ........... 0.700 ...........0.700........... 0.700 .............0.672 ........... 0.028............. 4.167 ................0.700..............0.676...................0.700..................110,250,000........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 335,648 ...........44,258..................... 27 ............0.131 ........... 0.133 ...........0.131 ........... 0.132 .............0.128............ 0.004............. 3.125 ................0.132 ..............0.132...................0.133...................11,880,000 .........0.100 OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ........................10,000 ..................890........................1 ........... 0.089 ...........0.089 ...........0.089........... 0.089 .............0.087 ........... 0.002.............2.299 ................0.089..............0.087...................0.089....................2,670,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 218,605 ............58,157..................... 34 ........... 0.264...........0.268 ...........0.264 .......... 0.266 .............0.261............ 0.005..............1.916.................0.268..............0.267...................0.270 ...................5,586,000 ..........0.100 OM0000003281............TAAGEER FINANCE ...................................................14,250 ............... 1,667........................5 ............0.117 ........... 0.117............ 0.117 ............0.117 ............. 0.115 ............ 0.002............. 1.739.................0.117 .............. 0.116................... 0.117 ...................29,670,030.........0.100 OM0000001152 ............OMAN NATIONAL ENGINE. INVT. ......................35,000 ...............5,600........................3 ............0.160 ........... 0.160 ...........0.160........... 0.160 ............. 0.158............ 0.002............. 1.266 ................0.160..............0.160...................0.162...................16,000,000.........0.100 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,410,321........114,221..................... 35 ............0.081 ........... 0.081 ...........0.080........... 0.081 .............0.080 ............0.001 ............. 1.250 ................0.081 ..............0.080...................0.081..................121,500,000........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 286,549 ........... 26,095.....................20 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092 ...........0.091 ............0.091 .............0.090 ............0.001 ..............1.111 .................0.091 ..............0.091...................0.092 ..................26,388,238.........0.100 OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING........... 105,000 ............13,010......................11 ............0.124 ........... 0.124 ...........0.123 ........... 0.124 ............. 0.123.............0.001 ............. 0.813 ................0.123 ..............0.122...................0.125................... 15,112,500 .........0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 1,633,781 ........186,251..................... 25 ............0.114 ........... 0.114............0.114 ............0.114 ............. 0.114............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.114 ...............0.113................... 0.114 ..................228,035,658........0.100 OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ..................................................3,110 .................. 373........................2 ............0.120 ........... 0.120 ...........0.120........... 0.129 .............0.129............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.120..............0.120...................0.130...................32,384,083.........0.100 OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING ..................................... 7,520 .............14,739........................2 ............1.960 ........... 1.960 ...........1.960........... 1.960 .............1.960 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................1.960............. 0.000...................2.000 ................ 186,200,000 .......0.100 OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ......... 7,500 ............ 10,800........................1 ............1.440 ........... 1.440 ...........1.440........... 1.440 .............1.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................1.440............. 0.000...................1.440...................99,360,000.........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 147,000............. 10,117......................12 ........... 0.069 ...........0.070 ...........0.068........... 0.069 .............0.069 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.068..............0.068...................0.069...................69,000,000.........0.100 OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ....................................100 .....................18........................1 ............0.183 ........... 0.183 ...........0.183 ............0.183 ............. 0.183............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.183 .............. 0.183...................0.190...................18,300,000.........0.100 OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH................................................76,300 .............17,854........................3 ........... 0.234 ...........0.234 ...........0.234........... 0.234 .............0.235 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.426 ...............0.234..............0.234...................0.240 .................223,369,836........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 278,909 ............ 16,785......................12 ............0.061 ........... 0.061 ...........0.060........... 0.060 ............. 0.061............-0.001 ............-1.639................0.060..............0.059...................0.061....................7,500,000 ..........0.100 OM0000002580 ...........OMAN EDU. & TRIN. INV. ..........................................76,000 ..............11,551......................12 ............0.155 ........... 0.155 ...........0.150 ............0.152 ............. 0.155............-0.003 ............-1.935................0.150 ..............0.140...................0.156...................10,640,000.........0.100 OM0000001822............UNITED POWER ...........................................................34,941 ...........113,558........................4 ........... 3.250 ...........3.250 ...........3.250........... 3.250 .............3.395 ...........-0.145 ........... -4.271 ...............3.250............. 3.200...................3.300 ...................2,600,000..........1.000 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 4,688,534...... 651,545................... 211 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......19........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

- United Securities/Bloomberg News

THIRD QUARTER

INDIAN MARKETS

Nigeria’s economic slump deepens Sensex recovers 96 as oil production continues to drop points; rupee drops LAGOS: Nigeria’s economic slump deepened in the third quarter as oil production continued to fall and factory output was hit by a shortage of dollars.

Gross domestic product in Africa’s most populous country contracted 2.2 per cent in the three months through September from a year earlier, after shrinking 2.1 per cent in the second quarter, the Abuja-based National Bureau of Statistics said in an e-mailed statement on Monday.

The median of 15 economist estimates was for a 2 per cent contraction. The economy expanded a non-seasonally adjusted 9 per cent from the second quarter, the statistics office said.

Government revenue has plunged and foreign currency became more scarce with the decline of oil prices, the country’s main export, since mid-2014, and production fell as militants in the Niger River delta blew up pipelines.

The authorities have struggled to manage the economic fallout, at one point pegging the exchange rate against the dollar for more than a year and more recently using law enforcement to bring down the street price of foreign currency.

“The key drag on the economy remains issues around oil production,” Wale Okunrinboye, an analyst at Asset & Resource Management in Lagos, said in an e-mailed response to questions. “We do not think this reading is a trough for the economy and see downside to growth from a combination of continued militant attacks, depressed real wages and persisting dollar shortages.”

Crude production fell for the fourth consecutive quarter to 1.63 million barrels per day, from 1.69 million barrels in the three months through June, the statistics office said. The oil industry contracted by 22 per cent from a year earlier. The non-oil sector,

which includes manufacturing, banking and agriculture, expanded 0.03 per cent. Factory output contracted 4.4 per cent, the third consecutive quarter of decline, and construction shrank 6.1 per cent, the fifth straight quarterly contraction.

Manufacturing affected Manufacturing was “affected by the foreign-exchange volatility and depreciation of the naira,” Damilola Akinbami, an analyst at Financial Derivatives in Lagos, said by phone.

“We saw significant injection in construction, but there is a time lag between when something is implemented and when you see the impact, that’s why we didn’t see the impact in the third quarter.”

The slump in oil and shortages of foreign currency and power could cause the economy to shrink 1.7 per cent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.

That would be Nigeria’s first fullyear contraction since 1991, according to data from the Washington-based lender.

Nigeria’s Senate rejected the government’s spending plan for the next three years earlier this month because the proposals, which were meant to boost the economy, lacked details. Lawmakers also rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion abroad through 2018 on the same grounds.

The central bank removed its 197-199 naira per dollar peg on June 20, causing the currency to lose more than a third of its value.

The Monetary Policy Committee, which will announce its interest-rate decision on Tuesday, left the benchmark rate unchanged at a record-high 14 per cent in September to help prop up the naira and fight inflation, which quickened to an 11-year high in October, even as the economic outlook deteriorated. - Bloomberg News

MUMBAI: Sensex snapped its six-day losing streak by rebounding 196 points on Tuesday on fresh buying in metal, realty, auto and energy counters and short covering ahead of November-series expiry amid improving global cues.

In the process, the index has come off its six-month low hit on Monday.

The Sensex opened higher at 25,928.16 and hovered in a range of 26,039.70 and 25,765.51 before ending at 25,960.78, showing a gain of 195.64 points or 0.76 per cent.

The index had dropped by 1,752.54 or 6.37 per cent in previous six sessions to reach six-month lows.

Nifty recovers The NSE 50-share Nifty also recovered by 73.20 points or 0.92 per cent to end above the 8,000-level at 8,002.30. However, foreign sellers continued their selling spree.

Foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth a net Rs13.10 billion on Monday, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges.

Rupee under pressure The rupee remained under immense pressure and continued to slide against the US dollar with the domestic currency ending lower by 9 paise at 68.25 – its lowest level in nine-months on heightened capital outflows.

A smart rebound in local equities alongside soft dollar overseas sentiment even failed to arrest the fall. However, suspected Reserve Bank of India intervention largely curbed sharp rupee volatility. Heavy demand for the American currency from importers and banks mainly weighed on the domestic currency, forex dealers said.

Most Asian currencies have been battered by the stunning rally in US dollar in the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected win in the US presidential election and hardening expectations of Fed rate hike this year. The American dollar was propelled by a sharp rise in US yields.

At the Forex market, the local currency resumed modestly higher at 68.13. - PTI

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016

B3

MARKET FOREIGN EXCHANGE

China should make exchange rate more flexible: IMF BEIJING: International Monetary Fund (IMF) deputy managing director David Lipton said China should move toward a more flexible exchange rate policy and that its current account surplus still isn’t in line with fundamentals.

Private sector debt is very high and there are questions about whether companies are able to repay their debt, and allowing unprofitable companies to continue producing and borrowing despite high debt could hurt the economy, Lipton said on Tuesday at an IMFsponsored event in Beijing.

A rise in corporate debt could force a sovereign intervention, forcing up public debt, the IMF top executive said.

While globalisation has spurred much discontent across many countries, the world still has much to gain from such interconnection and a fragmentation could be damaging, he said. Global growth has been too low for too long, and has benefited too few, Lipton said.

China’s currency policy has come into sharper focus in recent weeks as the yuan fell to its lowest level since 2008. – Bloomberg News

Swiss Watch exports fall 16% The longest slump in more than two decades is threatening employment in the Swiss watch industry

GENEVA: Swiss Watch exports plunged 16 per cent in October, the biggest monthly drop in seven years, as demand weakened in almost every major market for Rolex and Omega timepieces.

Shipments fell to 1.68 billion francs ($1.7 billion), the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said in a statement on Tuesday. The decline was much greater than expected and was made worse because October was the weakest month of last year, according to Zuzanna Pusz, an analyst at Berenberg.

The longest slump in more than two decades is threatening

SHOWCASING PRODUCTS

employment in the Swiss watch industry, which had been riding a boom as rich Chinese bought more timepieces.

Richemont plans to cut more than 200 positions at brands such as Vacheron Constantin, the Unia trade union said last week. Any rebound is now even further away, according to Luca Solca, an analyst at Exane BNP Paribas.

“The weaker-than-expected October export performance places expectations of growth by yearend under increased pressure,” Solca wrote.

Swatch shares fall Swatch shares fell 3.5 per cent to 285.8 Swiss francs in Zurich, while Richemont declined 2.4 per cent to 64.3 francs.

Exports have fallen 11 per cent in the first 10 months of the year 13 of top 15 markets were negative in October. Shipments to Hong Kong, biggest market, fell 22 per cent vs 40 per cent in September.

Exports to the United States declined 17 per cent. – Bloomberg News

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SLACK BUSINESS: The longest slump in more than two decades is threatening employment in the Swiss watch industry, which had been riding a boom as rich Chinese bought more timepieces. – Bloomberg News

A LT E R N AT E E N E R G Y

Turkey seeks to become manufacturing centre for renewable-energy industry

The exhibition will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin As’ad Al Said. - Supplied picture

90 SMEs to take part in exhibition Times News Service MUSCAT: A three-day exhibition of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be conducted from November 28 to 30 at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The exhibition, which will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin As’ad Al Said, will be between 10 am and 10 pm.

The event is organised by the Public Authority for SME Development (Riyada), the Public Authority for Craft Industries, Al Raffd Fund, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Oman International Exhibition Centre, in collaboration with SME Develop-

ment Fund, according to a press release. More than 90 SMEs from five sectors - manufacturing, logistics, tourism, agriculture and mining - will be participating in the exhibition.

The exhibition aims at developing marketing and promotional skills among Omani entrepreneurs. It also gives Omani entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their products and exposure to new clients and markets.

The exhibition will also help participants to exchange knowledge and experiences in the areas of marketing, promotion, branding and packaging as well as highlighting the Omani local products and encourage productive families.

LONDON: Turkey is seeking to become a manufacturing hub for the renewable-energy industry by implementing the world’s strictest rules on local content.

The nation that straddles the European and Asian continents is opening itself to overseas investors in a tender for utility-scale renewable energy contracts. Winners will be required to build photovoltaic panels within Turkey.

“The aspiration of the Turkish government is to actually encourage investors to establish a manufacturing facility in Turkey, for job creation, R&D and transfer of know-how,” said Andi Aranitasi, senior banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in a phone interview.

Turkey’s new rules may be among the most stringent in the world and may make it difficult for developers to work there. More than three-quarters of all the photovoltaics sold are made in China, where companies including Trina Solar and JinkoSolar Holding have been driving down production costs.

While local content has been demanded by oil-rich countries for decades, it has only recently begun to seep into the clean energy space. Brazil made it manda-

STRICT RULES: Turkey’s new rules may be among the most stringent in the world and may make it difficult for developers to work there. – Bloomberg News

tory for developers to make a certain percentage of wind turbines within its borders, although the machines are mostly just assembled locally.

Solar tender The Turkish government’s solar tender may be valued at as high as $1.3 billion and will take place mid-December, according to the EBRD. The deal offers the winning bidder a 15-year power purchase agreement with a price ceiling of $80 per megawatt. Building a solar panel manufacturing plant is mandatory.

“That’s a lot to ask of your bidder, and the price isn’t that high. I would be surprised if there were many bidders,” said Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “Historically solar tenders have always been oversubscribed. This might be the turning point.

The EBRD has worked with the government in Ankara on its national renewable energy action plan that targets at least 5 gigawatts of solar by 2023, up from around 600 megawatts currently.

Turkey imports 75 percent of its energy. The government is prior-

itizing a shift to local sources, including renewables, according to the development bank.

It slapped a 50 per cent tariff on solar panel imports in July, further discouraging developers from shopping abroad for their equipment.

For wind, Turkey currently has an incentive program that offers incremental raises in the feed-in tariff if turbine components are made locally. If the entire turbine is made in Turkey, the price paid by the government for electricity generated could be as much as 50 percent higher than the standard tariff, according to Aranitasi.

“For the new solar tender, what we know is that there is not going to be a component by component addition to the feed-in tariff,” he said. “All the details aren’t out yet though.”

China’s solar manufacturing industry has been fragmenting in recent years, with companies setting up factories in countries such as Malaysia and Thailand to avoid trade wars, according to Chase.

“However, I genuinely don’t think you’re going to get globally competitive solar manufacturing right away in Turkey,” Chase said.

“It’s not an existing manufacturing base, the cost of materials is much cheaper in Asia.” - Bloomberg News

AV I AT I O N

Air Berlin seeks funding via Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways FRANKFURT: Air Berlin is seeking a much-needed cash injection from investor Etihad Airways as the Gulf carrier draws up plans to buy a stake in the German company’s Austrian leisure arm Niki, which is being spun off and merged with a peer, people familiar with the plan said.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad will take a holding in Niki as a prelude to combining it with TUI’s German airline unit, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the plans aren’t public. The valuation will be closely watched, since an inflated price could sug-

gest Etihad is seeking to fund Air Berlin while circumventing rules limiting foreign ownership of European Union airlines.

While talks on the Niki transaction are underway there’s no assurance that agreement will be reached. Air Berlin spokesman Tobias Spaeing declined to say whether the company will be reducing its holding in the Austrian business. Etihad and TUI also declined to comment.

Etihad has been trying to shore up Air Berlin since a 2011 deal aimed at feeding more passengers into its global network. The part-

ute 19 aircraft to the new carrier, alongside about 30 from TUIfly and 14 that Air Berlin leases from the holiday specialist. Air Berlin separately plans to operate a further 40 planes on behalf of longtime rival Deutsche Lufthansa.

nership has failed to turn around Germany’s second-largest airline, which has racked up 1.27 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in losses over three years, and the latest plan in-

volves halving the fleet and creating a leisure airline with some of the surplus jets.

Under the revised strategy, Vienna-based Niki would contrib-

EU rules Etihad’s room for maneouvre in funding Air Berlin is limited, with the Mideast group already owning 29.9 per cent of the German company, and by extension an equal stake in Niki. EU rules cap outside operators’ holdings in the bloc’s airlines at 49.9 perc ent. Exceed-

ing a 30 per cent stake would also trigger a mandatory takeover offer under German law.

The people didn’t say why an investment in Niki is favored over a direct deal with its parent, though Etihad has been creative in bailing out Air Berlin before.

In 2010, Etihad bought a stake in its ally’s frequent flyer programme for 184.4 million euros, a price analysts said was inflated, and in 2014 it purchased a convertible bond issued by the German firm.

Then in April Air Berlin obtained € 260 million in Etihadguaranteed loans. - Bloomberg News

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India’s cash chaos

Government of India expects growth in October-December period to slow to 5.5 per cent

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erpentine queues spilling from banks. Parents worried that they can’t provide for their families. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to Indians to bear the pain for just a little while longer.

These pictures continue to dominate media coverage in Asia’s third-largest economy, even two weeks after the government’s shock clampdown on cash. While supporters of the move say it will help root out tax evasion and graft in the years ahead, critics question the administration’s planning and execution.

What many outside the country can’t comprehend, though, is the reason for the chaos. Surely global governments in the past have suddenly banned certain currency denominations, too.

As most Indians gathered around for dinner on November 8, Modi blindsided citizens by announcing on national television that their Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 ($15) notes would be worthless come midnight. The step was essential to clamp down on 'black money,' he said, the local term for cash stashed away to avoid tax.

In terms of the share of currency in circulation, Modi’s move was akin to sucking out from the system all US dollar bills except

about half of the $1 notes.

The decision rattled the world’s second-most populous nation, where cash dominates day-to-day life. Strange tales were whispered around neighbourhoods that night, of the wealthy rushing to purchase gold and luxury watches to extinguish unaccounted cash, while housewives stocked up on groceries.

Morning dawned to even more confusion, and when banks reopened the next day people lined up to exchange their now worthless currency. Newspapers reported that sacks of torn notes turned up across the country as people destroyed and abandoned them to avoid prosecution.

Economic activity will slow for 30-35 days, a government official told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday. Modi’s administration expects growth in OctoberDecember to slow to 5.5 per cent, the Business Line newspaper reported on Wednesday, without saying where it got the information. That compares with 7.2 per cent a year earlier.

It’s not as if the notes would turn into paper at the stroke of midnight. They’d still retain their value, the government ruled, but only if they were deposited into bank accounts by December 30.

Strict caps were imposed on the

600m Indians do not have bank accounts, according to the Reserve Bank of India.

exchange of physical bills into new notes, and those depositing the old notes had to submit signed declarations and come armed with identification.

That does not sound so tough, you may say. As many as 600 million Indians probably don’t have bank accounts, central bank data show. A disproportionate number of these live in more than 600,000 villages, earning daily wages in cash.

Sowing season is also starting for farmers, who account for about half the population. The government will fully concentrate on rural areas now and will boost currency in supply soon, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters on Tuesday.

To meet demand, banks stayed open for longer hours, offering water and coffee to hassled cli-

ents. Reports began trickling in -- several disputed -- of Indians collapsing as they waited to exchange their bills under the biting sun, as well as bank staff dying under the strain of the job.

Tourists were left stranded without money and touts fleeced visitors who had been until then enjoying the beaches of Goa or the shrines of Rajasthan. Part of the reason for the trouble is that India is woefully under-banked.

Cash machines are few and far between, even though demand for services has been surging over the years.

Amid rising public anger, Modi appealed for understanding. Give me 50 more days, he requested Indians in a teary-eyed address on November 12. “After that, if any fault is found in my intentions or my actions, I am willing to suffer any punishment given by the country.”

Modi’s motive was clear - he sought to take account of each of the big bills in circulation. Of the Rs.15 trillion that needed to be turned in at banks, about a third would not be deposited, the government’s lawyer told the Supreme Court.

However, as the days rolled on, it became increasingly clear that the logistics were not completely thought through.

To pump out the new notes, cash machines needed to be refitted, which banks scrambled to do after being caught unaware.

Printing the required number of new notes could itself take as long as six more months, according to some estimates.

Alternative payment providers saw their window of opportunity.

Mobile wallet companies such as Paytm and Freecharge.in reported a jump in transactions.

Again, most of this came from cities and towns. Most of India, data show, is unfamiliar with the available options.

One reason for the lack of technological options is that the availability of third-generation mobile spectrum and broadband is limited. Of India’s 1.3 billion population, less than 300 million use the Internet. Of the total number of Indians who own a mobile phone, only about 26 per cent have smartphones, which are essential to run payment apps.

The relatively low penetration of smartphones in India is because the cost of a smartphone is prohibitively high in the nation with the lowest living standards among major emerging markets.

That leaves Indians back where they started - relying on cash for their daily survival, but not getting quite enough of it. – Bloomberg News

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Indian male, 24 years, B.Com, MBA(Finance) with overall 3 years experience in accounts/ finance field. On Visit Visa.

Contact:90115058/ safwanmeadows@gmail.com

Required Sales & Marketing Person for IT Company with minimum 2 years experience in Oman with valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 98825805 Email: info@rns-group.com

HSE Engineer, 3+years of experience, bachelor of engineering(EEE), Nebosh, IOSH, DHSE, first aid.

Contact :+97474018995, email: midhunmich@gmail.com, skype: midhunmike

Position - Regional Coordinator we are looking for a business development cum Projects Coordinator for an Engineering and Project Management organization, qualification, B.E (Civil) / MEP experience – 10 yrs work experience in Oman is essential.

Email: hr@syconepmc.com

Indian female, BBA Graduate seeking for suitable job in Sales and Marketing, HR, Administration. Contact: 96463881

Required well experienced dynamic candidate in Real Estate Evaluation Field beside Building Management Techniques.

Contact: 91246444, Email: rescooman@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL / OFFICE Required Office Assistant with driving license present in Oman on contract basis only, Salary: RO 175 + food + Accommodation.

Contact: 99454425 Wanted Office clerk having two years experience. Contact: 92891888

Filipino, Female, 37 years old having 9 years’ experience in office administration. Looking for Admin/HR related jobs, on visit visa. Contact 96209384. Email: rechie.labandria@gmail.com Bangladeshi Male, University M. Com, Working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone:94864966, Email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com Indian male 24 MBA, having 2 years of experience in accounting and admin field, looking for job.

Contact no- 91626565 Indian male, completed BBA and diploma in logistics and transportation, fresher. Visa type: visit visa.

Contact :92267276

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engineer looking for job in Mechanical field special interest in HVAC & MEP will be happy to hear from you. Contact : 9586 1251, Email : zufarajaib@yahoo.com Indian female, well experienced in secretarial, administration, customer care & supervisory jobs.

5+ years’ experience in Muscat.

Current visa status: Family joining. Contact: 92139298.

Job wanted as admin/clerk/office Bank, and money exchange ,I have 7 years of banking experience in Pakistan and have two years visa with Noc . Nawab khan 9497640 Indian male B. Com Graduate, 1.5 Year exp. in various office works, Valid Oman driving license Looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 95322175 / 91987965 28, male, ACCA finalist, BSc Honours, have 4 years of professional experience in Finance of different industries independently. NOC available, seeking for permanent replacement at a Senior Position.

Contact -97654769,email idabdullah.nooralam@gmail.com IT Systems and network Administrator with 8 years of experience in Qatar & Bahrain , Holding MCITP & CCNA certified professional. With GCC D/L .Currently in Oman in Visit Visa, looking for a suitable placement .Kindly contact 91765841. (NOC NOT REQUIRED) Pak. (Male), M.B.A (Management) having 2 years experience Admin + Accountant. Good Knowledge of Tally and M.S office in Oman on visit visa looking for job. #97094221, Email: mubinbrw@gmail.com Indian female B.E (I.T) : Good experience in documentation and CRM. Having good communication skills. Seeking for job from reputed organization. Previous experience in Oman and India.

Contact - 97301058, 97136975.

Indian female Nurse with MOH License, looking for suitable placement in Muscat. #95537685.

Indian male, 27 Yrs Age, MSW (HR) looking for Job any reputed organization. Having more than 1.5 years in India in the area of HR & Admin seeks suitable position.

Contact : 93353912 Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian Male, Expert in AutoCad, Revit Arch, Staad, Primavera seeking for a suitable placement.

Contact : 90198202, nanduchandran94@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

SITUATION WANTED ACCOUNTS Indian (M), 25 yrs, B Com, 2 yrs procurement experience in Oman for a Real Estate Maintenance Division and 18 month accounts experience in India, Very strong in Advanced Microsoft Excel M: 91511923, Email Id: aruns9145@gmail.com.

Indian chartered Accountant 17+ years experience in Accounts , Finance and Business management working in reputed group in Muscat looking for suitable change. Oman Driving Licence and NOC available 95562708 pandukp2016@gmail.com

B.Com Graduate with 10+ years experience in Admin & Purchase, looking for suitable positions.

Contact 97014673 or maheshsoman.pillai@gmail.com

Indian male 30 yrs, B.Com 4 years experience in GCC, Sales / Accounts looking for suitable vacancy, currently on visit. Contact: 99727595 Email: samie61@gmail.com

Accountant (M. Com) having 7 years of exp with knowledge of Tally & Focus looking for a suitable job with valid D/L - (NOC/Release available). Contact: 93864278

Sri Lankan Chartered Accountant (female), Graduate in B.Com (SP) having 2 years visa. Working experience in Accounting & banking sectors, looking for a suitable position in Muscat. Contact: 96356974 / 97488363 Email: hansikamail@yahoo.com

Chartered accountant 10 years experience Oman finance accounts seeks suitable change.

Email : sgupta1093@gmail.com 97812511 Indian male with NOC , 12 yrs Oman experience in Operations, facility management banking project coordination with Oman D/L looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98183667 Indian male, Accountant, 22 yrs, BBM, Diploma in E- Office & Office & E-Finance, experience 1 year under CA as Accounts Assistant looking for suitable placement.

Contact 95268346, Email : ms6678379@gmail.com Indian male B.Com with Tally, 7 yrs experience in Accounts & Sales (IT) with Oman driving license.

Contact 96470171 Accountant 8 Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Indian male 30 years MBA Graduate with 8 yrs experience as logistics coordinator in UAE with UAE driving license looking for a suitable. Contact: 79057265

Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license.

NOC available. Contact 95588565 Indian Male-B.com/ ICWAI (Inter)18years experience in Accounts & Finance SAP/Oracle/Xpedeon with valid Omani DL/NOC-seek suitable position-91014980/ royarun1974@yahoo.com Syed Tousiff,B.Com,7 years Experience India, Currently in Oman seeking suitable job.

Contact:+968 90846557.

Email :syedtou23@gmail.com Accountant Sri Lankan National Inter CA 3 yrs exp in finance, ready to join immediately.

Contact: 79049355 Email: ahamedfiham777@gmail.com Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing. Contact: 96976240

Assistant Accountant looking for job. Contact: 90119212

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

Indian male, Accountant looking for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 yrs experience in Accounting job (upto the finalization of accounts), 8 yrs working experience in Middle East in Dubai, Muscat & Salalah. Contact 91325029

Indian (m) MBA (F), more than 6 years of experience in accounts, proficiency in various A/C software SAP (F1/CO) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 95920740 mail: abdulhameed1527@gmail.com

Indian male 24 yrs, B.Com Graduate with 1 year experience in accounts, looking for suitable position. Contact: 91247507

Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790

ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance. Contact 99284193

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

Contact: 96247295 Male 6+ years experienced finance accounts worked on ERPS oracle EBS11i/ R12peoplesoft & tally experience in 02C credit analysis AR/ AP payroll, looking for suitable job.

Contact: 71199203 Email: ks.riyaz22@gmail.com Part time accountant FRI & also work, preference to construction accounts all pending works also clear off. Contact: 97895741

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 Chief Accountant / Senior Accountant having 16 years experience can handle accounts up to finalization, MIS, C FLOW, Budgeting, ERP, Costing & liasing with auditors, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact: 97205058 / 94885686

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ACCOUNTS 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 male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: anishkhan991867@gmail. com Mobile: +968 9565 9415 8 yrs exp. in Admin & Accounts (3 yrs in Oman), MBA, exp. in Tally ERP 9, Indian (F) seeks placement.

Contact 97243806 Indian female, 26 years,brought up in oman,M.COM(FINANCE) CA Foundation(CPT),CA , INTER (DOING) presently on family visa seeking for immediate and suitable placement. #-97174201/99663957 Email-anishasasi@gmail.com Finance Manager, 17 + years Gulf exp. in Accounts, MIS, budgets, strategic planning, cost control, cash flow management, seeks job.

Contact 99489784, E mail :- vijay.564@hotmail.com Indian male B.com, MBA, 12+ years experience in finalization looking for better opportunities.

Contact: 95710936 Accountant & Administrator, 18 years experience (7 yrs in UAE) Accounting software’s knowledge.

Contact: 91729724 Manager Accounts / finance professional, 15 years Oman experience looking for a opening.

Contact: 92168401 Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Post Graduate M.Com (finance) having 20 years experience in Accounts in seeking suitable placement, NOC available.

Contact: 96275019 Email Id: vjkmr9583@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 Indian male MBA (fin) 5 years experienced looking job on visit visa. Contact: 97127584 28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. #90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com Omani female Accountant, 32 years, having 10 years exp in admin/accounts seeks suitable placement. Contact: 93295953 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 Certified Public Accountant (Filipino, Male, 27-yrs-old) with four years experience, seeking suitable placement in accounting/audit, currently on visit.#94959606, email: czesar.42@gmail.com Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available. #968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

8 years experience in administration and guest relations department in Oman With valid omani driving licence. Seeking suitable jobs. Ph: 98145825 email: getcb@rediffmail.com Omani, male, 26 yrs experience looking for job in reputed Companies as PR, having experience at airport / Emigration, Ministries/ Manpower with Oman D/L. Contact 95445779 Indian male M.SW (HR) 2 years exp in India, 27 years age.

Contact: 93353912 HR & Administration professional Indian male having 18+ years of experience in UAE and Qatar seeking a suitable position on visit visa and available immediately.

Contact: +968 91486705 Email: allen.david2911@gmail.com Sri Lankan female, 31 years 7 years experience in administration & secretarial currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in finance / Admin / secretary. Contact: 94767990 Office admin/ Accountant Asst, BBM, Diploma in logistics, NOC available. Contact : 98269281 MBA with 11 yrs experience in Admin & HR for banking, medical clinic & hospital and construction industry 4 yrs experience as Asst Manager, Admin & HR in Oman.

Contact: 95761982 Young Omani male have experience 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK Helper Supervisor Admin Supervisor, H.R Manager have vocational M.B.A diploma in H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking for H.R position or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288 Indian male 28 MBA excellent communication vast multitasking with experience of 6 years in administrative, customer support operation, office coordinator good computer skills now on visit visa seeking suitable placement. Contact: 90493973 Email: varunsagar21@gmail.com 25 yrs experience of office Administration/Sales/IT in Oman & have NOC/release. Have own car & ready to join any company as freelance also. Contact 99008870 Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126 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 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Free lance Autocad works experienced (arch, struct, MEP, shop drw) rate a0/a1 sheet ( 10-17 OMR) ph : 97103168 AutoCAD draughtsman 12 year experience AutoCAD draughtsman 9 years gulf experience looking for suitable opportunity. # 93528255 Tunisian girl looking for job in media field, has 8years experience in publishing #97816917 Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 mkgroupoman@gmail.com Auto CAD Draftsman (Civil & Joinery) with 5 years experience in India & Oman, looking for suitable position.NOC available.

Contact:-93319082, Email:-rashidabdu786@gmail.com

Indian male, 33 yrs, M.Com, ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ϳ LJƌƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐĐŽƵŶƟ ŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ dĂůůLJ Θ ĨŽĐƵƐ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ Į ŶĂůŝnjĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͕ Į ŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ũŽď͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂůŝĚ ͬ>͕ EK ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘

Experienced IT Professional

Contact - 93864278

Contact # 96654216

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Interior designer, India.

Contact: 95216455 Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH : 92279784 Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DRIVER Light duty driver, 1 yr exp seeks placement. Contact: 94397006 Pakistani driver seeks job, with 4 years experience.

Contact: 94565993 Light duty driver, 4 yrs. exp seeks placement. Contact: 93251872 Driver with license looking for suitable job. Contact: 93502627 Bangladeshi light driver 16 years exp, looking for job.

Contact: 99165961 2 Yr experience in Oman, seeking job (D/L). Contact: 94338977 Looking for driving job 3 yrs exp.

Contact: 91659265 Driver with license looking for suitable job. Contact : 98340015 Driver with license looking for suitable job. Contact: 97314941 Indian light driver need job.

Contact: 96693613 Light driver looking for job exp.

Oman 13 years. Contact: 93940319 Looking for driving job Executive education speak good English and Arabic 4 years experience in Oman. Contact: 99474870 Looking for driving job.

Contact: 97418036 Looking job for driving (with car).

Contact: 92005311 Looking for job exp having driving license. Contact: 97363138 Driver looking for job.

Contact: 95892363 Bangladeshi, light driver looking for job, 4 yrs exp.

Contact: 92681457 Experienced driver available with 4WD willing to work fulltime / part-time, familiar with all tourist destinations in Oman.

Contact: 24814231 / 91941545

DOMESTIC HELPER Indian (F), maid for cooking and all types of household work, 7AM to 3 PM, Ruwi areas & capital areas part time. Contact: 92115082 Indian house maid seeking part time job between 12 pm to 4 pm.

Contact: 92072866 South Indian lady looking for housemaid job. Contact: 91487124

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. B.Tech Mechanical 23 yrs, Indian 1 year experience, on visit visa. Contact: 91484023 / 92035104 Mechatronics Engineer with NEBOSH and three years experience in Oman with license.

Contact: +968-94180383, khalid_khogli@hotmail.com Indian male site supervisor (Air conditioning) 25 years experience in Oman driving license seeking suitable placement.

Contact 97498809, 93391910, Email-marysimon04@gmail.com HSE Supervisor, Indian male, 2 yrs experience in relevant field with M.Sc Env Science, Industrial Safety, NEBOSH, ISOH, first Aid, IT, MS Word, Excel, PPt looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact 97047859 Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

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ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Indian Male 22, BE Civil Engineer with few site and internship experiences looking for a suitable position in your firm. Got knowledge in (Primavera, Autocad, Staad pro).

Currently In visit visa. 98327644 or shakib842@gmail.com Indian male 26 years Mechanical Engineer with 2 yrs exp in Oman.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 91328079 Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine. Available NOC release. #92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available. Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192

Civil Engineer with 8 years experience performs multi- task job to structural work , building construction , infrastructure , planning , site development & architectural finishing works, NOC available valid Oman D/L. Contact:97474593 Email: a.baraka.om@gmail.com Electrical Engineer (BSc) 8 Yrs Exp in Telecom Industry looking for Job Cell: 93872547 email: daniyal.badar@gmail.com Electrical & Electronics Engineer 2 years of work experience is looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 96739500 Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Indian (male) B. Tech. Mechanical/ HVAC Engineer, 4 years experience in design consultancy NOC available, holding valid Oman driving license seeking suitable placement. Contact 93965156

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer with a bachelor degree honors seeking a suitable job in a good company.

Contact: 94957250

B. Tech Mechanical HVAC site Engineer 4 years experience, currently on visit. Contact 92837696 / mdabdulather@gmail.com

Electronics & Telecom Engineer (MSC, B-tech), 7 Years’ experience in Aviation Industry, seeking for suitable placement, on visit visa.

Contact: 96565797, 98372393 Email: inampatriot@yahoo.com

An Iraqi civil with more than 30 years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C) available. Contact: 96561306 Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Indian female Civil Engineer having experience as quantity surveyor and having knowledge in Primavera, 3DSMAX, AutoCAD Seeking for a suitable job.

Contact: 95737185 Diploma in Civil Engineer having 8 years experience quantity surveyor civil in Oman locking for a job around 21 years experience in civil works. Contact: 97829710 Young Indian B.Tech Computer Science Engineering seeking suitable job, express visit visa.

Contact 91311003 Indian Graduate with 15 years of consumer electronic exp with NOC looking for suitable vacancy.

Contact: 96473121 Indian male 24 B.E Mechanical Engineer, 1 year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 98530806 / 99362006 Senior Project Engineer with 15 years experience in the field of ELV Engineering (Security Systems, Specialized Airports Systems) with sound knowledge in Project Management, Project Execution/ Procurement. Contact : 98117213 Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation. Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Indian male 25 B.Tech Electrical, 3 years experience in industrial automation & supervision.

Contact: 97207570 / 90481773 Piping Engineer (B.E Mechanical) with 5+ years experience in Gulf and India seeks suitable position.

Contact: 91987143 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, B-Tech, Indian Female one year freelance experience in Firefighting Company in Oman worked in technical, Planning and admin works, seeking opportunity.

Contact: 94355787 / 96794339, Email-pdeepthi53@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 6 years exp in Gulf HVAC fire protection plumbing with D/L. Contact: 90609377 Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022

Civil Engineer seeks a suitable senior position, 9 years experience in projects management planning, coordination, quantity survey, structural design AutoCAD. (NOC Available). Contact : 79097475 Email: a-shaqfa@hotmail.com Indian male 23 yrs, B.Tech Mechanical Engineer 1 year experience in India having piping engineering and quality control certification looking for suitable job, currently on visit visa. Contact: 90957740 Email: nishadphoenix@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 Civil Engineer 5 years experience in building construction, having valid Omani D/L and NOC available. Contact: 94452524 , Email:sibin.asiaticn@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 Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in switchgear / Transformer / over head lines & trading for Sales / Procurement & Project Execution with valid Omani D/L, also available on contracts basis. Contact: 968 - 95994727 Email: qurm340@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact 94703350 Email: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs of exceptional exp in spear heading strategic planning and project management initiatives & executing various high rise residential & commercial building as well as roads and highway project with proficiency in installation, seeking a challenging position in a dynamic organization. Contact 96570891 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

Indian male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 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 A computer aided Mechanical Engineer with a bachelor’s degree honors well trained in designing programs & mechanical manufacturing processes.

Contact: 98003627 Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Ph number: 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Indian male, B.E Mechanical with 2 years experience as Maintenance Engineer in Cochin Refinery and 1 year experience in Chevrolet seeking job. Contact : 97964862, Email:jossyabraham20@gmail.com Graduate Civil Engineer 20 yrs GCC experience with Omani D/L, seeking job NOC available.

Contact: 98621645 Email: imtiazcv@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment.

Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Electrical Engineer: Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Indian female 24. Masters in Computer science engineering, seeking job in colleges, schools and institutes. Having in good skill in teaching and advanced technologies. Contact : 93356858 Email id : annielino11@gmail.com Indian male Biology / Science teacher M.Sc, B.Ed from a University with 8 years teaching experience in School seeking placement.

Contact: 91190636 Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualified, distinction holder with 6 yrs teaching experience in colleges.

Contact : 91360147.

Maths Teacher 30 years experience IGCSE bilingual I.B, A& AS levels. Contact: 98016336 Indian 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

HOSPITALITY Indian male BBA & hotel management 2 yrs exp in hotel industry correction express visa seeking suitable job. Contact: 95883258 Email: ksreekumar1988@gmail.com

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BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

IT IT Engineer male, 28 yrs, over 7 yrs experience with NOC, D/L available seeking placement in IT / Network / Telecom field.

Contact 93563297 Email: monuzv24@gmail.com Indian male, B.Tech (CSE), MCSE, 25, with two years’ experience in IT support and system administration in a multinational firm, on visit visa seeks suitable opportunity. Contact 92655401, e-mail tonysamthomas@gmail.com Egyptian male on visit visa, diploma in Computer Software hardware, Networking, Installation of CCTV cameras, IT support, install and configure finger print machines. Contact: 90203139 IT Support Engineer Indian male 5 years experience seeking suitable jobs in Oman. Contact 90117664 IT Systems and Network Administrator with 8 years of experience in Qatar & Bahrain, holding MCITP & CCNA, certified professional with Bahrain D/L currently in Oman on visit visa. Contact: 91765841 27, Indian male: Software Developer having 5years+ experience in oracle forms & reports 10 g, BI publisher. Contact:91156571 IT Support Eng seeks placement 1 year exp, networking hardware software. Contact: 94988634 Email: sajid.ullah100@yahoo.com B. Tech (IT) Graduate having one year experience in search engine optimization, seeking a job in IT field. Contact: 96336292 Email: nazrinkhan.s@gmail.com CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.Contact 95818892

Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation. Contact 92956848 Indian male, 29 yrs, Diploma in Polymer Technology & Fire Safety,7 yrs of experience in Polymer Production Supervisor (Plastic & Rubber Industry).Seeking suitable placement. Contact : 9818 8418

MEDICAL Indian female dentist with 3 years of experience looking for a suitable placement well versed with tooth extraction and RCT, cleared Pro metric exam. #95981802 Email: jyotsnasandeepk@gmail.com Indian female assistant pharmacist 4 years experience in Oman seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact 97498809/ 93391910.

Email-ishitasimon12@gmail.com Pakistani male MBBS, 1 year exp.

Contact: 0092345 4557131, Email: drluqman101@gmail.com B.sc Physician assistant in emergently and trauma care from India looking for job, exp 1 yrs.

Contact: 94171305 Indian male, Nurse with more 7 years experience MOH license, P.D.O license, dataflow, NOC available looking for job in Oman. #93604827 Email: subinraj37@gmail.com Experience Indian male Doctor available for locum. #92506636 Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: 92610394 Dr.Ayman Abduljalil Ali, E.N.T Specialist (Otolaryngologist), Yemeni-male, looking for job.

Mobile: 00201096542706, Email: aymanjalilorl@gmail.com

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact 94672759

MANAGER / SUPERVISOR

Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284 Email: meetlibran@gmail.com

Experienced Manager, 6 yrs Oman & 10 yrs India, in Procurement, Contracts, Transportation, Administration & Marketing. NOC available.

Call/Whatsapp: 91030909

Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

General Manager Indian National With 20 yr Experience In managing Civil Construction Business Seek Opening in reputed Civil Company.

Contact-97464650.

Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area. Contact 98660672

Manager FMCG distribution / Supermarket expert 15 years Oman experience looking for a opening.

Contact: 92787747

Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. Contact 93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com Female, master in mass communication, B.Ed, experience in media channel and teaching PH : 99362024

MISCELLANEOUS Omani male, 21 years graduate, (bachelor in management studies) seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 97904200 Indian male (B.Com) with 15 years experience in procurement and logistics on visit seeking suitable openings. Contact: 96086290 9 year experienced industrial painter and sand blaster with Oman driving licence. NOC available. Seeks suitable placement.

Contact ZakeerHussain 96681934.

21, Indian female B.com graduate on family visa looking for immediate and suitable placement. Holds valid Omani Driver’s license.

Contact: 97208869 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable placements.

NOC available. Contact: 92066 523 B.Com,IICL Certified Container Inspector(No.150850),Visit Visa, Six months experience, need placement. Phone 90880935, 99023279, Email solexyesudas@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office administration independently, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in hallenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact 99120500 Indian female B.Ed & BCA experienced looking for office assistance, date entry or receptionist job.

Contact: 97384206 Email: rani_sweet786@live.com Secretarial & Office: Indian(F), MBA in Finance, 2 years experience as Associate in Branch Operations (Record Keeping, Desk job)on family visa. Ph: 93186865 ; email: ddthoppil@gmail.com Looking for part time job Secretarial / Data Entry / Documentation available every day after 5:00 pm Friday / Saturday full day area preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD / Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827 Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordinator 12 years experience in Oman in reputed companies, seek immediate Employment.

Contact 95244761

SKILLED LABOUR Watch repair and service looking for job, 24 yrs experience.

Contact: 99530405

SITUATION WANTED COMPUTER/WEB./ EDU./CLASSES SALES / MARKETING

Indian male (B.Com) with 15 years experience in sales of Medical/ Surgical item, currently on visit visa, seeking suitable openings.

Ph: 96086290

Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact# 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com

Sales Executive 3+ experience in GCC / having GCC D/L post Graduate seeks job as Sales Executive & business development Executive.

Contact: 93887916 , Email : shamji3851@gmail.com

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

Salesman Merchandiser, on visit visa, have 4 years experience.

Contact: 91211018

Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 /95774854

Looking for a part time job, having Oman driving license fluent in English, Arabic & Hindi, and Marketing experience. Contact: 91460280 Indian male, MBA in Marketing and PGDM in HR, looking for suitable job knows English, Hindi & Malayalam, on family visiting visa.

Contact: 97127799 Email: vijinviji00@gmail.com Looking for job as purchaser / storekeeper have bachelors degree with more than 8 years experience in procurement field, knowledge in MS Office, JDE (ERP software).

Contact: 71234389 / 93403540 Indian male Graduate, 11 years experience in Oman seeks job in sales / marketing. Contact: 96367331 India PG diploma in Business Administration, 24 year experiences (22 years in Oman) in diverse field handling office independently administration, Sales and Marketing, highly motivated, hard working skillful and willing to work in challenging environments seeks suitable placement. Having valid Omani driving license. Contact 99120500 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 MCA Graduate with 1.6 years experience Indian female looking for any suitable job currently on visit visa.

Contact 97993250 / 91447261 BBA Bachelor of business administration exp in custom clearance procedure, also done international logistics management & Nimb National Institute business management (US) certification all documentation work related logistics. contact – 91949050 / akram.chaush001@gmail.com Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com Marketing Manager 29 years professional experience in GCC / Oman in marketing in building materials / High tech products.

Contact: 92284066 / 98559317 Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Conatct 96001877 Indian male around 7.5yrs technical product sales, new agency development experience in Oman B.E mechanical PGP.MKT , IB , Oman D/L , urgent placement (m). # 91536968 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 Sales professional (Graduate) additional qualification CCNA & MCSE having more 10 years experience in handling IT hardware, Networking & security products (project based) and experience in Education and training Industry in Oman, seeking employment in relevant IT companies. Contact: 99354209, Email: sandy6673@gmail.com Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India. +918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. Contact:96143430 / 99875919

Indian male age 24, B.Com. having 2 year experience and currently in visit visa. Looking for suitable placement in Sales, Marketing & finance. Contact: 90766307 Email: shhaazz.007@gmail.com Indian male MBA and Diploma in management from Australia. On visit visa, looking for a suitable job in sales & marketing. #71189884 Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 Client Relations and Sales Professional with 8 years in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, looking for suitable opportunity in Muscat. Contact +96879050752

TOURS/TRAVELS Indian male 29 years old on visit looking for a suitable position in air ticketing and tours, overall 10 years of experience, 6 years experience in gulf. On visit, ready to join immediately. Contact – 97189669/ info.awaiz2015@gmail.com Indian male 27 years IATA diploma currently on visit visa Hindi, English fluent good communication skill looking job in travels / sales experience 6 months Galielo & abacus.

Contact: 98679664 Emil: junaidcraze@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS B.Com, 2 yrs experience in Oman, Indian Male, 25 yrs with Driving License. Handling day today accounts activities up to finalization.

Proficient in Tally. Looking for suitable placement. Ph. 91470665 22 years, B.Com, graduate male ‘fresher’ well versed in English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam with Oman Driving license looking for a suitable job.contact:96799287 Indian male having 3 years of experience in Oman in contracting & trading co. in accounts field and seeking job for admin, accounts release/NOC available. To join immediately please cont +968 94574596 Indian male, Network cabling technician (19 years gulf experience) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact : 0091-8089909265 (India), Email: mohithavp@gmail.com PROCUREMENT OFFICER, Indian-Male 34yrs,M.Com with 14 yrs work Exp.( 8 yrs in Oman) working in Construction Co LLC( for ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHANICAL & Others Projects ) and having valid LT D/L, NOC/ Local release available M:+96 94064650 / 919440810180 Email: nagauae@gmail.com Indian Male 39 Years- Executive Secretary (To the Top Management), having 10 years experience in Oman. Also well experience in HR Executive & Admin related jobs. Local release & Oman driving license available. Seeking for immediate suitable placement. #92215110; email: hellosajans@gmail.com An Indian female, B.Tech teacher having an experience of 6 y in college on visit visa looking for suitable placement. #99083475 Indian male (44), MBA, 19 yrs experience in Oman. Present Industry: Natural stones for construction. Responsibilities: Production, Business development and overall management, looking for an immediate opening. Contact : 90992631 Indian male Executive Secretary (To Top Management) having 10 years experience in Oman. Also well experience in HR Executive & Admin related jobs. Local release & Oman driving license available, seeking for immediate suitable placement. Contact 92215110; email: hellosajans@gmail.com

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English class for Malayalam Speakers

in Azaiba and Ruwi earn in two months

tion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED

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

TRANSPORTATION Transportation available, pick & drop. Ruwi, Al Khuwair, Azaiba & Al Hail. Contact - 94297820

Pakistani male, looking for a suitable placement as Document Controller, Computer Operator.

Contact 93919064

Transportation. Contact: 99664703

25/Male/Sales Executive 5 years of experience working in Oman with driving license and NOC, Can communicate fluently in multiple languages.

Contact 92756031

Transportation. Contact 94510847

Indian female, well experienced in secretarial, administration, customer care & supervisory jobs.

5+ years’ experience in Muscat.

Current visa status: Family joining. Contact: 92139298

Picking & drop (Ruwi to Rusayl).

Contact: 98957524

Bangladeshi Male, University M. Com, working as an Administrator cum Accountant in Oman since last year; Tally ERP9, searching better job. Phone: 94864966, email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com 33year Indian Male MBA-HR, MSC having 8.9yrs Exp (HR-operation / SAP/ Admin) with Oman Driving License. Seeking suitable opening in Human Resource, Payroll & Admin/backend jobs.

Contact:+968 99322978

Transportation. Contact: 94510847

Pick & drop available 24 Hrs. Contact: 98522914 Transportation. Contact: 94087276

Transportation. Contact 92015894

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED B.A Graduate, 28 yrs old, with Good English communication skills,5.5 years Experience in hospitality and hotel industry is looking for a suitable job in Muscat. (In Visiting visa). Contact No:90146616.

Accountant Indian, 13 years experience can handle accounts up to finalization, tally, busy accounting, smart accounting, NOC/release available. Contact 96133146.

Email: kkcjob786@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTED SERVICES GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Contact 99314807/24792998

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance Barka, Mabela, Ruwi area. Contact: 96236476

Window unit & split unit A.C servicing & repairing Barka, Mabela , Ruwi area. Contact: 99557080

Affordable rates all types of curtain blind. Contact 99539521/ 95615642

Marble polishing & crystallization, building cleaning floor, floor polishing, carpet, sofa shampooing, pest control, anti termite, shifting maintenance.

Contact: 99504275

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting, Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. # 24810137, 99450130

House shifting with carpenter and transport. Contact: 96737158

House shifting packing.

Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

DRIVING

Specialist for road test drum and slope. Contact 94022250 Muscat Driving School.

Contact 94085688

SITUATION WANTFOR LADIES Special packages, Facial, Pedicure, Eyebrow, only 10 RO. Al doom Beauty Parlour Contact- 99619409

SITUATION WANTSERVICES General cleaning new villas cleaning Barka , Mabela, Hail area.

Contact: 99557080 / 95323517

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25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver.

Contact 99839898

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SITUATION WANTED DINING DELIGHTS

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SERVICES We Provide Cleaners, Kĸ ĐĞ ďŽLJƐ͕ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ͕ General cleaning etc. ů DƵĚĂŬŚŝƌ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů Ɛƚ͘ >> Contact : 94277020

SITUATION WANTED SERVICES

We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898 Enjoy Camping in Wahiba desert & all over Oman & tour.

Contact: 92226866

SITUATION WANTSERVICES

WE SERVE OMAN

We undertake new construction & maintenance & gypsum works.

Contact 92711506, ammarayyub@gmail.com

We undertake building construction and maintenance, we have 40 Indian skilled & labors. # 91797549 / 99539433

A/C maintenance & Servicing, Fridge / Washing Machine / dish washer repairing, 2) Painting and cleaning service, Electrical & Plumbing. Contact 94147874 / 24504281, Email : globalaccessunited@gmail.com Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ Ɵ ůĞƐ ͬ Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

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